tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89590519002011190862024-03-07T04:33:31.706+01:00Polandball NewsBerndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-23770869231340309292015-01-08T02:56:00.002+01:002015-01-08T02:56:46.142+01:00France, what are you doing?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The US Army is set to begin testing its blimp-like surveillance
airships, designed to help the military detect and destroy cruise
missiles from attacking the nation’s capital and other East Coast
cities.<br />
The blimps at the center of the tests in Maryland are unmanned,
80-yard long, helium-filled aircraft that can float up to 10,000
feet in the air. At that height – a third of the cruising
altitude for commercial airliners – they will patrol the skies
above major East Coast cities for three years.
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During the testing, one aircraft – also called an aerostat – will
scan in an area from New York to North Carolina’s Outer Banks,
and as far west as central Ohio. The other blimp will carry radar
to help the military on the ground pinpoint targets.
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system is called JLENS, short for Joint Land Attack Cruise
Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System. The radar is used
to spot missiles or “swarming boats” filled with explosives from
as far away as 340 miles. The army said the blimps won’t carry
weapons, as enemy missiles would be destroyed by air-, ground- or
ship-based weapons.</span>
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<span style="background-color: initial;">"</span><em style="background-color: initial;">We can defeat cruise missiles but we
have limited capability to detect. And so, with an elevated
sensor, such as JLENS, and the ability to look out over the
horizon, now we have the ability to detect and to enable our
systems to defeat cruise missiles,</em><span style="background-color: initial;">" Maj. Gen. Glen Bramhall, commander
of the 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense, told The Associated
Press.</span>
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The incident happened after the truck landed in a roadside ditch and the blood started to flow out of one tanker’s hatches.<br />A fire crew on the spot managed to complete the clean-up operation on Saturday morning. A chemical platoon was also sent from Czestochowa to deal with the spill.<br />Fire authorities in Czestochowa told Polish Radio that the procedures following the accident were similar to those of a petrol spill, with some of the 8,000 litres of blood being cleaned up and the remainder being covered with lime.<br />Veterinary and environment inspectors were also informed of the incident, with the local veterinary inspector also examining the accident site.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-80566915993017654032014-12-07T20:39:00.000+01:002014-12-07T20:39:15.740+01:00Polish paraglider crashes into Maltese cliffs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The accident occurred on Thursday afternoon, when the Pole lost control mid-flight over the Dingli Cliffs.<br />The 25-year-old is understood to have sustained injuries to his back and chest.<br />A Romanian friend of the injured man called emergency services, who were swiftly at the scene.<br />Local police are investigating the circumstances of the incident.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-4870865312634065822014-11-30T18:47:00.001+01:002014-11-30T18:47:25.127+01:00World Cup 2018 & 2022: More bidding process corruption claims<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The House of Commons Culture Media and Sport select committee has published previously unseen material submitted to it by the Sunday Times newspaper.<br />It draws on claims by senior sources that officials connected to England's bid for the 2018 World Cup ran an intelligence-gathering operation against rival nations.<br />Russia and Qatar won the bids.<br />This submission by the Sunday Times outlines how England 2018 executives compiled a database of rumours and intelligence - gathered by private companies and, significantly, British embassies. Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-37842631984646060672014-11-30T01:21:00.002+01:002014-11-30T01:21:57.907+01:00Israeli cricket umpire killed by ball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Witnesses say a fast delivery by the bowler came off the batsman's bat, striking the wicket and then the man.<br />The incident comes just two days after Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died of a head injury caused by being struck by a ball at a match in Sydney.<br />Umpires in cricket, unlike some players, do not wear helmets but such incidents are extremely rare.<br />[...]<br />AFP news agency, quoting the Israeli Cricket Association, named the umpire as Hillel Oscar, 55, and described him as the former captain of the national cricket team.<br />There were conflicting reports about how he died, with some saying that he was hit in the face, others that he suffered a heart attack after being hit in the chest.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-45300196480546009072014-11-29T03:36:00.000+01:002014-11-29T03:36:00.757+01:00Drunk Pole who drove lorry wrong way jailed in UK <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tomasz Kruchowski was over three times over the limit when he was detained by police officers on the Black Country Route in the West Midlands, earlier this week.