Thursday 25 June 2015
Obamacare Tax subsidy uphold
"Supreme Court upholds Obamacare tax subsidies" - Get updates at Reuters.com
Wednesday 24 June 2015
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
"Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal joins Republican presidential race" - Get updates at Reuters.com
Saturday 20 June 2015
US KILLING MANIFESTO
"Website appears to show manifesto of Charleston shooting suspect" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0OY06A20150620
Thursday 18 June 2015
BREAKING NEWS ! NBC ON BRIAN WILLIAMS
"NBC says Brian Williams will not return to NBC Nightly News, Lester Holt named permanent anchor" - Get updates at Reuters.com
OBAMA TRADE AGENDA REVIVE
The House has revived President Barack Obama's embattled trade agenda. But a potentially tough Senate battle awaits. The House voted 218 to 208 Thursday to grant Obama "fast track" authority to send Congress trade agreements it can reject or ratify but not change. The Republican-driven vote marks a dramatic turnabout from last week's stunning setback dealt to Obama by House Democrats. This time fast track was separated from another matter that the Democrats had used to scuttle the whole package. The GOP-controlled Senate could take up the issue next week. The bill needs help from about a dozen Democrats. They want assurance that Congress also will renew federal aid for workers displaced by international trade. Unions strongly oppose fast track. Obama says U.S. producers need it.
North Carolina Church shooting Suspect Caught
The 21-year-old white man suspected of shooting dead nine people at a black church in the southeastern US city of Charleston has been captured, media reports said Thursday.
Dylann Roof was taken into custody in North Carolina, according to CNN and two local television stations.
Dylann Roof was taken into custody in North Carolina, according to CNN and two local television stations.
NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH SHOOTING
A white gunman was still at large after killing nine people during a prayer service at an historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, the city's police chief said on Thursday, describing the attack as a hate crime.
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Egypt court upholds Morsi death sentence
An Egyptian court upheld a death sentence against deposed president Mohamed Morsi for plotting jailbreaks and attacks on police during the 2011 uprising.
The court had initially sentenced Morsi and more than 100 other defendants to death last month.
Tuesday's ruling comes after the court consulted Egypt's grand mufti, the government interpreter of Islamic law who plays an advisory role
TRAIN COLLISION IN TUNISIA CLAIM LIVES
At least 17 people have been killed and 70 others injured when a train and a lorry collided southwest of the Tunisian capital, according to the transport and interior ministries.
Most of the dead were passengers on the train, which derailed, the transport ministry said.
The accident happened at El Fahes, some 60km from Tunis, at around 6:30am (05:30 GMT) in the midst of the morning rush hour.
VINCENT ENYEAMA TEARS NFF QUERRY
Vincent Enyeama’s international future is up in the air, after it emerged that the goalkeeper tore a query issued to him by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), over his remarks on their safety in Kaduna.
The Super Eagles took on Chad in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier last Saturday at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium.
According to reports, Enyeama ripped the query right before NFF officials and the matter is expected to be transferred to the NFF disciplinary committee. Though the Nigerian most capped player has apologized.
Monday 15 June 2015
GEORGIA FLOODING UPDATES
Wild animals roamed the streets of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on Sunday, after raging floodwaters damaged the city's zoo and set many of the animals free.
Twelve people died in the flooding, according to Civil Georgia
COPA AMERICA 2015 - LIONEL MESSI NOT HAPPY WITH DRAW
"Obviously it's frustrating to be held to a draw after being 2-0 up, but we have to move on, think about Uruguay and improve. We have to keep the ball a bit more and manage the game."
PETR CECH INTERESTED IN ARSENAL
Goalkeeper Petr Cech will meet with Chelsea officials today to discuss his desire to leave the club.
Cech would like to join Arsenal, but the Premier League champions are reluctant to let him move there unless they receive a home-grown player as part of the deal.
PSG are also interested and Chelsea would prefer to sell to the French champions for a fee of around £11m. Cech, who has been at Chelsea for 11 seasons and has a year left on his contract, would rather remain in London, where his family is settled.
Saturday 13 June 2015
FINAL RESULT - SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA 2 - O CHAD
Having scored two goals in the 2nd half and a red card incurred by Onazi, Nigeria Super Eagles earn their first win in their first game of the AFCON 2017 Qualification.
Ighalo pulled down by Chadian in 18yard Box, Onazi red carded and Nigeria has been awarded a penalty, However, Nigeria has to play the remaining minutes of the match with Ten players. Its Nigeria 2 - 0 Chad
Ighalo pulled down by Chadian in 18yard Box, Onazi red carded and Nigeria has been awarded a penalty, However, Nigeria has to play the remaining minutes of the match with Ten players. Its Nigeria 2 - 0 Chad
NIGERIA SUPER EAGLES UP BY 1 GOAL AGAINST CHAD
Rabiu and Ighalo introduction brought in the needed motivation. Rabiu put a cross to Gbolahan Salami who fires straight into the Chad net.
