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Athens police fire tear gas at protesters rallying against Macedonia name deal

Michele Kambas
Reuters
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:33 UTC

Greeks rally Athens against Macedonia name change

Locals said the Athens rally was the largest in decades, easily outdoing rallies against austerity in previous years.

Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside parliament on Sunday as tens of thousands of Greeks rallied in Athens to protest against a name deal with Macedonia.

Central Athens turned into a sea of people holding blue and white Greek flags as thousands came from all over the country to rally against the accord to name the ex-Yugoslav state North Macedonia.

Many Greeks believe the name Macedonia implies a territorial claim over their country's own northern region of that name.

The issue evokes strong emotions among Greeks who consider Macedonia, the ancient kingdom ruled by Alexander the Great, to be an integral part of their homeland and heritage.

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Israel to shut UN run Palestinian schools in east Jerusalem

The Times of Israel
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 06:22 UTC

National Security Council said to decide on revoking permits from UN agency for Palestinian refugees, to be replaced next year by city-run schools using Israeli curriculum

Israeli officials are reportedly set to revoke permits for schools in East Jerusalem run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

The move would come as the latest strike against the UN Relief and Works Agency, which has seen its budget slashed by the US and its activities in East Jerusalem increasingly curtailed by Israel.

Israel's National Security Council decided to revoke permits allowing UNRWA schools in the city's Palestinian neighborhood to operate, starting next school year, Israel's Hadashot TV news reported Saturday.

According to the report, the UNRWA schools will be replaced by schools run by the Jerusalem municipality and under the aegis of the Israeli Education Ministry.

The network said the decision was reached during a National Security Council meeting last month to discuss expelling UNRWA from East Jerusalem following US President Donald Trump's decision to end American funding for the agency.

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2 killed, 22 injured in fire that tore through 3 buildings at Courchevel ski resort, France

BBC
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:34 UTC

Footage shows rescuers trying to use ladders to help people escape

Two people have been killed and at least 22 injured, four seriously, in a large fire at the Courchevel ski resort in the French Alps, police say.

The fire started before dawn on Sunday in a building housing seasonal workers. In all, three buildings were affected.

Seventy firefighters battled to bring the blaze under control. The cause has not yet been confirmed.

Footage from the scene shows fire crews using ladders to try to rescue people from inside the three-storey building.

One video, posted on social media, shows at least one person jumping from an upper floor window in an attempt to escape the blaze.

Comment: See also: Huge gas explosion at university in Lyon, France

BBC Question Time Staff caught drumming up audience antagonism against Diane Abbott before filming - and is now getting an earful about it!

Tom D. Rogers
Evolve Politics
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC

Members of BBC staff, including the new BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce, have been accused of making fun of the Labour Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott and stoking negative audience sentiment towards her during a warm-up session before filming of Thursday's edition of Question Time.

Since last night's edition of Question Time aired, numerous matching allegations from people claiming to have been in the audience have emerged.

Following the episode, Jyoti Wilkinson, a Parliamentary staff member for Labour MP Chris Williamson, tweeted:

Comment: Here are some more responses to the obviously skewed and appalling treatment of Abbot by the BBC:

Drunk female trooper's sexual assault on male Windsor Castle guard let off 'because she's a woman'

Mark Nichol
Daily Mail
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 22:00 UTC

Trooper Corrie-Alice Holmes, 25, molested her shocked comrade after returning to the regiment’s base in the early hours following a drunken night out last Sunday

Trooper Corrie-Alice Holmes, 25, molested her shocked comrade after returning to the regiment's base in the early hours following a drunken night out last Sunday

A female soldier from the regiment that Prince William and Prince Harry belonged to has been disciplined after sexually assaulting a male colleague on guard duty close to Windsor Castle.

Trooper Corrie-Alice Holmes, 25, a private in the prestigious Household Cavalry, molested her shocked comrade after returning to the regiment's base in the early hours following a drunken night out last Sunday.

Army sources have told this newspaper that Tpr Holmes forced herself against the younger soldier, tried to kiss him and rubbed her body against his before being pulled off by a furious officer who reacted to the male soldier's cries for help.

Comment: If the offender was a man the reactions from the authorities would be extremely different and therein lies part of the problem. It also seems likely that the soldiers contesting the judgment wouldn't be so outraged if the cases with male offenders were judged fairly:

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Acclaimed photographer & video journalist killed in Libya while working for RT's video agency

RT
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:41 UTC

Colleagues are mourning the death of Mohamed Ben Khalifa, a freelance photographer who worked for RT's video agency Ruptly and AP. Khalifa was killed by a stray shell south of Tripoli while on the job.

