By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An independent investigation into post-election violence in Kenya could help prevent more bloodshed, the U.S. State Department's top diplomat for Africa said on Thursday. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer said Washington was examining how to treat those who incited the ethnic violence that has convulsed Kenya since President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election in December. "Those options should include an impartial and independent investigation to ascertain individual responsibility, and future accountability to ensure impunity does not prevail," she said in testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations African Affairs Subcommittee. Frazer did not suggest in her prepared remarks who might conduct such a probe, but added, "A strong message of accountability, delivered now, will help to deter additional violence." Earlier in Nairobi, officials said the United States had barred 10 Kenyans suspected of being behind
Former Tribe stiff Russell Branyan was in court on Tuesday…here is the article from WKYC’s website.
Branyan in court
SHAKER HEIGHTS — Former Cleveland Indians player Russell Branyan was in Shaker Heights Municipal Court Tuesday morning charged with one count of domestic violence.
Branyan entered a “not guilty” plea.
Judge K.J. Montgomery set a trial date of 10 a.m. [...]
By Nick Tattersall NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan launched formal mediation efforts on Tuesday to end the post-election crisis in Kenya, where the killing of an opposition legislator stoked bloody protests. About a dozen people were killed in the east African country on Tuesday, bringing the toll to more than 850 since President Mwai Kibaki's disputed Dec. 27 election triggered turmoil that has taken on an ethnic momentum of its own. Annan, bringing together Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga, said he hoped the immediate political issues could be resolved within four weeks and the broader issues underlying the crisis within a year. Odinga says the vote was rigged. "To the leaders gathered here today I say that the people want you to take charge of the situation and do whatever possible to halt the downward spiral that is threatening this beautiful and prosperous country," Annan said. South Africa said it would be disastrous for the continent
By David Lewis NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan military helicopters swooped to break up machete-wielding mobs on Tuesday as the killing of an opposition legislator stoked bloody protests across the east African country. About a dozen people were killed on Tuesday, bringing the toll to more than 850 since President Mwai Kibaki's disputed Dec. 27 election triggered violence that has now taken on an ethnic momentum of its own. Post-election protests have degenerated into cycles of killing between tribes who have never reconciled divisions over land, wealth and power left by British colonial rule and exacerbated by politicians in 44 years of independence. The crisis has cost Kenya its reputation as a bastion of peace in a turbulent region, and dented its previously flourishing economy, east Africa's largest. Kibaki appealed for peace and promised a swift investigation into the "heinous" murder of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) legislator Melitus Were, who was shot d
President Kibaki stole an election by manipulating vote counts. Undoubtedly, he assumed opposition parties would scream but eventually allow his actions to be accepted. Unfortunately, his theft has resulted in an outburst of tribal anger as opponents and defenders of his theft clash over a dispute that has escalated from anger over a vote count [...]
German authorities n the state of Hesse became so exasperated with the anti-social behavior of a 16 year-old boy they sent him to a remote Siberian village for an “intensive educational experience.” The boy was sent eastward after attacking his mother and being violent in school and among other children. Now, in Siberia, he must [...]
Shootouts with police by heavily armed gangs. High level governmental and police involvement with criminal gangs. Police shot dead. Corpses booby trapped with IEDs. Mexico is getting wobbly.
What happens when the violence spills over across the US border? And it will.
Why is the US such a huge consumer of drugs? Without a US market for [...]
Kenya's game parks usually teem with camera-toting tourists at this time of year. Now they are all but empty after images of deadly clashes that rocked the country were beamed around the world.Operators say pictures of machete-wielding youths battling riot police and of a torched church that evoked nightmares of the Rwandan genocide, have sent some tourists packing and others delaying trips or scrapping planned visits outright.A minority have bravely chosen to see out their holidays."We have never felt like we were in danger," said Debbie Shillito, a Canadian relaxing by the pool of a lodge in the Samburu Game Reserve, the only tourist in sight. "Our biggest fear was that our trip would be cancelled."Protests and clashes following President Mwai Kibaki's re-election have killed 500 people. His rival, Raila Odinga, believes he was cheated of an election win and the controversy has triggered bloodletting displacing more than 250,000 people.Tourism industry players say the violence, which
Who would Jesus karate kick to get some money? Does anyone really want to put Mike Huckabee, with his Chuck Norris Comic Book Karate Fundraising Commandos for Christ, in the position of Commander in Chief?
Pictures of people hacked to death, churches burnt to the ground are shown on TV stations throughout the world, but a group of young men living in the slums of Mathhare are depicting another view of what happened during the violence which swept through Kenya in the aftermath of President Kibaki’s manipulation of the [...]
At least 1,000 Kenyans are dead in the violence which has torn apart the once peaceful democracy. Opposition leader Raila Odinga called off nationwide protests by supporters in order to create a “peaceful atmosphere” for the talks he will be having with President Kibaki. It is estimated about 250,000 people have been forced to flee [...]
