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2 officers in serious condition after being pelted with molotov cocktails in a Parisian housing estate


RT
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 16:20 UTC
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Four police officers have been hurt, two seriously, when their cars were set ablaze in the troubled Paris working class housing estate Grande Borne on Saturday.

"[A group of] fifteen people attacked the police cars at around 1500 hours," a representative of the police officers' union told BFM TV. "Stones were thrown, preventing the police from leaving their vehicles while they were targeted by Molotov cocktails."

"The burns were so severe that the two officers had to be treated onsite before being taken to a hospital. One of the officers had burns on over 30 percent of their hands. Other officers who arrived as reinforcements in a second car were also pelted with Molotov cocktails," added the spokesperson.
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Oil refinery blast in Nanjing, eastern China (PHOTOS)


RT
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:08 UTC
China map
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A powerful blast has ripped through an oil refinery in Nanjing in eastern China, but the fire has reportedly been brought under control, with no casualties, according to local media.

CCTV posted photos of the Jinlingshihua Nanjing Refinery in smoke on Twitter. Xinhua cited the local fire department as saying that the blast may have been caused by production equipment catching fire on Sunday afternoon.

Comment: See also:
  • Power plant explosion in Dangyang, China kills over 20
 Also worth considering: Is their more to the 2015 Tianjin, China, explosion than meets the eye?

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Poll finds Americans hold more favorable views of Putin than either presidential candidate

Russ Read
The Daily Caller
Wed, 25 May 2016 00:00 UTC
putin and hillary
© REUTERS/Mikhail Metzel/Pool.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton upon her arrival at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vladivostok September 8, 2012.
A poll released Tuesday found Americans like Russian dictator President Vladimir Putin more than presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

The poll, conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News, is a telling reflection of the 2016 presidential race. Results show that Putin came in with a fairly low 38 percent of respondents holding a "very negative" view of him. Hillary Clinton came in just ahead of the dictator with 41 percent, while the presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump came in with a total of 44 percent.


Comment: And interestingly, despite the continued demonization of Putin and all things Russian, his popularity continues to grow, while ratings have not improved for either of the U.S. scandal plagued candidates.

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Bomb

German police storm another flat in Chemnitz; arrest suspected accomplice with links to 'bomb plot'


RT
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 15:07 UTC
German police
© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
German police search a housing area in the eastern city of Chemnitz on suspicion that a bomb attack was being planned in Germany, October 8, 2016
German police have detained a man in Chemnitz who allegedly maintained contacts with a 22-year-old Syrian suspected of planning a bomb attack.

An anti-terrorist operation was launched in Chemnitz on Saturday after police discovered "highly sensitive explosives" in an apartment belonging to Jaber Albakr, who has now been put on the wanted list.

In a Twitter post, police confirmed the detention of a person having links to Albakr.

Comment: See also: Manhunt for Chemnitz 'bomb plot' suspect: German police looking for 22-yo Syrian man

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Che Guevara

Pipeline protest at Sacred Stone encampment now a city of 4,000 with a growing infrastructure

Earchiel Johnson
peoplesworld.org
Fri, 07 Oct 2016 13:36 UTC
Sacred Stone Camp
© Earchiel Johnson/PW.

As several of us from Chicago approached the camp here that is known now around the world we saw the flags of many Native tribes, tents, tepees, makeshift buildings, horses and motor vehicles spread across a valley near where the Missouri and Cannonball Rivers come together.

The Sacred Stone encampment, as it is called by the thousands protesting here on any given day, is near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.

It is a place where Native tribes from all over the continent have come to join the Standing Rock Sioux in their battle against the Dakota Access pipeline. They fight to protect sacred sites but they fight also to protect water - the Missouri River alone provides all the water needs for millions of Americans.

This struggle has become much more than just another massive civil disobedience action, however. The "water protectors," as they call themselves (preferring that term to 'protesters'), have literally constructed what looks like an almost permanent new settlement in North Dakota. With the population each day averaging 4,000, the Sacred Stone Camp is already twice the size of the average North Dakota town.

