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Wildlife Hunter Known for Killing Elephants and Lions Believed to be Eaten by Crocodiles

Amanda Froelich
True Activist
Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:00 UTC
Hunter
While on a hunting safari last week, wildlife hunter Scott van Zyl disappeared on the bank of the Limpopo River in South Africa.

He is now believed to have been eaten by crocodiles after human remains were found inside two animals.

The Telegraph reports that the professional hunter, who is known for killing elephants, lions, and other exotic animals, often organizes trips for foreign clients.
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French policeman shoots colleague in freak accident


RT
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:20 UTC
French Police car
© FILE PHOTO Christian Hartmann / Reuters
A French policeman has been shot dead by his colleague in a tragic accident, according to reports.

The incident occurred Wednesday while one officer was checking his weapon at a police station in Mulhouse, a city close to the Swiss and German borders.

The gun is thought to have been fired accidentally, with the discharged bullet hitting a second policeman, a member of the local drug squad, in the chest, according to L'Alsace.
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Journalist Barrett Brown re-arrested amid media tour, lawyer calls it 'terrible affront to 1st Amendment'


RT
Fri, 28 Apr 2017 03:32 UTC
Barrett Brown
© Barrett Brown / YouTubeBarrett Brown
Barrett Brown, the journalist and "hacktivist" who is on parole after serving a four-year prison term over reporting on corporate espionage against Americans, has been arrested again. He had been speaking to the media and was set to appear on PBS.

On Thursday, Jay Leiderman, Brown's lawyer, tweeted that Brown was arrested "for trying to talk to the press without BOP [Bureau of Prisons] approval." He also called the arrest "a terrible affront to the First Amendment" in an interview with Sputnik News.

Brown's mother, Karen Lancaster, who spoke to him by phone after the arrest, said he was arrested during a routine check-in for what he believes was "his refusal to get 'permission' from crews to film and interview him," according to a note she sent to D Magazine, one of the publications Brown wrote for while in prison.

The note from his mother claims Brown never missed a check-in or bed check from the Federal Board of Prisons (BOP) and never failed a random drug test since he was released to a halfway house last November.

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Airplane fascism: Delta kicks passenger off flight for using bathroom

Jim Stingl
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:04 UTC
Kima Hamilton delta
© Krista RosolinoKima Hamilton (left) is confronted by a Delta Air Line agent who was trying to order Hamilton off a Milwaukee-bound plane because he got up to use the restroom as the aircraft was awaiting takeoff.
The way Kima Hamilton sees it, his urgent need to visit the restroom as a Milwaukee-bound Delta jet awaited takeoff was a misunderstanding blown all out of proportion.

In fellow passenger Krista Rosolino's view, it was outrageous that Hamilton was kicked off the flight and that everyone else was forced to exit the plane when it returned to the gate in Atlanta. She took to social media to defend this man she didn't know.

The Delta Air Lines quick take on this incident is that federal law requires passengers to comply with crew instructions, or run the risk of being seen as a security threat. A spokesman promised to get back to me Tuesday with a more detailed response but did not.

(Update: Delta sent the following statement Wednesday: "Our flight crews are extensively trained to ensure the safety and security of all customers. It is imperative that passengers comply with crew instructions during all phases of flight, especially at the critical points of takeoff and landing.")


Comment: Video of part of the incident is available here.

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Chaos erupts in Macedonia as ethnic Albanian becomes president of parliament


RT
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:32 UTC
Macedonian riot police block the road near the parliament in Skopje. Macedonia
© Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters Macedonian riot police block the road near the parliament in Skopje. Macedonia April 27, 2017.
Dozens of demonstrators fought their way through a police cordon and stormed the Macedonian parliament to protest the election of an ethnic Albanian president of the parliament on Thursday as political tension in the country swells.

Macedonia has been without a government since December when the coalition led by the conservative VMRO-DPMNE party lost its governing majority. Despite coming second in December's general election, the Social Democrats (SDSM) party has proposed a minority coalition government with parties representing Macedonia's Albanian minority.

As a condition of their participation in the government, the ethnic Albanian parties are insisting on a seven-point platform that includes a demand to make Albanian an official language in Macedonia.
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Canadian border agents among 5 arrested for drug trafficking conspiracy


Sputnik
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:31 UTC
Toronto Pearson International Airport
© CC BY-SA 3.0 / abdallahh from Montréal / Toronto Pearson International Airport
Five people, including two Canadian border officers, were arrested for conspiring to import drugs through Toronto Pearson International Airport, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a press release on Thursday.

