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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

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

Venezuela delivers 600 tons of aid to hurricane ravaged Haiti

Sputnik
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 10:12 UTC

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)

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

RT
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:47 UTC

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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Passenger train derails in Long Island; dozens injured

RT
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:44 UTC

© 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.

Grand Rapids: 1 killed, 8 injured in multiple shooting incident

RT
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:33 UTC

Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan have confirmed that one person has been killed during a shooting at a clearance outlet on 28th Street.

The male victim was killed inside the store, and at least eight other people were reportedly injured, according to police.

The victim of the fatal shooting is reported to be an African American man in his early 20s, police said. The condition of the injured is unknown.

Death toll nears 400 after Saudis bomb funeral in Yemen

South Front
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:28 UTC

© Campaign Against Arms Trade/flickr/cc
Human rights campaigners protest against Farnborough International arms fair on July 11, 2016.

On October 8, the Royal Saudi Air Force hit carried out air strikes on a crowded funeral ceremony in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, killing at least 140 people, according to UN sources. Over 500 people were reported injured.

At least nine air strikes were made on Khamis street in the southern part of Sana'a, excluding the fact that the incident could be described as a mistake. Pro-Houthi sources say that Saudi Arabia massivelly bombs Yemeni civilian objects in order to "counter" constant loses on the ground and de-facto failure of the intervention into the country.

The funeral was for the father of the interior minister in the Yemeni government, Jalal al-Roweishan.

Comment: No surprise that there's no outcry after the Saudis deliver 9 airstrikes on a funeral in Yemen - but when Russia attacks al Qaeda the Western media is up in arms!

Further reading: Yemen: Saudi airstrikes kills 82 during funeral while Houthi rebels carry out ballistic missile attack against Saudi Arabia

Iceland's Supreme Court does what the U.S. doesn't: It finds bankers guilty

Jay Syrmopoulos
Free Thought Project
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC

© Photo/Vilhelm Gunnarsson
Bank CEO Sigurjón Þ. Árnason Yesterday three top Landsbankinn managers were sentenced to prison by the Supreme Court of Iceland.

On Thursday, Iceland's Supreme Court found nine bankers guilty of market manipulation, affirming the conviction of the seven defendants found in a June 2015 decision by the Reykjavik District Court, and handing down a guilty verdict to two defendants previously acquitted in district court.

The Supreme Court decision found that "[b]y fully financing share purchases with no other surety than the shares themselves, the bankers were accused of giving a false and misleading impression of demand for Kaupthing shares by means of deception and pretense," according to the Iceland Monitor.

The bankers were found guilty of crimes relating to deceitfully financing share purchases - essentially the bank lent money for the purchase of the shares while using its own shares as collateral for the loans.

Two police officers killed, one injured in Palm Springs shooting, manhunt underway

Brett Kelman , Gustavo Solis , Jill Castellano and Ian James
The Desert Sun
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 23:23 UTC

Peace officers point to a home on Cypress Road after gunshots where fired wounding at least one. Palm Springs, California

© Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun
Peace officers point to a home on Cypress Road after gunshots where fired wounding at least one. Palm Springs, California on October 8, 2016.

Two police officers were killed and one was wounded in a shooting in Palm Springs on Saturday, according to a source familiar with the incident.

Dozens of police massed outside a house where a suspect appeared to be holed up. Officers took defensive positions behind a patrol car and a concrete wall.

Police were searching for a shooter or shooters in the area of Cypress and Del Lago roads, and encouraged residents to stay indoors.

At 3:15 p.m., multiple officers in tactical gear were taking cover behind a four-foot wall. Several other officers stood close by an armored vehicle parked on Cypress Road a block south of Francis Road.

Witnesses said they heard between 10 and 20 gunshots from what sounded like machine guns. Over a dozen patrol cars, three fire engines and a SWAT truck were at the scene of the incident at 2 p.m.

Palm Springs police and San Jacinto police were on scene.

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

RT
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:25 UTC

German police launched a large-scale search operation after traces of explosives were found in an apartment in the city of Chemnitz. The suspect is still at large while at least three people have been detained.

Saxony police discovered "highly sensitive explosives" in the apartment of the suspected blast plotter, according to their official Twitter.

A large scale security operation was launched after police received intelligence about a terror plot being planned in the city on Friday night, according to police.

Authorities are now looking for the suspect - a Syrian-born man named Jaber Albakr, aged 22. They released a photo of a dark-haired man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and said he was last seen wearing similar clothes.

Big Bro on campus: Frat cams at North Carolina State University, a zoom with a view

Anthony Gockowski
Leadership Institute/Campus Reform
Fri, 07 Oct 2016 07:48 UTC

At the start of the 2016 academic year, North Carolina State University installed surveillance cameras inside select fraternity and sorority houses.

The cameras were ostensibly there to monitor entrances for security purposes, but Campus Reform has learned through multiple sources that they were set up in a manner conducive to monitoring student behavior in their personal living spaces.

The university, though, has defended the practice to Campus Reform by arguing that the "video cameras are a part of the university's security plan designed for the protection of students."

Fred Hartman, NCSU director of university relations, went on to explain that the school's security plan "calls for cameras at the entrances and exits of all buildings on campus."

However, in at least one fraternity, there are five cameras installed at various locations throughout the interior of the house, including three in a common area—a place where the fraternity brothers spend their leisure time and host guests, with one camera capturing a live feed of the fraternity's bar area.

While both cameras are pointed towards nearby doorways, it was discovered after installation that the cameras were zoomed out to a degree that allowed for the observation of students in their living space, which university officials acknowledged in an email exchange obtained by Campus Reform.

Comment: Eyes that never blink. Spy-camming has become a run-away phenomenon in the police state as a means of threat and control. Heck, even a quantum particle feels uncomfortable when observed.

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Society's Child

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

Venezuela delivers 600 tons of aid to hurricane ravaged Haiti

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

Passenger train derails in Long Island; dozens injured

Grand Rapids: 1 killed, 8 injured in multiple shooting incident

Death toll nears 400 after Saudis bomb funeral in Yemen

Iceland's Supreme Court does what the U.S. doesn't: It finds bankers guilty

Two police officers killed, one injured in Palm Springs shooting, manhunt underway

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

Big Bro on campus: Frat cams at North Carolina State University, a zoom with a view

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