At Least 87 Injured in Northern California Earthquake – Media

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More than 80 people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit northern California on Sunday, according to media reports. At least 87 people are being treated at hospital for injuries with two adults and a child being in critical condition, the Los Angeles Times reported citing local fire department officials. The quake left structures and roadways damaged and some 15,000 homes without power, according to ABC. The temblor jolted the Bay Area early Sunday morning. It was centered about 6 miles southwest of Napa and hit at a depth of about 7 miles, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake was felt as far south as Santa Cruz and into Sonoma County. The earthquake was the strongest to hit the region in nearly 25 years, according to USGS.

Ferguson Protest: The looters the Media Don't Tell you About

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Brothers and sisters, I am here to tell you that I charge the white man. I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest kidnapper on earth. There is no place in this world that this man can go and say he created peace and harmony.

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Cyprus OKs Russian aircrafts to use airbase near Pathos – media

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Cyprus authorities have permitted Russian military aircrafts to use the Andreas Papandreou airbase, situated near Pathos, the Cyprus Weekly newspaper reports. An agreement on cooperation in this field is yet to be signed.

On Thursday, Defense Minister Photis Photiu, with the consent of the Foreign Minister, set forward a proposal to assist Russia in this field for the Cabinet’s consideration. The latter gave its consent for Russian aircrafts of various types to land at the Cyprian air base but only in emergency situations and for humanitarian reasons. At the same time, the Russian air force won’t be allowed to use warehouses of the Andreas Papandreou airbase.

Putin holds press conference with over 1000 media outlets - Details

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a major news conference with 1,300 journalists from Russia and abroad. This is Putin's ninth Q&A session as the head of state.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has invited journalists to the traditional annual press conference December 19. Long since, these meetings are reasonably called 'big', because they gather over a thousand media representatives and last for more than 4 hours.

Cameron threatens British media that publishes Snowden leaks

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British Prime Minister David Cameron has issued a veiled threat against Guardian and other media organizations, calling them to stop publishing the reveals leaked by former CIA employee Edward Snowden.

Mr Cameron said that UK lawmakers have not yet been “heavy handed,” but if media does not stop such publications soon the government may employ D-Notices, official requests asking editors not to publish news items for national security reasons.
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Video: S-EXUAL HARRASSMENT Display Sparks Social Media Outrage In Saudi Arabia

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A video allegedly capturing the minute when a group of men sexually harass feamales in the city of Dhahran, the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, sparked outrage on the social media.

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Video: S-EXUAL HARRASSMENT Sparks Social Media Outrage In SA

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Reuben Abati and Femi Fani Kayode lambaste one another on social media

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The president's special assistant on media attacked first

The president's special assistant on media attacked first

The former minister replied. Hehe. Continue to see why Reuben made that comment about FFK..

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Watch Videos: Presidential Media Chat

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NSA spied on Brazilian and Mexican presidents – media

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US National Security Agency spied on the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican presidents, accessing the Mexico leader's emails even before he was elected, Brazil's Globo television reported.

Glenn Greenwald, a Rio de Janeiro-based columnist for the Guardian newspaper who obtained secret files from NSA leaker Edward Snowden, told Globo on Sunday that a document dated June 2012 shows that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's emails were being accessed already a month before his election.

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US probably to launch strike against Syria on Friday night - Western Media ( War Designers)

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Any US strike against Syria is "likely to last hours not days" and probably would not come before the British Parliament votes on military action Thursday, a senior US defense official said.
Sources tell Fox that a strike would be led by the U.S. Navy and its assets positioned in the Eastern Mediterranean and that it would be limited in scope.

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FULL UPDATE: ElBaradei has not been named PM as earlier announced - State Media

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Egyptian state television said the interim prime minister had not yet been chosen, after named officials and state media earlier said Mohamed ElBaradei would be appointed on Saturday.

An adviser to the interim president, Ahmed al-Muslimani, said that: "There is still no exact date for the nomination of a Prime Minister or for the formation of a government." "Negotiations are still ongoing," he added, noting that representatives of the "Muslim Brotherhood will allowed to participate in the elections."

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Syrian missiles target Tel Aviv – media

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Israel’s second largest city Tel Aviv has allegedly got in the crosshairs of Syria’s Scud ballistic missiles, media report. The escalation of tensions has followed the Israeli air strike at a military research center near Damascus, Iranian media say.
Last week, a group of Israeli warplanes reportedly bombed a truck column near the Syria-Lebanon border that was believed to be transporting weapons for the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Syria vowed to retaliate for the attack. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdul-Karim Ali, said Damascus had “the option and the surprise to retaliate” and added he couldn’t predict when the response attack would take place, saying it was up to the “relevant authorities” to prepare for it.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry also warned Tel Aviv about grievous repercussions for the strike on the Syrian territory.

Leadership Newspaper, media responsibility & the police. By Reuben Abati

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To understand what this is about, let me give you a brief summary. Four Leadership newspaper journalists published something they said was a presidential directive on ACN on their website (find it HERE), a few days later, police stormed their office in Abuja and picked them up. Group Managing Director of the newspapers, Azubuike Ishiekwene, said presidency ordered their arrest. The reporters were detained for 48 hours before being released. But two of them, Mr. Tony Amokeodo and Mr. Chibuzo Ukaibe (pictured above) were released conditionally. They have been asked to report at the police headquarters by 10am every day for undisclosed reasons. See Leadership statement about their detention and release HERE

The police wanted the journalist to reveal the source of their story...which claimed that the presidency was planning to scuttle the merger of APC and target key leaders of the emerging political party.

The journalists arrested are: Mrs. Chinyere Fred-Adegbulugbe, the director of human capital; Mr. Chuks Ohuegbe, managing editor; Mr. Tony Amokeodo, the group news editor; and Mr. Chibuzor Ukaibe, a political reporter.

The presidency has released a statement concerning the matter via presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati. Find the statement after the Break

Pastor Chris Writes the Media on Nollywood

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"Hello my brethren, by the special grace of God, I am Pastor Chris C. Godwin, the president of World Missionary Assistance Nigeria and the Shepherd of Fire House Ministries Lagos. I am writing to the media based on what I have foreseen coming up against the film industry of this our beloved Nation, of which if care is not taken, big calamity will befall this growing industry."

Landslide buries 18 children at Chinese primary school

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A landslide buried 18 children at a primary school in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan
on Thursday, state media said.

The landslide hit Zhenhe village in Yunnan’s Yiliang county about 8.00 a.m. the semi-official China News Service reported.

It engulfed the school building and two nearby homes in an estimated 10,000 cubic metres of debris, the agency said.

Eighteen children were missing at the school and an adult was buried in one of the neighbouring homes, it quoted local officials as saying.

It said government rescue teams had reached the mountainous area, which was hit by a series of earthquakes that killed 81 people and injured some 800 people on September 7.

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