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Guinea Ebola cases rise, three doctors infected

Continue Guinea has suffered a setback in its fight against Ebola with a rash of new cases, including three doctors infected by the virus, with officials blaming weak surveillance and a failure to follow safety procedures.

The outbreak, which began in eastern Guinea more than a year ago and has killed over 10,000 people in the three West African countries worst hit, had appeared to be on the wane, but Guinea has seen cases rise for three consecutive weeks, according to World Health Organization data.

A government health report from the weekend showed there were 21 new cases in a single day, a spike from the recent daily average of eight.

President Alpha Conde said on Tuesday that everything must be done to end the outbreak by mid-April, ahead of a meeting with donors scheduled around that date.

Ending Ebola could reboot Guinea's mining-dependent economy that has been hammered by the outbreak which has scared investors, he said.

"With Ebola, it is easier to go from 100 cases to 10 cases than from 10 cases of to zero. To end it, we need ten times more effort than when the outbreak was at its height," he said.

NEW INFECTIONS

A big source of concern is a chain of new infections that can be linked back to a woman who died of Ebola and was not buried safely, according to Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba, spokeswoman for the U.N.'s Ebola emergency response mission UNMEER.

"It's a major setback .... It's due to individual behaviors. That is having a devastating effect on the community. People are simply not practicing the safety rules that we have been talking about for a year," she told Reuters.

Of the other two countries worst hit, Sierra Leone has also seen a spate of new cases while Liberia has no known cases at present and is waiting to be declared free of the disease.

The new cases in Guinea are in the capital and the southwestern town of Forecariah but if the situation is not brought under control they could spread across borders, said Lejeune-Kaba.

Guinea officials said the new cases came from high risk Ebola contacts who had left Forecariah and developed symptoms elsewhere, pointing to poor surveillance.

Sakoba Keïta, Guinea's anti-Ebola task force coordinator, said on Tuesday that the government was putting in place new measures including strict rules regulating the movement of corpses and contact tracing.

"There are numerous gaps in the Ebola response in Guinea, notably in surveillance of contacts, and that explains the difficulty in making any lasting progress towards ending the epidemic," said a spokesman for medical charity MSF.

The three doctors were infected at the Ignace Deen hospital in Conakry, which is not an Ebola center. More than 50 doctors in Guinea have caught the virus during the outbreak.

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Hundreds Expected at Funeral for 19-Year-Old Shot by Officer

MADISON, Wis. — Hundreds are expected to attend the funeral for an unarmed 19-year-old who was killed last weekend by a Madison police officer.

Tony Robinson, who is biracial, died March 6 after what police say was a confrontation in which he assaulted the white officer. A preliminary autopsy showed Robinson was shot in his head, torso and right arm.

Saturday's visitation and funeral will be held in a high school field house to accommodate a large crowd.

Robinson's death sparked several large protests in Wisconsin's capital city in the past week. An open letter signed by nearly 90 clergy members on Friday said Robinson's death exposed longstanding racial inequalities in Madison.

A state agency is investigating under a Wisconsin law that requires an outside agency to look into fatal police shootings.

Police: Man Shoots Family of 5, Killing Father, Daughter

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — When Donna Davis opened her door shortly after midnight, what she saw reminded her of a scene out of a horror movie. A mother and two children, a boy and a girl, were covered in blood after being shot in their home across the road.

Someone kept saying, "'We've been hit,'" Davis said, awakened by a pounding on the doors. There was so much blood, she said, that she thought they had been hit by a car early Friday.

"The little boy, he was half under the porch like he was trying to hide from someone. He was screaming for help," she said, pointing to wooden steps leading to the door of her trailer home.

At one point, said Davis' mother-in-law, Linda Davis, the boy reached up to his face and said, "Oh, half my ear is gone."

Police said a man living in the house owned by the woman, Victoria Sims, and her husband, Jermaine Sims, shot them both and their three children. Jermaine Sims, 31, and a 9-year-old daughter died. Victoria Sims, 29, and their 6-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter survived but were in critical condition, Capt. Clint Earls said. Police did not release the children's names.

Victoria and the two other children who survived had crossed a usually busy two-lane highway to seek help, Donna Davis said.

"It was like out of a horror movie," she said. "I still see that little girl's face in my mind."

Jimmy Lyons, 32, is accused of shooting the family, Earls said. He added that Lyons faces two counts of murder and three of aggravated assault.

Lyons was being held in a county jail. It was not known if he had an attorney.

Earls said Jermaine Sims and Lyons had argued, but he did not know what the argument was about.

Earls said there don't appear to have been any witnesses.

"The only thing we are waiting on is getting some of the victims in well-enough health to where they can shed some light on what caused the incident to erupt," Earls said.

The shootings took place in an area about a mile south of downtown Brookhaven: inside city limits but rural in nature, where large yards are studded with pine trees.

Donna and John Davis and their 10-year-old daughter, Heaven, live in a white-and-beige trailer home across the highway and about 100 yards away from the Sims' brown, wood-frame home. John Davis' mother, Linda Davis, lives next door in a small cream-colored house.

Police said a call about 12:20 a.m. Friday brought police to the Davises' homes, where they found Victoria Sims and two children outside, wounded. Inside the Sims' home they found Jermaine Sims and the 9-year-old, both shot, and Lyons, uninjured. Jermaine Sims and the daughter died later at a hospital.

The Davises said they often saw the children getting on and off the school bus or riding bicycles in the yard, but did not know their neighbors.

John Davis said the boy's wounds included cuts on his face, as if he'd been attacked with a knife.

Donna Davis said that, while they waited for an ambulance, she hugged the girl to keep her warm.

"She kept saying, 'I want my mama,'" Donna Davis said.

3 Kansas hospital patients die from ice cream contamination

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Three of the five Kansas hospital patients who developed a foodborne illness linked to a few Blue Bell ice cream products have died prompting the first recall of the product in its 108-year history.

Five people developed listeriosis in Kansas after eating products from one production line at the Blue Bell creamery in Brenham, Texas, according to a statement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday.

Listeria bacteria was found in samples of Chocolate Chip Country Cookies, Great Divide Bars, Sour Pop Green Apple Bars, Cotton Candy Bars, Scoops, Vanilla Stick Slices, Almond Bars and No Sugar Added Moo Bars, the FDA said.

The company said regular Moo Bars were uncontaminated its half gallons, quarts, pints, cups, three-gallon ice cream and take-home frozen snack novelties.

According to a Friday statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all five of the people sickened were receiving treatment for unrelated health issues at the same Kansas hospital before developing listeriosis, "a finding that strongly suggests their infections (with listeria bacteria) were acquired in the hospital," the CDC said.

Information was only available on four of the five patients. All four had consumed milkshakes with a single-serving Blue Bell ice cream product called “Scoops” while in the hospital, the CDC said.

"Scoops," as well as the other suspect Blue Bell items, are mostly food service items and not produced for retail, said Paul Kruse, CEO of the Brenham creamery

The listeria isolated from specimens taken from four of the patients at Via Christi St. Francis hospital in Wichita, Kansas matched the strains of contaminant from the Blue Bell products.

The five patients became ill with listeriosis during their hospitalizations for unrelated causes between December 2013 and January 2015, said hospital spokeswoman Maria Loving.

