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Russia Sanctions the West: Visa & Mastercard prohibited from Russian financial technology


RT
Tue, 26 Dec 2017 16:07 UTC
Russia
© Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
The world's two most used payment systems - Visa and MasterCard - have been prohibited from Fintech, the Russian center for new financial technology, Vedomosti daily reports.

According to the daily, Russian authorities do not want to give foreign companies like Visa and MasterCard access to the latest financial technology in Russia. A spokesman from Fintech told Vedomosti the move is linked to security issues.
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Penis Pump

Amazon, Microsoft staff busted buying prostitutes trapped in trafficking industry


RT
Tue, 26 Dec 2017 14:44 UTC
jeff bezos
'It wasn't me!'
Scooped-up electronic communications between pimps and tech-sector employees at reputable Seattle-based companies such as Microsoft and Amazon is another hit for the tech industry, already reeling from sexism charges.

A cache of tech-sector emails sent to brothels and pimps, obtained by Newsweek via a public records request to the King County Prosecutor's Office, reveal that "67 emails were sent from Microsoft employee email accounts, 63 from Amazon accounts and dozens more from companies like Boeing, T-Mobile, Oracle and local Seattle tech firms."

Authorities have been collecting email messages from sex-traffickers' computers over the last few years. In 2015, a sting operation against prostitution rings ensnared high-level Amazon and Microsoft directors.

Those caught up in the sting operation to buy trafficked Asian women were discovered because pimps frequently request that clients prove they are not police by forwarding employee identification.

Comment: See also: Dragnet: US sex trafficking bust ensnares over 1,000-including law enforcement and clergy

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Snowflake Cold

70yo Russian woman blown off balcony by gale-force winds, taken to hospital in back of truck


RT
Tue, 26 Dec 2017 14:09 UTC
Russia winds
A 70-year-old Russian woman was blown off her balcony when she went out to smoke a cigarette. She landed in a pile of snow and was later taken to hospital in the bucket of a truck, after an ambulance couldn't reach the area.
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Palestinians infuriated by Israel's 'colonial construction plan' for East Jerusalem


RT
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 04:51 UTC
East Jerusalem
© Ammar Awad / ReutersBuildings forming part of Nof Zion, a Jewish settler enclave in East Jerusalem.
Palestinian authorities have condemned the planned construction of new housing units in East Jerusalem as an "Israeli colonial dare," encouraged by Washington's controversial recognition of the Holy City as Israel's capital.

On Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced the plan to construct 300 new housing units in the occupied part of Jerusalem. The plan is "part of Israel's colonial and expansionist projects implemented by the Israeli government encouraged by the latest announcement of US President Donald Trump's to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," the ministry said. Israel's Construction and Housing Minister Yoav Galant allegedly advocated for the scheme.

The Palestinian ministry said the "Israeli colonial dare" would not have happened was it not for Trump's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem "as the capital of the occupying power." The statement added that Palestinian authorities would hold the American president and his administration personally responsible "for any crimes" that might stem from Israel's "expansionist" move.

The alleged "aggressive" settlement plans under the so-called Greater Jerusalem bill have also been condemned by the Palestine Liberation Organization's Department of Jerusalem Affairs. It noted that the construction project aims to fragment the "geographical and demographic unity" of Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian WAFA news agency.
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Snowflake

Family asked to take down "Jesus" sign because neighbor finds it offensive

Henry Austin
The Independant
Sun, 24 Dec 2017 11:22 UTC
jesus sign
A family has been asked to take down a sign with the name "Jesus" from their Christmas display, after a neighbour reportedly claimed it was offensive.

Mark and Lynn Wivell said their homeowner's association had made the request after they put up the display outside their home in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

"As part of our Christmas decoration, we would display the name Jesus to point out to everyone that we in this family believe that the reason for the season is to celebrate the birth of Jesus," Mr Wivell told the FOX43 news channel.

In a separate interview with the USA Today newspaper, his wife Lynn added: "I was quite shocked it offended somebody, but I guess in today's world I shouldn't have been."

