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Mexican Mayor and Aide Found Stoned to Death
A small-town mayor and an aide were found stoned to death Monday in a drug-plagued western state, the fifth city leader to be killed in Mexico since mid-August. Michoacan state Attorney General Jesus Montejano said the bodies of Tancitaro Mayor Gustavo Sanchez and city adviser Rafael Equihua were discovered in a pickup truck abandoned... »
Radical Islamists are Regressive, Wicked and Backward-Looking – Tony Blair
In remarks made to the BBC, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair describes radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the world today. During an interview about the publication of his memoirs, Mr Blair said radical Islamists believed that whatever was done in the name of their cause was justified. ”There is the most... »
Carla Bruni Called a French Prostitute By Iranian Newspaper
The Iranian hard-line newspaper, Kayhan, called Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a French Prostitute who deserves to die. Reuters reported that Bruni was one of several French celebrities who published open letters to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who has been sentenced to death by stoning by an Iranian court. The case has... »
Muammar Qaddafi Urges Europe to Convert To Islam
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi during a speech in Rome urged Europe to convert to Islam. According to RFI, Qaddafi made the comments in Sunday during a lecture to 500 young women hired by an agency to attend. He also handed each woman a copy of the Koran. Qaddafi was in Rome to mark the... »
Putin Defends Police Crackdowns On Pro-Democracy Protesters
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warns Russian pro-democracy protesters that unless you have permission “. . . you will be hit on the head with batons.” Reuters reported that in an interview with the Kommersant daily newspaper, Putin robustly defended police crackdowns on pro-democracy protesters in recent months. He said those who marched must obey... »
Iran Shows Off It’s “Messenger of Death” Drone Bomber
Iran has revealed its first domestically built unmanned bomber named the “Karrar.” “This jet is a messenger of honour and human generosity and a saviour of mankind, before being a messenger of death for enemies of mankind,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said after unveiling the Karrar. This is perhaps the most astounding of the many... »
France Plays the Gypsy Card
The French government has ordered 700 deportations of Roma (gypsies) to Romania and Bulgaria. According to Time, this action is a part of a French sanction against enclaves that officials hold responsible for criminal activity. The expulsions are to be completed by the end of August. Time reported the following: An initial flight flew... »
Al Qaeda Attacks Japanese Oil Tanker in the Persian Gulf
Al Qaeda expanded terror operations last week to an attack on a Japanese oil tanker In the Persian Gulf. According to ABC, the attack took place 11 miles off the coast of Oman in a narrow strip of water known as the Strait of Hormuz, an inlet leading in and out of the Persian... »
Roman Gladiator Cemetery Found in England
Heads hacked off, a bite from a lion, tiger or bear, massive muscles on massive men — all clues that an ancient cemetery uncovered in northern England is the final resting place of gladiators, scientists have announced after seven years of investigations. The archeological dig has found “what may be the world’s only well-preserved... »
Joran van der Sloot: Murder Charges in Peru and Extortion Charges in U.S.
The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama charged Joran Van der Sloot Thursday afternoon with extortion and wire fraud, saying the Dutchman promised information on Natalee Holloway’s whereabouts in exchange for $250,000, reports CBS News affiliate WHNT in Huntsville, Ala. Van der Sloot, who has been the main suspect in the... »
Joran van der Sloot Suspect in Stephany Flores Ramirez Murder in Peru
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man once considered a suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, is being sought in connection with the murder of a woman in Peru, Peruvian police officials said Wednesday. Authorities in neighboring Chile are on a manhunt for van der Sloot, who fled there, Chile Interpol... »
5 Paintings Worth $613 Million Stolen From Paris Museum
A thief stole five paintings possibly worth hundreds of millions of euros, including major works by Picasso and Matisse, in a brazen overnight heist at a Paris modern art museum, police and prosecutors said Thursday. The paintings disappeared early Thursday from the Paris Museum of Modern Art, across the Seine River from the Eiffel... »
North Korea Threatens War
The South Korean navy ship, the Cheonan, was sunk by a torpedo, most likely from a North Korean submarine. This is the conclusion of an investigation led by experts from the US, Australia, Britain and Sweden. The BBC reports that the team examined eyewitness accounts, damage to the vessel, evidence collected from the seabed... »
Cuba In Crises
The BBC reports that the head of the Catholic Church in Cuba says it is in one of its worst crises in recent times and people are openly criticising the socialist system. Cardinal Jaime Ortega said that people were openly talking about the deficiencies in Cuba’s socialist system, calling it a Stalinist-style bureaucracy producing... »
McCain Urges Action Against Iran
The recent memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warning that the United States lacks a long-term plan for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program has generated a bit of furor. Sen. John McCain told “Fox News Sunday” that the memo was merely stating the obvious and that regardless of what’s being... »
