1,000 students take part in Qur’an contest

More than 1,000 students from 60 universities and colleges in the Kingdom are participating in a higher education Holy Qur’an contest that started in Jeddah on Monday.

The new annual contest is aimed at spreading a culture of learning about Islam and the Qur’an among students in the Kingdom, a source on the orga- nizing committee said. The judges include 12 scholars and memorizers of the Holy Qur’an. The Saudi Scientific

Society for the Holy Qur’an and its Sciences (Tebyan) under the aegis of Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed, organized the event.

More than SR1 million in prize money will be distributed to the winners on May 12 at the end of the contest, the source said. Salah Baothman, secretary of the Jeddah branch of the Tebyan society, said the contest is open to men and women students of 30 government universities and 30 private universities and colleges.

The categories include mem- orization of the full text, and five, 10 and 20 chapters, while observing rules of recitation and intonation.

Sheikh Abdullah Basfar, secre- tary general of the World Organization for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an, commended the spon- sors of the competition including Hatem Al-Juffali’s charity for its generous support.

Basfar said the organizers have set up a subcommittee to run the event and an exhibition on the sidelines. He praised the government for supporting such

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‘Eternal Nazi’ Hunt Goes Easy on Soviet Collaborators

Nicholas Kulish and Souad Makhennet recently appeared on CSPAN to promote their new book The Eternal Nazi: From Mauthausen to Cairo, the Relentless Pursuit of SS Doctor Aribert Heim. Kulish and Makhennet did not find Dr. Heim, who died more than 20 years ago, but their relentless pursuit proved enlightening in several ways.

The authors find Dr. Heim remarkably unlike the “superhuman Nazi of popular imagination” from films such as Marathon Man and The Boys From Brazil. The Austrian Heim excelled at ice hockey and easily mastered foreign languages. He completed his medical studies in Vienna at the age of 25 and was drafted into SS. His wartime duties included service in 1941 at Mauthausen. Survivors of the concentration camp there charge that Dr. Heim killed inmates by injecting gasoline into their hearts and that he decorated his desk with the skulls of selected victims.

After the war Heim spent three years as a POW, treating other prisoners as a medical doctor. His record at Mauthausen somehow failed to emerge and in 1947 he was set free and soon living the good life in a resurgent West Germany. In the early 1960s, about the time the Israelis captured Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Holocaust, Heim began to get nervous. He fled, but not to South America like other Nazi war criminals.

He decamped for Tangier then moved on to Egypt, where German military officers received a warm welcome, a legacy of support for the Axis powers in World War II. The authors also observe that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj al-Husseini, worked with the Nazis and even visited concentration camps.

In Egypt Heim was able to maintain his German properties by remote control. He eventually converted to Islam and adopted the name Tarek Hussein Farid. In 1979 he made the cover of Der Spiegel but the authors show how sleuths such as German policeman Alfred Aedtner were unable to reel him in. So was celebrity Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, who gets rough treatment in The Eternal Nazi. The authors show how Wiesenthal got it wrong on UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and his lies about his wartime service in areas where Jews were being deported to concentration camps. As the joke had it, he suffered from “Waldheimers Disease,” which made him forget he was a Nazi.

No Nazi hunter or government spy agency was able to bag “Angel of Death” Josef Mengele, the big prize, and Treblinka guard John Demjanjuk turned out not to be “Ivan the Terrible.” Likewise, nobody was able to pry SS doctor Aribert Heim out of Egypt where he died in 1992. The authors tracked down his briefcase, full of revealing documents, and put together the story. Along the way they fail to flag some key collaborators.

For example, during the 1939-1941 Molotov-Ribbentrop pact the authors write that Hitler and Stalin agreed to divide up Poland. The authors fail to note that during the pact the Soviets also handed over German Jewish communists to Hitler’s Gestapo. Some of these Jewish communists could have wound up in Dr. Heim’s tender care at the Mauthausen concentration camp.

After World War II, the authors say, “the focus of American enmity was rapidly shifting away from the defeated Nazis and toward the Soviets’ rising ambitions in Europe.” Note that the Americans had “enmity” but the Soviets only “ambitions.” Further, Eastern Europe was “slipping into the Communist camp.” Actually, Stalin grabbed it by force and the Soviet Union occupied and oppressed those countries for the next half century.

As a former Berlin bureau chief for the New York Times Nicholas Kulish should know that. Souad Mekhennet, a fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a journalist who worked for the Times, should know that the conflict between the USA and USSR was more than a “rivalry.” But this wasn’t the first time that somebody from the New York Times got it wrong on the Soviets.

In 1932-33 Josef Stalin’s Communist regime starved to death millions of Ukrainians. Walter Duranty, the New York Times Moscow correspondent at the time, denied that any such thing had taken place and claimed that under Stalin’s wise leadership the Ukraine flowed with milk and honey. Duranty’s articles, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, played a role in U.S. recognition of the Soviet state.

To unravel all that would take considerable courage. It’s easier and safer to write a book about old Nazis. Readers will hear the sound of a barrel being scraped.

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Europe’s largest teachers’ union endorses Israel boycott call

The largest teachers’ union in Europe has passed a resolution backing a boycott of companies profiting from Israel’s illegal settlements and occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The National Union of Teachers (NUT), which has more than 300,000 members in England and Wales, adopted the motion on Palestine at its recent annual conference. The vote was conducted by a show of hands, and passed by a clear majority.

Christine Blower, General Secretary of the NUT, commenting on the motion, said the union “call[s] on the British Government to pursue vigorously the dismantling of the 700km-long wall which separates many Palestinians from their schools and their land, and to support the UN’s call for the lifting of the blockade of Gaza.”

The NUT also continues “to call upon the UK Government to fulfil international obligations in relation to the treatment of Palestinian child prisoners”, said Blower.

NUT delegates head a report from the delegation of Executive and non-Executive members who visited Palestine in October of last year, and “the strengthening of links between the National Union of Teachers and the General Union of Palestinian Teachers”. Conference delegates all received a post-trip report.

As well as a call for boycott, the motion singled out for criticism the Israeli government’s plan for the destruction of Bedouin villages in the Negev, and called for an end to “discrimination in education” faced by Palestinian citizens.

