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259876 | Article: A Chinese doctor has admitted to stealing babies from the hospital where she worked and selling them to human traffickers. Zhang Shuxia told parents their newborns had congenital problems and persuaded them to give the babies up, according to court reports. Shuxia, a locally respected and soon-to-retire obstetrician, stood trial on Monday in northern Shaanxi province's Fuping county, according to online postings from the court. Scroll down for video . Trafficking: Zhang Shuxia, who is involved in a baby trafficking scandal, stands trial . Doctor: Zhang was a doctor with the Fuping County Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital . Zhang told parents their newborns had congenital problems and persuaded them to 'sign and give the babies up,' the court postings said. Calls to the Weinan Intermediate People's Court and the local Communist Party propaganda department went unanswered. The case exposed the operations of a baby trafficking ring that operated across several provinces centering on Zhang, who delivered babies at the Fuping County Maternal and Child Hospital. Child trafficking is a big problem in China, despite severe legal punishments that include the death penalty. Families who buy trafficked children are driven partly by the traditional preference for male heirs, a strict one-child policy and ignorance of the law. The indictment said that from November 2011 to July 2013, she sold seven babies to middlemen who sold the babies to 'couples' in central and eastern China. Six of the babies were rescued, but one that was trafficked for 1,000 yuan ($165) in April later died. Zhang was found out when a mother suspected her baby had been abducted and reported her to police in July. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Zhang had taken the baby home with her and sold him to a man in a neighboring province for 21,600 yuan ($3,600) the same night. Accused: Zhang Shuxia, accused in a baby trafficking scandal is escorted to trial . He in turn resold the baby to a villager in central China for 59,800 yuan ($9,900). Several other suspects have been detained in at least four provinces, Xinhua said. The case has added to public frustration with China's medical profession over rampant bribery and other abuses. The Beijing Times newspaper called for a 'fair punishment' for Zhang to deter other doctors. 'It will inject the authoritativeness of law into professional ethics of doctors and will warn doctors not to take the wrong step that brings them lifelong regret,' the paper said.
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| Locally respected and soon-to-retire obstetrician Zhang Shuxia on trial . Child trafficking is a big problem in China, despite severe legal punishments . Six of the babies were rescued, but one later died . | train |
308538 | Article: If Prince Harry has ever regretted calling things off with Florence Brudenell-Bruce, he had better look away now. The 25-year-old actress and model shows off her best assets as the new face - and incredibly toned body - of lingerie brand's Rigby & Peller's new swimwear range. The label has called on the leggy blonde model to celebrate its 75th anniversary by showcasing the SS14 capsule collection. The one that got away? Florence Brudenell-Bruce, Prince Harry's ex, is the new face of Rigby & Peller's swimwear range . Shot on location in the Bahamas by photographer Eddie Wrey, the collection is inspired by the vibrancy of Brazil, paying homage to the bright allure of the country's tropical flora and fauna, according to the brand. Split into two ranges, Florianopolis and Maracana, the pieces are made up of corals, purples inspired by Brazil’s famous Acai berries, and eye-catching florals, each created exclusively for Rigby & Peller. Rigby & Peller say the . collection, which launches in April, has been carefully designed to . offer maximum support and comfort with a flattering forward uplift, . enhancing natural assets and ensuring you look your best at all times - . and it's working for Florence. Birthday girl: The brand has called on the blonde model to celebrate it's 75th anniversary . Wish you were here, Harry? Shot on location in the Bahamas, the collection is inspired by the vibrancy of Brazil and its bright tropical colours . Well-educated and from a close-knit family, Florence - nicknamed Flee - is the youngest of four children of Old Etonian wine merchant Andrew and his French wife Sophie. Scouted by a model agency at age 15 coming out of Topshop, Florence finished her A-levels at Stowe school (at the behest of her parents) before going on to model in her gap year, landing a campaign for Adidas in America, vamping up John Lewis' image with a swimwear campaign, and posing in Elizabeth Hurley's designs. She also completed a History of Art degree at Bristol University. Naturally slim, she never diets and adores baking. Florence follows her French mother’s advice on healthy eating: have a good breakfast, lunch and dinner with little snacking in between, and the metabolism will regulate itself, she says. The day before a fashion shoot she avoids large meals; on the shoot she sips ginger tea from a flask, then in the evening enjoys a Thai soup: ‘If food is spicy, it feels good for you,' she says. New man: Flee married Henry Edward Hugh St George, grandson of the Marchese di San Georgio and maternal grandson of the 11th Duke of Grafton, last year . Her relationship with Prince Harry is thought to have begun in 2011. The . couple, who had been friends for years, apparently became an item . after Harry confirmed that his relationship with Chelsy Davy was over . for good. The new couple are said to have . enjoyed a series of encounters at Florence's £2.5million home in Notting . Hill, west London. Florence, a . descendant of the seventh Earl of Cardigan who led the Charge of the . Light Brigade, previously dated Formula 1 racing driver Jenson Button. But in July 2013 she married Henry Edward Hugh St George, grandson of the Marchese di San Georgio and maternal grandson of the 11th Duke of Grafton. In an interview with Tatler magazine, Florence revealed that she is keen to embark upon a new career at some point, as 'one day everything will drop and I won’t be able to earn my living in a bikini.' But, judging by her latest gig, that day hasn't come just yet. Former flame: Flee and Prince Harry, who have been friends for years, apparently became an item after Harry confirmed that his relationship with Chelsy Davy was over for good . Model behaviour: Florence, who . has a History of Art degree from Bristol University, has modelled for . names including Knickerbox at Ann Summers .
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| Model, 25, is showcasing lingerie brand's SS14 capsule collection . Shot on location in the Bahamas by photographer Eddie Wrey . Dated Prince Harry in 2011, and Jenson Button before that . Brudenell-Bruce is now married to millionaire Henry St George . She has also posed for Adidas, as well as Elizabeth Hurley's range . She was scouted by modelling agent coming out of Topshop aged 15 . | train |
40839 | Article: Arizona law enforcer Joe Arpaio condemned for 'discriminatory policing' By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 11:28 PM on 18th December 2011 . A prisoner was brain dead after being restrained at a jail run by 'America's toughest sheriff' Joe Arpaio, according to a senior police officer. Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, a rival of Arpaio's for county sheriff, wrote on Facebook: 'We received news from an inside source that a Latino inmate at the 4th Avenue Jail is brain dead due to excessive force by detention officers.' Ernest M. Atencio, a 44-year-old Gulf War veteran, was being booked into the jail in Phoenix, when he was Tasered and suffered a heart attack, his family claimed. 'Excessive force': Ernest Atencio, 44, was being held at an Arizona jail run by Sheriff Arpaio when he had to be rushed to hospital and remains on life support . Decorated: Mr Atencio, who served in the first Gulf War, suffers from a mental illness . They told local TV station Channel 5 that he was a 'loving and sweet boy' who suffered from a mental illness and is now fighting for his life. Lt Stauffer also wrote on Facebook that homicide detectives were reviewing video from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO). Mr Atencio was arrested on assault charges on Friday at around 3am. Phoenix Police Department spokesman . Steve Martos told the Phoenix New Times: 'Once he got down to the jail, . there was some kind of scuffle of some sort.' Mr Atencio was put in a cell by himself to calm down, according to MCSO. Around 15 minutes later, medical staff checked on the 44-year-old and had to begin CPR when he was unresponsive. Under-fire: Sheriff Joe Arpaio is running an office based on blatant racism against Latinos, a scathing U.S. Justice department report has revealed . Blowing the whistle: Scottsdale Police Lieutenant Mike Stauffer posted the allegations of excessive force on his Facebook wall . Mr Atencio was taken to St Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix and remains in a critical condition. Mr . Atencio's family claim that he was Tasered by police and suffered a . heart attack but was not given proper medical care soon enough. An MCSO spokesman Christopher Hegstrom added in a statement: 'The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is releasing the name and photo of Ernest M. Atencio D.O.B. 2/22/67 who was arrested by Phoenix Police Thursday night. 'He is at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. He is listed in Critical Condition at this time.' Last week, the U.S. Justice Department condemned Sheriff Arpaio for committing civil rights violations . against Latinos through his immigration and jail policies. Injured: Mr Atencio's family said these marks were caused by a Taser used on him at the Arizona jail . Latino inmates who didn’t understand commands in English were punished by up to 23 hours a day of solitary confinement, investigators found. Arpaio slammed the . report as a political attack by the Obama administration that will keep . illegal immigrants on the streets of Arizona. The Justice Department's expert on . racial profiling said it is the worse case of profiling in the . U.S. he has seen. Sheriff Arpaio has built a reputation on jailing inmates in tents and dressing them . in pink underwear, selling himself as unceasingly tough on crime. Racist: The report said some jail officers used racial slurs for Latinos when talking among themselves and speaking to inmates . Last week an Associated Press article exposed his office's bungling of sex crime . and molestation cases in a predominantly Hispanic Phoenix suburb. His office said more than 400 sex-crimes probes had to be . reopened after they learned of cases that hadn't been investigated . properly. Officials discovered at least 32 reported child molestations - with . victims as young as two-years-old - where the sheriff's office failed to . follow through. There were also complaints of deputies using excessive force . against Latinos and Hispanic communities receiving insufficient . policing. Tough: Arpaio has built his reputation on jailing inmates in tents and dressing them in pink underwear .
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| Arizona law enforcer Joe Arpaio condemned for 'discriminatory policing' | train |
95813 | Article: By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 14:40 EST, 18 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:40 EST, 18 January 2013 . What would Osborne say? The Chancellor's former speech writer has been given a caution . George Osborne's former speech writer has been cautioned for drunkenly rowing with bouncers during a brawl outside a cocktail bar. Mario Thomas Pisani, an aide to Chancellor Mr Osborne and number three in the Treasury press office, was cautioned on Wednesday after he admitted the public order offence. The 34-year-old was due to stand trial at Lavender Hill Magistrates Court today accused of behaviour 'likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress under Section 5 of the Public Order Act'. His name was listed among matters to appear this morning. But proceedings were dropped after he attended a south London police station on Wednesday to come clean. Pisani of Battersea, was involved in a row that broke out at the Adventure Bar in Battersea, South West London in the early hours of November 10 last year. He was accused of drunkenly abusing bouncers during the disturbance and at an earlier hearing had denied the charge. Ten witnesses - seven for the prosecution and three for the defence - were due to give evidence. But today at Lavender Hill a court clerk said: 'This matter had been withdrawn. He has already admitted his guilt and received a caution.' A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed this, adding: 'He received a caution on Wednesday at a South London police station.' The row happened outside The Adventure cocktail bar, but Pisani initially denied the charge . Pisani was suspended from his £50,000 a year job while the investigation was carried out. A Treasury Press office spokesman today refused to comment on the case or say whether he had been reinstated in his role. A 28 year old woman was cautioned shortly after the same incident for assaulting a female police officer.
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| Mario Thomas Pisani, an aide to George Osborne, has been cautioned for drunkenly abusing bouncers . The Treasury press officer initially denied the charge, but admitted his guilt . 34-year-old had been due to stand trial and ten witnesses had been called . | train |
43082 | Article: The going got so tough for Barbados’ rugby sevens side yesterday that they were prompted to call on the son of soul star Billy Ocean. But when Anthony Bayne-Charles ran on to the field as a second-half substitute, the tannoy announcer at Ibrox was not quick enough to put together a melody of Ocean’s greatest hits, which included, ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’ in 1990 and ‘Red Light Spells Danger’ in 1977. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Billy Ocean perform 'Love Really Hurts Without You' Outside chance: Barbados were always going to be in for a tough ride at the Commonwealth Games . Unfortunately for the son of Leslie . Sebastian Charles, Ocean’s real name, it was more a case of ‘There’ll be . Sad Songs’ which was a hit for his dad in 1986 as his team never won a . match, losing 56-0 to Scotland and 68-5 to Canada. Despite the defeats, he still enjoyed the experience of playing in front of the biggest crowd of his rugby career. ‘My . dad is on tour at the moment so he couldn’t come to Ibrox but it was . great for me to run out in front of more than 40,000 rugby fans at the . Commonwealth Games,’ said Bayne-Charles, who is eligible to play for . Barbados because his mother, Judy, was born there. ‘At times like this you have to just take your chance and do your best. ‘I am musical and studied music at university but rugby is my passion; I have been playing since I was seven. Thumbs up: Soul singer Billy Ocean will not be pleased when he sees Barbados' scoreline . Performer: Ocean, pictured performing at Trafalgar Square, has a large fanbase . ‘I am musical like my dad and when I retire I might do more of it but I am playing rugby at the moment and loving it.’ England beat Uganda 40-0 to register a second victory without conceding a point following their 57-0 thrashing of Sri Lanka. Wales . thumped Malaysia 52-0, while Scotland, after losing 17-14 to New . Zealand, hit back by thrashing Barbados and Lee Jones said: ‘We’re . playing well and if we keep doing what we’re doing then we can be . confident of coming through.’
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| Canada did not hold back as they defeated minnows Barbados 68-5 . Barbados face tough games against Scotland and New Zealand . Billy Ocean's son Anthony Bayne-Charles came on as substitute . | train |
132227 | Article: By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 11:33 EST, 21 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 21 January 2014 . This is the dramatic moment a rescue worker scaled a treacherous chalk cliff to save a stricken Staffordshire bull terrier after became stuck more than 160ft up the steep slope. Rescue dog Tyler had already been saved by his new owners from being put down, only to have a second lucky escape when firefighters were called to free him from the cliff face. The three-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier-cross, had disappeared from his new home after running away, only to get into trouble on the steep cliff. Pet rescue: Firefighters were called to free Staffordshire bull terrier-cross Tyler after the three-year-old dog became stuck more than 160ft up a cliff face . Stuck: Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Chalkpit Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, at 9.26am today after receiving a report that Tyler had become stuck . Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Chalkpit Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, at 9.26am today after receiving a report that Tyler had become stuck. Animal rescue specialist Busta Brown managed to reach Tyler and used a dog-catching pole around his neck to guide him down to safety. 'Tyler was recently rescued by his owners from an animal shelter where he was due to be put down,' said a force spokesman. 'Tyler had another lucky escape after being rescued from the cliff face. 'Tyler's owners were thrilled to have Tyler back safe and sound and still can't figure out how he got up on the cliff face.' Safe and well: Tyler's owners were thrilled to have their pet returned safely, but have no idea how he managed to get stuck halfway up the steep cliff .
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| Firefighters had been called to save rescue dog Tyler who became stuck more than 160ft up the steep slope . Three-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier-cross had gone missing from his new owners . Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to cliff in Portsmouth, Hampshire to free Tyler . Animal rescue specialist Busta Brown used a dog-catching pole around his neck to guide him down to safety . | train |
142813 | Article: By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 09:22 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:25 EST, 13 August 2013 . A Dutch prince who has been in a coma for 18 months after being buried alive beneath an avalanche while skiing has died. Prince Friso, 44, was trapped while on holiday in Lech, Austria in February 2012 and never regained consciousness. He was under the snow for 20 minutes before he was rescued and died as a result of the extensive damage to his brain caused by oxygen deprivation. Scroll down for video . Royal loss: Netherland's Prince Friso, pictured with wife Princess Mabel and their daughters Luana and Zaria, has died after 18 months in a coma after a skiing accident . Horrific: Dutch Prince Johan Friso and his daughter Zaria earlier this year. He was trapped while on holiday in Lech, Austria in February 2012 and never regained consciousness . He was initially treated in a London hospital and was brought back to The Hague last month. The Dutch royal’s death comes just months after his mother Princess Beatrix abdicated in favour of her oldest son, now King Willem-Alexander. Prince Friso, full name, Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, also himself gave up his claim to the throne in 2003 in order to marry commoner Mabel Wisse Smit, with whom he had two daughters, Princesses Luana and Zaria. Happier times: Dutch Prince Johan Friso right and his wife Mabel Wisse Smit during their wedding in Delft, the Netherlands in 2004 . He married his wife without official permission which meant he was removed from the line of succession. The 2012 accident occurred as Prince Friso was skiing with a childhood friend from the alpine village that the Dutch royal family had been visiting each winter for years. Family unit: Then Queen Beatrix, Prince Friso's wife Mabel and King Willem-Alexander, then Crown Prince, arrive at the university hospital in Innsbruck, Austria shortly after the accident . Tragedy: Prince Friso, who gave up his claim to the throne to marry Princess Mabel, died as a result of the damage caused to his brain when he was deprived of oxygen for 25 minutes in the avalanche . King in mourning: Friso's older brother Willem-Alexander, pictured with Queen Maxima, was invested King of the Netherlands in April after their mother Beatrix abdicated . The friend was carrying an avalanche 'air bag' and escaped without serious injury. Friso was found after 25 minutes with the help of a signalling device he was carrying and was flown by helicopter to an Innsbruck clinic. Following the accident his condition was at first described as 'stable but life-threatening', and the queen and his wife came to be by his side. At the time Stefan Jochum, a spokesman for the Lech ski area where the accident occurred, said the incident took place as the prince and other skiers were on slopes away from the marked Lech ski runs which were laden with snow after weeks of record falls. Prince Friso most recently worked as financial director at Urenco, the European uranium-enrichment consortium .
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| Prince Friso, 44, has died after 18 months in a coma . Dutch royal was buried in an avalanche in a skiing accident . Friso was second oldest son of recently abdicated Princess Beatrix . | train |
283992 | Article: By . Iona Kirby . PUBLISHED: . 11:20 EST, 13 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:24 EST, 14 July 2012 . After months of speculation, Jennifer Lopez has confirmed she won't be returning to the American Idol judging panel. The star was crying as she made the admission during a radio interview with Ryan Seacrest this morning. The 42-year-old seemed reluctant to officially make the announcement but told Ryan, who is the host of the TV talent show, that her time as a judge is up. Scroll down to listen to the interview . I quit: Jennifer Lopez has confirmed she will not be returning to the American Idol judging panel . She choked up as she said: 'It's just really going to be hard for me to go. It’s just one of those special things in your life that you just don’t want to walk away from.' And the star, who was a judge for two seasons, insisted her toing and froing over the decision had nothing to do with trying to garner a bigger paycheck. She told Ryan: 'It wasn’t ever playing any games or doing anything or wanting more and more money. It wasn’t any of that. It was just being smart about making a business decision and I had to really be responsible in that moment.' Tearful goodbye: Jennifer was crying as she made the admission during a radio interview with Ryan Seacrest . Time to go: Jennifer was a judge for two seasons but says the schedule is too demanding for her other projects . Jennifer added: 'You don’t want to shut the door completely, but you know, the time has come ... we had an amazing run.' Ryan also confirmed the news on his Twitter page, posting: 'Just confirmed w/ @JLo she's made up her mind...will leave idol. :( gonna miss her.' It comes just one day after her fellow judge, Steven Tyler, revealed he was quitting the show to focus on his band Aerosmith. Emotional: Jennifer told Ryan that 'the tome has come' after toing and froing over her decision . Breaking the news: Ryan also tweeted about Jennifer's decision following his interview with the star . All change: Steven Tyler (L) has also confirmed his departure and Randy Jackson's future is uncertain . Passing the torch?: Fellow diva Mariah Carey is rumoured to be in 'serious talks' to join the show's panel . True . to his idiosyncratic character, Tyler wrote in his statement: 'After . some long ... hard ... thoughts ... I’ve decided it’s time for . me to let go of my mistress American Idol before she boils my rabbit,' TMZ reports. The . 64-year-old was making reference to a scene from the film Fatal . Attraction - in which a deranged woman kills her lover's daughter's pet . rabbit. He went on: 'I . strayed from my first love, Aerosmith, and I'm back – but instead of . begging on my hands and knees, I've got two fists in the air and I'm . kicking the door open with my band.' Steven . admits he 'loved every minute' of his time on American Idol after . having 'over-the-top fun', but he is now committed to 'bringing rock . back' with the I Don't Want to Miss a Thing hitmakers. Tongues . were wagging over whether or not Jennifer would also be departing . following hints she made during an appearance on the Today Show . yesterday. The mother-of-two mused: 'Maybe it's . time for me to go. It's been on my mind a lot, as you can imagine, and . now it's like, "Do we continue on this journey?" 'I've loved it so much. I enjoy the show so much... It's a tough decision either way.' There are also rumours that the third and final judge, Randy Jackson, may be axed to make way for an entirely new panel. Speaking today, Jackson, 56, said he will love Lopez and Tyler 'for life' following their American Idol exits. In a statement to E!, Randy – who is the only original panellist on the talent show since it launched in 2002 – said: 'Steven and Jennifer are truly two of the most talented and consummate professionals I've worked with. 'I was friends with them before we hopped on this crazy journey together and I have no doubt our friendships will continue long after. I will love them for life.' It seems Jennifer could be replaced by Mariah Carey, after reports surfaced that the diva is in 'serious talks' to sign on. A shoulder to cry on: No doubt Jennifer will be comforted by toyboy Casper Smart, who tweeted a picture of himself with his lady love yesterday .
