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Germany Gripped By Greek Finger Controversy

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 19 Maret 2015 | 23.31

A video appearing to show the Greek finance minister put his finger up at Germany has caused confusion in Germany with claims and counter-claims about whether the footage is actually genuine.

The video has been doing the rounds in Germany since Sunday, when it was broadcast by the Guenther Jauch weekly talk show on Germany's ARD channel. 

The minister in question, Mr Varoufakis, who was on the show as a guest, vehemently insisted the footage had been "doctored".

He later tweeted: "Any apology in the offing @GuentherJauch65? For having used a doctored video to silence a conciliatory Greek voice?"

Three days later, it appeared his claim had been verified. 

German comedian Jan Boehmermann broadcast a video on his satirical programme Neo Magazin Royale on German public broadcaster ZDF, claiming he was responsible for manipulating the video to include the rude gesture.

"Sorry Mr Varoufakis, we won't do it again," he said. 

Now, it appears his claim was itself a fake. 

ZDF has issued a reminder to its audience that Neo Magazin Royale is a satirical programme. 

In a moment of irony, it tweeted that it would place the warning "careful, satire" on all future broadcasts. 

Speculation is now rife over whether the video is in fact genuine.

The hashtag #varoufake has been Germany's top trending topic on Twitter throughout the day.

Mr Varoufakis is seen in the footage giving a speech in Croatia in 2013 on the Greek financial crisis.

He appears to make the offensive gesture while saying Greece should "stick the finger to Germany".

The minister was shown the video during a debate over his country's relationship with the EU powerhouse, which has been the main contributor to Greece's €240bn (£169bn) economic bailout. 

Greece and Germany have been at loggerheads since Mr Varoufakis' radical-left Syriza party came to power in January.

It promised to end austerity measures demanded by the EU in exchange for the rescue package.

Mr Varoufakis has been warned he must put forward concrete economic proposals if the country wants to secure funds agreed under a four-month deal to extend the bailout.


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Two Killed As Gunmen Spray Bar With Bullets

Two men were killed and more than a dozen wounded after gunmen armed with automatic weapons opened fire in a Swedish pub.

Police said the death toll is expected to rise after the attack, which took place as drinkers were watching football on television in the bar in Gothenburg.

A witness told the Aftonbladet newspaper that two people entered the pub in the Biskopsgaarden suburb in western Sweden armed with weapons that looked like Kalashnikovs and started shooting.

"We were sitting watching the football game when the shooters came in," the witness said.

Another witness said the shootings were over quickly.

"I didn't have time to think what was happening. Then I saw that my friend was bleeding. I tried to stop the flow of blood as well as I could with my hands," a man who gave his name as "Rocky" told public broadcaster SVT.

"Several attackers opened fire with automatic weapons," police said in a statement.

"Two men aged 20 to 25 were killed. Ten to 15 people were shot and wounded in varying degrees."

A police spokeswoman added: "There is absolutely nothing that indicates terrorism." 

The gunmen fled the scene by car and police are still hunting for them.

The shootings are believed to be gang-related.

Gothenburg has seen dozens of criminal gang-linked shootings in recent years, many of them in Biskopsgaarden, a housing estate with high unemployment and a large immigrant population.

A man was shot dead in an apartment in the area in May 2014, while in January a man was shot in the leg in a square near the scene of the latest killings.

Sweden and neighbouring Denmark have grappled for years with criminal gangs, including Hells Angels, Bandidos and immigrant groups battling for control of the drugs trade.

Police have launched a murder investigation and are questioning "a large number of people".

No arrests have been made.


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Woman 'Cuts Baby From Expectant Mother's Womb'

By Sky News US Team

A woman has been accused of stabbing an expectant mother in the stomach and removing her baby.

The attack took place as the pregnant woman visited the alleged attacker's home to buy baby clothes advertised on Craigslist in Longmont, Colorado, authorities said.

Officers called to the residence by the 26-year-old victim, who was seven months pregnant, found her stabbed and beaten.

She underwent surgery and is expected to recover, but the baby did not survive.

The suspect, named in local reports as 34-year-old Dynel Catrece Lane, arrived at a hospital with the baby and told staff she had suffered a miscarriage, Longmont police Commander Jeff Satur told the Daily Times-Call newspaper.

"This is a tragic case for a mother right now," he said.

"She came by this house. She was attacked, and her baby was removed from her."

Investigators said the two women did not know each other.

Lane was arrested at the hospital on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and child abuse-knowingly and recklessly resulting in death.

Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said that homicide charges may not apply to an unborn child.

"The issues involving an unborn child are complicated under Colorado law," he said.

"In most circumstances, if a child was not actually born alive, then homicide charges are not possible."


