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The 41-year-old man was discovered on Monday when workers detected an unusually high temperature in the freezer and realized the hatch was not securely fastened.
"A morgue manager opened the hatch, saw two people lying inside, felt scared enough to yell out and then even cried," the Liberty Times reported. "She didn't stabilize for a long time."
The man took a drug before entering the freezer to speed what appeared to be suicide attempt, local papers said. They said his girlfriend died on Friday from an overdose of sleeping pills.
The morgue would step up security to ensure that family and others who come by to identify bodies do not stay too long, morgue administrator Chang Lung-ching said.
A BRITISH couple abandoned their newborn IVF girl twins at a hospital because they wanted boys.
The mum aged 59 and dad, 72, conceived in India with fertility treatment and returned to England for the birth.
They told horrified medics they did not want the wrong sex babies immediately after the Caesarean section in Wolverhampton.
IVF ... egg is fertilised
The husband then asked how soon it would be before his wife was fit enough to fly out again for further IVF in the hope of getting a boy to continue the family name.
An NHS insider told The Sun: Everyone is utterly appalled. How could any parent do this?
This is Britain in the 21st century.
But they just werent prepared to raise these two beautiful girls.
Female babies are often abandoned in India for being the wrong sex but it is the first time here. It will send shockwaves of revulsion through multi-cultural Britain.
The parents were born in India but are British citizens living in Birmingham.
They had fertility treatment in India as it is illegal here at at such an advanced age.
Advice
The twins were delivered at the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.
They were then transferred to a central NHS hospital in Birmingham. The parents are still believed to be in the city.
The babies have had NO visitors since being born less than a fortnight ago.
The mother one of Britains oldest discharged herself against the advice of doctors who told her she should stay for more than a week after her operation.
Birmingham Social Services department said it was investigating.
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| Customs Agents at JFK Accused of Aiding Smugglers |
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two federal customs officers were arrested Wednesday, accused of taking bribes in exchange for letting large quantities of hashish and counterfeit watches and sunglasses into the country through Kennedy International Airport. The two U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers were among seven people charged as a result of a long investigation into corruption at the airport. Federal prosecutors said the probe had already resulted in the convictions of more than 20 people including distributors and overseas suppliers. Walter Golembiowski, of Bethpage, N.Y., a supervisory Customs and Border Protection officer, and Officer John Ajello, of Hicksville, N.Y., were charged with bribery conspiracy and narcotics importation. Prosecutors said Golembiowski, 65, regularly accepted and solicited bribes from 2004 to this year in exchange for permitting shipments of contraband to pass through Customs without inspection. Ajello, 51, also accepted bribes, in one instance asking for $80,000, a charging document said. ``Smuggling any kind of illegal commodity raises troubling issues at a time of deep concern over national security,'' U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said. ``The threat is heightened when a government official accepts bribes to help smugglers breach our borders.'' According to a release by federal authorities, law enforcement officers recorded numerous meetings and phone calls in which Golembiowski and Ajello plotted with others to bring narcotics and contraband including counterfeit watches and designer sunglasses into the United States. In addition, Golembiowski was captured on audio and video on multiple occasions accepting bribes to help his coconspirators bring illegal drugs and counterfeit goods into the country without detection, authorities said. If convicted, Golembiowski could face up to 70 years in prison while Ajello could face up to five years in prison. Others arrested Wednesday included two customs brokers, an operations manager of a cargo cooperative, and two importers of counterfeit goods and controlled substances, authorities said. Messages left with defense lawyers in the case were not immediately returned. |
A mentally ill man who broke the window of his girlfriend's car while she was at work, was placed on three years probation when the matter was mentioned in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court recently.
Christopher Williams, 23, pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property. The court was told that on May 12 the accused went to the Harbour View Primary School where the complainant is a teacher, and told her he wanted to talk to her.
Broke car windowThe court was also told when she did not talk with him, he became boisterous and broke the window of her car.
When Williams appeared in court, he said he did it because he suffers from a mental condition which sometimes affects him. The complainant told the court that she wanted a restraining order to prevent the accused from coming back to the school.
RM Glen Brown sentenced him to three years probation and told the accused not to return to the school.{TEEN SISTERS MURDERED}Man lose daughters on eve of his 70th birthday
| Teen sisters murdered Man loses daughters on eve of 70th birthday |
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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| A woman looks on in horror at the *lo**-stained room where sisters Lisa and Christina Brown were shot dead yesterday. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) |
RUDOLPH Brown may have had plans to have his two teenage daughters by his side when he celebrates his 70th birthday today.
Instead, the grief-stricken old man may have to start making funeral arrangements for his little girls -17-year-old Lisa and 19-year-old Christina - who were brutally slain shortly after 5:00 pm yesterday when three armed men entered the family's home on Henderson Avenue in Kingston and sprayed them with bullets.
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A *lo**-stained novel opened at the edge of Christina's ransacked bed and a pool of *lo** on the floor told of the ghastly tale of their last moments.
Christina's bullet-riddled body lay in a relaxing posture with one of her legs resting on a window sill, while her sister was shot dead as she crouched with her hand over her face behind a chest of drawers - suggesting that they were begging the gunmen to spare their lives even while they tried to dodge the bullets.
