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Lack of Cohesion in US National Policing Deplored at Hearingby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
The Executive Director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission says “public trust in American policing has been shaken.” During a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on "Policing Strategies for the 21st Century," Sue Rahr said a national conversation on the culture and practices of policing has been sparked by the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting last summer and the release of disturbing videos every few weeks. Rahr said there is no single...
The thousands of innocent Iraqi's who fled Ramadi after ISIS took control of their home city are now homeless and still under threat from the militants after the capital Baghdad refused them entry.
Texas Police Brace for More Biker Gang Violenceby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Police in the southwestern U.S. state of Texas said Tuesday they are bracing for the possibility of more motorcycle gang violence in the wake of a deadly shootout between rival bikers and police that left nine dead during a shootout two days ago at a restaurant. Texas Police Bracing for More Motorcycle Gang Violence Swanton said there have been "absolutely credible, reliable threats" made against police for their role in returning shots at the bikers when they fired on police...
These shocking scenes show an inferno in an Azerbaijan apartment block today in which at least 16 people - including three children - have been killed and another 64 injured.
Tweet by Greater Manchester police prompts cheeky responses pointing them towards David Cameron and Boots pharmacy
Buying drugs on the street is a risky business, it is often said; you never quite know what you are getting. But after realising the wrap of white stuff you’ve just spent £50 on is actually 0.6g of scouring powder, what recourse do you have?
Greater Manchester police is now offering to help.
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@GMPUrmston Mine is actually rather reliable. Depends entirely on traffic, though.
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US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said she wanted the State Department to release her emails from her time as secretary of state as soon as possible.
A federal judge ordered the US State Department to produce a schedule for the release of Clinton's emails, a legal move that could complicate her presidential campaign Continue reading...
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'Poisoned' Russian whistleblower was fatalistic over death threats by Luke Harding in London and Shaun Walker in Moscow
Alexander Perepilichnyy, who had a rare poison in his stomach when he died abruptly in Surrey, feared revenge over his role in exposing a huge fraud in Russia
A Russian whistleblower took all reasonable precautions in the months leading up to his death, but was nonetheless “fatalistic” about threats to kill him from powerful enemies in Moscow, a friend has said.
Alexander Perepilichnyy collapsed and died in November 2012 outside his luxury home in Weybridge, Surrey, after he had been out jogging. Surrey police insisted there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. But a pre-inquest hearing heard on Monday that traces of a rare and deadly plant poison had been found in his stomach.
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Mournful memories for Prince Charles amid the beauty of Sligo
Telegraph.co.uk The first time he laid eyes on Mullaghmore in 1941, Lord Mountbatten wrote to his wife: “No place has thrilled me more.” When the Prince of Wales visits the soft green mountains of Sligo and looks out over the waters pounding the craggy cliffs and beaches, ... UK's Prince Charles meets Sinn Fein's Gerry AdamsHindustan Times Prince Charles, in Ireland, meets with Sinn Fein party leader Gerry AdamsWashington Post Prince Charles meets Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams for first time in IrelandSydney Morning Herald CNN -Daily Mail -mirror.co.uk all 22 news articles » |
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Obama's New Twitter Account Just Broke A Guinness World Record
Huffington Post A time-lapse graphic from Twitter shows just how quickly the president amassed followers from around the world. The record was previously held by actor Robert Downey Jr., who reached 1 million followers in a little less than 24 hours after joining ... President Obama's new Twitter account broke a world recordBusiness Insider Obama sets new world record with Twitter accountPolitico Obama set a world record by reaching 1 million followers in five hoursThe Verge Guinness World Records -The Straits Times -Network World all 996 news articles » |
The staples of 1970s interior design such as carpets in bathrooms and flocked wallpaper have become deeply unfashionable, according to a poll of 2,000 people and actively put buyers off.
Tusk: Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine Have Right To ‘European Dream’ by noreply@rferl.org (Rikard Jozwiak)
European Council President Donald Tusk says Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine have the right to aspire to EU membership but he will not deliver an “empty promise” about the prospects of such integration.
