Sometimes, Men Just Have to Prove Theirs Is Bigger

A 31-year-old man was stabbed in St. Cloud, Minn., in January. He told police that he and another man were approaching each other on a sidewalk, and when neither man gave way, the other man stabbed him. [St. Cloud Times, 1-16-10]

Scott Elder, 22, was charged with shooting a 24-year-old man in Savannah, Ga., in October after an escalating argument that started when one of the two strangers sent a text message to a wrong number. One comment led to another, and the men agreed to meet in a downtown parking lot to settle things. [Savannah Morning News, 10-28-09]

Lankward Harrington, 25, was walking past a gardener working on lawn in Washington, D.C., in October 2006 when g**** clippings blew onto his clothes. At his trial in October 2009, Harrington was convicted of murder for shooting the gardener four times in the face. Said Harrington, on the witness stand: "He got g**** on me. [I] take pride in my appearance."

 

THIS WORLD IS F**KING

-- Edited by Mrs Wyzz on Monday 8th of March 2010 03:45:32 AM

A MILITANT atheist was found guilty of leaving grossly offensive religious images in a prayer room at Liverpool's John Lennon airport.

Jurors took just 15 minutes to convict Harry Taylor, 59, of leaving obscene material depicting figures from Christianity and Islam, often in sexual poses, in the multi-faith room with the intention of causing ha****ment and alarm.

Taylor, who labelled himself a militant atheist admitted placing the items in the prayer room on three separate occasions, but insisted he was simply practising his own religion of reason and rationality.

Taylor told jurors he had left the items in the room in memory of his hero John Lennon before reciting the words from the song Imagine.

He said: The airport is named after one of my heroes and his view on religion was pretty much the same as mine. I thought it was an insult to his memory to have a prayer room in his airport.

Giving evidence in his own defence, Taylor admitted being strongly anti-religious after being treated badly by the Catholic brothers as a boy growing up in Dublin.

But he insisted people would only be offended if their faith was weak and that the images were meant as satire.

But the jury of 10 women and two men, who all swore their oath on the Bible, rejected his defence.

An image of the Virgin Mary has been crying tears of oil, its owner has claimed, in a story that has drawn hundreds of visitors to the man's home in France.

Esat Altindagoglu has been inundated with more than 50 visitors a day hoping to see the "miracle" at his house near Paris.

The one-foot high painting was given to his wife Sevin by a Lebanese priest on her birthday in 2006, the Turkish-born salesman said.

It began weeping oil on February 12 this year, and had been "crying" every day since, he claimed.

He said: "As word spread, people started arriving from France, then from all over Europe.

"I've been having between 50 and 60 people a day turning up for more than three weeks now."

An Orthodox priest had now agreed to say mass at his home in Garges-les-Gonesse this week to thank the Virgin Mary, Mr Altindagoglu said.

He added: "Apparently the next step is to have to weeping witnessed by a bishop so the miracle can be officially recognised by the church."

Over the centuries there have been hundreds of incidents of statues said to have wept *lo**, oil or water.

But the only one ever approved as a miracle by the Pope was Our Lady of Akita in Japan, in 1973, with all the others ruled out as hoaxes.

FINGER SUIT

CLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) - Is the middle finger protected by the
Constitution? That's what an Oregon man is asking a federal court.
Robert Ekas claims his rights were violated for flipping-off
Clackamas County deputies. The lawsuit charges he was given traffic
tickets after raising his middle finger to a deputy while driving.
Those tickets were later dismissed. A month later, Ekas says he
flipped the bird to another deputy and was detained but not
ticketed. Ekas charges he's being ha****ed. An attorney for the
county is declining to comment on the lawsuit.

The public truce brokered last December between Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane appears to be compromised following a violent altercation between their affiliates in downtown Atlanta yesterday (March 4).

The brawl began around 4PM outside of the Walters Clothing Store in downtown Atlanta, ironically the location where Jeezy and Gucci Mane first met several years ago.

According to Patrick Morrison, an eyewitness and Walters Clothing employee, the animosity was renewed when Flockas entourage entered the store and came face to face with Slick Pulla and other Young Jeezy affiliates.

They just started going at it, Morrison told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

In the midst of the struggle, a security guard for Waka Flocka discharged his firearm, possibly as a warning to dispel the fighting.

Numerous sources allege that Flocka was attacked by Slick Pulla, an artist signed to Young Jeezys Corporate Thugz Entertainment label, and member of the group USDA (United Dope Boyz of America).

Story has it that Waka Flocka and Slick Pulla have been beefing since an altercation that happened in Miami a few months ago, explained celebrity photographer Freddy O. Slick Pulla wanted to get it popping and thats what he tried to do. After a tussle and fight throughout the entire Walters store, with customers, gunfire rang out. In the end Slick Pulla left the store while Waka was left with a *lo**y nose and eye.

Patrick Morrison confirmed the assault as well, stating whoever he (Waka Flocka) is hes got a big swollen eye now.

Slick Pulla was just released earlier this year from prison after serving a 2 year bid for parole violation. The terms of his release allowed him to leave the location on work release, which may now be violated if criminal charges are levied.

Thursdays brawl marks the second Atlanta attack in three months on Waka Flocka Flame. In January, the young rapper was shot in the arm at a car wash on Old National Highway after refusing to give up his jewelry.

Flocka took his Twitter several hours ago, and offered a different version of earlier reports that he was left battered and *lo**y.

In his response, the Atlanta rapper made light of the conflict and boasted that he administered his own beating to his attacker.

"Shout out to shawty who ran up wit the lumps on his face that look like Martin Lawrence ...... lol," quipped Flocka, alluding to a memorable episode of the comedian's sitcom where Lawrence was humorously disfigured after a bout with boxer Tommy Hearns.

At press time, neither camps have released official statements.

BERLIN A heavily armed group stormed a poker tournament in a German luxury hotel Saturday afternoon and made off with a jackpot, a police spokesman said.

Several participants at the tournament in Berlin's Grand Hyatt hotel were slightly injured when they panicked and fled following the daring afternoon heist, Carsten Mueller said.

Mueller said four robbers in disguises forced employees to hand over money, and then managed to escape. Mueller declined to give details, including how much money the men got away with.

The jackpot for the tournament stood at euro1 million ($1.36 million), according to a European Poker Tour Web site. The EPT confirmed the heist on the event's blog in an official statement, saying there had been "an armed robbery executed by six men." It was unclear why the number differed from the police count.

The B.Z. daily quoted witnesses as saying that the robbers were armed with automatic weapons, machetes and hand grenades.

Mueller declined to comment on the weapons, citing the ongoing investigation.

German news website Spiegel Online quoted witness Claudia Sommerey as saying that panic spread in the room at the five-star hotel in downtown Berlin.

Sommerey told Spiegel Online she hid under a table. "I saw three disguised men with rifles," she was quoted as saying.