"Via Christi was not aware of any listeria contamination in the Blue Bell Creameries ice cream products and immediately removed all Blue Bell Creameries products from all Via Christi locations once the potential contamination was discovered," Loving said in a statement Friday to The Associated Press.

Kruse said the company removed products from the shelves as soon as it was alerted about the contamination.

"The only time it can be contaminated is at the time of production," he said. That contamination has been traced to a machine that extrudes the ice cream into forms and onto cookies, and that machine remains off line, he said.

All products now on store and institution shelves are safe, Kruse said.

The CDC said contaminated ice cream products may still be in consumers’ freezers.

Listeriosis is a life-threatening infection caused by eating food contaminated with bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes, the CDC said. The disease primarily affects pregnant women and their newborns, older adults, and people with immune systems weakened by cancer, cancer treatments, or other serious conditions.

A person with listeriosis usually has fever and muscle aches, sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. Almost everyone who is diagnosed with listeriosis has invasive infection, meaning the bacteria spread from their intestines to the blood, causing bloodstream infection, or to the central nervous system, causing meningitis. Although people can sometimes develop listeriosis up to two months after eating contaminated food, symptoms usually start within several days. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics, the CDC said.

Cyclone 'devastates' South Pacific islands of Vanuatu

Cyclone Pam has slammed into the south Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu leaving "complete devastation" in its wake, aid agencies say.
Houses in the capital, Port Vila, were destroyed and "people are wandering the streets looking for help", said Tom Skirrow of Save the Children.
He said eight people were confirmed dead, but UN agencies say dozens may have been killed.
Vanuatu's president said he had a "heavy heart" and appealed for aid.
Pam has brought winds of up to 270km/h (170mph) and torrential rain.
'Entire villages destroyed'
Chloe Morrison, an emergency communications officer with World Vision who is in Port Vila, said on Saturday that streets were littered with roofing, uprooted trees and toppled power lines.

Phil Mercer reports on Cyclone Pam which has ravaged the pacific nation of Vanuatu. Video courtesy of YouTube/Isso Nihmei at 350.org
She said there were reports of entire villages in remote areas being destroyed.
"It's still really quite dangerous outside. Most people are still hunkering down,'' she said.
"The damage is quite extensive in Port Vila but there are so many more vulnerable islands. I can't even imagine what it's like in those vulnerable communities.''
Mr Skirrow said: "The scene here this morning is complete devastation - houses are destroyed, trees are down, roads are blocked and people are wandering the streets looking for help.
"Communications are down across much of the country with the total extent of the devastation unlikely to be known for several days."
Unicef spokeswoman Alice Clements described the cyclone as "15-30 minutes of absolute terror" as it passed over Port Vila.
"I saw the sliding doors from my three-storey-hotel room completely blow away - it was terrifying," she said.

The cyclone whipped up huge waves to batter the coasts of the archipelago

Many houses were destroyed around the capital Port Vila
Unicef in New Zealand warned that Cyclone Pam could be one of the worst ever weather disasters for the region.
"While it is too early to say for certain, early reports are indicating that this weather disaster could potentially be one of the worst in Pacific history," New Zealand executive director Vivien Maidaborn said in a statement.
Vanuatu's President Baldwin Londsdale was attending the World Conference on Disaster Risk and Reduction in Japan, where he appealed for international support.
"I am speaking with you today with a heart that is so heavy," he said.
"I stand to appeal on behalf of the government and people of Vanuatu to the global community to give a lending hand."
Unconfirmed reports said that 44 people had died in Penama province in the north-east of Vanuatu, the UN's Office for the Co-ordination for Humanitarian Assistance (UNOCHA) said earlier in a statement.

Many boats moored in Port Vila bore the brunt of the storm
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the country was preparing to send a crisis response team to Vanuatu if needed.
"There are destructive winds, rain, flooding, landslides, sea surges and very rough seas and the storm is exceedingly destructive there,'' she said. "We are still assessing the situation, but we stand ready to assist."
Although thousands of people spent the night in emergency shelters, many more were forced to ride out the storm in their own homes.
All six provinces of Vanuatu have been under red alert, meaning people are advised to immediately seek shelter.
Located about a quarter of the way from Australia to Hawaii, Vanuatu has a population of 267,000 spread over 65 islands. About 47,000 people live in the capital, Port Vila.
Pam, a category five tropical storm, had already caused major damage on other Pacific islands, including Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.
Tuvalu, a group of nine tiny islands north-east of Vanuatu, has also declared a state of emergency after the cyclone caused flash floods there.

How did Terry Pratchett tweet after his death?

Fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett has died aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Sir Terry, best known for the Discworld series, wrote more than 70 books over his lengthy career.

Many have picked up on the fact that Pratchett's Twitter account actually tweeted a link to a press release announcing his death. In fact, shortly after the author's death, four messages appeared, one after the other, creating a short-short story. The last tweet said, appropriately, "The End."

So how did these tweets appear after the novelist had died? They weren't scheduled - as some have suggested - but rather were posted by Pratchett's assistant Rob Wilkins shortly after his death.

Cyclone 'devastates' South Pacific islands of Vanuatu

Cyclone Pam has slammed into the south Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu leaving "complete devastation" in its wake, aid agencies say.
Houses in the capital, Port Vila, were destroyed and "people are wandering the streets looking for help", said Tom Skirrow of Save the Children.
He said eight people were confirmed dead, but UN agencies say dozens may have been killed.
Vanuatu's president said he had a "heavy heart" and appealed for aid.
Pam has brought winds of up to 270km/h (170mph) and torrential rain.
'Entire villages destroyed'
Chloe Morrison, an emergency communications officer with World Vision who is in Port Vila, said on Saturday that streets were littered with roofing, uprooted trees and toppled power lines.

Phil Mercer reports on Cyclone Pam which has ravaged the pacific nation of Vanuatu. Video courtesy of YouTube/Isso Nihmei at 350.org
She said there were reports of entire villages in remote areas being destroyed.
"It's still really quite dangerous outside. Most people are still hunkering down,'' she said.
"The damage is quite extensive in Port Vila but there are so many more vulnerable islands. I can't even imagine what it's like in those vulnerable communities.''
Mr Skirrow said: "The scene here this morning is complete devastation - houses are destroyed, trees are down, roads are blocked and people are wandering the streets looking for help.
"Communications are down across much of the country with the total extent of the devastation unlikely to be known for several days."
Unicef spokeswoman Alice Clements described the cyclone as "15-30 minutes of absolute terror" as it passed over Port Vila.
"I saw the sliding doors from my three-storey-hotel room completely blow away - it was terrifying," she said.

The cyclone whipped up huge waves to batter the coasts of the archipelago

Many houses were destroyed around the capital Port Vila
Unicef in New Zealand warned that Cyclone Pam could be one of the worst ever weather disasters for the region.
"While it is too early to say for certain, early reports are indicating that this weather disaster could potentially be one of the worst in Pacific history," New Zealand executive director Vivien Maidaborn said in a statement.
Vanuatu's President Baldwin Londsdale was attending the World Conference on Disaster Risk and Reduction in Japan, where he appealed for international support.
"I am speaking with you today with a heart that is so heavy," he said.
"I stand to appeal on behalf of the government and people of Vanuatu to the global community to give a lending hand."
Unconfirmed reports said that 44 people had died in Penama province in the north-east of Vanuatu, the UN's Office for the Co-ordination for Humanitarian Assistance (UNOCHA) said earlier in a statement.

