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Indian village bans women from using mobile phones outside homes


RT
Wed, 03 May 2017 13:04 UTC
Indian woman on cellphone
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Village elders in the India's Uttar Pradesh have prohibited women and girls from using mobile phones outside their homes, imposing a hefty fine on violators. The ruling is meant to prevent women from eloping or even interacting with men.

The elders' council or khap pranchayat of a predominantly Muslim village, Madora, have set the fine as large as 21,000 rupees (around $330) on those who break the ruling.

Local police chief Arun Kumar Singh has described the order, declared on Tuesday, as being "against the constitution."

"We do support their measures against illegal activities, but won't allow them to curb the freedom of women," Singh told AFP.
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Could flying get any worse? American Airlines slashing economy legroom by 2 inches


RT
Wed, 03 May 2017 12:56 UTC
passengers seats airlines
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American Airlines, which is facing a public backlash after the scandal in which one of its cabin crew allegedly hit a mother with a stroller, has now decided to cut legroom in economy class. Its customers are not happy.

American Airlines is planning to reduce legroom between some economy class seats on its new Boeing 737 Max jetliners from 31 inches to 29 on three rows, and from 31 to 30 on the rest. This will result in an additional 10 seats on the planes.
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Former Palestinian prisoners of Israel describe what it's really like in Israeli jails

Sheren Khalel
Mondoweiss
Mon, 01 May 2017 18:16 UTC
Mahmoud Abu Srour
Mahmoud Abu Srour
More than 1500 Palestinian prisoners entered their 14th day of hunger strike on Sunday. They are demanding better conditions within prisons, including more frequent and longer family visits, appropriate medical care, ending "abusive conditions" and stopping the use of solitary confinement and administrative detention — an Israeli policy in which Palestinians can be held without charge or trial, indefinitely.

The hunger strike, launched on April 16, is the first of its size in recent years. Two weeks into the strike, the initiative has gained momentum. Locally, Palestinians scheduled a strike across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, where businesses and schools were closed. On Friday, political leaders called for a Day of Rage, where mass protests across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel were organized. By Saturday leaders were urging an escalation in solidarity protests.
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Last surviving terrorist behind Iranian Embassy siege lives on welfare in south London


RT
Thu, 04 May 2017 12:07 UTC
terror attack
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The only terrorist to survive the storming of the Iranian Embassy by the SAS in 1980 is now living on benefits in Peckham, south London, it has emerged. Fowzi Nejad, 61, was released from jail in 2008.

He was the only survivor of the iconic SAS raid. All five of his accomplices were killed in the rescue mission, which took place 37 years ago on Friday.

Following his release, Nejad was given leave to remain in the UK, because if he was returned to Iran, he would have been persecuted.
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SOTT Focus: The Muzzies Are Coming! Adopt a Refugee!

Joe Quinn
Sott.net
Thu, 04 May 2017 13:35 UTC
Muslims are coming
From the humble beginnings that launched the war on Muslim terrorism on the basis of "they hate us because of our freedoms" and therefore, we must "fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here", Western peoples are now faced with an existential threat and required to choose a 'side' or be damned to the ninth circle of hell, reserved for those who remain neutral in a time of crisis. The options from which we must all choose are fairly straightforward: broadly speaking, you can be 'left' or 'right' - or a libtard or a fascist, if you prefer.

Right-wingers (implicitly or explicitly) argue that:

a) Islam as a religion and social and legal code is totally incompatible with Western values (except for the misogyny and homophobia part). Or to use the words of Oklahoma state legislator John Bennett, "Islam is not even a religion; it is a social, political system that uses a deity to advance its agenda of global conquest."

b) Migration from Muslim-majority countries is therefore bad for Europe.

c) The white race and culture are under threat from mass migration of dark-skinned people from Muslim-majority countries (and the jihadis allegedly ensconced among them). The migrants must be stopped and the white race and culture actively defended lest both sink beneath the waves of mandated multi-cultural jihadi marxism.
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Facebook owned WhatsApp suffers outages worldwide, triggers panic


RT
Wed, 03 May 2017 22:04 UTC
WhatsApp
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Popular messaging app WhatsApp has gone down in a number of locations around the world and people are not happy.

WhatsApp users in Mexico, Spain, Chile, Israel, Russia, Ireland, Switzerland, Aruba, Turkey, the US and other locations have experienced problems, according to social media reports.

