Five people injured in the accidental generation of poisonous chlorine gas on Monday at a Tyson Foods Inc. plant in Springdale Arkansas remain in intensive care and dozens are still hospitalized, Donnie King, Tyson Foods senior group vice president of poultry and prepared foods, said at a news briefing Tuesday afternoon.
Tyson uses chlorine compounds as part of its food processing. Apparently two chemical compounds were mistakenly mixed in the plant on Monday, resulting in the generation of chlorine gas. Chlorine gas as such is not normally used at the plant. Approximately half the workers in the plant at the time reported symptoms.
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Chlorine inspires a person. Many years ago, I got a snoot full and spent the next half our desperately sucking on an oxygen tank with severe spasms. It hurt.
Much later, a friend was at a rock concert when somebody popped a chlorine bomb. Built like an NFL fullback, he said this petite blond haired girl went through him like he wasn't there. She might have broken bones but didn't care.
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The meat and poultry processors hire a lot of legal refugees, such as Somalians, since the crackdown on illegals. Quite possible mooselimbs were experimenting.
A near-famine has hit the Horn of Africa, where the worst drought in 60 years sparked an extreme food crisis and high malnutrition.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, "Two consecutive poor rainy seasons have resulted in one of the driest years since 1950-51 in many pastoral zones. There is no likelihood of improvement until 2012."
Over 10 million people are affected -- including 117,000 in Djibouti, 3.2 million each in Ethiopia and Kenya, 2.6 in Somalia and 883,000 in Uganda -- and the situation is quickly degenerating.
A U.N. "food security" map of the region indicated parts of Kenya and Somalia are one step away from being classified as "catastrophe-famine," the worst category.
Over 20,000 famished Somalis have crossed the southwest border into Kenya in the past two weeks. This influx was far greater than last year, when 6,000 to 8,000 Somali refugees crossed into Kenya during a typical month. Acute malnutrition rates among new Somali refugees are as high as 45 percent, "exceeding all emergency thresholds, and death rates are at emergency levels."
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Sorry, but this is really getting old. I remember hearing about the poor starving people of Africa (along with the "starving children in China") when I was a child - and I'm almost 65 years old.
It's like the problem can't be fixed. I don't think drought, etc., is the real problem; war-lordery and dictatorship is. We feed the people of Africa so the dictators can use their stolen money to feed their armies. Enough already! >:-(
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I remember My Mother saying, there are starving Children in Asia that would love to eat your (Brusels sprouts) And I said "Good, send it to them" that was the end of that, that was in 1954 as I remember.
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send them Sally Struthers. She could feed a village for several years
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Hey, Africans are only allowed to starve under REPUBLICAN presidents. Didn't the reporter get the memo?
...You can NOT make this stuff up:
"..A couple of second-half goals gave the U.S. a 2-0 win over North Korea and a strong start to their Women's World Cup run. The eighth-ranked North Koreans have the youngest team in the tournament with an average age of 20. Still, their discipline and skill gave the U.S. a lot of trouble in the first half before controversial starter Lauren Cheney justified her selection by heading in the first goal in the 54th minute and defender Rachel Buehler scored a second in the 76th minute.
After the match, North Korea manager Kwang Min Kim shocked the congregated press by revealing that his side isn't just the youngest team, but it is also the only team in the tournament that's been struck by lightning.
From the BBC:
"When we stayed in Pyongyang during training our players were hit by lightning, and more than five of them were hospitalised," said coach Kim. "Some stayed in hospital and then came to Germany later than the rest of us. The goalkeeper and the four defenders were most affected, and some midfielders as well. The physicians said the players were not capable of participating in the tournament.
"But World Cup football is the most important and significant event for a footballer, so they don't want to think about anything but football.
"The fact that they played could be called abnormal, the result of very strong will."
Given the secretive nature of the North Koreans, we may never know if this is true or not. The players aren't allowed to speak to the press, their training sessions are protected by security guards and closed to outsiders, and their public appearances regularly get canceled. Plus, it is curious that Kim only mentioned this freak occurrence after his team lost. Oh, it's not curious at all...
If it is true, a lightning strike that injured four defenders and disrupted their training could explain why their back line seemed to fall apart in the second half after holding the U.S. scoreless in the first. But even if it's not true, it's still a tremendous excuse that others might now try in everyday life..."
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SO, Even GOD doesn't like Koreans?
