The German writer Jürgen Todenhöfer was the first western journalist allowed to enter Isis-controlled Syria and Iraq – and to return safely. In an extract from his book, he describes what he saw in Raqqa and Mosul, and the chilling moment he realised that his angry, masked driver was one of the world’s most-wanted men. Sunday 7 December 2014 ... He murmurs a greeting in English in a strikingly rhythmic accent ... Twitter ... Poor ones pay less ... ....
The MississippiCounty chapter of the NAACP is seeking an investigation after police officers pulled a black man from his car, Tasered and pepper sprayed him and arrested him for playing music too loud, local television station WREG reported ... As he explains to the officers that his brakes don’t work, they begin pulling him from the car without allowing him to unbuckle his seat belt ... He then screams as another officer pepper sprays him....
Article by WN .com Correspondent DallasDarling“I know it doesn’t look like it, but that little bird is really a dove asking for world peace” announced Sen. Bernie Sanders, turning from his avian friend to address the crowd of 10,000 supporters in Portland, Oregon...Francis of Assisi, but it might have been an omen when an unexpected feathered visitor landed next to Sanders during a campaign stop ... A Natural History Of The Senses ... St ... 199.....
A Japanese submarine made a port call in the Philippines, the first in 15 years, on Sunday in a show of growing military cooperation amid tension triggered by China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea (SCS) ... China claims almost all the SCS, where about $5 trillion of ship-borne trade passes every year....
As several ESMASCs already conduct policy-making work in the area of investor protection, orderly and stable markets within their own areas of responsibility, the remit of the Financial InnovationStanding Committee (FISC) is two-fold ... At ESMA level, FISC considers work done by the existing ESMA SCs and other groups to facilitate efficient co-ordination and to avoid any duplication....
Tuesday, April 5, the California AssemblyPublic Safety Committee will hold a legislative hearing on AB 2495 (Eggman) to permit localities to establish supervised consumption services (SCS), which allow individuals to consume controlled substances in a safe space, provide sterile equipment, and connect patients to treatment, medical care, and other social services....
Drug Policy Alliance. Tuesday, April 5, the California AssemblyPublic Safety Committee will hold a legislative hearing on AB 2495 (Eggman) to permit localities to establish supervised consumption services (SCS), which allow individuals to consume controlled substances in a safe space, provide sterile equipment, and connect patients to treatment, medical care, and other social services ... ....
CHANDIGARH ... The coordinator of the station and the chairperson of SCSJayant N Pethkar said, "This project will help the community radio of Panjab University work towards the benefit of the women in the Community with the help of community participation." ... ....
The girls were taken to NGOChetna in Agra, and on February 25, 2010, sent to a shelter run by another NGO, Subhash Children’s Society (SCS), in Kanpur... According to Gaurav Sachan, an SCS employee, when Manjula and Meena were asked their parents’ names, they gave them as Pappu and MayaDevi (Lal and Uma’s nicknames, which may have hindered the search for the parents) ... March 29; Subhash Children’s Society (SCS), Kanpur....
Dalit leader M ...Social WelfareMinister H ... Hanumanthaiah shortlisted the name of Mr. Jayanna ... In 1981, he participated in the Bhoo Chaluvali (movement for land) in Chitradurga district and fought for internal reservation among SCs in promotions ... ....
Chennai... Kannegi Packianathan had retired from service in march 2015 ... The bench was passing orders on a PIL filed by S Karuppiah, founder of Central & StateGovernmentSC and ST Employees Federation, who wanted the court to direct the government to form high-level committee and ascertain the number of vacancies meant for SCs and STs ... Irked at plea for further time, the judges said ... ....