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| Made the admission on host Ryan Seacrest's radio show . News comes day after fellow judge Steven Tyler announced his departure . Mariah Carey in 'serious talks' to sign on, as Randy Jackson may be axed . | train |
199414 | Article: By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 06:41 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:45 EST, 20 February 2013 . A heavily pregnant woman was captured on CCTV moments before she was brutally kicked to death in the street. Eystna Blunnie is pictured walking in Harlow, Essex, in the early hours of June 27 last year just minutes before she suffered horrific head and facial injuries. It is alleged that she was lured to her death by ex-fiance Tony McLernon who said 'I've got a surprise for you' before savagely killing her and her unborn baby. Tragic: CCTV footage shows heavily pregnant Eystna Blunnie moments before her death in June last year. Tony McLernon, her ex boyfriend, is on trial for her murder . Brutal: The body of pregnant Eystna Blunnie, pictured, was found dying on the side of a road in Harlow . On trial: Tony McLernon is accused of killing Eystna Blunnie and her unborn child in Harlow last year . Mr McLernon convinced Miss Blunnie to . meet him in a street in Harlow, Essex, two days before she was due to . give birth by telling her in a text message 'Got a surprise for you, . hope you like it', Chelmsford Crown Court heard. But . when the heavily pregnant 20-year-old met him in the early hours of . June 27 last year, unemployed McLernon, fuelled by alcohol and cannabis, . forced her to the ground where he repeatedly kicked and stamped on her, . prosecutor Andrew Jackson said. McLernon was also shown in CCTV footage heading from the opposite direction with his dog. 'It was an act of brutal, sustained and wholly unprovoked violence,' Mr Jackson added. 'He knew he was not only killing her but their unborn child as well.' Residents living near the scene of the . alleged attack in the town's Howard Way, minutes from Ms Blunnie's . home, heard her 'horrific' screams and the impact of the blows. Ms Blunnie, who was due to give birth within days, was later found with severe head and facial injuries and died in hospital. After the alleged killings, McLernon hid in nearby woodlands and sent a text message to his father saying 'I'm scared'. He later spoke to his father on the phone and told him 'I think I've killed Eystna', the court heard. Investigation: Police outside the home of Tony McLernon last year . Distraught: People lay flowers on the side of a main road in Harlow near to where Eystna Blunnie and her unborn baby were brutally beaten to death . Grief: Two friends console each other beside tributes to the college student who was due to give birth . McLernon, 24, from North Grove, . Harlow, denies murdering Ms Blunnie and a charge of child destruction by . wilfully causing the death of an unborn child. A series of text messages, sent by McLernon to friends and family, were read to the court. In one, sent on June 23, he wrote: 'I f****** swear bro, I'm going to knife Eystna soon, she's proper ruining my relationship.' Tragic: More friends of Eystna Blunnie, lay floral tributes at the scene. They have also written messages of condolence on Facebook . In other messages sent to his cousin, he claimed that Ms Blunnie had been contacting his new partner. 'I'm sure I'm going prison Monday, my ex is proper trying to ruin my relationship with my new girl,' he added. Earlier he had sent a message to Ms Blunnie telling her she 'would not last or make it through her pregnancy'. The couple had been together since April 2011 and got engaged three months later. In October, Ms Blunnie told McLernon . she was pregnant with his child but they broke up the following year . after Ms Blunnie, a catering student and barmaid, made complaints to . police that he had been abusing her. Mr Jackson told jurors: 'It was a . relationship marked by controlling, bullying and violent behaviour on . the part of this defendant towards Eystna. Shocking: A mourner reads some of the touching messages left at the spot where Miss Blunnie was found . 'Within a month of the relationship . beginning, family members saw Eystna with bruising to her arm and within . that bruising they saw the outline of knuckles.' On one occasion, police were called to find Ms Blunnie with visible bruising. She told officers the couple had argued all night with McLernon saying: 'The child is not mine. I could do better than you.' Late on the night of June 26, McLernon and Ms Blunnie had exchanged text messages. She had initially been reluctant to . meet him but he convinced her with 'self-pitying messages designed to . gain sympathy from Eystna a make her go to him', Mr Jackson said. McLernon had a history of abusive relationships, the court heard. One woman reported him grabbing her by the throat in bed and attacking her in front of passers-by in a park. Another called police after he painted the words 'whore and bitch' on walls near her home then threatened her on her doorstep. Pathologist Nat Cary found the child had been a healthy girl who would otherwise have been born 'quite normally'. A post-mortem examination showed Ms Blunnie, who was found in a pool of blood, suffered a severe brain injury as the result of repeated blows. She suffered more than 50 separate injuries, with the heaviest bruising found on her face.Bits of her hair, matted with blood, were found around her body. The baby died from 'starvation of vital oxygen' as a result of the attack. McLernon, wearing a dark suit and tie, appeared to hang his head as Ms Blunnie's father Kevin gave evidence. Describing her, Mr Blunnie said: 'She was happy. She was looking forward to having her first child. 'She was a family girl and she tried her best at everything she did.' He said he had initially been disappointed when he learnt his daughter was pregnant. But as she 'got her life back together', the family looked forward to Ms Blunnie's June 29 due date and she seemed happy. The case continues. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
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| Tony McLernon accused of . killing Eystna Blunnie, 20, in Essex . The couple had recently broken up after an abusive relationship . Miss Blunnie was heavily pregnant and due to give birth in two days . McLernon, 24, denies murdering his former girlfriend . | train |
187362 | Article: (CNN) -- Juan Martin Del Potro put on hold Roger Federer's hopes of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals by inflicting a second straight defeat on the Swiss maestro in the final of his hometown tournament in Basel. Third seed Federer needed to win Sunday's showdown to seal his place in the end of season showpiece in London next month for the 12th consecutive time, but came up short in a three set encounter. Top seed Del Potro, who will be a dangerous outsider in the British capital, won 7-6 2-6 6-4 in two hours 20 minutes, denying former World No.1 Federer his sixth title in the event and repeating his 2012 victory over him in the title match. The Argentine won a tight first set which saw them exchange breaks before it went to a tiebreaker which Del Potro took 7-3. Federer, who recently parted with coach Paul Annacone after a disappointing 2013, hit back to level the match as two breaks of service gave him the second set. But he fell an early break down in the decider -- serving up two double faults in the same game -- and was unable to retrieve the situation as former U.S. Open champion Del Potro took his fourth title of the season. "I'm sorry again to beat you here," he said apologetically at the trophy presentation. "He's the hero here and for me my biggest inspiration. "You make history at every tournament you play. I'm proud to be playing at the same time as you." The 32-year-old Federer must now beat South Africa's Kevin Anderson or Russian Mikhail Youzhny in his second round match at the Paris Masters next week to reach the finals. It would enable him to tie Ivan Lendl's record for successive appearances in the finale of the men's season where he would be bidding for his seventh victory in the event, his last in 2011 with a final loss to Novak Djokovic in 2012. Meanwhile, Zouzhny showed he is in fine form heading into Paris with a 6-3 7-5 victory over top seed and three time defending champion David Ferrer of Spain in the final of the ATP tournament in Valencia.
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| Juan Martin Del Potro wins ATP tournament in Basel . Beats home favorite Roger Federer in three set final . Federer must wait to clinch place in ATP World Tour Finals . Mikhail Youzhny beats David Ferrer in Valencia final . | train |
200990 | Article: (CNN) -- Tourist traps -- overcrowded, over-hyped and, of course, overpriced. Yet we keep going. By the millions. Why? Because however one bad experience may make us feel about them, they're awesome. That's why they get overcrowded in the first place. That's why, as Yogi Berra supposedly once said of popular St. Louis restaurant Ruggeri's: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." Professional globetrotter Gary Arndt perhaps sums it up best when he says, "I had a horrible time at the Pyramids, but I'd go back and recommend people go because ... they're the Pyramids. Some places you just have to suck it up and go visit." Here are eight over-popular places that are well worth a visit anyway -- and a few tips for avoiding the scrum, if you really have to. Share your picks for most-worth-it tourist traps in the comments. 1. Taj Mahal (Agra, India) It's one of India's most popular sights, attracting 3 million visitors a year -- which automatically puts it on many tourist's verboten list. More fool them: they're missing a World Heritage Site that really lives up to the hype. At sunrise or sunset the crowds are slimmest and the building is at its most photogenic. Travel writer Jodi Ettenberg picked the dawn hours of a rainy day for her visit, when most tourists would stay in bed. National Geographic Traveler of the Year Shannon O'Donnell took a different approach. "I went on a sunny day and still had a wonderful visit," says O'Donnell. "The site is just as popular with Indian tourists, so it was fun to interact with the families." 2. The Acropolis (Athens, Greece) Ruggedly modern Athens may be a culture shock to those expecting white marble and togas at every turn, but for many the most jarring experience awaits at the ticket barriers to the Acropolis, complete with security guards and a sea of visitors. The climb up is hot and crowded -- but at the top, you'll see why a million people do this every year. This is Athenian culture refined and placed on a pedestal 150 meters high -- in every sense, it's the heart of Athens and maybe even of Greece. The country's monuments have endured thousands of years of warfare, stone theft, punishing heat and, in one dramatic incident, an exploding ammo dump -- but they're still here. Be inspired by that, grit your teeth and brave those crowds. It's worth it. Alternately ... If you're looking for the best view in the city, head northeast and climb Lykavitos Hill. From its peak (at 277 meters, the highest point in the city), you'll be looking down onto the Acropolis, and the rest of the view will punch the breath out of you. 3. London Underground (UK) Canned sardines would gloat if they ever saw the twisted, conjoined bodies scrapping for pockets of air during rush hour on London's Tube service. During tourist season, it can get spectacularly horrible. There are tricks and shortcuts to avoid bottlenecks, including going up to street level and walking to the next station. Alternative Tube maps have become an art form (like the incredible Wonderground map) and the network's history is fascinating. If you need an excuse to explore, there's the Tube Challenge -- visiting all 270 stations in 24 hours. 4. Khao San Road (Bangkok) Online reviews of Khao San can be damning: "Meh, lots of drunk backpackers, tacky, noisy and crowded." Dubbed by Susan Orlean as The Place To Disappear, it's usually raucous and requires a particular mindset to enjoy. It's a tourist trap -- but not an unwelcome one, according to the average review on TripAdvisor. People visit Khao San because it's thrillingly chaotic -- the noise and the crowds are the price of that excitement. They're usually a bargain. Alternately... Too much chaos for you? Look to the surrounding streets. While food on Khao San itself has a reputation for being underwhelming and overpriced, writer Mark Piano found a wealth of Lebanese and Israeli food nearby, including the well-reviewed Shoshana, the "cheapest and best hummus I've found in town." 5. Sacre Coeur (Paris) Acting as Paris's own Acropolis is the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, better known as Sacre Coeur, high above the city on the hill of Montmartre. Consecrated less than a century ago, it's the city's must-see symbol of unity and renewed confidence -- and yet the approach to it is plagued with Paris's worst tourist scams, including the Paris String Trick. Disheartening? Of course. Avoidable? Absolutely. "Most visitors take the same route," says travel blogger James Feess. "They get off at the Anvers metro stop, walk through the gauntlet of tacky souvenir shops on Rue de Steinkerque, take the funicular up to Sacre Coeur, walk to the Place du Tertre to see the artists selling their original paintings and finally walk back down the hill to see the underwhelming Moulin Rouge. "Venture outside these few areas and you'll find a whole different world of quintessential Parisian cafes, tree-lined streets, private gardens, hidden alleyways and boulangeries that most tourists never see. " 6. Stonehenge (UK) Ah, Stonehenge. These days you're unlikely to step between the stones unless you're allowed special access (say, you're Doctor Who). Most visitors have to walk around the outside -- and yet that's enough. It's the crowning monument in a staggeringly archaeology-rich landscape. It's also changing dramatically. A new £27 million ($45 million) visitor center opened in December 2013, and as with many new arrivals it's suffered a few teething problems. This is the most famous prehistoric monument in England, perhaps in the world -- and we still don't know what it was for. Alternately ... Twenty miles to the north, Avebury's stone circles has no admission fee and gets a quarter of the annual visitors. The stone circles are a short walk from West Kennet Avenue and other stunning prehistoric monuments. 7. Christ The Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro) It's the most famous sight in Brazil, it's stunningly beautiful and it has a remarkable history. Of course you need to go. Even if the area around the 98-foot-tall statue is almost always heaving with visitors. "Most of the photos you'll have seen are likely to have been taken by photographers in helicopters who can find the space they need for the shot without the crowds," says travel photographer Laurence Norah. "If you want to avoid the crush, go on a weekday rather than the weekend and perhaps pick a day that isn't totally clear. "The morning is better for photos of the statue, as the light is on him, whilst the afternoon and evening offers better light across Rio." 8. Grand Canyon (Arizona) If North America's Natural Wonder Of The World is your destination this year, don't waste your visit on a whistle-stop trip to the edge. That's how most people experience it, and it's a poor way to do this 17-million-year-old landmark justice. To avoid the beaten track do as the wisest local guides suggest -- book a few days and venture below the rim -- best to go out of season, as the canyon floor can be unbearably hot (39C/102F) during summer.
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| Rio's most famous landmark, Christ the Redeemer, is usually heaving with visitors. So what? It's worth booking a couple days at the Grand Canyon rather than peering over the edge and leaving . Choosing a weekday over weekend or early morning over midday can spare you crowds at big attractions . | train |
98086 | Article: Sportsmail examined 10 playmakers from the Premier League and ranked them against each other using their statistics. We've looked at pass completion, pass completion in final third, goals scored, chances created and dribble success rate. And here's how the scoring works: If the player ranks first, he gets 10 points. If he ranks second, he gets nine points. Third? Eight points. And so on, until the person in last gets a single point for coming 10th. Eden Hazard, Santi Cazorla, David Silva? What about Raheem Sterling, Christian Eriksen and Juan Mata? The Barclays Premier League is packed full of brilliant playmakers. How can you compare such diverse talents? Sportsmail has attempted to rank a subjective list of 10 advanced playmakers, the men who bob and weave close to the front lines and pick locks. It excludes a deep-lying genius like Cesc Fabregas, while rewarding the players who thrive in the most congested part of the pitch. By using five key indicators – pass completion rate, pass completion rate in the final third of the pitch, goals scored, chances created and dribble success rate – we think we have found the best of the maestros. The leader in each category will get 10, the backmarker will score 1 and the man with the most points out of 50 wins. It’s not a flawless science – some playmakers have had more game time than others - but it offers an interesting barometer of how these men compare when set against each other. Midfield maestros: David Silva (left) and Santi Cazorla make the list - but who finishes higher? Chances created: 50 (5th out of the 10) Dribble completion: 47% (8th) Pass completion: 81% (10th) Pass completion in final third: 75% (10th) Goals: 4 (=7th) 10th - Raheem Sterling . A wonderfully exciting talent who has not yet hit his fastest stride this season. He has impressed in front of goal with four strikes and has five direct assists included in the 50 chances he has created. Sterling brings thrills to a game and his dribble success rating is unfair, because even though he has only completed 47 per cent of his attempts, the fact remains he has tried 135 dribbles and succeeded many times. Only Hazard looks to beat his man more often. Where Sterling is let down is his passing. His pass completion of 81 per cent is four down on the next lowest and his success rate in the final third is also the worst of this sample. Dusan Tadic (left) scored the winner against Manchester United and helped Southampton beat Newcastle too . Chances created: 26 (9th out of the 10) Dribble completion: 52% (5th) Pass completion: 85% (=7th) Pass completion in final third: 78% (=6th) Goals: 4 (=7th) 9th - Bojan Krkic . When he was breaking youth-team records at Barcelona, not many expected him to truly flourish in Stoke. But he is looking to be a quite brilliant player in Mark Hughes’s side. He has thrived behind Stoke’s frontline, scoring four goals, including the winner against Leicester at the weekend. His pass completion is respectable, though Stoke’s style means he has actually attempted fewer passes than any other player in the sample. His dribbling is exciting and effective, but he has only created 26 chances this season. Bojan Krkic has made 88 dribbles - ranked third best in the 10 - and he has created 26 chances for Stoke City . Chances created: 17 (10th out of the 10) Dribble completion: 48% (=6th) Pass completion: 89% (=2nd) Pass completion in final third: 86% (2nd) Goals: 1 (10th) 8th - Ross Barkley . Had his season badly delayed by a knee injury and was recently told to ‘relax’ by Roberto Martinez. Plenty is expected of this excellent young talent, who is lagging some way behind his rivals in goals and created chances. But his passing statistics are excellent – his passing in the final third is second only to Hazard, while he maintains a very high passing ratio all over the pitch. More than half his dribbles don’t come off, but he tries more than most having attempted 96 this season, which is the third highest despite playing fewer minutes than anyone else on this list. He brings an excitement factor to a game. Ross Barkley has made 96 dribbles for Everton - the second best out of the 10 - but has just one goal . Chances created: 54 (3rd out of the 10th) Dribble completion: 48% (=6th) Pass completion: 86% (=5th) Pass completion in final third: 77% (8th) Goals: 4 (=7th) 7th - Gylfi Sigurdsson . One of the signings of the summer. He’s scored four goals, directly assisted eight (the most of players in this list) and has created 54 chances, which ranks fourth against these particular rivals. A solid all-rounder who, like most here, takes an excellent free-kick. Surprisingly for a player in a passing-orientated side, his passing in the final third is a full 10 per cent less than Hazard. Gylfi Sigurdsson has made 44 dribbles and has a pass completion rate of 77 per cent in the Premier League . Chances created: 60 (1st out of the 10) Dribble completion: 40% (9th) Pass completion: 85% (=7th) Pass completion in final third: 78% (=6th) Goals: 5 (=4th) =4th - Stewart Downing . West Ham have been a major surprise in the league this season and much of that is because of Downing. He can play out wide but has often been part of narrower systems this season. He has proven himself a major threat and has reached five goals for only the fifth time in 14 Premier League seasons. The 60 chances he has created is the most of any player on this list and he also has the best crossing figures. Stewart Downing is arguably the most surprising top player of the season with 60 chances created . Chances created: 52 (4th out of the 10) Dribble completion: 59% (4th) Pass completion: 84% (9th) Pass completion in final third: 76% (9th) Goals: 8 (=1st) =4th - Christian Eriksen . His passing statistics are good but look poor on a talented list such as this, but where the 22-year-old Dane really thrives is in front of goal, where he excels at creating chances and getting shots off. His haul of eight goals is matched only by Hazard. For all that, he is also part of Mauricio Pochettino’s pressing machine – his 34 tackles is best in the list. Christian Eriksen runs away in celebration after scoring Tottenham's winner against Sunderland . Chances created: 28 (8th out of the 10) Dribble completion: 36% (10th) Pass completion: 90% (1st) Pass completion in final third: 82% (4th) Goals: 5 (=4th) =4th - Juan Mata . His numbers paint a fairly accurate picture of a man who can score his share of goals and also passes better than anyone else on this list. But the numbers also show that no one attempted fewer dribbles and no one succeeded with less of those attempts. Surprisingly he has only created 28 chances this season, though he has played almost 500 minutes less than Hazard. Juan Mata has an 82 per cent pass completion rate and has scored five goals for Manchester United . Chances created: 40 (7th out of the 10) Dribble completion: 76% (1st) Pass completion: 86% (=5th) Pass completion in final third: 79% (5th) Goals: 6 (3rd) 3rd David Silva . He didn’t have his best game against Arsenal and has managed fewer minutes on the pitch than all but Ross Barkley and Bojan on this list. Yet he is a devastating talent. His goals tally of six ranks third here, while outside of our key indicators he actually has the best goals to shots ratio (32 per cent) of the field. Flattered a little by his very high dribbling success rate of 76 per cent, considering his total tally of 33 completed dribbles is better than only Juan Mata’s 25. David Silva has scored six goals, made 33 dribbles and created 40 chances for the champions City . Chances created: 49 (6th out of the 10) Dribble completion: 67% (2nd) Pass completion: 89% (=2nd) Pass completion in final third: 83% (3rd) Goals: 5 (=4th) 2nd Santi Cazorla . The most two-footed player in the Premier League? It certainly seems that way, a delightful blur that is capable of gliding to his left or right to get through a crowd. A fairly distant second to Hazard in this reckoning, though he has played roughly 250 minutes less than the Belgian, which might explain why he has created 10 fewer chances. Numerically, the most complete playmaker behind Hazard. Santi Cazorla put in a heroic performance for Arsenal as they beat Manchester City at the Etihad on Sunday . Chances created: 59 (2nd out of the 10) Dribble completion: 61% (3rd) Pass completion: 89% (=2nd) Pass completion final third: 87% (1st) Goals: 8 (=1st) 1st Eden Hazard . Unlike most in this list, he doesn’t take a central role as he is often coming in from the left, but what a magnificent player. A creative genius with a balanced game. He has scored jointly the most goals (eight) of any of the playmakers in this group, but also has the highest pass completion rate for the final third of the pitch, where the gaps are minimal. He is also by far the most prolific dribbler – his tally of 175 dribbles is 79 more than the next nearest and he has a dribble completion rate that stacks up well against his peers. He does not fall outside the top three in any of our key indicators. Fearless and effective – the best in this list. Eden Hazard has been instrumental for Chelsea this season as they look to win the Premier League title .
