A decade of 'nightmare': Kidnapped US woman says captor 'brainwashed' her

Santa Ana: In a shocking case of kidnapping, a man who reportedly abducted his girlfriend's teenaged daughter from her home, held her captive for a decade and also fathered a child with her after marrying her, has been arrested, said the authorities.

The arrest of Garcia Isidro, 41-year-old, came after the victim woman complained to police after having contacted her sister on Facebook, said the police.

Isidro seems to have taken advantage of the fact that the woman had come to the US illegally and couldn't speak English. So all these years, he kept on threatening her that if she tried to escape, she would be deported. Thanks to Facebook, that the woman contacted her sister on the social networking site, after which she dared to complain to the police.

Describing her 10-year ordeal as a nightmare, the victim said that she was happy to be reunited with her family as Garcia had brainwashed her saying that her family did not want her back, reported the ABC news...

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From Zee News

Jayalalithaa sacks Malaisamy from AIADMK

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday expelled former Rajya Sabha MP K. Malaisamy from the AIADMK, a day after he said the AIADMK may back a BJP-led government. Jayalalithaa accused Malaisamy of bringing "disrepute to the party" by making statements contrary to the party's policies.

She urged all party members not to have any truck with Malaisamy. The chief minister gave no specific reason why action had been taken against Malaisamy, a retired IAS officer. A day earlier, Malaisamy had said that the AIADMK could extend support to a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government if the need arose.

Jayalalithaa had earlier told the media that she would comment about the party's strategy only after the Lok Sabha election results were declared Friday. Going it alone in the general election, Jayalalithaa had said the BJP or the Congress would always side with Karnataka where their political stakes are high and would not share Cauvery river water with Tamil Nadu...

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Tiwari marries Ujjawala Sharma

 Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari has married Ujjawala Sharma, mother of his biological son Rohit Shekhar with whom he was involved in a six-year-old legal battle.

“Tiwariji married Ujjawala Sharma yesterday at his Mall Avenue residence”, a staff member of 89-year-old Tiwari said.

Ms. Sharma said the marriage was conducted in a traditional way.

“He wanted to give social sanctity to our relationship, which was very old and we have a 35-year-old son. We will complete legal formalities after which we will invite all”, she told reporters.

Mr. Tiwari, the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was involved in a lengthy legal battle with Ms. Sharma (67) a retired teacher, to accept Mr. Shekhar as his biological son.

Ms. Sharma had earlier this month staged a protest outside Mr. Tiwari’s residence. Later, she was allowed entry in Mr. Tiwari’s house here and had been staying with him since then.

The Delhi High Court had on April 22 held that Mr. Tiwari was the biological father of Mr. Shekhar. Ahead of the court verdict, Mr. Tiwari had accepted that Mr. Shekhar was his son.

Mr. Shekhar had in 2007 filed the paternity suit claiming the veteran Congress leader and Ms. Sharma be declared as his biological parents. ..

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From TH News

Death toll doubles to 19 in Somali attack: African Union

African Union forces in Somalia on Tuesday said a "cowardly" bomb attack the previous day had killed 19 people, nearly double the number initially reported.

The car bomb exploded on Monday outside a bank on a busy street in the southern Somali town of Baidoa.

"The blast killed 19 innocent victims and destroyed valuable property," the AU force said in a statement, updating an earlier toll from the police of 10.

The town, which is under the control of government troops backed by AU soldiers, was wrested from the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels two years ago.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Shebab have carried out a string of bombings and vowed to overthrow the war-torn country's internationally-backed but fragile government.

"This was a cowardly attack, which highlights the vicious nature of the enemy who continues to target innocent civilians," AU envoy to Somalia Mahamat Saleh Annadif said.

The Shebab have been driven out of fixed positions in Somalia's major towns by the UN-mandated AU force, but still regularly launch attacks that include bombings and guerrilla-style raids.

Recent Shebab attacks have targeted key areas of government or the security forces, in an apparent bid to discredit claims by the authorities that they are winning the war against the Islamist fighters...

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Narendra Modi Vs Kejriwal: Two contrasting campaign styles battle it out in Varanasi

Narendra Modi may have enjoyed many Kodak moments in his life, but on Thursday morning he had some helicam moments, when a TV camera mounted on a toy chopper circled a minuscule crowd and built up excessive frenzy. It was manufactured hysteria, one made by TV for TV. In the evening, however, the Kodak moment for Modi would again arrive when huge crowds gathered along the road to cheer him on his way to the heart of Banaras.

