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Russian TV spy claims shown up by poor English
On Sunday night, official channel Rossiya 1 ran a 15-minute report alleging that anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny had been working for many years as an "agent" for MI6.
Controversial TV anchor Dmitry Kiselyov described the allegations as "sensational" and stressed that some of Mr Navalny's actions had been "criminal".Following his emergence as arguably President Vladimir Putin's most formidable opponent, Mr Navalny has twice been convicted on charges of embezzlement in trials that he and his supporters say were politically motivated.
Two suspended prison sentences have left him sidelined from electoral politics.
"Information war"
Writing on liberal website Slon.ru, well-known journalist Oleg Kashin said Mr Popov's report was based on an "indecent fake".He also suggested it was a product of the "information war" the Kremlin believed it was waging with the West.
The allegations against Navalny came exactly a week after the release of the Panama Papers, which appear to reveal suspicious offshore transactions involving members of the Russian president's inner circle.
Russian state TV initially ignored these revelations, but later branded them part of a US-inspired plot to destabilise Mr Putin.
Rossiya 1 has said that it will air a fuller version of Mr Popov's report in a late-night talk show on Wednesday.
But, despite the sensational nature of the allegations against Mr Navalny, pro-Kremlin media do not appear anxious to publicise them further.
They did not appear in any of the main TV bulletins on Monday evening. Nor did they feature in the Monday or Tuesday print editions of the top pro-Kremlin newspapers.
South Korea elections: Saenuri party looks to strengthen position
Voters in South Korea are electing a
new National Assembly with the governing Saenuri party eager to
strengthen its position in parliament.
Saenuri hopes to win the three-fifths of seats needed before bills can be introduced and passed by parliament.
The party currently holds only a slim majority in the chamber.
Voters are casting ballots at nearly 14,000 polling stations to elect 253 of 300 lawmakers. The remaining 47 proportional representation seats are allocated to parties according to the numbers of votes they receive overall.
President Park's administration will gain significant momentum if the governing party gains a majority of seats, The Korea Times reported, enabling it to push through labour and economic reforms before her term in office expires in about 20 months' time.
Youth unemployment rose to 12.5% in February, much higher than the South Korean average rate of nearly 5%. At the same time all the main parties have promised measures to reduce poverty among the elderly.
There is speculation in the South Korean media that the polls could end the country's two-party system, as new parties challenge Saenuri and the main opposition Minju party, which in February set what appeared to be a new world record for a combined filibuster after speaking for 192 hours.
Voter turnout is estimated to be higher than in previous general elections, local pollsters told The Korea Times.
Canada's 'Black Widow' charged with breaking release terms
But police said she was a high-risk re-offender and set a number of conditions, including not going online.
She used a computer on Monday to access the web at a library in Nova Scotia.
Police have warned elderly men looking for love to steer clear of Shepard, with the internet flagged up as a possible threat.
In addition to not using the web, she is also required to abide by a curfew and inform police before starting a romantic relationship.
Her third husband died in 2002 shortly after they were married. No charges were brought in connection with his death.
Shepard was sentenced to five years in prison in 2005 for seven counts of theft from a man in Florida whom she met online and with whom she lived for a month.
She was also convicted of stealing from another man Alex Strategos, 73. Mr Strategos believes Shepard drugged him as well, although she was not charged.
Shepard was charged again last October after her latest husband, Fred Weeks, 75, fell ill from the effects of tranquilisers mixed into his coffee on board a ferry from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland on their honeymoon the previous month. He survived.
Syria conflict: Russian helicopter crashes, killing two crew
Two Russian military pilots have died after their helicopter crashed near the central Syrian city of Homs.
The aircraft, an M-28H attack helicopter, was not shot at, Russia's defence ministry said.The crash happened in the early hours of Tuesday, the ministry said. The bodies were recovered and brought to Russia's Hmeimim air base.
Russia joined the Syrian conflict in September, launching air strikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad.
A "cessation of hostilities" came into force in February including the Syrian government and nearly 100 rebel factions, but not the so-called Islamic State (IS).
Russia withdrew most of its forces from Syria but officials said in March they would continue air strikes.
More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in nearly five years of civil war. Millions more have been displaced.
