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Friday, October 19, 2012

Boy Scouts covered up to 1,200 U.S. pedophile


The complainants said they Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has not done enough to get rid of the abusers who use the organization of young explorers to stalk children. The files had been used as evidence in a court case in 2010, but BSA had managed to keep them out of public view until Thursday. Papers, among which include handwritten notes and exchanges between executives of the organization, show details of alleged sexual abuse between 1965 and 1985 by more than 1,200 leaders and other adults who were part of the Boy Scouts. The record was kept as a sort of " black list "of undesirable persons, but the cases were not reported to the courts to protect the prestige of the centenarian group. In response to the publication of the files, the head of the organization apologized to the victims and admitted that the BSA action against pedophilia had been "inadequate, inappropriate or wrong." On average, every pedophile molested 5-25 scouts , so the number of victims is much higher than victimizers. "We know there are thousands, but most will never know," said attorney Paul Mones in a press conference.  The leader of Boy Scouts of America , Wayne Perry reiterated his empathy for the victims to be made ​​public files. "We extend our most profound and honest apology to the victims and their families, "he said. "What we want is for organizations to understand how they work and how they get pedophiles infiltrating youth organizations," said Mones. The documents, which the organization calls " disqualified file volunteers from the Boy Scouts , "are classified as" perversion files "by the lawyers and the press. While Thursday's papers were published two decades of abuse reported, the lawyers said BSA began keeping this file since the 1920s.

Twitter fits for the first local censorship


Microblog Site Twitter fits for the first time in its local censorship. At the request of the German Government, the tweets of a neo-Nazi account blocked. The messages will not be visible to Germans, but in the rest of the world are still reading the tweets. Twitter had the possibility of local censorship in January registered in its regulations. It is the first time that the website that rule also applies. The escrow account is that of the extreme right-wing organization Besseres Hanover. "The organsiation is forbidden, its resources have been cut off and all her accounts on social media must be immediately closed," wrote the German police in a letter to Twitter. Alex Macgillivray of the legal department of the company tweeted at the announcement of the decision to censor: "We have never content to stop, it's a good thing that we have the tools to keep it small and transparent."

44 dead in air raid on Syrian city


An air raid on a Syrian rebel stronghold according to rescue 44 people have been killed. Among the victims of the attack on the town of Maaret al-Numan in the northwest of the country according to the indications were numerous children. Syrian Air Force fighter planes had flown over the city all morning. The Syrian rebels had captured the strategically important town earlier this month. Maaret al-Numan is located on the highway that connects the capital, Damascus, Aleppo. Nationally, died on Thursday, according to activists, at least 98 people. Since the start of the uprising against Syrian President Bashir al-Assad died in March 2011 after opposition information already more than 30 000 people. According to human rights activists also have at least 28 000 people have been abducted and disappeared. So the activist group Avaaz, told the BBC that it had the names of 18 000 of 10 000 missing and know other cases where people have been abducted by soldiers or militiamen. Brahimi arrived empty-handed to Syria Notwithstanding the heavy fighting is hoping the special envoy of the UN and the Arab League, Lakhdar Brahimi, still, the conflict of a ceasefire during the Muslim Eid of 26 to 28 October to convince. A spokesman for the Syrian foreign ministry told AFP Brahimi will meet on Saturday with Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Damascus. A spokesman said Brahimi, the Special Representative will also "very, very soon" meet with Syrian President Bashir al-Assad, but "not on Saturday." The Syrian government has until now Brahimi proposal for a cease-fire during the Muslim Eid not yet approved in the coming week. The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) said in the matter were not responsible."The SNC can not decide on Brahimi's proposal, since it related to the armed groups in Syria," said SNC member Mohammed Najati Tajjara. The Asad regime, which had on the EU sanctions initially responded with a shrug, said meanwhile that coercive measures were intended effect. They met but not the leadership, but the nation. Meeting the opposition planned in Qatar The SNC wants its members on 10 November rally in Qatar to decide on an extension of the Council. The reported members of the SNC-General Secretariat of the Agency DPA in ad Dauha. The meeting will have the motto "union of the opposition and the Syrian revolutionary forces." "I expect that even former Prime Minister Riad Hijab will attend the meeting," said SNC member Tajjara. Hijab had dropped in August after only two months in office, from Syria and joined the opposition. The spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, Victoria Nuland, said that they hope that the opposition will soon choose a leadership body that represent democratic principles and have a strategy for the transition period after the fall of the regime.

U.S. ELECTION CAMPAIGN: Obama mocks Romney's "folder full of women"


After the rash statement of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on the lookout for qualified women for his cabinet , President Barack Obama addressed the public criticism of the statements. "I must tell you that we need to collect any folders to find competent, motivated and talented young women who are willing to learn and teach in these subjects," Obama said at a campaign appearance at a university in Iowa. It was about his commitment to women's rights and plans to hire more professors of mathematics and other subjects. Also, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden got in on Romney unfortunate wording."Given the notion that he had to ask around where a woman is qualified, he should just come to my house. He needed a folder," Biden said. Obama and Biden is located Romney's statement. The two are trying to expand their diminishing lead in polls in women again. In the second TV debate with Obama, Romney had said on Tuesday as he sought as governor of Massachusetts to female candidates for his cabinet.Him only men had been presented as a candidate. "Goodness said we can not find women who are qualified?", He had asked his staff. Eventually he would get "file folder full of women." The Internet already piled up during the debate, the sardonic comments about the wording. In social networks circulated innumerable photomontages on which plugged into folders women were seen.
Obama's popularity ratings soar
The majority of U.S. voters see Obama as the winner of the second televised debate . Like a survey released on Wednesday by Reuters / Ipsos found 48 percent of registered voters see the front office holders. 33 percent found, Romney had fought better. Experts say Obama also went out as winners. In terms of popularity, the President was following the debate down by five points to 55 percent. Romney lost two points to 48 percent. The TV debate was the audience that the main objective of 65.6 million Americans on television. The third and final debate will be held next week in Florida.