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JERUSALEM -- Israeli police on Tuesday said they suspect a close confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of offering a sitting adidas samba judge a top posting in exchange for dropping a corruption case against Netanyahu s wife. The development marks the latest scandal to engulf the beleaguered Israeli leader s inner circle. Netanyahu already stands ac adidas samba og cused of bribery in two other cases.Nir Hefetz, a former spokesman of the Netanyahu family, is suspected of suggesting to Judge Hila Gerstel that she could be appointed attorney general if she killed a pending case against Sara Netanyahu s excessive household spending.The offer never materialized.Earlier, police named Hefetz as one of two Netanyahu associates under arrest for their suspected role in a separate wide-ranging corruption probe. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu could face charges in corruption cases 00:34 adidas samba og Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing and says the latest charges against him were merely a continuation of a wider media orchestrated witch hunt against him and his family. Nir Hefetz never presented this ludicrous offer to the prime minister and his wife, he was never asked by them to make such an offer and we can t imagine that Hefetz would even imagine such a thing, Netanyahu said.Earlier Tuesday, with an initial gag order lifted, police id Vsvx Bodies of 34 migrants pulled from sea after ship capsizes off Libyan coast
The United Nations formally took control of East Timor on Tuesday, and leaders of the new transition team acknowledged they face enor stanley cup mous challenges in rebuilding the ravaged territory. Hundreds of thousands of East Timorese are still displaced, building materials are in short supply as the rainy season sets in, and virtually all of the territory s institutions -- schools, courts, police -- will have to be built almost from scratch. No one even knows what kind of currency the new nation-to-be will use. Acirc; All the functions of government, bit by bit, have to be built up,Acirc; said Ian Martin. Martin will tempora cups stanley rily head the team that took up its duties Tuesday, hours after the Security Council unanimously approved the U.N. takeover. At the same time, the Security Council approved sending more than 9,000 troops to maintain order, the biggest U.N. peacekeeping operation in five years. It will be one of the United Nations most expensive such operations ever, with first-year costs alone estimated at up to $1 billion. The U.N. takeover puts the former Portuguese colony on the road to long-sought independence, and effectively marks the stanley tumblers end of a bloody guerrilla war that frustrated international mediation efforts for decades. The U.N. troops are to replace a 16-nation force that arrived last month to restore order after pro-Indonesian militias went on a rampage of looting, destruction and intimidation in the wake of an Aug. 30 independence referendum. Th

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Sergei Chuzavkov/AP People stand near flower tributes placed outside the Dutch embassy to commemorate victims of Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014. A Malaysian Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, and both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels blamed one another for the attack. Mourning flight MH17 Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters adidas samba A woman holding a sign that reads, Putin is a murderer , lies down near flowers left by people to commemorate victims of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash, a adidas originals uomo t the Dutch embassy in Kiev, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner flight MH-17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 people mizuno running aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. The sign on right reads, Putin is a terrorist . Mourning flight MH17 Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images First-aid workers gather at the site of the crash of a malaysian airliner carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine, July 17, 2014. The plane was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile T Vfod Charlie Gard s parents get new chance to argue for experimental treatment
President R stanley thermobecher oh Moo-hyun was stripped of his constitutional powers Friday in an unprecedented impeachment vote that rattled a government already struggling with the North Korean nuclear crisis and a struggling economic recovery. The charges are violating election laws and incompetence.Thousands stanley us of protesters supporting the president rallied in front of the National Assembly building. We oppose impeachment! This is a mutiny! read banners held by the chanting protesters.Pro- and anti-Roh forces in the parliament shoved each other before the vote, reports CBS News Victor Fic. One Roh supporter even set himself on fire. Another man tried to drive his car up the parliament steps and into the build stanley cup ing.Prime Minister Goh Kun assumed Roh s presidential duties, while the Constitutional Court decides whether to unseat the president. The powers include his role as commander in chief of South Korea s 650,000-member military, which faces off against communist North Korea s 1.1 million armed forces across the world s most heavily armed border. Goh instructed the Defense Ministry to heighten military vigilance along the inter-Korean border, although the ministry said it has detected no unusual military movement.The vote marked a spectacular setback for Roh, a 57-year-old, self-made human rights lawyer who came to office last February on a populist ticket that promised South Koreans better relations with communist North Korea and a more equal footing with the country s biggest ally, t