Its Nigeria 1 Chad Nil
Its Nigeria 1 Chad Nil
Hilary Clinton
It's a busy day in the campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, as Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in New York, Bernie Sanders makes his push in Iowa and Martin O'Malley does the same in New Hampshire. Here's the latest from the events.
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12 p.m. (EDT)
Hillary Rodham Clinton is kicking off her campaign by stoking the memories of a few former Democratic presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Barack Obama and her husband, Bill Clinton.
Clinton says all three former presidents embraced the idea that "real and lasting prosperity must be built by all and shared by all."
In a speech billed by her staff as a debut moment for her second campaign for president, Clinton is also giving a nod to the prospect she would be the first woman elected to the White House.
She told the thousands gathered at her outdoor rally on Roosevelt Island she was glad to be with them "in a place with absolutely no ceilings."
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11:45 a.m. (EDT)
While Hillary Rodham Clinton puts the final touches on her widely anticipated speech in New York, campaign rival Martin O'Malley is practicing some retail politics in New Hampshire.
The former Maryland governor is hanging out at a Democratic Party tent at an annual festival in downtown Portsmouth. It's the first of several stops he plans to make in the early voting state on Saturday.
Among the questions from voters was one on trade, and O'Malley says, "I think we should stop doing see bad trade deals, and we have to do more to reign in recklessness on Wall Street."
O'Malley is an opponent of giving President Barack Obama "fast track" trade authorization, which would allow Congress to accept or reject a trade deal but not amend it. The legislation stalled in Congress on Friday and was opposed by organized labor, liberals and others. Clinton has yet to taken a firm position on the deal.
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11:05 a.m. (EDT)
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook is taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to her campaign rally in New York.
Standing near the entrance of her Saturday event on Roosevelt Island, Mook is welcoming attendees — and hawking merchandise. It's a job that would typically go to a low-level staffer or volunteer.
Mook called out to the crowd filtering into Four Freedoms park, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our rally today."
Then, he directed them to a table selling Clinton campaign T-shirts and other campaign-branded merchandise. He shouted, "Thanks for being here_and buy some products."
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10:45 a.m. (EDT)
A crowd of eager and excited Democrats has gathered to hear Hillary Rodham Clinton's first major speech as she seeks her party's the presidential nomination.
Clinton launched her campaign in April, but her team is billing Saturday's event on Roosevelt Island in New York's East River as the kickoff of her second run for the White House.
More than 500 reporters are on hand to cover the event under overcast skies.
Clinton's team says she is putting the finishing touches on her address, in which she is expected to call for a new era of shared prosperity for American workers.
Clinton is scheduled to speak just before noon Eastern time.
Afcon 2017 Qualifiers | FIXTURES
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Saturday 13 June 2015
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| Angola | v | Central African Republic | Estádio Nacional da Tundavala | 16:30 | 3 - 0 74' | |
| Nigeria | v | Chad | Ahmadu Bello Stadium | 17:00 | 0 - 0 47' | |
| 11 | Cape Verde | v | Sao Tome | Praïa , Praïa | 18:00 | |
| South Africa | v | Gambia | Moses Mabhida Stadium | 18:00 | ||
| 7 | Burkina Faso | v | Comoros | Ouagadougou | 19:00 | |
| 5 | Mali | v | South Sudan | Stade 26 Mars | 20:00 | |
| 21 | Senegal | v | Burundi | Léopold Sédar Senghor | 20:00 | |
| 19 | Algeria | v | Seychelles | Stade Mustapha Tchaker | 20:30 | |
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Sunday 14 June 2015
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| 16 | Mozambique | v | Rwanda | Nacional do Zimpeto | 14:00 | |
| 20 | Ethiopia | v | Lesotho | Addis Ababa Stadium | 14:00 | |
| 2 | Togo | v | Liberia | Kegue , Lomé | 14:30 | |
| 25 | Cameroon | v | Mauritania | Yaoundé | 15:00 | |
| Congo | v | Kenya | Stade Alphonse Massamba-Débat | 15:30 | ||
| 3 | DR Congo | v | Madagascar | Stade Tata Raphaël | 15:30 | |
| 6 | Equatorial Guinea | v | Benin | Bata Stadium | 16:00 | |
| 22 | Niger | v | Namibia | Stade Général S.K | 16:00 | |
| Ghana | v | Mauritius | Ohene Djan Sports Stadium | 16:30 | ||
| 14 | Egypt | v | Tanzania | Borg el arab | 18:00 | |
| 17 | Gabon | v | Ivory Coast | Libreville | 18:00 | |
| 18 | Sudan | v | Sierra Leone | Khartoum Stadium | 18:00 | |
TRANSITION COMMITTEE SUBMIT HANDOVER NOTE TO BUHARI
The transition committee worked approximately five weeks to study the hand over notes.
