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Teenager, 18, falls to his death from top of Europe's tallest building

Paddy Dinham
Daily Mail
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 19:18 UTC
OKO Tower
The OKO - meaning The Eye - is currently the tallest in Europe, at a height of 354 metres (1161ft)
A teenager fell to his death from the 86th floor of Europe's tallest building after reportedly slipping while he was taking a selfie.

The 18-year-old, named only as Alexander Sh, landed on a Mercedes G-Wagen parked below the 1,161ft OKO skyscraper in Moscow.

Russian reports gave two versions over the student's tragic fall from close to a skating rink high above the Russian capital.

As well as the selfie version of events, when he fell, others suggested that he had a furious row with his father before running to a rooftop helicopter pad and falling off.

The OKO - meaning The Eye - is currently the tallest in Europe, at a height of 354 metres.

A source from Moscow emergency service: 'A young man - 18 years old - fell from the 86th floor of the OKO tower in Moscow City.

The teenager landed on a Mercedes G-Wagen parked below the 1,161ft OKO skyscraper in Moscow

'He fell right on a Mercedes car that was left in the outdoor parking lot.

'One of the versions of what happened is that he tried to make a selfie.

'According to the building's security, the young man had been with his father at the skating rink.'

But news website Life.ru citing eyewitnesses said: 'People said there was an argument between the young man and his father.

'In the heat of the moment Alexander ran to a helicopter pad and jumped off.'

Comment: Condolences to the young man's family.

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People

New poll shows growing number of Americans see Russia as 'imminent threat'

Jason Ditz
Antiwar.com
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:49 UTC
Vladimir Putin
A new Reuters/IPSOS poll shows a growing number of Americans seeing US-Russia relations as "back to the old days of the Cold War," with far more Americans seeing the Russian Federation as a bigger threat after the 2016 election campaign.

It should come as no surprise, of course, as the Clinton campaign spent the better part of the election claiming Russia was "hacking the vote," and hysteria around US-Russia hostilities seemed to grow precipitously every day through the election, and continued as a headline story well after the vote itself.

The polls show exactly what the campaign did to the American psyche, however, with a nearly 10% increase in the number of Americans identifying Russia as a "threat to the United States" between early 2015 and today. It's worth noting that the early 2015 figures were themselves already heightened by hype surrounding the East Ukraine civil war, and claims by US officials that a Russian invasion of Eastern Europe was imminent.

Distrust of Russians survived beyond the Cold War for many Americans, but in general US-Russia hostility hadn't penetrated into the panic mode levels of current polling data since the fall of the Soviet Union. The growing US military buildups in Eastern Europe and conflicting strategies of the US and Russia in Syria led to a growing amount of vilification of the Putin government.
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FBI arrests wife of Orlando nightclub shooter


RT
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:21 UTC
FBI officials collect evidence from the parking lot of the Pulse gay night club
© Adrees Latif / ReutersFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials collect evidence from the parking lot of the Pulse gay night club, the site of a mass shooting days earlier, in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 15, 2016.
Wife of the Pulse nightclub attacker Omar Mateen was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice. The FBI concluded Noor Salman was not telling the truth about her husband's plans for the June 2016 rampage.

Mateen declared allegiance to Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS/ISIL) during the attack in which 49 people were killed and 53 injured at the Orlando, Florida gay nightclub. Mateen himself died in a shootout with police.

Salman was arrested in San Francisco on Monday. She had moved several times since the shooting, citing hostility from the public.

Comment: Also see:

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Inquests open into deaths of 30 British tourists killed in Tunisian beach massacre of 2015


RT
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:42 UTC
tunisia attack, imperial marhaba resort attack
© Zohra Bensemra / Reuters A bullet hole pockmarks the window of a car parked in the street where the gunman who attacked the Imperial Marhaba resort was killed, in Sousse, Tunisia, June 30, 2015.
Inquests into the deaths of 30 British tourists killed in the Tunisian beach massacre of 2015 are due to start on Monday at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London.

Presided over by judge and coroner Nicholas Loraine-Smith, the inquests are expected to last around seven weeks.

Islamist terrorist Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi opened fire at the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel and the adjoining beach at the popular resort of Port El Kantaoui on June 26, 2015, killing 38 people in total.

Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) said it was behind the attack by the Tunisian student.

Comment: See also: At least 27 killed as gunmen attack beach outside 2 tourist hotels in Tunisia

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Pink Zones: UK insurance company calls for gender segregated roadways

Isaac Davis
Waking Times
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:41 UTC
pink zone driving
In the name of equality, justice and safe spaces, a car insurance firm in the United Kingdom is advocating for the creation and designation of gender split roadways to give women their own lanes and separate infrastructure in order to avoid the perils of sharing the road with men.

Shiela's Wheels, a car and personal theft insurance company which bills itself as having a 'different spin on car insurance,' has assembled a fact sheet concerning the statistical differences between men and women in regards to highway safety, accidents and injury reports.