In the blistering morning sun, outside the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) gate where the BJP's prime ministerial candidate was to start a road show in the evening because the local administration had not given permission to his party to hold a rally in the city, some BJP workers wearing soiled saffron, Kejriwal-modelled caps were waiting for party bigwigs to arrive to start a protest at the statue of Madan Mohan Malviya, the founder of BHU and now one of the many ideological masters of BJP and Modi...

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From economictimes News

Australia catches over 170 sharks in cull

More than 170 sharks were caught during a controversial cull policy in Western Australia following a spate of fatal attacks, figures showed on Wednesday, with 50 of the biggest ones destroyed.

The policy, in place around popular west coast beaches, was given the green light in January after six fatal attacks in the past two years, angering conservationists who claim it flies in the face of international obligations to protect the great white shark.

The state government said the aim was to reduce the risks to water users. Baited drum lines with hooks were set one kilometre (0.62 miles) offshore at the busiest beaches for a trial period from January 25 until April 30.

Any shark longer than 10 feet snagged by the lines and deemed to be a threat – including great white, bull and tiger sharks – could be killed...

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Afghan president tours site of horrific landslide to pledge aid to survivors

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has toured the site of last week's horrific landslide, pledging to provide relief to families displaced by the disaster that killed hundreds of people.

Karzai's office says he met the victims in the village of Abi Barik on Wednesday in northern Badakhshan province, where around 700 families were forced to flee their homes due to the possibility of further landslides and flooding.

Karzai also promised to rebuild houses for the landslide's survivors.

Aid groups and the government have rushed to the remote area in northeastern Afghanistan bordering Tajikistan and China with food, shelter and water. But those affected have complained that help has been slow to arrive...

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Does Monica Lewinsky’s ordeal really compare with the suicide of a bullied gay teen?

Ever since 1998, Monica Lewinsky has been trying to escape her reputation as America’s most notorious White House intern.

She tried co-authoring a book in 1999 with Andrew Morton. She designed a line of hideous purses. She had a reality show. Now, in a piece for Vanity Fair, out Thursday, she writes, “I’ve decided, finally, to stick my head above the parapet so that I can take back my narrative and give a purpose to my past.”

Apparently, taking back her narrative means presenting herself as a victim, as Lewinsky has chosen to conflate her social ostracism and subsequent depression with the fate of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers freshman who committed suicide in 2010 after his roommate used a webcam to record what Clementi believed was a private tryst in his dorm room. Clementi was gay. The roommate, Dharun Ravi, set up his laptop in their shared dorm room, then watched from another laptop belonging to his hallmate. Ravi also told his Twitter followers to watch a second broadcast, which never took place...

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Nigerian girl describes kidnap, 276 still missing

 “Don’t worry, we’re soldiers,” one 16-year-old girl recalls them saying. “Nothing is going to happen to you.”

The gunmen commanded the hundreds of students at the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School to gather outside. The men went into a storeroom and removed all the food. Then they set fire to the room.

“They ... started shouting, ‘Allahu Akhbar,’ (God is great),” the 16-year-old student said. “And we knew.”

What they knew was chilling: The men were not government soldiers at all. They were members of the ruthless Islamic extremist group called Boko Haram. They kidnapped the entire group of girls and drove them away in pickup trucks into the dense forest.

Three weeks later, 276 girls are still missing. At least two have died of snakebite, and about 20 others are ill, according to an intermediary who is in touch with their captors....

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Europe to toughen black box rules after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

The European Aviation Safety Agency has drawn up proposals to make it easier to find black boxes from missing aircraft, in the strongest official reaction so far to the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet, sources familiar with the matter said.

The proposals will bring into force some recommendations that were put forward by France after the loss of an Air France jet in the Atlantic in 2009, but which were never implemented.

These include the addition of a new pinger frequency, making it easier to locate the recording devices under water.

An opinion due to be published by the agency also calls for an increase in the minimum amount of recording time on cockpit voice recorders to make it easier to understand plane crashes...

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From DNA News

Sensex snaps 5-day fall, recovers 41 points on value buying

Snapping its five-day falling trend, the BSE benchmark index Sensex today recovered over 41 points helped by gains in bluechips like RIL, ITC and Larsen & Toubro on value buying by funds and retail investors.

After a lower start, the 30-share index bounced back to touch intra-day high of 22,592.03 before settling at 22,445.12, a moderate rise of 41.23 points, or 0.18 per cent.

The index touched the session's low of 22,354.45. The gauge had lost 472.65 points in the past five sessions.

Similarly, the broad-based Nifty of the National Stock Exchange ended 4.55 points, or 0.07 per cent higher at 6,699.35. It touched a high of 6,741.05 and a low of 6,680.45.

