Four Syrian asylum seekers have been arrested on suspicion of setting a Turkish mosque on fire in the German city of Ulm. A spokesman for the prosecutor said that one of the “youths” had confessed to the crime.
In other German news, the German authorities are refusing to extradite the former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where he is wanted on charges of rebellion.
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Sound Money Bill in Congress Would Define Dollar as Unit of Gold
Legislation introduced in Congress recently would define the U.S. dollar as a fixed amount of gold, a move that supporters say would help stabilize the monetary system while protecting savers, workers, and investors from the ravages of inflation. If signed into law, the bill would also restrict the ability of the controversial Federal Reserve System to confiscate the American people’s wealth and manipulate the economy by expanding the currency supply. President Donald Trump has publicly supported the idea of returning to a gold-backed dollar, but the prospects for the new legislation remain uncertain.
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Homemade Explosives Lab, White Supremacist Literature Found at Beaver Dam Apartment
BEAVER DAM, Wis. — Court records say an investigator looking into a fatal explosion at a Beaver Dam apartment building found what he described as a homemade explosives laboratory.
In unsealed search warrant records, state investigator Kevin Heimerl says he found 13 jars of the explosive TATP. WKOW-TV reports Heimerl says containers labeled TATP were also recovered from an apartment garage.
The explosion last month killed 28-year-old Benjamin Morrow. The records say instructions for making homemade bombs were also found in Morrow’s apartment. Authorities say they also found white supremacist literature in his bedroom.
The explosion in Morrow’s apartment eventually led authorities to burn down the building because the chemicals were too volatile to remove…
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Internet Interlopers: It Isn’t Just Facebook
While Facebook has been in the headlines over the past few weeks as a result of its practice of harvesting and misusing users’ data, it is far from the only tech company guilty of “surveillance as a feature.” Google, Microsoft, and others routinely vacuum up large amounts of personal data about those who use their services.
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Latest Social Media Craze for Idiots is Microwaving Foil
Having presumably grown bored of inhaling condoms and ingesting tide pods, some millennials are now taking part in the latest social media craze — microwaving aluminum foil in an attempt to create a shiny ball.
Yes, really.
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Residents of Illinois Village Have 60 Days to Surrender Guns or Face $1000 a Day Fine
Residents of Deerfield, Illinois have 60 days to turn in their “assault weapons” or face fines of up to $1000 dollars a day.
Earlier this week, the The Village Board of Trustees passed an ordinance which banned certain types of “assault weapons” and large capacity magazines, including the the Ruger 10/22, which can accept magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
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Egyptian Omar Abdulkafi Confirmed Keynote Speaker at Niagara Muslim Family Conference
The Muslim Family conference will take place on April 14, 2018 at Scotiabank Convention Centre 6815 Stanley Ave, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
[Comment: Further down in the article are views expressed by Mr. AbdulKafi.]
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Cambridge Analytica May Have Had Data of Over 200,000 Italians
The Facebook data of over 200,000 users of the social media platform in Italy may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica for election purposes.
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Cardinal Burke: Pope Francis ‘Feeds Confusion in the Church’
Cardinal Raymond Burke has once again voiced deep concern over the direction the Catholic Church is taking under Pope Francis, saying that the pope “not only refuses to clarify things” by clearly proclaiming Catholic doctrine but also “feeds confusion” in the Church.
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Data of Over 40,000 in Denmark May Have Been Shared With Cambridge Analytica
41,820 Facebook users in Denmark may have unwittingly had their data forwarded to controversial analysis firm Cambridge Analytica.
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Data of Over 37,000 in Norway May Have Been Shared With Cambridge Analytica
37,550 Facebook users in Norway may have unwittingly had their data forwarded to controversial analysis firm Cambridge Analytica.
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Elk Shot in Norway After Falling From Daycare Roof
Local wildlife authorities were forced to put down an elk in Østfold county earlier this week after it fell from the roof of a daycare.
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Germany Refuses to Extradite Catalonia’s Puigdemont on Rebellion Charges
Catalonia’s ex-president Carles Puigdemont will not be extradited to Spain on rebellion charges, a German court has ruled.
The former separatist leader may still face action over a lesser charge of corruption, said judges, who agreed to release him on bail pending a decision.
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Hungary: Forecasts Call for Sun and Highs of 19 Degrees Celsius on Election Day
The sun is set to shine over Sunday’s general election day, reaching 19 degress celsius at its peak.
According to weather forecasts, this weekend is set to be a sun-filled few days with mild clouds, a welcome change from the cold experienced over recent weeks.
Meanwhile, surveys from Publicus and Zavecz Research recently placed Fidesz firmly in first place with right-wing opposition party Jobbik a distant second. The Socialists (MSZP) stand in third place, according to polls.
