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- Listen to Jennifer Lawrence sing a haunting tune from 'Mockingjay'
- Hitler painting fetches $161,000 at German auction
- Woman hides camera on her butt to promote prostate cancer awareness
- Aerial footage shows massive roof collapse after barrage of heavy snow
- These are the tablets to put on your Black Friday hit list
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- Sen. Sessions: No, We Are Not Going To Impeach Obama
- Obama Says He 'Told John Boehner: I'll Wash Your Car, I'll Walk Your Dog'
- More Bill Cosby Performances Canceled Amid Mounting Rape Allegations
- GOP Intel Report Debunks Its Own Party's Nutty Benghazi Theories
- What does it take to tell a powerful visual story?
- What domestic abuse crisis? NFL games dominate fall TV viewership
- 'We simply survive': What life is like for Ukrainian prisoners of war
- U.S. sends 5 Guantanamo prisoners to Georgia, Slovakia
- Ferguson protesters and police agree on limited 'rules of engagement'
- World Like Follow Mexico protesters confront police in mass protest for missing students
- Jerusalem on edge after deadly attacks and a summer of war
| Listen to Jennifer Lawrence sing a haunting tune from 'Mockingjay' Posted: 22 Nov 2014 06:27 PM PST Add singing to Jennifer Lawrence's extensive list of talents (see: shooting a bow and arrow, goofy red carpet faces, Oscar-worthy acting). The Hunger Games released audio of Lawrence singing "The Hanging Tree" from Mockingjay - Part 1, and it's shockingly good considering the actress previously described herself as a tone-deaf Amy Winehouse. Arranged by composer James Newton and the Lumineers, with lyrics byHunger Games author Suzanne Collins, the song is a melancholy tune, which features Lawrence singing a cappella until a haunting chorus chimes in. In the Games' plot, the "Hanging Tree" is an Appalachian folk song that Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) learned from her father, and sang until her mother banned it. During Mockingjay, Katniss associates the song with the sorrows of the revolution against the Capitol. Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence was also apparently surprised by Lawrence's ability to sing in key, telling AOL he gave the actress a vocal coach to "build her confidence." "She feels very vulnerable about singing, and she knew she was going to have to sing all day," Lawrence said. "Jenn was not happy that she had to sing it all day long, and she cried a little bit in the morning." The song will be featured on the Mockingjay - Part 1 soundtrack, due out Nov. 24. |
| Hitler painting fetches $161,000 at German auction Posted: 22 Nov 2014 06:26 PM PST  A painting created by Adolf Hitler titled "Standesamt und Altes Rathaus Muenchen" (Civil Registry Office and Old Town Hall of Munich), which was sold at auction in Germany on Saturday, November 22, 2014. He's history's murderous megalomaniac who just won't go away: The ghost of Adolf Hitler is back — this time with art in tow. A watercolor painting titled "Standesamt und Altes Rathaus Muenchen" ("Civil Registry Office and Old Town Hall of Munich") was sold at auction in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday for 130,000 euros ($161,000) to an unnamed person from the Middle East. There were also inquiries from Asia and America. The 100-year old painting was sold along with a signed letter from Hitler's adjutant Albert Bormann, the brother of Martin Bormann, a high-ranking member of the Nazi party and Hitler's private secretary, according to Reuters. Although the painting of Munich's city hall is itself unremarkable, the high-priced sale of the work points to the ongoing morbid fascination some collectors hold for one of history's most-hated figures. The painting is just one of many works Hitler created as a young man between 1905 and 1920, Reuters reported, decades before he turned his interests from art to world domination. For those who take issue with the painting being sold, the Weidler auction house said complaints should be directed to the two unidentified 70-year-old German sisters who sold the work. They plan to donate 10% of the proceeds from the controversial sale to a charity for children with disabilities, the auction house added, according to Reuters. |
| Woman hides camera on her butt to promote prostate cancer awareness Posted: 22 Nov 2014 06:24 PM PST Another day, another hidden camera experiment that seems to expose men leering at women...kind of. CJ Koegel, a fitness trainer and former MTV personality, has produced a video that features a woman wearing tight-fitting yoga pants and a hidden camera, affixed to said pants, to catch men (and in some cases women and Elmo) in New York City staring at her behind. The hidden camera video originally seems to be trying to expose ogling passersby, but it surprisingly ends with a call to action for men to check out their own behinds. The video is a public service announcement aimed at encouraging men to get their prostates checked. Prostates aren't one's butt, exactly, but rather a gland that's just in front of the rectum. The video is reminiscent of Nestle's hidden camera bra ad, which was created to advocate for breast cancer awareness. While the yoga pants video is produced in a cheeky manner and overall has good intentions, it has received somewhat harsh feedback for using a woman's body to publicize a cause. The video comes on the heels of the viral Hollaback catcalling experiment, which used a hidden camera to expose street harassment, and its subsequent spoofs. |
