TOMORROW'S: May 2016

Friday, 27 May 2016

OBAMA

OBAMA' VISITES IN JAPAN

Barack Obama paid moving tribute to victims of the first atomic bomb on Friday, offering a comforting embrace to a tearful man who survived the devastating attack on Hiroshima.

In a ceremony loaded with symbolism, the first sitting U.S. President to visit the city clasped hands with one survivor and hugged another after speaking about the day that marked one of the most terrifying chapters of World War-II.

“71 years ago, death fell from the sky and the world was changed,” Mr. Obama said of a bomb that “demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself”.

Mourning the dead

“Why did we come to this place, to Hiroshima? We come to ponder a terrible force unleashed in the not-so-distant past. We come to mourn the dead,” he said.

As crows called through the hush of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Mr. Obama offered a floral wreath at the cenotaph, pausing in momentary contemplation with his eyes closed and his head lowered.

The site lies in the shadow of a domed building, whose skeleton stands in silent testament to those who perished.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe followed by offering his own wreath and a brief, silent bow.

After both men had spoken, Mr. Obama greeted ageing survivors, embracing Shigeaki Mori (79), who appeared overcome with emotion.

“The President gestured as if he was going to give me a hug, so we hugged,” Mr. Mori told reporters afterwards.

Mr. Obama also chatted with a smiling Sunao Tsuboi (91), who had earlier said he wanted to tell the U.S. President how grateful he was for his visit.

The trip comes more than seven decades after the Enola Gay bomber dropped its deadly atomic payload, dubbed “Little Boy”, over the western Japanese city.

The bombing claimed the lives of 140,000 people.

As expected, Mr. Obama offered no apology for the bombings, having insisted that he would not revisit decisions made by Truman at the close of a brutal war.

As an eternal flame flickered behind him, however, he said leaders had an obligation to “pursue a world without” nuclear weapons.

Shinzo Abe praised the “courage” of the visit, which he said offered hope for a nuclear free future. Barack Obama,first U.S. President Hiroshima bomb site Japan U.S.

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Rape- murder

The police probing the rape-murder of a Dalit woman at Perumbavoor have started collecting fingerprints of adult men residing in the victim’s neighbourhood.

According to officials, the biometric information is being collected for a massive analysis to trace the perpetrator. The move takes a cue from the assumption that the perpetrator could be a person known to the family who had easy access to the house.

A squad of the special investigation team (SIT) on Tuesday started collecting fingerprints of about 2,000 men between the age group of 18 and 70 in the locality.

Earlier, the forensic team had collected two sets of fingerprints, suspected to be of the accused, from the crime scene.

On Monday, the SIT obtained a favourable order from a local court to seek the help of the United Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to analyse the fingerprints. The police decided to approach the UIDAI after the two sets of fingerprints did not match with that of the suspects in police custody.

The ongoing investigation focusses mainly on migrant labourers, friends, and relatives of the victim. As part of the probe, the police have carried out raids in over 30 migrant labour camps in the region and collected information on those leaving the place after April 28.

The sleuths have also prepared a list of those convicted earlier for committing similar offences and attempts are on to track their whereabouts.