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Brazilian 'miracle healer', who shot to fame from Oprah appearance, faces arrest in sex abuse probe

Anthony Boadle
Reuters
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:24 UTC
João Teixeira de Faria
Police are investigating accusations by over 200 women that a self-proclaimed Brazilian faith healer, who became a celebrity after appearing on a show hosted by Oprah Winfrey, sexually abused them while they were seeking spiritual guidance and treatment.

Prosecutors have requested the arrest of João Teixeira de Faria, known as "John of God", from a court in Abadiania, a small town in central Brazil where he has his spiritual center, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Since the first accusation was aired on television on Friday, 258 women - some of them foreigners - have come forward accusing Faria of abuses, according to the prosecutors' office for the state of Goias where Abadiania is located.
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'Gilets Jaunes' movement spreading: Pro-Brexit protesters block London bridges, bring traffic to standstill


RT
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:11 UTC
yellow vests westminster bridge london
© Twitter/p4rus
Pro-Leave demonstrators donning yellow vests took over Tower Bridge (pictured) today as they demanded Britain's exit from the EU
Pro-Brexit activists, wearing yellow vests similar to those worn in recent protests in France, have blocked London's Westminster Bridge, briefly bringing traffic to a standstill.

Passersby tweeted content from the bridge, showing several dozen protesters sitting in front of traffic, chanting: 'Brexit now' and singing 'Rule Britannia'. Several protesters were seen waving the Union Jack flag, while others were wearing clothing with pro-Donald Trump insignia.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan police said they are aware of the protests, adding that no arrests have been made.

Comment: They started on Westminster Bridge, then blocked two more over the whole day. They're also gearing up for more protests tomorrow:

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Never underestimate the power of the right symbol.

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Psycho priest violently forces toddler's head into holy water because 'Satan was inside her'

Kate Buck
Metro, UK
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:58 UTC
Russian priest's violent baptism
© east2west
A priest faces a church court after video emerged of him violently forcing a toddler's head underwater three times while she screamed.

Ilia Semiletov has been suspended from his post with the Russian Orthodox Church over the violent baptism of the two-year-old girl.

Semiletov allegedly hit her head on the font during the baptism, a claim which both the church and the girl's mother deny.

Although the unnamed girl's parents did not register a complaint, her mother admitted the girl 'cried because she was scared of the priest.'

She added she was 'grateful' to Semiletov for baptising her daughter.


Comment: This is child abuse, pure and simple.

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USA

US litters Kosovo streets with its flag as the region votes to create vassal army, Serbs respond with flying Serbian flag


RT
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:01 UTC
American flags Kosovo
© Marko Jaksic
American flags were flown over the Albanian-majority south side of Mitrovica in Kosovo as the region voted to create its own army. In response, buildings on the north side were draped in Serbian flags, hanging out of windows.

Peacekeepers from the NATO force KFOR rolled onto the bridge connecting the two halves of the divided city of Mitrovica in Kosovo on Thursday, as the breakaway region's MPs prepared to approve the creation of its own army.

The streets behind the peacekeepers' armed vehicles, on the Albanian-majority southern side of the city, were adorned with strings of overhanging American flags - the US being about the only major international player that backed the idea of a Kosovan army.
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Number of prisoners in Russia drops to record low


RT
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:53 UTC
Russia prison
© Global Look Press / Pravda Komsomolskaya
Sleeping unit in a male penal colony in Russia.
Russia enjoys a record-low number of inmates, thanks to "humanization" of the penal code, deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has said, adding that the number of jailed people is expected to shrink further.

Over the past few years, the number of inmates in Russia has dropped by nearly 250,000, the FSIN deputy head, Valeriy Maksimenko, toldjournalists on Friday.

Currently, 467,000 people are serving jail terms, which is the lowest number in modern Russian history.
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Green Beret major charged with murdering Afghan man


RFE/RL
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:33 UTC
Major Matthew Golsteyn
A U.S. Army Green Beret major has been charged with murder in the death of an Afghan man during his 2010 deployment to the war-torn country, the U.S. military says.

A spokesman said on December 13 that Major Matthew Golsteyn's commander had determined that "sufficient evidence exists" to warrant the charges.

Golsteyn has allegedly admitted to shooting and killing a man in Afghanistan, saying he suspected him of being a Taliban bomb maker.
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Evil Rays

Confirmed: US diplomats suffered ear damage after a mysterious illness reported at its Cuban embassy


RT
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:19 UTC
US Embassy Cuba
© Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
US Embassy in Havana, Cuba
More than two dozen diplomats stationed at the US embassy in Cuba suffered genuine in-ear damage after a mystery illness caused "intense" pain and dizziness, a study by the doctors who first treated them found.

