2015 thread for news

[lavender1]

Jan 12, 2015 5:57:08 GMT -5 lavender1 said:

www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-kosher-supermarket-hostage-crisis.html?_r=0

www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/europa/lassana-bathily-frankreichs-neuer-held-13364961.html

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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-march-tv-wide-shots-reveal-a-different-perspective-on-world-leaders-at-largest-demonstration-in-frances-history-9972895.html

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/12/white-house-apologizes-not-sending-top-officials-charlie-hebdo-march-paris

time.com/3669230/paris-terror-attack-charlie-hebdo-lassana-bathily/

[lavender1]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/11348137/Pope-Francis-visits-the-Philippines-in-pictures.html


www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30843811

www.stripes.com/news/pacific/philippines/pope-francis-urges-filipinos-to-end-scandalous-poverty-corruption-1.324141

www.inquirer.net/factiva?ModPagespeedFilters=compute_critical_css,decode_rewritten_urls,disable_javascript,flatten_css_imports,inline_css,inline_import_to_link,rewrite_css&ModPagespeedCssFlattenMaxBytes=0&ModPagespeedCssImageInlineMaxBytes=0&ModPagespeedCssInlineMaxBytes=10485760

www.ksla.com/story/27874179/storm-cuts-short-popes-trip-to-typhoon-hit-philippine-city

www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/papst-muss-besuch-auf-philippinen-wegen-sturm-abbrechen-a-1013504.html


cnsblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/you-are-not-alone-pope-tells-typhoon-survivors/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

[lavender1]

www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1202858-belgium-after-the-raids-more-arrests-and-heightened-security/

BRUSSELS—Security remained heightened in Brussels, Belgium on Friday after two were killed and one injured in police raids in eastern Belgium on Thursday. The country’s security alert was raised to level three out of four.

On Friday, raids continued in eastern Belgium and other parts of Brussels as well as Germany and France. Thirteen people were detained in Belgium, which has the most number of citizens per capita fighting with terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, security officials believe.

Jewish schools remained closed throughout Friday in Antwerp and Brussels because of a tip-off to police that they may be targeted, according to Jewish news website Joods Actueel.

The Prime Minister of Belgium, Charles Michel, said in a broadcast statement on Friday that the situation is under control “for the moment.”

Regarding the police intervention on Thursday in Verviers, an eastern city 70 miles from Brussels, he stated that the operation “stopped activity of a terrorist cell.”
…We know that zero risk does not exist, either in Belgium or elsewhere.
— Charles Michel, the Prime Minister of Belgium

He also said the security level in the country was not raised in Belgium because any specific threat.

“At present, we have no knowledge of a concrete and specific threat,” he said in French. “But we know that zero risk does not exist, either in Belgium or elsewhere.”

On Thursday, police raided a private house in Vervier as part of investigation into a possible terrorist cell. Police were greeted by heavy fire, and two suspects were killed and one more injured and taken into custody.

The Belgian Prosecutor’s office later announced suspects were preparing for a number of terror attacks in Belgium, including on police stations.

Prime Minister Michel also announced Friday it would invest 300 million euros ($347) to strengthen national security. He emphasized better protection of the country’s borders, but also prevention, which currently includes monitoring, and phone tapping among other investigation techniques.

He also said the government may call upon the army to help the police, and 150 soldiers are already on standby, Reuters reported.

The Belgian government announced twelve new measures it would take to fight terrorism in the country. Among them were updates to the penal code that would create separate penalties for travel abroad for terrorist purposes, withdrawal of nationality in response to terrorist activity, detecting and preventing radicalization in prisons, and reforming the intelligence and security agencies in the country.

www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2015-01/belgien-terrorismus-razzia

[lavender1]

Jan 16, 2015 17:14:42 GMT -5 lavender1 said:

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/11348137/Pope-Francis-visits-the-Philippines-in-pictures.html


www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30843811

www.stripes.com/news/pacific/philippines/pope-francis-urges-filipinos-to-end-scandalous-poverty-corruption-1.324141


www.ksla.com/story/27874179/storm-cuts-short-popes-trip-to-typhoon-hit-philippine-city

www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/papst-muss-besuch-auf-philippinen-wegen-sturm-abbrechen-a-1013504.html


cnsblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/you-are-not-alone-pope-tells-typhoon-survivors/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/18/pope-francis-thrills-manila-with-crowd-of-6-million-expected

www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30869019


pacifictimes.org/papalvisit/

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www.romereports.com/pg157920-official-website-for-pope-francis-visit-to-the-philippines-launched-en


www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/pope-francis-contraceptio_n_6504580.html

thinkprogress.org/health/2015/01/20/3613085/pope-francis-contraception-rabbits/

[lavender1]

rt.com/news/222995-lithuania-invasion-survival-manual/

20committee.com/2014/10/30/poland-prepares-for-russian-invasion/

www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/angst-vor-russland-litauens-regierung-veroeffentlicht-kriegshandbuch-a-1013126.html#ref=veeseoartikel

[lavender1]

www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/19/global-wealth-oxfam-inequality-davos-economic-summit-switzerland

[lavender1]

www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/19/police-radar-see-through-walls/22007615/

[lavender1]

www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/12/08/militaries-civilians-and-the-crisis-of-the-arab-state/

yemen:

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/20/houthi-rebels-seize-yemen-presidential-palace

www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30903516

[lavender1]

www.havanatimes.org/?p=108456

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article7609631.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations

[lavender1]

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/15/los-angeles-schools-offering-evening-meal-children

thinkprogress.org/health/2015/01/16/3612683/schools-dinner-programs/


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_meal

www.foodtimeline.org/foodschools.html

btw. edition.cnn.com/2015/01/20/politics/state-of-the-union-2015-transcript-full-text/index.html

[lavender1]

www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/supreme-court-take-lethal-injections-oklahoma-case-n292461

patterico.com/2015/01/17/execution-in-oklahoma/


www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/supreme-court-take-lethal-injections-oklahoma-case-n292461

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www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/world/americas/science-fuels-writing-and-faith-of-a-nicaraguan-poet-.html


www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/nicaraguan-poet-and-priest-ernesto-cardenal-laments-betrayal-of-sandinista-revolution/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7BdZUwm47s

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjaq9YbEutQ

www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1403237.htm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqYOC8nAGUQ

[lavender1]

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/23/syriza-poll-lead-greek-elections-alexis-tsipras-antonis-samaras

[lavender1]

www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-shoutout-to-march-for-life-every-life-is-a-gift-26032/

ucatholic.com/blog/12-pro-life-quotes-from-pope-francis/

[lavender1]

www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/nato-prueft-nuklearstrategie-wegen-scheinangriffen-aus-russland-a-1014861.html

panteres.com/2015/01/25/nato-nuclear-strategy-checked-for-simulated-attacks-from-russia/


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www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/24/missile-attack-pro-russian-rebels-ukraine-mariupol-donetsk

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30967949

Since April, more than 5,000 people have died in fighting in the east.

The rebels currently control a large swathe of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. More than a million people have been displaced.

A ceasefire was agreed in Minsk in September but never fully took hold.


Some 5.2 million people live in conflict-affected areas and 1.4 million are considered "highly vulnerable and in need of assistance"
More than a million people have fled their homes with 633,523 living as displaced persons within Ukraine and 593,622 living outside Ukraine, mostly in Russia
More than 5,000 people have been killed in the fighting and more than 10,300 injured