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'Foreign rivals refuse to use same elevator as us': Russian skater on doping backlash


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:15 UTC
Olga Fatkulina
© Laszlo Balogh / Reuters
Russian speed skater Olga Fatkulina says that doping allegations against Russia have formed a negative attitude towards the national team, with foreign rivals even refusing to use the same elevator as Russian competitors.

"Of course the attitudes of foreign athletes have changed after the doping scandal erupted. I noticed all these glances and whispers behind my back. Some athletes [covertly] took pictures of me with their phones. Undoubtedly I felt that unfriendly atmosphere. Sometimes foreign competitors even refused to use the same elevator as us. These unpleasant moments affected us," Fatkulina said talking to RT in South Korea.

"I was upset I couldn't prove that the allegations against us are groundless. I just tried to ignore all those moments," she added.

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French farmers' protest against EU subsidy cuts stretches into second week - Travel chaos in Occitanie region

Pascal Pavani
RFI
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:25 UTC
farmers protest france
© La Depeche
Farmers have blocked highways, national roads and bridges across the southwestern region of Occitanie.
Protesting farmers brought the ringroad of France's fourth-largest city to a halt in a protest against a possible cut in European Union subsidies on Wednesday. Meanwhile in Paris, the government unveiled proposals to ensure they get a fair price for their produce from big supermarket chains.

There were traffic jams on the ringroad of Toulouse, the south-western city that is home to the headquarters of European planemaker Airbus, from 6.30am as more than 100 tractors blocked commuters.

Farmers from across the region set fire to piles of tyres, palettes and hay and grilled sausages for picnics on the motorway under the watchful eye of the police.


Comment: 10 days later, the protests are still going strong. Farmers have created so many roadblocks on highways and national roads that it is difficult to leave some towns and cities, much less the region. Train lines in and out of cities are also blocked.

French farmers have been protesting about the terrible prices they get for their produce for years, but little has changed.

In the meantime, President Macron has hinted that he is willing to consider a complete overhaul of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, something French governments have until now always resisted touching.

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Sixteen 'rogue' Russian businessmen hiding in UK have requested safe passage home to Russia in exchange for amnesty


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:51 UTC
Moscow Russia
© Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
Sixteen Russian businessmen hiding in London and other places from authorities in Russia for various criminal offences are asking Moscow to allow them to come home in return for amnesty.

The list, prepared by Russian business ombudsman Boris Titov, has been forwarded to the Kremlin, according to the official.

Each case should be considered separately, said Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, who confirmed that the Kremlin has seen the list.

Titov said that many rogue businessmen can't return to Russia as even though their cases are de facto closed, they remain open in Russian courts.

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Man who accused UK Parliament members of hosting pedophile abuse parties charged with possession of child porn


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 09:52 UTC
dolphin square pedophile parties
© Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters
The man who accused former UK PM Sir Edward Heath of hosting child abuse parties where boys were raped and tortured has been caught with child porn. 'Nick' has been charged for making and possessing indecent images of children.

The man, aged in his 40s, is known only as 'Nick' and cannot be named for legal reasons. He came forward in 2014 accusing Heath, ex-Home Secretary Leon Brittan, former conservative MP Harvey Proctor, and D-Day veteran Lord Bramall.

The allegations sparked a £3 million ($4.18 million) investigation by police. Nick claimed the child abuse parties were held at the former prime minister's home in London, and in Dolphin Square, Pimlico, as well as the Carlton Club.

No arrests were ever made as part of the investigation, and many of the men and their family members died before their names were cleared in the bungled 'Operation Midland.'

Comment: Considering how pervasive pedophilia is among the British elites and the extent to which the evidence has been routinely covered-up, it's difficult not to wonder if Nick has been targeted to be used as an example in order to discourage others from making accusations, no matter how well founded.

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They want docile: HRW study reveals US nursing homes routinely drug elderly patients with powerful antipsychotics just to make life easy for staff


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 01:43 UTC
elder abuse, antipsychotics nursing homes
Thousands of nursing home patients across the US regularly receive strong antipsychotics, without being properly diagnosed or even informed of the side-effects, to make life easier for overworked staff, a rights monitor has found.

The latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), published Monday, sheds light on disturbing practices thriving in US nursing homes, where thousands of residents are routinely doped up. Every week, more than 179,000 people, mostly the elderly living with dementia, become victims of poor practice, according to the study, titled "'They Want Docile': How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia."

"The problem here is that medications are being used not to treat a medical condition, but to control the behavior of residents who are considered difficult to control," acting director of the Health and Human Rights Division at HRW, Diederik Lohman, told RT. Instead of investigating the cause of the 'difficult' behavior, staff are often "very quick to start prescribing medications which have a strong sedative effect." They are "basically drugging people into a state when they are constantly sedated," Lohman said, calling it "an abuse of practice and it needs to stop."


