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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Plea negotiations begin in Ponzi schemer's Facebook scam case
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Monday, July 15, 2013
World Dignitaries Attend Frances Bastille Day Parade
A surprise full-scale military drill has been put into action in Russia. The massive exercise is intended to ready the Russian forces for future combat missions. The drill, in Russia's Far East, was quickly ordered by President Vladimir Putin, who said he wanted to surprise the troops in order to check their alert status. All forces in Russia's Eastern Military District are taking ...
Baghdad takes brunt of violent attacks across the nation
At least 27 people were killed and 77 others wounded in separate attacks across Iraq, including a bomb attack against a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, police said. A roadside bomb went off Saturday evening near the Alid bin Alwalead mosque in Dora in southern Baghdad killing at least 13 people and injuring 30 others, a police source told Xinhua. The blast went off around 10 p.m. while ...
World Dignitaries Attend Frances Bastille Day Parade
World dignitaries including United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined French President Francois Hollande for the Bastille Day parade in Paris Sunday. Close to 5,000 troops, including U.N. soldiers in blue berets and servicemen from 13 African countries marched past the presidential stage where Hollande stood with Ban. France's biggest holiday took place in the shadow of a ...
UN Kenyan Peacekeepers Aided Illegal Somalia Charcoal Export
UNITED NATIONS A confidential report by U.N. monitors accuses Kenyan soldiers in the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia of facilitating illegal charcoal exports from the port city of Kismayu, a business that generates millions of dollars a year for Islamic militants seeking to topple the government. The case of the failed ban on Somali charcoal outlined in the report ...
Nearly 30 Killed in Iraq Attacks
Iraqi police say at least 28 people have been killed in a series of explosions that tore through mainly Shi'ite areas of the country Sunday. The deadliest attacks struck central and south Iraq late Sunday, including in the southern oil hub of Basra, where eight people were killed and at least 15 wounded in a car bombing. Other attacks took place in Kut, Nasiriyah and the Shi'ite ...
Indians Bangladeshis take part in global poets meet in Manipur
Indians and Bangladeshis participated in the international poets meet in Kakching town in Manipur over the weekend. The two-day event was organized by the Sahitya Thoupang Lup in association with Department of Art and Culture; Manipur State Kala Academy; Manipur Jagoi Marup; Sahitya Seve Samiti; Macha Chanu; Liberty Theatre and Library and Information Centre. The president of Macha Chanu, a ...
Vietnam beat Australia in volleyball
Hosts Vietnam beat Australia 3-0 on the second day of the 10th international women's volleyball tournament, the VTV Eximbank Cup, here Sunday. With results of 25-15, 25-16, 25-15 Vietnam outclassed Australia, reports Xinhua. Earlier, China's Shandong province beat Thailand 3-1 while Jiangsu beat Kazakhstan 3-0. The VTV Eximbank Cup is being held July 13-20 with the participation of six teams ...
Chinas Jiangsu province beats Kazakhstan in volleyball
China's Jiangsu province beat Kazakhstan in straight sets on the second day of the 10th international women's volleyball tournament, the VTV Eximbank Cup, here Sunday. In the first few minutes of the game, Kazakhstan led 6-1. However, Chinese players quickly found their form to balance the game, winning the first set 25-22. Jiangsu continued to outperform Kazakhstan in the second and third sets ...
Serie A falling behind in Europe Nesta
Former AC Milan defender Alessandro Nesta believes that cash-strapped Serie A has fallen behind the English Premier League, German Bundesliga and Spanish La Liga. The Italian top flight cannot compete with other top European leagues due to financial crisis, he said Sunday, reports Xinhua. "There's no money in Italy at the moment and the best players go to play in other leagues - Spain, ...
Lappi delivers for MRF Gill retires
Finland champion Esapekka Lappi (co-driver Janne Ferme) of Team MRF won the third round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) at the International Rally of Queensland by over 18 minutes even as teammate Gaurav Gill (Glenn Macneall), second overnight, retired due to mechanical problems here Sunday. Driving the Skoda Fabia S2000, Lappi, who now leads the APRC Drivers Championship took ...
Hingis Long inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame
Former tennis great Martina Hingis was among others to be inducted into the International Hall of Fame here. Thelma Coyne Long, Cliff Drysdale, Charlie Pasarell and Ion Tiriac also entered the elite group Saturday for their contribution to the sport. Hingis, a former women's World No.1 in both singles and doubles who collected 15 Grand Slam titles in total, received the highest honour in ...
