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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Pope Francis met with anti-gay US clerk

A US county clerk who refused in the name of her faith to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples said ON Wednesday she secretly met with Pope Francis during his US visit and that he urged her to "stay strong".
Kim Davis, a born-again Christian, told broadcaster ABC she met the pontiff on September 24 while he was in Washington after receiving a surprise phone call from a Vatican official.
"It was really very humbling to even think that he would want to, you know, meet me or know me," Davis said.
"Before he left he said, stay strong," she added.
In Rome, Vatican spokesperson Federico Lombardi confirmed the encounter with the Kentucky clerk, but declined to comment further.
Davis has become a heroine to US gay marriage opponents, after she landed in jail for six days for refusing to issue licenses for gay marriage, which

CIA yanks personnel from US Embassy in Beijing

iamwizdom 11:42 pm

The CIA has withdrawn a number of its personnel from the US Embassy in Beijing following two massive cyber attacks involving US government employee records, according to the Washington Post.
Citing current and former US officials "who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter", the newspaper said the CIA took the steps because the hack of US Office of Personnel Management records this year could have enabled the Chinese to identify the intelligence agency's employees.
US officials have privately pointed to China as the source of the OPM attacks, but have not publicly declared who was behind them. Although no evidence has emerged that the stolen data has been abused, US officials have said they are concerned about potential counter-intelligence problems.

Teen commits suicide after man she met on Facebook assaulted her then threatened to post her naked photos online

iamwizdom 11:11 pm

Mercy Bundi committed suicide after a foreigner lured her through Facebook and assaulted her, the family revealed on Monday, September 28. The 19-year-old college student left a suicide note in which she named the man and gave details of where he assaulted her and why she took her life.

"The day we met was the day my problems started. He was not the man I knew on Facebook," Mercy said in her suicide note.

Mother kills her newborn baby by tossing her out of her 7th floor apartment

iamwizdom 10:49 pm

Jennifer Berry, 33, tossed her newborn baby out the window of her seventh-floor apartment window after delivering it in the shower, on Monday, September 28, police and prosecutors said. The former child welfare worker has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter after an autopsy determined the death was a homicide caused by multiple blunt-force trauma. The baby’s father was in the apartment when the killing occurred, but police sources

Girl strips naked in public after boyfriend refuses to buy her iPhone 6s

iamwizdom 10:25 pm

A Chinese woman stripped completely naked at a shopping centre after her boyfriend refused to buy her an iPhone 6s. The woman, whose identity was not revealed, began by exchanging words with her boyfriend and after reportedly failing to persuade him to buy her the latest gadget, the woman removed her clothes and threw them on the floor in front of hundreds of other shoppers.

The boyfriend didn't even attempt to stop her and walked away as soon as she stripped naked. The video of the incident which was posted online a few days ago ends with the naked woman following the boyfriend as she pushed him several times. Another photo after the cut...

Jay Z declares his music streaming business Tidal a success

iamwizdom 10:05 pm

Jay Z took to twitter yesterday to announce that his music streaming service Tidal is a success, claiming that more than 1 million people have signed up for it!

Rihanna's bodyguards attacks Paparazzi in Brazil

iamwizdom 9:32 pm

Rihanna's bodyguard was caught on camera beating the heck out of a paparazzi in Rio, Brazil a few days ago. According to reports, the singer was inside a restaurant having dinner when her bodyguard went ballistic on one of the waiting paparazzi outside who made a rude comment. Luckily the victim decided not to press charges after Rihanna's bodyguard apologized. See the video after the cut...

Stop condemning homosexuals, they don’t deserve it – Catholic Bishops tell Nigerians

iamwizdom 9:20 pm

The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria, CBCN has appealed to Nigerians, especially Nigerian media to stop condemning homosexuals and Lesbians in Nigeria. The bishops stated this in an article titled “Still on Same-Sex Union and the Stand of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria”, which was shared by the group’s director of social communication, Chris Anyanwu.