Analysts Say Loss of Ramadi Shows Inherent Iraqi Army Weakness by webdesk@voanews.com (Jeffrey Young)
Analysts say the fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to Islamic State insurgents has again demonstrated inherent weaknesses in the Iraqi army. Iraqi government military and security forces fled Ramadi Sunday, the capital of Anbar Province, in the face of an IS onslaught. Left behind for the terrorists was a trove of weapons, artillery, vehicles and other gear, just like when IS captured Mosul last June. To analyst Gareth Stansfield, at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in...
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Sunni volunteers for the fight against the Islamic State during their first training session at a military base in Amiriyat Fallujah, one of the last cities of Anbar Province in government hands.
These are the shocking scenes of an Isis terrorist being brutally beaten by one of his own commanders after he was found to be breaking the Jihadi group's tough anti-smoking policy.
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Feds: 34 million vehicles to be recalled because of faulty airbags
Fox News The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that Japanese company Takata Corp. has agreed to recall roughly 34 million vehicles because of defective air-bags, in the largest recall in the agency's history. Takata agreed to the recall of the ... Air bag recall expanded to 33.8 million, one of largest everUSA TODAY Recalls Over Airbag Defects Grow to Almost 34 MillionNew York Times Takata Air Bag Recalls Expand Sharply to 34 Million Cars in the USWall Street Journal TIME -The Detroit News all 107 news articles » |
Prince Charles smiled at the apologist for his great uncle’s murder. Gerry Adams smiled at the colonel in chief of the Paras
The long, smiling handshake between Gerry Adams and Prince Charles, balancing an informal cup of tea in one hand, was a historic moment not only because it was the first such encounter in the Republic since partition. It happened only because each of them was prepared to look beyond old wounds that as Mr Adams, the Sinn Féin president, acknowledged, have not been entirely healed by peace. For both, it was an encounter of personal significance that also challenged the prejudices of their supporters. It was an unusual moment of collective conciliation between a symbol of republicanism and a symbol of British monarchy – and a moment of almost intimate forgiveness.
It is more than 35 years since Lord Mountbatten, his grandson Nicholas Knatchbull, 14, and a 15-year-old local boy, Paul Maxwell, were blown up by the Provisional IRA at a time when Mr Adams was what is coyly described as a “leading figure” in the republican movement. At the time, he justified the murders by claiming that Mountbatten was too old a soldier not to be aware of the “danger involved in coming to this country”. On the same day, at Warrenpoint, 17 British soldiers were blown up in another Provisional IRA bomb.
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A Senate committee is poised to hold a hearing on thousands of untested rape kits in crime labs across U.S.
Police beg for biker gang truce but fear more violence: 'Is this over? Likely not'by Jessica Glenza in New York and Tom Dartin Texas
Waco police say gun battle in restaurant parking lot that left nine dead and 18 injured may have been started when a biker’s foot was run over
The motorcycle gang gun battle in Waco, Texas, that left nine people dead, 18 injured and 170 charged with organized crime offenses in reference to capital murder may have been started when a biker’s foot was run over in a parking lot, police said on Tuesday.
And the bloody brawl could be followed by further violence, warned Sergeant Patrick Swanton of the Waco police department.
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Officials raided offices belonging to Axact following a report alleging it makes millions of dollars selling bogus university qualifications
A technology company that billed itself as a Pakistani success story has been raided by police investigating allegations it is a front for the industrial-scale sale of fake degrees from non-existent universities.
Officials from Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency swooped on offices belonging to Axact – which claims it is the “world’s leading IT company” – in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
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EXCLUSIVE: Some women are spending up to 20 years battling insomnia, mood swings and sore joints - unaware they could be seeking treatment, the survey for Healthspan found.
Barack Obama signed the Blue Alert Act, to honor NYPD detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were fatally shot in December. The White House said the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 requires the Department of Justice to establish a national communications network to disseminate information on: the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty; an officer who is missing; or a threat that an individual intends to cause the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer Continue reading...
