Showing posts with label BBC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BBC. Show all posts

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Sharia Justice?

June 07, 2015 BBC , Malala Yousafzai 0 Comments
Eight Out Of 10 Malala Suspects 'Secretly Acquitted' 

By BBC, Jun. 5, 2015

Eight of the 10 men reportedly jailed for the attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai were acquitted, it has emerged.

In April, officials in Pakistan said that 10 Taliban fighters had been found guiltyand received 25-year jail terms.

But sources have now confirmed to the BBC that only two of the men who stood trial were convicted.

The secrecy surrounding the trial, which was held behind closed doors, raised suspicions over its validity.

The court judgement - seen for the first time on Friday more than a month after the trial - claims that the two men convicted were those who shot Ms Yousafzai in 2012.

It was previously thought that both the gunmen and the man who ordered the attack had fled to Afghanistan.

Muneer Ahmed, a spokesman for the Pakistani High Commission in London, said on Friday that the eight men were acquitted because of a lack of evidence.

Saleem Marwat, the district police chief in Swat, Pakistan, separately confirmed that only two men had been convicted.

Mr Ahmed claimed that the original court judgement made it clear only two men had been convicted and blamed the confusion on misreporting.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

International Star May Walk

March 12, 2015 BBC , Leo Barraclough 0 Comments
‘Top Gear’ Presenter Jeremy Clarkson ‘Considering Quitting the BBC’ 

Jeremy Clarkson
Credit: Ivan Clarkson / Getty
By Leo Barraclough, Mar. 11, 2015, Variety.com

LONDON — Is the end of the road in sight for Jeremy Clarkson’s relationship with the BBC? The presenter of hit motoring show “Top Gear” may quit, even if he is cleared of an allegation that he punched one of the show’s producers, leading to his suspension.

The BBC is set to pull the remaining episodes in the present season of the show, which has a global audience estimated at more than 350 million in 214 territories, following the incident. The next two episodes have been removed from the BBC schedules already, and a third, the final of the season, is unlikely to air either.

Clarkson’s relationship with top BBC executives has deteriorated to the point where he may jump even if he isn’t pushed. “Can I see him going back to film another BBC (season)? I don’t think so. But he’ll be fine. The other broadcasters will bite his arm off,” a source close to the presenter told Radio Times magazine Wednesday.

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Monday, January 26, 2015

Deadline passed...

January 26, 2015 Barack Obama , BBC 0 Comments
US Offers Japan Condolences Over ISIS Killing
BBC, Jan. 25, 2015

"He also expressed appreciation for Japan's significant contributions of humanitarian assistance to the Middle East region. The two leaders agreed to continue their cooperation on a range of regional and global issues."

Mr Abe condemned the apparent killing, telling Japanese television: "Such an act of terrorism is outrageous and unforgivable. I condemn it strongly and resolutely."

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Shoot 'em up--then complains about gun violence

January 23, 2015 BBC , Gun Bias 1 Comments
Liam Neeson Under Fire From 'Taken 3' Gun Makers

BBC News, Jan. 21, 2015

"There's just too many... guns out there," Neeson told Dubai's Gulf News last week. "Especially in America."

He continued: "I think the population is like, 320 million? There's over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America.

"I think it's a disgrace. Every week now we're picking up a newspaper and seeing, 'Yet another few kids have been killed in schools.'"

Neeson made his comments in reply to a question about the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris earlier in the month.

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Friday, January 16, 2015

How many Iranian reporters do WE have in our jails? None.

January 16, 2015 BBC , Iran 0 Comments
Iran To Try Washington Post Reporter

BBC News, Jan. 15, 2015

In December, Mr Rezaian was brought before a judge in the Iranian capital to hear charges officially levelled against him and was denied a request for bail.

The specific charges were not made public at the time, nor were they listed in the state media. Reports published on Wednesday evening quoted Mr Jafari Dolatabadi as saying the journalist's case had been sent to a Revolutionary Court for "processing".

