Speech Obama to the British Parliament, has praised the strength, humility

London - in a historic speech to the British Parliament today, the Obama President has insisted that then that a new world order has been shaped, the United States, Britain and their allies will continue to play an essential role to bring peace and prosperity in the world.

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Large-scale speech, which has also focused on the economy, nuclear proliferation and the importance of education, received a standing ovation from Parliament and was commended for its topics human State and tones.

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"He has recognized the strength of the past but insists on the need to transform the values confirmed by Anglo-American relations, their origins in universal values," said James Ellison, school of history at Queen Mary, University of London. "It was a speech of interdependence and multilateralism." Obama s gone a long way today to extend the history of America beyond Bush.

"I can't think of an American President to make a such sensitive speeches in Europe for some time", he added, noting that it struck the right balance between the force and humility.

The speech was the first time that an American President had addressed the Parliament in the historical framework of Westminster Hall, who played a central role in the Government of the nation for 900 years. Only three other foreign dignitaries have been granted this honour since World War II: Charles de Gaulle, Nelson Mandela and Pope Benedict XVI.

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Obama rejected the idea that the emergence of new superpowers made the alliance not less relevant. While China, India, Brazil and other nations assume the responsibilities of global leadership, ties with the United States and Europe remain a € ?indispensable € to the objective of a century that is more peaceful, more prosperous and more just, a

But he promised in the future, a more subtle approach to Foreign Affairs referring to the position of the United States has already taken on the Libya. "We will proceed with humility, and knowledge that we do not dictate results abroad." Ultimately, freedom must be won by the people themselves, not imposed from without. But us can and must stand with those who struggle as well. ?

At a press conference held jointly with Prime Minister David Cameron earlier in the day, Obama talks about winning the war in Libya as a "slow continuous process."

He returned to the theme of the North Africa and the Middle East in his address to Parliament, stressing that the United States and Britain supported those struggling for democracy, but implying that support did not mean military intervention.

"We must show that we back up our words deeds," he said. "This means investing in the future of these nations this transition to democracy, starting with the Tunisia and the Egypt - expanding trade links; by helping demonstrate them that freedom brings prosperity. ?

He said that, while many of the problems of the past decade have been retreating, the future would present major challenges. If while a large part of the speech reaffirmed the close relationship between Britain and the United States, the President also acknowledged that "a new chapter in the shared history" would require a building "new partnerships", to adapt to new circumstances and remake ourselves to meet the requirements of a new era

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British codename of the Obama: it is an insult?

Before the arrival of President Obama in London, The Daily Mail published an article under the title "Codename"smart alec": the British police label Obama with the word"slightly insulting"Punjabi"for visit to U.K."Scotland Yard, explains its computers randomly selected a code for Obama name""chalaque" for his visit to the country. But the newspaper quoted a leader of the Sikh community stating that the name is often used to "denigrate" someone. Yahoo News then picked up the story, featuring on its homepage under the title: "Obama Code named smart alec in Britain."

As someone who grew up hearing chalak used to describe a person who is a notch below evil, I laugh. The West may try to assert cultural prowess on the economic front, on its military and diplomatic, but codename of the Obama is yet another example of intercultural communication in lost in translation.

I checked with the best person that I could find on the shades of the regularity of South Asian culture: my mother, Sajida Nomani, a native speaker of Urdu schooling in the highly maniérée culture, called adab in Arabic, Lucknow (India)., a kind of Charleston, s.c., in South Asia. She is a grandmother with a sophisticated ear. Chalak, as it is usually written phonetically, is not just a Punjabi Word, but also found in Urdu, Hindi and Bengali. Verbally, Hindi and Urdu are very similar, and the Punjabi and Bengali are related to Hindi and Urdu.

No doubt about it, she said. "It is an insult." Practice my mother dusted off the coast of our edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English-Urdu, published in Lahore, Pakistan, by the society of book Oriental Ganpat road and turned to page 156 [PDF], where she read the definition of chalak. It read: "adj. clever;" knowing; clever. Sly. "My father, Zafar Nomani, me then faxed a copy of the dictionary pages, including the 156.