Many boats moored in Port Vila bore the brunt of the storm
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the country was preparing to send a crisis response team to Vanuatu if needed.
"There are destructive winds, rain, flooding, landslides, sea surges and very rough seas and the storm is exceedingly destructive there,'' she said. "We are still assessing the situation, but we stand ready to assist."
Although thousands of people spent the night in emergency shelters, many more were forced to ride out the storm in their own homes.
All six provinces of Vanuatu have been under red alert, meaning people are advised to immediately seek shelter.
Located about a quarter of the way from Australia to Hawaii, Vanuatu has a population of 267,000 spread over 65 islands. About 47,000 people live in the capital, Port Vila.
Pam, a category five tropical storm, had already caused major damage on other Pacific islands, including Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.
Tuvalu, a group of nine tiny islands north-east of Vanuatu, has also declared a state of emergency after the cyclone caused flash floods there.

Jeremy Clarkson hints at Top Gear exit and compares departure to 'dinosaur being made extinct'

By Phil Harris / Daily Mirror

Jeremy Clarkson speaks of Top Gear exit
Jeremy Clarkson has hinted that his time as Top Gear presenter may be over and compared his departure from the BBC motoring show to a dinosaur being made extinct.

The Top Gear host is currently suspended over allegations he punched a producer in a row over a hot meal.

Writing his column for the Sun newspaper, he says that the day must come when you "wave goodbye to the big monsters".

He continues: "I don't intend to dwell here on what happened then or what will happen in the future. I'm sure you're as fed up with the story as I am."

Clarkson's column expands on the comparisons with the animal kingdom saying that big imposing creatures on the brink of extinction, like the polar bears or tigers, had no place in a world which has moved on.

He adds: "We lose one animal and we get another. The world turns."

Jeremy Clarkson says that he has regrets as he leaves his home amidst the 'fracas' story
Clarkson goes on to apparently make light of the BBC suspending him "following a fracas", saying that one news report had been "wildly inaccurate" in saying that he had been seen using a bus.

"I can assure you that things are bad. But they are not that bloody bad," he writes.

More than 800,000 people have now signed a petition calling for him to be reinstated on the show.

Clarkson recently thanked the hundreds of thousands of fans who have signed.

Talking to BBC News, he said: "I am very grateful to everybody."

It has been reported that Clarkson is to face a disciplinary panel.

It has been said that Clarkson will appear before a panel led by the head of BBC Scotland Ken MacQuarrie.

MacQuarrie will be assisted by barrister Orla Tierney, according to the Radio Times.

Tierney joined the BBC earlier this year as 'human resources director employee relations and reward'.

MacQuarrie conducted the investigation into Newsnight's false expose of Lord McAlpine, is to chair the panel with witnesses expected to be called by the end of the week.

A lawyer for Mr Tymon said his client "intends to await the outcome of the BBC investigation and will make no comment until that investigation is complete".

Former Top Gear Stig claims that Top Gear would be 'damaged goods' without Jeremy Clarkson
The Top Gear star has attracted high profile support with David Cameron calling him a "huge talent" and saying he hoped the situation could be resolved so his children would not be left "heartbroken".

Mr Cameron, who is a friend of Clarkson and his constituency MP, told BBC Midlands Today: "I don't know exactly what happened. He is a constituent of mine, he is a friend of mine, he is a huge talent.

"I see that he said he regrets some of what happened. All I would say - because he is a talent and he does amuse and entertain so many people, including my children who'll be heartbroken if Top Gear is taken off air - I hope this can be sorted out because it is a great programme and he is a great talent."

Asked if the BBC was wrong to suspend him, Mr Cameron said: "I don't know what happened. Every organisation has to be able to be free to manage its talent and to say to people, 'you can do this', or 'you can't do that', so I don't want to interfere in the running of the BBC."

He added: "The Prime Minister has many responsibilities, sadly securing the future of Top Gear isn't one of them."

Clarkson's N-Word Shame - Jeremy Clarkson uses N-Word during filming of Top Gear
This is the latest in a long line of controversies which has seen the presenter offend foreign diplomats, viewers, MPs and his own bosses at the BBC.

Clarkson was put on what was called his final warning last year following a racism row after claims he used the N-word while reciting the nursery rhyme Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe during filming of the BBC2 programme.

We just need to pee” transgender protest

Do you have to be biologically male to be allowed in the men's room, or biologically female for the ladies loos?

In several US states, as well as in Canada, the law governing public toilets is now a divisive issue. On one side are transgender people, who assert their right to use whichever restrooms they chose - no matter what their biological gender. On the other, conservatives who say a relaxation of the rules could leave members of the public vulnerable to traumatic or inappropriate situations, or even sexual harassment.
The latest twist online is an eye-catching protest tactic: the public toilet selfie.

Michael Hughes, a transgender man living in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of those using the tactic. On Twitter, he posts selfies with female friends stood behind him in women's public toilets. Hashtags like #weneedtopee and #occupotty (shared around 4,000 and 2,000 times each) have been created for the campaign.

"So I come in, go right to the mirror with a female friend behind me, and we quickly get the selfie, and get back out before anybody comes in and gets startled by my presence in the women's restroom," he told American television network KTTC. "I'm hoping that even the most conservative lawmakers and voters will be able to look at them, take a step back".

In Minnesota, as well as in Kentucky, the current proposals law would not affect all public restrooms but rather high schools, where restrictions have been proposed for toilets to be used according to a student's birth sex. In Florida and Texas, bills have been proposed to restrict all public facilities by biological gender.

The "we just need to pee" selfies have also started appearing in Canada, with transgender woman Brae Carnes as one of the main protestors. The legal situation there is slightly different: gender identity has been enshrined as a human right there, but an amendment was introduced by Canadian Conservative Senator Donald Plett that excludes 'sex-specific' places such as public toilets. According to reports, his aim was to protect vulnerable people such as women who have experienced abuse from the trauma of sharing a space with anyone who is "biologically male".

Miss Carnes, 23, from Victoria, British Columbia has posted selfies on Facebook of herself in men's toilets showing urinals in the background and uses the hashtag #PlettPutMeHere. In one of her photos she commented: "As a trans woman I'm not even safe from discrimination at the pub or public transit. What's going to happen if I'm forced into a men's changing room?"

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Top US Military Official Repeatedly Warned Iraq About Troops’ Conduct

ABC News By JAMES GORDON MEEK, BRIAN ROSS, RYM MOMTAZ and ALEX HOSENBALL

America’s top military official, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, repeatedly warned Iraqi leaders about the conduct of both the Iraqi military and the militias that fight alongside them, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

The Iraqi government says it has launched an investigation into alleged atrocities committed by Iraqi troops and Shia militias, some captured in a trove of images and footage found online, as revealed in an ABC News investigation Wednesday. Today State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said the images amounted to “disturbing and serious allegations.”

“This behavior is clearly – you know – their behavior must be above reproach or they risk being painted with the same brush as ISIL [ISIS] fighters and certainly that’s a message that we are making clear,” Psaki told reporters today.

