Photos of the Day: Aug. 10
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In photos selected Monday by Wall Street Journal editors, children prepare for the first day of school in Kentucky, India gets ready for Independence day, and more.
The resurfacing of a Soviet-era investigation into the tale behind a legendary battle against the Nazis has touched off a storm over the sanctity of a cherished piece of lore in Russia.
Greece’s economy is expected to contract by up to 2.3% in 2015, according to a draft of the country’s bailout agreement being compiled by officials in Athens and its lenders, a Greek government official said.
Russia’s Foreign Minister said Moscow and Riyadh agreed on steps to help the Syrian government renew dialogue with all Syrian opposition groups about the future of the war-torn country.
Dutch investigators probing last year’s downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine are examining parts recovered in the area that could belong to an antiaircraft missile.
Leftist Jeremy Corbyn has emerged as a surprise favorite, despite fears from some senior party leaders that radical policy ideas won’t win elections.
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MEXICO CITY — The man who helped lead a citizens' movement to search for hundreds of disappeared in the Mexican state of Guerrero was found dead over the weekend, authorities confirmed Monday.For the past year, Miguel Ángel Jiménez Blanco had led relatives through the forested hills around Iguala, collecting discarded clothes and spent shotgun shells and probing the earth with metal rods, looking for mass graves. These spontaneous family search-parties, often done without the authorities’ knowledge, were one of most poignant displays of the consequences of drug violence in the state, where many families were too afraid of the government to report their disappeared relatives to the police.Read full article >>
Ikea stores are famous for their faux domesticity. They are like giant dollhouses full of sleekly designed Swedish furniture, into which customers can wander and imagine their own homes similarly transformed.Read full article >>
California Residents Evacuate Again After New Fire Eruptsby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
A Northern California blaze more than doubled in size overnight despite an increase in humidity and cooler temperatures. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the fire, which erupted Sunday several miles away from the community of Lower Lake, had burned nearly 30 square kilometers (19 square miles) by Monday. For the second time in as many weeks, residents had to evacuate their homes because of the uncontained fire lighting up rocky hills about 160...
Anchor John Brown walks out of a live broadcast on Fox 35’s Good Day Orlando on Friday in protest against a story about Kylie Jenner’s new rabbit. Brown tells fellow anchor Amy Kaufeldt ‘I’m having a good Friday so I refuse to talk about the Kardashians today’ and then continues to argue with Kaufeldt and guest Jenny Castillo from out of shot
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Nine people are accused of hacking into companies to read yet-to-be published press releases and then trading on the information.
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Iowa poll: Trump still leads, but dented by debate
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Internecine battle exposes conservative vulnerability in 2016 election
US Man Pleads Not Guilty to Beach Backpack Bomb Plotby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
A Florida Keys man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges of plotting to set off a backpack bomb on a beach to show solidarity with the Islamic State militant group. Attorney Richard Della Fera entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Miami for 23-year-old Harlem Suarez of Key West, who did not speak during the brief hearing. Suarez faces life in prison if convicted of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and up to 20 years behind bars if found guilty of seeking to...
MIAMI (AP) -- The beating death of a Pomeranian named Fox may have been eclipsed by the hand-written note left behind: "We beat it 2 death lol HAHAHA!"...
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Geno Smith out 6-10 weeks with broken jaw after being 'sucker-punched'
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he crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton stands by to offload 34 metric tons of cocaine in San Diego on Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. The drugs were seized in 23 separate interdictions by Coast Guard cutters and Coast Guard law enforcement teams operating in known drug transiting zones, resulting in one of the largest cocaine offloads in U.S. history, valued at more than $1 billion. - See more at: http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2015/08/in-the-zone-stratton-offloads-more-than-66000-pounds-of-cocaine/#sthash.OLoljobc.dpuf
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Amnesty International Votes to Recommend Decriminalizing Sex Work
TIME In a landmark decision Tuesday, Amnesty International voted to recommend the full decriminalization of sex work and prostitution in order to protect the human rights of sex workers. The resolution recommends a policy that would decriminalize all ... Amnesty endorses controversial policy on decriminalizing sex workReuters Amnesty Approves Policy to Decriminalize Sex TradeABC News Amnesty votes to decriminalise sex work and prostitutionIrish Times Telegraph.co.uk- RTE.ie-The Week Magazine all 75 news articles » |
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In a landmark decision Tuesday, Amnesty International voted to recommend the full decriminalization of sex work and prostitution in order to protect the human rights of sex workers.