| Aerial footage shows massive roof collapse after barrage of heavy snow Posted: 22 Nov 2014 06:22 PM PST  Newly released police video shows a massive roof collapse. Aerial footage released Saturday by the Eerie County Sheriff's Office of a massive roof collapse underscores how badly the barrage of snow has impacted area towns. The video, released on the sheriff's Facebook page, was shot on Friday, according to the footage's timestamp. It shows a large manufacturing area, according to sheriff's officials who appear to be surveying the damage from above as they remark on its severity. "They weren't lying. Pretty significant," one official says as another responds with a "Wow." The Sheriff's Office has not released the name of the business nor its location due to safety reasons. However, the building in the video appears to be the same one Eerie County Executive Mark Poloncarz tweeted about on Thursday. More than 30 other roofs have collapsed amid the snowstorms that brought roughly 88 inches of snow to parts of the region in western New York. Now, area residents and officials are bracing for possible flooding. |
| These are the tablets to put on your Black Friday hit list Posted: 22 Nov 2014 06:19 PM PST The retail sales battle lines have been drawn: Black Friday is upon us. Some deals will be genuinely rare and valuable, while others will simply be normal discounts dressed up in Black Friday camouflage. Distinguishing between the two will be fairly difficult, but you can cut through some of the false signals by properly establishing your targets early on. If you're thinking of snagging the latest and greatest tablet, we've devised a short list to make composing your battle plan a little easier. GOOD: Amazon Fire HDX (8.9-inch, 16GB, Wi-Fi version $379)IMAGE: MASHABLE, CHRISTINA ASCANI You might be under the impression that Amazon is just good at producing e-book readers, but the company's tablets are strong competitors as well. Following the Kindle Fire HD, and the Kindle Fire before that, the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has finally matured into a device that doesn't require you to accept an unreasonable number of compromises when compared to the rest of the tablets on the market. Deal Alert: Amazon.com briefly offered a $140 discount on last year's model just days before Black Friday, so keep your eyes peeled — they may offer yet another soon. BETTER: Samsung Galaxy Tab S (10.5-inch, 16GB, Wi-Fi version, $499.99)IMAGE: MASH, NIKI WALKER After the iPad, there's really only one true runner-up: Samsung's Galaxy Tab S, the Android-powered tablet offered by South Korea's electronics powerhouse. Running Android 4.4 "KitKat," the tablet, which won our Mash Choice award earlier this year, is what you want if you're not a fan of the iOS app ecosystem, and want the most robust alternative universe of tablet apps. Deal Alert: Samsung has knocked $100 off the 10.5-inch 16GB version of the tablet for Black Friday, making it available for just $399.99 (from Nov. 23 to Dec. 1). BEST: Apple iPad Air 2 (9.7-inch, 16GB, Wi-Fi version, $499)IMAGE: MASH, CHRISTINA ASCANI There are a number of tablets on the market that may suit your particular use, but if you're a complete tablet newbie, the iPad Air 2 is the easy choice to bring you or the one you're gifting onto the fast lane of tablet computing. Inside the tablet, which is even thinner than its predecessor at just 6.1 millimeters, is a new, more powerful A8X chip and a better Retina display (2,048 x 1,536 resolution, 3.1 million pixels). The new version of the iPad Air also includes Apple's popular Touch ID security feature, a biometric gateway that will protect your device from even the cleverest device snoopers. As you can see from our list, the iPad isn't the only option, but for now, it's the best. Deal Alert: iPad Air 2 for $489 at Walmart. |
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| Sen. Sessions: No, We Are Not Going To Impeach Obama Posted: 22 Nov 2014 02:10 AM PST "No, we are not going to impeach or have a move to impeach," Sessions said at an event at The Heritage Foundation on Friday according to The Hill. "The president has certain powers. We truly believe, and I think it's accurate to say he abused those powers." A number of Republicans have raised the prospect of Obama getting impeached over his recent executive action move. As TPM flagged on Thursday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) suggested that Obama could face impeachment or even jail time if he went through with the executive action move. Meanwhile, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Friday said that "nobody's talking about impeachment" concerning Obama. Actually, there's a list of Republican lawmakers and conservative figures who have raised the idea of impeaching Obama lately. Watch Sessions's speech below. |
| Obama Says He 'Told John Boehner: I'll Wash Your Car, I'll Walk Your Dog' Posted: 22 Nov 2014 02:09 AM PST 
"I cajoled and I called and I met," Obama said. "I told John Boehner: I'll wash your car. I'll walk your dog. Whatever you need to do — just call the bill. That's how democracy is supposed to work." "Call the vote," Obama added. Boehner, by the way, does not have a dog, as Boehner spokesman Michael Steel tweeted to reporters after the speech. Much of the new criticism Obama's received for taking executive action is, according to conservatives, that he's overstepped his bounds "The actions that I've taken are not only lawful, they're the kind of actions taken under every Republican president and every Democratic president for the past half century," Obama said. "Ronald Reagan took action to keep families together. The first President Bush took action to shield about 40 percent of undocumented immigrants at the time. This isn't something I'm doing as if it's never been done. This kind of thing has been done before. So when members of Congress question my authority to make our immigration system work better I have a simple answer: pass a bill." But that's unlikely to silence Republicans who are outraged with Obama's decision to take executive action. On Friday Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) likened the move to when then-President Franklin Roosevelt signing an executive order that resulted in the internment of Japanese-Americans. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on CNN Friday afternoon said he was "very frustrated" with Obama's decision. "What kind of a precedent does this set for future presidents, Wolf," McCain said in an interview with Wolf Blitzer. |
