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Huge motorcycle groups a challenge to regulate, police say

Edit Chicago Tribune 05 Aug 2016
If Sunday was the ninth annual La Carne Azada motorcycle stunt ride through Aurora, it was a surprise to city police. Some 350 motorcyclists from around the Midwest popped wheelies, performed a variety of other stunts and ran red lights to stay together as they traversed the city's streets Sunday.... ....

Taliban publicly execute 19-year-old girl in North of Afghanistan

Edit Khaama Press 02 Aug 2016
The Taliban militants have publicly executed a 19-year-old girl in northern Sar-e-Pul province on charges of abandoning her family due to a domestic issue. According to local officials, the girl, identified as Azada, was first tried in a desert court and was then shot dead by her brother and Taliban militants ... ....

After confrontation, pickup truck drives through crowd of motorcyclists in Aurora

Edit Chicago Tribune 01 Aug 2016
During a confrontation in which punches were thrown, a pickup truck drove through a crowd of motorcyclists in Aurora Sunday, according to police and video shared on social media. Video footage of the incident, which happened during the ninth annual La Carne Azada ride, has been shared thousands... ....

Doping in ex-Soviet nations echoes Russia's problems

Edit Springfield News-Sun 25 Jul 2016
While the scandal of Russian doping threatens to be one of the main talking points of the Rio Olympics, other countries are slipping under the radar despite sharing the tainted legacy of the Soviet sports system ... That poses a major problem for the blood tests needed to detect some substances ... The head of Azerbaijan's AZADA agency, Irada Rustamzade, is also employed at the Sports Ministry as head of its anti-doping office. ....

Doping in ex-Soviet nations echoes Russia’s problems

Edit Wilmington News Journal 25 Jul 2016
MOSCOW (AP) — While the scandal of Russian doping threatens to be one of the main talking points of the Rio Olympics, other countries are slipping under the radar despite sharing the tainted legacy of the Soviet sports system ... The head of Azerbaijan’s AZADA agency, Irada Rustamzade, is also employed at the Sports Ministry as head of its anti-doping office. FILE In this Sunday, Aug ... (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) ... ....

Deep uncertainty awaits migrants on Serbia-Hungary border

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 05 Jul 2016
HORGOS, Serbia (AP) — The snakes come out at night, and so do the mosquitoes. There's only one tap with running water in the makeshift refugee camp on Serbia's border with Hungary, where hundreds fleeing war and poverty wait daily to cross over into the European Union. No toilets, no showers, but plenty of uncertainty and desperation ... His wife Azada, 23, complained that "during the days it's so hot, during the night it's so cold." ... __ ... ....

Taliban taking aim at media targets

Edit Stars and Stripes 28 Jan 2016
KABUL — It was a cruel twist when many Afghans learned of last week’s deadly Taliban bombing of a bus from watching the Tolo TV network, the country’s largest private broadcaster. The victims were its employees ... The successes suddenly seem more fragile after the Jan ... “This is our job.”. Abdullah Azada Khenjani, news director at 1TV, said he believes the Taliban could also attack other media houses in a bid to wage “psychological war.” ... ....

Taliban targets a major achievement of the U.S. war in Afghanistan: the private media

Edit The Los Angeles Times 27 Jan 2016
It was a cruel twist when many Afghans learned of last week's deadly Taliban bombing of a bus carrying workers of Tolo TV, the country’s largest private broadcaster, directly from the television network.  ... The successes suddenly seem more fragile after the Jan ... Abdullah Azada Khenjani, news director at 1TV, said he believes the Taliban could also attack other media houses in a bid to wage “psychological war.” ... ....

My baby, the refugee: mothers on the hardest journey of their lives

Edit The Guardian 19 Dec 2015
Azada, 39, Firaz, 15, and Lawo, five, from Iraq ... Azada is unceremoniously pulling the blankets off her teenage son to wake him up ... “I liked my home, and my life,” Azada tells me quietly, “but then Daesh came and started killing everyone. “My husband was with the peshmerga – he was a soldier – and when Daesh took Kirkuk, he told us to leave and go to the UK; he would stay and fight,” Azada says....

Foster Andersen provides outdoor adventures to those with disabilities (like him)

Edit Yahoo Daily News 03 Dec 2015
Kai Azada, a Santa Cruz resident and Shared Adventures participant, is standing next to an adapted bike, waiting for the ride to begin ... Azada has had balance problems since an accidental explosion during a training exercise decades ago while he was serving in the Army ... “Archery is very much the same thing; you have to find this Zen-like place [in order] to hit the target,” Azada says....

RSF visits Afghanistan, reminds officials of duty to protect journalists (RSF - Reporters sans frontières) ...

Edit Public Technologies 03 Dec 2015
Khpolwak Safi, one of ToloTV's directors, and TV1 editor in chief Abdullah Azada Khenjani insisted on the importance of maintaining their independence....

Arts for India New York event to support underprivileged Indian artists

Edit Yahoo Daily News 10 Sep 2015
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) Arts for India, a charity established to support to get educated in the field of art and design, is holding 'INDIXIA' from Sep 17 to 23 in New York City ... Educational partnerships and support include ... Brands include Uniqlo, Edmundo Castillo, Stubbs and Wootton, Azada, Jeffrey Rudes, Mialika, Fiorentini & Baker, and Royal Stag for auction hosted by Bonhams on Sep 23 ... ....

Situationer: Just an MoU across the Durand line

Edit Dawn 17 Jun 2015
A TOP Pakistani official has welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the intelligence agencies of Pakistan and Afghanistan as a positive step towards reconciliation between the two nations ... Also read. ISI, Afghan intelligence in landmark deal ... We are friends.” ... Abdullah Azada Khenjani, news director for the privately owned 1TV, agrees that the majority of the Afghan people are in opposition to the MoU ... Apple Store ... ....
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