The worshippers were hoping to obtain holy “new anointing water”, which Emmanuel TV had announced would be distributed for free. “The anointing water usually costs 80 cedis, but we learned that on Sunday it would be given out for free,” said Joseph Adanvor, 52, who witnessed the fatal stampede. “I have never seen anything like it before. People had come from Togo, Benin, even from Kenya. They tried to close the church but people were climbing over the walls and breaking in. The police and army were there but they couldn’t control the crowds.”
Locusts Invade Madagascar Regions after Cyclone · Global Voices
Locust swarmed many regions of Madagascar and even a few of its cities. This disaster comes as a result of the humid conditions[fr] that remained after cyclone Haruna’s landing. The FAO states that 60% of rice production will be affected by the invasion.
via Locusts Invade Madagascar Regions after Cyclone · Global Voices.
German Brewers Oppose Fracking Because of Fear over Clean Water – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Dependence on Clean Water
In the letter, which was sent to six federal ministers, the brewers said: “The legal changes planned by the federal government to date are not sufficient to guarantee the security of drinking water supplies and to take into account the requirements of the Reinheitsgebot.” A spokesperson for the federation confirmed the contents of the letter to SPIEGEL ONLINE.
The letter goes on to argue that the brewing industry is dependent on high-quality drinking water, and that fracking could reduce or even completely eliminate the security of the water supply. The federation calls on the government to continue debate on the issue before reaching a final decision.
via German Brewers Oppose Fracking Because of Fear over Clean Water – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
When are identical twins not identical twins? When they’re disabled and the DWP says they’re not.
Which one was denied the oldest or the youngest – incredible
(not satire – it’s the DWP!)
The Department of Work and Pensions has assessed two identical twins with Down’s Syndrome – born just minutes apart – and awarded one with an allowance to help his family provide round-the-clock care but refused his brother the same allowance.
In a case which shows just how arbitrary and nonsensical the DWP’s decisions on awarding disability benefits has become – one of the twins was awarded Disability Living Allowance while the other was not.
Here’s the full story from the Lancashire Evening Post:
Benefits farce hits family of Down’s Syndrome twins
Whether incompetence or just plain idiocy – the stress this kind of blundering by the DWP puts on the disabled and their families is immense and in my view is unforgivable.
Shame on them.
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Woolwich attack reaction: Riots and two arrested over mosque attacks as al Qaeda gloats | Perth Now
TWO men have been arrested after separate attacks on mosques after the sickening Woolwich attack in which a man was decapitated on a London street.
British police have boosted their presence after a man, believed to be a soldier, was butchered in broad daylight on the streets of southeast London.
The two men – believed to be Islamic fundamentalists – who killed him ranted at shocked onlookers and waited for police to arrive before they were shot by marksmen.
As Muslim leaders and British leaders condemned the attack and al-Qaeda gloated on ts website, about 100 supporters of the English Defence League, a right-wing organisation, gathered near the attack site and rioted.
In a possible attempt at reprisal, a 43-year-old man was arrested suspicion of attempted arson after reportedly walking into a mosque with a knife in Braintree, Essex.
Local MP Brooks Newmark on Wednesday night tweeted: “Local mosque in Braintree attacked by man with knives and incendiary device. Man arrested. No one injured”.
via Woolwich attack reaction: Riots and two arrested over mosque attacks as al Qaeda gloats | Perth Now.
EDL proves itself to be as horrid/hateful as al-Qaeda
How I Lost 30 Kilos
Good on you!
A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares
Around December of 2012, as I was sitting in the back of my friend’s coupé, the idea of starting a diet was running through my mind. It had been running for several days. When we reached our destination and I was supposed to get out of the car, I had the worst back pain of my life. I had to use my friend as support to walk. It’s not a nice thing to go through when she’s half your size.
As a 23 year old, few conditions can give me that. With no relevant family history for other conditions, I was sure it was my weight. My new year resolution was then to lose all those extra kilos posing a daily risk for increased health problems.
On January 3rd, a Thursday, upon returning from class, I decided to visit a local dietitian in Batroun called Mira Moussa. I weighed in…
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SC Governor Names White Nationalist to Reelection Committee | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is the daughter of Indian immigrants and just the third person of color to be elected governor of a Southern state.
So, one might think she would want nothing to do with racists and anti-immigrant extremists. Not so, apparently.
