Pakistan Frees Mumbai Attack Mastermind Suspect

Walter Scott Killing: Cop's Dashcam Released

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 11 April 2015 | 16.15

By Sky News US Team

Dashcam video has emerged showing a black South Carolina man running from his car after a traffic stop by a white officer, who gave chase before shooting him dead.

The footage, released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, does not show Officer Michael Slager shooting Walter Scott but does reveal more about the minutes before the killing in North Charleston last Saturday.

Slager, who has been charged with murder and dismissed from the police, is seen approaching a car and asking the driver for his licence and proof of insurance.

The patrolman tells Mr Scott he has been pulled over because of a broken brake light. After a brief exchange, the officer returns to his patrol car.

The 50-year-old gets out of the vehicle, and Slager tells him to stay in the car. Several seconds later he leaves the black Mercedes-Benz again and runs away.

After Slager gives chase, someone can be heard shouting: "Taser, taser."

The 33-year-old patrolman said in a call to a dispatcher that he fired his weapon because Mr Scott took his stun gun and he feared for his life.

But he was charged over the killing after a separate video, filmed on a mobile phone by an onlooker, showed the officer firing eight shots at Mr Scott's back as he flees.

In the second video, Mr Scott does not appear to be armed.

A post-mortem examination has found Mr Scott had multiple gunshot wounds on the back of his body.

His father has said his son, a father of four, may have run away because he owed child support money and did not want to go to jail.

Mr Scott owed nearly $7,500 (£5,100) in child support when he was pulled over by Slager, according to court records cited by the Associated Press.

He had been jailed three times for failing to pay child support, reports AP.

He was sentenced to six months in 2008 and then in 2011 spent a night in jail for missed payments, and again a year later.

The dashcam video emerged as a man who was hit with a stun gun by Slager in a 2013 incident said he would sue.

Mario Givens, 34, told a news conference Slager came to his house, pushed in the door and fired the stun gun at his stomach.

Mr Givens, who was unarmed, filed an excessive-force complaint at the time, but Slager was exonerated and allowed to remain on the force.

North Charleston police have said they will now review the case.

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Gallery: Walter Scott's Death Sparks Protest

Demonstrators rallied on Wednesday against what they described as a culture of police brutality

The protest came after a white officer, Michael Slager, was caught on video killing 50-year-old Walter Scott, an unarmed black man who was apparently running away

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Pakistan Frees Mumbai Attack Mastermind Suspect

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The man accused of being the mastermind of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai has been released on bail by a Pakistan court.

The assault on India's financial capital resulted in the deaths of 166 people and seriously increased tensions between the two nuclear powers.

The lawyer for Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi revealed the Lahore High Court move, saying: "Lakhvi has been released and he is out of the jail now. I don't know where he will go now."

Lakhvi's release comes despite furious earlier protests from New Delhi which complained bitterly when a judge first granted him bail in December.

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Gallery: 2008: Mumbai Terror Attacks

From 2008: Scores of people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a series of terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai. Guests had to be rescued from the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel after teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed the building.

Another guest is helped down from the fourth floor.

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An Indian National security guard runs for cover opposite the hotel.

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People duck as gunshots are fired from inside the building.

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A fireman speaks with foreign tourists who were rescued from the Taj.

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The Pakistan government subsequently issued a series of detention orders which judges then cancelled.

The latest bail order is conditional on a $20,000 (£14,000) bond.

India has called the decision to release him "an insult".

"This is a very disappointing announcement. An insult to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai attack.

"The global community should take serious note of Pakistan's double-speak on terrorism," said a government official.

India blames the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Mumbai attack in which 10 gunmen crept into the city by boat and took part in a terror and killing spree over a three-day period.

India says Lakhvi - who was arrested in 2009 over the tragedy - was the organisation's boss and has accused Pakistan of prevaricating over trials in connection with Lakhvi and six other suspects.

The suspects were charged in Pakistan but no-one has been brought to trial in more than five years.

India, which has urged Pakistan to either hand the suspects over or put them on trial, accuses its neighbour of playing a "double game" over terrorism, suggesting the country is supporting groups that may be useful for its own political gains.

Relations between the two countries - which have had three wars over a bitter dispute over Kashmir since independence in 1947 - are at an all-time low.