The motion also includes a call for the NUT to publicise the delegation report, invite speakers to meetings, and in addition, as per an adopted amendment, “educate the membership through publications, divisions and international solidarity officers of the ‘Pinkwashing’ propaganda used by Israel to make their citizens and the wider world believe that they are progressive in respect of LGBT rights, while distracting attention away from the human rights abuses they have instigated by their occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.”

1000s in Cairo demonstrate to slam Egypt protest law

Egyptians have held a demonstration in the capital, Cairo, to express opposition to the controversial protest law.

Demonstrators on Saturday marched on the Ittihadiya presidential palace.

The event had been called by various opposition groups and movements and it began at Cairo’s Saray El Koba metro station in Heliopolis District, from where protesters marched to the palace a few kilometers away, Ahram Online reported.

While chanting slogans against the country’s military and police forces, the protesters carried banners holding the names of numerous detainees and a long banner that read, “Release Egypt.”

Among the slogans often chanted by the protesters were, “Down with military rule,” “Freedom for the detained” and “Down with the protest law.”

Protesters also tore down from walls and buildings stickers and posters favoring the presidential bid of former head of the armed forces, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, who led the ouster of Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 and installed the current interim government.

“The revolution did not die. The Egyptian revolution is complicated and continuing as you can see. We are here at the presidential palace against the protest law, which detains all our fellow activists and revolutionaries at a time when all the thieves and corrupt figures are being released,” said one of the protesters.

Thousands of Egyptian protesters, mainly supporters of Morsi, have been arrested during demonstrations against the protest law, which bans all protests not pre-approved by the military-installed interim government.

The law has often been slammed by Egypt’s political groups, parties and rights activists as a tool to crack down on dissent.

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Egypt jails Muslim Brotherhood spokesman

Egypt military-installed prosecutors have sentenced the spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party to 15-day detention over allegations of inciting violence against security forces.

The Saturday jail sentence against Yasser Mehrez was issued following his detention on Friday on accusations of stirring violence against police in the capital, Cairo, and the nearby Giza District, according to local press reports.

Mehrez was reportedly further questioned about recent bombings against military and police targets.

The Brotherhood spokesperson has denied the allegations.

Since the July 2013 ouster of Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi, several bombings and shooting attacks have targeted police and military officers.

Most of the attacks have been carried out in the restive Sinai Peninsula, though in recent months some terrorist attacks have also taken place in the Nile Delta and Cairo.

Egyptian authorities blame the Brotherhood for the attacks and have blacklisted it as a “terrorist group,” but the Brotherhood strongly rejects allegations of involvement in the attacks.

Amnesty International says at least 1,400 people have been killed in the turmoil since Morsi’s ouster.

Most of the victims have been killed due to “excessive force used by security forces,” Amnesty says.

Some 15,000 people have also been detained by the military-backed government ever since.

Egypt judiciary sentenced nearly 530 Morsi supporters to death last month in the largest mass death sentencing in the modern history of the country. The verdict drew harsh criticisms from human rights groups and the international community.

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Chicago violence: 4 killed, over 30 injured

Four people have lost their lives and more than 30 others have sustained injuries in several shootings in the city of Chicago since Friday night, US police say.

In the latest incident, a young woman was shot dead on Fullerton Avenue, near Kedzie on Sunday, police said. The 21-year-old woman was driving her car when the fatal shooting happened.

A group of men opened fire on a car in the 3500 block of West Fullerton Avenue, injuring 21-year-old Cindy Bahena, a backseat passenger travelling in the car. Bahena was pronounced dead a short time after she was taken to a nearby Norwegian-American Hospital.

According to police authorities, the driver of the car is a gang member and the victim was not the intended target of the attack.

17-year-old Jaquez Williams and 21-year-old Martarvian Emery were the two other victims who lost their lives in separate incidents Chicago shootings.

Williams was shot and killed by the 5500 block of West North Avenue early in the morning. Emery was in the kitchen of his home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood when someone opened fire outside. A woman was also wounded in the incident.

Chicago is one of the most dangerous cities in the US with very high gun deaths. An FBI crime statistics, released in late 2013, said the city registered more homicides in 2012 than New York City.

The FBI report said there were 500 murders in Chicago and 419 in New York in 2012. Chicago’s population is one third of that of New York.

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New support group for parents of premature babies who were in James Cook hospital neonatal unit

A support group especially for parents and carers of babies from hospital baby unit meet at the Community Hub at Easterside

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Middlesbrough Bliss Family support group

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Oscar and Olga Dent really are miracle babies.

The 11-month-old twins are the result of mum and dad’s first attempt at IVF.

When their mum Emma Walker, 29, from Middlesbrough, went into early labour at 29 weeks, the babies - weighing just 2lb 12oz and 2lb 9oz - had to stay in the neonatal unit at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough for nine weeks and two days.

Now Oscar and Olga, who live with mum Emma and dad Ken Dent in Beechwood, meet their neonatal buddies twice a month at a support group especially for parents and carers of babies from the hospital baby unit.

“I’ve got my ready-made family now,” said Emma, who goes to the group with her sister, Tracy.

She admits it was “very daunting” bringing them home after so long in hospital but the new parents found a routine that worked for them and Emma enjoys going to the group because she has met other mums with premature babies.

She had been to other mum and toddler groups but found them competitive about milestones.

“You have to explain your whole story each time to explain why your babies haven’t reached a particular milestone yet,” she said.

“Olga has just been diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

“It’s nice to come here and know you can get advice from other mums or nurses.”

Started in January, the Middlesbrough Bliss Family support group meets every second and fourth Friday of the month at the Community Hub at Easterside on Broughton Avenue.

It is run by Sarah Brooks, a nurse in the neonatal unit and a community nurse, who said: “I thought it would be beneficial to have a group where mums could bring siblings along and meet other parents whose babies were in the neonatal unit.

“It’s a really intense time in the unit and then back at home you can be really isolated.”

Hayley Harley, 33, lives in Norton with her husband Paul, 39, and their six-month daughter, Isla. She said: “We were really crying out for it.

“We all got really close in the hospital. I stayed in the flats at the hospital so I could breastfeed Isla on demand.

“Bliss ran a group while our babies were in the unit but once they were out we couldn’t go back because of the risk of infection.”

Isla weighed 3lb 12oz when she was born five weeks early due to Hayley developing pre-eclampsia.