ABC NEWS INVESTIGATION: US-Trained Iraqi Forces Investigated for War Crimes
[A bound and blindfolded detainee appears to be dropped – or possibly hung from the neck according to one analyst -- from what looks like an Iraqi military base guard tower. The image was posted on Instagram.]

A senior military official with the Joint Staff disclosed to ABC News last week that "certain Iraqi units" had been denied military aid and assistance on the basis of "credible information in the past” –- the result of what’s known as the Leahy Law, named for Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, and designed to keep the U.S. from directly funding units who commit human rights abuses.

The U.S. has blocked aid to the un-named Iraqi units under the Leahy Law since American troops returned to Iraq in August and began supporting government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters with airstrikes against ISIS jihadists, the senior official said.

ABC News first showed administration officials, as well as Leahy, dozens of examples of social media images posted by members of Iraqi Security Forces and their supporters last fall. Some administration officials downplayed it as not widespread or involving Baghdad's military, but Leahy was incensed.

“The Leahy Law is clear and sets a minimum standard. If there is credible information that foreign security forces have committed the worst crimes – such as torture, killings of civilians, rape, or executions of prisoners – then they are not eligible for U.S. aid unless the individuals involved are being appropriately punished," Sen. Leahy said this week.

Iraqi Army spokesperson, Gen. Saad Maan, told ABC News after viewing some of the images that were posted online that “of course” Iraq will investigate.

“We don’t have anything to hide,” the general said. “We don’t have anything to be in, let’s say, in a black corner.”

[A black uniformed individual holds the severed head of a purported Saudi ISIS fighter while standing on top of a black-painted Humvee. In the background, a man wears two patches signifying the Iraqi Interior Ministry’s Emergency Response Brigade.]

Incredible photos of moment 'dead' baby was hugged back to life by distraught mum and dad

When Kate and David Ogg were told that one of their new-born twins had stopped breathing they thought that was the end.

In desperation, and thinking it would be the last time they would be able to hold their son, the couple hugged him close.

But incredibly their body warmth seemed to revive him and the little boy started moving and his breathing grew stronger.

Hospital staff rushed to help the newborn and managed to bring him back to life.

And five year's later the lively youngster has been told about his rocky start in life.

Heartbroken: Kate and David Ogg were told their baby son was dead
The couple, from Queensland in Australia, had been trying to get pregnant for some time and were overjoyed when they found out Kate was expecting twins.

But, although the pregnancy started out well, after six months Kate was rushed to the delivery room.

Jamie was born first on March 25, 2010 and his sister Emily followed two minutes later.

Both babies were born in the amniotic sac and while Emily started wailing when it was torn over Jamie didn't make a sound.

But the couple quickly realised something was wrong when about 20 medical staff crowded around Jamie.

The baby had stopped breathing and his heartbeat was nearly gone.

And after a frantic 20 minutes they stopped trying to save him.

The doctor sat on the end of Kate's hospital bed and asked if they had a name picked out.

The couple were told there was nothing more they could do to save Jamie.

Kate said she saw her baby gasp but the doctor told her it was no use so the despairing mum took the boy in her arms and asked everyone to leave.

The baby's body was cold so she tried to keep him as warm as possible.

Kate told David to take his shirt off and climb into the bed.

Although she knew it was probably pointless she had to do everything she could to try and save her tiny son.

The desperate couple enveloped their tiny baby with their body warmth as they cradled him in the hospital bed.

Kate told Daily Mail Australia: "We were trying to entice him to stay. We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we tried to have him.

"He suddenly gasped... then he opened his eyes. He was breathing and grabbing Dave's finger.

"If we had let the doctor walk out of the room with him, Jamie would have been dead."

Jamie and Emily are about to turn five years old and their parents have only recently decided to tell them about their amazing story.

When Emily found out her twin brother had almost died she burst into tears and kept hugging Jamie.

Kate said her children love to talk about when they were babies and their younger brother Charlie tells everyone about Jamie's incredible birth.

Amazingly Jamie has not encountered a single medical problem in his five years despite serious concerns the lack of oxygen when he was born could have led to cerebral palsy.

But instead the family feel extremely lucky all of their children are happy and healthy.

They have set up an online community called Jamie's Gift which fundraises for the Miracle Babies foundation which supports sick and premature babies.

Dave has signed up to take part in a gruelling Iron man triathalon in May in Port Macquarie when he will swim 3.8km swim, bike 180km and run a marathon.

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A plane skidded off a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport while landing during a winter storm today

A plane skidded off a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport while landing during a winter storm today, shutting down the airport's runways, officials said.

Initially, there were no reports of injuries.

Delta Flight 1086, an MD-88 arriving from Atlanta, skidded off runway 13 at 11:10 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Officials said they were checking for a fuel leak.

"Customers deplaned via aircraft slides and have moved to the terminal on buses," Delta said in a statement. "Our priority is ensuring our customers and crew members are safe. Delta will work with all authorities and stakeholders to look into what happened in this incident."

Images of the plane showed that it apparently crashed through a fence after skidding off the runway.

The FAA said LaGuardia Airport's runways are closed and expected to reopen at approximately 7 p.m. ET.

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White House counsel reportedly kept in dark on Clinton’s personal email use

The White House counsel's office reportedly was kept in the dark about Hillary Clinton's exclusive use of personal email while secretary of state, in the latest detail raising questions over how and why she stayed off the government system despite administration guidance to the contrary.

Clinton used non-official personal email, and also used a server traced to her New York home.

An unnamed source told The Associated Press the White House counsel's office only found out about her heavy personal email use as part of the congressional investigation into the Benghazi attack.

The person said Clinton's exclusive reliance on personal email as the nation's top diplomat was inconsistent with the guidance given to agencies that official business should be conducted on official email accounts. According to the source, the counsel's office asked the State Department to ensure that her email records were properly archived, after finding out in the course of the Benghazi probe she did not follow the guidance.

Meanwhile, lawmakers and others were stepping up efforts to get to the bottom of the issue.

The House select committee investigating the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi subpoenaed her personal emails on Wednesday. And the Republican National Committee's chief counsel formally requested a State Department inspector general investigation.

Amid the pressure, Clinton said on Twitter late Wednesday she has asked the State Department to make her emails available to the public, in her first public response to the controversy.

"I want the public to see my email," she tweeted. "I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible."

This means the State Department will vet the 55,000-plus pages she handed over, leaving the diplomatic agency with the intensely politicized task of determining which can be made public.

The State Department said it would review the emails as quickly as possible but cautioned it would take some time.

The email saga has developed as the first major test for how the White House and President Obama's administration will deal with Clinton's likely 2016 presidential campaign -- and the inevitable questions that will only get louder as 2016 approaches.

In his letter to department Inspector General Steve Linick, RNC Chief Counsel John Phillippe urged an investigation into whether Clinton's system posed a cybersecurity risk, what the department email policies were, how Clinton was allowed to use the personal system and other issues.

"The American public deserves to know whether one of its top-ranking public official's actions violated federal law," he wrote. "With transparency and openness in government being one of President Obama's guiding principles, it is incumbent upon your office to determine the facts surrounding this issue."

Since the revelations surfaced this week, the Obama administration has been pummeled by endless questions about Clinton, who hasn't formally announced a run. In the absence of an official campaign to defend her, the White House press secretary has been put in the awkward position of being a de facto Clinton spokesman and the most public voice speaking on her behalf.

