| British Girl Abducted to Pakistan Returns Home Posted: 29 Dec 2012 06:39 AM PST | The mother of abducted girl Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson speaks of her reunion with her daughter three years after she was taken. Full Story: A girl who was abducted three years ago was reunited with her mother at Manchester International Airport, in the UK, on Friday. Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson was abducted by her father when she was three. Her mother, Gemma Wilkinson, spoke of her ordeal during the last three years, when she had no idea of the whereabouts of her daughter. [Gemma Wilkinson, Mother of Atiya]: "We've literally gone from not knowing where Atiya is to then finding out that we do know where Atiya is and then to receiving pictures of Atiya and how she looks now and then to Atiya's coming home and then now to Atiya's actually here—it's just been an absolute whirlwind." Atiya was located on December 24. She disappeared in November 2009 after visiting her father Razwan Ali Anjum. [Gemma Wilkinson, Mother of Atiya]: "I just want to cuddle Atiya, I just want to hold Atiya. I don't think I have any other emotion than wanting to do that." Atiya's father is serving a fourth consecutive jail term for failing to reveal his daughter's location. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me | Views: 5 1 ratings | | Time: 01:06 | More in News & Politics |
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| New Yorkers Shred Their Bad Memories Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:48 AM PST | From Hurricane Sandy to broken relationships, New Yorkers shred their bad memories of 2012 during the Good Riddance Day event in Times Square. Full story: New Yorkers came out to Times Square on Friday to participate in the sixth annual Good Riddance Day event. A giant shredder, along with a rubber mallet and dumpster, were made available for the public to discard and destroy their unpleasant memories from 2012 and mark a fresh start for 2013. Adam Ingber of Long Beach, New York was the winner of the online Good Riddance Day contest and kicked off the shredding event. Ingber and his family were displaced when Hurricane Sandy hit the US northeast in October. He said that shredding the memory of Sandy was cathartic. [Adam Ingber, Winner of Good Riddance Day Contest]: "It definitely gives us a feeling of closure. We moved into a new place last week. And you know, I don't have to go back to my old apartment building anymore so it's nice not have to look at that and nice not to see a 30-foot pile of sand outside my door every day." As the winner of the online contest, Ingber received a check for $2500 from the organizers to help him start rebuilding his life. People were encouraged to write down their bad memories and dump them in the giant shredder. Among them was Katherine Sulenski, who was ready to get rid of her bad relationship. [Katherine Sulenski, New York City Resident]: "The memory of the guy I dated. He stepped on my heart. I'd rather—I am ready to continue on <b>...</b> | Views: 6 2 ratings | | Time: 01:40 | More in News & Politics |
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| India Bus Rape Victim Dies in Singapore Hospital Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:20 AM PST | The 23-year-old Indian medical student who was gang raped on a bus in India has died from her injuries in a Singapore hospital. Full Story: The 23-year-old Indian woman who was brutally raped on board a moving bus in India earlier this month has died at a hospital in Singapore. Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, TCA Ragahavan. [TCA Ragahavan Indian High Commissioner to Singapore]: "In the end, she succumbed to her injuries because the scale of those injuries was very grave. The family of course is shattered." The December 16th incident sparked massive and violent protests across India with demonstrators calling for swift action against the suspects. The victim, a medical student, sustained such severe internal injuries that she was moved to a hospital in Singapore from Delhi for further treatment. [TCA Ragahavan Indian High Commissioner to Singapore]: "The medical decision to shift her to Singapore followed consultations between the medical team treating her in Delhi, with the surgeons and physicians in Singapore. So they must have come to a conclusion about the facilities available and as to how those facilities would provide the best possible medical treatment to her." Family members will accompany the victim's body on a charted flight from Singapore to India later Saturday afternoon. Funeral arrangements are still being determined. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me | Views: 1 2 ratings | | Time: 01:18 | More in News & Politics |
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| Japan's New Government Bids to Restart Nuclear Program Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:48 AM PST | Japan's new government announces a three-year deadline for determining whether to restart the bulk of its nuclear reactors in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdown. Full Story: As safety checks continue in the wake of disaster last year, Japan has an ambitious plan to get its controversial nuclear program up and running. The new government announced Friday that it hopes to complete safety checks and determine whether to restart all reactors within three years. All but two of Japan's 50 reactors remain shut down after a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami resulted in one of the worst nuclear disasters in history at the Fukushima Daiichi station. The minister in charge of energy says the government will follow the Nuclear Regulation Authority's recommendations about which reactors to restart. But the agency's chairman said Friday that the three-year deadline is impossible to meet. As part of its inspections, the authority is determining which plants sit on active fault lines vulnerable to earthquakes. Last year's meltdown has prompted large protests as reactors are restarted, giving momentum to the movement to scrap Japan's nuclear energy program altogether. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me | Views: 0 4 ratings | | Time: 01:04 | More in News & Politics |
