Sister of 'Lady al Qaeda': 'We want no violence in Aafia's name'
The sister of a Pakistani prisoner described as the "poster girl" for Islamic jihad has urged ISIS hostage-takers to let their captives go.
Speaking exclusively to CNN from her home in Karachi, Pakistan, the sister of Dr. Aaifa Siddiqui said the jailed neuroscientist's family wanted "no violence in Aafia's name."
"I'm Aafia's sister. We're Aafia's family. And we speak on her behalf as well. We want no violence in Aafia's name. Our whole struggle has been one that is dignified that is peaceful that is legal," Fowzia Siddiqui said.
A jury in New York convicted Aafia Siddiqui on seven charges, including attempted murder and armed assault on U.S. officers, in 2010. No one was wounded in the incident. She is serving her 86-year sentence at a facility in Texas.Workers fear for future of shipbuilding if Scotland votes ‘yes’ to independence
Most of Glasgow’s shipyard workers believe build orders would go elsewhere
Mark Hennessy
A stream of young apprentices, fresh-faced and smiling, leave the Scotstoun dockyard in Glasgow, some of the 50 that have been taken on by the yard’s owners, BAE Systems, this year.
“They are the future,” says Duncan McPhie, the Unite convenor in Scotstoun, one of only two left in a city that once built ships for the world. Three thousand shipbuilders are left in the Scottish city, now entirely dependent upon Royal Navy orders, which could be threatened if Scotland votes Yes.
Three patrol ships, worth nearly £350 million, are to be built by Govan Shipbuilders, but they could be the last ships built there if BAE decides, as is likely, to draw all work into the Scotstoun yard across the Clyde. Both could wither if the British government pulls plans to place a £7 billion order for Type 26 frigates in Scotland. For now, most of the workers believe it would do so.
Several miners rescued in Nicaragua
Rescuers in Nicaragua have reportedly brought to safety several of the some two dozen freelance miners trapped in a gold and silver mine. The whereabouts of up to five miners remains unknown.
First Lady Rosario Murilo, the government's official spokeswoman, said on Friday that 20 of the at least two dozen miners trapped in the El Comal mine in the northeastern town of Bonanza had been rescued.
"We give thanks to God our Lord and the Virgin Mary for having saved from death 20 artisanal miners," she said.
She said five workers were still missing.
Earlier, Interior Vice Minister Carlos Najjar had said 11 of the miners had been rescued.
Najjar told state television that the miners were a little dehydrated, but in good health.
China tells journalists to learn 'Marxist news values'
August 30, 2014 - 5:53PM
China ordered its journalists on Saturday to learn "Marxist news values" and uphold the principles of news as prescribed by the ruling Communist Party, the latest step in President Xi Jinping's crackdown on the media.
The guidelines by the All China Journalists' Association, published by state news agency Xinhua, are aimed at both traditional and online media and are another sign of Xi's politically conservative agenda.
The association said journalists "must learn to master Marxist news values".
"Let us hold high the banner of socialist core values," the report said, using the party's term for orthodox beliefs.
Lesotho's military seizes control of police headquarters
Armed forces have seized control of the country's police headquarters and jammed radio stations and phones, says a government minister.
Lesotho’s military seized control of the country’s police headquarters and jammed radio stations and phones in the early hours on Saturday, a government minister and member of the ruling coalition told Agence France-Presse.
“The armed forces, the special forces of Lesotho, have taken the headquarters of the police,” sports minister and leader of the Basotho National Party Thesele Maseribane said, describing a possible coup attempt in the small nation located in eastern South Africa. “At four o’clock this morning [0200GMT] they were driving around the residence of the prime minister and my residence,” he said. “There have been some gunfighting since four [am] up until seven or eight.
“They’ve jammed phones, they have jammed everything,” he added. Maseribane said he fled hours earlier after being warned. “The commander said he was looking for me, the prime minister and the deputy minster to take us to the king. In our country that means a coup,” he added.
No supermarkets, so 130 community gardens help to feed a city
A gardening effort in Camden, N.J., brings fresh food to New Jersey’s biggest food desert.
Although Mike Devlin was trained as a lawyer, his love for gardening led him down an unexpected career path. Devlin lives and works in Camden City, New Jersey, an impoverished city with a lack of fresh food and safe recreation.
As a new resident and ward leader three decades ago, he became involved in community gardening, leading him to realize the important role urban gardens could play in addressing the city's problems. With help from the William Penn Foundation, the community garden program expanded, and several years later, Devlin went on to start the Camden City Garden Club and the Camden Children’s Garden.
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