Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18261922#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Thursday 31 May 2012
Ireland votes on EU fiscal pact
People in the Republic of Ireland vote in the eurozone's only referendum on the EU fiscal pact, which limits budget deficits.
TMZ Live: Halle Berry to Pap -- HELP Me Flee to Paris
Halle Berry's secret weapon in her custody war with Gabriel Aubry might be the paparazzo she exploded on a few weeks ago. We'll explain how the photog could help move Nahla to France.Plus, our Jessica Simpson conspiracy theory catches fire! Did she…
House rejects abortion ban based on sex of fetus
The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a controversial measure banning abortions based on the sex of a fetus. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/hPYXw4EmQmg/index.html
Puck Daddy Stanley Cup Final Game 1 Live Chat!
The New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings meet tonight in Game 1 of a Stanley Cup Final matchup not even their immediate families could have predicted. It's a battle of hot goalies, furious forechecks and coastal bragging rights.
Please join your friends from Yahoo! Sports, Puck Daddy, Buzzing The Net and the hockey blogosphere for our Game 1 live chat! You bring the funny; we bring the abrupt changes in tone and Hamburger Women. That's how it works.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/puck-daddy-stanley-cup-final-game-1-live-234132479.html
Dam plan upsets Ethiopia neighbors
The waters of the Blue Nile have for millennia flowed down from the Ethiopian highlands enriching the countries on its banks.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/IUBwcgvCT0g/index.html
Young refugees find footing in U.S.
Khalid Yohana was 7 years old when war reached his hometown of Mosul, Iraq.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/qmP4NrM5jPI/index.html
Afghan schoolgirl poisonings an omen?
Gayle Lemmon: After poison attacks on schoolgirls, it must be a top priority that girls have the right to attend school, and safely.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/dueZgxs3XhQ/index.html
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Israeli shooter uses web to finance bid (Yahoo! Sports)
For more than seven hours a day, Sergey Richter stares through a sight and repeatedly fires bullets into bulls-eyes far in the distance. He's also been taking aim at a target far more difficult: raising enough money to compete in the Olympics. Richter is among the top sharpshooters in the world and one of Israel's best hopes for a medal in London.
Jonathan Vilma sues Roger Goodell for defamatory statements made during bounty investigation
If you thought that New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was going to take his year-long suspension for his alleged part in the Saints' bounty scandal lying down ... well, think again. Just one day after the Saints got their day in front of an arbitrator to appeal their penalties, Vilma filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (and not the NFL as an entity).
[Rewind: Jonathan Vilma suspended for '12 season for role in Saints bounty system]
The suit claims that "Goodell, speaking publicly about certain Saints executives, coaches and players, in relation to� purported efforts designed to injure opposing players, made public statements concerning Vilma which were false, defamatory and injurious to Vilma's professional and personal reputation."
The suit reviews the public statements Goodell has made about Vilma and other Saints players, coaches and executives, and it gets specific about statements made about Vilma.
Goodell, in the March 2 Club Report, also alleged that "prior to a Saints playoff� game in January, 2010, defensive captain Jonathan Vilma offered $10,000 in cash to any player� who knocked [opposing quarterback Brett] Favre out of the game." ("Favre Allegation.")
Goodell knew and intended that the contents of the March 2 Club Report would be disseminated publicly.
The contents of the March 2 Club Report, including the Favre Allegation, were reported, and continue to be reported, by essentially every major news organization, as Goodell intended.
Upon information and belief, Goodell told others that Vilma placed $10,000 in cash on a table during a team meeting in making the alleged offer concerning Favre.
The suit then goes on to claim the lack of evidence made available by Goodell and the league, despite repeated requests by the Saints organization, Vilma's attorney Peter Ginsberg, and the NFLPA.
Goodell did not reveal, and, despite repeated requests from among others, Vilma, has never revealed, any evidence purportedly corroborating that a Bounty Program existed, that Vilma participated in any such Bounty Program.
And if that is true, that's where things could get sticky for the NFL, especially since Goodell has said that he may make some of the evidence public record at some point in time. The players and NFLPA are clearly frustrated by what they perceive to be Goodell's continuing efforts to try this case in the court of public opinion, while denying those accused and penalized the right and ability to review the evidence and statements against them.
In an interview Shutdown Corner conducted with NFLPA lead outside counsel Richard Smith on May 4, Smith's frustration with the process was palpable, leading us to believe that as much as this lawsuit may actually be about implied damages to Vilma's professional and personal reputation, it's also an attempt to facilitate the discovery process the players and NFLPA has claimed to want all along.
"All the PA ever physically received from the NFL were the report and the coaches' suspension decision [attached as Exhibits A and B] to the Burbank grievance, and the suspension letters to the four players, attached as Exhibits C-F to the Burbank grievance," Smith told us. "This the sum total of the 'facts' that have been provided by the NFL.� The league exhibited the PowerPoint in a meeting in March 2012, but refused to make a copy available.� They refused to make anything else available, even under an agreement of confidentiality.� The PA's multiple requests to the NFL �for documents and for the ability to interview witnesses have all been denied.� The letters that were sent asking coaches to give interviews �to the PA have all gone unanswered."
This is why the grievance heard on Wednesday was filed, and it could be an ancillary reason for Vilma's action. Then again, if Vilma truly believes that the evidence against him is sufficiently flimsy or easily shot down, the suit could be exactly what it says -- Vilma's reputation has been irrevocably damaged without his own ability to rebut and counter evidence and statements he hasn't actually seen.
