New Zealand ( 31 yr old woman dies- Coca-cola addiction ) 2.6 gallons a day

A New Zealand coroner has linked the death of a 31-year-old woman to her Coca-Cola addiction.

Natasha Harris died Feb. 25, 2010 from a cardiac arrhythmia, according to a 19-page coroner's report obtained by ABCNews.com. And while Harris, a mother of eight from Invercargill, New Zealand, was known to smoke heavily and skip multiple meals, coroner David Crerar concluded that the sugar and caffeine she got by drinking more than 2.6 gallons of Coca-Cola Classic per day was "a substantial factor" in her death.

"When all of the available evidence is considered, were it not for the consumption of very large quantities of Coke by Natasha Harris, it is unlikely that she would have died when she died and how she died," Crerar wrote in his report.
Harris's partner, Christopher Hodgkinson, said Harris would get headaches and act moody without her Coke fix, according to the coroner's report. Close friends said she would "get the shakes" and other withdrawal symptoms. Her heart would race, her liver was swollen, and her rotting teeth had to be removed. But, said the report, "the family did not consider that Coke was harmful due to the fact of it having no warning signs."
"Natasha Harris knew, or ought to have known and recognized, the health hazard of her chosen diet and lifestyle," Crerar wrote in his report, adding that fact that Harris had her teeth extracted several years before her death "should have been treated by her, and by her family, as a warning."
Dr. Christopher Holstege, chief of medical toxicology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, said anything can be toxic in large enough quantities.
"In toxicology, everything comes down to dose. And it sounds as though she was certainly taking an excessive dose," he said, adding that drinking two gallons of soda per day with limited amounts of food can cause a dangerous imbalance in electrolytes. "You're also not getting essential nutrients when you're only drinking Coke. You're basically getting sugar, and you're going to be deficient in vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients."
Harris's reported Coke habit would have delivered more than 2.2 pounds of sugar daily, according to the coroner's report. She would have also ingested nearly a gram of caffeine, according to Coca-Cola's website.
"To me, it sounds like she was not a healthy woman in any way, shape or form," said Holstege.

South Jersey ( Man charged in murders - Decapitated bodies case )

Man Charged in 2-State Decapitated Bodies Case

Man accused of shooting 2 men, beheading them, burying their body parts in rural NJ then burning a victim's car in Philly

Yusuf Ibrahim, 27, is accused of killing two men, decapitating their bodies and burying the body parts in shallow graves in Atlantic County, N.J.

 

Prosecutors in South Jersey charged an Egyptian native with two counts of murder days after police found the bodies of two men with their heads and hands cut off buried in the woods.

The grisly case spans several days and multiple locations around New Jersey and Philadelphia.

Authorities at a news conference on Monday said Yusuf Ibrahim, now of Jersey City, fatally shot two other men in the past week or so during an argument in a parked car in his hometown, severed their heads and hands, buried their bodies and dumped the car in Philadelphia.

The victims were 25- and 27-year-olds. Authorities have not released their names because their next of kin had not been notified.

Sources however identified one of the men as 27-year-old Amgad Konds. He moved to America from Egypt four years ago, friends told NBC10’s Daralene Jones.

Friends say the victims were roommates living in Southwest Philadelphia and also shared an apartment in Jersey City.

Both men were foreign nationals, though police would not say what country they were from -- one of several questions they said they could not or would not answer.

State police Lt. Col. Matthew Wilson and First Assistant Attorney General Tom Calcagni declined to explain a motive for the killings, for instance. But they said the body parts were cut off to deter identification of the victims.

The investigation came together on Thursday, when state police got a tip about something suspicious in rural Buena Vista Township, 40 miles southwest of Philadelphia. There, they found disturbed dirt.

And when they obtained a search warrant, they dug up the two men's bodies.

A cadaver dog helped locate their heads and hands buried separately nearby.

One of the victims was reported missing on Thursday. Police said he hadn't been seen alive in four days.