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Written By Unknown on Jumat, 10 April 2015 | 16.15

Former Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud who has died in a Sydney hospice, aged 84.

Benaud, widely regarded as the most respected person in the game's history, had been receiving radiation treatment for skin cancer since November.

Channel Nine, the Australian network where he took the lead commentator's position in 1977, said he had died in his sleep on Thursday night local time.

Nine's head of sport, Steve Crawley said: "You didn't have to know Richie to love him - everything about him.

"Best in the business bar none.

"We will miss him the way you miss loved ones. And at the same time we will thank our lucky stars he came our way at all."

Nine Entertainment Co's chief executive David Gyngell said Benaud's death had "robbed" the world of "not only a national treasure but a lovely man".

Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott tweeted: "What an innings. RIP Richie Benaud," He added: "This is the greatest loss for cricket since the loss of Don Bradman and for that reason I'm pleased to have offered the Benaud family a State funeral."

Hollywood actor Russell Crowe tweeted: "RIP Richie Benaud. My deep gratitude for all you gave to the sport of cricket as a player and as a broadcaster. Sad, sad day."

And Piers Morgan wrote: "RIP Richie Benaud. The greatest cricket commentator of them all & a wonderful man. Mourning Everyone."

Benaud played 64 test matches as an all-rounder between 1952 and 1964, taking 945 wickets in 259 first-class matches and making 11,719 first-class runs, scoring 23 centuries at an average of 36.50.

He was the first man to achieve 2,000 runs and 200 wickets at test level.

Australia's Test side did not lose a Test series under his captaincy, which he held from 1958 until his retirement.

Benaud will be remembered by millions for his measured, laconic brand of commentary and he was as popular in England, where he worked on television from 1963 to 2005, as he was in his homeland.

Speaking about his commentary work, he once said: "My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.

"What I want most from being a television commentator is to be able to feel that, when I say something, I am talking to friends."

The news arm of Cricket Australia, www.cricket.com.au, described him as "an Australian test great who nurtured a generation's love for the game with his commentary".

They added: "After Don Bradman, there has been no Australian player more famous than Richie Benaud."

He became one of the greatest commentators in world cricket before a car crash outside his Coogee home in 2013 left him with two fractured vertebrae.

The injuries and cancer combined to keep him away from the job he loved in his final years, but he made occasional pre-recorded appearances on Channel Nine and he rallied to record a moving tribute to Phillip Hughes when the Australia batsman died last year after being struck by a bouncer.

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Walter Scott Killing: Cop's Dashcam Released

By Sky News US Team

Dashcam video has emerged showing a black South Carolina man running from his car after a traffic stop by a white officer, who gave chase before shooting him dead.

Slager, who has been charged with murder and dismissed from the police, is seen approaching a car and asking the driver for his licence and proof of insurance.

The patrolman tells Mr Scott he has been pulled over because of a broken brake light. After a brief exchange, the officer returns to his patrol car.

The 50-year-old gets out of the vehicle, and Slager tells him to stay in the car. Several seconds later he leaves the black Mercedes-Benz again and runs away.

After Slager gives chase, someone can be heard shouting: "Taser, taser."

The 33-year-old patrolman said in a call to a dispatcher that he fired his weapon because Mr Scott took his stun gun and he feared for his life.

But he was charged over the killing after a separate video, filmed on a mobile phone by an onlooker, showed the officer firing eight shots at Mr Scott's back as he flees.

In the second video, Mr Scott does not appear to be armed.

A post-mortem examination has found Mr Scott had multiple gunshot wounds on the back of his body.

His father has said his son, a father of four, may have run away because he owed child support money and did not want to go to jail.

The dashcam video emerged as a man who was hit with a stun gun by Slager in a 2013 incident said he would sue.

Mario Givens, 34, told a news conference Slager came to his house, pushed in the door and fired the stun gun at his stomach.

Mr Givens, who was unarmed, filed an excessive-force complaint at the time, but Slager was exonerated and allowed to remain on the force.

North Charleston police have said they will now review the case.

Mr Givens' lawyer, Eduardo Curry, said there was "a systemic problem" in the city's police department.

