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Hong Kong Leader Warns Of 'Action' Over Clashes

Written By Unknown on Senin, 01 Desember 2014 | 22.57

Hong Kong's chief executive has warned pro-democracy protesters not to return to the streets for another night of protests after clashes with police temporarily closed the government headquarters.

Chaos erupted as the demonstrators, wearing helmets and wielding umbrellas, charged police after officers warned them to retreat.

Riot police used batons and pepper spray to push them back.

Local media reported that at least 45 people were arrested and police said 11 officers had been injured.

Chief executive Leung Chun-ying told reporters there would be "resolute action" if the demonstrators returned.

"Some people have mistaken the police's tolerance for weakness," he said.

"I call for students who are planning to return to the occupation sites tonight not to do so."

The situation is now said to be calm, although many government offices and shops remained shut mid-morning.

Leaders at the main activists' site in the Admiralty neighbourhood have said they will escalate their campaign after trying to encircle the government headquarters.

Sky's Asia Correspondent Mark Stone said of the clashes: "This is the result of total deadlock between the government and the protesters who want the right to choose their own political leader without interference from China.

"Beijing has said it will allow everyone here to vote but only from candidates chosen by China."

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  1. Gallery: Violent Clashes In Hong Kong

    A police officer uses pepper spray while clashing with pro-democracy protesters close to the chief executive's office in Hong Kong

A protester who was pepper-sprayed is helped by volunteer rescuers

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    Palestinian Woman Shot After Stabbing Israeli

    A Palestinian woman has been shot and wounded after stabbing an Israeli civilian in the southern West Bank, police say.

    The Israeli suffered minor injuries in the stabbing, which happened at a crossroads near the Gush Etzion bloc south of Bethlehem, police said in a statement without providing any further information.

    Police initially said an Israeli soldier was attacked.

    The military said the attacker was "overcome" by security forces and taken for medical treatment.

    Her condition is not known, while the Israeli was treated at the scene.

    Witnesses saw the woman being taken to Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital. A hospital spokeswoman said she was seriously wounded.

    Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have increased in recent months following a number of deadly attacks in Jerusalem and the fatal stabbing of an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv.

    Israeli security forces killed the perpetrators of most of those attacks at the scene.


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    Ebola Fears As Infection Deadline Missed

    A World Health Organisation deadline to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa has only been met by Guinea, according to latest figures.

    In October, the organisation launched its plan to isolate 70% of those infected and safely bury 70% of the victims in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by 1 December.

    But in Liberia, only 23% of cases are isolated and 26% of the needed burial teams are in place.

    In Sierra Leone, around 40% of cases are isolated and 27% of burial teams are operational.

    The Ebola outbreak was first reported in Guinea in March, and has spiralled out of control since a public health emergency was declared in August.

    Dr Bruce Aylward, who is directing the WHO response to Ebola, said: "If we don't do it in 60 days and we take 90 days - number one, a lot more people will die that shouldn't; and number two, we will need that much more capacity on the ground to be able to manage the caseload."

    The number of cases in Liberia and Guinea has declined or stabilised in the last few weeks, but the area around Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has seen a surge in cases.

    Anthony Banbury, who is heading the UN response to the outbreak, said: "There are still going to be many people who catch the disease and many people who die from it."

    The disease has infected more than 16,000 people, with nearly 7,000 people dying, according to WHO figures.

    Last month, the US announced it was scaling back the size and number of Ebola clinics it had promised to build in Liberia.

    The WHO aimed to isolate all Ebola patients and provide safe burials for all victims by 1 January.


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    Vigils For Student Beaten After Helping Teens

    Germans have turned out in their thousands to honour a young woman killed after defending two teenagers being harassed by a group of men.

    Tugce Albayrak had intervened when she heard the girls crying for help from the toilet of a McDonald's restaurant in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, on November 15.

    After she stepped in, the men harassing the girls left the restaurant but one returned and allegedly attacked Ms Albayrak.

    He is alleged to have hit her head with what police have said was a stone or a bat.

    After Ms Albayrak spent two weeks in a coma, her family were told she was brain-dead.

    They decided to switch off her life support on Friday - her 23rd birthday.

    As around 1,500 people took part in a memorial outside the hospital, news emerged that her organs had been donated to help others.

    Another gathering in Offenbach saw hundreds of people holding signs reading: "Thank you Tugce".

    One of the largest vigils was in Berlin's Oranienplatz, where there is a large Turkish community.

    Student teacher Ms Albayrak was a German citizen of Turkish origin and lived in the town of Gelnhausen.