Comment: The pharmaceutical cartel once again benefits from lax oversight which enables the industry to flood institutions with drugs, taking advantage of vulnerable populations who aren't able to resist the abuse:

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India: Authorities search for fake doctor who spread HIV using 1 syringe for dozens of patients


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:46 UTC
tooth injection
© Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
Authorities in India are searching for a phony rural doctor who negligently infected more than 30 people with HIV by using a single syringe on multiple patients whom he promised a miraculous and super cheap treatment.

Hundreds of patients residing around Unnao City in India might be infected with the deadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after falling victim to a man who cycled around three villages for over a year, offering a "magic treatment" for 10 Indian rupees ($0.16).

The doctor has been identified as Rajendra Kumar, also known as Rajendra Yadav to the locals. Unlicensed physicians, known as 'jhola chaap' or 'allopathic' doctors, are a common find in poor and rural communities in India. None of the locals who used the man's cheap treatment suspected any foul play.

"He was like an angel for us. Government doctors would prescribe medicine from outside, which cost us between Rs 100 and Rs 300, but his injection worked for just Rs 10. If we got good government health care, why would so many flock to Yadav," a local resident told the Indian Express.
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Doping: Norway's Olympic ski team arrives in PyeongChang with a crazy amount of asthma drugs


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:06 UTC
olympic skiers
© Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
The Norwegian Olympic delegation has brought around 6,000 doses of asthma medication to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics to treat national team members diagnosed with the chronic respiratory disease.

Norwegian government-owned broadcasting corporation NRK published the list of drugs brought to PyeongChang by the Norwegian team doctor. It includes 1,800 doses of Symbicort, 1,200 doses of Atrovent, 1,200 doses of Alvesco, 360 doses of Ventolin and 1,200 doses of Airomir - which amounts to 10 times more asthma drugs than Finland has brought to South Korea.

NRK also reported that the usage of six of the drugs were approved by the World Anti-Doping Committee (WADA) under the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) program.

Norway, a dominant force in cross-country skiing, has been criticized for excessive use of asthma drugs which, along with easing acute asthma symptoms, can also help to open bronchial airways in order to increase fatigue resistance.
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Geriatric Europe: French birth rate falls for third straight year

Charles Bremner
The Times
Sat, 20 Jan 2018 14:33 UTC
macron baby
© Philippe Lopez/Reuters
That's part of the problem right there. If you keep breaking traditional gender roles and norms in the name of 'sexual liberation', eventually you'll liberate yourself to death.
A three-year fall in the birth rate in France is threatening its title as Europe's most fertile nation, and government policies are being blamed.

France has prided itself on policies promoting a high level of childbirth since the 1960s, and particularly in the past 20 years when populations in Europe have aged and shrunk.

"Is this the end of the French exception?" wondered Le Monde after the national statistical office released figures showing that the birth rate, which began falling in 2015, fell another 2.1 per cent last year to an average of 1.88 children per woman compared with 2.0 in 2014. The rate for Britain last year was 1.87.

The statistics office said the numbers were a delayed reaction to the financial crisis in 2008 because generous social and family benefits had cushioned a demographic impact noticed far earlier elsewhere in Europe. France has taken longer to recover than its neighbours.

Comment: Great, another nation of old Europeans.

So what is the EU's solution? Let in millions of young African and Asian males!

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So stupid, it burns! Paris explores climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies over flooding

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:28 UTC
Paris flooding
From The stupid, it burns! department, comes this FUBAR press release from Bill McKibben's 350.org. Of course, these idiots don't think to check history for flooding there, because, well, that would be inconvenient.

Paris explores climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
Paris, France - The City of Paris decided today to explore possibilities to sue the fossil fuel industry for causing climate damages, following the example of New York and other US cities.

The city council also decided to lobby other major cities such as London to ban fossil fuels from their investments through the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, of which the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo is president. The council also announced that it will release an update on the progress that has been made since it pledged to divest from fossil fuels in 2015.
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French fishermen protest electrical 'pulse' fishing, blockade Calais and Boulogne


Metro Press
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:22 UTC
fishermen protest france
© Unknown
Fishermen in Boulogne set pallets and tyres alight on an access road while two French boats blockaded an area of the port where Dutch trawlers unload
French fishermen have blocked the ports of Calais and Boulogne in protest at so-called pulse fishing, which uses electrified nets to stun fish. Fishing boats stopped ferries entering or leaving Calais while a roadblock stopped traffic at Boulogne. Calais is a major link between the UK and France used by thousands of tourists and lorries every day.

The European Parliament recently voted to ban pulse fishing which is mainly used by Dutch trawlers.

The head of P&O Ferries, Janette Bell, said the blockade of Calais was "utterly unacceptable". It was lifted at 16:00 GMT, though the ports were expected to take a while to get back to normal. The fishermen said they would meet government officials on Friday to discuss the issue.

The English port of Dover was also hit by the action, with P&O and DFDS Seaways suspending some scheduled services. DFDS later rerouted some services through Dunkirk while P&O advised some customers to use the Channel Tunnel.
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