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| American salary = Chinese salary Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:53 AM PST | Watch the full Keiser Report E386 here on.rt.com In this episode, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert argue over whether things are looking better or worse for the American worker. While Stacy argues that the return of some manufacturing is a sign that wealth creating jobs may return to the US, Max counters that the system is so corrupt that the chances of labor getting any cut of the wealth is nil and that the internet giants will prevent the rise of a powerful decentralized economy online. In the second half, Max Keiser talks to Professor Jonathan Feldman about the Global Teach-In and about a boycott and short sale campaign and creating an industrial policy for America because right now the US even outsources some military production to China. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark. | Views: 10396 313 ratings | | Time: 01:18 | More in News & Politics |
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| CCTV: Passer-by sticks out foot to trip up fugitive chased by Chinese cops Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:15 AM PST | A resident in the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai who stuck out his left foot to trip up a fugitive on the run at a subway station has earned the name "Golden Left Foot" from Chinese citizens. On Dec. 21, police officer Sheng Song was on duty at the Langaolu Station of the Shanghai metro Line 7 when he found someone very suspicious lingering in front of a ticket vending machine. The suspect avoided eye contact with Sheng and could not provide identification. After checking his birth date in the online database by using his pocket device, Sheng confirmed that the suspicious man was a fugitive who might have been carrying weapons with him. However, another passenger, apparently aware of the situation at hand, extended his left foot to trip the running fugitive. This gave the chasing police officers time to catch up. Wang Dezhong, the Shanghai resident who aided the police, said what he did was nothing. He added that he would extend his foot again if he ran into something like this. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark. | Views: 41844 467 ratings | | Time: 01:03 | More in News & Politics |
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| CCTV: Aquarium explodes in Shanghai shopping mall Posted: 28 Dec 2012 01:28 AM PST | Sixteen people were injured after a large decorative aquarium installed in an exterior wall of a shopping mall in Shanghai Explosion was blamed on the aging of the aquarium material, a senior official said on Wednesday. The eight-meter-long, five-meter-tall aquarium was made of thick glass. Among the debris spread over the ground, some of the glass pieces were 20 centimeters thick. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark. | Views: 18270 126 ratings | | Time: 01:22 | More in News & Politics |
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| Beijing Court Orders Apple Pay Up in Copyright Case Posted: 29 Dec 2012 01:05 AM PST | A Beijing court has ordered tech giant Apple Inc to cough up some cash in a copyright infringement case on Thursday. That's according to state-run Xinhua news agency. The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. They are eight writers and two companies who accused Apple of distributing unlicensed copies of their works via its online store. The authors said that apps with unauthorized copies of these works were downloaded in enough quantity to cause them significant financial loss. The Associated Press reports that the original amount sought by the plaintiffs was 12 million yuan, which is about 1.9 million USD. In the end, the Beijing court ruled that Apple pay only 1 million yuan, or a bit over 165000 USD. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me | Views: 18 1 ratings | | Time: 00:46 | More in News & Politics |
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| China's Coral Reefs Disappearing, Says Study Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:59 AM PST | Over the past 30 years, China's coral reefs have shrunk by at least 80 percent, largely due to unrestrained economic expansion, according to a recent study. Scientists from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology conducted a survey of mainland China and South China Sea reefs, and published it in the latest edition of Conservation Biology. The authors painted a (quote) "grim picture of decline, degradation and destruction" from coastal development, pollution, and overfishing. In the South China Sea, competing territorial claims have caused a lack of government oversight in the area, making the situation worse, according to the study. Author Terry Hughes says (quote), "The window of opportunity to recover the reefs of the South China Sea is closing rapidly, given the state of degradation revealed in this study." Many international studies have shown China's people are suffering from some of the heaviest air, water, and land pollution in the world. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me | Views: 1 1 ratings | | Time: 01:02 | More in News & Politics |
