The Sharjah Police have launched investigations into two cases of suicide and the mysterious death of an elderly man, all of which were reported in a span of 14 hours in different areas of the emirate.
The deceased are Indians and working in companies based in Sharjah and Dubai. According to the police, they were informed at 6.45pm on Wednesday about the death of a worker in his room at a labour camp in Industrial Area 4.
The police found the worker's body hanging on a cord from the ceiling fan. He was identified as Sandy K., 28, who was working for a contracting company based in Dubai.
His co-workers told the police that the deceased had been going through some financial problems.
The body was shifted to Al Kuwaiti Hospital.
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Republicans in Michigan have come up with a revolutionary solution to the state's growing budget crisis: claim the right to auction off entire municipal entities, like cities, counties, school districts and water systems.
In a new bill being pushed by Governor Rick Snyder (R), the governor, or a company hired by the governor, would have the power to declare municipal entities insolvent. Amid the fiscal emergency, the governor or the governor's agent would then be empowered to appoint an emergency manager to oversee all financial matters.
Under language in the bill, that individual would be able to cancel any and all contracts - including collective bargaining rights for unions - and outright dis-incorporate whole cities, dismissing lawfully elected officials in the process.
In short, "they want a corporate monopoly state," author Naomi Klein explained during an appearance on Wednesday's Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.
This video is from The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
In a new bill being pushed by Governor Rick Snyder (R), the governor, or a company hired by the governor, would have the power to declare municipal entities insolvent. Amid the fiscal emergency, the governor or the governor's agent would then be empowered to appoint an emergency manager to oversee all financial matters.
Under language in the bill, that individual would be able to cancel any and all contracts - including collective bargaining rights for unions - and outright dis-incorporate whole cities, dismissing lawfully elected officials in the process.
In short, "they want a corporate monopoly state," author Naomi Klein explained during an appearance on Wednesday's Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.
This video is from The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and his wife Mehriban, on a visit to London in 2009
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and his wife Mehriban, on a visit to London in 2009
The disclosures will add to questions over the Duke's relationships with the leaders of dubious regimes. He visited the Azerbaijan president eight times in five years, with two of the visits described as "entirely private".
The Duke's repeated visits to the state - ranked as one of the most corrupt in the world - were in the face of allegations of the torture of political opponents and rigged elections by the regime of President Ilham Aliyev.
Such has been the regularity of the Duke's visits that local media in Azerbaijan have speculated that he has business links to the oil-rich state, including a golf resort on the Caspian Sea. However, Buckingham Palace has denied this.
As recently as Monday of this week, Amnesty International demanded an end to the torture of activists demanding reforms in Azerbaijan similar to those seen in Tunisia and other parts of the Middle East.
The Duke is referred to on his visits as "the dear guest" and, in June 2009, he chartered a private jet and flew to the country for three days at an estimated cost to taxpayers of £60,000.
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MEPs led the campaign to stop the use of the scanners in the Parliament yet they are in use in 70 airports across Europe, including London Heathrow
MEPs led the campaign to stop the use of the scanners in the Parliament yet they are in use in 70 airports across Europe, including London Heathrow
The body scanners, bought in 2005 at a cost of £100,000 each, are "rotting" in the basement of the building in Brussels and have never been used.
When the scanners, which create an image of a person's nude body, were eventually delivered to the Parliament in the autumn of 2005 MEPs objected to them being used in the building on privacy grounds.
Nikki Sinclair, a British independent MEP, said the Parliament tried to sell the machines but failed to do so.
They are now so old that they are considered to be technically out of date and may be scrapped altogether.
Journalists subjected to mock execution in ordeal which represents most serious incident against international media
Journalists working for the BBC in Libya have been arrested, tortured and subjected to a mock execution by security forces of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
The shocking account of their experiences, including being held in a cage in a militia barracks while others were tortured around them, was made available to media colleagues in Tripoli after the men had been released and left the country.
At one point during their captivity the men say they had shots fired past their heads as they were led into a barracks.
One of the men was attacked repeatedly with fists, boots, rifle butts, a stick and piece of pipe. He also described trying to help other victims of torture whom they saw, some of whom had had their ribs broken during beatings.
Journalists working for the BBC in Libya have been arrested, tortured and subjected to a mock execution by security forces of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
The shocking account of their experiences, including being held in a cage in a militia barracks while others were tortured around them, was made available to media colleagues in Tripoli after the men had been released and left the country.
At one point during their captivity the men say they had shots fired past their heads as they were led into a barracks.
One of the men was attacked repeatedly with fists, boots, rifle butts, a stick and piece of pipe. He also described trying to help other victims of torture whom they saw, some of whom had had their ribs broken during beatings.
Moreno Valley - A man killed his former girlfriend and torched her body in front of her six children before fleeing and remained at large Monday, Riverside County authorities said.
Tyrone Levoid Harts, 39, of Riverside is considered armed and dangerous, sheriff's investigator Melissa Nieburger said.
Harts is accused of killing Brandi Marie Morales at her Moreno Valley home.
Deputies called to the scene found her body on a staircase.
She had been set on fire, but four of her younger children had doused the flames before help arrived, they said.
Family members told investigators that Morales, 35, had at least a three-year relationship with Harts, but they recently separated and he had moved out of her home, according to officials.
Tyrone Levoid Harts, 39, of Riverside is considered armed and dangerous, sheriff's investigator Melissa Nieburger said.
Harts is accused of killing Brandi Marie Morales at her Moreno Valley home.
Deputies called to the scene found her body on a staircase.
She had been set on fire, but four of her younger children had doused the flames before help arrived, they said.
Family members told investigators that Morales, 35, had at least a three-year relationship with Harts, but they recently separated and he had moved out of her home, according to officials.
Scientology calls itself a religion and claims to offer purpose and meaning to its members. Yet for some who worked in the church's militaristic Sea Organization, Scientology provided something different: physical punishment, humiliation, beatings, sleep deprivation, and long and ruinous separation from loved ones.
The stories of 11 former staffers, reported in a St. Petersburg Times special report Sunday, are told with such detail and emotional heft that the church's official denials of abuse ring hollow.
It takes courage to challenge the Church of Scientology, which has long pursued and attempted to destroy its critics. Yet now 15 former Sea Org members have gone on the record with their stories of abuse during years of working at or near the church's top management. Four of those, whose stories were related in the Times' first special report in June, are the highest ranking officials ever to defect from Scientology.
The stories of 11 former staffers, reported in a St. Petersburg Times special report Sunday, are told with such detail and emotional heft that the church's official denials of abuse ring hollow.
It takes courage to challenge the Church of Scientology, which has long pursued and attempted to destroy its critics. Yet now 15 former Sea Org members have gone on the record with their stories of abuse during years of working at or near the church's top management. Four of those, whose stories were related in the Times' first special report in June, are the highest ranking officials ever to defect from Scientology.
Very sad; Lisa Nelson passed away today 3.7.11. She was an inspration to all who were fortunate enough to know her and will be dearly missed. God bless her beautiful soul.
