[New York Post] The family of Queens jogger Karina Vetrano broke down in court Monday as they for the first time watched her accused killer detail to cops the tortured final minutes of their daughter’s life.
Cathie Vetrano let out an anguished moan in between sobs as she heard Chanel Lewis calmly confess to the brutal August 2016 beating, in which he broke her daughter’s teeth and kept beating her until she lost consciousness before strangling her.
At one point, the mom brought the foot-long, golden crucifix she routinely totes to court to her face, watching the footage through tears. Her sister Tana Vetrano sat frozen, her teeth bared at Lewis as she cried.
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All types of genocide should be examined and dealt with. Unless you choose to ignore it, ruck-up and leave it all to the savages, which is of course an option. The problem is not in the 'knowing.' The problem is in the doing nothing.
[ARABNEWS] Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday validated the election victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta, sparking opposition protests that left two dead, according to police.
While the court decision led to celebrations in ruling party strongholds, protesters took to the street in opposition areas in the capital and the west of the country.
One protester was killed in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, while a paramedic tending the injured at a demonstration in western Migori was also rubbed out, according to police.
The corpse count from four months of election chaos now stands at 54, with most protesters killed at the hands of police, according to rights groups.
The protests erupted after the Supreme Court dismissed two petitions seeking to overturn the victory of Kenyatta in the October 26 elections, paving the way for him to be sworn in for a second five-year term on November 28.
"The court has unanimously determined that the petitions are not merited. As a consequence, the presidential election of 26 October is hereby upheld as is the election of the third respondent," said Chief Justice David Maraga, referring to Kenyatta.
Maraga had in September annulled an August election due to "irregularities and illegalities," a historic decision hailed across the globe as an opportunity to boost Kenyan democracy.
However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the ruling ‐ a rare victory for Odinga ‐ only deepened acrimony and protests, leaving the country deeply divided.
Accusing the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of failing to make fundamental reforms to improve the vote, Odinga withdrew from the October ballot which he urged his followers to boycott.
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[Libya Herald] A 17 year-old neighbour has been tossed in the slammer ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... following the discovery of the body of a kidnapped nine year-old boy inside a freezer in Benghazi’s al-Aslam district.
Security sources say that Abdul Raouf Ali Abhairi Ojali was seized a week ago near his home and a ransom of LD2 million demanded from his parents. The boy’s father, Ali Ojali, recently appointed the head of the Benghazi Rebuilding Committee, said he could not afford it.
A medical report said that Ojali had died on Friday and his body had then placed in the freezer. The cause of death was not specified but one report said death had been caused by starvation.
A 17 year-old youth has been arrested suspected of the kidnapping and murder. The attorney-general’s office in Benghazi has announced that it is taking over the case.
There has been an outraged backlash on social media over the murder with posts accusing the police of not doing their job properly. Many messages have carried a picture of a smiling young boy with a school satchel which is supposed to be Ojali. The picture is in fact of an Iranian child.
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[NEWS24] Zim-bob-we army chief General Constantino Chiwenga called Tuesday for "maximum restraint" and law and order to be upheld after Bob Muggsy Mugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... 's resignation sparked wild celebrations and plunged the country into uncertainty.
"Against the backdrop of the latest developments in our country, your defence and security services would want to appeal to all Zim-bob-weans across the political divide to exercise maximum restraint and observe law and order to the fullest," Chiwenga said at a press briefing.
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Fat Lady has not been notified yet, though. I'll believe Bob is gone when he's pushing up the daisies.
[ARABNEWS] Zim-bob-we’s ruling party expressed confidence Monday that longtime President Bob Muggsy Mugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... could be impeached within two days, while the world’s oldest head of state ignored the party’s midday deadline to resign.
As ruling party politicians began meeting on impeachment plans, deputy secretary for legal affairs Paul Mangwana said they would move a motion for impeachment on Tuesday and set up a parliamentary committee, and on Wednesday the committee would report back to all politicians and "we vote him out."
The main charge against the 93-year-old Mugabe is "allowing his wife to usurp government powers" and that "he is too old and cannot even walk without help," Mangwana told news hounds.
He said the ruling ZANU-PF party needs the backing of the MDC opposition group to have enough votes in Parliament but "we have talked to them and they are supporting us."
Zim-bob-weans were stunned by Mugabe’s defiance during a national address Sunday night in which the increasingly isolated president, put under military house arrest last week, had been expected to step down. Mugabe did acknowledge "a whole range of concerns" about the chaotic state of the government and the economy, which has collapsed since he took power after independence from white minority rule in 1980.