According to the article, the bishops welcomed the Nigerian

Study finds increase in foreign fighters for Syria, Iraq

iamwizdom 12:28 am

Nearly 30 000 people, including more than 250 Americans, have left their countries to join militant Islamists fighting in Syria and Iraq, many with the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a congressional study of the issue released on Tuesday.
The six-month study by Republicans and Democrats on the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee said the US government lacks a strategy for combating such travel, and called for measures including better information sharing, within the United states and internationally.
Thirty thousand doubles the total estimated number of such fighters a year ago, when authorities also said about 100 Americans had joined, or tried to join the fighting in Syria and Iraq.
Several dozen of the fighters have made their way back to the United States, the report said.
"We are witnessing the largest global convergence of jihadists in history," the report said.

Turkish man dies after spending 47 years in hospital

iamwizdom 12:19 am

A man died at 70 after spending nearly half a century in a hospital in Turkey "because he had nowhere else to go", media reported on Tuesday.
Abdullah Kozan, who had asthma and diabetes, was first admitted to a state hospital in western Bursa province with a severe headache back in 1978 when he was doing his military service.
He died on Friday in his room,

Chris Brown begs Australia's govt to let him into their country

iamwizdom 11:32 pm

Chris Brown is scheduled to perform in Australia in December - but government officials last week announced their intention to block his work visa because of his 2009 domestic assault conviction. Chris took to twitter today to plead his case with Australia. More tweets after the cut...

Kim and Kanye expecting 2nd baby on December 25th

iamwizdom 11:01 pm

Kanye and Kim are set to welcome their next bundle of joy on Christmas Day, according to TMZ.

Kim Kardashian's due date is December 25, 2015 ... seriously. Sources close to the couple tell TMZ, doctors have back timed the date of conception and they've been told their son will be born on Xmas day. Obviously, the due date is always a little up in the air, but Xmas is the likely date, and here's why. We're told Kim has a condition where the placenta grows too deeply into the uterus, which could be dangerous.
We're told as of now, doctors are planning on a natural birth on Xmas day, but a

3 male Nursing students arrested for allegedly defiling 6yr old pupil in Edo

iamwizdom 10:51 pm

Three male students of the School of Nursing, Benin city in Edo state have been arrested for allegedly defiling 6 year old Miss Sharon Eghobamien pictured above, a pupil of Eriya Group of Schools, Ihogbe, Benin-City, Edo State, at her mother’s shop in Benin city on May 25th.

According to Vanguard, Sharon's mother Mrs. Eghobamien, a casual worker in the school of Nursing, noticed that her daughter had been walking in an unusual manner and constantly complained of abdominal pains, urinating frequently and defecating.

When she interrogated her, Sharon revealed that the three male students named Kennedy, Paul Aghama and Jeffery

Khloe Kardashian announces new talk show, 'Kocktails with Khloe'

iamwizdom 10:38 pm

Criticisms upon criticisms, yet the Kardashians are still cashing in. Khloe's new show about to debut.

Troops kill notorious Boko haram member, arrest kingpin

iamwizdom 10:22 pm

Press statement from the Nigerian Army.

In an offensive operation to clear Boko Haram terrorists enclave around Kwatarha and Torikwaptir general area of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, a notorious Boko Haram terrorist that had been wrecking havoc among the communities was gunned by our troops on Monday afternoon. During the operation 4 other terrorists were believed to escape with gun shotwounds. An AK-47 rifle was recovered from him.
In a related development, troops of 3 Division have arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorists group kingpin, Alhaji Tijjani Usman Damagum. He was tracked down and arrested at Damagum town, Yobe State yesterday. A high profile Boko Haram terrorists’ group member, he has led Boko Haram members on various attacks especially in Yobe State. The suspect is currently undergoing interrogation with a view to arraign him soon.

Woman posted selfie of her boyfriend pointing a gun on social media hours before he allegedly shot her dead

iamwizdom 10:06 pm

According to the police, 21-year-old Stephanie Hernandez posted one picture of a gun and ammo in her Little Rock home and also sent a Snapchat photo showing her smiling at the camera while her boyfriend, Rafael Gonzalez, holds a gun behind her head. "Strap Chat," the caption said, punning a slang term for carrying a gun. A few hours later, she died by the same gun...

