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Iran: Basij protest calls for closure of French embassy in Tehran

A rally by members of the Iranian regime’s Basij paramilitary force called for the closure of the Embassy of France in Tehran on Monday.

According to witnesses, the rally did not succeed in gathering more than a few hundred people who chanted "Death to France".

Last week, several provincial representatives of Ali Khamenei, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, welcomed the 7th January attack on Charlie Hebdo Magazine in Paris.

Ahmad Tavakoli, a member of the regime’s parliament, told the rally: "the attack against this evil newspaper seems to have been fictitious and had been carried out by agents of Mossad and the CIA."
Another speaker, Mohsen Mirhaji, a Basij representative, speaking at the rally outside the French embassy, reminded that the demonstration is being held on Khamenei’s order.

"We are gathered here today to remind the shameless Ambassador of France that if we do not demolish the embassy today on their head, it's because of the orders from our leader [Ali Khamenei]," he shouted.

Phoenix -75 yr old woman tries to run over " neighbor and dog's "

Deputies said Theresa Depiero had a run-in with her neighbor about eight months ago after their dogs fought and Depiero told investigators on Monday that she wished she were in a better mood when she saw her neighbor walking through the area, according to court records.

"I wish I had not seen him," Depiero told investigators. "I just didn't want to put up with any more (expletive)."

Sheriff's deputies said the victim was walking his dog at 5:30 p.m. Monday near Camelback and Citrus roads when a woman in a black SUV drove past him, stopped her car, opened the door and shouted obscenities.

The victim said he told Depiero to stop and kept walking his dogs to remove himself from the scene, according to deputies.

Depiero turned her car around and yelled, "I am going to kill you," according to court records. Depiero then drove directly toward the victim and caused him to jump off the road into landscaping, with his dogs, in order to not get hit, deputies said.

The victim then told investigators that Depiero backed her car up and drove toward him again, according to court documents. The man told deputies he again had to jump into rocks to escape Depiero's SUV and that he had to walk into the driveway of a home when Depiero tried to hit him a third time, according to a sheriff's report.

Depiero was taken into custody and told investigators that she did not want to hit her neighbor but that she only wanted to scare him, according to a sheriff's report.

Depiero was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault and held on a $5,000 bond, according to court documents.

Morales: Pope Francis to Visit Bolivia in July

LA PAZ – Pope Francis will visit Bolivia in July on a tour that will also take him to Paraguay and Ecuador, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced on Monday.

At a press conference in La Paz, Morales confirmed that Francis will travel to Bolivia after visiting Paraguay in July adding that after his stay in Bolivia, the pontiff will continue on to Ecuador.

“What did he tell me before? That he still hadn’t determined if his visit would begin in Ecuador, Bolivia or Paraguay, but they’ve communicated to us that it’s going to start in Paraguay. I still don’t have any information about how many days he’ll spend here, but I have to start to prepare for the pope’s visit,” the president said.

Morales revealed last December that Francis had expressed his wish to visit Bolivia in 2015 to him at the private meeting the pair held at The Vatican in late October.

The president had suggested that Francis carry out the main part of his itinerary in the eastern region of Santa Cruz, which is located some 400 meters (1,312 feet) above sea level, for health reasons, but the pope insisted on coming to La Paz, which sits 3,600 meters (about 11,800 feet) above sea level.

The only visit by a pope to Bolivia was made by John Paul II in 1988.

Four Assailants Killed During Attempted Robbery in Brazil

SAO PAULO – Four suspects were killed Monday in a shootout with police officers during an attempted robbery in Brazil’s largest city of Sao Paulo, authorities said.

A group of as many as eight men was surprised by police as they prepared to detonate explosives to snatch automatic teller machines at a Banco do Brasil branch in the Jabarquara neighborhood, the municipal public safety office said.

The would-be robbers opened fire at the police and four suspects were killed in the exchange of shots.

The other suspects fled in three vehicles, police said.

There were no injuries among police officers, but an unidentified person was struck by one of the suspects’ vehicles and required hospitalization, media outlets said.

Police seized two rifles and three automatic pistols and the bomb squad removed and deactivated the explosives placed in the ATMs.

Using explosives to heist ATMs has become common in Sao Paulo in recent years.

Mexico’s AG’s Office Offers Reward for Info Leading to 8 Kidnap Victims

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office on Monday offered a reward of up to 1.5 million pesos (some $102,880) for information leading to the whereabouts of eight female kidnap victims.

The reward also stands for information that helps authorities identify, locate, detain and apprehend the probable perpetrators of those crimes, according to the document published in the Official Gazette.

The women being sought are Jessica Ivonne Padilla Cuellar, Nancy Iveth Navarro Muñoz, Grisel Paola Ventura Rosas, Maria de la Luz Hernandez Cardona, Gabriela Espinoza Ibarra, Griselda Mares Mata, Silvia Arce, and Janeth Paola Soto Betancourt.

The AG’s office also offered the same reward for information that helps authorities identify, locate, detain and apprehend those behind the trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation and murder of Yanira Frayre Jaquez and Idaly Juache Laguna.

It clarified that financial rewards do not apply to public servants with duties related to public safety, justice administration and the implementation of criminal penalties.

Note from blogger :Death of Argentina prosecutor ( Dirty deal over Iran Oil )

I read there was no " Gun powder on his hands ," this clearly point's out the fact that he did not shoot himself. 
                    DIRTY DEAL OVER IRAN OIL  - STATES WALL STREET E-MAIL

Mr. Nisman accused Mrs. Kirchner of ordering intermediaries to secretly negotiate a deal with Tehran to offer immunity for Iranian suspects in exchange for Iranian oil. The prosecutor, who had worked on the case for a decade, was scheduled to appear at a congressional hearing on Monday to discuss the allegations, which Argentine officials have vigorously denied.

“The issue is very clear,” Mr. Nisman wrote in an email to The Wall Street Journal on Friday, declining to offer additional details about the case. “On Monday, in the Argentine Congress, I am going to explain it in detail in my exposition.”