Former PR manager turns drinks vendor

About two decades ago, Nathaniel Iyanda, 63, was well known to many petroleum marketers and other key players in the oil and gas sector, who always sought his services as a public relations and advertising expert.

Iyanda was a pioneer member of the Board of Advertisers Association of Nigeria. Until May 1997, he was the Public Relations/Advertising Manager of the defunct Texaco Nigeria Plc (now MRS Plc).

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Jaji, Abuja Terror Attacks: Army, police arrest 22 officers

 Abuja Nigeria : The police and army authorities have separately begun investigations into the twin bombings at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, and the attack on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad headquarters in Abuja.

Saturday PUNCH’s investigations showed that the army authorities had arrested 10 soldiers, including men and officers on duty when the incident occurred on Sunday.

It was also learnt that 12 policemen were currently being detained over the terror attack on the SARS headquarters on Monday.  

It was reliably gathered that both agencies – the military and the police – suspected that the attacks were carried out with the assistance of internal collaborators.

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2 years after CWG & after 1 year in jail, Lalit Bhanot is IOA boss

NEW DELHI: Two years ago, he faced allegations of graft in the organization of the controversy-ridden Commonwealth Games, which eventually resulted in him spending almost a year in jail. Today, Lalit Bhanot is back as boss of the Indian Olympic Association.

Bhanot was the secretary-general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and widely perceived as a close aide of Suresh Kalmadi, who headed the OC. His remarkable comeback - his election as IOA general secretary is a formality as he faces no opponent - tells a tale of backroom intrigue and power politics that saw him partner Haryana politician Abhey 

Full Story :  2 years after CWG & after 1 year in jail, Lalit Bhanot is IOA boss

South Delhi garbage dump is home to a family of 6

NEW DELHI: Most people who hurry past the garbage dump at Masjid Moth would find it difficult to stand there for a few minutes because of the all-pervading stench. But for Shobhraj Kumar and his family of six, the dump is home. The 62-year-old says he has been living in the 20-square-feet concrete dhalao (dump) for the good part of 38 years.

The family, which collects refuse from nearby apartment buildings, even has two small children — Aditya, who is a year old, and Sagar, 2, living amidst the garbage. They are the kids of Kumar's younger son, who got married a few years ago in Gorakhpur and brought his bride 

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Search for missing people after Kashmir avalanche continue

At least 18 people are missing, including eight Pakistani soldiers, after being hit by an avalanche in the disputed Kashmir region, officials say.

The avalanche struck in the mountainous Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
The soldiers were searching for colleagues hit by an earlier avalanche when they were struck by a second fall.

Officials said the hunt for the missing was being hampered by bad weather and the region's harsh terrain.

Full Story : Searching for missing people after Kashmir avalanche

Plane crashes houses in Congo killing 30

A CARGO plane has crashed at Brazzaville Airport, in Congo's capital, as it was trying to land in a storm, killing the crew and around 30 residents, emergency services and witnesses say.

 

Around 30 local people were killed as the aircraft skidded off the runway and crashed into houses and a bar before crashing into a ravine, said Georgelin Massemba, head of the emergency services.

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Britain suspends aid to Rwanda

BRITAIN says it will withhold STG21 million ($A32 million) in aid to Rwanda following concerns over its support of rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

The announcement by International Development Secretary Justine Greening follows the widely criticised decision by her predecessor, Andrew Mitchell, to restore a tranche of aid in September following its suspension in July.

Britain meanwhile said it would give a further STG18 million to provide 100,000 people in DR Congo with food, water, household items and emergency education, as the advance of M23 rebels sparks fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.

Full Story : Britain suspends aid to Rwanda

Secret files show Kenya 1959 Hola detention camp massacre cover-up

SECRET documents just released show how British colonial authorities in Kenya tried to hush up the 1959 Hola detention camp massacre, in which 11 men were beaten to death.

 

The files shed more light on the March 3, 1959 deaths during the Mau Mau uprising, which were initially blamed on contaminated water, though autopsies found the men were severely beaten. No prosecutions were ever brought.

The papers revealed that prison camp staff made no attempt to tell the truth about what happened, while the government minister for Britain's colonies wanted the incident to "drop out of sight", according to the files released on Friday.

