North Korea Leader Kim Jong-Un Injures Wrist

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 11 April 2015 | 23.17

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un appears to have hurt his wrist.

The 32-year-old appeared in a video on North Korean Central TV with what seemed to be a bandaged right wrist.

If he is hurt, however, it does not seem to be bothering him too much.

The bandage can be spotted as Kim waves and smiles at supporters during an inspection of a weapons factory in Pyongyang.

"He didn't have the injury when he inspected a military unit on April 4," a South Korean government official said, "so it must be recent."

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Gallery: Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-Un Images

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un has been seen in public for the first time in more than five weeks, appearing to scotch rumours of a coup. PICS: Rodong Sinmun

The secretive state's Supreme Leader is pictured visiting scientific facilities 40 days after he was last in public, state media reports.

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The failure of Mr Kim to appear on TV since 3 September has led to a mass of speculation about what could have happened to the 31-year-old. Continue through for more images

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But the supreme leader did not attend Thursday's meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang.

An official from South Korea's unification ministry said Kim Jong-Un probably stayed away because there was nothing very interesting to rubber stamp.

Last autumn, rumours swelled around Kim's health when he vanished from public for 40 days. Theories on why he had disappeared included power struggles in the regime, gout, obesity and a broken ankle.

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Gallery: Kim Jong-Un Inspecting Things

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un makes regular public appearances across the country

Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Ryuwon Shoes Factory

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The state later admitted he had been suffering some "discomfort" but did not elaborate.

Kim is expected to make his first foreign trip since becoming leader after being invited to Moscow in May where he will meet President Vladimir Putin, among other world leaders. The occasion is the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.

It is thought that Russia could be pursuing a deal with Pyongyang worth £16.5m ($25m) to overhaul North Korea's railways in return for access to mineral resources.

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Gallery: Kim Jong-Un Guides Artillery Fire And Landing Exercises

A view of artillery fire exercises guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un

The set of photos was released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. Continue through for more pictures

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US President Barack Obama has declined an invitation to the Moscow commemorations.

North Korea has been engaged in a tit-for-tat diplomatic spat with the US over The Interview movie and the hacking of Sony Pictures.

And Pyongyang's strong language, including threatening the US with "final doom" has been backed by a series of military drills and Kim urging his army to be combat ready.

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Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 04 April 2015 | 23.17

A man who posted thousands of sexually explicit photos of victims on a "revenge porn" website has been jailed for 18 years.

Kevin Bollaert, 28, was convicted in February of running a website that hosted more than 10,000 explicit photographs.

The website - ugotposted.com - was launched in December 2012, enabling photos to be posted without the subject's permission.

Bollaert, of San Diego, ran a parallel site - changemyreputation.com - that then charged individuals up to $350 (£235) each to remove the pictures.

Unlike other revenge porn websites, where photos are anonymous, ugotposted.com required the poster to include full details of the subject.

These included their full name, location, age and Facebook profile link, with an option to include the phone number too.

Victims included teachers, wives and professionals. The compromising photos cost people jobs, damaged relationships and led to one attempted suicide.

Prosecutors say Bollaert earned about $30,000 (£20,000) from people who paid to remove the images.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris said it marked the first criminal prosecution of a cyber-exploitation website operator in the US.

Victims of the site spoke in court in San Diego immediately before sentencing, describing the damage done to their reputations.

"My life has gone through a down-spiral," one of Bollaert's victims told Judge David Gill.

She said she had been ostracised by her mother because of the shame she brought on her family.

Another victim, Nicole, added: "I have a hard time acknowledging Mr Bollaert as a human being. I can't get away from the devastation."

Bollaert's parents pleaded for leniency, insisting their son was remorseful. However judge Gill called Bollaert's conduct "outrageous".

Mr Harris said Friday's sentence "makes clear there will be severe consequences for those that profit from the exploitation of victims online.

"We will continue to be vigilant and investigate and prosecute those who commit these deplorable acts," she said.

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Brazil Clashes After Boy Shot Dead By Police

Clashes have taken place in Brazil after a 10-year-old boy was allegedly shot dead by police during an operation against drug gangs.