As investigators started to zero in on Ibrahim, who was wanted in a Jersey City armed robbery on Sept. 20, police in Philadelphia found another clue.

Sources tell NBC10 police found Konds’ white 1997 Mercedes Benz on the 4100 block of Pennsgrove Avenue engulfed in flames hours after his body was discovered. Officers saw a man run away from the burning car and then drive off in a Nissan Sentra with Virginia tags. Officers gave chase, but the man got away.

New Jersey authorities said the car belonged to a victim and the man trying to set it afire was Ibrahim.

He was arrested Sunday at a home in Bayonne. He faces two charges of murder and two charges of desecration of human remains. The state attorney general's office is handling the prosecution.

Ibrahim, 28, was being held at the Atlantic County Jail on Monday and couldn't be reached for comment. There was no word on whether he had a lawyer.

Iran Tehran ( Man who killed two girls - Publicly hanged on street ) Thugs forced to watch

One Public Execution And Public Humiliation of Young People By The Iranian Authorities In Tehran Today

Wednesday 13 February 2013

 

Iran Human Rights, February 13: One prisoner was publicly hanged in Tehran today. According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars the man was convicted of murdering two girls in 2005. The public execution was carried out early this morning at "Madani Street" east of Tehran.
The prisoner was not identified by name in the official Iranian media, but according to Iran Human Rights’ sources his name was "Ali Mohammad Zadeh".
Fars news agency also published pictures from the Iranian security forces’ campaign of arresting "thugs" in Tehran. The pictures show that masked security forces put several young men on display in public and humiliate them (Pictures below).
Iran Human Rights (IHR) condemns today’s public execution and public humiliation of the young Iranians under the pretext of "fighting the thugs". Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said:”The campaign of public terrorization of the people in Tehran today once again reflects the Iranian authority’s leader Ali Khamenei’s fear of possible public protests in the coming months". Amiry-Moghaddam urged the international community to react to the Iranian authorities’ terrorization and humiliation of the people.

San Diego ( Armed school teacher arrested for having a gun on Campus )

Armed teacher arrested at SD school

By Pauline Repard and Maureen Magee9:31 a.m.Feb. 12, 2013

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Chief Rueben Littlejohn of the San Diego Unified School District Police Department briefs media on Tuesday at School District headquarters in San Diego, California. District police arrested a Farb Middle School teacher for weapons possession on campus. — Eduardo Contreras

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SAN DIEGO — A San Diego teacher was arrested Monday at Farb Middle School after he was found carrying a gun and a switchblade knife at the Tierrasanta campus, authorities said.

Ned Carter Walker, who teaches seventh- and eighth-grade English, was jailed on felony charges of having weapons on school grounds, said Rueben Littlejohn, the San Diego Unified School District’s police chief.

Littlejohn, speaking at a Tuesday news conference, said he knew of no threats made by Walker to use the weapons, but “we speculate that this employee was somewhat infatuated with firearms” and wanted to be ready in case of an armed intruder on campus.

It is a felony in California for anyone except sworn law officers to have weapons on a school campus, even if the person has a permit to carry a gun, Littlejohn said. He said he didn’t know if Walker had a concealed weapons permit.

Walker, 41, was held on $50,000 in bail but had been released from jail as of Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday afternoon, a man answering a phone number associated with Walker said, “I have no comment at this time.”

Walker has been placed on administrative leave and a substitute teacher was assigned to his classes, Farb Principal Courtney Rizzo said in a letter on the school website.

Some staff members told the principal on Monday morning that they had heard Walker was keeping ammunition in locked cabinets in his classroom, Littlejohn said. He said Walker had told some students and staff that he had a gun, and that he loves firearms.

Rizzo searched Walker’s classroom but wasn’t able to get into two locked cabinets. She contacted police, who checked the cabinets but found nothing improper, Littlejohn said.

“When we asked him initially, he denied possessing any weapons,” Littlejohn said. He said Walker let officers check his car in the school parking lot. Then, he said, they noticed a bulge in one of Walker’s pockets.

