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The woman accusing former International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her insisted she's "telling the truth from my heart. She said that she wants justice and wants him to go to jail. The 32-year-old hotel maid, whose credibility has been called into question by prosecutors and Strauss-Kahn's lawyers, said she was terrified when she found out how powerful Strauss-Kahn was. Strauss-Kahn's attorneys cite Diallo's lies and say her campaign is about getting money.
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Today I read about A brown bear and her cub mauled a group of teenage boys deep in the Alaskan wilderness, forcing rescuers to scramble early Sunday to help the injured. Two of the teens, participating in a survival skills course, suffered life-threatening injuries, Alaska State Troopers said in a press release, and two had injuries that were labeled "serious, but non-life-threatening." Megan Peters, a spokeswoman for the state police, said those four are in critical condition, while three others had minor injuries or exposure-related issues.
7/25/11
Today I read about Nationwide outrage continued Monday in China over the government's response to a deadly bullet train collision last weekend, even as operations resumed on the affected high-speed rail lines.A bullet train was struck from behind Saturday night by another train near Wenzhou in eastern Zhejiang province, killing at least 38 people including two American citizens and injuring almost 200. The first train was forced to stop on the tracks due to a power outage and the impact caused six cars to derail, including four that fell from an elevated bridge. By the time the railway ministry held its first press conference more than 24 hours after the collision, the public had seen not just reports of passengers trapped inside dark trains or images of a mangled car dangling off the bridge but also bulldozers crushing mangled cars that had fallen to the ground and burying the wreckage on site. The massive investment and rapid construction have long raised public doubts on the new lines' safety and commercial viability. The skeptics' voices became louder after the former railway minister a champion of high-speed rail was sacked for corruption early this year.
Joicei- Monday I read Democratic and Republican congressional leaders unveiled new deficit reduction plans Monday as top officials scramble to bridge a cavernous partisan divide and raise the federal government's debt ceiling before an unprecedented -- and potentially devastating -- national default. Both plans provide a path to raise the debt ceiling through the end of 2012, but differ sharply in terms of their requirements for future congressional action and both tax and spending reform requirements.
7/25/11
Today I read about Amy Winehouse's death. Amy died on Saturday & it is unexplained how she died. She died at a young age of 27 very wealthy. It hasn't taken long for reporters to point out that Winehouse's death comes at the same age as those of Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix, all of whom remain iconic martyrs on the altar of self-destruction. Even those wishing to believe she could still escape such a fate tended to avert their gaze, especially in the last couple of years, from what seemed an inevitable collision.
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The triple-digit heat wave that unrelentingly baked much of the eastern United States last week began to cool off over the weekend, but temperatures will remain sweltering Monday from Texas to Missouri. Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are in effect for much of the central U.S. and Ohio Valley as well as the eastern Carolinas, the National Weather Service is reporting. Heat indexes for those areas will be between 110 and 115 degrees, the service says.
Monday. Today I read about the authorities in Cuidad Juarez who arrested more than 1,000 people, in an operation which took place on the weekend aimed to cracking down on human trafficking. They raided into two dozen bars, hotels and boarding houses. They arrested a total of 500 men, and 530 women. Twenty female minors were rescued in the operation. Authorities also said that at least 300 federal police officers were involved in the nine-hour sweep.
Kim Kardashian learned she has psoriasis in an episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” that aired Sunday.Alarmed after finding red, itchy patches on her legs, Kardashian heads to the dermatologist. Dr. Harold Lancer takes one look at the scaly rash and determines she has psoriasis, a common skin disease that causes skin to dry and form itchy spots.The severity of psoriasis depends on the person – some people can be covered in these patches; other cases can be associated with arthritis. For others, it’s just a small nuisance.“I cannot have psoriasis,” Kardashian tells her dermatologist on the show.Health.com: Living with the stigma of psoriasis.It turns out Kardashian’s mother, Kris Jenner also has psoriasis. It’s largely believed to be genetic and related to the immune system.“I’ve heard of it before, because my mom has always had it. She didn’t have red flaky dots all over,” Kardashian said.A type of white blood cell called a T cell fights off infections in the body. T cells attack healthy skin cells in a person with psoriasis, When the dead skin cells and white blood cells can't clear, they form rash. Researchers believe genetics and environmental factors may trigger the T cells.