Many more Kenyans were injured in the incident.

Full Story : Secret files show Kenya 1959 Hola detention camp massacre cover-up

 

Pakistan to free more Taliban prisoners

PAKISTAN has agreed to free more Taliban prisoners in the future, a move considered a key step to coaxing the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war in Afghanistan.

 

The decision was announced in a statement by the foreign ministry in Islamabad after a one-day visit by Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasoul, who held talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Hina Rabbani Khar.

Full Story : Pakistan to free more Taliban prisoners

Hillary Clinton jokes about a presidential run

The incessant chatter about a 2016 presidential run by Hillary Rodham Clinton has gotten to the point where she seems to be making jokes about it.

The secretary of State -- and the spouse of ex-president Bill Clinton -- appeared to reference the rumors during a speech Friday in which she praised top aide Jake Sullivan.

"When Jake Sullivan first came to work for me, I told my husband about this incredibly bright rising star -- Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law School -- and my husband said, 'Well, if he ever learns to play the saxophone, watch out,'" Clinton said.

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Man kills Wyoming professor, woman, self

A man wielding a "sharp-edged weapon" — possibly a bow and arrows — killed a Casper College faculty member during a science class Friday morning, then committed suicide, Wyoming police say.

Earlier, the suspect murdered a pajama-clad woman on a city street near campus.
Police Chief Chris Walsh said the male faculty member and the killer were found dead in a classroom at the community college's physical science center about 9 a.m. MT (11 a.m. ET). The barefoot woman was found about 2 miles away Hawthorne Avenue, the Casper Star-Tribune reports.

Full Story :  Man kills Wyoming professor, woman, self

Obama hits the road to talk tax rates

President Obama is taking to the road today to press his case for adopting his plan to avert the "fiscal cliff."
Obama will visit the Rodon Group, a company in the Philadelphia suburbs called K'Nex Brands, a construction toy company whose products include Tinkertoy and Angry Birds Building Sets.

The trip comes one day after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with congressional leaders and presented a plan that included $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over the next decade, while maintaining the George W. Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class. That offer was rejected by the Republican leadership, which opposes hiking taxes for any Americans.

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Police ask Zee boss to join probe, get 2-day custody of executives

Zee News editor and business head Sudhir Chaudhary and Zee Business editor and business head Sameer Ahluwalia were Wednesday remanded in police custody for two days by a local court after the crime branch of the Delhi police said it wanted to question them to unravel the alleged “larger conspiracy” in the extortion case involving Congress MP Naveen Jindal.

Full Story :  Police ask Zee boss to join probe, get 2-day custody of executives

Israel pips US in anti-tank guided missile supply to India

NEW DELHI: Israel has upstaged the US in the ongoing race to bag the huge deal to supply third-generation anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to the Indian Army, in a project which could well be worth $1 billion eventually.

Defence ministry sources said the plan to go in for the American FGM-148 Javelin ATGMs has "virtually been shelved" because of Washington's reluctance to provide full military knowhow - licensed "transfer of technology (ToT)'' - to allow India to indigenously manufacture the "tank killers'' in large numbers after an initial off-the-shelf purchase.

Full Story :  Israel pips US in anti-tank guided missile supply to India

Geithner Sets Congress Talks as Obama Pushes for Deal

President Barack Obama assured company executives that he was ready to cut spending as he dispatched Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to meet with congressional leaders on the fiscal cliff, marking the first face-to-face talks between high-ranking administration officials and top lawmakers since Nov. 16.

“Everything was discussed, taxes, entitlements,” AT&T Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said outside the White House after he and other CEO’s spent more than an hour with the president. 

Full Story : Geithner Sets Congress Talks as Obama Pushes for Deal

Canada Shows How U.S. States Can Fix Immigration

Republicans seem ready to play ball on immigration, if only to patch up their image with Hispanics. It would be a pity if this political moment -- which comes only once every few decades -- was squandered on minor and temporary fixes. U.S. immigration policy needs a fundamental rethinking.

This isn’t as daunting as it appears. For inspiration, Americans need look no farther than Canada.

Canada’s provincial-nominee program, while not perfect, avoids the economically meaningless distinctions between skilled and unskilled workers that bedevil the employment-based U.S. immigration laws. It also puts in place incentives to treat foreign workers not as foes but as friends whose labor and skills are vital to the economy.

