News Updates from CLG
25 Mar 2014
25 Mar 2014
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Two Dead in Shooting at U.S. Navy
Base 25 Mar 2014 Two people were
killed in a shooting at Virginia's Naval Station Norfolk on Monday night,
officials said. The world's largest naval base was briefly put on lockdown while
U.S. Navy security forces responded to the incident, according to a statement on
a Fb page affiliated with the facility. The incident happened at about 11:20
p.m. ET at Pier 1 and no other injuries were reported, the statement
said.
MH370 Protests As Airline Chief Defends
Search --Scuffles
broke out as uniformed security personnel attempted to block relatives from
reaching reporters 25 Mar 2014 Malaysia Airlines' chief executive has
said he will decide later whether to resign, as Chinese relatives of passengers
held angry protests in Beijing. At a news conference at Kuala Lumpur airport,
Ahmad Jauhari Yahya was asked whether he would stand down over the airline's
handling of the disappearance of MH370... But the news conference came as dozens
of angry relatives of Chinese passengers clashed with police at Malaysia's
embassy in Beijing. They were shouting slogans including "the Malaysian
government are murderers" and "return our relatives". Scuffles broke out as
uniformed security personnel attempted to block some of the relatives from
reaching reporters, who were being kept in a designated
area.
'Liars, tell us the truth!' Hundreds march on Malaysian
embassy in Beijing in massive protest over MH370
disaster 25 Mar 2014 Hundreds of
angry protesters, many of them family members of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
passengers, marched on the Malaysian embassy in Beijing against what call
cover-up and mishandling of the disaster by Malaysian authorities on Tuesday.
Beijing authorities had to call in reinforcement of paramilitary soldiers and
plainclothes security agents to guard the Malaysian embassy as protesters, some
arriving by bus and others on foot, breached police lines set up several streets
away. Earlier on Tuesday morning, several hundred family members of the doomed
flight's passengers had stormed out of the hotel they were staying at and
travelled to the Malaysian embassy in downtown Beijing by bus.
Malaysia Airlines crash: Suicide mission theory of MH370
investigators 24 Mar 2014 Flight
MH370 crashed into the Indian Ocean in an apparent suicide mission, well-placed
sources revealed have revealed, as Malaysia's prime minister announced that
everyone on the missing aircraft had died. The team investigating the Boeing
777's disappearance believe no malfunction or fire was capable of causing the
aircraft's unusual flight or the disabling of its communications system before
it veered wildly off course on a seven-hour silent flight into the sea. An
official source told The Telegraph that investigators believe "this has been a
deliberate act by someone on board who had to have had the detailed knowledge to
do what was done...Nothing is emerging that points to motive."
Missing flight MH370 lost in southern Indian Ocean, says
Malaysian PM 24 Mar 2014 The last
desperate hopes of finding survivors in the hunt for the missing Malaysia
Airlines plane ended on Monday with the announcement that it had crashed into
the southern Indian Ocean with all lives lost. A statement by the Malaysian
prime minister, Najib Razak, concluded an anguished 16-day wait for families of
the passengers and crew but brought them no closer to understanding why flight
MH370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March. The location of
the Boeing-777 also remains unknown despite a massive international hunt. Ten
aircraft are combing a huge patch of the southern Indian Ocean, around 2,500km
(1,500 miles) south-west of the Australian city of Perth.
Malaysia Plane 'Crashed Into Indian
Ocean' 24 Mar 2014 Satellite data
has confirmed that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the southern
Indian Ocean. The Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak held a news conference
today confirming that all those on the flight have been lost. He said satellite
data provided by a UK company, Inmarsat, showed the plane's last recorded
position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth. "This is a remote
location, far from any possible landing sites," Mr Razak said.
Japanese military team moves base to
Australia 24 Mar 2014 Two Japanese
P-3C Orion military aircraft took off from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)
base here this morning and will join search and rescue operations in Australia
for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. "We will be going to Australia
to try and find MH370 ...When we arrive in Australia, we will start to
coordinate with the (Royal) Australian Air Force," commanding officer Hidetsugu
Iwamasa, 41, told reporters before boarding the aircraft. Hidetsugu is part of
the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) team that was sent to Malaysia following MH370's
disappearance.