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| Eden Hazard has created 59 chances and has eight goals for Chelsea . Surprise package Stewart Downing has five goals and created 60 chances . Arsenal's Santi Cazorla has the second-best dribble completion . Sportsmail used statistics and a points system to rank our list of 10 . Scroll down to find out which player tops the lot in the Premier League . | train |
22479 | Article: By . Ian Drury . Streaking rapidly across the skies, it resembles a flying saucer from a sci-fi movie. But this is no spacecraft piloted by aliens invading the Earth... it is the latest state-of-the-art drone being tested by the US Navy. Sleek, silver and capable of travelling at subsonic speeds, the bat-winged X-47B is a £1billion test aircraft developed to help the US develop the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The bat-winged X-47B is a £1billion test aircraft developed to help the US design the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles. The drone is capable of travelling at subsonic speeds . The X-47B taxies to its launch position on the flight deck aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, off the coast of Virginia on Sunday . Instead of being piloted by remote control, the X-47B flies autonomously using state-of-the-art GPS navigation technology and flight control software. Commanders will programme the drone’s on-board computer with a mission - for example, spying on or bombing a target - and it will follow these ‘orders’ to navigate to its destination unless a human ‘pilot’ on the ground steps in. The X-47B drone is the first designed to operate an aircraft carrier. These extraordinary photographs were taken as it took off and touched down from the warship Theodore Roosevelt as it sailed in the ocean on Sunday. Launching drones from carriers would mean the US did not need permission from other countries to use their bases. Flight deck crew prepare to launch the drone from the Roosevelt carrier - it is the second aircraft carrier involved in the testing of the X-47B . Admiral Mat Winter talking about the US Navy's experimental unmanned aircraft. The drone is the first designed to operate from an aircraft carrier . Launching drones from aircraft carriers would mean the US Government would not need permission from other countries to use their bases . A hook attached to the fuselage of the aircraft snags an arrestor cable on deck to bring it to a stop. The jet fighter-sized machines, developed by defence company Northrop Grumman, weigh six tonnes and have a range of 2,100miles. Senior US naval chiefs have described the ‘miraculous’ X-47B as a ‘glimpse of the future.’ The development could signal the end of Top Gun-style piloted air combat missions. They will be able to provide round-the-clock surveillance, gather intelligence and carry out lethal missile attacks without putting personnel at risk. The move to expand the UAV fleet comes amid growing criticism of America’s use Predator and Reaper drones against terrorists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. It is not yet clear whether the drone will be able to open fire without explicit authorisation from its controller. The Pentagon has vowed that no UAV would be able to decide when to attack humans. But critics have warned the introduction of ‘artificial intelligence’ into military weapons systems is a step towards the development of autonomous ‘killer robots’. The X-47B is expected to be in service by 2020. The jet fighter-sized machines, developed by defence company Northrop Grumman, weigh six tonnes and have a range of 2,100miles. Senior US naval chiefs have described the 'miraculous' X-47B as a 'glimpse of the future' The X-47b, pictured aboard the USS Truman, will be able to provide round-the-clock surveillance, gather intelligence and carry out lethal missile attacks without putting personnel at risk .
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| Bat-winged X-47B is a £1billion test aircraft developed to help the US design the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles . They are the first drones designed to launch from aircraft carriers . Aircraft will provide round-the-clock surveillance, gather intelligence and carry out lethal missile attacks without putting personnel at risk . The state-of-the-art design is expected to be in service by 2020 . | train |
162856 | Article: By . Rick Dewsbury . A coroner launched a scathing attack . yesterday on ‘incompetent’ staff at a leading teaching hospital where a . young man died of dehydration after dialling 999 in desperation. Kane Gorny, 22, phoned police from . his bed because he was so thirsty, but nurses and doctors ignored his . requests for water and he died the following day. In a devastating verdict, deputy . coroner Shirley Radcliffe said there had been a collective failing by . staff at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, south London, who all refused to . take responsibility for their roles. Hospital: Kane Gorny, 22, pictured with his mother Rita, needed drugs to regulate his hormone levels after successfully beating brain cancer. However, during a hospital stay nurses forgot to give him his medication . She added that the ‘target-driven’ culture in the NHS and the European Working Hours Directive, which . limits the number of hours medical staff can work, had played a part in . his death. Just one nurse has been demoted as a result of Mr Gorny’s . death after a routine operation and the rest are still working in . healthcare. Yesterday Mr Gorny’s mother Rita . Cronin, 52, said: ‘We put our trust in them and they let us down. If I . had taken him home and left him to die like they did, I’d be in prison . now. ‘I saw everything that went on and I knew who was involved. ‘If I’d seen any remorse, I would have been a little bit more forgiving. But I saw no remorse. ‘They didn’t seem to take into . account the fact that a life had been lost, but how they could get round . the fact that they did nothing for my son. ‘They were only interested in their . own jobs. He hated that hospital. If I’d have taken him home after his . operation as he wanted me to, he’d still be alive today. ‘He was an incredible human being who . fought cancer and won only to lose his life because of failings by . incompetent medical staff.’ Mr Gorny had survived a malignant brain . tumour in 2008, but the cancer affected his pituitary gland, which . regulates the body’s fluid levels, and he was prescribed medication to . help him retain water. Inquest: Rita Cronin, left, and Kane's father Peter Gorny arriving at their son's inquest. Rita told the court she had tried to convince the staff at the hospital her son needed urgent attention but they insisted he was alright . He was also put on steroids to . replace lost hormones, but they weakened his bones and he went into St . George’s Hospital for a hip replacement in May 2009. Nurses assured the family: ‘Don’t worry, he’s in good hands – we’ll look after him.’ But during the inquest at Westminster . coroner’s court it emerged that nearly all the staff involved in his . care neglected to read his medical notes or learn about his complex . condition. Nurses ignored his requests for water . and routinely failed to carry out basic tasks such as giving him his . vital medication and checking his fluid and sodium levels. After Mr . Gorny resorted to calling police because he was so thirsty, nurses told . officers he was in a confused state and they left. He phoned his mother, a civil servant . from Croydon, Surrey, who recalled: ‘He sounded really, really . distressed. He said, “They won’t give me anything to drink”. ‘He also said, “I’ve called the . police. You better get here quickly: they’re all standing around the bed . getting their stories straight”.’ She added that when she arrived at . the hospital: ‘They weren’t doing anything. They seemed out of their . depth. It felt like the two locum doctors were nervous about calling . anyone more senior than them.’ She described the nurses who were . supposed to look after her son as ‘lazy and careless’. Mr Gorny became more and more dehydrated and sodium levels in his blood rose. He died of water deficit and hypernatraemia, a medical term for dehydration, three days after he arrived. The case raised such grave concerns that the coroner referred it to police. No criminal charges have been brought. In a narrative verdict yesterday, Dr Radcliffe said: ‘Kane Gorny died as a result of dehydration contributed to by neglect.’ The coroner said Mr Gorny was . ‘undoubtedly let down by the incompetence of staff, poor communication, a . lack of leadership, both medical and nursing, and a culture of . assumption’. Happier times: Mr Gorny, who worked in Waitrose and was training to be a locksmith and shoe repairer, was denied the medication and sodium levels rocketed to an abnormally high 164 . St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, where Mr Gorny died of thirst after 'incompetent' staff continually refused him a drink of water . She added: ‘The European Working . Hours Directive is a factor here which means a succession of junior . doctors are involved in a patient’s care. ‘[It] is causing lives to be lost on a large scale in this country. ‘This target culture puts . considerable pressure on junior doctors to deal with A&E referrals . at the expense of ward-based issues.’ In dramatic testimony last week, Miss . Cronin told the hearing that staff ‘tutted’ at her and refused to . listen to her concerns that her son had not been given the medication he . needed so desperately. A police officer told the five-day . hearing that Mr Gorny had twice shouted: ‘Nurse, can I have some water?’ and was ignored by all the medical staff present. Nurses and doctors on the ward said . he became angry and lashed out at them, so security guards restrained . him and he was sedated and moved into a side room by himself. The inquest heard that the lack of . fluids, combined with the failure of medical staff to give him his . medication, may have made him confused and aggressive. But consultant orthopaedic surgeon . Philip Stott allegedly asked whether he was on drugs or coming off . alcohol, though he told the inquest he could not remember this. The inquest heard that routine . observations were not carried out because nurses did not want to wake Mr . Gorny in case he became ‘aggressive’ again. His fluid chart was not filled in . properly and his drugs chart was not checked by doctors, so it went . unnoticed that he had not had vital medication since he arrived. A spokesman for the hospital said: . ‘We deeply regret the death of Kane Gorny and have apologised . unreservedly to his family for the grief this has caused.’ A letter had been penned by Dr Bridle, left, detailing the rare condition of Mr Gorny, right, but doctors and nurses on the ward did not see it . Kane Gorny dies following basic errors by doctors and nurses. The staff included: . Failed to follow up: Simon Birdle . SIMON BRIDLE: Consultant orthopaedic surgeon in charge of his care who failed to monitor him. When Mr Gorny became agitated, Bridle sent a more junior doctor rather than attending himself. He then failed to follow up the incident or check on his patient’s welfare. ADELA TAACA: Nurse in charge of his care the night before he died. She failed to give him vital medication or carry out important observations because she did not want to wake him in case he became aggressive. Taaca also ‘forgot’ to tell a doctor to check his high sodium levels, despite them being the highest she had ever encountered. She was demoted to a healthcare assistant and is being investigated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. 'I just went home': Phillip Stott . PHILIP STOTT: Surgeon who operated on Mr Gorny but failed to read his medical notes. He arranged for the patient to be sedated, removed his drip and then left without linking his behaviour to his medical condition. Instead, Stott asked Miss Cronin whether Mr Gorny was on drugs. He told the hearing: ‘I didn’t follow it up. I should have done but I didn’t . . . I just went home.’ VICTORIA AGUNLOYE: Locum junior doctor who dismissed the concerns of Mr Gorny’s mother moments before his death. She said she knew Mr Gorny was suffering from a rare condition called diabetes insipidus, but failed to link this to his behaviour. She claimed she did not check on the patient when his mother asked her to on the morning of his death because he was not her patient. Failed to monitor fluid levels: Sharon Gibbs . SHARON GIBBS: Nurse who failed to monitor Mr Gorny’s fluid levels after he was sedated. She admitted she had not recorded that his drip had been taken out and lost track of his water output, leaving boxes on his fluid balance chart empty. She also failed to link his aggressive behaviour to the fact he had not been given his medication, despite knowing about his condition. ERLINDA EDWARDS: Nurse who carried out pre-operative checks on Mr Gorny but failed to highlight his condition to other staff. She also neglected to detail his medication and the fact that he suffered from diabetes insipidus on a ‘communication’ sheet. This . meant other medical staff were unaware of his condition as none of them . wanted to read through his substantial medical records. Blamed target culture: Dr Konstantinos Karras . DR KONSTANTINOS KARRAS: On-call doctor who was told by a nurse that Mr Gorny had very high sodium levels and was asked to attend, but failed to do so. He also failed to pass the concern on to the night on-call doctor. He blamed the target-driven culture for preventing him from seeing Mr Gorny. POORIA HOSSEINI: Junior locum doctor who failed to investigate the real cause of Mr Gorny’s behaviour shortly before he was sedated. He said that this was because Mr Gorny was Agunloye’s patient. She said he was Dr Hosseini’s patient. He left for the evening without chasing up the blood test results which may have provided an explanation for Mr Gorny’s behaviour.
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| Kane Gorny, 22, died of thirst after nurses denied him a glass of water . Coroner blames ‘incompetence’ of NHS staff who died from dehydration in hospital bed after making 999 plea for water . She says a 'cascade of individual errors' were to blame for patient's death . Coroner reaches narrative verdict . One doctor concerned about patient asked if he was 'coming off booze' Nurse said to devastated mother sitting with son's dead body: 'Have you finished? Can I bag him up now?' EU directive limiting working hours 'partly to blame for lack of continuity in care', says coroner . | train |
182741 | Article: Light skin in Europeans stems from a gene mutation from a single person who lived 10,000 years ago. This is according to a new U.S. study that claims the colour is due to an ancient ancestor who lived somewhere between the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Scientists made the discovery after identifying a key gene that contributes to lighter skin colour in Europeans. Light skin in Europeans stems from a gene mutation from a single person who lived 10,000 years ago, according to research at Penn State University . In earlier research, Keith Cheng from Penn State College of Medicine reported that one amino acid difference in the gene SLC24A5 is a key contributor to the skin colour difference between Europeans and West Africans. ‘The mutation in SLC24A5 changes just one building block in the protein, and contributes about a third of the visually striking differences in skin tone between peoples of African and European ancestry,’ he said. He added the lighter skin colour may have provided an advantage due to the better creation of vitamin D from sunlight in the dark northern latitudes. Building on this research, Professor Victor Canfield worked with Professor Cheng to study DNA sequence differences across the globe. The mutation in gene SLC24A5 changes just one building block in the protein, and contributes about a third of the visually striking differences in skin tone between peoples of African and European ancestry . They studied segments of genetic code that have a mutation and are located closely on the same chromosome and are often inherited together. The a mutation, called A111T, is found in virtually every one of European ancestry. A111T is also found in populations in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent, but not in high numbers in Africans. Penn State College of Medicine's Keith Cheng identified a key gene that contributes to lighter skin colour in Europeans and differs from West Africans . They discovered that all individuals from the Middle East, North Africa, East Africa and South India who carry the A111T mutation share traces of the ancestral genetic code. According to the researchers, this indicates that all existing instances of this mutation originate from the same person. The pattern of people with this lighter skin colour mutation suggests that the A111T mutation occurred somewhere between the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. ‘This means that Middle Easterners and South Indians, which includes most inhabitants of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, share significant ancestry,’ Professor Cheng said. This mutated segment of DNA was itself created from a combination of two other mutated segments commonly found in Eastern Asians - traditionally defined as Chinese, Japanese and Korean. ‘The coincidence of this interesting form of evidence of shared ancestry of East Asians with Europeans, within this tiny chromosomal region, is exciting,’ said Professor Cheng. ‘The combining of segments occurred after the ancestors of East Asians and Europeans split geographically more than 50,000 years ago; the A111T mutation occurred afterward.’ Professor Cheng now plans to look at more genetic samples to better understand what genes play the most important role in East Asian skin colour. Newly released genomes from around a dozen early inhabitants of Europe suggest that the continent was once a melting pot in which brown-eyed farmers encountered blue-eyed hunter-gatherers. A report in Nature claims that present-day Europeans have ancestry from three groups in various combinations: . These three groups were identified from the genomes of 8,000-year-old hunter-gatherers - one man from Luxembourg and seven individuals from Sweden - as well as the genome of a 7,500-year-old woman from Germany. The study was led by the University of Tübingen in Germany. The research suggests that the individuals from Luxembourg and Spain probably had dark-skin and blue eyes. The German woman, meanwhile, had brown eyes and lighter skin, and was related to Middle Eastern groups. Both the Luxembourg hunter-gatherer and the German farmer had a gene that breaks down saliva - and a feature that may have came about due to agricultural life. However, neither of them had the ability to digest the sugar lactose, found in milk. The trait originally emerged in the Middle East after the domestication of cattle and later spread to Europe. Previous studies suggested that Europeans today largely descended from Middle Eastern farmers.
