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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Patient's body found in hospital with injury mark
Can't resist this lurid crime in B-desh, where lurid crime combines with fractured English for a true work of art ...
owotali police recovered body of a patient from near his bed at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital with stab injuries on neck Saturday night, hospital sources said. The victim was identified as Moslem Ali, 70, of Kadamtali village in Itbharia union in Barguna. He was admitted to Barguna Sader Hospital following a road accident on June 12. He was shifted to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, hospital sources said.

The victim's sister-in-law was attending the patient, they said. After the incident, she allegedly fled away. Police recovered a sharp weapon from the spot.

Later, the body was sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy. Police is on haunt for the assailants.
Posted by: Steve White || 07/14/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nuggets from the Bengali press..
Posted by: Bertie Gloter8840 || 07/14/2008 1:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Apparently, in Bangla sisters-in-law are attending physicians. Watch out Steve, they're after your job.
Posted by: Spot || 07/14/2008 8:26 Comments || Top||


The Daily FAIL
Young people who carry knives will be made to visit hospitals where stabbing victims are treated, in a bid to shock them into changing their behaviour. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said seeing "gruesome" injuries would be a tougher deterrent than sending all knife carriers in England and Wales to jail.

A spate of stabbings was making people "nervous" about going out, she said.

The Tories said more knife carriers should go to prison and the Lib Dems called Ms Smith's plans "half-baked"...
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/14/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This will continue through each type of weapon until they finally get to the stick. Then they will need to ban sticks and all sources of sticks and so you will see Britain deforested ... and then they will begin to throw rocks.
Posted by: crosspatch || 07/14/2008 0:26 Comments || Top||

#2  A couple of the Brit Blogs have gone ballistic on this one.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/14/2008 2:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Or they could be imprisoned. Just a thought.
Posted by: Excalibur || 07/14/2008 10:10 Comments || Top||

#4  Can I see, too?
Posted by: Richard of Oregon || 07/14/2008 10:17 Comments || Top||

#5  Now see...here in America we have a saying that provides the perfect answer of how to deal with people carrying knives. Most of you will recognize it instantly.

"Don't bring a knife to a gunfight."

When I was taking kung fu and akido, alot of the younger students in class were talking about how martial arts was king. Typical stuff by younger men who watch too many movies. They expressed skepticism at my comment that I prefered my .45. The sensei piped in with "Given the choice, I'll take a .45 over open hand any day myself." Needless to say that arguement died a quick death.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/14/2008 13:05 Comments || Top||

#6  This will continue through each type of weapon until they finally get to the stick dirty look. Then they will need to ban eyes. and so you will see Britain transformed into the Kingdom of the Blind...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/14/2008 15:14 Comments || Top||

#7  Silentbrick: There is only one black belt I have ever heard given the complement that he was "better than a gun".

He was also a master gun expert, and had spent years understanding the human dynamic with guns. In this way, he could close the gap while avoiding the bullets.

And within 5 feet, you were dead.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/14/2008 16:28 Comments || Top||

#8 
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/14/2008 17:19 Comments || Top||

#9  Why don't they just stab them so they can see how it feels? I'll bet that lesson would sink in.
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/14/2008 18:30 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Women arrested in Lewinsky competition
I was gonna say lookalike contest. I wouldn't have been wrong.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Nine British women were facing prostitution charges after being arrested at the weekend for taking part in an oral sex competition in the Greek holiday island of Zakynthos, police said on Monday.
Did the cops bust in before we had a winner?
Six British and six Greek men, including two bar owners, were also charged in the incident, which took place at Laganas beach in the south of the Ionian island, which lies off the west coast of mainland Greece, police said.
All right! Drop the...drop the...drop...
Shit. Stand up and put your hands on the bar! And you guys put those things away!