Comment: The Sacred Stone Camp has almost double in size since the following article was carried back in late August: People power: 2,500 Native Americans successfully block oil pipeline construction — state of emergency declared

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Pistol

Suspected killer of two cops arrested in Palm Springs, Ca., third cop injured


RT
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 08:12 UTC
Cops killed
© Gus Ruelas / Reuters
Police have arrested the suspected killer of two officers after an hours-long manhunt in in Palm Springs, California. The officers were killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call. A third officer was reported injured by the gunman.

Comment: See also: Police State Roundup: History and current events indicate the police are a danger to themselves and the public

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Eye 1

Former pastor accused of raping 8yo girl was ordered to buy father beer as punishment, pastor's wife claimed girl 'seduced' him


RT
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 14:35 UTC
hanging cross necklace
© Daniel Becerril / Reuters
A former pastor accused of raping an eight-year-old girl in Mexico was ordered to buy two crates of beer for the victim's father as punishment.

Jerome Cirilo Cruz, 55, was handed down the 'fine' after the young girl's family brought the alleged September 12 attack to the attention of their local authority in Santiago Quetzalapa, a remote, indigenous town with neither road access nor cellular coverage.

Angered by the lack of justice, the child's outraged family went to the pastor's home where they confronted his wife who argued her husband was "seduced" by the girl, according to a local report from Ruta135.

On September 21, nine days after the incident, the girl's mother became concerned over the child's deteriorating health and took her to San Pedro Sochiapam health clinic, three hours away in Oaxaca state.

Medical staff determined that the child had been sexually assaulted and transferred her to Cuicatlan hospital for further evaluation. From there, the victim's parents asked for help from local Oaxaca authorities who arrested the pastor on suspicion of aggravated rape on Friday.

Comment: Behind the Headlines: Predators Among Us - Interview With Dr. Anna Salter

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Health

Venezuela delivers 600 tons of aid to hurricane ravaged Haiti


Sputnik
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 10:12 UTC
hurricane aftermath
Venezuela has sent 660 tons of humanitarian aid to Haiti to help with relief efforts after Hurricane Matthew hit the country and left over 800 people dead there, Venezuelan media report.

The aid includes food, medicine, tents and blankets as well as equipment to remove debris and reconstruct bridges and roads, El Universal said on Friday citing Venezuela's Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Nestor Reverol.

Comment: See: Worst disaster in Haiti since 2010 earthquake: Hurricane Matthew leaves 340 dead as it approaches US (PHOTOS)

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2 + 2 = 4

'Karoshi': 20% of Japanese employees risk death from overwork, survey shows


RT
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:47 UTC
depressed Japanese person
© Yuya Shino / Reuters
A new Japanese government poll has shown that a fifth of the country's employees face the risk of death from overwork.

The survey was part of the first research into what the Japanese call 'karoshi,' which literally translates to 'death from overwork.' The study, which has been endorsed by the cabinet of the country's premier, Shinzo Abe, was published on Friday.

The research targeted some 10,000 companies and 20,000 workers, of which 1,743 companies and 19,583 workers responded over two months, between December 2015 and January 2016.

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Attention

Passenger train derails in Long Island; dozens injured


RT
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:44 UTC
train derailment
© Eduardo Munoz / Reuters
Emergency responders work near a train that sits derailed near the community of New Hyde Park on Long Island in New York, U.S, October 9, 2016.
At least 29 people were taken to hospital after a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuter train with about 600 passengers on board derailed in New Hyde Park in Nassau County on Saturday night after it collided with a railroad work train and set it ablaze.

The accident took place about a half-mile (less than a kilometer) east of the New Hyde Park station around 9 pm local time, according to Nassau County police. Upon collision, the work train caught fire when the first three of 12-car passenger cars were thrown off the tracks.

Train service has been suspended in the area.
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