Showing posts with label Greg Botelho. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Obama loses!

March 18, 2015 Benjamin Netanyahu , CNN 0 Comments
Israel Election: Netanyahu Claims Victory As Main Rival Concedes

Credit:  Dan Balilty / AP
By Faith Karimi, Greg Botelho and Oren Liebermann, CNN

Jerusalem (CNN) Benjamin Netanyahu appears poised to keep his job as Israel's Prime Minister, declaring victory Wednesday following a bitter campaign punctuated by his last-minute appeals to right-wing voters.

For weeks, Netanyahu's Likud party trailed in opinion polls to the Zionist Union alliance that characterized him as a divisive leader not up to the task of making the lives of ordinary Israelis better.

Those polls turned out to be wrong.

Instead, the Likud party grabbed at least 29 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, according to unofficial numbers from the Israeli election committee, based on 99% of the vote. Its leaders will have the first chance at forming a coalition government.

The Zionist Union came in second, with at least 24 seats.

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

No Justice, No Peace?

March 12, 2015 CNN , Ferguson Police Department 0 Comments
Ferguson: 2 Police Officers Shot After Chief Resigns

By Holly Yan and Greg Botelho, Mar. 12, 2015, CNN

The overnight shootings of two police officers in Ferguson was an "ambush," St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters Thursday morning, saying the gunshots were directed at the police.

Police investigating the overnight shooting "perhaps" have some leads on who shot them, but no one is in custody, Belmar said.

Belmar said he wouldn't add details about those possible leads, saying detectives need time to work the case. Identifying the shooter or shooters is the No. 1 priority of St. Louis County police, he said.

Whoever shot the officers was there "for whatever nefarious reason it was" to inflict harm, Belmar said.

Belmar also gave details about the officers' injuries:

-- One of them -- an officer from Webster Groves, Missouri -- was shot "at the high point" of his cheek, under his right eye, and the bullet is now lodged behind one of his ears, Belmar said.

-- The other officer struck, from St. Louis County, was shot in his shoulder and the bullet came out the middle of his back, according to Belmar.

The two police officers were standing next to each other in front of the Ferguson, Missouri, police department when they were hit around midnight, Belmar said.

Authorities believe a handgun was used to shoot the two officers, Belmar said, "based on the way the shots sounded and the injuries to the police officers."

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Friday, October 24, 2014

Jihadi madness...

Jihadi madness...

October 24, 2014 CNN , Domestic Terrorism 0 Comments
Man Attacks New York Police Officers With A Hatchet

 By Shimon Prokupecz and Greg Botelho, Oct. 24, 2014, Cnn.com


New York (CNN) -- A man charged at four New York police officers with a metal hatchet Thursday, hitting two of them at a time of high alert for authorities concerned they might be targeted in the United States and Canada.

The man was hiding behind a bus shelter as if he was waiting to attack the officers, according to a law enforcement official, who said it almost appeared as if he was stalking them. The officers were posing for a photo when the man pounced, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.

He struck one officer in the right arm and another in the head, according to the commissioner. The two officers who weren't hit then shot at and killed the attacker.

The law enforcement official identified the suspect as Zale H. Thompson, who had a criminal record in California and had been discharged from the Navy for misconduct, according to the source.

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