Daily Archives: August 5, 2015

Παιδιά ηλικίας από 1 έως 9 ετών πωλούνται στην τιμή των 165 δολαρίων

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Την λίστα με τις τιμές στα σκλαβοπάζαρα των τζιχαντιστών επιβεβαίωσε ο ΟΗΕ ύστερα από ένα χρόνο κυκλοφορίας της. Η λίστα προσφέρεται στους μαχητές, αλλά και σε άνδρες που ενδιαφέρονταν να αγοράσουν σκλάβες του σεξ.

Η λίστα δείχνει ότι τα παιδιά ηλικίας από 1 έως 9 ετών πωλούνται στην τιμή των 165 δολαρίων, τα έφηβα κορίτσια πωλούνται στα 124 δολάρια και οι γυναίκες άνω των 20 πωλούνται σε χαμηλότερη τιμή. Μια γυναίκα 40 ετών πωλείται στα 41 δολάρια.

Συγκεκριμένα, η εκπρόσωπος της Γενικής Γραμματείας του ΟΗΕ για τη σεξουαλική βία, Ζαϊνάμπ Μπανγκούρα δήλωσε ότι η λίστα είναι πραγματική και πρόσθεσε ότι «τα κορίτσια πωλούνται όπως τα βαρέλια βενζίνης. Ένα κορίτσι μπορεί να αγοραστεί από πέντε ή έξι άντρες. Μερικές φορές, οι τζιχαντιστές πουλάνε τα κορίτσια στις οικογένειές τους για χιλιάδες δολάρια».

Επιπλέον, η Μπανγκούρα ανέφερε ότι οι τζιχαντιστές έχουν «ένα πρόγραμμα, ένα εγχειρίδιο για το πώς να φέρονται σ’ αυτές τις γυναίκες. Έχουν ένα γραφείο γάμου που οργανώνει όλους αυτούς τους “γάμους” και την πώληση γυναικών».

Οι τζιχαντιστές υποστηρίζουν ότι η αιχμαλωσία των γυναικών είναι δικαιολογημένη επειδή δεν πιστεύουν στο Ισλάμ. Τα μέλη του Ισλαμικού Κράτους επιτρέπεται να κάνουν σεξ με τις γυναίκες, ειδικά αν είναι παρθένες. Αν δεν είναι, πρέπει τα γεννητικά τους όργανα να «καθαριστούν» πριν τη σεξουαλική τους επαφή.

Πηγή:madata.gr

Theo Skalkos charged with indecency

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Theo Skalkos after appearing in court in February.

Sydney man Theo Skalkos accused of committing an act of indecency with a teenager

Colourful Sydney publisher Theo Skalkos is in legal hot water again, but those familiar with his insatiable appetite for courtroom stoushes will be expecting him to once again channel his inner-Houdini.

Fairfax Media reported this week that Skalkos, 83, had been charged with committing an act of indecency with a teenager of unspecified sex. A former bankrupt, Skalkos is alleged to have engaged in the act with a 19-year-old at Mascot on February 4.

Dubbed ‘Earthquake’ due to his thunderous presence in his company’s office, Skalkos has an uncanny knack of finding his way out of the gravest of legal difficulties.

In another sex-related court matter dating back to 2003, Skalkos was accused of indecent assault in relation to a former employee. Skalkos ultimately made his getaway, unscathed – thanks to the talents of legendary barrister Jim Conomos, who convinced the magistrate the 35-year-old alleged victim had been motivated by greed.

One of his most famous court losses dates back to the 1980s, when celebrated Australian Cypriot television producer and football entrepreneur Harry Michaels sued The Greek Herald for defamation and managed to extract $150k in damages from Skalkos after launching legal proceedings in NSW.

To avoid similar payouts in other states, Skalkos changed the name of the paper to the Hellenic Herald. In 2012, Skalkos yet again faced court on firearm charges after allegedly levelling a double-barrelled shotgun at a tradesman chasing him for almost $25, 000 in unpaid work performed on his Mascot office.
Skalkos allegedly ripped up an invoice presented to him by plumber James Hasapis, telling him, “if you come back I will cut off your legs”.

