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Austria leads medal count after second day of 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:12:31 GMT

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Following the second full day of competition at the IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain yesterday, Austria led the medal race with three gold medals, a silver, and a bronze. Markus Salcher won gold in the men's standing downhill on Wednesday, with Matthias Lanzinger also making the podium in the bronze medal position. Claudia Lösch earned a gold in the women's sitting Super-G event. Slacher and Lanzinger went gold/silver yesterday in the men's standing Super-G to round out Austria's medal total.

Solene Jambaque of France in the Super-G event at the 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships in La Molina, Spain.
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France leads in the total medal count with six, two of each kind. Yohann Taberlet won a bronze in the men's sitting downhill. Marie Bochet won a gold and Solene Jambaque won a bronze in the women's standing downhill. In the Super-G, Bochet and Jambaque went gold/silver. Taberlet earned a silver in the Super-G.

With only eighteen medals available a day, a number of countries have failed to make the medal podium. They include the Netherlands, with Anna Jochemsen finishing ninth in the women's standing class in the Super-G yesterday, and Finland with Katja Saarinen finishing tenth in the same event. Australia's Mitchell Gourley finished eleventh in the men's standing Super-G. Czech competitor Oldrich Jelinek finished sixteenth in the men's sitting Super-G. Arly Velasquez of Mexico finished fifteenth in the men's sitting Super-G. New Zealand's Adam Hall finished ninth in the men's standing Super-G. Poland's men's visually impaired skier Maciej Krezel and guide Anna Ogarzynska finished thirteenth in the Super-G. South Korea's Jong Seork Park finished twenty-fourth in the men's sitting Super-G. Turkey's Erik Bayindirli finished nineteenth in the men's sitting Super-G.

Competition is scheduled to resume tomorrow with the slalom event after events were cancelled today because of predicted poor weather.

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	AUT	3	1	1	5
2	FRA	2	2	2	6
3	ESP	2	0	0	2
4	GER	1	2	1	4
5	RUS	1	1	1	3
5	USA	1	1	1	3
7	JPN	1	0	1	2
8	SVK	1	0	0	1
9	CAN	0	2	1	3
10	GBR	0	1	2	3
10	SUI	0	1	2	3
12	ITA	0	1	0	1

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2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships preparations underway

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:14:51 GMT

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Ramon Moliner, Ivan Tibau, Mariona Masdemont and Enric Ticó at Tuesday's flag exchange
Image: IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships La Molina 2013.

Preparations are underway ahead of the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championship, with a flag exchange taking place Tuesday, volunteer recruitment ongoing, USParalympics unveiling a new uniform for their team, skiers like the United States's Jon Lujan actively training for the event and other skiers competing in preparation for the Championships in a World Cup event Wednesday.

Tuesday in La Molina, Spain, the president of Governmental Railways of Catalonia, Enric Ticó, and the mayor of Alp, Ramon Moliner, were gifted with flags by representatives of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Catalan Government at a ceremony in Colet Museum of Barcelona at one of the first official events ahead of the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championship, which starts next week. As of Wednesday, event organisers were still seeking volunteers to assist with running the Championship. The opening ceremonies are scheduled for next Tuesday.

Entering the event, skiers had the opportunity to qualify through eight World Cup events held with only two disciplines on the program, Giant Slalom and Slalom. The first four were held in Sestriere, Italy, with the most recent four all being held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Standing female French skier Marie Bochet has won six World Cups ahead of the World Championships and is considered by event organizers as a favorite in the standing group. Russian standing skier Alexey Bugaev is also considered a favorite by organisers as he won two Slalom and one Giant Slalom World Cup competition. In the women's sit-ski, German Anna Schaffelhuber is considered the favorite having prepared for the Championships by winning five of the eight World Cup events. On the men's sit-ski side, Japanese Takeshi Suzuki and Swiss Christoph Kunz both earned three World Cup victories in the lead up to this competition. In the women's visually impaired group, Slovak Henrieta Farkasova will enter the competition with five World Cup victories. On the men's side, Spanish Jon Santacana is favored to win with three Giant Slalom and one Slalom victory during this year's World Cup events in the lead up to the World Championships.

British Combined Services Disabled Ski Team coach Mark Scorgie has noted that this year's European ski season has been problematic with weather interfering with most competitions. Poor weather conditions continued Wednesday Rogla IPC Alpine World Cup, with the first Giant Slalom run canceled because of high winds.

The World Championships includes over 270 skiers, guides, coaches and support personnel from 28 countries including Spain, France, Australia, Ukraine, Netherlands, Croatia, Finland, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Turkey, Belgium, Norway, Russia, Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, Slovakia, Czech Republic, United States, Austria, New Zealand, Sweden, Hungary, and South Africa..

