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NYPD arrest leaves Brooklyn woman nearly naked

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A Brooklyn grandmother says she's traumatized as a result of a recent incident in which a dozen New York Police Department officers forcibly removed her from her apartment while she was half-naked.

The New York Daily News has obtained video footage of the ordeal recorded by a neighbor of the woman, 48-year-old Denise Stewart of Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood, who spent nearly two-and-a-half minutes in the hallway outside of her apartment last month, topless, while the NYPD responded to a 911 call in the building.

According to the Daily News, around 12 cops showed up at Stewart's apartment building just before midnight on July 13 after a neighbor called the police to report what they believed to be a domestic disturbance occurring in an unknown residence. As the cops walked through the building, they came upon loud noises from Stewart's unit and soon demanded entry.

Stewart "cracked the door wearing only a towel wrapped around her body and underpants - and was yanked into the hallway by cops over the screams of her family and neighbors," the paper reported last Friday.

At that point a scuffle between Stewart and the police began to ensue as they forced themselves into her apartment, during which the woman's towel was misplaced, leaving her in only her underwear as a barrage of cops attempted to place her in handcuffs.

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Courageous UK protest group 'shuts down' factory that supplies Israel arms

A group of pro-Palestine activists have allegedly shut down operations in a Staffordshire factory that they say supplies arms to Israel.
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@PSCupdates PLS RT: Activists from LPA shut down the Elbit factory in Shenstone #StopElbit#StopArmingIsrael#Gazapic.twitter.com/sDWcuUoox0
- LDNPalestineAction (@LondonPalestine) August 5, 2014
Around 10 activists from the London Palestine Action Group have taken to the roof of Elbit systems, an Israeli company with a subsidiary based in Shenstone, near Birmingham.


Comment: Grass-roots actions are, and have always been the most effective way to change the world. Kudos to these brave people.


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Update: Qatar Airways drama - bomb hoax man arrested

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after military jets were called to escort a passenger plane to Manchester Airport.

The Qatar Airways plane was escorted in to land by the Royal Air Force (RAF) following information received by the pilot.

Greater Manchester Police said it was treating it as a "full emergency".

Armed police boarded the Doha to Manchester plane and arrested a passenger on board.

All flights in and out of the airport were suspended for about 25 minutes.

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Breaking news: Jets escort Qatar Airways plane to Manchester airport over possible 'device'

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(Reuters) - British fighter jets escorted a passenger plane into Manchester airport on Tuesday after the pilot reported that a suspect device was possibly on board, police said.

"An incoming plane has been escorted into the airport by the Royal Air Force as a result of information received by the pilot about a possible device on board," Chief Superintendent John O'Hare said in a statement.

"We don't know how genuine this threat is but it is absolutely vital we deal with the situation as a full emergency," he added.

The Ministry of Defence declined to comment.

A spokesman for the airport said the plane was operated by Qatar Airways.

(Reporting by Paul Sandle and Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Andrew Osborn)

Arrow Down

U.S. border patrol shoots unarmed Mexican teen in the back from across border fence

"I want to know who these people were who assassinated my child. Why were there so many bullets in my son's body?"
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© MCT via Getty ImagesJose Antonio Elena Rodriguez’s mother Araceli poses next to a shrine for her son.
Nogales, Arizona - While walking on a sidewalk on the southern side of the border, a Mexican teen was shot to death by U.S. Border Patrol from atop a border fence. After two years, the U.S. government has still not released the identity of the shooter(s), nor any details of its secret investigation.

On the evening of October 10th, 2012, after playing basketball with friends in his neighborhood of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was walking home alone along Calle Internacional, a main road that runs parallel to the border fence on the Mexican side.

At approximately 11:30 p.m., with no official explanation given, gunfire erupted from the U.S. side of the border fence into Mexican territory. According to various reports, anywhere from 14 to 30 shots were fired; all shots came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Rodriguez collapsed in a pool of blood on the sidewalk. He was unarmed, carrying only a cell phone, a police report stated.

According to a Mexican medical examiner's report, Rodriguez was shot approximately ten (10) times with a rifle. Reportedly, the teen took two fatal shots to the head, then collapsed and was shot eight more times as he lay on the sidewalk, mostly in the back.

Stormtrooper

Kiev 'gave up on us': Ukrainian commander tells why 400 troops escaped into Russia

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© RIA NovostiUkrainian servicemen at a tent camp in the Rostov region
The command in Kiev has blatantly abandoned a group of more than 400 soldiers encircled by the self-defense forces, the senior Ukrainian officer who requested sanctuary in Russia with his men has revealed.