While trying to avoid doing political damage to Clinton, the White House has put the onus on her aides to explain exactly what happened.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest acknowledged Wednesday that Clinton would have emailed White House officials on a non-government account. But the source familiar with the matter who spoke to the AP said the White House was not aware that was her sole method of email and that she wasn't keeping a record of her emails at the State Department.

The person said the White House's concern was that agencies must maintain records for historical and legal purposes in the case of a Freedom of Information Act request or subpoena.

Kim Kardashian reveals startlingly blonde hair in all its glory and looks like a completely different woman!

The 34-year-old has revealed her new hair after keeping it hidden

Wow! Kim Kardashian has gone blonde - and when we say blonde we mean REALLY blonde.

The mother-of-one, who gave a sneak peak of her hair earlier, revealed her lighter locks in all their glory as she stepped out with Kanye in Paris.

And boy does she look different! The blonde looked particularly dramatic against her all- black outift, creating a rather high fashion feel overall.

We bet Kanye loves

Clever girls, stupid boys?

By  Sean Coughlan

   The gap is so great that the UK's university admissions authority has warned that being male could soon be seen as a new form of social disadvantage.
In the UK, the gender gap in university entry has never been wider - and in a remarkable statistic from Ucas, the gap is more than 50% in a quarter of parliamentary constituencies. And no doubt this disparity will play out over future generations.
But hold that bandwagon there.
Because a global study from the OECD, based on more than 60 countries, has thrown up some very interesting challenges to generalisations about girls always doing better than boys.
Teacher bias
First of all, it suggests that school systems give greater rewards to girls rather than boys, even when pupils are of similar ability.
Teachers are more likely to "mark up" girls' work, says the study. It suggests that this leniency in marking is an unacknowledged reward for girls being more school-friendly.

Women are much more likely to go to university than men
Girls are more likely to be better behaved, more likely to get homework finished, less negative about going to school. And even when boys' work is just as good, the higher grade is more likely to go to a girl.
Where coursework is important to grades, could this have an influence on results?
The study also shows that in science and maths, boys are likely to be at either extreme on the ability spectrum.
Among the lowest achievers, boys predominate. It's an international pattern, with boys much more likely to be among those who get the worst results, drop out and leave education unskilled and poorly qualified.
But boys are also right at the top of the scale too, occupying more of the places among the very highest achievers.
Computer games 1 Homework 0
The biggest gender gap in school is usually associated with literacy, with girls runaway leaders in exams and international reading tests.
But the OECD has come up with the unexpected finding that this advantage in school does not last into adulthood. When young men and women get to the end of their twenties, their reading skills are not that much different.

The study also has some nuggets about the influences that shape how well pupils do at school. Girls do much more homework than boys and this has a direct impact on results.
Boys are much more likely to spend long hours playing on computer games and this can have a direct impact on the likelihood of doing homework.
But there are a couple of big conclusions delivered by the OECD's education guru, Andreas Schleicher.
There is no "maths gene", there is nothing inherent about boys or girls doing particularly well or badly in different subjects.
If boys can do better than girls in maths tests in some western countries - and then girls in Shanghai can do better at maths than those western boys, it shows the variable factor is not gender, but those education systems.
Mr Schleicher says the study shows there is nothing innate, immutable or inevitable about gender differences in education.
There might be a blizzard of overlapping influences - self-confidence, parental expectations, society's stereotypes, gender bias, school support - which can affect how young people behave.
But it's nothing that is hardwired by gender.

Pregnant woman beaten with baseball bat by gang of intruders as she gave birth

Her contractions were six minutes apart and she was about to leave for hospital when five masked thugs used crowbars to smash their way into her house in Beambridge, Pitsea, Essex.

They beat her with a baseball bat and slashed her face with a knife in the attack on Monday night.

The unnamed 22-year-old woman was rushed to Basildon Hospital and suffered a haemorrhage.

Fortunately despite her injuries and the trauma, she gave birth to a healthy baby on Tuesday.

The horrific attack happened while the woman’s partner was upstairs collecting her hospital bag and her two-year-old child was asleep in bed.

Detectives from Basildon CID are hunting the masked gang which smashed its way in to the house, in Beambridge, Pitsea, with crowbars on Monday night.

The woman’s partner, who does not want to be named, said: “My partner’s contractions were about six minutes apart, so I went upstairs to get her hospital bag and to phone the babysitter to come and look after our two-year-old.

“The next thing I heard a loud smash – like a fish tank shattering.

“My partner started screaming my name and I just heard these men shouting something like ‘where’s the money?’, ‘give us the money!’.”

The five-strong gang beat the mother with baseball bats and crowbars before slashing her across the face.

Her 32-year-old partner, said: “I came down running down the stairs and they were attacking her. I just threw my arms round her to protect her.

“They carried on beating us. I was just shouting back at them, ‘you are wrong man, she is in labour.

“Me and my girlfriend just started screaming and shouting for help.”

Police Hunt: Detectives are trying find the five thugs who carried out the twisted attack
The yobs grabbed the couple’s iPad, a Sony Experia mobile phone and £60 in cash they had taken out for cabs to the hospital and food. They then ran off.

Her partner said: “I can’t even describe to you how angry I am. My partner is too traumatised to even go back to our home.

"She is going to need counselling to help her get through this. To do this to a woman who is in labour – it’s sick.”

The gang included five men – three of them wore balaclavas and dark clothes. The fourth gang member was white and the fifth was mixed race.

They were all in their 20s and spoke with local accents. Anyone with information can call Basildon CID on 101.

Det Insp Joel Henderson, from Basildon CID, said: “This was a shocking attack on a young woman who was in labour.

"It is vital we get those people responsible off the streets of Basildon.”

ISIS:Twisted militants throw 'gay' man off building then stone him to death after he survives fall

Harrowing images have emerged of the young man being hurled off the building as large crowds gather to watch the brutal execution

This is the sick moment Islamic State butchers pushed a man off the top of a building - because they believed he was gay.

The blind-folded man was held at the top of the tall block in Raqqa, Syria, while his captors took pictures of his final moments on mobile phones.

Below, hundreds of people gathered to watch the barbarous killing of the man, believed to be in his 20s.

One depraved IS member had a camera set up on a tripod on top of a car to photograph the man as he hurtled to his death.

Incredibly, the victim survived the fall, however that only marked the opening to the sick execution.

The man was thrown off the building but survived the fall
As he lay lifeless on the ground, men with AK47s across their backs pelted the body with rocks taken from plastic baskets.

Justice IS-style has also seen two men beheaded for blasphemy and dishonesty and a man stoned to death for adultery in the same week.

The men all faced Medieval-style public executions in the captured Syrian city of Aleppo.

Three men were also shot dead in the IS stronghold after being accused of being spies.

A man named Muhammad Aladdin was pictured having his head chopped off for being a 'swindler' in front of a crowd of locals.

More disturbing images showed a Jihadist with a giant Scimitar-style sword execute a man called Abdul Latif Ajjur.

The execution drew a significant audience
This time, onlookers were told he was guilty of cursing God.

Also in Aleppo, a dad had his had chopped off for allegedly stealing chocolate.

