Nine dead after biker gang feud in Texas

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Nine dead after biker gang feud in Texas
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Monday, May 18, 2015

Nine people are dead and eighteen injured after a shootout among alleged rival biker gangs broke out inside a sports bar in Texas yesterday.

The violence erupted at Twin Peaks Sports Bar and Grill inside a shopping mall in Waco. The fight which included up to five biker gangs quickly escalated, resulting in a gunfire battle across two car parks. Waco Sergeant Patrick Swanton said an argument about a parking spot may have sparked the fight.

Restaurant customers said they waited out the fight with staff locked in a freezer room. Swanton said all but one of the deaths occurred at the scene, with the ninth in hospital.

Swanton said, “This is probably one of the most gruesome crime scenes I’ve ever seen in my 34 years of law enforcement”, and, “I was amazed that we didn’t have innocent civilians killed or injured.”

Police officers were present and quick to intervene when the shooting broke out as they knew beforehand of a planned meeting.

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Uncategorized May 6th 2022

G20 protester dies after collapsing

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

According to reports, a man protesting the G20 Summit in London, England has died after collapsing at a protester camp.

Sky News says the man collapsed on the street inside a camp close to the Bank of England and when found he was still breathing, but efforts by paramedics to rescue him failed and he was pronounced dead at an area hospital. The name of the person and cause of death are not yet known, but several people were injured earlier in the day. The police claim that protestors threw bottles at them while trying to rescue the protestor.

The London Ambulance Service reported that “we received a 999 call at 7:24 pm from a member of the public reporting that a man had fallen over and was unconscious, but was breathing. [They] made extensive efforts to resuscitate him both there and on the way to hospital.”

Earlier in the day a minimum of 20 protesters broke into the bank and according to reports vandalized furniture, broke windows and cut the telephone lines to the building.

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Uncategorized May 4th 2022

Extra Large Dog Beds For Extra Comfort

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Submitted by: Joe Walsh

It’s said that to truly understand someone you need to walk around in their shoes for a day. Well, if you could sleep in your dog’s bed for a night, which might be quite an eye opener too! “But I wouldn’t fit in there!” you cry. Well, does your dog really fit into his or her bed comfortably? If your dog is one of the larger breeds, like a Great Dane or Rottweiler, the chances are that hey may be squeezing themselves into a sleeping position that is not good for them. That is because there are not that many extra large dog beds on the market.

Why is the size of the dog bed so important?

Very big dogs are more prone to joint problems, particularly in their spines and hips. That is a sad fact of the extra length of the limb and the extra weight that they have to carry. That is why it is very important that you get your dog the right size of bed, so it can relax properly yet have all its joints and muscles supported. It is also necessary to get a bed that has extra strong padding, which will not sag under the extra weight of the dog. In addition, large dogs have stronger bites and they are tougher on their beds, chewing them and pummeling the sides, so you need something that is stronger than the average dog bed. Extra large dog beds give your dog all these benefits.

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Types available

Extra large dog beds can be found in any shape in which a regular dog bed can be bought. In order to decide which type would be best for your dog you need to look at how your dog lies in sleep or at rest. You can find beds expansive enough for even very large dogs to stretch out in, if that is what they like to do. In this case, a rectangular dog bed would be best. This will allow the dog to stretch out fully and yet still have full body support. This is particularly important if your dog has hip or back issues. Also, one of these rectangular extra large dog beds can be good to accommodate two or three dogs who like to snuggle up together, and can be great for a nursing mother and her pups.

However, if your dog prefers to sleep curled up, legs tucked in, a donut shape would be the best type to buy. This will support your dog’s spine well as a dog that sleeps curled up needs increased back support, especially if it is a large dog. The built up sides of the donut bed will prevent your curled up dog from rolling off the bed and potentially hurting themselves.

