Israeli troops in the West Bank arrested more than 30 senior Hamas members Thursday, the army said, including a Cabinet minister, legislators and mayors.
The Palestinian president condemned the arrests, saying they would hinder his efforts to restore a truce with Israel, and Washington expressed concern about the detentions. Hamas threatened to retaliate with attacks inside the Jewish state.
The arrests reflected an Israeli decision to target the Hamas political leadership — but not necessarily with the lethal airstrikes it has staged over the past week on targets linked to the Hamas military arm.
Israeli aircraft staged attacks during the day and into the night, mainly on Hamas training bases and command posts. A huge plume of black smoke rose over Gaza City after an afternoon attack, but there were no serious injuries, Palestinian medics said.
Full Story: YAHOO NEWS
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Connecticut man teaches toddler not to bite by biting him all over
A city man was in custody Wednesday after police said he bit his 3-year-old nephew all over his body to teach the boy not to bite anyone.
Hector Pulido, 40, of North Summerfield Avenue, was charged with third-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.
Superior Court Judge Michael Maronich ordered Pulido held in lieu of $100,000 bond. The case was continued to next Thursday.
The allegations came to light when police were called to a day-care center on Fairfield Avenue Tuesday to investigate a complaint of child abuse. The day-care staff showed officers that the boy had adult bite marks on his chest, abdomen, shoulder, back, thigh, leg and buttocks, police said.
Full Story: CONN POST . COM
Hector Pulido, 40, of North Summerfield Avenue, was charged with third-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.
Superior Court Judge Michael Maronich ordered Pulido held in lieu of $100,000 bond. The case was continued to next Thursday.
The allegations came to light when police were called to a day-care center on Fairfield Avenue Tuesday to investigate a complaint of child abuse. The day-care staff showed officers that the boy had adult bite marks on his chest, abdomen, shoulder, back, thigh, leg and buttocks, police said.
Full Story: CONN POST . COM
Beer Train Derails, Dousing Denver Yard
A string of runaway rail cars spilled beer in downtown Denver Wednesday after they crashed into a parked locomotive and derailed.
No one was hurt, and the railroad's mainline operations were not affected, said Steve Forsberg, a spokesman for BNSF Railway, based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Forsberg said a switch engine was assembling a train around 4:30 a.m. when the crew lost control of the 34 cars, which rolled downhill into the stationary locomotive.
Full Story: MY WAY
No one was hurt, and the railroad's mainline operations were not affected, said Steve Forsberg, a spokesman for BNSF Railway, based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Forsberg said a switch engine was assembling a train around 4:30 a.m. when the crew lost control of the 34 cars, which rolled downhill into the stationary locomotive.
Full Story: MY WAY
Ex-Justice Aide Criticizes Gonzales While Admitting to Basing Hires on Politics
A former senior aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales leveled serious new accusations against him and his deputy yesterday, describing an "uncomfortable" attempt by Gonzales to discuss the firings of U.S. attorneys as Congress and the Justice Department were intensifying their investigations of the issue.
Full Story: Washington Post
Full Story: Washington Post
Man Gets 5 Years for Blowing Up Toilet
A man once called one of the Internet's most notorious pirates of music and movies was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for plowing up a portable toilet, prosecutors said.
Bruce Forest, 50, was charged last year with a series of toilet explosions in 2005 and 2006. But under a plea agreement, Forest admitted only to blowing up one toilet in Weston in February 2006. No one was injured in any of the blasts.
His defense attorney and his wife said the incident was completely out of character for Forest. They said he had been addicted to painkillers initially taken for migraine headaches caused by a severe fall about 10 years ago. A prescribed drug intended to wean him off the painkillers caused psychotic episodes, they said.
Forest was an Internet pirate in the late 1990s, said J.D. Lasica, a San Francisco writer who dubbed Forest "Prince of the Darknet" in his 2005 book "Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation."
Full Story: MY WAY
Bruce Forest, 50, was charged last year with a series of toilet explosions in 2005 and 2006. But under a plea agreement, Forest admitted only to blowing up one toilet in Weston in February 2006. No one was injured in any of the blasts.
His defense attorney and his wife said the incident was completely out of character for Forest. They said he had been addicted to painkillers initially taken for migraine headaches caused by a severe fall about 10 years ago. A prescribed drug intended to wean him off the painkillers caused psychotic episodes, they said.
Forest was an Internet pirate in the late 1990s, said J.D. Lasica, a San Francisco writer who dubbed Forest "Prince of the Darknet" in his 2005 book "Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation."
Full Story: MY WAY
Modern day slavery scandal rocks New York
A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their luxurious New York home for years - viciously inflicting abuse for perceived offences - have been indicted on federal slavery charges.
Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 35, and her husband, Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, who operate a worldwide perfume business out of their home in Long Island, New York, with factories in Singapore and Bahrain, were arrested last week after one of their servants was found wandering outside a doughnut shop.
Naturalised US citizens from India, they had their passports confiscated when they were arrested.
The indictment, handed up last night, charges the couple with two counts of forced labour and two counts of harbouring illegal residents. The Sabhnanis will be arraigned on the indictment on Thrusday.
A magistrate judge in the US District Court in Central Islip set bail last week at $US3.5 million ($4.28 million). Friends and relatives of the couple indicated they would be willing to post bail on their behalf, but as of this morning, the pair remained in custody.
Full Story: SMH . COM . AU
Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 35, and her husband, Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, who operate a worldwide perfume business out of their home in Long Island, New York, with factories in Singapore and Bahrain, were arrested last week after one of their servants was found wandering outside a doughnut shop.
Naturalised US citizens from India, they had their passports confiscated when they were arrested.
The indictment, handed up last night, charges the couple with two counts of forced labour and two counts of harbouring illegal residents. The Sabhnanis will be arraigned on the indictment on Thrusday.
A magistrate judge in the US District Court in Central Islip set bail last week at $US3.5 million ($4.28 million). Friends and relatives of the couple indicated they would be willing to post bail on their behalf, but as of this morning, the pair remained in custody.
Full Story: SMH . COM . AU
New mayor is first to go through sex change
WHEN Jenny Bailey becomes Mayor of Cambridge tomorrow she will pass a new milestone in the city's history by becoming the first transgender person to take the office.
Jenny was born a boy, but went through a sex change operation to become a woman when she was in her 30s. And her partner, former councillor Jennifer Liddle - who will spend the year by Jenny's side as Mayoress - has also gone through the same process.
Jenny and Jennifer met while undergoing hormone replacement therapy. They now live together, work together and have served on Cambridge City Council together, as well as bringing up Jenny's two boys by her ex-wife.
The couple will be the world's first transgender mayor and mayoress, as Cambridge holds celebrations marking 800 years of the role.
Full Story: CEN NEWS
Jenny was born a boy, but went through a sex change operation to become a woman when she was in her 30s. And her partner, former councillor Jennifer Liddle - who will spend the year by Jenny's side as Mayoress - has also gone through the same process.
Jenny and Jennifer met while undergoing hormone replacement therapy. They now live together, work together and have served on Cambridge City Council together, as well as bringing up Jenny's two boys by her ex-wife.
The couple will be the world's first transgender mayor and mayoress, as Cambridge holds celebrations marking 800 years of the role.
Full Story: CEN NEWS
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
