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Reports: Texan shot by Mexican army in Nuevo Laredo; 6 killed in Mexico City
Post Date: 2010-10-28 17:42:49 by WhiteSands
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Mexican newspapers have reported that an American man visiting his daughter in Nuevo Laredo was shot by members of the Mexican army early Tuesday. According to Action 4 News at valleycentral.com, a South Texas news website, 20-year-old Armando Francisco Gonzales was fighting for his life in a hospital Wednesday afternoon: It all happened off Avenida López de Lara and Calle 15 de Septiembre around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Witnesses said soldiers opened fire on a black Chevrolet Tahoe. Inside, the SUV was 20-year-old Armando Francisco Gonzales who was injured by bullets. Mexican media outlets reported that Gonzales crashed his SUV into a building and was left there for one hour and 45 ...
Mohammed Is Most Popular Boys' Name In England
Post Date: 2010-10-28 17:20:52 by Brian S
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Two most common spellings of Muslim name came in at 16th and 36th place, a total of 7,549 baby boys, making it the most popular name overall in England, Wales AFP Published: 10.27.10, 23:10 / Israel News Mohammed was the most popular name for newborn baby boys in England and Wales in 2009, according to official data released Wednesday. But 12 different spellings of the name, each listed separately, meant that Oliver officially topped poll. The name, given to 7,364 children, ended Jack's 14-year reign at number one, with Harry, Alfie and Joshua rounding out the top five in the figures published by the Office for National Statistics. The two most common spellings of the Muslim ...
No Yarmulkes Allowed In Jordan
Post Date: 2010-10-28 17:18:20 by Brian S
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Israelis crossing border asked to deposit yarmulkes on entering Muslim country 'for security reasons' Ronen Medzini Published: 10.28.10, 08:38 / Israel News It has been a while since Israelis entering Jordan were first required to deposit items of a Jewish-religious nature in order to cross the border for "security reasons." Most recently, Israelis have been asked to removes their yarmulkes. A., an Israeli businessman who visits Jordan often was amazed when he was asked to leave his yarmulkes in a safe on his most recent visit to the country. "We know tefillin are confiscated and we recently heard brimmed hats were being taken, so we came with regular hats," ...
IDF: No Gas Masks For 40% Of Israelis In 2012
Post Date: 2010-10-28 17:14:21 by Brian S
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Bomb shelters, siren systems in disrepair due to budget cuts, IDF Home Front Command chief says Roni Sofer Published: 10.28.10 According to official Home Front Command data, only 16% of Israel's population has received gas mask protection kits so far. By the end of 2012, when all available protection kits are expected to be distributed, only 60% of the population will have received one as result of budget cuts, the army said. A report presented by Home Front Command Chief Major-General Yair Golan to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Thursday shows that when the current order of protection kits is completed, the production lines will close. In order to reopen them, the ...
Prosecutors: Vatican bank defying laundering laws
Post Date: 2010-10-28 17:05:33 by WhiteSands
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ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors contest claims by the Vatican bank that it is trying to comply with international rules to fight money laundering, saying an investigation that led to the seizure of euro23 million ($30 million) from a Vatican bank account shows "exactly the opposite," according to a court document obtained Friday by The Associated Press (News - Alert). An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a Vatican request to lift the seizure, leading the Vatican to express "astonishment" at the court's ruling and indicating the case will not be cleared up quickly, as the Vatican originally predicted. Since the money was ordered seized last month, the Vatican ...
Iraqi PM's Political Opponents Call For Investigation Of Prison Abuse Under His Watch
Post Date: 2010-10-28 14:53:53 by Brian S
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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi prime minister's political opponents demanded Thursday that parliament hold a special session to investigate claims that prisoners have been tortured by his government. Lawmakers from the Sunni-backed Iraqiya group have seized on the abuse allegations that surfaced last week in a cache of secret U.S. military documents released by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks as evidence that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is unfit to govern. Al-Maliki, meanwhile, has attacked the WikiLeaks release as an attempt to undermine him as he seeks to clench a second term in office. Parliament has been stalled while Iraqiya and al-Maliki's Shiite-led coalition battle for the ...
