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Scandal hits top UK girls schools as former pupils allege sexual abuse


RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:53 UTC
st paul's school
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The sex abuse scandal that first hit Hollywood and Westminster has now swept the corridors of Britain's illustrious educational institutions. Former pupils at one of the UK's top girls' schools have said they were sexually abused while studying there.

Two ex-pupils of St Paul's Girls' School in West London have revealed details of their abuse, which allegedly took place between the 1970s and 1990s. Other allegations were raised by people on behalf of friends.

The claims were made as part of the #metoo campaign, which encourages people to reveal current and historical claims of sexual abuse in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations.

The school in Hammersmith, which regularly tops the national league tables for exam results, sent a letter to its alumni to make them aware of the claims raised.
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Tennessee human trafficking sting operation: Police shocked by number of men seeking sex with minors


TBI Newsroom
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:20 UTC
human trafficking
An undercover human trafficking operation conducted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Brentwood Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and the office of 21st District Attorney General Kim Helper has resulted in mostly felony indictments for 22 men in a targeted effort to identify individuals attempting to purchase illicit sex from minors.

"Yet again, our collaborative effort proves human trafficking is happening every day in communities across Tennessee," said Jason Locke, Deputy Director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. "For years, our state has led the way in fighting this injustice, and we won't stop doing whatever we can to send the message that it has to stop."

During the first three days of the operation in early October, two female TBI Agents posed as individuals offering sex on Backpage.com. During the course of the resulting text or phone conversations, the Agents identified themselves as 14 and 16 years old. Those who were undeterred and still traveled to the location to meet for the purpose of illicit sex included a computer programmer, automotive engineer, construction worker, and a chef.
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14-year-old Jason Pero killed by deputy on Lake Superior Chippewa reservation

Kaleh Sapp
GoKMN
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 12:00 UTC
14-year-old Jason Pero killed by deputy on Lake Superior Chippewa reservation
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A mother is desperate for information after her 14-year-old son was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy on a Lake Superior Chippewa reservation.

Eighth-grader Jason Ike Pero was killed Wednesday morning at Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin. The details of what happened are still somewhat unclear.

According to a news release from the Ashland County Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened after deputies responded to a call about a male subject "walking around Maple Street carrying a knife."
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Lindsey Buckingham's abusive behavior detailed in Stevie Nicks' new book

Raquel Laneri
New York Post
Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:17 UTC
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham
© WireImageStevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham at the 1998 Grammy Awards
Stevie Nicks was nervous. It was 1973, and the then-25-year-old singer and her guitarist boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham were posing for the cover of their first album, "Buckingham Nicks." Their record label had asked the duo to look "sexy," and the bookish Nicks was already feeling self-conscious when the photographer told her to remove her diaphanous white blouse.

She didn't want to do it. Buckingham lost it.

"Don't be a f-king child," the then-24-year-old guitarist snapped. "This is art!"

Stevie Nicks, now 69, is often referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," with more than 40 top-50 hits to her credit, both as part of the supergroup Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. But according to "Gold Dust Woman" (St. Martin's Press, out Nov. 21) - a new biography by Stephen Davis - she did it all despite Buckingham's bullying and abuse.
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Indonesian police shoot two men armed with bows and arrows suspected of burning down police complex

Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Kanupriya Kapoor
Reuters
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:00 UTC
Jakarta police station
© Antara Foto/Ilka Jensen via ReutersThe police station in Indonesia's Dharmasraya regency that was attacked on Nov 12, 2017
Indonesian police shot dead two men suspected of burning down a police station complex in a jihadist-inspired attack after they fired at them with bows and arrows, officials said on Monday.

All the main buildings at the police headquarters in Dharmasraya regency in West Sumatra were burned to the ground in Sunday's attack. There were no casualties.

"We are investigating links between the fire and the two terrorists who were killed," said national police spokesman Rikwanto, adding that a jihadist message was found scrawled on a piece of paper on one of the suspects.
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I'm feeling lucky: Google is being investigated for privacy violation by Missouri Attorney General

Jonathan Vanian
Fortune
Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:46 UTC
Google
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The state of Missouri is gearing up for a legal battle with Google.

