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Friday, January 30, 2015

Hot Entertaiment Newa About BCL So the happiest woman

Beautiful singer Bunga Citra Lestari ( BCL ) , 31 , has just released a new single entitled Wanita Terbahagia . First singles in the Malaysian audience enjoyed it very personal for him .

It can be seen from the video clip . BCL filming the clip in the United States at the end of last year . Do Crazy 'singer was on holiday to the US with her husband and children to celebrate the New Year . The moment and used to create a clip .

Step firmly government executing six convicted drug cases some pros and cons . Much appreciate the positive as real action to combat drugs , but others accused as an act of human rights violations ( HAM ) .

Chairman of the Board of Nahdlatul Ulama ( NU ) Said Aqil Siradj said , NU also see pros and cons of it in public . However , NU has taken a firm stance . "With regard to the refusal of pardon ( convicted drug ) and execution , we support , " he said after meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla at the Vice President 's Office , Friday ( 30/1 ) .

Independent Consultative Team ( Team 9 ) formed by President Joko Widodo ( Jokowi ) following the polemic between the Corruption Eradication Commission ( KPK ) and the Indonesian National Police ( INP ) move quickly . Only three days since its inception , the team has offered a breakthrough to the president . Nine members of the team agreed to recommend Komjen Budi Gunawan ( BG ) was not sworn in as the new police chief .

These suggestions have been submitted directly to the president . " I think , if the enthusiasm he ( president , Red ) when receiving us , ( cancellation , Red ) optimistic implemented , " said Deputy Chairman of the 9 Asshiddiqie in the Office of the State Secretariat , Jakarta , Wednesday ( 28/1 ) .

Not only regarding BG , recommendations also allude team Widjojanto position ( BW ) as one of the leaders of the current Commission . Of the post- determination corresponding status as a suspect by the police some time ago .

In the team's recommendations is confirmed , the president should provide certainty to anyone who is a law enforcement suspects to resign from his post . That is , not only targeting the BG , the team also encourages BW resignation as head of the KPK . The need to maintain the dignity of law enforcement is the basis .

When mentioned about the political and legal impact on the advice given , Jimly explained that the team already take that into account . Including impeachment space ( impeachment ) if the decision to cancel the inauguration of the Chief of Police eventually completely taken by the president .

The Guardian Popular Today - Police told to review nearly 2,000 cases of alleged corruption

Hot News Today On The Guardian - Police forces across England and Wales have been ordered to review nearly 2,000 cases of alleged corruption in their ranks over concerns that they were not properly investigated.

A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has found that no action was taken in two-thirds of the investigations into alleged police corruption last year.

Only 900 police officers or staff were disciplined or left the service out of more than 3,000 investigations, the report published on Friday reveals. Examples of corruption in police forces included drug-related offences, bribery, theft, sexual misconduct and unauthorised disclosure of information.

HM inspector of constabulary, Mike Cunningham, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that one reason so many cases were dropped is that the allegations were unfounded. However, he added: “One is that the allegation is unfounded or malicious, and there is some of that, but we cannot rule out that some of those allegations have not been properly inquired into or investigated. We’re asking chief constables to review the no-further-action complaints that are in their forces.”

The review of 1,685 cases will place added strain on forces already facing severe pressure in the wake of budget cuts.

The report, entitled Integrity Matters, found no evidence of “endemic” corruption in police forces in England and Wales but said many forces were not “seeking out intelligence on corruption proactively”.

It also raised concerns that anti-corruption investigators were not using their full powers and were missing opportunities to gather evidence.

Cunningham said: “We have seen evidence that the emphasis on ethical conduct has led to some extreme behaviour. Some officers, for example, refusing to take a cup of tea with members of their community. We at HMIC believe that it would be a crying shame if officers lost the ability to do that. But the service does need to be vigilant for wrongdoing.”

He added: “There is clear evidence that the leadership of the service is recognising that this area is important and taking it seriously. But we’ve also found that officers, while they recognise there are means of reporting bad behaviour on the part of their colleagues, don’t have confidence that those systems for reporting are as safe or anonymous as they should be.