BREAKING NEWS FROM DALLAS POLICE HQ
Dallas Police Chief Sniper shot suspect in Head quarter, currently checking if he's dead
Dallas' police chief says a sniper has shot the suspect in an overnight attack on police headquarters and that the department is checking to see if he's still alive.
Dallas' police chief says a sniper has shot the suspect in an overnight attack on police headquarters and that the department is checking to see if he's still alive.
Police Chief David Brown says an officer shot the suspect Saturday morning while the suspect was holed up in a van in a parking lot in the Dallas suburb of Hutchins. He says the man told police he had explosives in the van.
Brown says investigators believe the man acted alone in the early-morning attack on Dallas police headquarters, despite early witness reports that others may have taken part. Police recovered two explosive devices near the building.
Brown says the man identified himself as James Boulware and said he blamed police for losing custody of his son and "accusing him of being a terrorist."
Wales 1 VS Belgium 0
It will go down as one of the most famous victories in the history of Welsh football and the moment when the dream of qualifying for a major finals for the first time since 1958 moved a step closer to reality. Gareth Bale’s 17th international goal on a raucous night in the Welsh capital condemned Belgium to their first defeat since losing in the World Cup quarter-finals last summer and allowed Chris Coleman and his players to take control of Group B.
With four European Championship qualifying fixtures remaining Wales are five points clear of third-placed Israel and they still have two home games to come, including the visit of Andorra.
Friday 12 June 2015
New York prison employee gave blades, drill bits to escapees
An employee of an upstate New York maximum-security prison gave hacksaw blades, drill bits and lighted eyeglasses to a pair of convicted murderers before their brazen escape, sources said Friday.
Clinton County District Attorney Andrew "New Day" asserted that Joyce Mitchell "provided some form of equipment or tools" to fugitive felons Richard Matt and David Sweat.
Two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation later elaborated about the hacksaw blades, with one of the sources mentioning the drill bits and the two pairs of special glasses given to to Matt.
Thursday 11 June 2015
Hackers Stole Personal Data
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal employee union says hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, charging that the cyberattack on federal employee data is far worse than the Obama administration has acknowledged.
The Mystical British Actor dies at 93
Christopher Lee (Getty Images)
By Mike Barnes, Duane Byrge
Christopher Lee, the mystical British actor whose haunting, intimidating performances as Count Dracula, the Frankenstein monster and Fu Manchu made him an icon of horror films and the cinematic embodiment of villainy, has died. He was 93.
Lee, who as bad guy Scaramanga battled Roger Moore’s James Bond in The Man With the Golden Gun (1974) and re-ignited his career in his late 70s with what would be recurring roles in the Lord of the Rings, Hobbit and Star Wars franchises, has died. He was 93.
According to media reports, Lee died on Sunday morning, June 7 at Westminster Hospital in London after being admitted for respiratory problems and heart failure. The Guardian reported that his wife, former Danish model and painter Gitte Kroencke, decided to release the news days later in order to inform family members first. The couple had been married since 1961
Incredibly, the London native had more than 275 credits on IMDb, making him perhaps the most prolific feature-film actor in history. He did many of his own stunts, likely appeared in more on-screen sword fights than anyone else and was the only member of the Lord of the Rings cast to have actually met author J.R.R. Tolkien, who was born in 1892.
With his gaunt 6-foot-5 frame and deep, strong voice, Lee was best at playing characters — slave traders, crazed kings, vampires, demented professors — who were evil, murderous, dour and unrepentantly ruthless.
Starting with The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Horror of Dracula (1958), Lee, like a mad scientist, helped Hammer Films bring the genre of horror back to life. He played the bloodsucking and brooding Prince of Darkness 10 times but disliked being known as a “horror legend.”
Lee was menacing in the title role of The Mummy (1959) and, that same year, starred as the new owner of Baskerville Hall in the remake of The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring his best friend, Peter Cushing, as Sherlock Holmes. The suave and courtly Cushing was his castmate in Curse of Frankenstein and Horror of Dracula as well.
He appeared three times as Holmes on screen, most recently in the 1991 telefilm Incident at Victoria Falls, and starred as the detective’s brother Mycroft in Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970).