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Tony Abbott Forced To Apologise Over Nazi Slur

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been forced to take back his second Nazi comment in a month after comparing the opposition leader to a notorious World War Two-era minister.

In an address to Parliament, Mr Abbott described Labor Party leader Bill Shorten as "the Dr Goebbels of economic policy".

Joseph Goebbels was the infamous propaganda minister in Nazi Germany.

Several ministers rose to their feet to berate the PM, including Labour MP Mark Dreyfus, one of only three Jewish lawmakers in Parliament. 

Speaker Bronwyn Bishop eventually threw Mr Dreyfus out of the House of Representatives, prompting further protests from the Labor front bench.

Fellow Labor lawmaker Michael Danby, also Jewish, left with him in solidarity.

The PM immediately withdrew the comment, but it was too late to stem the controversy.

"There are no Nazis here and we shouldn't be making comparisons with the paradigm of the ultimate evil in politics to heighten political differences," Mr Danby told the Associated Press news agency.

"It's beneath him, and it goes to the question of his judgement. I think a lot of his backbench will be groaning and tearing their hair out," he added.

Mr Abbott later withdrew the comment once again, telling Parliament: "I do apologise for using that phrase".

The comment comes weeks after Mr Abbott was forced to issue an apology for describing a cut in defence jobs as a "holocaust of jobs".

He sparked further controversy earlier this month over a St Patrick's Day video message broadcast online by his Liberal Party.

Wearing a green tie, Mr Abbott apologised to Ireland because: "I can't be there to share a Guinness or two or maybe even three".

His comment was criticised by Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. 

He reportedly said: "I've heard the prime minister's comments. He made them. I don't agree with that.

"There has been a long-term view of a 'stage Irish' perception. I reject that. I think it's really important that we understand that we have a national day that can be celebrated worldwide, St Patrick's Day."


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Solar Eclipse Tourist Attacked By Polar Bear

A polar bear has attacked a tourist on an island where thousands of people are planning to watch the solar eclipse on Friday.

The victim - part of a group of six on a snowscooter and skiing tour - was flown by helicopter to hospital after the bear was shot dead.

The man suffered injuries to the face and arm but his life is not in danger, a police spokesman said.

The nationality of the injured man is not yet known.

Another member of the group was taken to hospital with frost-bite not linked to the attack on Svalbard, an Arctic island off Norway. 

The Norwegian Arctic islands of Svalbard, about 800 miles (1,300 km) from the North Pole, and the Faroe Islands to the south, are the only places on land from which viewers will be able to see the moon totally block the sun.

A partial eclipse will be visible across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia, briefly disrupting production of solar power in Europe as the sun dims.

Svalbard has warned tourists of the risks of bears and of freezing temperatures, expected to be around -18C on Friday, with partly cloudy skies.

The archipelago, which has about 2,500 residents, is expecting some 2,000 visitors for the eclipse, while The Faroe Islands expect about 8,000 visitors to swell their population of 50,000.

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    Solar eclipses occur due to an unlikely coincidence. The Moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, and the Moon is 400 times closer to Earth. As a result, they can align perfectly.

The last notable solar eclipse was in 1999, and the next will be in 2026. Britain will not witness 'totality' - full coverage of the sun - until 2090.

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    Video: Police Shoot Dead Mentally Ill Man

    By Greg Milam, US Correspondent

    The family of a mentally ill man who was shot dead by police on his own doorstep have released a graphic video of the incident.

    Jason Harrison, 38, was shot three times during a brief confrontation with police as he stepped out of his front door in Dallas, Texas, last June.

    Footage from one of the officer's body cameras was handed over to the family as part of a lawsuit claiming the police department was responsible for Mr Harrison's wrongful death.

    The video, now released by the family, reveals how the incident escalated rapidly after Mr Harrison's mother, Shirley, told officers John Rogers and Andrew Hutchins that her son was "bipolar schizo". She had dialled 911 to ask for him to be admitted to hospital.

    Mr Harrison was holding a screwdriver and, when officers told him to drop it, the situation became heated with the officers and his mother heard yelling before shots rang out.

    Police say Mr Harrison had lunged at the two officers causing them to fear for their own safety. They say they had fired in self-defence.

    But Mr Harrison's family say the officers added to his agitation by yelling and then used excessive force. Their lawsuit says he was not a violent person and posed no threat.

    Mr Harrison's brother Sean questioned why the officers did not use a Taser or pepper spray.

    He told the Dallas Morning News: "This is a perfect video for the Dallas Police Department to use in training as an example of what not to do. You don't yell at them - that only agitates them."

    The shooting happened two months before the killing of the unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

    That incident sparked a nationwide debate about the use of deadly force by police.

    Incidents in New York, Los Angeles, Wisconsin, and Washington - along with the continuing fallout from what happened in Ferguson - have created tension between law-enforcement and the black community.

