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May 31 Jack and me.. Jack's mother having had a couple of days to think about it decided not to break the Court Order and I have had Jack since wednesday...Hurrah... however when Sarah told Jack to ring her and he could come home anytime he wanted, Jack believed her..So when Jack said he wanted to go home today and she said no, he was not happy...So she said she would ring before bedtime and he believed that too...No call... Mind you she told me she was going to the Brixton Center this afternoon...And my mate was Center Manager and that was a lie too....You get the Picture? Yes. We See.! Not Very Buddhist is it? May 29 Debris closes Liverpool st. station.LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of commuters faced travel chaos on Thursday after a debris fell from a bridge, causing one of London's busiest train stations to close. Train services were suspended in and out of Liverpool Street station after concrete debris from the 1,300 tonne bridge fell onto the tracks, transport officials said. Passengers on trains were evacuated late on Wednesday after a train driver reported hitting debris near the bridge, Network Rail said in a statement. The bridge was part of the East London Line extension into Shoreditch, a spokesman for Transport for London said. "Due to this incident national rail services into and from Liverpool Street Station remain suspended," he said in a statement. "Engineers are on site and have been working through the night," the spokesman said. "We continue to work to restore services soon as possible." No one was hurt in the incident. China's Lap-dog Ends 3 Centuries of Hindu Monarchy.KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's political parties voted on Wednesday to abolish the Himalayan kingdom's 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, a key demand of Maoists after they ended a decade-long war against the government. Delegates at a special assembly voted 560 to four in favor of abolishing the monarchy. Hours before, suspected royalists threw three small, homemade bombs in Nepal's capital, wounding one person. The government has told unpopular King Gyanendra to vacate his pink pagoda-roofed palace in the capital Kathmandu within a fortnight, or be forced out. He has made few comments on his future plans, except to say he wanted to remain in Nepal. Phoenix Lander Hits Radio Snag. The radio shutdown prevented mission
scientists from sending Phoenix its instructions for the day Tuesday
morning, as well as from receiving another set of images from the
lander. MRO controllers are working on the problem now and hope to have
it fixed for the next scheduled link-up this evening. If the radio fix goes well, mission scientists will start trying to move the lander's robotic arm on Wednesday. A few days later, they will likely start practicing scooping up soil, and in about a week, they may start delivering their first samples to the lander's instruments. Phoenix landed in the north polar regions of Mars in the Vastitas Borealis plains on Sunday evening. The $420 million mission, which launched in August, plans to dig down to the rock-hard layers of water ice thought to lie under the Martian soil near the planet's north pole. It will test the soil and ice for signs that the water was once liquid, to see if it could have created a habitable zone for microbial life at some point in the past. May 28 Burma.
 World outraged over Myanmar's detention of Suu Kyi2 hours ago YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The world broke a self-imposed silence on Myanmar politics Wednesday, expressing anger at the military junta's decision to extend the detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi days after foreign donors pledged millions to help cyclone victims. Several countries, including the United States, Britain and France, issued biting statements about the regime's order to keep the Nobel peace laureate under house arrest for a sixth year. "This measure testifies to the junta's absence of will to cooperate with the international community," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a statement. He called on Myanmar's government to "free without delay" Suu Kyi and other political prisoners and opposition members being held. Suu Kyi has been held for more than 12 of the past 18 years, becoming a symbol of the junta's intolerance of dissent. Many nations critical of Myanmar's abuses had put politics aside to help survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which ravaged the Irrawaddy delta nearly a month ago, killing more than 78,000 and leaving 1.5 million homeless. Representatives from 50 nations pledged up to $150 million Sunday, while remaining quiet about Suu Kyi's plight. But some of those countries expressed frustration Wednesday, a day after the junta extended Suu Kyi's detention amid the international community's outpouring of goodwill. "Given the terrible human tragedy that has unfolded in Burma, the Australian government has recently tempered its remarks so far as the Burmese military regime has been concerned," said Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, using another name for Myanmar. "But this particular matter cannot go without comment." Smith expressed "regret" over Suu Kyi's extended detention. In Washington, President Bush said Tuesday he was "deeply troubled" by the detention order, but stressed the U.S. would continue to provide cyclone aid. He called on the regime to free all political prisoners and begin genuine dialogue with Suu Kyi that would lead to a transition to democracy. Her National League for Democracy party denounced the extension of house arrest as illegal, saying it would launch an appeal. Party spokesman Nyan Win said the government should also hold a public hearing on the case. Under Myanmar law, people deemed security threats can be detained for a maximum of five years without trial. The regime has not officially