<br /><br />''They saw an HGV articulated lorry emerge the wrong way from a no entry side road and drive onto the route,'' recounted prosecuting barrister Valerie Hart at Walsall Magistrates Court.<br /><br />''It was travelling westbound on the eastbound carriageway heading towards oncoming traffic.<br /><br />''Officers were clearly perturbed by what they could see.''<br /><br />The arrest was made at 2.30 am local time.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-11646949188896750912014-11-19T03:29:00.001+01:002014-11-19T03:29:08.879+01:00Russia tests 'satellite catcher'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Russia may be testing a satellite capable of chasing down other orbiting spacecraft, observers say.<br />Such technology could be used for a wide variety of uses, including to repair malfunctioning spacecraft, but also to destroy or disable them.<br />The Kosmos 2499 satellite separated from the upper stage of its rocket two years ago and then chased it down.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-74407169739224763242014-11-18T21:00:00.003+01:002014-11-18T21:00:29.312+01:00Achtung! Germany named world's favorite country<br />
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Yes, from being the world's pariah in the decades following Nazism and World War II, Germany is now the world's favorite country, according to the Anholt-Gfk Nations Brand Index, which measures the image of 50 leading nations.<br />The Teutonic powerhouse knocked the United States from its longtime perch at the top of the ratings, which measure "twenty-three different attributes that make up the six overall dimensions on which national image is based."<br />"Germany appears to have benefited not only from the sports prowess it displayed … at the FIFA World Cup championship, but also by solidifying its perceived leadership in Europe through a robust economy and steady political stewardship," said Simon Anholt, who created the index in 2005. Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-81975978231173542622014-11-18T18:09:00.001+01:002014-11-18T18:09:39.122+01:00Female Indonesian police recruits forced to undergo ‘virginity tests’<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Female recruits hoping to join Indonesia’s police force are forced to undergo two-finger “virginity tests”, a rights group has found, a practice that leaves the women traumatised, humiliated and in pain.<br />The test is listed publicly as a requirement to enter the force and performed as part of the chief of police’s health inspection guidelines for new candidates, which requires women to complete an “obstetrics and gynaecology” exam.<br />[...]<br />“Entering the virginity test examination room was really upsetting,” one interviewee said. “I feared that after they performed the test I would not be a virgin anymore. They inserted two fingers with gel … it really hurt. My friend even fainted.”Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-44458020241669880232014-11-18T16:58:00.001+01:002014-11-18T17:02:25.387+01:00Philae Lander Sends Back Data Before Batteries Shut Down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A pioneering robotic spacecraft shut down on Saturday after radioing results of its first and probably last batch of scientific experiments from the surface of a comet, scientists said.<br />
Batteries aboard the European Space Agency's Philae comet lander drained, shutting down the washing machine-sized probe after an adventurous and largely unscripted 57-hour mission.<br />
Carried aboard the orbiting Rosetta mothership, Philae floated to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Thursday, but failed to deploy anchoring harpoons.<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt-R5hj_lWMBerndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-46485491980622867122014-11-18T00:35:00.000+01:002014-11-18T00:35:04.644+01:00European leaders fear growth of Russian influence abroad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/17/european-leaders-fear-growth-russian-influence-angela-merkel-vladmir-putin">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/17/european-leaders-fear-growth-russian-influence-angela-merkel-vladmir-putin</a><br />
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European governments are increasingly alarmed that Vladimir Putin is building on his destabilisation of Ukraine to extend Russian power and influence within the European Union, targeting the former Soviet bloc countries of central Europe and former Yugoslavia, all of which are in or seeking to join the EU.<br />[...]<br />In a speech in July Orban denounced the west European democratic model as an obsolete failure and held up Putin as a template for a modern successful leader. In January he met Putin in Moscow secretly, secured a €10bn line of credit from the Russians, and awarded contracts to Moscow for the building of two new reactors at Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant. Hungarians found out when the news was posted on the Russian government website.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-9815023150455663802014-11-17T03:39:00.002+01:002014-11-17T03:39:31.509+01:00Fireworks pause Italy-Croatia clash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/7157/euro-2016-qualifiers/2014/11/16/6209271/fireworks-pause-italy-croatia-clash">http://www.goal.com/en/news/7157/euro-2016-qualifiers/2014/11/16/6209271/fireworks-pause-italy-croatia-clash</a><br />