Militants hang 8-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan. The boy's father, a police officer, refused to provide militants with a police vehicle. The capital of Helmand province was transferred to local control last week. The boy was kidnapped Friday. The incident comes amid a recent wave of attacks on local officials who are considered anti-Taliban. Less than two weeks ago, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Karzai's half-brother and a provincial council chief in neighboring Kandahar, was killed in his home by a longtime bodyguard.
Today I read about a team of international scientists analyzing a quasar 12 billion light-years from Earth say there is water vapor in the object – which they call "a voraciously feeding black hole" – equivalent to 34 billion times the mass of our planet. They say it's the largest mass of water ever found.We not only detected water in the farthest reaches of the universe, but enough to fill Earth's oceans more than 100 trillion times," said Jason Glenn, an associate professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, who was co-author of a study of the quasar.The discovery shows water was present in the early stages of the universe when it was 1.6 billion years old, researchers say. The big-bang theory puts the age of the universe at 13.6 billion years.In our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is 4,000 times less water than in the quasar, and it is spread over a few light-years, according to the study. But in the quasar, the water vapor is present over hundreds of light-years, they said. A light-year is about 6 trillion miles.The discovery was made using a spectrograph at the California Institute of Technology's telescope on the Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island and verified using a facility in California's Inyo Mountains.Besides the University of Colorado-Boulder and Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, the Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Science and the University of Pennsylvania participated in the research.
I read Democratic and Republican congressional leaders unveiled new deficit reduction plans Monday as top officials scramble to bridge a cavernous partisan divide and raise the federal government's debt ceiling before an unprecedented -- and potentially devastating -- national default. Both plans provide a path to raise the debt ceiling through the end of 2012, but differ sharply in terms of their requirements for future congressional action and both tax and spending reform requirements.
eddie haro 7-25-11
The suspect in the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II has acknowledged carrying out the mass shooting and bombing and claims to have worked with two other cells a judge said Monday.Judge Kim Heger said the suspect Anders Behring Breivik acknowledges carrying out Friday's attacks, but has said they were necessary to prevent the colonization of the country by Muslims. Breivik accused the Labour Party, whose members were targets of the mass shooting, of treason for promoting multiculturalism, the judge said.
7-25-11 Today I read an article with the name of
Mexican police arrest more than 1,000 in human trafficking raids. I read that authorities in Mexico arrested more than 1,000 of people during the weekend. In an operation aimed at cracking down on human trafficking. I also read that federal police raids in two dozen bars, hotels and boarding houses netted arrests of 500 men and 530 women. They suspect are connected with human trafficking and sexual exploitatio.
Today I read about The San Diego City Council Monday will consider whether to put recently approved regulations regarding medical marijuana dispensaries to a public vote. The restrictions, which require collectives to be set back 600 feet from residences, schools and other so-called sensitive areas and obliges operators to apply for an expensive permit, were approved in April. Opponents of the zoning and public safety ordinances who claim the laws limit them to only a few areas in the city collected enough valid signatures to force council members to put the issue on a ballot or repeal the relevant ordinances themselves
Today I read about a plane crash in southern Morocco killed 78 people Tuesday, the state news agency reported. The Moroccan C-130 military plane crashed in the southern part of the country, state-run Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse reported. The aircraft, belonging to Morocco's Royal Armed Forces, crashed into a mountain as it attempted to land at a military airport about 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, the news agency said. Local news agency Lakome.com, citing sources with knowledge of the event, said rescue efforts were ongoing. It is not clear whether civilians were on board, the news agency said. Ali Anozla, managing editor of Lakome, said local sources told him the cause of the crash was bad weather.