The women, who came to the popular resort on holiday, had been paid to take part in the competition, which was video recorded and was to be posted on the Internet, police said.
Noooooooooo!
The men were charged with encouraging obscene behavior.
Oh, I'll bet they were.
In recent years, Laganas has established itself as one of Greece's most popular destinations for twenty-something holidaymakers and is known for its wild party scene.
...and now we have an idea why.
Around 15 million people -- a fifth of them British -- visit the eastern Mediterranean country each year, drawn by its soaring summer temperatures, azure waters and sandy beaches.
That's a lotta competition...
Posted by: tu3031 || 07/14/2008 14:36 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I've booked the flights.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/14/2008 16:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Around 15 million people -- a fifth of them British -- visit the eastern Mediterranean country each year, drawn by its soaring summer temperatures, azure waters and sandy beaches.

And with the dollar/Euro advantage, next year they could get the soaring summer temperatures, azure waters and sandy beaches in Miami, along with a different attitude, particularly during Spring Break. BRITS GONE WILD: MIAMI EDITION, 19.95 with shipping and handling or 9.95 for internet download.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/14/2008 16:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Why am I always the absolute last person to hear about these places?
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 07/14/2008 20:26 Comments || Top||

#4  that story's a little hard to swallow


/I'll go to my room, now
Posted by: Frank G || 07/14/2008 21:15 Comments || Top||

#5  So who else typed Zakynthos BJ competition into google?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/14/2008 22:09 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
One million Chinese Biz people now living and working in Africa
There are already more Chinese living in Nigeria than there were Britons during the height of the empire. From state-owned and state-linked corporations to small entrepreneurs, the Chinese are cutting a swath across the continent. As many as 1 million Chinese citizens are circulating here. Each megaproject announced by China's government creates collateral economies and population monuments, like the ripples of a stone skimmed across a lake.

Look at the Nigerian Oil angle in the link
Posted by: 3dc || 07/14/2008 01:52 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Compare wid CHINESE MIL FORUM OP-ED > COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA [CPC] TO CHANGE NAME TO "CHINESE PEOPLE'S PARTY"???

REDDIT > SICHUAN QUAKE MAY HAD DESTROYED A MAJOR PLA ARMORY + DAMAGED SEVERAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS. NUCLEAR EXPLOSION BELIEVED TO HAD OCCURRED NEAR CENTER OF QUAKE.

* RUSSIA > RUSSIA TO SUFFER DISEASE, DROUGHT FROM GLOBAL WARMING.

Looks like SICHUAN + MMGW struck two nations.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/14/2008 2:10 Comments || Top||

#2  That's a surprise stat. Uganda's cannibal tyrant - Idi Amin - booted out Asians. At least some Africans want them back.
Posted by: McZoid || 07/14/2008 4:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Unfettered by ethics, Chinese business looks to do well in Africa. Can't blame them really, Africa is the only place open for the Chinese to expand into, everywhere else is locked up by the West.

The reason that there's so many of them is that they bring their own workers over, minimizing the employment opportunities for locals. Of course, this makes sure that the projects get done. No tribes going to war with each other because they got left out of the graft.
Posted by: gromky || 07/14/2008 5:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Makes sense, really.

On an economic level, Africa has tumbled back into its pre-colonial morass, a state which made Western colonization so easy in the first place. China has not gone through the mental calisthenics (yet) that make colonization abhorrent to the colonizers, so the opportunity exists and will be taken. Their form of colonization may not be exactly the same as Europe's, but it will be colonization nontheless.

There may be another reason besides economics.

China has a vast oversupply of men (approximately 50 million more than women) due to state-mandated selective abortion practices initiated under Mao. They need women. Africa has them.
Posted by: no mo uro || 07/14/2008 8:21 Comments || Top||

#5  China has a vast oversupply of men (approximately 50 million more than women) due to state-mandated selective abortion practices initiated under Mao. They need women. Africa has them.

Makes one wonder what the offspring of African women and Chinese men will be called. Africanese...Chinacans? It also assumes that the African women will be receptive to getting it on with Chinese men and their little units.

I suspect that the African men might have something to say as well. This whole Chinese colonization of Africa could get interesting.
Posted by: Lampedusa Glack5566 || 07/14/2008 8:56 Comments || Top||

#6  Makes one wonder what the offspring of African women and Chinese men will be called. Africanese...Chinacans? It also assumes that the African women will be receptive to getting it on with Chinese men and their little units.

