[Hurriyet Daily News] A wheelchair-bound woman suffering from a severe muscular disease has been raped in the toilet of a shopping mall in Istanbul, with the suspect going on trial claiming "consent."
The 39-year-old woman, who lives with her family in Istanbul, was bound to a wheelchair after being diagnosed with a muscular disease 12 years ago.
In June 2016 she met on Facebook a 35-year-old man who had three children and claimed that he was divorced two years ago.
They later met at a shopping mall in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul on Sept. 24, 2016, when the man proposed sexual intercourse but the woman refused.
When she went to a restroom of the mall during the visit, the man allegedly followed her inside, locking the door and raping her.
The woman went to a hospital after the incident but doctors struggled to stop her bleeding. She also could not be taken for surgery as doctors feared there was a possibility that she may not recover from anesthetic.
The woman was discharged from the hospital, while the man was detained by police on the same day. He was later tossed in the clink Book 'im, Mahmoud! on charges of "aggravated sexual assault" and "forcibly depriving an individual of their freedom."
The man has claimed they had consensual sexual intercourse.
The woman, who is now a member of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s Muscular Diseases Association, said she "could not attend the first two hearings for psychological reasons," but would attend the next hearing on Feb. 13.
"My life was already difficult, but my connection with life has been lost after this incident. I am struggling. I have lost my faith and trust in people. I have experienced the hardest thing that a woman can go through. You cannot understand it unless you experience it," she told daily Hurriyet.
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The United Nations is warning that Somalia could soon be facing a famine without urgent international action, raising concerns about a repeat of 2011’s famine which killed more than a quarter of a million people.
The country is in a severe drought after two seasons of weak rainfall, the U.N. said in a statement. “In the worst affected areas, inadequate rainfall and lack of water has wiped out crops and killed livestock, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow food and money to survive,” the U.N. says.
“If we do not scale up the drought response immediately, it will cost lives, further destroy livelihoods, and could undermine the pursuit of key State-building and peacebuilding initiatives,” said the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq.
The number of people in need of assistance is rising rapidly. In September, that figure was at 5 million people – now, it’s over 6.2 million.
There are growing concerns about the possible human toll, but de Clercq emphasized that at this point, famine is not a foregone conclusion. “A drought — even one this severe — does not automatically have to mean catastrophe if we can respond early enough with timely support from the international community,” he said.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s Somalia representative, Richard Trenchard, pointed out some of the warning signs: “Labour prices are collapsing; local food prices are rising; food availability is becoming patchy; animal deaths are increasing; and malnutrition rates are rising, especially among children.” Conditions are particularly severe in the rural area of Puntland, he said.
And as NPR’s Gregory Warner explained, it’s rare for a famine to officially be declared, and can come after much of the damage has already occurred:
“Consider Somalia, a country that’s been mired in war and chaos for more than two decades. When [the U.S. government’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network] declared famine there in 2011, aid money poured in, as did television cameras. The famine was quickly defeated.
“But by the time the Somali famine was officially declared, at least half of its 260,000 victims had already died. So by the time conditions become so dire that they warrant the famine label, it can be too late.”
Somalia also faces regular militant attacks from the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group. The country is currently going through a historic political process. It has sworn in a new Parliament and is in the process of planning presidential elections.
Recall that we tried to help in 1992. We tried again in 1994. It didn't go so well. I'm all for letting the Chinese having an opportunity -- something for their military to do.
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When has Somalia NOT been on the brink of famine?
Whenever it was over the brink and in full-fledged famine.
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It's been clearly demonstrated that providing food aid in a famine is the wrong thing. It just undermines local agriculture. Much better to fund day labor projects that pay a few dollars a day.
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The place is overflowing with swine that the Muslims will not eat. Perhaps they can find away to drive the swine somewhere where they can sell them to someone who might eat them. Earn some currency and buy some food.
[TAP.INFO.TN] Justice Minister Ghazi Jribi said, on Thursday, the draft law on combating violence against women provides for the abrogation of the possibility for the rapist to stop Legal proceedings against him by marrying his victim.
At a hearing by the Committee on Rights and Freedoms at the House of People’s Representatives (HPR), on the draft law against violence to women, the minister indicated that this bill will amend Article 227a of the Code of Criminal proceedings.
He added that the bill is part of the activation of article 46 of the constitution, which obliges the state to take all measures to eradicate violence against women.
MPs called for setting the minimum age of marriage at 15 and to prosecute the perpetrator even if he marries his victim, stressing the need to educate children about respect for women.