"The market has become volatile as participants prefer to book profits at every rise," said Manoj Choraria, a Delhi-based broker...

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Royal Challengers Bangalore Raring to Go Against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede, says Mitchell Starc

"It isn't too early to face Mumbai Indians in their backyard. Some players have hit form. Bowlers are doing well. AB (de Villiers) has come good and Chris (Gayle) also shown his bit. Bring it on, will play tomorrow for sure," he told reporters in Mumbai. (AB de Villiers is the best, says Virat Kohli)

Starc, who finished with a magnificent two for 21 against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, said the bowling and fielding of Royal Challengers Bangalore had been good throughout the tournament so far. (Scorecard | Points Table | Schedule)

"We have been restricting scores of our opponents and also succeeded in doing so yesterday by restricting Hyderabad to 155 for six," he said. (AB de Villiers, a True RCB Champion)

Showering praise on de Villiers, Starc said it was an amazing innings and he was lucky to witness it at the other end. "It was great to see our team cruising home to a victory after the hard work done by AB. It was a fantastic all-round effort by the boys and it feels great to register our first win at home this season," Starc said.

De Villiers produced one of the most devastating Twenty20 innings as he smashed an unbeaten 89 off just 42 balls in RCB's dramatic win over Hyderabad.

Asked whether he had hopes of winning the match after losing early wickets, Starc said de Villiers made it possible to believe.

"Anything was possible when De Villiers is around and it was important for the rest to give him as much strike as possible, and not lose wicket at the other end, which I did," he said.

He further said, a win at home is going to push them forward and hopefully restart the campaign and win the next match against Mumbai Indians...

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From ndtv News

Israeli pro-Palestinian organization creates mobile 'app' promoting Nakba Day

The 'Zochrot' website states that the organization has been promoting "Israeli Jewish society's acknowledgement of, and accountability for, the ongoing injustices of the Nakba and the reconceptualization of Return of Palestinian Refugees," since 2002.

'Zochrot' promoted the iNakba app on their website and Youtube where it was advertised as "allowing users to locate and learn about Palestinian localities destroyed during, and as a result of, the Nakba since 1948."

In their online promotion, the organization says that users can use the app to learn about Palestinian land "destroyed in the Nakba since 1948", upload photos, share thoughts and feelings and contribute to updating data...

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From jpost News

Chennai twin blasts: TCS employee killed; Bangalore-Guwahati Express resumes onward journey

 Communist-Party-of India leader D Raja says the blasts could have been planned to scare civilians at the time of elections.

Calling the blasts an act of terror, Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad says safety for everybody should be ensured. Meanwhile, BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain says his party will counter the terror activities in the country once it comes to power.

Police sources say Chennai blasts suspect detained this morning is innocent and hence will be released.

Woman killed in twin explosions was TCS employee.

Security across Kerala has been tightened in view of the twin blasts onboard the Bangalore-Guwahati Express.

 DMK chief M Karunanidhi slams Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, says the blasts could have been prevented. He adds that the police did not question the ISI agent arrested in the capital city on Tuesday thoroughly, otherwise they would have prevented the incident.

According to a report, a pipe bomb has been found at the Chennai railway station.

Another person has been detained in connection with the blasts, says a report.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemns Chennai blasts, says the act highlights desperation and cowardice of those responsible. ....

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From Zee News

Why didn't Sonia, Modi campaign against each other? asks Kejriwal

Varanasi: Launching a direct attack on Sonia Gandhi and Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused the duo of having a tacit pre-poll understanding.

The Aam Aadmi Party chief asked why the Congress president and the BJP's prime ministerial candidate had refrained from campaigning in each other's constituencies.

While Sonia is contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, Modi is fighting from two seats — Vadodara in Gujarat and Varanasi in UP. Kejriwal himself is a candidate from Varanasi.

Taking up the Robert Vadra controversy, Kejriwal asked why has the BJP failed to register an FIR against Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law despite levelling allegations against him...

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From Zee News

Nokia names networks head Rajeev Suri as CEO

Nokia (NOK1V.HE) named the man who led a turnaround at its main telecoms network business as its new chief executive on Tuesday, boosting investors' confidence in the future of the company following the sale of its once dominant handset arm.

The Finnish firm, which completed the 5.6 billion euro ($7.8 billion) deal to sell its mobile handset business to Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Friday, said Rajeev Suri would become its CEO on May 1, replacing Stephen Elop who is moving to Microsoft.

It also announced forecast-beating quarterly results, driven by cost-cutting and software deals at its networks arm, formerly called NSN, and plans to return $3.1 billion to shareholders, helping to send its shares over 7 percent higher...

