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Paul Diamond & Zimbabwe: What Survivor-Led Reform Teaches the UK About Justice

Paul Diamond & Zimbabwe: What Survivor-Led Reform Teaches the UK About Justice

In South Africa, one man’s decision to speak out became part of a collective surge for change. Paul Diamond & Zimbabwe stand as part of that story—one voice among eight survivors who challenged an unjust law . Their courage reshaped the South African legal landscape and offers vital lessons for how justice should evolve in the United Kingdom.

The Frankel Eight Victory: Breaking the 20-Year Time Bar

The Frankel Eight were a group of eight survivors who joined forces to challenge South Africa’s twenty-year statute of limitations on prosecuting sexual offences other than rape. For...

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Barack Obama US election victory speech video

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Wed, 11/07/2012 - 8:21am

President Barack Obama secured a second term in the White House, beating Republican challenger Mitt Romney, after winning the crucial battleground state of Ohio which helped him surpass the 270 mark of required electoral votes, according to projections.

"We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. Thank you," Obama wrote in a message on the social networking website Twitter, moments after American news networks projected his re-election.

In his victory speech before supporters in Chicago, Mr Obama said he would talk to Mr Romney about "where...

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Greece braced for new wave of strikes

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Sat, 11/03/2012 - 12:33pm

(NewsPoint) –Greece is braced for a wave of new strikes as a number of professions have announced plans to strike next week.

Beginning today (Friday) metro and train workers have been on strike in Athens, severely disrupting transport systems and forcing commuters to use cars, instead of public transport. This strike is set to continue on Monday and Tuesday, along with journalists participating in a twenty-four hour strike on Monday, before being joined by bank workers on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Other protests next week will affect ferry services, state hospitals and the...

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Ryanair call in Spanish police to remove woman from a plane

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Fri, 11/02/2012 - 8:55am

(NewsPoint) – A female passenger was marched off a Ryanair jet by police officers moments before take-off.

A video, originally posted on Facebook, shows a Spanish Guardia Civil officer ejecting the woman from the aircraft at Valencia airport for allegedly having one too many items of hand luggage.

The woman, who carried a book and a scroll on board, was ejected because they would not fit in her suitcase and has caused outrage online, with many calling on the airline to be boycotted.

Fellow passengers can be heard shouting "shameful, shameful" as she is escorted off...

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Hurricane Sandy: 124 year old Deli continues to run on candles

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Fri, 11/02/2012 - 8:42am

(NewsPoint) – Some New Yorkers whose homes lost electricity may have to wait more than two weeks to get it back especially if their homes are the only ones on the block that lost power during the storm, utility officials said Thursday.

But some are not letting the lack of electricity stopping them.

Katz, a deli that has survived three depressions, numerous recessions and two World Wars is continuing to operate using candles and a cash only bar. Described by many as the best deli in NYC, the deli has been operating since 1888.

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Anti-austerity protesters 'occupy' Barcelona Apple store

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Thu, 11/01/2012 - 9:03am

(NewsPoint) – Dozens of anti-austerity protesters temporarily 'occupied' the Apple store in Barcelona on Wednesday in opposition to the government's unpopular solutions to the ongoing recession,

The protest was organised by the minority anarchist labour unions CGT and CNT, and also saw a brief 'rampage' in a Zara clothing store, breaking glass and hurling mannequins and clothes onto the floor.

The action came as train and metro workers in the city were on strike, and thousands marched in neighbouring Portugal's capital, against the parliament's acceptance of the government'...

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Hurricane Sandy not dramatic enough? Iran's Press TV uses image from The Day After Tomorrow

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Tue, 10/30/2012 - 4:43pm

(NewsPoint) –Despite the abundance of shocking photographs of flooded NYC, including the facade of a building coming away, cranes collapsing, and vehicles half underwater, Iran's Press TV appear to have found Hurricane Sandy rather tame, using an image from apocalyptic blockbuster, 'The Day After Tomorrow', for an article instead.

The impact of the hurricane has been great, 69 people were killed as the storm ravaged the Caribbean, 16 were killed on the East Coast of the US, millions of homes were without power, and road, rail and airline networks paralysed. The content of the...

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Rescue of HMS bounty crew during Hurricane Sandy

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Tue, 10/30/2012 - 4:31pm

(NewsPoint) –The Coast Guard rescued 14 people from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday, and two remain missing. The 14 people were flown to Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., where they were met by awaiting emergency medical services personnel at approximately 10:15 a.m. with no life threatening injuries.

Crews aboard a C-130 Hercules and an MH-60 Jayhawk are searching for the two missing crewmembers. Crews aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Elm and the Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin are en route to assist with the search...

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Pet-Proto Robot Navigates Obstacles

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Tue, 10/30/2012 - 7:51am

(NewsPoint) –The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense that is mainly responsible for the development of new technologies for use by the military, has created a robot that can navigate around obstacles In the video description, posted on YouTube "the Pet-Proto, a predecessor to DARPA’s Atlas robot, is confronted with obstacles similar to those robots might face in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). To maneuver over and around the obstacles, the robot exercises capabilities including autonomous decision-making, dismounted mobility...

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Public transport halted as hurricane heads for New York

Hurricane Sandy grew stronger before dawn this morning as it churned northward through the Atlantic Ocean en route to what forecasters agreed would be a devastating landfall, possibly within 100 miles of New York City.

It has been reported that thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes, evacuation shelters have been set up in 76 schools, public transport has been halted and the New York Stock Exchange closed.

Officials warned that the powerful surge the storm was creating in the ocean, combined with the strong winds, could wreak...

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25 football fans arrested ahead of Champions League match

Amsterdam police yesterday arrested 25 football fans in central Amsterdam ahead of the crucial Champions League match between Ajax Amsterdam and Manchester City, a police spokeswoman said.

The game, which Ajax won 3-1, was a crucial game after both sides have had a poor start to their campaigns.

The arrests took place in the early evening in the city's red light district.

"Most of them were arrested for public violence," said Marjolein Koek, spokeswoman for the police. (NewsPoint)

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