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Iraqi refugee suspected of raping and killing German teen girl has been detained


Sputnik
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:13 UTC
Iraqi rape suspect germany
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An Iraqi refugee named Ali Bashar, who allegedly raped and strangled a Jewish teenager from Mainz, fled with his family from Germany. The man, who went to the country following the announcement of the "open borders" policy, reportedly has a criminal record, being suspected of several other offenses.

Iraqi refugee Ali Bashar, the main suspect in the rape and murder of 14-year-old Susanna F. in the German city of Mainz, has been "arrested by Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq at the request of German federal police", according to German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer. The prime suspect of the crime, which shook Germany, fled the country with his parents and siblings before local police could detain him. The alleged perpetrator was suspected along with a 35-year old man of Turkish decent soon after the body of the victim was discovered. The latter was detained, but cleared of suspicions and released some time later, while Bashar managed to go on the run.

The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that Bashar could not be arrested because he went underground a few days ago. He has reportedly returned to Iraq with his family of eight, flying home via Turkey. The media reports that false papers were used. This, however, hasn't been confirmed. Police have said that the fugitives managed to fly from Duesseldorf although names on their papers and airline tickets didn't match. According to the authorities, only photos on the identity documents.

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Cynthia Nixon, from 'Sex and the City', brings spirit of Sanders to New York governor's race

Ed Pilkington
The Guardian
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:00 UTC
Cynthia Nixon


Fueled by small donors, the Sex and the City star spells out her challenge to Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic establishment

Cynthia Nixon will not make the same mistake twice. As the former Sex and the City star arrived for a campaign event in Buffalo, New York this week she was greeted by a phalanx of placard-wielding supporters of her opponent, the incumbent governor of the state, Andrew Cuomo.

"Cynthia go home," one poster said, which was a bit rough given the almost 400-mile journey she'd just made from her home in New York City. "This is upstate - nice of you to find it," said a snarky second. Another said: "Next stop Ithica."

Comment: Seems rather hypocritical for liberals to chastise Trump for being a TV star, who knows nothing about politics, to then support a former TV star in Nixon. Her campaign promises seem more than a little hollow (tax the rich, give the plebes their weed, protect the minorities), but realistically, that tends to be what people vote for.

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Attention

French gov approves proposal to break rail union's crippling 3 month strike over controversial reforms


connexionfrance.com
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 09:41 UTC
The French Senate chamber, where Senators voted in favour of the reforms by 240 to 85
The French Senate chamber, where Senators voted in favour of the reforms by 240 to 85
The French Senate has approved the controversial proposals to reform national railway firm SNCF, following the first debate on the subject.

The political body adopted the reforms on Tuesday (June 5), by 240 votes in favour to 85 against.

The proposal text will now be discussed on Monday (June 11) by a cross-party joint committee, which has been given the task of finding a final agreement between MPs and Senators.

The vote has been described as "how to stop a strike", by political reporter Gérard Cornu, who said: "The Senate has put the reform on the right track. I am sure it will not be derailed by the joint committee."

Comment: It's not just France's rail union that are up in arms about the reforms Macron's government are implementing: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: 'Quitaly' Highlights EU's Democratic Crisis

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'Welcome to the FIFA World Cup!': President Putin greets football teams and fans coming to Russia 2018


RT
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 09:24 UTC
Russian President Vladimir Putin
© RT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has released a personal video address welcoming each of the 32 participating nations and the millions of expected fans arriving in Russia to the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals.

With just days to go until the grand showpiece event begins on Thursday, President Putin has invited all those taking part in the first World Cup ever to be held on Russian soil to get to know Russia and enjoy a true celebration of football, diversity and culture.

The month-long football festival kicks off when host Russia take on Group A rivals Saudi Arabia on June 14 at the tournament's grand and iconic epicenter - the newly-renovated Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, where Putin will be in attendance.

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Nigeria ambassador: No racism issue in Russia, come to World Cup and see for yourself


RT
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 08:33 UTC
Nigerian ambassador Steve Davies Ugbah
The Nigerian ambassador to Russia believes the country is a safe place for black people, amid Western media's drive to portray it as a place with rampant racism ahead of the FIFA 2018 World Cup.

"Racism is a very serious issue, it breaks your morale, it breaks your concentration," Ambassador Steve Davies Ugbah said at a press conference in Moscow on Friday. "When there are racist attacks on players, particularly on those on the field, I think it's unfair to the game. I'm very very happy that FIFA has taken a proactive role in terms of trying to discourage or trying to mitigate the incidents of racism in football."