Flight MH370: Pilot Used 'Emergency and Combat Scenarios'
Simulator 23 Mar 2014 Investigators
are poring over a state-of-the-art flight simulator built by one of the pilots
[Zaharie Ahmad Shah and co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid] of missing Malaysia Airlines
flight MH370 in a search for clues about the plane's disappearance. Last week, a
state-of-the art-flight simulator was seized from Zaharie's home in Kuala
Lumpur, and investigators are examining the X-plane 10 game he played, which
would have allowed him to practise flying in a range of circumstances and
weather conditions. The software would have allowed him to practise landing at
more than 33,000 airports, on aircraft carriers, oil rigs, frigates, which pitch
and roll with the waves, and heli-pads atop buildings.
Missing plane fuels security rethink 24 Mar 2014 As the hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
enters a third week, the piecemeal returns from one of the most intense,
international searches in living memory have delivered a public and
institutional shock that could force a major rethink about aviation security.
The fact that a Boeing-777 equipped with state-of-the-art location tracking
technology could vanish for so long, is in itself, aviation experts say,
shocking enough to compel changes in the way commercial aircraft are
electronically monitored. One priority would be to enhance tracking coverage for
a plane in an emergency situation that forces it beyond the reach of
conventional radar systems.
MAS flight MH066 diverted to Hong Kong due to inoperative
generator 24 Mar 2014 Malaysia
Airlines (MAS) confirmed that its Flight MH066 from Kuala Lumpur to Incheon,
Seoul on Sunday was diverted to Hong Kong due to an inoperative aircraft
generator. MAS media relations manager Kharunnisak Dzun Nurin said in a
statement on Monday that the Airbus A330-300 aircraft landed in Hong Kong
"uneventfully". Electrical power continued to be supplied by the auxiliary power
unit, she said.
Obama to Call for N.S.A.'s Data Retention to Shift to Phone
Companies 25 Mar 2014 The Obama
administration is preparing to unveil a legislative proposal for a far-reaching
'overhaul' of the National Security Agency's once-secret bulk phone records
program in a way that -- if approved by Congress -- would end the aspect that
has most alarmed privacy advocates since its existence was leaked last year,
according to senior administration officials. Under the proposal, they said,
N.S.A. would end its systematic collection of data about Americans' calling
habits. The records would stay in the hands
of phone companies, which would not be required to retain the
data for any longer than they normally would. And the N.S.A. could obtain
specific records only with permission from a judge, using a new kind of court
order.
Crimea flag added to line-up at Russian
parliament 24 Mar 2014 The flags of
Crimea and Sevastopol have been added to a line of Russian regional flags at
parliament in Moscow. The ceremony at the hall of the Federation Council marks
the end of a series of celebrations following the region's accession to
Russia.
U.S., six other
Western nations vote to kick Russia out of G8 24 Mar 2014 The United States and six other Western nations voted
Monday to kick Russia out of the G8 in response to Russia's annexation of
Crimea, a White House statement said. President Barack Obama and other world
leaders will discuss ending Russia's role in the group of leading industrialized
nations, a senior White House official said Monday. The move to suspend Russia's
membership in the G8 would be the latest direct response from major countries
allied against its annexation
reunification of Crimea.
'Revival of anarchy': Ukraine radicals rob Russia-Moldova
train passengers
--Moscow also said it was 'bewildered' by the refusal of the Ukrainian police to
take any action when the victims attempted to file a report. 24 Mar
2014 The recent robbing of passengers, traveling from Russia to Moldova via
Ukraine's territory, by a local ultra-nationalist Insurgent Army is a
manifestation of "anarchy," the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. On March 21,
the train, en route from Moscow to the capital of Moldova, Chisinau, made a
scheduled stop in the city of Vinnitsa in central Ukraine. "To the horror of
passengers...people dressed in the uniform of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)
got into carriages and began a 'document check'. People who showed Russian passports were then
made to hand over their m-ney and golden jewelry," the Russian
Ministry said on Monday in a statement published on its
website.