The resolution recommends a policy that would decriminalize all aspects of adult, consensual sex work, while still classifying coercion into sex work or having sex with a minor as a major human rights violation. The resolution is intended to protect adult sex workers from stigma and abuse by decriminalizing aspects of sex work including buying sex, pimping and operating a brothel.
“Sex workers are one of the most marginalized groups in the world who in most instances face constant risk of discrimination, violence and abuse,” said Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty in a statement. “Our global movement paved the way for adopting a policy for the protection of the human rights of sex workers which will help shape Amnesty International’s future work on this important issue.”
Amnesty International doesn’t have the power to make or enforce laws, but as an international human rights organization Amnesty has been influential on some issues like lobbying against the death penalty and getting political prisoners released.
Amnesty says the new policy on sex work was based on research from the World Health Organization, UNAIDS and UN Women.
But some are not happy with the idea of decriminalizing all aspects of the sex trade, arguing that the move would expand the sex industry, and sex trafficking would grow with it. Critics agree with Amnesty that sex workers themselves shouldn’t face legal consequences, but argue that pimps and sex buyers should.
“By calling for the decriminalization of all facets of commercial sex, including sex- buying, pimping, and brothel-owning, Amnesty is saying they value the rights of exploiters over the exploited,” says Ian Kitterman, policy specialist for Demand Abolition, a group that aims to abolish sex trafficking by ending the demand for paid sex, in a statement. “I fully agree with their belief that more must be done to protect those sold in the sex trade, but it’s equally critical to hold accountable sex buyers, pimps, and traffickers who perpetuate this predatory industry.” He added that many people in sex trade are not there by choice, but by manipulation, coercion or lack of options.
Former President Jimmy Carter sent Amnesty delegates a personal letter urging them to reject the proposal on these grounds, and feminists including Lena Dunham, Meryl Streep and Gloria Steinem signed a letter to the same effect.
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Move signals that the separatists are prepared to retaliate in urban areas as Turkish jets strike their rural positions.
Germany's police union has called for a thousand more personnel as the country struggles to process a record wave of asylum-seekers fleeing war and poverty.
Driver for charged Pennsylvania attorney general pleads not guilty to snooping on emails
Apps are imitating life in an increasingly politically corrupt Spain. A new computer game has been released, the aim of which is – playing a corrupt mayor – to get as filthy rich as possible. Inspired by a host of real-life graft scandals in recent years, the only rule of Corrupt Mayor Clicker is that everything you do in the game has to be illegal.
US intelligence officials confident they can catch Iran cheating, but skeptics are doubtful
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UN peacekeepers accused of killing and rape in Central African Republic by David Smith in Pretoria and Paul Lewis in Washington
Amnesty International claims troops raped 12-year-old-girl and shot dead a father and his son while indiscriminately shooting in the street after armed clashes
UN peacekeepers shot dead a 16-year old boy and his father and raped a 12-year-old girl in theCentral African Republic, Amnesty International has alleged.
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Dutch chief investigator Fred Westerbeke says teams working on the site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have found seven shards that could be from a Russian-made Buk missile system. Despite the discovery, Westerbeke urges caution and adds that the materials recovered are still being inspected by weapons experts who are not yet certain of their origin
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Federal authorities announced they foiled a "cutting edge" scheme to hack more than 150,000 press releases and trading in related stocks before news was made public.
Garcia Marquez's cremated remains to be kept in his native Colombia
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State has released 22 of the dozens of Assyrian Christians it abducted from villages in northeastern Syria earlier this year, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
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Worst affected by the hot weather are vineyards in the Burgundy and Beaujolais regions, with output in the latter possibly dropping by as much as a third, according to experts.
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French police calls on British Army to stop 3rd World Flood in Calais by The European Union Times
Muslim migrants pray at a makeshift mosque in “The New Jungle” camp in Calais, France, August 7, 2015.
Police in Calais, from where thousands of illegal immigrants from Africa and the Middle East risk their lives trying to cross the English Channel to make it to the UK, have suggested bringing in the British army to curb the crisis.
The head of the Alliance union for police deployed to the French port and Eurotunnel site, Bruno Noel, has warned that the situation could soon get out of control if additional help is not provided. He complained that his unit is “doing Britain’s dirty work.”
“We have only 15 permanent French border police at the Eurotunnel site,” the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.
“Can you imagine how derisory this is given the situation?