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What I saw was an unsure USA and overplaying NORK in the 1st, NORK likely smoked for second half by the overplay. And whoever that #15 was on the right wing forward was working at will.
My guess is the NORKs got worked in the second half because they are overrated. Too bad, you know you are picked and trained at an early age to nothing but play footsie for uncle il, fed your whole life, feeling like superior NORK should, and in game one get tossed by a bunch of running dog capitalist spoiled American girls who only played one half. Tsk, tsk. Better run harder next time, or you may have culinarians instead of physicians inspecting your health. Oh, Sweden then Colombia? Well, perhaps you will be lucky and be struck by lightning for real.
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said Ahmed Fahour would work to deepen Australia's engagement with OIC countries and the OIC agenda. Rudd said, "He is a man with a passion for advancing social cohesion and the place of Muslims in Australian society."
Rudd said he wanted to reinforce ties with the Muslim world by formalising a structure for cooperation between Australia and the OIC. He said, "I would like through this framework to explore how to increase cooperation on interfaith dialogue, on food security and on joint aid projects between Australia and the OIC."
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Islamic Cooperation ???? Give us a break!
Does this loser Kevin Rudd know the difference between the Taliban, Hamas, Fatah and Al-Qaeda ? Of course not, or he would not be talking to their top financiers. Kevin is yet another of ''Australia's Disgrace''
h/t Gates of Vienna
Riot police fought running battles with anarchists hooded youths in Athens yesterday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets against tough austerity measures.
Parts of the Greek capital were ablaze and dozens were injured as youths hurled rocks, bricks and petrol bombs at police, who responded with baton charges and tear gas. Money doesn't grow on trees? They ran out of Europe's money...
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Oddly enough, the fastest way for the government to take the wind out of the protestors sails would be to arrange for a "temporary return to the Drachma", followed by sky high inflation.
Right now they want free stuff. But high inflation puts price tags on everything. It turns the mob on itself. "Free" anything is no longer an issue.
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Tell them that they can have all the welfare benefits they can handle if they move to Cypress. Then give up all claims to Cypress after the last one has left.
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secret asian man , are you a chinese communist ?
Nothing that the National Guard didn't do in the late 19th Century or for that matter in the 1960s. Just have to push hard enough and you'll either collapse the government, which doesn't really solve the problem presented as the justification for the anarchy, or the government is willing to push back harder. It all depends on who has the most 'will'.
[An Nahar] European Union economic affairs chief Olli Rehn pressed the Greek parliament on Tuesday to adopt a tough austerity program, saying it was the "only way to avoid immediate default."
"This week Greece faces a critical juncture. Both the future of the country and financial stability in Europe are at stake," Rehn said in a statement.
"I trust that the Greek politicians are fully aware of the responsibility that lies on their shoulders to avoid default," he said. "The only way to avoid immediate default is for Parliament to endorse the revised economic program."
Rehn slapped down speculation that Europe was working on a contingency plan in case Greek politicians this week reject 28.6 billion euros in budget cuts and tax rises as well as a 50-billion-euro privatization program.
"To those who speculate about other options, let me say this clearly: there is no Plan B to avoid default," he said.
A high-ranking European official has said that a Plan B was in the works, stressing that "the next step is not a default of Greece."
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday that the eurozone must be "prepared for the worst" and would cope even if Athens defaulted on its debt.
Rehn reiterated that passing the austerity measures was a pre-condition for the EU and IMF to release 12 billion euros from last year's 110-billion-euro bailout, which Athens needs by July to avoid financial collapse.
"They must be approved if the next tranche of financial assistance is to be released," he said.
"The European Union continues to be ready to support Greece. But Europe can only help Greece if Greece helps itself," he said.
Angry workers launched a 48-hour general strike on Tuesday to protest the measures, which the parliament is scheduled to vote on Wednesday and Thursday.
Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou, who has a five-seat majority in parliament, pleaded on Monday with politicians to back the measures, but the conservative opposition has criticized the plan.
Eurozone finance ministers are holding a special meeting on Sunday, awaiting to see the result of the Greek vote before deciding on unblocking the loans and devising a second bailout requested by Papandreou, which could also amount to 110 billion euros.
"The preparation of a new program will intensify in the coming weeks," Rehn said.
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"Avoid default"??? The Greeks have already defaulted. This is all shuckin' and jivin'.
More than 30% of the MPs elected to the Turkish parliament refused to take their oath on Tuesday when parliament met for the first time following elections on June 12.