“She was only five weeks early but she was small for her gestation,” said Hayley. “Isla was in the unit for 25 days, which isn’t long compared to others.

“I met Becky and Reuben at the unit; they stayed in the flat at the same time as us. You form some really strong bonds with the people you meet at that time.”

Little Reuben weighed just 490g (1lb 2oz) when he was born 15 weeks early last August.

His mum, Becky Jackson - who lives in Danby with her partner, Bruce Cornforth, and Reuben - developed pre-eclampsia and delivered her baby at 25 weeks. Sadly she lost Reuben’s twin.

Now eight months old, Reuben came out of hospital on January 13.

Becky moved from the delivery suite into the flats on the hospital grounds so she could be near her baby boy.

“The flats were amazing; the first 10 weeks I would never have gone home anyway,” said Becky, 31.

Reuben has had to have an operation on his heart and he is on oxygen 24 hours a day.

“To meet other mums whose babies have gone through the same thing and have people who can warn me what’s coming has been great,” she said.

“I would have been so isolated if I hadn’t met other parents. It’s been great to see the older babies and how they’re doing too.”

Any parent or carer whose baby has been in the neonatal unit at James Cook can join the support group. For details call 01642 854871 or on the Middlesbrough Bliss Family Group on Facebook.

Gresham murder: Abourahamane Barry is excused attendance at Teesside Crown Court

Defendant, 26, has yet to enter a plea to charge that he killed asylum seeker Hamed Vaziri in Middlesbrough in January

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A man accused of murder was today excused attendance at Teesside Crown Court for a hearing into his case.

Abourahamane Barry, 26, is accused of murdering 27-year-old asylum seeker Hamed Vaziri.

Mr Vaziri was found stabbed to death in a house in Carlow Street in the early hours of January 25.

Barry, also of Carlow Street, Gresham, Middlesbrough, is in custody but was not brought to Teesside Crown Court for a short hearing to discuss his case this morning.

The defendant has not yet entered a plea to the murder charge.

A trial is scheduled to start on June 28.

Judge Simon Bourne-Arton QC, the Recorder of Middlesbrough, adjourned the case for a further hearing on June 3.

Attack kills 22 people in Central African Republic

At least 22 people, including 15 local chiefs and three local members of staff from humanitarian-aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), have been killed in a militant attack in the violence-plagued Central African Republic (CAR).

Officials said on Sunday that the attack took place in the town of Nanga Boguila, situated about 450 kilometers (280 miles) north of the capital Bangui, on Saturday.

Gilles Xavier Nguembassa, the town’s former member of parliament, said four people were killed as the assailants approached the area.

He added that most of the victims died when an MSF-run clinic in Nanga Boguila was attacked while local chiefs were holding a meeting there.

On Sunday, heavily armed peacekeepers escorted some of the last remaining Muslims out of Bangui, trucking more than 1,200 people who for months had been trapped in their PK12 neighborhood on the northern side of the Central African Republic’s volatile capital by violent Christian militants.

“It’s tragic and inexcusable that the situation was allowed to fall apart so that in the end evacuation was the only way to save people’s lives,” said Joanne Mariner, a senior crisis adviser for Amnesty International. “Much more should have been done to prevent ethnic cleansing in December and January – before tens of thousands of Muslims had fled.”

The United Nations has described the forced displacement of tens of thousands of Muslims as “ethnic cleansing.”

Meanwhile, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has announced that it is sending 14 delegates to the Central African Republic to help end the ethnic conflict.

Muslims have advocated calls for the establishment of a new state to be located in the north of the country. Many in the CAR Muslim community have stated that partition is the best and simplest solution to the threat of violence from Christian militiamen in the country’s south.

The African state has been the scene of fierce clashes between Muslims of the Seleka group and anti-Balaka Christian militias since late 2013.

France has deployed 2,000 troops to the country, but it has been unable to halt the deadly sectarian attacks on the country’s Muslim population.

The violence is escalating day by day despite the presence of French and African troops on the ground.

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Max Clifford guilty of indecent assaults

Operation Yewtree conviction after just find him guilty on eight counts, but clear him of two with no verdict on a third

PR guru Max Clifford has been found guilty of a string of indecent assaults on teenage girls over a period of nearly 20 years.

The 71-year-old became the first person to be convicted under the high profile Operation Yewtree sex crime investigation at Southwark Crown Court today.

He was found guilty of eight indecent assaults, cleared of two and the jury was unable to reach a verdict on one other.

Clifford repeatedly denied the claims, calling his arrest and prosecution “a nightmare” and protesting his innocence.

He was arrested by detectives from Operation Yewtree in December 2012, and charged in April the following year.

The investigation, Scotland Yard’s inquiry into historic allegations of sexual offences, was prompted after claims were made against the late DJ Jimmy Savile.

Teenagers lured pizza delivery man to armed robbery in Middlesbrough

17-year-old and 15-year-old boys lured pizza delivery man to area where a knife and an imitation firearm were produced

Two teenage boys lured a pizza delivery man to an armed robbery, a court heard.

The 17-year-old and 15-year-old boys, from Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to robbery at Teesside Crown Court.

Prosecutor David Crook said: “The defendants lured a pizza delivery man to the area where a knife was produced and an imitation firearm was produced.

“He’s robbed of money.”

The older boy admitted possession of an imitation firearm - an air pistol - with intent to cause fear of violence. The younger boy admitted having a bladed article - a kitchen knife - in a public place, Nasham Road in Middlesbrough.

They both admitted robbing the pizza delivery man of food and money.

The teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, committed the crimes on January 26.

The facts of the case have not yet been fully outlined in court.

Duncan McReddie, defending the younger of the two, said: “He is lightly convicted.

“I would request an adjournment for a pre-sentence report. The defence will be commissioning the preparation of a psychiatric report.”

He said there had been a “very significant traumatic event” which had a major impact on the boy, and he was referred to a psychologist.

The judge, Recorder Anton Lodge QC, bailed the two boys until sentencing on June 6.

He told them: “It is clearly in the interests of both that you co-operate with the Probation Service in making a pre-sentence report.

“That can only be to your benefit.”

NYSD League: Magnificent seven for Croft as Great Ayton hit the ground running

Great Ayton made it back to back wins by seeing off the challenge of Saltburn following opening day victory over Middlesbrough

Michael Croft snapped up seven wickets as Great Ayton continued their winning start to The Darlington Building Society NYSD League.