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- No one onboard a Singapore-flagged commercial tanker that was nike dunk fired on by an Iranian naval patrol in the Persian Gulf was injured and the ship did not sustain serious damage, the companies responsible for it said Friday.The MT Alpine Eternity was attacked by a number of small craft, which first fired warning shots and issued calls ordering the ship to stop on Thursday morning, according to a statement from ship manager Transpetrol and owner South Maritime Pte Ltd.The crew adidas campus ignored the order, changed course to head for Emirati territorial waters and called for help, they said.The tanker had been in international waters on its way from Bahrain to the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. The sho adidas campus oting happened near Abu Musa island, one of three islands near the Strait of Hormuz that are controlled by Iran but also claimed by the Emirates. At the point when the order was ignored and when the vessel changed course it was directly fired upon, the companies said. The tanker is now berthed in Dubai s Jebel Ali port, and all 23 crew members are uninjured. The companies reported the attack to authorities in Singapore and provided details of the incident to Emirati officials.Thursday s shooting appears to stem from an unresolved financial dispute.The Alpine Eternity was involved in an accident that damaged both the ship and an Iranian oil platform on March 22, and the Iranians have demanded payment for the damage, according to a U.S. offic Oxfr N. Korea warns U.S. about cutting food aid
Vice Pr stanley cup esident Dick Cheney sought Saudi help on Saturday in dealing with Iraq s spiraling violence and other regional trouble spots where U.S. policy is on the line: Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.Cheney s visit with King Abdullah was brief, lasting only a few hours before he flew back to Washington, but it underlined the two allies concerns over upheavals across the Middle East, which many Arabs blame on U.S. policies.In a sign of the urgency of the U.S. concern, President Bush is scheduled t stanley cup o meet with Iraq s prime minister in the Jordanian capital Wednesday and Thursday to discuss security matters.The unusual succession of visits by the two U.S. leaders was planned before outbursts of violence this week dramatically worsened the situation in two countries of key American interest mdash; Iraq and Lebanon.On Tuesday, an anti-Syrian Lebanese politician was gunned down in Beirut, highlighting the fragility of the U.S.-backed government and heightening tensions between that country s pro- and anti-Syrian forces. Two days later in Iraq, suspected Sunni insurgents set off a series of car bombs that killed more than 200 people in a Shiite district of Baghdad, fueling an upsurge in the retaliatory sectarian slayings that threaten to tear the nation apart.The meeting at Yamama Palace likely focused on both conflicts, as well as the Israeli-Palestinian front, which stands at a key crossroads amid attempts to form a stanley bottles new Palestinian government and get peace nego

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London s police force has lost the confidence of the people it serves because it is riven with institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia and doesn t do enough to weed out bad officers, according to a withering report commissioned after a young woman was raped and killed by a serving officer in 2021.The Metropolitan Police Service, which has more than 34,000 officers and is Britain s biggest police force, must change itself or face being broken up after failing to address these longstanding problems for more than two decades, investigators said in the report published Tuesday. It is not our job as the public to keep ourselves safe from the police. It is the police s job to keep us safe as the public, said Louise Casey, an expert on victims rights and social welfare who led the inquiry. Far too many Londoners have now lost faith in policing to do that. hoka A police officer on duty across the road from Buckingham Palace in London. adidas samba adidas Getty Images Deep-seated bias, adidas samba og poor management and budget cuts mean that crimes against women and girls are poorly investigated, ethnic minority communities are over-policed and trust in the police is plummeting among LGBTQ people, the report found. It added that these issues have been allowed to fester because whistleblowers are ostracized, outside criticism is ignored and too many bad officers have been allowed to remain on the job, even a Qcsn 3 dead, dozens hospitalized after eating sea turtle stew in the Philippines
A boat carrying illegal migrants sank off Turkey s Aegean coast and at least 43 died, an official said Monday. A Turkish news agency said 51 died and authorities feared the death toll could rise bec stanley mug ause more migrants were missing.The 50-foot boat sank in rough weather late Saturday off the coast of Seferihisar, a town south of the city of Izmir, local Governor Orhan Sefik Guldibi said. Six migrants were rescued and hospitalized, mostly for shock.Citing survivors, the Coast Guard said a total of 85 people were on board. Guldibi said 43 bodies, all of them male, had been recovered. Dogan news agency said 51 died. We are trying to keep our hopes alive but the possi stanley cups bility of more survivors is diminishing, Guldibi said. Boats and helicopters are searching for more migrants in the sea, Guldibi said. Because of the strong wind, we stanley cup think the bodies should be closer to the coast than where this boat sank. But they are searching far off the coast as well. He said it appeared that all the migrants had drowned, though autopsies will be conducted.The survivors, who stayed afloat by wearing inflated inner tubes around their waists, swam to shore on their own late Sunday and shouted for help, according to Guldibi. Residents heard their shouts and called the police.The migrants were mostly Palestinians, Somalis and Iraqis, Guldibi said.The group met up in Izmir Saturday evening and were taken to the coast from where they boarded the boat in the dark. The vessel capsized around 2 h