The tournament was organized by the European Poker Tour, which calls it the biggest such event in Germany. The tournament was to be continued in the late afternoon.

According to the organization's website, about 400 participants started into the five days long competition on Wednesday. Most of them, however, had already dropped out of the game by Saturday, among them tennis great Boris Becker.

My stalker took my home, my job and my life

 

It's not just celebs who attract stalkers. Over one million UK women are victims. Here, two share their stories...

On first glance, it looked innocent enough. It was a plain white envelope, hand-written and addressed to single mum Ann Moulds.

As Ann opened it, she hoped perhaps she had a secret admirer Valentine's was a few days away.

But there were no loving overtures inside. Instead, it was a shocking list of sexual acts, all described in depraved detail. And whoever had written them made it quite clear they wanted to do them to Ann.

She threw the letter away, hoping it was a sick one-off. In fact, it was just the start of an obsessive stalking campaign, which experts described as one of the worst they've seen.

"I was shocked by the card," says Ann, who works as a podiatrist and has a 25-year-old daughter, Emma. "But it was smutty, rather than threatening.

"I had no idea who'd sent it, I just wanted to forget all about it. I didn't realise it'd escalate into something terrifying. That this man would cause me to lose everything I held dear."

Ann, now 49, was to become one of the 1.2 million female stalking victims in the UK. In reality, experts believe this figure to be much higher, due to the number of women who are either too scared to report the crime, or worried they're overreacting.

And while stalkers can be strangers, women are likely to be targeted by someone they already know. In some cases, this obsession ends in violence, even murder.

In 2006, 28-year-old teacher Andrea Howarth, of Wingate, County Durham, was stabbed to death by her estranged husband Jonathan. He used a spy programme to track her emails and mobile phone, and discovered she was in contact with an old boyfriend.

A year earlier, in September 2005, Harvey Nichols sales assistant Clare Bernal, 22, was gunned down in front of shoppers by her ex-boyfriend Michael Pech, 30.

He had subjected her to a six-month stalking campaign and was awaiting sentencing when he killed her.

Ann's stalker started slowly. For six months after the first letter, she heard nothing. Then another note arrived at her home in Ayr, Scotland, with a photograph. It showed a man, from the neck down, wearing stockings and bondage gear. Scrawled on the page were crude sexual comments.

"I was horrified," says Ann. "It was so extreme. Although the tone and content were similar to the Valentine's card, I couldn't prove the two were linked. I confided in some friends and they told me to throw it away and try to forget about it. So I did."

But two weeks later, another picture arrived. This time the man was naked. And sexually aroused.

Ann went to the police. "They told me there was nothing to go on," she says. "All I could do was keep it and wait and see if I got anything else. It was really upsetting."

The police's reaction to Ann's complaint isn't unusual, says former Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Hamish Brown, one of the UK's foremost stalking experts.

"In isolation, some stalking acts - such as parking outside the victim's house every day or texting them constantly - might not be considered a criminal offence," he explains. "It's only the cumulative effect of this behaviour that can become an offence."

With no police intervention, Ann's life was thrown into turmoil. Letters arrived every few weeks detailing bondage fantasies, plus photos of the stranger in women's underwear.

Then the phone calls started. "He'd ring at around 4am, five or six times," she says. "I'd pick up, but no one would speak. It was terrifying. And I couldn't understand it. Why was this person targeting me? What did they want from me?"

By now, the letters were telling Ann that her tormentor knew where she worked and that he watched her house.

"I became absolutely terrified that he was watching my every move," Ann says. "In winter, I'd leave work early so I didn't have to walk in the dark and I rarely went out."

Gradually, her feelings of helplessness and anxiety worsened. "I trusted no one. I had no idea who this man was or what he was going to do," she says. "While he didn't threaten to kill me, he was clearly depraved."

Embar****ed, Ann stopped telling her friends what was happening. But there was one person who regularly asked how she was - local handyman Alex Reid, 49.

"I'd met him through a mutual friend in 2003," she says. "We knew each other to say hello to around town."

After another letter, which said how her stalker planned to tie her up, gag her and put a hood over her face before torturing her, she found herself confessing all to Alex.

"He'd rung to see if I needed any jobs doing," she says. "I'd never told him what was happening, but I was so freaked out that when he asked how I was, I told him everything.

"He was appalled, calling the person who was doing this to me 'sick'," Ann says. "He told me to ring him if anything else happened. He even offered me his spare room if I ever felt uneasy in my house. I appreciated his support."

Despite having someone to confide in, the strain was taking its toll. "I developed migraines, lost weight and my hair started falling out. My daughter, Emma, stopped coming to stay because she was too scared to be in the house," she says.

In June 2006, Ann decided to get away from it all and booked a holiday to Portugal.

Settling down to dinner one evening, she got a text. It was from Alex, asking if she wanted him to do anything while she was away. But it ended with a sickening pay-off line.

"The message ended with the words: 'I want to wear your knickers on my head and lick your shoes'" she says quietly.

Suddenly, Ann realised who had been terrorising her.

"I texted back saying I couldn't believe what he'd written. He replied to say it was meant for someone else.

"I felt so sick, and I was furious that this man had taken my life, my confidence - everything - from me."

Ann immediately contacted the police. When officers raided Reid's home they found women's lingerie and shoes - all the items he'd worn in the photographs Ann received.

Reid was finally charged with breach of the peace, but he was allowed bail. Scared, Ann quit her job, sold her house and moved to a town 100 miles away.

In 2008, Reid admitted placing Ann in a state of fear and alarm at her home between September 1, 2004 and June 30, 2006. He was sentenced to 260 hours of community service, three years probation and his name was put on the sex offenders register for three years.

"My life was, effectively, destroyed. I had to move away from the place that I'd lived in for 30 years. I've had to build up a life from scratch again, all while this man has the same life. How is that justice?" she says.

Ann now runs the campaign Action Scotland Against Stalking and is petitioning for a change in Scottish law. In England and Wales, the Protection From Ha****ment Act was passed in 1997. Under this, a person can be sentenced to up to six months in prison for behaviour that could be presumed to cause the victim alarm or distress. A sentence of up to five years can be passed should crimes be perceived to have 'reasonably caused the victim to have a fear of violence'.

Unfortunately for Ann, this law doesn't apply in Scotland where the offences are just treated under breach of the peace.

"We want stalking defined as a serious crime," says Ann. "People can't have their lives stolen by monsters. The judge said Reid wasn't a danger to the community. I beg to differ."

'He said I'd be hanged'

Alexis Bowater, 40, is the chief executive of NSS (Network for Surviving Stalking) and was cyber stalked for three years while working as a TV presenter. She lives in South Devon with her husband and two children.

"Getting ready to present the evening news on ITV West Country, I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. My heart was thumping and my palms were sweaty.

