The East Wishbone Center for Climate Research and Kickback Receipt labelled the unveiling of Mrs. Trump's official portrait as "an unprecedented act of climate aggression", likely to raise the temperature of the planet by 5 degrees centigrade. "Our models accurately account for carbon dioxide, except when they don't, but not an event like this. We all require a large grant to, uh. study this development in great detail."
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The US Commerce Department said on Thursday it was starting an investigation into imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia for possible dumping and subsidization.
The department said in a statement that the US International Trade Commission was scheduled to make a preliminary decision by May 8 on whether such imports injured US producers.
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from vegetable or animal fats, is typically blended with petroleum-based diesel and is produced in more than 30 US states, the statement said.
[Hurriyet Daily News] Four brothers have been tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... in the Turkish capital Ankara for killing their sister "because she was socializing with men."
Özlem Aykutlug, 35, was found rubbed out in Ankara on Feb. 28 and homicide department coppers focused their investigation on her family in the eastern province of Kars.
Aykutlug, a mother of two children, was killed with six bullets on the road between Istanbul and Ankara.
Police determined that the act was an "honor killing" and said she was brought to Ankara two days before the incident. They concluded that the decision to kill was made by her family.
The police detained Aykutlug’s four brothers ‐ identified as Ersin, 37, Erol, 32, Ferhat, 25 and Yasin, 29 ‐ and they confessed to the murder during cross examination.
It was determined that the brothers told Aykutlug they were going to Istanbul by car, and they killed her while on the road to Istanbul from Ankara.
According to their testimonies, Aykutlug understood that she was about to be murdered and told her brothers to protect her children.
"I know you are going to kill me. I beg you to protect my children and not abandon them," she reportedly said.
In their testimonies, the brothers said Aykutlug was "hanging around with men and everyone in the village was talking about it."
"She put a slur on our family’s honor. We cleaned our honor and we don’t regret it," they reportedly added.
The investigation into the murder also revealed that her husband, Yildirim Aykutlug, was using violence against her and had previously beat feet from the jail where he was serving time for a separate crime.
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[Free Beacon] States will once again be able to defund Planned Parenthood after President Trump overturned an 11th-hour Obama administration regulation protecting funding for the nation's biggest abortion provider.
Trump signed into law on Thursday a bill reversing a Department of Health and Human Services regulation signed in December that prevented states from blocking funding for Planned Parenthood. Obama's regulation reversed the policies of more than a dozen states that had prevented federal Medicaid dollars or other federal reimbursements from going to clinics that perform abortions.
Trump signed the legislation one month after he said that he would continue to direct taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood if it stopped performing abortions. The organization performs more than 300,000 abortions each year--about one-third of the national total.
"There is an opportunity for organizations to continue the important work they do in support of women’s health, while not providing abortion services," Trump said.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards rejected that offer in March. Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens said on Thursday that the law would hinder access to health care.
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Trump signed the legislation one month after he said that he would continue to direct taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood if it stopped performing abortions.
Somehow, methinks that if PP stopped providing abortions, they wouldn't be doing much of anything after that.
[DAWN] A man who was locked away Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! on Tuesday in a child pornography bust in Sargodha had planned on travelling to Norway with children from his town to produce pornographic content, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told Dawn.com on Thursday.
Saadat Amin had asked one James Lindstorm, his main client in Norway, to arrange for travel documents for visas for him and the children to travel to Norway, the FIA said. The children are between the ages of 8 and 14 years old.
The FIA was able to trace down Amin three months after being informed by Norwegian Embassy through a letter that the country’s police had arrested a man in connection with the child pornographic content and that Amin was one of his accomplices in Pakistain.
Amin had told Lindstorm that the children would be available for "proper acts in porn videos," the FIA told Dawn.com.
The FIA's cyber crime wing on Tuesday arrested Amin, who had lured some 25 local children into child pornography on the pretext of providing them with computer education.
Amin later confessed that he had been "introduced to the child pornography industry" by Lindstorm, who became his main client.
"Lindstorm is a member of the international racket of child pornography business," the FIA said.
Amin had remained in contact with Lindstorm via Whatsapp, Skype and Facebook over the "past few years", the FIA said.
The suspect produced videos of the children "performing sexual acts", the FIA said.
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It's the lynch mobs that give life in Pakistan that special piquancy -- until one catches the mob's attention, at any rate.
[DAWN] A 23-year-old student of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan was killed and another seriously injured by a vigilante mob for allegedly "publishing blasphemous content online", local police said Thursday.