Lee also was Rasputin and Lucifer, and his characters executed King Charles I of England and Louis the XVI of France. He relished the evil roles: “As Boris Karloff [his Corridors of Blood co-star] told me, you have to make your mark in something other actors cannot, or will not, do. And if it’s a success, you’ll not be forgotten.”
His 1977 autobiography was titled Tall, Dark and Gruesome.
Lee played Rochefort of Three Musketeers fame three times and was Sax Rohmer’s Asian evil genius with that distinctive mustache in five films of the 1960s, starting with The Face of Fu Manchu (1965).
Ian Fleming, the creator of Bond, was his cousin and frequent golf companion. The author wanted Lee to play the title villain in the 007 film Dr. No (1962), but the job went to Joseph Wiseman. For Bond fans, it was worth the wait after seeing his turn as the wealthy assassin who employs only bullets made of gold in The Man With the Golden Gun.
Lee’s considerable body of film work also included Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), The Wicker Man (1973), To the Devil a Daughter (1976), The Passage (1979), House of the Long Shadows (1983), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), The Golden Compass (2007), The Resident (2011), Hugo (2011) and four films with director/fan Tim Burton: Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Dark Shadows (2012).
Lee, who was knighted in 2009, appeared as Saruman in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and in the director’s two Hobbit films, including The Battle of Five Armies (2014). And he was Count Dooku in the Star Wars installments Attack of the Clones (2002), Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Clone Wars (2008).
“This last decade has been the most extraordinary decade of my life,” he said in a 2012 interview.
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was born on May 27, 1922 (American horror legend Vincent Price was born on the same date 11 years earlier), and attended exclusive prep schools. He went to Eton College and Wellington College and studied Greek and Latin.
During World War II, Lee served in the Royal Air Force and Special Forces and spent one year in a hellacious winter campaign in Finland. He was said to be a spy but never wanted to talk about it, honoring an oath of secrecy.
“When the Second World War finished I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime,” he told the Telegraph in 2011. “I’d seen dreadful, dreadful things, without saying a word. So seeing horror depicted on film doesn’t affect me much.”
Lee was decorated for distinguished service, and after his discharge, he took the advice of his uncle, the Italian ambassador in London, and tried his hand in the film business, landing a contract with the Rank Organisation.
The Curse of Frankenstein — a box-office hit and the first film to feature Mary Shelley’s disfigured creature in color — was a big break for him. Lee likely landed the gig because he was so tall.
Wilder told him he needed to come to America to further his career, and he took that advice and made Airport ’77, in which his character died under water and he almost drowned.
He said the film that made him the most proud was Jinnah (1998), in which he played the founder of Pakistan.
Despite his serious demeanor, Lee liked to showcase his offbeat, self-deprecating wit. He hosted Saturday Night Live in 1978, and his show (with musical guest Meat Loaf) reached 35 million viewers, one of its most-watched installments.
“As you may know, I first came to public attention as a result of my appearances in certain rather eerie and even macabre films,” he said during the SNL opening. “You may be surprised to know that I haven’t made one in several years.
“This is because I have a great deal of respect for this kind of film, and I don’t think that very good ones are being produced anymore. Week after week, I find myself receiving scripts like The Creature From the Black Studies Program … and Frankenstein Snubs The Wolf Man … and of course, Dr. Terror’s House of Pancakes.”
Later, he played a Russian commandant for laughs in Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994).
An expert fencer and honorary member of three stuntmen unions, Lee also knew how to handle a golf club. He was the first actor to be accepted into The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. How good was he? He thought he had enough cred to offer advice to Tiger Woods on how to play The Masters.
Music was important to him. He appeared in operas, sang “Name Your Poison” in The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) opposite Alan Arkin and was among the pack of “convicts” on the cover of Paul McCartney & Wings’ 1973 album Band on the Run.
In 2010, Lee recorded a symphonic heavy metal concept album, Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross (he said he was related to the emperor on his mother’s side). Three years later, he released a follow-up that had Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath on guitar.
“People never thought I would be a heavy metal performer. Well, I am,” he said in the 2012 interview.
Sure, he never was nominated for an Oscar, but he has a Metal Hammer Golden God Award.
Survivors include his wife, former Danish model and painter Gitte Kroencke, whom he married in 1961, and their daughter Christina.
Lee, who had a library of 12,000 books on the occult, admitted to being fascinated by the nature of evil during a 2003 interview with the Guardian.
“ ‘Good’ people … being persistently noble can become rather uninteresting,” he said. “There is a dark side in all of us. And for us ‘bad’ people, the bad side dominates. I think there is a great sadness in villains, and I have tried to put that across. We cannot stop ourselves doing what we are doing.”
Source: Yahoo News
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