announced its decision to extend Suu Kyi's detention or explain why it is violating its own law. An official confirmed the extension, but insisted on not being quoted by name because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Foreign Secretary David Miliband of Britain said he was "saddened, if not surprised" by the decision. "That she will spend her 63rd birthday next month in total isolation is an indictment of the regime," he said in a statement. Indonesian Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda said Suu Kyi's continued detention went against the "goodwill of the international community" in its efforts to aid Myanmar in its moment of need. The regime's move came a week after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a personal appeal to Myanmar's top general in freeing up a logjam of aid and foreign experts that has been restricted from entering Myanmar's hard-hit delta. While Ban expressed regret over Suu Kyi's continued arrest, he praised "a new spirit of cooperation" between the junta and the international community in the aid effort. The U.N. said some of its foreign staffers had begun moving into the delta and emergency food supplies were being ferried in on its helicopters. World Vision said it received permission to send two teams, including five international staffers, into the Irrawaddy delta Thursday. Japan planned to send a medical team to the delta Thursday, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said. The French warship Mistral arrived in neighboring Thailand on Wednesday to unload 1,000 tons of humanitarian supplies that will be transported into Myanmar by the U.N. The junta refuses to allow U.S., French and British warships to deliver emergency supplies in Myanmar. Navy Adm. Timothy Keating, chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, said the Navy would probably withdraw its vessels within days, unless the government allows it to unload their supplies. "Absent a green light from Burmese officials, I don't think she will be there for weeks," Keating said at a Pentagon news conference, referring to the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship that leads the group. "Days, and then we'll see." The admiral said it was not too late for the Navy to contribute to the relief effort. He described the sailors and Marines aboard the ships as "desperate" to provide help. The junta has allowed 70 flights by U.S. Air Force C-130s to bring in water and other relief supplies from a base in Thailand, Keating said. Myanmar's leaders are leery of foreign aid workers and international agencies, worrying they could weakened the junta's grip on power. The generals also don't want their people to see aid coming directly from countries like the U.S. that the junta has long treated as a hostile power. But the regime considers its biggest threat to be Suu Kyi, daughter of the country's martyred independence leader, Gen. Aung San. She was awarded her Nobel prize in 1991 for her nonviolent attempts at promoting democracy and is widely popular. Her National League for Democracy won elections in 1990, but the military refused to accept the results and has crackdown on its activists since then. But the party remains country's largest legal opposition group and has the support of millions of citizens. Amnesty International.
: Sixty years after the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, governments in scores of countries still torture or mistreat their people, Amnesty International said Wednesday in a report that again urged the United States to close down the Guant�mo Bay detention camp in Cuba. In its annual report, the London-based human rights watchdog said "flashpoints" in Darfur, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Iraq and Myanmar "demand immediate action." Cluster bomb Producer U.S Won't Sign Cluster bomb Treaty..Global cluster munitions ban agreedWed May 28, 2008 8:38 PM BST
 By Andras Gergely DUBLIN (Reuters) - A draft treaty for a worldwide ban on cluster munitions was adopted on Wednesday although major powers including the United States did not attend the meeting. The Dublin gathering attended by more than 100 nations made the final step towards agreement after a promise from Britain to stop using the devices. Cluster bombs can cause indiscriminate injury long after a conflict has ended.  Diplomats and activists said the text built on the lessons from the 1997 treaty to ban landmines and it did not allow exceptions.
"It's a strong and robust prohibition on all known cluster munitions," Christian Ruge, a member of the Norwegian delegation, told Reuters. The draft will be submitted to a plenary session on Friday but approval is now regarded as a formality. Unless any unexpected objections derail the process, the treaty is due to be signed in Oslo in December. Cluster munitions open in mid-air and scatter as many as several hundred "bomblets" over a wide area. They often fail to explode, creating virtual minefields that can kill or injure anyone who finds them later, often curious children. The United States says it sees "certain military utility" for the weapons. Despite the draft treaty, the United States said it still opposed a ban on cluster munitions. Continued... French Serial Killer and Wife, get Life.By Thierry Leveque CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES, France (Reuters) - Self-confessed killer and rapist Michel Fourniret and his wife Monique Olivier were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday in one of France's grimmest serial murder cases. The couple showed no reaction after Fourniret, dubbed the "Ogre of the Ardennes" by the media, was found guilty in a packed courtroom of killing seven women and girls aged between 12 and 22 after raping or attempting to rape them.  Some victims were first drugged and bound. Fourniret, who has admitted a fascination for virgins, was arrested in 2003 after a 13-year-old girl escaped from his van and called the police.
