Society's Child

Woman battered and suffocated her cousin during horrific two-hour exorcism at German hotel, jailed for six years

Tom Michael
The Sun
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:18 UTC

A court has jailed a woman for her part in the horrific beating and suffocation of a relative during an exorcism ritual in a German hotel room.

The attacker, from South Korea, was sentenced six years behind bars after her cousin died following the two-hour ordeal in Frankfurt's Intercontinental Hotel.

Prosecutors said the victim - named in court as Seonhwa P, 41 - was set upon by family members after she began talking to herself and lashing out during a visit to the hotel in December 2015.

The odd behaviour led the accused to attempt the "exorcism", the prosecutor said.

Ivanka Trump's rising popularity in China leads to trademark requests by dozens of Chinese companies

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:22 UTC

At least 65 Chinese companies and individuals have applied to use the name of US President's oldest daughter Ivanka as a trademark for their products.

According to the national trademark office, the firms range from alcohol retailers to wallpaper companies.

One of them, a Beijing-based company that provides weight loss services filed ten applications to use 'Ivanka,' on products including cosmetics and nutritional supplements.

Recently an application was applied by Fujian Yingjie Commodity Company to use Ivanka for its brand of sanitary napkins. Most of the applications are still being processed, and it's not clear whether any of them will be granted trademark rights.

Stone age law: Young Iranian chess grandmaster expelled from national team for not wearing hijab

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:08 UTC

Iran banned 18-year-old chess grandmaste

Iran has banned 18-year-old chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani from competing for the national chess team for not wearing a hijab - obligatory dress for women under Iranian law.

Derakhshani was expelled for not covering her hair with the garment - compulsory wear for women since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 - while competing as an independent player in the 2017 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.

Her brother Borna, 15, has also been banned after competing against Israeli player Alexander Huzman in the same tournament.

British Muslim teacher denied entry into US, left in Iceland on stopover

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:56 UTC

A Muslim school teacher was dumped in Iceland while on a school trip after being denied entry into the United States.

Juhel Miah, a "popular and respected" math teacher from Neath Port Talbot in South Wales, was taking his students to New York when US officials refused to let him through.

Miah's singling out during a Reykjavik stopover and his later ban from entering the country were described as an "unjustified act of discrimination."

The February 16 incident took place despite Miah's valid travel visa and the US appeals court decision to suspend Donald Trump's executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.

Philadelphia commuter trains crash head-on, four people injured

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:59 UTC

Two commuter trains collided head-on in Philadelphia on Tuesday, injuring four people. The crash happened near the 69th Street Terminal during the city's busy morning commute.

"There are [probably] about a half a dozen cars that are involved as a result of the crash," Upper Darby Police Department Superintendent Michael Chitwood told CBS.

The trains were empty when they collided, but minor injuries occurred when one of the cars toppled onto a separate parked car that housed a homeless man. All the other injured parties are reported to be workers from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).

A total of four people have been hospitalized, but their injuries are not serious.

Discrimination: Heterosexual couple denied civil partnership in possible 'breach of human rights'

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:42 UTC

Rebecca Steinfeld (L) and Charles Keidan

A heterosexual couple who appealed in court for a civil partnership have lost their case despite judges admitting it may be in "breach of human rights."

Londoners Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who have been together for 10 years, took their case to the Court of Appeal after losing their case in the High Court last year.

The couple, who have a 20-month-old daughter, wanted a civil partnership because they reject the "patriarchal" institution of marriage on principal.

However, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 only grants civil partnership to homosexual couples, who also have the choice of marriage after it was legalized in England, Scotland and Wales in 2014.

Dallas neurosurgeon gets life in prison for botched surgeries

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:23 UTC

A jury in Dallas has sentenced a neurosurgeon to life in prison after hearing about several cases where he maimed, paralyzed or killed his patients.

On Tuesday, Christopher Duntsch, 46, was found guilty of injury to an elderly woman, a first-degree felony in Texas, where someone "intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence" causes injury to an elderly person.

Rioters set cars on fire and loot shops in Stockholm suburb

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:15 UTC

Police in Sweden were forced to fire warning shots after a group of unidentified persons ran riots in the Rinkeby district of Stockholm late on Monday, setting cars on fire, throwing stones at police and looting local stores.

A police officer was injured during the clashes, forcing law enforcers to fire several warning shots at the crowd, Swedish public service broadcaster SVT reported, citing a local police spokesperson.

At least seven or eight cars were burned in the area during the evening, police said in a statement.

Comment: Trump vindicated? Trump slams 'fake news' lies that Sweden's mass immigration 'is working out just beautifully'

Cognitive dissonance: Goldman Sachs strategist says US stock market record rally is irrational

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 09:37 UTC

Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs has seen "cognitive dissonance" in the stock market surge after Donald Trump won the US presidency. While the Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500 are posting record highs daily, Goldman is pessimistic about the rally.

"Cognitive dissonance exists in the US stock market. S&P 500 is up 10 percent since the election despite negative [earnings per share] revisions from sell-side analysts,"said David Kostin, the chief US equity strategist at Goldman Sachs.

The rally in US stocks is explained by Donald Trump's promises of tax cuts, more infrastructure spending, less regulation and other protectionist measures, which boost confidence in the American economy.

Killer of Whittier police officer was on 'early release' from jail, linked to other East LA murder same day

RT
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:10 UTC

Whittier police officer Keith Boyer was killed during a shootout with a "known gang member" suspected in another murder hours earlier in Los Angeles County. A procession and candlelight vigil were held to commemorate his 27-year career and sacrifice.

Just after 8:00am Monday, Boyer and Officer Patrick Hazel both responded to a traffic accident in separate patrol cars. When the officers asked the suspect to exit his vehicle, he pulled out a semiautomatic pistol and began firing at them.

Boyer and Hazel returned fire, injuring the suspect before backup came.

After other officers arrived, Boyer and Hazel were rushed to the hospital, where Boyer was pronounced dead. Hazel and the suspect were both reported in stable condition and are expected to survive. The suspect was taken into custody after being treated.

Winternights3 There's probs a good connection! Just think about it.

sbc

Moving the goalposts. and people are too shit stupid to notice or care

sbc

Hang em... All the jab pushers. At this point they are trying very hard to continue blatant bullshit lies in a bid for total societal control

sbc

It was interesting when the brothers (their family owns the dealerships/service center that were vandalized - something of like 130+ cars burned...

Scoot Over

I ain't going to watch any more than I didn't watch the OJ trial, which ended exactly as I predicted. The thing is that the state should have...

Rowan Cocoan

Society's Child

Woman battered and suffocated her cousin during horrific two-hour exorcism at German hotel, jailed for six years

Ivanka Trump's rising popularity in China leads to trademark requests by dozens of Chinese companies

Stone age law: Young Iranian chess grandmaster expelled from national team for not wearing hijab

British Muslim teacher denied entry into US, left in Iceland on stopover

Philadelphia commuter trains crash head-on, four people injured

Discrimination: Heterosexual couple denied civil partnership in possible 'breach of human rights'

Dallas neurosurgeon gets life in prison for botched surgeries

Rioters set cars on fire and loot shops in Stockholm suburb

Cognitive dissonance: Goldman Sachs strategist says US stock market record rally is irrational

Killer of Whittier police officer was on 'early release' from jail, linked to other East LA murder same day

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