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Hands of Venezuela: Demonstrators around the world march to prevent US-led intervention


RT
Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:01 UTC
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© Flickr / Joe Catron
The government of Nicolas Maduro is doing far more for the people of Venezuela than the US administration by providing free services for its population, anti-war activist Sara Flounders told RT, condemning the US-led intervention.

The activists, opposing the US-led intervention, organized some 150 demonstrations around the globe on Saturday to show that ordinary people are against any form of foreign interference. Rallies have been taking place across the US, Flounders told RT after attending a 'No War on Venezuela' rally in New York City.

"In Venezuela today, there is more than six million families who are provided every single week a basic basket of essential supplies. It far exceeds any kind of food distribution program in the United States," Flounders said.
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Child abuse: Gay & trans sex education to be taught to five year old children in UK - opting out is ILLEGAL


RT
Sun, 24 Feb 2019 14:02 UTC
UK gender indoctrination children

The lessons on homosexuality and transgenderism will be taught to pupils from the age of five, and it will be illegal for parents to take their children out of the classroom for the lessons in secondary school.
The UK Conservative government is set to announce plans for the introduction of lessons on homosexuality and transgenderism for primary school students, despite an official petition against the move, signed by over 100,000.

The Sunday Times reports that the new curriculum has been finalized after a six-month consultation with the Department of Education, and will be rolled out across UK schools starting from the 2020-21 educational year.

It will be taught to pupils from the age of five, and it will be illegal for parents to take their children out of the classroom for the lessons in secondary school, meaning that at least a term's worth of sex education classes - and likely far more - will be attended by each student.

A popular petition to parliament demanding that the opt-out be retained for the length of the child's school education will be debated in the House of Commons on Monday, though it is not expected to affect the schedule for the implementation of the legislation.

Comment: As sp!ked journalist Brendan O'Neill remarked, "there is no escaping the uncomfortable fact that trans activists, and their many supporters in the establishment, are leading children astray and could well have a detrimental impact on the lives and futures of the new generation."

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Facebook allows advertisers to directly target consumers even if they're Nazi sympathizers

Sam Dean
Los Angeles Times
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:59 UTC
Mark Zuckerberg
© Craig Ruttle / Associated Press
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks to press and advertising partners in 2007.
Facebook makes money by charging advertisers to reach just the right audience for their message - even when that audience is made up of people interested in the perpetrators of the Holocaust or explicitly neo-Nazi music.

Despite promises of greater oversight following past advertising scandals, a Times review shows that Facebook has continued to allow advertisers to target hundreds of thousands of users the social media firm believes are curious about topics such as "Joseph Goebbels," "Josef Mengele," "Heinrich Himmler," the neo-nazi punk band Skrewdriver and Benito Mussolini's long-defunct National Fascist Party.

Experts say that this practice runs counter to the company's stated principles and can help fuel radicalization online.

"What you're describing, where a clear hateful idea or narrative can be amplified to reach more people, is exactly what they said they don't want to do and what they need to be held accountable for," said Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League's center on extremism.

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'Cannibal' arrested for chopping mother into 'thousands of pieces' and sharing with dog


RT
Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:32 UTC
Cannibal arrested
© Facebook / Policía Nacional
A 26-year-old man has been arrested by Spanish police after confessing to killing his mother and chopping up her body into more than 1,000 pieces before eating some of her remains.

Alberto Sanchez Gomez confessed to the brutal slaying of his 66-year-old mother, Maria Soledad Gomez, after detectives came to his Madrid apartment enquiring about the woman who had been missing for a month, reports Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

Sanchez reportedly confessed to killing and dismembering his mother, cooking parts of her body and disposing of her organs in the bin. The horrifying confession led police to the grim discovery of the woman's partial remains in six large tupperware boxes.
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Pilot dies, family avoids disaster as plane crashes into home in Florida

Anthony Rivas, Jason M. Volack, Christine Theodorou
ABC News
Sun, 24 Feb 2019 12:32 UTC
Plane hits home
© WFTS
A small aircraft with two people onboard crashed into a home in Winter Haven, Fla, Feb. 23, 2019.
A nightmare came true for one family in Florida when a plane fell from the sky and crashed through the roof of a home.

The pilot of the flight was killed, but a trainee pilot and eight people inside the home all walked away with minor injuries.

"It was the day of miracles," said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd during a press conference, referring to the fact that everyone inside the house survived.