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[Rooters] Peru has created a temporary visa that will allow thousands of Venezuelans to work and study in the country, part of a migratory policy that aims to "build bridges" and "not walls," the Andean nation's interior ministry said.
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's government issued 20 temporary visas to Venezuelan migrants in Peru this week. Kuczysnki, a centrist, has expressed concern about shortages of food and medicine in Venezuela, mired in a deep economic crisis.
Some 6,000 Venezuelans are expected to receive the permit, which will allow them to study, work and receive health services in Peru for a year, the interior ministry said late on Thursday.
Peru has enjoyed nearly two decades of uninterrupted economic growth and single-digit inflation, a sharp contrast to socialist-led Venezuela, where the ranks of the poor have swollen in recent years.
"We want to offer a different message on migration than what's offered in other places. We want to build bridges that unite us and not walls to separate us," Interior Minister Carlos Basombrio said in a statement. The comment appeared to be a thinly veiled shot at the new U.S. government, which is traditionally an ally of Peru.
Kuczynski, a former Wall Street banker and free-trade advocate who took office last year, has previously compared Trump's proposed border wall to the Berlin Wall, and said he would oppose it in the United Nations.
Kuczynski and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said last week that they would stand with Mexico and seek to strengthen regional trade, in the wake of rising tensions between Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Trump.
[UPI] The U.S. Navy is strengthening airborne radar and detection capabilities in the Asia-Pacific with five E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes early warning and control aircraft.
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 125 arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni on Thursday.
Japan's air self-defense force may also use the aircraft, Stripes Japan reported.
The E-2D "employs long-range radar and electronic communications capabilities to oversee the battle space and detect threats beyond the sensor range of other friendly units," a statement from the U.S. Navy read.
The aircraft was also described as the "digital quarterback" of the fleet, and includes an "all glass" tactical cockpit, an upgraded mission computer and data-link capabilities.
In response to reports of the deployment, China's Global Times stated Friday the E-2D are being placed in Japan in order to track Beijing's Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter.
[OMANTRIBUNE] All ballots in the Netherlands’ March 15 national elections will be counted by hand in order to guard against the possibility of automated tallying systems being hacked, RTL News reported on Wednesday, citing a potential threat from Russia.
The broadcaster quoted Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk as saying that there was a chance the elections could be hacked and that there were indications that some parties, "for example the Russians", could be interested in the Dutch electoral process.
"For the coming elections we should fall back on good old paper," he said.
Thirty-one parties have registered to take part in the poll by submitting their lists of candidates on Monday.
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I expect the recent voting irregularities investigation directed by POTUS may make a similar recommendation. I'm certainly not against technology, but not everything needs to be fully automated. Like 3dc said, it just makes sense.
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You gotta worry about who counts the votes just like you gotta worry about who programs the computer but it's probably easier to watch the vote counters.
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Abu, decentralization is better. Remember anyone can make a mistake but it takes a computer to really screw things up.
Hack the computers and you can steal all the votes. If it's paper and people you can only get a few.
Paper ballots are recountable and can be examined bits in a machine? Not so much.
[Hurriyet Daily News] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) slammed matchmaking TV shows in its Friday sermon on Feb. 3, saying they undermined the country’s values.
Diyanet delivered its Friday sermon on the topic of marriage, ruling that marriage should strictly be based on loyalty and family values.
"Matrimonial promises should be based on loyalty. Some couples, although they have made promises to each other, have experienced disloyalty and mercilessness. Thus, marriage requires moral responsibility," it stated.
It stressed that the shows were encouraging immorality and damaging family values.
"There are so many instances when marriages broke off, murders were committed and hopes were faded because of infidelity, cheating and violence. Most have hit women and kiddies the most," it stated.
The Diyanet also announced that while 131,830 couples were getting divorced, 620,982 couple got married in 2015, noting that 109,987 children suffered from separation.
"These numbers are on an alarming level among Moslems as Islam encourages loyalty in marriages and love for family and rules that people should practice this," it added.
The Diyanet said the protection of family lives were essential as it was the order of Allah.
"Being a family requires people to be loyal in good times and bad times, and in sickness and in health. It requires keeping loyal to the promise of respecting the rights of each other. There is consciousness of trust on the base of the marriage. Because partners are left to trust each other by Allah," it stated.
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[Seattle Times] A federal judge in Seattle has ordered a halt to enforcement of President Trump’s controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
U.S. District Judge James Robart at a court hearing Friday ruled in favor of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who filed a lawsuit to invalidate key provisions of Trump’s executive order. The order indefinitely blocks entry to the United States for Syrian refugees and temporarily suspends entry to citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries.
