CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - The son of accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk said on Friday his father has been ordered to surrender for deportation to Germany to stand trial for assisting in the deaths of 29,000 Jews. John Demjanjuk Jr. declined to say how quickly his father would have to surrender but said he was told to report to immigration offices in Cleveland at some point for processing.
The notice was delivered nearly four weeks after agents removed the 89-year-old retired auto worker from his suburban Cleveland home in a wheelchair to take him for deportation to Germany but had to return him after a court intervened.
Since then, the U.S. Appeals Court in Cincinnati vacated its stay preventing his removal, and Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens refused to reinstate the stay. The U.S. appeals court said Demjanjuk's argument that sending him to Germany amounted to torture because he suffered from life-threatening ailments was unlikely to succeed and lifted the stay preventing his deportation.
In court filings, prosecutors disputed Demjanjuk's torture claims and submitted videos of him walking unaided.
Demjanjuk's attorney, John Broadley, was quoted in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer as telling German reporters that as far as he was concerned the battle to keep his client in the United States was over.
But Demjanjuk's son said in an e-mail message, "We are not giving up any legal action."
He said the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati can still consider Demjanjuk's request to reopen his case on grounds that deporting his ailing father and putting him on trial amounted to illegal torture. "The case will go on with our without my father present. It could result in a rehearing that will request his return if he is sent to Germany by then," Demjanjuk Jr. said.
Also, attorneys representing Demjanjuk in Germany have appealed the country's order extraditing him, which was rejected by one court, and challenged his arrest warrant.
A German judge in Munich issued an arrest warrant in March to put the Ukraine-born Demjanjuk on trial for assisting in the deaths of 29,000 Jews at the Sobibor extermination camp during World War Two. Demjanjuk denies any role in the Holocaust and claims he was drafted into the Russian army in 1941, became a German prisoner of war a year later and served at German prison camps until 1944.
He was previously extradited to Israel in 1986 to face charges he was sadistic death camp guard Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka, in Nazi-occupied Poland. He was convicted and sentenced to death but the conviction was overturned in 1993 by Israel's Supreme Court because evidence showed another Ukrainian guard was likely "Ivan." But U.S. authorities brought new charges and a judge concluded in 2002 he was a guard at three other camps.
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We have you surrounded! May 8th was VE Day. The war is over. Throw your Luger out of the window and come out with your hands UP! It's over!
Oprah Winfrey's decision to put her name on KFC's online coupon promotion turned quickly into a "PR nightmare." There were a lot of angry people who thought they would get a free two-piece Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal but didn't because the store had run out. The coupons were promoted both on The Oprah Winfrey Show and at Oprah.com. . "The combination of free food and Oprah is a tsunami," said Robbie Vorhaus. "Clearly KFC wasn't ready."
[Mail and Globe] Friday it had "boobed" in a row over larger-size bras, agreeing to cut prices for DD-plus cup versions to bring them in line with smaller models.
The climbdown, which came after more than 13 000 people signed an online protest, was welcomed by the 26-year-old woman who launched the campaign on social networking website Facebook.
"I'm absolutely delighted on behalf of all of the women in the group," said Beckie Williams, who wears a 30G bra herself. "We have had 13 500 people join us to support us in this cause, so it's absolutely fantastic," she told GMTV.
Her group, Busts 4 Justice, condemned Marks & Spencer's £2 (2,2, $3) surcharge on bras bigger than a DD cup, as "criminally unfair" and urged "busty ladies" to "join forces to end this blatant discrimination".
Williams even bought a share worth £3,4 in Marks & Spencer so she could raise her concerns at the firm's annual general meeting in July.
Announcing its climbdown, the retailer took out full-page ads in national newspapers on Friday, with the headline "We Boobed" over a picture of a woman sporting a larger-sized bra.
A spokesperson said: "We've heard what our customers are telling us that they are unhappy with the pricing on our DD-plus bras and that basically we've boobed."
From Saturday the store's bra prices will all be the same, regardless of size, he said, adding: "They'll still be made to the same high standards so you get the best support on the high street."
The retailer previously insisted its bras were priced fairly to include the cost of wider straps and better support, and said customers "have told us they are happy to pay a small premium ... for the specialist work".