Full Story :  Canada Shows How U.S. States Can Fix Immigration

Asian Stocks Rise on U.S. Budget Remarks, Japan Stimulus

Asian stocks rose as U.S. lawmakers said they are optimistic a budget agreement can be reached to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases and Japan’s main opposition leader called for unlimited monetary policy easing.

Komatsu Ltd. (6301), which gets about a quarter of its sales in the U.S., gained 0.9 percent. Sky Network Television Ltd., New Zealand’s largest pay TV operator, jumped the most in more than six months in Wellington after the company announced payment of a special dividend.

Starpharma Holdings Ltd. (SPL) tumbled 35 percent in Sydney as the biotechnology company said it won’t file a drug application in the U.S. following a disappointing clinical trial for a new treatment.

Full Story :   Asian Stocks Rise on U.S. Budget Remarks, Japan Stimulus

China Mafia-Style Hack Attack Drives California Firm to Brink

During his civil lawsuit against the People’s Republic of China, Brian Milburn says he never once saw one of the country’s lawyers. He read no court documents from China’s attorneys because they filed none. The voluminous case record at the U.S. District courthouse in Santa Ana contains a single communication from China: a curt letter to the U.S. State Department, urging that the suit be dismissed.

That doesn’t mean Milburn’s adversary had no contact with him.
For three years, a group of hackers from China waged a relentless campaign of cyber harassment against Solid Oak Software Inc., Milburn’s family-owned, eight-person firm in Santa Barbara, California.
Full Story :  China Mafia-Style Hack Attack Drives California Firm to Brink

Microsoft's ads deride Google as a bad place to shop

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is trying to skewer Google as a lousy holiday shopping guide in its latest attempt to divert more traffic to its Bing search engine.

The attack starts Wednesday with a marketing campaign focused on a recent change in how Google runs the part of its search engine devoted to shopping results. The revisions require merchants to pay Google to have their products listed in the shopping section.

Full Story :  Microsoft's ads deride Google as a bad place to shop

NYC to light iconic Christmas tree

NEW YORK (AP) — An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy is getting a chance to shine when it's scheduled to be lit as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tonight at 9 p.m. ET.

The tree, which will be lit Wednesday night, comes from the Mount Olive, N.J., home of Joe Balku. Balku lost power and other trees during the storm at his residence about an hour outside of Manhattan.

Full Story :  NYC to light iconic Christmas tree

Liberty University gets another chance at Obamacare

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Liberty University another chance to challenge the individual and employer health insurance mandates that serve as the foundation for Obamacare. 

Earlier this year, the justices declined to hear all pending challenges to the healthcare reform law after they upheld its constitutionality in June. 

But lawyers from Liberty Counsel, the legal group representing the school, refiled their appeal, insisting their case deserved a second look in light of the court's ruling. 

Full Story :  Liberty University gets another chance at Obamacare

Transplant doc, Nobel winner Murray dies in Boston

DR Joseph E Murray, who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at the age of 93.

Murray's death in Boston was confirmed on Monday by Brigham and Women's Hospital spokesman Tom Langford. No cause of death was immediately announced.

Since the first kidney transplants on identical twins, hundreds of thousands of transplants on a variety of organs have been performed worldwide. Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with Dr E Donnall Thomas, who won for his work in bone marrow transplants. Read more:

Full Story :  Transplant doctor, Nobel winner Murray dies

Study links traffic pollution to autism

LIVING near a busy road is associated with a dramatic increase in the risk of childhood autism, a study has shown.
Early exposure to traffic pollution, either in the womb or during the first year of life, more than doubled a child's chances of having the disorder, scientists found.

Children from homes with the highest air pollution levels were three times more at risk than those from the least exposed homes.

Full Story :  Study links traffic pollution to autism

Did misunderstanding lead to horrific Nigeria mob killings?

It may have been a simple misunderstanding that led to a horrific lynching.

On October 5, four University of Port Harcourt students, Chiadika Biringa, Ugonna Obuzor, Lloyd Toku, and Tekena Elkanah left campus for the village of Aluu. According to Biringa's mother Chinwe, Obuzor was owed some money and he asked his three classmates to accompany him to the village to collect on the debt.

