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Sunnis withdraw from Iraqi government

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

The Sunni half of the Iraqi government, also known as the Sunni Accordance Front, is withdrawing from the Iraqi government. Reports are also saying that Iraqi’s Deputy Prime Minister, Salam al-Zaubai, will resign after more than 70 people were killed in suicide bombings in Baghdad.

According to reports, the Front is withdrawing from the government because Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has not responded to at least a dozen demands made by the Front. They include having more of a “say” in the security and protection of Iraq, and call for the release of prisoners who are not being charged with crimes.

“The government is continuing with its arrogance, refusing to change its stand and has slammed shut the door to any meaningful reforms necessary for saving Iraq. We had hoped that the government would respond to these demands or at least acknowledge the failure of its policies, which led Iraq to a level of misery it had not seen in modern history. But its stand did not surprise us at all,” said one of the leaders of the front, Rafaa al-Issawi, to reporters during a press conference.

The Iraqi government released a statement denying the Fronts claims, stating “our goal has been always the continuation of the active political participation and that everybody shoulders his [Maliki] responsibility in running the country and making the decisions. We will maintain contacts with all blocs, including the Accordance Front.”

The Front is made up of 44 members, all of whom held a seat in the parliament of Iraq which totaled 275.

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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs

Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party.

The boy was today awake and smiling, still in some pain but in good spirits and expected to make a full recovery, according to plastic surgeon, Mr Robert Love.

“What we have is parts that are very much alive so the reattached limbs are certainly pink, well perfused and are indeed moving,” Mr Love told reporters today.

“The fact that he is moving his fingers, and of course when he wakes up he will move both fingers and toes, is not a surprise,” Mr Love had said yesterday.

“The question is more the sensory return that he will get in the hand itself and the fine movements he will have in the fingers and the toes, and that will come with time, hopefully. We will assess that over the next 18 months to two years.

“I’m sure that he’ll enjoy a game of basketball in the future.”

The weight and force of the collapse, and the sharp brick edges, resulted in the three limbs being cut through about 7cm above the wrists and ankle.

Terry’s father Tan said of his only child, the injuries were terrible, “I was scared to look at him, a horrible thing.”

The hands and foot were placed in an ice-filled Esky and rushed to hospital with the boy, where three teams of medical experts were assembled, and he was given a blood transfusion after experiencing massive blood loss. Eight hours of complex micro-surgery on Saturday night were followed by a further two hours of skin grafts yesterday.

“What he will lose because it was such a large zone of traumatised skin and muscle and so on, he will lose some of the skin so he’ll certainly require lots of further surgery regardless of whether the skin survives,” said Mr Love said today.

The boy was kept unconscious under anaesthetic between the two procedures. In an interview yesterday, Mr Love explained why:

“He could have actually been woken up the next day. Because we were intending to take him back to theatre for a second look, to look at the traumatised skin flaps, to close more of his wounds and to do split skin grafting, it was felt the best thing to do would be to keep him stable and to keep him anaesthetised.”

Professor Wayne Morrison, director of the respected Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery and head of plastic and hand surgery at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital, said he believed the operation to be a world first.

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Two-and-a-half tonnes of marijuana destroyed in Afghan school

Sunday, December 21, 2008

The combined efforts of agents from the Afghan Commandos and Coalition forces have led to the discovery and destruction of two-and-a-half tonnes of marijuana in an abandoned school in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Friday.

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An improvised explosive device and an unexploded mortar round, both 100-meters away from the school, also were destroyed.Foot patrol by the combined forces yielded tips which led to the drug discovery. A Commando also discovered a large room filled with marijuana seeds. The marijuana was placed in two-foot-tall (0.6-meter) stacks that filled multiple 12ft-by-12ft rooms. Rust on the furniture suggests the Afghan schoolhouse may not have been used as such for a long period of time. No students or faculty were around at the time of the drug bust.

U.S. Forces Afghanistan spokesperson, Col. Jerry O’Hara said that “using drugs to fund insurgent activity is bad enough; using a school as a drug warehouse is an attack on the future of all Afghanistan.”

Xinhua has reported that “according to a recent U.N. report, Afghanistan produces over 90 percent of the world’s opium as Taliban militants will benefit nearly 500 million U.S. dollars from opium trade in 2008.”

Meanwhile, coalition troops have killed four militants in Zabul Province. They also detained five suspects on Saturday. Adm. Mike Mullen, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that “the United States would send between 20,000 and 30,000 more forces to Afghanistan by summer.” “Those forces will primarily move into the country’s south, where the insurgency is the most entrenched,” he added.