Slager, meanwhile, has hired Charleston lawyer Andy Savage - whose previous clients include convicted al Qaeda operative Ali al-Marri.

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Gallery: Walter Scott's Death Sparks Protest

Demonstrators rallied on Wednesday against what they described as a culture of police brutality

The protest came after a white officer, Michael Slager, was caught on video killing 50-year-old Walter Scott, an unarmed black man who was apparently running away

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Clinton To Launch Presidential Bid 'On Sunday'

By Sky News US Team

Hillary Clinton will launch her long-expected campaign for the 2016 presidential race at the weekend, reports say.

The Guardian and the New York Daily News reported that the former First Lady and former secretary of state will launch her bid for the Democratic nomination on Sunday via social media.

Her campaign is expected to begin with a stop in Iowa, and will initially focus on intimate events rather than large rallies.

Mrs Clinton, 67, will become the first Democratic hopeful to formally enter the race, and is widely seen as a front-runner.

She has endured several scandals, from Bill Clinton's infidelity with White House intern Monica Lewinsky to the couple's investment in a failed land deal known as Whitewater.

More recently Mrs Clinton has been engulfed in a row over her use of a private email account while serving as secretary of state.

Mrs Clinton insists that she has complied with the rules and she merely used a private account as a "matter of convenience".

Two Republican hopefuls have already thrown their hats in the ring, senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. Senator Marco Rubio is due to announce his bid on Monday, and Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and brother of former President George W Bush, is widely expected to run.

It will be the second shot at the presidency for Mrs Clinton, who battled it out with Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, but ended up losing.

There has never been a female presidential candidate for a major party in America, though two women have been nominated for vice-president: Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Mrs Clinton moved to Arkansas to marry Bill Clinton in 1975 and became a prominent lawyer.

She served as first lady during her husband's two stints after he won elections in 1992 and 1996 and later went on to become a US senator for New York.

Mrs Clinton served as secretary of state during Mr Obama's first term.

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EU Was 'Looking Into German Air Safety Issues'

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 09 April 2015 | 16.15

European Union authorities began looking into German airline safety procedures regarding "a number of issues" long before the Germanwings crash, it has been reported.

An EU official, who asked not be named, said the issues included health checks on pilots, although he did not elaborate further.

It has emerged Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who deliberately flew his Airbus A320 into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board, had suffered depression.

Investigators have also said they found a sick note for the day of the crash at Lubitz's home, but it was never given to the airline.

He was reportedly being treated by psychologists and neurologists and authorities believe he was trying to hide this from his employers.

Doctors working for the German aviation industry have suggested that pilots should undergo more extensive medical checks after the tragedy.

"We are calling for more frequent and comprehensive laboratory tests for pilots," Hans-Werner Teichmueller of the German Pilots' Doctors Association told Welt newspaper.

"We need to see results that can also show traces of psychotropic drugs and narcotics."

The annual physical taken by pilots only includes tests of urine, haemoglobin levels and in some cases blood sugar.

The EU official told the Associated Press that the examination of German procedures followed a routine inspection by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

He said that last November EU authorities "had asked for clarification to make sure all airlines actively observe rules".

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Gallery: Tributes Laid Near Crash Site

A memorial, carved in French, German, Spanish and English, in memory of the victims of the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash, in the small village of Le Vernet, French Alps

The chapel prepared for the families of the victims and the medico-legal tents for investigators at Seyne les Alpes near the crash site

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US Soldier Killed In Afghan Insider Attack

An Afghan soldier was shot dead after opening fire on American troops - killing one and wounding several other people.

The attack was believed to be an attempt to assassinate a senior US diplomat, sources told Sky News.

The Afghan soldier opened fire after a meeting between Afghan provincial leaders and Donald Yamamoto, a former ambassador to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti, in the compound of the provincial governor in Jalalabad.

According to sources, a convoy was leaving the compound when the Afghan soldier shot at the last car using a vehicle-mounted machine gun.

Mr Yamamoto, who was recently appointed as special advisor to Afghanistan, had already left the compound by this stage and was unharmed.

The American soldier, who has not been named, was part of a unit training and advising Afghan forces

General Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, police chief for eastern Nangarhar province, said American troops immediately returned fire, killing the Afghan soldier.