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The retailer previously insisted its bras were priced fairly to include the cost of wider straps and better support, and said customers "have told us they are happy to pay a small premium ... for the specialist work".
Indeed. Most bras don't come in 30" or 32" at all, and of the ones that do, most are designed for twelve year old girls just starting to blossom into womanhood, not slender women with very womanly proportions. A $3 surcharge is very reasonable. In my part of the world a 30G costs well upward of $60, only available in specialty shops. The department stores carry nothing smaller than a 32, and nothing larger than G.
(All snickering will be done very quietly and discretely, please. Thank you.)
[Bangla Daily Star] To tackle the ongoing gas supply and pressure crisis, the government has planned staggered holidays on seven days of the week in seven industrial zones around Dhaka, and shutting down five fertiliser plants and a dozen 210 megawatt (MW) power plants in phases over the next 12 months.
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UNOCAL offered to develop the gas fields. They would also supply India (the largest market in the area) so the Bangladeshis refused the offer.
The TATA group offered the largest ever investment in Bangladesh, steel plants, factories, power plants, that would use this gas.
Tata is Indian so the Bangladeshis refused the offer.
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Good thing the Bangadeshis are grateful to India for liberating them from the Paks. Who knows how they might feel otherwise ...
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[Bangla Daily Star] A mob beat three carjackers to death and critically injured another at Keraniganj as the criminals attempted to snatch an auto-rickshaw Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Akhter Hossain, 45, Shah Alam, 32, and Selim, 48. The criminal injured in the incident was Akash, 27, son of Mofiz Khan of Wapda Lane.
Police said the gang hired the auto-rickshaw from Kadamtoli intersection for Stand Bazar in South Keraniganj around 9:30pm.
On the way, at Mirzapur the snatchers throttled the driver with a piece of cloth and compelled him to stop, said police. They then pushed him out of the vehicle at knifepoint, police added. Around 200 people of the densely populated area thronged the spot hearing driver Faruqe's scream and intercepted the running snatched auto-rickshaw.
Locals said the vehicle fell into a roadside ditch as they tried to stop it. The mob dragged all four snatchers out of the auto-rickshaw and gave them a good beating leaving them critically injured, police said.
On information police went to the spot and took the injured to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 11:30pm. Three of the gang members succumbed to their injuries around 1:30am yesterday. Diver Faruqe and snatcher Akash were released from the hospital after primary treatment, said police. Akash was taken in police custody, they added.
Mohammad Arif, owner of the auto-rickshaw, filed a case with the South Keraniganj Police Station in this regard.
Earlier on April 22, two other auto-rickshaw snatchers were killed in a mob beating at Jajira village in the same area.
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Perhaps purse snatching is a better career choice, if less lucrative per incident.
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I'm not sure why these miscreants even attempt this crap. Places like B'desh, India (everywhere) are so densely populated that it is impossible to commit an act like that without there being literally hundreds of eyewitnesses.
And a lot of the people you find on the street are from the villages, and pretty much live on the street. They have no reservations about thumping bad actors, and they all want to get their shot in.
[Bangla Daily Star] One person was killed and at least 15 others were injured in a clash between Awami League (AL) and BNP activists at Hagragari village in Lalpur upazila yesterday afternoon.
Police said a group led by AL activist Abdur Rashid and the other led by BNP's Choyon Pramanik locked in a feud over a murder case. This soon turned into a violent clash.
The groups, at one point, charged each other with firearms and sharp weapons that left at least 16 people injured, said police.
The injured were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College, Lalpur Upazila Health Complex and Bagatipara Upazila Health Complex.
Injured Choyon succumbed to his injuries later in the night.
Police reinforcements have been deployed to keep the situation under control after tension mounted in the area following the news of Choyon's death.
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[Iran Press TV Latest] A former Russian envoy to NATO claims the Bush administration organized antagonistic circles within the alliance to ensure hostility towards Russia.
"The previous American administration has formed an educated, very special kind of 'brigades' among the NATO countries," claimed Aleksandr Fomenko, a former member of the Russian parliamentary delegation to NATO in a Friday interview with Russia Today.
He cited "Polish and Lithuanian diplomats" as the constituents of the groups saying they were "ready to fight Russians to the very last American soldiers and American dollar."