7/26/11
Today I read about A plane crash in southern Morocco killed 78 people Tuesday, the state news agency reported.The Moroccan C-130 military plane crashed in the southern part of the country, state-run Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse reported.The aircraft, belonging to Morocco's Royal Armed Forces, crashed into a mountain as it attempted to land at a military airport about eight kilometers (five miles) away, the news agency said. Three people were hurt.The plane was flying from Agadir to Al-dakhla and was carrying 81 people 60 military, 12 civilians and nine crew members, Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse reported, citing a military statement. Local news agency Lakome.com, citing sources with knowledge of the event, said rescue efforts were ongoing. Ali Anozla, managing editor of Lakome, said local sources told him the cause of the crash was bad weather.
7-26-11 Today I read an article with the name of Plane crash kills 78 in Morocco. I read that a plane crash in southern Morocco killed 78 people. The aircraft, belonging to Morocco's Royal Armed Forces. It crashed into a mountain as it attempted to land at a military airport about eight kilometers (five miles) away, the news agency said. I also read that three people were hurt. The plane was flying from Agadir to Al-dakhla and was carrying 81 people -- 60 military, 12 civilians and nine crew members, Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse reported, citing a military statement.
Tuesday. Today I read about a lady in Italy who was recently convicted to 26 years in prison for murdering a 21-year-old student, whom she shared a house with. The 21-year-old Meredith Kercher was found partially naked, with her throat slit. The knife that was found contained the DNA of Kercher, and matched the blood in her bra. The handle of the knife contained the DNA of the convicted woman, Amanda Knox. The judges said that investigators did not use proper protocol, so the evidence found against Knox may be inadmissible. The verdict will be given in September.
Today I read about a freestyle skier Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, who won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Games, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police in Utah said Tuesday. The Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake responded to a 911 call from Peterson, 29, Monday night, said Lt. Justin Hoyal. Peterson told police he was going to take his life and said he was in Lambs Canyon, between Salt Lake City and Park City, Hoyal told CNN. Officers found him deceased there at about 11:30 p.m., he said. Peterson told an CNN iReporter in Vancouver, Canada, the cheers he received when receiving the silver medal in men's aerials "was one of the coolest feelings in the world." He had competed in two previous Winter Games.
Today I read about than three weeks after seven California men went missing when the fishing vessel Erik sank in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, the families of the missing Americans are expressing anger with the U.S. and Mexican governments for not conducting a dive to find the sunken boat and possibly the bodies entombed beneath the sea. The sinking of the 115-foot sport fishing boat during a predawn storm on July 3 captured widespread attention because the 27 passengers were nearly all friends and acquaintances who fished on the Erik as an annual outing, some for as long as 15 years or so. All were from northern California.
7/27/11
Today I read about A 14-yearold American citizen has been found guilty in a Mexican court of torturing and beheading at least four people and kidnapping three others.Judge Jose Luis Jaimes sentenced the teenager, known as "El Ponchis" ("The Cloak") to three years in a correctional facility the maximum sentence allowed under Mexican law because of his age. The teenager's age and his on-camera description of the slayings brought international attention to the case. Analysts said the dramatic example showed how Mexican drug gangs were increasingly recruiting youths. Family members were present, but Vergara wouldn't specify who was at the trial held in Miacatlan, near the central Mexican city of Cuernavaca. Shortly after authorities apprehended him, the slim teenager with curly hair answered reporters' questions."How many have you killed?" one reporter asks."Four," responds the accused, who seems calm and collected in a video of the interview."How did you execute them?" the questioner continues."I slit their throats," the teen replies.
