[ABC] Australia plans to ban convicted pedophiles from traveling overseas in what the government said Tuesday is a world-first move to protect vulnerable children in Southeast Asia from exploitation.
Australian pedophiles are notorious for taking inexpensive vacations to nearby Southeast Asian and Pacific island countries to abuse children there.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she would cancel the passports of around 20,000 pedophiles on the national child sex offender register under legislation that will be introduced to Parliament soon.
"There has been increasing community concern about sexual exploitation of vulnerable children and community concern is justified," she told reporters.
Almost 800 registered child sex offenders travelled overseas from Australia last year and about half went to Southeast Asian destinations, she said.
[Free Beacon] A California farmer is facing a $2.8 million fine for failing to get a permit to plow his own field.
John Duarte bought 450 acres of land near Modesto in 2012 and is now being sued by the federal government for plowing near areas the government considers to be "waters of the United States."
A farmer faces trial in federal court this summer and a $2.8 million fine for failing to get a permit to plow his field and plant wheat in Tehama County.
A lawyer for Duarte Nursery said the case is important because it could set a precedent requiring other farmers to obtain costly, time-consuming permits just to plow.
"The case is the first time that we're aware of that says you need to get a (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) permit to plow to grow crops," said Anthony Francois, a lawyer for the Pacific Legal Foundation. The libertarian-leaning nonprofit fights for private property rights and limited government.
"We're not going to produce much food under those kinds of regulations," Francois said.
The case will head to trial in August. The government claims that Duarte violated the Clean Water Act because he did not obtain a permit to work near the wetlands. Francois, the attorney for Duarte, said farmers plowing their fields are exempt from federal rules.
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I thought the last expansion of 'Waters of the US' was rolled back by the Trumpster.
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The Feds issued the actual 'Stop Order' to Duarte in February 2013, Bobby.
Different times, but symptom of the problems DJT has to address.
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If any of you have noticed the short plastic mesh retention fences at construction sites, and perhaps hay bales at the nearest storm sewer entrance, it's a manifestation of the same regulations.
Gotta control topsoil runoff.
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When this gets thrown out of court, the government vermin in charge of this need to pay the fine. Then be fired and put in prison for life.
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If the law moves quickly and the case isn't tossed by some 0bumhole appointee they may go to jail. Only to be pardoned when the Donks move back into power.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The dead body of a maiden found from a container in Kabul has sent shockwaves as the security officials confirm that the young couple had locked themselves inside the container for some happy moments.
The security officials in Kabul police commandment said the girl had already died when a search operation resulted into the tracing of the two.
The Head of the Criminal Investigation Department Salim Almas confirmed on Sunday that the dead body of the girl was recovered from inside the container while the boy was in a state of coma.
Almas to BBC’s Afghanistan service that the couple had locked themselves inside the container and the girl died to the lack of oxygen while the boy is still in coma.
He said the bodies were recovered from Macroryan area of Kabul and an investigation is still underway regarding the incident.
The security officials are saying that the boy has been admitted in a hospital in Kabul and the body of the girl has been taken for forensic examination.
No further details have been given regarding the identities of the boy and the girl but reports suggest that the boy is the son of a member of the Afghan Parliament’s Lower House, Wolesi Jirga.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least four people were killed in a clash over ice blocks in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan, the local officials said Monday.
Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani said a woman is also among those killed after clash erupted among two families due to an argument over ice blocks.
Khogyani further added that the incident took place on Sunday in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar.
He said the family members of Mullah Raqeeb and Syed Mullah Jan exchanged fire following an argument over ice blocks in Lalmai area.
According to Khogyani, the four people killed during the clash belong to the families of MullahRaqeeb and Syed Mullah Jan.
He said three members of Mullah Raqeeb’s family were killed while a woman belonging to family of Syed Mullah Jan was among those killed.
Khogyani also added that the main perpetrators of the incident have managed to flee the area and a search operation is underway for their arrest.
The majority of deadly incidents among the families in remote districts and villages takes place due to the possession of illegal fire arms among the people which are mostly used during the arguments sparking enmities that last for years and claiming lives of dozens of people.
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GENEVA/DUBAI: The number of people who have died in a cholera epidemic affecting Yemen has risen to at least 471, according to World Health Organization (WHO) figures released on Monday.
But the latest WHO bulletin covering the period from April 27, said that there was a “significant decrease” in the daily average number of cases recorded in the week up to May 27 compared to the previous seven-day period.
The epidemic began in October and grew until December. It then dwindled but was never brought fully under control, and a new surge in cases began in April.
The WHO said on Monday that the average daily number of cases recorded between May 21 and 27 was 2,529 — down from 3,025 in the previous seven days.
The bulletin said that the total number of suspected cases stood at 51,832.
Caused by ingesting bacteria from water or food contaminated with feces, cholera usually manifests itself with sudden acute diarrhea and can kill within hours, although three-quarters of infected people show no symptoms.
The short incubation period means outbreaks can spread with speed, especially in places without safe water and proper sanitation, according to the WHO.
[Jpost] British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday she was ready to walk away from Brexit negotiations without a deal with the European Union if the agreement wasn't good enough.
"We will be there to negotiate the right deal but what I have said is that no deal is better than a bad deal. We have to be prepared to walk out," she said to applause during a Sky News interview on Monday.
Britons elect a new government in ten days' time as polls show May's Conservatives are seeing their lead over the opposition Labour Party narrow. Take this Angela!