The Spanish team includes blind skier Jon Santacana and his guide Miguel Galindo, and blind skier Gabriel Gorce and his guide Arnau Ferrer. Both vision-impaired skiers are scheduled to compete in the Downhill, Super G, Super Combined, Giant Slalom, and Slalom competitions. Also on the Spanish team are LW2 classified standing skier Úrsula Pueyo, LW12-1 classified sit skier Óscar Espallargas, and LW10-1 classified sit skier Nathalie Carpanedo who qualified as a wildcard entry. Pueyo, Espallargas, and Carpanedo are all scheduled to compete in the Slalom and Giant Slalom competitions. Accompanying the team are to be coaches Javier Gutierrez, Jordi Carbonell, and Andres Gomez, medical staff including Pablo Marquez and Josep Barrachina, and technical staffer Josep Bort.

Jones competing in the Super G at the last year's IPC Nor-Am Cup
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The United States team consists of Seattle, Washington-based vision-impaired skier Mark Bathum and his Colorado Springs-based guide Jessica Smith; Park City, Utah-based vision-impaired skier Danelle Umstead and guide Rob Umstead; retired Army and Clarksville, Tennessee-based Heath Calhoun; Brooklyn, New York-based Ralph Green; Colorado Springs-based Allison Jones; Palmer, Alaska-based Andrew Kurka; Burlington, Vermont-based Stephen Lawler; retired Marine and Littleton, Colorado-based Jon Lujan; Farmington, New Mexico-based Alana Nichols; Wenham, Massachusetts-based Laurie Stephens; Park City, Utah-based Stephani Victor; Franconia, New Hampshire-based Tyler Walker; and retired Coast Guard and Campton, New Hampshire-based Chris Devlin-Young.

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Wikinews interviews former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:10:51 GMT

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With the U.S. presidential election looming, former New Mexico governor and current Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson spoke with Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn on an assortment of economic, foreign, and social issues. In the interview, Johnson makes his final plea to voters before they cast their ballots on Election Day, November 6.

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Though a member of the Libertarian Party in the early 1990s, Johnson was elected and re-elected governor of New Mexico in 1994 and 1998 as a Republican. During his governorship, he vetoed over 750 bills, more than all other then-governors combined, and left the state with a $1 billion budget surplus. He briefly ran for president as a Republican in 2011 before rejoining the Libertarian Party to seek its 2012 presidential nomination.

After winning the nomination this past May, Johnson has campaigned throughout the nation espousing the Fair Tax, spending cuts across the board, a repeal of Obamacare, an audit of the Federal Reserve, a non-interventionist foreign policy, an end to the Drug War, and legalization of same-sex marriage. He and his running mate, Judge Jim Gray of California, have attained ballot access in all U.S. states except Michigan, where he is a write-in candidate, and Oklahoma. Nationally, he has received four percent registered-voter support in the past two CNN/Opinion Research Polls that included him with President Barack Obama, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Green Party nominee Jill Stein. It is the campaign's goal to reach five percent on Election Day, which will enable the party to receive ballot access and federal funding on par with the two major parties.

With Wikinews, Johnson discusses the federal budget, education, entitlements, the Syrian uprising, Mexican Drug War, same-sex marriage, the Libertarian Party, and his political future.

1 Economic matters
2 Foreign affairs
3 Social issues
4 Libertarian Party and political future
5 Related news
6 Sources

Economic matters [edit]

William S. Saturn:You say that as president, you would propose a balanced budget "not five or ten years down the road" but in 2013. Realistically can that budget pass, especially with a Congress hostile to your proposed spending cuts and tax plan?

Gary Johnson: I would suggest that if I'm elected president promising to submit a balanced budget to Congress in the year 2013, and also promising to veto any legislation where expenses exceed revenue, even though they would override my veto, I'm going to suggest to you that spending will be lower with those two promises kept than any other scenario you could possibly come up with.

WSSYou also propose decreasing federal education spending including decreases in Pell Grants and loans for college students. Is that correct?

Johnson: Well the reason being is that because of guaranteed government student loans that is the reason why college tuition is so high. It's an artificial market. It's not a market made up of supply and demand. And it's a market where kids are going to school because they're guaranteed a government student loan and because of that, the vast institutions of higher learning, colleges and universities are immune from pricing much much dramatically lower than they would have to price themselves at if government student loans did not exist. And of course you wouldn't cut students off that are currently receiving student loans. And that isn't to say that government student loans would go away. It's just that you wouldn't make government the guarantor of those student loans.

WSSSo it wouldn't be an immediate cut?

Johnson: Well it would be immediate...You know it's not really a cut because student loans are student loans. You can't escape a student loan even under bankruptcy. So these loans are going to get paid back but the argument is is that student loans, government-guaranteed student loans are a direct cause of tuition being as high as it is.

