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2 killed, 11 injured as gas explosion rips through apartment building in southwest Russia


RT
Wed, 17 May 2017 09:03 UTC
Explosion at apartment building in Volgograd
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A gas explosion has ripped through a residential building in the city of Volgograd, southwest Russia, media reported, citing emergency services. At least two people were killed and 11 injured in the blast, reports suggest.

At least two people have been killed and eight injured in the incident, TASS reported, citing a local medical services.

A source in the city administration told RIA Novosti that at least 11 people were injured. Two of them were suffering shock as a result of the explosion, the source added.

The incident took place in a four-story building during maintenance work of gas services, a source from the emergency services told TASS.

The blast damaged at least 16 apartments, 10 of which were completely destroyed, RIA Novosti reported, citing emergency services.

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1 in 5 child deaths in London Borough of Redbridge due to inbreeding

Oliver JJ Lane
Breitbart
Tue, 16 May 2017 17:22 UTC
London Borough Redbridge
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A new report from the London Borough of Redbridge has revealed almost one in five of all child deaths in the area since 2008 were down to their parents being close relatives.

The statistic was discussed at a meeting of the Redbridge Council Health and Well-being Board on Monday, with the matter of child fatality being raised.

The council's report found between 2008 and 2016, 19 per cent of child deaths in the borough were caused by infants being born to "consanguineous relationships" — marriage or otherwise sexual relations between couples who are first cousins or closer.

The recording year of 2009-10 saw the highest number of child deaths in the period. Of all deaths in that year, the second greatest cause was "chromosomal, genetic or congenital abnormalities".

Overall, 65 per cent of child deaths occurred before the age of one.
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At least 10 killed, 18 injured as gunmen attack state TV station in Jalalabad, Afghanistan


RT
Wed, 17 May 2017 19:25 UTC
Afghan security forces
© Parwiz / ReutersAfghan security forces arrive at the site of an attack in Jalalabad city, eastern Afghanistan May 17, 2017
Gunmen attacked an Afghan TV station in eastern Jalalabad, starting a firefight with security forces, according to local authorities. At least 10 people, including the attackers, were killed in the clashes and 18 more injured, AP cited officials as saying.

Officials say three suicide attackers came into the National Radio Television in Afghanistan (RTA) in Jalalabad in Nangarhar and two detonated themselves.


"We can confirm that a number of insurgents have entered the building. Who they are, and what their target is, is still not clear," Attaullah Khughyani, the provincial governor's spokesman said, as cited by Reuters.
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US GAO: Majority of military misconduct charges a result of mental health conditions or brain injury


RT
Wed, 17 May 2017 16:10 UTC
soldier drinking
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More than six in 10 service members who were discharged for misconduct had a brain injury or mental health condition, and many of them are potentially ineligible to receive health benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, a new report has found.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent government watchdog agency, reported that 57,141 of the 91,764 service members who were separated or discharged for misconduct from fiscal years 2011 through 2015 had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a traumatic brain injury (TBI), or another mental health condition at least two years before their separation.


Comment: Since the vast majority of PTSD, TBI and other mental conditions are a direct result of the trauma that occurs as a result of combat-related operations it seems rather hypocritical for the military to file misconduct charges. It's the military's fault that soldiers are afflicted with such traumas, they should take responsibility and make sure those soldiers get VA benefits. That they don't makes it clear that the soldiers are merely cannon fodder who are forgotten as soon as they are finished with their military duties.


Using data from the Department of Defense's Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), the DOD's Defense Health Agency (DHA), and the Veterans Benefits Administration, the report found that 16 percent of troops discharged for misconduct had been diagnosed with TBI or PTSD. The remaining 46 percent had been diagnosed with some other condition, mostly adjustment disorders and disorders relating to alcohol and substance abuse.

Only 38 percent of troops discharged for misconduct had not been diagnosed with any conditions, the GAO found.
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Cruel farmer dumps cattle from truck like garbage


Sputnik
Wed, 17 May 2017 16:11 UTC


A ruthless agriculture company worker dumped about a dozen living cows from a truck onto the ground in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan.

In this blood-chilling footage shot by a witness, the animals are seen falling out of the vehicle, not able to immediately get up. It is reported that the truck driver and the department supervisor of the firm have already been fired. A Tatarstan prosecutor ordered a legal assessment of the incident for compliance with the rules of cattle transportation and safety. According to the health checkup results, the cows were lucky not to get injured during this barbaric unloading.
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2 Indonesian men sentenced to 85 lashes each in public caning for having homosexual relations


RT
Wed, 17 May 2017 15:57 UTC
men taken Indonesian police
© Hendri ABIK / AFPIndonesian police take away two men, accused of having sex in contravention of sharia law, in Banda Aceh on May 10, 2017.
An Indonesian Islamic court has sentenced two young men to 85 lashes of cane each for having sexual relations, marking the first time the penalty for homosexuality introduced in the conservative Aceh province has been used.