In anticipation of her 2014 re-election campaign, the Tea Party darling has put together a 164-member steering committee comprising folks from all 46 of her state’s counties. And on that list is one “Republican leader” and Tea Party activist named Roan Garcia-Quintana of Greenville.
The name won’t ring many bells outside of the South Carolina political world. But he’s better known in white nationalist, anti-immigrant and neo-Confederate circles.
Garcia-Quintana is a lifetime member and current board member of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), which is listed as a white nationalist hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The CCC is the linear descendant of the old White Citizens Councils, which were formed in the 1950s and 1960s to battle school desegregation in the South, and has evolved into a crudely racist organization. Its website, for example, has published pictures comparing pop singer Michael Jackson to an ape and referred to blacks as “a retrograde species of humanity.”
Garcia-Quintana is also a rabid nativist, even though he’s a naturalized citizen who was born in Havana. He’s executive director of the anti-immigrant group Americans Have Had Enough, based in Mauldin, S.C., where he lives. At the 2008 CCC conference held in Sheffield, Ala., Garcia-Quintana referred to Latino immigration as an “illegal alien invasion.
German Intelligence Believes Assad Regime Regaining Lost Power – SPIEGEL ONLINE
{So if they were wrong a year ago, why should we believe they got it right now?}
Not even a year ago, German intelligence predicted Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad’s regime would soon collapse. Now, the agency instead believes the rebels are in trouble. Government troops are set to make significant advances, it predicts.
Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has fundamentally changed its view of the ongoing civil war in Syria. SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that the BND now believes the Syrian military of autocrat Bashar Assad is more stable than it has been in a long time and is capable of undertaking successful operations against rebel units at will. BND head Gerhard Schindler informed select politicians of the agency’s new assessment in a secret meeting.
via German Intelligence Believes Assad Regime Regaining Lost Power – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
The Day in Gun Violence – NYTimes.com
A 10-year-old girl was shot and killed by a juvenile male in Crozet, Va., Tuesday morning. The shooting happened near the Open Door Ministry Center, which hosts after-school childcare. Police refused to identify the child or the shooter, their relationship, or whether the incident was accidental. “I saw a little girl running and screaming and carrying on and there was another girl or woman running behind her,” a witness said.
Brave woman tried to shield body from attackers | Perth Now
According to London’s Telegraph the woman pictured was a 48-year-old Cub Scout leader and mother-of-two.
Ingrid Loyau-Kennett described how she jumped form a passing bus to assist the injured man and tried to persuade the attacker to hand over his weapon.
She says the alleged attacker told her: “We want to start a war in London tonight.”
Mrs Loyau-Kennett, 48, from Cornwall, was first identified on twitter by her son Basil. She was one of the first on the scene and was photographed by other onlookers trying to talk down the man who was still holding the knife.
Of all the things today `I didn’t expect a suspected terror attack in my town and my mum, of all people, to talk to the attackers #Woolwich
— Basil Baradaran (@SiibillamLaw) May 22, 2013
He described his mother as a “motherf—ing badass”.
@lazaroumterror @dannymckiernan @skynews That’s my mother! Ingrid Loyau-Kennett. An unbelievable photo you’ve captured there
— Basil Baradaran (@SiibillamLaw) May 22, 2013
She told the Telegraph: “Being a cub leader I have my first aid so when I saw this guy on the floor I thought it was an accident then I saw the guy was dead and I could not feel any pulse.
@mlilleker They hit the soldier with a car first
— Basil Baradaran (@SiibillamLaw) May 22, 2013
“And then when I went up there was this black guy with a revolver and a kitchen knife, he had what looked like butcher’s tools and he had a little axe, to cut the bones, and two large knives and he said ‘move off the body’.
“So I thought ‘OK, I don’t know what is going on here’ and he was covered with blood. I thought I had better start talking to him before he starts attacking somebody else. I thought these people usually have a message so I said ‘what do you want?’
“I asked him if he did it and he said yes and I said why? And he said because he has killed Muslim people in Muslim countries, he said he was a British soldier and I said really and he said ‘I killed him because he killed Muslims and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan they have nothing to do there.”
“I started to talk to him and I started to notice more weapons and the guy behind him with more weapons as well. By then, people had started to gather around. So I thought OK, I should keep him talking to me before he noticed everything around him.
via Brave woman tried to shield body from attackers | Perth Now.






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