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| Undated file photos of the slain sisters, Christina (above) and Lisa Brown. |
A large crowd quickly gathered at the death scene, located off Waltham Park Road, a poor section of the Jamaican capital, Kingston, but like many inner-city killings, residents were tight-lipped when questioned by reporters, even though some quietly speculated about the motive behind the killings.
The police reported that the men, armed with 9mm pistols, entered the house from the rear and shot the two sisters, then fired at their father before escaping in a gully behind the premises. Brown was not hit.
The murders pushed the island's staggering murder rate closer to the 650 mark as the island's security forces struggle to curb the country's crime wave.
"Me want me daughter, me don't want no man round me. Me nuh want no man round me, tell him to leave me alone. A man kill me daughter me don't want nothing to do with them," Donna Brown, the girls' mother yelled as reporters approached her.
The despondent woman shook uncontrollably as members of her church consoled her behind the police yellow tape. A few feet from the grieving woman was her husband who stood silently staring as crime scene detectives journeyed back and forth from the house.
According to Brown, he was outside sitting under a tree when the gunmen entered.
"I was right here when all of a sudden I just start hear the dog them start bark and as me get up to look I just hear pow, pow and same time me see them coming out of the house and them fire some shot after me before them run away. Is them time there me go see them kill me daughter," the elderly man said.
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A woman with a bizarre fetish for inaninimate objects has revealed she has been married to the Berlin Wall for 29 years.
Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer, 54, whose surname means Berlin Wall in German, wed the concrete structure in 1979 after being diagnosed with a condition called Objectum-Sexuality.
Mrs Berliner-Mauer, whose fetish is said to have its roots in childhood, claimed she fell in love with the structure when she first saw it on television when she was seven.
She began collecting "his" pictures and saving up for visits. On her sixth trip in 1979 they tied the knot before a handful of guests.
While she remains a virgin with humans, she insists she has a full, loving relationship with the wall.
Mrs Berliner-Mauer, who lives in Liden, northern Sweden, said: "I find long, slim things with horizontal lines very sexy.
"The Great Wall of China's attractive, but hes too thick my husband is sexier."
While the rest of mankind rejoiced when the Wall, erected by the Soviets in 1961 to halt an exodus from East to West Berlin, was largely torn down in 1989, its "wife" was horrified.
She's never been back and now keeps models depicting "his" former glory.
She said: What they did was awful. They mutilated my husband."
She is said to have shifted her affections to a nearby garden fence.
Objectum-Sexual or objectophilia is feelings of love, attraction, arousal, and commitment for a particular object.
The mere thought of a relationship with an actual human being seems ludicrous.
Steven Dixon, 28, of a Kingston address, was freed after Justice Lennox Campbell upheld submissions from defence lawyers, Tom Tavares-Finson and Peter Champagnie, that Dixon was not part of a common design to shoot and injure the complainant.
Dixon was arrested and charged in March last year, arising from an incident on January 10, 2007 in which another gym instructor was shot and injured in New Kingston.
Crown's case
The Crown's case was that Dixon and the complainant had an argument and both men began to fight.
During the fight, a man, who had accom-panied Dixon to the area, pulled a firearm and shot the complainant in the chest.
In his defence, Dixon told the Gun Court he went to speak to the complainant about problems involving other gym members. He said he did not know the man had a firearm and did not tell him to shoot the complainant.
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THE EDITOR, Sir:
I voted for the first time in 2007, and it was for the Jamaica Labour Party and, by extension, Bruce Golding.
After 18 years of mismanagement and bad governance, social mayhem and *lo**letting, I thought him to be a man of reason, one to lead us out of the ignorance and hatred in which we wallow daily. I wished him well, and was excited about the efforts being made by the new administration.
But I was shocked out of my wits when I saw Golding's presentation on BBC. His utterance about not wanting gays in his Cabinet is nothing short of the betrayal of homosexuals in Jamaica who have made a tremendous contribution to the community and national development.
It is a very hard slap in our faces, and there are many of us. We are involved in every aspect of life in this country, and he's now telling us we are not fit to be in his Cabinet!
He is now the new and annoying face of homophobia in a land where people are beaten daily because of their sexual preference.
Barefaced prejudice
By his own bravado, Golding told the world that he's a bigot and that a man's sexuality supersedes every other character trait, good or bad, and as such, even if he is the best, he cannot become a member of the Government because he's gay. What a travesty, and barefaced prejudice!
This is a very backward and sad attitude by a man whom the Jamaican people voted in to lead us. Golding's utterance has given arms to haters to beat, badger and discriminate against gays.
This is the prime minister of Jamaica expressing, in no uncertain manner, that he's prejudiced. He was not prepared to commit political suicide by telling the world that people's sexuality was not his business.
The next time a gay man is discriminated against, beaten and killed in Jamaica, Golding should hang his head with guilt and shame because his faux pas has given licence to such behaviour.
Then again, how does he know that there are no gays in his Cabinet? And, if there are, their sexuality is not his damn business. Leaving people and their sexuality alone, getting on with the business of governance, stopping the *lo**letting in the country, and ridding himself of his deep-seated malice for the betterment of all are what he should do.
I am very disappointed and angry, and it only gives me the courage as a gay man to keep fighting for our rights.