German unemployment drops below 3m (lowest in 18 years)
Post Date: 2010-10-28 14:33:59 by go65
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Unemployment in Germany fell below 3m in October for the first time in 18 years, according to unadjusted figures released by the federal labour office. The government in Berlin greeted the news with delight and saw it as confirmation that its measures to revive the economy from last year’s recession had been timely and effective. Seasonally adjusted jobless figures showed rather less improvement, with a decline of just 3,000 in registered unemployed for a total figure of 3.153m, or 7.5 per cent of the labour force. The figures were leaked on Wednesday, a day early, by Ursula von der Leyen, the labour minister, to coincide with the first anniversary in office of the centre-right ...
Scientists Find 'Liberal Gene' (Is A Cure On The Way?)
Post Date: 2010-10-28 07:18:36 by A K A Stone
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Researchers have determined that genetics could matter when it comes to some adults' political leanings. According to scientists at UC San Diego and Harvard University, "ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also by a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4." That and how many friends you had during high school. The study was led by UCSD's James Fowler and focused on 2,000 subjects from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Scientists matched the subjects' genetic information with "maps" of their social networks. According to researchers, they determined that people "with a specific variant of the DRD4 gene were more likely to ...
15 Killed in Mexican Car Wash Massacre
Post Date: 2010-10-28 02:15:47 by WhiteSands
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Gunmen killed 15 people at a car wash Wednesday in a Mexican Pacific coast state where drug-gang violence has risen this year. It was the third massacre in Mexico in less than a week. The gunmen in three vehicles drove up to the car wash in the city of Tepic and opened fire without provocation, said Fernando Carvajal, public safety secretary of Nayarit state, where the city is located. Fifteen men were killed and three people were injured. The motive was not immediately clear but investigators suspect it was the work of organized crime, Carvajal told reporters. He said most of the victims were recovering drug addicts and worked at the car wash. One victim, however, had just driven up to ...
Indonesian tsunami kills 272; help finally arrives
Post Date: 2010-10-27 16:29:18 by WhiteSands
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MENTAWAI ISLANDS, Indonesia (AP) - Planes and helicopters packed with rescue workers and supplies landed for the first time Wednesday on remote Indonesian islands that were pounded by a 10-foot (three-meter) tsunami, sweeping away villages and killing at least 272 people. The first aerial surveys of the region revealed huge swaths of land underwater and the crumbled rubble of homes torn apart by the wave. One lay tilted, resting on the edge of its red roof, with tires and slabs of concrete piled up on the surrounding sand. Two days after a powerful earthquake triggered the wave, the casualty count was still rising as rescuers and disaster officials finally reached the Mentawai island ...
Israel's Right Wing Starts Their Own Tea Party
Post Date: 2010-10-27 15:57:27 by Brian S
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Israeli naval commandos who participated in the raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May Photo: AFP The new movement, which has taken inspiration from the US conservative group, is being spearheaded by disaffected former and present members of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, When it holds its inaugural rally in Tel Aviv on Sunday, the movement's stated target will be Mr Obama, the US president, whose call for a halt to Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank has caused anger on the Israeli right. The Likud party has long opposed the creation of a Palestinian state. According to Michael Kleiner, a former Likud legislator who is one ...
Chavez Orders Expropriation of Owens-Illinois (Ohio Company)
Post Date: 2010-10-27 07:56:06 by A K A Stone
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(AP) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday ordered the expropriation of U.S.-based glass maker Owens-Illinois Inc.'s unit in the South American country. Chavez announced plans to expropriate the company in a televised speech, saying it operates in western Trujillo state. Chavez's Latest Takeover Won't be His Last The leftist leader criticized the company's practices in the country, saying it had been "taking away the money of Venezuelans" and exploiting local people. Chavez did not detail his complaints about the company. There was no immediate reaction from the company, based in Perrysburg, Ohio. Owens-Illinois also has operations throughout Latin ...
Afghanistan: Russia steps in to help Nato
Post Date: 2010-10-27 07:52:45 by A K A Stone
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Russia has agreed to return to the war in Afghanistan at the request of the Western states which helped the mujahedin to drive its forces out of the country 21 years ago. The Independent has learnt that Moscow is engaged in training the Afghan army and counter-narcotics troops and has agreed in principle to supply Nato with several dozen helicopters for use in Afghanistan. A number of aircraft have already been sold to Poland, a member of the US-led coalition, for use in the conflict. Now Nato is in talks with the Russians over direct supplies of more helicopters, training the pilots, and allowing arms and ammunition to be transported through Russian territory as an alternative to a ...