Israel arrests 7 suspects in violence at Jerusalem holy site

iamwizdom 6:17 pm

Israeli police say they have arrested seven Palestinians over suspected involvement in violence at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site the previous day.
Spokeswoman Luba Samri said on Tuesday that the suspects were connected to Monday's riots in which Palestinians barricaded themselves inside a mosque at the site and then threw firebombs and rocks at officers outside during a major Jewish holiday.
The hilltop compound in Jerusalem's Old City is a frequent flashpoint and its fate is a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It's known to Jews as the Temple Mount, site of the two biblical Jewish temples. Muslims revere it as the Noble Sanctuary, where they believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven.
Recent violence at the site has raised worldwide fears of widespread unrest.

Obama admits mistakes in Libya, says West should have done more

iamwizdom 6:08 pm

US President Barack Obama said on Monday the international community should have done more to avoid a leadership vacuum in Libya, which has been in disarray since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi four years ago.
Obama told the United Nations General Assembly the international community must work harder in future to ensure states do not implode.
The rapid descent of Libya into violent chaos was one of the most dramatic events in the "Arab Spring", the abrupt collapse of long-standing autocratic governments in a number of Arab countries in the face of popular protests.
"Even as we helped the Libyan people bring an end to the reign of a tyrant, our coalition could have and should have done more to fill a vacuum left behind," Obama said.
Rare acknowledgement of mistakes
His rare acknowledgement of mistakes in Libya's transition came as the United Nations tries to

France cautiously backs Putin call on Syria

iamwizdom 4:57 am

France on Monday gave cautious backing at the United Nations to a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin for a "broad coalition" to fight the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Syria.
Speaking to the UN General Assembly, French President Francois Hollande called such a coalition "possible, desirable, necessary" but said it would have to have "a clear basis, otherwise it would never come to light."
Putin likened his proposed coalition to the "anti-Hitler" alliance that fought together during World War II and said Muslim countries "should play a key role."
"We must address the problems that we are all facing and create a broad anti-terror coalition," Putin said in his first to the UN General Assembly in a decade.

Refusing to obey gay marriage laws is 'a human right' - pope

iamwizdom 12:04 am

Government officials should not be forced to implement laws that run contrary to their religious beliefs, Pope Francis said on Monday, answering a question related to gay marriage.
"It is a human right. If government officials are human beings, they have that right, it is a human right," Francis told reporters on the flight back to Rome after his visit to Cuba and the United States.
The issue resonates in the US, where an elected clerk who refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples in the southern state of Kentucky was arrested earlier this month and spent six days in custody for contempt of court.
Kim Davis described herself as a devout Christian who could not abide the US Supreme Court ruling in July, which legalised gay marriage in all 50 US states. She has become a hero to conservatives who oppose that change.

UN peacekeepers kill 3 in Bangui

iamwizdom 11:53 pm

Three protesters were killed in the capital of the Central African Republic on Monday when UN peacekeepers opened fire on several hundred people marching on the president's office, a hospital source said.
A further seven were injured by gunfire as the crowd headed for the presidency to demand the resignation of interim president Catherine Samba Panza following weekend violence in Bangui that claimed at least 20 lives, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Samba Panza is currently in New York attending the UN General Assembly.
After the break-up of the protest, shooting broke out elsewhere in the city, and the hospital source said a teenager had died after being hit by "a stray bullet".
Bangui was tense throughout the day on Monday, with barricades thrown up across the heart of the

Burkina Faso rebels refuse to disarm

iamwizdom 10:51 pm

An elite presidential guard which staged a week-long coup in Burkina Faso is refusing to disarm in line with a west African peace deal, the army said on Monday.
The peace deal brokered by the Ecowas regional bloc is "at an impasse" the chief of army staff said, denouncing the powerful RSP unit of guards for "refusing to follow the disarmament by creating incidents and attacking personnel charged with this mission."
Burkina's reinstalled interim cabinet on Friday dissolved the RSP guard, which is loyal to ousted veteran dictator Blaise Compaore and whose officers detained interim President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Isaac Zida on September 16.
The unit declared a coup the following day and installed Gilbert Diendere, Compaore's former chief of staff, as the new leader.