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| Study focused on DNA differences across globe with the A111T mutation . Those who had mutation also shared traces of an ancestral genetic code . This indicates that all instances of mutation originate from same person . The mutated segment of DNA was itself created from a combination of two other mutations commonly found in East Asians . | train |
76404 | Article: A seaside town with 40,000 residents has become the charity shop capital of Britain where bus-loads of people visit just to hunt for bargains in 24 stores crammed into three of its main streets. Tourists heading for a cheap shopping spree in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, are even handed maps highlighting the locations of charity outlets - some of which have more than one store. But while charity shops in the town are thriving, and multiplying, independent businesses say they are going bust because of crippling rents - with three closing in the past week alone. In the UK charities get business rate relief, which means they automatically escape paying 80 per cent, with the possibility of the remaining 20 per cent also being waived at the local council's discretion. Packed streets: Bexhill-on-Sea has become the charity shop capital of Britain with an extraordinary 24 stores concentrated in three main streets . Closing sale: Bestsellers owner Mike Lynott is admitting defeat in Bexhill-on-Sea after running his business for almost eight years - and is planning to run a charity shop himself . In total there are nine charity shops in Western Road, eight in Devonshire Road, five in St Leonards Road and two more in adjacent streets. Yet in the same streets the closing down boards have gone up outside the book store Bestsellers with owner Mike Lynott admitting defeat after running his business for almost eight years. Mauds vintage clothes and The Card Shop have also decided to shut down. Mr Lynott says he is going to take a job managing a charity shop in the town instead admitting: 'I haven't been able to beat them so I'm joining them. I have no choice.' He said: 'I just can't carry on beyond the end of January and most independent owners are in the same precarious state. 'When I set my business up there were around ten charity shops in the town. I knew I wouldn't become a millionaire but I wanted to provide a service and make a modest living. 'Now every other shop seems to be a charity shop and there are 24 charity shops in three streets, with at least four more coming soon and it is driving the rest of us under. ' I have nothing against these charities, they do a great job. But it is nothing like a level playing field and the rest of us just can't get by anymore. It's heartbreaking but I have no alternative but to throw in the towel.' Western Road: This busy street in the centre of Bexhill has an astonishing nine charity shops. Cancer Research, Oxfam and Autism Sussex share the street with RSPCA, Age UK, Rummage Community Shop, St Michael’s Hospice, the Sara Lee Trust and Scope . Mr Lynott says he needs to make £70-a-day to cover his £12,000-a-year rates bill. But now he is lucky if he makes £30 from the trickle of customers who scour the charity shops instead for cut price deals on donated books. He says coach parties regularly arrive packed with foraging shoppers from neighbouring towns because Bexhill now has the reputation as the UK mecca for charity shops offering bargain clothes, ornaments, homeware and rare books at every turn. They have even specially printed maps to find the charity shop of their choice. Mr Lynott said: 'What will I do? I will take the only job in town at the moment - working as a manager in charity shop. 'I haven't been able to beat them so I'm joining them. I have no choice.' A few doors away from Bestsellers the closing down boards have also gone up at Mauds ladies and gents vintage clothes shop, a fixture for decades in the town. The current owner is giving up after six years of increasing competition from charities. Devonshire Road: This thoroughfare has eight well-used charity shops in the south coast town. British Heart Foundation, the Alzeimer’s and Dementia charity shop and Save the Children share the street with Cancer Research UK. YMCA , two St Michael’s Hospice shops and a MIND shop . In the next street a long established gift card shop has also become a January victim of the burgeoning number of charity shops. It will soon be converted to yet another charity outlet. There has been at least a 30 per cent increase in the number of charity shops on the high street. The explosion since the economic crash in 2008 is leading to fears of the creation of ‘charity clone towns’ across Britain, with conventional retailers being forced out. There are believed to be at least 10,000 charity shops and they pay a fraction of the £7 billion annual business rates of traditional retailers, giving them a considerable financial advantage over other stores. That has driven the proliferation of charity shops. But it has also contributed to a rise in business rate relief given to charities, up 73 per cent to £1.3 billion over five years. They are also attractive to landlords, who avoid paying the business rate, while the charity can claim relief on it. Hilary Randall, chairman of the voluntary Bexhill Town Team that works for both traders and shoppers, said: 'I certainly don't think we want any more charity shops here. 'Other businesses are not getting the Government's 80 per cent rate relief the charities do so charity shops can afford higher rents and be in better locations because they get this present from the Government. 'And if you are part of a big charity, effectively a national chain, they are cash rich in comparison to the independent traders they compete against.' are helping by attracting more shoppers. Linda Hodgson of the Sara Lee Trust, who have two shops in Bexhill, explained: 'I don't think we have an unfair advantage. 'The charity shops do bring more people into the town and we can all work alongside each other. 'And we rely on our shops to help us provide the care and support to patients with cancer and other life threatening illnesses. Without our shops it would be very difficult.' But now traders and civic leaders in the Sussex resort of Bexhill have demanded an end to the explosion of charity stores they say is having a disastrous effect on long established businesses. They claim they can no longer cope with the growing competition that has seen 24 charity shops open in a cramped town centre of just three main streets - with yet more expected to open up in the coming months. St Leonards Road: This street has the fewest number of charity shops in Bexhill - five - with another two in neighbouring streets. Age UK and Barby Keel Animal Sanctuary are neighbours of Voluntary Association for the Blind, Charity Cards (not pictured) and the Alzheimers Society . But Warren Alexander, chief executive at the Charity Retail Association, who steps down this month, has regularly defended his members. He said previously: ‘Charity shops do not compete unfairly with commercial firms. All charity shops pay standard market rates for rents and utilities just like other commercial ventures. ‘Many of the charities benefiting from the funds raised through shops are local hospices or other organisations whose beneficiaries are in the local community.’
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| Tourists are handed maps detailing where Bexhill's charity shops are . Charities are given at least 80% off business rates if they rent stores . Local businesses say they are going bust while charity shops thrive . In Bexhill there are 24 charity shops and more planned in the coming year . Three independent shops have gone out of business in the past week . | train |
90062 | Article: By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 14:22 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:06 EST, 29 November 2012 . Madonna’s iconic conical-bra corset has fetched over £30,000 at auction. The green silk costume designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier sparked a bidding frenzy at the Christie’s sale in south-west London. The final purchase price, including the buyer’s premium, was £32,450 - more than double the pre-sale estimate of £15,000. Valuable assets: A Christie's employee looks at a couture corset designed by Jean Paul Gaultier for Madonna. It sold for £30,000, double what was expected . The 54-year-old wore the outrageous garment to perform three songs, including her hit Hanky Panky, on her 1990 Blond Ambition tour. A black Lycra two-piece that she wore to sing her hit ‘Vogue’ went for £16,250. The highest price raised at the pop culture sale was the £43,250 paid for a 1947 painting of American actress Ava Gardner. A whip used by Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones trilogy fetched £20,000, while a flamboyant pearl white sleeveless jumpsuit worn by Mick Jagger for the Rolling Stones’ U.S. Tour in 1972 fetched £20,000. Glitter: Madonna's bra, a mermaid outfit worn by Katy Perry and Jagger's jumpsuit all sold for big money . Covered all over with silver metal poppers backed by transparent sequins, the jumpsuit was designed by Ossie Clark. Another Indiana Jones prop, a manuscript book known as the ‘Grail Diary’ raised £18,750. An award for the Apple Records album Mind games presented to Beatle John Lennon went for £16,250. Mick Jagger's white jumpsuit by Ossie Clarke (left) and a whip wielded by Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones were also up for auction . A prop from hit movie Skyfall - a stone-effect plaque to the ancestral home of Daniel Craig’s James Bond - went for six times its pre-sale estimate at £8,750. Elvis Presley's 1960s Fender guitar and microphone went for £8,750 while his 1971 gold Mathey-Tissot watch raised £8,125. A Pirates of The Caribbean compass went for £6,875; a mermaid costume worn by Katy Perry £2,000; and a pair of Bono’s rimless Emporio Armani sunglasses £1,125. Pop singer Katy Perry's mermaid costume went under the hammer for £2,000 .
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| One of the most memorable costumes in pop history sells for double the amount expected . Jean-Paul Gaultier creation worn on groundbreaking Blond Ambition tour . Other memorabilia auctioned included Indiana Jones' whip and a guitar owned by Elvis . | train |
278022 | Article: It was a desperate plea from a tearful dad, tossed like a message in a bottle into the vast sea of the Internet. "You ever do something crazy because you just don't know what to do anymore? Well, that's what I'm doing right now," said John Berlin, staring into the camera with moist, red-rimmed eyes. "I'm calling out to Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook," he continued. "You've been putting out these new movies, these one-minute movies that everyone's been sharing. Well, my son passed away ... and we can't access his Facebook account. I've tried e-mailing, and different things, but it ain't working. All we want to do is see his movie. "I know it's a shot in the dark, but I don't care," he said, his voice breaking. "I want to see my son's video. His name's Jesse Berlin. So please help me." The Arnold, Missouri, man shot the emotionally raw, 84-second clip on his phone and posted it Wednesday morning to YouTube and Facebook. By late afternoon it had hundreds of thousands of views and he was deluged with Facebook messages. Then, that night, Facebook called. As Berlin listened, stunned, they told him would indeed make a personalized "A Look Back" video for Jesse, using posts he had made public on Facebook before his death in 2012 at age 21. Now Berlin is planning to share it online as a tribute to his late son. "I just wanted a piece of him," he told CNN in a phone interview. "These (Facebook) videos really touched me. And every time Jesse would pop up (in one of them), I was choking back tears. I just wanted so desperately to see how his video would turn out." Facebook created the customized videos for most of its active users Tuesday to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The 62-second clips note the year the user joined Facebook, then show a handful of their most-liked posts and a seemingly random selection of their photos -- all set to instrumental music. A Facebook spokesperson said Berlin's video came to the attention of a staffer Wednesday, who shared it on an internal network. "With the number of people using our service, it's often very difficult to act on behalf of one. But John's story and emotion moved us to take action -- so we did," the spokesperson said. Facebook realizes that by granting Berlin's wish, they risk being deluged with similar requests from other users wanting to see video highlights of their deceased loved ones. Honoring all the requests would be difficult, but where do you draw the line? It's a thorny question. The Facebook spokesperson would not address this issue directly. But he said Facebook, which introduced "memorial" pages for deceased users in 2009, wants to give users better ways to honor their loved ones on the site. "This experience reinforced to us that there's more Facebook can do to help people celebrate and commemorate the lives of people they have lost," he said. "We'll have more to share in the coming weeks and months." John Berlin said his son Jesse died of natural causes in his sleep on the morning of January 28, 2012. Doctors could not pinpoint the cause of death, although he was told a viral infection may have impacted Jesse's heart, he said. Jesse Berlin was a musician and played rhythm guitar in Fivefold, a popular Missouri rock band. "Jesse was all about having fun," his father said. "We'd always say our hobby was laughing. We would just cut up about everything." He is also survived by his mother, Lisa, sister Nicole, 26, and brother Jared, 21. John Berlin posted Jesse's "A Look Back" video on Friday to YouTube and his Facebook page, where it's been liked and shared thousands of times. Berlin still can't believe his unassuming video appeal, which now has more than 2.7 million views and 7,500 comments, got Facebook's attention from a small town in the Midwest. But he hopes that his story will inspire Facebook to help others like him and ease their access to the accounts of late loved ones. "I'm glad that we're finding purpose in Jesse's death," he said. "I can't express how much this means to me."
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| Missouri dad posts emotional video asking Facebook to share video of his late son . Family wanted to see son's edition of the "Look Back" clips Facebook posted this week . Facebook has agreed to honor his request . John Berlin said his son Jesse died in 2012 of natural causes at age 21 . | train |
99994 | Article: There's a letter from Joe DiMaggio begging her to come back to him following their separation; an intense love note from Arthur Miller, a message from Cary Grant, and even an old prescription pill bottle from a pharmacy in Bedford. Over 200 rare personal items of Marilyn Monroe's that have never been seen by the public will go up for auction in Los Angeles next month. The collection of belongings - which also includes her supposedly-favorite black coat, circa mid-1950s, photographs and other memorabilia - were until now kept by her mentor and coach Lee Strasberg, who died in 1982. Each item will go under the hammer separately at Julien's Auctions Beverly Hills gallery on December 5 and 6. Scroll down for video . Private collection: Over 200 personal belongings of Marilyn Monroe will go up for auction in Los Angeles on December 5 and 6 . Intimate: The collection gives a rare insight into the life of the late screen goddess . Personal: Among the items is a prescription bill bottle from a pharmacy in Bedford, New York . For Miss Monroe: Numerous phone messages that were taken at the Beverly Hills Hotel . Insightful: This letter was written to Monroe by Joe DiMaggio after she announced she wanted a divorce. In the letter the baseball star begs for his wife not to leave him . Bling: The belongings, such as this necklace, were left to mentor and coach Lee Strasberg, who died in 1982 . 'We are all in awe of this opportunity to offer such a rare collection and glimpse into Marilyn Monroe’s life,' said Martin Nolan, Executive Director of Julien’s Auctions. 'You can’t help but get emotional on several levels when you have the chance to read the letters and view some of the photographs and witness Marilyn’s own attempt at correspondence.' The collection is a strange glimpse into the late screen goddess' private world. Arguably the most insightful item is a letter from Joe DiMaggio, written after the baseball star learned his wife wanted a divorce. Monroe made the announcement during a press conference in 1954, nine months after their wedding. 'He writes this amazing letter, beautiful handwriting, very impressive,' Nolan told CCTV. 'But his first and foremost number one concern was he truly loved Marilyn, but he was concerned for her welfare, he felt she looked as though she was about to collapse. 'He didn't like to see her crying. And then he expressed his love, he expresses his regret and apologies if he had anyway hurt her. 'And he is begging her to come back to him. So it's a true love letter.' The most expensive item at the auction is said to be Monroe's favorite - a coat she wore consistently in the mid-1950s. The piece originally sold as part of her estate in 1999, but is expected to fetch at least $120,000. Favorite: This coat is said to have been Monroe's go-to and she wore it consistently . The auction will include love letters, photographs, personal items, personal records and documents and other memorabilia . Classic: A three-panel sterling silver custom-made Cartier frame, gifted to Marilyn Monroe by Nedda and Joshua Logan. Inside is a picture taken by Cecil Beaton in 1956, along with a letter from him describing her . 'My darling': One of many love letters sent to Monroe by husband Arthur Miller . Autograph: This slip is believed to be from an item Monroe bought at an auction . Nude: This painting of Monroe was done by Earl Moran, believed to be dated 1946 . 'My Darling, my darling, my poppy': This is a note Monroe was writing back to Arthur Miller but never finished . Next month: The auction will be held at the Julien’s Auctions Beverly Hills gallery, located at 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, on December 5 and 6 .
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| The Lost Archives of Marilyn Monroe will go under the hammer December 5 and 6 in LA . Actress' favorite coat expected to fetch at least $120,000 . One letter is from Joe DiMaggio begging her not to divorce him . | train |
251059 | Article: Broadchurch's final twist left some fans of the murder mystery disappointed last night as stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman confirmed they will return for a third series. As the second series of the Dorset-based whodunnit drew to a close last night, viewers were torn between praising the show's actors, and expressing their disbelief at the final scenes. And while some viewers were excited to learn at the end of the episode that the show will return, others took to Twitter to complain they had seen enough. Broadchurch stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman have confirmed they will return for series three, but some fans of the murder mystery have expressed their disappointment with the way the second series ended . Last week, fans had been left in suspense with the jury about to declare Joe Miller guilty, or not guilty of murdering Danny Latimer, and wondering if the identity of the Sandbrook killer, or killers, would ever be revealed. And while last night's episode saw many of the show's plot-lines tied up, not all reached the conclusions viewers might have hoped for. Tennant's DI Alec Hardy and Colman's DS Ellie Miller were reconciled, and mystery surrounding the fate of the Sandbrook cousins finally unfolded - but Joe walked free, only to be banished to Sheffield and told he would never see his children again. Last night's viewing figure peaked at 8.26 million, with an average of 7.85 million and a 33.7 per cent audience share. Hinting at the show's rather depressing ending, presenter Christian O'Connell wrote on Twitter: 'If Radiohead made TV shows... #BroadchurchFinale' Viewer Sophie H was not excited to learn that a third series of Broadchurch is in the works . Ex-Radio One DJ Chris Moyles admitted he had been frustrated by the show, but described it as 'brilliant' Lorraine Kelly praised the drama, and put forward her thoughts on the next series . The final instalment was down on the first series, which peaked at 9.3 million viewers in its last outing, but did boast the highest rating episode of the series - far more than the 5.8million who tuned in last week and the initial 7.6million who watched the first episode of the second series. Viewers' responses, as they had been for much of the series where the murder mystery was transformed into a courtroom drama were mixed, with not all welcoming news of further episodes. Hinting at the show's rather depressing ending, presenter Christian O'Connell wrote on Twitter: 'If Radiohead made TV shows... #BroadchurchFinale'. And viewer Sophie H wrote on the social network: 'They are all dead, imprisoned or having a picnic on the beach. No series 3. No cliffhangers. No cliffs. Just NO. Spare my soul. #Broadchurch'. Another Twitter user, IncrediblyRich wrote: 'WELL THANK GOD THAT'S OVER AND DONE WITH. *closes #Broadchurch file and throws it down a deep ravine never to be seen again*'. Last week, fans had been left in suspense with the jury about to declare Joe Miller guilty, or not guilty of murdering Danny Latimer . Former The Only Way Is Essex star Maria Fowler said she enjoyed the series, but found the plot 'slow' Actress Hayley Tamaddon was one viewer excited to see the series make a return . Rosie Goldsmith took to Twitter to describe the final episode and 'weak, amoral and disappointing' And some Sheffield-based viewers were angry that Joe's exile to the Yorkshire city was seen as a fitting punishment. Deputy council leader Harry Harpham said: 'It's a fantastic drama but that part did make me sit up and take notice." The Labour councillor added: 'I have thoroughly enjoyed both series but I would not like child murderers to be sent up to Sheffield. That is not the image I want the rest of the country to think of Sheffield. 'This is the best city in Britain by a country mile.' Another councillor Roger Davison, said: 'It came as a bit of a surprise and it's a little insulting to Sheffield. 'I don't think anybody wants a load of criminals in their city.' His wife Catherine Davison also watched the show and said: 'They probably think Sheffield is an exotic place and a long way away from Dorset. 'Sheffield is like a big village, everyone knows each other and is very low on crime." She added: 'Broadchurch was a very complicated show but I will watch anything with David Tennant in.' Twitter user Charles Hartley was thought Joe being exiled to Sheffield did not fit his crime . While the first series had much of the nation gripped, eager to discover who had killed Danny Latimer, many fans were not as taken with the show's second outing . But those who praised the show included former Radio One DJ Chris Moyles, who wrote: 'It's kept me riveted and made me angry, frustrated, emotional etc but overall, Broadchurch has been brilliant television.' And after expressing her initial shock at Joe's acquittal, Lorraine Kelly added: 'That was a very good piece of drama. Big congrats to all concerned. #Broadchurch - will there be a spin off with the lawyers???' The murder mystery, which came to the end of its second season last night, attracted an average audience of more than nine million viewers across the two series, including those who watched via catch-up services. No details about the other cast members who will be joining DI Hardy and DS Miller have been revealed and filming dates will be confirmed at a later date, broadcaster ITV said. Creator and writer Chris Chibnall said: 'We've been overwhelmed that nine million people every week have continued to join us on the twists and turns of Broadchurch. This third chapter has been a glint in my eye for a long time and I'm thrilled to be writing these characters once again.' ITV's director of drama Steve November said: 'Chris Chibnall knows exactly how to keep viewers guessing and I'm delighted that he is going to take the story on to the next stage.' While last night's episode saw many of the show's plot-lines tied up, not all came to the conclusions viewers might have hoped for . Throughout the series viewers had complained that the court scenes were inaccurate, with some on Twitter even labelling the series 'Boredchurch' Twitter user Katie was not happy with how series two of Broadchurch had ended . While the first series had much of the nation gripped, eager to discover who had killed Danny Latimer, many fans were not as taken with the show's second outing. Throughout the series viewers had complained that the court scenes were inaccurate, with some on Twitter even labelling the series 'Boredchurch'. Fans had also expressed their disbelief at some scenes, including last week's kiss between two middle-aged women many had mistaken for sisters, and characters getting table service at chicken restaurant chain Nando's. Two weeks ago, viewers were shocked to see a 'Fifty Shades of Grey' scene in which Lee Ashworth is seen 'strangling' his wife Claire as the pair engaged in a sexual encounter in the ruins of a clifftop barn. ITV said the murder mystery, which came to the end of its second season last night, attracted an average audience of more than nine million viewers across the two series . No details about the other cast members who will be joining Tennant's DI Alec Hardy and Colman's DS Ellie Miller have been revealed and filming dates will be confirmed at a later date . Fans also complained that they were finding it harder to understand David Tennant - because his accent has become 'more Scottish'. The actor, who plays dour Detective Inspector Alec Hardy, received widespread praise for his performance in the first series of the acclaimed show. But a number of viewers complained that they found it increasingly difficult to understand his accent as the second series got underway. Tennant's DI Alec Hardy and Colman's DS Ellie Miller were reconciled, but Joe walked free, only to be banished to Sheffield and told he would never see his children again . Last night's viewing figure peaked at 8.26 million, with an average of 7.85 million and a 33.7% audience share . Elsewhere, mother Beth Latimer, played by Jodie Whittaker, prompted ridicule when she returned to court to witness the trial of Joe Miller a short time after an easy water birth. The criticism led to Tennant to jump to the show's defence, saying the second series of the show is a victim of its own success. He said: 'I think we're a victim of our success to be honest. The first series was such an extraordinary thing. This country, we never allow lightning to strike twice in this country...we just don't let that happen. 'So, inevitably there was going to be a certain amount of "it's not as good as the first time". 'I think it is. I think it's a wonderful series that I'm very proud to be part of.' The US version of the murder-mystery, also starring Tennant, has not being renewed for a second series, according to reports. Viewers were left baffled when lawyer Jocelyn Knight and newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe shared a romantic kiss during a cliff-top picnic - despite many thinking they were related . Viewers accused Broadchurch of taking inspiration from 'Fifty Shades of Grey' following this charged scene between Lee Ashworth and Claire on last week's show . Ascene showing David Tennant's character being given table service at Nando's also sparked comment . Viewers also criticised the fact that Beth Latimer (pictured) had returned to court to witness Joe Miller's trial just after giving birth .