I am certain, very certain, that one day, with or without Golding, we are going to walk this land, once awash with the *lo** of slaves, and now flowing with the *lo** of gays - free at last.
I am, etc.,
MY OPINYON
myopinyon@gmail.com
Kingston 6
Anti-gay mentality linked to Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Sir:
It is with deep sorrow and heartache that I write these words. As a Jamaican living in New York, I am constantly b****arded with questions pertaining to Jamaica's perceived anti-gay mentality.
I am a lesbian who travels to Jamaica frequently and I, personally, have never experienced anti-anything. However, several of my gay friends have.
I don't understand the threat to society which many Jamaicans seem to believe we possess. From time immemorial, Jamaica has been inhabited by gays and lesbians, several quite successful, and the vast majority are just like everyone else - ordinary folks trying to maintain and go about the business of life.
Why should who they choose to love interfere with their ability to live a peaceful and productively happy life?
Unattractive picture
The picture we are painting for the world is not attractive! If we, as a people, cannot adhere to our own motto, why should any tourist want to spend one dime in Jamaica? Why shouldn't the world view us as barbarians? Why should I jump to defend my country when truly it seeks to disown me?
The current dancehall culture is vibrant and is opening up all new avenues of global consciousness. Many people idolise and emulate the walk and talk of dancehall. When I view 'Passa Passa' videos, all I see are young males with bleached-out faces, lots of make-up, coiffed hairdos and the tightest pants.
Yet no one hara**es them for the appearance of homosexuality. But if my gay friend walks down the street in the same attire, he runs the risk of bodily harm. It is time to stop.
Wake up, Jamaica, and claim your rightful place on the world stage.
I am, etc.,
DISTRESSED JA GAL
Bruce shuns Bush? - PM denies requests to talk with US president
published: Wednesday | May 28, 2008
Golding ... jetted to at least four countries on official business since September.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has turned down two invitations to have face-to-face talks with United States President George W. Bush.
This has sparked concern of a possible rift in the relationship between Jamaica House and the White House, particularly as Golding has jetted off to Havana, Cuba; Lima, Peru, and London, England, since declining the invitations to meet Bush.
Date not acceptable
The Gleaner has confirmed that Bush invited Golding to talks in early March and was told by Kingston that the date was not acceptable.
The White House responded with a new date but again, Jamaica House said Golding would not be able to make it.
Bush instead met with the prime ministers of Barbados, The Bahamas and Belize in Washington, DC, on March 20.
Coming out of that meeting, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, told reporters that the leaders discussed several issues of concern, including a desire to extend the Caribbean Basin Initiative Act, which expires in September.
Ingraham added that the leaders talked about tourism, the impact that the current increase in the price of oil is having on travel, security and democracy.
Bush will demit office in January, following the November presidential elections.
Yesterday, Golding defended his decision to not attend the proposed meeting with Bush.
Conflicted with Budget
He told The Gleaner the dates suggested by the White House conflicted with the preparation of the 2008-2009 Budget and, especially, the intense discussions that had to take place regarding its financing.
"This was one of the most difficult budget exercises that any government has had to grapple with, given the global inflation and the fact that a new wage package for public sector workers had become due," Golding said.
The prime minister said he had already committed to attending the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in The Bahamas to report on the economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations with Europe.
Golding also sought to allay fears that this would impact on the relationship between Jamaica and the United States.
"I am sure that the US government understands the particular difficulty we faced. JLP governments have always enjoyed excellent relations with the United States and this continues to be so," he added.
It was a similar story from the United States Embassy in Kingston, which said the relationship between the two countries remains firm.
Public Affairs Officer at the Embassy, Pat Attkisson, told The Gleaner she was not aware of a strained relationship.
"Every country has the right to make its own decisions and the US respects that," Attkisson said.
She said the US has not reduced its economic or other support for Jamaica.
But diplomatic sources say Golding's decision to have talks with president Raúl Castro in Cuba and his subsequent vocal support for the lifting of the US embargo on that country before meeting with Bush could be seen as disrespectful to the president of the superpower, which remains, Jamaica's largest trading partner.
Felt slighted
Bush ... demits office as US president next January.
A former diplomat, who requested that his name be withheld, told The Gleaner that while Washington would not openly condemn Golding's decision, it would take action to show it has felt slighted.
Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs Anthony Hylton agreed that Golding's decision could affect the relationship between the US and Jamaica.
He, however, argued the prime minister had the right to determine the timing of his visit to any world leader.
"The prime minister has to make his own assessment, but the US remains an important player in world affairs and a friend of Jamaica," Hylton said.
He added that he hoped the two leaders would meet and that Golding's decisions would not cause any fallout.
THE mum of a seven-year-old girl who died after allegedly being starved at her home appeared in court via video link today.
Angela Gordon, 33, and her partner Junaid Abuhamza, 29, are both accused of "causing or allowing" the death of little Khyra Ishaq.
The pair, who lived together with Khyra and her five siblings in Handsworth, Birmingham, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court charged with the offence contrary to section five of the 2004 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act.
Evidence
They are formally accused of committing the offence between May 9 and the date of Khyras death, May 17.
The defendants were not required to enter a plea at todays ten-minute hearing, and spoke only to confirm that they understood the charges against them.
A plea and case management hearing has been scheduled for the pair on September 1.