| More Bill Cosby Performances Canceled Amid Mounting Rape Allegations Posted: 22 Nov 2014 02:06 AM PST  The director of The Broadway Center in Tacoma, Washington said Friday that it has canceled Cosby's April 18 appearance because it conflicts with the nonprofit organization's mission "to strengthen our community's social fabric by building empathy, furthering education and sharing joy." "We were not confident in our ability to meet those objectives by proceeding with Mr. Cosby's performance," David Fischer said. Cosby's lawyer has said claims by four women are untrue; a statement from Cosby on Sunday dismissed most of the others as "decade-old, discredited allegations." Officials at the Treasure Island hotel and casino on the Las Vegas strip said Friday they mutually agreed with the comedian to cancel his Nov. 28 performance. No reason was given by the Diamond Desert casino in Tucson, Arizona, for canceling his Feb. 15 show. Two other appearances, scheduled for April in Champaign, Illinois, also were called off Friday, as was a February show in Florence, South Carolina. Producers said Cosby, 77, still planned to bring his comedy routine to a sold-out theater in Melbourne, Florida, Friday night, and at least 30 other shows remain on his schedule through May 2015. Projects on NBC and Netflix have been canceled, and TV Land decided not to air reruns of "The Cosby Show" after recent allegations by more than six women that Cosby sexually assaulted them after giving them pills many years ago. Some of the women are going public again after initially coming forward around 2005, when Andrea Constand filed a civil suit alleging that she was sexually assaulted by Cosby. The Pennsylvania woman's lawyer said other women were prepared to make similar claims, but the case was settled before trial. Tamara Green, a California attorney, was among those who had agreed to testify. She later said Cosby tried to sexually assault her in her Los Angeles apartment around 1970, when she was a model and an aspiring actress. She said Cosby asked her to help him raise money to open a private dance club. When she got sick shortly after starting the project, she said Cosby gave her two pills that made her almost lose consciousness, took her to her apartment, undressed her and then took his clothes off. "I got really angry," she told The Associated Press in an interview on Friday. She recalled screaming and trying to break a window with a lamp as she fought off Cosby's advances. He eventually left, leaving two $100 bills on her nightstand, she recalled. "I think that my blood pressure and my fury was keeping me from losing consciousness," she said. Another woman, Joan Tarshis, decided to tell her story publicly for the first time on Monday. Now 66, Tarshis said Cosby gave her drug-laced drinks twice in 1969, forcing her to perform a sex act the first time and raping her the second time. She said she told no one about this for decades, and only decided to go public when she read a Nov. 13 column in The Washington Post by Barbara Bowman, who alleges she was drugged and raped by Cosby when she was 17. "I actually spoke with Barbara Bowman yesterday," Tarshis told the AP on Friday. "It was great. Because she's a person who understands what I've been through ... I said, 'I'm giving you a hug all the way to Arizona.'" Cosby's representatives have broadly dismissed the accusations. He has never been charged with any such crime. Cosby himself has consistently refused to comment on it. "We don't answer that," Cosby told the AP this month. ____ Contributors include Michael Virtanen in Albany, New York, Mark Kennedy and Alexandra Otto in New York, Anthony McCartney in Los Angeles and Matt Sedensky in West Palm Beach, Florida. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
| GOP Intel Report Debunks Its Own Party's Nutty Benghazi Theories Posted: 22 Nov 2014 02:05 AM PST  Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation determined that there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, intelligence about who carried it out and why was contradictory, the report found. That led Susan Rice, then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to inaccurately assert that the attack had evolved from a protest, when in fact there had been no protest. But it was intelligence analysts, not political appointees, who made the wrong call, the committee found. The report did not conclude that Rice or any other government official acted in bad faith or intentionally misled the American people. The House Intelligence Committee report was released with little fanfare on the Friday before Thanksgiving week. Many of its findings echo those of six previous investigations by various congressional committees and a State Department panel. The eighth Benghazi investigation is being carried out by a House Select Committee appointed in May. The attacks in Benghazi killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, foreign service officer Sean Smith, and two CIA contractors, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty. A Libyan extremist, Ahmed Abu Khatalla, is facing trial on murder charges after he was captured in Libya and taken to the U.S. In the aftermath