[Rewind: Vilma reportedly found out about ban from 'SportsCenter']
In the 11 different Claims for Relief in the suit, Vilma alleges that he is a victim of (deep breath) ...�Slander Per Se ? Injury to Professional Reputation; Slander Per Se ? Accusations of Criminal Conduct; Slander By Implication; Slander ? Reckless Disregard/Malice; Libel Per Se ? Injury to Professional Reputation; Libel Per Se ? Accusations of Criminal Conduct; Libel By Implication; Libel ? Reckless Disregard/Malice; and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.
"Goodell's Statements forever falsely taint and permanently damage Vilma, in the eyes of NFL Clubs, media, fans and sponsors, as a player who brazenly disregards NFL rules and� intentionally attempts to injure his opponents," the suit concludes.
Vilma asks for "all compensatory damages� he has suffered, including consequential and incidental damages, as a result of Goodell's wrongful conduct in an amount to be determined at trial ... punitive damages in a just amount for� Goodell's willful and wanton conduct ... [and] pre-judgment and post-judgment interest."
In other words, Jonathan Vilma has gone to the mattresses, and there is no turning back. Right or wrong (and since the evidence isn't available, we don't really know), Roger Goodell had best be prepared for a serious battle.
Other popular content on the Yahoo! network:
? New York Giants receive jewel-encrusted Super Bowl XLVI rings
? Rockies' Jamie Moyer, 49, gets another win and drives in two runs
? Shine: Sue Falsone, L.A. Dodgers' first female trainer, defies convention
Pakistani doctor's conviction not linked to bin Laden, court says
A court found Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi guilty of having ties to militants, not for spying for the CIA, as previously thought. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/Mpcf9pWgsdQ/index.html
Is this a 'Mexican Spring'?
The demonstrators have no clear leader. Many say Twitter posts and Facebook groups brought them to the streets of Mexico's capital and cities around the country.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/jadrOagdJU0/index.html
Another deadly earthquake shakes northern Italy
At least 16 people were killed and 350 hurt in a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in northern Italy on Tuesday, officials said. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/srIqCQ9Wd60/index.html
Tuesday 29 May 2012
China tightens grip on social media
Users of Sina Weibo, China's popular Twitter-like micro-blogging service, now have to abide by new rules aimed at preventing online rumors and other controversial posts.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/FR7SVYZp_30/index.html
Sudan, South Sudan prepare for peace talks
Peace talks between Sudan and South Sudan are scheduled to take place Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the first such discussion since tensions peaked last month.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/cIkFyQD0lSc/index.html
Mayfield stops Serrano in 5th to retain title (The Associated Press)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Karim Mayfield floored Raymond Serrano at the fourth-round bell, and then landed a solid right hand less than a minute into the fifth that stopped the challenger in the NABO junior welterweight title fight Friday night.
British housewife caught with $2.6M in cocaine could face death
A British woman could face the death penalty after being found with an estimated $2.6 million worth of cocaine in her luggage by Indonesian authorities. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/KwHIwfv5UQI/index.html
Bahraini rights activist released
A prominent Bahraini human rights activist who was arrested this month was released on bail Monday, according to his Bahrain Center for Human Rights.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/YFzhjkd9Xv8/index.html
76ers know brighter days ahead with young core (Yahoo! Sports)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Under new management, the 76ers had Philadelphia caring about basketball again.
Actress Keira Knightley engaged to British rocker
Actress Keira Knightley is engaged to James Righton, the keyboardist and singer with British rock band Klaxons, her publicist said Monday. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/bo1XxUHk72U/index.html
Monday 28 May 2012
Metta World Peace wishes everyone a happy Labor Day on Memorial Day
Labor Day is actually on September 3rd of this year, but while we're at it? Happy Labor Day. Like Metta, we're going to get that in right now.
Also, to all who have served, Happy Memorial Day.
Redux: AMA Superbike vs. World Superbike at MMP
Last year we combined the QP2 times from World Superbike with the Qualifying times from AMA Superbike, to see how America’s finest motorcycle racers stack up on against the international championship of a similar name. Of course there are different regulations in each series (not to mention a variety of other factors), which vary a bit on how teams are allowed to modify their race bikes, so there isn’t an exact comparison between the two ...
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AsphaltandRubber/~3/aiAhCz7NwX8/
Re: http://www.mrpaparazzi.com/post/19258
Sharon and louis are well funny together though!�
Source: http://www.mrpaparazzi.com/post/19258#comment-540209387
Re: http://www.mrpaparazzi.com/post/19263
hope you get better soon gordon
Source: http://www.mrpaparazzi.com/post/19263#comment-540202575
Sunday 27 May 2012
Chip firm Renesas sees shares dip
Japanese chipmaker Renesas sees its shares tumble to a record low amid reports it is planning to raise cash and cut jobs.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18231487#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Hurricane Bud threatens Mexico
Bud flexed its muscles as it closed on the southwestern coast of Mexico late Thursday, becoming a major hurricane with winds of 115 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/LEoJFB2_FjQ/index.html
Iran navy saves U.S. ship
Iranian sailors helped scare off armed pirates who attacked an American cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian state media reported Thursday.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_world/~3/ZndAxXS2Eso/index.html
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)