An Afghan interpreter working with the US troops had previously said no American soldiers had died in the incident.

It is the second insider attack in the country this year, after an Afghan soldier killed three American contractors on 29 January.

The Western-backed Afghan government's 13-year war against the insurgents has intensified as both sides seek to strengthen their positions ahead of possible peace talks.

However, the Taliban did not immediately claim responsibility for the latest attack and many such attacks are believed to stem from personal grudges and cultural misunderstandings.

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Iran Warning On Final Nuclear Agreement

Iran has warned it will not sign a final nuclear deal unless the six major powers lift all sanctions imposed on the country.

"We will not sign any deal unless all sanctions are lifted on the same day," President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Thursday.

"We want a win-win deal for all parties involved in the nuclear talks."

A tentative deal reached last week between Iran and the six powers on curbing the country's nuclear programme has revived hopes of an end to sanctions.

Iran wants them lifted altogether and at once - but the United States made it clear on Monday sanctions would have to be phased out gradually.

Under the accord reached in Switzerland last Thursday, Iran would reduce its reserves of enriched uranium, which some nations fear could be used to produce a nuclear bomb.

It would also dismantle nearly 13,000 centrifuges and allow "invasive" inspections of its nuclear plants by international bodies.

In return, many sanctions would be lifted, providing £100bn of relief to the Iranian economy.

President Barack Obama hailed the deal as "our best bet", while Mr Rouhani said it would "remain in the historic memory of the Iranian nation".

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would give Iran a "free path to the bomb" and could lead to the destruction of his country.

In a statement, he said: "Israel demands that any final agreement with Iran will include a clear and unambiguous Iranian commitment to Israel's right to exist."

Iran has always maintained its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.

Iran and the six powers - the US, Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China - are expected to meet shortly for more discussions.

Diplomats have said tough negotiations lie ahead of the deadline to reach a final agreement on 30 June.

Mr Rouhani came to power in a landslide election victory two years ago, pledging to bring decades of international isolation to an end.

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Hundreds Of Flights Cancelled By France Strike

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 08 April 2015 | 16.15

Hundreds of flights to and from Britain have been cancelled due to a strike by air traffic controllers in France.

No frills airline Ryanair said it had axed more than 250 services while British Airways has warned of significant delays for the next 48 hours.

Departure and arrivals boards at Heathrow suggested most European flights were either delayed or cancelled, affecting tens of thousands of passengers during the Easter break.

Easyjet has axed 118 flights. Most of these are within France, but some are to and from UK airports.

The airline said in a statement: "We can assure our passengers we are doing everything possible to limit the inconvenience of this strike on them."

British Airways said: "Unfortunately there will be some knock-on delays to other parts of our short-haul network as a result of the strike action, given how much airspace in Europe will be affected. We are sorry for any disruption to customers' travel plans."

Passengers voiced their frustration on Twitter:

John Reynolds tweeted "Another great example of @Ryanair customer service - they tell you at 5.30pm that your flight is cancelled then close all comms down!"

While Darren Sutton asked Ryanair via twitter "my flight today has been cancelled and nothing available until Monday. What do I do now I'm stuck in Spain with no money or hotel?"

The effects of the strike have been felt far beyond France. Dave Garwood tweeted "daughter stranded in Marrakesh as Ryanair flight cancelled".

The moves by airlines were a response to advice from the French aviation authority, the DGAC, which had urged companies to cut their flights to and from France by 40%.

Airlines have warned the action will have a knock-on effect for short and medium-haul flights across Europe, due to the large number of flights that normally use French airspace.

The strike has been called by France's largest Air Traffic Controllers union, the SNCTA, in a dispute over working conditions.

The union is planning further action on 16-18 April and 29 April to 2 May.

The SNCTA delayed a strike planned a strike for 25-27 March due to the Germanwings crash in the French Alps.

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Two Israeli Soldiers Injured In Stabbing

Two Israeli soldiers have been injured in a stabbing near a settlement in the West Bank, with the attacker killed shortly afterwards, the Israeli army said.

An army spokeswoman said: "There was a stabbing attack near Shilo junction. Two people were stabbed and taken to hospital. The terrorist was targeted and killed by IDF (Israel Defence Forces) forces."