Would he be watching tonight? Would there be another sordid, violent email to the general news room email address?

For the past two years I'd been cyber stalked, receiving emails from an anonymous stranger, who threatened to harm me and blow up the studios where I worked.

The ha****ment began in January 2006, as soon as my first pregnancy started showing on screen. A sinister email arrived at the TV studios, and it was the first of many. Police traced the emails to a cyber café in Chichester, West Sussex. But hundreds of people used it, so they couldn't identify who'd sent them.

Once I went on maternity leave in August 2006, the emails stopped, but when I returned to work and my second pregnancy started to show on screen in May 2008, they started again. The stalker said they'd rape me, and hoped my baby would die.

Every time one of the emails appeared in the inbox, I was filled with dread. I was constantly on edge and suspicious of everyone.

One of the most frightening aspects of cyber stalking is the perpetrator's anonymity. I didn't know if it was a man or a woman, or if they knew where I lived like they said they did.

The police took the threats seriously and placed an alarm in my house. They even suggested I have a panic room - a secure room that locks down once you're in it - installed. It felt surreal. My husband felt totally powerless. He wanted to protect us all, but there was nothing he could do.

By September 2008, I felt that time was running out for me. One email had said I'd be found hanged. Images of Sharon Tate, who was murdered when she was pregnant in the '60s, flashed through my mind.

Thankfully, a month later, police tracked my stalker while he was on a computer. Alexander Reeve, 25, from Cornwall was arrested and charged with three counts of causing fear, alarm or distress and two counts of communicating false information. He was just a random man who had become obsessed with me after seeing me on the news. He pleaded guilty at the trial in March 2009 and was sentenced to four years and one month in prison.

I felt enormous relief when he was jailed. Stalkers exert control over their victims, many of whom don't go to the police because they're too embar****ed. From my experience I learnt that you have to take the control back. You can't let your stalker ruin your life."

What to do if you think you're being stalked

1. Take it seriously. The Protection From Ha****ment Act can be used against someone if their conduct causes you to feel fear on more than two occasions.
2. If you feel as if you're in danger, contact the police.
3. Keep a diary of all incidents, with timings and descriptions, as well as any letters, texts or emails, and pass them on to the police.
4. Make sure everyone around you is aware of the situation.
5. Look after your basic personal safety. Limit the amount of information that's available about you, use strict privacy settings on any social networking sites you use and tighten up home security.

Stalking: the facts

Who becomes a stalker?

"Any person could become a stalker: old or young, professional or blue-collar," explains Jane Harvey from Surviving Stalking (Nss.org.uk). "But it's usually when a relationship - real or imagined - goes wrong that behaviour tips into stalking. Fifty per cent of stalkers are ex-partners, but they can be a friend, colleague, neighbour, or even someone the victim only knows in a professional capacity, such as a GP or dentist."

Why do they stalk?

According to psychologist Dr Lorraine Sheridan, men are most prone to stalking and there are several reasons why they do it.

Ex-partner stalking: The stalker is angry about being rejected and wants to 'punish' his victim. He is prone to violence.

Sadistic stalking: The stalker sees his victim as prey and wants to make her life miserable, trying to unsettle and scare her.

Delusional-fixation stalking: The stalker often doesn't know his victim very well but is fixated on her, sending her sexual material and believing they have a relationship. Or he projects imaginary romantic fantasies on to her, sending her love letters and hanging around for chance encounters.

ADEBAYOR FUTURE ALREADY IN DOUBT

Rumblings suggest striker could leave

BLUES STALWARTS SEE OFF STOKE

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07/03/2010

Love cheat Tiger Woods is back on the fairway as he tries to putt his sex scandal behind him.

Our exclusive pictures show the troubled star during a NINE-HOUR practice session at his local course on Thursday.

Therapists treating him for sex addiction have told the romping golfer to get back to the birdies he's good at.

So Woods, 34, did a full 18 - that's holes not mistresses - at the Isleworth club near his Florida home.

And he aims to make his comeback in the Tavistock Cup - a competition between local state pros - in 15 days' time. A source said: "Tiger seemed to be in the zone totally. It's amazing how just three months ago he was in hiding and unable to get his head round even stepping back on a golf course.

"His therapists have advised him to get back into his normal routine. In the next few weeks he also has to re-apply himself to living a clean life away from the addiction course."

Woods' wife Elin is sticking by him for now in a bid to keep his mind focused on returning to golf and looking after his two children. The pair spent time at their old family home in Isleworth this week.

But Elin, 31, remains adamant that their marriage, unlike her husband's job, is not back on course.

A SOUTH Korean couple addicted to an Internet game about raising a virtual child were arrested for neglecting their real three-month-old daughter and letting her starve to death, news reports said.

The couple spent between four and six hours every day at Internet cafés in Suwon, a city just south of Seoul, and bottle-fed their baby only once a day, the Yonhap news agency and other South Korean media reported, citing police.

The couple found their baby dead on September 24 when they returned home after playing online games at a nearby Internet café all night, Yonhap reported.

The 41-year-old father and his 25-year-old wife, both jobless, went into hiding at a relative's home north of Seoul after a police autopsy found the baby died because of a long period of malnutrition, the report said. Police arrested the couple last Wednesday, it said.

"I'm sorry for my daughter and hope she doesn't get sick in heaven," the father was quoted as saying by Yonhap.

News reports said the girl was born prematurely, weighing five pounds, and had spent one month in an incubator.

The couple, who met each other through an Internet chat site, was reportedly obsessed with a role-playing game called Prius Online in which they nurtured a virtual girl dubbed 'Anima'.

Exploding police box men's room leaves one of Chiba's finest with minor injuries

A man is now in police custody after a rifle and over 100 rounds of assorted ammunition were reportedly found at a house in Marverly, in St Andrew on Saturday morning.

The man's identification is being withheld as he is not yet charged.

Police reports are that about 6:45 a.m. the police carried out a search operation in the community and during which an AK-47 rifle with two magazines containing over 100 rounds were found on one of the premises in the area.

The police said the firearm and ammunition appeared to be brand new.

The wheels of justice are being affected by officious 'trials' said to be initiated by dons, especially in inner-city communities.

THE STAR has observed that a number of complainants often reveal to the courts that they do not wish to proceed with trials as "the don sey wi fi done wid it".

"Many cases before the courts have severely been affected due to the informer culture, persons are often threatened by persons in their communities who often turn judge and jury," one clerk of court in St Catherine said.

own investigations

THE STAR was told that sometimes if complainants do not heed the don's orders, they are often beaten and even banished from the area.

"We have seen where after you investigate a case and send it to the court, criminals just start their own investigations, intimidate and force persons to drop cases," a senior officer from the St Catherine North police said.

He said it's a very sad occurrence and that affected persons cannot even talk about it sometimes, which simply makes it a waste of the court's time.