After beating Middlesbrough on opening day, they made it back to back wins on Saturday by seeing off the challenge of Saltburn.

Ayton last season won the Macmillan Cup and the Fifteens, and this season are targetting league glory for the first time since 2006.

Croft was in sparking form, taking seven for 24 to add to the three wickets he took in the opening game.

Saltburn coped better with the other bowlers, but struggled to 122 all out, then pushed Ayton all the way before the visitors eased home by two wickets.

Six of the Saltburn bowlers shared the wickets, though two batsmen shone enough for Ayton to get over the line. Opener Chris Batchelor made 51 and Steve Pennock 37, and an improvement is needed from their teammates if Ayton are to keep their winning start going.

For Saltburn it was a second successive defeat after they went down to new boys Seaton Carew on opening day.

However Seaton on Saturday learned what is required to compete at this level, as they went down by six wickets at current champions Richmondshire.

Paul Braithwaite, last season’s Division One player of the year, looks comfortable in the top flight, the opener making 34 on Saturday.

But the side was bowled out for 144 as Richmond continue to shine.

And although four Seaton bowlers took a wicket the home side were always in control and youngster Rob Carr made a half century as the Champions made it back to back wins in their bid to land the crown for a third successive year.

While Richmond are favourites, Marton, expected to be among the front runners, bounced back after an opening day defeat. They beat Stokesley by 26 runs.

Lee Hodgson top scored with 50, while fellow opener Neil Russell made 39, before Stokesley hit back with the ball, Andrew Weighell snapping up six wickets to restrict the home side to 168 for eight.

Weighell then made 34 and Dieter Klein 61 not out, but Hodgson took four for 30 as the visitors were all out for 143.

Newly-promoted Marske lost by 101 runs to Sedegefield. Australian David Miller, playing as an overseas amatuer for Sedgefield, made 87 in a score of 200 for eight.

Marske, Division One champions last season, were then bowled out for 99 Karl Bramwell top scoring with 33.

Redcar lost to Hartlepool despite Mohammed Zahid’s four wickets, Pool bouncing back from their opening day 10 wicket defeat at home to Barnard Castle.

Jon Rickard made 44 for Hartlepool, and Craig Symington 36 not out.

Barnard Castle couldn’t make it back to back wins as they lost to Darlington, with Jon Barnes taking six wickets and skipper Peter Armstrong three as the home side were bowled out for just 77.

Darlington’s attack again looks strong and reliable, but they are seeking more runs.

Barnard Castle had earlier dismissed last season’s runners-up for 157, with James Finch snapping up five wickets to give his team a chance of victory, which they were well short of taking.

STOCKTON are determined to retain the Dukes North East Premier League crown, and on Saturday they showed Blaydon no mercy, winning by nine wickets.

The visitors were restricted to 94 for eight, with Keaton Jennings taking three wickets.

And the Durham all-rounder was also on song with the bat, making an unbeaten 48.

After an opening day win the champions have now won back to back matches at the start of this season, though they know it will be harder this time around as the other sides bid to knock them off their perch.

Play-off heartbreak for plucky Priorymen in dramatic showdown at Dinnington

Victory was cruelly snatched from Trevor Edwards' side as they went down 34-20 against Dinnington after extra time

Trevor Edwards and his brave Guisborough side suffered play-off heartbreak in a dramatic showdown at Dinnington.

The coach was within seconds of a triumphant end to his career, when victory was cruelly snatched from his side.

Guisborough went down 34-20 after extra time, after conceding a try in the eighth minute of added time at the end of the 80 minutes.

Edwards, who along with his players, was stunned, said: “I would have retired from coaching had we won. I wanted to help these players into the highest level they had every reached, then step down.

“But now I’m staying. I can’t walk away from a bunch of lads with that commitment, ability and fantastic spirit.

“We are a straight up the line honest club. We don’t pay players. We play to enjoy it. And we wanted to go up to a league where we would have intense games every week.

“I thought it was won. But we’ll stick together. This is mainly a team of kids, who are improving.

“Now they have to believe in themselves, because this performance against a top Yorkshire One side should make them realise how good they are.

“I keep telling them. Now they have to take it into next season.”

Had they won Guisborough would have been in North One East. When they lost to Huddersfield YMCA in the play-off final last year Guisborough were beaten by the better side. On Saturday they weren’t.

Credit Dinnington for hitting back hard at the end, but for most of the contest Guisborough were in control.

The home side struck with a converted try on two minutes, but Guisborough hit back hard.

Skipper Gareth Lodge powered over on 11 minutes, and James Clark converted. Two Dinnington penalties gave the hosts a six point lead.

But on 25 minutes when Dinnington let the ball bounce, Phil Shields nipped in to score, and Clark struck a superb conversion straight into the wind.

Two fine Clark penalties early in the second period put Guisborough 27-20 ahead, and they looked like adding to their score.

As Dinnington pressed towards the end, Guisborough tackled fiercely and closed all gaps, only for referee Chris Binnie to allow the game to continue well after the 80 minutes - though there had been injuries.

And Guisborough finally cracked, with the hosts - who play in a stronger league - having the legs to score two more tries in extra time.

Guisborough skipper Lodge gives his views in tomorrow’s Gazette.

Northern League: Carling is red carded as Guisborough Town are pipped

Guisborough went down 1-0 to Spennymoor as Leon Carling was sent off for conceding the free-kick from which Keith Graydon scored

Guisborough went down 1-0 at Spennymoor who clinched the Northern League title and promotion.

But defeat was harsh on the visitors, who had Leon Carling sent off for conceding the free-kick from which Keith Graydon scored.

Spennymoor, who are bound for the Evo-Stik League, had goalkeeper Kyle Hayes to thank for pulling off several fine saves to deny the visitors, with Danny Johnson and Callum Martin both going close for Guisborough before Spennymoor won it on 37 minutes. Guisborough, in fourth, have one game remaining.

Billingham Synthonia ended their season with a 5-0 win over Penrith at Central Avenue. Synners wasted no time getting on top, and scored three times in the opening quarter of the game.

Michael Sweet set up Jack Bradbury to score on 13 minutes, then Sweet added a second and David Abel the third.