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Secretary
of State John Kerry arrived for an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on
Saturday, seeking to diffuse a political crisis in the unity government
he helped build.
Kerry urged
President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to set
aside their rivalries and work together, warning their political
infighting could paralyze the country and dampen the confidence of the
international community.
"We need
to make certain that the government of national unity is doing
everything possible to be unified and to deliver to the people of
Afghanistan," Kerry said in an address to the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral
Commission, which he hosted with his counterpart, Foreign Minister
Salahuddin Rabbani.
Their third
annual meeting reviewed progress in security, democracy and development
outlined in the Strategic Partnership Agreement the two countries signed
in 2012.
After a bitterly fought
presidential election in 2014, Ghani and Abdullah share power in a
national unity government that Kerry helped negotiate.
Kerry's
visit comes at a pivotal moment for Afghanistan. Eighteen months into a
five-year term, the two rivals have been unable to reconcile their
differences and remain deadlocked over key ministries. Several ministers
have resigned, others have yet to be confirmed by parliament and still
others face losing their jobs over corruption and mismanagement.
Afghan
polls show dissatisfaction with the two leaders. A March report by the
U.N. said that "for 2016, survival will be an achievement" for the
Afghan government, which faces a contracting economy, ongoing Taliban
attacks, a stalled peace process, a divided political setting and an
ongoing need for international support.
U.S. claims to have killed 150 fighters from Al-Shabaab in Somalia
Washington (CNN)In
a move to stop what the U.S. military said was an imminent threat
against U.S. troops and African peacekeeping forces in Somalia, a U.S.
strike in Somalia killed as many as 150 suspected Al-Shabaab fighters,
the Pentagon said Monday.
The
Pentagon initially characterized the attack as a drone strike, but later
clarified that the operation involved both manned and unmanned
aircraft.
The strike took place
Saturday, 120 miles north of Mogadishu at a training site called "Raso
Camp," according to Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis.
The
camp had been under observation by U.S. Special Operations forces for
several weeks, Davis said. The camp had about 200 fighters on site
including Al-Shabaab trainers.
Separately,
a U.S. official told CNN that the Al-Shabaab fighters were standing
outside in military formation when the strike occurred.
Intelligence
indicated the group was training for some time and was in the final
stages of getting ready to conduct a "large-scale attack," Davis said.
Pentagon
spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement that the attack was taken in
defense of "our African Union Mission" in Somalia and that "The fighters
who were scheduled to depart the camp posed an imminent threat" to the
mission.
He added, "The removal of
these fighters degrades al-Shabaab's ability to meet the group's
objectives in Somalia, including recruiting new members, establishing
bases, and planning attacks" on U.S. and African Union forces.
The
military did not specify the location of where the U.S. thought an
attack might happen, but it is well known that the U.S. maintains a
limited military presence at the airport in Mogadishu and that small
numbers of U.S. Special Operations forces have traveled to other
locations in the country.
Fox News Interviewed Obama And He Called Them Out Right To Their Faces
President Obama said on Sunday that Fox News, which he described as a “Republican news channel,” holds the blame for the rise of billionaire bigot and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
Obama appeared on Fox News Sunday, where host Chris Wallace asked the president if he felt responsible for the popularity of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
“There’s no doubt that I feel frustrated about it,” the president said. “Number one, we’re still shell shocked from what happened in 2007-2008… People lost homes, lost jobs, lost life savings and they still don’t fully know how that happened and was the system fixed in a way they can have confidence in.”
Wallace was then curious why Obama hadn’t “fixed that in eight years.”
So Obama broke it down into simple terms for Wallace and his viewers.
The perception is going to be changing over time as people see results. But — and this is the big but — nobody is going to be 100 percent satisfied in a democracy like ours with every outcome.
And I think the danger both among Republicans and among Democrats who just listen to each other or they just listen to people that already agree with them — you know, Republicans have their own TV station.
They’ve got their own publications, their own blogs. Democrats, same thing. Increasingly what happens is, we don’t hear each other. And so what happens then is when Republicans promise to repeal Obamacare and it doesn’t get repealed, they’re outraged.
“This can be our century just like the 20th century was as long as we don’t tear each other apart because our politics values sensationalism or conflict over cooperation,” Obama concluded. “If we get that part right, nobody can stop us.”
