Search for murdered human bodies resumes..[ 1324 ]

Prostitute bodies search resumes

The London Evening Standard., 29.05.10

Police are continuing their painstaking search for clues to find two missing prostitutes after the man accused of killing them was remanded in custody.

Criminology student Stephen Griffiths, 40, dubbed himself the "crossbow cannibal" when he appeared in court on Friday charged with three counts of murder.

Media attempt to photograph a security van carrying prostitute murders accused Stephen Griffiths

The former public schoolboy made two appearances - before magistrates and then a crown court judge - accused of killing Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage and Susan Rushworth, who all went missing in Bradford.
The remains of Ms Blamires, 36, were found on Tuesday afternoon in the River Aire in Shipley, West Yorkshire.
Police are still trying to trace the other two sex workers and on Friday a lorry with a digging arm was brought in to help with an excavation outside the block of flats where Griffiths lived.
Ms Blamires was last seen on Friday, while Ms Armitage, 31, has been missing since Monday, April 26, and Ms Rushworth, 43, disappeared on June 22 last year.
When he was asked for his name at Bradford Magistrates Court Griffiths replied: "The crossbow cannibal."

Relatives of some of the victims were in court for the hearing. Some wiped away tears at the start of proceedings. Others stared intently at Griffiths, who sat fidgeting and touching his head, or staring silently at the floor,
Four hours later Griffiths made his second appearance of the day at Bradford Crown Court. He spoke only to confirm his full name.

At the end of Griffiths' crown court appearance he was remanded in custody. There was no application for bail. Griffiths will appear before Bradford Crown Court again on June 7 via video link from Wakefield Prison.

South Korea and Japan to stand united against North Korea.. [ 1323 ]

South Korea and Japan united against North Korea

Jack Kim and Yoko Nishikawa

SEOGWIPO

Sat May 29, 2010 5:39am EDT

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama during their meeting in Seogwipo City on Jeju Island, South Korea, May 29, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Ahn Young-joon/Pool

SEOGWIPO South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea and Japan on Saturday vowed to stand united against North Korea ahead of a regional summit likely to press China over its reluctance to taken on Pyongyang over the sinking of a South Korean ship.

Leaders of the three big northeast Asian powers are meeting in Seogwipo, a honeymoon resort on the South Korean island of Jeju, with the original intention of boosting plans for greater regional cooperation and economic integration.

Instead, the quarrel between North and South Korea has stolen the limelight. The two sides of the divided, heavily armed peninsula are in a deepening standoff after a South Korean warship was sunk in late March, killing 46 sailors, and Seoul has concluded that North Korea was responsible.
In talks over two days, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are likely to dwell the dispute, which has opened a breach between China and its neighbors, both of whom back firm international action against Pyongyang.

At Hatoyama's suggestion, the three leaders observed a moment's silence for the dead sailors before starting their talks.
"North Korea's provocative actions are unforgivable," Hatoyama was quoted by a senior Japanese government official as telling Lee ahead of the main three-way summit. "Japan, along with the international community, is condemning such moves and strongly backs South Korea."
The mounting antagonism between the two Koreas has unnerved investors, worried the confrontation could erupt into conflict in this region holding the world's second and third biggest economies -- Japan and China.

Many analysts say that neither side is ready to go to war, but warn there could be more skirmishes, especially along their disputed sea border off the west coast.
China counts neighboring North Korea as a friend and a buffer against the other, U.S.-allied neighbors. It has stayed away from condemning Pyongyang, saying it needs to consider the evidence and urging restraint on all sides.

Wen held to that position in a meeting with Lee on Friday, but he also said Beijing would not protect anyone found culpable for the sinking. In his opening remarks to the three-nation summit, Wen did not mention the Cheonan and struck an upbeat tone.
"I look forward to working with President Lee and Prime Minister Hatoyama to achieve solid results (at the meeting) and send a message to the world of confidence and hope in peace, stability and development (in the region)," said Wen.

