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South Korean prosecutors to file charges against Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong on Monday


Sputnik
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:06 UTC
samsung lee jae-yong corruption scandal
© AFP 2016/ JUNG Yeon-Je
Special prosecutors of South Korea plan to file charges against Lee Jae-yong, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., over corruption scandal on February 27, local media reported on Sunday.

The prosecution plans to indict Lee, former presidential aide Woo Byung-woo and several other suspects on Monday, Yonhap news agency reported citing unnamed sources.

According to the media, special prosecutors questioned Lee for the second day straight on Sunday on suspicion of bribing President Park Geun-hye's friend Choi Soon-sil in return for state support of a controversial merger.

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Large sewage spill into the Tijuana River, Mexico, fouls air and ocean north of the border

Christopher Weber
The Sacramento Bee
Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:33 UTC
Imperial Beach
© KPBS
Imperial Beach, California
Officials in Southern California are crying foul after more than 140 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Tijuana River in Mexico and flowed north of the border for more than two weeks, according to a report. The spill was caused Feb. 2 during rehabilitation of a sewage collector pipe and wasn't contained until Thursday, the International Boundary and Water Commission said in its report released Friday. The river drains into the Pacific Ocean on the U.S. side.

Serge Dedina, the mayor of Imperial Beach, California, said residents of his city and other coastal communities just north of the border have complained about a growing stench. Dedina criticized federal officials in the U.S. and Mexico for not alerting people to the spill.

Comment: This reoccurring sewage crisis has a history of ongoing negligence. As one example of many, in April, 2012, another ruptured pipeline dumped 2M gallons of raw sewage into the ocean from the Tijuana River, closing adjacent beaches because of high bacteria counts. A sewage treatment plant, built to solve this problem, unfortunately does not capture subsequent sewage flows having been brilliantly located outside the regulatory reach and without enforcement action. For the public involved, this stinks.

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Fire

Tweet war: London mayor backtracks after likening Scottish nationalism to racism


RT
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:11 UTC
Sadiq Khan
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan
London Mayor Sadiq Khan sparked a row in tweets preceding his latest speech by implying Scottish nationalism is akin to racism. He was forced to backpedal after Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, slammed his remarks as "spectacularly ill-judged."

"The last thing we need now is to pit different parts of our country or sections of our society against each other - or to further fuel division or seek separation. There's no difference between those who try to divide us on the basis of whether we're English or Scottish, and those who try to divide us on the basis of our background, race, or religion," Khan said in tweeted remarks preceding his speech to the Scottish Labour conference in Perth on Saturday. He also implied that a new Scottish independence referendum would be destabilizing. "The world is an increasingly divided place - with Brexit, the election of President Trump and the rise of populist and narrow nationalist parties around the world," he said.

Comment: Those who need to express frustrations will choose any opportunity to express their angst and any target upon which to focus it.

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Question

I'm waiting for Google to explain why they deleted Natural News

Jon Rappoport
Green Med Info
Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:19 UTC
Google

As many of you know by now, Google deleted Natural News, owned by Mike Adams, from its listings.

When you type in "Natural News," you get "Natural.News" instead, a different and tiny site also owned by Mike Adams.

Various people have speculated about Google's reasons. All Google has to do is print an explanation. Where is it?

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Eye 1

Meet the terrorist behind the next "Day without a Woman" march

Kyle Smith
New York Post
Sat, 25 Feb 2017 01:53 UTC
Women's march
© Getty Images
Here's the left's next great idea for bringing down President Trump: another women's march. Which means another public instance of Trump haters shouting slogans to one another and mistaking it for constructive politics. What progressives need to defeat Trump is outreach, but all they have is outrage.

On March 8, organizers seem to be aiming for a different vibe than the librarians-in-pussy-hats element that made the first women's march after Trump's inauguration so adorable.

Instead of milling around Washington, organizers have in mind a "general strike" called the Day without a Woman. In a manifesto published in The Guardian on Feb. 6, the brains behind the movement are calling for a "new wave of militant feminist struggle." That's right: militant, not peaceful.

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4K ISIS victims buried in mass grave in Iraqi desert


RT
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 17:15 UTC
mass grave Iraq
© Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP
A member of the Iraqi forces checks a mass grave in the Hamam al-Alil area on November 7, 2016.
The bodies of some 4,000 Islamic State victims have been buried in the Khasfa sinkhole in Iraq's desert, making it the country's largest mass grave, according to locals, police, and activists, as cited by The Telegraph.

