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Human heads found outside Mexico school
FIVE decomposing human heads were found outside a primary school in the Mexican city of Acapulco, police said, in the latest example of grisly violence gripping the country.
Someone placed a wooden box near the Benito Juarez school in the southern port city today, and "on top of it was a white bag which contained five severed human heads inside," a police officer said on condition of anonymity.
The discovery occurred in full view of young students and pedestrians, sparking fear in the area. Soldiers and police removed the remains and cordoned off the location.
Yesterday in the same city - a major port and tourist resort on Mexico's Pacific coast - police found five decapitated bodies: three badly burned inside a pickup truck, and two others outside the vehicle.
Police said they expected the heads to match the corpses found yesterday.
Acapulco, some 300km from Mexico City, was once a popular getaway for Hollywood stars, but in recent years has turned into a battleground in Mexico's increasingly violent drug war.
Last week thousands of teachers and activists demonstrated in Acapulco after nearly a month of strikes over lax public safety in schools and pleas to authorities to improve security amid threats extortion threats.
Five weeks ago, three heads were found in a plastic bag on a busy street leading into Acapulco. Also in August, suspected traffickers killed and mutilated a man, then left his body parts around the city in a macabre taunt to authorities here.
At least 41,000 people have been killed since 2006, when Mexico launched a military crackdown on powerful cartels, which are themselves embroiled in turf wars marked by kidnappings, mass graves and brutal massacres.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/human-heads-found-outside-mexico-school/story-e6frfku0-1226148843426#ixzz1ZFYd3dfe
Human heads found outside Mexico school
FIVE decomposing human heads were found outside a primary school in the Mexican city of Acapulco, police said, in the latest example of grisly violence gripping the country.
Someone placed a wooden box near the Benito Juarez school in the southern port city today, and "on top of it was a white bag which contained five severed human heads inside," a police officer said on condition of anonymity.
The discovery occurred in full view of young students and pedestrians, sparking fear in the area. Soldiers and police removed the remains and cordoned off the location.
Yesterday in the same city - a major port and tourist resort on Mexico's Pacific coast - police found five decapitated bodies: three badly burned inside a pickup truck, and two others outside the vehicle.
Police said they expected the heads to match the corpses found yesterday.
Acapulco, some 300km from Mexico City, was once a popular getaway for Hollywood stars, but in recent years has turned into a battleground in Mexico's increasingly violent drug war.
Last week thousands of teachers and activists demonstrated in Acapulco after nearly a month of strikes over lax public safety in schools and pleas to authorities to improve security amid threats extortion threats.
Five weeks ago, three heads were found in a plastic bag on a busy street leading into Acapulco. Also in August, suspected traffickers killed and mutilated a man, then left his body parts around the city in a macabre taunt to authorities here.
At least 41,000 people have been killed since 2006, when Mexico launched a military crackdown on powerful cartels, which are themselves embroiled in turf wars marked by kidnappings, mass graves and brutal massacres.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/human-heads-found-outside-mexico-school/story-e6frfku0-1226148843426#ixzz1ZFYd3dfe
It's safe in the state of Quintana Roo. I was there and never at any point did I feel in danger. You might feel uneasy seeing some officers/soldiers standing around with machine guns and such, but that didn't bother me personally, lol. Carmen Del Playa is extremely safe for a larger touristic city.
The rest of Mexico though, ehhh... (I'm told Mexico city is quite safe though as well)
The rest of Mexico though, ehhh... (I'm told Mexico city is quite safe though as well)
http://www.theatlantic.com/internat...-daughter-who-was-raped-drawing-anger/245691/
Refusing to Kill Daughter, Pakistani Family Defies Tradition, Draws Anger
A Pakistani girl who says she was kidnapped and gang-raped faces a new threat: honor killings, a tradition here, but one that her family refuses to carry out
Rape survivor Kainat Soomro, left / Hilke Schellmann
KARACHI, PAKISTAN -- Kainat Soomro is a 17-year-old Pakistani girl who has become a local celebrity of sorts in her battle for justice in the Pakistani courts, a daring move for a woman of any age in this country, let alone a teenager.
She is fighting to get justice for a gang rape that she insists happened four years ago in Mehar, a small town in Pakistan.
We first met her in the office of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. A colorful traditional Pakistani shawl covered her head. Her father sat next to her as she recounted the 2007 incident.