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| Series two of Dorset-based murder mystery came to an end last night . More than eight million viewers tuned in for final episode . But fan reaction to the conclusion, and to the entire season was mixed . ITV confirms David Tennant and Olivia Colman will return for series three . But broadcaster has not said which characters will be joining them . WARNING, CONTAINS SPOILERS . | train |
128474 | Article: (CNN) -- At least four Libyan soldiers were killed and three others wounded in violence in Benghazi on Thursday, medical and news agency sources said. The city's al-Jalaa Hospital said it received the bodies of three soldiers killed in fighting that broke out in the eastern Sidi Khalifa district. Residents reported fighting between the army and an unidentified armed group Thursday afternoon near the eastern entrance to Benghazi. Earlier Thursday, a Libyan soldier was shot dead by unknown assailants outside his home in the city's al-Sabri neighborhood, the LANA state news agency reported. On Wednesday, al-Jalaa Hospital said it received the bodies of three security force members who were shot dead in the city. The latest violence comes after fierce fighting in Benghazi on Monday between army special forces and members of the militant Islamist group Ansar al Sharia. At least nine people were killed and dozens injured in the fighting. The United States says it believes Ansar al Sharia was responsible for the attack on its diplomatic mission in Benghazi last year that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Attacks on security force members have spiked in the eastern city in recent weeks, especially as more troops were deployed in Benghazi in an effort to secure the city. On Wednesday, the government said security cameras had arrived in the city and were being installed as part of the security plan. Over the past year, Benghazi has had some of the worst violence in Libya with a series of bombings and a campaign of assassinations that have mainly targeted security force members. Many Libyans and human rights groups blame authorities for failing to hold anyone accountable for the violence. While no one claims responsibility for these attacks, residents and security officials in the city blame Islamist militias. More than two years after the fall of the Gadhafi regime, the government is struggling to control the hundreds of militias across the country and Islamist extremist groups, some with ties to al-Qaeda, mostly in the eastern part of Libya.
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| Hospital says it received bodies of 3 soldiers killed in fighting in the eastern part of the city . Residents report fighting between the army and an unidentified armed group . Earlier, a Libyan soldier was shot dead by unknown assailants outside his home . | train |
11696 | Article: Members of the United Nations' aviation agency are holding high-level safety talks for only the second time in 70 years after hundreds of air passengers and crew were killed in a series of high-profile tragedies in 2014. The disastrous year has prompted government and aviation officials from dozens of countries to gather in Montreal this week for an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assembly to discuss the risks of flying over conflict zones and how to prevent planes from vanishing. Malaysia is leading a push for sweeping changes after its state-owned flag carrier, Malaysia Airlines, suffered two air disasters within five months last year. Malaysia wants mandatory reporting of conflict zone risks after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down . The Southeast Asian country is pushing for real-time aircraft tracking and calling on the UN to force its member states to warn airlines about the risks of flying over conflict zones. One of Malaysia Airlines' planes disappeared and has not been located, and another was shot down over eastern Ukraine, where the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian rebels are still involved in a heavy battle for territory. All 298 passengers and crew were killed when flight MH17 was shot down while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur last July. Since that incident the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has faced pressure to develop new systems to share intelligence and warn airlines about new threats associated with conflict zones. All 298 passengers and crew were killed when flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine . Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation, said a proposal to create a central website where states and agencies could voluntarily publish warnings does not go far enough. Speaking at the ICAO assembly, he was quoted by Reuters as saying that reports from ICAO member states should be ‘mandatory and timely’. He added: ‘We cannot delay implementing changes in the way global commercial aviation operates.’ The ICAO’s proposal is backed by the US and Netherlands, which lost 196 citizens when flight MH17 went down. The International Civil Aviation Organization is holding its second high-level safety conference in 70 years . The Netherlands also wants airlines to tell passengers before take-off whether their flight will cross a conflict zone. The US said MH17 was hit with a ground-to-air missile fired by rebels, but Russia insists that the aircraft was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. It was flying at about 33,000ft after Ukraine had warned airlines to remain above 32,000ft. Malaysia is also pushing for real-time aircraft tracking to become an industry standard, despite the costs. Search teams have found no trace of flight MH370 despite scouring 25,000 square miles of ocean . It follows the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which was carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite extensive search efforts in the Indian Ocean teams have been unable to find any debris or the plane’s black boxes. In a working paper presented to the assembly, Malaysia said: ‘We believe, based on our unfortunate experience, (it) will be offset by the benefits of enhancing the effectiveness of the alerting and search and rescue services. ‘The disappearance of MH370 demonstrates the crucial need to improve aircraft tracking systems for the sake of safety and security. The ICAO assembly is likely to endorse a plane tracking system that sends signals every 15 minutes . ‘In this day and age, the fact that an aeroplane could go missing and that the flight recorders could be so difficult to recover is unacceptable.’ Despite Malaysia’s demands the ICAO conference is likely to back a less-costly system that sends tracking signals every 15 minutes, but would increase the intervals to every minute in an emergency or if a plane deviates from its route. Current standards require long-haul flights over water to report their position about every 45 minutes. Delegates are also studying how ejectable and buoyant black boxes would assist rescuers and investigators when a plane crashes.
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| More than 500 were killed in two tragedies involving Malaysia Airlines . Malaysia says countries should be forced to report conflict zone risks . UN agency is proposing a central website with voluntary warnings . Malaysia said real-time tracking should become standard, despite costs . | train |
196392 | Article: Queens Park Rangers are watching Blackburn strike pair Jordan Rhodes and Rudy Gestede as they weigh up a January bid. Manager Harry Redknapp is keen to bring in a goalscorer to bolster his side's fight for Premier League survival and ideally wants players who can bed in quickly. He has reservations that Rhodes can not play as a lone striker but his goalscoring record means he has to be considered. The 24-year-old has 59 goals in 106 games for Blackburn with 73 in 108 for previous club Huddersfield. QPR are interested in signing Blackburn duo Jordan Rhodes (left) and Rudy Gestede in January . He has scored seven this season and was on the bench for Saturday's game at Brentford, where Redknapp was joined in the stands by assistant Kevin Bond. Blackburn boss Gary Bowyer started with Gestede up front at Brentford and the 26-year-old continued his rich vein of form with his 12th goal of the season in just 20 games. Gestede impressed Redknapp last season also and has now scored 23 goals in 38 games since joining from Cardiff City. Rhodes has also been watched by Real Sociedad while Hull City failed with a £10million offer for the Scotland striker in the summer. Gestede (right) was on target at Brentford on Satruday- despite their 3-1 Championship defeat . Blackburn may well have been wiser to take that offer in light of their transfer embargo imposed by the Football League on Monday. They will now be under restrictions to what, if any player, they can bring in. There is also interest mounting in Rovers' 23-year-old winger Ben Marshall, with several Premier League and Championship clubs represented at recent games. QPR have considered moves for the likes of Peter Crouch, Gary Hooper, Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe but Keane will be staying in the MLS and Defoe is expensive. Stoke want to keep Crouch and Hooper is still struggling for form. A suitable offer for either Gestede or Rhodes could be timely. QPR are also interested in signing Stoke striker Peter Crouch but the Potters want to keep the 33-year-old . Premier League clubs have been alerted to the fact Fulham are willing to listen to offers for striker Ross McCormack just six months after signing him from Leeds United for £11million. The 28-year-old is content in London but the struggling Championship side are considering means to strengthen their squad elsewhere and a sizeable offer for McCormack would be considered. Fulham have put clubs on alert with news they're willing to listen to offers for striker Ross McCormack (left) Although Kit Symons has steadied the ship, Fulham are still 10 points off the play-off places following their poor start under Felix Magath and their prospects of promotion look slim. They are evaluating the squad and are prepared to make changes in January. Aston Villa are also among clubs keen on midfielder Bryan Ruiz. There is interest in the 29-year-old Costa Rica star from Holland and Spain also but Paul Lambert hopes to persuade him to make a quick return to the Premier League with Villa. McCormack's team-mate Bryan Ruiz (left) is attracting interest from Premier League side Aston Villa . Gremio want Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva. The 27-year-old is in and out of Brendan Rodgers' side at the moment and the Brazilian club sense he could be open to a return home. Lucas, however, has made it clear he would prefer to stay at Anfield if he has a fair chance of contributing. Napoli have been linked consistently also but Rafa Benitez is struggling to get the financial support he wants to push the Italian club forward. Liverpool want to sell to raise money for January re-inforcements and Italian striker Fabio Borini is at the top of that list. The club hope to raise around £10m to £12m for the 24-year-old but may yet find a replacement on loan rather than commit even more transfer funds with Daniel Sturridge due back from injury and Divock Origi arriving in the summer. Gremio want to sign Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva (left), despite his preference to stay at Anfield . Manchester United are looking at Belgian brothers Indy and Seppe Boonen. Indy, 15, is a left back who left Genk last year and has already had trials at United. He is training with United's youth sides at the moment while his younger brother 13-year-old Seppe is a promising goalkeeper. They are hoping to sign a professional contract with United when they turn 16. United have held off competition from neighbours Manchester City to sign Portuguese winger Venancio da Silva Monteiro. The 15-year-old left Benfica in April to train with United in the hope of winning a deal but his performances had attracted interest from City who were also keen to sign him. West Ham are reviving interest in Sporting Lisbon striker Islam Slimani. The 26-year-old Algeria forward impressed at the World Cup and is keen on a move to the Premier League. One concern though is Slimani's involvement in the Africa Cup of Nations. West Ham will listen to offers for Mauro Zarate. The 27-year-old forward has been used sparingly this season and wants more game time. Sporting Lisbon striker Islam Slimani (right) is being monitored by West Ham . West Ham will need cover for Diafra Sakho, who is also due at the Africa Cup of Nations in January but Zarate wants a regular role. He wants to play for his adopted country Chile when they host the 2015 Copa America but will struggle to stake a claim having played just eight games this season. Southampton are among clubs to have shown an interest so far but Zarate also has clubs from Spain, Brazil and Italy who are keen to take him either permanently or on loan. Meanwhile the Hammers are willing to listen to offers for 27-year-old striker Mauro Zarate . Orlando City are closing on a deal for Stoke City winger Brek Shea. Former Everton and Manchester City midfielder Adrian Heath is in charge of the MLS side and hopes to wrap up the transfer in the coming days. The 24-year-old Shea has struggled to win a first team role at the Britannia Stadium since the club fought to secure him a work permit in January 2013. The £2.5m signing has only made one start, in the League Cup, and has struggled to make a positive impression in loan spells at Barnsley and Birmingham City. Shea trained with Orlando in the summer but insisted he still wanted to prove himself in Europe. Stoke winger Brek Shea (left) has struggled to make a positive impression on loan at Birmingham City . Swansea City are keen to make Tom Carroll's loan from Tottenham into a permanent deal. The 22-year-old has impressed manager Garry Monk and is happy to make the switch from White Hart Lane, where competition among midfielders is fierce. Tottenham want to bring in three or four players themselves in January but are struggling to offload some of their surplus squad members. Swansea also have a liking for Kyle Naughton. Monk is in talks over bringing in a new full-back and a defensive midfielder with Exeter's Matt Grimes a confirmed target. A striker is also on Monk's wishlist with Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham among those continuing to admire £20m-rated Wilfried Bony. Swansea are keen to sign on loan Tottenham midfielder Tom Carroll (right) on a permanent deal .
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| Blackburn's Jordan Rhodes and Rudy Gestede are January targets of QPR . Rhodes has scored 59 goals in 106 games for Rovers, while Gestede has netted 12 in 20 appearances this season . Fulham are willing to listen to offers for striker Ross McCormack . McCormack joined the club in a £11million deal from Leeds this summer . Gremio want to sign Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva . West Ham are reviving interest in Sporting Lisbon striker Islam Slimani . Swansea want on loan Tottenham midfielder Tom Carroll permanently . | train |
256790 | Article: (CNN) -- Lazio moved up to second place in Serie A on Saturday with a 1-0 win at Sampdoria. A first-half goal from Brazilian midfielder Anderson Hernanes was enough for all three points as a clutch of teams look to keep touch with leaders Juventus. The reigning champions, who left it late to beat Cagliari on Friday, are currently eight points clear with 44 points. Vladimir Petkovic's side replace Inter Milan in second place after Andrea Stramaccioni's side could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to struggling Genoa. Ciro Immobile gave the visitors the lead in the 77th minute before Argentina's Esteban Cambiasso headed home an equalizer with five minutes remaining. The result sees Inter slip to fourth, level on 35 points with Fiorentina, but with an inferior goal difference. Vincenzo Montella's men boosted their league goal tally with a 3-0 win away to Palermo. Three second-half goals -- two from Stevan Jovetic and one from Gonzalo Rodriguez ensured a comfortable win over 18th place Palermo. Read: Lone soccer fan wins army of admirers . Napoli remain fifth in the league after a 2-0 win at bottom-of-the-table Siena -- Christian Maggio scored with four minutes remaining before Edinson Cavani converted a spot kick in injury time. Erik Lamela scored a brace as sixth-placed Roma thumped AC Milan 4-2 at the Stadio Olimpico. Nicolas Burdisso put the home side ahead in the 13th minute before Pablo Osvaldo doubed the lead ten minutes later. Lamela made it three on the half-hour mark before finding the net again in the 60th minute to leave Milan reeling following a winning streak of four matches. Read: The lonely death of Diego Mendieta . Milan managed to claw two goals back late in the game -- substitute's Giampoalo Pazzini and Bojak Krkic finding the net in the 87th and 88th minute -- but it was only after Roma's Brazilian defender Marquinhos had been shown a red card for deliberate hand ball ten minutes earlier. The win, which sees Roma consolidate 6th place ahead of Milan, is likely to heap further pressure on Rossoneri coach Massimiliano Allegri. Parma move up to eighth after a 2-1 away to Bologna. Frederik Sorensen gave the hosts the lead in the 54th minute before Roberto Donadoni's team struck back with two quickfire goals. Jaime Valdes equalized in the 56th minute before Nicola Sansone hit the winning goal ten minutes later. Mid-table Atalanta and Udinese shared the points in a 1-1 draw -- Luis Muriel opening the scoring for the visitors in the 33rd minute only for German Denis to cancel out the lead with a spot kick seven minutes later. Torino eased their relegation worries with a 2-0 win over Chievo. The win lifts Giampiero Ventura's side up to 13th with 19 points two points behind 12th placed Chievo.
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| Inter Milan drop to fourth in Serie A after a 1-1 draw with struggling Genoa . Lazio's 1-0 win at Sampdoria leaves them on 36 points, eight behind leaders Juventus . Fiorentina up to third after comfortable 3-0 at Palermo; Roma beat AC Milan 4-2 at Stadio Olimpico . | train |
69156 | Article: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observed their 22nd wedding anniversary a day late with a celebratory dinner Saturday night in the city's Georgetown neighborhood. For their anniversary dinner they picked Bourbon Steak at the Four Seasons Hotel, about a six-minute drive from the White House. Shortly after Obama arrived at the restaurant, more than 100 protesters calling for justice for Michael Brown, the shooting victim in Ferguson, Missouri, marched down M Street in what appeared to be a previously planned demonstration. Scroll down for video . Happy couple: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive on stage for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards dinner a few days before their anniversary . Date night: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observed their 22nd wedding anniversary a day late with a celebratory dinner Saturday night at Bourbon Steak at the Four Seasons Hotel . Before their date, the president spent four hours playing golf at Andrews Air Force Base. Obama and his wife traveled separately on Friday, prompting a delayed date night. Both alluded to their anniversary Friday at their respective stops. 'I might not even see him today,' Mrs. Obama told a Boston political gathering. 'Twenty-two years she's been putting up with me,' her husband told steel workers at a plant in Princeton, Indiana. 'Michelle has been very patient with me,' Obama told the workers. USA Yoday reports that Obama visited yje steel company to talk about rising employment and celebrate what the adminstartion calls Nation Manufactoring Day. Obama also said on THursday that the economy is improving but they still have some work to do. 'There is a lot of good stuff happening in the economy,' Obama said. 'But what we all know is there are still some challenges.' Love: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner held at the Washington Convention Center just a few days before their anniversary . Tweeted: The FLOTUS tweeted happy anniversary to her husband of 22 years Barack Obama even though they could not be together on their actual anniversary due to separate travel .
