Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Six In The Morning Tuesday December 20



Berlin Christmas market attack 'particularly repugnant' if carried out by refugee, says Merkel - live

 (now),  and  (earlier)

Maizière said the arrested suspect was not on any database for terror suspects. His application for asylum had not been completed, he added.
The pistol used to shot the dead passenger has not been found, Maizière said.

Maizière confirms that the suspect is believed to come from Pakistan. He did not have a terrorist record, the minister said.
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Maizière said the driver fled the scene. One of the 12 people who died was found dead on the passenger seat of the truck. He was shot by a pistol, Maizière, confirms.
More details on the suspect will be provided later by prosecutors.
Maizière says we “must compromise our lifestyle, if we do that the enemies of freedom have already won.” He adds: “We are deeply saddened but we also fight for our freedom.” He confirms that Christmas markets in Berlin will be closed today, but they will be open in the rest of the Germany. “To simply stop would be wrong,” Maizière.



Why do people react badly to photos of refugees having fun?




Kinan Kadoni

 The wedding video captures guests dancing up a storm. The music is going full-blast and there are shouts of joy. However, this marriage celebration was filmed in spring 2016 in the Idomeni refugee camp in Greece. Some might find a video of refugees enjoying themselves surprising or even shocking. It’s true that refugees rarely take to social media to share videos showing their moments of joy. Many fear that it would be seen as inappropriate at best and could even provoke violent comments or backlash. But our Observer, who lives in Belgium and who filmed the video of the wedding in Idomeni, says it is important to share these videos. 

Kinan, 27, is a refugee from Syria. He fled his country shortly before the revolution started and eventually settled in Belgium five years ago. He now lives in Gand. Kinan’s door is always open to other refugees who need help upon their arrival in Belgium. 
Kinan was shaken by the photos he saw of refugees arriving on the shores of Europe. Haunted by their haggard and frightened expressions, Kinan decided to travel to Greece in the autumn of 2015 to help these people in any way he could. He understands their experience intimately — only a few years earlier, Kinan himself made the same dangerous journey across the Mediterranean in a makeshift boat.



MH370: Searchers almost certainly looking in the wrong place, report says

By Ben Westcott, CNN
Updated 0847 GMT (1647 HKT) December 20, 2016


Teams searching for missing aircraft Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have very likely been looking in the wrong place, a new Australian government report confirmed.
"Given the high confidence in the search undertaken to date, the experts agreed that the previously defined (search) area is unlikely to contain the missing aircraft," a spokesman for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said in a statement.
    The report recommended that, based on new analysis, a new area to the northeast of the current search area should be searched, approximately 25,000 square kilometers.

    Kinshasa faces unrest as Congolese president refuses to step down


    Military and police deployed across the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as president Joseph Kabila says he intends to remain in power after the end of his term, with new elections delayed indefinitely.

    The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) faces an uncertain future as the final hours of President Joseph Kabila’s official mandate fade and the deadline of midnight Monday looms closer, with little likelihood of the leader stepping down.
    Security forces have been stationed across the capital, Kinshasa, as well as in Goma and other cities, as the threat of protest hangs in the air. Activists have already taken to the streets this year, most notably in September, when protesters on the streets of Kinshasa demanded that elections slated for November be allowed to proceed. At least 50 protesters were killed; the elections never happened.


    Life in Tunisia's closed refugee camp: 'I lost my mind'


    Years after UNHCR shut down Choucha refugee camp, dozens of people continue to struggle for survival in decrepit tents.




    Choucha camp, Tunisia - Clad in a long, white robe, Ali Ahmed Ali stares into the distance from his worn-out tent. A friend, also from Chad, sits silently next to him.
    "Everyone is tired here," Ali, 27, tells Al Jazeera in a low voice. "We have nothing to talk about any more. We are just waiting."
    These men have been living in Choucha camp, in a windswept piece of desert in southern Tunisia, since its foundation by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in early 2011. Ali has been on the run for years: He fled his village in Chad's border region near Darfur, Sudan, in 2005 after it came under attack from armed gangs. He lived in Libya for years, earning money by cleaning government buildings, but was forced to flee again as violence broke out during Libya's 2011 uprising - and from there, he crossed the border into Choucha camp.

    Afghan hostage couple decry 'Kafkaesque nightmare'


    An Afghan insurgent group has released video of a kidnapped North American couple, featuring two children apparently born to them in captivity.
    The footage from the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network shows Canadian Joshua Boyle and American Caitlan Coleman with two young boys, who appeared healthy.
    In the clip Ms Coleman begs for an end to their "Kafkaesque nightmare".
    The couple were abducted in Afghanistan in 2012 during a camping trip, while she was pregnant.
    The insurgent group is demanding the release of three of its prisoners in Afghanistan.







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