of the attacks, Republicans criticized the Obama administration and its then-secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is expected to run for president in 2016. People in and out of government have alleged that a CIA response team was ordered to "stand down" after the State Department compound came under attack, that a military rescue was nixed, that officials intentionally downplayed the role of al-Qaida figures in the attack, and that Stevens and the CIA were involved in a secret operation to spirit weapons out of Libya and into the hands of Syrian rebels. None of that is true, according to the House Intelligence Committee report. "We spent thousands of hours asking questions, poring over documents, reviewing intelligence assessments, reading cables and emails, and held a total of 20 committee events and hearings," said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the committee's chairman, and Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, the ranking Democrat, in a joint statement. "We conducted detailed interviews with senior intelligence officials from Benghazi and Tripoli as well as eight security personnel on the ground in Benghazi that night. Based on the testimony and the documents we reviewed, we concluded that all the CIA officers in Benghazi were heroes. Their actions saved lives," they said. Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who serves on the intelligence panel and the Benghazi select committee, said, "It's my hope that this report will put to rest many of the questions that have been asked and answered yet again, and that the Benghazi Select Committee will accept these findings and instead focus its attention on the State Department's progress in securing our facilities around the world and standing up our fast response capabilities." Some of the harshest charges have been leveled at Rice, now Obama's national security adviser, who represented the Obama administration on Sunday talk shows the weekend after the attack. Rice repeated talking points that wrongly described a protest over a video deemed offensive to Muslims. But Rice's comments were based on faulty intelligence from multiple agencies, according to the report. Analysts received 21 reports that a protest occurred in Benghazi, the report said —14 from the Open Source Center, which reviews news reports; one from the CIA; two from the Defense Department; and four from the National Security Agency. In the years since, some participants in the attack have said they were motivated by the video. The attackers were a mix of extremists and hangers on, the investigation found. "To this day," the report said, "significant intelligence gaps regarding the identities, affiliations and motivations of the attackers remain." Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
| What does it take to tell a powerful visual story? Posted: 22 Nov 2014 02:03 AM PST  One topic that Mashable is particularly excited about is the rise of new visual platforms like Snapchat, Vine and Instagram. This is something we'll be discussing and demoing at the Mash Media Summit on Dec. 5, a one-day conference that focuses on the how digital storytelling is revolutionizing the media industry.  Q: What are the newest visual tools in marketing and what do they do? JP: It seems like it's less about what's new technology-wise and more about what's become easier for everyone to do. Photography, videography, animation, editing and manipulation - these used to be crafts with barriers to entry that now are much easier to break through. For marketers, especially in the digital realm, this change shifts targeting to a huge audience with significant creative power, and lets them do more with less cash. Q: What differentiates these tools from one another? In other words, are there certain stories that Vine can tell better than Snapchat, for example? JP: Obviously different platforms lend themselves to different forms of content. It might be extremely powerful to see a stunning hi-res image, but that image could lose its value if looped with a Ken Burns effect from iPhoto 2k4 on Vine for all eternity. Knowing what goes where is a mixture of practice and common sense. Q: What makes these tools effective in media? JP: Media is all about communication. The age we're in now gives us more options than ever for how we can communicate. Those options hopefully increase the chance that a story will be told in the most effective way possible. Q: Where do you see the future of visual storytelling heading? JP: As we experience a more entrenched commodification of the Internet, I think we'll see increasingly higher-budget productions on our devices in the next few years. I continue to see games holding a larger share of the audience than anyone gives them credit for, and I'd expect high-profile collaborations in that world, like the one we saw this year between Kevin Spacey and Call of Duty, to multiply. Like the music industry before it, the world of visual media will become less homogenized, letting individuals curate their own consumption. It'll be more about the shows, brands and even celebrities that an individual likes, and less about what the industry wants us all to be into. Q: What does it take to tell a great visual story? JP: Well, assuming you have a good story to tell in the first place, it's about making sure each frame has a visual purpose. When I go back and look at movies, photographs or any other visual media that I truly admire, I'm amazed at just how much thought is squeezed into each and every composition. That, and a great team to put it together, like the one I've got. — The Media Summit is Dec. 5 at Hudson Theater in New York City. Ticket prices increase on Thanksgiving, so make sure you reserve your spot before tickets sell out. |