WSSOkay. I have a question here about entitlements: During the Tea Party Republican Party Debate on September 12, 2011, one of which you were not invited to, Wolf Blitzer [the debate’s moderator], he provided the following scenario to Ron Paul, this is what he said, he said:

"A healthy thirty-year-old young man has a good job, makes a good living, but decides, you know what? I'm not going to spend $200 or $300 a month for health insurance because I'm healthy, I don't need it. But something terrible happens, all of a sudden he needs it. Who's going to pay if he goes into a coma?"

Now Ron Paul answered that question. If you were at that debate, how would you have responded to that?

Johnson: Well, first of all, I think there are those who are truly in need. So you're talking about a thirty-year-old who doesn't have health insurance; there conceivably could be government step in and it would be state government, not federal government. I really believe that we have to slash Medicare and Medicaid spending; that Medicare is a program that you and I put $30,000 into in our lifetimes and we receive $100,000 plus benefits and by that whatever we contribute in we get back three times, more than three times what we contribute in. So it's not sustainable. Federally funded healthcare is not sustainable. So with that said, I would leave it to the states to draw new lines of eligibility and when it comes to this hypothetical kid that you're talking about that falls into a coma, I'm believing that state governments will come up with a program to address that kind of individual.

Foreign affairs [edit]

William S. SaturnLet's shift to foreign affairs. On your website, you say "America simply cannot afford to be engaged in foreign policy programs that are not clearly protecting U.S. interests." In the case of a humanitarian crisis as in Syria right now, does the U.S. ever have a moral obligation to intervene militarily even if it is not clearly in the U.S. interest?

Gary Johnson: No. To intervene in Syria...Look, we end up supporting a new dictatorship that takes over from the old dictatorship. The results are no better or even worse than the old. So we intervene in the name of humanity, and the result is like I say, more times than not, a situation that is worse, not better.

WSSLet's say it's like Hitler's Germany, would intervention be necessary then?

Johnson: Well yeah. The notion of...Well first of all, let me borrow from a Supreme Court Justice that was asked his definition of pornography. [He said] You know what, I can't give you a definition of pornography but I'd like to think that when I see it I recognize it. And so when you talk about humanitarian, when you talk about atrocities, when you talk about genocide, when you talk about the Holocaust, I don't think any of us want to stand by and watch something like that happen. How do you define that? Well as the commander-in-chief, I'd like to think I'd be the first one that would recognize it if it actually was occurring. And of course, as the leader of the United States, I would have to be articulate in that and make my case for intervention. If we were to intervene, first and foremost would be Congress vetting that and actually approving that, but look, I just think that we militarily intervene as a result of our military intervention, but I think we have hundreds of millions of enemies to this country that look for our military intervention that otherwise would not exist. We kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians in the countries where we militarily intervene. Our men and service women end up dying. Our men and service women come back with their limbs blown off.

WSSYou were the governor of a border state. As president, what would you do to prevent the violence in Mexico from spilling over into the United States?

Johnson: That violence is a prohibition phenomenon. If you legalize marijuana, arguably 75 percent of that border violence with Mexico goes away. These are disputes that are being played out with guns rather than the courts. Forty thousand deaths south of the border over the last four years. These are disputes that are being played out with guns rather than the courts.

WSSBut as president, would you increase border security or would you keep it the same?

Johnson: No. I would not build a fence. I think there would be less of a need for border security if we had a moving line for immigrants that would want to come into this country and work to get a work visa. So my pledge is I'm going to create a moving line for immigrants that want to come into this country and work to get a work visa. That would entail a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid. I am espousing eliminating income tax, corporate tax, abolishing the IRS and replacing it all with one federal consumption tax: the fair tax. If we adopt the fair tax, taxes will not be an issue. Whether you're illegal, legal, a visitor to the U.S., or a U.S. citizen, nobody is going to avoid paying one federal consumption tax.

Social issues [edit]

William S. SaturnLet's get into social issues now. You criticized President Obama for his stance that same-sex marriage be left to the states. With the Tenth Amendment in mind, why should same-sex marriage be a federal issue and why should the federal government mandate that states allow same sex marriage?

Gary Johnson: Well I think that first and foremost that as president of the United States you take an oath to govern under strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution. I would espouse...I would suggest that marriage equality is a constitutionally guaranteed right of Equal Protection Clause that is on par with Civil Rights of the sixties. It's not a states issue, that it's a federal issue and that the federal government should be involved. If you say it's a state issue where 42 states have said that marriage is between a man and a woman. Effectively what you're saying is that 'I'm not going to do anything when it comes to marriage equality', and I take the position that marriage equality is a constitutionally guaranteed right so goes the federal involvement.

Libertarian Party and political future [edit]

William S. SaturnOkay I'm getting to my final questions here. I want to talk about the Libertarian Party. The first nominee of the Party was John Hospers, who died last year, and he was a supporter of Republican President George W. Bush. The next nominee Roger MacBride also left the party and went to the Republican Party. The 1988 nominee Ron Paul, as we all know, serves in the House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party, and his son [Rand Paul] serves in the Senate as a member of the Republican Party. Both the 2008 presidential and vice-presidential nominees of the Libertarian Party: Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root have recently rejoined the Republican Party and have both endorsed Mitt Romney for president. In fact, until the end of last year, you too were a member of the Republican Party. So why does it seem Libertarians flock to the Republican Party?