“So I say, why not bring in the British Army, and let them work together with the French?” Mr Noel added.
According to different estimates, between 2,000 and 10,000 migrants in Calais are trying to cross the English Channel. Many have attempted to reach Britain by boarding trains through the tunnel or on lorries bound for UK destinations. Twelve people have died this year attempting to reach the UK. The numbers of migrants in the Calais camp, known as The Jungle, have soared over the past few months from 1,000 in April to nearly 5,000 by August.
The first call to use British troops was made by Kevin Hurley (former Head of Counter Terrorism for City of London Police, an ex-Paratrooper and an expert on international security), who is currently Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey. He said the problems stemming from the crowds of migrants trying to enter the UK from Calais through the Channel Tunnel could be dealt with efficiently by Gurkha regiments, based close by in Hythe, a small British coastal market town on the south coast of Kent.
The 700-strong 2nd Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles has been based in the Shorncliffe and Risborough barracks just outside Hythe since 2000, according to Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey.
“I am increasingly frustrated by the huge numbers of illegal migrants who jump out of the backs of lorries at the first truck stop – Cobham Services in Surrey – and disappear into our countryside. There were 100 in the last month alone,” Mr Hurley said late last month.
“But, while the UK and French governments decide their next prevention strategy we, the British police, have to deal with the immediate problem.
The Gurkhas are a highly respected and competent force, and are just around the corner. They could help to ensure that our border is not breached,” he added.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has meanwhile criticized French authorities for their handling of the escalating crisis. He also suggested dispatching the British Army.
“It is only a matter of time before a British driver gets killed. That’s how serious it is,” Farage said while on a visit to the French port last month, according to the Telegraph.
But UK Prime Minister David Cameron reassured British holiday makers in France that British authorities would make sure they had a “safe and secure holiday.” He promised that migrants illegally entering the country would not be offered a “safe haven.”
“This is very testing, I accept that, because you have got a swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life, wanting to come to Britain because Britain has got jobs, it’s got a growing economy, it’s an incredible place to live,” he told ITV.
A human rights group, the Refugee Council, has condemned Cameron’s comments, calling his language “extremely inflammatory.”
“It’s extremely disappointing to hear the Prime Minister using such irresponsible, de-humanizing language to describe the desperate men, women and children fleeing for their lives across the Mediterranean Sea,” head of advocacy for the Refugee Council, Lisa Doyle, told the Independent.
Labour leadership candidate, Andy Burnham, tweeted in response to the comments: “Cameron calling Calais migrants a ‘swarm’ is nothing short of disgraceful. Confirms there’s no dog-whistle these Bullingdon Boys won’t blow.”
Last week, reports emerged that savvy migrants at the French end of the Channel Tunnel have discovered how to get through a locked gate into the Eurotunnel complex. It’s believed they managed to crack a keypad code by working out which buttons were the most worn and used.
“This fence has been there for a long time and as you know when you tap in a code you don’t touch all the keys to hide your tracks, so it’s quite possible that the keys corresponding to the code are dirtier than the others. I can’t see how else it might have happened,” Bruno Noel told the Daily Telegraph.
At the weekend, protesters started a march near the migrant camp and continued to fences along the beaches of Calais.
At the weekend, protesters started a march near the migrant camp and continued to fences along the beaches of Calais.
About 200 people took part in a pro-migrant demonstration in Calais on Saturday. The protesters demanded that France and Great Britain comply with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which enables people to travel around the world and change their places of residence. They dedicated their march primarily to migrants, who had perished in their attempts to cross the channel.
“People who survived in wars and prisons in other continents die in Calais”, “Human rights are violated on the French-British border” and “No to borders and deportation” read the activists’ banners.
“Why do they have to risk their lives before they risk asylum when they are in Europe? It doesn’t make any sense,” Maia, one of the protesters and a volunteer at NGO l’Auberge des migrants told the Ruptly news agency.
“Why are British borders here in France? I mean, would you let your neighbor say ‘I’m afraid of people going into my house, so I’m gonna put borders in your garden?’” she added.
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Donald Trump leads GOP field after debateby The European Union Times
Donald Trump remains the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination following a controversial debate in which the billionaire businessman refused to pledge loyalty to the eventual GOP nominee.
During the first major GOP debate for the 2016 presidential elections which was held on Thursday, Trump had a fiery exchange with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.