The incident happened on route 60, the main road linking the cities of Ramallah and Nablus.

Military sources told AFP one of the soldiers was in a serious condition after being stabbed in the neck.

The other soldier was said to have suffered light to moderate injuries.

Emergency services confirmed paramedics were called to a report of a stabbing near the entrance to the Maale Levona settlement near Shilo.

A statement said: "Paramedics are transferring a young man of around 20 to (Jerusalem's) Shaarei Tzedek hospital in serious condition with a stab wound to his upper body."

Palestinian security sources said they have sent an ambulance to pick up the body of the attacker.

There was a similar wave of attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem towards the end of last year, but the violence has most subsided.

Palestinians demand the West Bank, which was captured by Israel from Jordan in the 1967 war, as part of their future state and object to an Israeli presence there.

Soldiers and Jewish settlers are often targeted by militants.

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White House System Hacked By Russians - Report

Russian hackers who compromised computers in the US State Department used the foothold to target the White House computer system, it is claimed.

Computer experts allegedly backed by the Russian government penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system, CNN and other US news networks cited senior officials as saying.

Information access reportedly included real-time non-public details of the president's schedule. The information is not classified but still highly sensitive.

The hackers routed their attacks through computers around the world to hide their origins, but investigators say tell-tale codes point to hackers working for the Russian government.

National Security Council spokesman Mark Stroh would not confirm the exact details of the case, but said "any such activity is something we take very seriously".

It is alleged that suspicious activity was noticed on the White House computer systems back in October.

One official was quoted by CNN as saying the Russian hackers have "owned" the State Department system for months despite efforts to lock them out.

The Obama administration admitted the State Department computer intrusion when it happened last year, but said it would not comment in detail on the new claims.

Last week Mr Obama signed an executive order approving the first sanctions programme against cyberattackers who pose a "significant threat" to American interests.

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Kenya Bombs Al Shabaab Camps After Massacre

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 07 April 2015 | 16.15

Two al Shabaab camps in Somalia have been bombed by the Kenyan air force in partial retaliation for last week's massacre at a university.

Jets targeted the camps in Gondodowe and Ismail in the Gedo region which borders Kenya, according to a military source.

He said: "We targeted the two areas because, according to information we have, those (al Shabaab) fellows are coming from there to attack Kenya."

Kenya is battling to stop the flow of al Shabaab militants and weapons across the 450-mile border with Somalia.

Al Shabaab militants have killed more than 400 people in Kenya since April 2013, including 148 people on campus at Garissa University College last week.

The militants said it was a reprisal for Kenya sending troops into Somalia.

An African Union peacekeeping force including Kenyan troops, and which is fighting the group in Somalia, carried out arrests and seized ammunitions in an al Shabaab camp in Gondodowe last August.

Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's military operations spokesman, told the Reuters news agency that none of its camps were damaged in Sunday's raid, and that the fighter jets had instead struck farmland.

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FedEx Delivers â‚¬4.4bn TNT Express Takeover

FedEx has announced a €4.4bn (£3.3bn) all-cash takeover of Dutch rival TNT Express in a deal aimed at boosting its presence in Europe.

The companies said they had "reached conditional agreement on recommended all-cash public offer of €8 per ordinary TNT Express share.

"The transaction represents an implied equity value for TNT Express of €4.4bn."

FedEx, which employs 325,000 people worldwide, said its offer represented a 33% premium on the closing share price of 2 April.

Dutch mail service PostNL, which owns a 14.7% stake in TNT Express, said it had agreed to the offer which remained subject to full shareholder agreement and regulatory approval.

FedEx said it did not expect competition concerns to arise.

A United Parcel Service (UPS) bid for TNT was blocked by regulators on competition grounds two years ago but UPS, unlike FedEx, already had a strong European operation.

TNT Express boss Tex Gunning said the unsolicited offer came at a time of "important transformations" for the company.

He said: "Our people and customers can profit from the true global reach and expanded propositions, while with this offer our shareholders can already reap benefits today that otherwise would only have been available in the longer run."

His FedEx counterpart, Frederick W Smith, said: "This transaction allows us to quickly broaden our portfolio of international transportation solutions to take advantage of market trends - especially the continuing growth of global e-commerce - and positions FedEx for greater long-term profitable growth."