The temporary restraining order is granted on a nationwide basis, Robart said.
Ferguson, a Democrat, filed the lawsuit Jan. 30, three days after Trump signed the executive order.
TRUMP could destroy the local AZ economies. Illegal immigrants are boycotting Arizona by the thousands and moving elsewhere showing their outrage with Donald Trump's proposed law of sending illegal immigrants back to their native countries.
In the small town of Guadalupe, AZ, south of Phoenix, Manuel Renaldo is one of those who are vowing to punish Arizona by leaving.
As he loaded his stolen car with his taxpayer-furnished belongings and family of ten, Renaldo told this reporter through an interpreter:
"It's a matter of principle; I refuse to be supported by a state that treats me like a criminal!"
The effects of the exodus are already being felt by some Arizona retailers, who are reporting dwindling thefts & sales of beer, tequila, spray paint, and ammunition. Also hit hard are the state hospitals, which have reported a dramatic decline in births and emergency room visits of non-revenue patients!.
State welfare agencies are preparing to lay off staffs that distribute food stamps and unemployment benefits. Tattoo parlors are in an absolute state of panic!
Renaldo told a reporter, through an interpreter, that he and his family are moving to Canada, with a new Liberal government under Justin Trudeau and new higher taxes and hardworking people who will better support him and his family with dignity!
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I'm not sure it stops anything. If visas have already been cancelled, it would take action by the current administration to un-cancel them. I doubt that's going to take place.
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I don't get it. How does Trump's order violate the constitutional rights of foreigners who are not even in our country yet? Is the judge saying that everybody in the whole wide world is protected by the US Constitution and has the right to come here?
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Well, I must have missed something. When did that become the law of the land?
Who decides US immigration policy? Some unelected piss ant judge or the POTUS who was elected by the citizens of this country to do exactly what he is doing?
Whose country is it? The people who were born here, fought for it and pay taxes to it or a bunch of Somalians? Why should I pay my taxes if this country's protections, rights and privileges extend all over the world to people who don't pay taxes? To people who would just as soon kill me as look at me?
This ruling cannot stand.
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And all those people who said we should elect a real conservative like Jeb Bush were full of it. This judge was appointed by Jeb's brother George and what he's just done is not what I'd characterize as being the least bit conservative. Why elect a "real conservative" when we get judges who disregard the rights of American citizens in favor of foreigners?
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Wouldn't it have been interesting if, at some point during the presidential campaign, if one of the candidates asked, "Oh, by the way, has anyone in Washington, D.C., ever heard of the McCarran-Walter Act Of 1952?"
I did not know of this act until recently, but it has been a law for almost 65 years.
Here are the historic facts that would seem to indicate that many, if not most, of the people we elect to work for us in Washington do not have the slightest idea of what laws already exist in OUR country.
After several terrorist incidents were carried out in the United States, Donald Trump was severely criticized for suggesting that the U.S. should limit or temporarily suspend the immigration of certain ethnic groups, nationalities and even people of certain religions (Muslims).
The criticisms condemned such a suggestion as, among other things, being un-American, dumb, stupid, reckless, dangerous and racist.
Congressmen and senators swore that they would never allow such legislation, and our president called such a prohibition on immigration unconstitutional.
As Gomer Pyle would say, "Well, surprise, surprise!"
It seems that the selective immigration ban is already law and has been applied on several occasions.
Known as the McCarran-Walter Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 allows for the "suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by the president, whenever the president finds that the entry of aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.
"The president may, by proclamation, and for such a period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens, immigrants or non- immigrants, or impose any restrictions on the entry of aliens he may deem to be appropriate."
Who was president when this was passed?
Harry Truman. Who do you suppose last used this process?
Jimmy Carter, no less than 37 years ago, in 1979 to keep Iranians out of the United States.
But he actually did more. He made ALL Iranian students, already in the United States, check in with the government. And then he deported a bunch of them.
Seven thousand were found in violation of their visas, and a total of 15,000 Iranians were forced to leave the USA in 1979.
So, what do you say about all of the criticism that Donald Trump received from the Democratic senators, representatives and the Obama Administration?
Additionally, it is important to note that the McCarran-Walter Act also requires that an "applicant for immigration must be of good moral character and in agreement with the principles of our Constitution."
Therefore, one could surmise that since the Quran forbids Muslims to swear allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, technically, ALL Muslims
should or could be refused immigration to OUR country.
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B, I've been a lawyer for almost 40 years. I don't know nuthin' about Judge Robart, but I will tell you that the bane of my existence has been the results-oriented judge. (Only a fraction of them are results-oriented in the sense I mean, thank God, but there are some.)
