The Global Citizen Festival will take over Central Park’s Great Lawn on Saturday, delivering a free for a good cause concert to New Yorkers. Coldplay will kick things off at 4 p.m., followed by Ed Sheeran, Beyonce, and Pearl Jam. The whole thing is hosted by Stephen Colbert, and the special guests range from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Malala Fund co-founder Malala Yousafzai, to Leonardo DiCaprio and Kerry Washington, to the newly announced Michelle Obama and Joe Biden. [ more › ]
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Merkel says Assad must have role in Syria talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must be involved in peace talks to end the Syrian war. Her words come as the West shows signs of softening its stance towards the leader.
Orban: Hungary willing to consider letting migrants pass through
Budapest might consider allowing refugees to travel to Austria and Germany, warned Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary had previously faced heavy criticism from Vienna over refugee treatment.
Los Angeles County Rethinks Deportation of Inmates
Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes
Israel tightens security measures against stone throwers
Kids throw rocks and OK for police and soldiers to shoot to kill?
Israel has bolstered security measures against stone throwers, including broadening the use of live fire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move applies to “all Israeli citizens and residents of Israel.”
Source: Israel tightens security measures against stone throwers
Hajj Tragedy: 450 Killed, 700+ Injured In Stampede
Credit Directorate of the Saudi Civil Defense
UPDATED: As of 10:25 EDT the latest reports indicate Stampede kills more than 700 at Hajj pilgrimage near Mecca.
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The numbers are still coming in, but less than two weeks after the crane accident in Mecca which killed 107 and injured nearly 400, a stampede reportedly has claimed the lives of at least 453 people, and injured another 700, today in Mina.
This update from Reuters:
Death toll at Saudi stampede rises to 453 – Saudi civil defence
DUBAI (Reuters) – The death toll from a stampede during the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Thursday has risen to 453 people of various nationalities, the Saudi civil defence said.It said that the crush, caused by large numbers of people gathering at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, had left 719 people injured.
Stampedes, sadly, occur fairly frequently around the world, often at sporting events, concerts, or religious gatherings – anyplace you put a huge number of people into a confined area.
- In 1979, a crush incident at a rock concert in Cincinnati, Ohio where The Who were playing resulted in 11 deaths and 26 injuries.
- In 1989, 96 people were killed during a crush at a football match in Sheffield, England
- In 2006, the Hajj saw a crush that killed 345 at Jamarat Bridge in Mecca during the stoning of the devil
- At least 36 people were killed, and 47 injured during the 2014 New Year’s celebration in central Shanghai.
- Earlier this year at least 27 Hindu pilgrims died in a stampede on the banks of the Godavari River, in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
- But the deadliest stampede in modern times took place in 1900, when nearly 1,500 were killed in Mecca.
What a government shutdown over Planned Parenthood would cost women and families
George Osborne invites China’s state-owned nuclear industry to build power stations in the UK
“Yeah, sure, you can take us for a ride – we won’t have to live with the consequences of making such a bad health and wealth bargain”
British First Secretary of State George Osborne is visiting China for one week to strengthen the UK’s economic ties with the nation. On his dilly-dallying jaunt around the PRC, he has managed to give away 4.58 million USD to aid Chinese soccer development in Xinjiang, and also make a deal welcoming the Chinese state-owned nuclear industry to begin building and operating nuclear power stations in the UK.
Source: George Osborne invites China’s state-owned nuclear industry to build power stations in the UK



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