WASHINGTON ( Harvard University Returns to Normal after Bomb Hoax )

WASHINGTON – Harvard University is returning to normal after a bomb hoax on Monday forced authorities to evacuate four buildings on the Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus where final exams were being given.

University police found no trace of the alleged explosives during their investigation and they were unable to verify any specific threat against the campus or students, and so the all clear was given for the university to return to its normal activities.

However, authorities will continue investigating to determine who was responsible for the bomb threat that disrupted campus activities and forced some final exams to be suspended.

Local media reported on Twitter that students on campus did not take the threat very seriously, recalling that this is final exam week.

University authorities ordered four buildings evacuated after the threat was received and alerted the police that they had an “unconfirmed” report regarding the presence of explosives on campus.

Harvard authorities in a Twitter message instructed students to evacuate the Science Center, Thayer, Sever and Emerson buildings, but all facilities later returned to their normal functions and operations.

San Diego ( 3,000 Bikers Take Part in Toy Run to Tijuana )

SAN DIEGO – More than 3,000 motorcyclists traveled from San Diego to Tijuana to participate in the 28th edition of the “Toy Run,” a charitable event to support children living in the Mexican border city.

The event, organized by the Solo Angeles club of Tijuana and the Harley Davidson club of San Diego, gathered bikers from California and the Mexican state of Baja California, who donated toys to thousands of children who waited from early in the morning seated along Revolucion Ave. in Tijuana.

According to organizers, the caravan required about six months of preparation during which thousands of toys were donated by companies in the United States.

One of the participants, Diablo, said that the Toy Run began more than 20 years ago when a group of bikers delivered toys to a Tijuana orphanage and, once the immense demand was noticed, they decided to organize a much larger event.

“At times there are no words. You’re giving a child something he’s going to play with, and seeing his happy face is a great satisfaction,” Diablo said.

Maria Santos waited in line since very early in the morning, her 6-year-old son Samuel said, since in addition to helping him get a toys she enjoys seeing the motorcycles.

“She asked for one for Christmas,” he said smiling.

“It’s a very perfect event and we’re always grateful that they take the time to come and give happiness to my son and other children,” she said.

Iran ( Police Chief threatens officials over " Facebook " Governor opened his account )

Just days after Iran's Police Chief threatened the country's officials with "legal and judicial consequences" if they continue to cross the regime's red lines by using Facebook, a governor in the southeastern province of Fars has opened his own Facebook page.

 

Mohabat News -  With only 326 followers, and labeled "managed by fans of Dr. Seyed Mohammad Ahmadi," this Facebook page is no less significant than Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's Facebook page with 771,000 followers: they have both crossed the regime's red lines.

The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to face a precarious position vis-à-vis Facebook and other social networks. While some Iranian officials have discovered the importance and significance of social networks as tools for disseminating information about their activities and testing the waters for new policies or getting public feedback through online dialogue, use of these social networks is still considered a crime for ordinary Iranians.

Last week Abdolsamad Khorramabadi, Secretary of the Work Group to Determine Instances of Criminal Content on the Internet, called Facebook "an espionage website" which must be blocked. "Considering the Supreme Leader's explicit reference to Facebook's effective role in the '2009 Sedition'"—referring to public protests following the disputed 2009 elections—"as well as warnings in this regard, issued by the esteemed Grand Ayatollahs, Ulama, and those who care about the regime, I doubt anyone is pondering the necessity of continuing the blocking of this website," Khorramabdi told Fars News website. The week before that, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi had also expressed dismay at statements made by officials about the possible unblocking of Facebook.

Gholamali Haddad Adel, a conservative MP from Tehran and a high-ranking advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader, said on December 6 that decisions about unblocking Facebook must be made by the Parliament. While agreeing with the notion that the Parliament should be involved in decision-making about Facebook, however, Ali Motahari, another conservative MP, told reporters this week that he is still investigating, "to see which one outweighs the other—Facebook's advantages or disadvantages. Blocking [Facebook] has not led to the elimination of demand for this network. Even my son has a page on Facebook." Another Rouhani cabinet member with a Facebook page is his Vice President in Women's and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, whose following includes many social and civil activists and journalists.

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Mexico ( The killing of " Women " continues in Mexico )

Matamoros, Coahuila -. A young woman was killed and her body was located Sunday at noon south of town on the side of the road.



The body, with multiple stab wounds, had lower garments down in the inner most part to humiliate her, It was on a dirt road south of the city, near the terminus of the Red Bus La Laguna.

Spokesmen for the State Attorney's Office today reported that the deceased is not identified and described some 25 years old, fair complexion, white skin, with dyed red hair.


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Yemen ( Japanese Diplomat " stabbed in an attempt kidnapping " by Embassy )

SANA’A – A Japanese diplomat was wounded on the weekend in this capital when he was attacked by armed men, an official with the Japanese Embassy said.

The official said that, for the moment, it is not known if the attack was a kidnapping attempt or a robbery, but the hypothesis investigators are working with is that it was the former.

The victim, the second secretary of the Japanese delegation, was driving with his Yemeni assistant when armed men stopped their vehicle and stabbed him.

The attack occurred in the Hadda neighborhood in the southern part of the capital, where the majority of embassies are located, including Japan’s.

The diplomat was admitted to a local hospital but no report has been released yet on his condition.

Attacks on foreigners have increased in recent months in Yemen, where recently a Belarusian military instructor and a security official with the German Embassy were murdered.

Kidnappings of foreigners, including diplomats, are also frequent occurrences here, many of them staged by tribal or terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, who use the hostages to exert pressure on the authorities to respond to their demands.

Argentina ( 9 cops arrested for " Looting or extorting " Shop owners )

BUENOS AIRES – Nine law-enforcement officers were arrested Saturday in the northern Argentine province of Tucuman for their alleged role in looting that occurred amid a police strike, judicial officials said.

The police are accused of collaborating in or instigating the looting of commercial establishments in Tucuman on Monday and Tuesday while officers were on strike to press demands for pay hikes, the official Telam news agency reported.

Tucuman was one of the Argentine provinces affected in recent days by police job actions and violent disturbances that left 11 dead nationwide.

Order was gradually restored after officers were granted pay hikes of up to 50 percent. In the case of Tucuman, police received a salary increase of 35 percent.

Federal and provincial courts now are investigating the possible role of police in the wave of looting that occurred.

Tucuman’s provincial government has filed a criminal complaint for sedition against police, accusing them of adopting an illegal form of protest.

Fifty civilians also have been arrested in Tucuman for looting, while authorities have conducted scores of raids in search of stolen merchandise.

On Thursday, Argentina’s government called for a thorough investigation into the deadly disturbances.

“The full weight of the law must fall not only on the perpetrators (of the looting) but also the intellectual authors,” Cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich, who met Thursday with members of the Supreme Court, told reporters.

A “profound debate” is needed on police reform because the country cannot be “at the mercy of groups that seize other people’s property or use extortion to press salary demands,” he added.

“A deliberate action of this nature cannot be carried out in isolation. The modus operandi makes us believe this was a strategy that merits an investigation by the judiciary,” Capitanich said.

The Argentine government, meanwhile, has made preparations to prevent looting on the outskirts of Buenos Aires on Dec. 19-20, the 12th anniversary of violent civil unrest and rioting that erupted amid a severe economic crisis