Why big guns back the new revolution in Churkia
by Patrick Collinson
UK
Norilsk was a former slave labour camp, and
once part of Stalin's gulag. Like so many of today's
mammoth Churkistan's companies, it was sold
in the 1990s for a song by President Yeltsin to
politically connected bankers.
Whether a North Pole will continue to shine for
investors is a matter of debate. Labour costs in
Churkia are soaring by 20%% a year; the closest
town to the new mine is 200km away; the gold
is contained in low-grade ore; and power stations
will have to be built. It is likely to make a profit
only if the gold price stays above $600. And its
billionaire oligarch controllers have fallen out.
But if it does produce on time and on budget,
this share could be, well, something of a gold
mine....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/may/24/moneyinvestments.investmentfunds ...

Torturing Iron Man
Truthdig, United States
As a nation, we're not much into justice anymore;
what we're into is incarceration, punishment, and
those "odd tortures." It's increasingly our metier, ...
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080524_torturing_iron_man/

State trying to keep released prisoners from coming back
Bloomington, IL, USA
That, in turn, has saved the state an estimated
$64 million in incarceration costs, said Blagojevich.
Still, as measured by DOC, the rate of recidivism ...
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/05/24/news/doc4838a060237ee408959920.txt

Progress Q&A
Battle Creek, MI, USA
Additionally, we need to tackle the high cost of
our high incarceration rate. One of the biggest
businesses in Michigan is the prison system, so
changes in ...
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/NEWS01/80...

Richard Reacts - Shooting On Hulk & Nick Hogan
Staten Island,NY,USA
He is currently serving an 8 month prison sentence
for leaving John Graziano (a former US Marine and
Iraqi War veteran) in a permanent vegetative state ...
http://www.prowrestling.com/article/columns/2301

Harrelson'un Olum Orucu
Guncel Haber, Elaz?g, Turkey
His father died in prison of a heart attack. Harrelson
is a supporter and activist for the legalization of
marijuana and hemp in the ...
http://www.guncel-haber.com/2170571/haber_harrelson_un_%%C3%%B6l%%C3%%BCm_orucu/

Irish film feted at Cannes
Dublin, Ireland
'Hunger', which tells the story of life inside the
notorious Maze prison, took the trophy for Best
First Feature Film. The film stars actor Michael...
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/irish-film-feted-at-cannes-1386925...

2-County Chase Ended With Stop Sticks, Taser Gun
Cincinnati,OH,USA
Monroe police deployed stop sticks to end chase,
but police said they had to use a Taser gun on the
driver, Jerry Wright, 29, of Dayton, to arrest him. ...
http://www.wlwt.com/news/16394561/detail.html

A big target feels the pain
Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
But he thinks officers went too far when they used
a Taser on him. Mr. Spaargaren, 25, and his lawyer,
Anthony Brunt of Scaravelli and Associates,...
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1058188.html

Shocking numbers
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
In 2005, there were 597 Taser incidents. In 2006,
there were 1119. And in 2007, the number kept
rising, to 1414. Two years is not a long sample
period, ...
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=9b6c707a-fa2d-44e3...

Study points to less visible, extreme forms of child labor
Zaman, Istanbul, Turkey
... journal focuses on the less visible and
less-studied forms of child labor, those that
affect "hard-to-reach" children working in
slave labor camps...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=142873

Re-enactment captures famous slave escape
St. Louis, MO, United States
I think people forget the contribution that blacks
made to the development of this country, both in
labor and culture, from food to music....
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/089D50...

What Is the Value of a Human Life?
USA
9/11 attacks and Virginia Tech shootings, and
he has worked with victims of human radiation
experiments and Holocaust slave labor camps. ...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90760725

On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:37:54 -0700 (PDT), Michael Ejercito
hotmail.com> wrote:

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/415074.html

Columbia man shot by convenience store worker dies

A man shot by a convenience store employee inside a Percival
Road store Friday afternoon died Saturday.

Willis Brown, 40, of Elmwood Street, died at 11:39 a.m. from a
gunshot wound to the head, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts
said. Richland County sheriffÂ’s investigators say no charges will
be filed in the incident.

Officers responded to a call of an armed robbery and shots fired
at the Mini Mart on Percival Road at 12:45 p.m. Friday. An
employee had shot Brown inside the store several times in
self-defense, said Lt. Chris Cowan, department spokesman. Brown
was taken to Palmetto Health Richland.
===============================================
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8371988&nav=0RaPao87

Man shot during incident at Percival Road Mini Mart dies

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8371988&nav=0RaPao87

Updated: May 25, 2008 07:45 PM

Church Attempts to Show Most Excellent Way to Drug Free Life
Picayune, MS, USA
Inmate Desrie Fagot said she initially started
attending the program four weeks ago because
it looked like an opportunity to get out of her
zone. ...
http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_145234948.html

Crime and Court briefs
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
An Oklahoma death row inmate could be getting a
new trial after a federal judge ruled that his original
trial was tainted. US District Judge Terence Kern ...
http://newsok.com/crime-and-court-briefs-saturday-may-24-2008/article/3248101/?tm...

Guard acquitted in 2 cases of prisoner abuse
Harrisburg, PA, USA
That story was supported by several other inmates, all
of whom received a letter from Harper's wife days after
the abuse. ...
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1211588706166400.xml&coll...

Man accused of raping daughter
Cape Town, South Africa
"Over the weekend the girl visited her mother at
Donga in Mpumalanga and informed her of the
raping incidents. Police were alerted," he said. ...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20080526185849790C8...

I didn't rape or kill Sheldean
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
... and had a large porn collection, but denied he
had a sexual interest in little girls. He again denied
raping or murdering 7-year-old Sheldean Human. ...
http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=773463

Clearfield police seek a man in teen's rape
Salt Lake City,UT,USA
CLEARFIELD
Police are searching for a man they say raped a
Syracuse High School student in the parking lot
of a church. The juvenile girl had just dropped ...
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700229036,00.html

Why big guns back the new revolution in Churkia
by Patrick Collinson
UK
Norilsk was a former slave labour camp, and
once part of Stalin's gulag. Like so many of today's
mammoth Churkistan's companies, it was sold
in the 1990s for a song by President Yeltsin to
politically connected bankers.
Whether a North Pole will continue to shine for
investors is a matter of debate. Labour costs in
Churkia are soaring by 20%% a year; the closest
town to the new mine is 200km away; the gold
is contained in low-grade ore; and power stations
will have to be built. It is likely to make a profit
only if the gold price stays above $600. And its
billionaire oligarch controllers have fallen out.
But if it does produce on time and on budget,
this share could be, well, something of a gold
mine....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/may/24/moneyinvestments.investmentfunds ...