"Until we are able to trust the police, we just have to do as we are told, oftentimes the police feel it's a waste of time to collect wi statements and seh it naw go nowhere," Margarite Chambers, a resident of Spanish Town in the parish, told THE STAR.

Meanwhile, several persons said it is a service and the dons are a necessary evil; however, legislation is needed to deal with this problem.

WTF??? DIRECTOR PULLS A KANYE AT THE OSCARS . . . AMBUSHES YOUNG BLACK DIRECTOR ON STAGE!!! (SEE WHAT SHE DID AND FIND OUT WHY SHE DID IT INSIDE)

In case you didnt see it last night, there was one INTERESTING moment at the Oscars when a producer named Elinor Burkett wrestled the microphone away from director-producer Roger Ross Williams. The two made a movie together that won the Best Documentary Short Oscar.

Here si the excerpt of an interview, where the two explained what happned

Interviewer: People are already saying you "pulled a Kanye." What happened?

BURKETT: What happened was the director and I had a bad difference over the direction of the film that resulted in a lawsuit that has settled amicably out of court. But there have been all these events around the Oscars, and I wasn't invited to any of them. And he's not speaking to me. So we weren't even able to discuss ahead of the time who would be the one person allowed to speak if we won. And then, as I'm sure you saw, when we won, he raced up there to accept the award. And his mother took her cane and blocked me. So I couldn't get up there very fast.

Interviewer: Can you explain the reason behind the conflict?

BURKETT: The movie was supposed to be about the entire band, Liyana. And the [band members] were very clear they did not want to participate if it ended up being just about one person. The director and HBO decided to focus solely on Prudence . . .

Interviewer: And that led to the rift. But didn't you see him at other events to discuss what would happen if you won?

BURKETT: He won't talk to me! This whole week, there have been events thrown by the International Documentary Association, and he hasn't passed any of the invitations on to me.

The movie was my idea. I live in Zimbabwe. Roger had never even heard of Zimbabwe before I told him about this. And you know, I felt my role in this has been denigrated again and again, and it wasn't going to happen this time.

Interviewer: How do you feel about the final product?

BURKETT: The final product, it's not that it's bad. It's not what I envisioned when I came up with this project. And it's not what we promised the boys in the band. It's just not what we wanted it to be.

About 15 minutes later, Salon reached director-producer Roger Ross Williams by cell phone as he celebrated backstage with family and friends. We asked for his side of the story.

And here is the Directors point of view:

Interviewer: How did that happen?

WILLIAMS: Only one person is allowed to accept the award. I was the director, and she was removed from the project nearly a year ago, but she was able to still qualify as a producer on the project, and be an official nominee. But she was very angry -- she actually removed herself from the project because she wanted more creative control.

Interviewer: But couldn't you decide ahead of time who would speak?

WILLIAMS: That was handled by the publicist for the academy. I don't know what they told her. The academy is very clear that only one person can speak. I own the film. She has no claim whatsoever. She has nothing to do with the movie. She just ambushed me. I was sort of in shock.

Interviewer: You seemed to run up there pretty fast. Didn't you see her coming up the aisle? What did you think was going to happen when she got there?

WILLIAMS: I just expected her to stand there. I had a speech prepared.

Interviewer: She claims she found the movie's story, that she brought it to you.

WILLIAMS: No, not at all. The truth is that she saw the band perform [in Zimbabwe], and told me about that, and then I opened up a dialogue with the [King George VI School & Centre for Children with Physical Disabilities] school and went on my own which you would've heard about in my speech -- and spent $6,000 going to Africa shooting myself. And when people expressed interest in the film, I asked her to come on board. And then I regretted that decision. Then she sued.

Interviewer: It was quite a tussle. Does this diminish the Oscar at all?

WILLIAMS: Absolutely not. It's such a career achievement, to win an Academy Award. This is what the business is. There are times when there's disagreement and dispute and you always hope that people will rise up to the occasion. It doesn't diminish it. She disowns it and doesn't want any part of the film. I'm so proud of the movie .

Interviewer: OK, did your mother try and block her with her cane?

WILLIAMS: My mother got up to hug me. And my mother is 87 years old. She was excited.

What are people saying about it?

They're saying it looked like she pulled a Kanye.

WILLIAMS: She did! She pulled a Kanye. And it's a shame, because this is such positive, happy film.

OH NO!!! Fake Doctor BUSTED . . . For Injecting SILICONE CAULKING Into Women's BUTTS . . . To Make Them BIGGER!!!

NEWARK -- Six women from the Essex County area who wanted fuller bottoms ended up in hospitals after receiving buttocks-enhancement injections containing the same material contractors use to caulk bathtubs, officials said.

The women checked into hospitals in the county after their procedures, apparently administered by unlicensed providers, went horribly wrong, state health officials said. The women underwent surgery and were given antibiotics. No arrests have been made.

Different from medical-grade silicone, the substance used in the botched procedures was believed to be a diluted version of nonmedical-grade silicone.

"The same stuff you use to put caulk around the bathtub," said Steven M. Marcus, executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System, who learned about the bizarre procedures through a committee he sits on that monitors outbreaks in the metropolitan area.

"What a tragedy," said Gregory Borah, chief of plastic surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

Using over-the-counter silicone can cause abscesses that he said resemble "a big zit."

Borah, also president of the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons, said the botched procedures underscore the need for patients who seek augmentation to have it administered by a licensed professional in a sterile setting.

A plastic surgeon doing buttocks augmentation would make an incision to develop a pocket underneath the muscle and shape the buttocks with inert medical-grade silicone, Borah said. He noted it is a relatively uncommon procedure in most practices and that he has done only two in his 24-year career.

By the time he tells patients of the potential risks from anesthesia, scarring and silicone shifting when patients sit down they often change their minds.

Breast and cheek augmentations are the most common procedures, he noted. Borah said buttock augmentation is more popular in some cultures than others.

The state Department of Health and Senior Services did not identify the women or release any details about their ethnicity. It also did not say where the "unlicensed medical provider or providers" performed their procedures.

"Fortunately, these women are being treated and are recovering," said Tina Tan, the state epidemiologist. "But there is the potential for more serious complications if these infections are not treated early and properly."

Investigators have not determined if the six cases, which began to be reported in mid-February, are related, but they have stoked concern among officials that such injuries are more common than previously thought.

Health officials issued an alert to state hospitals and doctors about the cases and the potential for more victims.

Marcus said there have been other incidents over the past couple years of providers providing implants of nonmedical-grade silicone, then getting put out of business only for other shady providers to surface.

"Caveat emptor: Buyer beware," Marcus said. "If it looks too cheap, theres probably a reason its too cheap."

I-Octane - file

Reggae artiste I-Octane said people are trying to set him up.

