The Spices of Life

  Russia has termed America's "epilepsy" amid massive maneuvers in the Black Sea, advice to citizens of all European countries along with the US to leave Ukraine and a reshuffle of the Russian embassy in Ukraine. It has spoken of making the presence of its diplomatic officials "friendly". Given the ongoing tension between Ukraine and Russia, this is being gauged from the reduction in the number of staff. However, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova did not explicitly say anything about this. Zakharova has told that embassies and consulates will continue to do their main work. A Russian spokesman said the move was taken in view of "provocations" from Ukraine and other parties to protect employees. Earlier on Saturday morning, the Russian Navy started large-scale exercises in the Black Sea. Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday morning, "30 ships from our Fleet in the Black Sea have gone to Sebastopol and Novorossiysk Sea f...

   In Pakistan's Larkana Central Jail, the prisoners finally released the 7 policemen held hostage. Since last Friday, all these policemen were hostages of prisoners inside the jail. After this rebellion of the prisoners which lasted for about 8 days, the policemen have been freed. According to a report in 'Dawn', the rebel prisoners were actually demanding the return of one of the 13 dangerous prisoners, Mohammad Ali Khokhar, back to his prison. Please inform that the jail authorities had shifted Khokhar to Shikarpur Jail. After which his comrades who were in jail started a rebellion. In the face of this revolt of the prisoners, the jail administration has finally had to bow down. To free the 7 policemen from the captivity of the prisoners, the jail administration shifted Khokhar out of Shikarpur Jail to Larkana Central Jail again. It is being told that Khokhar's companions, who were lodged inside the jail, were agitating for the last 7 months to bring him back. ...