U.S. Superbase on Guam
Post Date: 2010-10-27 07:22:31 by A K A Stone
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Via: Telegraph: The US is building an £8 billion super military base on the Pacific island of Guam in an attempt to contain China’s military build-up. The expansion will include a dock for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a missile defence system, live-fire training sites and the expansion of the island’s airbase. It will be the largest investment in a military base in the western Pacific since the Second World War, and the biggest spend on naval infrastructure in decades.
Indonesia hit by deadly tsunami, volcanic eruption
Post Date: 2010-10-26 21:49:56 by Ibluafartsky
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Indonesia hit by deadly tsunami, volcanic eruption Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:04 PM EDT The Associated Press By SLAMET RIYADI Associated Press MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) — A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia — spasms from the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth. Tuesday's eruption of Mount Merapi killed at least 18 people, forced thousands to flee down its slopes and spewed burning ash and smoke high into the air on the island of Java. Meanwhile, off the coast of Sumatra, about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) west of the volcano, rescuers battled rough seas to ...
Former Israeli Security Chief Cancels Spain Trip, Fearing Arrest For Alleged War Crimes
Post Date: 2010-10-26 14:26:01 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM — An aide to Israel's former internal security chief says his boss has cancelled a trip to Spain for fear he could be arrested for alleged war crimes. Avi Dichter, now a parliament member, was supposed to head an Israeli delegation to a peace conference in Spain beginning Thursday. Dichter faced charges of crimes against humanity in Spain for his role in a 2002 airstrike that killed a Hamas commander and 14 civilians in the Gaza Strip. The court dropped the suit, but Dichter spokesman Nisan Zeevi said Tuesday that Spain could not guarantee Dichter would not be arrested. Pro-Palestinian lawyers have filed a number of war crimes charges against Israeli officials in ...
Iran Loads Fuel Rods Into Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Post Date: 2010-10-26 12:29:32 by Brian S
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Iran today began loading fuel rods into the core of its first nuclear power plant, saying the reactor in Bushehr would begin operation by January. If confirmed, it would mark the end of long delays in bringing online the plant at the center of Iran’s nuclear power program. The last time Iran proclaimed it was ready to power up the Bushehr plant, in August, it sparked alarm that it could be used to create fuel for weapons, although the United States recently withdrew its opposition to the 1,000-megawatt plant. The move comes as the European Union is pressuring Iran to hold talks on its nuclear program next month. The West accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons, which Iran denies, ...
WikiLeaks To Release Secret Russia, China Logs - Paper
Post Date: 2010-10-26 11:43:51 by Brian S
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Whistleblower website WikiLeaks, which has published hundreds of U.S. war logs, is preparing to release secret files from Russia and China, a Russian newspaper said on Tuesday. "Russians are going to find out a lot of interesting facts about their country," WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told Kommersant. The main goal of the project was the "despotic regimes in China, Russia and Central Eurasia," WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wrote to potential investors when he launched the website in 2006. WikiLeaks published some 400,000 secret U.S. military files revealing the truth about the conflict in Iraq. The documents suggest U.S. forces turned a blind eye to ...
Aziz Sentenced To Death By Hanging
Post Date: 2010-10-26 08:53:05 by A K A Stone
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SADDAM Hussein's former foreign minister Tariq Aziz has been sentenced to death by hanging. Aziz — who was for years the public face of tyrant Saddam's regime and its only Christian member — was handed the sentence by Iraq's Supreme Court. The 74-year-old faces death after being convicted for his role in a Saddam-led campaign that hunted and executed members of the Shiite Dawa Party, according to reports in Iraq. Convicted ... Tariq was the public face of Saddam's regime Convicted ... Tariq was the public face of Saddam's regime An Iraqi state television report said: "The supreme criminal court issued an execution order against Tariq Aziz for his role ...
