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At Least 8 Killed By Powerful Cyclone Pam

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 14 Maret 2015 | 20.18

Powerful winds from Cyclone Pam have caused widespread destruction in the Vanuatu islands, killing at least eight people, aid officials have said.

Unconfirmed reports say dozens more people are feared dead.

The Category Fire storm struck the South Pacific archipelago with winds of up to 167mph, threatening more than 267,000 residents.

The storm blew roofs off houses, uprooted trees and downed power lines.

Officials in the capital Port Vila say there is no power or running water.

Vanuatu is about a quarter of the way from Australia to Hawaii and the population is spread over 65 islands. About 47,000 people live in the capital.

There are reports of entire villages being destroyed in more remote areas, according to Chloe Morrison, a World Vision emergency communications officer.

"It's still really quite dangerous outside. Most people are still hunkering down," she said.

"The damage is quite extensive in Port Vila but there are so many more vulnerable islands.

Save the Children's Vanuatu Country Director Tom Skirrow added: "The scene here this morning is complete devastation.

"Communications are down across much of the country with the total extent of the devastation unlikely to be known for several days."

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  1. Gallery: Red Alert In Vanuatu Ahead Of Cyclone Pam

    A map showing the location of Vanuatu

A satellite image of Cyclone Pam. Pic: Japan Meteorological Agency

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Egypt Reveals Grand Plan To Build New Capital

Egypt has unveiled its plan to build a new administrative and business capital that will house five million people and feature a theme park "four times bigger than Disneyland".

Housing minister Mustafa Kamel Madbuli said the new 70,000 acre city, east of Cairo, would take five to seven years to build at a cost of $45bn (£30bn).

Details on how it would be funded were not revealed.

"The idea to build the new city originated from our awareness that Cairo's current population (18 million) will double in the next 40 years," Mr Madbuli said at a conference showcasing the details.

The proposed city would have "large green spaces, an international airport, a theme park four times bigger than Disneyland in California, 90 square kilometres of solar farms, and an electric train" to link with Cairo, Mr Madbuli said.

Parliament, presidential palaces, government ministries and foreign embassies would move to the new metropolis.

The plan for the new city was first announced in the summer of last year, but further details were kept under wraps until now.

President Abdel Fattah al Sisi is hoping the plan will help kick-start Egypt's troubled economy.

Mr al Sisi, who has positioned himself as a bulwark against Islamic extremists, said investing in the Arab world's most populous country would help stabilise the entire region.

Egypt's stability "is a cornerstone in regional stability," he told the conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh.

Arab states including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia pledged $12bn in investment aid.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, who was at the gathering, said Washington stood beside Egypt as it seeks to recover from years of turmoil.

Mr Kerry, who earlier met Mr al Sisi and the leaders of Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, told businessmen that Washington was "eager and ready and willing" to help Egypt's economic development.

But a US diplomat travelling with him said there had been "no decision" on freeing up $650m in military aid frozen during the height of a crackdown on Mr al Sisi's Islamist opponents that left hundreds dead.


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NATO Chief: 'Deterrence Is Working In Ukraine'

NATO can not guarantee Ukraine's security in the face of Russian aggression, but a policy of deterrence is working, the alliance's Secretary General has said.

Jens Stoltenberg also told Sky News the UK must maintain its military contributions to the organisation, which is set at 2% of GDP.

But, asked if NATO would do anything stop Vladimir Putin's forces in Ukraine, he said: "Our main responsibility is to defend and to protect all NATO allies and no NATO ally has been attacked.

"So deterrence is working because everyone sees that NATO is a very strong alliance and we are now implementing the biggest reinforcement of our collective defence since the end of the Cold War.

"Ukraine is not a member of NATO, so there is a difference between Ukraine and NATO members, because the security guarantee is for NATO allies.

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  1. Gallery: Ukraine: The Rubble Of Donetsk Airport

    A Ukrainian army tank destroyed in fighting with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army lies outside a terminal at Donetsk airport

The once-gleaming Donetsk airport has been one of the most fiercely contested spots in east Ukraine

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Sick Baby Among 7 Dead In Helicopter Crash

A military helicopter carrying a sick baby for treatment has crashed in thick fog in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, killing all seven people on board.

The aircraft had picked up the five-day-old child in the southern region of Raska after an ambulance taking the child to hospital for treatment for life-threatening respiratory problems was blocked by a landslide, according to Serbian broadcaster B92.

Serbian state television said the Mi-17 transport helicopter had four crew members and two medical workers.