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| Obama and his wife traveled separately on Friday, prompting a delayed date night . 'I might not even see him today,' Mrs. Obama told a Boston political gathering . 'Twenty-two years she's been putting up with me,' her husband told steel workers at a plant in Princeton, Indiana on their anniversary . | train |
124004 | Article: An MIT-educated neuroscientist terrorist known as 'Lady al Qaeda' was named on a 'laundry list' of demands from ISIS captors holding James Foley named, it was revealed today. Petite mother-of-three Aafia Siddiqui is currently serving 86 years in a Texas jail after being arrested with plans for a 'mass casualty attack' in the US, including infecting people with Ebola and a dirty bomb. But President Barack Obama's administration point blank refused to consider releasing Siddiqui, or handing over a $132 million ransom, according to the New York Times. Scroll down for video . Lady Al Qeada: Aafia Siddiqui is currently serving 86 years in a Texas jail after being arrested with plans for a 'mass casualty attack' in the US, including infecting people with Ebola and a dirty bomb. She was named by Foley's captors on a 'laundry list' as the person they wanted in a prisoner swap . Hunted: Mother-of-three Siddiqui, who is 5 ft. 4 in. and weighs just 90 lb, was on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list after 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed mentioned her name during his 2003 interrogation . Karachi-born Siddiqui, 42, attended two New England universities. She gained a PhD from Brandeis and then trained as a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She founded the Institute of Islamic Research and Teaching while living in the U.S. Mother-of-three Siddiqui, who is 5 ft. 4 in. and weighs just 90 lb, was on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list after 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed mentioned her name during his 2003 interrogation. Siddiqui, who is divorced from her first husband is now married to Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the 9/11 masterminds, who is currently being held in Guantanamo. He is the nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Burqa-clad Siddiqui was arrested in Ghanzi, Afghanistan in 2008 after a local saw her poring over a map. He became suspicious as most women in that country are illiterate. When she was held she had detailed plans on how to kill by spreading Ebola, making a dirty bomb and even a theoretical chemical weapon that somehow spared children while killing adults. She also had two pounds of highly toxic sodium cyanide hidden in her bag and documents detailing potential New York targets for attack including Wall Street, the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and the subway system. The documents also showed the Plum Island Animal Disease Center on Long Island Sound, New York - which was used for biological weapons testing during the Cold War - as another potential target. During interrogation the day after her arrest she grabbed a rifle that had been left on a table and started shooting at her questioners. She failed to hit them but she was shot in the stomach as they returned fire. Author Deborah Scroggins, who wrote a book about Siddiqui, calls her the 'poster child for jihadists around the world.' 'I doesn't surprise me that ISIS should call for her release, even though she is associated with al-Qaeda, because they want to take over al-Qaeda's mantle,' she told MailOnline. 'What better way to establish your bona fides than to exchange a prisoner for the jihadist's icon?' Scroggins, whose book, Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror was published in 2012, points out that Siddiqui received an 86-year jail sentence despite never harming anyone, and it has never been fully explained whether her plans were realistic or just in her head. Demands: Obama refused to negotiate with the terrorists over Foley's release - in stark contrast to suspected deserter Bowe Bergdahl who was released to huge controversy in exchange for five Taliban prisoners . Siddiqui was only charged with two counts of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and three counts of assault. She was brought to the U.S. for trial which lasted for 14 days in January and February 2010. 'She was only tried for firing a gun at U.S. personnel overseas and Congress had just passed a law, going back to the attacks on the embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, that said anyone trying to kill U.S. personnel would get special strict sentencing,' said Scroggins. During her trial she said she loved both the United States and Islam. Her lawyers pleaded for leniency due to mental issues, but she said: 'I am not paranoid. I do not agree with that.' 'I do not want any bloodshed. I do not want any misunderstanding. I really want to make peace and end the wars,' she said during her trial. Siddiqui - prisoner number 90279-054 - is currently held in the Federal Medical Center in Carswell, Texas, which specializes in treating inmates with mental health issues. She is not due for release until August 8, 2083. Scroggins added: 'She is definitely closely involved with the highest levels of al-Qaeda, but the fact is she has never been convicted of killing or injuring anyone, but she has become a cause celebre in the jihadist movement.' Her 86-year sentence, imposed by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, led to violent protests in her home country of Pakistan. Thousands of protestors burned tires in Lahore, and police had to fire teargas to quell riots in her hometown of Karachi. Failed rescue: Obama authorized instead a daring mission to snatch back Foley and his fellow captives on July 4. But after a firefight, special forces realized the hostages were not there . Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani called Siddiqui 'the daughter of the nation' and begged U.S. authorities to release her. While Obama did swap five Taliban prisoners in exchange for suspected deserter Bowe Bergdahl, who was freed on May 31 to huge controversy,Obama authorized a daring rescue mission over the July 4 weekend that failed in the Syrian desert. At least five ISIS militants were killed and one American soldier was wounded as the raid failed because the terrorists had moved Foley and other hostages including Miami journalist Steven Sotloff away from the base in Syria's northern Raqqa province. Scroggins said the question of whether Siddiqui's release would be a real threat is doubtful. 'But exchanging her would have been a PR disaster for the Obama administration.' She pointed out that the prisoners released in exchange for Bergdahl had not been convicted and tried in a U.S. court as Siddiqui was. Her release would certainly have been perceived as a tremendous victory for the jihadist forces,' said Scroggins.
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| ISIS sent 'laundry list' of demands for release of James Foley . Before ransom rose to $132m, ISIS wanted release of Afia Siddiqui among other prisoners . Mother-of-three was jailed after she was caught with plans for 'mass casualty attack' and details of New York landmarks . Author describes her as a 'poster girl for jihadists' and her release would have been PR disaster for Obama . In her handbag was found details for a dirty bomb, Ebola, and a theoretical chemical weapon that did not kill children, her New York trial was told . Government refused to enter into negotiation with his captors and launched failed rescue attempt instead - in contrast to the Bowe Bergdahl swap . | train |
45012 | Article: By . Associated Press . and Zoe Szathmary . A mysterious Middle East virus with an approximately 30 percent death rate appears to have spread from one person to another in the United States, health officials reported Saturday. An Illinois man probably picked up an infection from an Indiana man who earlier this month became the first U.S. case of Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. The two men met twice before the Indiana man fell ill and was hospitalized in Munster, Indiana, shortly after traveling from Saudi Arabia, where he lived and was employed as a health care worker. Health officials say they think the . virus spread during a 40-minute business meeting that involved no more . contact than a handshake. The Illinois man, however, never needed . medical treatment and is reported to be feeling well, officials at the . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Scroll down for video . Is this how it happened? Health officials say they think the MERS virus spread during a 40-minute business meeting that involved no more contact than a handshake . Dangerous: This electron microscope image shows MERS virus particles, colored in yellow . 'We don't think this changes the risk to the general public,' which remains low, said Dr. David Swerdlow of the CDC. The new report also is not considered evidence that the virus is spreading more easily among people than previously thought, he said. The virus is not considered to be highly contagious, and health officials believe it only spreads from person to person with close contact. Many of those who have gotten sick in the Middle East have been family members or health care workers caring for a MERS patient. The CDC said tests completed Friday provided evidence that the Illinois man had an infection at some point. Since the first man's diagnosis, health officials have been monitoring and testing anyone who was in close contact with him, including health care workers and household members, but none of the rest of them has tested positive for the virus. Caution: Airports have posted signs like this one, seen in Denver International Airport, to warn travelers of MERS symptoms . A second U.S. illness was confirmed last week in a 44-year-old man from Saudi Arabia who was visiting Florida. Saudi Arabia has been at the center of an outbreak of MERS that began two years ago. The MERS virus has been found in camels, but officials don't know how it is spreading to humans. Overall, about 600 people have had the respiratory illness, and about 175 people have died. All had ties to the Middle East region or to people who traveled there. There is no vaccine or cure and there's no specific treatment except to relieve symptoms, which include fever, cough and shortness of breath. Not all those exposed to the virus become ill. The CDC says that travelers do not need to change their plans at this time, and has asked the airline industry to report sick passengers in and around the Arabian Peninsula. MERS belongs to the coronavirus family that includes the common cold and SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which caused some 800 deaths globally in 2003.
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| Virus may have spread from an Indiana man to an Illinois man during a 40-minute business meeting that involved no more . contact than a handshake . The two men met twice before the Indiana man fell ill and was hospitalized after traveling from Saudi Arabia . CDC says Illinois man, however, never needed . medical treatment and is doing well . MERS virus killed approximately 30 percent of victims in 2012 . There is no vaccine or cure and there's no specific treatment except to relieve symptoms . | train |
302408 | Article: By . Roz Lewis . PUBLISHED: . 17:49 EST, 24 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:47 EST, 25 November 2012 . Light touch: Ella's recent weight loss has helped with her joint problems . From playing the world’s laziest cleaner, Mrs Cakeworthy, in The Green Green Grass to a long-suffering teacher in The Catherine Tate Show, Ella Kenion has never been shy about taking on unglamorous roles. So it is a surprise when the 43-year-old comedy actress opens the door to her London home wearing a silk cocktail dress and with her long blonde hair stylishly tousled. This irony isn’t lost on Ella. But she says she is enjoying fashion for the first time after years of struggling with her weight – the lasting legacy of being blighted with arthritis in her late teens and early 20s. At its worst, it left her unable to walk without crutches. Having appeared with Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman, and most recently, Joanna Page and Sue Johnston in Sky’s comedy series Gates, Ella’s achievements are all the more remarkable as she almost didn’t get into drama school due to her severe illness. ‘I come from an acting family, so I always wanted to get into the profession,’ explains Ella. ‘I was determined to get into drama school.’ Ella’s father Geoffrey was in hit TV show Dixon Of Dock Green and her Australian great-grandmother was a film actress. When she was 18, Ella picked up a stomach bug during a trip to the United States to see a boyfriend. ‘He was training to be a chef so we never figured out if it was from a duck salad he’d made or a tin of tuna,’ explains Ella. ‘I had a bad tummy for a day, and then two weeks later I went to stay with my dad in Majorca.’ On the first night of her summer job – working as a waitress in her father’s restaurant – she felt inexplicably tired. ‘My dad joked what a softie I was,’ recalls Ella. ‘But the next night I awoke at 4am in the most excruciating pain. My knees had swollen up, my toes blew up like sausages, and my feet felt very painful. I was screaming in agony, and taken to hospital.’ Ella’s joints were so badly affected that she was bedridden for four weeks. ‘I had to have a cage around the bed, as even the weight of the sheets caused me intense pain.’ After two weeks of intensive tests, doctors finally diagnosed the problem. ‘I had a bug called Yersinia in my intestine – the food poisoning I’d had in America – which led to reactive arthritis.’ Sometimes called Reiter’s syndrome, this occurs when a primary infection, either from food poisoning or a sexually transmitted disease, triggers an inflammatory response in the body. No one knows why it happens. Up to four weeks after an initial . infection, the body’s immune systems appear to malfunction and attack . healthy tissue and, rarely, other organs. Frequently just the feet and . hips and knees are affected. Up to 3,000 Britons develop this condition . every year and one in seven people develops long-term problems. Dr . Richard Hull, spokesman for Arthritis Care, says: ‘Patients are hit . suddenly by very painful arthritis, usually when they are fairly young. It can be very hard to cope with psychologically.’ Ella . was badly affected. ‘I couldn’t walk for weeks. Medication began to . help slowly but it was ages before I was even allowed to use crutches to . get out the room,’ she explains. ‘Before this happened I was sporty, so . to suddenly lose my health like this was difficult to cope with.’ Broken dream: Ella, left, as Julie on Hardware with co-star Susan Earl and special guest Peter Davison, almost gave up on her career as an actor due to her joint pains . Dr Martin Richter, a rheumatologist at the Middlesex Hospital, explained to Ella what would happen next. ‘He told me that the condition could vanish at any point, so I just had to take painkillers and hope for the best.’ Ella tried to start a course at secretarial college but within days she collapsed and had to go home for weeks of recuperation. Eventually her health improved enough for her to complete her course. She then started temping during the day and taking part in amateur dramatic productions in the evenings. ‘I managed to get auditions for RADA and the Guildhall but was too ill at first to complete the physically demanding weekend workshops that accompanied them,’ she recalls. ‘I went back for the next three years but tutors on the panels would say, “Why are you applying if you are unwell?” I kept explaining that the condition could disappear but no one believed me. Finally I managed to get in at the London Theatre School, which was a huge relief. ‘At drama school, I was much better. I . had cortisone injections in my knees and hips every three months to . provide pain relief, so I was getting more mobile. However, the . arthritis would flare up twice a year. I was also putting on weight . because I was unable to exercise.’ Luckily . for Ella, she quickly found work after finishing her course, including . stints at the Royal Shakespeare Company. ‘My knees continued to be a . problem but I simply couldn’t afford to jeopardise my career and admit . to the pain, so I just carried on.’ She . had a series of arthroscopies – keyhole surgical procedures to examine . the inside of the joint and trim or remove cartilage or any loose bone – . when she was 24 to improve her mobility. Lazy on screen: Ella, pictured as Mrs Cakeworthy on The Green Green Grass with co-stars Peter Heppelthwaite, Ivan Kaye and David Ross, had surgery at 24 to improve her mobility . It was discovered that her knees were dysplastic, which means the shape of the kneecap and the groove that is supposed to move in do not quite match up, so the kneecap grates on the lower leg bone. ‘Doctors thought the reactive arthritis had caused damage to the joints,’ she explains. Finally, Ella’s health stabilised in her mid-20s, although there have been the occasional flare-ups. While working on The Green Green Grass in 2008, she had her first child, William, with husband Andrew Appleyard, 47, an office manager, and has since slimmed down to a size 12 from a size 22. ‘Having a child really made it imperative I look after myself a bit better, and I did manage to lose the weight quite quickly.’ For those with knee problems, being lighter is one of the most effective ways of preventing complications. Ella hopes her story will give hope to other youngsters affected by similar problems. ‘For years I didn’t know if I’d ever get my life back or make it into acting,’ she says. ‘I’d encourage everyone afflicted by this type of illness to never give up fighting for your dreams.’ Sky Living’s Gates is now available on DVD. Ella will be appearing in Heading Out on BBC2 in the New Year.
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| Actress Ella Kenion got rheumatic disease Reiter’s syndrom aged 18 . The pain in her joints nearly kept her from following her dream of acting . | train |
1201 | Article: EL James has launched a higher-end line of bondage gear at posh sex shop Coco De Mer with sister company Lovehoney. Called the Fifty Shades of Grey Red Room Collection, it features several spanking tools such as a riding crop, flogger, paddle and cane all in a premium brown leather. And the famed author, 51, has said the did a lot of research when it came to perfecting the range. Scroll down for video . EL James at the launch party for the Limited Edition Fifty Shades of Grey Red Room Collection . The range is crafted from luxury brown leather and includes wrist cuffs, £100 (l) and a flogger, £90 (r) It's being sold at Coco de Mer - London's most luxurious erotic emporium - on Monmouth Street . She said at an event launch this week: 'I don't really like to talk about my sex life. I have a child at school so I don't want to mention what I get up to. But I did a lot of research.' Starting at £40 and going up to £100, James' latest line is a far cry form her first sex prop collection with Lovehoney back in October 2012. The 15-piece range started at just £11.99 and came in a shimmering silver material; the sort suitable for hen party gifts. Appealing to an altogether more affluent customer, which matches its home of Coco de Mer - which has an unrivalled reputation as London's most luxurious erotic emporium, the Red Room Collection is certainly taking the brand up a notch. With just ten pieces, it's more considered and each one is finely crafted; but it's certainly not for the faint hearted. A blindfold, wrist cuffs, ankle cuffs, spreader bar, mouth gag and hog tie complete the range. A riding crop, flogger, paddle, cane, blindfold, wrist cuffs, ankle cuffs, spreader bar, mouth gag and hog tie . EL James said: 'The Lovehoney guys (co-owners Richard Longhurst and Neal Slateford) are such a pleasure to work with. They have got a great sense of humour and they really get the Fifty Shades brand.' Richard Longhurst, co-founder of Lovehoney, commented: 'This luxury range of leather bondage equipment is inspired by what Christian Grey has in the Red Room in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie and has been designed with author E L James. It's the real deal for anyone who wants to recreate the scenes that they're going to see in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. It's a collection truly fit for a billionaire.' Lovehoney and sister company Coco de Mer are listed as official suppliers to the legendary Red Room in the film's credits. 'As manufacturers of the only official Fifty Shades of Grey Pleasure Products we were delighted to supply Universal with products for the Red Room,' said Longhurst. All the items come with luxury branded dust bags and leather tags, available from the Coco de Mer boutique and www.coco-de-mer.com . The latest Fifty Shades of Grey sex accessory line is certainly taking the brand up a notch . EL James with Lovehoney's Neal Slateford (l) and Richard Longhurst, and MD of Coco de Mer Lucy Litwack . The 'Twitchy Palm' spanking paddle (£24.99) (l) and 'Please Sir' flogger at £16.99 (r) from the 2012 range .