Added extras

Extra large dog beds can also be bought with memory foam functions. A memory foam dog bed can be particularly good for elderly dogs and those with joint and muscular problems. The heat helps to loosen the joints and prevent the stiffness that they may get from lying down for a period of time. Extra padding is a requirement in the dog bed and helpful for reducing inflammation, such as that caused by hip dysplasia.

So, extra large dog beds can be found with all the features of any size of dog bed, but they are the best way to ensure the health and sound sleeping of your large dog.

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“Woofstock” dog festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

North America’s largest outdoor dog festival came back to Toronto last weekend for its fifth year. It ran from the 9th of June to the 10th of June at Toronto’s historical St. Lawrence Market. A Wikinews reporter was there on Sunday to report on some of the events that happened on the last day.

The “Woofstock” dog festival attracted as many as 140,000 people with their dogs. The festival had tons of accessories, sold under tents, to buy for dogs; food, toys, designer clothes, and more. About 400 vendors and exhibitors were there to promote their products, which also gave private dog companies or groups a chance to show their new products. The local SPCA and some animal rescues were under tents answering questions from visitors. While walking, all visitors could see the CN Tower and other very tall buildings.

One of the local TV stations, Citytv, was there. They hosted a live event at the show which was broadcast on TV. People came up on the stage and asked questions regarding their dogs and the host and co-host answered them.

A man, who called himself the “Chalk Master”, drew two pictures on pavement with chalk. He did it for free but donations were welcome. One was a picture of a girl’s head beside a dog’s head, and another with a wolf.

“Hello Humans. I’ve been invited here to provide your eyeball(s), with some pretty colours. I don’t get paid as I work this weekend strictly for tips… so, if you like what you see please make a DONATION. If you don’t like it simply reach into the pocket of the person next to you and give me their money. CHALK MASTER.”

A contest called “Canada’s top dog” had its own tent with a professional photographer taking pictures of dogs behind a white screen; the winning photo is to be published on the cover of “Puppy and dog basics” magazine.

Large “Gourmet” dog bones were also served from a cart and table.

Next year’s festival is expected to be bigger and better with even more attractions.

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Uncategorized May 3rd 2022

Freighter hits fishing boat in Gulf of Suez; thirteen dead

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

A freighter hit a fishing boat around midnight on Sunday morning in the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea. Of the 40 Egyptian fisherman on board, thirteen are dead and thirteen more missing.

Survivor Al Sayyed Mohamed Arafat told local media he jumped from the fishing boat, named Badr al-Islam, as the container ship approached. He says he hung onto a wooden crate for four hours before rescue. Local authorities have promised compensation to each survivor.

A vessel, flagged in Panama, suspected to be involved in the collision has been detained by the military. The army said yesterday one victim raised the alarm by phone and the military sent four boats and a helicopter to commence search and rescue off the Gabal al-Zayt coastline.

A plane has since joined the search. The military say the fishing boat lacked safety equipment for emergency communications.

The detained ship was found south of the Gulf, near the port of Safaga. It was carrying 220 tonnes of cargo according to the General Authority for the Red Sea Ports.

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Uncategorized May 2nd 2022

4,400 kilograms of drugs seized in New Delhi

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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

In the biggest ever narcotics haul in India’s capital, the New Delhi police have seized over 4,400 kg of Mandrax and Rs. 20 crore from a dealer in the city. The consignment, meant for a customer in the U.S, was seized from a godown in Badarpur, near the Delhi-Haryana border. The alleged trafficker, identified as Vinod Sharma, claimed that the contraband was not his and that he had nothing to do with the matter. Sharma started his career as a scrap-dealer in Delhi, and police suspect that with the help of some contacts he used container depots for drug-trafficking, whilst successfully dodging both the police and the Customs Department.

On Sunday the Delhi Police arrested him at his Kalkaji residence. The Deputy Commissioner of Police for South District, Delhi Police, Anil Shukla said, “Sharma befriended container drivers and once they had driven past customs, he and his men would meet them at a distance and pilfer the containers.”

