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UK: Animal-Cruelty Hell Discovered Behind the Gates of 'Haven' Farm


Dispatch
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:13 UTC
Farm Hell
© Notts County Council
SICKENING -- pigs were kept in cramped, dirty conditions at the farm.

THE HORROR endured by mistreated animals that were left to feed on the dead remains of livestock at a Dispatch district farm has been graphically exposed.

Nottingham Crown Court heard that trading standards officials were alerted to the hell that was being hidden behind the gates of White Haven Farm off Goosedale Lane on the outskirts of Bestwood Village by an anonymous tip-off.

A disturbing investigation was launched and when officers searched the site they discovered what they have now dubbed the "worst case of animal cruelty they have ever dealt with".

The man responsible is 47-year-old farmer Keith Littlewood, who has now been jailed for a year for the disturbing mistreatment of the animals and failing to dispose of animal carcasses. The catalogue of cruelty unveiled emaciated cows and pigs living in squalid conditions.

The bodies of dead cows, pigs, poultry and even a donkey were found rotting when a harrowing raid was carried out at the White Haven Farm in Bestwood Village.

The images illustrate the full extent of the cruelty that was exposed when Notts County Council trading standards officers raided the premises.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security website hacked by Anonymous


RT.com
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:09 UTC
anonymous
© Reuters/Peter Andrews

Only hours after two of its biggest releases ever, the online collective Anonymous is taking credit for crashing the website of the US Department of Homeland Security.

Shortly before 4 p.m. EST Friday afternoon, the Homeland Security Department's website, DHS.gov, was taken offline. It was announced on the Web by members of the loose-knit hacktivist collective Anonymous and some claiming allegiance to the group have have taken credit for the attack.

Within minutes, DHS.gov was back up.
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Jerusalem's Armenians outraged as city approves Jews-only parking lot in Old City

Nir Hasson
Haaretz
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:22 UTC
Armenian priest
© Tomer Appelbaum
An Armenian priest and a Haredi man in Jerusalem’s Old City.

For decades, the parking lot was open to all, though Jewish Quarter residents paid far less for a parking sticker than their Armenian neighbors.

Armenian residents of Jerusalem's Old City are protesting a municipal decision to designate a parking lot in the area solely for Jews, although part of it stands on land belonging to the Armenian Patriarchate.

Parking is a major problem in the Old City, and some residents of the Jewish Quarter claim it is one reason secular families have been moving out. One of the parking lots serving this quarter is adjacent to the Armenian Quarter and is partially built on land owned by the Patriarchate, though the land has been leased by the Jewish Quarter Development Company since the 1970s.

For decades, the parking lot was open to all, though Jewish Quarter residents paid far less for a parking sticker than their Armenian neighbors. But around two years ago, Armenians were forbidden to park there.

"One day I came home from work and the lot was closed," said Mussa Marizian, an Armenian Quarter resident whose windows overlook the parking lot. "The quarter's management decided we shouldn't park there; they just got rid of us. Jews who live in the Muslim Quarter are allowed to park there, but I, who live right on top of the parking lot, am not allowed."
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Anonymous intercepts secret FBI-Scotland Yard conference call


DigitalJournal.com
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08 UTC
Anonymous on Friday, released a 17-minute recording of a secret conference call last month between the FBI and Scotland Yard. In the tape a British and American agent discussed strategies for tracking and prosecuting hacking groups, including Anonymous. The conversation, according to BBC, took place on January 17, and begins with a light hearted exchange in which the agents talk about "cheese," and "McDonald's at the Pentagon."


The U.S. agent on the line was identified as "Bruce," and the British agent he was talking with was identified as "Stuart." After the conversation had been going on for some time, Bruce said to Stuart: "'I'm not sure if we're the only two on right now or not." Stuart answered: "Bruce, don't say anything too bad, I'm here with Matt."

At a point in the conversation, the FBI agent thanked the Metropolitan police for giving assistance and the British agent answered: "We're here to help. We've cocked things up in the past, we know that."

Anonymous, evidently feeling triumphant, boasted on Twitter: "The FBI might be curious how we're able to continuously read their internal comms for some time now."
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Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Chief Jailer Gets Life in Prison

Sopheng Cheang
The Associated Press
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00 UTC
Image
© The Associated Press/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia/Nhet Sok Heng
Former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, greets judges on his arrival in the courtroom for a session of U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as the court gives verdict on appeal filed by Duch against his conviction Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.
A U.N.-backed tribunal's Supreme Court lengthened the sentence for the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer to life imprisonment on Friday because of his "shocking and heinous" crimes against the Cambodian people.