Sweet hit his side’s fourth a minute before half time. James Magowan, playing his final game, completed the scoring after the break.

Marske drew 2-2 at home to Newcastle Benfield, but hoped for better after taking a second minute lead, John Alexander scoring.

Jamie Clarke and Chris Magill then went close for the Seasiders.

Benfield struck twice in the second half to lead, before Austin Johnston levelled following a corner taken by Luke Olabode.

In the second division Thornaby beat West Allotment Celtic 3-1 with goals from Joe Melvin, David Wells and Callum Wilson (penalty).

Curtis Kamara scored with a penalty for Stokesley in a 4-1 defeat to Whitehaven. Norton beat Northallerton 2-1.

In the Wearside League, Stockton drew 1-1 with Seaton Carew, and Redcar Athletic won 2-1 in their derby clash at Wolviston.

Remember When: The Gazette branches out into football sticker books

View: The Evening Gazette produced a souvenir sticker book to mark Boro's final match at Ayresome Park - here's how it looked

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In 1995 the Evening Gazette decided it was time to have a go at producing a sticker book.

Our staff used the occasion of Boro's final match at Ayresome Park to take on Panini with a special souvenir book.

Except readers had to glue the 'stickers' into a special album after collecting them in the paper.

Do you remember the anniversary book? Well, if you don't have one in your loft, we've found a copy in a cupboard.

Have a look through it in the gallery above.

US worst human rights violator of history

Steve Lendman, an American author and activist, says the United States has violated human rights more than any other country in the history of the world.

Lendman made the remarks in an interview with Press TV as US President Barack Obama, during his trip to Malaysia, urged the country to work more on the issue of Human rights.

“There’s a recognition by the Malaysian government that more work needs to be done,” Obama said referring to the issue of human rights in Malaysia in a joint news conference with the Malaysian Prime Minister.

“No nation in world history has abused human rights more than America. No President More than Obama is more lawless,” Lendman said.

“No President is a war criminal more multiple times over than Obama. No nations attacks the rights of Muslims more than America,” he added. Lendman also accused Obama and his administration of launching wars on Islam in several countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria.

Lendman who is also a columnist and radio host said that Obama’s four-country tour in Asia is aimed at aligning US allies in the region against China.

“Obama’s agenda is the same as previous presidents but more so unchallenged US dominance how? Anyway possible: aligning nations by bulling them by pressuring them, by threatening them and by eliminating independent nations and by substituting them pro-western subservient vassal states.”

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Egypt: Unprecedented jail terms against coup opponents

Egypt’s Minya court handed down unprecedented lengthy jail terms, between 57 and 88 years, against 11 anti-coup protesters on Sunday.

The same judge who issued today’s verdicts, Saieed Sabrah, is the one who sentenced 529 protesters to death last month.

According to Khaled Al-Koumi, head of the defence team, “the Menya criminal court sentenced 2 protesters to 88 years in prison, one protester to 57 years, and 8 others to 63 years.”

The defendants were convicted of “resisting authorities and assaulting police and army forces.”

Human rights lawyer Ahmed Mefreh slammed the court rulings as “a clear violation of the law and basic human rights.” Mefreh added that the verdicts are “the first of their kind in the history of Egyptian judiciary,” describing the defendants as “political prisoners.”

Big turnout as Darlington Building Society hosts its AGM

Annual general meeting of Darlington Building Society attracted a record turnout when it was held at The Bowes Museum

The annual general meeting (AGM) of Darlington Building Society, the region’s only local building society, attracted a record turnout when it was held at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle.

This is the first time the society has held its AGM outside Darlington and the event proved so successful, meetings in future years are planned for other attractive locations throughout the society’s core operating area of Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire.

Members attending the meeting were provided with a pass to the museum for the day and, following its conclusion, a good crowd assembled for the daily performance of the silver swan, one of the museum’s core attractions.

The AGM date coincided with the outgoing chief executive, David Dodd’s last day in charge, David having elected to take early retirement. The society’s chairman, James Ramsbotham thanked David for the excellent work he has done for the society, particularly over the past five years in the role of chief executive, as he expertly steered the society through some difficult times.

His thanks were echoed by society members in the audience and David received a well deserved round of applause.

David’s replacement as chief executive, Colin Fyfe, was introduced by James Ramsbotham and Colin’s brief presentation to members was received warmly.

The atmosphere throughout the AGM was extremely positive and upbeat as the economic recovery appears to be gaining pace and the society’s financial performance during 2013 reflected the economic upturn.

All resolutions at the meeting were carried with overwhelming majorities and the directors for election and re-election received similar support. (Details of all votes can be found on the society’s website, <a href = 'www.darlington.co.uk)'>www.darlington.co.uk)</a>.

Due to the high member turnout, the society’s chosen charitable affinity partner this year, Barnard-Castle based “A Smile for a Child”, received a cheque from the society for £1,929.45.

“This was greatly appreciated by the charity organiser and society member Chris Read who was in attendance.

Following the conclusion of the meeting, Colin Fyfe said: “This was a stimulating and uplifting event and it was gratifying to see so many members of the society taking the time and effort to attend.

“There will be many building societies around the country, many much larger than Darlington Building Society, who will struggle to match our member turnout this year.”

He added: “Clearly from the member feedback seen today, Darlington Building Society is held in high regard and I will be doing my utmost to maintain and improve member engagement as they are the reason for the society’s existence.”

Steelmaker SSI UK starting first intake of apprentices in June

SSI UK is pleased to announce that they will be starting their first intake of apprentices in June

SSI UK is pleased to announce that they will be starting their first intake of apprentices in June.

Over the past year they have been working in partnership with the TTE Technical Training Group by providing work experience placement opportunities, and now 17 of those students involved in the programme have been successfully appointed as apprentices to complete their final two years of training with SSI UK .

The apprenticeships cover instrumentation, electrical and mechanical disciplines.

Jo Davies, HR Director at SSI UK, said: “This is another significant milestone for us to reach, following the start up of the SSI UK operations two years ago .

“We have been very impressed with the calibre of the students and hope that this intake will be the first of many as we plan for our future skill requirement.

Our investment in training and development in SSI UK is a significant one, and we look forward to these young people successfully completing their apprenticeships and pursuing future careers in the steel industry.”