Full Story :  Did misunderstanding lead to horrific Nigeria mob killings?

Mexicans feeling persecuted flee U.S.

In a remote town in northern Mexico, a 10-year-old-boy is struggling with his homework. His name is Oscar Castellanos, and the fifth-grader is getting extra help from his father because he's having trouble adjusting to his new school.

The student enrolled at Leona Vicario Elementary in the town of Cananea is technically a foreigner in his father's land. Oscar was born in Arizona and is a U.S. citizen. He recites the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance by memory without hesitation. His English accent is that of a boy raised in the American Southwest.

Full Story :  Mexicans feeling persecuted flee U.S.

Storms and floods across the UK

More chaos expected across much of Britain after torrential rains and fierce winds created havoc in the south-west

Diana Mallows, 90, is rescued by the Devon and Somerset fire and rescue service after being stranded due to flooding at her home for four days, at North Curry, near Taunton


full story : Storms and floods across the UK

Irish Daily Star editor resigns for publishing nude Kate Middleton photos

The editor of the Irish Daily Star has resigned following an internal investigation into his tabloid’s decision to publish topless photos of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, while she was sunbathing in the south of France, the Irish Times reported.

full story : Irish Daily Star editor resigns for publishing nude Kate Middleton photos

New inquiry begins into case of woman who died after she was refused abortion in Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland has opened a new investigation into the death of a woman denied an abortion of her dying foetus, as the government scrambled to stem criticism of its handling of an incident that polarised the overwhelmingly Catholic country.

Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old dentist, was admitted to hospital in severe pain on Oct. 21 and asked for a termination after doctors said her baby would not survive, according to her husband, but in a country with some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws, surgeons would not remove the foetus until its heartbeat stopped days later.

full story :  New inquiry begins into case of woman who died after she was refused abortion in Ireland

Priest expelled because of woman's ordination, activism

A Roman Catholic priest excommunicated for ordaining a Kentucky woman four years ago now has been kicked out of the religious order to which he has belonged for four decades.

The then-Rev. Roy Bourgeois of Georgia defied Roman Catholic teachings by participating in an August 2008 ordination service at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, Ky., for Janice Sevre-Duszynska.

"What I'm going through now is the rejection of being kicked out," said Bourgeois, 73, in a phone interview after being informed that he was expelled from the Maryknoll, N.Y.-based Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.

"But it's just sort of a glimmer of what women in the Catholic church and gays in the Catholic church experience daily."

full story :  Priest expelled because of woman's ordination, activism

Egyptian protesters, police clash as Morsi defends wide new powers

Opposition protesters clashed with police in several Egyptian cities Friday after new Islamist President Mohammed Morsi awarded himself sweeping new powers.

Police fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the center of anti-regime protests that ousted longtime U.S.-backed leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

"The people want to bring down the regime," shouted protesters, echoing a chant used in the anti-Mubarak uprising. "Get out, Morsi," they chanted.

full story :  Egyptian protesters, police clash as Morsi defends wide new powers

US student stabbed in Rome tells of charge by mob of armed, masked men

ROME — An American college student suffered a foot-long stab wound and a punctured lung when a mob of up to 50 masked men armed with knives and baseball bats suddenly charged English soccer fans and others in a piazza in Italian capital Rome, he told NBC News.

Local media initially blamed Thursday's attack on hard core fans or "Ultras" supporting soccer team Lazio — who played English team Tottenham on Thursday — but two fans of bitter rivals Roma were among a group of 15 detained for alleged involvement in attack, suggesting a different motive.

full story :  US student stabbed in Rome tells of charge by mob of armed, masked men

The path to an American pope? Cardinal's elevation gives US clout at Vatican

ROME — The red, or rather scarlet, carpet will be rolled in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday for the elevation of six cardinals.

The new so-called "princes of the church" will receive their ring, scarlet skullcap and the traditional biretta, a four-cornered hat, in a solemn ceremony presided by Pope Benedict XVI.

The ceremony won't only be a rare insight into one of the oldest and most colorful traditions in the Catholic Church, which with 1.1 billion adherents worldwide, represents more than half of the world's Christian population.