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Tips In Handling Hyperactive Children

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Hyperactive children needs lots of patience, understanding and love from parents and care givers because of their different behavior and special needs. At present, there are numerous attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children who need all the understanding and patience because they are different as compared to normal children. Some mothers blame themselves for having ADHD children because they thought that ADHD has something to do with the medicines they took when they were conceiving them.

Despite their abnormalities, they need patience, love and understanding not only from their parents, but also to the people around them. This article offers tips and suggestions on who to take care with hyperactive children.

What is ADHD?

It is a behavioral disorder characterized by impulsiveness, restlessness, hyperactivity and inattention to things. Other signs of ADHD include frequent chattering, inability to concentrate for specific tasks, fidgety and talkative.

Most often, ADHD children have endless energy, thereby making it hard for them to remain constant and to focus on specific tasks. According to studies, these situations are aggravated by too much intake of sugar and caffeine, thus doctors advised parents to regulate the diet of their children and to avoid giving them candies, sodas and chocolates.

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Researchers also found that watching television (TV) shortens their attention span, thus doctors suggested that parents monitor their activities and the television programs they are watching. It is best to limit TV time by once or twice daily and hyperactive children should learn and discover things on leisure pace.

Parents should not be worried if their child is hyperactive because it is not a fatal disease to cause redress and alarm. What they should do is to follow special measures to deal with the situation because they have special needs and their behaviors are different compared to normal children. Regardless the causes of their hyperactivity, they need to channel their energies to suitable avenues which could be beneficial to them. You could enroll them in sports or share some household task with them to engage them in mental and physical activities for their benefit.

To deal with ADHD children, you can follow the suggestions below:

1. Avoid giving them chocolates, salty foods and sweets to avoid boosting their hyperactivity. You can give them healthy and nutritious substitutes like fruits and green vegetables.

2. Avoid giving them foods containing red dye#40 because it increases their hyperactivity. Be sure to read product labels when buying food items and beverages to ensure that the products you bought are free from red dye#40.

3. Be sure to support and guide them in their activities and tasks. When they completed their tasks successfully, give them rewards to motivate them in doing more tasks. Give minor penalties or punishment for misbehavior, but be sure to explain to them properly why they are being punished.

4. Never hinder them from exploring their potentials. If your child is good in drawing or painting, then enroll him in an art school for the gifted children to improve his talent.

5. Show them that you care and love them.

6. Avoid yelling or screaming at him when they start to tantrum. Talk to them in nice and mellow voice to calm him down.

7. Lastly, be a role model to them.

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Hollywood sign modified to read ‘Hollyweed’

Correction — January 22, 2016 The vote on November 9 was of California voters, not the California legislature.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California was modified to read “Hollyweed” on Sunday. Security camera footage shows the perpetrator was dressed all in black, said Sergeant Robert Payan.

Christopher Garcia, a spokesperson of the Los Angeles Police Department, said the suspected male offender is being investigated for trespassing rather than vandalism. The sign was not physically damaged; the modification was done using black tarpaulins decorated with signs of peace and heart to alter the “O” to read lowercase “e”.

Betsy Isroelit, a Hollywood Sign Trust spokesperson said, “There was obviously recent legislation in California that may have inspired people. But to me, it looks more like a New Year’s Eve prank.” On November 9, legislators voted in favor of a ballot for legalising recreational use of marijuana in California for the age group of 21 and above.

Previously, on January 1, 1976, Daniel Finegood had vandalised the sign using curtains in a similar manner to read “Hollyweed”. As a college student, Finegood had modified the sign for an assignment in art class. Finegood, in 1990, had modified the sign again, signifying a political issue, modifying the sign to read “Oil War” to protest the Persian Gulf War.

The sign was vandalised in 1992 before the US presidential election. Supporters of presidential election candidate Ross Perot altered the sign to read “Perotwood”.

The law legalising recreational marijuana is due to come into effect in 2018.

This story has updates See Artist who changed Hollywood sign to ‘Hollyweed’ surrenders to authorities, January 12, 2017

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Mudslides kill at least thirteen in Italy

Friday, October 2, 2009

At least thirteen people have been killed after torrential rains caused mudslides in Italy on Friday.

The mudslides occurred in the city of Messina, located in the northern part of Sicily. The mud blocked rails and road, cut off communications, and destroyed several buildings.

Search and rescue teams were using dogs to locate survivors buried beneath the rubble. Around forty people were hospitalised.