Steve Grant, managing director of TTE, said: “We are very proud to support SSI UK and following a successful programme of work placements we have helped the company select a strong group of talented and motivated trainees. This is a significant investment by SSI UK in the future skills of the local workforce and demonstrates the continued importance of apprenticeships to employers in industry.”

Police still searching for body of missing Teesside mum ahead of two men going on trial for murder

Rania Alayed, 25, disappeared last year - her husband and his brother appear in court charged with murder this week

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Fresh woodland searches have been made for a missing Teesside mum ahead of the trial of two men accused of her murder.

Rania Alayed, 25, previously from Norton, was last seen in public in Salford, Manchester, on June 7 last year.

Police believe she has been killed and have charged her husband and his brother with her murder.

Ahmed Khatib, 33, of Knutsford Road, Gorton, has been charged with murder.

Muhanned Mahmood Al Khatib, 38, of Arthur Millwood Court, Salford, has been charged with murder and perverting the course of justice.

The pair will appear for trial at Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday.

In September last year, police officers called off the search for Rania’s body on the A19 near Thirsk after weeks of searching the area.

They believe her body was carried to the area in a white camper van and left nearby.

But the search was fruitless, and detectives said at the time that they would only start up the search in that area again if they received fresh information.

In January, Detective Chief Inspector Pete Marsh from Greater Manchester Police said he believed that Rania’s body may have been moved - and made a fresh appeal for witnesses.

However, search teams have again been combing a copse of trees close to the road in recent weeks.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said that there are no new leads in the case, but “intermittent” searches would continue until Rania’s body was discovered.

Rania moved from Norton to Manchester in January 2013.

She had previously lived in Middlesbrough.

Police believe she was taken north during the early hours of June 8, 2013, before her body was buried or concealed.

Officers traced a white Leyland DAF 200 camper van, which they believe she was taken in.

Police say the camper van stopped at an unidentified layby on the northbound carriageway of the A19.

Last year’s search involved hundreds of officers, helped by the RAF, searching every layby on the northbound section of the A19 between the junctions with the A168 and the A172 at Osmotherley.

Nine-week-old baby among the victims of a house blaze which claimed five lives

Two children aged seven and nine also killed in tragedy

Five people including a nine-week-old baby girl and two other children aged nine and seven have died in a house fire.

Anum Parvaiz, 54, and her 20-year-old daughter Shabina Begum are also believed to have died in the blaze that broke out in Wake Road, Sharrow, Sheffield.

The cousin of the 54-year-old, Ishfaq Hussain Kayani, said: “It’s just a huge tragedy. Words cannot describe how sad this is.

“It’s a tragedy beyond description.”

He said a nine-week-old baby girl was among those who had died, as well as nine-year-old Adhyan Nazim and seven-year-old Amaan Nazim.

He said of Ms Parvaiz: “She was, to my children, like a mother, like an aunt. The whole community is in huge shock.

“As soon as the news broke just after midnight, we came round. I’ve been with the family.

“It’s so sad. A couple of hours ago the whole family was leading their normal life - quite prosperous, happy.

“Just in a matter of minutes the whole family has been destroyed. The whole family has gone.

“You can well imagine what the children’s parents are going through. I don’t have the words to describe how the family is feeling, other than shell-shocked, devastated.

“We are a close-knit family, there are enough people around to support the family.”

He added: “They were such a lovely family, highly respected. Quite an industrious family who had everything going. This tragedy has struck and we have to try our level best to pull through this.”

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said the fire began shortly after midnight on the residential street, which is lined with cars on both sides.

A fire brigade spokesman said: “An investigation has commenced, involving police and fire officers, to establish the cause of the fire.”

Four fire engines were called to the scene and an aerial ladder was used to tackle the blaze.

Police and ambulance services also went to the house after receiving emergency calls.

Police, who cordoned off the road, said the damaged building was a terrace house.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “At this stage we are not able to confirm where in the house the fire broke out or if anyone else was injured.”

Police officers and firefighters remained at the scene, he said.

A spokesman for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said details about the fire would become clearer later today.

He said: “Our investigators are arriving here at 9am, so we will know more later on this morning.”

Councillors who will battle to become Labour mayoral candidate for Middlesbrough are announced

Councillors Tracy Harvey, Charlie Rooney and Dave Budd in running to become Labour candidate for Mayor when Ray Mallon steps down

The three councillors who will battle to become Labour’s mayoral candidate for Middlesbrough have been announced.

Dave Budd, Tracy Harvey and Charlie Rooney are in the running to become the Labour Party’s choice when current incumbent Ray Mallon steps down next year.

The three candidates are all current Middlesbrough councillors.

Labour Party members in the town will now vote for the person they want to see run the council, with the count taking place on Friday, May 9.

In a campaign leaflet, Cllr Budd identified education and jobs, regeneration and health and wealth inequality as his top priorities for Middlesbrough.

He said: “We in Middlesbrough could settle for being a small, declining northern town or we can fulfil our potential as the centre of a city region of 650,000 people; a vibrant university city which looks after its people and has a real future.”

Homes, jobs and people are Cllr Rooney’s priorities, and he said: “Middlesbrough is suffering under this government, but we are not beaten. We need clear leadership which will ensure good quality jobs in our industries - old and new.”

Cllr Harvey said in her leaflet: “Middlesbrough needs a mayor who will be a loud voice for our town. We have suffered harshly from Tory cuts and need someone who can make the case for our town. The mayor must be able to ensure our regeneration projects move forward and they must ensure our services work for everyone, especially the most vulnerable.”

Cllr Budd represents the Ladgate ward and is the current deputy mayor and executive member for resources.

Cllr Harvey represents Gresham and is an assistant executive member, while Cllr Rooney, the council’s executive member for regeneration and economic development, is councillor for Clairville.

The people of Middlesbrough voted to keep the elected mayor system in September last year, but there was a poor turnout with just 15% of the town casting a vote.

Labour had campaigned to scrap the elected mayor system.

The other main political parties have yet to choose a candidate and the only independent candidate to so far announce an intention to stand is former hedge fund manager and current chairman of Midddlebrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation Andy Preston.

Boro's win over Barnsley was 'first game of next season', says Aitor Karanka

Boro head coach concedes that performance during spells of match was poor but notes off-form Boro still had fortitude to win

Boro's victory over Barnsley was symbolically the club’s first game of next season, according to Aitor Karanka.

