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Sioux Tribe files legal challenge after resumption of construction of Dakota Access Pipeline


RT
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:55 UTC
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The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has filed a legal challenge to the resumption of construction of the final phase of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which has been given the green light after months of protests against the controversial project.

Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) resumed construction work late on Wednesday after receiving final permission from the US Army to proceed with building a section of the pipeline that will cross the Missouri River in southern North Dakota.

Trump signed an executive order in January that asked the Army to expedite the final permitting process for the last portion of the $3.8 billion pipeline.

Wednesday's easement was met by opposition from one of two Native American tribes fighting the pipeline, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, which filed a legal challenge in a federal court in Washington DC on Thursday.
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Dollar Gold

Profligate: Gulf royal buys central London parking lot for £21mn


RT
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:39 UTC
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An anonymous Middle Eastern royal has forked out £21 million (US$26 million) to buy a central London parking lot to store his collection of 80 supercars.

The investor's purchase works out at about £150,000 per parking space, making it the largest parking-related transaction ever recorded in the UK.

The per-space-price is around the same as a brand-new McLaren 570S or Porsche 911 Turbo S.

The parking lot in Knightsbridge sits under luxury apartments opposite Hyde Park. As an added bonus, the building is just outside the London congestion charge zone.

Comment: While many people on the planet struggle to have basic needs like food, clean water and health care, "royals" fill themselves with unbridled excess and avarice.

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38 men and 4 women arrested in Tennessee sex trafficking operation

Jack Phillips
Epoch Times
Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:38 UTC
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At least 42 suspects were arrested during a sting targeting human and sex trafficking in Memphis, Tennessee, police said.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, in a release, said that 38 men and four women were arrested, which included "eight men responding to the ads tried to buy sex from a minor." Meanwhile, "those arrested include a medical professional, engineers, a law student, a tow truck driver and construction workers," the TBI added.

Two juvenile female victims of human trafficking were also recovered in the sting and were referred to the Department of Children's Services.

Agents posted four ads each day on Backpage.com for about 7 hours each day, and some 475 men responded to them in total.

"We have said all along that this is a demand-driven crime, and this operation demonstrates how very prevalent that demand is," TBI Director Mark Gwyn said in the release. "Let me speak directly to men: The women you see advertised online are people, not products. We need men to step up and demand better from themselves and the men around them."

"Operations like 'Operation Someone Like Me' are necessary to protect the innocence of youth within our community. It is sickening to know that there are individuals who prey on our girls and women," added Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings. "Parents and family members, be aware and know where your children are and what they are doing at all times."

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

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Nadia Savchenko accuses Poroshenko of murdering hero Donbass commander Givi

Simon North
Russia Insider
Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:28 UTC
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This is pretty explosive. Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot convicted in Russia of killing 2 journalists in Donbass but later pardoned and released by Putin, has turned into a vocal critic of the regime. She has reportedly just charged Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko with the assassination of the Donbass separatist commander known as "Givi."

As reported on Stalkerzone:
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Tolstykh, or "Givi" as he was known to his men, was one of the last high profile separatist commanders who had yet to be killed. He was a leader who displayed fearlessness under fire, as seen in this famous clip (below). In the face of an incoming rocket barrage, he calmly smoked a cigarette, not even flinching once.

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Evil Rays

Schizophrenic woman misdiagnosed as possessed by faith healers and killed during exorcism

Ovais Jafar and Saleem Buzdar
geo.tv
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:01 UTC
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Soraiya Begum, a resident of Sajjadabad in Dera Ghazi Khan had recently begun talking to herself. Her husband did not suspect her condition to be psychological and instead suspected his wife to have been possessed by Djinns. To drive the 'evil' out he took her to two Pirs who beat her, burned her and killed her.

Lack of knowledge and an abundance of quacks and so called Pirs or spiritual healers across Pakistan have led to many deaths, where the patient has been tortured to death in an effort to heal.

Many medical conditions, including schizophrenia and other psychological complications and even neurological imbalances are diagnosed by the 'Pirs' as a result of 'evil' Djinns.

This phenomenon is not limited to Pakistan's rural areas but often can also be found in the slums of Urban centers; the only factor that remains common among the victims is that they along with their families, lacked education.
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Indian boy plagued by mysterious 'stigmata' condition appeals to the world for a cure

Siba Jackson
DailyStar
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:00 UTC
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© NEWSLIONS/SWNSAFFLICTION: Akhilesh oozes rivers of blood up to TEN times a day
Akhilesh Raghuvanshi has been oozing rivers of blood after suffering from the mysterious condition since he was just TEN.

