Egypt using sexual attacks to crush opposition | House Committee Holds Hearing on Policing Strategies | Father of Boy Found in Suitcase at Spanish Border Speaks Out: “Do you think any father would really allow his son to travel in a suitcase?” A lawyer for the father of an African boy caught being smuggled in a suitcase into a Spanish enclave said Tuesday his client wouldn’t have allowed his son to illegally cross the border had he known.

An X-ray image showing an 8-year-old sub-Saharan boy hidden in a suitcase. on May 8, 2015. The suitcase was carried by a young woman of 19, which was controlled around noon on May 7, 2105 when she was entering in Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in the north of Morocco.

“Do you think any father would really allow his son to travel in a suitcase?”

A lawyer for the father of an African boy caught being smuggled in a suitcase into a Spanish enclave said Tuesday his client wouldn’t have allowed his son to illegally cross the border had he known.

Father of Boy Found in Suitcase at Spanish Border Speaks Out


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House Committee Holds Hearing on Policing Strategies

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The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held a hearing on policing strategies for the 21st century just one day after President Barack Obama issued an executive order to keep certain military-style equipment out of the hands of local police departments. The discussion Tuesday, however, was about what influence – if any – the federal government should exert over local police. Arash Arabasadi reports from Washington.

Gerry Adams is central to Sinn Fein's republican cause despite IRA denials

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Gerry Adams's time at the helm of the Sinn Fein party has been overshadowed by one recurring theme – his constant denial that he was a member of the terror group, the IRA.

Obama Mulls Increasing Aid To Iraq To Retake Ramadi

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U.S. President Barack Obama met with his national security advisers May 19 to weigh providing accelerated training and weapons supplies for Iraqi tribes, to help them retake Ramadi from the Islamic State.

Sheriff names clinical psychologist to run Chicago jail - Miami Herald

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Sheriff names clinical psychologist to run Chicago jail
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A clinical psychologist has been picked to lead a Chicago jail that is one of the largest in the country. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart tapped Dr. Nneka (NEE'-kah) Jones Tapia to lead the 9,000-inmate facility. Dart has long complained that drastic cuts to ...
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Official: Norwegian Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Bermuda - New York Times

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Official: Norwegian Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Bermuda
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Norwegian cruise ship that departed Boston ran aground Tuesday as it left Bermuda, officials said. An official with Bermuda's Rescue Coordination Center says the Norwegian Dawn ship hit the reef near Bermuda's North Channel ...
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Egypt using sexual attacks to crush opposition: rights group - Times of India

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Egypt using sexual attacks to crush opposition: rights group
Times of India
PARIS: Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual attacks against detainees following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, using them as a "cynical political strategy" to crush opposition, a rights group charged on Tuesday. Morsi, Egypt's first freely ...
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Prince Charles seethes over Earl Mountbatten's murder as he meets Gerry Adams

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The Prince yesterday had to shake the hand of a man who, when his great uncle and mentor Earl Mountbatten was killed in a small fishing boat, was one of the IRA’s most high-ranking commanders.

Prince Charles shakes hands with Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams in Ireland

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Putting aside the murder of his beloved great uncle Lord Mountbatten by the IRA, which Gerry Adams justified at the time, Charles agreed to the meeting at the start of his four-day trip to Ireland.

Egypt 'steps up' sexual violence - Irish Examiner

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Egypt 'steps up' sexual violence
Irish Examiner
Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual violence since the military overthrew the first freely elected president in 2013, a human rights group alleged. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi poster. Victims include members of NGOs, students, women and those perceived ...

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Love hormone oxytocin is similar to alcohol and makes us more trusting

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The similarities between alcohol and oxytocin - a hormone released by new mothers, lovers and even doting dog owners - are ‘striking’, say British researchers.

Drug Use Rises in Afghanistan Following Record High Poppy Crops 

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Afghanistan has seen record high poppy crops during the last few years - and the result has been an alarming rise in illegal drug use and addiction in the war-torn country. VOA's Ayesha Tanzeem has this report from Kabul.