    President Joachim Gauck is considering giving her a posthumous award of the national order of merit, after a petition calling for the honour gathered more than 100,000 signatures, according to news agency dpa.

    In a letter to Ms Albayrak's family, he wrote that she "will always remain a role model to us", and that "our entire country mourns with you".

    He added: "Like countless citizens, I am shocked and appalled by this terrible act. Tugce has earned gratitude and respect from us all.

    "Where other people looked the other way, Tugce showed exemplary courage and moral fortitude."

    Police have appealed for witnesses, including the teenage girls, to come forward.

    Surveillance video showing the fatal attack on Ms Albayrak has been published by German newspaper Bild.

    The footage shows a man being held back several times by another young male as he appears to want to run in the direction of Ms Albayrak.

    At some point, the man appears to hit Ms Albayrak on the head - as the other man still keeps trying to protect her - and she falls on the ground and stops moving.

    Her attacker, identified by media as Senal M, from Serbia, has confessed to striking Ms Albayrak, the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported.

    He remains in police custody.

    An autopsy will be performed on Ms Albayrak later on Monday.


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    Rewards For Sisters Who Beat Molesters On Bus

    Two Indian sisters will be given cash awards from the state government after fighting back against three alleged molesters on a bus.

    The young women were widely praised after footage of their actions was posted on YouTube.

    Their fellow passengers, however, were criticised as they made no moves to help fend off the men. Some were even shown sniggering during the dispute.

    Arti and Pooja Kumar, aged 22 and 19, were on the crowded bus in Haryana, a largely rural state that borders New Delhi, last week.

    Using their belts and their hands they fought back against the men, who themselves retaliated.

    Pooja Kumar told NDTV news channel in India that the men had "made obscene gestures, touched us and abused us".

    She added: "We could not take it any more and started beating them.

    "One of the men grabbed my sister's hand and the other held me by the neck. That is when my sister took out her belt and started beating them.

    "We fought the assaulters all alone. No one came forward to help us as the youth hit us and even pushed us out of the moving bus."

    The girls' father, Rajesh Kumar, a clerk in the state electricity department, said: "I am proud of them and expect other girls to follow them in the future."

    Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto added her voice to the praise for the sisters, tweeting: "Go brave girls! #girlrising and wake up bystanders! Its shameful, the only one who intervened was a pregnant woman!"

    The Haryana government has said it will honour the girls' brave actions on Republic Day.

    Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar announced a cash reward for the women of 31,000 rupees (£317) each, saying he hoped the publicity would sensitise others to the issue.

    India has a poor record of sexual harassment, with perhaps the worst example being the gang rape of a 23-year-old female student on a bus in 2012.

    She later died, sparking outrage, street protests and soul-searching among India's leaders about the country's treatment of women.

    The three men who allegedly molested the two sisters have been arrested.


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    Ferguson Shooting Cop Resigns From Police

    Written By Unknown on Minggu, 30 November 2014 | 22.57

    Ferguson Shooting Cop Resigns From Police

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    The white officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has resigned from the police force.

    Four months after the confrontation that fuelled violent protests in the St Louis suburb and across the US, Darren Wilson quit the Ferguson Police Department.

    Mr Wilson has been on administrative leave since the shooting on 9 August.

    His resignation was announced on Saturday by one of his lawyers, Neil Bruntrager, who said it takes effect immediately.

    According to the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, Mr Wilson sent a resignation letter to the Ferguson force which read: "It was my hope to continue in police work, but the safety of other police officers and the community are of paramount importance to me.

    "I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that I cannot allow.

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    1. Gallery: Ferguson Protests Lead To Arrests Across US

      Protests have been held across the US after a white officer was not charged for shooting unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

    Some of the most violent rallies were in San Francisco. Here a police officer on a motorcycle confronts protesters

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  • A demonstrator barracks police in San Francisco

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  • Demonstrators use a metal barricade to break a window in San Francisco

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  • Protesters face off with police in front of the Westfield Mall in San Francisco

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  • "It is my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal."

    A grand jury spent more than three months reviewing evidence in the case before deciding not to issue any charges against the 28-year-old last week.

    He had told jurors that he feared for his life when 18-year-old Mr Brown hit him and grabbed for his gun.

    The US Justice Department is still conducting a civil rights investigation into the shooting and a separate probe of police department practices.

    The shooting ignited a national debate about race and policing.

    Mr Wilson spent months in hiding after the shooting, which he claimed was in self-defence.

    He broke his silence after the grand jury decision, saying he could not have done anything differently in the encounter with Mr Brown.