Afghan Taliban seize Kunduz city centre

iamwizdom 10:36 pm

Afghan locals gather at the site of a suicide attack. (Ibraheem Rahim, AFP)

Taliban fighters battled their way into the centre of Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan on Monday and seized the provincial governor's office, in one of the militants' biggest territorial gains in 14 years of war, witnesses and officials said.
The insurgents raised the white Taliban banner over the central square and freed hundreds of fellow militants from the local jail, in a major setback for Afghan forces who abandoned a provincial headquarters for the first time since 2001.
The stunning assault came a day before President Ashraf Ghani's unity government marked its first anniversary, and will further complicate efforts to resume stalled peace negotiations.
It was the second time this year that the hardline Islamist movement has besieged Kunduz city, defended by Afghan forces battling largely without Nato's support after it withdrew most of its troops last year.

Evidence of flowing liquid water on Mars: Nasa

iamwizdom 10:23 pm

Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars, the US space agency Nasa said on Monday.
"Mars is not the dry, arid planet we thought of in the past," Jim Green, Nasa's planetary science director, told a press conference.
"Under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars."
Scientists have long believed that water once flowed freely across the

Prison worker who helped 2 killers escape is jailed

iamwizdom 10:07 pm

A former New York prison worker who helped two murderers escape from a maximum-security lock-up, has been sentenced to up to seven years behind bars.
Fifty-one-year-old Joyce Mitchell wiped away tears and apologised as she was sentenced on Monday to between 2 and 7 years in prison under terms of a plea deal with prosecutors this summer.
She pleaded guilty to charges related to providing tools to Richard Matt and David Sweat, who broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6.
The pair eluded more than 1 000 searchers in northern New York for weeks. Matt was killed by a border agent on June 26. Sweat was wounded and captured by a trooper two days later.
Mitchell admitted becoming close with the pair, and she agreed to be their getaway driver before backing out.

Facebook temporarily shutdown due to technical issues

iamwizdom 8:40 pm

During 8:25pm today 28th Sept 2015, Facebook started experiencing some technical issues making it difficult for users to access their accounts. This is really embarrassing to Facebook, people expect better, but hopefully the problem will be fixed soon enough.

Thousands evacuated as typhoon hits Japan, Taiwan

iamwizdom 8:25 pm

A powerful typhoon hit Taiwan and southwestern Japanese islands on Monday, leaving thousands of families without electricity and water supply, local media reported.
Typhoon Dujuan pounded the Japanese islands after hundreds had evacuated their homes, the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper reported.
As of 18:00 (09:00 GMT), the eye of the storm was about 90km west of Yonaguni island, travelling west-northwest, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Obama attacks support for child-killing 'tyrant' Assad

iamwizdom 7:54 pm

US President Barack Obama took the podium at the UN General Assembly on Monday to denounce those who support leaders like Syria's Bashar Assad, accusing him of slaughtering children.
The barb, a direct attack on Russia and Iran for their ongoing military backing for Syria's beleaguered regime, came shortly before Moscow's President Vladimir Putin was to speak.
Obama said some states prefer stability over the international order mandated by the UN Charter, and try to impose it by force.
"We're told that such retrenchment is required to beat back disorder, that it's the only way to stamp out terrorism or prevent foreign meddling," he said.
"In accordance with this logic, we should support tyrants

19 years old girl caught stealing condoms for sex, strangled to death by dad

iamwizdom 7:21 pm

Muslim man, Asadullah Khan, strangled his own 19-year-old daughter to death with his bare hands after learning from police she had been caught shoplifting condoms to have sex with her forbidden boyfriend. He and his wife Shazia then dressed the dead girl named Lareeb (left), a dental technician, in her clothes, wheeled her in a wheelchair from their high-rise apartment to the family car, drove to a secluded embankment in their home city of Darmstadt in Germany, and tipped the corpse down it.