The helicopter came down at around 10.30pm local time (9.30pm GMT) on Friday "in the wider area" of Belgrade airport, according to the country's defence ministry.

The military said contact was lost after the helicopter apparently tried to make an emergency landing while running out of fuel.

Floodlights at two of Belgrade's biggest football stadiums were lit to help the pilots try and land.

Several commercial flights that tried to land at the airport had to be rerouted because of poor visibility.

Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic said the aircraft was the only helicopter in the army with advanced medevac equipment.

Mr Gasic called the pilots "the best" the army had.

The government called an emergency cabinet meeting and unanimously voted to declare Sunday a national day of mourning.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has offered condolences to the families of the victims.


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Last Stand For IS Fighters In Tikrit Battle

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 13 Maret 2015 | 20.18

Islamic State fighters are surrounded and preparing to make a last stand in Tikrit, the Iraqi home town of Saddam Hussein.

"We don't want to be rushed because we want to avoid casualties," police Staff Major General Bahaa al-Azzawi told the AFP news agency in Albu Ajil, a village across the Tigris River from Tikrit.

He added: "Tikrit is sealed off from all sides." All towns and villages on the river's eastern bank have been under the control of anti-IS forces since Thursday.

Black and white IS flags on walls have been painted over with slogans cursing the jihadist group or praising Shia militia groups.

Tikrit is on the west bank of the Tigris and until floating bridges are put across the river by army engineers, the nearest bridge is in Samarra, nearly 30 miles to the south.

IS took Tikrit as part of an invasion from Syria last June. Recapturing Tikrit would be the Iraqi government's biggest success against them so far.

Casualty numbers are not available, but  AFP reported dozens of bodies being driven south to Najaf. IS is using suicide car bombs, snipers and booby traps against the advancing forces.

Tikrit is the birthplace of Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hussein, and is a predominantly Sunni Muslim town.

Remnants of his Baath party are said to have cooperated with the IS fighters against the Shia dominated government in Baghdad.

The fighting has raised fears of sectarian killings because most of the Iraqi forces are Shia. Militia groups backed by Shia Iran are also helping the Iraqi army.


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Inside Osama Bin Laden's Tora Bora Hideaway

By Sky News US Team

Rare images of Osama bin Laden's hideout in the Afghan mountains offer a glimpse of the terror mastermind's life before he was forced to flee.

Bin Laden is seen smiling, hiking in the mountains or posing with a rifle in the photos taken in Tora Bora.

In two pictures, the late al Qaeda leader is sitting against a backdrop of Islamic books.

US forces raided Tora Bora after the 9/11 attacks as they searched for bin Laden, hearing his voice on radio several times, but they did not capture him.

At the time it was thought bin Laden was hiding in a cave system in the mountain, filled with weapons and ammunition.

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  1. Gallery: Bin Laden's Hideout From Air And Ground

    This aerial view of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad shows the area (highlighted) before the building was built in 2004 and then again in 2011

This photograph was taken in 2005. It is believed bin Laden could have lived in the compound for up to six years before he was finally tracked down by the CIA in 2010

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Vanuatu In Path Of 'Phenomenal' Cyclone Pam

A "once-in-a-lifetime" storm is bearing down on the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu - threatening more than 260,000 people in its path.

The Category Five storm Cyclone Pam, which has maximum winds of 143mph, is expected to graze the country late on Friday (local time).

Authorities have issued red alerts across the country's 83 tiny islands, with residents warned to take shelter ahead of potential flooding and landslides.

David Gibson, acting director at the Vanuatu Meteorological Services, said: "As far as I can remember, this is the first Category Five cyclone to come very close to Vanuatu.

"This is obviously a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most of us.

"We are expecting storm-force winds, including hurricane-force winds, particularly to the central and southern islands."

The Vanuatu Meteorological Services warned of "very destructive winds and very rough to phenomenal seas with heavy swells".

Forecasters predict winds will reach 115mph on the islands.

Many Vanuatuans live in accommodation ill-equipped for such a barrage.

UNICEF's Alice Clements, in Vanuatu, said: "Everybody is concerned about shelter, ensuring that the shelters are going to be strong enough for them."

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  1. Gallery: Red Alert In Vanuatu Ahead Of Cyclone Pam

    A satellite image of Cyclone Pam. Pic: Japan Meteorological Agency

Pic: Japan Meteorological Agency

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Skier's Hand Partially Amputated By Plane

A skier's hand was partially amputated when she was hit by a plane making an emergency landing on a busy slope in the Alps.