The singer's belief comes after a raid of his Portmore, St Catherine, home by the police on Saturday.

The singer, born Byiome Muir, told THE STAR that while conducting their operation at his home, cops told him that they have been receiving anonymous phone calls from people alleging that he is involved in the dealing of guns and drugs.

A source from the Greater Portmore Police Station confirmed to THE STAR that there was an operation at the singer's home and that he even came in to the station afterwards.

"Yes, there was an operation and yes there has been some calls about his alleged involvement in some dangerous activities," the source, a detective corporal said.

"Somebody a try set me up," the artiste said before declaring, "Octane nuh deal wid gun or drugs... Mi nuh smoke, mi not even drink alcohol."

misunderstood and misjudged

Asked about his feelings about such allegations, the singer after explaining that he is not surprised said, "One of the sad thing about being in the public eye is being misinterpreted, misunderstood and misjudged."

Though nothing illegal was found at the artiste's home, the police seized his Honda motor car citing an inconsistency with information on the vehicle documents.

"Dem seh di car papers don't match di engine number so dem have to investigate," I-Octane said.

According to I-Octane, the vehicle was purchased in his name about a year ago by Arrows Recording.

He also noted that on Saturday morning, the company had sent him a letter stating that it wanted back the vehicle, a move which he claims has no real effect on him.

"So what if dem want it back? Mi life nuh stop deh so ... . Mi have greater things fi accomplish," he reasoned.

With that said, I-Octane also revealed that his career is no longer being managed by Arrows Recording which has been doing so for the past three years.

While expressing his appreciation for everything the company did for him, he claimed that new decisions made by it would not reap any benefit to him and as such he made the decision to move on.

He also spoke briefly on a disagreement between himself and the company over a life insurance policy which he claims is worth millions of dollars, with the company being the sole beneficiary.

The matter is currently being handled by lawyers representing both parties.

However, when contacted, Phillip Linton of Arrows Recording confirmed all the artiste's claims, and explained that talks are underway which could definitely see I-Octane parting ways with the company.

He also spoke about the insurance policy, explaining that it was simply devised to recover money invested in the artiste in the event that he dies.

"It's like when you get a loan from a bank and they take out a life insurance policy on you ... . It's the same thing," Linton said.

I-Octane, however, feels these challenges will only make him a stronger.

"Mi jus a keep a calm head still ... . Yu haffi strong in these times because it might push you into the wrong crowd ... . Tell di fans don't worry though, Octane will continue to remain positive," he said.

I-Octane is best known for songs like Lose A Friend and Stab Vampire.

VEGAS N STAR TWITTER WARR TWITTER SHALL BE YUH DOWNFALL Some artiste chat an' chat so till dem nuh know wha fi chat say again. How yuh fi come pon twitter a say finding a follow up hit song after yuh first is a hard ting fi do? Everybody see it an a wondah how dat drop een? Mi a wondah a how much hit yuh have from yuh come back wha day yah? Nuh juss di one hit bring yuh back and di ress a dem "ok"? No sah behave. Den all a talk bout Beenie Man foot dem. No sah. Every minute yuh mek di most talk pon twitter an a tun yuhself inna enemy inna di industry an' nobaddy nuh know wha yuh claim to fame be apart from Twitter Research Analyst. A cudda wha so? Tek yuh own advice an go find deh follow up hit deh. MrVegasMusic I shall twitter let yuh get more fi write bout,u go do your research idiot,I am blessed and gallis for 09,hot wuk,tek weh yuhself,cont MrVegasMusic We nuh want nuh friend 09,taxi fare do you know 08,so do yuh research & I am sure every artist know how hard to follow after - cont MrVegasMusic How hard to follow up after a big hit I been there with heads high at one point every producer wanted a heads high song so wha so-cont MrVegasMusic Special bout gwizz I was not putting him down,if anything that %&%* should motivate him none of us bigger than music,yuh know -cont MrVegasMusic How good it feel when someone say to me"when yuh a come wid a next song"that mean people waan hear mi. MrVegasMusic And for the star to be writing about me talking about beenie foot,a unu a mash up music what the %$^ people don't joke no more-cont MrVegasMusic That was a %$^ing joke idiot about beeine playing hockey,you m.f need to loosen up.cause mi just a say ting weh unu waan say 2 minutes ago via UberTwitter MrVegasMusic Jamaican star unu bigger than gossip pop dung paper,dwayne mi respect u big time,is me clifford smith weh ask how high when unu say jump half a minute ago via UberTwitter MrVegasMusic So for you to let people calling me saying mi diss beenie man,unu need fi bring the whole %&%* I wrote 2 minutes ago via UberTwitter TR8 from the star :- Vegas seh The government placed a ban on me because I performed She's A Ho in Greneda, about two and a half years ago. It's just a sad situation," he explained to THE STAR, noting that he was not told "I sought to get an explanation from the minister of labour, Honourable Carl Hood, and to explain my plight, only to have the phone hung up on me. This is not the first time that this has happened." *Vegas mi know u come pan u come read but mi a go give u some sound advice.. u see di furthest u can stay from people mout.. di more successful your life will be...a nuh good sumting fi put urself ina people mout n it nuh seem like u know when fi stop... A NUH EVERY BATTLE U FIGHT.. cause when u do dat u mek people wish all kinda bad %&%* pan u...*

LUDACRIS' LOVE!!! IT'S OFFICIAL . . . RAPPER LUDACRIS IS MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND . . . AND AS GOOD AS SHE LOOKS . . . WE CAN SEE WHY!!!

	MediaTakeOut.com spoke with about a DOZEN people who were out last night at Ludacris' private event in Atlanta. Word is that he couldn't stop kissing and hugging her all night. AWWWWW . . . ain't that sweet!!!!

STRIKE 3!!! ACTRESS STACEY DASH GETTING DIVORCED . . . FOR THE THIRD TIME . . . AND ALL HER EXES WERE WHITE!!! (PICS OF HER EXES INSIDE)

MediaTakeOut.com has learned that 40 year old actress Stacey Dash has just filed to DIVORCE her third husband, actor Emmanuel Xuereb.

According to our snitches, Stacey and dude were "growing apart" and so they decided to call it quits.

Wonder if that means she's ready to try dating a BROTHER now . . .