Gary Johnson: I'm not so certain...I think that the tie-in is [libertarian] Republicans are fiscally conservative and socially accepting. That's the, I think, the heading under which most Americans are. I will just tell you that last night, although it did not happen, apparently the Democrats were going to come and protest my speaking at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I guess it was all those anti-gay, anti-immigration, pro-Drug War, pro-military interventionists that were going to show up and protest me.

WSSBut you admit that there are some Liberty Republicans and that Republicans make up a large portion of libertarians. Is that correct?

Johnson: Well, I think libertarians are libertarians. I mean, the largest political affiliation in the country right now is Independent and I think if you took the pulse of Independents, I think you'd find that majority of Independents are libertarians. I think libertarian-leaning, if you go to that category, if you include Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, I think the majority of Americans in some way, shape, or form describe themselves as libertarian-leaning.

WSSWell let's say someone is a libertarian-leaning Republican like Rand Paul in the Senate. Should such libertarian Republicans support you and guaranteeing their vote will go to you rather than voting Republican...Let me rephrase this question... Let's say that a Rand Paul Republican was considering who to vote for and they could choose between guaranteeing their vote would not go to the Republican, which they see as the small-government alternative in the duopoly, rather than voting Republican and ensuring their vote will go to someone who they believe is the small government alternative, should they still support you?

Johnson: Well yeah, because really Republicans aren't small government. I mean, if you go back to the [Vice presidential] debate the other night between [Republican vice presidential nominee Paul] Ryan and [Vice president Joe] Biden, Ryan says toward the end of the debate, he goes, hey, look we're going to increase spending by three percent, they're going to increase spending by four and a half percent, what's the big deal? I would echo that. What's the big deal? There's not a big deal between either one of them and if libertarian-leaning Republicans want to send a message to elected Republican leaders then vote for me that's how you're going to send a message. You're not going to send a message by voting in the status quo. The status quo being much to do about nothing.

WSSThis is my final question here. The OC Weekly website reported last week that your running mate, Judge Jim Gray remarked during an appearance at Tulane University that you two plan to run again in 2016. Can you confirm whether that is correct?

Johnson: Well, we've created statewide organizations. There's a tremendous amount of interest. What is that going equates when it comes to votes? You know what, I don't know what that's going to equate to votes on Election Day, but I'll just say from my standpoint, William, there's just a whole lot of enthusiasm and I do think that this is the future of politics so I'm staying around here, I think the last thing anyone wants to hear is that I'm going to run again when, you know, this is an election that hasn't even taken place, and I mean the one on Tuesday. [There's] lots of time to be looking at those kind of options.

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"A vote for Liberty is not wasted" — Gary Johnson 2012, November 5, 2012 (date of access)
R. Scott Moxley. "Libertarian Presidential Duo of Gary Johnson & Jim Gray Plot 2016 White House Run" — OC Weekly, October 24, 2012
"Presidency2012: Ballot Access" — Politics1.com, October 22, 2012

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Gliders move into the medal round with victory over Mexico

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:05:32 GMT

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London, England— A 62 points to 37 quarter-final win against Mexico on Tuesday night saw Australia's Gliders go forward into the medal round in front of a four-thousand-plus crowd at the Greenwich North Arena.

Mexico during the anthem
Image: Laura Hale.

Australia before the start of the game
Image: Laura Hale.

Mexico on the defence
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Players watch to see if the Mexican shot goes in
Image: Laura Hale.

Mexico during a time out
Image: Laura Hale.

A Mexican player gets up after getting tipped
Image: Laura Hale.

Gauci has the ball for Australia on the offense
Image: Laura Hale.

Merritt changing her wheel because of a spoke problem
Image: Laura Hale.

Winners of their group, Australia have never taken the gold in wheelchair basketball; their opponents, Mexico, were previously ranked ninth at the opening of the tournament, so making it thus-far boosts their ranking to eighth. They were, however, beaten by Australia 75 points to 45 in a pre-tournament warm up match.

Australia's first shot at goal was taken by Bridie Kean, from the free throw line; but, she missed both shots. Mexico's Lucia Vazquez Delgadillo then became the opened the scoring to give Mexico a two-point lead, their biggest of the entire game. Seconds later, Cobo Crispin had a shot from the paint, but missed; Kylie Gauci then finally put points on the scoreboard for the Gliders.