The head coach is now totally focused on mounting a successful promotion campaign in 2014/15 and he wants his players to lay down a marker before the summer break.

Boro were 3-1 winners against Barnsley, who became the first Championship team to be relegated following their defeat at the Riverside.

It wasn’t a truly convincing performance but Boro showed spirit and determination to come from a goal behind to win.

“For me it was a very important game because it wasn’t the last game for this season, it was the first game for the next season,” said Karanka.

“The first 20-25 minutes I didn’t like because we were playing like we did against Millwall.

“But after that, in the rest of the first half we were like the team I know we can be.

“The second half was crazy with injuries, substitutions and goals, but we managed to win, which was the most important thing.

“We’ve played some good games at the Riverside and not won.

"Against Barnsley we didn’t play well but we won and scored three goals and I think the fans were happy.”

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Jean-Yves M’voto exploited poor Boro defending to put Barnsley in front on Saturday but the hosts hit back immediately through Lee Tomlin.

Boro, who can’t finish higher than 12th, created plenty of chances but it looked like they would have to settle for a draw until Danny Graham put his team ahead in the 90th minute and, deep into stoppage time, Tomlin grabbed his second.

It was a victory that came at a price, through, with Jonathan Woodgate, Kenneth Omeruo and Albert Adomah joining an injury list that already included Grant Leadbitter and George Friend, as well as long term absentees Rhys Williams, Mustapha Carayol, Kei Kamara and Stuart Parnaby.

Karanka admits he’s not sure which of those players will be back for the final game of the season at Yeovil on Saturday though Omeruo was only suffering from cramp and both Leadbitter and Friend were unwell rather than carrying knocks and could return to training this week.

As for Adomah, who was involved in two of the goals but otherwise struggled to impose himself, Karanka said: “Albert was injured but he couldn’t come off because we had used all of our subs.

“I jokingly told him that he played better when he was injured than when he was fit!”

Karanka is grateful for the backing he’s received from the supporters since taking change in November.

“From the first second everybody has been incredible for me and it’s easier to work when the people support you.” he said. “I’m very proud to work at this club with these supporters.

“I’d like to say thank you and I will work every day to give my best.”

'Two at Yeovil would make it a good season for me': Lee Tomlin closes in on goal target

Brace against Barnsley took Tomlin to 13 goals for the season - comfortably within his pre-season aim of netting 10 to 15 times

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Lively Lee Tomlin hopes his fledgling front-line link-up with Danny Graham will help him hit his personal goal target.

Tomlin’s dynamic display working off the targetman paid off as he struck twice and Graham got the other as Boro beat Barnsley 3-1.

“Every year I like to get between 10 and 15 goals and those two took me to 13, if you include the ones I got at Peterborough,” he explained.

“Two more at Yeovil next week would make it a good season for me personally and the way things are going with Danny I don’t see why I can’t get them.

“He is brilliant to play with. He works so hard for the team, wins the ball, holds it up and makes really good runs.

“I had to apologise to him a few times for not picking him out but we are starting to get a real understanding now.”

Tomlin had a tough start after his deadline-day move as he sat out the first three games banned then went eight without hitting the net - but three in the last five and a couple of assists suggest Boro are starting to see the man they paid £1.5m for.

“Obviously when you come to a new club it takes a bit of time to settle in,” he said.

“I’d had two years in the Championship so I knew I could do it but it was a different style and tempo.”

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Protests in 30 European cities calling for ending Gaza siege

Protests calling for ending the Gaza siege were held on Saturday in 30 European cities.

Chairman of the Euro-Mediterranean observatory for human rights Rami Abdou said that 30 European cities in 12 countries including Germany, France and Italy, witnessed Saturday massive protests in solidarity with Gaza, under the title “The European Day for Ending the Siege on Gaza”.

Abdou said that European streets turned to “an uprising for human dignity”, rejecting the unjust siege on Gaza that entered its 8th year.

“That day is the start of a new solidarity wave with the Palestinian people in Gaza,” Abdou told Anadolu agency. “Ending the siege on Gaza is not the cause of Palestinians alone, it’s the cause of every human being with consciousness and all defenders of justice and truth.”

Match report: Boro 3 Barnsley 1

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A quick response to a shock opener then a deadly final flourish earned Boro a 3-1 win in their final fixture of the season at the Riverside and relegated Barnsley.

Boro dominated the first half but failed to put away a string of chances then Barnsley took the lead early in the second as Jean-Yves M'Voto hooked home from a corner.

But Boro levelled within 60 seconds as Lee Tomlin drilled home then in a lively finish they went ahead in the final minute through unmarked Danny Graham before lively Tomlin wrapped it up deep in stoppage time.

Boro brought Jonathan Woodgate back into the centre of defence with Ben Gibson switching to left-back in place of injured George Friend.

Jacob Butterfield returned to midfield in place of Nathaniel Chalobah while Adam Reach – back from a loan spell at Bradford – started ahead of Emmanuel Ledesma and Lee Tomlin came in for Luke Williams.

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Boro probed first in the second minute as a quick ball over the top from Gibson sent Reach storming towards the box but the keeper was out of his box quickly to beat him in a sprint and hoof clear.

Boro were pressing high up the pitch and forcing Barnsley into some nervous defending.

On six minutes Tomlin wrestled to win a ball in midfield then chipped over the top for Graham to chase down the inside right channel but again the keeper won the race to clear.

Boro's first real chance came on eight minutes as Reach was quickly in to steal the ball from sluggish M'voto and wriggled into the box on the left but his shot flew over.

Barnsley went close on 12 minutes as Pedersen swung a cross into the box and it clipped Kenneth Omeruo and squirted goalwards forcing Dimi Konstantopoulos to dive full length to save at the foot of the far post.

Boro were back on the attack soon after and after a touch on by Tomlin, former Barnsley man Butterfield blazed over from 25 yards.

And they went close on 17 minutes when Varga played a one two with Butterfield on the right then picked out Tomlin to push to the edge of the box for Graham and although his first touch was poor he recovered to drill a foot over.

Barnsley started to press forward tentatively and won a couple of corners which Konstantopoulos collected routinely.