Believe me, when they mean "clever" and "knowledge", which is not as a compliment. The word is a pejorative term for those aged more than about 7. For a young person, this may mean clever, as, "what a ruse boy." Think that somewhere between Eddie Haskell of Leave It to Beaver and the Uriah Heep in Dickens David Copperfield character. Or Tom Sawyer TWAIN Huckleberry Finn.

But for a grown man, above all, it is a curb. Think about Arnold Schwarzenegger, to keep his wife, Maria Shriver, the secret of a baby born to his cleaning lady: a true chalak. Or Bernie Madoff, for foundations and million seniors scam: a precise chalak. Osama bin Laden to hide in the city of military garrison of Abbottabad Pakistan kilometres of national capital? Definitely, 100% chalak, although most of its supporters would step insult even Ben Laden by calling a chalak. On the contrary, they would say Seal were real chalak to keep operation Geronimo a Pakistani secret. During this time, if he knew the word, comedian Jon Stewart would say that Pakistan has been a real chalak to pretend he did not know bin Laden was in Abbottabad.

As you can see, chalak is in the eye of the accuser, er, beholder. But Chief Chalak is not a compliment.

If someone tries to con someone, we will say, Oh, "he has really tried a chalak." Or if someone tries to get out of trouble, other say, Oh, "he is a true chalak." Or if an ethnic group wants to put an end to another ethnic group, they say, "Oh, they are real chalak." On Yahoo, a Bengali speaker explains that chalak is used to refer to a scammer: "we would say 'buddhiman' for a knowledgeable person and"chalak"for anyone trying to outsmart the other (s).".

For a few references of real pop culture on chalak, you must go no further than Bugs Bunny. Blogger Muhammad Ahmed displayed a Bugs Bunny cartoon, dubbed in Punjabi and has called, Chalak Khargosh, chalak rabbit, for the poor, or poorly understood little Bugs.

A company based in Houston, the Group Chalak, with executives rooted ethnically in Asia to the South, the question properly on its Web site, "" why Chalak? "" I know no more than an amateur "aunt", as older women are called in South Asia, clucked their tongues to the use of the word in a company name.

"The word CHALAK is Hindi…, said the Web site." She talks about a meaning, which means "overflow", if the word is pronounced "chu - luk." "The other meaning is"wise or intelligent"If pronounced chaa-laak," that it claims."." But, on the explanation of its site Web, society cannot hide the real meaning of chalak: "Chalak group is a dynamic enterprise organization led by several young and energetic entrepreneurs." Those guys WISE started their business in 1998 with an overflow of energy and enthusiasm. "A caption on a photograph of the five directors of readings of the society,"the chalak Group wise guys"and a picture of the founder has his tongue paste, just somewhat indelicately. Nice guy wise move, leaving his chalak flag fly.

Now Scotland Yard could borrow a page from the Chalak group and claim that this meant no insult is thinking but Obama as "wise or smart". It would be classic chalak.

ASRA q. Nomani is the author of Standing Alone: An American Woman struggle for the soul of Islam. She is co-director of the project Pearl, an investigation into the murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. His activism for the rights of women in its W.V. Mosque is a PBS documentary, the mosque in Morgantown. She has recently published a monograph, milestones for a spiritual Jihad: towards an Islam of Grace. ASRA@asranomani.com

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NATO must intervene at pace in Libya: British General (Reuters)

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO must expand the range of targets, it is the bombing in Libya or risk of not deleting Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi to power, Britain's highest military officer was quoted saying.

NATO planes, acting under a UN mandate to protect civilians, stopped Government troops on the rebel strongholds, but the collapse of the rule of Gaddafi, many Western Governments, seeking only to did not materialize.

After a series of air strikes on the Bab al-Azizia composed in Tripoli, Kadhafi has mocked the Western military alliance, saying audio recording broadcast Friday that he was in a place where NATO could not reach.

General David Richards, Chief of Britain's defence staff, said the military campaign date had been a success "important" for NATO, but more was needed.