The ambassador was answering a question about a recent statement made by England's star footballer Danny Rose, which was widely reported by media in the UK. Rose said he told his family not to come to cheer for him at the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia to avoid racist abuse.
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Horrific moment: IDF gas canister hits Palestinian protester in the face (GRAPHIC PICTURES)


RT
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 08:18 UTC
Palestinian protester Haitham Abu Sabla surrounded by medics
© Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
A Palestinian protester is on life support after a tear gas canister launched by an Israeli soldier hit him square in the face. The still-smoking canister got lodged in the man's cheek and had to be surgically removed.

A Reuters photographer snapped the moment after a tear gas canister caught Palestinian protester Haitham Abu Sabla in the face. The blood-chilling images show the man splattered with blood, with the canister embedded right next to his nose, with the tear gas still billowing out of it, as well as from the protester's mouth.

Palestinian protester Haitham Abu Sabla
© Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
Palestinian protester Haitham Abu Sabla
© Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

Comment: See also: At least 4 killed, hundreds injured in Naksa protests in Gaza

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Bad Guys

'New York Times' stoops to new low: Teams up with Israel to smear murdered medic Razzan al-Najjar

Donald Johnson, James North and Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 21:55 UTC
Herbert Buchsbaum new york times
© Herbert Buchsbaum/TwitterHerbert Buchsbaum
The New York Times today printed a long article giving credence to Israeli claims that Razzan al-Najjar, the young medic killed by an Israeli sniper a week ago, was not innocent. The article takes at face value Israel's desperate efforts to taint the young woman, whom the army has previously maintained it killed by accident.

The first paragraph announces the Times' service to Israel:
The Israeli military published a brief video on Thursday aimed at showing that a Palestinian medic killed by Israeli forces last week was not the neutral health care worker she has been portrayed as.
The article parrots Israeli hasbara, or propaganda, about al-Najjar: that in a video interview of the medic that the Israelis passed along she described herself as a "human shield."

Comment: Despicable: Israeli army twists slain medic Razan al-Najjar's words to frame her as a 'Hamas human shield'

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Financial analyst: 'Do not be fooled by the US's prosperity we keep hearing of - it's phony'

Mac Slavo
SHTFplan.com
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
house of cards
Financial guru Peter Schiff says everyone is being fooled by the mainstream media when it comes to the economic health of the United States. But Schiff says it is all a delusion and phony prosperity isn't going to last.

A lot of seemingly positive economic data came out last week, but in his most recent podcast, Peter Schiff said it is just feeding into a delusional economic narrative that ignores the most fundamental storyline - debt. According to Seeking Alpha, Schiff says that this delusion built on debt is not going to last, and we should all be prepared.


Comment: See also: The West is racing towards full-blown economic collapse and when it comes it will be devastating

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New university course states that 'objectivity' is a 'white mythology'

Tori Airaksinen
Campus Reform
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:11 UTC
primitive man
Hobart and William Smith Colleges is offering a course next year to teach students how "objectivity" and "meritocracy" function as "white mythologies."

"White Mythologies: Objectivity, Meritocracy, and Other Social Constructions" is a sophomore-level course taught by Kendralin Freeman and Jason Rodriguez, who are sociology and anthropology professors, respectively.

"This course explores the history and ongoing manifestations of 'white mythologies' - long-standing, often implicit views about the place of White, male, Euro-American subjects as the norm," explains the course description, which adds that students will also "explore how systematic logics that position 'the West' and 'whiteness' as the ideal manifest through such social constructions as objectivity, meritocracy, and race."
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Homeowner's revenge: Frenchman dumps lorry full of garbage left by former tenants in front of their new property


The Connexion
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:26 UTC
French homeowner dumps garbage left bad tenants
Homeowner Mr Ravaux posted the evidence on social media before hiring a van to "return" the rubbish

A homeowner in a small French town has received overwhelming support after he dumped a lorry full of rubbish and old furniture left by his former tenants, in front of their new property.

Thomas Ravaux hired a lorry to pick up all of the rubbish - which included rubble, furniture, toys, bags, and other large items - that his former tenants had left behind when they vacated his 120m² property in the small French town of Rozoy-sur-Serre (Aisne, Hauts-de-France).

The tenants had reportedly left without warning after 14 months of unpaid rent, and had stopped replying to Mr Ravaux's calls and letters.

According to Mr Ravaux's updates and photographs on social media (below), the tenants - who he said have three children - had left the property "in carnage".

The rubbish included a lorry-worth of debris, rubbish, children's toys, old magazines, papers, plastic buckets, white goods, old computers, towels, clothes, and pieces of broken furniture strewn across the floor, in all of the rooms.

Mr Ravaux said they had also left rotting food in the fridge.
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