UNHCR says over 604000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Beirut, July 14 (Xinhua-ANI): The UN Higher Council for Refugees (UNHCR) said Saturday that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving aid from the government, the UN and its NGO partners has reached the threshold of 604,000 after an increase of 17,000 last week alone. It said the number of registered refugees is more than 517,000 while more than 87,000 are still waiting for their ...
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British sprinter goes faster than Bolt this year
British sprinter James Dasaolu clocked 9.91 seconds at the Sainsbury's British Championships here, going faster than world record holder Usain Bolt who ran 9.94 sec in this year's world 100-metre rankings. Dasaolu is now placed fourth in the rankings behind Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin and a place ahead of Bolt. Dasaolu also becomes the second fastest runner in British history only ...
Carter clocks impressive 100m at Madrid meet
Nesta Carter of Jamaica clocked a season's best 9.87 seconds to win the men's 100 metres at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting here. Carter was a comfortable winner ahead of Americans Rakieem Salaam taking second (10.07 seconds) and Calesio Newman third in 10.10 seconds Saturday. Antoine Adams of St Kitts and Nevis finished fourth in 10.14 and Kemar Hyman of Cayman Islands shared the fifth spot ...
Thailand beat Australia in womens volleyball tournament
Thailand defeated Australia 3-1 on the first day of the 10th international women's volleyball tournament (VTV Eximbank Cup 2013) in Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province. Australia failed to take advantage of their height and lost to Thailand 20-25 and 21-25 in the first and second set Saturday, reports Xinhua. Entering the third set, Australia rallied back strongly, beating Thailand 25-20. ...
Chinas Jiangsu beat host Vietnam 3-2 in womens volleyball
China's Jiangsu beat Vietnam 3-2 in the first match of the 10th annual international women's volleyball tournament (VTV Eximbank Cup 2013) in Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province. Jiangsu players outperformed Vietnamese rivals in the first set of the match Saturday with quick pace and got the set 25-15, reports Xinhua. The two teams traded points throughout the second set, however, Vietnam ...
US News channel apologises for racist prank on Asiana pilots
U.S. news channel has apologized for wrongly reporting the names of the pilots onboard the Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6. The channel KTVU apologised for the error after it realized than an intern on a show had provided fake names of the Asiana pilots to the viewers, stuff.co.nz reports. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued ...
Moreno wants long-term Flamengo deal
Bolivia international striker Marcelo Moreno has revealed his desire to sign a long-term contract with Brazilian club Flamengo. The 26-year-old is currently on a season-long loan with the Rio de Janeiro outfit from Brazilian Serie A rivals Gremio, reports Xinhua. Despite netting four goals from as many matches since his move, Moreno insists he is yet to reach peak form. "I came here with the ...
Bravo looks for win against Pakistan
West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo is confident his team will make a winning start to their five-match One-Day International Series against Pakistan when the two teams meet in the opening match at the Guyana National Stadium Sunday. The match will mark a return of international cricket in Guyana after a two-year absence and a huge crowd is expected, with over 85 percent of the tickets already ...
Jamaica leads medal tally at World Youth Championships
Jamaica continued its domination of the sprint hurdles as Marvin Williams clocked a new World Youth leading time of 50.39 seconds to win the Boys' 400 metres Hurdles at the 8th IAAF World Youth Championship. Williams surprised his rivals including teammate, classmate and training partner Okeen Willliams to take the gold medal Saturday, the fourth for Jamaica in the tally, reports CMC. Okeen, ...
Meet the dumbest criminal in the world
Florida police managed to nab a suspect after he commented on a smiling picture of his, posted on Facebook. Matthew Oliver, who was wanted for robbery, first accused authorities of slandering his name, saying that all of this was bullshit. The 23-year-old Florida man wrote on Facebook that all that he did has to do was to accuse someone and they would get into trouble, asserting that Pasco ...
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
MacBreak Weekly 357: Where the Bezel Meets the Bucket
Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, Serenity Caldwell, and I talk about the new MacPro, Apple's planned 137 acre solar array, can Apple read your iMessages, and more.
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Arizona firefighters young, dedicated, beloved
By Andrew Rafferty and Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News
The 19 firefighters killed Sunday were young, brave family men.
Many followed in family footsteps when they decided to dedicate their lives to battling deadly blazes. And a number of those lost were in the beginning stages of starting their own families before attempting to calm a fast moving fire in central Arizona on Sunday.