Geoffrey Howe retires from Lords after 51 years in Parliament

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The former Chancellor was a key figure in the Thatcher years but went on to deliver the devastating Commons speech in November 1990 which signalled the end of her premiership.

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New Tensions Flare in Waters off Yemen

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The U.S. military and its Saudi allies are preparing for another potential showdown with Iran in the Gulf of Aden over the fate of a cargo ship said to be carrying aid for Yemen.

Sex attacker Mark Willis picked on kickboxer who was given £500 reward

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Sex attacker Mark Willis, 39, of Churchdown, Gloucester, attacked his victim as she walked home at 2am. He got more than he bargained for when she fought back, throttling him with her legs.

Burundi Crisis Won't Delay Presidential Election

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Burundi’s government plans to hold a presidential election on June 26, despite international pressure to put off the vote amid fears of broader ethnic conflict after weeks of protests and a failed coup.

Rapper among 19 arrested and accused of glorifying violent separatism in Spain 

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Def Con Dos leader Cesar Montana Lehmann, aka Cesar Strawberry, among those alleged by police to have glorified Eta, Terra Lliure and Grapo groups
Spanish police have arrested 19 people, including the lead vocalist of a rap rock band, on suspicion of praising and encouraging attacks by three radical groups including Eta.
“Nineteen people have been arrested so far,” a source close to the investigation told the Agence France-Presse news agency, adding that a total of 23 people were targeted by police in the operation.
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Historic handshake between Prince Charles and Gerry Adams - Irish Independent

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Historic handshake between Prince Charles and Gerry Adams
Irish Independent
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has claimed he had a meeting of minds talking to the Prince of Wales about lives lost in Northern Ireland's 30-year conflict. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. On the opening day of ...

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UN Condemns 'Terrorist' Attack On Russian Embassy In Syria

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The UN Security Council May 19 strongly condemned what it called a "terrorist attack" on the Russian Embassy in Syria's capital.
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Mother seeks groom for her son in India's first gay personals advert 

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Message looking for husband for activist Harish Iyer subverts tradition after India re-criminalised homosexuality in 2013

In all but one word, the advertisement was like thousands of others published in the still hugely popular matrimonial section of newspapers across India every week.
“Seeking 25-40, Well Placed, Animal-Loving, Vegetarian Groom for my son (36, 5’11’’) who works with an NGO,” it read.
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Secondhand car dealer, 76, and his son, 50, are among nine men with combined age of 533 arrested over Hatton Garden jewellery heist after 200 police officers carry out gunpoint raids on homes

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Officers from the Metropolitan Police were seen outside the home of Brian Reader in Dartford, Kent, on Tuesday morning despite it being outside their patch, neighbours said.

Egypt Using Sex Attacks to Crush Opposition: Rights Group - NDTV

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Egypt Using Sex Attacks to Crush Opposition: Rights Group
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Paris: Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual attacks against detainees since the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, using them as a "cynical political strategy" to crush opposition, a rights group charged Tuesday. Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected ...

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Major airbag recall still leaves questions unanswered

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In one of the largest actions of its kind ever, federal regulators say it is still unclear why airbags made by Takata are injuring drivers

U.S., Iranian Warships Shadowing Cargo Ship Near Yemen

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Iran has sent two warships to accompany an Iranian cargo boat delivering humanitarian aid to Yemen, and the United States has sent warships to shadow the Iranians.

World Briefing: France: Germanwings Flight’s Victims Identified

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The remains of all 150 victims of the Germanwings plane crash in the Alps will be turned over to their families for burial now that investigators have completed the process of identifying them.
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World Briefing: Britain: 9 Arrested in Jewel Heist

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Men believed to have pulled off a daring heist in London’s diamond district over the Easter weekend were arrested Tuesday in raids in London and Kent by more than 200 police officers.

