PUL-E-KHUMRI Delano Hill Rush Jersey , Afghanistan, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Some 10 members of the Taliban insurgent group have surrendered to authorities in northern Afghan province of Baghlan, an official source said on Thursday.
"A 10-member group of Taliban renounced violence and joined the peace and reconciliation process in Jilga district late on Wednesday," District Governor Mohammad Sarwar told Xinhua.
The group also handed over 10 guns and rounds of ammunition to security officials, the governor added.
With the former insurgents' surrender Shaquill Griffin Rush Jersey , peace and stability would be further strengthened in several parts of the province, according to Sarwar.
The Taliban militants have yet to make any comment.
The Afghan government set up a 70-member High Peace Council and launched the peace and reconciliation process in 2010 to encourage Taliban to disarm and give up militancy against the government.
ANKARA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the 14th round soccer results and standings of Turkish Super League after Monday's matches (home teams listed first):
Akhisar Belediyespor 1 Sivasspor 0
Trabzonspor 3 Eskisehirspor 1
Standings (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn Ethan Pocic Rush Jersey , lost, goals for, goals against and points):
1. Besiktas 14 10 2 2 32 15 32
2. Fenerbahce 14 9 4 1 23 12 31
3. Akhisar Belediyespor 14 8 4 2 20 11 28
4. Galatasaray 14 7 5 2 33 18 26
5. Basaksehir 14 8 2 4 21 12 26
6. Kasimpasa 14 6 5 3 18 11 23
7. Konyaspor 14 6 5 3 17 18 23
8. Trabzonspor 14 6 2 6 18 18 20
9. C. Rizespor 14 4 6 4 19 19 18
10. Antalyaspor 14 4 5 5 22 26 17
11. Gaziantepspor 14 4 4 6 13 22 16
12. Osmanlispor 14 4 3 7 16 16 15
13. Bursaspor 14 5 0 9 14 21 15
14. Kayserispor 14 3 5 6 11 14 14
15. Genclerbirligi 14 3 4 7 14 21 13
16. Sivasspor 14 1 7 6 15 21 10
17. Mersin IY 14 2 4 8 17 29 10
18. Eskisehirspor 14 2 1 11 13 32 7
by Xinhua Writer Yao Yuan
TAIPEI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- In a tree cemetery east of Taipei, Liu Shan stooped beside a cedar to whisper to her son buried beneath Malik McDowell Rush Jersey , telling him of the arrival of friends from his hometown on the Chinese mainland.
No epitaph was seen at the burial site of Liu Tengyang, who took his life last year at Taiwan's Fu Jen Catholic University, the first suicide case involving a mainland student in a Taiwan college.
One year after the tragedy exposed the mental plight of the island's newly arrived mainland students, Liu traveled to Taiwan on another motherly mission: to take care of other mainland students in the absence of their parents.
"My son's death would be made worthless if I chose to lie in the grips of sorrow," the single mother said. "I've lost my son Camo Frank Clark Jersey , but I was given a new life goal: to love and care about other students like him."
MAKING THE CRY HEARD
There are thousands of mainland students currently studying in Taiwan's universities, which began recruiting them in 2011, partly in a drive to fill the vacancies left by a shrinking domestic student pool.
Liu said many of these young students suffer social isolation and a lack of care as they adapt to a different society and associate with their Taiwanese peers, who often have clashing thoughts and values.
"There are students who spend most of their time playing games in the dorm or confined to the small circle of mainland students at the same university," Liu said.
Such isolation may worsen psychological problems Camo Rees Odhiambo Jersey , as demonstrated in the case of Liu Tengyang. The 19-year-old suffered depression before hanging himself in the dormitory on March 18, 2013. The mother suspects the cause was him being excluded by other local students after a failed romance with a Taiwanese girl.
Liu noted Taiwan's lack of protection for mainland students. Offices for mainland students lack personnel and student associations are underfunded. Mainland students are denied access to public health insurance that covers Hong Kong, Macao and other non-local students. In times of emergencies, mainland parents often face red tape in visiting their children.
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Liu decided to make use of her role as a victim's mother and speak out for other mainland students.
"Taiwanese universities recruited mainland students to fill vacancies, but what have they done for these children? Could they do more? Could they treat them the same way as the Taiwanese students?" Liu said.
In recent years, Taiwan has drawn criticism for its policies on mainland students, including forbidding them from receiving scholarships Camo Germain Ifedi Jersey , doing part-time work or seeking local employment after graduation. Some believe this discrimination is behind the cooling enrollment of mainland students.
Taiwan planned to enroll 3,805 students from the mainland in 2013, but official statistics showed only 1,822 actually came and registered.
ACTING MOM
In February, Liu left her job in Fuzhou City to attend psychology and media courses at Fu Jen University.
The former host of call-in advice radio programs now devotes much of her time to consulting with mainland students Camo Tedric Thompson Jersey , sometimes rushing to the care of sick students in lieu of their parents.
She arranges weekly dinner parties at her small rental apartment and cooks for a few mainland students.
"It's mostly simple home-cooked food. What matters is the family atmosphere for everyone to talk out their minds," Liu said.
Liu has a bigger ambition. She wants to establish a "mama's league" for similar parties, an idea that has already attracted a couple of Taiwanese mothers who are willing to cook for the mainland students.