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Occupied West Bank: At least 1 Israeli dead, 2 wounded in Palestinian attack


RT
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 09:35 UTC
IDF guards
© Reuters/Ammar AwadIsraeli forces stand guard near the scene of Palestinian shooting attack near the Jewish settlement of Ariel, in the occupied West Bank March 17, 2019.
A shooting carried out by a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank has left at least one Israeli dead and two others wounded. The suspect is currently on the run from the IDF.

The attack began when a Palestinian grabbed a gun from an Israeli near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank and then shot him. The Palestinian then reportedly shot another man, stole his car, and fled the scene. He later opened fire at a bus stop, wounding a third person.

The IDF said in a statement that they were searching for the gunman.

The incident comes after two Israeli soldiers stationed in the West Bank were injured in a car ramming attack in early March. Two of the suspects were shot and killed by Israeli forces, and a third was wounded, according the military.

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Fined €400, cold sober US soldiers disrespectfully urinated on Latvia's Freedom Monument


RT
Sat, 16 Mar 2019 20:25 UTC
Freedom Monument Latvia
© The Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia. Sputnik/Sergey MelkonovThe Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia.
Some US troops who come to Latvia for drills don't seem to have too much respect for their hosts, as two of them were caught peeing on the landmark Freedom Monument in Riga. They were stone-cold sober while doing so.

The surveillance center of the Riga Municipal Police noticed two men urinating on the Freedom Monument in the center on the city on March 8. Patrolling officers were immediately sent on site and detained the perpetrators.

When their papers were checked it turned out that those responsible for the bizarre act were American troops, who arrived in the country for wargames. Latvia had been hosting NATO's Dynamic Front exercises between March 2 and 9.

Their motivation for using a 42-meter-tall monument as a toilet is yet unclear. But Riga police spokesman, Toms Sadovskis , told LETA news agency that the US servicemen were sober during the act. However, the wrongdoers didn't escape punishment as each of them was slapped with a fine of a whole €400 (around $454) before being let go.

Understanding that the Latvian public may find the penalty insufficient, Defense Ministry spokesman Kaspars Galkins promised that the soldiers will also face sanctions from the US Army, which "will probably be much harsher." However, there has been no confirmation to that so far.
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US citizen sentenced to 10 years in Iran for insulting Khamenei, posting image with girlfriend online


RT
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 19:29 UTC
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
© Reuters/ TIMA/ Nazanin Tabatabaee YazdiA portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran
A US citizen has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars after a trial in Iran, his lawyer said. The former Navy serviceman violated a lèse-majesté law and a private information law that do not apply in the US.

Michael White, who used to serve in the aviation maintenance administration in the Navy before his retirement, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday, the American's lawyer, Mark Zaid, told media. White was arrested in July in the town of Mashhad, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing his family.

Few details are known about the charges he faced and was convicted of. Zaid said that White was facing two separate charges, one of which was insulting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. It's unclear how and under what circumstances White committed the offense.

Another charge was linked to posting private information online, which is punishable in Iran. The 'private information', according to Zaid, is an Instagram photo of White with his girlfriend who lives in Iran.

White is now planning to appeal the sentence, which he can do within 22 days.
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New Zealand shooter's worldwide trips investigated


RT
Sat, 16 Mar 2019 19:22 UTC
Brenton Tarrant
© AFP/ TRT WorldA CCTV video still of Brenton Tarrant at a Turkish airport in 2016 made available by TRT World.
The Australian accused of the deadly shooting at two mosques in New Zealand traveled around the globe, including Eastern Europe, Turkey, Pakistan and probably North Korea. Authorities in several countries are probing his trips.

Before his shooting spree left 50 worshipers dead and 40 people injured in Christchurch on Friday, Brenton Harrison Tarrant published a manifesto where the 28-year-old mentioned visiting Pakistan, North Korea, Turkey, France, Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Iceland, Argentina and many other countries. Now, some of these states are investigating what he might have done there and whether he picked up his radical ideas during his travels.

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One of those countries is the UK, as the gunman called for the murder of London mayor Sadiq Khan. Tarrant accused Khan of working to "replace" the majority-white British people with Muslims. MI5 is now looking into Tarrant's possible links to far-right radicals in Britain that he might have established during his European visits.

The bodybuilder and personal trainer from a small Aussie town wrote that he was able to fund his many travels after successfully investing in cryptocurrency.