Wednesday. Today I read about a skeleton that was found on the chimney of a Louisiana bank. This man had been missing for about 27 years. He disappeared at a time when he had to show up to court, when charged of possession of a stolen vehicle. When the police showed up to arrest him, his mother said he had fled to avoid being arrested. The mom also said that her son, had a history for leaving in long periods of time. The investigators said he most likely died of starvation and dehydration. They do not think he was planning a robbery.
7-27-11 Today I read an article with the name of Former Mexican president urges legalizing drugs. Part of the solution to end drug violence in Mexico should include legalizing drugs like marijuana for personal use, former President Vicente Fox told CNN en Espanol. In order to get out of this trap (of drug violence caused by organized crime), I'm specifically proposing the legalization of the drug. Fox said during a visit to Puerto Rico. Where he was speaking at a conference for small business owners in the city of Figaro. Current Mexican President Felipe Calderon has sent as many as 50,000 troops to hot spots around Mexico to fight the drug cartels. The enforcement strategy is considered a pillar in Calderon's overall anti-drug policy. Both Calderon and Fox belong to the conservative PAN (National Action Party).
Today Wednesday noon blog I read about Shortly after a bomb blast tore apart a government building last Friday in downtown Oslo, killing eight people, Marianne Bremen's quickly tracked down her friends and relatives who might have been nearby. All were safe.
She, her husband and one of their 16-year-old twins -- their son -- were in their summer cabin in the northern town of Bremen's. She called the other twin -- their daughter Julie -- to let her know the news. Julie was in her third day of a planned five-day visit to a Labor Party camp on the Island of Utica, located about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south, near Oslo. "We said, 'Everyone we know in Oslo is OK, and you can just relax and have fun in your camp,' " Bremen's said.
7-27-11
Today I read about, Norwegian shooter Anders Behring Breivik may have left an additional murderous legacy.Several hundred pages of a 1,500 page "manifesto" that bears Breivik's name contain a detailed how-to guide for would-be terrorists, based on the author's own experience.Police have not confirmed that the manifesto was written by Breivik, nor has CNN been able to confirm independently that he is the author. But, his attorney has referred to the manifesto as Breivik's and it contains not only his philosophy but looks at preparations leading up to last Friday's attacks.
Today I read about Part of the solution to end drug violence in Mexico should include legalizing drugs like marijuana for personal use, former President Vicente Fox told CNN en Espanol. In order to get out of this trap (of drug violence caused by organized crime), I'm specifically proposing the legalization of the drug," Fox said during a visit to Puerto Rico, where he was speaking at a conference for small business owners in the city of Fajardo. Fox advocated decriminalizing marijuana in a 2009 interview with CNN. Since then, he has repeatedly called on officials to rethink drug laws. Fox said the Mexican government should retire the army from the task of combating criminal gangs. Current Mexican President Felipe Calderon has sent as many as 50,000 troops to hot spots around Mexico to fight the drug cartels. Both Calderon and Fox belong to the conservative PAN. You can pay us back with blood and with dead bodies. Mexican drug cartels buy their weapons and launder drug money in the United States. Fox said Mexico has fallen into a trap "between the gigantic U.S. drug market and the drug producers in South American countries like Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and others. Fox is not alone in advocating for legalization of some drugs for personal use.
Today I read about San Diego police Wednesday asked for the public's help in finding a missing 19-year-old woman who was last seen in the Talmadge area. Ariana Khair was last seen around the 5400 block of El Cajon Boulevard on Saturday, according to San Diego police. Khair is white, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has hazel eyes and long brown hair. Anyone with information on her whereabouts was urged to call San Diego police at (619) 531-2000.
eddie ahro 7-27-11
Today I read about Shortly after a bomb blast tore apart a government building last Friday in downtown Oslo, killing eight people, Marianne Bremnes quickly tracked down her friends and relatives who might have been nearby. All were safe.She her husband and one of their 16-year-old twins their son were in their summer cabin in the northern town of Bremnes. She called the other twin their daughter Julie to let her know the news. Julie was in her third day of a planned five-day visit to a Labour Party camp on the Island of Utoya located about 1,000 kilometers 620 miles south, near Oslo. We said, Everyone we know in Oslo is OK, and you can just relax and have fun in your camp, Bremnes said.