The Jodel tourism plane with two people on board was forced to land after suffering mechanical problems shortly after take-off.

Emergency workers said it narrowly avoided an even worse catastrophe - just missing a ski lift cable, trees and a group of children before landing on a beginners' blue slope.

The victim, a 55-year-old Polish woman, was hit in the forearm and hand as the aircraft passed her on the piste in the French resort of Avoriaz.

Officials in the area said the woman had her back to the plane, which made hardly any noise as it closed in on her.

Images from the scene show the sheer number of skiers in the area where the plane came to rest, yards from a chairlift, after the accident on Thursday.

According to French daily newspaper Le Parisien, the victim suffered a "traumatic partial amputation" and was treated on the slopes by resort services and a doctor before being airlifted by helicopter to a clinic in Annemasse, near the Swiss border.

The plane's pilot is said to be a professional who is used to the type of flying conditions in the area.


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Tourist Killed By Whale Smashing Into Boat

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 12 Maret 2015 | 20.18

A woman has been killed after a surfacing whale smashed into a tourist boat off the coast of Mexico.

Jennifer Carren was thrown into the water off Cabo San Lucas, on the Baja California peninsula.

The boat's captain and another tourist jumped into the water to try to save the 35-year-old Canadian.

Ms Carren was taken to hospital but  was pronounced dead.

Two other tourists were reportedly hurt but it was not immediately clear how serious their injuries were.

The boat's owner, Cabo Aventura, said the whale had jumped out of the water right in front of the vessel and had hit it on the side.


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Australia's 'Jihadi Jake' In Suicide Attack

Australia's 'Jihadi Jake' In Suicide Attack

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A Melbourne teenager who went to Iraq to join Islamic State has reportedly been killed carrying out a suicide bombing.

An image from video apparently released by the group, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, showed a white four-wheel-drive with an inset image of a young man who looks like Jake Bilardi sitting behind the wheel.

Another image posted on Twitter showed the 18-year-old sat beneath an IS flag with a caption that suggested the Australian had been involved in a "martyrdom" operation.

Militants carried out 13 suicide car bombings on security personnel positions in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar province on Wednesday.

Two soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in the near-simultaneous attacks, Sabah Karhout, head of Anbar's provincial council, said.

In a statement posted online, IS said the suicide blast had been carried out by foreign fighters from Australia, Belgium, Syria and Uzbekistan.

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  1. Gallery: Iraqi Forces Enter Tikrit

    Members of Iraqi government forces drive on the outskirts of the city of Tikrit as they prepare to launch a military operation to take control of the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters

The Iraqi forces enter a northern neighbourhood of Tikrit, marking a new stage in the operation launched 10 days ago to wrest the city back from jihadists, army officers said

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Members of Iraqi paramilitary Popular Mobilisation units, which are dominated by Shia militias, carry a box loaded with weapons on the outskirts of the northern city of Tikrit

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Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers, police and the increasingly influential paramilitary Popular Mobilisation units, which are dominated by Shia militias, have been involved in the operation

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Iraqi fighters in north Tikrit. The city has been one of the jihadists' main hubs since they overran large parts of Iraq nine months ago. Continue through for more pictures

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Australia's 'Jihadi Jake' In Suicide Attack

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A Melbourne teenager who went to Iraq to join Islamic State has reportedly been killed carrying out a suicide bombing.

An image from video apparently released by the group, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, showed a white four-wheel-drive with an inset image of a young man who looks like Jake Bilardi sitting behind the wheel.

Another image posted on Twitter showed the 18-year-old sat beneath an IS flag with a caption that suggested the Australian had been involved in a "martyrdom" operation.

Militants carried out 13 suicide car bombings on security personnel positions in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar province on Wednesday.

Two soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in the near-simultaneous attacks, Sabah Karhout, head of Anbar's provincial council, said.

In a statement posted online, IS said the suicide blast had been carried out by foreign fighters from Australia, Belgium, Syria and Uzbekistan.