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Powerful

December 02, 2014 BBC , Holocaust 0 Comments
He Saved 669 Children During The Holocaust… And He Doesn’t Know They’re Sitting Next To Him

 By Israel Video Network

Sir Nicholas Winton who organised the rescue and passage to Britain of about 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovakian children destined for the Nazi death camps before World War II in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport. This video is the BBC Programme “That’s Life” aired in 1988. The most touching video ever: 



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Monday, October 20, 2014

Well, look in the mirror

October 20, 2014 BBC , Constanza Hola Chamy 0 Comments
#BBCtrending: How Panic About Ebola Is Spreading Faster Than The Virus

Credit:  Reuters / James Akena
By Constanza Hola Chamy, Oct. 15, 2014, BBC.com

Besides a small number of cases in the US and Spain, the Ebola outbreak remains confined to West Africa. But that hasn't stopped the spread of rumours and false alarms, spurred on by on social media.

On Sunday afternoon at one of Chile's busiest hospitals, an announcement blurted out over the loudspeakers. "Can I have your attention, please. We have a patient who is suspected to have Ebola. Please leave the room and go to another hospital," it said. Covering their mouths, the patients began to flee, but not before one recorded the announcement on a camera phone. She posted it to YouTube under the name "Possible Ebola case in Chile" and, of course, it went viral. In less than 24 hours, the video was seen more than 120,000 times.

From YouTube, the rumour spread to Twitter. The hashtag #EbolaenChile (Ebola in Chile) started trending soon after, and was used almost 20,0000 times over the following day. Mainstream media outlets who saw the tweets started reporting that there was an Ebola case. But the initial announcement in the hospital had said there was a "suspected" case, and it was never in fact confirmed. A few hours later, Chile's ministry of health revealed what had actually happened: the patient in question had travelled to Equatorial Guinea, where have been no confirmed cases of Ebola. But many in Chile were confusing it with Guinea, one of countries actually hit by the outbreak, which is thousands of miles away.

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Friday, September 26, 2014

That we know of

September 26, 2014 BBC , Europe 0 Comments
Islamic State Crisis '3,000 European Jihadists Join Fight'

By BBC, Sept. 26, 2014

The number of Europeans joining Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq has risen to more than 3,000, the EU's anti-terrorism chief has told the BBC.

Gilles de Kerchove also warned that Western air strikes would increase the risk of retaliatory attacks in Europe.

US-led forces have launched more than 200 air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq since August and on Monday began targeting IS in Syria.

The UK parliament is due to vote on possible air strikes in Iraq on Friday.

IS - also known as Isil or Isis - has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in recent months.

Mr de Kerchove said the number of 3,000 included all those who have been to the region, including those who have returned and those who have been killed there.

The CIA estimates that IS may have up to 31,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria - three times as many as previously feared.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Oscar Pistorius: 'I did Not Pick On Reeva Steenkamp' --He's going for an Oscar

April 10, 2014 BBC , Bladerunner 0 Comments
BBC News, Africa, Apr. 10, 2014

Oscar Pistorius has faced a second day of intense cross-examination at his trial in which he was accused of being selfish, reckless and a liar.

Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel focused on the athlete's character, enthusiasm for firearms and version of events before he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The South African sprinter appeared calmer than he had during his previous three days on the witness stand.

The 27-year-old Olympic and Paralympic star denies murder.

He again insisted in court in Pretoria on Thursday that the shooting on Valentine's Day last year was a terrible accident after he mistook her for a burglar.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

"Dissent Among Scientists Over Key Climate Impact Report" --"Some attendees say the summary...is far too alarmist"

March 26, 2014 Asia , BBC 0 Comments
Photo:  Japan Daily Press
By Matt McGrath, Mar. 24, 2014, BBC News, Yokohama
Senior scientists and government officials are meeting in Japan to agree a critical report on the impact of global warming.
Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will publish their first update in seven years on the scale of the threat.
Leaked documents speak of significant effects on economies, food supplies and security.  But some attendees say the summary, due out next Monday, is far too alarmist.  This will be the second of a trilogy of reports on the causes, effects and solutions to climate change, from a body made up of some of the leading researchers in the world.
Long-term perspective

Last September in Stockholm, they produced a summary on the physical science of climate change, arguing that it was real, and humans were the "dominant cause".  Now in Yokohama, the second IPCC working group will set out the impact that rising temperatures will have on humans, animals and ecosystems over the next century. 
The scientists and government officials will agree on the exact wording of the final summary over the next few days, with publication coming early next Monday, UK time.  The summary is a short, dense document that sums up the findings of 30 underlying chapters, each made up of detailed assessments of relevant research that has been published since 2007.
A leaked draft of the summary, seen by the BBC, points to a range of negative effects that will, in some instances, be "irreversible".  Millions of people living in coastal areas in Asia will be affected by flooding, and displaced due to land loss.
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