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The clash at San Siro was tied at 1-1 late in the second half when the Balkans' visiting fans hurled flares on to pitch, which caused fire crews to rush on to the pitch in the 73rd minute.<br />In the 76th minute players were briefly led down the tunnel as riot police were brought into the stadium in an attempt to settle the raucous Croatian supporters.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-70918101305780277222014-11-16T22:22:00.002+01:002014-11-16T22:22:35.372+01:00Cat on the loose in France isn't a tiger after all, police say<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/14/world/europe/france-feline/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2">http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/14/world/europe/france-feline/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2</a><br />
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The big cat spotted in the woods east of Paris isn't a tiger after all,
French authorities said Friday, citing analysis of the beast's tracks.<br />
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But an official with the National Board of Wildlife and Hunting, Eric Hansen, told CNN affiliate BFM that the cat, whatever it is, poses no danger to people.<br />Witnesses first reported the feline Thursday in an area not from Disneyland Paris. Park visitors weren't in any danger, a spokeswoman said.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-1892115652153503372014-11-16T19:25:00.000+01:002014-11-16T19:25:08.413+01:00Erdoğan says America was discovered by Muslims, not Columbus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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America was discovered by Muslims, not by Christopher Columbus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed, vowing to build a mosque "on that hill" in Cuba if the authorities of the Caribbean nation grant the permit.<br />
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Dr. Youssef Mroueh of the As-Sunnah Foundation of America had publicized the claim about a pre-Columbian mosque in Cuba. In 1996, he wrote that "Columbus admitted in his papers that on Monday, October 21, 1492 CE while his ship was sailing near Gibara on the north-east coast of Cuba, he saw a mosque on top of a beautiful mountain."<br />Some Muslim scholars aside, the same diary entry is widely understood as a metaphoric reference to a protuberance on the summit of a mountain that resembles a mosque's dome or minaret. Moreover, although the first "widespread" habitation of the Americas is dated around 16,500–13,000 years ago, a pre-Columbian ruin of an Islamic structure has yet to be discovered. Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-79881473057599347702014-11-16T05:46:00.000+01:002014-11-16T05:46:32.974+01:00Angela Merkel hits the bars in Brisbane ahead of G20 sumit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, hit the bars in Brisbane shortly after
arriving in at the G20 summit on Friday night.
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Ms Merkel posed for selfies with locals who screamed her name as they passed
and offered to buy her schnapps.
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Kirsten Sealey, one of those who posed with the Chancellor, said: “She knows
where the party’s at. The sign of a true leader, mixing it up with the
locals.”
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One bar played the pop song 99 Luftbalons in her honour shortly after she left
the venue.
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Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-82139401705436146982014-11-16T03:24:00.000+01:002014-11-16T03:24:02.670+01:00Vladimir Putin to leave G20 early after 'tense' meeting with David Cameron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/11232995/Vladimir-Putin-to-leave-G20-early-after-tense-meeting-with-David-Cameron.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/11232995/Vladimir-Putin-to-leave-G20-early-after-tense-meeting-with-David-Cameron.html</a><br />
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The Russian president is reportedly planning to leave the summit early on Sunday and miss its official lunch in response to repeated criticism from western leaders.<br /><br />The move comes after Tony Abbott, the Australian Prime Minister, threatened to "shirt front" Mr Putin - a form of physical confrontation. Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, told Mr Putin: "I guess I'll shake your hand, but I'll only have one thing to say to you - get out of the Ukraine."<br /><br />Mr Cameron told Mr Putin that he is at a "crossroads" and could face further sanctions after the pair held "robust" discussions on Ukraine.<br /><br />During a tense 50 minute meeting Mr Cameron warned that Russia is risking its relations with the West and must end its support for Russian separatists.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-45438174208749087592014-11-16T02:18:00.001+01:002014-11-16T02:18:06.829+01:00Clashes at Dutch Black Pete protest in Gouda<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30069240">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30069240</a><br />
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Dutch police have arrested dozens of people during a protest over Black Pete, a controversial black-faced sidekick to the local St Nicholas.<br />The police said most of the 90 people were arrested for protesting in a non-designated area in the city of Gouda.<br />Many in the Netherlands see Black Pete as a racial stereotype, but others say the tradition is not linked to race.<br />
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The Black Pete character is causing mounting controversy in the Netherlands.<br />