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  1. Gallery: Iraqi Forces Enter Tikrit

    Members of Iraqi government forces drive on the outskirts of the city of Tikrit as they prepare to launch a military operation to take control of the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters

The Iraqi forces enter a northern neighbourhood of Tikrit, marking a new stage in the operation launched 10 days ago to wrest the city back from jihadists, army officers said

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Members of Iraqi paramilitary Popular Mobilisation units, which are dominated by Shia militias, carry a box loaded with weapons on the outskirts of the northern city of Tikrit

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Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers, police and the increasingly influential paramilitary Popular Mobilisation units, which are dominated by Shia militias, have been involved in the operation

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Iraqi fighters in north Tikrit. The city has been one of the jihadists' main hubs since they overran large parts of Iraq nine months ago. Continue through for more pictures

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Aid Agencies Accuse UN Of Failing Syrians

Aid Agencies Accuse UN Of Failing Syrians

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The UN Security Council has failed to alleviate the suffering of Syrian civilians, according to a report by international aid agencies.

More than 20 groups said the UN had not implemented three resolutions passed last year that were aimed at increasing aid assistance to Syrians.

The resolutions had been "ignored or undermined by the parties to the conflict, other UN member states, and even by members of the UNSC itself", the agencies said in a report called Failing Syria.

While violence in Syria has risen, the ability to provide aid has fallen and there is not nearly enough money provided for humanitarian assistance, they said.

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  1. Gallery: Prince Charles Meets Syrian Refugees Who Fled To Jordan

    Prince Charles met Syrian refugees during his trip to Jordan on the first day of his Middle East tour

His first official engagement was to meet Syrian refugees who were displaced during the troubles. Continue for more images

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Aid Agencies Accuse UN Of Failing Syrians

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The UN Security Council has failed to alleviate the suffering of Syrian civilians, according to a report by international aid agencies.

More than 20 groups said the UN had not implemented three resolutions passed last year that were aimed at increasing aid assistance to Syrians.

The resolutions had been "ignored or undermined by the parties to the conflict, other UN member states, and even by members of the UNSC itself", the agencies said in a report called Failing Syria.

While violence in Syria has risen, the ability to provide aid has fallen and there is not nearly enough money provided for humanitarian assistance, they said.

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  1. Gallery: Prince Charles Meets Syrian Refugees Who Fled To Jordan

    Prince Charles met Syrian refugees during his trip to Jordan on the first day of his Middle East tour

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Boy, 15, Held In Attempted Kidnap Of Toddler

By Sky News US Team

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of attempting to kidnap a toddler in an incident caught on camera.

The teenager, who lives in the small farming town of Sprague in eastern Washington state, was arrested on Wednesday.

Dramatic surveillance video footage showed a male running down a sidewalk with 22-month-old Owen Wright in his arms in Sprague last Sunday.

The child's two siblings screamed and chased him. The scene ended after two teenage boys joined the chase, and the man put the toddler down and fled.

Owen was not hurt, police confirmed.

The 15-year-old was booked into a juvenile detention facility on suspicion of second-degree kidnapping, Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers said.

Detectives working on the case started focusing on the arrested suspect in the past 24 hours. They collected additional evidence, DNA and carried out interviews and surveillance to identify the suspect, Sheriff Magers said.

One of Owen Wright's siblings also positively identified the suspect.

The identity of the youth was being withheld because he is a juvenile. The Lincoln County Prosecutor's Office will make the formal charging decisions.


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IS Video Shows Boy Killing Israeli 'Spy'

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 11 Maret 2015 | 20.18

A video posted online by Islamic State militants has shown a boy killing an Israeli Arab accused by the group of spying for Mossad.

Published by the group's Furqan media outlet, the footage shows Muhammad Musallam talking about being recruited and trained by the Israeli intelligence service.

He is then shown being escorted to a field and shot in the head by a boy, described by an older, French-speaking fighter as one of the "cubs of the caliphate".

The 13-minute video's authenticity, which also appeared on Twitter feeds used by Islamic State supporters, could not be verified.

The older fighter is heard in the footage stating the group's verdict on Mr Musallam.

Then the boy, wearing a military uniform and armed with a pistol, stands face to face with the victim and fires one bullet into his forehead.

Musallam falls forward to the ground, then the child shoots him three more times and chants "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest).

In the video, Musallam repeated what he said last month in an interview published by the militants' English language magazine, Dabiq.

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  1. Gallery: Fighting IS Militants In Iraq

    A Shi'ite fighter launches a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of al Alam

Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militia fighting IS took control of the centre of a town on the southern outskirts of Saddam Hussein's home city Tikrit

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11 US Troops Missing After Helicopter Crash

Seven US Marines and four soldiers are missing after an army helicopter crashed during a night training exercise in Florida.

The crash happened in foggy conditions at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.

Base officials say the Marines are part of a Camp Lejeune-based special operations group and the soldiers are from a Louisiana-based National Guard unit.