Eduardo de Jesus Ferreira was killed at the Complexo Alemao shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, sparking protests in the area.

His mother Terezinha Maria de Jesus told G1 news portal her son was at the door of their house when she saw a police officer shoot him.

Authorities said the officers involved in the anti-gang operation have been suspended while an investigation is carried out.

It came after Elizabeth de Moura Francisco, a 41-year-old housewife from Complexo Alemao, was killed by a stray bullet in her house on Wednesday.

Residents took to the streets in anger at the killings, with some hurling rocks and bottles at police lines.

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Gallery: Protesters Clash With Police Over Transport Fare Hikes In Brazil

Police attempt to break up a student protest in a subway station against the country's latest round of transport fare hikes, in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Riot police and security officers clash with a demonstrator (bottom) inside Faria Lima subway station

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Man Shoots Himself Near 'Despicable Me' Ride

By Sky News US Team

A Universal Studios employee's ex-boyfriend has shot himself in front of guests at the Los Angeles area theme park.

He put the gun into his mouth and pulled the trigger near the new Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride on Friday afternoon, say police.

A woman who works at Mel's Diner inside the tourist attraction called park security after seeing her ex-boyfriend, the father of her child, in the park.

She had obtained two restraining orders against him after incidents at the park, including vandalising her car, according to the authorities.

A policewoman confronted the man in a designated-smoking area, whereupon he drew the gun and shot himself.

"The deputy tried to talk him out of it, but after going back and forth for 30 seconds or so, he shot himself," Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Lt Eddie Hernandez told reporters.

Several guests saw the suicide. Many other park-goers heard the shot but did not witness the death.

Rosie Love, who had just gone on the Despicable Me ride with her daughter, told NBC News: "Everyone was hysterical and praying.

"We heard there was a guy with a gun near one of the water rides."

The man was able to bring the weapon into the park because security search the belongings of guests, but rarely use metal detectors, authorities say.

Universal Studios remained open and was co-operating with the shooting investigation, it said in a statement.

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Teen Girl Hid In Wardrobe To Survive Massacre

A survivor of the Kenya university massacre in which 148 people were killed has told how she hid from gunmen by covering herself with clothes in a wardrobe.

Cynthia Cheroitich was found by security forces two days after the attack, as medical staff carried out the grim task of dealing with the victims' bodies.

The atrocity was carried out by four gunmen from the al Qaeda-linked Somalia-based terror group al Shabaab, who were killed at the end of the day-long siege.

Ms Cheroitich, 19, said from her hospital bed that she had hid in a large cupboard, refusing to emerge when some of her classmates came out of hiding at the demands of the extremists.

She said the Islamist militants separated the group into thoser who could read Arabic and who could not.

Ms Cheroitich, a Christian, said: "I was just praying to my God." She also said she drank lotion to stave off thirst and hunger.

She said she did not believe that rescuers urging her to come out of her hiding place were there to help, suspecting at first that they were militants.

It was only when security forces had one of her teachers appeal to her that she did she come out, she said.

Fellow student Cheruiot Tiebafy told how he used the blood of his colleagues to survive Thursday's massacre at Garissa University College.

He said: "Actually I am the only man who survived from all the boys who were held hostage.

"I just smeared the blood of my colleagues, I ate the blood to be my lunch and I go to sleep there for around 13 good hours when we got to be hostage and I pretended to be dead.

"They turned me around, they kicked me but I'm alive."

As Al Shabaab warned of more attacks, claiming: "Kenyan cities will run red with blood", the country's president said the planners and financiers of assaults like the one at the university were "deeply embedded in our communities".

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Gallery: Graphic Images From Kenya Massacre

This man was captured at the scene by Kenyan authorities

Mohamed Mohamud has been named as the mastermind behind the attack

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Iranian President: Nuclear Deal Is 'First Step'

A tentative deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme has been heralded as "a first step towards productive interactions with the world" by the country's president.

As celebrations broke out on the streets of Tehran, Hassan Rouhani made a televised address to the Iranian people.

He said: "Today is a day that will remain in the historic memory of the Iranian nation. Some think that we must either fight the world or surrender to world powers.

"We say it is neither of those, there is a third way. We can have co-operation with the world."