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) boycotted the opening ceremony in response to legal decisions last week not to release two party members from detention in a high-profile trial.
The two CHP legislators in question have been detained in connection with an investigation into an alleged nationalist network accused of planning to bring down the government.
The pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) boycotted the ceremony entirely, after the elections board stripped deputy Hatip Dicle of his seat following a conviction for spreading "terrorist propaganda."
Meanwhile, eight elected candidates - five from the BDP, two from the CHP and one nationalist - have been barred from taking up their seats because they are in jail.
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the third opposition party, participated in the ceremony, despite the fact that one of its deputies was also not allowed to take his seat due to an ongoing court case.
The ranking Democratic member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on the flow of illegal guns between the U.S. and Mexico on Thursday in response to recent controversy over a botched gun-trafficking program.
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) called for the forum after several weeks of roiling revelations about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Operation "Fast and Furious," which allegedly allowed thousands of U.S. firearms to be trafficked into Mexico in violation of federal law
The operation is currently under a congressional investigation led by Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking member, who held several hearings on the program earlier this month and have said they plan to hold high-level Justice Department officials accountable. Cummings focus will be entirely on the gun control aspect. He asked Issa in the June 15 hearing about doing this.
Cummings has also voiced his desire to hold officials responsible. At a hearing earlier this month, he promised justice for family members of a Border Patrol agent killed by Mexican bandits near Rio Rico, Ariz., last December.
Two guns sold to straw buyers during the operation were recovered at the scene of the shootout.
"I promise you we will not rest until every single person responsible -- no mater who they are -- are put to justice," Cummings told members of Brian A. Terry's family. and after he pushes his agenda of gun control
Speakers at the minority hearing will include Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), a former ATF agent and several gun control advocates. From Cummings opening statement at the June 15 Issa hearing:
No legitimate examination of this issue will be complete without analyzing our nation's gun laws, which allow tens of thousands of assault weapons to flood into Mexico from the United States every year, including fifty caliber sniper rifles, multiple AK variants, and scores of others. When Mexican President Calderon addressed Congress in May, he pleaded for us to stop fueling a full-scale drug war with military grade assault weapons.
How this hearing came to be -- Later in the same Issa hearing
"No legitimate examination of this issue will be complete without analyzing our nation's gun laws, which allow tens of thousands of assault weapons to flood into Mexico from the United States every year, including .50-caliber sniper rifles, multiple AK variants and scores of others," Cummings said. Oh yes, let's have a hearing on that and make sure someone has the answers to debunk these myths. And then see whether the Dummycrats will allow that into the record.
"In order to explore these issues further, today I am exercising my right under the rules of the House for a minority day of hearings with several witnesses who will testify about these issues in detail. I did not think it was necessary to call these witnesses for today's hearing, but I will work with Chairman Issa on scheduling this hearing in the near future."
So now, we know the topic of this hearing. It's not about "Fast and Furious."
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Quoting the keynote speaker of tomorrow's hearing, Sen Chuck Schumer himself, "Like flat-earth fanatics, Second Amendment Fanatics just don`t get it. The NRA`s Second Amendment is an empty cereal box in the market place of ideas."
Schumer brags about authoring all the anti-gun legislation signed into law by Bill Clinton. You remember his boast: "We`re going to hammer guns on the anvil of a relentless legislative strategy. We`re going to beat guns into submission."
So you see, Project Gunwalker is about gun control -- and either way, it could be a win-win for them.
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Cummings focus will be entirely on the gun control aspect. He asked Issa in the June 15 hearing about doing this.
The old red herring gun control once again. More idiocy. The only control needs to be restraint within the Federal government--not some bogus control directed at citizens.
[Dawn] A judicial magistrate on Monday remanded a suspect in police custody in the case pertaining to the killing of a grandson of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti and five other people in an armed clash that broke out in the small hours of Sunday during a dance party in the DHA.
The investigation officer produced Zahid Butt before court with some injuries
"He tripped and fell down the stairs, Your Honour. Three times."
and informed the magistrate that the suspect was among the 16 suspects allegedly involved in the bloody clash and two of them had been killed while 13 others were still on the lam. He requested the court to remand the suspect in police custody for interrogation.
The judicial magistrate (south), Anwar Ahmed Memon, remanded the suspect in police custody till July 2 and also directed the investigation officer to provide him necessary medical treatment.