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Washington mdash; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a virtual address to members of Congress on Wednesday as he continues to urge the West to send fighter jets and more weapons to help his forces defend against Russian aggression.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his upcoming address in a letter to members of the House and Senate on Monday. Pelosi and Schumer said Congress remains unwavering in our commitment to supporting Ukraine as they face Putin s cruel and diabolical aggression, and to passing legislation to cripple and isolate the Russian economy as well as deliver humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine. The Congress, our country and the world are in awe of the people of Ukraine, who have shown extraordinary courage, resi air max 1 lience and determination in the face of Russia s unprovoked, vicious, and illegal war, the Democratic leaders wrote. As war rages on in Ukraine, it is with great respect and admiration for the Ukrainian people that we invite all Members of the House and Senate to attend a Virtual Address to th airforces e United States Congress delivered by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine on Wednesday, March 16th at 9:00 a.m. The Ukrainian leader has pleaded for the U.S. and its NATO allies to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine as the Russian invasion ente adiletten original rs its third week. But Western leaders have resisted his calls, fearing a broader conflict in Europe. Russia launched a missile stri Cvig Failed business leaves Israel with a crocodile conundrum
North Korea s media on Saturday stanley bottles threatened 1,000-fold military buildup as the United States ruled out lifting sanctions to try to coax Pyongyang into resuming talks aimed at its nuclear weapons programs.Last year, North Korea quit the nuclear disarmament talks and later tested an atomic device that drew tightened U.N. sanctions. But the North has recently expressed willingness to rejoin the negotiations, which include the U.S., South Korea, China, Japan and Russia.North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan said this week that his country will not return to the disarmament-for-aid talks unless sanctions are lifted, according to South Korea s Yonhap news agency.U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley responded Friday that sanctions exist because North Korea consistently has failed to live up to its international obligations. We have no intention of removing those sanctions as an enticement for dialogue, he told reporters.Saturday s Minju Joson newspaper, part of North Korea s state-controlled media, said in a commentary that the country s war deterrent force will be strengthened 100- or 1,000-fold as long as the U.S. military threats persist, according to the North s offi stanley mugs cial Korean Central News Agency. The North has often made similar threats. The latest one came two days after South Korea wrapped up naval drills with the U.S., Australia and Japan aimed at intercepting illicit weapon shipments in a U.S.-led program targetin stanley cup g nations such as North K

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ANKARA,Turkey Turkey s deputy prime minister offered an apology for a violent crackdown on an environmental protest, in a bid to appease days of anti-government rallies across Turkey as hundreds of riot police deployed around the prime minister s office in the capital Tuesday.Bulent Arinc, who is standing in for the prime minister while he is out of the country, said the crackdown was wrong samba shoes and unjust .It was unclear, however, whether Arinc was giving the government line. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is visiting Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, has undermined statements by his ministers in the past. He has previo adidas originals ultraboost usly called protesters looters and dismissi yeezy ng the protest as acts by fringe extremists.U.S. voices concern over Turkish unrestSyria warns citizens against travel to TurkeyTurkey PM lashes out over protestsThousands have joined anti-government rallies across Turkey since Friday, when police launched a pre-dawn raid against a peaceful sit-in protesting plans to uproot trees in Istanbul s main Taksim Square. Since then, the demonstrations by mostly secular-minded Turks have spiraled into Turkey s biggest anti-government disturbances in years, and have spread to many of the biggest cities.A 22-year-old man died during an anti-government protest in a city near the border with Syria, with officials giving conflicting reports on what caused his death.Protests were directed at what critics say is Erdogan s aggressive and authoritarian style of governance. Many acc Wsob Asylum officers ask court to block Trump s Remain in Mexico policy in surprising filing
The Washington Post cites Pakistani sources as saying two retired Pakistani nuclear scientists have told investigators they spent time with stanley kubek Osama bin Laden this summer, and held long talks with the terror suspect about nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.The Post reports the two met with bin Laden in the Afghan capital of Kabul in August. Pakistani officials characterized the meeting as academic and can t say if it led to the creation of any weapons.The two scientists have been undergoing questioning at an undisclosed location for two months.Officials in Islamabad say Pakistani officials are considering charging the two with violating the national official secrets act.The scientists reported admission is a reversal from their earlier claims that they met with bin Laden to discuss charity work. They were first detained Oct. 23. Since then, Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mehmood and Abdul Ma stanley cups jid have been detained and released several times, and questioned about their links to the Taliban.Mehmood, who played a key role in developing Pakistan s nuclear program, is head of a non-governmental organization that is trying to help rehabilitate Afghanistan and stimulate stanley bottles its economy.Mehmood s aid organization, Tameer-e-Ummah, had operated inside Afghanistan with the backing of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.The international community is concerned about the security of Pakistan s nuclear weapons because of fears that some elements in the military remain sympathetic to the Tal