The military appears to favor a voluntary resignation for Mugabe, one of Africa’s last remaining liberation leaders, to maintain a veneer of legality in the political transition and avoid accusations of a coup. Mugabe, in turn, is likely using whatever leverage he has left to try to preserve his legacy or even protect himself and his family from possible prosecution.
Amid the political confusion, the government on Monday urged Cabinet ministers to pursue business as usual. Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory, Igor and Oleg were discussing what the quickest way might be to deal with the monster... opposition activists and the influential liberation war veterans association announced more demonstrations to pressure Mugabe to go.
"Your time is up," veterans association leader Chris Mutsvangwa said at a presser. He suggested that the military was still beholden to Mugabe and compelled to protect him because he is officially their "commander in chief."
The war veterans’ association will go to court to argue that Mugabe is "derelict of his executive duty," Mutsvangwa said.
Mugabe was stripped of his party leadership on Sunday by the ruling party’s Central Committee but said in his speech he would preside over a party congress next month.
That congress is expected to ratify his firing as party chief, the expulsion of the unpopular first lady and the naming of Mugabe’s recently fired deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to succeed him.
The firing of Mnangagwa and the positioning of first lady Grace Mugabe to succeed her husband as president led the military to step in last week. Mugabe has discussed his possible exit on two occasions with military commanders.
Some people in the capital, Harare, have become more cautious about talking to news hounds. That contrasted with the jubilation and open condemnation of Mugabe over the weekend, when the bulk of Harare’s population of roughly 1.6 million appeared to be in the streets, dancing and taking selfies with soldiers in an event backed by the military.
At the University of Zim-bob-we, students protested and refused to sit for exams, demanding that Mugabe step down. The front man for the Zim-bob-we National Students Union, Zivai Mhetu, said they want all universities shut down until he does.
The once-formidable Mugabe is now virtually powerless, largely confined to his private home by the military.
Yet he sought to project authority in his speech Sunday night, which he delivered after shaking hands with security force commanders. The army commander himself leaned over a couple of times to help the president find his place on the page he was reading.
"I, as the president of Zim-bob-we, as their commander in chief, do acknowledge the issues they have drawn my attention to, and do believe that these were raised in the spirit of honesty and out of deep and patriotic concern for the stability of our nation and for the welfare of our people," Mugabe said.
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[BBC] Zim-bob-we's ruling Zanu-PF party has summoned its MPs to discuss the future of its leader, President Bob Muggsy Mugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... , after a deadline for his resignation came and went on Monday.
The deadline was set by Mr Mugabe's own party, Zanu-PF.
The embattled leader surprised Zim-bob-weans on Sunday, declaring on TV that he planned to remain as president.
Zanu-PF says it backs impeachment, and proceedings could begin as soon as Tuesday when parliament meets.
In a draft motion seen by Rooters news agency, the party blamed the president for an "unprecedented economic tailspin".
Mr Mugabe's grip on power has weakened considerably since the country's army intervened last Wednesday in a row over who should succeed him.
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[NEWS24] Zim-bob-we's ruling party on Monday ordered impeachment proceedings to begin against longtime President Bob Muggsy Mugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... and expressed confidence that he could be voted out within two days, while the world's oldest head of state ignored the party's midday deadline to resign and instead summoned ministers to a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning.
The ruling Zanu-PF party's deputy secretary for legal affairs Paul Mangwana said politicians would move a motion for impeachment on Tuesday and set up a parliamentary committee, and on Wednesday the committee would report back to all politicians and "we vote him out."
The main charge against the 93-year-old Mugabe is "allowing his wife to usurp government powers" and that "he is too old and cannot even walk without help," Mangwana told news hounds.
He said the ruling party needs the backing of the MDC opposition group to have enough votes in Parliament but "we have talked to them and they are supporting us."
Zim-bob-weans were stunned by Mugabe's defiance during a national address on Sunday night in which the increasingly isolated president, put under military house arrest last week, had been expected to step down. Mugabe did acknowledge "a whole range of concerns" about the chaotic state of the government and the economy, which has collapsed since he took power after independence from white minority rule in 1980.
A notice by Mugabe's chief secretary announced on Tuesday morning's Cabinet meeting at State House and said all ministers "should attend." However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... a tweet by one minister, Jonathan Moyo, indicated that several had left the country.
The military appears to favor a voluntary resignation for Mugabe, one of Africa's last remaining liberation leaders, to maintain a veneer of legality in the political transition and avoid accusations of a coup. Mugabe, in turn, is likely using whatever leverage he has left to try to preserve his legacy or even protect himself and his family from possible prosecution.
Amid the political confusion, the government on Monday urged Cabinet ministers to pursue business as usual. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point... opposition activists and the influential liberation war veterans association announced more demonstrations to pressure Mugabe to go.