Last year, hundreds of people staged a protest in Amsterdam. <br />
Earlier this year, Amsterdam's regional court said the image
of Black Pete "with his thick red lips, being a stupid servant, gives
rise to a negative stereotyping of black people".<br />
The court ordered Amsterdam's authorities to review the festival.Berndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684433550350005433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-73175545112246442242013-10-14T19:41:00.001+02:002013-10-14T19:41:33.585+02:00Why didn't Putin receive Nobel Peace Prize?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPjFa3WqsIGBw5dd2DXry1fLHEkH3JpX8JQq34rVw2S3jOn3kWddBgLuCQwSre63KHxO_WMfhJESLxWwxanRzf9jVuA5ZjiphP7gCWpNnO4cM_-p8Tyt2Ym3O4qw6-B3v3KeQDGs5J0f9/s1600/39+-+Nobel+Curse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPjFa3WqsIGBw5dd2DXry1fLHEkH3JpX8JQq34rVw2S3jOn3kWddBgLuCQwSre63KHxO_WMfhJESLxWwxanRzf9jVuA5ZjiphP7gCWpNnO4cM_-p8Tyt2Ym3O4qw6-B3v3KeQDGs5J0f9/s320/39+-+Nobel+Curse.jpg" /></a></div>
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A strange situation we have with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. This year, it was awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
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As the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, said the organization received the Peace Prize "for considerable contribution to the widespread elimination of chemical weapons."
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In Russia, reactions to the news were, shall we say, quite emotional, as President Putin was nominated for the prize.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee explained why the prize was awarded to the OPCW. The organization "performing inspections and eliminating stockpiles of chemical weapons, as well as acting in other ways, makes every effort to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons."VoidSnakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010562813624816788noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-58393193748540147712013-10-10T18:37:00.000+02:002013-10-10T18:37:24.274+02:00American goverment is still in shutdown, doesn't feel like attacking our allies now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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http://rt.com/usa/government-shutdown-live-update-564/<br />
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Thursday, October 10
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<b>03:01 GMT:</b> The Federal Aviation Administration has
recalled 800 of the over 3,000 aircraft inspectors who were ruled
non-essential at the beginning of the shutdown to oversee the
“<i>most critical</i>” aspects of airplane production, the FAA
announced in a statement. Since October 1 FAA inspectors have not
been able to perform random safety checks, analyze flight data
for safety trends, or examine airline maintenance procedures.
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<b>02:53 GMT:</b> The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission will
have no choice but to close on Thursday due to the ongoing
government shutdown, agency spokesman Eliot Brenner told
reporters. The NRC is responsible for maintaining the safety of
US nuclear plants, and will furlough 3,600 of its 3,900
researchers and engineers, although all resident inspectors at
nuclear sites would remain on duty. Brenner also said enough
staff will remain on hand to respond to emergencies but all other
functions would be severely restricted. The agency’s daily
reactor status and event report will not be available during the
shutdown.
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<b>02:40 GMT:</b> Influential Republicans in the House are
considering a short-term increase in the US debt limit, a move
that could potentially break the stalemate in Washington and save
the US from what some fear would be devastating economic damage.
Officials told the Associated Press Wednesday night that rank and
file Republicans are expected to debate the issue Thursday before
Speaker Boehner, and a small cadre will meet with President Obama
in the White House. What, if any, conditions the bill would carry
remain unknown, but the sources did say that raising the debt
ceiling has taken precedence over resolving the shutdown among
Washington lawmakers.
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<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10341281/Chinese-police-rescue-92-abducted-children-in-crackdown-on-human-trafficking.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10341281/Chinese-police-rescue-92-abducted-children-in-crackdown-on-human-trafficking.html</a>
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Police forces from 11 provinces were involved in the operation to break up a massive network that stole, bought and sold children in Henan province in central China and other provinces.
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Revealing one of the biggest busts of its kind in years, officials said on Saturday that the group had targeted children in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in China's southwest and transported them to other provinces for sale.
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The exact date of the police operation, which was the result of a six-month investigation, is not known.
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Child abduction is a major problem in China, where such police operations have become regular occurrences as authorities crack down on child trafficking.
