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Archives for July 2015

Zimbabwe Calls For Extradition Of American Hunter That Killed Cecil The Lion

Authorities seeking Palmer’s extradition have described him as an accomplice to the illegal hunt. But they have not specified what charges might be laid against him, meaning it is unclear what penalty he could face if he is tried and convicted.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
FILE - In this image takem from a November 2012 video made available by Paula French, a well-known, protected lion known as Cecil strolls around in Hwange National Park, in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's wildlife minister says extradition is being sought for Walter Palmer, the American dentist who killed a Cecil.

HARARE, Zimbabwe  — Zimbabwe intends to seek the extradition of an American dentist who killed a lion that was lured out of a national park and shot with a bow and a gun, and the process has already begun, a Cabinet minister said Friday. In the Zimbabwean government's first official comment on the killing of Cecil the lion, the environment,

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New Evidence Reveals Turkish Government Is Directly Funding ISIS

One senior western official said that direct dealings between Turkish officials and ranking Isis members was now “undeniable”.

The Guardian
By The Guardian

When US special forces raided the compound of an Islamic State leader in eastern Syria in May, they made sure not to tell the neighbours. The target of that raid, the first of its kind since US jets returned to the skies over Iraq last August, was an Isis official responsible for oil smuggling, named Abu Sayyaf. He was almost unheard of outside

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Protesters Forcibly Removed By Police As Arctic Drilling Ship Escapes Blockade

After blocking vessel for nearly two days, activists said to be ‘tired and hot, but filled with gratitude’.

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams
The Royal Dutch Shell PLC icebreaker Fennica heads up the Willamette River under protesters hanging from the St. Johns Bridge on its' way to Alaska in Portland, Ore., Thursday, July 30, 2015.

Ending a nearly two-day standoff, Greenpeace activists who had successfully blocked passage of a Shell Oil drilling vessel were dramatically removed from their positions on the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon on Thurdsay evening as a special team of law enforcement officers cut them away to allow passage of the ship. As the local KOIN

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German Government Charges Journalists With Treason Over Leaks

For the first time in more than 50 years journalists are facing treason charges, which is being denounced as an attack on the freedom of the press.

The Guardian
By The Guardian
Andre Meister, a journalist with Netzpolitik.org, has been charged with treason. Photograph: YouTube

Germany has opened a treason investigation into a news website a broadcaster said had reported on plans to increase state surveillance of online communications. German media said it was the first time in more than 50 years journalists had faced treason charges, and some denounced the move as an attack on the freedom of the press. “The federal

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Unarmed Teen Killed By Police During Botched Marijuana Sting

The autopsy shows that Zachary Hammond was shot from behind and his car was not moving, contrary to police reports that the car veered toward the officer during a drug sting.

Greenville Online
By Greenville Online
19 year-old Zachary Hammond.

A lawyer representing the family of a Seneca teenager who was shot by police Sunday night said the autopsy shows that Zachary Hammond was shot from behind and his car was not moving, contrary to police reports that the car veered toward the officer during a drug sting. Eric Bland, a Columbia attorney hired by Hammond’s parents, said he has

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Jewish Extremists Torch 2 Palestinian Homes, Burning Toddler To Death

“I never imagined that this could happen, that someone could come and burn people alive while they are sleeping,” … “I don’t know what those people were thinking. What do they have inside their hearts and minds?”

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Photos of a one-and-a-half year old boy, Ali Dawabsheh, lie in a house that had been torched in a suspected attack by Jewish settlers in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 31, 2015. The boy died in the fire, his four-year-old brother and parents were wounded, according to a Palestinian official from the Nablus area.

DUMA, West Bank— A sleeping toddler was burned to death when suspected Jewish assailants set fire to two Palestinian homes in a West Bank village early Friday, an attack that also critically wounded the child's 4-year-old brother and parents and outraged both Israelis and Palestinians. The attack threatened to set off another violent escalation

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