Mr Rouhani rose to power in a landslide two years ago - making a pledge to voters that he would bring decades of international isolation to an end.

In the agreement reached on Thursday, Iran would reduce its reserves of enriched uranium, which some nations fear could be used to produce a nuclear bomb.

Additionally, the country would dismantle nearly 13,000 centrifuges - and invasive inspections from international bodies would prevent Iran from violating the deal.

In return, many sanctions would be lifted - providing £100bn of relief to the Iranian economy.

Even though President Barack Obama has hailed the deal as a "historic understanding", diplomats have said that tough negotiations lie ahead of a final deadline on 30 June - warning that the deal could be prone to collapse at any time.

Other world powers involved in brokering the deal included Russia, China, France, Germany and the UK - yet Israel has voiced public opposition to the agreement, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming it could lead to the destruction of his country.

In a statement, he said: "Israel demand that any final agreement with Iran will include a clear and unambiguous Iranian commitment to Israel's right to exist."

Responding to Mr Netanyahu's claims, a White House spokesman pledged that the US would not support a deal which could endanger Israel - a key regional ally to the States.

Iran has always maintained its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.

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Al Shabaab: Deadly Campaign Of Terror Attacks

Hardline Somali al Shabaab extremists who have carried out an armed raid on a university in eastern Kenya are responsible for a catalogue of deadly terror attacks in the region.

With the raid in Garissa the latest, here are some of the other atrocities committed by the group:

March, 2015: At least 24 people, including six militants, were killed during a siege at the Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

February, 2015: A suicide attack at the Central Hotel in Mogadishu killed 25 people and wounded 40 others. Government officials were meeting in the hotel at the time, and Mogadishu's deputy mayor and two legislators were among the dead.

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Gallery: Terror Attack At Kenyan University

A siege by militants at a university in eastern Kenya has ended after four gunmen were killed. At least 147 people have been killed, with 79 confirmed as wounded

Somalia's al Shabaab terror group has claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack, which began when many students were sleeping

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Special Report: On Board IS-Fighting Warship

The USS Carl Vinson is one of the largest warships in the world.

From her current position in the Gulf, this American super carrier is the spearhead of the air campaign against Islamic State.

The 60 fighter jets onboard have flown more than 3,000 missions and dropped 700 bombs since arriving in the region in October.

Simply no other Navy in the world can match this capability.

The ship's commander describes it as "American power, at its finest". Standing on its 1,000ft deck, it's hard to disagree,

But for all the statistics, it's also hard to gauge what impact the Carl Vinson is having.

The ship is just one part of the air campaign, albeit a significant part.

More often than not though, planes return to the ship with all their bombs attached.

The Commander of the Strike Group, Rear Admiral Chris Grady, argues that his pilots are winning.

"Over the course of the campaign we have destroyed many vehicles, tanks, artillery pieces, fighting positions, training camps," he said.

"We've killed their fighters, we've killed their leadership.

"We've eliminated vast sources of revenue in the form of Gulf gasoline and fuel oil that they've been selling to resource themselves.

"Because of that they're now no longer able to mass, to manoeuvre, to command and control, or protect their own strategic lines of communication."

The carrier's contribution is more than a third of the entire coalition.

Because of her position, most of the strikes are over Iraq. Flying north, the pilots can be over IS positions in little more than an hour.

When operations are in full swing, aircraft can be landing or taking off every 45 seconds.

"The pilots take videos every time they launch missiles so we can check for battle damage assessment," Captain Karl Thomas, the ship's Commanding Officer told us.

"I get a chance to view those videos as well and I would tell you that bombs versus ISIL fighters is not a fair fight."

The Carl Vinson is the flagship of a Strike Group - a collection of warships and submarines that sail close by, providing protection and support.

She stays in a tight grid, in international waters, sailing in a square, sometimes little more than 30 or 40 miles from the coast of Iran.

At one point during our stay, an Iranian coastguard boat followed the ship, at safe distance.

Watching, keeping an eye on an old enemy.

The relationship between the two navies is "professional" we're told.

The two countries have been flying jets in the same airspace - Iraq - bombing the same enemy - Islamic State - but, not communicating, not collaborating.