Shortly after putting up the display, the pair received an email from the association asking them to remove it, because an unnamed neighbour had complained it was offensive.

Comment: But the whole world does have to change to accommodate you, according to the far left. Or you're a Nazi.

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Snakes in Suits

Germany: Overload in terrorist-related cases requires 2,000 more judges


RT
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 02:47 UTC
Gavel and files
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New terrorist-linked cases have skyrocketed this year, increasing almost fivefold compared to 2016, Germany's Federal Prosecutors Office has said. The revelation comes as judges lament that human resources are overstretched.

As many as 1,200 investigations have been launched by federal prosecutors over various terrorist-related activities this year, the Federal Prosecutor's Office told the dpa news agency. It added that 1,000 cases involved radical Islamists.

The figures were described as an "enormous increase" from the previous year, when only around 250 similar cases were recorded, with 200 being linked to radical Islam. The Federal Prosecutor's Office did not elaborate on the reasons for the significant rise, and provided no details about the nature of the activities that led to the initiation of the criminal investigations.
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Footprints

Sweden laments: It was a mistake to accept so many refugees


Voice of Europe
Sun, 24 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
Magdalena Andersson
© LajkatFinance Minister Magdalena Andersson
The Swedish finance minister, Magdalena Andersson, in a Friday interview for the newspaper Dagens Nyheter said that Sweden made a mistake by accepting thousands of asylum seekers in 2015.

It is the first such statement of the politician from the ruling Sweden's Socialist Working Party, whose coalition government together with the Green Party, welcomed over 163,000 asylum seekers in 2015.

"The integration [of immigrants] does not go as it should. We had a problem with it before the autumn of 2015 (when Sweden accepted a wave of migrants). For me it is obvious that we cannot accept more asylum seekers than we can integrate. It will not be good either for people who come here or for the whole society," said the Swedish Finance minister Magdalena Andersson.

According to the politician, people who come to Sweden "face a very tense situation" while greater housing and education opportunities exist in other European countries. "I think these people [immigrants] have a better chance if they seek asylum in another country," Andersson admitted.

Comment: Better to realize it late than never. But really, did they not think seriously about this at the time? Sweden already had experience with the difficulty of integrating tens of thousands of Balkan refugees in the 1990s.

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'Stench of countless decaying bodies everywhere' - RT reports from Mosul, six months after victory


RT
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 19:37 UTC
Ruins in Mosul
© RT
Six months on, what was once Iraq's second-largest city remains a mass grave after its recapture from ISIS, with the overwhelming smell of decay befouling the air.

Victory over Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) was declared in late July. Five months on from its recapture, Iraq's once-second-largest city Mosul remains a mass grave with the overwhelming smell of decay still befouling the air.
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Oldest daughter of Eric Garner on life support in ICU after suffering heart attack

Christina Carrega, James Fanelli, Ellen Moynihan & Andrew Keshner
New York Daily News
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 16:43 UTC
Erica Garner
© Michael Schwartz/for New York Daily NewsErica Garner (c.) is in ICU in a Brooklyn hospital after suffering a heart attack.
The oldest daughter of Eric Garner - who has become an advocate against police brutality since her dad's death - suffered a heart attack Saturday night and was in critical condition on Christmas Eve, family members told the Daily News.

Erica Garner, whose father died in 2014 when NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo placed him in a chokehold on Staten Island, was on life support in ICU in a Brooklyn hospital, the family said.

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Bizarro Earth

Topless #MeToo/FEMEN activist attempts to kidnap baby Jesus from Vatican nativity scene


RT
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 15:41 UTC
FEMEN activist
© Alessandro Bianchi / ReutersVatican gendarmes attempt to block a topless activist of women's rights group Femen, who tries to reach the Nativity scene in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican December 25, 2017
A topless FEMEN activist has attempted to kidnap Baby Jesus from the Nativity scene at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on Christmas Day. The protester was stopped by Vatican Swiss guards as shocked believers looked on.

The woman can be seen rushing to the manger in the center of the square and attempting to grab the Jesus figurine, Reuters photos show. However, a guard blocked the activist, who was quickly covered with a black coat.
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