Kelly asked Trump to respond to disparaging remarks he had made in the past about women, calling them “fat pigs,” “dogs,” and “slobs.” Trump tried to wave off the question and dismissed Kelly.
Trump stirred more controversy Friday when he said on CNN that Kelly “had blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever” during the debate.
Republican leaders were quick to criticize Trump for his “demeaning” statements, with some even suggesting that his repeated attacks on Kelly, a popular conservative figure, might have ruined his candidacy.
Trump appeared on multiple political television talk shows Sunday, insisting he “cherishes” women and refusing to apologize for his remarks on Kelly.
However, an NBC News online poll shows that Trump is still at the top of the list of the crowded GOP field, with 23 percent support among likely Republican voters.
Trump’s closest competitor, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, has 13 percent of the primary votes, according to the survey.
The real estate magnate has been sustaining his lead among influential Republicans such as former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker much to the surprise of political analysts and the dismay of established Republican leaders.
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Only 26% Would Vote For Obama Againby The European Union Times
President Obama’s claim he could win a third term was debunked by a poll showing only 26% would vote for him again.
The Monmouth University poll released Monday also revealed that 68% would vote for someone elseif the Constitution allowed Obama to run a third term.
The poll proves Obama wrong not long after he told members of the African Union he could win again.
“Under our Constitution, I cannot run again,” the president said. “I think if I ran, I could win.”
The Monmouth University Polling Institute called that “wishful thinking” in a press release accompanying the poll results, which also showed that only 23% of independents would give Obama four more years, despite the president carrying the independent vote in the 2008 presidential election.
“It’s no surprise that Obama would find little enthusiasm for another four years in the White House among Republicans (5%) or even independents (23%) at this stage, however, his support among Democrats is not particularly strong either – just 53% would back the incumbent for a third term while 43% of his fellow partisans would vote for somebody else,” Monmouth University Polling Institutestated.
The institute also asked Democrats their opinion on Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran and only 41% said they supported it.
“The numbers only get worse among independents and Republicans,” The Federalist reported. “Overall, just 27 percent of those polled believe Congress should approve the controversial nuclear deal with Iran.”
“A majority of Republicans (55%) and a plurality of independents (33%) believe Congress should reject the deal.”
The poll was conducted with 1,203 adults in the U.S. and has a margin of error of + 2.8%.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors from a joint international criminal investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine say some of the debris recovered from the site may belong to a Russian-made missile system.
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SANAA (Reuters) - Militiamen clashed with Yemen's dominant Houthi group inside the city of Ibb on Tuesday, residents said, in their latest significant advance into territory the Houthis had held unopposed for months.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's conservative coalition government on Tuesday blocked its members from voting in favor of gay marriage, a politically risky move that effectively rules out a marriage equality bill passing under his government.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow urged Kiev to end its "irresponsible actions" in east Ukraine, a day after the Ukrainian military reported the heaviest shelling by Russian-backed rebels since a truce was agreed in February.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it planned to add new countries to the list of those from which it has banned food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
MONTREAL (Reuters) - As the United States debates public display of the Confederate battle flag, the Canadian province of Quebec is considering changing the names of 11 locations, including lakes and rapids, that contain a racial epithet.
DEGGENDORF, Germany (Reuters) - German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Tuesday that far more asylum seekers would arrive in Germany this year than the 400,000 first-time applicants his ministry had previously expected.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian military source said on Tuesday the army had retreated to new defensive lines in a region of vital strategic importance to President Bashar al-Assad, seeking to avoid losses at the hands of advancing rebels.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Police in central Sweden have increased security at asylum lodgings, fearing a backlash after two Eritrean asylum-seekers were suspected of murdering two people at an IKEA store.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the United States walks away from the nuclear deal struck with Iran last month in Vienna and demands that its allies comply with U.S. sanctions, the dollar may soon cease to be the world's reserve currency, the top U.S. diplomat said on Monday.
Kerry Says Nixing Iran Nuclear Deal Could Damage U.S. Dollar’s Standing by support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says that the dollar could cease to be a world reserve currency if Washington reneges on a nuclear deal with Iran and demands that allies follow suit.
Delegates from Amnesty International voted to support a policy that will allow the group to lobby governments to repeal most laws that forbid the sale and purchase of sex.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Amnesty International voted on Tuesday to endorse a contentious plan to support the decriminalization of sex work, a move that will lead to pressure on governments by the prominent rights group not to punish millions of sex workers worldwide.
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