It will also redefine the balance of power in the Catholic Church, and further increase the United States' influence in the election of the next pope.

full story :  The path to an American pope? Cardinal's elevation gives US clout at Vatican

Black voters want Obama to focus on jobs

President Obama's coalition came through for him big time on Election Day, and members of the coalition want him to return the favor.

African Americans, who backed the nation's first African-American president with 93% of their votes, are calling on Obama to pursue new jobs programs and make sure budget cuts do not fall too heavily on middle- and lower-class Americans.

"I think the president heard us loud and clear," Al Sharpton said, according to the Associated Press. "The collective message was, 'let's build on where we already are.'"

full story :  Black voters want Obama to focus on jobs

South Pacific Sandy Island 'proven not to exist'

 A South Pacific island, shown on marine charts and world maps as well as on Google Earth and Google Maps, does not exist, Australian scientists say.

The supposedly sizeable strip of land, named Sandy Island on Google maps, was positioned midway between Australia and French-governed New Caledonia.

But when scientists from the University of Sydney went to the area, they found only the blue ocean of the Coral Sea.

The phantom island has featured in publications for at least a decade.
Scientist Maria Seton, who was on the ship, said that the team was expecting land, not 1,400m (4,620ft) of deep ocean.

full story :  South Pacific Sandy Island 'proven not to exist'

Hobby Lobby files appeal in battle against ObamaCare contraception provisions

Hobby Lobby Stores has appealed a federal judge’s decision denying the craft supply chain’s request to not provide employees with insurance that covers morning-after and week-after birth control pills, as mandated by the ObamaCare law.


The Christian-owned company asked for relief in the face of fines they say could reach $1 million a day for not providing the coverage.

The appeal was filed Tuesday in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals after a federal judge in Oklahoma on Monday denied the owners’ request for a temporary injunction against the provisions of the Obama administration's health law.

full story : Hobby Lobby files appeal in battle against ObamaCare contraception provisions

Will change in state pot laws change how drug cartels do business?

 Pot-supporting crowds cheered on election night as Colorado and Washington State voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

Many expected Mexican drug cartels, who earn billions of dollars a year by smuggling marijuana into the United States, to be in a state of panic – but one expert said they will carry on just fine if pot is legalized.

“The cartel is going to likely adapt to that situation and move other types of drugs into those two particular states,” said Alex del Carmen, a professor of criminology at the University of Texas-Arlington. Del Carmen said if marijuana laws in the United States change, the cartels will adjust and likely concentrate on harder drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamine.

full story: Will change in state pot laws change how drug cartels do business?

Rockets go silent as Gaza-Israel cease-fire appears to hold

Near the Israel-Gaza border (CNN) -- As the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza continued to hold Thursday, Palestinian leaders gave heated speeches to a throng of jubilant Gazans on their "victory" over the "enemy."

Mohammed Hindi, the leader of Islamic Jihad, a party to the truce brokered in Egypt, called for more weapons to maintain resistance against Israel.

Supporters of Hamas, which controls Gaza, and supporters of its moderate rival Palestinian party, Fatah, gathered for a peaceful rally and speech near the parliament in Gaza City, which was hit this week in an airstrike. In a rare showing of unity, a chorus of yellow Fatah flags joined green Hamas banners flapping in the breeze alongside Palestinian flags.

full story :  Rockets go silent as Gaza-Israel cease-fire appears to hold

Husband should pay maintenance to wife even if he is jobless

A man, though jobless, should pay maintenance to his wife as ordered by court in divorce case, Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled.

Justice G Rajasuriya said the husband cannot claim that he was poor, in order to dodge his responsibility of providing monthly maintenance to his wife.

"A husband has to take care of his wife somehow or other even if he is jobless," the Judge.
He was dismissing a civil revision petition filed by the man challenging the March 3 last order of family court, before which the couple have filed divorce petition, directing him to pay Rs 2,000 as interim maintenance.

full story :  Husband should pay maintenance to wife even if he is jobless

Indian origin 'peeping Tom' banned from all McDonald outlets in UK

An Indian-origin man in Britain has become the first person to have been banned from all 1,200 McDonald's outlets in England and Wales after being caught spying on two women in the restaurant's toilets.

Thirty-two-year-old Sukhbir Singh sneaked into the ladies' toilets at a branch of the fast food giant in Birmingham city centre where he hid in the cubicles and watched the women in February this year.

