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US-based photographer of Nepali origin Bimal Nepal posted a beautiful photo of Diwali lights on his Facebook and Instagram pages on Tuesday morning. The photo of container candles placed in an S-shaped pattern on a wooden floor was clicked last year by Nepal. He posted it on the social media sites this year to wish his friends a Happy Diwali. A few hours later almost a similar p stanley cup hoto or stanley cup the same photo with some digital alterations appeared on the Facebook page of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he shared Dhanteras greetings with his followers. There was no credit given to Nepal for the use of his photo without permission. The surprised photographer has now taken this issue of copyright violation to social media. I am truly honored that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using one of my photographs in his Facebook page. My greatest question and concern is鈥攖here is no credit for the photographer, Nepal wrote on Facebook. He mentions that the photo was clicked in the dining room of his Cambridge Massachusetts home with help of his daughter Abina who set up the Diwali lights on the floor. Of course stanley cup that photo was taken by me. It is on Flickr photo sharing website with all the metadata. It is protected by US copyright law, Nepal wrote to HT in reply to questions about his claim. I am one of the greatest fans of Mr. Modi but how he uses this photo is totally unacceptable. I am looking for compensation and the appropriate credit, he added. Nepal has found su Snnu Eight killed, 60 injured in Turkey blast
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the United Nations special envoy for eastern Congo, met Congolese President Joseph Kabila late on Friday and will fly east for talks with rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. HT Image Obasanjo is trying to avert a broader regional war breaking out after battles between Nkunda s stanley cup Tutsi guerrillas and stanley cup the Congolese army forced some 250,000 people from their homes in Democratic Republic of Congo s North Kivu province. They met last night, a source in the DRC presidency told Reuters. Obasanjo is now due to go to the east to find out what it is Nkunda wants and tell him this is his last chance. No details of the meeting in Kinshasa were available. Obasanjo, who was named last week by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his special envoy, met Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in Luanda before flying to the Congolese capital, and has already spoken to Nkunda by telephone. The United Nations says the fighting has triggered a humanitarian catastrophe. On Friday, aid workers began feeding tens of thousands of refugees in rebel-held areas. There are fears the violence could escalate into a repeat of a 1998-2003 war that sucked in the militaries of six African states and led to millions of deaths. Kabila accuses neighbouring Rwanda of supporting Nkunda, while southern Afric adidas samba an states led by Angola have said they are considering sending troops to back the Congolese army, or to bolster a stretched 17,000-strong U.N. forc
US-based photographer of Nepali origin Bimal Nepal posted a beautiful photo of Diwali lights on his Facebook and Instagram pages on Tuesday morning. The photo of container candles placed in an S-shaped pattern on a wooden floor was clicked last year by Nepal. He posted it on the social media sites this year to wish his friends a Happy Diwali. A few hours later almost a similar p stanley cup hoto or stanley cup the same photo with some digital alterations appeared on the Facebook page of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he shared Dhanteras greetings with his followers. There was no credit given to Nepal for the use of his photo without permission. The surprised photographer has now taken this issue of copyright violation to social media. I am truly honored that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using one of my photographs in his Facebook page. My greatest question and concern is鈥攖here is no credit for the photographer, Nepal wrote on Facebook. He mentions that the photo was clicked in the dining room of his Cambridge Massachusetts home with help of his daughter Abina who set up the Diwali lights on the floor. Of course stanley cup that photo was taken by me. It is on Flickr photo sharing website with all the metadata. It is protected by US copyright law, Nepal wrote to HT in reply to questions about his claim. I am one of the greatest fans of Mr. Modi but how he uses this photo is totally unacceptable. I am looking for compensation and the appropriate credit, he added. Nepal has found su Snnu Eight killed, 60 injured in Turkey blast
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the United Nations special envoy for eastern Congo, met Congolese President Joseph Kabila late on Friday and will fly east for talks with rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. HT Image Obasanjo is trying to avert a broader regional war breaking out after battles between Nkunda s stanley cup Tutsi guerrillas and stanley cup the Congolese army forced some 250,000 people from their homes in Democratic Republic of Congo s North Kivu province. They met last night, a source in the DRC presidency told Reuters. Obasanjo is now due to go to the east to find out what it is Nkunda wants and tell him this is his last chance. No details of the meeting in Kinshasa were available. Obasanjo, who was named last week by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his special envoy, met Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in Luanda before flying to the Congolese capital, and has already spoken to Nkunda by telephone. The United Nations says the fighting has triggered a humanitarian catastrophe. On Friday, aid workers began feeding tens of thousands of refugees in rebel-held areas. There are fears the violence could escalate into a repeat of a 1998-2003 war that sucked in the militaries of six African states and led to millions of deaths. Kabila accuses neighbouring Rwanda of supporting Nkunda, while southern Afric adidas samba an states led by Angola have said they are considering sending troops to back the Congolese army, or to bolster a stretched 17,000-strong U.N. forc