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Iraqi security forces harassing media: watchdog
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces are harassing journalists, especially television crews, media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Thursday, calling for such actions to stop. “Reporters Without Borders is concerned about repeated harassment of media personnel, especial TV crews, by the Iraqi security forces,” a statement said. “Physical…
Spanish riot police ‘indignant’ over protests
MADRID — Spanish riot police said Thursday that the long hours they have been required to work this week to prevent protesters from gaining access to Madrid’s main square “is not tolerable for much longer”. Over 200 police were deployed Thursday for the third straight day to close the Puerta…
Crackdown on Mexico cartel leaves 31 dead
MEXICO CITY — A 19-day army crackdown on the violent Zetas drug gang in northern Mexico has left 31 dead including a soldier and an alleged local gang leader, the defense ministry said Thursday. More than 30 people were injured and 196 detained in the operation, which started on July…
Last gay Nazi death camp survivor dies aged 98
Rudolf Brazda, last known survivor of the so-called “Pink Triangles” — gays interned in Nazi camps because of their homosexuality — died in France Wednesday aged 98, officials said. “Rudolf passed on peacefully in his sleep at dawn on August 3″ at an old people’s hospital in Bantzenheim, eastern France,…
Facebook ‘prompts teenage pregnancies’ in Indonesia
A religious court official in Indonesia has blamed social networking site Facebook for a rise in teenage pregnancies and under-age marriages, a report said Thursday. Siti Haryanti, a secretary at the religious court in Mount Kidul, a town in Central Java, said young couples were having sex after meeting online…
‘Medvedev Girls’ strip for Kremlin chief
Two young women stripped down to bikinis in central Moscow on Thursday to express support for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in the latest exposure of bare flesh ahead of 2012 polls. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has already inspired an apparently rival group of women to similar acts of naked daring…
U.N. report: Niger Delta oil spills will take 30 years, $1 billion to clean up
For more than 50 years, Shell and associated companies have used the Niger Delta as a dumping ground for toxic oil and drilling byproducts, producing an environmental catastrophe so severe it will take up to 30 years and $1 billion to mitigate, according to a leaked United Nations report published…
DHS calls Anonymous hackers untalented ‘script kiddies,’ warns of future attacks
A Department of Homeland Security threat assessment released publicly this week labels hackers with the online protest group “Anonymous” as possessing only “rudimentary” hacking skills, calling them “script kiddies” who use exploits created by others to break into secured systems. However, the department warns that a more talented faction of…
Air France had policy to protect female employees from Strauss-Kahn
Air France issued orders for only male staff to serve Dominique Strauss-Kahn when the former IMF boss — accused of attempted rape in New York — travelled on its planes, a report said Thursday. Le Parisien newspaper also said that lawyers of Strauss-Kahn’s accuser were calling for testimony from Air…
Rights groups slam terms of British torture inquiry before withdrawing
British rights groups and lawyers withdrew Thursday from an inquiry into alleged secret service involvement in the torture of terror suspects, criticising its lack of “credibility or transparency.” Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and legal charity Reprieve were among 10 groups that said they would not submit any more evidence…
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