Campaign group Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently said the pronouncement was that the man 'had taken goods'.

He told his executors it was chocolate for his children because they were hungry. But it was not enough to spare his life.

"People cheered but I believe only because they did not want to betray that they do not support Islamic State," said the site.

"This is the grim reality of life every day in Islamic State. It is like never-ending night-time in our country."

Their reports are difficult to independently verify due to the difficulty reporting from what is effectively an occupied territory.

But the Wall Street Journal recently interviewed the founder of the site, who gave a detailed account of his courageous filming under cover, in fear of his life.

Becky Watts' stepbrother shows no emotion as he appears in court charged with teenager's murder

The stepbrother of 16-year-old Becky Watts showed no emotion today as he appeared in court charged with her murder.

Nathan Matthews, 28, walked into the dock wearing a short sleeve black tee-shirt for a brief hearing in packed Court Two at Bristol Magistrates' Court.

During the one-minute hearing, unshaven Matthews spoke only to confirm his name, address date of birth.

The court clerk told him: "You are charged that between February 18 and March 1 in Bristol that you murdered Rebecca Watts."

Becky Watts accused seen leaving court
Inside, the public gallery was filled with about 40 people - mostly journalists - with no members of Becky's immediate family present.

Three uniformed police officers sat in front of the glass dock. Matthews had arrived in a marked police van shielded by four uniformed officers.

District Judge Lynne Matthews told the court: "As we all know, this case will have to go to the Crown Court.

"I cannot entertain any application for bail this morning and thus I will remand you in custody until tomorrow."

No details of the case against him were revealed to the court and he did not enter a plea to the single murder charge.

Court artist sketch of Nathan Matthews appearing at Bristol Magistrate's Court, Bristol, where he was charged with the murder of his stepsister Becky Watts.
According to the charge sheet, Matthews is charged with the "murder of a person aged one year or older, namely between February 19 and March 3, murdered Rebecca Watts".

Matthews was handcuffed to a female dock officer and led to the cells. He was remanded in custody until a video link hearing at Bristol crown court tomorrow.

A few minutes later Matthews' girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, walked into the dock in the same court for a separate hearing.

The court clerk then read out the charge she faces during a hearing which lasted just over a minute.

The clerk told Hoare: "Between February 18 and March 1 you did a series of acts which had a tendency to pervert the course of justice in that you hindered the police investigation and assisted Nathan Matthews intended to help him evade detection."

Family of Rebecca Watts pay tribute to her beautiful life
Judge Matthews said: "This case also has to go to the Crown Court and is connected to the previous case.

"I understand that there is no application for bail. I send your case to the Crown Court at Bristol."

Hoare, dressed in a short-sleeved charcoal coloured tee-shirt, was remanded in custody to appear at Bristol crown court on April 2.

Four men and one woman, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, remain in police custody.

Matthews and Hoare, who uses the surname Phillips on social media, were arrested on suspicion of Becky's kidnap on Saturday.

They were later rearrested on suspicion of her murder after body parts were found at an address in Bristol.

They were charged yesterday.

Hoare was previously taken to hospital by officers after "feeling unwell" in custody but returned after being seen by a doctor.

Becky, described as "wonderful" by her family, vanished from her home in Crown Hill, Bristol, at 11.15am on February 19.

Avon and Somerset Police launched a huge search operation - involving six police teams each day - after she was reported missing the following afternoon.

On Monday night, detectives received information that Becky's body had been "cut up" and they attended a house in Barton Court, Barton Hill, Bristol.

Body parts were discovered at the address, which continues to be combed by forensics teams. A private ambulance was seen leaving the property on Tuesday afternoon.

Bouquets, teddies and cards have been left at the family home and at the site where body parts were found.

Boy lives after plunging 2,500ft down mountain - and his iPhone withstands fall too

Jack Fox, 14, fell on the last run of the last day of a skiing trip in the Alps - he wants to encourage others to wear helmets, as he says his saved his life

A teenager survived a terrifying 2,500ft skiing plunge - and was surprised to find his iPhone had also miraculously withstood the fall.

Jack Fox, from Crossens, near Southport, Merseyside, is recovering at home after his Austrian ordeal.

He also wants to encourage others to wear helmets, as he says his saved his life.

The 14-year-old, who attends Tarleton Academy and wants to be a nuclear power engineer, fell on the last run of the last day of a school skiing trip in the Alps.

He suffered ice burns to his arms but miraculously survived the ordeal relatively unhurt, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Jack said his iPhone 4s, containing the last picture he took, also survived the fall.

He said: “The battery goes quite quickly now, but there is not a crack on it.

"After I had stopped falling I just saw it there and tried to turn it on but it wouldn’t, then when I got to the hospital and it had dried out, it turned on.”

Mum Amanda, 41, said Jack had been hoping for a new iPhone 6 if his current 4s model had been broken.

She said: “Jack has been after an iPhone 6 for ages and when he thought it wouldn’t turn on – he thought he was going to get a new one.

"But we are glad it came on because that was when he first spoke to me.

"My husband had been told that he had been airlifted off, but we didn’t know about any injuries. His phone coming back on was like it was meant to be really.”

Jack said: “I was facing forwards taking pictures of the scenery and I was about to put my phone away and started to slip and lose my footing.

"I was shouting for help as I was falling – but then I couldn’t because I had snow in my mouth.”

Amanda said: “Jack said when he got to the bottom of the mountain he knew he hadn’t broken anything as everything moved.”

At the top of the mountain, Jack said, a lot of people had taken their helmets off to take photos.

His mum Amanda said: “Luckily he hadn’t, because his helmet was all smashed.

"Kids think helmets are not cool but Jack has now realised that they are.”

“It was cracked and bits had fallen off it,” said Jack, “As I was going down I was trying to stop myself by digging my boots in, but it flipped me over and hit my head – it was a scary experience and was the first time I’ve ever thought I was going to die.”

The award-winning showjumper added: “Whether you ride horses or whatever you do, you do need a helmet. It has saved my life.”

After being airlifted off the mountain near Salzburg, Austria, Jack was treated at Alder Hey for severe ice burns.

He said: “As I fell, my jacket pushed up to my elbows and I got to one point when I started to slow down and I moved over on to one arm because the other one was hurting.

"That is when the left arm went bad.”

Amanda said his right arm shouldn’t be too bad, but his left arm was “quite a mess”.

She added: “He is lucky to be here, it could have been a totally different story.

"He is here and can tell the tale, which is the important thing.”

Jack has another skiing trip planned for next year – and said it was his photography – not his skiing – that was the problem.

He said: “It will be strange going back on the mountain, but I think the skiing won’t be a problem.”

Tragic newlywed loses cancer battle two days after dream wedding to 'best friend'

Tragic newlywed loses cancer battle two days after dream wedding to 'best friend'
04 March 2015 04:47 PM John Shammas
Hundreds of friends and family attended the wedding of Brittney Ross Brewer, which the 28-year-old described as her dream day,

A bride died two days after marrying her "best friend" as she lost her battle with cancer.

Brittney Ross Brewer was originally due to marry on February 27, but fears prompted her to move the wedding forward to Valentine's Day.

The 28-year-old, from Maine in the US, married Jared at the chapel in the Maine Medical Centre, where she had been fighting her cervical cancer after being diagnosed nine months ago.