"I was walking home from my school and I went to the store to buy a toy for my niece," she said, staring at the floor of the office. "While I was looking at things a guy pressed a handkerchief on my nose. I fainted and was kidnapped. Then four men gang raped me."
As she shared details of her days in captivity and multiple rapes, she kept repeating, "I want justice, I will not stop until I get justice." After three days, she was finally able to escape she said. As she spoke, her father gently tapped her head. He said he tried to get Kainat's alleged rapists arrested, but instead he was rebuffed by the police.
According to the Kainat family's account, the tribal elders declared her kari, (which literally means black female), for losing her virginity outside marriage.
In Pakistan, women and men who have illicit relationships or women who lose their virginity before marriage are at risk of paying with their lives.
"These are matters of honor and the leaders call a jirga and they declare that the woman or the couple should be killed," said Abdul Hai, a veteran field officer for the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan. These acts of violence are most commonly labeled as "honor killings."
The most recent report from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan noted that in 2009 roughly 46 percent of all female murders in Pakistan that year were in the name of "honor." The report noted that a total of 647 incidences of "honor killings" were reported by the Pakistani press. However, experts say that actual incidences of "honor killings" in Pakistan are much higher and never get reported to the police because they are passed off by the families as suicides.
Kainat said that despite the pressures her family refused to kill her.
"It is the tradition, but if the family doesn't permit it, then it won't happen. My father, my brother, my mom didn't allow it," she said.
And that defiance has left the family fearing for their lives. The family's new home in Karachi has been attacked a number of times.
But, according to Abdul Hai, Kainat is lucky: "The woman or the girl usually gets killed and the man gets away," he said. "Over 70 percent of the murdered victims are women and only 30 percent of victims of honor killings are male."
In Karachi, Kainat and her family are now sharing one room in a run-down apartment block, and they have to rely on charities to help them pay for food.
"We go hungry many nights," said Kainat's older sister.
But their fight might never pay off. A local judge has already ruled against Kainat in the case. "There is no corroborative evidence available on record. The sole testimony of the alleged rape survivor is not sufficient," the judge said in a written decision.
Another problem is that material evidence is usually not collected in rape cases in Pakistan since the police rarely believe rape victims and therefore don't order rape kits in a timely manner.
Without medical tests to corroborate her story, it remains Kainat's word against the alleged rapists. But even having lost her case at the local court, Kainat insists, "I am not giving up, I will take this all the way to the Supreme Court of Pakistan."
This story was reported with a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, an Atlantic partner site.
Refusing to Kill Daughter, Pakistani Family Defies Tradition, Draws Anger
A Pakistani girl who says she was kidnapped and gang-raped faces a new threat: honor killings, a tradition here, but one that her family refuses to carry out
KARACHI, PAKISTAN -- Kainat Soomro is a 17-year-old Pakistani girl who has become a local celebrity of sorts in her battle for justice in the Pakistani courts, a daring move for a woman of any age in this country, let alone a teenager.
She is fighting to get justice for a gang rape that she insists happened four years ago in Mehar, a small town in Pakistan.
We first met her in the office of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. A colorful traditional Pakistani shawl covered her head. Her father sat next to her as she recounted the 2007 incident.
"I was walking home from my school and I went to the store to buy a toy for my niece," she said, staring at the floor of the office. "While I was looking at things a guy pressed a handkerchief on my nose. I fainted and was kidnapped. Then four men gang raped me."
As she shared details of her days in captivity and multiple rapes, she kept repeating, "I want justice, I will not stop until I get justice." After three days, she was finally able to escape she said. As she spoke, her father gently tapped her head. He said he tried to get Kainat's alleged rapists arrested, but instead he was rebuffed by the police.
According to the Kainat family's account, the tribal elders declared her kari, (which literally means black female), for losing her virginity outside marriage.
In Pakistan, women and men who have illicit relationships or women who lose their virginity before marriage are at risk of paying with their lives.
"These are matters of honor and the leaders call a jirga and they declare that the woman or the couple should be killed," said Abdul Hai, a veteran field officer for the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan. These acts of violence are most commonly labeled as "honor killings."
The most recent report from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan noted that in 2009 roughly 46 percent of all female murders in Pakistan that year were in the name of "honor." The report noted that a total of 647 incidences of "honor killings" were reported by the Pakistani press. However, experts say that actual incidences of "honor killings" in Pakistan are much higher and never get reported to the police because they are passed off by the families as suicides.