Military spokesman Andy Bourland said the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was reported missing at around 8:30pm on Tuesday local time.

Search and rescue crews found debris from the crash at around 2am on Wednesday.

"At this time all are missing," Mr Bourland said.

The helicopter went down during a routine training mission on a beach between Pensacola and Destin.

The beach is owned by the military and used for test missions.

Officials said the helicopter had taken off from a nearby airport in Destin and joined other aircraft in the exercise.


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Iran Laws Make Women 'Baby-Making Machines'

Amnesty International has attacked proposed new laws in Iran, claiming the rules will turn women into "baby-making machines".

The country's parliament is considering two bills which would restrict birth control and access to jobs for childless women in an effort to boost the population.

Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, a director at Amnesty, says these measures "send a message that women are good for nothing more than being obedient housewives and creating babies".

According to the campaign group, Bill 446 would ban vasectomies and restrict access to contraceptive advice, while Bill 315 would make it harder for women without children to get certain jobs.

The group adds the laws would also breach Iran's international human rights obligations.

Amnesty's report said: "The proposed laws will entrench discriminatory practices and set the rights of women and girls in Iran back by decades.

"The authorities are promoting a dangerous culture in which women are stripped of key rights and viewed as baby-making machines rather than human beings with fundamental rights to make choices about their own bodies and lives."

Last year the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for Iranians to reverse their declining birth rate.

It was a U-turn on a long-standing birth control programme famous for it's slogan "two children is enough".

The UN estimates Iran has a population of 76 million people but the country's leadership now wants to double that figure.

Iran has been criticised in the past for its treatment of women.

British Iranian woman Ghoncheh Ghavami was detained last June by police in Tehran after protesting outside a volleyball match.

She was eventually released on bail in November.


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Armed Attackers In French Jewel Heist

Armed robbers have attacked two heavily guarded vans on a French motorway before making off with jewels worth millions.

The stash is valued at around €9m (£6.4m), according to sources.

The robbery happened in Burgundy on the A6 near Auxerre at the Avallon payment kiosk, around 200km (125 miles) southeast of Paris.

The drivers were forced to leave the vans and the thieves then drove off with the jewels. No one was hurt.

The burned-out vans were later found in a nearby forest, with the jewels all gone.

Police have set up a cordon in the area, backed by air support.

France has seen a number of high-end jewellery raids in recent years.

There were three dramatic raids in the south, including one at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes which was believed to have been carried out by the Pink Panther gang, named after the famous film.

One man suspected of being involved in the gang is 47-year-old Milan Poparic, a Montenegrin-born former member of the French Foreign Legion.

He and others are accused of stealing jewels with a value of more than €330m (£281.5m) since 1999.

Eight people were last month convicted in connection with one of the most spectacular jewel thefts in France in recent years at a Harry Winston boutique in Paris.

The 2008 robbery was particularly remembered because the raid involving about  €87m (£61m) of jewels was carried out by three cross-dressing gunmen.


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IS Defector: I Saw Jihadi John Kill Hostage

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 10 Maret 2015 | 20.18

By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent

Sky News has spoken to a former member of Islamic State, who claims he witnessed the man known as Jihadi John murder Japanese hostage Kenji Goto.

The former translator said that the masked man in the video was indeed Mohammed Emwazi, the 26-year-old Londoner who has become the face of the world's most notorious terrorist organisation.

"Saleh" said Emwazi is employed as the chief killer of foreign hostages for Islamic State's media wing and that his murderous influence among the group is feared and respected.

Speaking from Turkey, where he fled to escape IS, Saleh explained in broken English how he was employed by the group to convince foreign hostages they were safe. He is the only person to admit seeing Emwazi kill.

He said: "When he killed Kenji Goto I live showed this [saw this] but not near, from a little [distance].

"After he was killed him, three or four person come and take over the body and put in a car. After that, John went on a different road.

"The big boss was there with them. Turkish man say 'put this camera there, change place there' but John [was] the big boss. All time, all time say to all 'fastly, fastly, fastly, we should finish'. So respect him. Only he talks orders – others do."

Saleh suggested Emwazi commanded such respect within the group because of his willingness to murder foreigners. 

"Maybe because he use the knife," he said. "I cannot understand why he is so strong. One man can kill and all people will respect. A Syrian man anyone [in IS] can kill. But strangers [foreigners], only John."