The Recorder of Birmingham, Judge Frank Chapman, told Gordon and Abuhamza: "This is just the beginning of the case against you.
"The prosecution have about eight weeks to assemble all the evidence they will rely on."
The process will take a little longer than usual because of the number of experts that will need to be consulted, the judge added.
Gordon and Abuhamza were remanded in custody when they appeared before magistrates in Birmingham two days after Khyras death.
The seven-year-old was pronounced dead in hospital after cops found her at Gordon's home in the early hours of May 17.
A serious case review has been launched by the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board into the circumstances of the death.
Last (Thursday) night at the Fights in Concrete Jungle
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On a Thursday Night in the middle of the concrete jungle, the Lions come out to play. Already notorious for its garrison politics, this particular downtown community cements its reputation by adding brute sport to its list of attributes. Unyielding to outside authority, its proud residents are often misunderstood by outsiders who fear what they dont understand. As a population detached and growing larger each week the anticipation is thick in the air as we witness an incredibly entertaining release.
The crowd that surrounds is jovial, boisterous and dense and since were late it takes great effort to penetrate this barrier. Its a privilege to stand close; everybody wants to see whats going on. Its Thursday Night at the Fights- street brawling in its most organized form; a makeshift ring constructed of two ropes held in place by feeble pieces of wood, lodged not too securely in the ground and a couple of nearby lampposts.
Theres no pretense here. No one bothers about things as trivial as mouthguards or doctors or even a bell. Many are dressed in rags and bear a slight resemblance to guttersnipes. To others, these are the dregs of society. Anyone brave enough (or drunk enough) to step inside must be prepared to take a beating; the crowd doesnt react well to boring fights. So when two boys calling themselves Tall Man and Tupac, (neither looking a day over twelve) knock fists to start their fight, little Tupac stares up at the other with a lust for *lo** in his eyes.
tupac.gifTheir style of fighting is a c****ination of traditional boxing and raw street-fighting. Fists are flung without mercy, covered with nothing more than thin bag-training gloves, each blow connecting with a reverberating thud as the commentator echoes Boop!-Bap!-Boop! provoking the crowd to roars of laughter. But this only whets their appetite, they want *lo**.
Though the tall one has the advantage of height he is reluctant to use it, and the smaller is angrier with each blow he receives, eyes *lo**shot and filled with tears he lunges at the other.
Dizzy from the impact and only about five minutes into the fight Tall Man asks for water. Its all he can ask for, all he can get. If he falls theres no doctor by the ringside or any cars that could transport him to one. Many taxis arent caught here this close to midnight.
More cackles from the pack as they tease the boy for his weakness and during these water breaks, the DJ plays some tunes to keep the crowd bubbly.
True enough to the crowds judgment, the boy punks out after about two more rounds, retreating, in shame to the crowd amidst shouts of disappointment, he will have to answer to whomever forced him in there.
The mob grows restless, theyre hungry for another. In jumps a heavy-set female. She is missing a tooth or two. Apparently she has been here before; its a weekly tradition here, and people will gladly take a punch or two, as long as they can prove themselves the more merciless by the end of the fight.
The man on the mic sips his beer and calls for a contender. She is viciously intimidating, this beast of a woman, and although the crowd wants *lo**, none seem too willing to spill their own, until a pretty adolescent with nothing but skin on her bones steps into the ring. Though she is reputed to be quite an agitator the crowd objects with shouts of murder!
She is already wearing her gloves, her face is fixed with a stare that means that she is serious, and it is with a great amount of persuasion that she eventually yields to the wishes of the crowd. It is they who rule this arena. Easily, the girl would have shattered under the weight of the whales blow.
Out steps another, equally as intimidating as the one who awaits her; her arms covered in scars and her face bleached to its second layer of skin, there is an sinister grin across her face and the crowd screams in excitement, as she dares her opponent to cross her.
This promises to be a fun fight.
They strike each other with intense force and speed, and the pack must move with them, ducking out of the way because of their proximity to the ring, and when one person shifts, another slides into his space if it means having a better view, and when the crowd shifts again, one squeezes in friends. But in this crowd we are all one and we lean on each other for support, it is one big rollercoaster ride we all enjoy.
girls.gifThe contender smiles though the blows to her face have turned it purple and she is blinded by the hair extensions that keep falling over her face and she is being beaten as a consequence.
We are distracted for a moment as a fight breaks out in the middle of the crowd. Someone falls to the ground collapsing under the force of a punch, but no one really cares. If they wanted an audience they would step into the ring. Theres not much respect for those not brave enough to display their skill in front of the crowd.
Such distractions only last for only a moment.
A little boy has managed to sneak to the front while we are distracted and he is blocking the others from where he is standing. Go roun! shouts an older youth whom he must obey. In this community everyone is everyones parent.
Without further delay its time for the real rumble. Lu, the reigning King of the ring looks to be about 6 feet tall and 300 pounds heavy. It is he we have come to see. The Dancehall music blares from the speakers as he teases the crowd by pretending to charge at people he could easily knock unconscious and were anxious to see him fight someone ominously known only as Strength.
After maybe fifteen minutes of the charade the crowd grows restless, the music cannot fool us any longer, we want to see him fight and were realizing that a worthy contender has yet to challenge him, Lu disappears with promises to return, but the music can hold us no longer.
