Canada news ( Iran admires determination and bravery Canadian aboriginals to follow their rights )

Iran Blasts Violation of Human Rights in Canada

 

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran deplored Canada's weak record in respecting human rights, and condemned the Ottawa government for abusing the rights of the Canadian people, natives in particular.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement congratulated native people of Canada on Canada's National Aboriginal Day, and asked Ottawa to respect the rights of Canadian aborigines.

The statement said Iran admires determination and bravery of Canadian aboriginals to follow their rights and felicitates anniversary of their national day and supports their legitimate demands and expresses its deep concern over continuation of systematic discrimination against these people.

The statement went on to say, unfortunately, Canadian aboriginal societies suffer from all kinds of social and economic discrepancies and do not enjoy the least primary human rights and face with different types of violations and threats.

It said Iran strongly calls on Canadian government to be committed to the rights of aboriginals.

Canada has had a very bad track record when it comes to the treatment of natives and most of the native Canadians suffer poor educational, economic and social conditions, and are among the poorest members of the Canadian society

TUCSON Az ( Swat team -stand off - U.S Marshals kidnapping suspect with child )

US Marshals, TPD on scene of barricaded suspect out of Las Vegas

Posted: Jun 27, 2013 11:25 AM by Brian White
Updated: Jun 27, 2013 12:03 PM

 

 

TUCSON - Hostage negotiators have been dispatched to an eastside home where a kidnapping suspect from Las Vegas is barricaded.
The suspect has an outstanding warrant out of Las Vegas, US Marshals spokesman Daniel Leyva said.
US Marshals and Tucson Police are at the home in the 7800 block of East Callisto Circle.
That's near Tanque Verde Road and Camino Pio Decimo

TUCSON Az ( Wild wild West - Man with AR- 15 assault rifle on Bus " triggers legal Questions " )

Gun on a city bus: Is it legal?

Posted: Jun 26, 2013 6:35 PM by Nathan O'Neal
Updated: Jun 27, 2013 8:50 AM

 

TUCSON - Passengers on a Suntran bus received a startling surprise Wednesday morning when a passenger boarded carrying a high-capacity rifle, stirring emotions and questions about the legality of carrying the weapon on a city bus.
Nicholas Draper was just finishing a bike ride when he hopped on that bus near Palo Verde and Ajo.

"I lifted my glasses and look across from me and there's this kid with an assault rifle with a smoky transparent clip that was full of bullets... and he's sitting there with his finger on the trigger and the safety," Draper told News 4 Tucson.
Concerned, Draper got up to tell the bus driver about the armed bus rider.
"He's basically glaring everybody on the bus down like he's suspicious of everyone and it's making me very uncomfortable," Draper said. Draper exited the bus at the next bus stop.
A spokesperson with Suntran said that while they do not have a policy preventing people from bringing legal weapons on board, they highly discourage it.
While it's perfectly legal to carry an AR-15 in public without a permit, Tommy Rompel, the owner of Black Weapons Armory, said acting in an intimidating way could pose a problem.
"I think that would be an issue depending on where his finger is and how he's acting in public," Rompel said.
State law comes into play in terms of how you carry a firearm, but more importantly, how you behave while carrying it. State statute prohibits the reckless handling, display or firing of a deadly weapon.
"Unless he's doing something really inappropriate with it, it's more of bad etiquette is what it boils down to," Rompel said.
As for Draper, he never wants to run into that kind of situation again.
"I'm sure I wasn't the only one scared. I saw a few people glance over... minding their own business," Draper said.
A spokesperson with Suntran told News 4 Tucson that this incident turned out very peacefully. However, they acknowledge that it's very important for the public to act as their eyes and ears - letting the bus driver know if anything suspicious is going on.

Mexico ( 51 million dollar Wind Farm Begins Operating in Nuevo Leon ) Power for 6 cities

Wind Farm Begins Operating in Nuevo Leon

Published at 5:03 am EST, June 27, 2013

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Eolica Santa Catarina said its $51 million wind farm in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon started operating.
The facility, which has the capacity to generate 45 GW annually of electricity, uses state-of-the-art General Electric turbines.
The wind farm will supply electricity to six cities, including the industrial center of Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon, providing annual fuel savings of 15 million pesos ($1.13 million).
Foreign trade bank Bancomext provided $36 million in financing for the project, with the remaining $15 million provided by consortium partners Comexhidro Viento and NextEnergy of Mexico, and U.S.-based Conduit Capital.
“This energy is sufficient to light between 8,000 and 10,000 houses with monthly consumption of 500 kilowatts and will benefit the residents of the entire Monterrey metropolitan area,” Eolica Santa Catarina said.