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Uncategorized April 30th 2022

Get Your Ex Boyfriend Back When He Hasn’t Called}

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Submitted by: Anthony Malibu

Has your ex boyfriend been unresponsive? Learn what to do when your ex is being cold and distant, and how you can draw him emotionally closer on the path to winning him back.

Getting dumped… it’s never easy. Being harshly rejected by someone you love can take a big emotional toll on you, especially if the end of the relationship came as a complete and total surprise.

Yet even in the darkest of scenarios, there’s still some light at the end of the tunnel. Ready for some good news? Even after breaking up with you, our ex boyfriend is still emotionally attached to you. While you dated, your ex developed some very strong feelings for you. It’s foolish to think these feelings just magically went away the moment he dropped the bomb.

No, the truth of the matter is that your breakup doesn’t have to be permanent. Until your boyfriend totally lets go, there will

always

be a way to work yourself back into his heart. Once you realize and accept this, there’s only the matter of finding it.

The big problem however, is this: initially it will be difficult to make

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any

sort of move in your ex boyfriend’s direction. Is he pushing you away right now? Acting cold and distant toward you? Has your ex ignored your phone calls, and not returned your text-messages? If so, you’re in a very critical stage of your breakup. What you do right now will determine how easy (or hard) it will be to get back your ex boyfriend. Your overall success depends on the severity of the mistakes you make, or hopefully

don’t

make.

When your ex boyfriend doesn’t call, it’s because he’s implementing a very standard defense mechanism. Simply put, guys don’t want to be around girls they’ve just broken up with. It’s weird, it’s awkward, and it’s a very strange scenario. Unless your boyfriend is ready to take you back – and right now he’s not – your ex won’t be looking for any form of contact with you, electronic or otherwise.

Don’t Take Your Ex Boyfriend’s Lack of Contact as a Sign of Rejection

The faster you feel your ex slipping away from you, the more you’ll want to act toward getting him back. This is the fatal flaw in your plan, and it’s a very big catch-22 scenario. Why? Because the more you take action right now, the faster you’ll push him away. Your reaction to feeling as if your exboyfriend is emotionally slipping away soon becomes the very thing that

makes you lose him

.

Try to understand that your boyfriend ignoring you means absolutely nothing right now. In fact, the less contact you have with him the better. To get back your boyfriend, you’ll first need to make your ex miss you. This requires ignoring him in return, rather than chasing after him.

Once you’ve shown your ex that you’re no longer trying to fix the breakup? His first reaction will be a sigh of relief. He’ll be happy he no longer has to fear bumping into you, or hearing from you during this awkward phase of the breakup. His second reaction? Curiosity. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, your ex will find himself wondering

why

you’re not chasing him anymore.

Creating an Atmosphere Where Your Ex Boyfriend Will Miss You

Alright, here’s where things get good. As contact between you and your ex boyfriend disappears entirely, he’s suddenly struck with the idea of losing you forever. This concept has never occurred to him before, because all along he’s known that you still love him. The entire time you kept chasing or calling your ex, it reaffirmed the fact that he still had you wrapped around his little finger.

But now? Practically overnight, you’ve become a mystery. You’ve removed yourself from the realm of his daily life, leaving him to wonder where you are.

“Hmmmm… she stopped calling. Is she with someone else? Did she meet some other guy?”

These thoughts will reverberate through your ex’s head, bouncing around and around in there until he begins feeling the overwhelming need to find out what you’re up to. Keep your silence total and complete, and this shouldn’t take long.

At this point, your ex boyfriend misses you. He hasn’t seen or heard from you in a while, and he’ll start thinking fondly back to your past relationship. At the same time, your ex will start feeling a sense of increased urgency. Not knowing whether or not he can get you back will take away his safety net, and this can be a very scary thing for a guy who just dumped you.