The crowd disperses like ants escaping rain, the streets are empty. Its as though noone was ever here; and seven days seems much too long to wait for another Thursday Night at the Fights.
Corporal Hartley Stewart, the general secretary of the Jamaica Police Federation, yesterday took Prime Minister Bruce Golding to task for agreeing with human rights lobbyists that the Jamaican police have engaged in extrajudicial killings.
The prime minister made the comments during a recent interview on the BBC programme 'HARDtalk'.
Addressing the federation's 65th annual conference at the Starfish Resort in Trelawny yesterday, Stewart rejected the prime minister's assertion.
"How come the prime minister could declare to the entire world that the police in Jamaica are practising extrajudicial killing when he cannot find a single example, one conviction, one proper report anywhere that is substantiated by independent authority?" asked Stewart.
Defend the Jamaican police
According to him, human rights lobbyists are championing their cause and somebody needs to defend the Jamaican police.
He said in a report in which a group of human rights lobbyists criticised the police, the security personnel were also labelled as "murderers".
"We were labelled as murderers with further reports suggesting that we have killed 700 persons in the last several years," Stewart said.
He questioned whether the Golding administration realised that good governance depended on the support of the rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
"Do you think you can govern a society that does not have law and order?" asked Stewart. "Do you think you can have law and order without the participation of the police?"
Stewart said if the integrity of the police was trampled and their sacrifices disregarded, it could strain the relationship between the Government and the JCF.
"You cannot expect to trample on the integrity of the police officers who are serving you," said Stewart. "You cannot expect to trample on the sacrifices made over the years."
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Two women who were charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and unlawful wounding, respectively, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer the charges.
They are Michelle Lindsay, charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and Suzette Lyons, charged with unlawful wounding.
Allegations are that Lindsay had attacked Lyons causing bruises to her elbow.
In addressing the court, Lyons who had rented a room from Lindsay's common-law husband, 'Barry', said on the day in question, he came to her quarrelling that someone had used a pail of water he had placed at the back of the house.
Heated argumentLyons added that she had not use the water. However, a heated argument developed between both parties leading to 'Barry' giving her a notice to leave the house. Lyons added that Lindsay then got involved in the argument and attacked her. She said 'Barry' also seized a hammer and threatened to hit her in the face, after which she grabbed a machete in her defence. Lyons told the court that Lindsay got injured when she grabbed onto the blade of the machete.
Lindsay's side of the story was that Lyons attacked her after she came to ask what the argument between 'Barry' and Lyons was about. She said she held onto the machete that was drawn by Lyons, who purposely dragged the weapon from her grip with the intention that it would cut her, after the altercation got heated.
Resident Magistrate Glen Brown soon had to stop both women from speaking as they were on the brink of arguing in the courtroom. RM Brown said both women, mothering seven children in total, should be striving to set better conflict resolution examples for their children as they were 'behaving like two sketels.'
The matter will be mentioned on June 18. A fingerprint order was also made.WASHINGTON -- The international space station has a plumbing problem: the lone toilet is broken. So NASA may make an in-orbit plumbing service call when space shuttle Discovery visits next week.
Until then, the three-man crew will have to make do with a jury-rigged system when they need to urinate.
NASA said the crew has used the toilet on the Soyuz return capsule, but it has a limited capacity. They are now using a back-up bag-like collection system that can be connected to the broken toilet.
A NASA spokesman added, "Like any home anywhere the importance of having a working bathroom is obvious."
Soca king Machel Monano will be performing at the "Official Atlanta Caribbean Carnival" on Saturday, May 24 in Atlanta, Georgia, where he will be preented with the Phoenix Award and named "Caribbean Music Ambassador" for which he states, "I am very grateful"The presentation will be made during the performance at the Carnival's Festival Village which will feature soca artistes such as; Iwer George, Jamesy P., Problem Child among others, backed by band De Soca Unit.
The Atlanta Carnival festivities will follow the parade of bands, which will be held downtown Atlanta in the Auburn District between noon to 10pm
The dark clouds rolled in as a single raindrop fell to the ground, the concrete is still stained with the victim's *lo** and the yellow tape is bundled up in a corner.
There is an emptiness in his mother's eyes. The woman beside her tightly cl**tched her arm.
"He was a loving son to me, he was my everything," muttered Ruby Edwards before fading into silence.
According to police reports, at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, 51-year-old businessman and political activist Cecil 'Petrol' Riley was seated with others outside his business place at Northern Park Way, Albion, St Thomas.
Two men on foot
The police say two men approached on foot, drew handguns and fired several shots, killing Riley and injuring his 20-year-old female employee, before fleeing the scene. The police say they recovered 21 spent shells and a number of bullet fragments from the scene. A motive for the crime has not yet been established.
The following morning, a gathering of more than 20 family members and friends turned up at the murder scene describing Riley as "kind" and "jovial".
One woman wrapped in sheets wailed uncontrollably.
The former executive said that since she brought the application in March, her life has been threatened and she has had to relocate and quit her job.
The claim has been made against Cash Plus and the receiver/manager Kevin Bandoian.
Attorney-at-law Melrose Reid, who is representing the former manager, on Monday said she did not wish to comment on the issue as it was now before the court.