Belmont Race ( Downtown "Hottie " wins race after throwing Jockey off ) The Man was holding her down

Horse throws rider, goes on to win race at Belmont

By Jay Busbee | The Turnstile – 2 hours 39 minutes ago

 

Strike a blow for the forces of horse freedom! In the sixth race at Belmont on Wednesday, Downtown Hottie, age 6, decided she'd had quite enough of The Man holding her down, whipping her back end and telling her which way to turn and how fast to run. So she dumped his sorry behind, and as so often happens in these situations, she was the better for it, going on to win the race. Presumably she received plenty of attagirls from her fellow mares in the stable, who watched with envy as she ascended into the sunlight.

Of course, The Man had his revenge. The announcer declined to mention Downtown Hottie, the camera kept her almost completely out of view, and the final tally had her disqualified. Ain't that always the way?

Syria ( Rebels Assassinate Franciscan Monk, Destroy Church in Syria's Idlib )

Rebels Assassinate Franciscan Monk, Destroy Church in Syria's Idlib

 

 

TEHRAN (FNA)- Armed groups assassinated monk Francois Murad of the Franciscan monastery in Jisr al-Shughour countryside in Idlib. [VIDEO]

Vatican news agency on Tuesday quoted head of all Franciscans in the Holy Land and Custos of the Holy Land in al-Quds (Jerusalem) Pierbattista Pizzaballa as saying that father Murad decided to be a hermit and resorted to the monastery few weeks earlier.

Custos of the Holy Land said that gunmen entered the monastery and looted all of its items before killing monk Murad, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.

"The world must know that supporting the gunmen by the west help extremists kill the Syrians", Pizzaballa said, adding, "With such stances, not a single Christian will remain in the East."

Mexico ( Gunmen Ambush and Kill 3 Police Officers in Western Mexico -Cartel Wars )

Gunmen Kill 3 Police Officers in Western Mexico

MEXICO CITY – Three police officers were murdered in Tancitaro, a city in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, by unidentified individuals, a city spokesman told Efe.

Gunmen captured the officers early Tuesday in the city’s Pareo district, where the officers had been sent on patrol.

The bodies of the three slain officers were found by other law enforcement agents in El Caracol, an area on the Garachico-Limon de La Luna highway in Tancitaro.

“We are all a bit confused about what really happened, but the only thing I can say is that they were taken around 4:00 a.m. (Tuesday) by a group of unidentified people and the officers’ bodies were found around 7:45 a.m.,” the city spokesman said.

Investigators are working on the case and bullet casings for different types of weapons were found at the crime scene, the city spokesman said.

The Caballeros Templarios, La Familia Michoacana and Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartels have been fighting for control of Michoacan.

The gangs have been battling each other, as well as new armed vigilante groups, known as “community police forces,” in different cities.

The Caballeros Templarios gang was founded in March 2011 by former members of La Familia Michoacana and deals in both synthetic drugs and natural drugs.

The cartel has been fighting rival gangs for control of turf and smuggling routes in Guerrero and Michoacan states, both of which are on the Pacific.

Michoacan’s forests and mountains are used by drug traffickers to grow marijuana and produce synthetic drugs.

Los Caballeros Templarios is suspected of carrying out murders, staging kidnappings and running extortion rackets that target business owners and transport companies in Michoacan’s 113 municipalities, officials said.

French food giant Danone and Mexican pharmaceutical company Grupo Saba have decided to close their plants in Michoacan due to the high level of crime and move their operations to the less violent states of Queretaro and Jalisco, officials said.

Snack food company Sabritas, a unit of U.S. soft drinks and snack foods giant PepsiCo, was the target of several attacks in Michoacan last year.

The state has also been affected by a wave of protests staged by the CNTE teachers union and normal school students opposed to the educational reforms implemented in February by President Enrique Peña Nieto. EFE