    Mr Harrison's family say what happened to him is evidence the police need greater training in how to deal with people suffering from mental health problems.

    The district attorney in Dallas has been formally assessing the family's lawsuit against the city's police department. It is likely to go before a grand jury.

    A number of cities have begun using body cameras for police officers to provide images in cases where actions are challenged.

    The shooting was the first in Dallas to be captured on a body camera.

    It was actually recorded on a camera that Officer Hutchins had bought himself as his city-issued one was not working.


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    Nairobi Mall Attack Mastermind Killed By Drone

    An al Shabaab leader thought to be a mastermind of the Nairobi shopping mall attack was killed in a US drone strike last week, the Pentagon says.

    Adnan Garaar was targeted while in a car near the town of Dinsoor, 150 miles west of the Somalian capital Mogadishu, on 12 March.

    Residents said the car contained three al Shabaab members and the vehicle was completely destroyed.

    Confirming Garaar's death, the US military said in a statement: "He posed a major threat to the region and the international community and was connected to the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya.

    "His death has dealt another significant blow to the al Shabaab terrorist organisation in Somalia."

    Some 67 people, including six Britons, were killed in the Westgate Mall attack in September 2013.

    The attack was the largest in Kenya since al Qaeda bombed the US embassy in Nairobi in 1998.

    Al Shabaab has vowed to carry out attacks in Kenya and Uganda in retaliation for the countries' contribution to the African Union force supporting Somalia's government.


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    IS Must Be Put On Trial For Genocide, UN Says

    IS Must Be Put On Trial For Genocide, UN Says

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    Islamic State jihadists should be prosecuted for committing genocide against the Yazidis in Iraq, the United Nations has said.

    The UN human rights office published a report detailing mass killings, torture, rape, sexual slavery and the use of child soldiers by the extremists.

    The agency said in a statement that IS "may have committed all three of the most serious international crimes - namely war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide".

    The report, based on interviews with more than 100 witnesses and survivors of attacks in Iraq between June 2014 and February 2015, highlights brutal IS attacks on ethnic and religious groups, including Yazidis, Christians, Turkmen, Kurds and Shia.

    IS, which controls a swathe of territory in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, launched "a series of systematic and widespread attacks" on the Yazidi minority's heartland in the northern Nineveh province last August.

    According to the report, the attacks appeared intended "to destroy the Yazidi as a group," which "strongly suggests" IS is guilty of "genocide" against the Yazidi.

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    1. Gallery: Thousands Of Displaced Yazidis

      Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain

    Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister says

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  • The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Irbil

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  • A displaced child rests as she makes her way, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain

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  • Members of the Kurdish Red Cresent help a displaced woman from the Yazidi sect. Continue through for more pictures

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  • The report - ordered by the UN Human Rights Council last September following a request from the Iraqi government - found some villages "were entirely emptied of their Yazidi population".

    In some Yazidi villages, men and boys over the age of 14 were rounded up and shot, while the women and girls were abducted as the "spoils of war".

    Female captives were sold into sexual slavery or handed over to IS members as "gifts", the report said, with witnesses describing girls as young as six screaming for help as they were raped in a house used by IS fighters.

    A pregnant 19-year-old told the investigators she was repeatedly raped by an IS "doctor" over a period of two and a half months, and that he deliberately sat on her stomach, saying "this baby should die because it is an infidel. I can make a Muslim baby."

    Boys as young as eight were forced to convert to Islam and given religious and military training, including being forced to watch videos of beheadings, the report said.

    Yazidis, whose ancient religion has elements of Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism, are considered to be devil worshippers by the Sunni Muslim militants.

    The jihadists have also ruthlessly targeted anyone perceived to be connected with the Iraqi government, the report said, pointing to the massacre last June of up to 1,700 cadets from the Speicher army base, after they reportedly surrendered.

    A mass grave - believed to contain the bodies of victims of the massacre - was uncovered in Saddam Hussein's home town Tikrit, north of Baghdad, on Wednesday.

    A former police officer told the investigators IS fighters had slashed the throats of his father, five-year-old son and five-month-old daughter after he showed his police ID card during a search.

    The report also accused Iraqi security forces and affiliated militia of a range of serious crimes during their operations against IS, the report said.

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    • IS Must Be Put On Trial For Genocide, UN Says

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    Islamic State jihadists should be prosecuted for committing genocide against the Yazidis in Iraq, the United Nations has said.

    The UN human rights office published a report detailing mass killings, torture, rape, sexual slavery and the use of child soldiers by the extremists.

    The agency said in a statement that IS "may have committed all three of the most serious international crimes - namely war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide".