The keyboardist with the Shins, Martin Crandall, has been arrested following a violent spat with his (now) ex-girlfriend, America's Next Top Model alumnus Elyses Sewell. She blogs her side:On the drive home (home?) from Albuquerque to Portland, my ex-boyfriend got shitfaced and roughed me up in a Sacramento hotel. I escaped from the room through a blitzkrieg of violence and talked to hotel security, who called the fuzz.2.) Because he had a bite mark, inflicted in self-defense, on his arm, Marty told the police to PRESS CHARGES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST ME. Now I am a felon.Everything and everyone turns up in court on Tuesday for an initial hearing.
Rehabilitation work is going on in full swing in violence-hit Kandhamal District of Orissa, State Government officials said today. Officials said the steps are being taken to ensure normalcy in the areas hit by violence over Christmas celebrations. State Home Secretary Tarun Kant Mishra said that the administration is engaged in exercises to build confidence among the people scared following the violence. "The nodal officers are moving in different areas of the district on motorcycles and trying to build up the confidence," said Mishra. Two persons were killed and over a dozen churches and three temples were damaged in clashes between Hindus and Christians in the tribal areas of Kandhamal District after violence erupted on December 24, 2007. Some Hindu organisations have accused the authorities of being partial in providing relief to the riot victims. Vanvasi Kalyan, an offshoot of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), staged a demonstration today to protest against the alleged speci
y Peg Mackey LONDON (Reuters) - Oil climbed towards $97 a barrel on Wednesday as renewed violence in oil exporter Nigeria and expectations of further declines in U.S. crude stocks revived worries of tightening supplies. Suspected militant attacks on Tuesday in Nigeria's oil city Port Harcourt have heightened concern over the potential for further disruptions in shipments from the world's eight largest oil exporter. U.S. crude gained 63 cents to $96.61 a barrel by 1032 GMT, while London Brent crude rose $1.11 to $94.96. "With the military and the militant warlords engaged in a violent tit-for-tat, the risk for oil disruptions in Nigeria remains higher than in the past few months," said Olivier Jakob of Petromatrix. Frequent attacks by militant groups since February 2006 have driven thousands of foreign oil workers from the oil-rich Niger Delta and cut oil exports by about 20 percent. Investors were also expecting inventories of crude in top consumer the United States
Religion: A New direction and a brighter future in 2008:
By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter -
Nassau, Bahamas:
Finally 2007 has past! And yes, we have all successfully brought in the New Year. The churches were filled and the Christians were out in full force making New Year's resolutions and spreading the holiday joy.
However despite all of the holiday cheer, many of us have found it easy to sum up all of this year's events and to realize that despite the many good things that might have happened, there were many areas in which we may have fallen short. But as several local pastors have put it, the New Year is definitely not about our inadequacies.
"This is a brand new year," says Pastor Trent Davis of Golden Gates Assembly. "It's a great time to reflect but not on the bad, but rather on the future and on God. And in this New Year we at Golden Gates Assembly see a manifestation of God's power and presence in the church and its family. So we are all expecting God to
Attacks upon a Muslim sect, the Ahmadiyah, were halted because Muslim religious leaders worked with local police to avoid further violence. Mobs had attacked members of the Ahmadiyah sect whose practices are contrary to many of most Muslims in Indonesia. Local ulema urged those participating in violence to avoid such behavior since it was against [...]
Opposition is building up against violence perpetrated by various militant groups in the State. The tribals, for whose cause the violence is ostensibly taking place, feel that the incidents only results in alienating them from the rest of the country, and realise that violence is not helping in furthering their cause. The bomb blasts that occur in Railway trains, they feel, only distance them from the rest of the country and not helping them to get the desired Scheduled Tribe status. The blast on the train in Dibrugarh on December 12 only earned them a bad name. It is suspected that the powerful blast on the Dibrugarh-Guwahati-Delhi Rajdhani Express in which five people were killed and nine others injured was the handiwork of the All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA). Md. Islam, a taxi driver, said: "Whichever party has done it, has done a very wrong thing. These things would not benefit the nation. It would be a loss for all of us." Phanenmo Rengma
A German Interior Ministry study of Muslim life in their nation revealed about 40% held a “fundamentalist orientation” which was equated with having strong religious moral values and world view. However, 92% rejected religiously motivated terrorism and violence. Around 6% were classified as harboring “violent tendencies,” and about 14% were regarded as having “anti-democratic tendencies.” [...]
Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman is spearheading the Scottish Government's latest campaign to curb violence against women. The Oscar-winning actress, who is a Goodwill Ambassador
Indonesian retired judge Deliana Sayuti Ismundjoko claims women in her nation are still subjected to domestic violence due to failure on the part of law enforcers to regard the complaints of women as legitimate pleas for protection against a violent spouse. Her National Commission on Violence Against Women has conducted seminars for police, prosecutors [...]