In Waverley Local Court, Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge found Skalkos “probably” did assault Hasapis, but it had not been established, beyond reasonable doubt, and because the accused was “a person of otherwise excellent good character”, she wasn’t satisfied he committed the offence. In separate charges Skalkos was convicted and fined $1,200 with $81 court costs on the firearms charge of failing to keep the shotgun and ammunition secure after pleading guilty.

Skalkos pleaded not guilty to the latest charge laid against him in a Sydney court on Monday and will reappear on September 14.

source: Neos Kosmos

Hiroshima 70th Anniversary: Nuclear Bomb ‘Should Never Be Used Again’

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Seven decades after the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, a 99-year-old veteran refuses to give up his life’s mission — to ensure nuclear warfare never happens again.

The city of Hiroshima will early Thursday (7 p.m. ET Wednesday) commemorate the 1945 moment “Little Boy” instantly killed at least 60,000 people. Three days later, “Fat Man” killed around 40,000 others in Nagasaki.

The bombings are credited with ending World War II but they left two cities in ruins and generations suffering the effects of radiation poisoning. Tens of thousands more later died from cancer and other illnesses.

source:nbcnews.com

A German neo-Nazi politician is accepted to the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties

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A German neo-Nazi politician is accepted to the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee.

German anti-Semitism is far from dead, although government officials are doing what they can to snuff it out. A German neo-Nazi politician has even managed to get himself placed on the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee.

A cordial invitation to Jewish athletes to hold the Maccabi Games in Berlin brought the eyes of the world to Germany as Hitler’s stadium filled with cheering. But vicious anti-Semites still managed to seek out Jewish athletes at their hotel, over the Internet and on the street.

Safety was still an issue: athletes were bluntly warned not to wear anything that would openly identify them as Jews – this, 70 years after Hitler’s defeat.

Last month, vandals still managed to paint swastikas on tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Gleideingen. Police launched an investigation and questioned witnesses, according to the Coordination Forum for Countering Anti-Semitism (CFCA). Cemetery visitors immediately called police upon discovering the vandalism July 16.

Even worse, at the beginning of July, German neo-Nazi politician Udo Voigt, 55, joined the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee.

The move drew an outraged reaction from European Jewry and a pledge from the parliament’s president to oppose him, EurActiv.com reported. But he is still there.

The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee is responsible for the protection of citizens’ rights, human rights and measures to combat discrimination.

Udo Voigt, 55, is the former leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany, classified by German intelligence as a far-right extremist party.

Lawmakers are currently engaged in a legal battle before the German courts in an attempt to have the party banned on the grounds that its ideology is identical to that of Adolf Hitler.

Voigt has openly stated his praise for Hitler on the record; he even was convicted in 2009 for glorifying the Waffen SS. He is the son of a former Wehrmacht officer who tried to nominate Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. Voigt himself once claimed “no more than 340,000 Jews” died in the Holocaust.

A set number of committee seats are allocated to unaffiliated European Parliament members, to be divided among all independent politicians such as Voigt.

With a lawmaker like Voigt accepted for membership to the European Union’s parliament, one does not need to wonder why there is so much anti-Israel sentiment on that body.

source:jewishpress.com

FFA Cup: Edgeworth Eagles – Melbourne City 1-2

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 04: Erik Paartalu of Melbourne City heads the ball during the FFA Cup match between Edgeworth FC and Melbourne City FC at Magic Park on August 4, 2015 in Newcastle, Australia.  (Photo by Tony Feder/Getty Images)

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 04: Erik Paartalu of Melbourne City heads the ball during the FFA Cup match between Edgeworth FC and Melbourne City FC at Magic Park on August 4, 2015 in Newcastle, Australia. (Photo by Tony Feder/Getty Images)

Melbourne’s two A-League clubs avoided potential major FFA Cup upsets by recording away wins last night, albeit in vastly contrasting fashions.

Melbourne Victory were rarely threatened as they cantered to a 6-0 victory over Sydney’s Balmain ­Tigers, however Melbourne City needed an injury-time winner from Aaron Mooy to scrape to a tense 2-1 comeback win over Edgeworth Eagles in Newcastle.

