Saturday, 23 March 2013
France: Convicted for 'Racist' Posters that Said "No to Islam" and "No Minaret in Our Districts"
A young man and his female companion, activists in the Front national, were prosecuted for incitement to racial hatred this Thursday afternoon, at the magistrate's court of Laval. In the night of 21 novembre 2012, in the towns of Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne at Andouillé, they put up posters of a racist character: "No to Islam", "No Minaret in our districts". Yesterday, they were sentenced to a fine of 800 euros with a suspended sentence. probation.
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Harcèlement de rue- Street harassment
This is a French version of Belgium's "Femme de la rue". The reporter made it after she was told that such things "do not occur in France"
NB Google Translate: "For street harassers, men who approached me were mostly young, mostly of foreign origin. I felt a lot of frustration."
The vid is not yet subtitled in English but with the French subtitles you can glean a pretty good understanding. An English version will be along soon I suspect.
NB Google Translate: "For street harassers, men who approached me were mostly young, mostly of foreign origin. I felt a lot of frustration."
The vid is not yet subtitled in English but with the French subtitles you can glean a pretty good understanding. An English version will be along soon I suspect.
Pakistani firm whose chemicals were used to kill US troops seeks subsidy for Indiana plant
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Pakistani fertilizer maker whose chemicals have been used in 80 percent
of the roadside bombs that have killed and maimed American troops in
Afghanistan is now seeking U.S. taxpayer subsidies in order to open a
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British rivers stripped of fish by East European poachers
FEARS that Eastern European poachers are decimating Britain’s freshwater fish stocks have forced conservationists to start a nationwide poster campaign – in five languages.
Fishing in rivers, canals and some lakes is illegal during the close season to allow the fish to breed. But experts say migrants are eating and selling catches, including those pregnant, instead of returning them to the water.
The Angling Trust is so concerned about the diminishing numbers of salmon, trout, barbel, pike, bream, carp and eel, it has printed details of the ban in Polish, Romanian, Lithuanian, Slovakian and English.
Kent councillor Tony Harwood yesterday said serious damage was being done to eel and trout stocks near his home in Maidstone to satisfy the migrants’ love of smoked fish.
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Asylum seeker living in Benwell seeks £50,000 false imprisonment claim
A failed asylum seeker jailed for identity fraud is suing the Government for up to £50,000 claiming he was falsely imprisoned as they tried to deport him.Mouaz Al Sayed, who is living in Benwell in Newcastle’s West End, was refused sanctuary on Tyneside after fleeing North Africa’s war-torn Sudan in 2005.
The 29-year-old made two subsequent applications for asylum under a bogus name and was then convicted of identity fraud and sent to prison for 15 months.
For nearly a year after his prison term, he was held in a Home Office detention centre as efforts were made to arrange his deportation with the Sudanese embassy.
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Half of squatters brought to justice by Scotland Yard are Romanians
Romanians make up nearly half of all those caught breaking new anti-squatting laws in the capital, official police figures show.
A total of 92 people, 41 of them from Romania, have been prosecuted or
cautioned for illegally occupying residential buildings in London in the
past six months.
The Metropolitan Police has also brought 16 Poles, 13 Britons, six Spaniards
and two Nepalese to justice for the offence since the new legislation came
into force in September, the Evening Standard reported.
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20 people have been killed in violence between Buddhists and Muslims.
Myanmar President Thein Sein has declared a state of emergency in a
central town where at least 20 people have been killed in violence
between Buddhists and Muslims.
Burning fires from two days of Buddhist-Muslim violence smoldered across Meikhtila on Friday as residents cowered indoors amid growing fears the country's latest bout of sectarian bloodshed could spread.
The government's struggle to contain the unrest is proving another major challenge to Thein Sein's reformist administration as it attempts to chart a path to democracy after nearly half a century of military rule that once crushed all dissent. Read the full story.
Burning fires from two days of Buddhist-Muslim violence smoldered across Meikhtila on Friday as residents cowered indoors amid growing fears the country's latest bout of sectarian bloodshed could spread.
The government's struggle to contain the unrest is proving another major challenge to Thein Sein's reformist administration as it attempts to chart a path to democracy after nearly half a century of military rule that once crushed all dissent. Read the full story.
Death-crash driver gets jail warning from judge
A DRIVER who killed a teenage motorcyclist has been warned he could be
jailed after he pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving.
Inayat Adam, aged 36, of Eskrick Street, Bolton, was driving a Vauxhall Vectra just after 10pm on January 2 when it was involved in a collision with a Suzuki motorbike in Deane Road at the junction with Blackshaw Lane.