"If we do not increase the implementation now there is a risk that the conflict could result in Gaddafi to cling to power," he was quoted in newspaper Sunday Telegraph of Britain as saying.

"Currently, NATO is not attack targets of Libya infrastructure.". But if we want to increase the pressure on the regime of Kadhafi then we must give serious consideration to increasing the range of targets, we are affected, he said.

A spokesman for the Libyan Government responded by saying that NATO had already gone beyond the mandate of the United Nations to protect civilians.

"They have already been targeting infrastructure," Khaled Kaim, who is also Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, told a press briefing.

"The interest here is Libyan oil, not protection." It must be called blood for oil, this is the proper name, "says Kaim.

The Libyan official also struck at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which the Prosecutor said that he will request arrest warrants on the murder of civilian protestors, with Gaddafi and some of its likely targets of sounds.

"The practices of the ICC are questionable." It is a baby of the European Union designed for decision makers and African politicians (Prosecutions), "said Kaim.

Spanish radio, citing sources from the ICC, said Friday the warrants would be sought Monday.

IMPASSE

Three months after a revolt began against the dominance of four decades of Gaddafi, fighting between rebels and Government forces on several fronts came to standstill and Gaddafi refuses to comply with efforts to force power.

Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict in Libya, the bloodiest of the revolts which have upset the Middle East in what was called the "spring of Arabic".

Libyan officials deny killing civilians, saying that, instead, they were forced to take action against criminal armed gangs and al-Qaeda activists. They say that the NATO campaign is an act of colonial aggression aimed at grabbing the Libya oil.

In the rebel-held town of Misrata, scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the conflict, rebels said they were braced attacks renewed by forces loyal to Qadhafi.

"Brigades (pro-Gaddafi) still have military equipment, enabling them to bombard any area of Misrata," a spokesman for rebel called Abdelsalam said of the city. "The revolutionaries are in full possession of the port, but the danger is still there because the brigades have tanks and rocket launchers."

Another spokesman for rebels, Lee Salem, said that the city and the villages surrounding it are now entirely "under the control of the rebels from all sides, including the air base.

In an address after the prayer in the Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI has denounced the bloodshed, Libya and the murder of civilians calling for negotiation and dialogue to prevail.

The uncertain direction of the Libya conflict poses a dilemma for Western Governments. They face voters are anxious for quick results and want to avoid a repeat of the lengthy fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An inconclusive result is likely to limit exports of Libyan oil, keeping the high world prices and lead thousands of migrants more risk death crossed the Mediterranean to Europe.

Previous NATO bombing campaigns, including in Kosovo in the 1990s, has shown that targeting more aggressive carries the risk of civilian casualties.

Libya Saturday held a funeral for nine imams, or Muslim cleric, said that NATO killed in an air attack on the town of Brega is a day earlier. The alliance, said the building it hit in Brega was a command-and-control-center.

A spokesman for rebel called Abdulrahman in the town of Zintan, southwest of Tripoli said NATO airstrikes had hit targets in an area 25 kilometres (16 miles) East of Zintan.

State the Tunisia news agency reported that a vessel has arrived in the southeast of the port of Zarzis carrying three officers who had deserted the security forces of Gaddafi, joining several other Libyan officers who arrive in Tunisia by boat these days, suggesting that there were divisions in the ranks of Gaddafi.

However, in Tripoli - where foreign journalists operate under restrictions on their movement - the outward signs were that the administration of Gaddafi held firm.

The security in North Africa and also warn branch North Africa of al-Qaida could try to exploit the chaos of a long conflict in Libya to acquire weapons and recruit supporters.

A security officer Tunisian told Reuters on Sunday that two alleged al-Qaeda members had been arrested near the border with the Libya carrying a belt of explosives and several bombs.

(Reported by Hamid Ould Ahmed in Algiers, Avril Ormsby London, Sami Aboudi Cairo, Tarek Amara and Sylvia Westall Tunisia, Mariam Karouny in Beirut and Silvia Aloisi Rome; written by Christian Lowe and Matthew Bigg; editing by Alison Williams)