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3 people dead and over 100 sickened from smoking synthetic pot laced with rat poison

Andrea Miller
ABC news
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:21 UTC
synthetic marjuana
© Susannah Bryan/Sun Sentinel via Getty Images,
Synthetic marijuana, sold in colorful packages with names like Cloud Nine, Maui Wowie and Mr. Nice Guy.
A third person who experienced severe bleeding after using synthetic marijuana has died in Illinois, health officials confirmed.

There are now 107 people in central Illinois and the Chicago area who experienced severe bleeding after using the synthetic pot, often called spice, K2 or fake weed, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

"Each day we've seen the number of cases rise," said director of the IDPH Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D. "Synthetic cannabinoids are unsafe. They are not regulated and people don't know what chemicals may be in them, like rat poison. While efforts are underway to get the contaminated drugs out of circulation, it's possible they could re-emerge. We urge people not to use synthetic cannabinoids now or ever."

Comment: Health officials warn against synthetic pot as 22 users report bleeding from the eyes and ears

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Cop who beat 13 y.o. old girl turned in by his supervisor

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:09 UTC
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Body camera footage of a Gloucester Township police officer was recently released which captured the disturbing assault of a small 13-year-old girl by a massive cop. The attack was so deeply troubling that the officer has actually been suspended and subsequently charged-after his own cops turned on him.

The incident began on March 8 and was captured on another officer's body camera. It shows Gloucester Township police officer John Flinn repeatedly punching and attempting to choke a small 13-year-old girl as he places her in handcuffs.

According to prosecutors the attack was entirely unprovoked as the girl was complying with the officer, yet he began attacking her anyway. Camden County prosecutors said the juvenile followed police instructions and allowed Flinn to handcuff her, but the crazed cop "struck her twice on the side of the face, causing her to cry out in pain."

Police originally said they were responding to a disturbance call in the Camdem County township. However, no more details on why they contacted the 13-year-old girl have been released.
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BBC journo deletes tweet doubting 'staged' scenes in Syria: Twittersphere calls him on it


RT
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:59 UTC
Twitter
© Thomas White / Reuters
A BBC journalist expressed skepticism about an alleged chemical attack in Syria that the West has largely - and without evidence - blamed on Bashar Assad. He tweeted that he was tired of "staged" scenes before deleting the post.

"Sick and tired of activists and rebels using corpses of dead children to stage emotive scenes for Western consumption. Then they wonder why some serious journos are questioning part of the narrative," BBC Foreign News Producer Riam Dalati wrote on Twitter. He later deleted that tweet, but not before others in the Twittersphere managed to grab a screenshot of it.

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Over 250 dead in plane crash outside Algiers - Worst air crash in Algerian history

Ruth Michaelson
The Guardian
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:59 UTC
Il-76 transporter was carrying soldiers and their families when it crashed soon after takeoff
algeria plane crash
© AP
Rescue workers attend the scene of the crash.
A military plane carrying soldiers and their families has crashed soon after takeoff in northern Algeria, killing 257 people in what appears to be the worst plane crash in the north African country's history.

The defence ministry said 247 passengers, made up of Algerian soldiers and their relatives, died along with 10 crew members when the plane crashed into a field on Wednesday, next to an airbase in the town of Boufarik, 20 miles (30km) from the capital, Algiers.

The cause of the crash was unclear and an investigation had been launched, the ministry said. The head of the Algerian army, the vice-minister of defence, and military chief of staff visited the crash site to inspect the wreckage.

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Syrian Army finds White Helmets film set for propaganda videos in Eastern Ghouta


FARS News Agency
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:53 UTC
white helmets
The Syrian Army troops could have found a site used by the pro-militant White Helmet Organization to produce its fake videos during their mop-up operations in Eastern Ghouta, an Arab media outlet reported on Tuesday.

Al-Ahd news website reported that the army has discovered a location in the small town of Saqba in Eastern Ghouta that was used by the White Helmets to shoot and produce videos that depict the army as a savage force that kills civilians mercilessly.