| What domestic abuse crisis? NFL games dominate fall TV viewership Posted: 22 Nov 2014 02:00 AM PST  NFL commish Roger Goodell may not have much to smile about these days, but his league remains popular on TV. Despite a massive domestic violence and credibility scandal, despite mounting concern over the dangerous effects of a violent game, despite calls for its commissioner's resignation, Americans still love to watch themselves some NFL football. Since the NFL season kicked off on Sept. 4, its games account for 28 of the 30 most-watched TV shows this autumn, according to stats released by the league on Thursday. The only outliers? Game 7 of the World Series and an episode of NCIS. Here are the 30 most-viewed TV programs since Sept. 4, according to what the NFL released on Thursday.  IMAGE: NFL Of course, that chart reminds us of the classic moment on Monday Night Football in September, when ESPN's Chris Berman tried to have some Very Serious Real Talk mid-broadcast, only to be distracted by — shall we say — more important matters. So, for the short term, the NFL remains popular. Where it ranks among American sports fans a couple decades from now, however, bears watching. |
| 'We simply survive': What life is like for Ukrainian prisoners of war Posted: 22 Nov 2014 01:58 AM PST  Ruslan Tinkalyuk, 28, a fighter from Ukraine's Donbass Battalion, holds his head in his hands during a break from his work repairing an apartment hit by a rocket in August as Kiev government forces battled pro-Russian rebels in the town of Ilovaisk. ILOVAISK, Ukraine –- Ruslan Tinkalyuk cut a forlorn figure as he took a long, slow drag on a Chesterfield cigarette. Dirty and unkempt, he was curled up by a small barrel fire amid the rubble of an apartment destroyed by a rocket in this war-torn eastern Ukrainian town. He should have been with his family in Ivano-Frankivsk, a charming provincial city nestled at the edge of the Carpathian Mountains, watching autumn turn the sprawling forests their vibrant seasonal hues. Instead he was here –- a prisoner of war, being closely watched by gun-toting, pro-Russian rebels.  IMAGE: EVGENY FELDMAN Tinkalyuk, a volunteer fighter loyal to Kiev, considers himself "one of the lucky ones," having escaped from an ambush in which hundreds of his comrades were killed, some by Russian army units. On Aug. 14, volunteer Ukrainian troops had entered Ilovaisk, a key strategic town. Their goal was to split the separatists' territory in half by isolating Donetsk –- the unofficial separatist capital –- from neighboring Luhansk to effectively cut off an all-important supply line. But the tide of the battle changed and the volunteer troops were forced to take shelter inside a local school. Hunkering down, the volunteers waited for days for the reinforcements promised by Kiev. But the cavalry never came. Instead, a "green corridor" was negotiated through which the Ukrainian troops could retreat. The safe passage turned out to be a trap, however: They were ambushed by Russian forces who bombarded them with artillery and rocket fire. During the attack, the rebels took many Ukrainian troops captive and, despite several prisoner exchanges since, hundreds of soldiers are still missing.  IMAGE: SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES In Ilovaisk, the POWs are held in dark, dank basements inside rebel headquarters. The men aren't allowed to communicate with the outside world. They are forced to sleep on grimy cots and soiled mattresses thrown onto floors that crawl with insects drawn to the squalor in which the men live. And they are woken up every day at dawn so they can work for the rebels until sundown. Andrei, a brawny rebel commander who observed POWs repairing a rooftop destroyed by ordnance, was eager to tell of the prisoners comfort, noting that they have access to showers and bathrooms and are given a television on which they can watch "romances and comedies, but nothing patriotic that would excite them," he said. Holding a matchstick between his lips, Andrei kept flicking the safety on his rifle up and down with his right thumb and index finger. He then offered a cigarette to one of his prisoners. "We're not monsters," he said.  IMAGE: EVGENY FELDMAN Still, conditions here are grim. Each prisoner has just one set of clothes –- no changes of underwear or socks. And while coats were recently handed out to the prisoners for the bitter cold, many lacked insulation and were ripped at the seams. Alexei, the prisoner who had taken the cigarette offered by Andrei, said that POWs are fed three meals a day, but that they consist mostly of bread, cold oats and runny soup. On good days, they get cheese and sausage. "It's not enough really," he said. "But it's better than nothing." It was his only criticism in an otherwise positive review of his rebel captors. Having by held by them, his perspective on the separatists, he said, had "changed 100 percent." "I think we understand each other," he said, looking at Andrei. It was unclear how heartfelt the sentiment was, given the presence of Andrei's rifle. Another prisoner later suggested that Alexei might be suffering from Stockholm syndrome — sympathizing with his captor. "He's not the same anymore," said the prisoner, who asked that he not be named for fear of being shot by a firing squad for speaking critically of his captors.  IMAGE: EVGENY FELDMAN With real peace in Ukraine still seemingly far away, the men have prepared themselves for what could be an extended stay in limbo. Kiev and the rebels once did prisoner exchanges but the swaps have recently slowed because Kiev has traded most of the rebels it once held. In more than one case, in fact, the Ukrainian government have been found releasing common criminals rather than bona fide fighters. "It's simple," Oksana Bylozir, a Ukrainian official told Mash last month: The separatists have "a lot more prisoners than we do." To stay sane, Maxim, a thin, pale-faced prisoner, said he tries to think only about the present. But he admitted that he still holds on to the hope that he'll be set free soon. "We simply survive," he said, choking up. "We eat, sleep and work. And we hope that someday we will be released. What else can we do?"  