Today I read about Britain banding Julia Roberts make up ads . Make-up advertisements featuring actor Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington have been banned in the UK because of their controversial use of 'airbrushing'. Britain's Advertising Standards Agency issued the ban after politician Jo Swinson complained about the two ads, for foundation products made by L'Oreal's Maybelline and Lancôme brands. L’Oreal admitted the photographs it used had been digitally manipulated and retouched. But the cosmetics giant claimed they "accurately illustrated" the effects their make-up -- Maybelline's The Eraser anti-ageing foundation and Lancome's Teint Miracle --could achieve.
eddie haro 7-28-11
Today I read about Britain's decision to expel Moammar Gadhafi's diplomats from London ensures that the bloody test of wills in Libya will grind on for weeks, if not months to come.Barely 15 days ago, there was optimism from regime insiders here in Tripoli that a deal was in the works to resolve the five month conflict. Perhaps this was because the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was fast approaching, and with it, an anticipated slow down in fighting on the front lines. Also, the regime was engaged in talks on multiple fronts with its European, American, and Libyan opponents.
7-28-11 Today I read an article with the name Officials fear for infants born to prescription drug addicts. I read that According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription drug overdose deaths in Florida are up a staggering 265% since 2003. But it's not just the deaths that have Florida officials worried; it's the births. According to state health records, 635 Florida babies were born addicted to prescription drugs in the first half of 2010 alone. South Florida doctors and intensive care nurses report an dramatic uptick in babies born hooked on pills that their mothers abused while pregnant.
7/28/11
Today I read about Somali government forces launched an offensive on Islamist strongholds in Mogadishu Thursday morning, killing 15 members of the al Qaedainspired group Al-Shabaab, a military commander said.Speaking to state radio, Col. Abdullahi Ali Anod, commander of the presidential palace, said the president ordered the offensive in northern Mogadishu.Fighting has intensified this summer as Somali government forces -- backed by troops from the African Union have battled insurgents from the militant Al-Shabaab. The fighting comes also as Somalia is battling its worst drought in 60 years and tens of thousands of famine-stricken people are walking for days into both Kenya and Ethiopia in search of food and water. militia have been a problem for us at our border because it's porous but our surveillance is high.
Today I read about The governor of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province narrowly escaped an insurgent attack Thursday, and NATO and Afghan security forces continue to sweep the area in an effort to root out militants who penetrated his compound. Muhammad Omar Shirzad had been holed up inside the building as a gun battle raged in and around the compound, according to Abdul Rahman, the governor's spokesman.
Monday I read Democratic and Republican congressional leaders unveiled new deficit reduction plans Monday as top officials scramble to bridge a cavernous partisan divide and raise the federal government's debt ceiling before an unprecedented -- and potentially devastating -- national default. Both plans provide a path to raise the debt ceiling through the end of 2012, but differ sharply in terms of their requirements for future congressional action and both tax and spending reform requirements.
Thursday. Today I read about the Norwegian attacks that occurred last Friday. The people of Norway are questioning authorities on why they took so long to both attacks. The first attack was in Oslo, when a bomb went off close to some government offices. That bomb left eight dead. Two hours later, in Utoya Island, a gunman began to fire, mostly at teen participants at a political summer camp. The police made the island attack their priority, and said there was no way they could have gotten there faster. They took about an hour to reach the location of the attack. Other people also ask why did they not use helicopters to get there, and not just the road.
7-28-11
Two brothers have been arrested and charged with aggravated battery after allegedly attacking and chasing a pilot at Miami International Airport.
The bizarre incident began on board an American Airlines flight bound for San Francisco on Wednesday evening.