The problem is that you cannot draft a statute or a contract that will survive scrutiny by a results-oriented judge. You write a contract that says:
"The price of any beans sold by Joe to Sally during the term of this contract is one penny per bean. This price cannot be adjusted for any reason, up or down. We're not kidding. Neither of us is stoned and this is the deal we've agreed to."
A dispute breaks out between Joe and Sally. Judge Myway looks at the contract and decides the price of a bean should really be two pennies. He can't flat-out rewrite the contract, but he can fashion a rule that lets him get to the result he wants. "I find that the word 'price' is ambiguous, and has to be interpreted in the context of basic fairness, the city ordinances of Moosejaw, and my imagination. Therefore, Sally owes Joe two pennies a bean."
Improve the wording of the contract? Sure. go ahead, but it's Chinatown. This happens all day, every day, and twice on Sundays. Which is why the first question experienced lawyers ask when a new suit rolls in is "Who's the judge?"
And as for the many judges who work their tails off to decide cases according to the law, I say a prayer of thanks for you daily.
As a business man every civil issue that required an attorney's services, the lawyer ALWAYS asked, "Who is the judge on this case?"
Now as a more seasoned person, I once received a citation, but evidence favored me. This time I called the court clerk who told me that may still not get the citation dismissed. I found another court in jurisdiction that assured me it would, transfered the issue to them and won.
[DAWN] The National Assembly on Friday passed a bill giving legal and constitutional cover to the centuries old jirga and panchayat systems in the country with a view to ensure speedy resolution of petty civil matters and reduce the burden of litigations on the courts.
The bill was tabled by Law Minister Zahid Hamid and is enforced with immediate effect from Friday in the federal capital. Gradually it will be implemented in provinces with the consent of provincial governments as amendments in civil laws are in the domain of the provincies.
The law minister told the house that either the federal government will request provinces or the provinces will request the federal government for implementation of the new legislation.
"The system exists in the country for the last several years and we are giving it a legal cover," the minister added.
The bill called Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Bill-2016 was passed by 23 members - 17 from the treasury benches and six from the opposition out of total house of 342.
The law minister also told the house that the ADR system will settle 23 types of civil and criminal disputes.
Members of the opposition benches from the PPP, Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) raised some objections on the bill, but eventually passed it.
Under ADR system mediators, who will be called ’Neutrals’, will be appointed by the government to settle disputes as the judge.
"Under the system the government will appoint panels of Neutrals in all districts in consultation with the relevant high courts and the courts will appoint them as mediators in different disputes," Hamid said.
The PTI and PPP leaders supported the bill but raised some concerns. PTI leader Shafqat Mehmood questioned the appointment of ’Neutrals’ in the Panchayat system.
PPP leader Nafisa Shah and PTI leader Dr Shireen Mazari expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... s over rights of women in the system and demanded women ’Neutrals’ too.
"The dispute will be settled with consent of both parties in the dispute and if any woman feels that she is not being given justice, she can move the court," added Hamid.
The law minister said there will be no punishment in the disputes to be settled by the ADR system.
Disputes under ADR system will be heard in ADR centers to be notified by the government.
Regarding appointment of Neutrals, the bill said: "The government, after consultation with the high court, shall notify in the official gazette a panel of neutrals for each district from amongst lawyers, retired Judges of superior and subordinate judiciare, retired civil servants, social workers, Learned Elders of Islam, jurists, technocrats and expels and such other persons of repute and integrity having such qualifications and, c experience as may prescribed."
The bill added that complaints will be lodged at an ADR centre and it will refer the matter to a ’Neutral’ or such other person as may be agreed upon by the parties.
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"Centuries old"=we've always done it this way!
"It's working so well.."
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Hurriyet Daily News] A wheelchair-bound woman suffering from a severe muscular disease has been raped in the toilet of a shopping mall in Istanbul, with the suspect going on trial claiming "consent."
The United Nations is warning that Somalia could soon be facing a famine without urgent international action, raising concerns about a repeat of 2011’s famine which killed more than a quarter of a million people.
[UPI] The U.S. Navy is strengthening airborne radar and detection capabilities in the Asia-Pacific with five E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes early warning and control aircraft.
[OMANTRIBUNE] All ballots in the Netherlands’ March 15 national elections will be counted by hand in order to guard against the possibility of automated tallying systems being hacked, RTL News reported on Wednesday, citing a potential threat from Russia.
[Seattle Times] A federal judge in Seattle has ordered a halt to enforcement of President Trump’s controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