Saleh claims foreign hostages captured and murdered by the group were subjected to numerous mock executions until the procedure became normal. It could explain why many hostages appeared calm in execution videos published online by the group.

He said: "He would say to me 'say to them, no problem, only video, we don't kill you, we want from your government [to] stop attacking Syria. We don't have any problem with you; you are only our visitors'.

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  1. Gallery: Jihadi John's email exhanges with Cage and a reporter

    This email Mohammed Emwazi sent to a Mail On Sunday reporter in 2010 revealed his first encounter and his fear of MI5

He later made contact with the campaign group Cage and told them about clashes with border control officers

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Olympians Among TV Cast Killed In Air Crash

Olympians Among TV Cast Killed In Air Crash

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  1. Gallery: Argentina Helicopter Collision Kills Olympians

    French athletes Florence Arthaud (left), Camille Muffat (centre) and Alexis Vastine about to board the helicopter which crashed in Argentina, killing them and seven others

The wreckage of a helicopter crash in Villa Castelli, northern Argentina. The two aircraft apparently collided with 10 people on board. Crash images by Gabriel Gonzalez

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French sports stars Camille Muffat, Alexis Vastine and Florence Arthaud died in the incident

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Camille Muffat won Olympic swimming gold in London. Boxer Alexis Vastine also won a bronze in Beijing, and Florence Arthaud was considered one of the world's top sailors

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She is seen here with Britain's Rebecca Adlington (R). Adlington tweeted: "She was an amazing sportswoman, competitor and lovely person"

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Olympians Among TV Cast Killed In Air Crash

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  1. Gallery: Argentina Helicopter Collision Kills Olympians

    French athletes Florence Arthaud (left), Camille Muffat (centre) and Alexis Vastine about to board the helicopter which crashed in Argentina, killing them and seven others

The wreckage of a helicopter crash in Villa Castelli, northern Argentina. The two aircraft apparently collided with 10 people on board. Crash images by Gabriel Gonzalez

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French sports stars Camille Muffat, Alexis Vastine and Florence Arthaud died in the incident

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Camille Muffat won Olympic swimming gold in London. Boxer Alexis Vastine also won a bronze in Beijing, and Florence Arthaud was considered one of the world's top sailors

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She is seen here with Britain's Rebecca Adlington (R). Adlington tweeted: "She was an amazing sportswoman, competitor and lovely person"

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IS Hostages Subjected To Execution Rehearsals

By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent

An Islamic State defector claims militants routinely subjected foreign hostages to mock executions and gave them Arabic names before they were killed.

Speaking exclusively to Sky News, "Saleh" said he was employed by a Turkish man in the group to reassure hostages their lives were not in danger - yet he says he always knew they would be killed.

Saleh said the execution rehearsals took place so that when the moment of death finally came the hostages were not expecting to be killed and were relaxed to appeal for their release on camera.

He said: "He would say to me 'say to them, no problem, only video, we don't kill you, we want from your government [to] stop attacking Syria. We don't have any problem with you; you are only our visitors'.

"So they don't worry. Always I say to them 'don't worry, doesn't matter, nothing dangerous for you'. But at the end I was sure [they would die].

"Maybe they [the captors] raise their voice, but without hitting. All the time he say to him 'it's a rehearsal, don't [be] afraid'.

"I will explain. He want, when he will kill you really… [it] don't enter his [hostage's] head. Exactly, of course, you [hostages] should say this message: 'I'm living in ISIS and will stay and continue'."

Saleh worked as a translator before he was employed by IS. He fled across the border to Turkey to escape the group and claims to have looked after a hostage with an English accent.

He said: "This man from England, or Netherlands, I don't know. He was speaking English so nice. Sometimes I don't understand what he say.

"He was with mask. All questions around gun, around job in Syria. 'Who send you to Syria? Who is your partner there? When you came into Syria? Where you stayed in Idlib? In Aleppo?' All thing [the time he] give answer. 'No, I'm press, I'm press'.

"So after that he said to me, the Turkish man, 'don't worry, don't worry'. After that he was so afraid."

Saleh claimed hostages were given Arabic names to convince them they were amongst friends in order to calm them down. He says Kenji Goto was given the name "Abu Saad".

"ISIS gave the hostages an idea; 'You should be Muslim and come with us'. When I went to the rehearsal he said to [Kenji] Goto 'Abu Saad'. Maybe I was thinking to myself 'maybe they try [find] this name so hard, 'Kenji Goto'.