“All forces have those systems, but over half of the officers who responded to our survey said they didn’t trust the confidentiality of those systems … and they feared repercussions. There is work to do on the part of chief constables to enhance the confidence of people to come forward and report.”

The 226-page report, commissioned by the home secretary, Theresa May, found that most officers and staff were “honest and professional” but highlighted the face that police forces are not obliged to report whether a complaint of misconduct involved corruption.

Chief Constable Jacqui Cheer, the national lead for police standards and ethics, said the report highlighted the “strong leadership demonstrated by senior police officers in their commitment to root out corruption”.

She added: “Corruption is neither endemic nor widespread in the police service. However, the actions of a few corrupt officers can corrode the reputation of the vast majority who work hard every day to protect the public. We will continue to improve our approach so that those who are not fit to be in the police are held to account and removed.”

The College of Policing said its code of ethics was being adopted by all forces and it was exploring how counter-corruption training could be expanded.

The college’s chief executive, Chief Constable Alex Marshall, added: “Work has already begun to provide guidance to forces for best practice in managing whistleblowing.

“This should increase confidence among officers that their force will know how to deal with any disclosure appropriately.”

CNN Hot News - Saudi blogger faces more lashes

Raif Badawi, the Saudi liberal convicted of publishing a blog, has been told he will again be flogged 50 times on Friday – the second part of his 1,000-lash sentence which also includes a 10-year jail term.

The US, Britain and other western governments had all called for the punishment to be dropped but there has been no sign of any diplomatic action against Riyadh. Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the UK government to challenge Saudi Arabia, which has ignored all protests over the case.

Badawi will be given 50 more lashes outside a mosque in his home city of Jeddah unless a Saudi prison doctor determines he is not yet fit to face the punishment owing to injuries sustained last Friday. If nothing changes, he will be flogged every Friday for the next 19 weeks.

Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haidar, who is now in Canada, has said she fears he may not be able to physically withstand a second round. “Raif told me he is in a lot of pain after his flogging, his health is poor,” she told Amnesty. “I told our children about the news last week so that they would not find out about it from friends at school. It is a huge shock for them. International pressure is crucial; I believe if we keep up the support it will eventually pay off.”

The first floggings attracted huge attention and anger because they followed the Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris and intense discussion of the freedom of expression and Muslim sensitivities about portraying the prophet Muhammad. Saudi Arabia publicly condemned the killings.

British ministers “rightly celebrate free speech in Paris or in London but suddenly seem to lose their own power of utterance when it comes to forthrightly and publicly condemning the authorities in Riyadh,” said Kate Allen, Amnesty International’s UK director. “Why do ministers keep wearing the Saudi muzzle? It seriously weakens the UK’s credibility if it’s seen to tone everything down when it comes to oil-rich Saudi Arabia.”

Liberal Saudis have been taken aback at the way the case has been handled. “A lot of people are surprised that this took place immediately after the killings in Paris,” one Saudi analyst told the Guardian. “It’s not good PR for the kingdom. OK, this is not flogging with a cat o’nine tails, but there is a lot of disappointment.

“The theory is that the government is doing this to send a message to hardliners that they are cracking down on everybody, not just religious extremists. But that’s cutting off your nose to spite your face. These people are liberals who want stability and progress but reform as well. They love their country. They don’t hide.”

In recent months the authorities have cracked down on extremist Muslim clerics and other supporters of jihadi groups, including the Islamic State (Isis) in Syria and Iraq. The government supports the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad but no longer permits financial support to extremist groups fighting him.

Badawi’s sentence stems from his creation of the website Free Saudi Liberals, now closed, which he envisaged as a forum for political and social debate.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Hot News From Jakarta Post - AirAsia pilot tested negative for drugs: BNN

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) announced on Monday that an AirAsia Indonesia pilot identified only by the initials FI tested negative for drugs following a random test carried out by the Transportation Ministry.