The mainland Chinese are notoriously racist due to their nationalistic propaganda and educational policies. Whatever they will be called, the offspring of those 'couplings' will not be welcome back home and, I suspect, the Chinese government will do little to nothing about what I predict it will call an 'African problem'...
Posted by: logi_cal || 07/14/2008 10:04 Comments || Top||

#7  Lampedusa Glack5566: Ian Fleming called them "chigros" in Dr. No.
Posted by: Excalibur || 07/14/2008 10:07 Comments || Top||

#8  Lampedusa Glack5566: Ian Fleming called them "chigros" in Dr. No.

I was tempted to head off into that territory, but decided against it. The decor in the sinktrap is not to my liking. But "chigros" has a nice ring to it.
Posted by: Lampedusa Glack5566 || 07/14/2008 10:15 Comments || Top||

#9  Makes one wonder what the offspring of African women and Chinese men will be called. Africanese...Chinacans? It also assumes that the African women will be receptive to getting it on with Chinese men and their little units.

Oh good, the makings of another reviled ethnic group in Africa. Just what they need for their next genocide.
Posted by: bigjim-ky || 07/14/2008 10:16 Comments || Top||

#10  Some people do not learn. After their adventures in Africa, the Russians left, holding their nose. Then China tried it, and were thrilled to leave.

But, a generation passes, and China is trying it again.

I'm not betting on success.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/14/2008 10:22 Comments || Top||

#11  Chicoms are not trying to win friends in Africaner land. They are there to sweep the oil and mineral deposits they need to energize their huge industrial engine. Be assured that the Chinese do not have any love of blacks. Maybe some raping to get them by, but no importation of the offspring to the mainland. Not only do they have excess manpower available who are competent and willing to work long and hard, unlike the locals, they always bring at least 50% more "workers" than needed. Just so happens these young fellers are members in good standing of the Red Army. Chinese go in being cool and polite. Things happen to stymie them, then they start talking more directly to the "subjects". If this doesn't pan out, more direct action is readily available. They won't have too many pipelines blown up or be driven out like Shell Oil.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 || 07/14/2008 11:52 Comments || Top||

#12  I suspect that the African men might have something to say as well.

"Rosebud"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/14/2008 11:56 Comments || Top||

#13  Luckily our Gubberment-Leadership is focused on systematically divesting our manufacturing and engineering base and coverting it into a Vast Frementing Pile Of Green Smelly BS.

/it's the State Religion now Dontcha Know.

:(

Posted by: Red Dawg || 07/14/2008 13:20 Comments || Top||

#14  converting

Fermenting


spelting again..sheech
Posted by: Red Dawg || 07/14/2008 13:24 Comments || Top||

#15  The Chinese, Cubans and Russians established the communist model in Africa, educated the rebels and radicals in the 1970's and 1980's. Supplied them with guns, ammunition, and medical supplies. Helped and continue to help overthrow democratic governments. This is simply part of the long-term communist program for Africa.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/14/2008 13:32 Comments || Top||

#16  The Chinese are also infusing money and supplying weapons to some of the impoverished Caribbean islands, who welcome the investment. I wonder what the ulterior motives are there? They never give something for nothing.
Posted by: Danielle || 07/14/2008 13:49 Comments || Top||

#17  China has given various large buildings and other projects to a number of African countries. In Liberia, there were camps in which the Chinese men stayed. They didn't mix much with the locals, though I gather the upper echelon folks had a little money to spend at restaurants.

The site near where I was staying had people working 24/7, and there were obviously a lot of people tucked away there who I never saw on the streets. I heard some complaints that the Chinese construction projects never employed locals, but I never got on one of the sites to see. I heard a huge bang one night when something collapsed, but there wasn't a peep in the news about any accident or injuries.

The Chinese wouldn't be the first to give foreign aid that helped employ its own citizens--pretty much everybody else does it too, just in different ways.
Posted by: James || 07/14/2008 14:37 Comments || Top||

#18  I recon they dont need H-1B visas there either.
Posted by: OldSpook || 07/14/2008 14:43 Comments || Top||

#19  "The Chinese are also infusing money and supplying weapons to some of the impoverished Caribbean islands, who welcome the investment. I wonder what the ulterior motives are there? They never give something for nothing."