The rulling alliance — comprising Fidesz and its Christian Democrat ally, KDNP — has the backing of around 30 percent of voters, with no other party clearing 20 percent in any poll.
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Italy’s Political Heavyweights Dig in Heels at Government Talks
Italy’s major political players dug in their heels after meeting on Thursday with the president in Rome for talks on who can break the parliamentary deadlock and lead a new Italian government.
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Italy: Populist, Anti-Mass Migration Lega Passes Establishment Democrats in Latest Poll
The anti-mass migration populist La Lega party is polling in second place nationally, passing the former ruling Democratic Party (PD), as leader Matteo Salvini works to form a government with the Five Star Movement.
The Bidimedia poll puts La Lega at 20 per cent — ahead of the PD, which is at 18 per cent, but still behind the Five Star Movement (M5S) which remains the single largest party in the country at 34 per cent.
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Italy: ISIS Caught Plotting Rome Attack: Terror Threat Has Never Been Higher
A large scale anti-terror operation by Italian authorities has netted several ISIS terrorists who authorities believe were planning to attack Rome. Italy’s Interior ministry says “Rome is in the crosshairs of ISIS” and “Italy’s terror threat has never been so high.”
Five persons were arrested in the sweep and 20 are under investigation. Police were tipped off to the network by analyzing the cell phone of Anis Amri, the attacker at the Berlin Christmas market in 2016. Four days after the attack, Amri was killed in a shootout with police near Milan in northern Italy.
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Off Duty French Soldiers Arrested After Defending Woman From Robbery
A trio of French soldiers on leave was arrested and face prosecution after they intervened to help a woman who was being robbed by a youth on the streets of Paris.
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UK: “War Zone” Crime Wave: Khan Fiddles While London Burns
Known for its half million “Ring of Steel” surveillance cameras, strict gun control, and for being the first European capital with a Muslim mayor, London is now known for something else: a crime wave that has seen the city surpass NYC in homicides for the first time in two centuries. It’s so bad, in fact, that a British doctor describes the metropolis as like an “Afghan war zone.”
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UK: Khan Admits He Hasn’t Spoken to London’s Murder Epidemic Families
Sadiq Khan has admitted failing to meet any families bereaved by London’s recent murder spree, as well as refusing to apologise for not making any public appearances as Mayor until Thursday, in an interview with LBC.
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UK: Radio Times: BBC Admits Broadcasting Fake News
The BBC faked scenes for a new documentary, sparking a controversy that follows previous revelations about faked sequences involving a tame wolf and Mongolian camel herders.
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An Uber driver is accused of grabbing a customer from her doorstep and raping her on the back seat of his cab, a court heard.
Muhammad Durrani, 38, allegedly attacked the 27 year-old woman after picking her up outside a live music club in Clapham, south London, jurors heard.
When they arrived at her home he got out and followed her before lifting her up in his arms and carrying her back to his Toyota, it is claimed.
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Caroline Glick: Israel Turns a Corner on Protecting Its Sovereignty
Monday may have been a turning point in the global battle between the forces of nationalism and national self-determination on the one hand, and the forces pushing for a post-nationalist world with open borders on the other.
While most eyes were on the U.S., where President Donald Trump used his Twitter feed to force the Mexican government to prevent a “caravan” of approximately 1,100 migrants from Central America from approaching the northern border, an even greater drama was unfolding in Israel.
Whereas Trump’s efforts are directed towards stopping the flow of illegal migrants across America’s porous southern border, in Israel the flow of illegal aliens into its territory from Africa has already been stopped.
In 2013, Israel completed construction of a barrier along its 150-mile land border with Egypt. In the years before the “wall” was constructed Israel, was flooded with thousands of illegal migrants from Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia. On a per capita basis, Israel had accepted more illegal aliens than Spain. But by 2017, with the barrier in place, illegal migration ended completely.
After the flow of illegals ended, Israel was left with the issue of how to manage the 40,000 illegal immigrants from Africa who had entered the country before the “wall” was built. Those migrants, who live primarily in the poor neighborhoods of south Tel Aviv, have turned those neighborhoods into violent crime-plagued zones.
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court, and official delegations from Britain and Denmark, have all recently concluded that Eritreans, who comprise three-quarters of the migrants, can return home safely and without fear of punishment.
In light of these basic facts, the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) passed laws mandating the migrants’ removal from the country. Unfortunately, a consortium of Israeli and international forces have come together to prevent the government from enforcing those laws…
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ISIS & Al-Qaeda May Merge and Produce Chemical Weapons — FSB Chief
The two terrorists organizations may merge into a new network, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) warns. If so, the terrorist groups may gain access to chemical weapon technology.
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and Al-Qaeda can reunite into one terrorist network, the FSB’s director and head of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, Aleksandr Bortnikov, said on Wednesday. This new group would have cells across the globe and would be able to produce chemical weapons.