“The results of the BNN laboratory test have been released and they are negative,” BNN spokesman Comr. Sr. Sumirat Dwiyanto told the press in a conference as quoted by Antara news agency.

Sumirat said the agency received samples of FI’s urine and hair on Jan. 1.

The pilot had undergone treatment in a hospital for typhoid fever and was still taking prescribed medicine on the day the drug test was administered.

“He was taking a number of prescribed drugs. This is not a drug-abuse case,” he said.

The results of the test were sent to the ministry’s aviation health division on Jan. 9.

The random drug test was administered following the crash of AirAsia flight QZ8501 on Dec. 28, which killed all 162 on board.

AirAsia Indonesia president director Sunu Widyatmoko said the airline would continue supporting the government’s anti-drug program.

“AirAsia Indonesia is always open to cooperation with relevant parties in fighting drug abuse, particularly in the air transportation sector,” Sunu said in a press statement.

The pilot had earlier tested positive for morphine after being subjected to a random urine test conducted by the ministry in Bali following the AirAsia flight QZ8501 accident.

The tests involved 42 airline crew members, from which 41 tested negative and one positive.

In early 2012, the ministry revealed that it had penalized pilots and crew members of budget carrier Lion Air who were arrested for drug possession.

Several pilots were caught in possession of drugs months before the announcement, including a Lion Air pilot identified as A, who was caught with crystal methamphetamine in a karaoke bar in Makassar, South Sulawesi; Lion Air pilot Muhammad Nasri and two co-pilots were arrested at a drug party in Tangerang, Banten.

Meanwhile, on Monday morning, divers from the joint search and rescue team were still trying to lift the fuselage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 from the ocean floor in the Karimata Strait, Central Kalimantan, after it failed to perform the task twice last week.

The team is trying a new method to lift the fuselage that involves a new rope-tying technique to connect the fuselage to the lifting bags.

“Our evaluation shows the problem come from the tying [method],” said National Search and Rescue Agency’s (Basarnas) operational director, Air Commodore SB Supriyadi.

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Most Popular News From Guardian - Surge in migrant voters could swing vote in key UK constituencies

Popular from The Guardian - A record number of people who were born outside the UK will be able to vote in this year’s general election and are likely to hold the balance of power in several key constituencies, according to the first comprehensive analysis of the migrant vote.
Almost 4 million voters – about one in 10 of the entire electorate in England and Wales - are predicted to have been born overseas come May and, for the first time, it is predicted that more than 50% of voters of the eligible electorate will have been born abroad in two seats.
The report’s authors say the growing significance of the “migrant vote” is being largely ignored by the main parties and widespread anti-immigrant rhetoric risks alienating this key constituency for generations.
“Migrant voters are almost as numerous as current Ukip supporters but they are widely overlooked and risk being increasingly disaffected by mainstream politics and the fierce rhetoric around immigration caused partly by the rise of Ukip,” said Robert Ford from Manchester University, the report’s co-author. “Britain is more than ever an outward-facing, globalised country with a huge, hardworking, mobile electorate born overseas. However, the political debate fails to reflect that contemporary reality in any meaningful way.”
The report, by Ford and Ruth Grove-White from the Migrants’ Rights Network, is published on Thursday and based on an analysis of data from the census in 2001 and 2011 and the national statistics agency. It found:

Today's Top Stories From CNN - Airlines get more than 50 online threats since Jan. 17

From (CNN) - There has been a spike in online threats made against airlines since Jan. 17, when a bomb threat was made against a flight between Atlanta and Raleigh, according to a U.S. official.

Since that threat, authorities have received more than 50 threats made online against airlines. The official says most of the incidents are believed to be copycat incidents.

None of the threats have proven credible. The official, as well as other government officials CNN spoke with on Wednesday, point to the publicity these threats receive for the increase.