They were a group known for being tough as nails?but with a lighter side that was needed to cope with the demands of the job.
But now, many leave behind wives and children who now understand all too well the sacrifices their loved ones made when they became firefighters. Here are their stories.
Anthony Rose, 23
In just a few months, Anthony Rose would have been a father.
His?fianc?e,?Tiffany Hettrick, was due in October, family members told NBC News. The couple lived in Arizona, and Hettrick had been accustomed to her husband-to-be's being gone doing what he loved.
?He always wanted to be a firefighter, and he was living what he wanted to do. He?s with God now, so he?s OK,? Hettrick's stepfather, Michael Mooney, told NBC News.??I don?t warm up to too many people too much, but he was a very good guy, and I knew that right away.??
Sean Misner, 26
Like many firefighters, Sean Misner had the job in his blood.?
The California native's uncle and grandfather were firefighters around Santa Barbara, Calif., according to the Santa Barbara Independent.?
Misner had been married less than one year, and the couple were expecting their first child soon, the paper reports.
?The devastating loss of nineteen lives in the Arizona wildfire on June 30, 2013, has not only affected the fire service overall, but one of our own Montecito Fire families,? the Montecito Fire Protection District announced Monday. ?We send our heartfelt condolences to all the families who lost loved ones in this tragedy."
Courtesy MacKenzie family
Christopher MacKenzie, 30, had always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a firefighter.
Christopher MacKenzie, 30
The son of a firefighter, Christopher MacKenzie lived life to the fullest, friends say. He was an avid snowboarder who always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps.
He grew up in California's San Jacinto Valley and became a member of the town's fire department. He hurt his leg during the first week on the job and ended up in the hospital, only emerging more determined than ever to spend his life battling intense blazes, his mother said.
"I was very proud of him. Yeah, he was a good kid, and he's gonna be so missed," said Laurie Goralski, MacKenzie's mother.?
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Kevin Woyjeck, 21, hoped to one day join the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Kevin Woyjeck, 21
Kevin Woyjeck's goal was to one day join the Los Angeles County Fire Department, just like his dad, Joe Woyjeck.
"We're a giant family. Any firefighter lost throughout the country is one of us. We're all a big family," Keith Mora, L.A. County fire inspector, told reporters.
The Southern California man began his short career as a member of the Fire Explorers, a mentorship program for young men and women who wanted to become firefighters, according to NBC Los Angeles.
"He was doing everything he could to become a professional firefighter -- he had an extreme work ethic," Mora told NBC Los Angeles. "He was a great, great kid. I say kid, but he was a young man at 21 years old."
Andrew Ashcraft, 29
Andrew Ashcraft leaves behind a wife and four children, none of whom is older than 6.
Friend Jeannie Brown remembered him as a "good husband, good, devoted family man." She knew Ashcraft through her husband and said the firefighter was always quick to help.
His wife, Juliann Ashcraft, told TODAY on Tuesday that her husband had a ?contagious smile, a heart of gold.?
?He wanted to protect the community that he lived in and loved,? she said. ?In our time of mourning we want people to know that they were heroes, that they are heroes.?
Dustin Deford, 24
Dustin Deford is remembered as a work horse who would do anything to help a neighbor.
?This whole community knows him, not a lazy bone in his body,? Sheriff?Neil Kittleman, who was Deford's boss at a hazardous fuel reduction program in Montana from 2007 to 2012, told NBC News.
?He?d help you do anything,? said?Kittleman.
Deford, who was not married, comes from a large family, according to Kittleman. He father is?pastor at a church in Ekalaka, Mont.
Eric Marsh, 43
Eric Marsh had been involved with firefighting since graduating from high school in Ashe County, N.C., according to the Jefferson Post.
Marsh went on to graduate from Appalachian State University, where he studied biology.
"He was a great son. He was compassionate and caring about his crew," John Marsh, Eric's father, told the newspaper.
Eric Marsh was married but had no children.
William Warneke, 25
Like some of his Hotshot colleagues, Marine Corps veteran William Warneke was preparing to become a father, his grandmother Nancy Warneke told The Press-Enterprise newspaper in Riverside, Calif.
Warneke and his wife, Roxanne, were expecting their first child in December. The?Hemet, Calif., native joined the Hotshot crew in April after four years in the military that included a tour in Iraq.