66 killed in attacks across Iraq 24 Mar 2014 A total of 66 people were killed in violent
attacks and battles between insurgents and Iraqi security forces in the
provinces of Anbar and Diyala, security sources said. In Iraq's western province
of Anbar, an Iraqi commando force fought fierce clash with gunmen in al-Sijar
area in the northern part of the militant-seized city of Fallujah, some 50 km
west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, leaving 33 militants killed, a provincial
police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Egypt's Mass Death Sentencing of 529 People Stirs Global
Outrage 24 Mar 2014 With the abrupt
sentencing of 529 defendants
to death after a one-day mass trial that
allowed no genuine defense, Egypt's state institutions appear to be taking their
cues from the terrorists they claim to be targeting. The order Monday by a judge
in Upper Egypt brought condemnation from rights groups and foreign observers in
terms familiar to the aftermath of a car bomb -- "indiscriminate," "mass
killing," "grotesque," "disaster" "exterminationist." Legal experts scrambled to
find an instance in modern history where more executions were ordered in a
single go, and came up empty.
Argentineans hold protest, slam US meddling in
Venezuela 24 Mar 2014 Argentinean
people have staged a protest rally in the capital, Buenos Aires, to condemn
United States interference in Venezuela's domestic affairs. The demonstrators
gathered outside the US Embassy in the Argentinean capital, criticizing
Washington for plotting a[nother] coup d’état against the Venezuelan government.
The protesters also demanded an end to US meddling in the Latin American
country's internal affairs.
Chris Christie-ordered review of bridge scandal to clear
Christie
[LOL!] 24 Mar 2014 A forthcoming internal review of the
George Washington Bridge
scandal is expected to clear Gov. Chris
Christie, R-N.J., of any involvement in planning or executing the closure of the
access lanes in Fort Lee, N.J., last September, according to the New York Times. Christie commissioned the internal review
from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, a firm
that has close ties to his administration, which will certainly
subject the report to heightened public scrutiny. According to the Times, the
lawyers were not able to interview three key figures in the scandal including
Bridget Anne Kelly, the governor's former deputy chief of staff who appeared to
set off the lane closures with a message that said, "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee";
David Wildstein, the former Port Authority official who received the message;
and Bill Stepien, Christie's former aide and campaign manager.
Washington state
mudslide death toll climbs to 14 with up to 176 missing 24 Mar 2014 The death toll from a devastating weekend
mudslide in Washington state climbed to 14 people on Monday as six more bodies
were found, while the number reported missing continued to swell two days after
the tragedy, authorities said. As many as 176 people were reported missing in
the massive landslide, and local emergency management officials expressed doubt
anyone else would be plucked alive from the muck that engulfed dozens of homes
when a rain-soaked hillside near Oso, Washington, collapsed on Saturday
morning.
Houston Oil Clean-Up on 25th Anniversary of Exxon Valdez
Spill 24 Mar 2014 On this 25th
anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the busy Houston Ship Channel was
partially closed because of the weekend spill of nearly 170,000 gallons of
tar-like crude. The Coast Guard says barge carrying about 900,000 gallons
collided with a ship, spilling about a fifth of its liquid cargo. The channel is
one of the world’s busiest waterways for moving petrochemicals. As many as 60
vessels are backed up, either trying to get in or out. Shipping is being allowed
to move today on a case-by-by-case basis. Oil was spotted 12 miles off shore in
an area that is major habitat for tens of thousands of wintering shorebirds.
Environmental groups say the spill occurred at a sensitive time of
year.
Native Alaskans Still
Reeling 25 Years After Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill 24 Mar 2014 Twenty-five years ago today, an Exxon tanker carrying 53
million gallons of oil through a channel in Alaska’s Prince William Sound struck
a reef and spilled about 11 million gallons of crude oil into the environment.
The oil spill killed thousands of animals in the pristine environment,
devastated the salmon and herring fisheries and profoundly affected the way of
life for native Alaskans in the area.
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