TNT Express operates in more than 200 countries and maintains a leading role in the road freight network in Europe.

It currently employs some 65,000 people including 8,500 staff in the UK at headquarters in Warwickshire and at 54 depots across the country.

The joint statement said the combined companies would "co-operate to avoid any significant redundancies in the global or Dutch work forces."

Royal Mail shares rose by 2% today as a result of the latest consolidation in the European parcels sector.

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Iraqi Forensic Teams Exhume Mass Graves

A survivor of a massacre of some 1,700 troops by IS forces in Tikrit last June has been talking of his escape as forensic teams begin exhuming the graves.

Iraqi soldier Ali explained how IS lulled him and fellow troops into believing they would be well treated.

"They told us they had no problem with us and promised us we would be sent to our families, they brought us cars and even gave us water to make us feel secure," he said.

"Once they put us in large cars, they managed to control us and brought us here and tied us up, and I still have a mark from my cuffs here."

He went on: "The fourth bullet was meant to kill me, but I was not hit.

"The fifth bullet was fired, killing the one who was next to me. Playing dead, I fell to the ground. I was covered by the blood of my colleagues and I rolled down into the valley."

Up to 12 suspected mass graves are now being exhumed.

"We dug up the first mass grave site today," said an Iraqi health official working with a forensic team sent in to Tikrit, outside the former US base camp of Camp Speicher.

"Until now we found at least 20 bodies. Initial indications show indisputably that they were from the Speicher victims.

"It was a heartbreaking scene. We couldn't prevent ourselves from breaking down in tears. What savage barbarian could kill 1,700 persons in cold blood?" he asked.

The mass killing of the Shi'ite troops took place as the fighters fought their way across northern Iraq.

Their deaths came to symbolise early on the brutality of IS, as well as the group's hatred of the country's Shi'ite majority.

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Gallery: Iraq's Battle For Tikrit

Smoke billows during Iraqi military operation to retake Tikrit from Islamic State militants

Iraqi flags fly on outskirts of Tikrit as government forces move into the city

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Yemen Set For Vital Aid Amid Ceasefire Calls

Written By Unknown on Senin, 06 April 2015 | 16.15

Aid workers are set to take vital medical supplies into conflict-hit Yemen after the Saudi-led military coalition approved the move, the International Red Cross says.

Russia and the agency have called for an urgent pause in airstrikes to allow in aid, replenish struggling hospitals and evacuate foreigners.

The coalition has been launching aerial raids in the country to repel advances by Houthi forces who have taken over large areas of Yemen over the last six months, including the capital Sana'a.

But the Red Cross says a 24-hour ceasefire is needed to deliver aid and address "dire" conditions.

The agency has been negotiating with the military for nearly a week about allowing in aid.

Spokeswoman for the charity, Sitara Jabeen, said: "We have received permission from the coalition for two planes now, one carrying supplies and one with staff."

She hoped the aircraft could land on Monday in Sana'a.

However, the agency was still awaiting approval for a Red Cross surgical team that it plans to bring by boat into the southern city of Aden, where fighting remains intense.

The coalition says it has set up a special co-ordination body for aid deliveries and asked NGOs (non-governmental organisations) and governments to work with it to ensure humanitarian aid can be brought into Yemen and foreign nationals can be evacuated safely.

Hospitals are said to be low on medicine, with the streets of the southern port city of Aden reportedly littered with bodies.

Food and water supplies are also dwindling, according to the aid agency.

A Russian draft resolution to the United Nations demanded "regular and obligatory humanitarian pauses in the air strikes by the coalition to allow all concerned states and international organisations to evacuate their citizens and personnel".

The UN has so far not agreed on the resolution, but officials said they hoped to have something in place by Monday.

Houthi rebels have gained ground in Aden after fierce street fighting against forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi - who has fled the country.

Witnesses said the Houthis had bombarded residential areas in Aden and set buildings on fire.

"Snipers, who took position on the roofs of provincial government buildings, targeted passers by and members of the popular committees," one pro-Hadi fighter told the AFP news agency.

Saudi planes parachuted in weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, on Friday, but the Houthis still gained ground.

The 11-day campaign has also involved forces from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman.

