President calls for OIC members to Myanmar convince for Rohingya problem solving

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DHAKA: President Zillur Rahman asked the OIC to convince Member States that pay tribute to Myanmar Government with political and economic support and prosperous life their Muslim minorities (Rohingyas).

"We an active role in the direction of a lasting solution to this longstanding (Rohingya) issue both bilaterally and multilaterally have to take," he said Al during the addressing at the closing ceremony of the 4th extra-ordinary session of Islamic Summit in Makkah label last night, according to a report here from Saudi Arabia today.

In the wake of the recent violence in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, President Rahman said that the United Nations High Commissioner for human rights has expressed concern about oppression of Muslim minorities there.

The condition of Muslim minorities in various parts of the world is great concern, he said, adding, that it is not only a question of protection of the Muslims and their faith; but a question of universal human rights.

"We need to revive the morale of the world and necessary steps to form international public opinion in favour of these minority people", he said.

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud hosted the two-day 4th special session of Islamic Summit Conference joined by the heads of State and Governments of the Member States of the OIC (organisation of Islamic cooperation).

President Zillur Rahman said that the Palestine question remains a symbol of oppression and injustice to Muslims.

Zillur Rahman said that Bangladesh has led, that his consistent and firmly support the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people.

"Together with the traditional diplomatic efforts to influence their Governments we must make some innovative effort for mass awareness especially in non-Muslim countries," said Bangladesh President.

He said that world opinion in favour of the legitimate rights of the Palestinians for a just and fair solution to the Palestinian crisis must be formed.

The Muslim countries include almost one-third of the world's countries and one fifth of the world's population, he said adding for centuries Muslims at the top of the building were friendship and harmony in the world with noble Islamic ideal.

President Rahman claimed however large values of the Islamic brotherhood provided by the direction of international policy in question.

"We are now numerous conflicts and discords confronted." They are not only between Muslims and non-Muslims, but unfortunately they are also between Muslims and Muslims, "he said."

"The oppression on Muslims, which we now witness are a wake up call for our commitment to preserve the Islamic ideal of peace and justice." We can no life insular in the age of globalization, "Continued President Rahman."

"We have necessary wisdom, resources, values, culture and heritage, to influence international policy on our behalf," he said adding, "That the unity and solidarity of the Muslim Ummah and implementation of the Islamic values of Justice, equality and involvement of the population of our countries will require."

The President expressed to see his consternation for the loss of human lives and destruction of property during the recent political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. "The endless killing in Syria, also in this month of Ramadan, contrary to the large Islamic values of compassion and kindness," he said.

He said it they can see debate on the dynamics of these conflicts, some, as the necessary hurts achieve democracy, some can write them to the effects of globalization, some can mention it as the conspiracy of the external forces.

Whatever be the reason, those do not suffer from any situation be justified, he said.

"I firmly believe that such human tragedies should be avoided, to ensure the basic civil and political rights of citizens." Guarantee of freedom from hunger, fear and humiliation can be a viable solution for such a political crisis in the future, "he said."

"A non-violent solution based should be achieved on the Islamic tradition of moderation and discussion." Bangladesh, Member of the UN Human Rights Council, a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis since its membership has supported, "he added."

In 1974 for the unity and solidarity of the Islamic Ummah while the second Summit of the OIC that should not limited at the intergovernmental level, but should be based on all areas of our social lives, he said "The father of our nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman".

Zillur Rahman left the country for Saudi Arabia on Sunday evening on a five day official visit the Summit at the invitation of the Saudi King.

Rahman, President is expected to return here on August 17.

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Argentine president wins landslide re-election

BUENOS AIRES: President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected in a landslide Sunday, winning with the widest victory margin in Argentina's history after her government spread the wealth of a booming economy.

Fernandez had 53 percent of the vote after 58 percent of the polling stations reported nationwide. Her nearest challenger got just 17 percent. Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo predicted the president's share would rise as polls reported from her party's stronghold of densely populated Buenos Aires province.

"Count on me to continue pursuing the project," Fernandez vowed in her victory speech. "All I want is to keep collaborating ... to keep Argentina growing. I want to keep changing history."

Fernandez is Latin America's first woman to be re-elected as president, but the victory was personally bittersweet — the first without her husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner, who died of a heart attack last Oct. 27.