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Strict family planning laws, a traditional preference for boys, ignorance of the law, poverty and illicit profits drive a thriving market in babies and children. VoidSnakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010562813624816788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-77493979733210802952013-09-25T23:17:00.003+02:002013-09-25T23:17:33.940+02:00Americans spend millions on planes that will be used against mud huts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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http://rt.com/usa/air-force-unmanned-fighter-flight-301/<br />
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The US Air Force and the Boeing aerospace and defense corporation
announced they have successfully converted a retired F-16 into a drone.
It is now possible for fighter jets to fly supersonic speeds, land, and
operate normally without a pilot on board.<br />
Boeing announced Tuesday that modified versions of the F-16
Fighting Falcon will operate as a QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target
for use in Air Force training practices. Last week, two Air Force
pilots controlled the first successful flight from the ground
station at Florida’s Tydall Air Force Base.
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The maiden flight departed from the runway as normal and
completed a series of simulated maneuvers in the air over the
Gulf of Mexico, surpassing the speed of sound and landing
safely.
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“<i>It was a little different to see it without anyone in it, but
it was a great flight all the way around</i>,” said US Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Inman, the commander of the 82nd Aerial
targets Squadron. “<i>It’s a replication of current, real world
situations and aircraft platforms they can shoot as a target. Now
we have a 9G capable, highly sustainable aerial
target</i>.”
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The Air Force has maintained that QF-16s will only be used in
training exercises when pilots are completing dogfight
simulations in the air. The planes remain capable of being flown
by an on board pilot though, and a bomb will be placed on board
in the event that an unmanned plane needs to be destroyed.
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While only six QF-16s have been developed, the revamped F-16s
will replace the Q-4 drones currently used in training exercises
after a number of those crashed in Florida.
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“<i>Currently, the majority of aircraft parts for the QF-4 are no
longer being manufactured</i>,” Inman told the Panama City News
Herald. “<i>The QF-16 provides a complete supply chain that is
still active and will maintain replacement part availability for
our entire aerial target fleet</i>.”
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8959051900201119086.post-25605535235014674052013-09-23T21:17:00.002+02:002013-09-23T21:17:50.466+02:00Yet another hypocrite-off in America<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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http://rt.com/usa/racism-usa-nazi-dakota-234/<br />
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Hundreds of protesters gathered in a North Dakota town on Sunday to
speak out against plans by an American Nazi group to buy up property and
take over the local government in an effort to build a bastion against
diversity.<br />
About 300 protesters, including some 200 Native Americans from
nearby reservations, gathered outside the Leith City Hall where
Jeff Schoep, leader of the National Socialist Movement presented
his plans for turning the tiny North Dakota town –
population 24 – into a segregated place where whites can live
among themselves.
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of protesters, including native American Indians, protest against the
National Socialist Movement (NSM) in Leith, North Dakota. (Sunday, Sept.
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According to Schoep, however, the plan for a single-race town in
Leith is part of a much broader plan.
<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"We have to start
somewhere,"</span> he told Reuters. <span style="font-style: italic;">"So if we start in small towns and spread
out from there, it's sort of a test ground in that sense, where
if we're able to get off the ground here, then we're able to get
off the ground in other places."</span>
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Members of the Grant County Sheriff's Department, together with
deputies from several nearby counties, were on hand. The North
Dakota Highway Patrol also appeared on the scene in riot gear,
but no violence was reported, officials said.
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However, the demonstrators, some of whom had traveled miles to be
in Leith, were vocal in their condemnation of the plan.
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http://rt.com/news/us-russia-syria-resolution-pressure-202/<br />
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The US is pushing Russia into approving a UN resolution that would
allow for military intervention in Syria, in exchange for American
support of Syria’s accession to OPCW, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov has said.<br />
<i>“Our American partners are starting to blackmail us: ‘If
Russia does not support a resolution under Chapter 7, then we
will withdraw our support for Syria’s entry into the Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This is a
complete departure from what I agreed with Secretary of State
John Kerry',”</i> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told
Channel 1's Sunday Time program.
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Chapter 7 of the UN charter would allow for potential military
intervention in Syria.
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The head of Russia’s Foreign Ministry went on to say he was
surprised by the West’s <i>“negligent”</i> approach to the
conflict.
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<i>“Our partners are blinded by an ideological mission for regime
change,”</i> said Lavrov. <i>“They cannot admit they have made
another mistake.”</i>
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Slamming the West’s intervention in Libya and Iraq, the foreign
minister stated that military intervention could only lead to a
catastrophe in the region. Moreover, he stressed that if the West
really was interested in a peaceful solution to the conflict that
has raged for over two years, they would now be pushing for
Syria’s entry into the OPCW in the first place, not for the
ouster of President Bashar Assad.