Mexico turned the ball over, and Cobi Crispin got her first from the paint, assisted by Kylie Gauci. This was repeated on the next play, with Sarah Stewart providing the assist. Mexico then scored, the Gliders responding with another shot from Cobi Crispin. On the next play, Kylie Gauci stole the ball and charged down the court, but failed to make the shot. Clare Nott took a defensive rebound, leading to Cobi Crispin scoring again. She was also fouled. but missed the resulting free throw. Shortly thereafter, Sarah Stewart took another foul, and made both shots to bring the score to 14 points to 4.

Mexico had great difficulty moving the ball up the court; suffering by timing out, or being forced into long shots that missed. But, when the same happened to the Gliders, Kylie Gauci, a two-point player, took a spectacular three point shot to take the score to 17 points to 8 in Australia's favour. Mexico then managed to score again before Amber Merritt came on with only three minutes left in the quarter, and missed her first shot at goal. A second attempt, coming from a pass by Kylie Gauci, put more points on the scoreboard.

With only a few seconds remaining in the quarter, Kylie Gauci stole the ball and delivered it to Shelley Chaplin, who scored again. The two teams went into the quarter-time break with the score 21 points to 10.

In the opening minutes of the second quarter, Shelley Chaplin assisted Cobi Crispin, and then Amber Merritt, to add another four points. Attempting to respond, Mexico missed two shots before scoring then, on the next play, allowed Amanda Carter to steal the ball, which led to Amber Merritt scoring again.

Australia followed this up with steals by Cobi Crispin and Amber Merritt, giving Shelley Chaplin more scoring opportunities. Mexico scored twice; but, Australia responded each time, with goals by Amber Merritt and Amanda Carter, who was fouled, making her's a three-point play. A steal led to a runaway break by Amber Merritt, bringing her contribution to ten points, and the score to 38 points to 16.

Mexico seemed unable to shake a pattern of turnovers and hasty shots, resulting in a 44 to 20 points difference at the half-time break.

In the third quarter, the Glider's intensity dropped off; A timeout, and a series of missed shots by Katie Hill, Brodie Kean and Cobi Crispin, gave Mexico a chance to stage a minor recovery by outscoring Australia for the quarter by one point, leaving the score at 50 to 27 at the end of the third quarter.

The final quarter got off to an unimpressive start for both teams; Australia's Leanne del Toso missed a shot at one end, and Mexico's Floralia Estrada Bernal missed one at the the other. Sarah Stewart missed too before a Mexican turnover led to the first scoring of the quarter, by Sarah Stewart. Mexico's Rocio Torres Lopez scored in response, another shot by Sarah Stewart missed; but, Amanda Carter took an offensive rebound, which eventually made it into the basket. Turnovers by Bridie Kean and Leanne del Toso led Mexico putting points on the board consecutively, but successive fouls sent Bridie Kean to the free throw line to score three points.

Amber Merritt brought the score to 59 points to 35 with her seventh scoring shot. By this point, Australia was deliberately running down the clock, passing the ball around, and taking shots at the last minute. This led to several missed shots by Sarah Vinci and Katie Hill, with Mexico unable to capitalise on the opportunities. Under intense Australian defensive pressure, Mexico missed shots and turned over the ball as-often as before. With nineteen seconds of play remaining, Katie Hill took a two point shot from inside the paint; attracting a foul, she scored another point from a free throw.

Although Mexico's Wendy Garcia Amador scored the last two points of the game, the final score of 62 points to 37 meant the Mexican team's Paralympic campaign was over.

Australia must now confront the winner of tonight's United States versus Canada game on Thursday.

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Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team gets its first win of London Paralympics

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:50:14 GMT

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Team Canada warms up
Image: Laura Hale.

Katie Harnock falls to the ground
Image: Laura Hale.

Australia's Cobi Crispin and Canada's Cindy Ouellett lock chairs
Image: Laura Hale.

Captain Jessica Vliegnthart falls to the ground
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Janet McLachlan takes a free throw
Image: Laura Hale.

Australia's Kylie Gauci gets up as Canada's players roll by
Image: Laura Hale.

Australia's Kylie Gauci assisted up by Canada's Cindy Ouellett
Image: Laura Hale.

Canada fan's cheer as their teams score in the fourth quarter
Image: Laura Hale.

London, England — Yesterday at London's Basketball Arena, the Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team earned their first victory of the London Paralympics when they defeated the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team 57–50.

Canada took a one point lead into the second half, when the scores were 33–32 because of a last minute foul that sent Canada to the free throw line where they capitalized by making one of their shots. 4.5 point player Janet McLachlan and 2 point player Katie Harnock dominated in minutes played for Canada during the first half, playing all 20 minutes and leading their team in scoring with 11 first half points for McLachlan and 12 for Harnock. The Canadian team was loudly supported by spectators, earning more cheering from the largely Great Britain supporting fans than the Australians.

The second half saw Canada slowly increase their lead, keeping tied with Australia 4–4 in the first half of third, 6–4 in the last half of the third, 6–4 in the first half of the fourth, and 8–6 in the last half of the fourth. McLachlan finished the game as Canada's leading scorer with 28 total, 17 in the second half. Harnock had a quieter second half only scoring 2 points to finish with 14. Cindy Ouellett was the team's third leading scorer, finishing the game with ten.