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Inayat Adam, aged 36, of Eskrick Street, Bolton, was driving a Vauxhall Vectra just after 10pm on January 2 when it was involved in a collision with a Suzuki motorbike in Deane Road at the junction with Blackshaw Lane.
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Pensioner fought off attacker who tried to rape her in her home
A judge has praised a pensioner for fighting off an attacker who tried to rape her in her home.
Judge Simon Hammond spoke of the victim's "courage, tenacity and
presence of mind" as he yesterday jailed Abraham Nhliziyo for 10 years
over the attempted rape.
Judge Hammond said: "He didn't desist because he wanted to – but only because she fought like a tigress for her honour."
The woman, who is in her 70s, had gone to investigate a noise outside her Thurnby Lodge home in the early hours of September 15 last year.
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Judge Simon Hammond spoke of the victim's "courage, tenacity and
presence of mind" as he yesterday jailed Abraham Nhliziyo for 10 years
over the attempted rape.Judge Hammond said: "He didn't desist because he wanted to – but only because she fought like a tigress for her honour."
The woman, who is in her 70s, had gone to investigate a noise outside her Thurnby Lodge home in the early hours of September 15 last year.
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Stoke-on-Trent terrorists say jail sentences over links to bomb plot are 'too harsh'
FIVE activists involved in a plot to set up a terrorist training camp
are challenging their sentences which they claim are too harsh.
The men – three of whom come from Stoke-on-Trent – all appealed
the length of their jail terms in London's Appeal Court yesterday.
They include Usman Khan, now 22 but who was just 19 when he became involved in the plot, who was one of nine men sentenced over linked conspiracies to bomb the London Stock Exchange and establish terrorist training schools in Kashmir.
Khan, of Persia Walk, Tunstall, was caged indefinitely for public protection – which is almost identical to a life term – at London's Woolwich Crown Court in February last year.
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The men – three of whom come from Stoke-on-Trent – all appealed
the length of their jail terms in London's Appeal Court yesterday.They include Usman Khan, now 22 but who was just 19 when he became involved in the plot, who was one of nine men sentenced over linked conspiracies to bomb the London Stock Exchange and establish terrorist training schools in Kashmir.
Khan, of Persia Walk, Tunstall, was caged indefinitely for public protection – which is almost identical to a life term – at London's Woolwich Crown Court in February last year.
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jailed for causing death of a friend in horrific high-speed crash
Defendant drove off leaving pal dying in wreckage after pair raced high-powered sports cars at 100mph through Birmingham streets
A man who killed a close friend in a horrific crash as they raced high powered sports cars at 100mph through city streets has been jailed for nine years.
Rajesh Chalotra, aged 37, died in a massive smash after his Audi TT was ‘clipped’ by the other car, causing him to lost control and hit a kerb before ramming a wall and demolishing a lamp post.
Courier driver Jatinder Paul, was told at Birmingham Crown Court that his Audi R8 supercar had become a “lethal weapon” in his hands.
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A man who killed a close friend in a horrific crash as they raced high powered sports cars at 100mph through city streets has been jailed for nine years.Rajesh Chalotra, aged 37, died in a massive smash after his Audi TT was ‘clipped’ by the other car, causing him to lost control and hit a kerb before ramming a wall and demolishing a lamp post.
Courier driver Jatinder Paul, was told at Birmingham Crown Court that his Audi R8 supercar had become a “lethal weapon” in his hands.
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Friday, 22 March 2013
"I ended up running for my life, barefoot and handcuffed, while British jihadists
"I ended up running for my life, barefoot and handcuffed, while British jihadists -- young men with south London accents -- shot to kill. And not a Syrian in sight. This wasn't what I had expected." — John Cantlie, British photographer
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Perhaps there'll always be an England...
Good to see that not everyone has given up on tradition.
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Men jailed after violent assault outside Finchley Central Tube Station
Three men who violently assaulted and robbed a group of people outside Finchley Central Tube Station have been jailed.
Edison Demushi, 22, Abdi Salan Darebiye, 23, and Mukhter Hassan, 26, began following a man and two women walking in Regents Park Road last November shouting after them “what have you got for us”.
As the male victim tried to explain they did not have anything to hand over, two men punched him in the face.
The third man came towards one of the women with his hands raised and shouting loudly, "give me what you've got".
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Edison Demushi, 22, Abdi Salan Darebiye, 23, and Mukhter Hassan, 26, began following a man and two women walking in Regents Park Road last November shouting after them “what have you got for us”.
As the male victim tried to explain they did not have anything to hand over, two men punched him in the face.
The third man came towards one of the women with his hands raised and shouting loudly, "give me what you've got".
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