A Republican Congress Would Seek To Remove Funding For Israel From The Foreign Operations Budget, A GOP Leader (Cantor) Said. (wants to protect funding for Israel)
Post Date: 2010-10-25 16:54:49 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A Republican Congress would seek to remove funding for Israel from the foreign operations budget, a GOP leader said. U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, the Republican whip and the only Jewish Republican in the House of Representatives, told JTA that a GOP-led House would seek to defund nations that do not share U.S. interests, even if it meant rejecting the president's foreign operations budget. Cantor, of Virginia, said he wants to protect funding for Israel should that situation arise. "Part of the dilemma is that Israel has been put in the overall foreign aid looping," he said when asked about the increasing tendency of Republicans in recent years to vote against ...
Mexican officials ID 13 people killed in Tijuana drug rehab center
Post Date: 2010-10-25 16:44:23 by WhiteSands
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Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican officials have identified 13 people killed Sunday night in a Tijuana drug rehabilitation center, the state-run news agency said Monday. Four heavily armed men stormed into the Centro de Rehabilitacion El Camino and opened fire, the Notimex news agency said. The reported ages of those killed ranged from 19 to 56 years old. The assailants escaped in a vehicle, the news agency said. The dead were identified as: Irineo Godinez Garcia, 47; Antonio Mesa Contreras, 56; Bernabe Alvarez Piceno, 35; Jose Lopez Sauceda, 28; Fabian Gonzalez Zea, 19; Juan Daniel Casi Esquer, 32; Wilson Ramírez Pena, 42; Joaquin García Hernandez, 39; Jorge Palacio ...
A lesson for Hicks: There are always consequences
Post Date: 2010-10-25 16:36:55 by WhiteSands
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A lesson for Hicks: There are always consequences By Madonna King Updated 24 minutes ago Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks. (AAP: Jarra McGrath/GetUp!, file photo) "Consequences'' is defined in the Oxford dictionary as "accept(ing) the results of one's choice or action''. It's a word David Hicks has not yet learned, or chooses to ignore. His personal story Guantanamo - My Journey is a brazen attempt to rewrite history; to paint black as white, and to ignore the seriousness of his involvement with Al Qaeda. His terror training is skipped over, while the reader is taken it seems almost daily through the ...
Afghan detainees mistreated in secret U.S. jail: report
Post Date: 2010-10-25 15:08:11 by WhiteSands
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Former detainees at a secret U.S. prison in Afghanistan say jailers mistreated them by depriving them of natural light, failing to provide proper food and withholding Red Cross visits, a report said Thursday. In the report by Open Society Foundations, established by billionaire George Soros, former Afghan detainees say they were abused at the classified detention center on Afghanistan's U.S. Bagram airbase, north of Kabul. The jail, the existence of which is not openly acknowledged by Washington, is separate from the main U.S. prison in Afghanistan, also at Bagram and now housed in a new $60 million complex that U.S. officials plan to hand over to Afghan control. Bagram became a ...
Secret war at the heart of Wikileaks
Post Date: 2010-10-25 14:35:14 by WhiteSands
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A civil war at the heart of Wikileaks has virtually paralysed the whistle-blowing website from publishing any new exposés outside of the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, say former staffers and volunteers. The website's recent unveiling of more than 390,000 secret US military documents from the Iraq war – on top of the 77,000 Afghan war logs it published earlier this year – has been hailed as one of the most explosive intelligence leaks in living memory, providing an astonishing level of previously unknown detail on two deeply controversial conflicts. But a number of former members say that the website's obsession with pursuing the US military has resulted in ...
Afghan President Karzai: Bush Knew We Were Getting Bags Of Cash From Iran
Post Date: 2010-10-25 12:57:44 by Brian S
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted to CNN on Monday that he has received cash payments from Iran after a New York Times report fingered his chief of staff as carrying bags of money back from trips to Iran. Little noticed in his interview, however, is that he said that President George W. Bush knew Afghanistan was getting cash from their western neighbor. "Even when we were at Camp David [Maryland] with President [George W.] Bush, this is nothing hidden," Karzai remarked. Karzai likened the bags of cash that he received, which his staff doled out to "Afghan lawmakers, tribal elders and even Taliban commanders to secure their loyalty," to the billions of dollars in US ...
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