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A woman was shot dead this afternoon, after hours of waiting to vote in the Moresby North-East electorate in the National Capital District. Reports received by this newsroom, indicate that people waited for hours until around midday when the ballot boxes were brought to Ward 9 of ATS Block Two. Voters waited since 8 o’clock this morning for ballot boxes to reach them and the crowd turned rowdy when ballot boxes eventually reached them and were brought to another location. NCD Metropolitan Gideon Ikumu  addresses the community [photo by NBC] Shots were fired by police, resulting in the death. NCD Metropolitan Gideon Ikumu was there to address the community while polling came to a stop. He said “Mipla needim ol man husat i witnesim stret namba plate blong polis kar i kam insait. Em wanem kain kar? Description blong kar. Den polis bai stat bihainim nau.” “Givim nem so that polis bai save husat em witness stap na lukim stret wanem samting kamap. Bicos taim yupla olge...

This historical city located in south eastern Turkey is the gateway to Mesopotamia. It lies at the center of the homeland of the Syriacs, an ancient race who trace their origin to the Akkadian empire, established in Mesopotamia around 2200 BCE. It also served as the capital of the Turkic Artuqid dynasty between the 12th and the 15th centuries. I am talking about the offbeat cultural gem of Mardin that lies on the southern slopes of a 3,450 feet tall highland and that overlooks extensive limestone plateaus. A lot of you might not have heard of Mardin as it was unofficially closed for tourism throughout the 1990s due to long lasting Turkey-PKK conflict in the surrounding countryside. Things are still iffy at the borders, but Mardin is welcoming tourists these days. It is the kind of place that rewards fearless travelers with a keen sense of discovery. And this holds especially true for the Mardin old town that is officially under the protection of UNESCO. This old town is known for its f...

Believe it or not, from 1933 to 1974, it was illegal for American citizens to keep gold. Failing to abide meant $10,000 penalty and 10 years imprisonment! Yes you heard it right, you could not buy your wife a gold ring neither could she wear any gold jewellery . All your gold hoardings now belonged to the Federal Reserve Bank (FED)! On April 5, 1933, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt , signed the Executive Order 6102 , which outlawed the private ownership of gold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates for every American citizen. 2.24 2.23 2.22 2.21 2.20 2.19 2.18 2.17 2.16 2.15 2.14 2.13 2.12 2.11 2.10 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.0 Foreigners living in United States also had their gold confiscated , and were forced to accept paper money for their gold. Through this unconstitutional executive order, citizens were told to hand over all their gold hoardings to Federal Reserve Bank within 25 days . It was forbidden to hoard gold after May 1, 1933. An...

There are IT concepts you should know about if you run a business. You might not be the person or belong to the team that handles all of your IT needs, but you should still understand some of the basic notions. When you do, you can speak to the IT department more easily, and you’ll be able to take part in discussions about what technology forms you do or don’t need. With that in mind, let’s talk about PKI. We’ll explain what it is, and we’ll give a few reasons why it benefits you to know about it. What is PKI? PKI stands for public key infrastructure . It is a system that governs digital certificate issuance. Digital certificates exist so you can be sure of a user, app, or device’s identity anywhere in the world. If you know that a device has a digital certificate, that’s how you can be sure you are not communicating or trying to do business with a fraudulent entity. Some hackers will set up entities that mimic others. They’ll try to get you to reveal sensitive information, which ...