As the plane was taxiing out, a flight attendant noticed that Jonathan Baez was sleeping and not wearing his seat belt. She tried to wake him up, but he was "unresponsive and appeared to be intoxicated or on narcotics," according to the Miami-Dade Police Department arrest report.
Today I read about NASA scientists are slightly more than a week away from launching a Jupiter mission they say will unlock key secrets of how our solar system was formed. After almost a decade of building and testing the Mission Juno satellite a $1.1 billion spacecraft NASA officials placed the craft atop an Atlas V rocket Wednesday. It is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 5. Mission Juno will offer unprecedented insight into the formation of our solar system by investigating what lies underneath Jupiter's atmosphere, astronomers said at Kennedy Space Center. Jupiter is known for its violent storms and gaseous atmosphere. Scott Bolton, principal investigator for the mission which is 1,300 times larger than Earth holds a key to understanding the solar system because it's believed to be the first planet to have formed after the sun.
7-29-11 Today I read an article with the name of Mystery surrounds rebel leader's killing in Libya. I read that the mysterious death of that country's top rebel commander, with some asking whether his death is a troubling harbinger for the opposition movement. I also read that Abdul Fattah Younis was killed after the main rebel organization in Libya, the Transitional National Council. Sought to question him about military matters and allegations that he or those close to him had ongoing ties to Libyan leader. Younis was killed along with a colonel and a lieutenant colonel, the Transitional National Council said in a prepared statement.
Friday. Today I read about Casey Anthony. Casey was recently offered to come out in a magazine. She was offered $500,000 and would come out in the front page of the Hustler magazine. That’s right she would reappear in America, in the nude. Larry Flynt said he is serious about his offer, and she would even get 10% of all profits. More than she will ever make by appearing in interviews. He says there is some sick people who would love to see Casey in her “birthday suit” , but he said that it is the point. Some other men, suggested it to Hugh Hefner to offer Casey to come out in the Playboy Magazine. However, he said that would not happen.
Today I read about the authorities in Cuidad Juarez who arrested more than 1,000 people, in an operation which took place on the weekend aimed to cracking down on human trafficking. They raided into two dozen bars, hotels and boarding houses. They arrested a total of 500 men, and 530 women. Twenty female minors were rescued in the operation. Authorities also said that at least 300 federal police officers were involved in the nine-hour sweep.
Today I read about the authorities in Cuidad Juarez who arrested more than 1,000 people, in an operation which took place on the weekend aimed to cracking down on human trafficking. They raided into two dozen bars, hotels and boarding houses. They arrested a total of 500 men, and 530 women. Twenty female minors were rescued in the operation. Authorities also said that at least 300 federal police officers were involved in the nine-hour sweep.
Today I read about the authorities in Cuidad Juarez who arrested more than 1,000 people, in an operation which took place on the weekend aimed to cracking down on human trafficking. They raided into two dozen bars, hotels and boarding houses. They arrested a total of 500 men, and 530 women. Twenty female minors were rescued in the operation. Authorities also said that at least 300 federal police officers were involved in the nine-hour sweep.
7/29/11
Today I read about The U.S. men's national soccer team, a day after firing its coach of almost five years, has named former German skipper Jürgen Klinsmann to take the helm ahead of the 2014 World Cup.U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati, in announcing the team’s 35th manager, said he was excited to see Klinsmann taking over. The U.S. Soccer Federation will hold a news conference Monday to formally introduce the 46-year-old Klinsmann as its coach. His first match will be a highly anticipated August 10 bout with Mexico, which thrashed the U.S. 4-2 in this year’s Gold Cup final. Klinsmann has been considered for the U.S. post in the past, but negotiations crumbled twice over the amount of control Klinsmann would wield in coaching the top American squad.