Financial report
The temporary manager has presented the audited financial report for Cash Plus to the Supreme Court.
However, the report cannot be approved until the court hears an application on June 23, challenging the legality of the receivership.
Attorney-at-law Paul Beswick, who is representing Cash Plus, contends the former executive, who applied for the company to be placed into receivership, is an employee and had no legal authority to do so.
Beswick said the receivership and takeover of Cash Plus were illegal. He is relying on the Companies Act to support his claim.
Details are limited at this time, but officials say that a vehicle flew past a city officer early Sunday morning. The car then wrecked at the corner of Forest Drive and Glenwood Road. The car then caught on fire after being wedged between a tree and home.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says that he is trying to gather dental and x-ray records to identify the driver of the car, who burned to death.
South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating. We'll update you with more information as it becomes available.
Apparently veteran reggae crooner Junior Reid was on stage performing and upon his exit, he was being interviewed by a reporter when the Gargamel Buju Banton went over to congratulate him on a stellar performance, however Buju's presence was not met with favour as he was snubbed by Reid.
Maybe a possible oversight on Reid's behalf Buju shook his hand nonetheless, Reid while murmuring some inaudible utterances then proceeded to detach himself before shouting "Mi nuh hail b*ttyman" to the dismay of everyone. UK radio jock Robbo Ranx who was quick on the scene embraced Reid in and effort to try and calm him down and avoid a possible melee.
A very distraught Buju thankfully did not reply, but according to sources close to the deejay, he is very upset about the exchange that has left many dancehall insiders wondering what is the source of this rift that now exist between the two.
This has been another exclusive brought to your first by the good folks at 876radio, pictures from the event coming soon.
| Details surrounding denial of his bail application is due to the very grim situation now facing the deejay, who is before the courts to answer charges on two separate counts of Child Molestation. However he is set to return to court on June 26th, which will see him spending at least another month in lock-up. |
Local gay lobby group, the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), has taken issue with yet another public statement by Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
In a letter responding to a Gleaner editorial about comments he made on the BBC 'HARDtalk'programme last week, Golding said the campaign for gay rights was aimed at having same-sex unions recognised.
Golding wrote: "The campaign for gay rights does not end with the entitlement to Cabinet membership. Its sights are set on same-sex unions, same-sex marriages. Where is the line to be drawn? Is there a line to be drawn?"
Pressured by outsiders
The Gleaner had criticised Golding's tone during the interview after he told the BBC that he would not allow an open homosexual to form part of his Cabinet and that he would not be pressured by outsiders to recognise gay rights.
However, in an open letter to Golding yesterday, J-FLAG said same-sex marriage was not on its agenda.
"We perceive the dragging of this issue into the discussion as a smokescreen that distracts from the real challenges of how as a society we grapple with the violence and hostility that have come to define our engagements around controversial but important sociocultural issues," J-FLAG Programmes Manager Jason McFarlane wrote.
He also questioned whether the prime minister's pronouncements that he would not be pressured by international lobbyists was indicative of whether Golding was willing to listen to local human rights and gay lobbyists instead.
"We know that this has not been the case and note that the shutting down of such a dialogue by retreating into a discourse on the cultural right to prejudicial behaviour makes it difficult, if not impossible, to achieve substantive progress on difficult questions in the society," McFarlane further said.BULETT FI DEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pastor George Simpson of the Mt Carey Baptist Church in St James was hospitalised in serious but stable condition yesterday after gunmen shot him about 7 a.m.
Simpson, who has been serving the community of Mt Carey as a pastor for 27 years, was standing on his verandah when men armed with handguns approached and opened fire.
His wife, who was also at home at the time, escaped unhurt.
Residents who rushed to the pastor's house after the shooting found him suffering from head injuries.
Police on the scene
With the help of the police, who were early on the scene, the injured pastor was rushed to hospital.
As news of the shooting spread, anger and anxiety gripped the community. Some people blocked the community's main road, claiming that the nearby Anchovy police have not been effective in c****ating crime.
Later, word came that the pastor was alive, prompting some of his members to go to church to ask God to spare his life.
"God, we are calling out to you in the name of justice and not in a spirit of revenge to bring these criminals to justice," said the Reverend Carriel Graham, pastor of the Mt Carey Abundant Life Church of God.
A barrage of gunfire
While congregants were praying and wailing, a barrage of gunfire rang out from a nearby hillside.
People who were in the churchyard shouted "justice", thinking that the police had caught Simpson's attackers.
A senior policeman later told The Gleaner that security forces fired warning shots after they spotted a group of young men running from a house.
"We fired the warning shots to get them to stop," the policeman said.
The men were held and taken to the Anchovy Police Station to be processed.
Simpson is the third religious leader to be shot in western Jamaica in 12 months.
Last May, Pastor Egnol Grant, head of the Adventist circuit of churches in Granville, St James, was attacked and shot by gunmen at his upscale Irwindale home.
In February this year, Deacon Peter Salkey, who is also a police corporal, was shot and injured on the compound of the Bethel Town Seventh-day Adventist Church in Westmoreland.
DEM SHOTTA YAH NUH RESPECT GOD AT ALL!!!
Thirty-eight-year-old Jane Brokeris ready to give up on life. She is now considering suicide after she was given a one-week ultimatum to leave her community or risk being chopped and burnt.
