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Global Hunger Index report finds 3.1m children die of starvation every year


RT
Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:01 UTC
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© Welthungerhilfe / YouTube
Nearly 800,000 people across more than 50 developing countries are suffering from hunger, with violent conflicts and instability being named among the main causes.However, the situation has improved somewhat since last year, according to the new Global Hunger Index report.

Some 795 million people are struggling with hunger, with one in nine people worldwide malnourished and nearly 3.1 million child deaths per year, said the Global Hunger Index report, released jointly on Monday by German charitable organization, Welthungerhilfe, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and Concern Worldwide.

The Central African Republic and Chad, where people have long suffered from instability and violent conflicts, claimed first places on the list. "Conflict and hunger are closely connected," says the report.

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Horrific: Police detain two men in India suspected of severely beating and raping 4yo girl


RT
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:53 UTC
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© Amit Dave / Reuters
Indian police have detained two men who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl in New Delhi. The girl, who comes from an extremely poor family, now requires a series of surgeries in order to recover from the severe injuries she sustained.

The four-year-old girl who lived in a slum was raped and beaten with stones last week, a senior police officer involved in the investigation, told Reuters on Monday.

"We are questioning the men in our custody and trying to help the victim's father obtain [the] best medical care for the child," Vijay Singh said.

The girl has recognized one of her abusers, a 26-year-old going by the name Rahul, local news outlet NDTV reported. From what the girl has told police, it appears that Raul lured her with noodles and then took her to the city's leafy Keshav Puram district.
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Hysteria: Bearded men unnerve locals in Sweden who mistook group for terrorists


RT
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:44 UTC
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© Twitter/@KentOdelli The "bearded villains" mistaken for ISIS
A group of men who share a love of facial hair were mistaken for terrorists during a recent meeting in Sweden. Locals were unnerved by the men's whiskered appearance and their official flag, which loosely resembles the flag of ISIS.

Around 30 Bearded Villains - who describe themselves a "brotherhood of elite bearded men from all over the world" - gathered at the ruins of Brahehus Castle outside Gränna, Sweden on Saturday, for a day of bearded bliss. But although their intentions were good, they still managed to attract the attention of locals.

One local phoned the police while driving by, telling law enforcement that men from Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) were at the site, waving the militant group's flag. The Bearded Villains' flag is black with white text, just like the flag of ISIS. However, the men's flag clearly states the name of their group in English.

Comment: It's this kind of social hysteria that Western governments and media are responsible for. People who see men with beards and a black flag are primed to associate it with Islamic terrorism. The programming is so strong that people don't seem to be able to even use their brains anymore.

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Obamacare causes Tennessee district to close schools over lack of funding


RT
Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:29 UTC
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© Andrea Comas
A school district in Tennessee voted to cancel classes and shut down its schools as a result of a budget problem that has left the government unable to fund the facilities. The school director blamed Obamacare for its problems.

Clay County, Tennessee operates three schools total - one high school and two that cover pre-kindergarten through eighth grade - on a $9.5 million budget. However, now more than 1,100 students are sitting at home while officials try to figure out how to reopen the doors. A school board meeting last week saw the board voting 6-4 to close the schools. A separate vote to keep them open failed.

Comment: With the US economy in the doldrums, expect to see more of these kinds of problems.

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SOTT Exclusive: South Carolina plane crash and a loud boom

Mike L
Sott.net
Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:06 UTC
South Carolina plane crash
© Oconee County Emergency Services
SOTT.net recently reported on a story of a plane crash in South Carolina on Oct 2nd, at approximately 3:15 pm.
Authorities from Georgia and South Carolina say four people were killed in a plane crash near the state line at Lake Hartwell.

The Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley confirmed to WYFF News 4 a small plane had crashed near the state line along Lake Hartwell.

Investigators said the plane's debris field was discovered in a tree line near the lake, and in the lake.
New information has been released from the investigation of the crash:
Several people living in the area said they heard and saw the plane before it crashed at 3:12 p.m., the report says.

One person reported hearing a loud "boom," then saw pieces of white debris falling into the lake, the report says. Another said the plane fell vertically, spiraling downward until it disappeared among the trees, according to the report. The plane's engine was running until it hit the ground, another witness told the NTSB.

The area's 911 center received multiple calls about the crash, and first responders were able to locate the wreckage shortly afterward, the report says.

The airplane was destroyed by the force of the impact and did not catch fire, the report says. It was found in a wooded area, about 50 yards north of the lake where radar contact was reportedly lost. Based on damage to the trees around the wreckage, it's believed the plane made a near-vertical descent before hitting the ground, the report says.