It further said that the army men found a series of cameras and film-production equipment at the site.
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Oops! Israel examining ways to expel Dublin Lord Mayor who is visiting Ramallah after bureaucratic screw-up on ban

Jack Power
The Irish Times
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:36 UTC
Dublin Lord Mayor Mícheál MacDonncha BDS

Dublin’s Lord Mayor Mícheál MacDonncha said he had accepted the invitation because Dublin City Council supports the people of Palestine and was critical of Israel.
Israeli Government officials say misspelling of Mícheál MacDonncha's name allowed him into the country

Dublin's Lord Mayor Mícheál MacDonncha said he had accepted the invitation because Dublin City Council supports the people of Palestine and was critical of Israel.

Israeli authorities say they are examining ways to expel Dublin's Lord Mayor Mícheál MacDonncha and will issue him a letter after he leaves Israel stating that he will not be permitted to visit again.

The Mayor is currently in the West Bank city of Ramallah after border control officials at Ben-Gurion airport failed to prevent his entry last night due to the misspelling of his name on the warrant issued preventing him from entering the country.

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Retired Turkish general: 95% of Turkish people are against alliance with NATO

Suliman Mulhem
Sputnik
Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:50 UTC
erdogan
© AP Photo/ Alik Keplicz
The Turkish government has clashed with the US and other NATO members on a number of occasions in the past few years, raising questions over the country's membership of the military bloc and its future relations with the West.

Sputnik reporter and columnist Suliman Mulhem discussed Ankara's turbulent relations with the US and NATO with Major General Beyazit Karatas, a retired Turkish Air Force officer who also served as a military attaché in Washington.

"At present, at least 95% of Turkish people are against the country's alliance with the US and NATO, although Turkish officials have stated they will continue to stay within NATO. In the period ahead we will continue to further develop and diversify our relations considering the US' policy of supporting a terrorist group which fights against the Turkish government," the retired air force officer told Sputnik, outlining the growing anti-US sentiment in Turkey due to Washington's alliance with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is considered by Ankara to be an affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK.)
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'Um, uh, no': Zuckerberg uncomfortable sharing his personal data with US lawmakers


AFP
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:40 UTC
Zuckerberg
© AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski
Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg
Of the hundreds of questions thrown at Mark Zuckerberg by US lawmakers Tuesday, none appeared to flummox the Facebook founder more than Senator Dick Durbin's pointed query about where he slept the previous evening.

"Would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night?" Durbin asked during an intense and closely-watched hearing about online digital privacy, and Facebook's role in what happens to personal information once users join the platform.

Zuckerberg paused for a full eight seconds, chuckled, grimaced, and ultimately demurred.

"Um, uh, no," he said.
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Trump laments that relations between US and Russia are at their worst...and the Twitterverse responds


RT
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:33 UTC
Putin and Trump
© Carlos Barria / Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.
The relationship between the US and Russia is at its worst point in history, US President Donald Trump believes. The bold remark came after he warned Moscow to "get ready" for American missiles to be launched at Syria.

"Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War. There is no reason for this. Russia needs us to help with their economy, something that would be very easy to do, and we need all nations to work together. Stop the arms race?" Trump tweeted.

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Hackers hit YouTube; most popular videos disappear

Andrew Griffin
The Independent
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:23 UTC
despacito video

Despacito
Despacito, the most popular YouTube video ever, has disappeared from the site. But that's just the beginning.

A widespread hack appears to have spread across many different Vevo sites. And it doesn't appear to be the first attack by the group, who also took down Twitter accounts run by news organisations last week.

The cyber attack began when the names of many of the world's most popular music videos on YouTube appeared to have their names changed. Instead of the name of the song, the video's titles had the words "Hacked by Prosox & Kuroi'sh" written on them instead.

They also posted "Free Palestine" under the videos.
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