World News Thread & Breaking News!!

[AssassinsMace]

Sounds unbelievable especially coming from the source. It would be a massive earthquake in the world if it were to happen. It's one of those witnessing history events.

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[broadsword]

It sounds like a News of the World story.

 

[Air Force Brat]

Sounds unbelievable especially coming from the source. It would be a massive earthquake in the world if it were to happen. It's one of those witnessing history events.

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Now there's a highly credible source, heard it from some Russians, and confirmed by some Asians???? Well you know the old Air Force Brat, and for some of you guys, if it makes the US look bad, it must be true, but let me say, I don't blame the Germans or the French for being mad, BHO doesn't know Krap about diplomacy or good manners among friends, and the Russians would NEVER mislead anyone, or spy on anyone, or extort money from anyone, so lotsa luck with that, LOL

Besides that, Barak promised we would be universally loved and accepted by liberal socialists, if would only elect him president????

 

[SamuraiBlue]

Sounds unbelievable especially coming from the source. It would be a massive earthquake in the world if it were to happen. It's one of those witnessing history events.

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No disrespect to the poster but isn't it a bit late for April's Fools? ROFL

 

[delft]

Sounds unbelievable especially coming from the source. It would be a massive earthquake in the world if it were to happen. It's one of those witnessing history events.

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Germany would want to keep the port of Rotterdam so they would then perhaps eject all other EU members and Euro group members, but keep The Netherlands. Which just prove even to the gullible that it is nonsense.

 

[Miragedriver]

Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader put on trial in Caracas

Leopoldo Lopez, the leader of the anti-government protests that rocked the socialist administration of Nicolas Maduro, is charged with inciting violence after wave of unrest left 43 dead

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I will now get back to bottling my Malbec

 

[Equation]

Could this be a hate crime?

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chinese graduate student at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles has been found dead in his off-campus apartment after being assaulted late at night on his way home, police and university officials said.

The body of Xinran Ji, 24, an electrical engineering student who enrolled at USC in the fall of 2013, was discovered at about 7 a.m. local time Thursday morning, a few blocks away from where police say he had been attacked nearly six hours earlier.

No arrests had been made as of Friday morning in the assault, which university officials said appeared to be an isolated incident.

It came two years after two other USC graduate engineering students from China were shot to death as they sat in a parked car together in a neighborhood adjacent to the campus in what police said was a robbery attempt gone wrong.

Two men were later arrested and charged with the double-slaying, a crime that stunned the prestigious private university. One suspect pleaded guilty to two counts of murder earlier this year and was sentenced to life in prison. His co-defendant is still awaiting trial.

Investigators believe the victim in the latest case was struck with some kind of blunt object when assaulted by at least three individuals on a street corner at about 12:45 a.m. but managed to make it back to his apartment before he was found dead, police said.

No further details of the attack were disclosed, but a statement issued by university provost Elizabeth Garrett said the student appeared to have died from a head injury.

"From all early indications, this was an isolated incident and there was and is no apparent threat to the campus community," she said.

Ji's family in China were informed of his death and were making arrangements to travel to Los Angeles, according to the dean of USC's engineering school, Yannis Yorsos.

 

[broadsword]

Maybe. Those students should not allow themselves to go out alone at night. If they have to, go in groups. When will they learn?

 

[PanAsian]

Could this be a hate crime?

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I don't know about hate crime but hopefully violent crimes like this will inspire Chinese youths, and parents, who are too focused on intellectual development to devote more time and energy to physically toughening up a bit and learning the language of violence just in case. Require some basic competency in martial arts, as well as track, as part of every child's education. Seeing how physically unfit many Asian kids are, not just Chinese, and knowing a big part of it has to do with overemphasis on academics, and having fought this in my own upbringing, it just disgusts me.

Not that that necessarily would have prevented this from happening or saved this guy from this fate, having a concealed firearm and knowing how and when to use it would probably have mattered more. At least take the other guy(s) out even if he himself was dying.

 

[montyp165]

I don't know about hate crime but hopefully violent crimes like this will inspire Chinese youths, and parents, who are too focused on intellectual development to devote more time and energy to physically toughening up a bit and learning the language of violence just in case. Require some basic competency in martial arts, as well as track, as part of every child's education. Seeing how physically unfit many Asian kids are, not just Chinese, and knowing a big part of it has to do with overemphasis on academics, and having fought this in my own upbringing, it just disgusts me.

Not that that necessarily would have prevented this from happening or saved this guy from this fate, having a concealed firearm and knowing how and when to use it would probably have mattered more. At least take the other guy(s) out even if he himself was dying.

The classical Greek and European education went on the notion of 'sound mind, sound body' with a good emphasis on physical fitness as a necessary part of a well-rounded education (including wrestling and fencing), this is something that Chinese and Asians need to have more of in their general educational setup.