The prosecution said a shoot-out erupted during a dance party held in a DHA bungalow in the early hours of Sunday between Talei Bugti and the organisers, which left Mr Bugti and five others dead.
Paperwork was started but nothing else was done under Sections 302 (premeditated murder), 324 (attempt to murder), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapons), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 34 (common intention) of the PPC at the Gizri cop shoppe.
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[Dawn] La Belle France's Christine Lagarde was named Tuesday as the first-ever female chief of the IMF, faced with an immediate crisis as violent Greek protests rocked the stability of the eurozone.
The French finance minister, respected for her leadership during the financial crises that have rocked Europe over the past three years, was chosen to replace countryman Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned abruptly on May 18 after being set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock in New York for an alleged sexual assault.
"The results are in: I am honored & delighted that the board has entrusted me with the position of MD of the IMF!" Lagarde said via Twitter minutes after the announcement.
Despite grumblings from emerging economies over Europe's 65-year lock on the IMF's top job, the solid support of the United States and European nations made it virtually impossible for Mexican challenger Agustin Carstens.
Ultimately key emerging nations, including Brazil, China and Russia, also gave Lagarde their backing.
Choosing Lagarde was expected to ease concerns in Europe over the Fund's support for the fragile bailouts of Greece, Portugal and Ireland in the wake of the unexpected departure of Strauss-Kahn.
"The executive board of the International Monetary Fund today selected Christine Lagarde to serve as IMF managing director and madame chairman of the executive board for a five-year term starting on July 5, 2011," the Fund said in a statement.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit... office declared it a "victory for La Belle France." Since the race began in late May, 55-year-old Lagarde has been the strong favorite over Carstens, Mexico's central bank chief, despite his formidable resume.
Despite an effort to cobble together a developing world challenge to Europe's lock on the job, key emerging economies were persuaded by Lagarde's lobbying to cast in for her.
And few had expected Washington to break the tacit pact, dating to the founding of the International Monetary Fund and sister institution the World Bank, that an American would run the Bank while a European headed the Fund.
The 187-nation Fund, which plays a crucial but often controversial role aiding countries in financial straits, was left reeling after Strauss-Kahn resigned in the middle of tense negotiations over Greece's massive bailout and anxiety over other struggling European economies.
Strauss-Kahn, the IMF chief since 2007, was set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock in New York on allegations that he sexually assaulted a hotel chambermaid. He denies the charges, and remains under house arrest while preparing his defense.
With their crisis festering, Europe's powers aggressively put forward Lagarde.
Though not an economist, she has gained wide respect as La Belle France's point-woman during its leadership of the G20 as well as in European debt talks.
"The big advantage of Christine Lagarde is representing a continuity in the cooperation between the Fund and the eurozone," said a source close to the IMF.
Nevertheless, Lagarde had to tour the world to convince emerging economic powers like China and India that she would not be too biased to take tough stances on the European bailouts.
"I am not here to represent the interest of any given region of the world, but rather the entire membership," she told the IMF board last week.
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Nevertheless, Lagarde had to tour the world to convince emerging economic powers like China and India that she would not be too biased to take tough stances on the European bailouts.
It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it. Perhaps she'll be able to restrain her ... provlivities better than her predecessor?
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Enough with the EUrotrash already.
BTW, I hear that the head of the Afgan national bank is available...
American Muslim Kulsoom Abdullah may be the only woman in the world to compete in weightlifting tournaments while wearing the hijab. Now she refuses to be strong-armed by rules prohibiting her from participating because of her loose clothing.
Abdullah was told she could not compete in the American Open last year because her long sleeves and pants prevented the judges from ensuring her elbows and knees were fully extended.
"When I qualified for the American Open, my coaches told me everyone wears a singlet, but we could ask if I could wear something else to accommodate [the hijab]. Thats when I encountered my first no. I was told I wouldnt even be allowed to walk out on the platform to lift if I didnt wear a singlet," she said.
So, backed by CAIR, she appealed to the International Weightlifters Federation, assembling a 44-page packet illustrating an alternate dress code that allows her to compete fairly without compromising her faith. The US Olympic Committee says it will present the case during the Federations annual meeting, which began on Sunday in Malaysia.
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Hmmm...if we don't "compromise" their faith, then they get honor killings, beheadings, blasphemy enforcement, punishment by amputation, pedophilic "marriages," spousal battery, not to mention male polygamy.
I say we keep them on a short leash, with a choke hold.
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
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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