IMAGE: EVGENY FELDMAN In the beginning, life in captivity had been particularly hard. "The thought did cross my mind of killing myself," he said, adding that he now feels better, even though he is bitter that he has been made a prisoner in "my own country, by my own people." Like the other POWs, Tinkalyuk hasn't been allowed to communicate with his family and so hasn't spoken to a loved one since August. He spoke to Mash in the hope it might help his family know his fate. "They don't know that we're still alive," Tinkalyuk said. Later, as Tinkalyuk worked with four other prisoners to repair a damaged apartment and the guard was called away momentarily, he was quick to pass on the contact information of a relative. "If you can, let them know I'm alive and healthy,"he told me.The relative, his sister-in-law who lives with his brother in western Ukraine, wept when shown a photograph of Tinkalyuk last week. "We last saw him on May 31," she said. "When he finally returns home safely, we will hold him tight and never let him go." |
| U.S. sends 5 Guantanamo prisoners to Georgia, Slovakia Posted: 22 Nov 2014 01:59 AM PST  In this Dec. 6, 2006, file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Dept of Defense official, a shackled detainee is transported by guards away from his annual Administrative Review Board hearing with U.S. officials, at Camp Delta detention center, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. MIAMI — Five prisoners have been released from Guantanamo Bay as part of a renewed effort to close the detention center on the U.S. Navy base in Cuba, officials said Thursday. Three men were sent to Georgia and two to Slovakia for resettlement. They were among dozens of low-level prisoners at Guantanamo who were determined to no longer pose a threat by an administration task force in 2009. Their release brings the total prison population to 143, about 100 fewer than when President Barack Obama took office pledging to close the detention center. Obama's vow to close Guantanamo was thwarted by Congress, which prohibited sending any prisoner to the U.S. for any reason and imposed restrictions that brought releases to a halt. Congress eased the restrictions in December, and releases have resumed. U.S. State Department envoy Clifford Sloan has been trying to persuade countries to accept prisoners and he praised Georgia and Slovakia for their assistance. "We are very grateful to our partners for these generous humanitarian gestures," Sloan said. "We appreciate the strong support we are receiving from our friends and allies around the globe." Georgia took three prisoners from Guantanamo in 2010. Slovakia has now taken a total of eight men from Guantanamo. One of the men sent to Georgia was Abdel Ghaib Ahmad Hakim, the first prisoner from Yemen to be released since 2010. Yemenis make up the majority of men cleared for release because the U.S. is reluctant to send prisoners to the unstable country. "The remaining Yemeni men should be sent home or resettled without further delay," said Wells Dixon, a lawyer for the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights. The Pentagon identified the other two resettled in Georgia as Salah Mohammed Salih Al-Dhabi and Abdul Khaled Al-Baydani. The two sent to Slovakia were Hashim Bin Ali Bin Amor Sliti and Husayn Salim Muhammad Al-Mutari Yafai. There are now 74 prisoners at Guantanamo cleared and awaiting resettlement. Thirty-six have been designated for detention without charge. There are also 23 slated for prosecution and 10 either facing trial by military commission or have been convicted or sentenced. |
| Ferguson protesters and police agree on limited 'rules of engagement' Posted: 22 Nov 2014 01:53 AM PST  St. Louis County officials discuss their response to the 19 "rules of engagement" proposed by protesters ahead of an expected grand jury announcement there. St. Louis County officials said on Friday they would honor some, though not all, of the Ferguson protesters' proposed "rules of engagement" for police interactions during demonstrations that may come with the impending grand jury decision there. Among the rules the two sides are in agreement on: The first priority will be to preserve human life, police will wear minimally required attire for their safety and police will establish channels of communication with protesters for deescalation during tense situations. The rule they didn't agree on: That police would limit use of crowd control tactics, like rubber bullets and tear gas. "Unified Command believes public safety should help determined the best tools to keep people safe," St. Louis County officials said in a comment added to the document, which we've embedded below. Officials clarified that the process was not a negotiation — it was a conversation with the protest groups — as the two sides met five times to discuss the requests. "The fact that we can sit around the table even through there may be differing opinions, is why I have confidence that we will come through this better, and not worse," said St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley. St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said officials agreed to have the conversation "because in similar situations in other cities, things ended up very, very badly." "We do not want that for our region. This is our city, and we live here