The couple had just purchased a property in Prescott near family.
Nancy Warneke told the newspaper that she called William's sister after seeing reports of the fire on the news.
?She said, ?He?s gone. They?re all gone,?? she said. ?Even though it?s a tragedy for the whole family, he was doing what he loved to do. He loved nature and was helping preserve nature.?
Scott Norris, 28
Scott Norris seemed to always have a smile on his face, according to friends.
"He talked to random people and had a conversation with them," said 19-year-old Ryan O'Hara. "That's the type of guy he was, and honestly, it inspired me, in a way, to be like that."
Throughout Prescott, he was best known for his part-time job at Bucky O'Neill Guns.
"Here in Arizona the gun shops are a lot like barber shops. Sometimes you don't go in there to buy anything at all, you just go to talk," resident William O'Hara told the Associated Press. "I never heard a dirty word out of the guy. He was the kind of guy who if he dated your daughter, you'd be OK with it."
Travis Carter, 31
Travis Carter was a fitness buff whose strength was legendary at a local gym.
At Captain Crossfit gym, Carter gained a reputation for being the strongest of the Hotshots and also the nicest, friends told the Associated Press.
?No one could beat him. But the thing about him, was he would never brag about it. He would just kill everyone and then go and start helping someone else finish,??trainer Janine Pereira told the AP.
He made up demanding workouts, motivated fellow Hotshots to push themselves and gained?notoriety?for holding a plank (an exercise in which a person gets in a push-up position and holds himself up on toes and forearms) for 45 minutes, the AP reported.?
John Percin, 24
John Percin was a high school athlete known for his laugh and penchant for fun, friends told The Oregonian newspaper.
The 24-year-old was a 2007 graduate of West Linn High School, about 20 miles south of Portland, Ore., the paper reports. He grew up playing baseball.
"It's a tough day for us today," Percin's father, John Percin Sr., told The Oregonian. "We don't know a lot of things yet."
Robert Caldwell, 23
When it came to fighting flames, Robert Caldwell was a natural, friends say. He not only possessed the physical?stamina?for the grueling work but also had the smarts.
"He was one of the smart guys in the crew who could get the weather, figure out the mathematics. It was just natural for him," Chase Madrid, who worked as a Hotshot in the two prior years, told the Associated Press.
Caldwell's understanding of the science behind raging fires helped him get appointed as a squad boss.
Travis Turbyfill, 27
Known as "Turby" to his squad, Travis Turbyfill got his job with the Hotshots when another member's girlfriend asked him to quit.
Like many of the 18 other firefighters who perished Sunday, Turbyfill frequented the Captain Crossfit gym near the Hotshot headquarters. ?Trainer Tony Burris said the firefighter would often come in with his two daughters.
"Because he's this big, huge Marine, Hotshot guy, and he has two little girls, reddish, blonde curly hair, and they just loved their dad," he told the Associated Press.
Wade Parker, 22
Wade Parker had always wanted to be a second-generation firefighter, according to family friends.?Parker's father works for the nearby Chino Valley Fire Department, family friend Jeff Knotek told the Associated Press.
Knotek called Parker, a "big, athletic kid who loved it, aggressive, assertive and in great shape."
"It's just a shame to see this happen," he said.
Grant McKee, 21
A giving young man who whose mother told the AP he was in training to be an emergency medical technician, McKee would regularly request extra emergency room shifts.
?I had four grandchildren, but Grant was the sweetest most giving nature of any of my grandkids,? his grandmother Mary Hoffman told the AP. ?We used to think he was a little angel.??
McKee?s cousin, Robert Caldwell, was also among those killed on Sunday.
Jesse Steed, 36
Among the older members of the Hotshots crew, Steed was remembered for his ability to always make his coworkers laugh ? but he couldn?t have been more serious about doing his job right.
Steed?s brother Cassidy Steed spoke of his brother?s commitment to helping other in a statement released on Monday, according to Seattle?s KOMO News.
?Jesse has always put his life on the line for people who he knew he would never meet. He sacrificed time with his family and his own personal interests. Jesse loved his job very much as his family supported him with every sacrifice he made for it,? Cassidy Steed said in the statement.
?All of Jesse?s crew also gave the ultimate sacrifice. Now there are 19 families who are as grief-stricken and numb from their recent loss as I am,? he said.
Clayton Whitted, 28
A high school football player whose coach recalled him as a ?wonderful kid,? Whitted never shirked a challenge.
