10 Sketchy "Enhanced" Waters—Exposed! Apple supplier halts China factory after violence. BEIJING (AP) — The company that makes Apple's iPhones suspended production at a factory in China on Monday after a brawl by as many as 2,000 employees at a dormitory injured 40 people.
The fight, the cause of which is under investigation, erupted Sunday night at a privately managed dormitory near a Foxconn Technology Group factory in the northern city of Taiyuan, the company and Chinese police said. A police statement reported by the official Xinhua News Agency said 5,000 officers were dispatched to the scene. Isaac steers clear of direct blow on New Orleans. Indonesia warns of further South China Sea tension. Indonesia warned Wednesday of a "risk of further tensions" between nations with overlapping claims to swathes of the South China Sea if a "collective and common approach" is not soon agreed.
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were split in their views on the maritime dispute during the Phnom Penh meeting of foreign ministers in July, and the bloc for the first time in its 45-year history failed to deliver a joint communique. "This is an issue that demands ASEAN's and China's collective and common approach and action, otherwise the risk of further tensions are very much ahead of us," Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told reporters on the sidelines of ASEAN's 45th anniversary celebrations.
"In the absence of a code of conduct, we may be risking more incidents in the future. " China claims sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich sea, which is home to vital shipping lanes, but the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei have overlapping claims. Metro Manila had long ago set itself up for its own destruction by flooding.
Generals also serve who only stand, wait - POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. - The Philippine Star » News » Opinion. MANILA, Philippines - House leaders have proposed the creation of a joint congressional consultative commission on Charter change to bring the issue of amending the 1987 Constitution to the grassroots and allow the people to have a voice in the entire reform process.
Train derails; rail cars full of alcohol burst into flames. One of the alcohol-filled trains photographed as it explodes (Kely Gray/Billings Gazette) A train traveling through Montana derailed on Sunday, and eight of its cars carrying alcohol burst into flames.
The Billings Gazette reports that no one was injured in the derailment and subsequent fire, which spread to eight of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train's 15 derailed rail cars. Fourteen of those cars are said to have been carrying denatured alcohol, a fuel additive, while the 15th car was carrying cardboard. "Eight cars are on fire. It was a chain reaction of one car catching fire and another car catching fire as well," BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas told the paper. Olympic Village Sex: It's Party Time For Athletes At London Olympics. LONDON -- "Sex And The City" move over. Here comes "Sex In The Village. " Make that athletes village. As in Olympics. Tales of shenanigans at the living quarters for 10,000 super-fit young men and women have always abounded, and London doesn't look as if it will be any different. U.S. women's soccer star Hope Solo recently dished about serious partying at the Beijing Games, and some newly arrived athletes say they can hardly wait for the fun to begin.
Empty seats at Olympic venues prompt investigation. Report: Taiwanese teen dies after 40-hour Diablo III marathon. Diablo III (Credit: Blizzard) The years of anticipation for Diablo III have brought about a number of marathon play sessions since its release on May 15, but one fan's obsession with the game has proven fatal.
An 18-year old Diablo III player in Taiwan was found dead recently after a 40-hour marathon session with the game, reports the Australian Associated Press. Japan schoolgirl speared in head by javelin. Miami Cannibal Attack: Horrific Dangers of "Bath Salts" Drug. Report: Chavez's cancer has 'entered the end stage' This reporter has been told that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer that has "entered the end stage".
The information and the quote come from a highly respected source close to Chavez and who is in a position to know his medical condition and history. This source says the prognosis is dire and that Chavez is now not expected to live "more than a couple of months at most. " Military Moms Breastfeeding in Uniform Stir Controversy. Photo: Brynja SigurdardottirAt a time when breastfeeding in public is already controversial, pictures of two military moms doing so while wearing their uniforms is sparking outrage.
The photo is part of a local breastfeeding awareness campaign by Mom2Mom of Fairchild Air Force Base, a support group launched in January by Crystal Scott, a military spouse and mother of three. Among the intimate close-ups of smiling young mothers cuddling their adorable babies, the images of the two airmen stand out. Related: Moms react to the "Time" magazine's "Are You Mom enough? " breastfeeding cover. Brazil rocked by abortion for 9-year-old rape victim - Americas - World. Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, who heads the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, told reporters that although the girl fell pregnant after apparently being abused by her stepfather, her twins had, "the right to live, and could not be eliminated".
In an interview with the Italian newspaper, La Stampa, the cardinal added: "It is a sad case but the real problem is that the twins conceived were two innocent persons. Life must always be protected. " Police believe the girl was sexually assaulted for years by her stepfather, possibly since she was six. That she was four months pregnant with twins emerged only after she was taken to hospital complaining of severe stomach pains.
Teenage Boy Finds Finger in Arby’s Sandwich. Ryan Hart, a 14-year-old boy from Michigan, had a rude surprise when he bit into his Arby's roast beef sandwich.
"I was like, 'that's got to be a finger,'" he told the Jackson Citizen Patriot. "It was just nasty. " Related: The Six Worst Fast Food Hamburgers (And What you Should Eat Instead) Go!meme & Blog Archive & President Obama fucking nailed it on same-sex marriage and the separation of church and state today. Secure Communities deportation program will expand to New York and Mass., despite Democratic governors’ objections. A protester objects to Secure Communities in Boston last September.
(Charles Krupa/AP) On Tuesday, a federal deportation program that scours local jails for illegal immigrants will expand into New York and Massachusetts, despite objections from the Democratic governors of those states. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said they opposed the Secure Communities fingerprint sharing program because it interferes with local policing priorities.
The federal government at first gave the impression that states and counties could opt out of Secure Communities, before reversing course and saying it would be up and running in every county by 2013, with or without local officials' consent. Ten reasons why Filipinos blame Gloria Arroyo for everything. Meteorites from big fireball spark 'gold rush' Teacher Puts 'Cone of Shame' Dog Collar on Students. Everyone is Shamed. A Florida teacher could lose her job for treating students like dogs.
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