Friday, May 27, 2016

Indonesian President: Chemical Castration Coming For Pedophiles and other top stories.

  • Indonesian President: Chemical Castration Coming For Pedophiles

    Indonesian President Joko Widodo has signed a decree okaying chemical castration for convicted child sex offenders. In addition to chemical castration, convicted pedophiles who are paroled will be required to wear electronic monitoring bracelets. The bold move against pedophiles came in response to a brutal crime that left Indonesian residents shocked and furious, reports the New York Times. In April, a 14-year-old Indonesian girl was gang raped and murdered on Sumatra. In all, seven teenage bo..
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  • Guardian admits to fabrication by freelancer

    Guardian admits to fabrication by freelancer
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  • G-7 Warning on South China Sea Tensions Draw China Ire

    G-7 Warning on South China Sea Tensions Draw China Ire
    Group of Seven leaders delivered a warning over maritime tensions in Asia, standing by language set out by their foreign ministers that prompted swift criticism from China.While the section of the communique from the G-7 summit in central Japan related to territorial issues did not cite China by name, the reference to the disputed South China Sea was clearly aimed at the country. None of the G-7 member nations is a claimant to the waters, through which some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes..
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  • Britain at the crossroads

    Britain at the crossroads
    Britain's June 23 vote regarding exit from the EU is the most important European vote since 1945. Adobe stock photo Enlarge photo» LONDON — Sixty-five years ago, what has become the European Union was an embryo conceived in fear. It has been stealthily advanced from an economic to a political project, and it remains enveloped in a watery utopianism even as it becomes more dystopian. The EU's economic stagnation — in some of the 28 member nations, youth unemployment approaches 50 percent — ..
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  • State of the 2016 race: Trump looks to take over America after conquering GOP

    State of the 2016 race: Trump looks to take over America after conquering GOP
    Impossible, unthinkable, probable and now inevitable – Donald Trump has swept through American politics like a hurricane, upending conventional wisdom and trailing destruction in his wake. On Thursday, the ultimate celebrity candidate clinched the Republican nomination for president, setting up what could be one of the ugliest general elections in memory. Related: US election delegate tracker: who's winning the presidential nomination? Trump reached the magic number of delegates needed afte..
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  • Group of Seven summit backs growth and plays down currency tension

    Group of Seven summit backs growth and plays down currency tension
    The G7 leaders (counter-clockwise from front): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande. Getty by Tetsushi Kajimoto  Th..
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  • Underwater probes sent to EgyptAir search zone after 'radio signals detected'

    Underwater probes sent to EgyptAir search zone after 'radio signals detected'
    France's BEA air crash investigation agency said French naval survey vessel Laplace had left Corsica earlier on Thursday and was heading toward the search zone north of the Egyptian port of Alexandria, where it would begin operations within days. A week after the Airbus A320 crashed with 66 people on board, including 30 Egyptians and 15 from France, investigators have no clear picture of its final moments. But Egyptian investigators said a radio signal had been received from an emergency distre..
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  • Nadiya Savchenko Ponders Her Next Move in Ukraine Politics

    Nadiya Savchenko Ponders Her Next Move in Ukraine Politics
    This article first appeared on the Atlantic Council site.It has finally happened. Nadiya Savchenko is back in Ukraine.The pilot, who was captured in Ukraine and illegally brought to Russia on falsified charges, became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russian efforts to destabilize the country. Try Newsweek for only $1.25 per week Ukrainian military helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko at Boryspil International airport outside Kiev, Ukraine, after her release as part of a prisoner swa..
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  • Two Australians injured in fatal speedboat crash near Koh Samui, Thailand

    Two Australians injured in fatal speedboat crash near Koh Samui, Thailand
    The damaged boat is brought back to shore. Photo: Seven News At least two Australians have been injured in a speedboat crash that killed three other tourists near the popular holiday island of Koh Samui in Thailand, officials say.Three women, from Britain, Germany and Hong Kong, were killed in the accident at about 5pm on Thursday, local time, as the Ang Thong Explorer speedboat was returning to Koh Samui from Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park.All 36 people on bo..
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  • 60 Minutes Beirut review: Producer Stephen Rice gone as report finds systemic failures

    60 Minutes Beirut review: Producer Stephen Rice gone as report finds systemic failures
    60 Minutes review: 'not worth the risk' Following the release of an independent review of the Sally Faulkner story, former 60 minutes producer and review panelist Gerald Stone says he would not have commissioned that story. PT2M8S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-4fni0 620 349 May 27, 2016 - 5:26PM Stephen Rice, the producer who spent two weeks in a Lebanese jail, appears to have taken the fall for the 60 Minutes child snatch fiasco, even though a so-called "i..
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