At least that is what we're told, repeatedly.

Landing on the Carrier is dangerous, especially at night.

The pilots must constantly adjust the approach of their plane to match the runway which is set at an angle.

Coming in at 150mph, a hook underneath must catch one of four wires stretched across the runway.

It will bring the plane to a stop in two seconds.

If the pilots miss, and it does happen, they must take off immediately and try again.

To anticipate this, rather than hitting the brake on touchdown, the pilots are trained to immediately put on the thrust, going against instinct.

Five thousand men and women serve on board.

The ship is powered by two nuclear turbines meaning, in theory, it can stay at sea without needing to dock and refuel.

It is only the human crew that need replenishing, and with an air campaign in full swing, missiles and bombs must be restocked.

Immediately below deck, in four gargantuan hangars, aircraft are repaired and maintained.

It is no easy task keeping them airworthy during a lengthy and intense campaign.

On 2 May 2013 the USS Carl Vinson secured her place in American legend.

Before dawn the body of Osama bin Laden was secretly flown aboard.

He'd been killed by US Navy Seals a few hours earlier in Pakistan.

He was buried at sea in a 50-minute ceremony at noon, his body pushed into the water not far from where the ship sails today.

Few knew about it.

"We were told we had a guest, and then told we no longer had a guest," one remembers.

When the USS Carl Vinson left San Diego last summer, it was on a routine deployment.

They now find themselves at war.

It's been a long mission and it isn't over yet.

When they return home they will have been at sea for nine-and-a-half months.

"We'll work hard, until the job is done," a young officer tells us. "Then we play."

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Ex-All Black Held Over Alleged Sex Assault

Former New Zealand rugby union captain Mils Muliaina has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.

The 34-year-old Connacht full back, who earned 100 caps for the All Blacks, is suspected of involvement in an incident in Cardiff last month.

He was forced out of Friday night's European Challenge Cup quarter-final tie against Gloucester after 34 minutes, because of injury.

However, shortly after the final whistle, television pictures showed Muliaina being taken away by police.

A spokesman for Gloucestershire Police said: "A man in his 30s was arrested at Kingsholm Stadium on Friday 3 April on suspicion of sexual assault in relation to an incident in Cardiff in March.

"The man has been handed over to officers from South Wales Police who are investigating the incident."

Details of the incident have not been confirmed.

Muliaina was in the Welsh capital playing for Connacht against Cardiff Blues on 6 March.

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Cop Kills Man 'After Mistaking Gun For Taser'

By Sky News US Team

A 73-year-old Oklahoma reserve police officer "inadvertently" shot dead a suspect after confusing his gun for his Taser, say authorities.

Tulsa County deputy Robert Bates is on administrative leave after Thursday's killing.

It happened as police tried to apprehend Eric Courtney Harris, 44, in the car park of a Dollar General store.

The convicted felon was allegedly trying to sell a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and ammunition to an undercover police officer.

When members of the Tulsa Violent Crimes unit moved in to arrest Harris during the sting operation he fled on foot, say police.

The reserve officer, a member of the task force, was among the task force deputies.

Police say they caught Harris and forced him to the ground, but he continued to resist arrest.

The officers "observed him reaching for his waistband area ... causing concern for the deputies' safety", according to the authorities.

At this point, police said the reserve officer "was attempting to use less lethal force, believing he was utilising a Taser, when he inadvertently discharged his service weapon, firing one round which struck Harris".

He died later in hospital.

It is not clear if the suspect was carrying a gun at the time of the arrest.

Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said the reserve deputy would be interviewed on Monday as part of their investigation into the shooting.

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Moon Bathed In Red Light During Brief Eclipse

The Moon was tinged with red for a short lunar eclipse which was seen by stargazers in parts of the Pacific Rim.

The eclipse - in which the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow - was seen in northern Japan, parts of Australia and areas of western North America.

It began at 7.15pm in Japan and at around 8.54pm the moon was fully covered by the Earth's shadow.

Residents of Tokyo – keen to see the local cherry blossoms with the rare background – gave up on viewing the so-called "blood moon" due to thick cloud.