Kainat said that despite the pressures her family refused to kill her.
"It is the tradition, but if the family doesn't permit it, then it won't happen. My father, my brother, my mom didn't allow it," she said.
And that defiance has left the family fearing for their lives. The family's new home in Karachi has been attacked a number of times.
But, according to Abdul Hai, Kainat is lucky: "The woman or the girl usually gets killed and the man gets away," he said. "Over 70 percent of the murdered victims are women and only 30 percent of victims of honor killings are male."
In Karachi, Kainat and her family are now sharing one room in a run-down apartment block, and they have to rely on charities to help them pay for food.
"We go hungry many nights," said Kainat's older sister.
But their fight might never pay off. A local judge has already ruled against Kainat in the case. "There is no corroborative evidence available on record. The sole testimony of the alleged rape survivor is not sufficient," the judge said in a written decision.
Another problem is that material evidence is usually not collected in rape cases in Pakistan since the police rarely believe rape victims and therefore don't order rape kits in a timely manner.
Without medical tests to corroborate her story, it remains Kainat's word against the alleged rapists. But even having lost her case at the local court, Kainat insists, "I am not giving up, I will take this all the way to the Supreme Court of Pakistan."
This story was reported with a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, an Atlantic partner site.
Denmark taxes fatty products
Denmark is to impose the world's first "fat tax" in a drive to slim its population and cut heart disease.
Less than 10pc of Danes are clinically obese, putting them slightly below the European average Photo: PA
The move may increase pressure for a similar tax in the UK, which suffers from the highest levels of obesity in Europe.
Starting from this Saturday, Danes will pay an extra 30p on each pack of butter, 8p on a pack of crisps, and an extra 13p on a pound of mince, as a result of the tax.
The tax is expected to raise about 2.2bn Danish Krone (£140m), and cut consumption of saturated fat by close to 10pc, and butter consumption by 15pc.
"It's the first ever fat-tax," said Mike Rayner, Director of Oxford University's Health Promotion Research Group, who has long campaigned for taxes on unhealthy foods.
"It's very interesting. We haven't had any practical examples before. Now we will be able to see the effects for real." The tax will be levied at 2.5 per Kg of saturated fat and will be levied at the point of sale from wholesalers to retailers.
Less than 10pc of Danes are clinically obese, putting them slightly below the European average.
But researchers at Denmark's Institute for Food and Economic estimate that close to 4pc of the country's premature deaths are a result of excess consumption of saturated fats.
For Britain, where more than 20pc of the population is obese, the number will be considerably higher.
A 2007 study by Mr Rayner's group concluded that a combination of taxes on healthy foods and tax breaks on fruit and vegetables could save 3,200 lives a year in the UK.
Health Minister Andrew Lansley has up until now resisted calls for taxes on unhealthy foods, but Mr Rayner said they were the only credible way to combat Britain's obesity problem.
"I think we're going to have them in Britain whether Mr Lansley wants them or not, because the obesity crisis in the UK is such that we need to take more action.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8796522/Denmark-taxes-fatty-products.html
Denmark is to impose the world's first "fat tax" in a drive to slim its population and cut heart disease.
Less than 10pc of Danes are clinically obese, putting them slightly below the European average Photo: PA
The move may increase pressure for a similar tax in the UK, which suffers from the highest levels of obesity in Europe.
Starting from this Saturday, Danes will pay an extra 30p on each pack of butter, 8p on a pack of crisps, and an extra 13p on a pound of mince, as a result of the tax.
The tax is expected to raise about 2.2bn Danish Krone (£140m), and cut consumption of saturated fat by close to 10pc, and butter consumption by 15pc.
"It's the first ever fat-tax," said Mike Rayner, Director of Oxford University's Health Promotion Research Group, who has long campaigned for taxes on unhealthy foods.
"It's very interesting. We haven't had any practical examples before. Now we will be able to see the effects for real." The tax will be levied at 2.5 per Kg of saturated fat and will be levied at the point of sale from wholesalers to retailers.
Less than 10pc of Danes are clinically obese, putting them slightly below the European average.
But researchers at Denmark's Institute for Food and Economic estimate that close to 4pc of the country's premature deaths are a result of excess consumption of saturated fats.