The quickest route to reverence is often a kiss. Miranda Lambert amongst other country music superstars has teamed with Mary Kay, a cosmetics company to end domestic violence.
Mary Kay, the official beauty sponsor for the 41st annual CMA Awards, seeks to raise awareness and auction off kiss prints from country music artists. The prints will benefit the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation programs. Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland and Martina McBride are also among the country stars to take part in this campaign.
Project Paper Doll is another initiative involving artists and celebrities of many an ilk. The stars created over 50 wooden paper dolls representing the signature symbol in the Children's Hospital. This project will also raise awareness and will directly support the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee.
Some of the stars participating include: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, George Straight, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley,
A report by the Government Accountability Office says there has been limited progress toward developing effective Iraqi forces who are capable of handling internal security needs due to the ongoing violence in the nation. Although, there has been some progress notes the report, “persistent violence an sectarianism, along with immature ministerial capacity, continue to impede” [...]
Just as expected, the level of violence took a surge in the past several days as al-Qaeda altered its approach to confronting US forces. An explosion in central Baghdad resulted in the death or wounding of at least 70 people. US Army intelligence claims Iran is behind the latest bombings. Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, leader of [...]
Sayed Eman,(also known as Dr. Fadl) the man who authored the blueprint for the armed struggle adopted by Al-Qaeda and its affiliates, this week renounced the use of violence and asked his comrades to “put an end to the bloodbath around the world.” Eman;’s Jihad, was among the most feared terrorist groups in Egypt [...]
According to evidence compiled by the All China Women’s Federation (ACWF) there has been a significant rise in the number of complaints filed by women regarding being abused by their spouse. Just in the past year, the number increased by 70% and now is at a level of about 50,000 complaints per years. “This increase [...]
The Bush initiated surge which placed an additional 30,000 troops in Baghdad has led to a reduction in violence, but Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling believes al-Qaeda has simply shifted its forces to the north in order to avoid further encounters with an powerful American armed force in the nation’s capital. “What you’re seeing is the [...]
As time draws near for the opening of the Annapolis conference called by the United States in order to deal with Israel and Palestinian issues, the rhetoric of Hamas grows increasingly strident. A mass rally of 10,000 people in Gaza demanded that President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority avoid making any concessions which infringed on [...]
Thousands of refugees poured out of camps in the eastern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo after Tutsi dominated insurgents attacked the army. Aya Shneerson of the UN said “There’s a massive movement of displaced toward Goma. It’s thousands of people. They’re packed onto the road carrying whatever they can carry.” The UN believes [...]
This soccer violence in Italy is getting sicker but there ARE ways to put a stopper on it once and for all.
1) The officials need to declare that there will be no further soccer games until a game can be played without violence taking place.
2) During all games played they need to post the following on a screen:
RESPECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS BY RESISTING THE URGE TO BE VIOLENT
READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy.
Buy Cephalic Carnage albumsCephalic Carnage DownloadsEmbed video code:See more Cepahlic Carnage videosEndless Cycle of Violence lyrics:A child's mind is easily inspired, violence fuels the fireVideo games and chaotic scenes, are what they see, act out violentlyAbsorbing what they view, repeating words we sayIn a culture of profanity, ignorance starts at a young ageThroughout history, bloodshed would always beNo way to stop the conflicts fought, we have destructive genesEntrenched in our anatomy, from genetically enhanced apesPlanted by beings from space, a loathing hate we can't deleteIn this endless cycle of violence, we can't escapeFrom the big bang to street gangs, we live it everydayWhen this endless cycle of violence, reinvigoratesGive us our lives, give us strengthTV shows the mind to kill, images of murder every nightTriggers their brains, to be adult like in every wayA baby sitter for lazy parents, we can't control itThe corporate sponsors, flood them with gluttonsAbsorbing wha
In 1991, surveys of Egyptian women showed that 80% of them stated beatings by their husbands were justified by their behavior while 50% of Turkish women accepted this point of view. Switch to 2007 and the female world has dramatically changed in Turkey. Now, nine out of ten have the opposite viewpoint. “Women don’t think [...]
