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Monday, July 18, 2016

Mexico - Police Commander executed by cartel



Yesterday around 20:20 hours a commander of the federal police in Los Mochis, Sinaloa was executed by a group of gunmen, according to information the Commandant was preparing to conduct a review to a truck when he was attacked with long and of different calibers by gunmen traveling in another compact vehicle weapons, was identified as the commander Arturo López Navarrete. 

Hindu Women Pray for Love, Long Lives for Their Husbands in Nepal

KATHMANDU – Crowds of married and single women flocked to temples in Nepal on Monday to offer prayers for their husbands or for the chance of finding their perfect spouse.


The prayers were offered to the Hindu Lord Shiva as part of the annual Sarwan Brata festival, or month of fasting, which this year falls between July 16-Aug. 16.

Each Monday during this period, women go to temples to pray for a long and prosperous life for their husbands or, in the case of single devotees, for the chance of finding love.

Thousands of women started gathering at Kathmandu’s Pashupati Temple from around 4 a.m. local time (2215 GMT Sunday) to light incense and offer their first prayers of the festival, an epa journalist reported.

The next month will see the continuation of the Monday worship of Shiva, one of three major deities of Hinduism, whose role is to destroy the universe in order to recreate it.

Fasting during the Sarwan Brata festival is thought to bring devotees spiritual bliss, improve physical and mental health and expel negativity.

Assailants Hold 5 Hostage in Armenia Police Station


TBILISI – An armed group that stormed the police headquarters in the Armenian capital of Yerevan held five people hostage on Monday, according to media reports from neighboring countries.

A police colonel was killed in the assault, and four other officers were injured.

Among those being held hostage is the Deputy Chief of the National Police, Vardan Eguiazarian.

The suspects took over the police station on Sunday, calling for an armed uprising against the government and demanding the release of opposition politician and leader of the New Armenian Public Salvation Front, Zhirayr Sefilian.

In addition to freedom for Sefilian, the group was demanding the resignation of President Serge Sargsian and the establishment of a transitional government.

A veteran of the Nagorno-Karabakh war in Azerbaijan between Azerbaijani and Armenian groups, Sefilian was detained on June 20 for possession of weapons and explosives and has been held by police for over a month.

His supporters deny the claim and accuse authorities of persecuting their leader.

Authorities have begun negotiating with the rebels to try to persuade them to lay down their arms and surrender.