However Brittney did live to her original wedding date, and had a reception with hundreds of family and friends celebrating her marriage.

Two days later however, she died with her loved ones by her bedside

Jared told People: "She still wanted to have a big party to celebrate life and see everybody for probably the last time, unfortunately."

After her death, Jared's sister Janessa Brewer shared the news on Facebook.

She posted: "While Brittney may not have won her battle with cancer, she will live on forever within our hearts.

"Jared was able to give her the wedding of her dreams and she enjoyed every minute of it!

"Brittney was a living, breathing angel... who now has her wings."

The couple were overwhelmed with generous donations that friends, family and well wishers had given upon hearing her story online.

It allowed them to get medical treatment they would not have been able to otherwise afford, with $7,000 being given on her GoFundMe page.

Writing in her blog during her final days, Brittney wrote: "It’s been such a true blessing these past few days to see my friends and family coming together this past week for me.

"Making sure I got to marry my best friend and spend time with everyone I can

"Makes a girl appreciate how truly loved she is."

Thieves return Lupita Nyong'o's Oscar dress

Thieves return Lupita Nyong'o's Oscar dress after realizing the pearls on it were fake

Mexico captures Knights Templar drug lord 'La Tuta' Gomez

Mexican police say they have captured the country's most wanted drug lord, Servando "La Tuta" Gomez.
Mr Gomez, leader of the Knights Templar drug cartel, was arrested in Morelia in Michoacan state without a shot fired, police officials said.
Previously a school teacher, he became one of Mexico's most powerful dug lords and took control of Michoacan.
His capture is a coup for the government of Enrique Pena Nieto in its fight against the drug cartels.
A police spokesman told local media the arrest followed months of intelligence work in the region.
Police reportedly seized nearby properties in the weeks leading up Mr Gomez's capture and arrested several of his associates.
Meth trade
Known by his nickname "La Tuta" - "the teacher" - Mr Gomez founded and led the ruthless Knights Templar cartel.
He evaded capture for years while other senior members of the gang and rival drug lords were captured or killed.
By the time of his arrest, he had a $2 million (£1.3 million) bounty on his head.
Knights Templar was primarily a drug cartel and it controlled a large part of the lucrative methamphetamine trade in western Mexico.
But it was also known for mixing in business and politics in the region and even took effective control over the state's international port, Lazaro Cardenas, making millions of dollars from illegal mining of iron ore.
A federal government offensive in 2013 saw the Pena Nieto administration wrest back control of Michoacan state from the Knights Templar and rival gangs.
As leader of the biggest cartel in the region, Mr Gomez became the prime target of Mr Pena Nieto's crackdown.
The administration has been criticised for failing to tackle
the drug gangs, with vigilante groups forming to take on the dealers illegally.

Mr Gomez's arrest comes just over a year after the capture of the country's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, head of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Shortly after Guzman's capture, Mexican security forces killed two of Mr Gomez's senior deputies, Enrique "Kike" Plancarte and Nazario Moreno, known as "The Craziest One".
Unlike many rival gang leaders who carefully avoided the limelight, Mr Gomez regularly gave media interviews and railed against the government in Youtube videos.
Mr Gomez began life in the drug trade as an small-time marijuana dealer, before joining a Michoacan gang called La Familia and rising to a senior level. A split in La Familia led him to form Knights Templar.
A father of at least seven, Mr Gomez was also wanted by US authorities in connection with the 2009 murder of 12 Mexican federal police officers.

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L'Oreal agrees to change 'bad at maths' boast advert

By Hannah Richardson
BBC News education reporter

Beauty giant L'Oreal Paris is to change an advert that included a throwaway boast about not being good at maths after a numeracy charity's challenge.
Recent L'Oreal Paris adverts featured British actress Dame Helen Mirren saying: "Age is just a number. And maths was never my thing."
National Numeracy tweeted its distaste that the advertising appeared to boast about poor maths skills.
L'Oreal Paris thanked the charity and pledged to change it "right away".
'Negative attitudes'
National Numeracy chief executive Mike Ellicock said: "Throwaway remarks about being 'no good at maths' are so easy to make and so damaging in the way they normalise negative attitudes.
"It's unusual for a company to recognise and remedy their error in the way that L'Oreal have, so we really appreciate their response.
"We know that women and girls often have particularly low levels of confidence - and particularly high levels of anxiety - about maths. So it's especially important that advertising directed at them doesn't perpetuate the myth that women can't do maths."
L'Oreal Paris replied to National Numeracy by Twitter saying: "Thanks for raising this, we hadn't meant it to be interpreted this way. We're changing it right away and you'll see new ads soon."
National Numeracy was established in 2012 with the aim of improving everyday maths skills among adults and children in the UK - and changing negative attitudes to maths.
L'Oreal Paris UK general manager Elen Macaskil said the comment was intended as a playful reference to ageing and was never meant to be interpreted as negative towards maths.
She added: "L'Oreal is a strong advocate of women in STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] through our For Women In Science programme and as someone who did double maths A-level I fully support the manifesto for a numerate UK. We listen to our consumers and value their feedback which is why we took the decision to change our communication."

IBB DISCLAIMS TWITTER ACCOUNT IN HIS NAME

By:the Citizen

Former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, has dissociated himself from a Twitter account created by some people using his name. Babangida described the activities of the Twitter account creators as 'dubious' and an attempt to tarnish his image.

The former ruler decried a situation whereby people would create fictitious account on a social media using the names of some notable persons without consent but with the sole aim of creating mischief.

Babangida, in a press statement signed by Iliasu Dhacko, one of his media aides, said: 'As long as I cannot stop people from using my picture, I strongly wish to advise those intending to use my pictures to use them judiciously.'

The statement, made available to our correspondent in Minna on Thursday, therefore, urged Nigerians to disregard such messages claiming to have emanated from him, assuring that appropriately action would be taken to bring the culprits to book. – Leadership.

Defending Champ Federer Beats Coric to Make Dubai Final

By:BBC news

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Defending champion Roger Federer moved back into the Dubai Championships final with a 6-2, 6-1 win over lucky loser Borna Coric on Friday.

It took the second-seeded Federer 56 minutes to reach his ninth Dubai final. He's won six of them.

Federer offered Coric three break-point opportunities, and had his serve broken once, in the fifth game of the first set.

Federer will play either top-seeded Novak Djokovic or fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych. Berdych has been a finalist here the past two years.

China calls its activities in South China Sea ‘restrained’ as US raises flag

By:The times of India

A Chinese coast guard vessel passes near the Chinese oil rig Haiyang Shi You 981 in the disputed South China Sea. (Reuters file photo)

BEIJING: China defended its activities in the South China Sea as restrained and responsible on Friday after the US intelligence chief called its expansion of outposts in the region an "aggressive" effort to assert sovereignty.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the country's activities on shoals and in surrounding waters it claims are "reasonable, legitimate and legal" and that its attitude has been one of "restraint and responsibility."