"We are continuing to investigate these threats with our law enforcement and airline partners as we do with all stated threats," an FBI spokesman told CNN on Wednesday. "Threats of this nature can and do result in costly responses from a multitude of law enforcement and airport entities and greatly inconvenience travelers. Individuals responsible can be prosecuted federally."

Single bomb threat affects two flights

On Jan. 17, F-16 fighter jets were called in to escort two passenger planes into Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after a bomb threat made on Twitter was deemed credible, according to military officials.

Southwest Airlines Flight 2492 and Delta Flight 1156 landed safely at the airport and were searched by bomb disposal units, according to airline officials. Nothing out of the ordinary was found, officials said.

One runway was closed temporarily, causing delays for other flights as passengers on the two flights were questioned and their luggage was searched by bomb-sniffing dogs, officials said.

Today's Top Stories From CNN - Sydney siege victim killed by police bullets

Today's Top Stories From CNN About Sydney siege victim killed by police bullets

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Sydney (CNN)Only one of the Sydney siege victims was shot by the gunman, with the second killed by fragments of police bullets fired when officers stormed the cafe, an inquest has heard.

The revelations, which came in the opening day of an inquest into the 16-hour siege of a central Sydney cafe, are likely to further fuel questions about how New South Wales Police responded to the December 15 incident, especially their choice of weapons.

Of the five shots fired by Man Haron Monis, a self-styled Muslim cleric who took 18 people hostage, only one found a target, counsel assisting the coroner Jeremy Gormly told the inquest.

Monis shot and killed cafe manager Tori Johnson execution-style, prompting police to storm the cafe in the early hours of December 16, Gormly said.

All the injuries that followed -- two fatal, including those to Monis, and four non-fatal -- were caused by police fire, according to the evidence.

Police response adequate?

The inquest is expected to examine whether the deaths of Johnson, the cafe's 34-year-old manager, and Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old lawyer, could have been prevented.

Addressing those at the hearing, which was closed to the public but open to hostages and victims' families, Gormly outlined the events that led to the deaths of Johnson, Dawson and the gunman.

He said the first killing, of Johnson, occurred at about 2.14 a.m. -- shortly after a group of hostages fled the cafe.

Gormly described an execution-style killing, in which Monis ordered Johnson to kneel, then "simply shot him, without further notice or warning, in the back of the head."

"The end of the barrel was about 75 centimeters from Mr Johnson's head at the moment of discharge," he said. "Mr Johnson is believed to have died immediately."

Flashes and bangs

The killing was witnessed by a police marksman, resulting in an immediate order to force entry, he said.

Police then shot out the glass doors and windows, threw in 11 "distractors," producing flashes and bangs, and two armed tactical response officers entered, firing 22 shots.

At least two police bullets or bullet fragments struck Monis in the head and 11 other police bullets or fragments hit his body, killing him instantly, said Gormly.

But their rounds ricocheted off the hard surfaces in the cafe, killing Dawson and injuring three other hostages and one of the response team, who was struck in the face.

"Ms Dawson was struck by six fragments of a police bullet or bullets," he said.

Cake and tea

Gormly said the siege began after Monis entered the Lindt Cafe at about 8.33 a.m., carrying a large backpack and a plastic bag containing a sawn-off shotgun, and ordered chocolate cake and tea.

He moved to a table with a clear view of the cafe, then, after about 30 minutes, asked to speak with the manager.

Staff noticed that Johnson's body language appeared tense. He called on an employee to fetch his keys, lock the doors and remain calm.

Monis then stood up, produced a shotgun and announced that he had a bomb, before ordering hostages to hold up an Islamic flag.

He then ordered Johnson to make an emergency call to authorities announcing that it was a terrorist attack, and that there were bombs elsewhere.

Police arrived at the scene shortly after.

Seeking answers

Several investigations into what occurred over the two days of the siege are underway, including what information security agencies had on Monis, and how the police handled the crisis.

Lawyers representing Dawson, Johnson and the police force will appear at the inquest, as well as lawyers representing two tactical response officers.

Johnson's family members were in attendance, as well as John O'Brien, one of the first hostages to escape.

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