The couple, aged 20 and 23, will both receive 85 strokes in a public caning after found guilty for breaking strict Sharia regulations against homosexuality.

"The defendants are proven to have committed sodomy and are found guilty," Reuters quotes the presiding judge in the Banda Aceh court, Khairil Jamal, as saying in a statement.
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Teen terrorist: 17yo Danish girl obsessed with jihad convicted of planning to bomb two schools


RT
Wed, 17 May 2017 15:51 UTC
girl with star background
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A 17-year-old girl from Denmark faces a lifetime behind bars after being found guilty of attempting a terrorist act on two schools. She purchased ingredients for a homemade bomb and established contact with jihadists after recently converting to Islam.

The convicted, known only as "Kundby Girl" in the media, had planned the attack on her own former school in the province of Zeeland, and on a Jewish college in Copenhagen. The girl, who was 15 at the time of her arrest in January last year, following a tip-off from her family, was found to have purchased "a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, a bottle of citric acid, a bottle of acetone" at a cosmetics store to produce high explosive acetone peroxide (TATP), though had not yet succeeded in making a functional explosive.
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Dr. Jordan Peterson: If students claim they're 'traumatized' by college, then they should seek professional help

Max Diamond
The College Fix
Tue, 16 May 2017 15:12 UTC
sjw college students
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'To be traumatized by a discussion, you have to be teetering on the edge of intrapsychic disintegration'

At colleges across the country, some students — and especially students of color — increasingly say that their experiences on campus are "traumatizing." The claim has almost become ubiquitous it's used so often.

But one professor of psychology says if these students are truly "traumatized" by their lessons, they require medical or professional help.

Dr. Jordan Peterson, a research and clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto, said the word trauma should not be tossed around casually by students.

"If you're that vulnerable, then you're in no position to be exposing yourself to challenging dialogue," Peterson said in an interview with The College Fix. "You're not fit, in a psychological sense, for any complex activity. To be traumatized by a discussion you have to be teetering on the edge of intrapsychic disintegration."

The term trauma has a clinical meaning attached to it, he said.

"Trauma has a technical nature," Peterson said. "You can't just say everything that upsets you is traumatizing."
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"Sanctions against our own citizens": Ukrainians raging after government bans Russian social networks (UPDATE)


RT
Tue, 16 May 2017 18:03 UTC
ukraine ban russia social networks
Ukrainians have been venting their anger after the government decided to ban Russian social media networks and popular online services. The move by Kiev potentially impacts the lives of millions.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Tuesday to expand economic sanctions against individuals and companies which Kiev sees as a threat to national security. Among the 468 organizations targeted are popular Russian social networks, online services, antivirus producers and a popular business software suite.

The decision will affect millions of Ukrainians. For instance, the newly-banned social network site VKontakte is used by 15 million Ukrainians daily, according to the SimilarWeb traffic research site, while Odnoklassniki, another service blocked, reports 5.4 million daily users in Ukraine. Both networks are more commonly used than their competitor Facebook on the Ukrainian market.


Comment: Russophobia: Ukraine bans popular social media because they're 'Russian-owned'

Update: The Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Internet Association, Alexander Fedyenko, has responded to the new ban by saying that the implementation could take as long as 2 years and cost upwards of $2 billion. He also went on to criticize the move by Poroshenko:
Reflecting on the law's legal aspects on his Facebook page, Fedyenko argued that it infringes on the Ukrainian constitution and is in violation of the Convention for Protection of Human Rights.

"I think it is a wrong step and it is necessary to work now to prove its irrationality," he wrote, adding that the Association had asked Ukraine's presidential office to clarify the law and provide guidance on how to implement it.


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British colonel raped US officer at UN conference in Uganda, court martial hears


RT
Wed, 17 May 2017 15:03 UTC
judge gavel
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A British colonel raped a US military colleague after a boozy UN conference held in Uganda, a court martial has heard.

The court martial is the first to be held in both Britain and the US, with the first phase taking place at a US Air Force base in Maryland so that American witnesses could be called more easily.

Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Tomkins is accused of attacking an unidentified female American officer in a hotel room following the African conference.

Tomkins, who is an officer in The Rifles regiment, denies committing rape, but says the sex was "fairly animal."
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