Thursday, 19 July 2012

Video: Bulgaria suicide-bomber caught on CCTV at Burgas airport


The suicide bomber who blew up a tourist bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, has been caught on the CCTV camera in the Burgas airport.
Bulgarian police have released a video taken with CCTV cameras at Burgas airport showing the suicide bomber. They hope that by doing so, more information can be gathered on what happened.
The number of dead from the suicide bombing of a tourist bus filled with Israel tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria is now at least six... read more and watch video.

Video: Workers riot in Maruti Suzuki India factory


Rioting was sparked by a labor dispute and has killed one person and injured many more. Maruti Suzuki has shut one of its two factories due to the damage caused.
Workers smashed and burned many vehicles in a rampage which left one dead and injured dozens of others.
The factory is owned by the top Indian car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki, and is located in Manesar, in the north Indian state of Haryana... read more and watch video.

BBC docudrama on 2011 London riots banned from the air


No one can actually tell you why it was banned, but the BBC's docudrama, which recreates witness and police statements during the 2011 London riots, cannot be aired.
The two-part docudrama was created using actors portraying witnesses to the riots, but stating exactly what the original witnesses said at the time. It also details police statements made during the London riots in 2011.
Both episodes have been banned from being broadcast by a court ruling, which the BBC lawyers now plan to appeal... read more.

2 Seattle men held at US border over illegal chocolate eggs


Two Seattle men, returning home from a holiday in Canada, were seized at the U.S. border and held for two-and-a-half hours, for trying to bring in Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs.
They wanted to give a treat to fellow Canadian friends back in Seattle, because they couldn't buy these eggs in the U.S. They had no idea that the Kinder Surprise treats were illegal... read more and watch video.

San Francisco Police Department shoot man in handcuffs? (video)


In an "officer-involved" shooting in San Francisco, witnesses on an amateur video claim that the victim was handcuffed when the SFPD opened fire on him.
While the statements of the witnesses cannot be confirmed, the video was posted just 30 minutes after a news report appeared, stating that the SFPD had shot a man, believed to have a knife, yesterday morning.
Witnesses on an amateur video all state that the man was handcuffed when the police opened fire, and say he was shot twice in the chest... read more and watch video.

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

'Beat the Blockade' — WikiLeaks open for donations via France


WikiLeaks is now open for donations, as they have found yet another way around the banking blockade by Visa and Mastercard, through a French non-profit.
On their website is a statement that a blockade by Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Western Union and the Bank of America against donation payments to WikiLeaks, has been in effect now for 592 days.
The blockade was put in place after WikiLeaks published around 250,000 secret State Department cables in December 2010.... read more.

Most wanted 97-year-old Nazi war criminal arrested in Hungary


Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary, 97, sent 15,700 Jews to Auschwitz in 1941, while employed as a police commander in a Slovakian Ghetto. Now he has finally been caught.
Apparently Csatary fled to Canada with a new identity after being sentenced to death for his war crimes. His identity was once again revealed, and he has been on the run for the last fifteen years... read more.

Op-Ed: Andrea Fabra sparks new graffitti campaign in southern Spain



When Andrea Fabra cheered Rajoy's announcements of the latest austerity measures, she made a comment, on video, which upset the nation. Now a new graffitti campaign is getting revenge.
Digital Journal reported on July 14 on the recent protests in Spain against the latest austerity measures introduced by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.... read more and view photos.

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

London cabbies block central square in protest over Olympic lanes


In the latest bit of controversy relating to the London Olympics, taxi drivers have taken a stance against their exclusion from road lanes dedicated to Olympic traffic.
Hundreds of drivers of the famous London black cabs loudly hooted their horns as they jammed Parliament Square in London today.
The problem is that the cab drivers are not allowed into the special "Games lanes" which have been reserved for Olympic athletes and officials, which then makes their work that much harder... read more and watch video.

Israel to deport Ethiopian and south Sudanese immigrants


Israeli officials have begun arresting what is expected to be tens of thousands of legitimate African refugees, and deporting them to detention camps.
Israel has been a signatory of the 1951 International Refugee Convention since 1954.
In the video, Press TV interviewed Alfred Lambremont Webre, human rights and international lawyer, about the issue of Israel's violation against the rights of the collective black refugee population that has legitimately entered Israel under the Refugee Convention from politically destabilized countries... read more and watch video interview.