According to DownDetector.com, which provides a realtime overview of outages online, WhatsApp has been experiencing issues since 8pm GMT, with users reporting problems with the app's connections, sending and receiving messages.

The Facebook-owned messaging service, which has more than 1.2 billion users worldwide, told Metro that it "is aware of the issue and working to fix it as soon as possible."


Comment: For more on WhatsApp, see:

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'New and dangerous breed of terrorist' gets 8 years in prison for aiding ISIS online from Wales


RT
Wed, 03 May 2017 09:41 UTC
Samata Ullah
© met.police.ukSamata Ullah
A British man who kept Islamic State publications concealed, James Bond-style, in memory cards inside cufflinks and created a "one-stop shop" for terrorists online has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to five terrorism charges.

Samata Ullah, 34, an unemployed man from Wales, was sentenced to eight years in prison with a five-year extension period on Tuesday after pleading guilty to five charges of terrorism in a British court, according to the Metropolitan Police.

The court at the Old Bailey in London heard how Ullah created an online hub for terrorists from his bedroom, where he uploaded instructional videos and other information to aid terrorists.

According to the Crown Prosecution Service, Ullah was a part of a global network of terrorists who were using their cyber skills to aid Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). Ullah provided instructional videos on how to use encryption programs to hide terrorist activities online and helped IS develop their capabilities and spread propaganda through the Dark Web.

Comment: See also:


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Ridiculous! Australian man facing jail after overstaying U.S. visa by 90 minutes


RT
Wed, 03 May 2017 09:47 UTC
Baxter Reid
© Go Fund Me, Baxter ReidBaxter Reid
An Australian man has been arrested by US immigration officials for reportedly overstaying his visit to the country by 90 minutes after being denied entry into Canada.

On April 24, a 26-year-old Canberra man, Baxter Reid, traveled to the border in upstate New York with his American girlfriend, Heather Kansco, but was denied entry to Canada and subsequently arrested by US border police.

Following his arrest, Reid was imprisoned at Buffalo Federal Detention Center where he could be held for six months before being brought before a judge. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Baxter's father, Tom Reid, explained that the couple had arrived at the border at 10pm local time on April 23 as his visa was due to expire at midnight.

"For some reason the Canadians kept them until 1:30am and then refused them entry. They returned them to the United States and by then they were an hour and a half over the visa, and [he] got locked up," his father said.

Though Reid has a five-year visa, he's required to leave the states every six months.
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Five years and billions of dollars needed to rebuild Mosul, officials say


RT
Wed, 03 May 2017 20:34 UTC
damaged buildings in Mosul
© Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
The occupation by Islamic State and the battle to oust the extremists have reduced much of Mosul to rubble. A five-year plan to get the war-torn city back on its feet has been drawn up, but finding the money is proving to be a problem.

The airport, the train station and the university are among the many buildings in Iraq's once-proud, second-biggest city that lie in ruins. Over 100,000 precious manuscripts from the university were looted or destroyed by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) who considered them blasphemous, according to activists.

In November 2016, the Iraqi government announced plans to start rebuilding Mosul after the city's liberation from the militants. Local officials are currently surveying the damage in liberated eastern Mosul.

"After Mosul is fully liberated, we need a working plan to restore things to the way they were before 2014 when Islamic State took over," Noureldin Qablan, deputy chairman of the Nineveh provincial council, told Reuters.

Comment: The US was instrumental in causing and creating the destruction illegally. In a sane world, the US would be on trial and pay reparations.

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Government statistics show 1 in 5 Danes to be immigrants or immigrant descendants by 2060


RT
Wed, 03 May 2017 09:42 UTC
Danish immigrants
© Nils Meilvang/Scanpix/Reuters
One-fifth of the Danish population will be either foreign-born or of foreign descent by 2060, according to the latest statistics presented to the Danish parliament.

The figures, compiled by Statistics Denmark (DST) for the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs, show that around every eighth person will be from a non-Western country. Currently, immigrants form around 13 percent of the Danish population, with non-Western immigrants forming 8 percent.

The statistics prompted a variety of reactions from local politicians.

"These are quite dramatic figures that I think should be an eye-opener for everyone," Dan Jorgensen of the Social Democrats told the newspaper Berlingske. "If we do not bring the numbers down, it will be a completely different Denmark we will be faced with in a very short time."

"Many of these people have difficulty being integrated into the labor market and live in parallel societies."
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