Broker, who has been living with AIDS for more than 10 years, told THE STAR; "I have been told to leave the community, most of the men are chasing me out saying that they are going to gas me and light me and if I don't leave they will kill me."
Now relocatedBroker, who has now relocated to another parish, said that "since a charity show was held on my behalf in 2005, many persons have been discriminating against me The show was highly publicised and at that point many persons got to know that I had the illness."
From that point Broker said she has been 'living in hell' as she was chased out of the community where she previously lived and has had to sleep on the roadside and on piazzas.
Lose his passengersHer plight has only worsened since then. "If my few friends don't give me food, I don't eat or if I don't go by the Jamaica AIDS Support. If the men (the perpetrators) see people helping me they will beat them." Broker says she faces discrimination from all angles. "...Only last week I was boarding a taxi and when the persons saw that it was me, they came out of the taxi. At that point the driver said that he cannot afford to lose his passengers because of me, so I have to take another taxi."
At this point Broker said she began feeling suicidal because the discrimination was quite obvious.
When the STAR contacted Dr Peter Figueroa, chief epidemiologist in the National HIV/STI Control Programme, he said, "This sort of thing sounds extreme, we know a lot of persons living with HIV in communities and are not facing this sort of discrimination. In this situation we will have to try our best and follow up and make sure the situation does not continue or get worse."
Unprotected sexBroker, who contracted the virus through unprotected sex, said all she wanted was help to turn her life around. She said that if she got a job she could move out of the community and build a room so that she could live the rest of her days in some comfort. "I am a normal person, I just need somewhere to live that's all."
Broker has three children who are now being cared for by foster parents. Broker's children are free of the virus.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- A South African university said Tuesday it will close the dormitory where white students tricked black workers into tasting stew laced with urine, an incident that sparked protests when revealed earlier this year.
South African students protest in February against a video showing white students mistreating black workers.
The decision by the executive board of the University of the Free State to close the Reitz Residence was unanimous, the school's acting administrator, Teuns Verschoor, said in a written statement.
"The Reitz video reopened racial wounds, and is deeply regretted. It was an isolated manifestation of resistance to the impact of ongoing transformation initiatives at the university," Verschoor said.
"The video and other acts of public violence and vandalism on the campus have undermined the efforts of the university to foster diversity in student and staff life and create an inclusive institutional culture on the campus," the statement said.
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Less than a hour ago 876radio.com witnessed the unfolding of some events at the annual Best Of The Best concert held at Bicentennial Park in Miami, Florida that had media personnel scouring from every corner of the venue to catch a glimpse of the action.
Apparently veteran reggae crooner Junior Reid was on stage performing and upon his exit, he was being interviewed by a reporter when the Gargamel Buju Banton went over to congratulate him on a stellar performance, however Buju's presence was not met with favour as he was snubbed by Reid.
Maybe a possible oversight on Reid's behalf Buju shook his hand nonetheless, Reid while murmuring some inaudible utterances then proceeded to detach himself before shouting "Mi nuh hail b*ttyman" to the dismay of everyone. UK radio jock Robbo Ranx who was quick on the scene embraced Reid in and effort to try and calm him down and avoid a possible melee.
A very distraught Buju thankfully did not reply, but according to sources close to the deejay, he is very upset about the exchange that has left many dancehall insiders wondering what is the source of this rift that now exist between the two.
This has been another exclusive brought to your first by the good folks at 876radio.com, pictures from the event coming soon.
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Buju and Junior almost fight at BOTB
Wha really dem sey guh down backstage a best of the best wid Buju and Junior Reid. From whey YardFlex really understand it come een like sey Junior dis Buju. Wi hear sey Buju guh si him a duh one interview and hail him up but him start to frowns pon Buju. Di artiste never pay dat nuh mind. Afterwards Buju mussi guh fi shake han with him (wi mean hail up) and Junior dis him and a sey him nuh have nutten fi duh wid ba--y man and dem almshouse dey. Dem sey Buju just kip him cool and walk wey even dough him did look bex. Big up Buju, jus let deh one dey guh and nuh badda react, dem sey who know betta, duh betta.
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THE 2008 ST. KITTS MUSIC FESTIVAL LAUNCHES IN THE BIG APPLE
New York, New York USA, 17th April, 2008 Musicians, media representatives Festival organizers and supporters, congregated at the launch of the 12th annual St. Kitts Music Festival held in New York earlier today. Organisers were eager to relay the expectations of the Festival; musicians expressed their genuine desire to perform and media personnel were all ears.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Senator Richard Skerritt, Allister Williams, Executive Director of the St. Kitts Music Festival and Faron Lawrence Chairman of the St. Kitts Music Festival Committee all relayed information on different aspects of the Festival, which allowed the audience to understand how the entire event comes together.
Senator Skerritt began his presentation by enlightening the receptive media group about the defining characteristics of the Festival and why the 12th year of the world class event will differ from previous years. Skerritt shared that the St. Kitts Music Festival is about the development of all genres of musicpromotion of music locallyattracting interest internationally..having a fantastic party.
Grammy Award winner, John Legend eagerly joined the launch via telephone from North Carolina, USA. He expressed his excitement to perform new material from his upcoming album and welcomed the opportunity to introduce his style to music lovers who may not be familiar with him. He promised that his performance will be energetic and soulful.