Ben Khalifa was killed on Saturday near Libya's capital, Tripoli, which has seen a flare-up of violence between rival militias since Wednesday. AFP reported, citing security sources, that the photographer came under shelling which targeted the positions of the group he was embedded with.

Ben Khalifa is survived by his wife and five-month-old baby daughter.

Condolences have been pouring in to the family of the 35-year-old from the journalist community in Libya, where he was known as one of the leading photographers, and beyond.

Comment: Journalism has become one of the most dangerous professions in the world.

On track: First kilometer of train link for Crimean Bridge complete

RT
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:46 UTC

Construction of the railway part of Crimean Bridge

Train movement on the railway part of the newly-built Crimean Bridge is scheduled for December. The railroad across the bridge will link the transport systems of Crimea and mainland Russia.

"As of today, the first kilometer of the main line's rail track has been completed, more than 1.5km of station tracks are ready," Crimea Inform news agency reported Friday.

According to the statement, a new Kerch-Yuzhnaya station is currently under construction with a fleet of tracks for freight, passenger and suburban trains. The existing station at Bagerovo is being reconstructed.

American homeschoolers are networking with Russian homeschoolers: Will 'upend' US democracy shrieks Clinton-linked Center for American Progress

Charles Bausman
Russia Inisder
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:49 UTC

This is very funny. The Center for American Progress (Wikipedia) is a major liberal foundation, basically, a front organization for the Clinton machine, which is now searching for a reason to exist. Major funders include Bill Gates, the Ford Foundation, and the United Arab Emirates. They have a news site, ThinkProgress, which ran an 'investigation' headed by this intellectual heavyweight, Casey Michel.

He quotes an 'expert' who says that homeschoolers are often 'Christofascists', and cites me, whom he describes as 'rabidly anti-semitic', linking to a Daily Beast article. He finds it alarming that I ran a favorable article about a big pro-Christian homeschooling conference recently held in St. Petersburg. It was written by Father Joseph Gleason, the American editor of Russian Faith who homeschooled his 8 children. Michel frets that Russian Faith, which I publish, is 'Kremlin linked', whatever that means.

Do read all about this frightening development that threatens the very foundations of our great Republic. Russian Christian homeschoolers are flourishing, and networking with and benefiting from the experience of Americans who have developed excellent Christian curriculums, books, and study materials. We can't have that now, can we! Shut it down!

Paul Joseph Watson: What they are not telling you about the Yellow Vests

Paul Joseph Watson
Sott.net
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC

There is a full-fledged and authentic 'European Spring' underway right now that the mainstream media - despite all its efforts - has been attempting to water down, mislabel and undercut with its bogus reportage. There are also blatant attempts by the governments of France, the UK and Germany - in cahoots with the same rotten corporate media establishment - to police political behavior and thought now that the Yellow Vests have brought the destructive policies of neo-liberalism and Globalism front and center to be discussed and remedied. The clash is something to behold, and its underpinnings, for all their implications, beg to be understood.

Only second day on job, newly elected sheriff arrested for stealing meth right out of evidence room

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC

You know the drug war is a failure when the police state can't keep their own sheriff's from stealing and abusing drugs like meth.

To those who frequent the Free Thought Project, you will know that positions of power often attract unscrupulous individuals, who seek out this power to give themselves an advantage that doesn't come with being an average Joe. We see this from cops to politicians to priests who seek out these positions to prey on the weak or exploit their power for personal gain. One case out of West Virginia highlights this tendency of power corrupting quite well as a meth addict sought out the job of sheriff, won it, and was arrested on the second day on the job.

In 2017, the newly elected sheriff of Roane County, Bo Williams was arrested and charged with grand larceny. Williams was caught stealing methamphetamine from the evidence room for his personal consumption.

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Society's Child

Athens police fire tear gas at protesters rallying against Macedonia name deal

Israel to shut UN run Palestinian schools in east Jerusalem

2 killed, 22 injured in fire that tore through 3 buildings at Courchevel ski resort, France

BBC Question Time Staff caught drumming up audience antagonism against Diane Abbott before filming - and is now getting an earful about it!

Drunk female trooper's sexual assault on male Windsor Castle guard let off 'because she's a woman'

Acclaimed photographer & video journalist killed in Libya while working for RT's video agency

On track: First kilometer of train link for Crimean Bridge complete

American homeschoolers are networking with Russian homeschoolers: Will 'upend' US democracy shrieks Clinton-linked Center for American Progress

Paul Joseph Watson: What they are not telling you about the Yellow Vests

Only second day on job, newly elected sheriff arrested for stealing meth right out of evidence room

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