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| EL James launches 10-piece line of brown leather sex accessories . Author, 51, says she did a lot of research to perfect new premium line . Sold in Coco de Mer with prices starting at £40, going up to £100 . | train |
194213 | Article: By . Jacqui Goddard . Last updated at 10:37 PM on 14th July 2011 . A mother, whose two-year-old daughter died after her pet Burmese python strangled and tried to eat her, was found guilty of third-degree murder on Thursday. Jaren Hare, 21, now faces up to 35 . years in prison after a jury in Florida took two hours to also find her . and boyfriend Charles Darnell, 34, guilty of manslaughter and child . neglect charges. Defence . lawyer Rhiannon Arnold told the court in Bushnell that she has had to . live with the horror 'like a dagger across her soul' for two years. Convicted: Jaren Hare and Charles Darnell also faced child neglect charges . Hare, she said, never believed that her . 'gentle' 8ft 6in pet, named Gypsy, could be capable of killing a child . and was distraught when her daughter Shaianna was found dead in her cot . in July 2009 with the snake coiled tightly around her neck. The starving . snake had been trying to eat her, according to a deputy chief medical examiner, Wendy Lavezzi. 'There were also several clusters of . puncture wounds that represent bites from the snake as the snake was . trying to ingest her, basically,' Lavezzi told the jury while they . viewed the grim post-mortem photos of the child. Prosecutor Pete Magrino said in closing arguments that Hare and her boyfriend were completely at fault. The tragedy was, he said: 'Needless, senseless, careless and reckless and the responsibility for Shaianna Hare’s death lies with those two defendants.' He showed the jury two pictures of the girl, one of her smiling happily and another of her after the post-mortem, which found she had been bitten by the albino snake and died of asphyxiation. Gypsy, he said, escaped from a tank over which the defendants had placed only a quilt as a makeshift lid. Hare burst into tears as the verdicts were read, while Darnell showed no emotion other than to place his arm around her. Both had rejected a pre-trial deal that could have seen them jailed for up to 10 years. Huge beast: Investigators take the 8ft 6in python from the property where it killed two-year-old Shaianna Hare . In her own closing arguments, Miss Arnold told the six-member jury that Hare was never anything but a 'loving mother' to the toddler and insisted the girl’s death was just an accident. Ismail Solis, another lawyer on the defence team, added: 'That event will shadow her for the rest of her life. 'But there’s not a scintilla of evidence that Jaren Ashley Hare was ever a bad mother. 'We’re talking about Gypsy, a pet that turned killer. Did she look at this and say "Gee, is this potentially a killer animal that’s going to kill us all?" No, that was not her mindset.' But assistant state attorney Magrino said that the couple should have known that keeping a deadly snake in a tank at their home in Oxford, Florida, starving hungry and without a secure lid to keep it inside, posed a danger. The python had escaped several times before and had not been fed for a month. He also showed the court a photograph from 2005 when rangers in Florida’s Everglades National Park found a 13ft Burmese python dead after swallowing a six-foot alligator. He said: 'It doesn’t take a rocket scientist. If that kind of snake will take down an alligator, it will eat something else – even a small two-year-old girl.' He added: 'The death of Shaianna Hare was totally preventable. 'The snake’s not at fault in this case, folks, it’s a wild animal.' But the defendants’ lawyers said that Shaianna’s death was just an awful accident, that had left them devastated. Miss Arnold said: 'Charles Darnell and Jaren Hare never in their wildest dreams ever thought this would happen. 'They had no idea that their tame pet would suddenly go wild.' Darnell, she said, was 'guilty of making a stupid decision and having a stupid pet. He’s guilty of not being a dog lover, and liking snakes.' A sentencing hearing will be held at a later date.
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| Jaren Hare could face 35 years in prison . Python named 'Gypsy' had tried to eat the girl . | train |
104298 | Article: Editor's note: Saturday marks one year since Hamas' defeat of Fatah in the fierce struggle for control of Gaza. CNN correspondent Ben Wedeman has been covering the region for over 15 years. He reports from Gaza on daily life and reality over the past year in this fractious land. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the past year in Gaza, where people are safer but out of food, gas, and patience. GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) -- "If you take pictures, I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" screamed a masked Fatah gunman, pointing his AK-47 assault rifle at my cameraman, Joe Duran. "Calm down! Calm down!" I shouted back at him, turning to Joe to tell him to put the camera down. Joe and I had ducked into a fruit and vegetable shop in Gaza City. We had been covering the funeral of a Fatah gunman killed in a clash with Hamas rivals when our third gunbattle of the day had broken out. The gunman left, much to everyone's relief, and I put my small video camera on the floor and pressed the button to record the constant roar of machine gun fire, which went on for more than half an hour. Earlier in the day, Joe and I were on a street corner videotaping Hamas militiamen when a jeep full of Fatah irregulars opened fire, just down the street from an elementary school. As guns blazed, schoolchildren ran for cover. I watched as shopkeeper Khadar Aliyan slammed shut the doors of his grocery store, the expression on his face one of fear and utter exasperation. "I'm going home," he told me. "I'm afraid. We're done for. It's never been this bad." It was violence like this, which we witnessed on December 2006, that reached a climax in the second week of June 2007. When it ended on June 14, 2007, with Hamas roundly defeating Fatah, Gaza went quiet. And quiet -- relative quiet, that is -- has been Hamas' biggest accomplishment since. No longer do you worry about being kidnapped. Gunbattles, though they can happen, are much less common. After last June's takeover (or coup d'etat, as Fatah supporters call it), Hamas quickly imposed law and order, tried to reacquaint Gaza's drivers with long-forgotten traffic regulations, launched a municipal cleanup campaign, and forced the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who had been held in captivity for almost six months. Chaos-weary Gazans applauded all of these initiatives. But the honeymoon ended quickly as reality sank in. Since Hamas won parliamentary elections in January 2006, and even more so since last year's takeover, Israel has tightened its siege of Gaza. Israel has restricted supplies of gasoline, diesel and electricity to Gaza, limited the amount of food and other goods entering the strip, and made it virtually impossible for manufacturers and farmers in Gaza to export anything to the outside world. Israeli officials say these measures are intended to pressure Hamas, which is on the U.S. government list of terrorist groups, to stop its members and other factions from firing mortars and rockets into Israel. Israel Defense Forces reports that 1,500 Qassam rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza in 2007, and 2,383 in the past six years. As a result, almost all of Gaza's factories have shut down and thousands of workers have lost their jobs. Between 70 and 80 percent of the population is dependent on food supplied by the United Nations Refugee Works Agency, set up after more than 700,000 Palestinians became refugees after the war that resulted in Israel's creation in 1948. Life in Gaza, never easy, in the last year has become a grinding daily struggle to make ends meet. For the vast majority of Gazans, it means they must spend much of their time trying to secure basic commodities. Such as cooking gas, which comes from Israel. In the past, when supplies were plentiful, it was sold from the back of trucks and donkey carts. Not anymore. When there are supplies, people flock to a few distribution centers. One is a hot, crowded compound north of Gaza City, where the stench of gas is so strong you shudder with fear that someone will light a cigarette and the whole place will go up in flames. People have to wait for their cooking gas for hours some claim days, in the hot sun. There I met a woman who identified herself as Um Wadi'a (the mother of Wadi'a), who at 2 p.m. told me she had been waiting since 5 a.m. She said she had run out of cooking gas three days before. Typical of so many people here, she blamed both main Palestinian factions for her woes. "Hamas hasn't done anything for us, nor has Fatah," she said. "All those people want is to sit comfortably on their thrones." In Gaza City, long lines of immobile cars and trucks wind around the block from gas stations, their owners waiting, surprisingly patiently, for supplies to arrive. The only other option is to go in search of black market gasoline, much of it smuggled through tunnels from Egypt. It goes for more than $10 a liter, which comes close to almost $50 a gallon. It is now common for families to divide up responsibilities for the day. One family member will go in search of cooking gas, another will join the line for gasoline or diesel, another for whatever else is in short supply. To get around the shortages, some motorists mix their fuel with cooking oil, a practice that isn't particularly good for the motor. Many people complain that it's unhealthy -- but it works. Others, like electrical engineer Wasim Khazandar, are thinking completely outside the box. Wasim has invented an electric car, which he is more than happy to show off. He's already received dozens of orders from motorists weary of the search for fuel. Beyond material concerns, there are worries here that Hamas has a barely concealed hardline Islamist agenda, and one often hears complaints that the group is intolerant of any form of dissent or criticism. One man who can testify to that is Ibrahim Abu Al-Naja, the most senior Fatah leader to remain in Gaza after most fled to safety in Ramallah. Abu Al-Naja is from the Fatah old school, a grizzled veteran of the group's wars in Lebanon. He told me earlier this year Hamas security officials showed up at his home late at night, bound his hands, put a blindfold on him and dragged him to their headquarters, where they shaved his head and cut off his moustache, then released him without apology or explanation. He makes no excuses for Fatah's dismal track record of corruption and mismanagement when it ran Gaza, but says the crisis that began with Hamas' rise to power is nothing short of a catastrophe. "Our people has been transformed," he said, "into a desperate people, who must search for food, for the minimum of survival. It's as if we returned to 1948, dependent on gifts and assistance and relief." Despite all the difficulties of life under Hamas, despite all the grumbling, the men who run Gaza are as confident today as they were a year ago that they will weather the crisis and emerge stronger. Last Wednesday I went to see Ahmed Yusif, a senior adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya. "Whatever the Israelis think," said the U.S.-educated Yusif, "whatever pressure they put on us, it's not going to make us buckle or give concessions. "This is part of the Palestinian struggle for more than 60 years living in the refugee camps," he said. "We don't always enjoy a good life. It's the toughness and the suffering [that] are part of the struggle." Others here don't quite see it that way, like a man I met in Gaza's old market who would only identify himself as Abu Khalid. I asked him if he was better off today than a year ago. He laughed, cursed Israel, Hamas, Fatah, the United States, the European Union and the rest of the world, then made the following suggestion: "Let them open a market in Gaza so we can sell some of our children [in order to] feed the rest."
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| Wedeman describes violence, gunbattles, fear before Hamas . Reports on encounters with assault rifles, children running from gunfire last year . Now, it's safer but Gazans desperate for gas, cooking fuel, jobs . One woman: "Hamas hasn't done anything for us, nor has Fatah" | train |
120833 | Article: (EW.com) -- Logan is back. Rob Thomas has informed his "Veronica Mars" movie Kickstarter backers that Jason Dohring is officially on board. "We now have three actors officially cast. Veronica. Logan and the waiter who says, 'Your check, sir,'" he wrote in an email Tuesday night. "Don't worry. We're busily working on bringing your favorites into the fold. As a Veronica Mars backer, you'll be the first to know." EW: Rob Thomas talks 10 things you should know about 'Veronica Mars movie . Since "Veronica Mars," Dohring has gone on to star in the one-season wonders "Moonlight" and "Ringer. " At New York Comic Con in 2008, promoting the former, the CBS vampire drama co-starring Alex O'Loughlin, EW asked Dohring to name five things that should live forever in pop culture. His No. 5? EW: More 'Veronica Mars' news . "Veronica Mars. Unfortunately, it didn't last forever, but it seems when you walk around a place like Comic Con that it does," he said. "Art's the kinda thing that stays with people. You emotionally invest in people and you emotionally invest yourself in something, and then it lasts. That's pretty amazing, actually, isn't it?" See original story at EW.com. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Jason Dohring is officially on board for the "Veronica Mars" movie . Since "Mars" he has appeared in one-season wonders "Moonlight" and "Ringer " He told EW "Veronica Mars" should live forever in pop culture . | train |
203152 | Article: By . Emma Glanfield . David Waygood was the sole director of a British-based company allegedly used by footballer Messi . A British banker who killed himself by stepping out in front of a train ran a company which allegedly helped footballer Lionel Messi dodge tax, it has emerged. David Waygood, who died last year aged 62, was the sole director of a firm which Spanish prosecutors claim hid tax owed by Messi. Earlier this week, a judge in Barcelona ruled that Messi, 27, and his father Jorge should be charged with tax evasion after prosecutors claimed the pair hid more than £3million in shell firms in the UK, Switzerland, Uruguay and Belize. One of the British firms was looked after at the time by Mr Waygood, a banker who had previously worked for HSBC and NatWest. The Spanish prosecution alleged that the company held shares anonymously in a British-based nominee company. Rosie Sharp, from campaigner Global Witness, told The Mirror that nominees ‘own or control the company on behalf of someone else through hidden arrangements’. Mr Waygood committed suicide in April last year by standing in front of a train at a railway crossing in Otford, Kent. He had left a note for his children James and Lizzie which blamed stress. At an inquest into his death in October, a coroner returned a verdict of suicide. Messi and his father were accused last year of defrauding the Spanish state of £3.3million by filing false returns for the years 2006 to 2009. They have denied any wrongdoing. The Spanish court will now push ahead with the process of prosecuting the Argentina and Barcelona forward for the alleged tax evasion despite a recommendation from the public prosecutor that the charges be dismissed. The prosecutor argued in June that it was Messi’s father Jorge who was responsible for the family’s finances and not the four-time World Player of the Year. Lionel Messi (above) and his father were accused last year of defrauding the Spanish state of £3.3million by filing false returns for the years 2006 to 2009. They both deny any wrongdoing . Messi (pictured arriving at court in Barcelona, Spain) is accused of avoiding paying tax on his image rights . Messi's father Jorge is also accused of tax fraud after allegedly being responsible for his family's finances . However, the court decided that Lionel could have known about and approved the creation of the shell companies which were allegedly used to evade the taxes due on income from image rights. As one of the world’s highest-paid athletes, Messi earns just over £31million a season in salary and bonuses, according to Forbes magazine, as well as about £18million from sponsors. The magazine has him as the fourth top-earning athlete behind boxer Floyd Mayweather, Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and basketball player LeBron James.
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| David Waygood was sole director of firm allegedly used by footballer Messi . Mr Waygood died in April last year aged 62 after stepping in front of a train . Spanish prosecutors allege that Messi and his father hid £3.3m in shell firms . Both Messi and his father Jorge deny any wrongdoing and case continues . | train |
32710 | Article: By . Arthur Martin and Tom Worden . PUBLISHED: . 05:21 EST, 2 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:50 EST, 2 September 2012 . A British shop manager has drowned in a desperate attempt to rescue his seven-year-old son from rough seas in Majorca. George Selby, 27, leapt into the water despite being unable to swim after his son Louis was swept off a rocky outcrop by a huge wave. Both died as the rest of their family watched from the shore of the Spanish island at about 11am on Saturday, during the first full day of their ‘dream’ first foreign holiday. Scroll down for video . Father George Selby pictured on his wedding day last year with his wife Abigail and their three children Dylan, left, Louis, front row and Mitchell, right. George and Louise both drowned in the terrible accident . Louis was standing on a 55-step stone . stairway cut into rocks overlooking a small deserted cove when he was . hit by the large wave. One report claimed that moments . before, Mr Selby had been taking photographs of his son by the rocks, a . popular spot for holidaymakers to take dramatic snapshots with waves . crashing in the background. After Mr Selby jumped in, Louis’s . mother Abigail, 31, ran to a nearby hotel screaming for help. Lifeguards . from the hotel ran to the scene but were unable to save father or son. Louis Selby was swept off this rock platform in Cala Antena while his father George was taking his photo. The 28-year-old died trying to save his seven-year-old son who also drowned . The father and son drowned off the Majorca coast, pictured . Witnesses said they saw Mr Selby shouting for help and waving his arms in the air while in the sea. Police officers and paramedics arrived minutes later but by then the pair, from Hornchurch, Essex, were already dead. Manuel Gordini, 23, witnessed the drama from the beach, where he works as a chef in a bar. He said: ‘It was horrific, the worst . thing I’ve ever seen. The lifeguards managed to get the bodies on to the . beach but it was obvious they were already dead. ‘The mother was hysterical, crying. It was very upsetting. It was raining so there was almost nobody on the beach at the time.’ The sea conditions on the day at Cala . Antena, a series of coves on Majorca’s south-east coast, had been poor, . with a red flag flying on the beach warning bathers not to enter the . sea. A red flag was raised at the time of the incident, warning visitors not to swim in the sea, pictured . Last night a police source on the . island said: ‘It is a terrible tragedy. It appears the young boy was . swept from the rocks by a large wave, and the dad naturally dived in to . try to save him. ‘The sea was ferocious with very . strong waves crashing on to the rocks. When it’s like that those stairs . are extremely dangerous. The staircase really should be closed off when . the weather is like that.’ Yesterday Mr Selby’s best friend, . banker Graham Klerks, 31, said: ‘George going out into the sea to rescue . Louis is him down to a tee. The tragic thing is that George could not . swim but I honestly can’t imagine him standing by the side and watching . his son drown. For whatever reason he had never learned to swim. It’s so . tragic. You could not ask for a more decent guy than George. ‘He had been stressing about going abroad for the first time. ‘It was very much their dream holiday – they normally went away to Clacton-on-Sea. This was their holiday of a lifetime.’ Resort: George Selby and his family were staying at Cala Antena in the south east of the Spanish island . Tragic: The Foreign Office confirmed the deaths of the two Britons . Mrs Selby’s older sons from a previous . relationship, Mitchell, 14, and Dylan, 12, were also on the family . holiday, along with her niece Olivia, ten. Mrs Selby, a barmaid, was yesterday being treated for shock, and family members have flown out to lend their support. Mr Klerks added: ‘Abigail is holding it together for the kids as best she can but it must be incredibly hard right now. ‘George loved all three of his boys so much. He and Louis were alike in so many ways. ‘He was also very kind and generous. The family were working hard to make a better life for themselves.’ Last night Mrs Selby’s sister Melissa Silwood, 33, of Romford, said Mrs Selby had been left ‘feeling numb’ by the deaths. She said: ‘My sister Abby is . devastated, she can hardly talk. Louis was a mischievous little boy but . he was always happy. He was always laughing and joking.’ Louis’s grandmother Christine Selby . last night paid tribute to her ‘truly heroic’ son, and her grandson, . whom she described as ‘our little bear’ in a statement released by the . family. Mr Selby met his wife eight years ago . after she moved into the house next door. They soon became an item and . went on to marry last year. A Foreign Office spokesman said consular assistance was being provided to the family. The tragedy comes less than a . fortnight after British expat Brian O’Dwyer, 66, died as he tried in . vain to rescue his five-year-old granddaughter Lara Lewis, who was swept . out to sea by a freak wave in Portugal. Spanish TV show beach in Majorca where father and son died .
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| George and Louis Selby both died in the accident during their first foreign family holiday . Father who had never learnt to swim dived in after son who was swept away by a wave . Horror unfolded in front of boy's mum . | train |
19805 | Article: Brown University officials announced that two fraternities on the Ivy League campus have been sanctioned for hosting unregistered parties last fall, including one where two students reported drinking punch laced with a date-rape drug. School leaders announced the discipline against Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Chi in a statement to the media and a letter to members of the university community. Brown officials said both fraternities created environments that 'facilitated' sexual misconduct. No members of the fraternities are accused by the school of sexual misconduct, and none of them face criminal charges. Brown University officials announced that two fraternities on the Ivy League campus have been sanctioned for hosting unregistered parties last fall, including one where two students reported drinking punch laced with a date-rape drug . Phi Kappa Psi will lose university recognition for four years, including the loss of housing on campus, effective immediately. School officials said the fraternity hosted a party in October and two students reported drinking a beverage containing a date-rape drug. Both students reported rapid intoxication followed by memory loss, and one of them reported being sexually assaulted. Brown officials said the assault was non-consensual contact that did not happen at the fraternity and did not involve a fraternity member, but was the result of the student's incapacitation. One of the students tested positive for gamma hydroxybutyrate, a date-rape drug also known as GHB, Brown officials have said. Sigma Chi was put on probation and its university privileges have been suspended until the fall of 2016. Brown officials said the fraternity cannot sponsor social events, has lost access to the chapter room, lounge, library and basement, and is ineligible to conduct recruitment, rush or initiation processes. School leaders announced the discipline against Phi Kappa Psi (pictured) and Sigma Chi in a statement to the media and a letter to members of the university community . School officials said Sigma Chi hosted an unregistered party in October where a student reported an incident of non-consensual sexual contact, but the student wasn't able to identify the person who touched her. 'The measures we are taking ... reflect our interest in preventing sexual assault by addressing the campus climate at Brown,' said Brown Executive Vice President Russell Carey and Vice President Margaret Klawunn in a letter to the campus community. 'All Brown community members need to be involved in preventing sexual violence, and all student organizations are expected to ensure that adequate security measures are in place to promote safe events and activities.' Carey and Klawunn also announced a comprehensive review of alcohol policy and regulations for social events. Officials with the national chapters of Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Chi and an official with the Brown chapter of Sigma Chi did not return messages seeking comment Monday. A phone listing for the local Phi Kappa Psi chapter couldn't be found. Phi Kappa Psi members in a letter to The Brown Daily Herald last fall said that news involving the two students who reported the date-rape drug incident took them by surprise and they were confident 'that in no way did any member of Phi Kappa Psi engage in or perpetrate such atrocious and criminal behavior.' Brown officials said the sanctions against both fraternities were upheld on appeal and the national chapters were informed.