"Your time is up," veterans association leader Chris Mutsvangwa said at a presser. He suggested that the military was still beholden to Mugabe and compelled to protect him because he is officially their "commander in chief."
The war veterans' association will go to court to argue that Mugabe is "derelict of his executive duty," Mutsvangwa said.
Mugabe was stripped of his party leadership on Sunday by the ruling party's Central Committee but said in his speech he would preside over a party congress next month.
That congress is expected to ratify his firing as party chief, the expulsion of the unpopular first lady and the naming of Mugabe's recently fired deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to succeed him.
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[DAWN] Hopes that 44 crew members of a missing Argentine navy submarine may be found alive rose after the defence ministry said the vessel likely tried to communicate via satellite on Saturday as an international search mission was underway in the stormy South Atlantic.
The ministry said seven failed "satellite calls" that it believes came from the ARA San Juan submarine were detected in a likely sign the crew was trying to reestablish contact.
The signals, in the late morning and early afternoon, lasted between four and 36 seconds, the ministry said. Argentina ...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita... is working on tracing the location with an unnamed US company specialised in satellite communications, the ministry said.
The satellite communications were believed to have failed because of foul weather, a source in the defence ministry said.
It was not immediately clear what type of calls the vessel may have tried to make but submarines that are stricken underwater can float a location beacon known as an EPIRB to the surface that can then emit emergency signals via satellite.
Whipping winds and more than 20-foot waves in the South Atlantic hindered the international search for the submarine.
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Lugansk People's Republic has been a mess since the start of 2015, when select military commanders were sanctioned by the Lugansk authorities, or killed outright.
Their main crime was dissent against the Lugansk political leadership.
If you look at my blog under the rubric of DONBASSAR, I have described several incidents relating to the murder of formation commanders in Lugansk, at one point, ethnic Cossacks were being deported back to Russia or killed.
The political leadership of Lugansk and Donetsk, former and current have continually denied the charges, which were actually fairly common among writers -- Russian and others-- that all the killings of Lugansk formation commanders was the work of Ukrainian saboteurs.
The evidence, from videos and other sources, painted a picture of a Lugansk political leadership refusing to brook any opposition, a political leadership not adverse to using the power of the state to commit those murders.
Last week came a story, obviously planted, that Plonitsky was planning for a return to Ukraine, presumably with safe passage for him and the rest of his government.
To understand how important that is consider: If a political solution was ever to be worked out which included a return to Ukraine, many formation commanders, many of them ethnic Russians, but citizens of Ukraine, would be men without a country, facing arrest, humiliation,prosecution and execution by the Ukrainian national government.
The prospect of that is too grim to simply ignore.
[DAWN] South Korea's spy agency says North Korea has punished two top military officers during a highly unusual inspection of the military's powerful political bureau.
The office of South Korean politician Kim Byung-kee says Seoul's National Intelligence Service provided the information during a closed-door parliamentary briefing Monday.
Kim's office cited the spy agency as saying the inspection, the first of its kind in 20 years, occurred because of an unspecified "impure" attitude in the North Korean military's political bureau.
The spy agency told politicians the head of the bureau, Hwang Pyong So, and his top deputy were punished. It was unclear whether they were verbally warned, dismissed or banished to a rural area.
South Korea's spy agency has a spotty record in reporting developments in North Korea.
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"...an unspecified "impure" attitude..."
How does one say "My boodle train is running very very late." in Korean?
[This Ain't Hell] Yakota Air Base, Japan - Effective immediately, U.S. service members on Okinawa are restricted to base and their residences. Until further notice, alcohol consumption is prohibited. This includes in residences and public locations such as bars and clubs, and hotels.
Additionally, U.S. service members on mainland Japan are prohibited from purchasing or consuming alcohol, on or off base.
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It's the march of the broadbrush conviction of the many for the act of a few. As for the incident, to provide a message to others, just turn the miscreant over to the locals for judgement. That will open eyes wider than the usual 'mandatory' briefing harangue.
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The War on Terror™ is winding down so the Rear Echelon Nannies are coming out of the woodwork? Aren't there rocks to whitewash that they could personally supervise out there, somewhere?
[Guardian] Donald Trump has announced that the US will designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terror amid heightened nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Trump said the designation will impose further penalties on the country. He called it a long overdue step and part of the US "maximum pressure campaign" against Pyongyang. North Korea would join Iran, Sudan and Syria on the list of state sponsors of terror.
"In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, North Korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism including assassinations on foreign soil," Trump said in a cabinet meeting.
US officials cited the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s estranged half brother in a Malaysian airport in February as an act of terrorism.
The United States has long imposed severe sanctions on North Korea, and secretary of state Rex Tillerson, speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, said the designation was "very symbolic" but that "the practical effects may be limited".
