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Central America floods, mudslides kill scores More than 110,000 in Guatemala flee as first storm of season lashes region
Post Date: 2010-05-31 22:53:30 by WhiteSands
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GUATEMALA CITY - Flooding and landslides from the season's first tropical storm have killed at least 142 people and left thousands homeless in Central America, officials said Monday. Dozens of people are still missing and emergency crews are struggling to reach isolated communities cut off by washed-out roads and collapsed bridges caused by Tropical Storm Agatha. The sun emerged Monday in hardest-hit Guatemala, where officials reported 118 dead and 53 missing. In the department of Chimaltenango — a province west of Guatemala City — landslides buried dozens of rural Indian communities and killed at least 60 people, Gov. Erick de Leon said. "The department has ...
Turkey Recalls Envoy Over Gaza Flotilla Deaths, Accuses israel Of 'State Terrorism'
Post Date: 2010-05-31 19:22:07 by Brian S
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Egypt summons Israeli ambassador after nine activists killed in Israel Navy raid; Arab League urges member states to 'reconsider dealings with Israel'; Abbas: Israel committed 'massacre'. Turkey announced Monday that it was recalling its ambassador to Israel after at least nine international activists were killed when Israel Navy commandoes stormed a ship bringing aid to the Gaza Strip. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan said the incident represented a complete violation of international law. "This action, totally contrary to the principles of international law, is inhumane state terrorism. Nobody should think we will keep quiet in the face of this," ...
In Raw Video, Reporters Claim Israelis Fired On Activists Before Boarding Ship
Post Date: 2010-05-31 19:03:27 by Brian S
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In what could be a serious blow to Israel's cover story on the murder of at least nine humanitarian activists making their way to Gaza through international waters, raw video by an Al Jazeera producer, who was filming during the raid, appears to provide evidence that the IDF opened fire on the flotilla even before boarding it.Israeli forces assert they came under attack by the pro-Palestine civilian group, and video released by the IDF appears to show one soldier being tossed overboard amid a scuffle with unidentified individuals wielding melee weapons, like clubs and chairs.However, in raw video captured by an Al Jazeera producer and published to YouTube late Monday, the journalist ...
Korea steps up campaign over ship sinking
Post Date: 2010-05-31 17:38:22 by WhiteSands
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea broadened efforts Monday to convince the world and its own public that North Korea sank one of its warships, sharing evidence with Russian torpedo experts and preparing a special briefing for influential bloggers and Twitter personalities. The persuasion campaign coincided with military exercises in which thousands of South Korean troops practiced fending off an attack from the North near the rivals' tense border. The drill, which the army said was routine and unrelated to the ship attack, involved building and defending pontoon bridges that scores of tanks used to cross a river as helicopters buzzed overhead. The South is lobbying for support for ...
-Gunmen attack Pakistan hospital in Lahore, kill 12 [gunmen killed one of the attackers from Friday's assault who was being treated in the Intensive Care ]
Post Date: 2010-05-31 17:06:14 by WhiteSands
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LAHORE - At least three gunmen attacked a hospital in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday morning, killing 12 people and holding several hostage before escaping, a senior doctor told Reuters. "They barged into the hospital building and opened indiscriminate fire," said Javed Ikram, Chief Executive of Jinnah hospital. He said at least 12 people were killed in the firing while some had been held hostage. A Reuters reporter saw the bodies of four policemen. "There are blood patches at the entrance of the hospital building," he said. "Pillows, biscuits and other food stuff and shoes are strewn on the floor." People and patients who were able ran ...
NATO To Hold Emergency Session At Turkey's Request
Post Date: 2010-05-31 15:30:01 by Brian S
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Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - NATO will hold emergency talks on Tuesday at Turkey's request after an Israeli commando unit stormed an aid convoy en route to Gaza, killing at least 10 passengers, spokesman James Appathurai said. "Planning is underway for a meeting... at the request of the Turkish authorities tomorrow afternoon," Appathurai told the Agence France-Presse. The talks will gather ambassadors from the 28 NATO member countries at its Brussels HQ. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Santiago, Chile that his government was demanding the NATO council gather to address the deaths and accused Israel of committing "inhuman state ...
