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Yemen attack: 42 killed in suicide bombings claimed by Isis

Matt Payton
The Independent
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:18 UTC

Bombers struck as soldiers broke their fast during holy month of Ramadan

yemen car bomb
© REUTERS
Soldiers gather at the site of a car bomb attack in a central square in the port city of Aden, Yemen, May 1, 2016
Four bomb attacks have killed 43 people at security checkpoints in a southern Yemeni city, in an atrocity claimed by Isis.

The militants struck at sunset as Yemeni soldiers broke their fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

At least 38 of those killed in the attack in the south-eastern coastal city of Mukalla were soldiers.

According to news agency Mukalla Now, another 24 people including children were injured in the blasts.

Comment: For further information on the rebellion in Yemen, see:

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Bad Guys

Playboy oilman, Chris Faulkner in a frackload of trouble for spending investors' money on strippers and hookers


RT
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:12 UTC
Chris Faulkner
© Chris Faulkner. Linkedin
Chris Faulkner declared himself the "Frack Master" on TV and used his self-proclaimed prowess at hydraulic fracturing to woo hundreds of investors to hand over millions. It turns out the only thing they were investing in was Faulkner having a great time.

Faulkner, a major donor to state-level Republicans, is being charged with disseminating false and misleading offering materials, misappropriating millions of dollars of investor funds and attempting to manipulate his company's, Breitling Energy Corporation, stock. The US Securities and Exchange Commission believes that Faulkner defrauded investors to the tune of $80 million.

Faulkner, along with three other related companies and seven other people, is accused of doing less drilling for oil and more drilling for fun.
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Chart Pie

'They hate us because we're so easy to hate': World poll shows people dislike Americans, like Putin


Sputnik
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:04 UTC
putin
© Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev
Americans are viewed more negatively today than during the darkest days of the ill-fated Bush era.

A recent Pew Research report suggests that the sun may be setting on America's international hegemony. People polled around the world favor Russian President Vladimir Putin over a leading US presidential candidate for the first time, and a growing number of the world's inhabitants now have a negative view of Washington's economic and political influence.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump appears to be not only one of the lowest-rated politicians among Americans since public opinion polling began in the 1960s, but he also seems to be affecting the country's reputation abroad.

Trump received a negative rating by every single political party around the world, often by a measure of 10 to 1. Even voters from the anti-immigrant, populist UKIP and Forza Italia parties oppose the Republican by a 2 to 1 count. Overall, only 9% of respondents believe that Donald Trump would "do the right thing" in international affairs, compared with 85% who say they have no such confidence.
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SOTT Exclusive: Russian humanitarian aid to Syria warms the hearts of many

Bahar Azizi
Sott.net
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:43 UTC
russian aid syria
© RusVesna.su
Refugee kids from Aleppo/Idlib pose for a picture with a Russian soldier. They received humanitarian aid from the Russian army in April 2016.
Since the Western invasion of Syria with proxy armed forces, Russia has frequently delivered humanitarian aid to the country. Here are a few examples from this year and the last:

1. In March 2015, an Il-76 aircraft carrying 20.5 tons of humanitarian cargo was brought to the Syrian port city Latakia.

2. In September 2015, the first Russian tent camp for internal refugees opened in the city of Hamah, western Syria.
"The camp for 500 refugees consists of 25 army tents fully equipped for living, a field kitchen, a canteen, showers, two mobile power generators and a water-storage facility. The dwelling tents are equipped with beds and heating furnaces for cold weather. In case the number of refugees increases sharply, the camp is ready to accommodate up to 1,000 people. Everything needed to set up a camp was delivered to Latakia Airport on September 12 by an Antonov An-124 Ruslan jet. The flight also brought 50,000 sets of disposable tableware and 15 tons of provisions enough to feed 50 people for 30 days."
An additional 80 tons of humanitarian aid was delivered on the same day. In late September, ships with more aid arrived at the port city of Tartus, containing "Food stuffs, medications, clothes, blankets, tents and other living essentials for refugees... along with automotive vehicles for civilian designation and military equipment".
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Christmas Tree

California residents to vote on legalization of recreational marijuana use after over 600k signatures were gathered


RT
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:42 UTC
marijuana
© Fredy Builes / Reuters
California residents will get to vote on the legalization of recreational cannabis this November after campaigners gathered more than 600,000 signatures to put it on the ballot.

Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Tuesday that the initiative, which required just over 402,000 signatures, had passed. If the initiative passes, one in six Americans will live in states where cannabis is legal, including all four states along the Pacific coast, ABC reports.

The new law would allow anyone over the age of 21 to buy up to an ounce of marijuana or edibles at licensed premises - and be entitled to grow up to six plants for personal use.

Maine and Nevada will also vote on legalization in November. Colorado voters legalized the substance in 2012.

