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Day: September 21, 2016

French mayor says Australian burkini wearer was indecent
ENGLISH, Europe

French mayor says Australian burkini wearer was indecent

    The rightwing mayor of a French Riviera beach town where bathers asked a burkini-wearing Australian to leave has defended their complaints calling her behaviour "indecent". Sydney native Zeynab Alshelh "could have asked herself whether the people in the area weren't still reeling from the jihadist attack that killed 86 people" in nearby Nice in July, Lionnel Luca told AFP by telephone late Monday. She could not just innocently come to our beaches with religious garb that is the sign of the fundamentalism that killed us, he said, calling the 23-year-old's actions pretty indecent. Alshelh told Australian television the bathers threatened to call the police unless she left the beach at Villeneuve-Loubet, even though a ban on the controversial full-bodied swimsuit had recently...
Nearly thousand immigrants mistakenly granted American citizenship
America, ENGLISH

Nearly thousand immigrants mistakenly granted American citizenship

    Politicians demand urgent action after it emerges several have found work in secure areas of airports or shipping facilities The American government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud who had pending deportation orders, according to an internal Homeland Security audit. The Homeland Security Department's inspector general found that the immigrants used different names or birthdates to apply for citizenship with US Citizenship and Immigration Services and such discrepancies weren't caught because their fingerprints were missing from government databases. DHS said in an emailed statement that an initial review of these cases suggest that some of the individuals ma...
The Police officer SECOND shocking altercation with young black man
ENGLISH, London

The Police officer SECOND shocking altercation with young black man

    A police officer allegedly filmed smashing a driver's windscreen with a baton is accused of becoming involved in a second altercation with another black man after a new video surfaced. In the new video, an officer stops Kyle Adair-Whyte as he pushes a damaged moped along the road and accuses him of stealing it. The policeman handcuffs the 24-year-old man and tells him he suspects the moped has been used in "moped-enabled snatches" on the street. Kyle alleges that the officer who stopped him is the same one who screamed at Leon Fontana to "get out of the car" before smashing his windscreen in dramatic footage that has been viewed more than 25m times on the internet. The officer in that video is now subject to an IPCC inquiry and has been put on restricted duties after it em...
UK will not turn inwards after Brexit vote: PM Theresa May tells UN
ENGLISH, United Nation

UK will not turn inwards after Brexit vote: PM Theresa May tells UN

    British Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed that controlling Britain’s borders and reducing the flow of immigrants will dominate her government as the UK seeks a new place in the world after voting to leave the EU. But in her first address to the UN General Assembly, the British Prime Minister said the UK would not turn away from the world and would remain at the heart of international affairs. She also pledged hundreds of million of pounds in aid spending to tackle terrorism and to stop hundreds of thousands of migrants travelling to Europe. To underline her message, she called for global network of crime-fighting agencies to tackle international modern slavery and emphasised the UK's spending on international aid and defence. Theresa May's first speech to the UN General...
Teacher Shelley Jo Duncan Accused for illegal relation to 14 year ols student: 5 Fast Facts
America, ENGLISH

Teacher Shelley Jo Duncan Accused for illegal relation to 14 year ols student: 5 Fast Facts

    A teacher and cheer coach who is married to an Oklahoma school superintendent is accused of indecent behavior with a 14-year-old boy. Shelley Jo Duncan, 48, of Tishomingo, Oklahoma was arrested on September 16. We believe there was an inappropriate sexual relationship between this women and a young male student, Jessica Brown, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation told KFOR-TV, calling it an alleged affair. Police gave her name as Shelly Duncan, but the school website lists her as Shelley, as do some news reports. Here’s what you need to know: 1. Duncan Is a Head Cheer Coach Who Used to Be a Probation & Parole Officer KFOR said Duncan previously worked as a juvenile justice specialist at the Office of Juvenile Affairs and as a probation and parole office...