In the workshop was an oven that archaeologists think might have been used to make bronze objects.The excavation of that and a second ancient shop started in May near a necropolis in the Herculaneum port area. Archaeologists are puzzling over what kind of business the second shop did ... tomb of an adult, complete with funerary vases ... Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum were ancient Roman towns....
Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne join a growing list of public figures and artists confronting the growing gun control crisis in the US this week by penning an impassioned plea in an essay in support of firearms restrictions, Billboard reported.Less than two weeks after the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Byrne wrote, “We ware [sic] are ware here,” in an essay entitled “Guns Are About Freedom....
David Cameron has resigned as British prime minister following the failure of his Remain side to win the referendum on staying in the EU. Mr Cameron called the vote on Brexit in 2013 under pressure from the anti-EU wing of his Conservative Party and Ukip, hoping to end decades of debate over the UK’s ties with Europe... With a turnout of 72.2 per cent, 51.9 per cent voted to leave; 48.1 per cent voted to remain ... Irish government reaction....
. Three levels of senior police command had three different ideas of what would trigger a storming of the Lindt cafe siege stronghold ... "So I said if he executes a hostage we're not going?" the deliberate action commander recalled asking. ... Earlier on Wednesday, the tactical commander, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was asked about negotiations with the gunman, Man HaronMonis ... ....
The suspect, Thomas Mair, was said to have carried what was an “old-fashioned” possibly homemade gun, and also brandished a knife in the attack ... A ... Along with ideological confusion came a good deal of self-woe. The Mateen blueprint – confusion and indifference to the dimensions of faith and a creative streak of fabrication – were very much present in yet another “lone wolf”, that grand fabulist and showman, Man HaronMonis ... ....
Before Omar Mateen walked into Pulse nightclub and shot 49 of its patrons and staff to death, he was a nobody. In the hours that followed, though, he was catapulted to global infamy ...The media frenzy that followed in the wake of those first reports was inevitable and, to an extent, justified ... RelatedStory ... For another example, take the case of Man HaronMonis, who lay siege to a café in Sydney, Australia, in December 2014 ... ....
One of the first things we learned about Omar Mateen, the gunman in the nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, was that his ex-wife said he had beaten her severely until she left him in 2009 ... Man HaronMonis, who holed up with hostages for 17 hours at a cafe in Sydney, in December 2014, an episode that left two people dead and four wounded, had terrorised his ex-wife ... "intimate terrorism." ... The New York Times....
However, the "direct action" plan was never approved nor authorised by the most senior police officers after it was put to them just under three hours before gunman Man HaronMonis fatally shot hostage ToriJohnson. The witness, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said he spoke to Assistant CommissionerMark Jenkins, in the hours leading up to and just after midnight on December 15, 2014 ... Advertisement ... ....
A police sniper had a "potential shot" at gunman Man HaronMonis, who was holding hostages inside the Lindt cafe, almost seven hours before the siege came to its fatal end ... ....
The families of ToriJohnson and KatrinaDawson have formally requested three of the state's most senior police officers to give evidence at the inquest into the Sydney siege ... Advertisement ... Mr Johnson, the cafe manager, was shot dead by gunman Man HaronMonis about 2.03am. ... "None." ... The inquest before coroner Michael Barnes continues. ....
A police sniper had a "potential shot" at gunman Man HaronMonis, who was holding hostages inside the Lindt cafe, almost seven hours before the siege came to its fatal end ... Under questioning from Counsel Assisting the CoronerSophieCallan, the witness said in his opinion, the sniper did not have the "legal authority" to take the shot anyway. Advertisement ... The sniper is expected to give evidence next week ... ....
Tuesday's Rio NightlifePick - Tonight Bem Brasil Entretenimento will once again present the The Rio Hostels party at Miroir in Ipanema. During the night, DJ JR Mahr will spin the best of hip hop and DJ Haron Dufau will spin the best of house, hip hop, funk, reggaeton, and cumbia ... ....