Mes: septiembre 2019

Some persist in believing, against all evidence, that the city of Krymsk and its 57,000 people were intentionally sacrificed to prevent the flood waters from damaging Novorossiysk, a major Black Sea port essential for exporting Russian oil and grain. Death toll from Russian floods hits 150 This deep distrust of the government poses a challenge to Putin, who depends on the support of ordinary Russians across the country to counter the growing challenge in Moscow to his 12-year rule. At the very least, the flooding has Russians once again questioning the government’s ability to keep them safe. Still fresh in their memory are a string of disasters — from the bungled response to the sinking of the Kursk submarine in 2000, to the wildfires that swept seemingly unopposed through a swath of western Russia in 2010, to the capsizing of an overloaded river boat that killed more than 120 people last year. The Emergencies Ministry acknowledged Monday that it had failed to warn residents about the flash flood that turned Krymsk streets into swirling muddy rivers and filled one-story homes practically up to the ceiling in the middle of the night. Many of the 171 who died were elderly residents unable to escape in time. A total of 29,000 people in Krymsk and the seaside resort town Gelendzhik lost all of their possessions, while about 300 homes in Krymsk...

(AP) JERUSALEM – An Israeli parliamentary committee on Monday denounced a ruling in Germany banning ritual circumcision, saying the decision infringes upon religious freedom and evokes memories of the worst chapter in German history, the Holocaust. A regional court in Cologne recently ruled that circumcising young boys for religious reasons amounts to bodily harm, even if parents agree to it. Circumcision of baby boys is a fundamental Jewish religious ritual. German court rules circumcision goes against “fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity” The ruling was particularly sensitive, given German history and the Holocaust of World War II, 무주출장만남 when 6 million Jews were killed by German Nazis and their collaborators. Committee chairman Danny Danon invited the German ambassador to Israel to parliament, seeking clarifications to the court ruling. “Circumcision is one of the pillars of Judaism, and the last time it was restricted was in Germany during its darkest hour,” Danon said at the meeting with the ambassador, which was open to reporters. Danon said that Israel would not tolerate restrictions on the practice of Judaism anywhere in the world, “and certainly not in Germany.” The German ambassador, Andreas Michaelis, told the Israeli lawmakers his country was working to resolve the issue and that the ruling doesn’t apply at the national level. “It’s clear that the ruling prohibiting circumcision is more sensitive in Germany because of the...

(CBS News) A picture surfaced Thursday of the man who blew himself up in Bulgaria, killing five Israeli tourists and a bus driver. The picture shows why it’s not likely anyone noticed him before the explosion. Both Israeli and now American officials say they believe a Hezbollah cell operating in Bulgaria was behind the bus attack, and they believe they have developed the intelligence information to back that up. The bomber dressed to blend in: Long hair; shorts and a ball cap; a t-shirt with what appears to be an American flag in the left corner; and a backpack – large, overstuffed, filled with explosives. His hands never seem to leave his pockets. Bomb technicians say the trigger may have been concealed in one of them. The bomber carried a driver’s license from Michigan. When compared to a real one, it’s a crudely-made fake identifying him as Jacque Felipe Martin of Louisiana. The address is that of a casino in Baton Rouge. Bulgarian investigators, assisted by the FBI, are still trying to determine the true identity of the bomber and the type of explosives he used. Bulgaria: Bus bomber’s ID remains a mysteryEx-Revolutionary Guard member: Iran ready to hit U.S. if Israel attacksBulgaria: Attack on Israeli tourist bus likely by suicide bomber Witnesses say after leaving the terminal, he fell into line with a crowd of Israeli tourists getting...

(AP) THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The first witness in the long-awaited trial of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic testified Monday, describing a harrowing escape and scenes of horror in his home village — despite a motion by defense attorneys to adjourn the war crimes case for six months. U.N. judges said the prosecution could respond to this latest request for a delay on Tuesday, and allowed Elvedin Pasic to testify. Mladic faces 11 charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. He denies wrongdoing. Pasic testified about his family’s escape and separation as his village in northern Bosnia was being shelled in 1992 by Bosnian Serb troops under Mladic’s command. The Muslim, just 14 at the time, described weeks of wanderings with his mother, being turned away from village after village. Now 34 years old, Pasic spoke in English, carefully describing how he and his mother eventually circled back to their home village despite a warning from two Serb soldiers patrolling nearby who told them “there is nothing for you to go back to: your home is Turkey, this is Serbia.” He described his excitement as they entered the village anyway. He raced up a shortcut to his family house — only to find the Serb soldiers had told them the truth about there being little for them to return to. “The house was burned completely,...