Turkey Threatens Action; Israel On Alert
Post Date: 2010-05-31 15:22:07 by Brian S
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A shocked world has responded with outrage. Turkey recalled its ambassador to Israel and warned of unprecedented and incalculable reprisals. Two Turkish activists were reported to be among those killed in the flotilla. Ankara warned that further supply vessels will be sent to Gaza, escorted by the Turkish Navy, a development with unpredictable consequences. Israel has sounded an alert throughout the country fearing rocket attacks by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Arab League has called an urgent meeting on Tuesday to decide on a common response. Egypt is under pressure to end the blockade of Gaza while Greece has cancelled a military exercise with Isreal. The world is waiting for the ...
Netanyahu: I Regret Gaza Flotilla Deaths, But Israeli Troops Had Right To Self-Defense
Post Date: 2010-05-31 12:47:04 by Brian S
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he regretted the loss of life sustained by international activists after Israel Navy commandos stormed a flotilla bringing aid to the Gaza Strip, but said the Israeli troops who opened fire were justified for defending themselves. Netanyahu, who earlier in the day canceled his planned visit to Washington where he was to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama, said that Israel was prepared to bring all humanitarian aid carried on the ship to civilians in Gaza. He also said that Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip would continue. Netanyahu was in Ottawa when the incident took place early Monday, and announced that he would return to ...
World Leaders Express Regret, Outrage at Israeli Raid on Aid Flotilla
Post Date: 2010-05-31 12:44:17 by Brian S
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The United States has expressed regret at Israel's attack on an aid flotilla that killed 10 pro-Palestinian activists on Monday. In a statement, the White House said it is trying to "understand the circumstances" surrounding the incident. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was shocked by the violence against the pro-Palestinian aid mission, and demanded that Israel conduct a full investigation. The U.N. Security Council has called an emergency meeting to discuss the incident. The European Union also called for an inquiry, with EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton demanding "an immediate" and "unconditional" opening of crossings ...
Mexican Pirates Prey on Boaters on Texas Lake
Post Date: 2010-05-31 03:06:16 by WhiteSands
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Texas' Falcon Lake is best known for its sport fishing, but lately it's the armed Mexican pirates that have attracted quite a bit of attention. In recent weeks, groups of men with assault rifles and high-powered machine guns have boarded leisure boats demanding drugs and cash, leading authorities to believe that drug cartels are operating on the popular bass-fishing lake on the Mexican border. "It's gotten more brazen," Colonel Peter Flores, director of the law enforcement division for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, told Aol News Friday. "We believe that these are some offshoots of gangs on that side that are going into different types of criminal ...
Reports: Israeli ships attack aid flotilla, 2 dead
Post Date: 2010-05-31 01:19:31 by Fred Mertz
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HAIFA, Israel – Israeli warships attacked at least one of six ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid for the blockaded Gaza Strip, killing at least two and wounding an unknown number of people on board, an Arabic satellite news channel and a Turkish TV network reported early Monday. The Israeli military spokesman's office denied that its forces attacked the boats but said they would enforce the decision to keep them away from Gaza. However, other security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to report on the military operation, confirmed that activists were wounded, but did not give numbers. They said the troops faced ...
Mobile phones responsible for disappearance of honey bee
Post Date: 2010-05-30 21:54:58 by A K A Stone
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The growing use of mobile telephones is behind the disappearance of honey bees and the collapse of their hives, scientists have claimed. Their disappearance has caused alarm throughout Europe and North America where campaigners have blamed agricultural pesticides, climate change and the advent of genetically modified crops for what is now known as 'colony collapse disorder.' Britain has seen a 15 per cent decline in its bee population in the last two years and shrinking numbers has led to a rise in thefts of hives. Now researchers from Chandigarh's Punjab University claim they have found the cause which could be the first step in reversing the decline: They have established ...
American cage fighter 'rips out still-beating heart of training partner after fearing he was possessed by the devil'
Post Date: 2010-05-30 21:20:15 by A K A Stone
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A U.S. cage fighter ripped out the heart of his training partner while he was still alive after becoming convinced he was possessed by the devil, it was alleged today.
Jarrod Wyatt also cut out Taylor Powell's tongue and ripped off most of his face in a brutal assault that police said looked like a scene from a horror film, officers said.
They claim they found the 26-year-old standing naked over his friend's body with parts, including an eyeball, strewn around the blood splattered room in Klamath, California.
