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CBS News Reporter Sexually Assaulted by Gang in Cairo?


Tundra Truth
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:12 UTC
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CBS News correspondent Lara Logan on duty in Iraq.
"I've got an 8 pound Bass hanging on the wall that, if he could talk, would tell you what happens when you swallow anything that is presented without checking it out really well first, and this story smells like he would after about three days in the sun !"

I was talking to a friend of mine as I scanned the international news websites starting with Matt Drudge, when the headline blared out the news . As soon as I saw it, I immediately said, I bet it's Lara Logan!.. No I didn't have special powers, or inside info, but I do have a good memory.

I remembered the 'scuttlebutt' during the Iraq war and Afghanistan recounting her interesting habit of attempting to break the monotony over there by 'boinking' several soldiers and other contract employees sometimes in the back of pickup trucks and hummers. This practice was widely known by those who could get her anything she was in need of. (transportation to the front, permission to travel to certain destinations, information she could use, etc.) That's why I said I bet its Lara Logan. It just didn't smell right. (No pun intended) but back to the story.

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Sean Penn sees Haiti relief shortfalls


Associated Press
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:50 UTC
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U.S. actor Sean Penn attends a news conference about the Haiti fund raising gala in Vienna, Austria.
Vienna - Hollywood star Sean Penn is suggesting that efforts to help Haiti recover from last year's devastating earthquake are being hampered by a lack of cooperation and communication between aid groups.

The two-time Oscar winner co-founded the Jenkins-Penn Haiti Relief Organization in the wake of the Jan. 12, 2010, disaster and has personally taken part in projects on the Caribbean island.

Penn told reporters in the Austrian capital Tuesday that "there's far too much duplication, far too little communication" between organizations and that there are "competing cultures in the international relief world."

He also said Haitians were still experiencing "enormous trauma" and that he's approached every day by people who, first and foremost, want jobs.
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Egyptian military calls for damaging strikes and protests to end

Donald Macintyre
The Independent
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:46 UTC
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Protesters celebrate the fall of Hosni Mubarak
The Egyptian military yesterday reinforced its efforts to try to return the country to normal by demanding an end to strikes and protests while holding out the prospect of an accelerated agenda on political reform.

There were indications from the military and Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik that liberalising amendments to the constitution would be drafted in time to put them to a national referendum in two months, while the civilian cabinet would be reshuffled to bring in opposition politicians.

But the ruling Higher Military Council issued a stern warning on state television that demonstrations and a wave of labour unrest over pay and conditions were damaging security and the economy, adding: "Noble Egyptians see that these strikes, at this delicate time, lead to negative results."
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Iran protests see reinvigorated activists take to the streets in thousands

Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Guardian.co.UK
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:41 UTC
Riot police and basiji militia use teargas on protesters, with reports that one demonstrator was killed in clashes

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An anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran.
Thousands of defiant protesters in Iran's capital have clashed with security officials as they marched in a banned rally. One person was reported killed, with dozens injured and many more arrested.

Supporters of the Green movement appeared in scattered groups in various locations in central Tehran and other big cities in what was seen as the Iranian opposition's first attempt in more than a year to hold street protests against the government.

The riot police and government-sponsored plainclothes basiji militia used teargas, wielded batons and opened fire to disperse protesters who chanted "death to the dictator", a reference to both Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Witnesses told the Guardian that despite a heavy security presence, small groups of people succeeded in gathering in main squares leading to Azadi ("freedom") Square - a chosen focal point.

HRANA, a human rights website, reported that one protester was killed and three injured when riot police opened fire at protesters near Tohid Square in Tehran. The website also said that at least 250 protesters have been arrested. Opposition websites also reported significant gatherings in the cities of Shiraz, Isfahan, Rasht, Mashhad and Kermanshah.
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Dogs 'share their owners' emotions'


Telegraph.co.uk
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:30 UTC
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The bond between dogs and their owners may be deeper than we thought Photo:

The bond between dogs and their owners may be deeper than we thought, according to research that suggests the pets may share their owners' emotions.

When the animals are confronted with a human displaying strong feelings, they themselves produce a similar emotional response, the researchers found.

The discovery could cast light on how dogs' pack behaviour has been translated into the modern world.

Biomedical scientist Dr Karine Silva, of the University of Porto, says that dogs even possess certain human-like social skills that chimpanzees, our closest relatives, do not.
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US: Protestors swell to 25,000 at Wisconsin capital


Raw Story
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:52 UTC
Yesterday, on the third day of protests against Wisconsin's anti-union legislation, an estimated 25,000 protesters swarmed the capital building.

This video is from the Associated Press, broadcast February 17, 2011.

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Kentucky: Murray State University professor resigns after comparing black student to slave

David Edwards
Raw Story
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:44 UTC
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A political science professor at Murray State University has resigned after telling an African American student that she didn't show up early to class because slaves were always late.

Freshman Arlene Johnson told the Murray Ledger & Times that professor Mark Wattier had already begun the screening of a film before she showed up on time to an August class.

After the class, Wattier explained to Johnson and another student that he always started film screenings 10-15 minutes early.
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Military chaplain: Soldier's rape 'must have been God's will'

Sahil Kapur
Raw Story
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:10 UTC
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Washington - A lawsuit targeting the Pentagon contains an astonishing anecdote about a retired Sergeant's experience after being sexually assaulted by a colleague during a deployment to Afghanistan.

The lawsuit, available here (PDF), was filed by 17 military women against Secretaries of Defense Robert Gates and Donald Rumsfeld in Virginia. It assails "the military's repeated failures to take action in rape cases created a culture where violence against women was tolerated, violating the plaintiffs' Constitutional rights."

Sergeant Rebekah Havrilla alleges in the complaint that in 2006, after her military supervisor repeatedly sexually harassed her, she was raped by a colleague she was working with at the time.
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OJ Simpson 'beaten to a bloody pulp in racist prison attack'

David Gardner
Mail Onlilne
Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:35 UTC
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'Depressed': OJ Simpson during his 2008 sentencing in Las Vegas. The former footballer is said to have been beaten unconscious in prison

Shamed football great OJ Simpson was beaten unconscious in a racially motivated prison attack, according to a report.

A skinhead inmate is said to have kicked and punched Simpson to 'a bloody pulp' after allegedly overhearing him bragging about his sexual conquests of white women.

The 63-year-old disgraced athlete spent three weeks in hospital recovering from his injuries, said the National Enquirer.
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Iranian protesters call for 'death to dictator'

Archie Bland
The Independent
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:17 UTC
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Iranian protesters gathered for the first time since December 2009

Tehran was convulsed by protests yesterday as thousands of demonstrators, inspired by the success of the uprising in Egypt, took to the streets of the Iranian capital for the first time in more than a year.

Chanting "death to the dictator", the demonstrators filled the streets after opposition groups called for marches in sympathy with the movement in Cairo. Marching towards the central Enghelab, or Revolution, Square, protesters were met with volleys of tear gas, shots from paintball guns and beatings from state security forces, Reuters reported.

The demonstrators, galvanised for the first time since their last major gathering in December 2009, seized upon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's praise for the Egyptian protests, which he said were inspired by Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, to provide a pretext for their own action. After they asked for permission to march in solidarity, the government barred such marches, a position seized upon by the United States as evidence of hypocrisy. Also, phones were cut and the home of a key opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was blockaded.
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