CanOz
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North Korea has posted a strange video on YT...PLease if someone could post the link....
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North Korea has posted a strange video on YT...PLease if someone could post the link....
CanOz
A prominent Danish critic of Islam, Lars Hedegaard, has been targeted in a gun attack in the capital Copenhagen, police say.
The 70-year-old writer and historian was not injured in the shooting.
The gunman approached Mr Hedegaard pretending to be a postman and missed with a shot at his head, police said.
Mr Hedegaard heads the Free Press Society and International Free Press Society, and was fined in 2011 for insulting statements about Muslims.
The IFPS, founded in 2009, launched an international campaign to support the Dutch far-right anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders's right to criticise Islam.
PM's condemnation
Police said a gunman in his 20s rang the doorbell at Mr Hedegaard's Copenhagen home pretending to deliver a package and then fired a shot to the head which missed.
TV2 News reported that the gun then jammed, there was a scuffle and the attacker ran off.
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt condemned the attack, saying: "It is even worse if the attack is rooted in an attempt to prevent Lars Hedegaard using his freedom of expression."
Mr Hedegaard was fined 5,000 kroner ($905; 670 euros) in 2011 for degrading statements about Muslims.
Denmark has been a target for Islamist militants since the Jyllands-Posten newspaper printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005.
Many Muslims were offended by the drawings, which violated an Islamic tenet banning the portrayal of his image.
Somali refugee Mohamed Geele was jailed for trying to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard with an axe in January 2010.
Lors Dukayev, a Chechen asylum seeker, was jailed for terrorism over an attempted letter bombing of Jyllands-Posten in September 2010.
"A fox took my baby!"
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=844458
Doesn't have quite the same ring to it as a dingo, but it's scary enough for London!
Pope Benedict has resigned -- will leave office on 28th February 2013.
This has been confirmed by the Vatican.
I wasn't aware the Pope could resign/abdicate/retire. I thought it was 'til death. Anyone know if this has happened before?
Pope Gregory XII resigned way back in 1415.
Pope Benedict has resigned -- will leave office on 28th February 2013.
This has been confirmed by the Vatican: Pope Benedict XVI to resign - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/9862194/Pope-Benedict-XVI-to-resign.html
Who Will Be Next Pope After Pope Benedict XVI's Resignation?
I hope they don't continue to discriminate on religious grounds and opt for an atheist this time. That would put an end to all those silly "Is the Pope a Catholic?" jokes.
... "Is the Pope a Catholic?" ...
I hope they don't continue to discriminate on religious grounds and opt for an atheist this time. That would put an end to all those silly "Is the Pope a Catholic?" jokes.
(KR) Artificial seismic activity detected in North Korea - financial press - Source TradeTheNews.com
Breaking news
Serial sex offender Robert John Fardon will be released from jail in Queensland tomorrow.
The first convicted criminal to be detained indefinitely in Queensland, sex offender Robert John Fardon, will be released from jail tomorrow.
Fardon was the first person to be detained indefinitely under Queensland's Dangerous Prisoners Sexual Offenders Act.
The decision to release Fardon was handed in the Supreme Court in Brisbane this morning.
The 62-year-old has spent most of his adult life in prison after he was convicted of numerous sex offences against women and children.
Justice Debra Mullins has ordered Fardon be released from custody at 4:00pm (AEST) on Thursday.
He will be released under 34 conditions, including that he electronically monitored and adhere to a strict curfew.
Fardon is expected to be housed at the Wacol prison precinct
Breaking news
Sex offender Robert John Fardon will not be released from Qld jail today. Appeal to be heard on Feb 27
Russian panic as meteor shower rains down
A blazing meteor has exploded over a city in central Russia, with flying shards of glass and debris leaving hundreds of people injured.
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