Australian officials move on plans to block Chris Brown's entry into the country

iamwizdom 7:04 pm

Chris Brown took to his instagram page to deny reports that he's been denied visa to enter Australia for his December show after a government official announced her intention to block his entry into the country because of his 2009 domestic violence conviction. He's since deleted the post below (after the cut)...

Kris Jenner and her beautiful five daughters

iamwizdom 6:52 pm

Kris gave birth to really beautiful girls. The Kardashian/Jenner Matriarch and her daughters pose together for a Cosmopolitan shoot which was featured on their reality show. Another pic after the cut.

31-year-old woman shot dead by police ex-boyfriend before turning the gun on himself

iamwizdom 6:35 pm

31-year-old Zaheda Peters died on Saturday, September 26 after her ex boyfriend, Warrant Officer Nevell du Toit, 44, shot her twice outside her Strand home in Strand, South Africa on September 14.

After pumping a bullet into her shoulder and head and leaving her for dead in the street, Du Toit ended his own life with his service pistol. The mother of two at first showed signs of recovery, but later her condition deteriorated dramatically and on Saturday afternoon her life support was switched off.

Rapper Fetty Wap's legs broken in 3 places following bike accident, recovering

iamwizdom 2:27 pm

Trap Queen rapper Fetty Wap, who was involved in a bike accident on Saturday, shared a video on his instagram page yesterday, letting his fans know that he's doing fine and revealed he broke his leg in three places in the serious accident.

'Appreciate all my fans praying for me.Broke my leg in three places... but Imma be a'ight. Appreciate Ya so much for the prayers … they told me don't make a video but I'm still breathing so I gotta let ya no I'll be back' he said... Another pic after the cut.

Kylie Jenner and Tyga loved up in new snapchat pic...

iamwizdom 2:11 pm

Ain't they just so cute?

Chris Brown parks his Lamborghini in his living room

iamwizdom 1:56 pm

Next to his daughter's toy Lamborghini

Do you guys see the position of her belly button?

iamwizdom 1:46 pm

The twitter user @KiannaBanks who posted the photo captioned it: "When the doctor was tired and aint feel like putting ur belly button back in the middle". Plastic surgery gone wrong. Lol

Pope Francis compares transgender people to nuclear weapons in new book

iamwizdom 1:33 pm

Pope Francis is making waves in the LGBT community again with his most recent comments where he compared transgender people to nuclear weapons, saying both do not 'recognize the order of creation.”

The National Catholic Reporter says the comments were made in a new book published called Pope Francis: This Economy Kills, which calls on Christians to preserve God’s order of creation.

Super blood moon (eclipse of the moon) coming in a few hours...

iamwizdom 11:31 pm

Total eclipse of the moon will occur at the early hours of September 28th, 2015. It happens to be the closest Supermoon of 2015. This September full moon is also called a Blood Moon,A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon Passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle. Hence, a lunar eclipse can only occur the night of a full moon.

After the cut are details on where and how it's going to happen...

Afghan volleyball match attacked

iamwizdom 10:16 pm

At least nine civilians were killed on Sunday and 33 wounded in an attack at a volleyball match in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province, the government said.
"Initial information shows nine people, all of them civilians, have been killed," said interior ministry spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi.
The police chief of Paktika province, Zrawar Zahid, put the death toll at 10, with 33 injured including children.

Iraq sharing intel on ISIS with Russia, Syria, Iran

iamwizdom 10:02 pm

Iraq confirmed on Sunday that it had agreed to intelligence and security co-operation with Russia, Syria and Iran against the Islamic State extremist group (ISIS).
A statement from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said that the four countries would work together to pool information about the jihadist group and its affiliates.
Iraq played down the significance of the step, which comes as Russia

Pope meets victims of clerical sex abuse

iamwizdom 9:49 pm

Pope Francis told bishops in Philadelphia that he had met with victims of clerical sexual abuse, adding that "God weeps" for them.
"God weeps for sexual abuse of children," the 78-year-old pontiff said. "Youth are protected and ... all responsible will be held accountable."
The reports of abuse and the cover-up first became big news in 2002. Victims' groups say the church has not done enough.
As many as 100 000 US children may have been the victims of clerical sex abuse, insurance experts said in a paper presented at a Vatican conference in 2012.