[LI] Former NAACP activist Rachel Dolezal is quietly selling homemade lollipops from her website.
You may remember Dolezal as the gal responsible for making selective race a national discussion. Dolezal, born of two white parents, masqueraded as a black woman for years saying she self-identified as black.
Dolezal’s self-professed race wasn’t accepted by most, but maybe her lollipops will fare better.
A wide variety of delicious suckers that both adults & children will enjoy!
Since I was in the 4th grade, I made lollipops to sell at school to earn money to pay for new shoes and clothes. If you have never tasted a homemade lollipop, you are definitely missing out! Try one of my original flavors and give your mouth a treat.
Dolezal sells flavors ranging from Banana Pudding to Cherry Bourbon. Five lollipops will cost ya $7.99.
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At least she is trying to make a living by the sweat of her brow, rather than living off the public purse. Her hardworking Swedish ancestors woul approve of that much.
$8 for 5 lollipops is two much?
But they’re gourmet, g(r)omgoru. And no doubt the cost even more when the shipping and handling charges are added.
[Guardian] A panel of Nebraska regulators have voted narrowly in favor of allowing the Keystone XL pipeline to follow a path through the state, removing the last major regulatory hurdle for the controversial project. Well prior to the advent of welded pipe sections, this photo depicts a gang of men laying what appears to be a ten inch section of threaded pipe.
The Nebraska public service commission voted 3-2 to approve a permit for the pipeline, which will stretch for 1,200 miles and carry up to 830,000 barrels of oil a day. The vote saw one of the four Republicans on the commission, Mary Ridder, join with the Democrat, Crystal Rhoades, in opposing the permit. Rhoades said she was concerned about the impact upon landowners and that there was "no evidence" the pipeline would create jobs in Nebraska.
The vote will allow the pipeline to go through Nebraska, but not on the path favored by TransCanada, the developer of the project. The approved path is further east than originally planned.
The decision is likely to be immediately challenged by Native American and environmental groups that claim the pipeline endangers water supplies and will worsen climate change. Last week, an existing Keystone pipeline spilled 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota, although the Nebraska panel did not take this into consideration in its decision.
While the pipeline has been ostensibly approved, it faces a thicket of legal challenges that may delay or even halt the project. Bill McKibben, the co-founder of climate group 350.org and a leading opponent of the pipeline, said lawyers he’d spoken to are “cheerful and that there is “lots of room to fight.”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal government documents reviewed by Reuters.
A confidential State Department "dissent" memo not previously reported said Tillerson breached the Child Soldiers Prevention Act when he decided in June to exclude Iraq, Myanmar, and Afghanistan from a U.S. list of offenders in the use of child soldiers. This was despite the department publicly acknowledging that children were being conscripted in those countries.[tmsnrt.rs/2jJ7pav]
Keeping the countries off the annual list makes it easier to provide them with U.S. military assistance. Iraq and Afghanistan are close allies in the fight against Islamist militants, while Myanmar is an emerging ally to offset China’s influence in Southeast Asia.
Documents reviewed by Reuters also show Tillerson’s decision was at odds with a unanimous recommendation by the heads of the State Department’s regional bureaus overseeing embassies in the Middle East and Asia, the U.S. envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the department’s human rights office and its own in-house lawyers.
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These deep state burrowers could care less about 'child soldiers.' Their goal is to disrupt the Trump objectives and topple the administration if possible.
[DAWN] The mother of a teenage girl, who was forcibly paraded naked in the streets of Garahmat village of Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... , has filed a petition requesting the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. High Court (PHC) to supervise the ongoing investigation of the case, DawnNews reported on Monday.
On October 27, a group of men had intercepted the girl at gunpoint while she was fetching water from a pond along with her two cousins, disrobed her and forced her to run in the streets of Garahmat village. According to the petition filed by the victim's mother, the culprits filmed her as well.
The petition provided further details of the incident, stating that two years ago, the victim's brother, Sajid, had been accused of "teasing" and gifting a mobile phone to a girl of the rival tribe. The matter was taken to a local jirga and the victim's family was ordered to pay a fine of Rs300,000.
The petition claimed that the girl's family had paid the fine; yet, last month, she was attacked to exact Dire Revenge against her brother.
The victim had lodged a first information report with the Daraban police after the incident, following which the police nabbed Book 'im, Mahmoud! eight suspects and recovered video footage from their possession. Three of the suspects confessed to being involved in the incident during a court hearing earlier this month.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Libya Herald] A 17 year-old neighbour has been 
North Korea
I take it these will quite likely not appear in her product line ? 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal government documents reviewed by Reuters.
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