    Mr Wilson told ABC News he has a clean conscience because "I know I did my job right".

    Mr Brown's shooting was the first time he fired his gun on the job, he said.

    Asked whether the encounter would have unfolded the same way if Mr Brown had been white, Mr Wilson said "yes".

    Mr Wilson began his career in nearby Jennings before moving to the Ferguson job a few years ago.

    He had no previous complaints against him and a good career record, according to Police Chief Thomas Jackson, who described Mr Wilson as "an excellent police officer".

    A few months before the shooting, Mr Wilson had received a commendation for detaining a suspect in a drugs case.

    An American flag was burned during the most recent protests outside police headquarters in Ferguson on Saturday night, when two people were arrested.

    Ten people were arrested at a Ferguson-inspired demonstration in Portland, Oregon, after a rally at which civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson spoke.

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    • Ferguson Shooting Cop Resigns From Police

    We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

    The white officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has resigned from the police force.

    Four months after the confrontation that fuelled violent protests in the St Louis suburb and across the US, Darren Wilson quit the Ferguson Police Department.

    Mr Wilson has been on administrative leave since the shooting on 9 August.

    His resignation was announced on Saturday by one of his lawyers, Neil Bruntrager, who said it takes effect immediately.

    According to the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, Mr Wilson sent a resignation letter to the Ferguson force which read: "It was my hope to continue in police work, but the safety of other police officers and the community are of paramount importance to me.

    "I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that I cannot allow.

    1/11

    1. Gallery: Ferguson Protests Lead To Arrests Across US

      Protests have been held across the US after a white officer was not charged for shooting unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

    Some of the most violent rallies were in San Francisco. Here a police officer on a motorcycle confronts protesters

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  • A demonstrator barracks police in San Francisco

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  • Demonstrators use a metal barricade to break a window in San Francisco

    ]]>

  • Protesters face off with police in front of the Westfield Mall in San Francisco

    ]]>

  • "It is my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal."

    A grand jury spent more than three months reviewing evidence in the case before deciding not to issue any charges against the 28-year-old last week.

    He had told jurors that he feared for his life when 18-year-old Mr Brown hit him and grabbed for his gun.

    The US Justice Department is still conducting a civil rights investigation into the shooting and a separate probe of police department practices.

    The shooting ignited a national debate about race and policing.

    Mr Wilson spent months in hiding after the shooting, which he claimed was in self-defence.

    He broke his silence after the grand jury decision, saying he could not have done anything differently in the encounter with Mr Brown.

    Mr Wilson told ABC News he has a clean conscience because "I know I did my job right".

    Mr Brown's shooting was the first time he fired his gun on the job, he said.

    Asked whether the encounter would have unfolded the same way if Mr Brown had been white, Mr Wilson said "yes".

    Mr Wilson began his career in nearby Jennings before moving to the Ferguson job a few years ago.

    He had no previous complaints against him and a good career record, according to Police Chief Thomas Jackson, who described Mr Wilson as "an excellent police officer".

    A few months before the shooting, Mr Wilson had received a commendation for detaining a suspect in a drugs case.

    An American flag was burned during the most recent protests outside police headquarters in Ferguson on Saturday night, when two people were arrested.

    Ten people were arrested at a Ferguson-inspired demonstration in Portland, Oregon, after a rally at which civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson spoke.

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    Ebola Has Killed Almost 7,000, WHO Warns

    Almost 7,000 people have died from Ebola across West Africa, with the World Health Organisation warning its figures may vastly underestimate the spread of the virus.

    The official death toll has increased by 1,200 since the WHO released its last report on Wednesday, and is thought to include fatalities that were previously unreported.

    More than 16,000 people have been diagnosed with Ebola in the current outbreak.

    Although infection rates appear to be stabilising in Guinea and Liberia - two of the worst-hit nations - the number of new patients in Sierra Leone remains high, with 500 fresh cases consistently being reported each week.

    The country had been promised 1,200 new beds for Ebola patients, but only 350 of them are up and running.

    Five new treatment centres are scheduled to open next month, yet fears remain that there are not enough staff to cope with the onslaught of cases.

    Ebola's spread in Sierra Leone is also being fuelled by unsafe burials, which are causing up to 50% of the nation's new cases.

    The UN was hoping that the outbreak would be near its end by 1 December, but according to officials, the reality on the ground has proved very different.

    Anthony Banbury, from the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, said: "As long as there's one person with Ebola out there, then the crisis isn't over and Ebola is a risk to the people of that community, that country, this sub-region, this continent, this world.

