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Goanet mourns the passing of Jorge de Abreu Noronha in Portugal - Nov 27/07 http://tinyurl.com/2dk2bl http://tinyurl.com/29kpdx --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herald, 28 Nov 2007 Intervention sought on Margao expo HERALD NEWS DESK PANJIM, NOV 27 -- Citizens’ Initiatives for Communal Harmony has drawn the attention of the chief minister and the chief secretary to an exhibition which got underway in Margao organised by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti. Ramesh Gauns in a press note issued here stated that the exhibition makes a selective call to the Hindu community to act against terrorism, when communalism and terrorism associated with it are problems faced by people of all creeds and communities. Communal forces have also been using this exhibition as a vehicle for communal propaganda as well as to demonise a particular community, he alleged. In its representation to the Chief Minister, copy of which was also given to the Chief Secretary, CICH has called upon the Government to address the spread of communalism, propagate secular values and pre-empt people from falling prey to the communal feelings. CICH has also pointed out that the ostensibly secular government of Goa has thus far taken no steps to combat communal forces, and that the recommendations of the one-man enquiry commission into the Sanvordem-Curchorem communal violence remain unimplemented. -- Question everything -- Karl Marx