Daily Archives: 10. April 2017


10.04.2017 - 23:36 [ Chicago Tribune ]

Ruling awaits man accused of beating fellow motorist, who turned out to be judge

(17.3.2017) Myles, an associate judge in Cook County Circuit Court‘s Criminal Division, is a longtime jurist who has been involved in several high-profile cases. The two suspects in the infamous murder of seven people at a Brown‘s Chicken in Palatine appeared before Myles shortly after their 2002 arrests, and Myles was the judge who ordered William Balfour to be held without bond in the 2008 killings of three relatives of singer Jennifer Hudson.

10.04.2017 - 23:21 [ TeleSUR ]

Ecuador‘s Lenin Still Winner After Presidential Vote Recount

At a press conference with both parties present, Ecuador‘s National Electoral Council announced Monday official results after a recount of the runoff presidential election that took place on April 2, giving the win to leftist candidate Lenin Moreno, who beat banker-turned-candidate Guillermo Lasso.

10.04.2017 - 23:15 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Regierung in Paraguay wegen Verfassungsreform weiter unter Druck

Die Idee, eine erneute Kandidatur für den Präsidenten zu ermöglichen, stößt in Paraguay nicht auf Begeisterung. Erst 1989 hatte das Land sich von der seit 1954 herrschenden Diktatur deutschstämmigen Generals Alfredo Stroessner befreien können. In der neuen Verfassung von 1992 verbot man den Präsidenten eine zweite Amtszeit. So sollte der Rückfall in ein diktatorisches System verhindert werden. Mit einer Verfassungsänderung würde dieser Sicherheitsmechanismus wieder wegfallen.

10.04.2017 - 23:09 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Urteil zu politischen Morden in Kolumbien

Die Angeklagten, Mitglieder der Brigade Móvil 15 des Bataillon Contraguerillas 96, hatten im August 2008 fünf Jugendliche durch eine List in einen Hinterhalt gelockt, mehrere Tage gefangen gehalten und dann ermordet. Anschließend präsentierten sie die Opfer als Guerilleros, die während eines vorgeblichen Gefechtes mit den Militärs ums Leben kamen.

10.04.2017 - 18:13 [ WDR ]

Fall Amri: Verpasste Chance zur Festnahme?

Zwar sei ihm klar gewesen, „es läuft was“ mit dieser Person – dass Amris Handy überwacht wurde, dass sie „an ihm dran sind“. Allerdings habe er selber zu keinem Zeitpunkt Kontakt mit den Behörden in NRW gehabt, gibt Pohlmann zu. Von den Polizeibeamten in Friedrichshafen habe er erfahren, dass die Berliner Kollegen, die zu dem Zeitpunkt auch die Telefonüberwachung leiteten, „nichts sagen wollten“.

10.04.2017 - 18:06 [ Business Insider ]

The US strike on Syria carries convenient victories for both Putin and Trump

The US attack on an airfield believed to have been used by Syrian President Bashar Assad‘s military to launch a deadly chemical-weapons attack early last week has given Russia a renewed purpose for staying mired in a war that remains popular at home while allowing Moscow to paint itself as a foil to US „aggression.“

It has also allowed US President Donald Trump to deflect criticism that he is overly beholden to Russia and insensitive to Assad‘s brutal, scorched-earth campaign against Syrian civilians and rebel groups.

10.04.2017 - 17:42 [ JEAN-LUC MÉLENCHON / Youtube ]

MÉLENCHON : Meeting pour la paix à Marseille – #JLMMarseille

Le dimanche 9 avril 2017, Jean-Luc Mélenchon était en meeting à Marseille devant 70 000 personnes. Il a rendu hommage par une minute de silence aux 30 000 personnes mortes dans la Méditerranée. Dans un discours centré sur les enjeux géopolitiques de notre temps, il a réaffirmé sa volonté de sortir la France de l‘OTAN, alliance guerrière des États-Unis d‘Amérique. Brandissant un rameau d‘olivier, il a affirmé : « Je serai le président de la paix ».

10.04.2017 - 17:31 [ theHill.com ]

Former US ambassador to Syria predicts more chemical attacks

“I think the strikes that we did last week on that airbase were very good,” Robert Ford said on “CBS This Morning.” “It’s time to try to deter Assad from using chemical weapons, so I think that’s a good step. But it’s only a step. Assad will almost certainly try to use chemical weapons again, and so I think it will be hard to convince the Russians to lean on Assad to stop using chemical weapons.”

10.04.2017 - 17:30 [ Knut Mellenthin / Junge Welt ]

Angriff auf Syrien, Drohungen gegen Nordkorea, Iran, Venezuela – US-Präsident Donald Trump fährt einen gefährlichen Kurs

Die bisher schärfsten Drohungen hatte der für die Region zuständige Chef des Central Command, General Joseph Votel, am 29. März in einem Bericht an den Streitkräfteausschuss des Abgeordnetenhauses ausgesprochen. Irans »destabilisierende Aktivitäten« seien »auf lange Sicht die größte Bedrohung« im Nahen und mittleren Osten. Man werde Gelegenheiten suchen, um »ihre Handlungen durch militärische oder andere Mittel« zu durchkreuzen.