The twin-engine aircraft fell into the house in Winter Haven, Florida, at around 1 p.m. while its pilot, James Wagner, 64, and his trainee, Timothy Sheehy, were practicing simulated engine failure training, Judd said.
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California city to pay $21 million settlement to man who spent 39 years in prison for crime he didn't commit

Mark Osborne
ABC News
Sun, 24 Feb 2019 02:55 UTC
Craig Coley
© AP
Craig Coley, who spent 39 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, talks with reporters Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif.
A wrongfully convicted man has agreed to a $21 million settlement with a California city after he spent 39 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.

Craig Coley was convicted of murdering Rhonda Wicht and her 4-year-old son, Donald, in 1978 and spent the better part of four decades in jail. He was released in November 2017 after receiving a pardon from then-Gov. Jerry Brown. He was 70 years old at the time of his release.

Now he's collecting a massive payout from the city that convicted him of the crime he did not commit.

Simi Valley, California, released a statement Saturday afternoon saying it had come to an agreement with Coley to pay him $21 million.
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Israeli soldiers fire rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades on peaceful protesters in West Bank village


IMEMCnews
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:26 UTC
Kufur Qaddoum protests West Bank Feb 22 2019

Soldiers started firing rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, several Palestinians during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.

Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the Palestinians and international peace activists marched from the local park, and headed to the nearby closed main road.

He added that the soldiers started firing rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

Eshteiwi also stated that the Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum will continue their protests despite the excessive use of force by the army, and that they insist on their legitimate demand to have the main entrance of their village reopened.

Comment: Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers act with sadistic barbarism, yet it is those who dare question their brutality who are condemned:

After Israeli anchor calls out brutality of 'occupation', political leaders land hard on her

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Russia's export growth continues to defy US sanctions

Tom Luongo
Gold Goats 'n Guns
Sat, 23 Feb 2019 21:28 UTC
power of siberia pipeline russia
© Valery Sharifulin / TASS
Construction of a part of the Power of Siberia pipeline.
Russia is winning its war of attrition against aggressive U.S. sanctions policy. Diplomatically, Russia is winning on all fronts, finding positive solutions through its abundant energy reserves to open gaps in relationships t hat have been frozen in geopolitical amber for two generations.

The latest balance of trade data from Rosstat tells the tale. Russia continues to run a massive trade surplus even though oil prices crashed in the fourth quarter and have only somewhat recovered.

I've covered the surprising stability of the Russian ruble over the past six months given the volatility in oil prices in the past. That stability is key to the future of central Asia as well as eastern Europe.

Putin is positioning Russia and the ruble as the glue which ties central Asia's development together through the Eurasian Economic Union. So, it and Russia's economy defying the best efforts of the U.S. to impede its growth is something to keep watch on.
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Yellow Vests protests held across France for 15th week in a row


RT
Sat, 23 Feb 2019 21:18 UTC
yellow vest
© Jean-Francois Monier / AFP
"Yellow Vest" protest in front of the Chateau de Chambord.
The Yellow Vest movement staged anti-government protests for the 15th week in a row on Saturday, with thousands participating across France. Some minor clashes were reported during the generally peaceful day of action.

The French Interior Ministry estimates that a total of 41,500 people marched in streets around the country, a dwindling number compared to almost 300,000 at the peak of the movement's strength.

French authorities arrested 13 protesters in Clermont-Ferrand, with the police reporting the seizure of baseball bats, crowbars and other weapons.

A further six people were taken into custody in the capital, Paris, while in Nantes police deployed tear gas against the demonstrators.
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Horrifying videos show ramming at Simon Bolivar bridge in Venezuela


RT
Sat, 23 Feb 2019 17:44 UTC
Bridge collapse
© Schneyder Mendoza / AFP
Three Venezuelans, who rammed a barrier blocking a border bridge in Venezuela before defecting to Colombia, seem to have paid little care about the well-being of civilians and injured several people.

The incident occurred on Saturday morning amid a larger confrontation there, over the attempts by Venezuela's US-backed opposition to force a delivery of 'humanitarian aid' into the Latin American country - a move that its government denounced as a PR stunt and possibly a cover to smuggle arms.

Footage of the incident released by AFP shows two armored vehicles speeding towards the camera and a crowd of people running away to avoid being hit. The front vehicle then rams into the metal barrier. In the aftermath several people appear to be hurt, including a young woman covered in blood with an injury on her forehead.
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