Magistrates were told he was caught after being disturbed by a customer who then alerted staff, the 'Daily Mail' reported.

Singh fled but CCTV operators tracked him from the restaurant and his image was passed to police officers.

full story :  Indian origin 'peeping Tom' banned from all McDonald outlets in UK

Roberto Di Matteo is finally out - Chelsea FC owner and board

Chelsea Football Club has parted company this morning with Manager Roberto Di Matteo.
The team's recent performances and results have not been good enough and the owner and the Board felt that a change was necessary now to keep the club moving in the right direction as we head into a vitally important part of the season.

The club faces a difficult task ahead in qualifying for the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League as well as maintaining a strong challenge for the top of the Premier League while competing in three other cup competitions. Our aim is to remain as competitive as possible and challenge strongly on all fronts.

The owner and the Board would like to thank Roberto for all he has done for the club since taking over in March. Roberto helped guide us to an historic Champions League victory and a seventh FA Cup. We will never forget the huge contribution he has made to this club's history and he will always be welcome at Stamford Bridge.
The club will be making an announcement shortly regarding a new first team manager.

source : Statement on Roberto Di Matteo - Chelsea FC

San Francisco lawmakers vote to ban public nudity

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco lawmakers disappointed committed nudists on Tuesday by narrowly approving a ban on public nakedness despite concerns the measure would undermine the city's reputation as a sanctuary for free expression.

The Board of Supervisors voted 6-5 in favor of a public safety ordinance that prohibits exposed genitals in most public places, including streets, sidewalks and public transit. The law still must pass a final vote and secure Mayor Edwin Lee's signature to take effect early next year.

full story :  San Francisco lawmakers vote to ban public nudity

Boy charged in fatal shooting on Florida bus

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida teen was charged with fatally shooting a girl in front of her younger sister and several other students while riding the bus to school Tuesday morning, Miami-Dade police said.

The 15-year-old male student was taken into custody at the scene in Homestead and later charged with manslaughter and carrying a concealed firearm. The Associated Press does not identify juvenile offenders


full story :  Boy charged in fatal shooting on Florida bus

McAfee's former girlfriend says the Internet pioneer is 'frightened for his life'

San Pedro, Belize (CNN) -- A dead neighbor. Headless dogs. And a millionaire on the run. All set against a backdrop of spectacular tropic beauty.

It would be difficult to imagine a more intriguing story than the one unfolding in Belize right now.

Police there are seeking to question Internet pioneer John McAfee in the killing of his neighbor, American businessman Gregory Faull.

full story :  McAfee's former girlfriend says the Internet pioneer is 'frightened for his life'

Beckham leaving LA Galaxy after title game

(CNN) -- Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham will be leaving the team after its MLS Cup game December 1, team officials announced Monday.

The famed English midfielder joined the Galaxy in 2007, raising the profile of Major League Soccer in the United States and helped lead the team to the league title in 2011. Monday's announcement comes 10 months after he signed a new two-year contract with the team, turning his back on a number of offers from leading European clubs.

full story :  Beckham leaving LA Galaxy after title game

10 dead in Yemeni military plane crash

SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say a military plane has crashed during training over the capital, Sanaa, killing all 10 people on board.

The officials say the Russian-made aircraft plunged from the sky and crashed Wednesday into an empty market in the heart of the Yemeni capital, destroying several shops.

full story: 10 dead in Yemeni military plane crash

India executes last gunman from Mumbai attacks

New Delhi (CNN) -- India on Wednesday executed Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the last surviving gunman from the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed more than 160 people, a government official said.

Kasab, a Pakistani, was hanged at Yerwada Jail in Pune, a city southeast of Mumbai, said K.S. Dhatwalia, a spokesman for the Indian home ministry. It was the first use of capital punishment in India in 12 years.

full story :  India executes last gunman from Mumbai attacks

Calm elusive as rockets rain in Gaza, Israel

Near the Israel-Gaza border (CNN) -- Hopes were briefly raised then dashed Tuesday for an imminent calm between Israel and Hamas as diplomats fervently sought a way to stop the deadly violence.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the region, where she met for more than two hours with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She is expected to meet later with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, who is working to broker a cease-fire.

full story :  Calm elusive as rockets rain in Gaza, Israel

Gaza crisis: Israel to end attacks, says Egypt's Mursi

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi, who is leading mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, says he expects Israel to end attacks on Gaza shortly.