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<i>“I am convinced that the West is doing this to demonstrate
that they call the shots in the Middle East. This is a totally
politicized approach,”</i> said Lavrov.
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The Russian foreign minister pointed out that in the case of a
military scenario, militants would come to power and Syria would
no longer be a secular state. Up to three quarters “<i>of these
guys are Jihadists</i>,” including the most radical groups such
as Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, who
want to create an Islamic Caliphate in Syria and in neighboring
territories, Lavrov said.
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“<i>If our western partners think at least two steps ahead, they
cannot but understand it,</i>” Lavrov noted.
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As to why the West would want that, Moscow has so far received no
clear answer, but hears “mantras” on the necessity to promote
democracy and protect human rights, said the minister. That is
important, but “responsible politicians should be guided not only
by that. Not to care about stability in a key world region is
absolutely irresponsible,” he added.
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According to Lavrov, some experts alleged that “<i>someone is
attempting to create a guided chaos</i>” in the region for their
own benefits. However, the foreign minister said he personally
sees no possible advantages that Western countries would gain if
they were behind moves to stir up instability.
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“<i>There’s only an attempt to grasp a straw, and turn a blind
eye to the fact that the world is changing and becoming
multipolar</i>,” Lavrov concluded.
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Lavrov harked back to last year’s Geneva accord which was agreed
upon by the international community, including Russia and the US.
However, when the resolution went to the Security Council the US
demanded that Chapter 7 be included.
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<i>“History is repeating itself. Once again in Geneva an
agreement has been reached which does not contain any mention of
Chapter 7. But the Security Council wants to redo the document in
their own way to include it.”</i>
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He called on the West to observe international law and stop
writing resolutions motivated by their <i>“geopolitical
ambitions.”</i>
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http://rt.com/news/venezuela-letter-un-visas-158/<br />
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Venezuela has sent a letter to the UN chief asking him to take
measures against the United States over the denial of visas for some
members of its delegation who are scheduled to attend the UN General
Assembly in New York.<br />
The letter sent by Venezuela’s ambassador to the UN, Samuel
Moncada, requests that the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon take
action in response to the apparent denial of visas, which
President Maduro has said seems intended to “<i>create logistical
obstacles to impede</i>” next week’s visit.
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Venezuela further requests that the UN “<i>demand that the
government of the US abide by its international obligations”</i>
as host of the 68th UN General Assembly.
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On Thursday, President Maduro first raised the issue of the
apparent denial of visas to members of his country’s delegation,
saying that “<i>we are not traveling to New York as tourists on
vacation…we are going to a UN function. I cannot accept that they
have denied a visa to Major General Wilmer Barrientos</i>” and
indicated a similar situation for another member of his
cabinet.
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Tension between the countries spiked on Thursday when Venezuela’s
foreign minister, Elias Jaua, told media outlets that the US
denied a plane carrying Maduro entrance into its airspace. The
aircraft was en route to China. Washington later <a href="http://rt.com/news/maduro-plane-us-airspace-102/" target="_blank">granted</a> the approval, stating that Venezuela’s
request had not been properly submitted. Jaua had denounced the
move as “<i>an act of aggression.”</i>
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Citing the incident, Bolivian President Evo Morales said he will
<a href="http://rt.com/news/morales-obama-humanity-crimes-109/" target="_blank">file a lawsuit</a> against the US government for
crimes against humanity.
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“<i>I would like to announce that we are preparing a lawsuit
against Barack Obama to condemn him for crimes against
humanity,”</i> Morales said Thursday at a press conference in the
Bolivian city of Santa Cruz. He branded the US president as a
“criminal” who violates international law.
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The Bolivian president also suggested that the members of CELAC
withdraw their ambassadors from the US to send a message to the
Obama Administration. As an additional measure, he said he will
call on the member nations of the Bolivarian Alliance for the
Americas to boycott the upcoming meeting of the UN General
Assembly. Members of the alliance include Antigua and Barbuda,
Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Saint Lucia.
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“<i>The US cannot be allowed to continue with its policy of
intimidation and blockading presidential flights</i>,” stressed
Morales.
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