Mar 8 2010 2:46 PM EST Lil Wayne Sentenced To A Year In Prison After multiple sentencing delays, the rapper turns himself in to begin his jail term. By Jayson Rodriguez .0 Comments 0% Rating Rate ArticleThumbs Up Thumbs Down .Share Favorite. NEW YORK Lil Wayne turned himself in to authorities Monday (March 8) after multiple sentencing delays for a July 2007 gun-possession charge. A near riot broke out in front of the Manhattan Criminal Court Building when the superstar MC entered, escorted by police and his Cash Money crew. Photographers aggressively angled to capture the last images of the rapper before he was formally sentenced to one year in prison. Dressed in black jeans, a black shirt and a gray jacket, Lil Wayne made his way in, before Judge Charles H. Solomon sentenced the rapper. The New Orleans native sat next to his lawyer, Stacey Richman, without addressing the court. After Solomon reminded Wayne of his charges, the rapper firmly nodded that he understood. Police then handcuffed Lil Wayne and he stood up to be taken away. He paused momentarily before leaving and nodded to Cash Money execs Birdman and Slim, who were present in the courtroom. Just like that, Wayne was gone. The rapper reached a deal with prosecutors in November to plead out to a lesser deal, and in return, he is expected to be released from prison as early as October. In 2007, Lil Wayne was arrested for attempted gun possession following his first headlining performance in Manhattan at the Beacon Theatre. New York is among the toughest states in the country when it comes to gun-possession laws. In other states, Lil Wayne could have gotten off with a misdemeanor rap and probation. However, in New York, only law-enforcement officials and those affiliated with authorities are permitted to carry firearms.

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March 6 (*la*hmberg) -- Detroit Pistons S:d1">Rodney Stuckey spent the night in the hospital after collapsing into the arms of a trainer during a timeout in the teams National Basketball Association loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The 23-year-old guard was alert at the Cleveland Clinic early today, the team said on its Web site. There was no word on the cause of his collapse.

Late in the third quarter last night, Stuckey seemed fine as he walked off the court and sat down. He suddenly grabbed strength and conditioning coach Arnie Kander as he slid to the floor. Medics worked on him for about 12 minutes before taking him to the hospital.

He came over and he told Arnie he was feeling a little dizzy, said forward S:d1">Charlie Villanueva on the teams Web site. He drank some water and the next thing you know, he passed out. He sat down and said he was feeling a little bit dizzy. It was very scary because you dont know whats going on.

Stuckey had to be helped to the locker room at halftime of a November 2008 game in Detroit against the Boston Celtics because of dizziness, the Detroit Free Press said on its Web site. He did not return to that game and missed the following two games.

Stuckey, who started the game and had played 25 minutes, had 8 points and 10 assists at Clevelands Quicken Loans Arena.

Its very difficult, Clevelands S:d1">LeBron James said after the Cavaliers won 99-92. When something like that happens, were all one family. Our prayers go out to him.

James said the teams met at center court after the game to say a prayer for Stuckey.

The Show Is Booked For The 27th Of March 2010.
Me Personally I Don't Think Its Going To Come Off, The General Might Not Be To Happy At All.

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WHO IS A BETTA RAPPER JAY Z OR LIL WAYNE

I BELIEVE A CLASH IS EMINENT

A hairdresser from the small Russian town of Meshchovsk has subdued a man who tried to rob her shop, and then raped him for three days in the utility room.

The incident occurred on Saturday, March 14. The working day was coming to an end at a small hairdressers, when a man armed with a gun rushed in and demanded the days earnings.

The frightened employees and customers agreed to fulfill his demand, but when the shops owner, 28-year-old Olga, was handing the money to the robber, she suddenly knocked him down on the floor and then tied him up with a hairdryer cord. The 32-year-old Viktor couldnt have known that the woman was a yellow belt in karate.

 After two separate sentencing delays, New Orleans rap star Lil Wayne was officially sentenced to prison today (March 8th) in Manhattan Criminal Court.

Lil Wayne was sentenced to the prison term after the rapper admitted to possessing a loaded .40 caliber handgun that was found on his tour bus after a performance in New York in July of 2007.

The rapper was taken away in handcuffs to begin serving his time on Rikers Island, a prison that is just emerging from a scandal over preferential treatment of certain inmates and celebrities.

In October of 2009, several prison officials resigned from the prison after it was revealed that Brooklyn rapper Foxy Brown and other inmates had been given preferential treatment while serving their time behind bars.

Lil Wayne was originally supposed to be sentenced to prison on February 9th but the date was postponed to March 2nd, because the rapper needed root canals, in addition to having his platinum grillz removed.

The March 2nd date was rescheduled to today (March 8th), after a fire broke out in Manhattan Criminal Courts basement which sent eight people to the hospital.

Lil Wayne could be out in as little as eight months. He is expected to remain in protective custody during his time behind bars.

Asked about open sex at Hedonism hotel, Zein Nakash, daughter of SuperClubs chairman John Issa, declared that she did not stay at that resort because "It's not my type of vacation".

Issa was answering questions in a follow-up deposition in the ongoing lawsuit filed by her father, in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida. He is claiming that he was defamed by e-mails traced to computers originating in that US state.

 

Attorney Reginald Clyne of Clyne and Associates, representing the defendants in the lawsuit, read an excerpt from Conde Nast, which rates travel locations based on surveys of guests.

"In this article - 'Did you witness group sex or orgies at Hedonism 11?', the writer says: 'I've seen them, but I say that most folks haven't. Most people will witness at least oral sex going on, but actual groups are

usually closed-door or occasionally late-night in the nude or hot tub',"

Clyne read.

Clyne: "Do you see that?"

Nakash: "I just saw it."

Clyne read further: 'The last three weeks of January, mid-October and over the 4th of July are when a high percentage of guests are lifestylers, swingers, so you will see more outdoor sex,' and he asked Nakash:

"Would that be true, that you would see more outdoor sex when the swingers come to your club, your hotel?"

Joe DeMaria, Issa's lawyer: "Object to the form."

Nakash: "I don't know. I would assume there might be more people trying. I don't stay at Hedonism. It's not my type of vacation."

Clyne: "Why don't you stay at your father's hotel?"

Nakash: "I stay at my father's hotels."

Clyne: "You don't stay at Hedonism?"

Nakash: "No, because there's no need to. I've stayed at Hedonism 111 when there's been events I was there for, but if I'm doing something in Negril, I tend to stay at Grand Lido."

Clyne: "Do you find this distasteful, personally?"

Nakash: "No."

Clyne: "The nudity?"

Nakash: "No, but I like my room serviced and other amenities you don't find in a Hedonism room."

To be continued

Deadly floods recede in Haiti

Haitians fear the coming rainy season will cause more of the displaced to die [AFP] Flood waters that killed eight people in quake-hit Haiti over the weekend have receded in the country's southeast. Al Jazeera's Todd Baer, reporting from the capital Port-au-Prince, said water levels in the most affected areas of Les Cayes and surrounding villages may have gone down, but people were continuing to flee on Sunday night. Short but intense downpours at night triggered the floods, and there are fears that there will be more and worse flooding when the rainy season starts in earnest in a few weeks. Hundreds of thousands of people remain living on the streets or under inadequate shelter nearly seven weeks after their homes were destroyed by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake. SPECIAL REPORT Haiti's government, which says up to 300,000 people may have perished in the January quake, had planned to set up dozens of camps with ordinary tents for the displaced. But now it wants to try to get as many people out of capital as possible and give them thick tarps to whether the impending rainy season, our correspondent said. Haitian officials say eight people, including at least one child, were killed and two remain missing after the rains and floods on Saturday. link to site: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/03/2010311292138864.html

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FRESH FROM THE PEN!!! R&B SINGER D'ANGELO PHOTO'D LEAVING JAIL ON THAT PROSTITUTION CHARGE . . . HE DON'T LOOKS THAT BAD . . . EVEN THOUGH HE'S STILL A LIL HUSKY!!!