Part-timers Edgeworth threat­ened to record a massive upset when they took the lead through a Bren Hammel penalty midway through the first half, only for Mooy to quickly draw City level with a scintillating 30m free kick.

The sometime Socceroo then repeated the feat late on to get the ambitious City out of trouble via a 92-minute winner.

In Sydney, A-League champions Victory scored after only 11 minutes through Besart Berisha, who slotted the ball home after a sharp interchange of passes with Jesse Makarounas. It took until four minutes from halftime before the Victory claimed their second thanks to Connor Pain.

Victory nabbed two more soon after the break through Kosta Barbarouses and Daniel Georgievski, ending any hopes of an upset from the fourth-tier side, much to the disappointment of a lively 4849-strong Leichhardt Oval crowd.

Balmain, who hit the post in the first half with a Joel Cook header, were overrun in the latter stages and there were further goals for George Howard and Fahid Ben Khalfallah.

Sydney Olympic won through to the round of 16 for the second year in succession but needed an 83rd-minute winner to see off Canberra’s Gungahlin United.

Another major upset loomed as South Hobart took a 2-0 lead away to Sydney United but the former National Soccer League powerhouse revived in the final half-hour to level at 3-3 on the back of a Panny Nikas double.

The teams were unable to be separated throughout 30 minutes of extra time only for the Sydneysiders to prevail 3-1 in a penalty shootout.

Former Central Coast Mariners’ goalkeeper Justin Pasfield made two saves.

source:theffacup.com.au

Woman injured, two overboard as boat crashes into whale

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A Derby skipper has recounted the terrifying moment her boat crashed into a whale during a Broome fishing tournament, injuring her and catapulting two people overboard.

Sara Hennessy had just competed in the Broome Billfish Classic on Sunday, July 26 with three of her friends and was returning to shore when the “freak accident” occurred.

Ms Hennessy said she suddenly heard a “horrendous” bang, was flipped over and thrust to the side of the boat like a “rag doll”.

“At that stage I didn’t even know I’d hit a whale but all I remember is getting up and Sandra being quite concerned because I had a large head gash and there was obviously a lot of blood going everywhere.”

Two of her companions, who had been sitting on the roof of the boat at the time, were thrown overboard.

Despite suffering a nasty head wound, Ms Hennessy said she was more worried about her friends.

“I was more concerned and quite hysterical about the fact that I knew the girls would have been thrown off the boat and I could hear the motor still running and I thought I might have run them over…I was really worried about them.”

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Ms Hennessy radioed for help and alerted nearby tournament vessels who came to the party’s rescue.

Fortunately, Ms Hennessy’s friends escaped serious injury.

“I’m thankful that nobody was hurt,” she said.

“I don’t believe the whale was hurt. It was only confirmed once we got the girls back on board the boat and because of their higher position on the boat, they actually saw the whale but pretty much went ‘oh look a whale’ and were catapulted off the boat.

“It was scary, it was confusing…it happened all so quickly. The fact that I didn’t know what was going on because I didn’t see the whale, I was concentrating, I was the skipper of the vessel at the time. I take that very importantly. When you’re in charge of a vessel, I don’t take that light-heartedly.

Ms Hennessy was taken to hospital and received nine stitches to her head.

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Looking back on the accident, Ms Hennessy said she could not have avoided the collision.

“There was no way I could have prepared for it and that was the unfortunate thing,” she said.

“I’ve been fishing in Broome for 15-16 years; I’m well aware of the waters. I’ve had lots of close whale interactions …it was a freak accident.

“I’m thankful everybody has come out ok.”

Ms Hennessy said the incident served as a reminder for other fishers and boaties to be vigilant when on the waters.

“There’s a lot more whales than ever before out there,” she said.

“That’s what we’ve got to remember these days. They’re everywhere now.”