Today I read about Mexico City - Authorities in Ciudad Juarez arrested more than 1,000 people over the weekend in an operation aimed at cracking down on human trafficking, police said. Federal police said raids in two dozen bars, hotels and boarding houses netted arrests of 500 men and 530 women they suspect are connected with human trafficking and sexual exploitation. In addition, 20 female minors were rescued. At least 300 federal police officers were involved in the nine-hour sweep, which began Friday night and ended early Saturday morning, the Chihuahua state Attorney General's Office said in a statement.
7-29-11
Today I read about, Maybe the cash-strapped U.S. government should start selling iPads. According to the latest statement from the U.S. Treasury the government had an operating cash balance Wednesday of $73.8 billion. That's still a lot of money, but it's less than what Steve Jobs has lying around. Tech juggernaut Apple had a whopping $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June, according to its last earnings report. Unlike the U.S. government, which is scrambling to avoid defaulting on its debt, Apple takes in more money than it spends.
eddie haro 7-29-11
Today I read about Eman al Obeidy, who caught the world's attention in March when she publicly accused members of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces of gang-raping her, has relocated to the United States.After spending 54 days in a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees facility in Romania, Obeidy arrived in New York late Wednesday night, then boarded a flight to the destination where she will reside.
At least seven civilians died in clashes between Syrian protesters and security officials Friday. Demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans marched in parts of Damascus, Homs, Lattakia and other cities, and were frequently met by security forces who fired into the crowds and beat protesters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. One man fell to his death while running away from security forces on top of a building, while three others died during incidents at security checkpoints. One police officer died and another was in a state of clinical death following attacks by gunmen in the Kneinas neighborhood of Lattakia, the Bab Dreib neighborhood in Homs in Homs and Al-Boukamal. The agency did not specify where the fatal clashes it reported had taken place. Some neighborhoods around Damascus, Hama, Homs and Idleb saw gatherings after Friday prayers but did not elaborate.
eddie haro 8-1-11
Today I read about Muslims around the world on Monday ushered in Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk abstinence from food and drinks.But this year, the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa has cast a pall over what is traditionally a period of comity and goodwill toward men.Several countries in the region have been swept up in protests against longtime rulers since the January revolt that ousted Tunisian strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.In many cases, these demonstrations and movements have been met with brute force that has escalated into seemingly unending violence.
Today I read about ,A female body was found Monday in the Connecticut River near where authorities are looking for a missing 11-year-old girl named Celina Cass, according to Essex County State Attorney Vincent Illuzzi. The body was found near a hydroelectric plant, near Stewartstown, New Hampshire, Illuzzi said. The New Hampshire Medical Examiner is on the scene. The girl's parents told authorities their daughter was missing when they went to wake her up Tuesday morning, WMUR reported.
8-1-11 Today I read an article with the title of Victim: Revenge in Iran acid attack is 'not worth it. I read that a woman blinded in an acid attack seven years ago. Also that she stopped the "eye for an eye" punishment for her attacker because "such revenge is not worth it. I read that a physician dropped acid under legal supervision. This caused the lady to go blind. She said two men were instrumental in bringing about her change of heart. A doctor at a clinic in Spain and Amir Sabouri, an Iranian who helped her get medical attention. Sabouri told her to forgive Movahedi and prove to the world that Iranians are kind and forgiving.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new Kansas law designed to strip Planned Parenthood's family planning funds. The injunction issued Monday by Judge Thomas Marten in Wichita, Kansas, is a setback for state lawmakers and Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. Planned Parenthood officials said it would allow them to continue to offer services such as pap smears, birth control, and breast exams to women who could not otherwise afford them.
8/1/11
Today I read about A woman blinded in an acid attack seven years ago said Sunday she stopped the "eye for an eye" punishment for her attacker because "such revenge is not worth it."A physician was to drop acid under legal supervision into the eyes of Majid Movahedi on Sunday, according to Fars News Agency, to punish him for throwing acid in Bahrami's face. The act disfigured her face and blinded her. In 2009, Bahrami told CNN that she had undergone more than a dozen surgeries on her badly scarred face, but still imagined that in the future she would have a wedding day.
