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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Viktoria Marinova: Murder suspect admits attacking journalist
[Al Jazeera] A 21-year-old man suspected of the rape and murder of Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova has admitted that he attacked her.

Handcuffed and surrounded by coppers, Severin Krasimirov spoke to news hounds inside a courtroom on Friday where he appeared for a custody hearing in Ruse, northern Bulgaria.

"I do not know what happened. I cannot remember everything. I went there and I slapped her, she fell. I want to move on but she grabbed me," Krasimirov told news hounds.

"Yes, I am guilty, I am very sorry. I cannot believe that I have done that," Krasimirov said in a wavering voice when news hounds asked whether he plans to tell the court he is guilty.

Authorities said she died from blows to the head and suffocation, and that she was raped after her death.
If convicted, Krasimirov faces a prison sentence of 10-20 years for the rape and a possible life sentence for the murder.

The body of the 30-year-old television presenter was found near a jogging path along the Danube in Ruse on October 6.

Authorities said she died from blows to the head and suffocation, and that she was raped after her death.

Prosecutors say there was no evidence her death was related to her work and pointed to a random sexual crime, though they said they are investigating all possibilities.

Investigators say DNA found on the victim matches Krasimirov. They have also collected additional evidence against him, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov said on Friday.

Posted by: Fred || 10/20/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Five DR Congo reporters 'abducted' by police
[PULSE.NG] Five journalists at a newspaper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
were "kidnapped" on Friday, their managing editor said, after the publication of articles on the misappropriation of rations for police cadets.

The detentions come after a series of prosecutions of journalists in the troubled nation, which is just two months away from tense elections to replace President Joseph Kabila.

"The police proceeded early this morning to abduct five journalists from AfricaNews. Octave Mukendi, Bruce Landu, Roddy Bosakwa, Dan Luyila and Laurent Omba were taken to an unknown destination," AfricaNews managing editor Achille Kadima said in a statement.

Posted by: Fred || 10/20/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  were taken to an unknown destination

....where cooking pots were simmering.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/20/2018 8:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Were any of them named Khashoggi?
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/20/2018 9:31 Comments || Top||


Violence eases on troubled Comoros island
[PULSE.NG] Assoumani won a referendum in July allowing him to scrap the rotation of the presidency between Comoros' three main islands after one term, disadvantaging opposition-leaning Anjouan which was next in line
Posted by: Fred || 10/20/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Type 2 Polio virus found in Bauchi -- WHO
[PULSE.NG] Dr Adamu Ningi, the WHO Bauchi State Coordinator, disclosed this at a meeting with the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu, and the Chairman, Social Mobilisation on Immunisation and Emir of Dass, Alhaji Usman Othman, in Bauchi on Friday
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Caribbean-Latin America
Nicaragua must allow access to human rights investigators: OAS
[Al Jazeera] More than 300 people have been killed since protests against President Daniel Ortega began in April, rights groups say
Posted by: Fred || 10/20/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  I'm so old I remember when Daniel Ortega and his gang of banditos were darlings of the Left. Meet the new boss; same as the old boss.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/20/2018 0:58 Comments || Top||

#2  brutal repression, massive corruption,deprivation and deplorable conditions, packing the courts and gubbamint with party tools? What makes you think he's still not a Darlng Of The Left™

Oh and cool Dictator Brand aviator designer shades?
Posted by: Frank G || 10/20/2018 7:41 Comments || Top||

#3  They hopped off the bus at their stop.
Posted by: AlanC || 10/20/2018 9:23 Comments || Top||


Europe
Macedonian parliament votes to approve name change
[Al Jazeera] The Macedonian parliament has passed constitutional changes to allow the Balkan country to change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia, as agreed with Greece.

A total of 80 deputies in the 120-seat parliament on Friday voted in favour of the name change.

The move could unblock the country's bids to join NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
and the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, long blocked by Greece, which argues that "Macedonia" implied territorial claims to a Greek province of the same name.

The two countries reached agreement on the name change in June.

But hurdles remain before the change can be formalised.

Friday's vote opens the name change procedure, allowing politicians to debate the issue over a period of three months or more, according to the parliament's rulebook.

The procedure to complete constitutional changes is lengthy and requires several rounds of voting, with Friday's being just the first stage. The procedure should be completed by January the latest.

Posted by: Fred || 10/20/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


EU top court orders Poland to suspend Supreme Court retirements
[PULSE.NG] The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
's top court on Friday ordered Poland to "immediately suspend" its decision to lower the retirement age of its Supreme Court judges, which it said threatens judicial independence.

The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, last month took Poland's rightwing government to the European Court of Justice for lowering the age at which Supreme Court judges must retire from 70 to 65.

"Poland must immediately suspend the application of the provisions of national legislation relating to the lowering of the retirement age for Supreme Court judges," the European Court of Justice said.

The Commission had asked the court in Luxembourg to take a decision as "soon as possible", warning that Warsaw was accelerating retirements.

Speaking in Brussels, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said his government had during "the last few hours received the court of justice decision".

"We will certainly respond to it," he added.

"We will see what these (EU) institutions are proposing. When we take them into consideration, several possibilities will be analysed."

The court said the order to suspend retirements "is to apply with retroactive effect" after noting that several judges had already been forced to retire.

The court, which said it would issue a final ruling at a later date, could impose fines if it finds Poland in breach of EU law.

The Commission has expressed concern the new retirement age will hasten the departure of judges appointed under previous governments, allowing the appointment of figures seen as loyal by Warsaw's current leadership.