Thousands evacuated as typhoon nears Taiwan

iamwizdom 9:40 pm

Thousands of tourists were evacuated from islands off Taiwan Sunday as super typhoon Dujuan gathered strength on its approach to the island.
Taiwan's weather bureau upgraded Dujuan to a "strong typhoon" - it's top category - on Sunday evening as the storm approached the island's east.
Other regional weather bureaus, including the Hong Kong Observatory, categorised it as a "super typhoon" as it intensified to reach gusts of 227km/h.
Almost 3 000 people, most of them tourists, were evacuated from Taiwan's Green Island and Orchid Island - popular with visitors - with heavy rains and high tides forecast.
The typhoon is due to make landfall in eastern Taiwan on Monday night.
"It is not likely to weaken in any significant way before making landfall," a spokesman for the weather bureau told AFP.

2 teens held over suspected arson at London mosque

iamwizdom 9:24 pm

British police have arrested two teenagers on suspicion of arson after a fire damaged one of Europe's biggest mosques.
London's Metropolitan Police said a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old were detained on Sunday.
London Fire Brigade said 70 firefighters battled for several hours to put out a fire at the Baitul Futuh mosque in Morden, south London, on Saturday. One man was taken to a nearby hospital suffering from smoke inhalation in the blaze, which damaged administration buildings, but not the main worship areas of the mosque.
The mosque was completed in 2003 and serves the Ahmadi community, a minority Muslim sect founded in 19th-century India. The mosque's website says the 2.1ha site can hold more than 10 000 worshippers.

'Death to House of Saud' say Iranians

iamwizdom 9:12 pm

Hundreds of Iranians chanted "Death to the treacherous House of Saud" outside the Saudi embassy on Sunday as the Islamic republic's leader demanded Riyadh apologise for the deadly hajj stampede.
The protesters numbering around 400, some throwing tomatoes and watermelons at the embassy walls, were outnumbered by police who erected tall crowd control barriers to keep them back from the compound, an AFP photographer said.
The demonstration came after the toll from Thursday's stampede in Mina, near Mecca, rose to 769 pilgrims. At least 155 fatalities at the hajj were Iranian and a further 48 remain in hospital.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded Saudi Arabia apologise for the disaster.
"Instead of passing the buck and playing a blame game, the Saudis should accept their responsibility and apologise to the world's Muslims and the

France begins airstrikes in Syria

iamwizdom 8:52 pm

France has begun airstrikes in Syria, the Elysee Palace said on Sunday.
French President Francois Hollande announced earlier this month that the country would begin reconnaissance missions over Syria, with the intention of conducting airstrikes once targets were identified.
In a statement, the Elysee said that the reconnaissance missions were

Michelle Obama and Beyonce embrace at Global Citizen Festival

iamwizdom 8:22 pm

While Beyonce was performing on stage last night at the Global Citizen Festival at Central Park, US First lady was invited on stage where she happily embraced the singer who she's said so many times she respects and is a role model to other young women.

Rapper Fetty Wap involved in serious motorcycle accident (photos)

iamwizdom 12:27 am

Rapper Fetty Wap, was involved in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey today. The rap sensation was riding alone when he collided with a car while trying to pass another vehicle. Paramedics rushed him to a hospital where he's currently being treated. See more photos after the cut...

Mark Zuckerberg & pregnant wife Priscilla Chan at the China State Dinner

iamwizdom 12:11 am

The Facebook Founder & his beautiful, heavily pregnant wife's outfit to China State Dinner in the US, held in the honour of The Chinese President, Xi Jinping.