    "Our goal and what we will achieve is getting it down to zero, but there's no doubt it's going to be a long, hard fight."

    Meanwhile, a funeral service is being held in Maryland for a surgeon who died of Ebola after flying to his native Sierra Leone to treat patients.

    Dr Martin Salia, a US citizen, has been cremated. He died at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on 17 November, and experts believe that a two-week delay before he received aggressive treatment made it impossible for him to make a full recovery.

    Meanwhile, the health of an unnamed Italian doctor who also became infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is deteriorating, according to the Rome clinic overseeing his treatment.

    In a statement, the Lazzaro Spallanzani Institute added: "He has started to have gastro-intestinal problems - nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. He has a high fever, currently over 39C."


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    Internet Trolling Victim Contacts Abusers' Mums

    By Hind Hassan, Sky News Reporter

    A video game reviewer who was threatened with rape by internet trolls has told Sky News that social media sites need to do more to stop online abuse.

    Alanah Pearce has been threatened with violence and rape on her various social media sites.

    She said: "I had a lot of people suggesting that I report these things to police but that would be so exhausting for me to have to contact police and file a report every time this happens it feels unrealistic.

    "What I would like to see happen is the websites take these complaints more seriously like Facebook and Twitter for example to address people who are using social networks inappropriately."

    After the 21-year-old from Brisbane, Australia, discovered many of those leaving the abuse were actually young boys rather than adults she decided to take action - by contacting their mothers.

    "I realised that discussing it with them wasn't going to work when they wanted a reaction and maybe were too naive to realise what they were actually saying to me so I decided that contacting their mums was probably the best way to do it."

    Alanah Pearce tweeted the Facebook Messenger exchange with one of the mothers who responded to her message:

    In it she asks: "Hi Anna, I don't know you, but I was wondering if ****** ***** is your son?"

    Anna replied: "Yes he is why?"

    Alanah then responds: "I have never spoken to him before, but he sent a concerning message to my public Facebook page today that I was wondering if you might be interested in discussing with him.

    She then sent a screen shot of the abuse which read: "I'll rape you if I ever see you ****"

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      Olympic diver Tom Daley was abused after he came 4th in the Olympics. The tweet said Daley had disappointed his late father. The troll, who also threatened to kill Daley, was later arrested

    Singer and songwriter Katherine Jenkins received death threats after denying rumours of an affair with David Beckham

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    Qatar Acquits US Couple Over Daughter's Death

    By Sky News US Team

    A Qatari court has acquitted a US couple over the death of their adopted daughter who prosecutors claimed had been starved to death.

    Matthew and Grace Huang's eight-year-old daughter, Gloria, died in January 2013 and they were originally accused of starving her to sell her organs.

    The prosecution had also suggested they were child traffickers.

    The couple, from Los Angeles, were later charged with child endangerment and sentenced to three years.

    A forensic pathologist told the appeal: "I found no signs of food in her stomach and the whole intestine, and I found no other reasons for death."

    But the Huangs maintained Gloria had died from an eating disorder caused by her turbulent upbringing in an orphanage in Ghana.

    Crucially, witnesses came forward to say the girl was not neglected and they had seen her eating a day before she died.

    "This negates the charge that she was prevented from eating, a charge that the court of first instance used as a base for its initial ruling," the judge said.

    "It has been a long and emotional trial for me and my family, and Grace and I want to go home and be reunited with our sons," said Matthew Huang.

    "We have been unable to grieve our daughter."

    The couple had been released in November 2013 until their appeal but were barred from returning to the US to be with their other two adopted children.

    Matthew Huang had described the court process as a "sham" and the family's supporters suggested forensic evidence collected from Gloria's body could have been fabricated.

    Adoption and multiracial families are unusual in the conservative Gulf state - where Mr Huang was working as an engineer on World Cup projects.

    A Qatari police report had also earlier raised questions about why the Huangs would adopt children who did not share their "hereditary traits".


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    Driver's Sinkhole Escape Captured On Camera

    Two men have had a lucky escape after their car was swallowed by a sinkhole on a busy road in China.

    CCTV video shows them driving slowly towards the hole and then scrambling out as their vehicle dangles precariously over the edge.

    Moments later the balance shifts and the vehicle rolls over into the hole and lands on its roof.

    Authorities in Jinjiang City, Fujian province, also released footage showing a large truck apparently causing the massive gash in the road.

    Earlier this month, firefighters had to rescue a woman who fell into a three-metre sinkhole which opened up while she was hanging out her washing in Australia.


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