Beijing's reticence makes for tricky diplomacy for Seoul, which will need China's backing or abstention from voting to secure a U.N. Security Council statement or resolution criticizing North Korea over the sinking. As a permanent member of the Security Council, China can veto such actions.
The leaders of South Korea and Japan made a show on unity over that issue on Saturday.
"Hatoyama said he will take a leading role in international cooperation (against North over the Cheonan) and expressed strong will to back South Korea's position at the U.N. Security Council," said South Korea presidential aide Lee Dong-kwan after President Lee's meeting with the Japanese prime minister.

Hatoyama later told reporters: "We believe what North Korea did is an objective fact."
North Korea state media said on Saturday the United States blamed it for sinking the South Korean warship to "put China into an awkward position and keep hold on Japan and south Korea as its servants."

North Korea has said it will rip up military agreements with the South guaranteeing safety of cross-border exchanges and has reportedly put its military on combat readiness after Seoul said it would ban trade with the North and stop its commercial ships using South Korean waters.

(Additional reporting by Chris Buckley in SEOGWIPO; Writing by Chris Buckley; Editing by Nick Macfie)

After the May 26, 2010 attack in Stavropol...[ 1322 ]

Terrorist Attack in the Caucuses by…Anti-Muslim Extremists

An injured by-passer seats in shock immediately after the May 26, 2010 attack in Stavropol

Yuri Mamchur ( Russia Blog) May 27,2010 

As some around the globe attempt to retaliate against Muslim extremists via cartoons of Mohamed on Facebook, in Russian city of Stavropol anti-Islamic Russian nationalists radio-detonated a self-made bomb. 

The target of the May 26 attack was the Center for Sports and Culture, where a Chechen band “Vainah” was supposed to perform. Seven people died, and dozens were injured in the attack. The victims were common people dining at a nearby café.

The region is heavily populated by Christians and Muslims, ethnic Russians, Chechens, and other Caucasian nations (“Caucasian” in Russian means a person from the Caucasus, rather than a white person, and, in fact, word “Caucasian” often replaces the word “black” in everyday language). 

Local authorities and Russian federal government are concerned about potential ethnic-based clashes. No matter how upsetting Islamic jihad is to all of us, blowing up innocent people is definitely not a rational response. 

Russia Blog extends condolences to the affected families.

Posted by Yuri Mamchur on May 27, 2010 11:02 PM | Perma

May 29th, 1453,,A Day to Remenber [ 1321 ]

     ΕΑΛΩ  Η  ΠΟΛΙΣ    

Constantinos Paleologos the Last Emperor of Byzantium, 
died fighting at Constantinoupolis 
on May 29th 1453 
in the gate of  "Saint Romanos'

Ιράν-Βραζιλία-Τουρκία: συμφωνία για ανταλλαγή πυρηνικών..[1320]

ΗΠΑ: Δεν είναι αποδεκτή η συμφωνία Βραζιλίας-Τουρκίας με το Ιράν

NAFTEMPORIKI.GR Παρασκευή, 28 Μαϊου 2010 23:21

 

Οι υπουργοί Εξωτερικών του Ιράν, της Βραζιλίας και της Τουρκίας υπέγραψαν πριν από λίγο στην Τεχεράνη συμφωνία για την ανταλλαγή πυρηνικών καυσίμων.

Οι ΗΠΑ πιστεύουν πως μία νέα συμφωνία πυρηνικού καυσίμου για το Ιράν, την οποία επεξεργάστηκαν η Βραζιλία και η Τουρκία, δεν είναι αποδεκτή και πως το Συμβούλιο Ασφαλείας του ΟΗΕ πρέπει να προχωρήσει στην επιβολή νέων κυρώσεων εναντίον της Τεχεράνης, δήλωσε υψηλόβαθμος αξιωματούχος των ΗΠΑ.

«Κατά την άποψή μας η κοινή διακήρυξη δεν ανταποκρίνεται σε ό,τι απαιτείται. Αλλά ανεξάρτητα από αυτή ...την πρόταση, είναι σημαντικό να προχωρήσουμε στη Νέα Υόρκη για να υιοθετήσουμε το ψήφισμα», πρόσθεσε ο αξιωματούχος.