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Sabotage? Venezuelan plane crashes, killing two colonels


RT
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:42 UTC
A Cessna 206
© WikipediaA Cessna 206
Shocking video captured by a passenger shows the moment a Cessna 206 fell from the sky and crashed into a forest in Venezuela. The crash reportedly killed two of the plane's four passengers.

In the footage posted this week, the light aircraft lists to one side before smashing into a thickly-wooded area below. The crew panics, before the video abruptly cuts.
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ADL's Greenblatt makes absurd claim that 'murdering people in a mosque' has never happened before

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:00 UTC
Jonathan Greenblatt ADL Israel
Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti Defamation league, September 2017
On NPR this morning, David Greene interviewed Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti Defamation League about the mass murders in the New Zealand mosques and asked how common it is for "hate speech online and in social media platforms" to "turn into an actual mass shooting this terrible?"

Greenblatt said the attack is unprecedented.
Well I think this act of violence really doesn't have a precedent as far as we know, murdering people in a mosque like this, and the social media dimension is something new. However, hate speech on-line is an increasing problem. We've got a big problem on our hands. We need to recognize social media allows white supremacy much like other forms of hate to travel across borders. and we've got to recognize it for the global terror threat that it really is.
Greenblatt failed to remember 1994's rightwing Zionist attack on the Ibrahimi mosque, at the Cave of the Patriarchs, when Baruch Goldstein, a messianic Jewish settler who had moved to occupied territories from Brooklyn, killed 29 Muslims while they prayed.

Comment: Mosques in the vicinity of Israel are always in danger of coming under attack. It's amazing there aren't more deaths.

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Italian police investigating death of 'poisoned' key witness in Berlusconi's 'bunga-bunga' trial


Newsweek
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 10:19 UTC
Imane Fadil
© OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty ImagesModel Imane Fadil pictured at Milan's court during the trial of the former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute on April 16, 2012.
An investigation has been launched into the death of a model who was a key witness in the trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and his so-called "bunga bunga" sex parties.

Moroccan model Iman Fadil, 33, died on 1 March at a hospital in the Italian city of Milan, BBC News reported, citing the Italian media.

The model had been hospitalized for a month before she passed away, after suffering from stomach pains. Fadil claimed to her friends and lawyer that she was poisoned, according to Reuters. Her death was revealed on Friday.

Milan chief prosecutor Francesco Greco said she showed "symptoms of poisoning," the Associated Press reported citing the Italian news agency ANSA.

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#HandsOffVenezuela! Protesters rally against regime change outside White House


RT
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:50 UTC
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© Twitter / Anya Parampil
Hundreds of protesters are gathering in Washington DC to demand "No coup! No war! No sanctions!" on Venezuela, and show support for Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro against regime change efforts.

A large sea of demonstrators met at Lafayette Park for a march on Washington Saturday afternoon to show opposition to the Trump administration's effort to overthrow Maduro and replace him with opposition figure Juan Guaidó, who has declared himself president with the support of the US, Canada, many European nations and other leaders.
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Major fire breaks out at historic St. Sulpice church in Paris - Cause unknown


RT
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 14:16 UTC
paris church fire sulpice
© Twitter / Stephane LarueA screenshot from footage shot inside the church
Paris' historical Saint-Sulpice church has gone up in flames. Firefighters are extinguishing the blaze, which burst through the doors of the 19th Century building.

Firefighters were sent to deal with the blaze early on Sunday afternoon, Le Parisien reported. According to the newspaper, the wooden doors were on fire, and a stained glass window was damaged. The rest of the damage "seems minor," the daily paper said.

Dramatic footage shared on social media shows the interior of the church in flames, with smoke billowing up to its arched roof. From outside, video footage shows firefighters hosing down the burning doors.

The cause of the fire remains unknown.

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US Congress members weigh giving themselves a raise


RT
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:26 UTC
Capitol building
© WikipediaThe United States Capitol Building, the seat of Congress, on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Living in Washington DC is expensive. For US lawmakers, that means it's time to give themselves a pay raise. But with confidence in politics at a miserable low, selling a raise to the public could be an uphill battle.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) called for the raise on Wednesday, in remarks to the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. A pay raise, he said would ensure that elected representatives who don't come from wealthy backgrounds can live comfortably in Washington DC.

"Americans ought to have our nation's diversity of economic backgrounds better reflected in this House," he said.

Members of Congress have had their salaries frozen since 2009, but still earn considerably more than the average American. Senators and Representatives take home $174,000 per year, with party leaders on both houses earning $193,000, and the Speaker of the House topping the scale at $223,500.
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