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| Masanjia Labor Camp Survivor Was Force-Fed Psychiatric Drugs Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:53 AM PST | A woman from Oregon found a cry for help from a Chinese labor camp in a box of Halloween decorations. The letter claims to be written from the Masanjia labor camp in northeastern China. The Masanjia labor camp is notorious for its harsh work conditions and the mistreatment of those interned inside. In the plea letter that found its way to the US, the writer specifically mentions the mistreatment of Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong is a spiritual discipline. Its adherents are brutally persecuted in China. Pan Qi is a former detainee from Masanjia. She witnessed another Falun Gong practitioner who was forced fed neuroleptic drugs. [Pan Qi, Former Detainee in Masanjia Labor Camp]: "Her eyes stared at me without any recognition. I asked her 'What happened to you?' She didn't look at me. It was like she had no soul. She couldn't recognize me. So I pinched her and said 'look at me. Who am I?'" Shortly after Pan Qi witnessed this, she was force-fed drugs as well. [Pan Qi, Former Detainee in Masanjia Labor Camp]: "When I got to the hospital he (a doctor) asked me 'Have you renounced your beliefs?' I said 'Practicing Falun Gong is good, I have no illness.' He said 'If you have not, you are a mental patient.' ... Several people pushed me onto a bed board. One of them had a spoon with medicine in it. I remember it was a blue capsule, and he put black powder in the spoon. Then he held my nose and put the medicine in my mouth when I couldn't hold my breath any longer." Torture <b>...</b> | Views: 1 8 ratings | | Time: 02:48 | More in News & Politics |
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| Birth of Jesus Depicted Across Italy Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:38 AM PST | During the Christmas holiday, many people around Italy recreate the nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus. Some use figures, while others use real people for the display. It's a holy tradition for many Italians. [Participant, Nativity Scene]: "It's an important period because on the eve of the holidays we gather together to represent the day of nativity. Throughout Italy many villages and parishes get together to create this event, the living nativity scene." The tradition dates back to the early medieval period when Saint Francis of Assisi is said to have held the first living nativity scene. Many Italians enjoy reconstructing the scene at home, sometimes returning to stores to buy new props enriching their displays year after year. The nativity scene tradition is passed down through the generations. [Mauro Imbrenda, Nativity Scene Creator]: "The nativity scene is a major Italian tradition, perhaps the oldest. It was first started by St. Francis in early 1200, and since then, year after year Italian families have been making a representation of nativity at home. It is already a tradition that passes from parents to children, so that this tradition becomes the most wonderful time of the year." The nativity scene is called a "presepio" in Italian, from the two latin words "prae," in front, and "saepes," hedges. Presepios are usually prepared on December 8 and stay on display until January 6. NTD News, Montegrosso, Italy | Views: 0 2 ratings | | Time: 01:42 | More in News & Politics |
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| Italian Priest Blames Women for Provoking Domestic Violence Posted: 28 Dec 2012 06:34 PM PST | Italian priest draws ire after posting a message blaming women for provoking domestic violence. Full story: An Italian parish priest from a small village has sparked outrage after suggesting that women shared in the blame for provoking domestic abuse. Priest Piero Corsi posted an article to the bulletin board of his church in the northern seaside village of San Terenzo di Lerici. The article suggested that pornography and erotic television were partly to blame, but also focused on women. Entitled "Women and the Murder of Women: They Should Engage in Healthy Self-Criticism: How Often Do They Provoke?" the priest says that women provoke "the worst instincts, which then turn into violence and sexual abuse." Later it states "the core of the problem is in the fact that women are more and more provocative, they yield to arrogance, they believe they can do everything themselves and they end up exacerbating tensions." This included wearing "provocative and tight clothing." Marco Caluri, the mayor of Lerici, called the article "astonishing and deeply offensive." The bishop of La Spezia ordered it to be taken down, calling it unacceptable in an interview with Tele Liguria Sud. [Luigi Ernesto Palletti, Bishop]: "In the press release I issued I also emphasised that under no circumstances can whatever despicable instance of violence against women be put in correlation with whatever other motivation. I take this occasion to be more and more aware of this unacceptable phenomenon to try <b>...</b> | Views: 29 2 ratings | | Time: 02:10 | More in News & Politics |
