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Trend reversed: Russian bulldozers poised to tread across foreign market


Sputnik
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 14:36 UTC
Bulldozers
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Despite the setbacks it suffered after the fall of the Soviet Union, one of Russia's top heavy machinery manufacturer is now making moves to reclaim its standing on foreign markets.

The Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, also known as ChTZ-Uraltrak, is one of the largest industrial vehicle manufacturers in Russia. During the Soviet period the plant exported its products, including bulldozers, tracked tractors, cranes and excavators to countries in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.

After the fall of the Soviet Union the company suffered a number of setbacks in export sales as it lost much of its presence in foreign markets, but now it appears that this trend is about to be reversed.

Comment: See also: Russian LNG energy unfazed by US sanctions

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More than 3,500 evacuated from Moscow's Bolshoi Theater after a bomb threat


TASS
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:16 UTC
A bomb alert was also announced at the five-star Metropol Hotel

Bolshoi Theater
© Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS
More than 3,500 people have been evacuated from Moscow's Bolshoi Theater over a bomb threat, a source with the emergency services told TASS on Sunday.

"Evacuation is underway from 1, Teatralnaya Square due to a bomb alert," he said. The building is being emptied and police officers with sniff dogs are to search the theater's premises.
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Vox media fires two staffers as more members of elite media are accused of sexual misconduct

John Nolte
Breitbart
Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:12 UTC
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With the news that Vox Media has dismissed two employees, including a high-ranking editorial director, it is becoming increasingly obvious that throughout our elite media - the very same media that told us "binders full of women" disqualified Mitt Romney from becoming president - there is a culture that enables the systemic sexual harassment and abuse of female staffers.

After a former employee accused the company of ignoring and even tolerating sexual misconduct, Vox Media fired editorial director Lockhart Steele late last month. The timing of Vox Media's inaction and eventual action suggests that the company had no intention of doing anything ... until this employee went public.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that, on Friday, another Vox Media staffer was forced to resign. This person remains unnamed, but a now-concluded investigation into the scandal forced this person to exit the powerful media company.

Vox claims an investigation into these allegations was done in 2016 but that Vox Media chief legal officer Lauren Fisher now wishes she could have investigated the claims "more vigorously."
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Blasphemy! Libyan Comic Con raided by paramilitary group; participants beaten


RT
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:49 UTC
tripoli comic con
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A comic convention was deemed blasphemous in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where an Islamist paramilitary group shut down a gathering of superhero fans for "inciting violence," detaining and reportedly beating some 20 participants.

The second Libyan Comic Con opened in Tripoli on Thursday, bringing together local comic book lovers and cosplayers who dressed up as their favorite heroes. The party, however, was crashed on Friday by the so-called RADA Special Deterrence Forces (SDF) paramilitary group, which raided the event, detained some 20 people and seized computers and other equipment.

"They arrested over 20 people. Organizers, participants and visitors. Anyone who was wearing a badge, including visitors, were arrested - thinking they were organizers because they wore a badge," an organizer told the Libya Herald online daily, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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Anonymous activists hold Million Mask March worldwide, protesting against government corruption (VIDEOS)


RT
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:36 UTC
Million Mask March
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Anonymous activists are rallying across the globe on Guy Fawkes night for the annual Million Mask March, protesting against government corruption and calling for self-governance.

The Anonymous movement has gathered every November 5 since 2012 to coincide with Bonfire Night, a commemoration of the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Protesters usually wear masks depicting Guy Fawkes - the infamous English Catholic who was caught and tortured for planning an assassination attempt on Britain's King James I.

Marches are planned for 800 cities worldwide on Sunday, according to Anonymous, and will begin in most cities at 5pm local time to coincide with rush hours. Meeting points will be at city halls and State Capitol buildings.

New York City, Washington DC, London, and Berlin are among the cities where major marches are expected.
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'No Trump, no war': Thousands of South Koreans demanding peace ahead of US president's visit


RT
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 14:37 UTC
South Korea protest
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Thousands of South Koreans flocked to streets of Seoul to demand peace with North Korea and protest the upcoming visit by US President Donald Trump, on his first Asian tour.

"We oppose war!" around 5,000 protesters chanted in central Seoul, waving banners and balloons that read "Peace, not war" and "We want peace," Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.