Learning how to get your boyfriend back when he doesn’t call isn’t all that hard. It requires a clear head and some emotional patience. Knowing what to do next is also an important part of the reconciliation process, so don’t go into reversing your breakup without a step by step blueprint of what to do.

Want to get your ex boyfriend to call you? Learn which methods and techniques are best! Couples get back together by being

proactive

about their breakups… not by sitting idly by and hoping that things somehow magically right themselves.

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Baby attacked by dog in New York

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Saturday, January 5, 2008

An eight-month old boy, Andrew, was attacked and killed by a Doberman Pinscher in Brooklyn, New York. The dog was a three-year old named Mackabee, who is also neutered.

The grandmother was babysitting the boy. While she was in the kitchen she heard the boy scream and ran next door to a neighbor for help. The neighbor took the dog off the boy, rescued him and brought him to his house to try and perform CPR on the boy, while he called 911 for help.

Police said the baby’s head was in bad shape and the dog broke the boy’s skull. Andrew was sent to Kings County Medical.

The doctors tried to save his life by working on him for nearly an hour, but the boy died at 3:06 pm local time. The parents of the child were not home at the time of the incident. The dog was shot with a tranquilizer and was sent to a care center. The city Department of Health is investigating. The dog may have to be put down because of the incident.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control, the Doberman Pinscher is not frequently involved in fatal attacks on humans in comparison to several other dog breeds such as German Shepherds , Rottweilers and others.

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Uncategorized April 27th 2022

Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran.

Dorsa Derakhshani is currently 21 years old and holds the International Master (IM) as well as Woman Grand Master (WGM) titles. Her brother, Borna, plays for the English Federation and holds the FIDE Master title.

Dorsa Derakhshani was banned since she did not wear a hijab, an Islamic headscarf, while competing at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in January 2017. Under the laws of Islamic Republic of Iran, hijab is a mandatory dress code. Her brother Borna Deraskhsani was banned for playing against Israeli Grand Master (GM) Alexander Huzman at the same tournament. Iran does not recognise the existence of Israel, and previously, Irani athletes have avoided playing against Israeli athletes.

Mehrdad Pahlavanzadeh, the president of the country’s chess federation, explained the decision to ban the players saying, “As a first step, these two will be denied entry to all tournaments taking place in Iran and in the name of Iran, they will no longer be allowed the opportunity to be present on the national team.” ((fa))Farsi language: ?????? ????? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ????? ?? ?? ???? ???????? ?? ?? ????? ? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ??????? ????? ??????? ? ???? ???? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??????? ????. He further stated, “Unfortunately, something that should not have happened has happened and our national interest is paramount and we have reported this position to the Ministry of Sports.” ((fa))Farsi language: ????????? ?????? ?? ????? ????????? ?????? ??? ? ????? ??? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?????? ???? ? ?? ??? ???? ?? ?? ????? ???? ?? ????? ?????.

IM Dorsa Derakhshani, who currently studies at Saint Louis University in the United States and plays for the United States Chess Federation, discussed her chess career, time in Iran and the 2017 controversy, and her life in Saint Louis with a Wikinews correspondent.

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Uncategorized April 27th 2022

Greece formally asks for EU-IMF loans

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Greece formally asks for EU-IMF loans
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Greece has formally asked for rescue loans by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be activated, aimed at helping the country recover from an economic crisis.

Under the plan, countries in the Eurozone will provide up to 30 billion euros in loans in the first year, while the IMF will contribute ten billion euros.

“The moment has come,” said Greek prime minister George Papandreou. He stated that it is “a national and pressing necessity for us to formally ask our partners for the activation of the support mechanism, which we jointly created in the European Union.” The prime minister added that “several days will pass before money can start being drawn.”

Under the bailout, Greece’s borrowing needs for the immediate future will be covered, so it can avoid default and keep servicing; the request needs to be approved by all fifteen countries using the euro, and will be reviewed by the European Central Bank.

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Uncategorized April 27th 2022