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From reuters NEws

Tornadoes kill at least 18 as storms pummel Plains, Midwest, and South

At least 18 people were killed Sunday by three separate tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system that moved through the central and southern United States.

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management confirmed early Monday that at least sixteen people had died after a tornado tore through central Arkansas, while an Oklahoma county sheriff's dispatcher reported that one person had died in the town of Quapaw, near the state's borders with Kansas and Missouri. Fox News has also confirmed that one person died when a tornado hit Keokuk County, Iowa.

The Arkansas tornado touched down about 10 miles west of Little Rock at around 7 p.m. local time and moved northeastward for at least 30 miles, the National Weather Service reported. It missed the state capital but passed through or near several of its suburbs, causing widespread damage in the communities of Mayflower and Vilonia.

According to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, ten of the deaths occurred in Faulkner County, where Mayflower and Vilonia are located. Five more occurred in Pulaski County, and one occurred in White County...

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From foxnews News

Possible North Korea nuclear test looms over Obama's visit to South Korea

President Obama arrived in Seoul, South Korea, Friday to news that North Korea may be counting down to a nuclear weapons test.

Such moves out of Pyongyang are no surprise and are typical for the North's behavior, Obama told reporters while in Tokyo, his previous stop on his Asia trip.

The President said he is prepared to deliver a firm response, if a test is conducted during his visit.

North Korea's heightened activity at its nuclear test site was already known. But now the final step needed for an underground detonation has been taken, a South Korean government official said Thursday.

The North has closed off the entrance to the tunnel at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, the official said.

That gives Pyongyang 11 days to either detonate a nuclear device or cancel the test. It would be the North's fourth test of a nuclear weapon...

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From CNN News

'Provocative' Russian jet buzzes US ship in Black Sea: Pentagon

A Russian fighter aircraft made repeated low-altitude, close-range passes near a US ship in the Black Sea over the weekend, the Pentagon said on Monday, condemning the action at a time of heightened US-Russian tensions over Ukraine.

"This provocative and unprofessional Russian action is inconsistent with their national protocols and previous agreements on the professional interaction between our militaries," said Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.

Colonel Warren said a Russian Su-24 aircraft, or Fencer, made 12 passes at low altitude near the USS Donald Cook, a destroyer that has been in the Black Sea since April 10. It appeared to be unarmed, he told reporters.


The incident lasted 90 minutes and took place on Saturday evening while the US ship was conducting a patrol in international waters in the western Black Sea, Colonel Warren said. The ship is now in a Romanian port.

The Russian plane, accompanied by another Fencer that did not fly close to the US ship, did not respond to multiple attempts by the Donald Cook to communicate with its pilot, he said.

Pentagon officials have not yet discussed the incident with the Russian government, Colonel Warren said.

Tensions have grown between Moscow and Washington in recent weeks over the situation in Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists on Monday ignored an ultimatum to leave occupied government buildings and another group of rebels attacked a police headquarters. Colonel Warren said the US ship was not in danger during Saturday's incident. "I would have difficulty believing that two Russian pilots on their own would choose to take such an action," Warren said.

"We've seen the Russians conduct themselves unprofessionally and in violation of international norms in Ukraine now for several months," he said. "These continued acts of provocations and unprofessionalism do nothing to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine."

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From smh.com.au News

Missing flight MH370: Robotic sub first mission cut short

The Bluefin-21 was sent to search the sea floor for wreckage after signals believed to be consistent with "black box" flight recorders were detected.

But the drone exceeded its operating limit of 4,500m (15,000ft) and was brought back to the surface.

It was due to return later on Tuesday if weather conditions permitted.

"To account for inconsistencies with the sea floor, the search profile is being adjusted to extend the sonar search for as long as possible," an update from the US Navy - which operates the Bluefin-21 - said.

Flight MH370 went missing on 8 March with 239 people on board. It was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it lost contact with air traffic controllers over the South China Sea.

Malaysian officials believe, based on satellite data, that it ended its flight thousands of kilometres off course, in seas west of the Australian city of Perth.
'Operating depth'

Amid a major international search, an Australian navy vessel last week detected four acoustic signals using a US Navy towed pinger locator. Officials believe these could come from the missing plane's flight recorders.

No signals have been detected since 8 April, however, leading to fears that the recorders' batteries - which last about a month - have run out.

On Monday, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who heads the agency co-ordinating the search, said it was time to deploy the Bluefin-21 to begin its search of the sea floor. It set off on its first mission on Monday night.

"After completing around six hours of its mission, Bluefin-21 exceeded its operating depth limit of 4,500m and its built in safety feature returned it to the surface," the Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre said in a statement. 

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From BBC News