"It is alleged that between January 2016 and April 2017, Canada Border Service Officers, Patrick Ruddy and Brano Andrews, committed offences of Breach of Trust and Controlled Drug and Substances Act Offences by facilitating the importation of cocaine through Canada's busiest airport," the release stated.
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Disturbing new sex trend among men called stealthing on the rise

Eric Glasser
USA TODAY
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:15 UTC
condoms
© rclassenlayouts, Getty Images/iStockphoto
A disturbing new bedroom trend involves men secretly taking off their condoms during consensual sex, and sometimes later bragging about it online.

The nonconsensual practice, which is called "stealthing," is on the rise, according to a new report in Columbia Journal of Gender and Law.

Lead author Alexandra Brodsky said while the law is largely silent on the practice of "stealthing," she believes it should be considered a form of sexual assault and could violate several civil and criminal laws.

In the report, Brodsky profiles a doctoral student named Rebecca who works for a local rape crisis hotline. Rebecca, who was the victim of stealthing as a freshman, said she hears about stealthing from students and says many callers start with, 'I'm not sure this is rape, but...'
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Cop facing charges for punching elderly bathroom attendant because "water was too cold"

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:52 UTC
cop hits bathroom attendant
© The Free Thought Project
You know those bathroom attendants, the men and women working in posh restaurants who hand you your paper towel after you've washed your hands, offer you mints, aftershave, mouthwash, and other services. They work mainly for tips as men and women file in and out of the sanitary services of high-end restaurants and clubs. Well, one Pawtucket Rhode Island police officer allegedly punched an elderly bathroom attendant because his water was too cold.

According to the Providence Journal, Michael Tousignant, 36, was charged by Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Police with assaulting an elderly person, a class A misdemeanor. Tribal Police Chief William Dittman said the assault seemed to be unprovoked.

The 73-year-old victim was working at the Foxwoods Resort Casino on April 1 when he was allegedly attacked by the officer who took umbrage with the water's temperature.

"He said the water was too cold, and then he turned around and smacked the guy," Dittman told reporters.
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Missing Londoner found in Turkey after having 'settled' in ISIS-held Raqqa with British wife


RT
Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:40 UTC
ISIS flag
© Global Look Press
A Londoner who had been missing for two years has shown up in Turkey, having lived with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in their de facto Syrian capital of Raqqa alongside his British wife.

Stefan Aristidou, who grew up in Enfield, north London, is understood to have told Turkish authorities that he had travelled to Syria not to fight with the group but to "settle."

In April 2015, Aristidou, who is of Greek origin, landed at Larnaca Airport on the southeastern coast of Cyprus. Seven days later he went "missing."

Back in the UK, his family heard nothing from him for two years, despite issuing desperate pleas through missing persons charities and on social media.

This week, the British national was tracked to the Turkish town of Kilis, three miles from the Syrian border and around 43 miles from Aleppo. He was picked up with a British woman of Bangladeshi origin identified as his wife. An American man was also detained.
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US vet and boyfriend tied PTSD service dog to tree, filmed shooting him 5 times


Sputnik
Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:35 UTC
Rollins and Heng
© Cumberland County Sheriff's OfficeMarinna Rollins and Jarren Heng
A US Army veteran and her boyfriend have been arrested and charged after they filmed themselves tying her service dog to a tree and shooting it five times as they laughed.

Marinna Rollins, 23, and Jarren Heng, 25, have both been charged with cruelty to animals and conspiracy by a North Carolina prosecutor. Heng is also a US soldier in the Army Special Operations Command, and is currently stationed at Fort Bragg. Rollins received a medical retirement from the military in January, which cited PTSD and other mental health issues. Cumboui, a gray-and-white male pit bull, was an emotional support dog.

According to court documents obtained by Stripes.com, Heng and Rollins took the dog to a wooded area and took pictures of him before tying him to a tree. Both were wearing camo, though Heng was shirtless and Rollins wore a pink bra.

"Let me hit him once," Heng can be heard saying in the footage, the Fayetteville Observer reported. After the dog's cruel execution, Rollins dragged the animal's body around before they buried him in a shallow grave. "It's been real... I love you, you're my puppy, you're a good puppy, but...," Rollins said to the dog's body after placing it in the grave, ABC 11 reported. "Kind of put him a little deeper in there," Heng can be heard interjecting.
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