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He further said that the police officials, after exploding the "suspect coconuts", wandered off and left the airport to be cleaned up. "There's so much about this incident that I enjoyed and also felt so Italian. They blew up what they thought was a bomb in the middle of the airport while people were about 10 meters away, and then when it was destroyed the police just wandered off and left it to be cleaned up."
Comment: One wonders whether they were just coconuts or whether they were being used to conceal something else, because there is a trend for smuggling drugs hidden in food. But then again, humans are a funny bunch, and it may just be that someone was transporting a load of their favourite coconuts, or as a gift for someone.
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The Italian actress previously denied having intercourse with her co-star, although she is believed to have paid Bennett a $380,000 settlement after he alleged that they had sex in a California hotel room in 2013. However, the actress revealed another version of their relationship during a TV show on Sunday, insisting that then-17-year-old literally "jumped" on her.
"He undressed me, put me sideways on the bed, climbed onto me and had complete sex without even using a condom," Argento told the host. She said that her former co-star told her that he had been sexually attracted to her "since he was 12 years old."
The U-turn in Argento's position comes after the now-22-year-old Bennett appeared on the same TV show and contradicted her version of events. He claimed that it was then 37-year-old actress who pushed him onto the bed and took off his pants, after which they "had sex."
Comment: This is why #MeToo has nowhere to go but down. Sex is complicated and private. When accusations are made after the fact, there is very little evidence to go on. And in many cases we are left only with accusations and counter-accusations. Victims then become the abusers and vice versa. The irony is that it also happens to the very vocal proponents of "always believe the victim", as it is in Argento's case. Should we always believe their accusers? Where's the line? And perhaps we could be doing this better?
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The incident, which unfolded on Thursday, was filmed by workers inside an office building that overlooks the S-curve portion of US highway 131 in Grand Rapids. The police chase stemmed from a homicide investigation in which the suspect, 33-year-old Adam Kenneth Nolin, was believed to have fatally shot his girlfriend, 27-year-old Tia Randall, at their home in Wyoming, Michigan.
Footage of the encounter captures the moments officers zeroed in on Nolin on US 131 after the suspect had already crashed his vehicle and exchanged fired with officers. Officials on the scene were from the Grand Rapids Police Department and the Wyoming Police Department.
"I looked up and I see the truck sideways and I hear the crash," Karin Kapteyn, one of three employees who witnessed the sudden use of force from the fourth floor of the nearby building, told local news outlet MLive.
"I see the guy get out of the truck, and I'm thinking, 'OK, he's surrendering, he's turning himself in,' and then it turned into a movie."
© Joel Goodman / Global Look Press''Protect Trans lives '' placard, Leeds, West Yorkshire. August 5, 2018.
Judges have heard that the man had been biologically able to get pregnant and give birth but had legally become male when the child was born. He wants to be identified as the child's 'father' or 'parent' on a birth certificate but a registrar has told him that the law requires people who give birth to be registered as mothers.
Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division of the High Court, is due to decide whether only either 'father' or 'parent' can be listed on the child's birth certificate following a trial scheduled to take place at the High Court in London in February. The man has taken legal action after complaining of discrimination. He says forcing him to register as the child's 'mother' breaches his human right to respect for privacy and family life.
Comment: Your gender is no more private than the sound of your voice, the color of your eyes, or the strength of your character.
Comment: "Eating cats and dogs in order to survive" sounds a lot like propaganda designed to justify US-led "intervention"...
On Friday, Italian stocks had their worst day in more than two years, and it was the big financial stocks that were on the cutting edge of the carnage...
Shares in Italian banks .FTIT8300, whose big sovereign bond portfolios makes them sensitive to political risk, bore the brunt of selling pressure, sinking 7.3 percent as government bonds sold off and the focus turned to rating agencies.
Along with the main Italian stock index .FTMIB, the banks had their worst day since the June 2016 Brexit vote triggered a selloff across markets.
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A model who was crowned Miss Iraq in 2015 and has almost 3 million followers on Instagram has warned she fears for her life after receiving multiple death threats online.
In a live broadcast on social media, Shimaa Qasim tearfully told her fans she had been threatened, with one person telling her "you are next", following the death of another Iraqi model.
© Valeriy Melnikov / SputnikGennady Onishchenko, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science
In a radio interview, 67-year old Gennadiy Onishenko said masturbation was an acute problem and that it was especially spread among the younger generation. Then he alleged that the main reason behind this situation was the universal reach and availability of the internet. He said that the web had a "particular specialization" on masturbation and that even that it "encouraged" kids into playing with themselves.
© Sergey Pyatakov / SputnikStaff at Pre-trial Detention Center No.2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service's Moscow Directorate
The official, Aleksandr Kurennoy, blamed the media for creating a problem that did not exist. He said that journalists were simply using the formula of "probes launched into likes and reposts" when describing the recent anti-extremism campaign, while the reality was very different from the painted picture.
The spokesman urged reporters and the general public to distinguish between "likes" and "reposts" because only the latter could be seen as actual spreading of extremist information, the action that is forbidden and duly prosecuted by the law.
The far-right activist turned self-styled journalist, Robinson was interviewed by Sky News Home Editor Jason Farrell. In the nine-minute edit of the video, which was seen by RT UK, Robinson appears to say that he wouldn't care if his activism incited fear of Muslims.
The point was reiterated by an accompanying article that was headlined: "Tommy Robinson: I don't care if I incite fear of Muslims."
In a response video titled: "Exposing Sky News lies and propaganda - I will take them to court for this," Robinson states: "[The] headline that's gone all around the world says that Tommy Robinson says he doesn't care if he - as in me - incites fear against Muslims."
As detailed in a video published on his YouTube channel, the excerpt was edited with a voice-over from Farrell coming before Robinson's answer, which changed the context of the question.
Comment: Quota systems in hiring practices, based on what really amounts to cosmetic considerations like gender, race or sexual identity, are nothing but a detriment to any field that implements them. Yet this trend is only becoming more prevalent, as merit-based hiring practices are increasingly viewed as archaic and discriminatory.
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