Archive du mois : février 2018

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UN: Egypt’s imprisonment of Mahmoud Hussein ‘arbitrary’

A UN body has ruled the detention of an Al Jazeera journalist held by Egyptian authorities for more than one year as « arbitrary ». The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) also demanded the immediate release of Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian native who worked for Al Jazeera Arabic. The 55-year-old was arrested in…

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Padmaavat banned over film’s depiction of Muslim ruler

Malaysia has banned a controversial Bollywood film, citing its negative portrayal of a Muslim ruler. The release of Padmaavat has already caused mayhem in India. The 14th century period drama focuses on the tale of Muslim King Alauddin Khilji, Rajput ruler Ratan Singh, and Hindu queen Padmavati. Hindu groups in India alleged the film distorts history by…

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US stocks undergo kindly day-to-day loss of Trump technology

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The ‘King of Kong’ will be stripped of his high rating

Billy Mitchell is known to video game fans as the King of Kong, a title made world-famous by the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters about the race for the Donkey Kong world record. Mitchell’s 1982 score of 874,300 points reigned for 18 years until Tim Sczerby passed it by with 879,200…

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Sanktionen: Nordkorea verdient Millionen mit Rüstungsgeschäften

Nordkorea hat unter Missachtung der UN-Sanktionen laut Einschätzung von Experten Millionen Dollar verdient. Durch eine verbotene Zusammenarbeit mit Syrien und Myanmar bei ballistischen Raketen habe das Land allein in neun Monaten im vergangenen Jahr 200 Millionen Dollar durch illegale Exporte eingenommen, schreiben Experten der Vereinten Nationen in einem Bericht an den Weltsicherheitsrat. Nordkorea sei Syrien…

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Striking Kenya’s media shutdown in context

On Tuesday, December 30, the Kenyan government took the unprecedented step of shutting down three of the largest television stations in the country. At KTN, the first independent station in Kenya, the signal was merely switched off. But at Citizen Television and NTV, officials of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) allegedly went to one…

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What Trump did not disclose about international policy

As former speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill once said, « all politics is local ». United States President Donald Trump adhered to this motto when he delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, reserving approximately 80 percent of his 90-minute-long speech for domestic policy issues. He focused specifically on the Tax…

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NeverTrump Rallies to Defend Deep Instruct, Dismiss Memo

Ostensibly conservative NeverTrump news media figures scorned Friday’s release of a declassified House Intelligence Committee memo detailing alleged abuse by senior FBI and Justice Department officials. The memo claims that in obtaining warrants to spy on an associate of Donald Trump under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the FBI relied on the “Steele dossier” —…

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James McAvoy devastated after mum Liz passes away outdated 59

James McAvoy is in mourning following the death of his mum aged 59. Liz Johnstone, who had battled ill-health for years, passed away on January 18 at the Glasgow council flat she lived in with son James and daughter Joy before they found fame. Liz had remained close to her children despite them being brought…