Jazz musician Paul Peres lent his support to the 12th annual St. Kitts Music Festival by being present at the launch and was candid with his impression of why the St. Kitts Music Festival is one of the greatest Festivals in the world. According to Peres a good Festival is decided by crowd response, the quality of the stage production, the caliber of the accommodation offered to the performers and the reception at the airport, to name a few areas.
The St. Kitts Music Festival is a marketing strategy developed to attract first time visitors to the island, present business opportunities to local tourism stakeholders and to provide a holiday connection to our friends. The 2008 St. Kitts Music Festival will run from June 26th-28th, 2008. Visit www.stkittsmusicfestival.com for chances to win nightly tickets into the event.
The super talented lyricist who is now under the management of Byron Murray (CEO of In The Streets Records), has been very busy in the studios recording several singles for top producers such as Don Corleone (Grudge), Shane Brown (Battle Field), Daseca (V.I.P feat. Busy Signal) & Leftside (Come On feat. Brick & Lace).Bling has also been very busy on stage chalking up a series of good reviews for his performances, on events such as the recently up a held Follow Di Arrow. He also dished out another exciting performance at the finals of his Bling Dawg Football league on Sunday March 16th at Poincianna Park, Fariyhill, Portland.
WHO YOU THINK WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT HILARY OR BOARCO?????? WHO IS THE BEST CANDIDATE????
I pulled up in my BMW, and mi step out fi pick up something from a sistren when two man pulled guns and hands me up. As mi turn round, the gun inna mi face, one of dem use him gun and push me in the chest and put me down on the ground. Mi throw them the car key and him throw it down, and asked for my wallet, Miguel, (pictured left) told us.(source removed).I gave him my wallet, I had 12,000 in it, and some US, in the meantime, his parry ah look inna the car fi see if anything on the seat. After that, they tried to open the car door but couldnt, dem never really search me, but I had my jewelery box with me and they took everything, he explained.
Miguel lost three watches, one of them a Movado worth US$750, two Guess watches worth US$500 each, several gold chains, and two rings, one of which was worth $25,000.
Mi get rob before when I was a youth and never have nutten and the man run me to yard and say yu nuh have nutten but this time was scary, one of the youths dem was really jumpy, him all charge up him gun, and the other man crank him gun too. Mi just glad it turned out the way it did, Miguel said.
***RULES OF MZJA***MADE BY MDZJA ROBO COP!!!(Dj.Delvito)
Dese Rules Are 4 Every Memba Of Mzja It All Goes To Admin
1-Any Member Of Mzja Uses Curse Words Will Be Arrested(Banned)4 1-3 Weeks
2-Any Member Haveing A Gay Argument Will Be Life Sentenced(Banned 4EVA)
3-Stawting A War Between Another Mzja Member Will Be Arrested 4..3 Weeks-5 Weeks
4-Not Listeing To Warnings Given By Me Or Any Of My Workers Will Be Banned for 1-5 Days
5-Telling Members About There Parents n There Body Parts Will Be Arrested for 5 weeks Or More
6-Constant Copy Of Other Members Postses Will Banned 4 Several DaysNEVA DISS MZJA ROBO COP OR WILL BE SENTENCED 4 LIFE IN PRISON(BANNED)N HOPE U DONT DROP D SOAP WEN UR ARRESTED!!!!
*RULES THAT U WANT TO ADD TO D RULE BOOK PLZ SEN MI A "PERSONAL MESSG." or a "WHITEBOARD MSG."
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WHAT TYPE OF MAN WOULD YOU PREFER?
1. A MAN THAT LIE TO YOU JUST TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD AND HAPPY SOMETIMES. OR
2. A MAN THAT TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND IT HURT YOUR FEELINGS SOMETIMES.
Chimney Records producers Jordan McClure and David "Hizzle" Hayle has another hit waft out the studio and enjoying high rotation on airwaves across the island and overseas also. The latest track, Tell Dem which was voiced about three weeks ago, features young gun, Einstein and the Grung Gadd, Bounty Killer. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TRACK
The lyrics were a collaborative effort between Killa and Einstein and I custom built the riddim for the tune, Hizzle told One876Entertianment.com.The track features hard-hitting lyrics being spat over the hype, yet dark vibe, thug-like riddim, correctly named Soulseeka.
The track So far we've been getting a really good response and we love the support its getting, Hizzle continued.
We just started voicing other artistes on it, and so far we have tunes from Kartel, Bramma and Blak Ryno, with a few more in the works. We're aiming to have the entire juggling touch the road by the end of this month (May).
The duo is currently putting finishing touches to another riddim called Heatstroke, with more of a party vibe that they plan on releasing this summer. So far we've voiced tunes with Kartel, Marshall, Bramma, Demarco, Esco, and Konshens on it, so look out for it during summer as well, Hizzle informed One876Entertainment.com.
Chimney Records has quite a few singles that are bearing heavy load on the FM airwaves and mixtapes. These include Trailer Load of Money by Vybz Kartel, Mash Yu Works by Demarco, Romance by Serani, Value of a Lady and Mamacita by Bramma, and Jus Becah (Fat and Tight) by Einstein.
Who u think Have more foot moving - Usher or Chris brown
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