Lack of ammunition, food, fuel and clear orders from the command on how to act in the condition of encirclement has made the Ukrainian troops cross the border, Major Vitaly Dubinyak, a battalion commander, told Itar-Tass news agency.

"For two weeks, we were fighting back without ammunition and fuel. I didn't have the opportunity to feed my men for almost two weeks. We even ran out of first strike ration. The personnel were more exhausted by despair than by the actual shelling," Dubinyak said.

"Other than giving us a command to 'hold on,' Kiev provided us with no other assistance. And during the last week, they've aborted all communication. They've simply given up on us," he added.

A total of 438 soldiers, including 164 Ukrainian border guards, were allowed into Russia on Sunday night.

The troops have been housed in a tent camp deployed near the checkpoint via which they entered Russian territory.

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Anonymous hacks IDF, Mossad

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Worldwide hacker collective Anonymous has unleashed another wave of attacks against Israel's government websites over their military incursion into Gaza, taking down "hundreds" of portals, including those run by Mossad and the IDF.

Among the scalps claimed by the group were the Ministry of Justice website, the state archive portal, and even the national advertising agency. Most of the attacks were repelled within hours, with all agencies currently back online.

"We are attacking the government of Israel more .. Israel you're weak! :(" said a tweet from one of the branches of the dispersed network of online activists, known as AnonymousGlobo.

Anonymous generally uses DDOS (distributed denial of service attacks) that overload a website with fake requests, making it unavailable for legitimate users.

The group announced its latest operation #OpSaveGaza at the beginning of last month, but the intensity of attacks was ramped up a week ago, when a Palestinian man was shot dead, while wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, which serves as a symbol of the movement.

Ambulance

Ebola panic ensues after passenger on flight from Sierra Leone to London dies at London Gatwick airport

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© ReutersSome of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion is revealed in this undated handout colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained by Reuters August 1, 2014.
A passenger from Sierra Leone died at London Gatwick airport, intensifying fears West Africa's Ebola outbreak may reach Britain.

The 72-year-old woman, who was reportedly showing symptoms of vomiting and heavy sweating, collapsed on leaving a Gambia Bird jet, and later died in hospital.

The plane, with 128 passengers on board, was quarantined as officials traced those who had been in contact with the woman, although tests showed she did not have the virus, which has killed 256 people in Sierra Leone and a total of 826 across West Africa since February's outbreak.

"We can confirm that a passenger on board a Gambia Bird flight on Saturday August 2 became unwell after disembarking the aircraft, was treated by experienced medical airport staff at the scene, but sadly later died at East Surrey Hospital," a Gatwick Airport spokesperson said.

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Kiev may ban pro-Russian musicians after ultra-right nationalists disrupt concert

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Kiev may ban 'pro-Russian' singers from performing in Ukraine after scuffles in Odessa, where dozens of nationalist activists tried to disrupt a concert by Ukraine's contender for Eurovision 2008, who they deemed not patriotic enough.

Ani Lorak was due to perform in Odessa nightclub 'Ibiza' on Sunday. But local activists from 'Euromaidan', a group declaring Ukraine's integration with the EU as its primary goal, banded together with the nationalist party Svoboda and radicals from the right-wing Right Sector to derail the event. Ukrainian nationalists have been targeting Lorak since May, when she traveled to Moscow to receive two music awards, which was deemed traitorous by some people back home.

The tension has been building up for days ahead of the concert, with the protesters finding support from high in the Ukrainian government. Culture Minister Evgeny Nishchuk said boycotting performances by Lorak "and the likes of her" is "a good and necessary deed."
MT @euromaidan Clash in #Odesa between police&protesters outside resort where Ani #Lorak was set to perform. 11injured pic.twitter.com/LKI1nRRWGn

- Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) August 3, 2014

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Pro-Gaza rally: Hundreds attend flash mob in Vienna, against Israeli offensive

Pro-Palestinian activists in Vienna, Austria, have staged a flash mob in the city center in the form of a theatrical performance devoted to the victims of Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip. The protest is one in a series of pro-Gaza rallies worldwide.
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Thousands hit streets worldwide to demand end to Gaza violence (PHOTOS)

About 35 people staged a theatrical performance in from of Vienna State Opera building late Sunday, reports the APA (Austria Press Agency), leading information provider in the country. The event attracted up to 400 people, according to organizers. The police however, estimated the number at 200 people.

The flash mob was launched by the Facebook community 'Austrian activists for Palestine'.

The activists staged a performance, as seen on the photos posted on Facebook by the group. They first presented Palestinian dances. Then people dressed as Israeli soldiers were thrown to the ground by toy guns. After that the protesters fell to the ground and covered themselves with Palestinian flags, representing the victims of Israeli troops.