Some held placards that said "No Trump! No war!" and "Trump, get out!" Donald Trump is "a misogynist, and he doesn't care about life and peace of the South Korean people," one person told Ruptly news agency.

Others slammed both the US leader and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un for the rising tensions. "Trump and Kim... are using the current military standoff for their own political gain, while we South Koreans are trembling with fear of war!" one activist said on stage, as cited by AFP. The demonstration was peaceful, though it coincided with a separate protest by a right-wing group called Seoul Regional Forum, which welcomed Trump's scheduled visit to South Korea, Yonhap reports.

Comment: See also: China's message for Trump on the eve of his Asia tour: Leave Cold War thinking at the door

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The future is bright, the future is... multi-colored? By 2067, third of Italians forecast to be of foreign descent


Sputnik
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 12:29 UTC
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The Italian National Institute of Statistics warns in a report that by 2067, a third of the country's population will have foreign ancestry. In an interview with Sputnik Italy, Professor Maurizio Ambrosini of the University of Milan called for a pragmatic approach to the problem.

Ambrosini recalled that only 250,000 people are applying for asylum in Italy, which is less than 5 percent of 5.5 million migrants who currently reside in the country.

According to him, Italy has never succeeded in integrating migrants, who perceive it as a bridge to Europe.

"Before the 2007 crisis, Italy, like the rest of southern Europe, coped well with integration because the labor market was stable and there was a great demand for domestic helpers, nurses and nannies. We need to distance ourselves from politics and return to this pragmatism," Ambrosini said.

He added that although, in the past ten years, hostile attitudes towards migrants have increased, "it can hardly be called the cause of our crisis."

Comment: You reap what you sow:

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Crowd says "Burn him!": Giant Weinstein effigy goes up in flames in Guy Fawkes celebrations (VIDEO)


RT
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 03:41 UTC
Weinstein effigy
© Ben Stansall / AFP
Thousands of revellers have flocked to the burning of an effigy of Harvey Weinstein after a sleepy Kent village found an unusual way to mark its annual Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.

Friends of the Hollywood producer have seen their impressions of him go up in smoke in recent weeks, after a wave of harassment allegations, including accusations of rape and other sexual misconduct against actresses and other women. Now, Edenbridge Bonfire Society have found a way to give that a more literal representation.

In a video of the event posted to the group's Facebook page, the master of ceremonies assures the crowd that the event was not designed to point fun at Weinstein's alleged crimes, but then goes on to ask what they wanted to do with his 36ft effigy. The crowd then respond with a shout, saying in unison: "Burn him!"

Comment: See also: Remember Remember... why we don't need them!

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Anti-fascist group holds protest rallies across US to remove Trump, Pence


RT
Sat, 04 Nov 2017 13:56 UTC
Anti-fascist group holds rallies across US
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Anti-fascist rallies, described by members of the far-right as the "Antifa Apocalypse," have been scheduled to take place in more than 20 US cities Saturday, calling for the end of the Trump administration.

New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, and St. Louis are among the locations for the mass demonstration, organized by Refuse Fascism. The group is calling for the removal of both US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence from power.

"Our actions will reflect the values of respect for all of humanity and the world we want - in stark contrast to the hate and bigotry of the Trump/Pence fascist regime," it said in a statement online.

Comment: The group should have planned for a long protest because this could take awhile.

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Nutty professor doesn't want students to believe that hard work brings results 'because it's racist and perpetuates whiteness'

Toni Airaksinen
Campus Reform
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 13:39 UTC
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Pennsylvania State University-Brandywine professor criticized her students' belief in "meritocracy" and "hard work" in an academic article published Thursday.

Angela Putman, who teaches public speaking at Penn State-Brandywine, designed a comprehensive three-day seminar on "white privilege" for her students, then interviewed 12 attendees on their belief in meritocracy and equal opportunity.

To her dismay, Putman discovered that these "whiteness ideologies" were widely endorsed by students, many of whom agreed that "if I work hard, I can be successful" and that "everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve success."

Comment: There's obviously no need to study or prepare for this professor's exams! She could follow in the steps of this professor and just let students choose their own grades!

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