The incident occurred within the university premises. The campus was shut down following the incident until further notice and its hostels vacated to avoid a further escalation of violence.
At least 45 people had been jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... in connection with the incident by Thursday evening, according to Mardan District Police Officer Dr Mian Saeed.
No case had been filed against the two students prior to the incident and police had not been investigating the two on blasphemy charges.
The mob instead seems to have been incited by rumours circulating among the university's student body.
Mardan's Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mohammad Alam Shinwari said the dear departed student, Mashal, had been accused of running Facebook pages "which allegedly published blasphemous content".
He was attacked by a large group of students and appears to have succumbed to a gunshot wound, the DIG said.
"The charged students then wanted to burn his body," Shinwari said, before police intervened.
Update from Ynet at 11:20 a.m. EDT quantifies the fog of violent emotion:
A mob beat a Pak student to death at his university campus on Thursday after he was accused of sharing blasphemous content on social media, university and police officials said.
A group of about 10 students shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack on fellow student Mashal Khan, who was stripped naked and beaten with planks until his skull caved in as other students looked on, video obtained by Rooters showed.
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Was it Bees pee upon him or piss be upon him? Enquiring minds want to know.
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A group of about 10 students shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack...
[An Nahar] A 45-year-old Syrian man has been tossed in the clink Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! in the city of Aley on charges of molesting and raping four Syrian children, the Internal Security Forces said on Thursday.
"After obtaining information about the presence of an individual who molested and raped a number of Syrian children, an ISF Intelligence Branch patrol raided the suspect's residence in the city of Aley and arrested him in the Ain Hala area," an ISF statement said.
"During interrogation, he confessed to luring and raping four Syrian children born in the years 2010, 2008, 2006 and 2001 and that he had repeated his crime several times with some of them," the statement added.
The ISF said "pornographic footage showing two of the children" was found on the man's cellphone.
The detainee was eventually referred to the ISF's Human Trafficking and Moral Protection Bureau for further investigations.
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[IsraelTimes] Dylan Mahone, 20, charged for spray-painting Virginia JCC and nearby church on Tuesday, also accused of posting anti-Semitic fliers on campus at the Northern Virginia Community College in March.
Genuine Jew hater or trolling yoot? His name suggests these probably aren't pretend hate crimes by a member of the putative target group.
A Henry Ford Hospital emergency room doctor has been arrested and charged in connection to performing female genital mutilation on young girls.
Jumana Nagarwala, 44, of Northville Michigan is accused of performing female genital mutilation on underage girls.
According to a criminal complaint, Nagarwala performed the procedure on girls ages six to eight years old at a medical clinic in Livonia.
Some of the children were brought from out of state for the illegal procedure. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is considered the complete removal or partial removal of the clitoris, known as a clitoridectomy. FGM is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of women and girls.
Some consider FGM as a religious and cultural practice. The purpose of this illegal practice is to suppress female sexuality in order to reduce sexual pleasure.
In the criminal affidavit, Nagarwala performed FGM on girls who were approximately 7 years old at the time at a clinic in Livonia.
The investigation revealed that in one particular case, a 7-year-old was brought by her family from Minnesota. An investigation into phone records revealed their location. The child was interviewed on April 10. She stated that she was brought to Detroit for "special girls trip."
The child victim also stated that she said she had to go to the doctor "to get the germs out." Upon a medical exam on April 11, a doctor determined that the child's genitals had been altered or removed. The child identified Dr. Nagarwala as the doctor who performed the procedure.
The affidavit also alleges that there are Michigan victims as well.
“According to the complaint, despite her oath to care for her patients, Dr. Nagarwala is alleged to have performed horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Blanco. “The Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in this country, and will use the full power of the law to ensure that no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse.”
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Somebody once said the only difference between Detroit and the Third World is "Detroit ain't got no goats in the street." They were talking about corruption but apparently that isn't the only axis of similarity.
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SteveS, I've read that there have been plans broached to use goats to help keep the vacant lots under control so they may even lose that difference.
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[Hurriyet Daily News] Four brothers have been 
[Free Beacon] States will once again be able to defund Planned Parenthood after President Trump overturned an 11th-hour Obama administration regulation protecting funding for the nation's biggest abortion provider.
[DAWN] A man who was 
A Henry Ford Hospital emergency room doctor has been arrested and charged in connection to performing female genital mutilation on young girls.