Now 13, he bleeds from his ears, eyes, mouth, legs and even his hairline up to TEN TIMES a day.

And the rare affliction - which replicates the wounds Jesus is said to have endured when he was crucified - has left the poor lad in excruciating agony and fearing for his life.

The bizarre phenomenon inspired Hollywood blockbuster Stigmata, starring Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette - famed for her roles in Boyhood and Boardwalk Empire - who played an atheist attacked by an unseen force.

But real life stigmata is said to affect a tiny number of people across the globe.

Akhliesh loses blood without being actually cut or scratched.

Comment: Stigmata? Nameless Condition, Mysterious Bleeding

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USA

US murder rates remain at historic lows, but they're rising at fastest pace since 1970s


RT
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:27 UTC
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The US murder rate is on the rise, climbing at its fastest pace since the 1970s, according to a new report. However, homicides are likely still lower than they have been for more than a quarter century.

Because national crime statistics for 2016 will not be released for eight months, the Economist looked at the homicide statistics in 50 major cities over the last year "to get an early sense" of how much the murder rate grew from 2015. The murder rate grew 11 percent from 2014 to 2015, the biggest single-year increase in homicide rates since 1971, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report.

The 50 chosen cities comprise 15 percent of the US population and approximately 36 percent of its murder victims. For 35 of those cities, murders increased last year. The rate is defined as the number of murders and non-negligent homicides per 100,000 people.

Comment: The astonishing rise in murder rates speaks to the rapid disintegration of US society - and things aren't looking to get better.

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Quebec funeral directors trying to curtail 'funeral selfies', considered disrespectful posting to social media


CBC News
Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:58 UTC
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© ranker.com/list/selfies-at-funerals-tumblrSome families consider taking selfies at funerals and posting the photos to social media disrespectful.
Funeral directors in Quebec are discussing how to educate people that taking selfies over a corpse and posting it to social media may be considered disrespectful in some families.

The president of the corporation of funeral directors of Quebec, Denis Desrochers, said the act of taking photos at a funeral isn't new, but sharing those photos on social media is.

"There won't be a 'selfie police,'" he told Radio-Canada's Gravel le Matin, but said that among Quebec funeral directors there is a debate over how to educate people about what is respectful behavior at a funeral parlor.
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Paris to build permanent barrier around Eiffel Tower to limit terrorism

Gregory Viscusi
Bloomberg
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:02 UTC
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Paris is spending 20 million euros ($22 million) to build a protective barrier around the Eiffel Tower to replace temporary structures that were put up after a series of terror attacks.

"Sadly, the risk of terrorism hasn't gone away," deputy mayor Jean-François Martins said at a Paris press conference. "It's not a wall, it's an aesthetic perimeter."

Martins wouldn't confirm a report in Thursday's Le Parisien newspaper that a clear glass structure would be built around the tower's esplanade. The form the new structure takes will depend on solutions proposed in response to the city's call for tenders, he said.

Temporary and movable metal barriers were sporadically thrown up in 2015 and have been in place continuously since France hosted the Euro 2016 soccer championships last summer.

The new perimeter will include the space under the tower, as well as two ponds on either side of it, an area roughly 200 by 300 meters. It must be able to stop bullets and vehicles, he said. Tourists will be free to enter the area after a security check, with payment required only to go up the Tower itself.

Martins said he didn't think the sight of yet another security measure in Paris -- where fully armed soldiers on patrol has become a common sight -- will deter tourists. "What scares tourists is lack of security, not security," he said. The new structure will be the most visible and permanent change to the Paris landscape in response to terrorists.
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Propaganda

Wikipedia bans use of 'unreliable' Daily Mail as source


RT
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 15:51 UTC
Wikipedia
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Wikipedia has prohibited the use of the Daily Mail for citations on the open-source encyclopedia, describing the publication as "generally unreliable."

The website carried out a survey among its editors, all of whom are volunteers, seeking their opinions on the prohibition of the Daily Mail as a source on the site, which many editors apparently welcomed.

"The paper is trash, pure and simple," wrote editor Hillbillyholiday, who initiated the Daily Mail ban in January. Another editor, JRPG, branded it a "mouthpiece for Paul Dacre," a reference to the newspaper's editor.

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