    The report, based on interviews with more than 100 witnesses and survivors of attacks in Iraq between June 2014 and February 2015, highlights brutal IS attacks on ethnic and religious groups, including Yazidis, Christians, Turkmen, Kurds and Shia.

    IS, which controls a swathe of territory in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, launched "a series of systematic and widespread attacks" on the Yazidi minority's heartland in the northern Nineveh province last August.

    According to the report, the attacks appeared intended "to destroy the Yazidi as a group," which "strongly suggests" IS is guilty of "genocide" against the Yazidi.

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    1. Gallery: Thousands Of Displaced Yazidis

      Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain

    Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister says

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  • The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Irbil

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  • A displaced child rests as she makes her way, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain

    ]]>

  • Members of the Kurdish Red Cresent help a displaced woman from the Yazidi sect. Continue through for more pictures

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  • The report - ordered by the UN Human Rights Council last September following a request from the Iraqi government - found some villages "were entirely emptied of their Yazidi population".

    In some Yazidi villages, men and boys over the age of 14 were rounded up and shot, while the women and girls were abducted as the "spoils of war".

    Female captives were sold into sexual slavery or handed over to IS members as "gifts", the report said, with witnesses describing girls as young as six screaming for help as they were raped in a house used by IS fighters.

    A pregnant 19-year-old told the investigators she was repeatedly raped by an IS "doctor" over a period of two and a half months, and that he deliberately sat on her stomach, saying "this baby should die because it is an infidel. I can make a Muslim baby."

    Boys as young as eight were forced to convert to Islam and given religious and military training, including being forced to watch videos of beheadings, the report said.

    Yazidis, whose ancient religion has elements of Christianity, Islam and Zoroastrianism, are considered to be devil worshippers by the Sunni Muslim militants.

    The jihadists have also ruthlessly targeted anyone perceived to be connected with the Iraqi government, the report said, pointing to the massacre last June of up to 1,700 cadets from the Speicher army base, after they reportedly surrendered.

    A mass grave - believed to contain the bodies of victims of the massacre - was uncovered in Saddam Hussein's home town Tikrit, north of Baghdad, on Wednesday.

    A former police officer told the investigators IS fighters had slashed the throats of his father, five-year-old son and five-month-old daughter after he showed his police ID card during a search.

    The report also accused Iraqi security forces and affiliated militia of a range of serious crimes during their operations against IS, the report said.

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    Seven Tourists Killed By Giant Falling Boulder

    A huge boulder falling from a mountain in has killed seven people and sent others plungeing into a river.

    The freak accident happened in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region when the group of tourists were disembarking from a sightseeing boat.

    The boulder tumbled onto the pier hitting the tourists.

    Four people were confirmed dead at the scene and three others died later in hospital.

    "We arrived at the scene to find many broken stone pieces and scattered items," said one of the rescuers.

    "We searched along the broken stones and arrived at the pier.

    "We found several people there and jumped into the river to rescue them."

    Nineteen people - eight of them Taiwanese tourists - are still being treated in hospital for slight injuries.

    The mountainous region is known to have soluble rocks and is probe to landfalls, according to the Shanghai Daily. Visitors to the area where the boulder fell are routinely warned about the danger of rock falls.


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    British Woman Killed In 'Brutal' Tunisia Attack

    A British woman was killed in the terror attack in Tunis that left 23 people dead, it has emerged.

    Sally Adey was on holiday with her husband, who is receiving support from the firm that runs the cruise ship the pair were sailing on.

    Terrorist group Islamic State has released an online audio recording in which it claims responsibility for the killings.

    A statement released by Tunisia's presidency said nine people suspected of links with the gunmen had been arrested. It said the nine included four people directly linked to the operation and five suspected of having ties to the cell.

    Prime Minister David Cameron described the killings as an "appalling and brutal outrage".

    Describing it as "the latest example of extremist terror", he said: "We have to fight it with everything we have, whether that is taking the poison out of young minds here in Britain, whether it's working with intelligence, policing and security services in other countries around the world or whether it's dealing decisively with those areas of the world from which these problems come."

    Witnesses say the gunmen behind the attack opened fire on tourists arriving at the capital's Bardo Museum, renowned for its collection of Roman mosaics, before chasing them inside.

    The two attackers were among the 23 people left dead.

    The victims, who also included Japanese, Italians, Colombians, Spaniards, Australians, Poles and French, were passengers on two cruise liners which had recently arrived in Tunis.

    Julia Holden, a partner at Shakespeares Solicitors in Birmingham and a close friend of the Adey family, issued a statement on the family's behalf.

    She said: "Sally Adey was a much-loved daughter, wife and mother. The family are devastated by her loss.

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    1. Gallery: Police Secure Area After Terror In Museum

      Police officers stand outside the parliament

    A tourist injured after an attack by gunmen on Tunisia's national museum is wheeled on a stretcher

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