Adel al Jubeir, Saudi ambassador to the US, said sending ground troops remained "on the table", but would not comment on claims that special forces were already in Yemen.

The conflict has pitted Shia Iran, which backs the Houthis, against Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia, its regional rival.

There are fears the fighting could escalate into a full-on sectarian civil war.

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Official's Son Among Kenya Massacre Gunmen

Kenya has begun three days of mourning for the 148 people killed in the university massacre as one of the four gunmen is identified.

The Islamist militants, who were strapped with explosives, stormed the campus and singled out non-Muslim students to be murdered.

The interior ministry said one of the extremists was Abdirahim Abdullahi, the son of a Kenyan government official.

"The father had reported to security agents that his son had disappeared from home ... and was helping the police try to trace his son by the time the Garissa terror attack happened," spokesman Mwenda Njoka said.

Abdullahi graduated from the University of Nairobi with a law degree in 2013 and was seen as a "brilliant upcoming lawyer," added the spokesman.

Students who survived the attack by militant group al Shabaab have been reunited with their families.

One survivor, Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, told how she hid from gunmen by covering herself with clothes in a wardrobe.

She was found by security forces two days after the attack at Garissa University College, as medical staff carried out the grim task of dealing with victims' bodies.

Another 19-year-old student, Daniel Machache, smeared blood over his body and pretended he was dead to survive the slaughter.

Survivors were taken on government buses to the Nyayo National Stadium, which has been turned into a disaster centre.

Many relatives at the stadium desperately tried to trace their loved ones and find out if they were dead, injured or simply missing.

Thursday's attack, in the northeastern town of Garissa, close to the Somalia border, left 142 students, three police officers and three soldiers dead.

The government has defended its response to the one-day siege as it emerged Kenyan special forces were not deployed to the university for at least seven hours.

"This is negligence on a scale that borders on the criminal," Kenya's popular Nation newspaper wrote in its editorial on Sunday.

It emphasised how survivors said "the gunmen, who killed scores of students with obvious relish, took their time".

Some journalists based in Nairobi drove 225 miles to Garissa and arrived before special forces, who flew there.

Kenyans dedicated Easter Sunday prayer services to the victims, marking the first of three days of national mourning.

Pope Francis has called for peace in conflict-hit countries across the world, sending his prayers in particular to those killed in the university massacre.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said the militants would face justice for the "mindless slaughter" and vowed to retaliate in the "severest way".

On Saturday, Somalia-based terror group al Shabaab warned of a "long, gruesome war" unless Kenya withdraws its troops from Somalia.

Five people have been arrested over the attack, including three "coordinators" captured as they fled towards Somalia.

The suspected mastermind, Mohamed Mohamud, a former teacher in Garissa, is still on the run.

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Death-Row Australians Lose Clemency Appeal

Two Australians facing a firing squad for drug smuggling have had their appeal for clemency rejected by an Indonesian court.

Andrew Chan, 31, was found guilty in 2006 along with Myuran Sukumaran, 33, of being the ringleaders of a gang which plotted to smuggle heroin out of the country.

The pair had challenged the court's decision not to hear an appeal against an earlier decision by Indonesia's President Joko Widodo's to refuse them clemency.

The attorney general's office said that the ruling handed down by a court in Jakarta left him with no further legal avenues to avoid the death penalty.

Australia has been pursuing a campaign to save the men from a firing squad, stressing they have been rehabilitated while in prison.

The pair are among 10 drug convicts due to be executed at the prison island of Nusakambangan. Others in the group include citizens of France, Brazil, the Philippines, Ghana, Nigeria and Indonesia.

The case has heightened diplomatic tensions between Australia and Indonesia with Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott saying he was "revolted" by the planned executions.

But President Widodo has previously warned foreign governments seeking clemency against interfering in his country's affairs.

The pair lost an appeal in February, though Indonesia's attorney general is awaiting the outcome of appeals by three remaining death-row inmates before setting a date for the executions.

A spokesman has previously said the executions will be carried out together, but they could be conducted in batches.

Indonesia has harsh penalties for drug trafficking and resumed executions in 2013 after a five-year gap.

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Hadron Collider Restarts In Hunt For Dark Matter

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The world's biggest atom smasher has restarted after its two-year shutdown.