“Most of the dead and seriously injured were in two buildings that collapsed in mudslides,” emergency services spokesman Giampiero Gliubizzi told the Agence France-Presse news agency.

Over one hundred people were forced to evacuate when mudslides threatened their homes, officials said. Some escaped onto roofs, where they were airlifted by helicopters.

“I didn’t understand what was happening. I was at home and everything started moving. Then I found myself surrounded by rubble,” said a survivor. Witness reports suggest the depth of the mud reached seven metres (23 feet) in some areas.

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Make The Most Of Customer Relationships With Crm Business Solutions

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One of the most important parts of your business is your customer relationships. How will you establish those relationships and maintain them is going to predict the future of your company. This is why it is essential that you implement CRM business solutions in Rochester NY. CRM business solutions allow you to make the most of your customer relationships. You will be introduced to software such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 which will support the basic steps necessary for successful business model. Those steps include finding, enhancing and retaining customer relationships. It takes more than just attracting a customer; your business needs to be able to cultivate loyalty so your customers stay with your products and services. In order for this to happen you must understand customer relationships intimately. Consider that knowledge is power. The experts can provide you with that power through CRM business solutions.

CRM Gives You the Ability to Be More Responsive to Your Customers

Your customers want to be recognized and attended to. The professionals can assist you in centralizing your customer correspondence and information so that new avenues can be identified concerning your business growth and automating essential workflows. This allows you to become more responsive to the needs of your customers. It doesn’t matter what industry your business is in or how big or small it is either. CRM can help your organization become more productive, fruitful with current customers, and forge new relationships where potential customers are concerned.

CRM Can Help You Create Long Term Customer Relationships

In order to create long-term customer relationships it’s essential that you use the services provided by the professionals that can offer you lucrative CRM business solutions. They can provide you with the cost-effective support you need in an environment that is partner hosted. Watch your business grow and your profits increase when you implement CRM services provided by the professionals.

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Strong earthquake near Solomon Islands, tsunami reported

Sunday, April 1, 2007

A magnitude 8.1 undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami that has killed at least fifteen people, including six children, in the Solomon Islands. Tsunami warnings have been issued for parts of Australia as well.

According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude 8.0 quake struck Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 20:39:56 (UTC) about 45 km (25 mi) south-southeast of Gizo, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands, at a depth of 10 km.

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ITV fined A$3000 for cruelty to rat on “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!”

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

A spokesperson stated on Monday that UK television company ITV have been fined A$3000 (about US$2591 or £1663) for cruelty to animals in an incident on programme “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!“, where two celebrities killed and ate a rat.

The incident involved actor Stuart Manning and television chef Gino D’Acampo, who went on to win the ninth series of the programme, which was broadcast in 2009. Inside the jungle, having been reduced to rations of beans and rice, the two celebrities caught a rat before killing it and then cooking it, to give the beans and rice “more protein”, before eating the rat, which contestant and actor George Hamilton described as “actually quite nice”. Inside the programme’s video diary room, at the time of the recording of it, Gino D’Acampo said: “I saw one of these rats running around. I got a knife, I got its throat, I picked it up.”

RSPCA Australia had stated that performing an act like this on television was “not acceptable”. Initially, Manning and D’Acampo were charged for animal cruelty. However, their charges were dropped when ITV made the confession that production staff had allowed the celebrities to carry out the act of killing the rat. After a court trial in Sydney, Australia, ITV got a fine of A$3000. The company also had to pay costs of A$2500 (US$2192 or £1396).

An ITV spokesperson said that “ITV has apologised for the mistake which led to this incident. The production was unaware that killing a rat could be an offence, criminal or otherwise in New South Wales, and accepts that further inquiries should have been made. This was an oversight and we have since thoroughly reviewed our procedures and are putting in place a comprehensive training programme to ensure that this does not happen in future series.”

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News briefs:January 04, 2008

1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza
- 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge
- 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high
- 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts
- 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast
- 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell dies at 102
- 1.8 2007 was particularly good year for aviation safety
- 1.9 U.S. Senator Dodd bows out of presidential race
- 1.10 Intel ends partnership with One Laptop Per Child program
- 1.11 British Investigators arrive in Pakistan to join Bhutto investigation
- 1.12 Disgorge bassist Ben Marlin dies from cancer
- 1.13 Egypt lets 2000 pilgrims through Rafah
- 1.14 Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis once again delayed
- 1.15 Study suggests hospitals are not the best place for cardiac arrest treatment
- 1.16 US dollar no longer accepted at Taj Mahal and other Indian historical sites
- 1.17 Footer

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