Their conclusion, in short, is that women are at a greater risk of accident and injury while traveling on roads occupied by men, and that in order to correct this societal imbalance, separate, pink roadways and lanes should to be funded and created by government to segregate men and women drivers in some of the more dangerous thoroughfares in the UK.
"To counteract these issues, the PinkZones design concept proposes two new types of roads." ~Shiela's Wheels, Pink Zones

Comment: This proposal, and the people who originated it, are absolutely bonkers.

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Indian serial pedophile arrested after years of evading police


RT
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:38 UTC
Serial child rapist Sunil Rastogi, 38, is now in police custody in Delhi
© TotalTvNews / YouTubeSerial child rapist Sunil Rastogi, 38, is now in police custody in Delhi.
Delhi police have arrested a serial pedophile who sexually abused an estimated 500 children he mostly targeted walking alone after school over the course of the past 12 years.

While in police custody for sexually assaulting two girls, aged 9 and 10 years old, Sunil Rastogi admitted to the litany of sexual attacks on children - and claimed to have attempted assaulting many other minors during the period.

"He seems to be mentally sick as he has some very weird notions. He is very superstitious and said he came by Sampark Kranti Express only and cancelled his visit if he missed the train," Deputy Police Commissioner Omvir Singh Bishnoi said in a press conference.

Rastogi was arrested and jailed for six months in 2006 for raping a minor, according to the Times of India, but his crimes continued unchecked by police years after his release.
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Top Saudi cleric calls all vocal music & cinema 'a depravity'

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:14 UTC
Saudi Arabia beheading
Saudi Arabia is ruled by an oppressive regime with one of the worst human rights records in the world, and it's only getting worse.

I rarely need more reasons to dislike Saudi Arabia than I already have. After all it is the world's most inhumane state. But RT has just reported that top Saudi cleric Grand Mufti Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh has just castigated vocal musical performance and cinema saying that "We know that singing concerts and cinemas are a depravity".

Of course, in Saudi Arabia it is not a depravity to repress and murder Shia Muslims. It is not a depravity to ban Christian holy days and it is not a depravity to finance and encourage terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS. It is also perfectly normal to stone women to death and behead people for things which in almost every other state in the world are not crimes.

Comment: For more on the West's original 'Islamic State', see:

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Turkish cargo jet crash kills at least 37 near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - UPDATE


RT
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 07:58 UTC
Plane debris is seen at the crash site of a Turkish cargo jet near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport, outside Bishkek, January 16, 2017
© ReutersPlane debris is seen at the crash site of a Turkish cargo jet near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport, outside Bishkek, January 16, 2017
At least 37 people have been killed after a cargo plane belonging to Turkish MyCargo Airlines crashed into a residential neighborhood near Kyrgyzstan's capital of Bishkek, according to the emergency ministry.

Among those killed are four crew members, RIA Novosti news agency reported.


One of the pilots died at the scene of the accident, Kyrgyz Health Ministry spokeswoman Elena Bayalinova said.


The aircraft was operating the flight route TK6491 from Hong Kong to Bishkek, and would have flown on to Istanbul.


Comment: Wreckage engulfed in flames and heavy plumes of smoke - gruesome video shows the aftermath of cargo plane crash near Bishkek. At least 32 people were killed when the jet belonging to Turkish MyCargo Airlines crashed into a residential neighborhood.

The crash injured 15 people, six of them children, according to Kyrgyz health officials.

Emergency Services personnel are currently searching the site for black boxes from the crashed jet.

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Pro-Tibet activists arrested during protest at Swiss parliament


RT
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:06 UTC
free tibet protest
© Reuters / YouTube
Swiss Police have detained 32 pro-Tibet activists, including one man trying to set himself on fire, protesting against a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Several protesters near a security zone set up ahead of Xi Jinping's visit failed to comply with police instructions, Reuters reports. Police in riot control gear arrested protesters and also reportedly prevented one man from setting himself on fire.

Fourteen activists were detained outside the Swiss parliament on Monday afternoon as they continued to protest past the time limit. People were waving posters with messages such as "Free Tibet" and "Don't Deal with Killers." Swiss Police said they made the arrests "to secure safety."
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People

Poll shows trust in government, business and media has collapsed in Britain


RT
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:00 UTC
Houses of Parliment Ardea London
© Ardea London / www.globallookpress.com
Trust in major media institutions, the government, as well as the business community has plummeted to disturbing new lows over the last 12 months, according to an annual study by polling firm Edelman.

The figures show that trust in the government, which stood at only 36 percent at the start of 2016, plunged even further to 26 percent.

Among party leaders in the post-Brexit political climate, Prime Minister Theresa May is faring better at 35 percent than Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at 23 percent.

Comment: See also: UK Parliament to grill social media chiefs over 'fake news'

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