Iran denies involvement in 1994 Argentinian Jewish centre bombing by Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
Former foreign minister suggests US and Israel influenced AMIA centre bombing accusations made by prosecutor Alberto Nisman, found dead earlier this year
Senior Iranian officials have denied involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, saying the charges levelled against them in Argentina are the result of US and Israeli influence.
Ali Akbar Velayati, a former foreign minister and current adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Argentina’s C5N TV channel that neither he nor his country was responsible for the attack, which killed 85 people.
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Police: Collapsed high school stage lacked proper supports
U.S. News & World Report FILE - In this April 23, 2015 file image from video provided by Zach Rader, students perform during a musical production at Westfield, Ind., High School just before a stage collapsed injuring 17 of the students. Authorities said Tuesday, May 19, 2015, ... Officials: School employee built Ind. stage that collapsedUSA TODAY all 93 news articles » |
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The man identified only as Mr Yuan, from Hunan, was found out when doctors contacted his loved ones after he was in a car crash last month. Police have now arrested him for taking money from the women.
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'Call Girl Killer' Alix Tichelman Gets Six Years for Google Exec's Death
NBCNews.com The California call girl accused of killing a Google executive on his yacht with a lethal dose of heroin was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for his death. Alix Tichelman, 27, struck a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty in Santa Cruz County court ... Woman jailed for Google executive's overdose deathBBC News Alleged prostitute sentenced to 6 years in Google exec's death aboard yachtCNN Prostitute pleads guilty in overdose death of Google execMontana Standard all 88 news articles » |
Officials at the World Health Organization said that there had been a nearly fourfold increase during the most recent week of reporting, to about 35 new cases.
A picture of the 8-year-old boy curled up inside the suitcase was a reminder of the plight of thousands of Africans who have been seeking to enter Europe.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the U.S. doesn't write the rules of international trade, President Barack Obama warns, China will. In fact, China is already helping write those rules, and in some ways has jumped ahead of the game....
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Lawsuit: Ultrasound students pressured to invasive procedure
Miami Herald Two former students in a community college ultrasound program say they were punished for objecting to a policy that encouraged students to undergo an invasive vaginal procedure to become better technicians. The two unnamed female students filed a ... and more » |
Whether it’s welfare standards, environmental impact or the emerging threat to human health, we’ve got to change our insatiable greed for this meat
It’s the insouciance that baffles me. To participate in the killing of an animal: this is a significant decision. It spreads like a fungal mycelium into the heartwood of our lives. Yet many people eat meat sometimes two or three times a day, casually and hurriedly, often without even marking the fact.
I don’t mean to blame. Billions are spent, through advertising and marketing, to distract and mollify, to trivialise the weighty decisions we make, to ensure that we don’t connect. Even as we search for meaning and purpose, we want to be told that our actions are inconsequential. We seek reassurance that we are significant, but that what we do is not.
Nor does free range solve the feed problem: the birds are usually fed on soya, for which rainforests are wrecked
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Extreme late Twitter adopter Barack Obama this year managed to snag the handle @POTUS? How did he do it? Carelessness, that’s how
“Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really! Six years in, they’re finally giving me my own account.” So went the first tweet from President Obama for his brand new @POTUS “president of the US” account, which garnered a million followers in less than five hours.
An immediate question springs to mind: as an extreme late adopter of Twitter, how did President Obama manage to snag the @POTUS handle? When I joined Twitter in 2009, the straightforward @timdowling was already being used by an estate agent from Austin, Texas. All the world’s Tim Dowlings have subsequently been obliged to compromise. How could a name as covetable and obvious as @POTUS still be up for grabs in 2015?
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Abandoned on a wooden fishing trawler in the Andaman Sea, Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants turned violent as their supply of food and water depleted.
The Duchess made her attempt during a visit to the Claddagh National School in Galway Bay on the first day of her official visit to Ireland. Meanwhile, Prince Charles was meeting Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams.