In March, the two sides attempted reconstructing the bilateral ties clouded since the Russia's August 2008, suppression of the Georgian invasion of its pro-independence republic of South Ossetia. Moscow claims the response was aimed at protecting the Russian nationals in the province.
The improvement, however, was hampered after the alliance expelled two Russian diplomats over allegations of espionage. Russia, then, retaliated ejecting two NATO envoys from Moscow.
Fomenko did not rule out the involvement of the so-called anti-Russian circles in the expulsions by NATO.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, however, later said Moscow was still seeking 'normal' ties with the US-dominated miliary alliance.
After the inauguration of the new US administration, Moscow and Washington, as well, started making reciprocal overtures towards one another, in contrast to the serious recriminations during the Bush administration.
Fomenko claimed that the former US officials' machinations could still trouble the new administration. "The new administration of (President Barack) Obama and (Vice President Joe) Biden will have problems with these kind of people in future," he noted.
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Right. Poland and Lithuania would have no reason to hate and fear Russia if it weren't for the evil Bush. I mean, Russia has always been kind and caring towards them.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Pope Benedict XVI underlined his "deep respect" for Islam on Friday in Jordan, on his first trip as pontiff to an Arab state, and stressed that religious freedom is a fundamental human right.
He also called the church a spiritual force that could contribute to progress in bringing about peace in the Middle East.
Speaking after a red carpet welcome from King Abdullah II and Queen Rania at Queen Alia Airport as he began his eight-day tour of the Holy Land amid strict security, the pope said he came to Jordan "as a pilgrim."
" The church is not a political force but a spiritual force which can contribute to the progress of the peace process in the Middle East "
Pope Benedict XVI
He said his visit "gives me a welcome opportunity to speak of my deep respect for the Muslim community, and to pay tribute to the leadership shown by His Majesty the King in promoting a better understanding of the virtues proclaimed by Islam."
The pope also called religious freedom "a fundamental human right."
"It is my fervent hope and prayer that respect for the inalienable rights and dignity of every man and woman will come to be increasingly affirmed and defended, not only throughout the Middle East, but in every part of the world," he said.
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This is one of the most egregiously spinmeistered things I've seen in a while, outside of the Obama administration.
"his "deep respect" for Islam"
Umm. no. Al Aribiya should look at that carefully.
"my deep respect for the Muslim community"
Its the COMMUNITY, not Islam that has his respect.
"better understanding of the virtues proclaimed by Islam"
Yep - but ONLY the virtues, not the many vices of Islam.
The Pope chooses his words VERY carefully and purposely in situations like that.
And note well the religious freedom - that means allowing people to LEAVE Islam, and allowing the free practice of something OTHER than Islam.
If this is the kind of crap the Arabs accept as "news reporting", then no wonder the region is filled with people that are about as sharp as a bag of wet mice.
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The very next thing they'll be telling us with a pic to prove it, is that..... a fighter pilot in a single-seat F-16 escort for Air Force One over NYC... also had a photo recce publicity mission.
Jordanian clerics expressed disappointment that Pope Benedict XVI in an address to Muslim leaders on Saturday failed to offer a new apology for remarks seen as targeting Islam.
"We wanted him to clearly apologise," Sheikh
Yusef Abu Hussein, mufti of the southern city of Karak, told AFP after the pope's address in Amman's huge Al-Hussein Mosque."What the pope said (in 2006) about the Prophet Mohammed is untrue. Islam did not spread through the power of sword. It's a religion of tolerance and faith," Hussein said.
Today Science Magazine is reporting that the Army has banned all pathogen research at one of its labs at the Armed Forced Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, DC. This decision was made December 2, 2008 as a result of an earlier failed Biological Surety Inspection, and not made public.
Science reports that officials found that lab managers ignored information about certain employees that could have disqualified them from having access to dangerous pathogens. The redacted version of the IGs [Inspector General's] report released to Science does not divulge the nature of this so-called potentially disqualifying information, but it could be anything from alcoholism to mental instability.
On October 28, 2008 AR 50-1 came into effect, stipulating a strict Biological Personnel Reliability Program for DOD employees as part of their Biological Surety Program. It includes and intense background investigation and interviews of employees as well as regulations regarding substance abuse and mental health.