Boro almost broke through on 28 minutes as Butterfield flicked into the path of Tomlin 20 yards out but he stumbled then turned into a defender and the moment was gone.

The visitors launched a rare raid down the right in the half-hour but McLaughlin cut inside and put in a weak long 20 yard angled shot that trickled towards Konstantopoulos.

Boro almost carved out the opened on 32 minutes as Reach cut in from the left and when his angled shot was blocked by defender Etuhu it fell for Tomlin who rifled in first time effort that came back off the keeper's chest.

A minute later Boro went close again as a Tomlin shot from the edge of the box on the right was parried by the keeper to Reach on the far side and his angled effort flew past the far post with Adomah coming in but just failing to connect.

And then on 35 minutes Graham did well to win a sliding challenge then tapped the loose ball back to Adomah who tricked to the edge of the box only to curl a weak shot to the far post that was routinely saved.

Then, as the pressure built, first Reach pulled back for Adomah to stab a shot that hit defender Kennedy's head then bounced back for Butterfield but his effort was charged down in a crowded box.

On 40 minutes Woodgate limped off with Daniel Ayala coming off the bench.

Boro continued to press and on 42 minutes went close as Tomlin laid a ball back for Reach to drill a sizzling 25 yard effort through the crowd that was parried.

Then a minute later lively Butterfield barged through a challenge 20 yards out to crack in low shot that sent the keeper full length to tip around the near post.

And on the stroke of half-time Butterfield crossed in for Ayala to stab goalwards but again Steele saved well.

HALF-TIME: BORO 0 BARNSLEY 0

Boro started on the offensive but they were guilty of over-elaboration as first they swamped the Barnsley box only to lay it back for Tomlin to put a long range low effort wide.

Then Tomlin slotted into Reach in a good position in the box but he checked inside and then back again before being closed down and playing it back for Graham to fire over.

Barnsley snatched a shock opener with their first attack on the half on 53 minutes.

When Ayala conceded a cheap corner Cranie sent it bouncing through the Boro box and when no-one attacked it JEAN-YVES M'VOTO casually hooked it goalwards and it bounced beyond the dive of Konstantopoulos.

But Boro hit back within 60 seconds as LEE TOMLIN seized on a loose ball on the edge of the box, took a touch and fired a low shot across the diving keeper and inside the far post on 54 minutes..

And Boro almost took the lead a minute later as they won a free-kick on the edge of the box and Graham sent it dipping a fraction over the bar.

On the hour Boro put on Nathaniel Chalobah for Butterfield while Barnsley introduced O'Brien and Proschwitz for Lawrence and Pedersen.

Barnsley had a long range effort on 65 minutes as O'Brien cracked straight at the keeper from 30 yards.

On 66 minutes Seb Hines came on for injured Omeruo.

Barnsley had a good chance on 78 minutes as a cross came in from the left for Proschwitz to fire over when he had time and space to pick his spot.

On 70 minutes Gibson was booked for handball.

Barnsley threatened again as a free-kick was scrambled away and M'Voto hooked it back into the crowd and keeper Konstantopoulos, crowded by two attackers, punched the ball high in the air then leapt to collect.

Then from a Kennedy corner M'Voto shrugged off Hines to power a header over.

There was a nasty clash of heads on 78 minutes as Ayala and M'Voto crunched each other challenging for a cross.

On 80 minutes Barnsley put on Rose for McLaughlin.

Boro broke forward quickly to threaten on 83 minutes as Tomlin got down the right and chipped to the far side to pick out the run of Graham but a defender stretched to just poke it away.

And they should have sealed victory on 85 minutes as Chalobah burst into the box and then squared for unmarked Tomlin but he took poor touch and when he belatedly drilled in an angled shot the keeper had charged out to block.

On 88 minutes Chalobah was booked for a foul on Dawson

But Boro sealed victory on 90 minutes when a cross into the box fell to Adomah aand when his 10 yard shot was blocked by the keeper it spun to DANNY GRAHAM who slammed home from eight yards out.

And Boro wrapped it up three minutes into stoppage time when Varga won a tackle and charged down the right then found LEE TOMLIN who played a one-two with Adomah then drilled home.

BORO (4231): Konstantopoulos, Varga, Omeruo (Hines 66), Woodgate © (Ayala 40), Gibson, Butterfield (Chalobah 60), Whitehead, Reach, Tomlin, Graham, Adomah. Subs: Steele, Main, Ledesma, Morris

BARNSLEY (442): Steele, McLaughlin (Rose 80), Kennedy, M'voto, Cranie, Etuhu, Dawson, Lawrence (O'Brien 60), Jennings, O'Grady, Pedersen (Proschwitz 60) Subs: Turner, Cywka, Mellis, Rose, Ramage.

Ref: Darren Drysdale (Lincolnshire)

Att: 14,867 (751 visitors)

International community may intervene in Libya, US warns

Senior Libyan sources revealed to Al-Araby Al-Gadeed website that the visit by deputy US Secretary of State William Burns to Tripoli two days ago included a warning by Burns that “Libyan rulers should undertake their responsibilities in overcoming the current unrest within two months, or else the country would be taken over by the international community.”

The sources confirmed that Burns warned political forces and the government during a surprise visit that if the country’s political instability is not resolved within the next two months, US President Barack Obama, in coordination with the European Union, will dispatch a special representative to take charge of the political transition in the country.

Analysts interpreted this warning as a prelude to a step that may place Libya under “International mandate”.

Burns visited Libya on Wednesday and met with leaders of the “Revolutionary Room” along with the chairman of the Justice and Construction party, the political wing of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood, the deputy chairman of the National Congress Gomaa Ateika, and other politicians.

In his public statements, Burns said that terrorism and extremism represent a huge threat to Libya and the international community, and that the US is intent on assisting Libya to build its special security capabilities and strengthening joint counter-terrorism cooperation.

Burns’ visit came as the first high level visit since the assassination of the US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other US diplomats in Benghazi more than a year ago.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar on the “Good Koran” vs. the “Radical Koran” — on The Glazov Gang

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This week’s Glazov Gang was joined by Dr. Mordechai Kedar, the director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islam (under formation) at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

He joined the show to discuss The “Good Koran” vs. the “Radical Koran,” analyzing the phenomenon of Jihad-Denial and the reluctance of many to recognize the true threat we face. Islam.

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