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Russia describes Georgian leader as pathological


Reuters
Tue, 09 Aug 2011 05:01 UTC
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Russia marked the third anniversary of its war with Georgia on Monday by saying it would not renew ties with Tbilisi as long as its "badly brought up" and "pathological" president was in power.

Russian news bulletins were dominated by footage of the 2008 war and showed President Dmitry Medvedev inspecting the Molkino military base in southern Russia, where he praised troops who fought in the conflict for repelling the Georgian "aggressor."

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov went further, saying that Moscow would have no direct dealings with Tbilisi while President Mikheil Saakashvili was president.

"We will have no dealings with a man who gave the criminal order to kill peacekeepers and ordered the death of peaceful civilians, including Russian citizens," Lavrov told reporters in Moscow.

"Saakashvili is of course a pathological case and an anomaly among the Georgian people. He is clearly very badly brought up ... We do not associate the Georgian with this persona."

Lavrov accused Saakashvili of "dreaming up fairy tales" about what happened in the run-up to the war, which each side accuses the other of starting.
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After Attack, Reclusive Amazon Tribe Feared Missing

Stephanie Pappas
Live Science
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:15 UTC
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© Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/Survival InternationaThis 2010 image shows part of an uncontacted Indian tribe in western Brazil. The tribe has disappeared since a group of armed men (presumed to be Peruvian drug traffickers) overran a Brazilian guardpost near the tribe's lands. Brazilian officials are now looking for signs of the missing tribe.

An uncontacted Amazon tribe that made headlines earlier this year after being filmed from the air is feared missing after presumed drug traffickers overran the Brazilian guards posted to protect the tribe's lands.

According to tribal advocacy group Survival International, Brazilian officials can find no trace of the Indians in the area after heavily armed men ransacked the guard post in western Brazil about 32 miles (20 kilometers) from the Peruvian border. Like other uncontacted tribes, the Indians live a traditional life in the forest and does not have contact with the outside world.

Workers from FUNAI, the government bureau of Indian affairs, found a broken arrow in one of the men's backpacks, raising fears for the tribe's safety.

"We think the Peruvians made the Indians flee," Carlos Travassos, the head of the government's isolated Indians department, said in a statement. "Now we have good proof. We are more worried than ever."
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UK: Did rock-throwing teenage girl's 'beating' by police spark London riots? Pictures that show how Tottenham turned into a war zone

Ian Gallagher and Steve Farrell
The Daily Mail
Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:24 UTC
  • Violence breaks out in Enfield with around 200 youths smashing windows and attacking cars
  • Twenty-six police officers hurt in Tottenham clashes, with eight treated in hospital
  • IPCC says 'non-police' firearm found at scene of Mark Duggan's death
  • Number of arrests rises to 55, 51 last night and four today
  • Tottenham MP David Lammy appeals for calm and warns that there may be fatalities
  • Mob of 500 people protest about death of father-of-four Mark Duggan who was shot by officers
  • Fears that violence was fanned by Twitter as picture of burning police car was re-tweeted more than 100 times
  • Shop looted and youths storm McDonald's and start cooking their own food
  • Mail on Sunday photographers beaten and mugged by masked thugs


The family of Mark Duggan has condemned the riot that broke out in Tottenham last night as eyewitness reports emerge that trouble erupted after a 16-year-old girl threw a rock at police.

Mr Duggan was shot dead by marksmen on Thursday and his fiancee, Semone Wilson, has said that she wanted answers, not trouble, while his brother, Shaun Hall, called for the community to remain calm.

Despite his calls for the community to remain calm, violence broke out in Enfield this evening with a group of around 200 youths smashing windows iand attacking vehicles in the town centre.

The Metropolitan Police meanwhile, has described Mr Duggan's death as 'regrettable' and blamed the violent anarchy that flared on a 'criminal minority'.

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Aftermath: A building that was set ablaze in Tottenham is just an empty shell this morning

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SOTT Focus: Crashes and Empires

Anart Grey
Sott.net
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:44 UTC
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As the stock markets around the globe plummet due to the downgrading of US credit rating, president Obama steps up to the podium today in a special address to the nation. I thought I'd listen in...

The president begins with an explanation that even though the US credit rating was downgraded from AAA, it is not so much that the agency doubts our ability to pay our debt, but, rather, they doubt our political system's ability to act. The markets think our credit rating is AAA. Warren Buffet, a man who knows something about the market, would give the US a AAAA rating if possible, or so the president says.