Marijuana sales would be subject to a 15 percent sales tax and counties could impose their own fees on top of that. Cultivation taxes will also apply, at $9.25 per ounce of flowers and $2.75 per ounce of leaves.
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Snakes in Suits

Michigan governor withholding critical documents from investigators in Flint water crisis


RT
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:31 UTC
flint water crisis
© Carlos Barria / Reuters
A sign is seen next to a water dispenser at North Western high school in Flint.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's private attorneys withheld documents related to the Flint water crisis from state lawyers investigating the matter, the state's attorney general said.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told reporters Tuesday that his investigators are being stonewalled by Snyder's private attorneys, who are set to receive more than $1.2 million in taxpayer funds for providing the governor with legal counsel.

"The attorneys with the Department of Attorney General are handling themselves in an exceedingly exceptional fashion," Schuette said at a round table, according to the Detroit News. "But it's the governor's private attorneys who were not providing sufficient information."

Schuette, a Republican, said that his office is currently bargaining with the GOP governor, but will not rule out legal methods to obtain the documents related to the lead contamination of the Flint, Michigan water supply.

"One way or another, we'll make sure we get the documents we need," he said, according to Michigan Radio.
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Laptop

Global watchlist database of 2.2 million alleged criminals and terrorists leaked, could be published


RT
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:19 UTC
hacker
© Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
Thomson Reuters are reportedly "working feverishly" to recover more than 2.2 million records which form their 'World Check' database of "heightened risk individuals and entities" used by governments, banks, and law firms around the world.

Reddit user Chris Vickery says he obtained a copy of the database, although he won't reveal how until "a later time."

The security researcher says the database is from mid-2014 and contains millions of "heightened-risk individuals and organizations," which it places in one or more of a number of categories, including terrorism, money laundering, organized crime, bribery, corruption, and "other unsavory activities."

Forming part of the company's "risk management solutions," Thomson Reuters says it's used by more than 300 government and intelligence agencies around the world, as well as 49 of the world's top 50 banks and nine of the top 10 global law firms.

Comment: What percent are falsely accused? There are pros and cons to publishing the list. First, those falsely accused could face even more harassment. But to know the truth would be helpful, at least giving them a chance to attempt to clear their name. Organizations like the FBI actually have extensive files on high-level criminals who are never prosecuted or brought to justice. Unfortunately, it's doubtful whether such individuals appear in this database; such information is reserved for a more select set of eyes. Now that would be a database worth leaking.

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Sheriff

Panel finds killing of man who grabbed LAPD cop's taser was unjustified


RT
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:24 UTC
officer with taser
© Joshua Lott / Reuters
The killing of Neil Peter White by LAPD officer Stephan Shuff, after White had grabbed an officer's stun gun, was "unjustified" and violated LAPD policy, a panel found.

In July 2015, Shuff and his unnamed LAPD partner responded to reports of a man smashing windows with a skateboard near La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.

Upon arrival at the scene the police ordered White to lie down, but he fled on his skateboard. A chase ended when White fell, and Shuff told his partner to grab the board.

Shuff tackled White, pinning him to the ground and ordering him to remove his hands from under his chest. When he failed to do so, Shuff ordered his rookie partner to tase him. She complied, administering two shocks to his stomach.
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Handcuffs

California cops beat teen for filming his parents' arrest

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:42 UTC
Christian Aguilar beating
© NBC
A visit to the LA county fair turned into a police brutality nightmare for Christian Aguilar, who was beaten and tased for doing nothing other than film police.

After Pomona Police officers beat the teen, they maliciously charged him, his parents, and the uninvolved man who filmed the boy's assault.

According to the man who filmed the beating, Robert Hansen, police confiscated his camera, arrested him, and edited the video before submitting it for the investigation.

Eventually, all charges against Hanson, Aguilar, and Aguilar's parents were dropped — but not before cops lied to cover the incident up. The video below, however, does not lie.
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Heart - Black

99 year old woman facing eviction from San Francisco apartment where she has a 'lifetime' lease


RT
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:41 UTC
iris canada eviction
An African-American woman nearing her 100th birthday could be evicted from her apartment in San Francisco over legal fees. This time the fight isn't with a real estate developer, but with her neighbors who want to convert her apartment into a condo.

Iris Canada, 99, has lived in her home for more than half a century, but she is facing eviction over $164,000 in legal fees that were accrued during a fight in housing court over a previous eviction notice. She won that case.

Demonstrators came out to support the retired nurse on Monday night, at a time when affordable housing in San Francisco is fast disappearing.

The issue for Canada is that the owners of the six-unit building on Page Street where she lives want to convert her apartment into a condominium. Over a decade ago, they formed a tenancy in common, a form of concurrent ownership in which two or more people possess the property simultaneously, while the apartments can still be sold off individually. Canada was promised that she could keep her apartment for the rest of her life, for $700 a month.

Comment: Epidemic Evictions: As rent soars, longtime San Francisco tenants fight to stay

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