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Gallery: Some Of The Best Images Of Previous Eclipses

7 March, 1970: Ten separate exposures on a single frame show the phases of a partial solar eclipse in the sky over Washington, DC

10 May, 1994: An annular eclipse appears over Cleveland, Ohio showing the annulus, a thin 'ring of fire'

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Alps Crash Co-Pilot 'Planned Place In History'

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 28 Maret 2015 | 23.17

Alps Crash Co-Pilot 'Planned Place In History'

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A former girlfriend of the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing a Germanwings plane is reported to have told how he suffered nightmares and once ominously woke up screaming: "We're going down!"

According to the Bild newspaper, the ex-lover of Andreas Lubitz, identified only as Mary W, said he had told her last year: "One day I will do something that will change the whole system, and then all will know my name and remember it."

She added: "I never knew what he meant, but now it makes sense."

The 26-year-old stewardess said Lubitz had been tormented by nightmares and his behaviour scared her.

"At night, he woke up and screamed: 'We're going down!', because he had nightmares. He knew how to hide from other people what was really going on inside," she told the paper.

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Gallery: The Victims Of The Germanwings Crash

American Emily Selke, a recent graduate, was on the plane with her mother Yvonne. Raymond Selke has described his wife and daughter as 'amazing people'. Pic: Facebook

Iranian sports journalist Hussein Javadi was on his way to Austria to cover a football match. A friend said he was 'a kind, loving, caring man'. Pic: Maysam Bizær/Hossein Javadi

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Argentinian Sebastian Greco was on board with his girlfriend. Pic: Facebook

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Argentinian Gabriela Maumus, 28, was the daughter of a firefighter. Pic: Facebook

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Spanish victim Carles Milla Masanas, 37. The businessman was on his way to a food industry fayre. Pic: Facebook

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Her claims follow revelations by German prosecutors that Lubitz had hidden a sick note declaring him unfit to work on the day of the disaster before boarding the Barcelona to Dusseldorf flight and piloting it into a mountainside in the French Alps.

All 150 people on board the Airbus A320 were killed in the crash.

The prosecutors' office said: "Documents with medical contents were confiscated that point towards an existing illness and corresponding treatment by doctors.

"The fact there are sick notes saying he was unable to work, among other things, that were found torn up, which were recent and even from the day of the crime, support the assumption based on the preliminary examination that the deceased hid his illness from his employer and his professional colleagues."

Germanwings confirmed the sick note was not submitted to the company.

The prosecutors also said the search found no suicide note or confession, "nor was there any evidence of a political or religious background to what happened".

French investigators said that the mental health of the co-pilot is a "serious lead" in the inquiry, but not the only one.

Police chief Jean-Pierre Michel, speaking to AFP news agency in Dusseldorf, said: "We have a certain number of elements which allow us to make progress on this lead, which is a serious lead but which can't be the only one."

He added that the investigation has not revealed a "particular element" in Lubitz's life which could explain his alleged actions.

Lubitz lived with his parents, a banker and a church organist, in his small home town of Montabaur in the Rhineland and kept an apartment in Dusseldorf.

A national memorial ceremony and service for victims is to be held at Cologne Cathedral on April 17, regional authorities said on Saturday.

German media has reported Lubitz received treatment for a "serious depressive episode" six years ago during his training to become a pilot.

Lufthansa, parent company of Germanwings, said it was aware he had broken off his training in 2009, but said there was nothing in his background to suggest he was a risk.

The company, which also owns Austrian Airlines and Swiss Air, said he passed all the relevant examinations necessary to become a pilot and was deemed "100% airworthy".

Some 75 German people were on board the aircraft. At least 50 Spanish citizens were also on the flight, along with three Britons.

On Friday, a memorial service was held in Dusseldorf for the German victims of the crash and hundreds of other mourners attended a mass in Barcelona for three generations of one family who died.

Lufthansa said family briefings are planned for later today at its family assistance centre in the French city of Marseille.

The airline also announced it would pay up to 50,000 euros (£36,000) in immediate financial assistance per passenger.

Police and rescue workers are still hunting for the aircraft's second black box on the fifth day of recovery operations at the scene of the crash.

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