Initially, it means un-recognizing Taiwan and building coalitions in international bodies where it's one country one vote.
Posted by: Iblis || 07/14/2008 19:21 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Two killed and more than 20 injured in Thatta clash
THATTA: Two people were killed and over 20 were injured in a clash between two groups over a plot dispute here on Sunday. Two groups belonging to Mondh and Bikik clans traded heavy fire, killing Haji Mando and Mohammad Hassan on the spot and injuring Abdur Rehman, Amir Ali, Khan Mohammad, Juman, Mehmood, Feroze, Umaid Ali. Pyar Ali, Shabir, Shaukat, Yar Mohammad, Soomar, Allah Dino, Shafi Mohammad, Mumtaz and others. The injured were shifted to Makli Civil Hospital, and some of them were referred to Karachi. Later, enraged people held a protest demonstration against the incident and blocked National Highway by setting tyres on the fire.
Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hebron man arrested for killing and burying sister
Ma'an -- Police arrested a man in the southern West Bank city of Hebron for allegedly murdering and burying his sister, police Director Ramadan Awad said on Sunday.

The suspect was a 43-year-old whom police would only identify by his initials, "MM." Awad said the man admitted killing his 22-year-old sister last Friday. According to Awad, the man claimed that his sister's head hit the wall, killing her, during a fight between them.

The corpse was exhumed and will be examined by forensic scientists.

Palestinian security sources, who asked to remain anonymous, said they suspect the murder was by the man's concern with so-called "family honor."
Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I guess, sister killing is OK, but burying her afterfard is going too far.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/14/2008 11:59 Comments || Top||

#2  It's always the details that kill you.
Posted by: Jeremiah Pholing7962 || 07/14/2008 17:57 Comments || Top||


De facto government arrests two civilians who admit to forging vehicle licenses
Ma'an- The public investigation office of the de facto government arrested two civilians Sunday, who were accused of forging licenses and related files for Palestinian vehicles.

The general administration of the investigation office said that the licensing and transportation department of the northern Gaza Strip gave the initial tip, saying two of their employees had forged a number files and licenses for vehicles.

The public investigation office added that there is a great deal of evidence and a number of witnesses. They added that when presented with the evidence, the men charged admitted guilt, and were transferred to police offices to finish all necessary legal documents for the case.
Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Three women prevented turned away at checkpoint after refusing to undress
Ma'an -- Israeli soldiers on Sunday attempted to force three Palestinian women to undress at Al-Jalama checkpoint, on the Green Line north of Jenin, while travelling visit their relatives in an Israeli jail.

The sister of Palestinian prisoner Saed Salah, from Jenin, said she headed to Al-Jalama checkpoint in the morning on her way to Ashkelon prison to visit her brother, who is serving a 27-year sentence. She entered the checkpoint along with the wives of Yousif Ata, from Jenin, and Abdul-Fattah Shalabi, from the nearby town of Silat Al-Harithiyya, who are both serving long-term sentences. Soldiers manning the checkpoint ordered the three women into a special interrogation room.

According to the first woman, a female soldier, observing the woman through two closed-circuit TV cameras, asked the woman to remove her gown first while. Then she asked her to get completely undressed. The woman refused and requested that the soldier get search her manually, without being undressed.

The soldier refused, giving the woman two choices: either to undress completely, or go home without visiting her brother. She chose the latter.

The woman added that the female soldier did the same with the other two women, who also refused to get undressed. Then the soldiers detained all three women in a small dark room for an hour and a half before sending them home.

According to the Palestinian prisoner's sister, she was barred from visiting her brother, who has been in Israeli custody for a year and a half.
Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  And the problem is?
Posted by: 3dc || 07/14/2008 0:37 Comments || Top||

#2  The woman refused and requested that the soldier get search her manually, without being undressed.