Yemeni Child Bride Dies From Internal Bleeding
The United Nations Childrens Fund reports that a 12-year-old Yemeni child bride has died from internal bleeding, resulting from intercourse, three days after her marriage to a man at least twice her age. Amal Basha, chairwoman of the Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights, a Yemeni human rights group, identified the girl Friday as Elham... »
Suicide Bombers Strike Moscow
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow Metro trains in the morning rush hour, killing at least 36 people. The BBC reports that 24 died in the first blast as a train stood at the central Lubyanka station, beneath the offices of the FSB intelligence agency. About 40 minutes later, a second explosion ripped... »
Google Posed to Exit China
Google appears certain to exit China as a search engine. Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the Chinese authorities have reached an apparent impasse, according to England’s Financial Times. While Google... »
Catastrophic 8.8 Earthquake Strikes Chile – Tsunami Threatens Hawaii
Releasing energy 500 times that of the recent Haitian tragedy, a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit south-central Chile early Saturday. Reports thus far indicate that more than 65 have been killed and numerous buildings destroyed. Of serious concern is the resulting tsunami that potentially threatens the Hawaiian Islands. Reuters reported that several buildings collapsed... »
Widespread Arrests in Iran as New Demonstrations Expected on Thursday
Widespread protests are expected to erupt in Iran on Thursday when the nation observes the anniversary of the revolution. In anticipation of a repeat of prior demonstrations, over the past weeks Iranian security officials have lashed out with massive arrests across the country in an effort to neutralize the political opposition and silence critical... »
Julia Lira 7-Year-Old Samba Queen Controversy
Julia Lira, the 7-year-old named as Rio de Janeiro’s “queen of samba” is at the center of a bitter controversy in Brazil. Lira, the newly minted drum corps queen for the Viradouro samba group is too young to take on the traditionally sexy role, say critics. The girl’s father, president of the samba group,... »
French Protest Wearing of Full Islamic Veil
You may be denied French citizenship if you wear a full Islamic veil or if your practice of radical Islam is deemed incompatible with French values. Recently the French government refused to grant citizenship to a foreign national on the grounds that he forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil. According to... »
White House to Meet with the Dalai Lama
China has warned President Obama not to meet with the Dalai Lama in no uncertain terms. “It will seriously undermine the foundation of Sino-U.S. political relations,” said Zhu Weiqun, a Communist Party official who is in charge of talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama. “We will take corresponding action to make relevant countries... »
17-Year-Old Girl Rescued After Being Trapped in Rubble 15 days.
She is amazing her doctors, the 16-year-old choir girl who came close to dying but wouldn’t in the crumbled concrete graveyard of Port-au-Prince. More than two weeks after the earthquake brought down her school — and a day after she was lifted from the ruins — Darlene Etienne was eating yogurt, talking and regaining... »
Chemical Ali Hanged
Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as “Chemical Ali” has been executed by hanging in Iraq. Majid, who has been sentenced to death four times for genocide and crimes against humanity, was sentenced earlier this month for for ordering the gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988. Iraqi jets sprayed the town... »
Glacier Scientist: ‘I Knew the Data Hadn’t Been Verified’
The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders, reports the Daily Mail. Dr. Murari Lal also said he was well aware the statement, in the 2007 report by... »
Survivor Pulled From Rubble in Haiti After 11 Days
24-year-old Wismond Jean-Pierre rescued after 11 days trapped in rubble CNN reports that French rescue workers pulled a 24-year-old survivor from the rubble of a hotel in Haiti on Saturday, 11 days after an earthquake devastated much of the country. Wismond Jean-Pierre, who had no visible injuries but was severely dehydrated, was immediately loaded into... »
Haiti Hit by Second Earthquake Measuring 6.1
The already devastated Haiti was struck this morning by a second earthquake measuring 6.1. According to the U.S Geological Survey, the quake was centered 26 miles north-west of Jacmel, and struck at a depth of 13.7 miles. Witnesses say that terrorized people ran from shaking buildings into streets strewn with debris from last week’s 7.o... »
Haitian Earthquake Killed Up To 200,000
“We have already collected around 50,000 dead bodies,” Haitian Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime told Reuters. “We anticipate there will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in total, although we will never know the exact number.” Reuters reported that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was heading to Port-au-Prince on Saturday to meet... »
Thousands Killed and Injured in Powerful Haiti Earthquake
A major earthquake estimated to have killed thousands of people, has shattered Haiti. According to Reuters, Tuesday’s 7.0 magnitude quake, the most powerful to hit Haiti in more than 200 years, was centered only 10 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince. About 4 million people live in the city and surrounding area. The quake toppled the... »
