Monthly Archives: December 2014

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Nine dead in Canadian ‘mass murder’

31 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Two very young children among eight members of family killed by a gun man in what police describe as ‘senseless mass murder’ linked to ‘extreme domestic violence’. The bodies were found at three locations in Edmonton, in the western province of Alberta. The bodies of seven people were found in one location. The gunman had shot himself dead. He had a list of criminal convictions dating back to 1987.
Police are not looking for anyone else and have not released names of the  deceased.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30627630

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Palestinian UN resolution fails. Eight voted in favour – one short. Two voted against – USA and Australia. Five abstained

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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NEW YORK  – The Arab resolution calling on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied territories failed to get the nine votes needed from the 15-strong members of the UN Security Council. The eight that voted in favour included China, Russia, Luxembourg, Chad, Chile and France.
Whilst those that abstained – Lithuania, Rwanda, South Korea, UK, and Nigeria.
Two voted against – USA and Australia.
Nigeria had expected to vote in favour but abstained. Under the resolution, Israel would have needed to withdraw by 2017. Had it been passed, the USA would have been expected to block the resolution by using its veto.

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Woman shot dead by two-year-old boy in America

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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The boy had reached into the hand bag of the woman and took out a hand gun which he fired.
The shooting occurred at the Wal-mart store in the town of Hayden, Idaho, whilst the woman was with several children. The sheriff said it was not clear whether the children and woman were related.
Wal-mart has been closed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30636326

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UN urges Myanmar to give Muslim minority ‘full citizenship’

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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1.3 million Muslims live in camps in Rakhine state in what observers describe as ‘apartheid-like’ conditions. Myanmar who moved from military rule to democracy to 2011 doesn’t recognize the Rohingya people as its citizens and wants to class them as ‘Bengalis.’ Attacks by Buddhist mobs led to the death of 280 and the displacement of 140, 000. They are currently trapped in camps and are unable to leave to neighbouring Bangladesh because the government there won’t take them.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/29/un-urges-myanmar-to-give-rohingya-muslims-full-citizenship/

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Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentences senior leader of Jamaat E Islami to death. Eighth member of group that opposed independence from Pakistan to be convicted of ‘war crimes’

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/30/bangladesh-tribunal-sentences-islamist-party-leader-to-death-for-171-war-crimes/

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