"Maybe they could not say [Kenji Goto] so [they say] Abu Saad. But when I noticed Goto, when they said Abu Saad to Goto, direct [he] relax."

"Saleh" said Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, is employed as the chief killer of foreign hostages for Islamic State's media wing and that his murderous influence among the group is feared and respected.


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Police Lash Out At Burmese Protest Students

A student protest in Burma has been broken up by baton-wielding police officers, raising fears that the government is still using junta-style tactics to hold off dissent.

The unrest flared in the central town of Letpadan where some 150 students were protesting near a monastery.

Some took shelter, but around 70 were cornered by police.

Students and monks fled as police blocked roads and rounded up the protesters.

"The police beat us," one protester told the AFP news agency in a phone call, explaining there were some injuries.

"We cannot accept this kind of crackdown."

Police were later seen entering the monastery, according to a reporter.

Students have been protesting since November 2014 against a new education law.

They are calling for changes to the law that will decentralise the school system, teach in ethnic languages and let students have unions.

The latest violence happened after earlier scuffles with police who had put up a security blockade. Students said the authorities had reneged on a deal to allow them to march.

"If it isn't going to go as we agreed, we will break the blockade," one activist said before the clashes occurred.

"They will choose whether they allow or arrest us," he said, insisting the protest was intended to be peaceful and that the authorities had been given plenty of notice of other march.

On 2 March, Rangoon police stopped a similar march, bringing concern that the authorities, despite their apparent relaxation of the former junta rules, are still determined to prevent dissent ahead of a general election planned for the end of the year.


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First Round-The-World Solar Flight Takes Off

Written By Unknown on Senin, 09 Maret 2015 | 20.18

By Sean Dilley, Sky Reporter

The world's first all-electric transatlantic flight has taken off from Abu Dhabi on a round-the-globe trip.

Solar Impulse 2 is expected to spend the next five months navigating the world in the hands of Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg in a demonstration of technology they believe could revolutionise the future of air travel.

The 12-leg journey will see the plane heading to Oman, then over India, into China, then across the pacific and the US before crossing the Atlantic into Europe before finally landing back in Abu Dhabi.

The first leg of the journey will see the craft fly for 400km (249 miles).

The 2.3 tonne plane has a top speed of 87mph, some 527mph slower than Boeing's commercial 747.

It can carry just one passenger compared with Boeing's capacity to carry 524, but whereas the 747 pumps out 101kg of CO2 emissions every 1,000 kilometres, the Solar Impulse 2 emits precisely zero.

That will excite climate campaigners.

The plane's wingspan is 72 metres - some 3.5m wider than the 747 – but this allows it to sport 17,000 solar panels which produces enough electricity to power the flight and to charge the 633Kg lithium batteries which account for a quarter of its total weight.

Despite its large size, the pilot's cabin is smaller than that of a car. The flight requires intense concentration throughout the five to six-day maximum flight time.

Long sleeps are out of the question with both men having to take 20 minute power naps every two to four hours, and both are restricted to their multifunctional flight chairs which act as a seat, a bed and a lavatory.

The Swiss pilots say their aim is to create awareness about replacing "old polluting technologies with clean and efficient technologies".

It's slow, it's uncomfortable and for commercial purposes it's entirely impractical, but the Solar Impulse 2's pilots will hope that its green credentials and cutting edge technology will prompt the aviation industry to pay attention to its potential for the future.


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St Lucia Probe Finds Cops Kept 'Death List'

Police in St Lucia maintained "death lists" of people deemed to be criminals and planted guns at crime scenes to legitimise police shootings, a report has claimed.

The Caribbean island's prime minister Kenny Anthony said the "extremely damning" report found that in the deaths of 12 people, police had staged the shootings and reported them publicly as homicides by unknown assailants.

Members of the police high command may have been involved in covering up the truth about the alleged extrajudicial shootings in 2010 and 2011, investigators claimed.

In a national address on Sunday, Mr Anthony said: "The report confirms that the blacklist or death lists referenced by the media, human rights organisations, victims' families and citizens alike did exist."  

The investigation - carried out by the Jamaica Constabulary Force - was ordered after the US withdrew all assistance to island police in 2013 over concerns about unlawful killings.

It found evidence had been interfered with at scenes of police shootings, while a server used by some police commanders was "deliberately tampered with".

The dozen killings occurred during a security initiative called "Operation Restore Confidence," which was launched as the tourism-dependent island grappled with a worrying rise in violent crime.

At the time, former prime minister Stephenson King publicly warned criminals that "no stone will be left unturned and there will be no hiding place for anyone".