The Canadian team supported their team from the bench, chanting "Get it out! Get it out!" when on defense and "Let's go Canada" when on the offense. Other times, one player led the team in chanting support for their players on the court. The team was consistently louder than the Australian bench.

Throughout the game, the Canadians tipped themselves over more in their chairs than the Australians. Ouellett tipped once, and bounced in her chair, with a wheel leaving the ground as she attempted to block shots and steal the ball. Ouellett and Australian Cobi Crispin locked wheels, and required a break in the game where Australia's coach came on to the court and removed Ouellett's wheel to detach the pair before putting it back on again.

Following the game, Australia's Amber Merritt said of playing Canada, "I have the utmost respect for Canada. They're a great team, but we'll refocus on the game tomorrow [against the Netherlands] and go out and play like we know we can, the Australian way."

Prior to the start of the game, McLachlan was the team's dominating player in the competition. She was ranked eighth in the competition in field goal percentage, and was Canada'a highest ranked player in this category. She ranked second in the tournament in total field goals made per game, with 12. Teammate Katie Harnock ranked eighth. Tara Feser ranked fourth in the tournament for 2 point field goal percentage at 57.1%, while McLachlan ranked ninth with 50.0%. McLachlan was second in 2 point field goals made per game, at 12. Harnock was tied for first with Mexico's Floralia Estrada Bernal in the competition for 3 point field goal percentage at 20%, and was ranked second in the tournament for most 3 point field goals made with one.

As a team coming into the game, Canada was ranked sixth in total field goal percentage, eighth in free throw percentage, sixth in average rebounds per game, second in fouls, and last in turnovers.

Coming into this game, Canada had lost their first game 70–59 to the Netherlands. They are scheduled to play Brazil today.

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China leads medal race after day two of competition at London Paralympics

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:00:04 GMT

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Medal ceremony for women's 10m SH1 standing air rifle
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London, England — Following the second full day of competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, China leads the medal race with 13 gold medals and 34 medals in total. Australia comes second with 7 gold, and the Ukraine is third with 6 gold medals.

China's large medal haul was distributed across several sports, with 15 from swimming, 5 each from athletics and track cycling, 4 from judo, 3 from powerlifting, 2 from shooting.

Australia's first medal of the Games was won in women's standing air rifle shooting event where Natalie Smith captured a bronze medal during the first medal event of the Games. One of Australia's bronze medals came in athletics' F35–36 shot put event. Kath Proudfoot originally was listed as finishing fifth, but the Australians appealed this citing errors in how her results were calculated. Their appeal was successful, and Proudfoot came away with her second consecutive Paralympic medal in the event.

Over half the medals won by the United States came in swimming, with 7 total. The country has earned an additional 3 in track cycling and 1 in athletics.

A number of competitors have already earned multiple medals, including Australia's Jacqueline Freney and Matthew Cowdrey, and the United States's Jessica Long and Elizabeth Stone who all picked up a pair of medals in the pool.

Rank	Country	Men Gold	Men Silver	Men Bronze	Men Total	Women Gold	Women Silver	Women Bronze	Women Total	Total Gold	Total Silver	Total Bronze	Total Total	Rank by total
1	China	8	7	5	20	5	3	6	14	13	10	11	34	1
2	Australia	2	2	3	7	5	2	5	12	7	4	8	19	3
3	Ukraine	4	2	2	8	2	3	3	8	6	5	5	16	4
4	Russia	3	2	2	7	2	1	1	4	5	3	3	11	5
5	Great Britain	2	6	4	12	2	5	1	8	4	11	5	20	2
6	United States	2		2	4	2	1	4	7	4	1	6	11	5
7	Germany	1	2	4	7	2	2		4	3	4	4	11	5
8	Canada	1	1		2	1	2	1	4	2	3	1	6	9
9	Brazil	2	1		3		1	2	3	2	2	2	6	9
10	Nigeria	1	2		3	1			1	2	2		4	12
11	Azerbaijan	1			1	1			1	2			2	21
12	Spain	1	2	1	4		2	4	6	1	4	5	10	8
13	New Zealand					1	2	2	5	1	2	2	5	11
14	Turkey		1		1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	4	12
15	France	1	1	1	3			1	1	1	1	2	4	12
15	Netherlands	1			1		1	2	3	1	1	2	4	12
17	Italy			1	1	1	1		2	1	1	1	3	16
18	Egypt	1		2	3					1		2	3	16
19	Cuba			1	1	1			1	1		1	2	21
19	Denmark	1		1	2					1		1	2	21
19	Republic of Korea	1		1	2					1		1	2	21
19	South Africa			1	1	1			1	1		1	2	21
23	Belarus	1			1					1			1	29
23	Hungary	1			1					1			1	29
23	Ireland					1			1	1			1	29
23	Latvia	1			1					1			1	29
23	Morocco					1			1	1			1	29
23	MKD					1			1	1			1	29
23	Serbia	1			1					1			1	29
30	Czech Republic		2	1	3						2	1	3	16
30	Mexico		2	1	3						2	1	3	16
32	Argentina		1	1	2						1	1	2	21
32	Croatia		1	1	2						1	1	2	21
34	Norway						1		1		1		1	29
34	Poland						1		1		1		1	29
34	Sweden		1		1						1		1	29
34	Chinese Taipei						1		1		1		1	29
34	Tunisia						1		1		1		1	29
34	Uzbekistan		1		1						1		1	29
40	Algeria			3	3							3	3	16
41	Venezuela			2	2							2	2	21
42	Hong Kong, China			1	1							1	1	29
42	Iran							1	1			1	1	29
42	Israel							1	1			1	1	29
Total		37	37	41	115	31	31	35	97	68	68	76	212