“Maybe we just need to keep it in our minds that because there are so many more.”

source:au.news.yahoo.com

HAMILTON OLYMPIC: Brown meets the challenge

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OLYMPIC striker Pat Brown was told on Friday night that if he wanted to keep his starting spot he needed to be a consistent performer as Hamilton build towards the Northern NSW National Premier League finals.
The response on Sunday at Darling Street Oval was exactly what coach Michael Bolch was hoping for.
The speedster, who has been used mostly off the bench this season, scored a hat-trick as Olympic thumped Weston 5-1 to stay within reach of Edgeworth in the premiership race and leave the fourth-placed Bears facing a crunch game against Broadmeadow this weekend in the penultimate round.
Brown pounced on a failed clearance at the back in the sixth minute and put his left-foot shot past goalkeeper Tim Pratt.
Matt Swan produced a well placed left-foot strike to make it 2-0 after 16 minutes before Kane Goodchild scored off a long ball that caught Weston napping at the back in the 23rd.
Weston created chances late in the half, but Olympic went to the break 3-0 ahead.
Brown again took advantage of a turnover in Bears territory, taking a ball from Jacob Bailey in behind the defence before finishing with his left foot in the 65th minute.
His best moment, though, was still to come. In the 72nd minute, Brown made a long, overlapping run down the right flank on a Hamilton counter-attack before again finishing with his left boot.
Garry McDermott got one back for Weston in the 74th minute, but the result was beyond doubt.
Bolch was pleased with the effort of Brown, who has come into the starting side over the past three weeks after a reshuffle of Hamilton’s line-up.
‘‘When he’s on, he’s on, and he took his chances well today,’’ Bolch said.
‘‘We spoke to him on Friday night and said that if he wants to stay in the starting side he has to be consistent and do those little one per centers every week.
‘‘He’s taken that on board and done really well today.’’
Bolch said the performances of Brown and Ben Koina, who has also started in recent games, had helped Olympic recover from a four-game winless streak that ended last week with a 7-0 rout of the Jets Youth.
‘‘They’ve got that confidence back they didn’t have when we had those three or four bad games,’’ Bolch said.
‘‘The couple of changes that we’ve made, like Benny Koina and Pat Brown coming into the starting side, have really helped us in the front third.
‘‘Having said that, Matt and Andrew Swan are doing really well. We get that go forward out of right and left fullback with them and Ben gives a lot of energy in the middle of the park.’’
The Bears are now just three points clear of Broadmeadow, who have a better goal difference and travel to Weston on Sunday with the chance to take over in fourth.
Weston coach Trevor Morris was disappointed with his side’s display at the back.
‘‘We pride ourselves on our defence, and it just wasn’t there,’’ Morris said. ‘‘The first 15 minutes and we’re 3-0 down. They are a good team, Hamilton, but those goals were absolute gifts.
‘‘Even though we were poor, we had chances to get back into the game, but their commitment and desire was better than ours.’’
Peter Haynes and Kale Bradbery scored braces as Broadmeadow defeated the Jets Youth 5-2 at Magic Park.
The Jets scored early through Braedyn Crowley, but goals from Bradbery and Dino Fajkovic put Magic ahead 2-1 at half-time.
Ben Hay equalised for the Jets halfway through the second term before Magic piled on three goals in the last 15 minutes.
One of Haynes’ goals was a 60-metre strike which caught Jesse Cook off his line.
At Lisle Carr Oval, Joel Wood equalised for Maitland with four minutes left as the Magpies and Charlestown stayed in the relegation mix.
Ben Hughes scored with a 25-metre free kick about the 75-minute mark for Charlestown, who moved to 13 points, four ahead of South Cardiff and one clear of Maitland.
The Blues play a catch-up match with the Jets Youth on Wednesday night.
At Adamstown Oval, John Majurovski and Alex Palozzi scored two goals each as Lambton Jaffas thumped Rosebud 6-0 to end the hosts’ slim finals hopes.
Riley McNaughton scored with a long-range strike and Jobe Wheelhouse produced a clever finish to also get on the scoresheet.
On Friday night, Dylan Holz scored in the 85th minute and Bren Hammel curled in a free kick in the 88th as leaders Edgeworth beat South Cardiff 2-0 at Jack McLaughlan Oval.
● Merewether clinched the Herald Women’s Premier League minor premiership with a 2-0 win over Valentine on Sunday as second-placed Adamstown were shock 3-1 losers to lowly Wallsend.
Thornton kept their top-four hopes alive with 2-0 win over Mid North Coast, and South Wallsend beat Warners Bay 2-0.
Source:theherald.com.au