During the period under review, five of the dozen men fatally shot by police were killed in a single operation in the southern town of Vieux Fort.

Mr Anthony said the investigators made 31 recommendations in their report, the main one being prosecutions for "all police officers involved in the unlawful killings of citizens" that they reviewed.

The prime minister said the public prosecutor must now determine whether to pursue cases against the officers.


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Unlikely Feminist Kim Backs Women's Day

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has been attempting to show off his feminist credentials - by handing out make-up during an airbase visit on International Women's Day.

The enigmatic leader sent his congratulations to the wives of airmen for the global event celebrating women's achievements as he visited a unit of the secretive state's air force and inspected a new power station.

According to a report in a state newspaper, he did not apparently meet any of the women in person - but asked commanding officers to pass on food and cosmetics he brought as gifts.

The supreme leader also came out as an unlikely ambassador for green energy - reportedly speaking about the importance of developing wind, solar and geothermal energy to solve electricity problems in a country where power cuts are a feature of daily life.

Typically, as he inspected the base's personnel hall, he took time to praise his father Kim Jong-Il's "patriotism, faith, anti-imperialist class education and moral education", according to the Rodong Sinmun report.

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un makes regular public appearances across the country

Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Ryuwon Shoes Factory

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Three Missing British Schoolgirls 'In Al Raqqa'

Three missing schoolgirls who left Britain to join Islamic State have crossed into Syria and are believed to be staying at a house in al Raqqa, Sky sources say.

Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, boarded a flight from Gatwick Airport bound for Istanbul last month.

Authorities feared the teenagers, who attended Bethnal Green Academy in east London, were seeking to join the Islamist militants.

Sky's Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay said: "We're being told tonight that they've crossed into Syria through a crossing... which is not too far from Kilis.

"They're now apparently in a house that is owned or controlled - or at least hosted by - a British girl who had been in contact with them through the internet, and had brought them through Turkey and into Syria.

"We are told by... good sources within the city of al Raqqa that they are there, that they are safe.

"That is where they are staying - with this British girl who is hosting them.

"There's been a lot of discussion about where they are, (and) how they got there. But we are told they are now inside Syria, they are inside al Raqqa, and they are under the control of Islamic State."

Last week CCTV footage emerged which appeared to show the three teenagers at a bus station in Istanbul.

The girls were seen wrapped in heavy winter jackets, two with hoods pulled up, and carrying packed sports bags and holdalls.

The footage was recorded in the early hours of 18 February, less than 24 hours after the trio left their London homes, telling their families they would be out for the day.

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    These pictures were taken from Kadiza Sultana (l) and Shamima Begum's (r) Twitter accounts

Kadiza and Shamima are feared to be on their way to Syria with a third girl, 15-year-old Amira Abase

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Mystery As Ship Goes Missing With 49 On Board

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 08 Maret 2015 | 20.18

A Taiwanese ship with 49 people has gone missing near the Falkland Islands.

The Hsiang Fu Chun, a 700-tonne squid fishing vessel, vanished shortly after its skipper reported it was taking on water, but no mayday call was made.

Its crew include a Taiwanese skipper and chief engineer, along with 11 Chinese, 21 Indonesians, 13 Filipino and two Vietnamese.

Hsiang Fu Chun, which was built 28 years ago, sailed off from Kaohsiung in January and was about 1,700 nautical miles off the coast of the Falkland Islands when it disappeared, according to satellite data.

The ship lost contact with its owners soon after reporting that water was leaking on to the deck at around 3am on 26 February.

Some Taiwanese media have said the vessel could have lost power and be drifting or that it could have been hijacked by crew but a Taiwanese search effort has found no trace of it.

The search is being hampered by bad weather and the remoteness of the location, with officials saying it takes six days for a boat and 11 hours for a plane to fly to the area and back again.

Taiwanese authorities have now appealed for help from Argentina and Britain to find the ship.

Huang Hong-yen, spokesman for the Taiwanese Fisheries Agency, said: "We still don't know where the ship is and what happened to it."

There was no evidence that the boat has sunk, he said, adding that its system should issue a mayday signal when placed under certain water pressure, but no signal was sent.

He said: "We'll do everything we can even though the search is like searching for a needle in the ocean" but he did not say why it had taken almost two weeks to make the ship's disappearance public.

The South Atlantic Ocean attracts up to 100 squid boats from Taiwan each year, with most of their catch being for domestic consumption.


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