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British Airways could face a bill of at least £100m in compensation, additional customer care and lost business resulting from an IT meltdown that affected more than 1,000 flights over the weekend.
The glitch is believed to have been caused by a power supply issue and there is no evidence of a cyber-attack, the airline said. Seriously, no redundancy build in to the system?
Ask the Air Force folks managing the sorties against ISIS how it ought to be done -- that is apparently precisely how it is not being done by all the major American airlines nowadays, who are operate right on the edge of falling into mathematical chaos. This is just an extreme example of the same mindset from the other side of the pond. And from Skidmark:
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IIRC, Delta had a similar problem not too long ago. It's really inexcusable for an airline to operate unprotected that way but the loss of 100 million pounds might smarten 'em up a bit.
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[France24] PARIS (AFP) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Sunday called for a black feminist festival in the French capital to be banned, saying it was "prohibited to white people."
The first edition of the Nyansapo Festival, due to run from July 28 to 30 at a cultural centre in Paris, bills itself as "an event rooted in blackfeminism, activism, and on (a) European scale."
LICRA -- the International League against Racism and Antisemitism -- said "Rosa Parks would be turning in her grave," a reference to the American civil rights icon.
Wallerand de Saint-Just, the regional head of Marine Le Pen's National Front party, had challenged Hidalgo on Friday to explain how the city was putting on an event "promoting a concept that is blatantly racist and anti-republican." How different from American left the French are!
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White feminists are being banned from this fascist black feminists Nyansapo Festival? The mayor is correct in calling for a ban on the festival. But on second thought, what do I care if these feminists are warring amongst themselves? Maybe this is a cyanide pill within this movement.
[DAWN] Kandhkot police on Monday locked away Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! Sardar Taj Mohammad Domki, a senior politician and influential feudal lord belonging to upper Sindh, after he claimed that he had "settled" a case involving the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl by imposing a fine of Rs1.8 million on the "real accused".
In May, media reported that a girl -- a resident of Kandhkot in Sindh -- had been working as a maid in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... when she was allegedly intoxicated and gang-raped. Chief Justice of Pakistain (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar had taken notice of the matter and summoned a report from the Sindh inspector general of police within a week.
In a sudden turn of events, at a presser yesterday (Sunday), Domki claimed to have "settled" the matter through a jirga.
Domki claimed that the girl was not gang-raped, as claimed by her father, Urz Mohammad Golo, in a first information report, but raped by a single person.
"The accused had raped the girl in Karachi after assuring her that he would marry her," Domki said.
The feudal lord claimed that had he not intervened in the matter, the girl would never have been able to get justice from the courts.
Domki's claims were problematic as they completely bypassed the legal infrastructure that seeks to protect rape victims and deals with such cases in accordance with Pakistain's Penal Code.
Dr Samiullah Soomro, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Kandhkot, on the directions of his seniors, ordered the registration of an FIR against Sardar Domki, Urz Mohammad Golo and 13 others on behalf of the state for settling the matter in a jirga.
"With Domki under arrest, the police is conducting raids to nab the remaining accused," SHO Mohammad Sadiq Odho told news hounds.
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[DAWN] Pakistain International Airlines' (PIA) information technology system suffered a serious malfunction on Monday which has adversely affected the schedules of numerous flights.
Similar to the hacking troubles faced by British Airways over the past week, PIA's operations came to a standstill when their software failed around 9am on Monday.
The disturbance delayed numerous flights and prevented any further bookings from being made.
PIA officials said they cannot yet confirm what caused the disruption.
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[Yahoo] Violent protests erupted in Pakistan Monday as crippling electricity cuts left hundreds of thousands of people without power in soaring temperatures during the first two days of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
At least one person was killed and eight wounded in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after police opened fire on hundreds of people protesting at the cuts by trying to set a power station ablaze, officials said.
"The protesters first tried to torch the electricity power station and then they attacked a police station," Zafar Ali Shah, a senior government official in Malakand district, told AFP, adding that the demonstrators also attacked government buildings, offices and vehicles.
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I guess once the food goes bad they can really fast.
So airlines IT and now power distribution infrastructure. What gets hacked next?
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Yeah! Don't they know burning stuff is bad for global climate change?
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The whole country has a listed (what they believe they can generate...inshallah) electrical generation capacity of 25,100 MW, about half of what New Jersey generates.
The stations they targeted (Hydro Infrastructure Stations, so Skidmark is on the right track) produce roughly 18% of the country's total power.
Morons
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...hundreds of people protesting at the cuts by trying to set a power station ablaze...
They're not the sharpest knives in the drawer, are they?
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I think the Norks will nuke someone in a year or two at most. Not based on any intel, just based on their tempo. This is not a wager-worthy prediction. Just saying.
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As I recall, from way back in the Star Wars build-up, the problem was that every kilo invested in decoys could be more profitably invested in adding additional warheads to the missile payload. To get the decoy to act like a warhead it ended up becoming more and more like a real warhead...
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
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Free Beacon] A California farmer is facing a $2.8 million fine for failing to get a permit to plow his own field.
[DAWN] Pakistain International Airlines' (PIA) information technology system suffered a serious malfunction on Monday which has adversely affected the schedules of numerous flights.
[Yahoo] Violent protests erupted in Pakistan Monday as crippling electricity cuts left hundreds of thousands of people without power in soaring temperatures during the first two days of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