They patted him down and found a .380-caliber semi-automatic pistol with a 7-round magazine, and a switchblade knife with a 2 ½-inch blade, Littlejohn said.

Walker was arrested about 8:30 a.m. with no students around, the chief said. He said he didn’t know how long Walker had been carrying the pistol.

Walker has taught at Farb since 2006, and at Hamilton Elementary School for three years before that, Littlejohn said.

“There probably are a handful of teachers out there who know bringing a gun to school is not a good idea, but may not know it’s a felony,” Littlejohn said. “(Walker’s) intentions may be good, but nothing good came of this.”

Counselors were made available to students who wanted to talk about the incident.

Saudi Arabia ( Beheads citizen for murder - 11 is the total this year )

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Saudi Arabia beheads citizen for murder

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its nationals on Tuesday in the southwestern Aseer region after he was convicted of murdering a fellow citizen, the interior ministry announced.

Mohammad Al Qah’tani shot dead Mueed Al Qah’tani during a fight between the two, the ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.

His execution brings to 11 the number of people beheaded in Saudi Arabia so far this year.

In 2012, the kingdom beheaded 76 people, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. The US-based Human Rights Watch put the number at 69.

Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under Saudi Arabia’s strict version of sharia.

Source: AFP, February 12, 2013

Iran ( Two drug dealers Executed Today -One to be Hanged publicly tomorrow )

Two Prisoners Executed In Iran Today- One To Be Hanged Publicly Tomorrow Tuesday 12 February 2013 [English] [فارسى]   Iran Human Rights, February 12: Two prisoners were hanged in Arak (South of Tehran) and one prisoner scheduled to be hanged publicly in Tehran tomorrow, reported the Iranian state media. According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA two prisoners identified as "A. M." (29) and "R. M." (44) were hanged in the prison of Arak (south of Tehran) today Tuesday February 12. The prisoners were convicted of possession and trafficking of 1014 grams of crack and 1717 grams of heroin respectively, said the report. The state run Fars news agency reported that one prisoner is scheduled to be hanged publicly in Tehran tomorrow Wednesday February 13. The prisoner who was not identified by name, was convicted of murdering two girls

North Korea ( Millions are to die of starvation- But they have a 7 kiloton detonation device)

North Korean nuclear crisis explodes

The only realistic opportunity of heading off a potentially disastrous confrontation lies with China

There has been no shift in the confrontational policy since Kim Jong-un succeeded his father as Supreme Leader in 2011 Photo: AP

There can be little doubt that the nuclear test undertaken by North Korea yesterday represented a significant escalation in its long-running stand-off with the outside world. Coming soon after Pyongyang successfully fired an advanced three-stage version of its Nodong rocket system, with the range to hit the west coast of the US, the detonation of a device with an estimated yield of seven kilotons – just under half the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of the Second World War – suggests North Korea is closing in on its ambition of acquiring a home-grown nuclear arsenal.

The concept of “Songun” – Military First – remains deeply rooted in the North Korean psyche, even if it means allowing millions of the country’s citizens to die of starvation, which is what occurred in the Nineties when the national economy collapsed. Nor has there been any shift in this confrontational policy since Kim Jong-un succeeded his father as Supreme Leader in 2011. The disturbing advances in the nuclear programme have taken place on his watch.

Western attempts to bring Pyongyang to its senses have clearly made little headway, which is why the only realistic opportunity of heading off a potentially disastrous confrontation lies with China, North Korea’s communist supporter and largest trading partner. Chinese officials frequently complain that they exert little influence over their delinquent neighbour, but these claims are disingenuous. North Korea could not survive without Chinese support, and the fact that Kim Jong-un’s succession was decided in Beijing, rather than Pyongyang, tells its own story. The crisis in North Korea is now too serious for China to continue to turn a blind eye. Beijing should accept that a nuclear-armed Pyongyang is as much a danger to the Chinese as it is to the rest of the world.