TV Violence to AGGRESSION CHILD - Research StudyFound interesting fresh news about Watching TV and the effect to Your Baby Boy but not for Your Baby Girl. This news come from deep research on hundred children.Must read for all parent:Preschool boys who watch violent television become markedly more aggressive and anti-social as they grow older, according to a study by Seattle researchers in one of the largest examinations so far of such connections.At the same time, girls appear impervious to the effects of television violence, a finding that has the researchers puzzled.The study, which focused on years of data for 330 children around the nation, found that each hour of violent shows viewed per day by boys ages 2 to 4 increased their aggression threefold, as reported by their parents five years later. It adds to a large body of evidence that kids learn from what they watch, the study's lead author said.Read the full research on TV violence to aggression Child.Tag:aggression+child|TV Vio
TV Violence to AGGRESSION CHILD - Research StudyFound interesting fresh news about Watching TV and the effect to Your Baby Boy but not for Your Baby Girl. This news come from deep research on hundred children.Must read for all parent:Preschool boys who watch violent television become markedly more aggressive and anti-social as they grow older, according to a study by Seattle researchers in one of the largest examinations so far of such connections.At the same time, girls appear impervious to the effects of television violence, a finding that has the researchers puzzled.The study, which focused on years of data for 330 children around the nation, found that each hour of violent shows viewed per day by boys ages 2 to 4 increased their aggression threefold, as reported by their parents five years later. It adds to a large body of evidence that kids learn from what they watch, the study's lead author said.Read the full research on TV violence to aggression Child.Tag:aggression+child|TV Vio
Hackers have already tampered with the code of Rockstar's Manhunt 2 to reinstate the violent scenes and images thought to have been removed from the game.The PSP version of the controversial title has been exploited less than 24 hours since the game was officially released in North America.The PlayStation 2 version of the game had already been distributed across the internet via torrent sites, a move that Rockstar has blamed on Sony Computer Entertainment.The game has been censored in the US in order for it to receive an M rating – and therefore a release – rather than the original AO rating it was given by the ESRB.The illegal exploit of the original PSP code indicates that the scenes that were cut in order to secure an M rating were not removed from the full game, rather disabled, much like the Hot Coffee mini-games in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.Source: Games IndustryMore PSP articles:Official PlayStation Magazine Returns to U.S.God of War PSP Demo Finally On the Wa
The attempted assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is apparently just one story in a never ending violence which is enveloping Pakistant. While Pakistani security forces attacked a cleric’s stronghold, nearby insurgents kidnapped eight police from a bus. About 2,500 soldiers took part in the assault on cleric Maulana Faziullah’s stronghold which is one [...]
Christoph Blocher, Switzerland’s Minister of Justice is a small man with a big belly and a fire in his belly to keep Switzerland free of foreigners and migrants. Each time he enters a voting rally, a goat follows behind with men and women ringing cowbells to symbolize the traditional values of Switzerland and its people– [...]
Graphic showing the principal areas where Armenians lived at the time of the massacre in 1915. A diplomatic rift between Turkey and the United States deepened after Ankara recalled its ambassador to Washington over a vote in the US Congress...
Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf signed a law on Friday dropping corruption charges against ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto. This paves the way towards a power-sharing deal between the two and Bhutto is expected to return to Pakistan from self imposed exile on 18 October and stand in the forthcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to be held before 15 January. Reports have said that the power sharing deal was even endorsed by the United States and mediated with the help of a British diplomat, with both the US an Britain keen to see political stability return to Pakistan ending the political upheaval that has engulfed the country.“This is a sad occasion that the national political leadership would strike a deal for its own political benefit and not for the nation and all political solutions would be imposed on us from abroad,” commented the acting president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Navaz (PML-N), Javed Hashmi.A report in the Pakistani newspaper Daily Times on Fri
God made Adam, then he made Eve. He made Adam smart and strong and he made Eve his obedient helper. The roles are very clearly defined by the Bible. The man has to hunt and has to protect the family. A woman has to take care of the children and his husband as well as keep the house clean. A women gets disciplined by her husband. Maybe she was a bitch, maybe she was a slut, maybe she did not fulfill her duties. It’s not our business to know. The husband knows and that should be good enough for us. It’s between him and her. A good woman will always submit to the will of her husband no matter what. The notion of the so called “domestic violence” or “domestic abuse” should not even come up, because in the majority of “abuse cases” we should trust the husband to use his good judgement to despense praise as well as punishment. It is not our right to get involved.The role of a woman in our society is outlined as follows: Be obedient, cheerful,
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“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the...
In the interest of doing my part to help Mr. W. Barry Nixon reduce violence in the workplace, I would now like to direct your attention to his excellent information, via his website, The National Institute For The Prevention Of Workplace Violence. In addition, there is an interesting article on Mr. Nixon's findings from his recent research on this subject. If we wish to live in a less violent society, we need to figure workplace violence into our equation. READ ABOUT THIS HERE Practice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy.
Signs of hope are springing up in place of despair in Newark, New Jersey. The city that has endured a seemingly endless decline for 40 years is now turning together in grief, mixed with a determination to make a better...
A wise move, Governor Blunt. It is traumatic enough for a woman to have to endure domestic abuse and once they emerge from this storm, they need the umbrella you are offering in the form of this excellent bill.
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