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Suicide Blast Kills 4 at Afghan Justice Ministryby webdesk@voanews.com (Ayaz Gul)
A Taliban suicide car bomber struck Tuesday near Afghanistan’s Justice Ministry in a busy section of downtown Kabul, killing at least four people and wounding more than 50 others. Afghan police and hospital officials say the device exploded in the ministry's car park where many employees gather to board minibuses at the end of the work day. "A police investigation has concluded a suicide bomber in an explosives-packed car detonated the device," Interior Ministry spokesman...
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Soros sees risk of another world war
MarketWatch “If there is conflict between China and a military ally of the United States, like Japan, then it is not an exaggeration to say that we are on the threshold of a third world war,” Soros said. Military spending is on the rise in Russia and China, he ... and more » |
Clinton says she 'made a mistake' when she voted to authorize the Iraq war as a senator. Speaking to reporters during a campaign stop in Iowa, the 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner went on to say the current situation in Iraq is very different from how it was when she was senator. Islamic State fighters have been gaining ground in the country, most recently seizing Ramadi Continue reading...
 Macleans.ca |
Islamic State isn't actually winning in Iraq
Macleans.ca The fall of Ramadi isn't a disaster. It's a chance to try and bridge Iraq's sectarian divide. Adnan R. Khan. May 19, 2015. Twitter · Facebook · Google+ Share · LinkedIn · Reddit · Email · Twitter · Facebook · Google+ Share · LinkedIn · Reddit · Email. 2. and more » |
Hungarian writer ends run of three wins by North American authors
Leader Reginald Soper was pictured swigging beer on a holiday to Mexico funded by the burglaries. He and two others carried out a five-month crime blitz across Devon and Somerset.
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US special forces will not aid Iraqis fighting ISIS in Ramadi
CNN Washington (CNN) U.S. military commanders do not plan to ask President Barack Obama for authority to deploy special forces on ground in or near Ramadi to help Iraqi forces locate ISIS targets, a Pentagon official told CNN on Tuesday. Although there is ... Anxiety grips Hill over US strategy for ISIS, possibility of Iran fueling violenceFox News White House: Congress AWOL in authorizing military action against ISISABC News ISIS' Takeover Of Ramadi Is A Significant Blow For Coalition ForcesHuffington Post San Jose Mercury News all 188 news articles » |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. official said on Tuesday that Washington could change pro-democracy programs in Cuba that Havana objects to, possibly removing one of the biggest impediments to restoring diplomatic ties.
Cuba has established a banking relationship in the U.S., a senior State Department official said, clearing a major obstacle to re-establishing full diplomatic relations.
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US signals it could change pro-democracy programs in Cuba
Reuters WASHINGTON A top U.S. official said on Tuesday that Washington could change pro-democracy programs in Cuba that Havana objects to, possibly removing one of the biggest impediments to restoring diplomatic ties. The senior State Department official, ... US 'optimistic' about upcoming normalization talks with CubaCNN US officials hopeful ahead of talks with Cuba on reestablishing relationsWashington Post On the Ongoing Discussions with Cuba to Re-Establish Diplomatic Relations ... US Department of State (press release) Escambray all 112 news articles » |
 People Magazine |
Inside the Investigation of the Mysterious D.C. Mansion Fire That Killed 4
People Magazine Savvas and Amy Savopoulos were the toast of Washington society. Neighbors described the wealthy couple as "wonderful" people who were active donors to various charities and causes throughout the D.C. area. So who would want to kill them? Investigators believe DC family was held captive before murders, sources sayFox News Lanier says evidence collection at home of slain family could take weekWashington Post Washington family tortured and burntThe Times (subscription) Examiner.com all 157 news articles » |
In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, Shmuel Levin, the Chairperson of the Jewish religious Community of Vilnius and Lithuania, looks at the power substation built of tombstones from a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania. Tombstones from a Jewish cemetery were used to build a power substation in the 1960s. City officials now want to tear it down and return the tombstones to Lithuania¿s tiny Jewish community, which was nearly wiped out during the Holocaust. They¿re also investigating whether there are other examples of Jewish tombstones being used as building material during the Soviet occupation, when the communist authorities paid little attention to religious symbols. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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Train service between the capitals of Russia and Estonia has been suspended due to declining demand.
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