Wyatt allegedly told police he had drunk a cup of tea spiked with hallucinogenic mushrooms and became convinced Powell was possessed.
According to an autopsy Powell, 21, ...
God is Taking The Side of the Jews (Again)
Post Date: 2010-05-30 17:20:06 by Biff Tannen
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#1. To: jr_ssk (#0) The Obastard must have been told that until he makes amends, the Black OIL spewing from the Gulf will continue. Just like with Pharoh, G-d has intervened on the behalf of the Jews. Once this is done, watch how fast the Black Oil spew stops. Goldi-Lox posted on 2010-05-30 16:28:17 ET
Poster Comment:I wish he'd hurry up and make amends.
US Senators Approve Two Billion Dollars in Aid for Haiti
Post Date: 2010-05-30 10:10:48 by 3-Dee
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The US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee approved Tuesday a two billion dollar aid package to support reconstruction in Haiti, after a devastating earthquake that struck the nation in January. The bill, proposed by committee chairman Senator John Kerry and his Republican colleague Bob Corker, would distribute the funds over two years to help reconstruction in coordination with Haiti's government. The legislation directs the US Agency for International Development to establish a "comprehensive rebuilding and development strategy for Haiti" and calls for the appointment of a senior coordinator to oversee US policy towards the country. Under the plan, which must now go to the ...
Meet Your New Enemy Bruce Patterson, He Wants To Cut Your Tongue Out
Post Date: 2010-05-30 06:42:39 by A K A Stone
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This is the face of tyranny. A Michigan State Senator has introduced an Orwellian bill that would provide for the licensing of journalists. There is no doubt that this thing is aimed squarely at delegitimizing the New Media, silencing bloggers, and creating a protected class of state approved “journalists.” State Senator Bruce Patterson is the braintrust behind this flouting of the U.S. Constitution and outrageously enough, this Patterson fellow claims to be a “constitutional lawyer.” Pair him with the “constitutional scholar” we have as president and we have a matched set of revisionists out to steal as much power for themselves as one can find in any tinpot ...
In the Koreas, Five Possible Ways to War
Post Date: 2010-05-30 00:07:23 by WhiteSands
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USUALLY, there is a familiar cycle to Korea crises. Like a street gang showing off its power to run amok in a well-heeled neighborhood, the North Koreans launch a missile over Japan or set off a nuclear test or stage an attack — as strong evidence indicates they did in March, when a South Korean warship was torpedoed. Expressions of outrage follow. So do vows that this time, the North Koreans will pay a steep price. In time, though, the United States and North Korea’s neighbors — China, Japan, South Korea and Russia — remind one another that they have nothing to gain from a prolonged confrontation, much less a war. Gradually, sanctions get watered down. Negotiations ...
Did an American Mine Sink South Korean Ship?
Post Date: 2010-05-29 11:55:07 by mininggold
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Did an American Mine Sink South Korean Ship? South Korean Prime Minister Lee Myung-bak has claimed "overwhelming evidence" that a North Korean torpedo sank the corvette Cheonan on March 26, killing 46 sailors. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that there’s "overwhelming evidence" in favor of the theory that North Korea sank the South Korean Navy warship Cheonan. But the articles of proof presented so far by military investigators to an official inquiry board have been scanty and inconsistent. There’s yet another possibility, that a U.S. rising mine sank the Cheonan in a friendly-fire accident. In the recent U.S.-China strategic talks in ...
Kim Jong-Il: The sex-mad pantomime villain with a finger on the nuclear button
Post Date: 2010-05-29 05:58:09 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Kim Jong-Il: The sex-mad pantomime villain with a finger on the nuclear button Barbaric: Kim Jong-Il looks like a Bond baddie - only he's more bloodthirsty With his bouffant hair, platform shoes and strange penchant for zip-up, khaki catsuits, it would be easy to dismiss North Korea’s dictator as a faintly ludicrous pantomime villain. But Kim Jong-il, known as the Dear Leader by his impoverished, brutalised people, is a psychopath who threatens the world with his burgeoning nuclear arsenal — and his neighbours with his pathological bullying. Last night, Kim was being condemned around the world for torpedoing a South Korean naval vessel, killing 46 crew. Yet warnings and ...