Posted by: Fred || 10/20/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "We will see what these (EU) institutions are proposing. When we take them into consideration, several possibilities will be analysed."

That's Polish for "You and what army?"
Posted by: SteveS || 10/20/2018 0:50 Comments || Top||

#2  We shall see if Poland's establishment vassalised their own country.

So glad of Brexit!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/20/2018 7:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Did the EU implement a true constitution?

Or is this just a typical power grab by would be tyrants?

/sarc
Posted by: AlanC || 10/20/2018 9:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Sounds like a conflict of interest from the brotherhood.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/20/2018 9:46 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Navy Christening 2 New Virginia-Class Submarines Today
[Times of San Diego] The Navy will christen two new Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines just an hour apart Saturday at the General Dynamics Electric Boat facility in Groton, CT.

The future USS Delaware will be christened at 10 a.m. followed by the future USS Vermont at 11 a.m.

The Delaware is the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine and the Vermont is the 19th. The $2 billion submarines can travel over 25 knots, dive to over 800 feet and submerge for three months. They are armed with torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles.

San Diego is currently home to five Los Angeles-class submarines that will eventually replaced by the Virginia class, of which 66 vessels are planned
Posted by: Frank G || 10/20/2018 07:52 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  DBF seems malapropos so Hooyah!
Posted by: Thaiger Omeque4448 || 10/20/2018 9:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Fair winds and following seas.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/20/2018 9:30 Comments || Top||

#3  submerge for three months

I need one of those.
Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 || 10/20/2018 10:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Wonder if they remembered to lube the drives?
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/20/2018 10:46 Comments || Top||

#5  "submerge for three months" and moving with mechanical balance. Vastly improved on the WW11 workhorse Gato class.I wonder how long before hunter killer submerged drones come into play.I would think flight and submersible dual abilities as well and mass produced.That would be my interest. Space travel as well. AI or human cloned consciousness(so to speak)downloaded. Doing all the functions of a human form.Risk being human consciousness believing it is alive and having rights to existence. Then add mixed consciousness of different people. No,that would come to no good end.Separation only as one would try to dominate the other.Eternal prison. I wander. A dilemma for another to explore.
Posted by: Dale || 10/20/2018 14:43 Comments || Top||

#6  Proud of my work. Godspeed
Posted by: Rightwing || 10/20/2018 16:12 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Remains of more than 60 babies, fetuses found stashed in Detroit funeral home
(Reuters) - The remains of more than 60 infants and fetuses were found stashed in a Detroit funeral home, police said on Friday, calling the discovery "deeply disturbing."

The incident comes about a week after the badly decomposed bodies of 11 babies were found hidden in a false ceiling at a different funeral home in the Michigan city.

No connection between the two cases has yet been established, Detroit’s police chief said. He added city, state and federal investigators were looking to form a task force to investigate the improper storage of human remains.

Unrefrigerated boxes containing about 36 sets of remains were recovered from the Perry Funeral Home along with another 27 sets of remains in a freezer, police said.

"This is deeply disturbing," Detroit Police Chief James Craig told reporters on Friday. "I have never seen anything like this in my 41-1/2 years (on the force), ever."

Investigators are working to establish ages and identities.

An official with Perry Funeral Home, which offers burial and cremation services, declined to comment on the incident.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said in a statement it revoked the funeral home’s license and shut down the facility after inspectors "found heinous conditions and negligent conduct at the home."
Google curb photo
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/20/2018 01:48 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  all of whom voted in the 2016 elections
Posted by: Frank G || 10/20/2018 10:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Possible Detroit demographic.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/20/2018 10:35 Comments || Top||

#3  They find over 60 unidentified infants and fetuses and they only find it 'deeply disturbing'?
Must be that Democratic concern for the children we hear so much about...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 10/20/2018 10:44 Comments || Top||

#4  A potential sequel to The Gosnell movie? The original just came out — in limited distribution — a few days ago.

Nota bene for those who hate Facebook: The link above is to the film’s Facebook page. No doubt there are websites and YouTube pages as well, but I like the FB page as an act if protest and support when I read that FB was essentially shadow banning it.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/20/2018 13:03 Comments || Top||

#5  Wonder if the 'culls' were mined for organs.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/20/2018 20:22 Comments || Top||



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Sat 2018-10-20
  Anjem Choudary Released from Prison
Fri 2018-10-19
  ISIS Returns: Sick terrorists take 700 hostage - Putin issues warning
Thu 2018-10-18
  Afghan guards open fire at Afghan-NATO meeting in Kandahar, injuring 2 Americans - reports
Wed 2018-10-17
  Mastermind behind Ahvaz terrorist attack killed in Iraq’s Diyala, IRGC says
Tue 2018-10-16
  Trump says 'rogue killers' may be behind Khashoggi disappearance
Mon 2018-10-15
  Jihadist rebels reinforce front-lines near Idlib buffer zone, no withdrawal
Sun 2018-10-14
  4 ISIS militants blown up by own explosives in Kunar province
Sat 2018-10-13
  Indian troops kill key Kashmiri fighter in Handwara siege
Fri 2018-10-12
  Easing frayed ties, Turkish court allows US pastor to go free
Thu 2018-10-11
  Afghan officials get 20 years for handing secrets to Pakistan
Wed 2018-10-10
  Turkey to search Saudi Consulate for missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Tue 2018-10-09
  Nikki Haley Resigns As US Ambassador To The UN
Mon 2018-10-08
  IDF fires at Gazans launching incendiary balloons at Israel
Sun 2018-10-07
  Defying Israeli occupation, Golan Druze pledge loyalty to Syria’s Assad
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