"This is a strange night for me," she said, describing her mix of emotions. "This man who transformed Argentina led us all and gave everything he had and more ... Without him, without his valor and courage, it would have been impossible to get to this point."

Thousands of jubilant, flag-waving people crowded into the capital's historic Plaza de Mayo to watch on a huge TV screen as she spoke from a downtown hotel, where her supporters interrupted so frequently with their chants that she lectured them as a mother would her children: "The worst that people can be is small. In history, you always must be bigger still — more generous, more thoughtful, more thankful."

Then, she showed her teeth, vowing to protect Argentina from outside threats or special interests.

"This woman isn't moved by any interest. The only thing that moves her is profound love for the country. Of that I'm responsible," Fernandez said.

Later, she appeared in the plaza as well, giving a rousing, second victory speech, her amplified voice echoing through the capital as she called on Argentina's youth to dedicate themselves to social projects nationwide.

Fernandez was on track to win a larger share of votes than any president since Argentina's democracy was restored in 1983, when Raul Alfonsin was elected with 52 percent. Her margin over Gov. Hermes Binner and five other candidates was wider even than the 1973 victory margin of her strongman hero, Juan Domingo Peron.

Her political coalition also hoped to regain enough seats in Congress to form new alliances and regain the control it lost in 2009. At play were 130 seats in the lower house and 24 in the Senate.

Fernandez suffered high negative ratings early in her presidency, but soared in popularity as a widow by softening her usually combative tone and proving her ability to command loyalty or respect from an unruly political elite.

Most voters polled beforehand said they wanted government stability to keep their financial situations improving in what has been one of Argentina's longest spells of economic growth in history.

Fernandez, 58, chose her youthful, guitar-playing, long-haired economy minister, Amado Boudou, as her running mate. Together, the pair championed Argentina's approach to the global financial crisis: nationalize private pensions and use central bank reserves to increase government spending rather than impose austerity measures, and force investors in foreign debt to suffer before ordinary citizens.

Argentina's world-record debt default in 2001 closed off most international lending, but it has kept the country booming ever since, with its economy expanding at twice the rate of Brazil's, economist Mark Weisbrot said.

The country faces tough challenges in 2012: Its commodities exports are vulnerable to a global recession, and economic growth is forecast to slow sharply in the coming year. Declining revenues will make it harder to raise incomes to keep up with inflation. Argentina's central bank is under pressure to spend reserves to maintain the peso's value against the dollar, while also guarding against currency shocks that could threaten Argentina's all-important trade with Brazil.

Boudou, 48, could now win attention as a potential successor to Fernandez, but navigating these storms will require much skill and good fortune.

Opposition candidates blamed Fernandez for rising inflation and increasing crime and accused her of politically manipulating economic data and trying to use government power to quell media criticism.

Former President Eduardo Duhalde, who fell from front-running rival to near-last in the polls, said in a dour closing speech that "the country is dancing on the Titanic," failing to prepare Argentina for another global economic crisis.

But Weisbrot said Argentina is in far better shape than most countries in the region to face such problems.

U.S. President Barack "Obama could take a lesson from this," said Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. "It's an old-fashioned message of democracy: You deliver what you promise and people vote for you. It's kind of forgotten here in the U.S."

Binner, 68, a doctor and leader of a socialist party, said, "We know how to read the numbers, and we congratulate the lady president, but we also tell her that this force is Argentina's second-leading political force."

Ricardo Alfonsin, 59, a lawyer and congressional deputy with the traditional Radical Civic Union party and son of the former president, had 12 percent; Alberto Rodriguez Saa, 52, an attorney and governor of San Luis province whose brother Adolfo was president for a week, had 8; Duhalde, who preceded Kirchner as president, had 6 and leftist former lawmaker Jorge Altamira, 69, and congresswoman Elisa Carrio 54, had 2.

When Fernandez is inaugurated Dec. 10, her Front for Victory coalition will become the first political bloc to begin a third consecutive presidential term since 1928, when President Hipolito Yrigoyen of the Radical Civic Union took office, only to be toppled by a military coup two years later, said Leandro Morganfield, a historian at the University of Buenos Aires.

Fernandez appealed to Argentines not to allow the country "to be forced off course as has happened to us so often in our history."

"We have to think of a different country, where whomever comes builds on top of what's already been done. That's the Argentina I dream of, where we have continuity of national political projects for the country."

Nearly 78 percent of the nearly 29 million registered voters cast ballots in the country of 40 million.

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