The surprise ruling increased a lower court's 19-year sentence for Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch. Prosecutors had appealed the sentence as too lenient, and outraged survivors had feared the man who oversaw the torture and killing of thousands could one day walk free.

Duch was the first defendant to be tried by the tribunal. He was commander of Phnom Penh's top-secret Tuol Sleng prison, code-named S-21. He admitted to overseeing the torture of his prisoners before sending them for execution at the "killing fields."

A coalition of 23 local civic groups, the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee, welcomed Friday's decision and said Duch's victims had finally received justice.

In July 2010, the tribunal's lower court convicted Duch (pronounced DOIK) of war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and murder.

He was sentenced to 35 years in prison but had 16 years shaved off for time served and other technicalities. The sentence was appealed both by prosecutors, who called for life imprisonment, and by Duch, who argued it was too harsh because he was merely following orders.
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Pirates

US, California: Jack Sparrow Character Pepper-Sprayed in Hollywood Brawl


Eyewitness News 12
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:32 UTC
Fight among several costumed figures erupts in front of the Kodak Theatre
Image
© Steve Boelhouwer
A photo from a similar fight on Hollywood Boulevard in September 2011 shows a SpongeBob SquarePants character's costume left on the pavement

A brawl among several costumed figures erupted in front of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday evening, resulting in a Jack Sparrow character being pepper-sprayed, according to Los Angeles police.

The Jack Sparrow character was treated for minor injuries in the fight that reportedly included Cat Woman, an alien and a second pirate.

Cat Woman, the alien and the pirate fled following the free-for-all that played out in front of tourists on busy Hollywood Boulevard.

The incident was the latest run-in between characters who pose for pictures with tourists and then aggressively demand money.
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Dollar

Canada: Is CBC Using Public Money to Pay for Porn?

Andy Radia
Political Points
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00 UTC
James Moore
© Reuters/Blair Gable
Minister of Canadian Heritage James Moore.
The Sun News Network strikes again.

In their latest attack against the CBC, the right-leaning media conglomerate is accusing our state broadcaster of paying for and broadcasting soft-core porn.

Sun News is referring to Hard, a program produced in France and broadcast on Radio Canada's on-demand web portal Tou.tv.

The show, which is featured prominently on Tou.tv's homepage, includes scenes with nudity and explicit sexual activity all the while the CBC logo sits atop the digital player.

Even the pro-CBC New Democrats are shaking their heads at this latest revelation.
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Pistol

Illinois, US: Family Furious After Calumet City Police Shoot, Kill Boy With Autism


CBS Chicago
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:57 UTC
Police in Calumet City were defending their actions Wednesday after officers shot and killed a 15-year-old boy, who has a form of autism, after he threatened them with a knife.

Stephon Watts' family said he suffered from Asperger's Syndrome - a high-functioning form of autism - and attention deficit disorder.

As CBS 2′s Susanna Song and WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller report, they claimed the boy was only holding a butter knife. Police would only describe it as a "kitchen knife."

The deadly encounter happened at the boy's home at 541 Forsythe Av. in Calumet City, police said.

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People

French Elle denies Obama fashion piece 'racist'


breitbart.com
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:40 UTC
black fashion power
© Elle
French fashion bible Elle has denied charges of racism after unleashing a storm by suggesting that a black American elite, inspired by the Obama couple, was finally embracing "white" fashion.

The January 13 blog post entitled "Black fashion power" has drawn volleys of angry protest on both side of the Atlantic, with the New York Daily News tabloid saying it managed to "insult black Americans as a whole".

In the piece, which has since been removed from Elle's website, journalist Nathalie Dolivo cited singers Erykah Badu or Rihanna and the actress Zoe Saldana, as black Americans who understood "the importance of style".

"In an America governed for the first time by a black American president, chic has become a plausible option for a community up until then bound by its streetwear codes," she wrote.
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US: Stolen Babies? Immigrant Mother Loses Four Kids

Lauren Gilger, Charles Gorra, and Brian Ross
ABC Nightline
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:40 UTC

The scars of childbirth were still healing on Amelia Reyes Jimenez's stomach in 2008 when police came to her Phoenix apartment and took her three-month-old daughter from her arms.
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