together," he said. Officials agreed with many of the proposed rules "because they made sense" or they were already in place, the mayor added. Those that were not accepted were denied because they "limited the officers' ability to keep people and properties safe," he added. "We instructed our police officers to protest the protesters constitutional rights. We have directed them to use more active tactics only when necessary to keep people safe and protest property," Slay added. Michael Brown's dad calls for protesters to avoid violenceEarlier on Friday, Michael Brown Sr., father to the slain teenager Michael Brown, released a YouTube video stating he didn't want his son's death to be in vain, and that hurting people or property was not the answer — no matter what the grand jury decides. "We live here together. This is our home. We are stronger united," he said. "Let's work together to heal to work lasting change, for all people regardless of race." Eric Holder calls for police to use restraintWith a decision by a Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury believed to be imminent, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is exhorting police across the nation to prepare appropriately for demonstrations and "minimize needless confrontation" with protesters. He also says in a video post by the Justice Department that protests are most effective when they're nonviolent. The Holder video released by Justice Friday doesn't specifically refer to the situation in Missouri where a St. Louis County grand jury is deliberating whether to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old. But in message, Holder does mention demonstrations over the past few months that sought to draw attention to "real and significant underlying issues involving police practices." |
| World Like Follow Mexico protesters confront police in mass protest for missing students Posted: 22 Nov 2014 01:49 AM PST  Protestors face off against federal police over barriers surrounding the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Mexico and around the world Thursday night in what may be the biggest protest yet over the kidnapping and presumed murder of 43 students. The demonstrators sought the return of the students, who have not been seen since they were taken by police from a rural teachers' college in September. Nov. 20 is usually a day reserved for the celebration of Mexico's 1910-17 Revolution, but Mexicans were in no mood to celebrate. In Mexico City, thousands participated in a march that culminated in the city's main square. Many of the marchers carried "mourning" flags with Mexico's red and green national colors substituted by black stripes. "The entire country is outraged," a protester named Nora Jaime told the Associated Press. "It is not just them," she added, referring to the disappeared students. " There are thousands of disappeared, thousands of clandestine graves, thousands of mothers who don't know where their children are." The demonstrators demanded the resignation of President Enrique Peña Nieto,shouting anti-government slogans and chanting "Out with Peña." Nieto has been the subject of intense criticism in Mexico for his handling of the students' kidnapping. Meanwhile, he has also been scrutinized after it was discovered his $7 million dollar mansion was built buy a construction firm that had been awarded millions in government contracts. These frustrations came to a head Thursday night as protesters burnt a piñata effigy of the president. The demonstrations were peaceful for the most part, but took a violent turn near the end of the night as police tried to prevent a handful of protesters from throwing molotov cocktails at the national palace.  IMAGE: REBECCA BLACKWELL/ASSOCIATED PRESS Earlier in the day, about 200 youthful protesters, some with their faces covered by masks or bandanas, clashed with police as they tried to block a main expressway to the international airport. Protesters hurled rocks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at the police, at least one of whom was hit by the projectiles. Some passengers had to walk to the terminal, but flights were not interrupted and expressways were reopened. Although several gang members confessed to murdering the students, many are still calling for them to be returned alive. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam announced Nov. 7 that remains thought to be those of the students were found in a dump, but they were so badly burned they had to be shipped to Austria for special testing, which is currently underway. Parents of the missing students said they will hold out hope until their bodies are identified. |
| Jerusalem on edge after deadly attacks and a summer of war Posted: 22 Nov 2014 01:47 AM PST  Israeli police patrol the streets of East Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood on Nov. 20. JERUSALEM — Dara Frank and Sam Green had been planning their wedding for months. The nuptials, though, was the easy part. The timing was harder. The couple, American emigres to Jerusalem both in their 20s, had scheduled their wedding for late August — and all summer Israeli soldiers had been fighting in Gaza. And then there was the seating arrangement.... "We had left-wing peacenik Jews, Arabs, right-wing Zionists, gay American Jews, Hasidic Jews and Israeli soldiers" as well as an "ultra right-wing Rabbi," said Frank, who, as a leader of Project Tiyul-Rihla, spends her time working to bring Israelis and Palestinians together. It took the couple days to figure out how to divide the tables, but ultimately there were no fights and the party was peaceful. "But coexistence like that is very rare here," Frank said. These days, it seems especially so. Following a 50-day war in Gaza this summer in which more than 