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LONDON -- Britain s defense ministry says the Royal Air Force RAF has scrambled two fighter jets as Russian planes neared U.K. airspace mdash; another illustration of ongoing tensions. The RAF confirmed a quick reaction alert, deploying Typhoon aircraft from the Lossiemouth base in Scotland, but military authorities say nothing was intercepted.The incident adidas originals damen Monday is one of several in recent years as Russian fighter planes test NATO and British air defenses. Russia s military has also sought to probe the resolve of naval forces, with warships being diverted to monitor passing naval vessels.Last week, the HMS Westminster, a Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate, was ordered to intercept two warships and two supporting vessels passing near U.K. waters.In November, the U.S. military said a Russian fighter air max flew within 50 feet of a U.S. Navy reconnaissance jet over the Black Sea wi adidas originals hombre th full afterburners on, causing violent turbulence that knocked the American plane into a 15-degree roll. More from CBS News Treasure trove of Roman coins found during construction in U.K. Iran frees rapper Toomaj Salehi months after death sentence overturned Mlws Obama, Cameron set new Russia sanctions deadline
Israel scaled back its 17-day offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday, after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon heeded the army s warning that a long stay in crowded Palestinian areas is too risky and the United States called for a quick Israeli pullout.Sharon s decision came just hours after he told legislators Thursday that Operation Days of Penitence, meant to stop Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli communities, would continue and even be expanded.The prime minister s apparent zigzag reflected his dilemma. Continue stanley mugs d Palestinian rocket attacks have undermined support for his planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, while a major milita stanley cup ry offensive invites international criticism because of heavy Palestinian casualties and isn t entirely effective.Since the Sept. 29 start of the Israeli campaign, triggered by a deadly rocket attack on the Israeli border town of Sheroot, 108 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds wounded. Among the dead were dozens of civilians, including 18 children.Israeli tanks and bulldozers have left behind a wide swath of destruction in northern Gaza, damaging houses, tearing up water pipes and knocking down electricity poles as they charge throu stanley kubek gh narrow alleys of densely populated areas. In an 18-page report obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, the United Nations wrote that Israel has engaged in massive and wanton destruction of property in Gaza. The report, written before the current Gaza operation, said that while some of Israe

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President Trump has issued another stern warning to Russia for its alleged role in a suspected chemical attack in Syria over the weekend. As the administration prepares a counter response to the latest attack, which appeared to target civilians and young children, Mr. Trump warned in a tweet Wednesday morning that some sort of missile strike was forthcoming. Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and ne adidas campus shoes w and smart! , he threatened. Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ldquo mart! You shouldnrsquo;t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!mdash; Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump April 11, 2018 Russian lawmakers have warned the United States that Moscow would view an airstrike on Syria as a war crime, saying it air max plus could trigger a direct military clash.Over the weekend, Mr. Trump blamed Syrian President Bashar Assad and his international allies, inclu yeezy foam ding Russian President Vladmir Putin for the apparent attack that left dozens dead and hundreds injured. Mr. Trump called out Putin along with the leadership in Iran for backing Assad, who he referred to as Animal Assad. On Wednesday, he again warned Russia of being an ally of the Assad regime. You shouldn t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills people and enjoys it! he wrote. Later Wednesday morning, M Qlqu Prince Harry loses legal case against U.K. government over downgraded security
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti A Pakistani child looks on as women covered with burqas from the tribal region of Bajur and Mohmand wait to be registered at the Jalozai refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Friday stanley cup price , Jan. 30, 2009. More than 200,000 people have fled the fighting in those regions to camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Vince Lombardi Trophy AP Photo/David J. Phillip The Vince Lombardi trophy is seen during a news conference for the Super Bowl XLIII Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, in Tampa, Fla. The Pittsburgh Steele stanley cups rs will play the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday, Feb. 1. Sisterly Love AP Photo/Mark Baker Serena Williams, left, of the United States and her sister Venus smile as they hold the trophy after beating Japan s Ai Sugiyama and Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in the Women s doubles final at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Palestinian Support AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta Supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, wave Turkish and Palestinian flags outside the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbu

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A woman has been arrested in the murder of an American teacher in Abu Dhabi.Vancouver, British Columbia-based Footprints Recruiting on Thursday identified the slain teacher as Ibolya Ryan, saying it had placed her in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi.According to police, Ryan was stabbed in a public restroom at a mall in Abu Dhabi on Monday by a suspect wearing the full black veil commonly worn by women throughout the Gulf Arab region.Footprints Recruiting called the killing of the 37-year-old kindergarten teacher a senseless tragedy. At a press conference mizuno laufschuhe this morning, Interior Minister Prince Saif bin Zayed said the female suspect, a 36-year-old UAE citizen, is now in police custody, reports CBS News Khaled Wassef. Prince Zayed character adidas sambarose ized the murder as an unprecedented, heinous crime in the United Arab Emirates.He said the same suspect had also planted a homemade bomb outside the residence of another American citizen, a doctor. The bomb was discovered by the man s son, who reported it to police.The building was evacuated, and a bomb disposal unit successfully defused the device, which consisted of a small gas canister, a lighter, glue and nails.The Minister said the suspect targeted the victims because of their nationality, and not for any personal disagreements with them. He said she sought to stir instability, nike dunk donna insecurity and terrorize her fellow citizens. The UAE is a Western-allied, seven-state federation that inc Jgwo U.S. Official: We re Not Stingy
Austria moveClock ; //function callIntroductionPeopleEconomyResources CBS Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria s status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 e stanley thermosflasche nded the occupation, recognized Austria s independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country s perpetual neutrality as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal.The Soviet Union s collapse in 1991 and Austria s entry into the European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic Monetary Union in 1999. Source: CIA World Fact Book AP Population: 8,199,783 July 2007 est. Age structure: stanley cup 0-14 years: 15.1% male 633,375/female 603,459 15-64 years: 67.5% male 2,781,291/female 2,749,539 65 years and over: 17.5% male 585,747/female 846,372 2007 est. Median age: total: 41.3 years male: 40.2 years female: 42.4 years 2007 est. Population growth rate: 0.077% 2007 est stanley water jug . Birth rate: 8.69 births/1,000 population 2007 est. Death rate: 9.84 deaths/1,000 population 2007 est. Net migration rate: 1.91 migrant s /1,000 population 2007 est. Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male s /female under 15 years: 1.05 male s /fem

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The Vatican is studying a possible miracle attributed to slain Archbishop Oscar Romero that could lead to the once-contr yeezy slide oversial clericrsquo canonization, Roman Catholic authorities in El S yeezy alvador said Sunday.San Salvador Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas told reporters that church officials in the country are convinced of the miraclersquo authenticity.He cauti adidas yeezy oned that it could take a long time for the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints to consider the matter. Slain Salvadoran archbishop on path to sainthood 01:54 Romero is known to many as Saint Romero of the Americas. He was loved by the poor whom he defended and hated by conservatives who saw him as aligned with leftist causes ahead of El Salvadorrsquo civil war. Romero was shot by a sniper in 1980 while celebrating Mass at a hospital chapel. A human rights campaigner, Romero had spoken out against repression by the Salvadoran army at the beginning of the countryrsquo 1980-1992 civil war between the right-wing government and leftist rebels. His assassination presaged a conflict that killed nearly 75,000.In February 2015, Pope Francis decreed Romero was killed out of hatred for his Catholic faith, approving a martyrdom declaration that set the stage for his beatification Pglb Israel To Relax Torture Law
JAKARTA, Indonesia - An Indonesian lawmaker who helped pass a tough anti-pornography law resigned Monday after he got caught watching sexually explicit videos on his computer during a parliamentary debate.The scandal has transfixed this predominantly Muslim nation since a local photojournalist filmed Arifinto, a member of the staunchly Islamic Prosperous Justice Party, gazing at the downloaded porn sites Friday.The blurred images have been published on the front pages of newspapers almost daily, and reaction has set alight social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Some commenters said Arifinto should be prosecuted under the anti-pornography law that took effect in 2008 despite opposition from the public and some members of the government.Fifty-year-old Arifinto, who like many Indonesians goes by only one name, apologized to his constituents Monday and told reporters during a hastily arranged news conference he was stepping down from Parliament immed stanley cup iately. It s my decision, said the father of five, insisting he was not acting on the orders of his party. Nob stanley us ody tried to coerce me. Indonesia, a secular country of 237 million people, has more Muslims than any other country in the world. Though most are moderate, a small extremist fringe has become more vocal in recent years.They have pushed through several contro stanley flasche versial laws 151; including the pornography law. Supporters say the law is needed to keep the country from sliding into moral decline, while critics