‘Patriot’ Demonstrates How A Gun Solves All Her Parenting Problems
It used to be a sort of an exaggeration to make a point: “Republicans think every problem can be solved with a gun.” The implication is that people stop thinking and start shooting way too early. Now, the exaggeration has gone and it’s become reality as you will see in the video below.We see a “patriotic” American (you can tell because of the gun, obviously), solving a problem with her own child in the only acceptable way to her kind — by using a gun on it.
This is how you let people know you are serious about raising your kids right. You involve an instrument designed to kill.
The ignorant pride she shows is embarrassing. Her declaration before pulling the trigger is laughable — and remember, these people always vote. Let that sink in for a moment.Make this video go viral. Perhaps we can help save her children from a lifetime of trauma.
Laura Bush Drops Atom Bomb On Election, Hints She Might Vote Hillary Clinton
Despite being married to a human disaster and the worst president in history , former First Lady Laura Bush is so disgusted with Trump and Cruz that she hinted she might vote for Hillary. According to the former First Lady, she feels she wants a president who cares about the women in Afghanistan. Um, how about America? Mrs. Bush made her support for Hillary known during the annual Women in the World summit held in New York, a meeting of female business leaders, campaigners and role models from around the world. One has to assume that Melania was posing naked on a dead animal or something. Mrs Bush, who recently published a book on Afghan women in, didn’t officially endorse a candidate, but it’s pretty clear she’ll probably get behind Hillary.
I want our next president – whoever he or she might be – to be somebody who is interested in women in Afghanistan and who will continue US policies… that we continue to do what we’re committed to do as a country,” she said, as she appeared on stage alongside her twin daughters Jenna and Barbara. “That’s who I want – or the kind of people that will do that and will pay attention to our history, and know what’s what’s happened before and know specifically how we can continue to do the good things that we do around the world.Where are the signs of Hillary Clinton in that? Well, Clinton has been the only candidate to visit Afghanistan in an official capacity (four times as Secretary of State). She’s far and away the biggest expert on foreign policy still in the race. On the other hand, both Ted Cruz and Donald Trump have been blasted for having incoherent and often times morally repugnant positions on the Middle East.
Reveals Just How Hilariously Reluctant Republicans Are To Endorse Ted Cruz
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Fox’s Red Eye panel discussed political endorsements on Saturday, covering the hilarious fact that though Cruz is getting endorsed, those endorsements sound like kids saying thank you for getting underwear on Christmas morning.
You know that a party is scraping the bottom of the barrel when the actual candidate endorsements, usually done enthusiastically and with great pride in the endorsee, strongly resemble coerced statements made by political prisoners.
The state of the GOP, on the brink of collapse, is forcing the big
names to choose a candidate in very unorthodox ways. Not by
qualifications, not by party values, not by electability, not because
they desire to see them in office, but simply by self-preservation and
the hope they can stem the bleeding for the heavily wounded Republican
establishment.
Fox’s Red Eye panel discussed political endorsements on Saturday, covering the hilarious fact that though Cruz is getting endorsed, those endorsements sound like kids saying thank you for getting underwear on Christmas morning.
You know that a party is scraping the bottom of the barrel when the actual candidate endorsements, usually done enthusiastically and with great pride in the endorsee, strongly resemble coerced statements made by political prisoners.
This is how Ted Cruz is getting his GOP “endorsements,” and that has to burn for a man that has been raised to be an “anointed king.”
Of course with Cruz’s plastic expression, it would be hard to tell if he is bothered by the lackluster nature of said endorsements. By “lackluster” I mean that Lindsey Graham, a big name in GOP circles, actually said that if he could bring himself to support Cruz, “anybody can do it.” What was the glowing statement of qualifications that was made during the endorsement? “He would not destroy our party.”He is a real Republican from the more ideological spectrum than I am, but he would not destroy our party.Yes, Trump is probably going to destroy the GOP, and if he wins, it becomes definitely. So perhaps this is why these “endorsements”appear to be coerced. They are being forced by Trump’s upset bid for the nomination to literally choose the lesser of two evils right before America’s eyes. That is not an endorsement, it is a scream of desperation.