2,000 people were killed, the vast majority of them Palestinian civilians, there have been a number of attacks in Israel, ratcheting up fears — especially in Jerusalem. On Oct. 22, a Palestinian man rammed his car into a crowd at a Jerusalem train station, killing a three-month-old Israeli-American girl and a woman from Ecuador. The driver, Abed Rahman Shalodi, was shot on the scene by Israeli security forces and later died from his wounds. In response, on Wednesday morning, Israeli Defense Forces demolished his family's home. Another Palestinian driver ran into people waiting at another railway stop in Jerusalem on Nov. 5, killing two more people. Police also shot him dead. In a third incident, an Israeli soldier was stabbed to death on Nov. 10 by a Palestinian attacker near a train station station in Tel Aviv. Again, the attacker was shot and killed by police.  IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER MILLER/MASH On Tuesday, two Palestinian men from East Jerusalem burst into a synagogue in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in West Jerusalem, killing five people, using a gun, knives and axes. According to The New York Times, it was the deadliest attack in the city since 2008. Police killed the two attackers in a subsequent shootout. While both Israeli and Palestinian leaders reject that this represents a new intifada, there is no denying that this latest violence has everyone on edge. A crackdown by Israeli officials, who immediately demolished the homes of the assailants' families, further exacerbated tensions. Yet, at the attacked synagogue later this week, people attempted to return to normal, even if many expressed sadness and fear. Meir, a Yeshiva student, said what makes the recent attacks particularly troublesome is that they don't appear to be organized by particular groups but instead were planned and carried out by so-called "lone wolf" attackers, making it difficult for security forces to prevent further similar violence.  IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER MILLER/MASH Yonatan, another Yeshiva student who studies near the synagogue, said he doesn't blame Palestinians or Israeli Arabs for the violence, but rather those Jews who go to pray at the holy site known to them as the Temple Mount. For Muslims, the site is known as the Noble Sanctuary and is the third-holiest site in Islam. For Jews, it holds a 3,000-year significance as the site of an ancient Jerusalem temple. In recent weeks, there have been scuffles as Jewish militants have demanded extended prayer rights. "They are provoking the Arabs," Yonatan said. The attackers, he added, "had an excuse to do this because of tension around the Temple Mount." Israel's response to the recent spate of lone-wolf attacks has been swift. Municipal officials in Jerusalem have begun a sweeping crackdown on the Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, reinstating a controversial policy of demolishing the homes belonging to attackers or their families. Israel describes the measure as a "deterrent" while rights groups have called it "punitive" and "unjust." "Punishing the families of suspects by destroying their homes is collective punishment and is prohibited by international law," Amnesty International said this week.  IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER MILLER/MASH Israeli officials began demolishing Palestinian homes this summer after three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed in an attack that spurred the retaliatory killing of a Palestinian teen by a Jewish extremist, leading to mass demonstrations and clashes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In East Jerusalem these days the situation seems tense once more. When I visited this week, police had blocked roads to Palestinian neighborhoods and increased patrols, and locals were protesting with some younger residents throwing stones at Israeli soldiers. In the al-Thori neighborhood, I sat down with Ibrahim Hijazi, the father of Mutaz Hijazi, who was shot and killed by police last month after he allegedly seriously wounded the American-Israeli rabbi and right-wing activist Yehuda Glick in a shooting on Oct. 29. "My son is 100 percent innocent," Ibrahim said. "He was very intelligent in school and always finished first, second and third in his class. No way he did what [Israeli officials] say." On Oct. 30, as police attempted to arrest Hijazi, he tried to escape by running to the rooftop of his home. There, dozens of Israeli soldiers shot him down. "There were 22 bullet holes in him," Ibrahim said, standing over the spot where his son died.  IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER MILLER/MASH The younger Hijazi had spent 11 years in an Israeli prison. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Hijazi was arrested in 2000 on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic Jihad and "involvement in disturbances of the peace." However, the newspaper reported that, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, Hijazi had not been identified with any organization for the last few years. "He was putting his life back together," Ibrahim said, adding that his son had been studying to be an electrician. On Wednesday night, Ibrahim received a demolition warrant from the Israeli government letting him know that he had 48 hours to appeal, which he did. But he had little faith that his family would win the appeal. As we spoke, the entire family sat amongst boxes packed with all their belongings. "They could come and tear the house down right now, or in an hour. We don't know," Ibrahim said, adding that the notice did not surprise him. "I wasn't the first father to lose a son, and I'm not the last one." |
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