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Smail Ayad dragged British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung from her bed at a Queensland hostel in August 2016, before fatally stabbing her and fellow backpacker Tom Jackson.
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11 Undocumented Migrants Rescued Off Western Turkey
MUGLA, Turkey — The Turkish coastguard rescued 11 undocumented migrants late Thursday in waters off the country’s west coast.
Coastguard sources told Anadolu Agency they saved the migrants as they attempted to reach Greece.
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Breaking Point Redux: Hungary Throws Down the Gauntlet on Mass Migration With UKIP-Style Poster
Hungary’s governing party has launched an anti-mass migration billboard campaign in the style of Brexit leader Nigel Farage’s famous ‘Breaking Point’ poster from the EU referendum.
The poster uses the same image of a long column of illegal migrants marching through Europe which featured in the UKIP poster, although it is emblazoned with a huge ‘STOP’ sign rather than the ‘Breaking Point’ slogan from the original.
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Germany: ‘Shoot Me, I Killed My Daughter’ Migrant Admits Stabbing Two-Year-Old Daughter to Death
A MIGRANT has admitted stabbing his daughter to death in Hamburg, northern Germany. The 34-year-old man from Pakistan, who has been named Sohail A, confessed to the horrific crime in court.
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German City Pays 6,800 Euros Monthly Rent for Just One Refugee Family
An Iraqi refugee family, with six children, is renting a very expensive apartment in Cologne and the city is paying for it, Germany’s Express reports.
The high rental price for the apartment of only 35-square-meters is the result of Germany’s panicking during the influx of migrants. To house refugees Cologne’s Housing Department booked other expensive houses and hotels as well.
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Hungary: Viktor Orban: Information About Migration is Suppressed and Manipulated by Western Europe
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, spoke out against Western Europe’s media censorship in an interview on national television.
“I would have never thought — referring back to thirty years ago, when Fidesz [his party] got established — there would come a moment, and I have to say it from Budapest: People, there is censorship in Europe. The news and information about the migration is regularly suppressed, faked and manipulated.”
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Syrian Asylum Seekers Arrested in Connection With Attack on Turkish Mosque in German City
Four Syrian asylum seekers have been arrested in connection with an attack on a Turkish mosque in the German city of Ulm which is believed to have been politically motivated.
The Stuttgart prosecutor confirmed the arrest of the four Syrian asylum seekers, aged 18, 24, and 27 years old, on Tuesday with spokesman Jan Holzner saying that one of the four had confessed to the arson last week, Die Welt reports.
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Trudeau ‘Refugees Welcome’ Tweet Caused Havoc as 500 Migrants Illegally Entered Canada Over Easter
A tweet from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcoming any and all asylum seekers to Canada was revealed to have caused havoc within the government, according to newly released documents.
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Turkey Accused of Allowing Migrants to ‘Surge’ Into Europe as Europol Tracks 65,000 People-Smugglers
Turkey has been accused of allowing migrants to “surge” into Greece amid a dispute over EU funding, as Europol reveals they are tracking some 65,000 people-smugglers.
Greece was on the frontline at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015, with over 800,000 arriving from Turkey by sea over the course of the year.
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How to Recognize When Your Society is Suffering a Dramatic Decline
When historians and analysts look at the factors surrounding the collapse of a society, they often focus on the larger events and indicators — the moments of infamy. However, I think it’s important to consider the reality that large scale societal decline is built upon a mixture of elements, prominent as well as small. Collapse is a process, not a singular event. It happens over time, not overnight. It is a spectrum of moments and terrible choices, set in motion in most cases by people in positions of power, but helped along by useful idiots among the masses. The decline of a nation or civilization requires the complicity of a host of saboteurs.
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Twitter Transgender Critic ‘Questioned by Police and Banned From Leaving UK’
A mother of four who campaigns against “gender identity” ideology claims she was threatened with arrest and banned from leaving the UK after saying transgender women are “castrated” men.
Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull has claimed Susie Green, the CEO of transgender group Mermaids, reported her to the police in July last year, in remarks made on her fundraising page.
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“An Iraqi refugee family, with six children, is renting a very expensive apartment in Cologne and the city is paying for it, Germany’s Express reports.”
Sounds like they are on “the pig’s back.” Germany, what a land of opportunity!
Maybe you will be able to find this article in English.
The mothers of the “Bride of Jihad” call them “girls” and on their knees they ask Putin to get them out of Iraqi prisons.
For some reason, I do not see the riot police, which for a smaller take in the police station.
I remember how these “girls” posted propaganda of the Islamic state and photos of mass executions in the social network Vkontakte in 2015-2016.
Particularly touched the first photo:
“Our girls did not go to war, they went for their husbands, as Islam and Orthodoxy demand”
https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-43655452