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| Discipline against Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Chi . Brown officials said both fraternities created environments that 'facilitated' sexual misconduct. No members of the fraternities are accused by the school of sexual misconduct, and none of them face criminal charges . | train |
305369 | Article: By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 21:53 EST, 13 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:00 EST, 14 December 2012 . The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to touch down in the UK has arrived at Heathrow Airport. Qatar Airways became the first airline to run a regular service in Britain using the planes which have been dubbed the worlds most advanced airliner. Carrying an official delegation from the capital of Qatar, the aircraft landed in London from Doha. The planes boast being more fuel-efficient than other aeroplanes but perhaps of more interest to travellers, there is anti-jetlag technology meaning people will leave long-haul flights feeling much fresher. Scroll down for video . Touch down: Qatar Airways new Boeing 787 Dreamliner taxis along the runway at Heathrow Airport following its inaugural flight to London . Business class: Qatar Airways has become the first airline to operate regular scheduled flights with the 787 Dreamliner to and from the UK . UK airlines including Virgin, British Airways and Thomson have also ordered Dreamliners, which are designed to carry up to 290 passengers, for their fleets. The so-called 'green planes' boast LED . lighting rather than harsh fluorescent bulbs, as well as bigger windows, . wider aisles and higher ceilings than the average passenger plane. Boeing also claims the planes have cleaner cabin air, meaning those on board are less likely to become dehydrated. The Dreamliner is also equipped with 'Smoother Ride Technology' which senses turbulence and commands wing control surfaces to counter it - offering a more comfortable flight and reducing the risk of motion sickness. Doha-based carrier Qatar Airways expects to take . delivery of two further Dreamliners later this month. It expects to have 10 of . the lightweight jets in service by the end of 2013, a reduction from . the initial plan for 30. Advanced: According to Boeing the Dreamliner can fly 52 per cent further, burning 20 per cent less fuel, and saving more than 30 per cent on annual maintenance costs compared with existing aluminium machines . 'Green': The ultra-modern planes claim to have jetlag-busting technology as well as being fuel-efficient . Customer: Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker poses in the business class cabin of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner after it arrived on it's inaugural flight to Heathrow Airport . The ceremony surrounding the Qatar Airways inaugural Dreamliner flight between Doha and London was somewhat marred when the airline was forced to ground another of its three 787s due to a fault. It was the same fault that recently forced a United Airlines Dreamliner to make an emergency landing, the airline's CEO Akbar Al Baker said yesterday. 'One . of our Dreamliners has the same problem that the United plane had and I . am very disappointed in Boeing,' he said. Mr Al Baker said the firm would be demanding compensation from Boeing, and expressed concern that two airlines finding the same fault could indicate a wider systemic problem with the U.S. made jets. Boeing UK said it was aware of the issue. 'We are working with our customer at their request', the manufacturer said in a statement. VIDEO: Experience the luxury of the Qatar Airways Dreamliner (well watch it at least...)
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| Qatar Airways' new Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed at Heathrow yesterday . Passenger plane is thought to be the world's most advanced airliner . UK airlines Virgin, Thomson and British Airways have orders for the craft . | train |
123603 | Article: Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani military on Sunday was looking into a local report that the region's Taliban leader had died, officials said. State broadcaster PTV reported that Hakimullah Mehsud, the Taliban commander in Pakistan, was wounded in a drone attack this month, and that he died and was buried last week. PTV cited local sources and its correspondent in North Waziristan. A Taliban source denied the report to CNN, saying that Mehsud has simply gone "underground" after being targeted by drone attacks. The source, who requested anonymity because he is not an authorized spokesperson for the Taliban, said Mehsud is alive and well and will release a taped recording to prove as much. Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas told CNN that "we cannot yet confirm" Mehsud's death. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told CNN on Sunday that officials have received reports of the Taliban leader's death, but also could not immediately verify it. Mehsud has been the target of suspected U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan. The U.S. military routinely offers no comment on reported attacks by the pilotless aircraft. The Taliban leader's status came into question following two drone attacks aimed at him this month. U.S. counterterrorism officials contacted by CNN Sunday could not confirm whether Mehsud is dead or injured. CNN's Kiran Khalid and Pam Benson contributed to this report.
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| NEW: Taliban source says commander alive and well, will release tape soon . Pakistani military looking into reported death of Hakimullah Mehsud . State-run TV reports Mehsud was injured in drone attack and died last week . Mehsud has been target of suspected U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan . | train |
271678 | Article: Washington (CNN) -- Toward the end of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's surprise appearance at the TED Women conference Wednesday, she told the story of a girl and her father in a developing country. "This teenage girl's father expected to force her into early marriage, but she had been to school and she received a cow, perhaps through the Heifer project, to encourage her to stay in school. When her father demanded she drop out of school and get married, she said no. When he insisted, she insisted right back. "And finally she pulled out her trump card: 'If I leave and get married, I'm taking my cow, that cow belongs to me.' So guess what. She stayed in school, she was spared an early marriage, all because her father couldn't bear to part with the cow." TED.com: Sheryl WuDunn on oppression of women . Clinton devoted her talk to the importance of empowering women and girls around the world, and the audience of 700 at the International Trade Center responded enthusiastically. "Let women work and they drive economic growth across all sectors. Send a girl to school even just for one year and her income dramatically increases for life, and her children are more likely to survive and her family more likely to be healthier for years to come. Give women equal rights and entire nations are more stable and secure. Deny women equal rights and the instability of nations is almost certain." Clinton said the goal of empowering women and girls is a "central tenet" of American foreign policy. "Women's equality is not just a moral issue, it's not just a humanitarian issue, it is not just a fairness issue," she said, "It is a security issue, it is a prosperity issue, and it is a peace issue. "Therefore when I talk about why we need to integrate women's issues into discussions at the highest levels everywhere in the world, I'm not doing it just because I have a personal commitment or because President Obama cares about it. I'm doing it because it's in the vital interests of the United States of America." Clinton said the status of women will be a key part of a new document the State Department is planning to release this week. Modeled on the Defense Department's review every four years of U.S. defenses, the "quadrennial diplomacy and development review" will assess American foreign policy. TED.com: Zainab Salbi on women and wartime . Clinton spoke of an array of initiatives and programs the State Department is using, many involving technology that can empower women. Among them is a program in the wartorn Democratic Republic of Congo that enables women who are the victims of violence to record and transmit their testimony in criminal cases through the use of mobile phones. Clinton's talk did not mention the ongoing worldwide controversy over the release of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks. She did pay tribute to Elizabeth Edwards, who died the day before her talk. "She lived with a fierce intelligence, a passion, a sense of purpose," Clinton said. "She would have appreciated this event, where we are coming together to look for solutions." The TED Women conference was a new event organized by TED, a nonprofit that runs conferences and makes talks available on its website, and by the Paley Center for Media. Clinton said the effort to empower women and girls faces cultural barriers: "The low value that many families and societies place on girls makes possible many of the worst abuses they suffer. But even among girls who are spared the worst, too often it is a girl who is still the first to drop out of school, the last to be fed, the last to receive medical care. And in too many places, she is taught there are special limits to what is possible for her. "We need to reach out to faith leaders and community leaders to change the perception and treatment of girls, and to persuade men and boys to value their sisters and their daughters, their talents and their intrinsic worth."
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| Hillary Clinton spoke at the TED Women conference on U.S. policy on girls, women . She said empowering girls and women is vital for peace and security . Clinton said sending a girl to school increases her earnings and improves her family's health . Empowering girls faces cultural obstacles that must be overcome, she said . | train |
86647 | Article: By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 14:07 EST, 25 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:18 EST, 25 June 2012 . Love triangle: Katie Gilmore, pictured, has admitted she played her two lovers off against each other . The women at the centre of a love triangle with a Doctor Who actor today claimed he had ordered hitmen to murder his rival before he was killed. Former prostitute Katie Gilmore, 27, was having a relationship with actor Gary Suller, 45, when he was allegedly murdered in his home in Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, south wales, by her lover Barry Bowyer. Bowyer, 38, from Croesyceiliog, has admitted burglary and manslaughter but denies his murder. Today Miss Gilmore, who admits playing both men off against each other, claimed it was Mr Suller who was so jealous he hired men to kill his love rival Bowyer. She told Cardiff Crown Court: 'I blame myself for Gary’s death. I played them off against one another. 'He knew for a long time that I had been unfaithful to him. Gary was jealous and would do anything to stop me seeing Barry. 'I was told he was going to pay three men to murder Barry. Barry was in the bath when they kicked the flat door down and attacked him. 'He lost so much blood and should’ve died.' Mr Suller, whose roles included small parts in Doctor Who and Casualty, met Ms Gilmore in a brothel in 2010. Ms Gilmore said: 'He was infatuated with me and bombarded me with flowers, wrote lover letters and promised to look after me financially.' The court heard family members hoped MS Gilmore, who took Valium at the age of seven, smoked cannabis at nine and began using heroin aged 11, would clean up after she started dating Mr Suller. Tragic: Father-of-two Gary Suller, left, had hired hitmen to kill his love rival, right, before he was himself killed in . a bitter love triangle over Katie Gilmore, Cardiff Crown Court was told . But Ms Gilmore claimed Mr Suller had . encouraged her to take drugs and one occasion following her release from . prison had driven her to a dealer’s house. She also claimed Mr Suller was a pimp, . saying a piece of paper that police found in his home with girls’ names . on it was a list of prostitutes he 'picked up' for jobs. In love: Miss Gilmore said Barry Bowyer, who has admitted manslaughter, is the love of her life . The jury also heard details about how Ms Gilmore and Bowyer had met during a drug rehabilitation programme in September 2010. She told the jury: 'He got me off heroin and prescription drugs. He’s the love of my life and will love him until the day I die. 'With Gary, my drug addiction escalated and increased. He had an unlimited supply of money.' But the court was told how Bowyer's head 'became screwed up' after Ms Gilmore continued to flit between Bowyer and Mr Suller. Four days before Mr Suller died, Bowyer wrote a letter to Ms Gilmore speaking about how he had felt manipulated. He wrote: 'If you loved me you would . have the decency to tell me the truth. I’m your bitch and I have got to . take it or simply lose you. 'You know this very well and play it . to your advantage. When I first met you... [I realised] you were a . dangerous lady who would bring me life or death.' The court heard Bowyer broke into Mr . Suller's terraced home in Cwmbran, South Wales, and lay in wait before . punching and kicking him to death in a 'savage and bloody' attack. Divorced father-of-two Mr Suller, who . appeared in Doctor Who, Casualty and other TV dramas often as a policeman or . prison officer, discovered he had landed a part in the TV series The . Indian Doctor on the day of his murder. Bowyer, of Cwmbran, denies murder claiming he killed Mr Suller in a 'momentarily lapse'. He admits manslaughter. The trial continues. Talented: Gary Suller is pictured during his many acting roles. He appeared in Doctor Who, Casualty and other television dramas, often as a policeman or prison officer . Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
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| Barry Bowyer, 38, accused of murdering Gary Suller, 45 . Blonde Katie Gilmore, 27, was having a relationship with actor Mr Suller when she met lover Bowyer . Bowyer allegedly broke into Mr Suller's . terraced house and lay in wait for him before punching and kicking him . to death . Mr Suller 'suffered internal injuries usually found in car crash victims' Miss Gilmore tells court today Mr Suller hired hitmen to kill Bowyer . | train |
78212 | Article: It could mean the end of the TV remote - and even the computer keyboard. Apple has been granted a patent for 'Minority Report'-style 3D gesture controls. The system uses a 3D camera to track movement, and use it to control an on screen interface - which could be a computer or the much anticipated Apple TV. Apple's US Patent 8933876 relates to 'three dimensional user interface session control' - and in this image, the system is being used with a computer to control an on screen interface. Tom Hanks in Minority Report, which predicted gesture control systems . It was announced late last year that Apple bought Israeli company Primesense, which developed Microsoft's Kinect sensor, for around $350 million dollars . A representative for PrimseSense confirmed the deal at the time, but so far Apple has only said: 'Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.' Although Apple hasn't announced what they'll be using motion-sensor technology for, industry insiders have already begin throwing around ideas - including a rumored Apple manufactured television, . The latest US Patent No. 8933876 relates to 'three dimensional user interface session control.' The diagrams included in the patent show the technology being used to control a desktop computer. But it could also be applied to Apple TV, or to Apple's iOS devices. It also details how users would interact. For example, in a scenario invoking a soft bar (shown in the illustration above as a system dock), a user raises their hand to unlock and activate motion tracking. In 2013, the Cupertino company bought the Israeli startup PrimeSense for a reported £360 million — one of its largest acquisitions at the time. PrimeSense had previously helped Microsoft develop its motion-sensing Kinect technology. If the user drops their hand out of the sensing hardware's field of view, the session is likewise dropped, with the example soft bar falling offscreen. The patent suggests users could unlock their Macs by 'swiping' upward in the air. In 2013 Apple was also granted a patent for a 3D camera. The patent details a system capable of capturing low-resolution images that can be refocused even after they’ve been taken and processed. A 3D camera - which Apple has also patented - tracks a user's hand . The patent application also reveals the same system being used to control a TV - perhaps the much anticipated Apple TV? It would do this by capturing the whole light field of an image, similar to the technology seen in Lytro cameras, meaning the shots appear in 3D rather than 2D. According to patent papers, which were originally filed in 2011, photographers could take an image and change the main area of focus numerous times to produce different shots. These images would be taken through what’s called a microlens array. According to Apple's patent, this array would be detachable and could be removed when the user wanted to take a traditional high-resolution photo. A similar array is already used in Lytro’s Light Field Cameras.
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| Patent shows system that could control a TV, Mac, or even an iPad . Users can unlock their Mac by simply swiping up . Comes as Apple believed to still be developing a TV set . | train |
81247 | Article: By . Associated Press . and Alex Greg for MailOnline . Women's basketball stars Brittney Griner, 23, and Glory Johnson, 24, are engaged. Griner proposed to Johnson and both posted pictures of the event on social media, with Griner showing a photo of herself on one knee with a ring in her hand in front of Johnson on her Instagram account. Griner plays for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and Johnson for the Tulsa Shock. The two are now the first professional athletes to become engaged to a player from a rival team. 'In it for life': Brittney Griner posted this picture of herself proposing to her girlfriend Glory Johnson to Instagram . Competitors: In this March 26, 2012 photo, Baylor's Brittney Griner grabs a rebound in front of Tennessee's Glory Johnson during an NCAA women's college basketball tournament regional final in Des Moines, Iowa . Young love: The pair have reportedly been dating for just two months . In the post, Griner wrote: "Last Night . was a Night to Remember(,) I became the happiest person on this earth! (almost pass out but when that one word came out I came back to life) Me . and my baby @missvol25 are in it for Life!" Johnson also had a photo on her Instagram account of Griner lying in bed with an engagement ring resting on her shoulder. Griner has embraced her role as a prominent gay athlete since finishing a record-breaking career at Baylor. She came out last year and wrote a candid memoir, In My Skin, that was critical of college coach Kim Mulkey. Mulkey encouraged Griner to hide her sexuality because she and other university officials thought it would hurt recruiting. The 6-foot-8 center, drafted first overall by Phoenix last year, has helped lead the Mercury to a WNBA-best 27-5 record. She is averaging 15.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.9 blocks. Promising careers: Griner is the first openly gay athlete to score a contract with Nike and both women are prominent members of their teams . Newly engaged: Glory Johnson captioned this picture of her fiancee 'What I get to wake up to' Johnson is averaging 15.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in her third season with Tulsa. The 6-foot-3 forward played at Tennessee. Arizona . and Oklahoma have gay marriage bans being contested in court. Oklahoma's ban was found unconstitutional, but that decision is on hold . and the state has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Griner and Johnson have not said when or where they plan to get married. The widespread reporting of the engagement and its positive reception was unthinkable just a few years ago, when despite a large proportion of lesbian fans and many gay players, the WNBA shied away from acknowledging it. Earlier this year, the WNBA announced that it would actively begin marketing the sport to its lesbian fans, and teams and individual players have participated in gay pride events.
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| Brittney Griner, 23, of the Phoenix Mercury, and Glory Johnson, 24, of the Tulsa Shock are engaged . Griner proposed to Johnson with a diamond ring after the couple had been dating two months . They're the first players from rival sports teams to have become engaged . | train |
24806 | Article: By . Alexandra Klausner . PUBLISHED: . 21:38 EST, 8 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:27 EST, 9 January 2014 . Jeopardy stumped it's contestants with a question and one controversial news reporter was amused by the little 'ego check.' Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly played a clip on her show 'The Kelly File' on Monday night revealing the moment she was a jeopardy question and nobody knew who she was. 'File' this blonde anchor and lawyer under Fox News where she hosts a show weekdays from 9 to 10 p.m,' Jeopardy host Alex Trebek asked. Ego Check: 'Don't be fooled, I'm huge' joked Megyn Kelly on her show on Monday night . Stumped: The answer was 'Megyn Kelly' but nobody ever even heard of her . Fail: 'Who is Nancy Grace?' guessed this contestant . The contestants were dumbfounded when asked the question. One contestant named Mary guessed, 'Who is Nancy Grace?' Megyn Kelly maintained her sense of humor about the situation and joked.'Don't be fooled, I am huge!' 'There's always something to keep your ego in check,' she continued. Kelly also quipped that she was the $800 question, 'so they knew it was going to be hard,' she said. One Huffington Post politics reporter Jason Linkins wasn't surprised contestants didn't know who she was and speculated that there is a relationship between not watching cable news and 'succeeding in an intellectual capacity' on a show like Jeopardy. While the Jeopardy contestants had no idea who Kelly was, some offended Americans have heard of her. Megyn Kelly made news recently when she said that both Santa Claus and Jesus were ' just white.' Kelly was responding to an essay in Slate.com by an African American named Aisha Harris who says she felt ashamed as a child because Santa was only depicted as white, reports Variety. Harris argued that there should be a more universal depiction of the widely loved holiday symbol. Kelly disagreed. 'Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean it has to change. Jesus was a white man, too. He was a historical figure. That’s a verifiable fact — as is Santa. I just want the kids watching to know that. My point is, how do you just revise it in the middle of the legacy of the story and change Santa from white to black?'said Megyn. Kelly later addressed her comments and said she was being tounge-in-cheek, but only some people knew who she was anyway. Who is she: All three Jeopardy contestants were stumped by the $800 question . Megyn Kelly made news recently when she offended peopel by saying the Santa Claus and Jesus were 'just white'
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| Jeopardy host Alex Trebek asked, 'File' this blonde anchor and lawyer under Fox News where she hosts a show weekdays from 9 to 10 p.m' One contestant incorrectly guessed Nancy Grace and the rest were stumped . Megyn Kelly laughed about the situation and said, 'There's always something to keep your ego in check' Megyn Kelly was under fire recently for saying Santa and Jesus were 'just white' | train |
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