The sinkhole is located near the Baghdad-Mosul highway, only eight kilometers from Mosul, the daily reports.

Witnesses and police, as well as human rights organizations, say that Islamic State (IS, Daesh, formerly ISIS/ISIL) murdered and dumped the bodies of thousands of Iraqi troops into the sinkhole after they captured Mosul three years ago.

The majority were shot and thrown into the pit, locals said.

"Daesh would drive the victims to Khasfa in convoys of minibuses, trucks and pickups. The men had their hands bound and their eyes blindfolded. They were taken to the sinkhole and shot in the back of the head," 40-year-old local villager Mahmoud told The Daily Telegraph.

Comment: See also: Hidden hells of ISIS: Thousands of bodies found in 72 mass graves as images reveal the shocking scale of industrial-scale murder

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Wyoming police officers charged with 'extreme' and 'militant' child abuse

Nick Learned
K2 Radio
Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:59 UTC
Casper police
Two Casper police officers could face prison time after allegedly subjecting two adopted special-needs children to "extreme," "militant" and "demeaning" physical and emotional abuse over roughly the past decade.

Laura Starnes-Wells, a former school resource officer at Centennial Junior High School, is wanted on one count of felony child abuse. She could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.

Sgt. Aaron Shatto of the Natrona County Sheriff's Office, which conducted the investigation, says the office is in contact with Starnes-Wells' attorney and "working on having her turn herself in," as she was in another state when the warrant was issued earlier this week.

Todd Wells, who is charged with a misdemeanor count of endangering children and could face up to a year of imprisonment if convicted, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday.

The children - a boy and a girl - remain in the custody of the Wyoming Department of Family Services. The boy has been in DFS custody since May 2014, and the girl was taken into custody at the end of May 2016.

Comment: Starnes-Wells shouldn't have a dog in her custody, let alone children.

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Public trust in Google drops after it bans Natural News

Mike Adams
Natural News
Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:41 UTC
google
Google's insidious censorship of the entire NaturalNews.com website has set off a firestorm of outrage across the independent media, with a wave of readers expressing astonishment and disgust at Google's indiscriminate banning of the entire NaturalNews.com website for no justifiable reason. (They are now claiming a "violation of Webmaster Guidelines" which could mean anything they want it to mean.)

As the censorship against Natural News continues, people everywhere are declaring their intention to switch to alternative search engines such as DuckDuckGo, Bing or Good Gopher. They're also expressing strong support for Natural News to defy the bullying of Google and continue reporting the truth on all the topics that matter for our health, our environment and our society.

This is just a tiny sample of the much larger conversation raging online, but one Natural News reader, also a user of Gmail, complained to Google with the following message:

Comment: More on this story: Google blacklists Natural News, removes 140,000 pages from its index

Of course, Google denies any nefarious motives behind the ban: Google claims 'website violation' in Natural News banning

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'Bloomberg drug culture': Former saleswoman sues for $20 million after alleged rape by high-level executive

Kevin Dugan
New York Post
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:58 UTC
Nick Ferris

Nick Ferris, former head of global development allegedly attacked the woman in his New York City apartment twice in February and March of 2013.
A former Bloomberg LP sales executive drugged and raped a saleswoman on his staff twice over a number of weeks, an explosive lawsuit claims.

The attacks by Nick Ferris, a former global business development head at the company, happened after work in February and March 2013 at his Manhattan apartment, the lawsuit claims.

The first attack happened after Ferris and his 22-year-old subordinate enjoyed drinks at a business dinner and then downed vodka and smoked pot at his apartment, the suit alleges.

The woman, whose identity is not disclosed in the suit, said she went to sleep in a guest bedroom after partying with Ferris and his girlfriend — only to be awakened in the middle of the night by the sexual attack, according to the suit, filed in state court in the Bronx.

Ferris has not been charged with any crime. The civil suit claims civil rights violations, a hostile work environment and sexual discrimination.
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House

Jodie Foster leads anti-Trump protest ahead of Oscars. Her $11.7M mansion is home to how many refugees?

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:15 UTC
jodie foster
Jodie Foster spoke to a crowd of two thousand globalists at hollywood's anti-Trump rally: 'It's Time to Engage'.

Oscar award winning actress Jodie Foster addressed a crowd of hollywood's finest at talent agency UTA's "United Voices" event in protest of President Trump.

Industry pros, entertainers and civilians gathered for the anti-Trump, pro-immigration rally outside United Talent Agency's Beverly Hills headquarters.

Comment: Argo: Hollywood as extension of CIA propaganda

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