Kuwait: Five youths on Wednesday assaulted security officers at Jahra Hospital after trying to break the door of a freezer at the morgue to look at the remains of their brother, who died in a traffic accident. One of the officers, identified only as C. Sh., sustained injuries in various parts of his body and is now confined at the hospital while his colleague got minor injuries.
Security sources said the youths' brother, identified as B.N., suffered from serious injuries when one of the tyres of his car exploded causing the vehicle to overturn on Al-Subiya Road Wednesday morning. The victim was confined at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Jahra Hospital, where he died after one hour.
Sources disclosed the brothers and friends of the victim arrived at the hospital later requesting to see his remains but the security officers stopped them from entering the morgue. The group reacted violently and assaulted the officers. Back-up forces were immediately deployed to the hospital leading to the arrest of three of the youths, who were referred to Al-Naeem Police Station for interrogation.
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Well, I can't say I blame them. Although when I saw "Youths" in the title I thought this was going to be about France.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senate today passed ground-breaking legislation to stop the import of illegally logged timber and wood products as part of the Farm Bill. Currently, the U.S. government has no authority to take enforcement action against the import of illegally logged wood products. Well, the gov can't stop the importing of illegal labor even when they DO have laws.
Since early 2007, the U.S. Congress has moved to take action to stop the impact of U.S. demand on illegal logging around the world. In July, Senator Wyden and Senator Alexander introduced the Combat Illegal Logging Act. Previously, in March 2007, Congressmen Blumenauer (D-OR), Weller (R-IL), and Wexler (D-FL) introduced the bipartisan Legal Timber Protection Act, which was unanimously passed by the House Committee on Natural Resources last month and awaits approval by the full House of Representatives.
Posted by: Thomas Woof ||
12/15/2007 17:57 Comments ||
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I haven't had illegal wood since I was in high school
Posted by: Frank G ||
12/15/2007 19:14 Comments ||
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Great, another piece of useless legislation. Mexicans will just start dragging logs across the border and nobody will even notice until until there are logjams on major highways in Southern California. Wait, that won't be noticed either. Never mind.
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Most illegal logging is of exotic hardwoods that grow in such places as Southeast Asia, the Amazon Basin, much of Central America, and central Africa. Some of these trees being cut are in danger of extinction. Some types of rosewood have had their range reduced to the point they are only grown in some national parks. Ebony, a pure black hardwood that grows in Africa, is now hard to find, and most of the trees are smaller - 2' in diameter, against 5'-8' in diameter 30 or 40 years ago. Half the teak cut in Thailand and Burma is done illegally.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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Kuwait: Five youths on Wednesday assaulted security officers at Jahra Hospital after trying to break the door of a freezer at the morgue to look at the remains of their brother, who died in a traffic accident. One of the officers, identified only as C. Sh., sustained injuries in various parts of his body and is now confined at the hospital while his colleague got minor injuries.