For Britain, where more than 20pc of the population is obese, the number will be considerably higher.
A 2007 study by Mr Rayner's group concluded that a combination of taxes on healthy foods and tax breaks on fruit and vegetables could save 3,200 lives a year in the UK.
Health Minister Andrew Lansley has up until now resisted calls for taxes on unhealthy foods, but Mr Rayner said they were the only credible way to combat Britain's obesity problem.
"I think we're going to have them in Britain whether Mr Lansley wants them or not, because the obesity crisis in the UK is such that we need to take more action.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8796522/Denmark-taxes-fatty-products.html
That's a fucking cop out. And a scam.
If they want to encourage healthy eating make healthy foods cheaper, not more expensive fatty foods. Why tax mince? As part of a balanced diet it is fine... Start free cooking and healthy eating courses. And don't allow the shitty frozen foods such as 10 burgers for a pound. Increase stricter animal welfare laws, and stricter food preparation regulations.
Most fat people I know are thick. Poorly educated and with shit jobs. Taxing them will only make things harder. Education and good social policies are key.
If they want to encourage healthy eating make healthy foods cheaper, not more expensive fatty foods. Why tax mince? As part of a balanced diet it is fine... Start free cooking and healthy eating courses. And don't allow the shitty frozen foods such as 10 burgers for a pound. Increase stricter animal welfare laws, and stricter food preparation regulations.
Most fat people I know are thick. Poorly educated and with shit jobs. Taxing them will only make things harder. Education and good social policies are key.
They need a fat tax on planes...
"if you dont fit comfortably in the seat then you pay a tax of $XXX per pound or you go in the cargo hold"
Simple
"if you dont fit comfortably in the seat then you pay a tax of $XXX per pound or you go in the cargo hold"
Simple
We're fucked anyway. Should have just let a few companies (banks) go bust. Had one large recession and made the changes in our fiscal system that are necessary and moved on. But... Because we have all been shielded from the financial disaster, capitalists and governments are still playing games. Not making the cuts necessary and as shown in America using the economy as a polictical chess piece. We are Fuuuuucked. I am thinking of becoming a socialist, but it is another problem. Einstein was a socialist, apparently. He wasn't stupid.
That's a mighty fine FUPA you have there, m'am.Denmark taxes fatty products
Denmark is to impose the world's first "fat tax" in a drive to slim its population and cut heart disease.
Less than 10pc of Danes are clinically obese, putting them slightly below the European average Photo: PA
The move may increase pressure for a similar tax in the UK, which suffers from the highest levels of obesity in Europe.
Starting from this Saturday, Danes will pay an extra 30p on each pack of butter, 8p on a pack of crisps, and an extra 13p on a pound of mince, as a result of the tax.
The tax is expected to raise about 2.2bn Danish Krone (£140m), and cut consumption of saturated fat by close to 10pc, and butter consumption by 15pc.
"It's the first ever fat-tax," said Mike Rayner, Director of Oxford University's Health Promotion Research Group, who has long campaigned for taxes on unhealthy foods.
"It's very interesting. We haven't had any practical examples before. Now we will be able to see the effects for real." The tax will be levied at 2.5 per Kg of saturated fat and will be levied at the point of sale from wholesalers to retailers.
Less than 10pc of Danes are clinically obese, putting them slightly below the European average.
But researchers at Denmark's Institute for Food and Economic estimate that close to 4pc of the country's premature deaths are a result of excess consumption of saturated fats.
For Britain, where more than 20pc of the population is obese, the number will be considerably higher.
A 2007 study by Mr Rayner's group concluded that a combination of taxes on healthy foods and tax breaks on fruit and vegetables could save 3,200 lives a year in the UK.
Health Minister Andrew Lansley has up until now resisted calls for taxes on unhealthy foods, but Mr Rayner said they were the only credible way to combat Britain's obesity problem.
"I think we're going to have them in Britain whether Mr Lansley wants them or not, because the obesity crisis in the UK is such that we need to take more action.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8796522/Denmark-taxes-fatty-products.html
Whats in your pocket?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...498/Face-discovered-in-testicular-tumour.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...498/Face-discovered-in-testicular-tumour.html
I just pulled up the first article on it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...llary-16-YouTube-video.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...llary-16-YouTube-video.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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