Father of Boy Found in Suitcase at Spanish Border Speaks Out

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A lawyer for the father of an African boy caught being smuggled in a suitcase into a Spanish enclavesaid Tuesday his client wouldn’t have allowed his son to illegally cross the border had he known.
Ali Ouattara has been held in police custody since 8-year-old Abou was discovered on May 7 in a wheeled suitcase at the checkpoint in Ceuta, the New York Times reports. The lawyer, Juan Isidro Fernández Díaz, said Ouattara, who lives legally on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura, believed his son would enter using an Ivory Coast passport and visa for which he paid. But after learning that his application was denied because his salary fell short of the minimum mandated by Spanish law, he went to Casablanca to find an alternative.
“Do you think any father would really allow his son to travel in a suitcase?” Díaz said. He added that the boy was “just another victim of the mafias” running Africa’s human-trafficking networks.
The incident came as European nations struggle to deal with the influx of migrants and refugees attempting to reach its shores via the Mediterranean as warmer weather sets in. A new reportrevealed that the militant group ISIS makes a fortune in the smuggling business.

Grim future for Obama's request to fight ISIS

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House Speaker John Boehner has shut the door on the president's request to use military force

Osama Bin Laden's location given to CIA by London OAP and ex Pakistani officer

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Usman Khalid, who came to the London area in 1979, was said to be the informant whose tip-off led to the assassination in 2011 of the world’s most wanted man.

China illegally fishing off coast of west Africa, Greenpeace study reveals 

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Number of Chinese fishing boats operating in Africa soared from 13 in 1985 to 462 in 2013, say environmental group, with ships ‘taking advantage of weak enforcement and supervision’
Chinese companies have been illegally fishing off the coast of west Africa, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said in a study Wednesday, at times sending incorrect location data suggesting they are as far away as Mexico or even on land.
The number of Chinese-flagged or Chinese-owned fishing boats operating in Africa has soared in recent decades, from just 13 in 1985 to 462 in 2013, the international advocacy group said.
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US Says It Disrupted Major Heroin-Importing Operation in Bronx - New York Times

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US Says It Disrupted Major Heroin-Importing Operation in Bronx
New York Times
There were few outward signs of the thriving heroin stash house that federal officials say was being operated on a quiet block in the Bronx across from Van Cortlandt Park. No one seemed to be permanently living in the apartment, 5E, at 210 West 251st Street, ... 
DEA seizes record amount of heroin in New York bustCTV News

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North Korea 'modified' submarine missile launch photos, say experts

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Photos showing a North Korean missile launched from a submarine were manipulated by state propagandists, and the isolated country may still be years away from developing the technology, analysts and a senior U.S. Navy admiral said on Tuesday.
  

Diplomatic Ineptitude Makes THAAD Dilemma Worse - The Chosun Ilbo

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Diplomatic Ineptitude Makes THAAD Dilemma Worse
The Chosun Ilbo
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with American troops stationed in Seoul on Monday and mentioned the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system as being necessary to deal with an unexpected provocation by North Korea. It is rare for a high-ranking ...

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Venezuela parliament head Cabello denies drug accusations - Reuters

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Venezuela parliament head Cabello denies drug accusations
Reuters
CARACAS The Venezuelan government's second most powerful figure, Diosdado Cabello, denied on Tuesday any involvement in the drug trade after U.S. media reports that he and other officials were under investigation for trafficking and money laundering.
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Families living in poverty in the shadow of Azerbaijan's luxury sports stadiums

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As authorities invest heavily in hosting European Games, residents ask who will benefit from the event. Meydan TV report
Gulnara Suleymanova and her family of five live in a wagon behind Baku’s prestigious new sports stadium, built especially for next month’s European Games.
“On your way here, you might have seen piles of sand, that’s where my husband sieves when there’s no work,” says Suleymanova, who is a cleaner. 
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Paramedic Was First To Find His Brother Murdered On Rural Road In Windsor - CBS Local

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Paramedic Was First To Find His Brother Murdered On Rural Road In Windsor
CBS Local
WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) – The FBI is now investigating the mysterious murder of a bicyclist in Windsor, according to the Windsor Police Department. A passing motorist found the body of John Jacoby, 48, Monday morning in a ditch near County Road 72 ...
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JPMorgan uses big data to read US economy

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Bank launches research unit to analyse information on 30m of its customers


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