A Hamas spokesman told the BBC a truce would come into effect late on Tuesday, following six days of Israeli air strikes and rocket attacks from Gaza.

Israel says it has put plans for a land invasion of Gaza on hold.
But it has also told villagers in north, south and east of Gaza to move to central areas for their own safety.

source :  Gaza crisis: Israel to end attacks, says Egypt's Mursi

Malaysian Police have 124 speed cameras worth RM23.5m, says Hisham

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The police have 124 units of speed trap cameras with each unit costing hundreds of thousands of ringgit, the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has told Parliament.

“...since 1995, PDRM has been supplied with speed trap cameras in stages. Up till now, the total of such cameras is 124 units.

Source :  Malaysian Police have 124 speed cameras worth RM23.5m, says Hisham

Anonymous leaks personal information of 5,000 Israeli officials

Internet hacktivist group Anonymous has declared cyberwar on Israel, posting personal data of five thousand Israeli officials online.  ­The group used their Anonpaste.me site to address a message to the Israeli government before linking to the page with names, ID numbers and personal emails of 5,000 officials.

The message said: "It has come to our attention that the Israeli government has ignored repeated warnings about the abuse of human rights, shutting down the internet in Israel and mistreating its own citizens and those of its neighboring countries." 

Source : Anonymous leaks personal information of 5,000 Israeli officials

Why Facebook's about to slow down (and that's probably good)

Your Facebook page is likely about to slow down. Good news: The change will help keep online thieves away. According to a recent blog post, Facebook is in the process of moving all of its users in North America -- and soon the rest of the world -- to a type of Internet connection that is more secure but also tends to slow down Web browsing a bit.

Called HTTPS, as opposed to less-secure HTTP, it's the connection you see on online retail sites when you're about to enter credit card information or a password. Sometimes a little lock icon appears in the browser window when you're connected to a site with HTTPS. (The "s," by the way, stands for "secure.")

source :  Why Facebook's about to slow down (and that's probably good)

Pakistani court throws out blasphemy charges against Christian girl

A Pakistani court on Tuesday dismissed blasphemy charges against Rimsha Masih, a Christian teenager whose case prompted international outrage.

"She is a free woman, like any ordinary citizen," said Abdul Hameed Rana, one of Rimsha's lawyers. The high court in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad found that the accusations against her were legally unsound, he said.

source : Pakistani court throws out blasphemy charges against Christian girl

Rebels seize control of Goma amid clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo took control Tuesday of the city of Goma, including its airport and the border with Rwanda, after days of clashes, a Congolese reporter on the ground said.

The M23 rebel group, which has been engaged in heavy fighting with Congolese army forces, has also taken control of the government radio station, said the reporter, who can't be named for security purposes.

 

source : Rebels seize control of Goma amid clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo

Israel gives Hamas 36-hours ultimatum before starting major offensive

Israel has warned Hamas it will step up its offensive in the Gaza Strip in 36 hours if they do not cease rocket fire. Israel's Finance Minister told IDF radio the time left before Israel escalates its attacks can be measured in “hours, not days.”
­"We are at a junction," said Minister Yuval Steinitz. "Either we go toward a calm or toward a meaningful widening of the operation… including a possible move to achieve complete military decision."

Israel has demanded that Hamas cease firing rockets into Israel for a period of “several years”
and that they stop the smuggling of weapons into Gaza. The conditions are part of a six-part proposal put forward by the Israeli government at negotiations with Hamas in Cairo.
In addition, the proposal asked that Israel be allowed to hunt down terrorists in the event of an attack or if it obtains information on an imminent attack.

Hamas’ official Moussa Abu Marzuk said Hamas would not accept the creation of an Israeli "security belt" in eastern Gaza.

For their part, the Palestinians have demanded the immediate lifting of the Israeli blockade on Gaza and the cessation of IDF targeted killings.
Fears of an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza have heightened following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Sunday that the IDF was “prepared for a significant expansion of the operation.” 

source : Israel gives Hamas 36-hours ultimatum before starting major offensive

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