10.04.2017 - 16:59 [ Reuters ]

China and South Korea Said to Promise Tougher Sanctions if North Conducts Tes

China and South Korea agreed on Monday to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea if it carries out nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile tests, a senior South Korean diplomat said, as the United States increased its pressure on the North by moving a Navy carrier strike group toward the Korean Peninsula.

10.04.2017 - 14:36 [ Spiegel.de ]

Geheimakten: Kanzler Adenauer ließ Willy Brandt bespitzeln

Bei einer Besprechung mit ausgewählten Parteifreunden zum Thema Rundfunk im Sommer 1960 erklärte der Kanzler, er sei „im Besitz einer Niederschrift der Verhandlungen im Vorstand der SPD“. Es gebe nämlich einen „Parteigeheimdienst“ der CDU, der ihn über die SPD-Spitze informiere: „Wir haben jemanden, der uns von ihrem Parteivorstand berichtet, das ist ja ganz klar.“

10.04.2017 - 14:35 [ Postillon ]

Nach einhelligem Lob für Syrien-Angriff: Trump erwägt, weitere Länder zu bombardieren

„Also Nordkorea steht ja eigentlich schon fest, aber welche Länder noch? Oh, auf jeden Fall Mexiko! Damit löse ich auch gleich noch dieses dumme Mauerproblem. Und vielleicht den Irak oder Nazi-Deutschland? Das kommt doch immer gut an.“

10.04.2017 - 14:25 [ allAfrica ]

Mali: President Announces New Prime Minister

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced Saturday that his brother, Prime Minister Modibo Keita, has been replaced by Abdoulaye Idrissa Maiga by way of presidential decree. Maiga was serving as defense minister of Mali.

10.04.2017 - 14:14 [ Symantec ]

Longhorn: Tools used by cyberespionage group linked to Vault 7

Spying tools and operational protocols detailed in the recent Vault 7 leak have been used in cyberattacks against at least 40 targets in 16 different countries by a group Symantec calls Longhorn. Symantec has been protecting its customers from Longhorn’s tools for the past three years and has continued to track the group in order to learn more about its tools, tactics, and procedures.

The tools used by Longhorn closely follow development timelines and technical specifications laid out in documents disclosed by WikiLeaks. The Longhorn group shares some of the same cryptographic protocols specified in the Vault 7 documents, in addition to following leaked guidelines on tactics to avoid detection. Given the close similarities between the tools and techniques, there can be little doubt that Longhorn‘s activities and the Vault 7 documents are the work of the same group.

10.04.2017 - 13:33 [ Channel NewsAsia ]

Two-thirds of Swiss executives want new EU treaty, UBS finds

ZURICH: Nearly two out of three top executives want Switzerland to put ties with the European Union on a new footing by adopting a comprehensive treaty replacing the existing patchwork of bilateral sectoral accords, a survey by UBS has found.
The poll of 2,500 entrepreneurs and senior managers underscored the importance that Swiss business leaders assign to relations with their biggest export market even as Britain‘s vote to leave the bloc undermines some EU cohesion.

10.04.2017 - 13:28 [ South China Morning Post ]

Designs for Trump‘s ‘powerful’ Mexico border wall include drones, watchtowers and a toxic trench filled with nuclear waste

Up to 400 bidding contractors were expected to submit their schemes this week to the US Customs and Border Protection agency, in a militarised beauty pageant worthy of one of Trump’s own reality TV shows.
The parameters for proposals were as surreal as the idea for the wall itself; the solicitation notice tinged with the characteristic Trump cocktail of bluster, confusion and backtracking.

10.04.2017 - 13:25 [ Afghan Voice Agancy (AVA) ]

Syria situation ‘an international armed conflict’ after US missile strike – Red Cross to RT

The ICRC previously regarded the conflict as an internal conflict.
“When a military of a certain state attacks the military of another state on the territory of that state, and there are legitimate military targets, that amounts immediately to international armed conflict,” he told RT.

10.04.2017 - 13:20 [ Prague Daily Monitor ]

Czech military trains anti-terrorism protection of Temelín plant

Military equipment has been installed around the Czech nuclear power plant in Temelin at the start of an exercise to train the defence of the facility from a possible ground and air terrorist attack, which will last until April 12.
The equipment in question includes missile launching devices, a radar to search for and aim air goals and communication command and fire direction systems.

10.04.2017 - 13:16 [ Los Angeles Times ]

Alleged Russian hacker arrested in Spain at U.S. request

Such arrests aren‘t unusual — American authorities typically try to nab Russian cybercrime suspects abroad because of the difficulty involved in extraditing them from Russia — but Levashov‘s arrest drew immediate attention after his wife told Russia‘s RT broadcaster that he was linked to America‘s 2016 election hacking.