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| Remarks by Leftist Leader Over Rape Draws Political Ire in India Posted: 28 Dec 2012 01:39 PM PST | The latest comments issued by Communist Party leader and former West Bengal minister Anisur Rahman over the contentious issue of rape has drawn criticism from all political parties. Full Story: Communist party leaders apologized over comments made by a senior CPI-M leader on Thursday over the contentious issue of rape that has recently rocked India. Former West Bengal minister Anisur Rahman went after current Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a public rally, who recently said the state government would offer compensation to female victims of sex crimes including rape and trafficking. [Anisur Rahman, Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist Leader]: "Her attitude is such that if any rape takes place then she shall pay some money to the victim and shut her up. So I want to know if she gets raped, what will be her fee? Today some woman will be violated, tomorrow more women will be violated and then after that many more will happen. But the government has no tension. They have all the money to silence and shut up the rape cases out there." Several parties have come out against Rahman's comments. A spokesperson for BJP, the country's main opposition party, suggested that political leaders were on the same page. [Prakash Javadekar, Spokesperson for Bharatiya Janata Party]: "All this is coming out now. The disparaging remarks of Abhijit Mukherjee have been condemned by one and all. We condemn the CPM leader's utterances against Mamataji also because they are in the worst possible <b>...</b> | Views: 6 4 ratings | | Time: 02:30 | More in News & Politics |
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| Police in Peru Burn Over 5 Tonnes of Drugs Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:04 AM PST | Police in Peru burn over five tonnes of confiscated drugs in a final drug burn of the year. Full Story: Police in Peru carried out the final drug burn of the year on Thursday. Over five tonnes of seized illegal substances with a US market value of 158 million dollars was destroyed. Police vehicles transported the mass of confiscated drugs to a heavily guarded police base in Lima where they were later burned. [Wilfredo Pedraza, Peruvian Minister of the Interior]: "We are here at the incineration, the fifth incineration of the year, and in this category we have broken a record in the seizure of cocaine paste, cocaine, marijuana, and the eradication of coca leaf crops - for these reasons I think this has been an interesting year for the fight against drugs, and it highlights the will of the government to tackle drug trafficking head on." The burn brought the total quantity of drugs destroyed in Peru in 2012 to 41.1 tonnes - a record for the South American nation. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntdtv.org Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me | Views: 2 7 ratings | | Time: 00:53 | More in News & Politics |
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| Catalan Food Bank makes Record Collection Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:38 AM PST | Good samaritans in Spain's Catalonia region have donated a record amount of non-perishable items to food banks this holiday season. Full Story: Good samaritans in Spain's Catalonia region have donated a record amount of non-perishable items to food banks this holiday season. Volunteers at Bancs dels Aliments collected more than two million kilos of food. One volunteer said the crisis hits close to home as most people know at least one person who is unemployed. [Jose Gutierrez, Volunteer]: "I think what motivates people is that there are many people that are close to poverty because of our high unemployment rate, and I think that is what has increased awareness amongst people." Still deep in recession, Spain's unemployment was at 25 percent in the third quarter with one in five people living below the poverty line. These recipients are just some of the more than 200000 people who will receive handouts in the region. This man says he gets olive oil, pasta, rice and other supplies every two weeks. Spain's economy has been in recession for a year, the second since 2009, and is not expected to return to growth until late 2013 at the earliest. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me | Views: 0 4 ratings | | Time: 01:11 | More in People & Blogs |
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| Dinosaur Bone Smuggler Pleads Guilty Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:07 AM PST | A Florida man has pleaded guilty to charges he smuggled dinosaur fossils into the USfrom Mongolia and China. Full Story: A Florida man has pleaded guilty to charges he smuggled dinosaur fossils into the USfrom Mongolia and China. 38-year old Eric Prokopi is a former commercial palaeontologist and was charged with importing and selling a near complete dinosaur skeleton and other fossils. Prosecutors say the 70 million year old skeleton became the subject of an international custody battle after Mongolian officials said the skeleton had been stolen from the Gobi Desert. At the time of his arrest, Prokopi was described as a one man black marketeer in prehistoric fossils. He could face up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in April. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me | Views: 66 3 ratings | | Time: 00:45 | More in News & Politics |
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