?He was a smart young man with a great personality, just a wonderful personality,? remembered Lou Beneitone, who coached Whitted at Prescott High School. ?When he walked into a room, he could really light it up.?
Garret Zuppiger, 27
Zuppiger was ?always, always willing to lend a helping hand,? former neighbor Frank Morrison told The Arizona Republic. ?He would give you the shirt of his back.?
The man who wrote ?Everyday is like a gift!? on a blog he maintained also had a passion for a good beer and the ginger-hued facial hair he cultivated, according to the AP.
?We both had a red beard and so we would always admire each other?s beards,? friend Tony Burris told the AP.
NBC News? Matthew DeLuca and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
U.S. asked Ecuador not to give Snowden asylum: Correa
By Brian Ellsworth
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday the United States had asked him not to grant asylum for former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden in a "cordial" telephone conversation he held with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.
Correa said he vowed to respect Washington's opinion in evaluating the request. The Andean nation says it cannot begin processing Snowden's request unless he reaches Ecuador or one of its embassies.
Snowden, who is wanted by the United States for leaking details about U.S. communications surveillance programs, is believed to still be at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow after leaving Hong Kong.
Praising Biden's good manners in contrast to "brats" in the U.S. Congress who had threatened to cut Ecuador's trade benefits over the Snowden issue, Correa said during his weekly television broadcast: "He communicated a very courteous request from the United States that we reject the (asylum) request."
Biden initiated the phone call, Correa said.
"When he (Snowden) arrives on Ecuadorean soil, if he arrives ... of course, the first opinions we will seek are those of the United States," Correa said.
A senior White House official traveling with President Barack Obama in Africa on Saturday confirmed the conversation had taken place.
The case has been a major embarrassment for the Obama administration, which is now facing withering criticism around the world for the espionage program known as Prism that Snowden revealed.
A German magazine on Saturday, citing secret documents, reported that the United States bugged European Union offices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, which will likely add to the furor over U.S. spying efforts.
Correa has for years been at loggerheads with Washington on issues ranging from the war on drugs to a long-running environmental dispute with U.S. oil giant Chevron.
A leftist economist who received a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Correa denied he was seeking to perturb relations and said he had "lived the happiest days of my life" in the United States.
But he said the United States has not heeded Ecuador's request to extradite citizens sought by the law, including bankers he said have already been sentenced.
"There's a clear double standard here. If the United States is pursuing someone, other countries have to hand them over," Correa said. "But there are so many fugitives from our justice system (in the United States) ... and they don't return them."
TRAVEL DOCUMENT CONFUSION
Correa said Ecuador's London consulate issued Snowden an unauthorized safe-passage document, potentially as a result of communication with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is living in the London embassy after receiving asylum last year.
Assange said on Monday that Snowden had received refugee papers from the Ecuador government to secure him safe passage as he fled Hong Kong for Russia. Correa's government had originally denied this.
A "safe-pass" document published by U.S. Spanish-language media network Univision which circulated widely online purported to offer Snowden safe passage for the purpose of political asylum. The United States has revoked his passport.
"The truth is that the consul (overstepped) his role and will face sanction," Correa said during the broadcast.
The decision was "probably in communication with Julian Assange and out of desperation that Mr. Snowden was going to be captured, but this was without the authorization of the Ecuadorean government."
Correa's critics have in recent days accused him of letting Assange take charge of crucial foreign policy matters.
Assange, who is wanted in Sweden for questioning over sexual assault allegations, has not been able to leave the London embassy because Britain will not give him safe passage.
Snowden's lack of a valid travel document appears to be one of the primary obstacles to his leaving the transit area of the Moscow international airport. Without a passport, he cannot board a commercial flight or move through airport immigration, according to diplomacy experts.
Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino declined on Thursday to comment on whether Ecuador would send a government plane to pick Snowden up. But Correa has indicated he does not have plans to provide Snowden with transport to an embassy.
Correa scoffed at reports that he himself had been aware that the document was issued or was involved in the decision.
"They think I'm so dumb that I ordered our consul in London to write a safe passage document for a U.S. citizen traveling from Hong Kong to Russia. That's simply absurd," he said.
(Additional reporting by Mark Felsenthal in Johannesburg; Editing by Daniel Wallis, Vicki Allen and Sandra Maler)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/biden-spoke-ecuadors-correa-snowden-white-house-180538899.html
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