In early February the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) also suspended its research on biological select agents and toxins when it was realized that there were problems with the system of accounting for high risk microbes and biological materials in the laboratories at Fort Detrick, MD.
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"but Dr. Steven Hatfill is considered a person of interest. I can say no more"
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This impresses me as the same problem they experienced at Los Alamos. Military people understand and respect classifications and security. Civilians don't. So when civilians are put under such rules, it just doesn't compute for them.
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AR 50-1 came into effect, stipulating a strict Biological Personnel Reliability Program for DOD employees as part of their Biological Surety Program. It includes and intense background investigation and interviews of employees
I must insist that Army Regulation 50-1 be applied to members of Congress! A Congressional Personnel Security and Reliabibility Program (PSRP)...hmmm, nice ring to it.
[Iran Press TV Latest] A Saudi inventor's proposal to insert semiconductors subcutaneously in visitors and remotely kill them if they misbehave will not be patented in Germany.
On Wednesday, a German Patent Office spokeswoman said the application was received on October 30, 2007 and published 18 months later, as required by law, in a patents database. But inventions that are unethical or a danger to the public are not recognized.
Reporters said the document proposed that tiny semiconductors be implanted or placed by injection under the skin of people so their whereabouts could be tracked by global-positioning satellites. This could be used to prevent immigrants overstaying.
A model B of the system would contain a poison such as cyanide, which could be released by remote control to "eliminate" people if they became a security risk. The document said this could be used against terrorists or criminals.
Microchip implantation in humans has raised new ethical discussions by scientific professional forums, academic groups, human rights organizations, government departments and religious groups.
The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) of the American Medical Association published a report in 2007 alleging that RFID implanted chips may compromise privacy because there is no assurance that the information contained in the chip can be properly protected, notwithstanding health risks (chips can travel under the skin).
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We already have the tech to insert high velocity heavy metals subcutaneously, percutaneously, intracardiacly, transthoracicly, transcerebrally, etc.
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Good to know "Escape From New York" made it to Saudi. Can't wait for one of those yahoos to try and patent warp drive.
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I'm surprised that Applied Digital Solutions hadn't already patented this idea. Inventors of the implantable VeriChip, ADS has the weird corporate philosophy of inventing new evil every day. It's like they sit around and ponder how to dehumanize people and ruin their lives.
[Iran Press TV Latest] A 12-year-old Iranian boy, Kourosh Mozouni, has registered for the upcoming presidential election with a campaign promise of his own.
Speaking to reporters at the Interior Ministry's election headquarters in Tehran on Friday, Mozouni said he would ban computer games and raise wages of male parents so that mothers do not have to work.
"Mothers, children and young adults will vote for me," said the 12-year-old whose bid for presidency was rejected by Iran's Interior Ministry.
Mozouni has also promised to pass a law that lets women have jobs only if they have had babies for at least five years. He said he would also negotiate with US President Barack Obama to buy Hawaii Islands and move Israelis there so that Palestinians can live peacefully in their lands.
When asked if he knew what yellow cake -- a substance used for nuclear fuel -- was, Mozouni said, "A president does not have to know everything."
The question came up as Iran's president would have to deal with a heated international debate regarding Iran's nuclear program. "You all have refrigerators at home but do you know the different parts of it? All Iranians believe nuclear energy to be their legitimate right, but this does not mean that they should know everything about it," the 12-year-old explained.
He also said he would seek to stop the killing of the world's oppressed children, including Gazans, if he elected as president.
According to Iran's Interior Ministry, over one thousand candidates have so far registered for the country's June presidential election. Following the official registration, the Guardians Council will evaluate the candidates and announce individuals meeting the council's approval on May 20th and 21st.
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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
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.
[Mail and Globe] Friday it had "boobed" in a row over larger-size bras, agreeing to cut prices for DD-plus cup versions to bring them in line with smaller models. 
[Iran Press TV Latest] A former Russian envoy to NATO claims the Bush administration organized antagonistic circles within the alliance to ensure hostility towards Russia. 
[Al Arabiya Latest] Pope Benedict XVI underlined his "deep respect" for Islam on Friday in Jordan, on his first trip as pontiff to an Arab state, and stressed that religious freedom is a fundamental human right.