NUH UHHHHHHHHH!!! A GANG OF THIRSTY WOMEN ATTACK MALE CLUBGOER . . . TEAR OFF HIS CLOTHES . . . AND LEAVE HIM BUTT NEKKID AND CURLED UP IN THE FETAL POSITION!!!

"For every inch more than four, we'll give him an additional $10,000."

Well it's official... Birdman (aka Baby) is now the "5 star stunna" period. Baby recently added four new star tattoos to his head (giving him a total of 5) one of which covered up his "Bronald Oil Rig" tat.

Cops are hunting for Naomi Campbell after she assaulted her limo driver in Midtown on Tuesday afternoon, police sources said.

Campbell slugged the 27-year-old driver, then ran from the scene at E. 58th St. and Second Ave. just after 1 p.m.

The driver reported the incident to police, who were canvassing the area.

It was just the latest tantrum thrown by the tempermental beauty.

In 2008, she pleaded guilty to assaulting a pair of police officers during a fit at Heathrow Airport.

The previous year, she pleaded guilty to tossing a cell phone at her maid in Manhattan and was sentenced to anger management classes and community service.

Craig 'Serani' Marsh

P Diddy

Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter

Dancehall singjay Serani is keeping himself current with some recent remixes with overseas artistes.

On the social networking site, Twitter, P Diddy announced on Wednesday that the dancehall remix of Angels with Dirty Money, Notorious B.I.G and Serani was ready for download.

When contacted Serani said the song was recorded in October, after Diddy's camp made contact with his A&R.

"A totally different beat was made and sent to me and I just fit in at the right places to suit the vibe," he told THE STAR.

And, he is very proud of doing such a collaboration.

"I love it. I've been listening to Diddy since I was a teenager. I am proud to work with him. I like the remix too," Serani said.

Adding, "Basically, it does give me a hype and keeps my buzz going. Doing remixes keep you current."

Serani said he also did a remix of I Get It In with Omarion and Gucci Mane last year and that has been released. He also did a song with US-based DJ Webstar called Tipsy. There is also Hot Like Pepper with Machel Mantano, which Serani said is already doing well.

With the many successes coming his way, Serani said he is pleased with the direction his career is going in.

"It's going pretty great. I have a brand new number one with Skip To My Luu. So, I'm really proud of that. I'mworking on my mixtape to just keep the buzz. You can't take a break at this minute. If you take a break, somebody is ready to take your place," he told THE STAR, noting that the mixtape will be released this week.

"I have made a lot of connections. The links are there, so as long as I'm staying current, things will happen. Music is not something you rush. Expect a lot of big things from DASECA."

As things are heating up on the Gaza between Vybz Kartel and his former protégé Blak Ryno, ex-Portmore Empire member Lisa Hyper has recorded Call to Addi, urging an end to the dispute.

Having been excommunicated from the Empire late last year, shortly after a picture showing the artistein compromising circumstanceswas released, Lisa Hyper is remembering better days in her song, Call to Addi.

In the song, which was voiced on Tuesday night, Hyper pretends to make a call to her former 'daddy' Vybz Kartel saying, "Nuffy, yuh know sey mi a call Addi yuh know, cause me nuh like wha gwaan yuh know and mi nah go stay aside and watch it."

She continues, "Right now mi a call yuh wid tears inna eyes, mi just forward from Guyana but mi get fi realise, Ryno just lef di camp now him and Popcaan a fight, a wha gwaan, every man pon di Gaza get hype? It look like yuh cyaan talk to nuh man nuh more, but hold on/dem figet a you buss di door, whappen to when every man pon di Gaza did poor?"

As the song progresses, Hyper talks about Ryno's song aimed at Kartel called Mi Lef and Popccan's song Dem Sell Out. She deejays, "Mi nah lie, mi understand wha Ryno a sey we di artiste nuh get di full respect but Ryno yuh see di disrespect dat yuh talk to di Don yuh shouldn't mek yuh mout mek."

She also reminds Popcaan and Ryno about the songs they've done together, and asks Portmore Empire members Jah Vinci and Shawn Storm to talk some sense into Ryno and Popcaan to help bring back peace within the organisation.

After leaving the Empire, Lisa Hyper remained a staunch Gaza supporter, explaining to her fans that she will always say Gaza for life. During numerous performances, the artiste has continued to big up Kartel and the rest of the Empire crew. In the song she still refers to herself as 'the gaza girl.'

( l-r ) Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley - File

Despite not being present to celebrate their Grammy wins, musicians and producers who worked on the albums for Stephen and Ziggy Marley enjoyed the thanksgiving party that was held at Tuff Gong International Limited, Marcus Garvey Drive, on Friday evening.

The party took place in the newly added herbal garden. There, the guests partook in ital dishes, juices and liquor that were available. There were also some older musicians, who sat around a table chatting, smoking and drinking, while telling tales of how they got started in music.

Some of the persons present were Ronai Gordon, Denver Smith, Bongo Herman and Sticky Thompson, who worked on Stephen's Mind Control and Ziggy's Family Time albums.

Thompson was quite happy to be at the event and to have contributed to Mind Control.

"Mi feel good bout everything. Mi glad fi know seh mi work wid the father and come work wid the sons," said Thompson, who is a percussionist.

He said he worked with Bob Marley on and off from about the 1960s. He paused for a while, working and touring with Jimmy Cliff in the 1970s before returning to work with Bob Marley in the 1980s and later his children.

Throughout the small intimate party, the selectors played songs from Bob Marley's large catalogue including Three Little Birds and Get Up Stand Up. There were also songs from his sons.

The Tamlins were also present and got the opportunity to view the recently opened art gallery, which had paintings of Bob and Rita Marley, as well as depictions of Rastafari. Red Stripe Project Artist graduates like David Bruff, Tomoy Gayle and Rueben Johnson also gave short performances.

- Sadeke Brooks

Jay-Z quickly met with the President of The United States on Wednesday.



According to Washington Post, during the final moments of his performance at Verizon Center Wednesday night, Jay-Z casually dropped a gigantic boast: "I just came from the White House."

White House officials were button-lipped about the visit Wednesday, but confirmed on Thursday morning that, yes, Jay-Z did indeed visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. An official said the rapper toured the White House on Wednesday and had a quick, unscheduled visit with President Obama. The President did not attend the concert.