The crimes were committed over 14 years from 1987, mostly in the wooded Ardennes region of northern France and in Belgium. The case helped lead to a shake-up of the way French police investigate serial murders, including the improvement of coordination between different authorities. Fourniret, 66, will be able to seek a reduced sentence only after serving 30 years in jail. Given his age, he is unlikely to ever walk free. Olivier, 59, must spend at least 28 years in jail for the part she played in some of the murders and a rape, said the court in northern France. Continued... British Sub Strike rocks in Red Sea.A BRITISH nuclear-powered submarine was damaged after colliding with rocks in the Red Sea, it emerged last night.
HMS
Superb hit an underwater rock on Monday, damaging sonar equipment and
forcing it to surface. None of the crew was hurt and the submarine
remains watertight, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence insisted.Superb, a Swiftsure-class attack submarine with a crew of 112, based at Faslane, hit an underwater pinnacle 80 miles south of Suez. The vessel had passed through the canal and was in the northern Red Sea when she grounded. No other vessel was involved. May 27 U.S should Ban Torture says amnesty.
LONDON - Rights watchdog Amnesty International Wednesday urged the next US president to close the "war on terror" prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, ban all forms of torture
and stop propping authoritarian regimes. In its annual report, Amnesty
said it was crucial for the new US leader to restore America's moral
authority around the world following President George W. Bush's
administration's "dismal record. Sharon Stone sees what china can't. Actress Sharon Stone is pondering whether the recent earthquake that
killed more than 60,000 in China had something to do with the country
not being nice to Tibetans and the Dalai Lama.TMZ.com posted a
video of Stone being interviewed on the red carpet at the Cannes Film
Festival in France over the weekend, where she made the observation."I'm
not happy with the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans. I don't
think anyone should be unkind to anyone else … and I'm wondering how
should we deal with the Olympics because of they are not being nice to
the Dalai Lama, who's a good friend of mine," Stone said in the TMZ
video. "And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened and I
thought, 'Is that karma? When you're not nice that the bad things
happen to you?'" London Police Working For Scientology Cult.Teen battles City of London cops over anti-Scientology placardFaces prosecution for branding Hubbardites a cu*tRate this story   116 RatingsPublished Tuesday 20th May 2008 14:35 GMT
Anti-Scientology campaigners are up in arms after it
emerged that City of London police issued a court summons to a teenager
for displaying a sign that branded the Hollywood-bothering,
UFO-fancying sect a "cult".
The incident occurred on 10 May outside Scientology's controversial Square Mile headquarters, at a rally spearheaded by the online activist movement Anonymous. The unnamed GCSE student involved His sign read: "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult." U.N Workers Abusing Children.
BBC News - 6 hours ago By Adam Mynott Twelve-year-old Elizabeth - not her real name - was walking in fields with her brother, following an aunt who had gone ahead to work on the family's plot of land near the town of Man in north-western Ivory Coast, when they were ... Widespread child sex abuse by UN peace troops and aid staff, says ... Times Online Charity says aid workers are 'abusing vulnerable children' Scotsman A report by Save the Children UK says such assaults are continuing and, despite an undertaking by the UN and other international bodies to operate a policy of zero tolerance, little appears to be done on the ground to stop the attacks taking place. The 10 peacekeepers accused of the attack on Elizabeth have returned home. Save the Children, a leading UK charity, has spent 12 months compiling its report from Ivory Coast, southern Sudan and Haiti.
It details cases where children as young as six years old have been
preyed on by aid workers and peacekeepers who, in some cases, trade
small quantities of food for sex, or rape and sodomise small children
with near total impunity.
Woe to the Qin.MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades. The houses collapsed when a 5.4 magnitude aftershock rocked Sichuan province's Qingchuan county on Tuesday afternoon, injuring 63 people, six critically, Xinhua news agency said. Another tremor, of 5.7 magnitude, hit neighbouring Ningqiang county in Shaanxi province, the agency said, citing the China National Seismological Network. No deaths had been reported. The aftershocks struck the mountainous region as soldiers worked non-stop to dig a giant sluice to ease pressure on a swelling "quake lake", and the planned evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people to avert a new disaster continued, state media said. The official death toll from the 7.9 magnitude quake that struck Sichuan province on May 12 was raised on Tuesday to 67,183, but it was certain to rise as 20,790 were listed as missing. The quake injured nearly 362,000 people. May 26 Girl, 13, killed by falling tree |
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