* News * World news * North Korea North Korea 'is exporting nuclear technology' Leaked UN report says Pyongyang is using front companies to export nuclear and missile technology to Iran, Syria and Burma
Post Date: 2010-05-29 04:50:09 by WhiteSands
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International efforts to avert a full-blown crisis on the Korean peninsula were given greater urgency today after a leaked UN report claimed that North Korea is defying UN sanctions and using front companies to export nuclear and missile technology to Iran, Syria and Burma. The report, by a panel that monitors sanctions imposed after Pyongyang conducted nuclear weapons tests in 2006 and 2009, said the regime was using shell companies and overseas criminal networks to export the technology. The revelations came just hours before the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, arrived in South Korea for a three-day visit certain to be dominated by mounting tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang. At a ...
Killings of Gays Increase in Mexico, Report Says
Post Date: 2010-05-29 02:09:02 by 3-Dee
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MEXICO CITY – Killings of gays and lesbians have risen in Mexico despite a government tolerance campaign and a law legalizing same-sex marriage in the capital, according to a report released Thursday by a coalition of civic groups. A review of more than 70 newspapers in 11 Mexican states found an average of nearly 30 killings a year motivated by homophobia between 1995 and 2000, compared to nearly 60 a year between 2001 and 2009, the report said. Ricardo Bucio, president of the government's National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination, backed the report, saying it gave visibility to a lingering problem. The government launched a radio campaign in 2005 to promote ...
Mexican Mayor Allegedly Beats Wife at Mother's Day Event, Sparks National Criticism
Post Date: 2010-05-29 01:51:49 by 3-Dee
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The mayor of a southern Mexico town allegedly beat his wife during a mother's day celebration, sparking national criticism and prompting federal authorities to urge the woman to file a complaint. Local media reported Wednesday that Enrique Hernandez, mayor of Petantepec in southern Chiapas state, punched and kicked his wife and pulled her hair during a mother's day concert Monday. The national newspaper Reforma quoted another mayor at the event as saying Hernandez yelled at his wife, Estela Velasco, and then began hitting her at the public concert in the town of Pueblo Nuevo. "I tried to help her but the mayor threatened me," Pueblo Nuevo Mayor Juan Alberto Morales told ...
U.N. Inspectors Say Iran Removed Nuclear Equipment in Possible Cover-Up
Post Date: 2010-05-28 13:25:34 by Badeye
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U.N. Inspectors Say Iran Removed Nuclear Equipment in Possible Cover-Up Published May 28, 2010 | Associated Press Print Email Share Comments (10) Text Size VIENNA -- U.N. nuclear inspectors revisiting an Iranian laboratory to follow up on activities that could be linked to a secret nuclear weapons program recently discovered that some equipment believed used in the experiments has disappeared, diplomats said Friday. One of the diplomats told The Associated Press that senior officials within the International Atomic Energy Agency -- the U.N. nuclear watchdog -- were concerned that the removal was an attempted cover-up. Two others confirmed that some apparatus had gone missing. One said ...
Pakistan Mosque Attacks Leave at Least 40 Dead
Post Date: 2010-05-28 09:23:27 by war
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Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images Pakistani commandos made way for a colleague carrying an injured worshiper at one of two mosques stormed by gunmen in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday. ISLAMABAD—Taliban militants brandishing assault rifles and grenades attacked a pair of mosques of a minority religious sect in eastern Pakistan Friday, killing at least 40 people and taking a number of worshippers hostage before being overcome by police. The near-simultaneous attacks on mosques in separate neighborhoods of Lahore began with a barrage of grenade blasts, followed by gunfire, police and witnesses said. "There were thousands of worshipers in the mosque. Everyone was running for his ...
An unwanted immigrant: This demented duchess
Post Date: 2010-05-28 09:19:56 by Badeye
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An unwanted immigrant: This demented duchess Last Updated: 9:58 AM, May 27, 2010 Posted: 3:58 AM, May 27, 2010 Andrea Peyser Bloody cheek. It's not every day a com moner is graced with the personage of a card-carry ing, blue-blooded, bone headed duchess. But Sarah Ferguson irritably dragged her hips into the Javits Center yesterday at the crack of 8:30, and proceeded to whine, kvetch and play the victim in a British accent as impenetrable as Scotland Yard. And, judging from the crowd she attracted, which coated the convention center like a lover's saliva on Fergie's well-traveled toes, the world's greediest, tackiest and brokest royal is quickly accomplishing a feat ...
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