"Come pat me down and see if I have a bomb."
Posted by: SteveS || 07/14/2008 0:51 Comments || Top||

#3  next time Maan will report the use of the Zionist death ray for viewing bombs under clothes
Posted by: mhw || 07/14/2008 9:45 Comments || Top||

#4  They probably weren't carrying themselves, just probing defenses. The Paleos have figured out that familiarity breeds contempt, so will do several dry runs before taking a bomb.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/14/2008 10:38 Comments || Top||

#5  I might suggest to the Israelis that they create an armored room that is rigged to have a strong magnetic pulse. While harmless to humans, even a very short wire will develop a milli-amperage overcharge, which is enough to pop many electrical detonators.

The room should also have a large drain in the middle of the floor, and a water hose connector on one wall. A pressure relief gap in the roof above would also be good.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/14/2008 10:44 Comments || Top||

#6  'Moose,
You've hit it. Make that a standard entry point agenda. And, make several of them go in together. Think they don't know who's wired up ? Watch them wet their rags on being herded in. This is a great solution. Doesn't require any "hands on" , discussions, shouting, can't be humiliated, etc. ( Blown to f**king bits, yes) All positive. No negatives. Implement posthaste.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 || 07/14/2008 12:11 Comments || Top||

#7  That's cooler than my idea. I was going to suggest just lining the room with tile and turning it into a giant microwave to set off the bombs. Course, I'm not sure the effect of microwaves on modern explosives and detonators, so numerous trial runs would be needed.

A glass wall for viewing by the people waiting in line would also be instructive and serve a useful purpose.

In terms of coolness, Microwave Beam weapons are my favorite right now:)
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/14/2008 12:59 Comments || Top||

#8  As much as I like the idea, the Paleo propaganda machine would just claim that the Jooooooooos just herded innocent women, children, and fluffy ducklings into a room and blew them up.
Posted by: Rambler in California || 07/14/2008 13:17 Comments || Top||

#9  It's time to turn that machine on it's head. The Israeli's should tell the paleo's that if they continue to fire rockets into Israel, they can't ensure their safety. The next time a rocket is fired into Israel, pick a nearby Paleo village and use it for arty practice. Be sure and do lots of spotting for effect too.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/14/2008 13:20 Comments || Top||

#10  How many did undress ?
Maybe it's time to get me a checkpoint.
Posted by: wxjames || 07/14/2008 15:21 Comments || Top||

#11  Silentbrick: I've long suggested that the city of Sderot get itself a 105mm Howitzer to shoot down incoming rockets.

They can't help it if their defensive weapon isn't very accurate.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 07/14/2008 16:31 Comments || Top||

#12  Damn that would be a good idea. Get a couple of them to 'triangulate' their targetting.....
Posted by: CrazyFool || 07/14/2008 17:47 Comments || Top||

#13  Anonymoose,

Are you suggesting that a giant, multi-barreled 105mm version of a CIWS be built? That would be pretty cool too, especially if the shells aren't set to detonate unless they hit something. I wonder how many batteries of 105mm regular artillery that'd be equal to?

I can say this with total certainty, I wouldn't wanna be downrange of something like that.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/14/2008 17:47 Comments || Top||


Police frustrate murder and robbery attempt in Tubas
Ma'an- The police media office in Tubas announced Sunday that they had successfully frustrated an attempted robbery and murder. The head of Tubas' public investigation branch said that police officers detained two civilians who had planned a theft in the home of a Tubas woman. According to the report, the thieves had also planned on killing the woman.

Those arrested have criminal records, and when questioned, admitted to planning on entering her house, stealing her jewelry and murdering her then fleeing to inside the Green Line. According to the report, police had been keeping an eye on the men, who were known criminals. They two men were handed over to the public prosecution in order to continue with legal procedures. The arrests are seen as a success for the police of the Tubas governorate, who have been working to improve their ability to deal with petty crimes.
Posted by: Fred || 07/14/2008 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority



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Mon 2008-07-14
  Failed Meknes suicide bomber sentenced to life
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  Nine US soldier among scores who die in wave of attacks in Afghanistan
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  Leb Forms New Cabinet, Hezbollah Keeps Veto Power
Fri 2008-07-11
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