Google backs down over Blogger porn

By: BBC news

Google has changed its mind about forcing sexually explicit blogs on its Blogger platform to become private.
Earlier this week, the firm warned bloggers that blogs containing sexually explicit images and videos would be made private on 23 March.
After "a ton of feedback" the firm has decided to continue with its current policy instead, it says.
Explicit blogs must continue to identify themselves as "adult".
This means a warning page is shown before readers are transferred to the site.
Google also reserves the right to add an "adult" tag to Blogger blogs if it feels the description is appropriate.
The "acceptable use" policy link currently redirects users to a posted message which reads:
"We've had a ton of feedback, in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change (some people have had accounts for 10+ years), but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities.
"So rather than implement this change, we've decided to step up enforcement around our existing policy prohibiting commercial porn."
As long as bloggers have correctly identified their adult blogs they need take no further action, the message adds.
Google had originally proposed forcing existing explicit blogs to go private from next month, and said it would potentially take down blogs created after its 23 March deadline.

Diamond Bank CEO stars in new TV commercial

By: the Citizen

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Diamond Bank PLC, Uzoma Dozie, is leading the bank's positioning drive as an innovative and technologically driven financial institution as he features as the lead character in a new television commercial for the Diamond Mobile App.

Diamond Bank, a leading retail bank in Nigeria, is ranked among the top six commercial banks in the country. Following a successful Rights Issue last year mainly targeted at developing its Information Technology infrastructure, Diamond Bank has introduced several novel solutions that have transformed the Nigerian banking space.

The new TVC, shot in the bank's corporate head office in Lekki, Lagos, positions Diamond Mobile App as the reliable and ultra-efficient assistant for the high performing executive who likes to keep in sync with the personal side of things. In character, Dozie says: 'As the CEO of Diamond Bank, time is precious and doing things right is important; quickly, efficiently and easy.'

Despite his visibly busy schedule, he shuns a shortlist of applications for personal assistant position, pointing out that there are some things he never likes to delegate – like booking flight tickets for his wife, getting movie tickets for his children as promised and buying tickets to events he wants to attend - all of which he simultaneously attends to on the go via his mobile phone. Then comes the clincher: 'I can do all of these on my Diamond Mobile  App. It's beyond banking. Who needs a PA?'

Speaking on the commercial, Ayona Trimnell, Divisional Head, Corporate Communications, Diamond Bank PLC, explained that the TVC reinforces the bank's message that the Diamond Mobile App is the ultimate personal assistant for easy, convenient banking.

According to her: 'The Diamond Mobile is borne out of our commitment to continually offer value-added solutions that conveniently fit into the lifestyle of our customers. It is safe, easy to use and specifically developed for the success minded individual who is focused on maximizing all life's moments whenever or wherever they are.”

The Diamond Mobile App was recently upgraded with a Touch ID Feature which allows users seamless login to their accounts by simply identifying their fingerprints as an alternative to entering a User ID and password. The feature, available on iOS devices, marked the introduction of the service in Nigeria and also positioned Diamond Bank as an innovative institution that is progressively changing the face of banking in Nigeria with best-in-class customer-focused solutions.

Other features of the Diamond Mobile App include funds transfer, bills payment, events ticket purchase, movie tickets purchase, online shopping, wallet top-up as well as searching, booking and making payment for both local and international flights.

Ebonyi Assembly serves impeachment notice on Gov Elechi

By: the Citizen

Ebonyi State House of Assembly Friday morning served an impeachment notice on Governor Martin Elechi over what it described as act of gross misconduct by the Governor.

Reading the notice at the plenary, the acting leader of the House, Hon. Francis Nwifruru accused the Governor of huge financial misappropriation, undermining of the integrity of the House, among other offences.

The motion for him to be served the notice was moved by Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa and seconded by Hon. Valentine Okike

AFTER CONFESSION, NIGERIAN S3X SLAVE DIES IN B/FASO

Source: nigerianfilms.com
After an investigative report on a Nigerian s3x slave worker who was deceived into the search for a better life outside the country, latest report has it that the victim is dead.

According to PM news who published the report, Nigerian sex slave who was trafficked to the West African country of Burkina Faso has been found dead barely a month after an investigative report exposed the awful conditions she and other Nigerian girls are subjected to in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

The victim, known as Gift, was sold the same promises but ended up working as a sex slave in ‘Bar Dancing Petit Ouaga’, a brothel in Toudoubweogo village in Ouagadougou.

Gift who hailed from Edo State in Nigeria, narrated how she had travelled with someone for three days to get to Burkina Faso in April 2014. During the conversation with the evening publication, the late Gift had expressed hope that once she had paid the traffickers some money, she would be free to move on with her life.

WE ARE NOT BUS CONDUCTORS THAT SHOUT FOR CHANGE...PATIENCE JONATHAN

The First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Dame Jonathan has joined the league of those discrediting the ability of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to govern the country at the federal level.

Dame Patience Jonathan, at the PDP Women for Change Initiative Presidential Rally in Delta state chant for change mocked the APC chant for change saying that they were not bus conductors that should be shouting for change.

According to her, “The PDP is a party that talks less and does more, unlike the APC that tells new lies every week. When you catch them today, they will tell another lie tomorrow. We (PDP) do not tell you about change because we are not bus conductors that ask for change.”

“We are now in a digital age and we should reject anyone who wants to take us back to analog days. They keep saying they will do this and that. They should tell us what they have done for Nigerians while in office. As for President Jonathan, he has vowed to do more when he is re-elected,” she charged.

“President Jonathan has brought a lot of innovation and empowerment programmes for us women. This is because no one loves the Nigerian woman more than Mr. President and the best way to pay him back is by re-electing him,” she said.

Hong Kong Film Festival to Open With Sylvia Chang's 'Murmur'

Source;Abcnews

HONG KONG — Sylvia Chang's return to the director's chair will open the Hong Kong International Film Festival, which will screen 14 films from the veteran Taiwanese actress and director.

"Murmur of the Hearts," Chang's first directing feature after a five-year hiatus, tells the struggles and challenges of a young boxer, a painter and a tour guide living in Taipei.

The film stars Malaysian actress and Chang protege Lee Sinje, Hong Kong actress Isabella Leong and Golden Horse Award nominee Joseph Chang.

In Hong Kong to announce the film festival's lineup, Chang said she's waiting anxiously for the film's release.

"It's like giving birth to a baby, and then showing the baby to the world," she said at Thursday's news conference. "Of course we hope that you won't say the baby is ugly. Of course, it's with anticipation that we hope people like the film, or just for people to watch it, regardless if they like it or not."

Chang, 61, has been acting, producing, writing and directing for four decades. Her well-known films include Ang Lee's Oscar-nominated "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "20 30 40," which she starred in, wrote and directed.

"I think my films are different than the other mainstream films," she said about her feature opening the festival. "I hope everyone can calm their hearts and watch a drama like this. A drama that's a little different. I hope everyone will have the tenacity to see it."

The film also marks the return of Leong, last seen on screen seven years ago in her Hollywood debut, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." She took a break from acting and gave birth to three boys with Hong Kong businessman Richard Li.

Chang said that Leong steps into a more mature role in this film.

"This role is different from the roles she's played before. Of course, she's matured a lot. So I think everyone will see a very different side of her," the director said.

The Hong Kong festival runs from March 23 to April 6 and will show over 260 films from 56 countries.

Up-and-coming director Philip Yung helms the closing film, "Port of Call," which stars Aaron Kwok and takes a close look at two families whose lives are torn apart by a heinous crime.