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China women's national wheelchair basketball team tops Japan for third place at Rollers & Gliders World Challenge

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:40:35 GMT

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China versus Japan earlier today in Sydney
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Homebush Bay, New South Wales —

Earlier today, the Chinese women's national wheelchair basketball team beat the Japanese women's national wheelchair basketball team 53–37 at the Rollers & Gliders World Challenge taking home third place at at the Sport Centre at the Sydney Olympic Park.

China dominated the game, especially on the scoreboard, starting with the opening tip off which they won. They took Japan out of the game by committing a lot of fouls early on, and finished the first quarter ahead 10–6. In the second quarter, Japan hurried down the floor to set up their offense before the Chinese had a chance to set up their defense. They set up their own defense, while not resorting to a full court press. They also set up effective blocks. Japan's game fell apart because of low shooting percentage: they could not make baskets when it was their turn on the offense. The second quarter ended 24–10. In the third quarter, China's 4.5 point player Cheng Haizhen fell over and required on court medical assistance after hitting her head on a Japanese wheel on the way down. The third quarter ended 35–23. Two Chinese players, Peng Fengling and Fu Yongqing, were sent off after earning five personal fouls apiece in a quarter that featured continued ramming of both teams into their opposition. The game ended 53–37.

China will start their London Paralympic campaign on August 30 against Mexico while the Japanese women did not qualify.

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One Australian male and female archer qualify for Olympics after Ogden event

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:38:45 GMT

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Alice Ingley and Odette Snazelle at the Australian Championships earlier this year
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Snazelle practicing at the Australian Championships earlier this year
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Following the Olympic Team Qualifying Tournament in Ogden, Utah this week, Australia earned spots for only one male and female archer to represent the country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

At the 2012 Oceania Championships, Australia qualified a male and female archer to represent Australia at the Olympics. The Ogden-based qualifying competition was an opportunity for Australia to qualify additional archers and both a men's and a women's team with three available spots for each.

On the men's team side, with Taylor Worth, Sky Kim, and Ryan Tyack representing the country, Australia beat Turkey 214–204 in the 1/8th round, then beat Romania 216–203 to qualify for the semi-finals. Australia's men lost to India 209–221 to go into the bronze medal match, where they lost to Chinese Taipei 214–216. With only the top three national teams qualifying, Australia did not qualify for the last available Olympic spot for the men's team event.

On the women's side, the Australian team of Elisa Barnard, Alice Ingley, and Deonne Bridger was eliminated early on and did not advance to the knockout round.

In the men's individual elimination competition, Tyack beat Peart of Great Britain 6–4 and lost to Duenas of Canada 3–7. Worth beat Hristov of Bulgaria 6–0, fellow Australian Kim 6–2, and the United States's Ellison 6–4 and Wukie 6–4, before losing to Luis of Mexico 3–7. Kim beat Gankin of Kazakhstan 6–4 before losing to his teammate Worth. Matthew Masonwells beat Curchod of Switzerland 6–2 before losing to Tilmaz of Turkey 3–7.

In the women's individual elimination competition, Alice Ingley went out in the first round following a 2–6 loss to Lee of Canada. Deonne Bridger also went out in the first round following a loss to Oyunsuren of Mongolia. Elisa Barnard had more success, beating Gonzalez of Mexico 7–3 and Jager of Denmark 6–4 before being eliminated 4–6 in a match against Oliver of Great Britain.

Australia will likely be sending Western Australian Taylor Worth and New South Walesman Elisa Barnard to the Games, continuing a tradition of Australian archers competing at the Olympics since the sport was re-introduced to the programme in 1972.