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley said Monday that his office is investigating the search giant over allegations that it violated the state's various consumer-protection and antitrust laws.

Hawley's office sent Google a subpoena on Monday morning demanding "documents and information" about its business practices, Hawley said during a press conference broadcasted on his professional Facebook page (and not the Google-owned YouTube, it should be noted).

Although Google has a standard 30-or-60 day period to respond to the request, it could potentially contest the subpoena, Hawley said.

"This is not a request if they feel like it," Hawley said. "It is a legal obligation that they comply, and I would strongly counsel them to do so in an expeditious manner."

Comment: Just two days earlier: Day of reckoning: EU closes in on Google as it prepares second antitrust fine

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Hollywood: No surprise that filth-peddling industry is filthy on the inside

Steve Sheldon
Townhall
Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:00 UTC
Harvey Weinstein
Alex, let's go with the category, "Things that I Already Knew" for $1,000.

If news headlines about Hollywood were an episode of Jeopardy, the categories might be:

Actresses Harvey Weinstein Didn't Try to Sleep With

Pedophiles and Perverts

Drug addicts and Dope Dealers

Sex On Screen

Who Said What Curse Words?

Who's Your Daddy

Name That Addict

Crimes That Didn't Get Time

Comment: Despite the religious slant to the above article, the point is solid. How can we be shocked that an industry that essentially peddles filth is being exposed as being filthy on the inside? Despite the fact that "we all know this," however, the revelations of abuse, particularly pedophilia, are shocking no matter how primed we may be for it. See:

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Schoolboy who murdered his teacher boasted that he would kill her "for £10" on Facebook


RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:37 UTC
Will Cornick
© Wikipedia
A schoolboy who murdered his teacher boasted that he would kill her "for £10" on Facebook, an inquest into her death has heard. Will Cornick, now 19, is serving a minimum 20-year sentence for stabbing Ann Maguire during a Spanish lesson.

Most of Cornick's classmates at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds did not believe he was serious when he announced plans to kill Maguire in 2014, the inquest was told. One pupil backed down from reporting it when Cornick threatened to kill them as well. Even those who saw the kitchen knife stashed up his sleeve did not think he would actually use it.
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Mob torches village in Bangladesh after reports circulate that a local insulted Prophet Muhammad on Facebook


RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:54 UTC
distant fire blaze
© Ahmad Masood / ReutersFile photo
A thousands-strong mob set ablaze a Hindu village in Bangladesh after rumors began spreading in the area, alleging that a man from their community insulted Prophet Muhammad on Facebook. Police had to intervene to ward off the angry crowd.

Some 20,000 people began amassing in the area after police received a complaint claiming that the Hindu village resident had insulted Prophet Mohammed in a Facebook post a few days ago, according to the Dhaka Tribune. It is said many of them arrived from the neighboring communities. At least 30 houses belonging to Hindus in Thakurpara village, some 300km from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, were then torched, local media said.
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Vienna govt glosses over popularity of 'Mohammad' among top baby names - says media


RT
Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:16 UTC
Muslim women baby strollers
© Nick White / Global Look Press
Authorities in Vienna deliberately cover up the fact that Mohammad has been in the top five most popular baby names in the city since at least 2014, Austria's major newspaper claims. The city council denies it and accuses the media of a frame-up.

The official list of the top ten most popular names for newborn boys published by the Vienna City Council on its website does not mention the name 'Mohammad.' Instead, it suggests that the most popular names given to babies in the Austrian capital include options such as David, Maximillian, Alexander or Paul.

However, a popular Austrian daily, the Kronen Zeitung, recently challenged this narrative. A piece written by Richard Schnitt, the editor-in-chief of the daily's online version Krone.at, says, that in fact, the name often given after the Muslim prophet has been the fifth most popular one for newborn boys in the city since at least 2014.

Comment: Regardless of whether or not there is a conspiracy on the part of the Vienna City Council to cover up the rise in popularity of the name Mohammad, the fact remains the same that in a European country that is traditionally Christian a Muslim name is gaining popularity.

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