Today I read about a suspected leader of the Juarez drug cartel told authorities he had ordered the deaths of about 1,500 people, a Mexican federal police official. Federal police detailed accusations against Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, known as "El Diego," a day after authorities announced his capture. He was one of the country's most wanted criminals, with officials offering a reward of 15 million pesos for his arrest. Collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration led to Acosta's detention head of the Mexican federal police anti-drug unit. Acosta is accused of being a leader of the drug gang known as La Linea, the enforcement arm of the Juarez cartel, Mexican authorities have said. He ordered the killings of about 1,500 people, mostly in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua's capital. An investigation points to Acosta as the mastermind behind the March 2010 killing of three people connected with the U.S. Consulate in Juarez.
Today I read about the principal of a Memphis school was found dead in a classroom. They found Suzette York,49, on Wednesday in a pool of blood at Memphis Junior academy. Police have detained a 17-year-old student in connection with the death, which has been deemed a homicide. No charges had been filed Wednesday evening.
Today I read about the wife of powerful Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has given birth to twins in a Los Angeles hospital and returned to Mexico, according to a senior U.S. government official. Guzman is wanted by U.S. authorities for leading an operation that has allegedly trafficked hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. over a 20-year period. For his efforts, his cartel has received several billion dollars, according to U.S. anti-drug officials. The Justice Department has issued a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. Guzman, who is believed to be 54, married 22-year-old beauty queen Emma Coronel in 2007. The source says officials were aware of Coronel's travels and the August 15 births but kept it secret until a Los Angeles Times story this week reported the news. Copies of the twin girls' birth certificates leave blank the space for "name of father," but the mother's name is listed as Emma Modesta Coronel, who was born in California on July 2, 1989, according to records with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Today I read about millions of BlackBerry users remained without service on Wednesday as a three-day outage spread to North America. BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning, Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones. We will provide a further update as soon as more information is available. The service outage started on Monday with customers in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. On Wednesday morning it appeared to hit the United States and Canada. The outage appears primarily to affect text messaging and Internet access from the mobile phones, not necessarily their ability to place calls. "BlackBerry users in Canada have been cut off from their smartphone's messaging, e-mail and Internet services.
Today I read about on Thursday were investigating a series of attacks the day before that left 14 people dead, including four people who were slain aboard an ambulance. Gunmen ambushed an ambulance that was transporting two dialysis patients to a hospital in Juarez. The driver of the ambulance and another person traveling with the group also died in the attack. Photos from the scene showed a dusty white ambulance with the passenger-side window shot out, blood smeared across the car door and bullet marks on the windshield. The ambulance traveled to Juarez from the city of Nuevo Casas Grande. Juarez, one of Mexico's most violent cities, shares a border with El Paso, Texas. The border city has become a symbol of the brutal realities of the nation's drug war, which has claimed about 43,000 lives since President Felipe Calderon declared a crackdown on cartels in December 2006.
today i read Oakland City Hall was set to reopen Monday after municipal employees worked to clean up damage they said was caused over the weekend by Occupy protesters, about 400 of whom were arrested following clashes with police in this Northern California city.
The mass arrests, described by police as the largest in city history, appear to have injected new life into the Occupy movement as protesters in a number of American and European cities took to the streets Sunday to express their solidarity with the Occupy Oakland group.
"The Occupy movement will respond, as we have always responded: With an overwhelming show of collective resistance," Occupy Wall Street said in a statement posted on its website.
Windows broken, flags burned in Oakland City Hall
Occupy Oakland is part of a larger movement that began last year on New York's Wall Street and quickly spread across the globe. While the protesters have highlighted a number of causes, the overarching theme remained the same: populist anger over what activists portray as an out-of-touch corporate, financial and political elite.
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