In other words, pay no attention to the reality of our current credit rating - pay attention to the IDEA of our credit rating. As an insider in the Bush White House said not so many years ago, "we're an empire now, so we create our own reality" and the reality the president wants you to believe in is that our credit rating is not what it actually is. He repeats that we are a AAA country.
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David Cameron Returning to UK as Fire and Riots Grip London


Channel 4 News
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:13 UTC
Hackney Riots
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David Cameron is returning to the UK as a fresh wave of riots and fires hit London, from the east to the south, with unrest also beginning to take hold in other parts of the country.

Prime Minister David Cameron is coming home to deal with the wave of unrest gripping London and threatening to spread around the UK. He will chair a meeting of the Government's emergency committee Cobra on Tuesday.

Metropolitan Police Acting Commisioner Tim Goodwin has urged the public to stay off London's streets. He also called on parents to contact their children.
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UK Riots: Unrest Spreads to Leeds and Birmingham


Channel 4 News
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:07 UTC
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Channel 4 News has spoken to an eyewitness in Birmingham city centre who says trouble is "brewing," whilst another reports a heavy police presence in Leeds' Chapeltown after the shooting of a man.

As riots spiral across London, the fresh wave of violence has also spread north to central Birmingham, with police saying shop windows had been smashed and looting had taken place
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UK Riots: Windows smashed in Birmingham as youths gather


BBC News
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:48 UTC
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The Adidas store in New Street, Birmingham, was broken into and looted
Gangs of masked youths have gathered in Birmingham city centre and some shop windows have been smashed.

A McDonald's restaurant, close to the city's cathedral, has had a window broken and eye witnesses have reported more damage in the Colmore Row area.

West Midlands Police said it was aware of some disorder, including vandalised shops and incidents of theft.
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Anarchy in the UK: London Riots Enter Day 3, Spread to Second City Birmingham

Ivor Bennett
Russia Today
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:39 UTC
More than 200 people have been arrested and 35 officers injured during three nights of violent street riots in London.

London's police force is bracing itself for another night of violence, as the ongoing unrest became steadily worse on Monday with new pockets of violence and rioting springing up all over the city.

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London riots: how BlackBerry Messenger played a key role

Josh Halladay
Guardian
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:13 UTC
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© Ray Tang/Rex FeaturesLondon riots: a looted O2 mobile phone store in Tottenham Hale retail park.

In October 1985, on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham where the death of Cynthia Jarrett sparked riots that culminated in the brutal murder of PC Keith Blakelock, a community leader stood on his chair at a packed open-air meeting.

The man bellowed into a megaphone to the 150 residents in front of him: "You tell them that it's a life for a life from now on. This is war."

Over whoops and cheers from the residents, he turned to a huddle of police officers standing 50 yards away and warned: "I hope you're listening. There is no way I am going to condemn the actions of the youth on Sunday night."

Twenty six years later, police officers are still listening - but the megaphones and open-air meetings have been largely replaced. This weekend's north London riots, the Daily Mail announced on Monday, were "fuelled by social media".
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UK: New Unrest in North London a Night After Rioting

Raphael G. Satter
My Way News
Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:36 UTC
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© AP Photo/Akira SuemoriA burned bus is seen in Tottenham, north London, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riots after a north London suburb exploded in anger Saturday night following a gathering to protest the Thursday shooting by police of the 29-year-old.
London - New unrest erupted on north London's streets late Sunday, a day after rioting and looting in a deprived area amid community anger over a fatal police shooting.

Police deployed extra officers on London's streets to prevent a repeat of Saturday's violence in north London's Tottenham area, which appeared to be quiet Sunday night.

But disturbances broke out in Enfield, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) north of Tottenham. TV footage showed riot and mounted police patrolling the streets, and there were also images of smashed shop windows, and police with dogs detaining at least one man.

A peaceful protest against the killing of a 29-year-old man in Tottenham degenerated into a Saturday night rampage, with rioters torching a double-decker bus, destroying patrol cars and trashing a shopping mall in the nearby Wood Green district.

In Enfield, there were reports that a police car was vandalized, and Sky News television reported that several hundred young people were on the streets causing trouble, with footage showing a looted pharmacy.
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