The series of unexplained cases had prompted fears that the diplomats were intentionally targeted by Cuba with some kind of futuristic sonic weapon and even led the US embassy to downsize its staff in Havana last year out of concerns for their "health, safety, and well-being."

The new study, conducted by physicians at the University of Miami and the University of Pittsburgh published in the Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology journal, found that all of the individuals had suffered "unsteadiness and features of cognitive impairment."

In total, 25 people had reported intense pain in one or both ears as well as tinnitus, a ringing in the ears. The doctors confirmed that the patients displayed "abnormalities in the otolithic organs" which help maintain the body's balance. "We're not saying it's not an injury to the brain. It may be," said Dr. Michael E. Hoffer, the lead author of the report, speaking to reporters on Wednesday. "We do know, for sure, that it's an injury to the ear and that the brain is affected."

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© Jennifer A. Villwock, MD

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A leg for a rock: Palestinian protest victims show Israeli troops aim for lower extremities

Todd Pitman
AP
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
Legamputees
© AP/Felipe Dana
Combo of photos from September 19, 2018 from a Gaza City clinic.
Israeli forces deployed along the volatile border with the Gaza Strip have fired live rounds at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters ever since demonstrations against Israel's long-running blockade of Gaza began in March. And for eight months, Israeli snipers have targeted one part of the body more than any other - the legs.

The Israeli army says it is responding to weekly assaults on its frontier by Palestinians armed with stones, grenades and firebombs. The military says it opens fire only as a last resort, and considers firing at the lower limbs an act of restraint.

Still, 175 Palestinians have been shot to death, according to an Associated Press count. And the number of wounded has reached colossal proportions.

Of the 10,511 protesters treated at hospitals and field clinics in Gaza so far, at least 6,392, or roughly 60 percent, have been struck in the lower limbs, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. At least 5,884 of those casualties were hit by live ammunition; others have been hit by rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters.

Comment: Israel's twisted and sick persuasion: A maimed Palestinian becomes a constant reminder.
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Arrow Up

UK charity warns number of rough sleepers up 20% since last Christmas

May Bulman
The Independent, UK
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:55 UTC
Rough sleeping on the rise in UK
© Getty Images
Levels of rough sleeping rough in the UK have doubled in five years - rising by 20 per cent in just 12 months, according to new figures.

The government has been accused of "ignoring an ongoing crisis" as research estimates more than 24,000 people are currently sleeping on the streets or in cars, public transport or tents has soared since 2012.

Campaigners said reduced investment for affordable homes, cuts to housing benefit and a lack of protection for private renters had prompted the rise, leaving thousands of people with no choice but to sleep rough.

It shows the largest increase was in England, where the figure has soared by a staggering 120 per cent in five years to around 22,000. In Scotland, by contrast, the number of people recorded as sleeping rough has dropped by 6 per cent to 1,600.

The research, collated by academics at Heriot-Watt University for Crisis, suggest the true scale of rough sleeping is far higher than government estimates, which put the figure for England at 4,751.

Comment: See also: Shocking study finds 131,000 children will be homeless in the UK at Christmas

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Three women seriously injured after stabbings in Nuremberg


DAP/The Local
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:24 UTC
A police car in Nuremberg early on Friday morning.
© DPA
A police car in Nuremberg early on Friday morning.
Three women were rushed to hospital due to life-threatening injuries on Thursday after being stabbed in separate incidents by an unknown attacker.

The horror attacks, which happened in the southern German city of Nuremberg, have left two women fighting for their lives, and another woman seriously injured.

The attacks happened within a few hours of each other in the St. Johannis district of the Bavarian city. Police said it could not be ruled out that they one perpetrator was behind all three attacks.

Around 7.20 p.m. a 56 year old woman was stabbed by a man in the upper body area and was taken to hospital.

Later, around 10.45 p.m, a 26-year-old woman, who was making her way home at the time, was also attacked with a knife by a man just a few streets away.

Shortly afterwards, a 34-year-old woman was then also stabbed by a man. The latter two women suffered life-threatening injuries, police said. All three underwent emergency surgery.

Comment: RT adds:
A police chopper and K-9 units were deployed to help track the attacker. The search continued on Friday and the district has an "increased police presence to restore the sense of security," police spokesperson for the Bavaria's Middle Franconia region, Bert Rauenbusch, told reporters. Officers are currently looking for witnesses and interviewing the victims.

The suspect is described as man in late 20s with blonde hair and a three-day beard.

Residents have been warned that he could be wielding a knife, although the exact type of the weapon is still unclear. Police say that so far there are no signs that the attacks are terror-related.


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