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) hope the upgrade will allow them to smash protons together with nearly double the energy previously reached.

Analysis of the "rubble" could lead to the discovery of new sub-atomic particles, revolutionising our understanding of physics.

Two beams of protons will be sent in opposite directions around LHC's 17-mile tunnel circuit on the Franco-Swiss border.

Powerful magnets bend the beams so they collide at points around the track where four laboratories monitor the smash-ups.

The sensors examine the collisions for new particles and the forces that hold them together.

In 2012, the LHC discovered the Higgs Boson, an elementary particle that gives other particles mass.

During the next phase, experts hope to investigate "dark matter" - the invisible material said to make up much of the universe.

For the past two years, the giant machine has had its maximum collision capacity boosted from eight teraelectronvolts (TeV) to 14 TeV - seven TeV for each beam.

The initial tests will see engineers inject two beams into the tunnel at a lower energy of 450 gigaelectronvolts, but with no collisions.

If all goes well, "particle collisions at an energy of 13 TeV could start as early as June," the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said.

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Gunshots Fired At Fenerbahce Football Team Bus

Shots have been fired at a bus carrying Turkey's Fenerbahce soccer team, injuring at least one person, according to the club.

Reports on Fenerbahce TV said the driver had been injured after the bus came under repeated attack from a shotgun.

The driver was hit in the face and taken to hospital, the club's vice president Mahmut Uslu, who was on the bus at the time, said.

He accused the attackers of trying to "crash the bus and kill the players".

The vehicle was hit as it drove to the airport following the team's 5-1 away win at the Black Sea side Caykur Rizespor in Turkey's Super Lig.

There was no mention of any injuries to anyone else but the driver.

Several pictures of the bus were posted on the club website, revealing a shattered side window and damage to the front windscreen.

The pictures also showed blood on the driver's seat and the steering wheel.

The bus was going over a viaduct on its way from the city of Rize to the airport in Trabzon to return to Istanbul.

Trabzon governor Abdil Celil Oz confirmed the gun attack on the bus and said the driver's life was not in danger.

"At first we thought stones had been thrown at the bus but forensic investigators at the scene have concluded it was an armed attack," he said.

The governor said he had received a phone call from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a supporter of the Istanbul club, asking him about the investigation.

The Turkish Football Federation released a statement condemning the attack.

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Kenya Mourns Victims Of University Massacre

Kenya has begun three days of mourning following the university massacre which killed 148 people.

Students who survived the attack by militant group al Shabaab have been reunited with their families.

One survivor, Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, told how she hid from gunmen by covering herself with clothes in a wardrobe.

She was found by security forces two days after the attack at Garissa University College, as medical staff carried out the grim task of dealing with victims' bodies.

Another 19-year-old student, Daniel Machache, smeared blood over his body and pretended he was dead to survive the slaughter.

Survivors were taken on government buses to the Nyayo National Stadium, which has been turned into a disaster centre.

Many relatives at the stadium desperately tried to trace their loved ones and find out if they were dead, injured or simply missing.

Thursday's attack, in the northeastern town of Garissa, close to the Somalia border, left 142 students, three police officers and three soldiers dead.

Four gunmen strapped with explosives stormed the campus and singled out non-Muslim students to be murdered.

Kenyans are dedicating Easter Sunday prayer services to the victims, marking the first of three days of national mourning.

President Uhuru Kenyatta said the militants would face justice for the "mindless slaughter" and vowed to retaliate in the "severest way".

On Saturday, Somalia-based terror group al Shabaab warned of a "long, gruesome war" unless Kenya withdraws its troops from Somalia.

Hours after the warning, crowds gathered in Garissa as police paraded the gunmen's bodies in the back of a pick-up truck.

Officers said it was to see whether anyone could identify the terrorists, who were piled up face down in the vehicle.

Some onlookers threw stones at the bodies as they passed.

In Nairobi's ethnic Somali district, demonstrators took to the streets protesting against al Shabaab and calling for unity in the country.

Interior ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka said five people have been arrested over the attack, including three "coordinators" captured as they fled towards Somalia.

The suspected mastermind, Mohamed Mohamud, a former teacher in Garissa, is still on the run.

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