Archive du mois : janvier 2018

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New US-backed Syria force: Five stuff it’s most vital to know

A US plan to form a new border security force in the northeast of Syria has drawn condemnation from major powers in the region, including Turkey and Russia. Under the plan, the US-led coalition fighting against ISIL in the war-torn area would recruit 30,000 fighters into the new force, according to US officials. Turkish President…

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13 siblings rescued from California home; parents charged with torture

Updated January 16, 2018 15:50:11 Video: David and Louise Turpin have been arrested and charged with the torture of their 13 children. (Image: Facebook/David-Louise Turpin) (ABC News) Thirteen siblings, ranging in age from two to 29, were rescued by police in California from a house where some of them had been chained to beds, and…

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Yemen’s Houthis originate activist Hisham al-Omeisy

A prominent Yemeni activist who used social media to document the war that has ravaged his country has been released by Houthi rebels after more than five months in detention. Hisham al-Omeisy, 38, was freed on Monday along with two other prisoners accused of being loyal to Yemen’s slain former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, sources told…

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Freedom Home: Tunisia’s democracy downgraded

A new report released by the international watchdog organisation Freedom House has raised concerns about Tunisia’s democratic backslide. Data analysed by the NGO from 195 countries over the past year showed that Tunisia was still the only free country in the Arab world, but the North African state saw its political rights rating decreased from…

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Die Klapperschlange und der irre Schlitzer

Die Logik einer Bombe ist unbestechlich, mit ihr lässt sich nicht streiten. „Es werde Licht!“, mit diesen Worten endet die Science-Fiction-Farce „Dark Star“ von 1975 über den Sternenzerstörer gleichen Namens – und mit ihnen beginnt auch die Karriere des Regisseurs John Carpenter. Dem Absolvent der einflussreichen Regieklasse der University of Southern California (USC) gelang gleich mit seinem…

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Carillon bosses face investigation into ‘indecent’ order to give protection to their bonuses sooner than the firm went bust

Carillion bosses face an investigation into a “shameful” bid to protect their bonuses before the firm went bust, with the company’s collapse now threatening to turn into a major corporate scandal. The Government warned directors of the firm, which handled hundreds of public contracts, that they would be hit with “severe penalties” if found guilty…

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Schumer to Trump: You Can Initiate to Sign You are No longer Racist or Bigoted By Supporting Bipartisan Immigration Compromise

by Ian Hanchett15 Jan 20180 15 Jan, 201815 Jan, 2018 On Monday’s broadcast of CBS’ “Late Show,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that President Trump can begin to prove he’s not racist or bigoted by supporting the bipartisan immigration compromise. Schumer said Trump’s comments “over and over and over again can be described…

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Shackled childhood came all the draw by in California house

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The parents are held on charges of torture and child endangerment Two parents have been arrested in California after police found they allegedly kept their 13 children captive at home, some « shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks ». David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were…