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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Rare Ancient Statue Depicts Topless Female Gladiator
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/18/2012 13:41 || Comments || Link || [336082 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Guinea-Bissau junta bans demos, warns of crackdown
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Guinea-Bissau's new ruling junta banned marches Tuesday and warned it would crack down on demonstrators as the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
suspended the country over last week's military coup.

The junta's threat of "severe repression" against any demonstration or march came amid growing international pressure on the leaders of the April 12 coup, after the AU levelled a threat of sanctions against the putschists.

The junta launched an "appeal to the whole population ... to refrain from organising any march or demonstration, whether for or against the overthrow of the government of Carlos Gomes Junior," it said in a statement.

"Those who disobey the order (face) severe repression," it added.

The ban followed rumours in the capital that young supporters of former prime minister Gomes were planning a protest Tuesday afternoon in the capital.

Earlier Tuesday, the AU suspended the coup-prone west African country with immediate effect.

AU Peace and Security Council chief Ramtane Lamamra urged the AU commission -- the bloc's executive body -- and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to consider imposing sanctions on the coup leaders.

"Given the frequency of coup d'etats in Guinea-Bissau, council requests the (AU) commission in consultation with ECOWAS ... to submit to it within two weeks a decision or proposals for additional sanctions against the perpetrators," he said.
Posted by: Fred || 04/18/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336067 views] Top|| File under:


Bangladesh
Suranjit is back
[Bangla Daily Star] In a dramatic move, the government yesterday made Suranjit Sengupta a minister without portfolio, just a day after he stepped down as railway minister amid the railwaygate scandal.

The government issued a handout in this regard yesterday but it neither said anything about Suranjit's announcement of resignation nor rejected media reports that he had been made to quit.

"With the authority vested in her under article 3 (IV) of the Rules of Business 1996, the prime minister has appointed Suranjit Sengupta as minister without portfolio, relieving him of the charge of the railway ministry," said a Press Information Department handout last night.

A minister without portfolio holds charge of no ministry but enjoys all facilities of a minister, and can be given a portfolio whenever the prime minister wants.

Contacted by The Daily Star, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader explained the government's change of heart in such a short time.

"He [Suranjit] was neither accused nor found guilty in the cash recovery incident. He was relieved of his charge by the prime minister to ensure a fair and transparent investigation. There is nothing wrong in it," he told The Daily Star last night.
Posted by: Fred || 04/18/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336065 views] Top|| File under:


Britain
British farmer’s quest to find lost Spitfires in Burma
Posted by: anonymous2u || 04/18/2012 11:47 || Comments || Link || [336079 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
What is this floating orb chasing boats in the Baltic Sea?
Any Rantburgers have a clue? It's extremely maneuverable, but doesn't look much like a weapon.

Some kind of sea drone?


Posted by: Mizzou Mafia || 04/18/2012 12:22 || Comments || Link || [336075 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The shark or fish that took the bait under that float must be good sized, but it clearly is being pulled , not under power, and pulled with tension from below. Likely a fishing buoy or sport fishing device.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 04/18/2012 12:42 Comments || Top||

#2  Somebody remaking "The Prisoner" again?
Posted by: tu3031 || 04/18/2012 12:55 Comments || Top||

#3  following up on NMBS's comment. Here in Hawaii there is a well-known story about a whale who got tangled in a large bouy and towed the thing from Alaska to Mau'i. Could be.
Posted by: Chiting Trotsky2486 || 04/18/2012 14:10 Comments || Top||

#4  I think NoMBS is probably right. But the paper that ran it is considered respectable. But maybe they did get sucked in by the video.
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia || 04/18/2012 14:34 Comments || Top||

#5  Does Humminbird have a Swedish franchisee?
Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division || 04/18/2012 18:33 Comments || Top||

#6  Now we really now why Rosie's show got cancelled; she's on extended vacation
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 04/18/2012 21:07 Comments || Top||

#7  Hey! Maybe someone found our drill bit!
Posted by: Silentbrick - Halliburton Lost Drill Bit Division || 04/18/2012 21:45 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
50 kanals retrieved from 'religious' group
[Dawn] LAHORE: The Administration of Aziz Bhatti Town and local police faced on Monday a massive resistance from the members of a banned outfit in Nishat Colony while retrieving public 50 kanals from them.

Town officials with police began removing structures established at the public land in the morning when the activists launched a massive protest against the operation, alleging that the retrieved land would be distributed to PML-N workers.
Someone is going to steal it, so it might as well be us -- seriously, guys, that's your argument? You know that all real religions pretty much start with, "No stealing," right?
Aziz Bhatti Town Administrator Aman Anwar Qudwai told Dawn the protesters pelted the officials with stones amid gun sex.

He said the massive protest and scuffles between the officials and the protesters continued for a couple of hours
Hours?!? Do these people have nothing better to do?
You're asking that of the 'Occupy Aziz Bhatti Town' protesters?
wherein some police officials and protesters were maimed. Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.

He said the property was owned by the Sports Department that was to be used for the promotion of sports. Encroachers began eating up the land feet by feet; first they set up some makeshift arrangements at the place for weddings, then for Eid and funeral prayers.

"Their final plan was to occupy the land by converting it into a funeral ground and a seminary by joining it with an adjacent mosque," he said.

The official said a few months ago the Punjab government had planned a sports ground at the place and directed the Parks Horticulture Authority, TMA and the City District Government of Lahore to begin work at the project. He said the officials had asked land grabbers to vacate the land amicably.

"When we failed to resolve the issue through dialogue, we launched the operation," he added.

He said the retrieved land would be utilized for a sports ground, a public park, a cafeteria, recreational spots and a funeral/Eid prayer ground.

He said the officials had inflicting a blow to land grabbers.

"I have tasked the Cantonment Tehsil Sports Committee to implement the government's development plan and ensure provision of public facilities to the people at this place," he said, adding that a case against seven protesters had also been registered by the police.
Posted by: Fred || 04/18/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336068 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan



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Wed 2012-04-18
  Hadi Refuses to receive Former Yemen President
Tue 2012-04-17
  UN Camp in South Sudan Targeted by Sudanese Warplanes
Mon 2012-04-16
  US drone strike kills senior al-Qaeda Militant in Yemen
Sun 2012-04-15
  Afghan capital hit by blasts, gun attack
Sat 2012-04-14
  U.S. drone strike kills 7 al-Qaeda members in Yemen
Fri 2012-04-13
  23 Reportedly Dead as Syria Regime, Opposition Trade Charges of Breaking Ceasefire
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  Nork rocket launched, then 'breaks up'
Wed 2012-04-11
  Syria denounced for not adhereing to agreed peace plan
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  Syrian Rebel Army Ready to Respect Truce
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  84 Dead, 200 Arrested as Violence Rages across Syria
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  Hugo off to Brazil for Emergent Care
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  Azerbaijani intel service jugs 17 hard boys
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