In an interview with Jonathan Ross last month (February 19), Jay-Z revealed that the president has invited the rapper to the White House a number of times since Obama's inauguration.

"I've been invited to the White House a couple of times," Hov told Ross, although he said he hasn't taken up the president on the offer just yet. "Hopefully we'll keep him in for eight years, so I'll have time to get there."

The Brooklyn MC was an avid supporter of Obama during the presidential campaign and referenced him in a series of lyrics, most notably the for Young Jeezy's hit "My President."

The 12-year-old son of the Azerbaijan president has gone on a multi-million pound property spending spree, buying up a series of luxury Dubai waterfront mansions.

Heydar Aliyev, the son of Ilham Aliyev, the oil-rich countrys president, allegedly spent almost £30 million (US$44 million) on nine waterfront mansions in the southern Gulf emirate earlier this year, reports said.

The boy, who was 11 at the time, made the purchase in the Palm Jumeirah development over two weeks, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Heydars name and his date of birth appeared on Dubai Land Department records, which were obtained by the paper.

The details listed on the property records were the same as those of the son of the former Soviet Republics president, whose annual salary is about £150,000 ($228,000).

The purchases are about the equivalent to 10,000 years' worth of salary for the average citizen of the country.

Industry sources with knowledge of the transactions told the paper the purchases were made by a buyer representing Azerbaijan's ruling family, with the properties paid for upfront.

It remains unclear whether the boy was given the property as a gift or how he could have bought into the development, after officials in Baku, the countrys capital, refused to comment on the claims.

"I have no comment on anything. I am stopping this talk. Goodbye," Azer Gasimov, the president's spokesman, told the paper when contacted for comment.

He did not respond to repeated further requests for comment.

The luxury real estate scheme is popular with multimillionaires, British footballers and celebrities and is also home to the world's biggest artificial island.

The island off the coast of Dubai has become a symbol of the emirate's reputation for luxury and extravagance.

Markets across the world were rattled in November after Dubai World, the government investment company behind its most ambitious projects including Palm Jumeirah, said it was seeking to delay repayment on a tranche of its debt.

The Post said the amount of Dubai property allegedly amassed by the familys children, or people with similar names to them, now reaches almost £50 million (US$75 million) after similar purchases by his daughters.

The property records also listed the names of Leyla and Arzu Aliyeva, whose names, were the same and their ages roughly similar.

The paper said the exact dates of birth could not be established, but various reports said Leyla's birthday was the same as the Azerbaijani woman who was listed in the documents.

The president's older daughter, Leyla, is married to Emin Agalarov, a wealthy Russian businessman while relatives of the first lady, Mehriban, have lucrative business interests in Azerbaijan.

Agalarov would not comment to the paper when asked whether he had helped buy Dubai properties for his wife or Aliyev's other children.

He said he had "joined businesses and properties" with his wife.

"We wish not to comment on that, he said in an email to the paper.

Azerbaijan, which became an independent nation with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, has vast sources of oil.

It has been ruled almost continuously by the same family with the current president taking over from Heydar Aliyev, his father, who was president from 1993 until his death in 2003.

The Government will be putting measures in place to assist tertiary-level students, who may be de-registered for non-payment of fees in September, as a result of the pending freeze on tertiary subsidies.

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, revealed this at last Thursday's sitting of the House of Representatives. He said the assistance will be provided through the Students' Loan Bureau, with grants or separate provisions given to the universities to address those students in need.

"We have already made that kind of accommodation for those students. How we distribute whatever benefit we give has to be done on a means-tested basis," he said, noting that this is the procedure used in awarding grants and benefits to tertiary institutions.

$7 billion grant

In 2009/10, the University of the West Indies received a grant of approximately $7 billion with a proposed allocation of $6.7 billion for the financial year 2010/2011. The University of Technology was allocated $1.9 billion for the 2009/10 fiscal year and a projected budget of $1.8 billion is expected for the 2010/11 financial year.

Holness told the House that tertiary institutions have been issued a strict directive to keep the expected tuition fee increases in line with inflation.

"The present economic situation that we find ourselves in will dictate that we would not be able to increase in any significant way or at all, the funding to tertiary institutions. Students will face an increase in their fees, but we have said to institutions that any increase must be in line with inflation," he stated.

Meanwhile, the education minister said that a detailed submission is to be presented to Cabinet in April on the Strategic Policy and Plan for the Tertiary Sector in Jamaica. He explained that the strategic plan will establish a Commission to regulate and give oversight to the tertiary sector.

Four civilian employees of the Trans National Crime and Narcotics Division (TCND) were arrested and charged on Saturday after they were allegedly caught with several parcels of missing cocaine.

Reports are that members of the TCND were destroying marijuana and cocaine, a process which is normally carried out following the conclusion of court cases.

During the exercise it was reportedly discovered that several parcels of cocaine were missing.

During subsequent checks, the parcels of cocaine were said to be found in the possession of the four ancillary workers who were then arrested and charged with larceny and illegal possession of drugs.

A 68-year-old visually impaired man accused of being the father of a baby born to a 14-year-old girl, is to face a preliminary enquiry on a charge of carnal abuse in April.

The accused, Claudius Dyce, appeared before Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Dyce, who was very feeble and had to be helped into the dock, is accused of having a relationship with the underage girl, since February 2009. It is alleged that this relationship continued until May 2009, when the child began showing signs of pregnancy. It is alleged that the child was known to the accused man, and that he had asked her for sex on the first occasion.

It is alleged that the teen confessed to her guidance counsellor that she had been having sex and a pregnancy test, which was administered to her, turned out positive.

An attorney representing Dyce told the court that they were requesting that a DNA test be done. She said the defence was willing to pay for this test.

The matter is to return to the court on April 10.

 

Style ah style and style cyaan spoil, but some peoples singing /deejay style is just too annoying. Heres our list of the top 10 most annoying voices in dancehall.

1. Blak Ryno his Portmore Empire mentor Vybz Kartel told him to be unique and creative, but everything after Real Stingers has been like an annoying mosquito in your ear.
2. Bramma why does every song sound as though hes constipated or in pain?
3. Serani why does every song have the same tone and sound exactly the same?
4. Beenie Man since he stopped deejaying and started singing.
5. Kris Kelli no range whatsoever.
6. Ghost he cannot sing; he whines and whimpers.
7. Mr. Vegas never play more than three Mr. Vegas songs back-to-back please.
8. Flexx & Alex of T.O.K. sometimes cant tell if youre listening to a male or female.
9. Donovan Don Corleon Bennett stick to producing.
10. Trevor Off Key stick to your Bambino persona, and even that one we can only take in short doses

Source: http://www.top10jamaica.com/top-10-most-annoying-voices-in-dancehall/