The main cabin, cockpit, engine, propeller, left wing and inboard half of the right wing were found north of the lake, while about a tenth of the plane's empennage — or tail — was found near the lake's southern shore, the report says.

When the preliminary report was published Friday, the outboard portion of the right wing and the rest of the tail hadn't been found.
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Columbus Day: How America is now discovering its genocidal origins

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00 UTC
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When Gutenberg introduced the printing press in 1440, the world had no idea that things were about to drastically change. Prior to the release and production of the printing press, books were incredibly expensive, rare, mostly written in Latin, and reserved for royalty and clergy.

The spread of information was kept under lock and key.

However, in just a few decades after its spread throughout the world, Gutenberg's press had rolled out hundreds of millions of books. The operation of a printing press became synonymous with the enterprise of printing and lent its name to a new branch of media, the press.
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Sickening: Another ponerized Catholic priest defends pedophilia, blames the victims


RT
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 03:23 UTC
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© Cronaca / YouTube
A Catholic priest from the Italian city of Trento has been suspended after defending pedophiles on live TV and blaming abused children for "seeking affection" from clerics. The comments, which called on people to "accept" pedophilia among other sins, triggered outrage.

Don Gino Flaim from the of the San Giuseppe and Pio X parish said he "understands pedophilia" when the issues was raised during an interview with La7 channel.

"Unfortunately there are children who seek affection because they don't receive it at home and I understand that some priests can give up," Flaim said.

Comment: Pedophiles and Popes: Doing the Vatican Shuffle

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Water

Shame! Native populations in US and Canada still lack easy access to clean water

Kit O'Connell
MintPress News
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:15 UTC
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© AP Photo/Matt YorkRichard Charley, right, and Melvin Jones deliver water to a ranch along the San Juan River on the Navajo Reservation, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, in Shiprock, NM.
For many in North America, the notion of a community without access to clean water seems like something that would only exist in a far-off, undeveloped country. Yet impoverished indigenous communities throughout the continent don't have clean water or, in some cases, any running water at all.

For members of the Navajo Nation, and some of Canada's First Nations tribes, the struggle to get clean water is a part of daily life.

The Navajo Nation

According to a January report from NPR's Laurel Morales, about 40 percent of the Navajo lack running water and must painstakingly conserve the water they receive from monthly deliveries. While these members of the Navajo Nation make do with an average of about 7 gallons of water per day, the average American uses 80-100 gallons of water per day, including all the uses of water in their home from cooking to cleaning to flushing the toilet.
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Hajji Putin: Popularity of 'Putin the Shiite' sky high in Iraq

Jean-Marc Mojon & Raji Nasser
Yahoo! News
Thu, 08 Oct 2015 00:00 UTC
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© AFP Photo/Sabah ArarIraqi artist Mohammed Karim Nihaya touches up a painting of Russian President Vladimir Putin in his studio in the Karada district of Baghdad on October 7, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin's bullish entry into the Syrian conflict has worked wonders for his popularity in neighbouring Iraq, where some await "Hajji Putin" like a saviour.

Sitting at his easel in his central Baghdad workshop, painter Mohammed Karim Nihaya touches up a portrait of Putin he copied from the Internet.

"I have been waiting for Russia to get involved in the fight against Daesh," he says, referring to the Islamic State group that last year declared a "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria.

"They get results. The United States and its allies on the other hand have been bombing for a year and achieved nothing," the bespectacled artist says.
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Fire

One dead, seven injured in massive explosion at Singapore warehouse


RT
Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:22 UTC
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At least one person died and seven were injured in a large factory blaze at Tanjong Kling Road in Singapore. Witnesses filmed the site erupting in explosions and thick billowing smoke.

The Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) released a statement saying that it received a call at approximately 9:30 am local time (0130 GMT) and four fire engines and four ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene.

"Prior to SCDF's arrival, there was a fire and a few explosions were heard in the premises. The in-house Company Emergency Response Team (CERT) immediately located the fire, and conducted evacuation and firefighting operations," said SCDF, as cited by the Straits Times.

"Upon our arrival, the fire had engulfed a laboratory measuring about 7 meters by 5 meters, in close proximity to a production and storage area," the SCDF added.

The SCDF said one person was pronounced dead at the scene, while seven people were taken to hospitals within the city. They are suffering from various injuries ranging from lacerations and burns to smoke inhalation.

Thick smoke could be seen coming from the factory, though it is not immediately clear what caused the explosions to take place.


Comment: There have been a lot of explosions all over the world recently.

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