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AAP. "Taiwan knocks Australia out of the Games" — The Australian, June 23, 2012
"Olympic Team Qualifying Tournament" — Archery Australia, June 22, 2010
John Salvado. "Aust men's archery team miss Olympics" — NineMSN, June 22, 2010
"World Cup Ogden and Olympic Qualifying Tournament" — Archery Australia, June 21, 2012
John Salvado. "Two Aussie archers qualify for Olympics" — NineMSN, June 21, 2012

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Mexico authorities find over four dozen corpses

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:11:24 GMT

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President Felipe Calderón initiated the Mexican Drug War in 2006.

Authorities in Mexico have discovered 49 headless and dismembered dead bodies abandoned on the side of a road at the entryway to San Juan, a town located within Cadereyta Jiménez municipality. The bodies, six female and the other 43 male, were discovered by police at approximately 0400 CDT (0900 UTC) yesterday.

Speaking on behalf for security in the state of Nuevo León, Jorge Domene said, "We know from the characteristics that this is the result of violence between criminal gangs," clarifying that this was not "an attack on the civilian population". A spray-painted notice that read "100% Zeta," referring to the Los Zetas drug cartel, was sighted on an archway where the incident occurred and is a sign that killings were linked to a dispute between drug cartels. Domene said the sign is typically a method Los Zetas uses when it takes responsibility.

Adrian de la Garza, a state prosecutor, has commented on the possibility of the individuals being killed as long ago as Friday and in a different location from where the bodies were discovered. He said he is still considering the possibility of those killed being migrants from Central America who intended to travel to the United States.

Both Domene and de la Garza said identification of the bodies will be difficult because the bodies were found headless and with their extremities removed. The corpses have been referred to the city of Monterrey for DNA profiling.

According to BBC News Online, Los Zetas is in a conflict with the Sinaloa Cartel and Gulf Cartel over drug transportation paths leading towards the United States, with all cartels attempting to gain control of the road paths. The road on which the discovery was made lies between Monterrey in the state of Nuevo León and the city of Reynosa, located close to the Mexico–United States border, in the state of Tamaulipas. National Autonomous University of Mexico security expert Raul Benitez Manaut described the conflict between the cartels as "the most definitive of all the cartel wars".

On Wednesday, a discovery of a similar nature occurred when eighteen beheaded and mutilated corpses were discovered within two deserted vehicles near the city of Guadalajara. In a separate incident on May 4, 23 corpses were found in the city of Nuevo Laredo, fourteen of which were without heads. Over 47,500 fatalities have been recorded since the commencement of the Mexican Drug War in December 2006.

Map of Nuevo León within Mexico
Image: Yavidaxiu.

Map of Tamaulipas within Mexico
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Map of Mexico highlighting the city of Monterrey
Image: Mixcoatl.

Map of Mexico highlighting the city of Reynosa
Image: Mixcoatl.

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"Mexico violence: Monterrey police find 49 bodies" — BBC News Online, May 13, 2012
Olga R. Rodriguez. "Official: 49 bodies left on Mexico highway" — Associated Press, May 13, 2012
Tracy Wilkinson (Los Angeles Times). "Dozens of bodies, many mutilated, dumped in Mexico" — Sun Sentinel, May 14, 2012

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Mexico and world react to murdered journalists

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:48:52 GMT

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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Mexican Drug War on Wikipedia.

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"Mexican journalists demand end to killings" — Latin American Herald Tribune, May 6, 2012
"Director-General alarmed by wave of journalist assassinations in Mexico and calls for urgent investigation" — UNESCO Media Services, May 5, 2012
Tom Watkins. "Veracruz governor vows to protect journalists" — CNN, May 4, 2012
Mark Stevenson and E. Eduardo Castillo (Associated Press). "Fear spreads as Mexican journalists mourned" — Kansas City Star, May 4, 2012
Reporters Without Borders. "Two photographers slain in Veracruz state, five days after magazine reporter’s murder" — RSF.org, May 4, 2012
Karla Zabludovsky. "Three photographers found dead in Mexico" — New York Times, May 3, 2012
Tim Johnson (McClatchy Newspapers). "More Mexican journalists found slain in Veracruz" — Miami Herald, May 3, 2012
Dudley Althaus. "More journalists murdered in Mexico" — Houston Chronicle, May 3, 2012
"Azerbaijani journalist honored On World Press Freedom Day" — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, May 3, 2012
Committee to Protect Journalists. "Miguel Ángel López Velasco" — CPJ.org, June 20, 2011
Committee to Protect Journalists. "Misael López Solana" — CPJ.org, June 20, 2011

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Committee to Protect Journalists. "CPJ condemns murder of Mexican photographers" — CPJ.org, May 3, 2012
Reporters Without Borders. "Senate approves making attacks on journalists a federal crime" — RSF.org, March 14, 2012
Committee to Protect Journalists. "Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz" — CPJ.org, July 2011
Committee to Protect Journalists. "Miguel Ángel López Velasco" — CPJ.org, June 20, 2011
Committee to Protect Journalists. "Misael López Solana" — CPJ.org, June 20, 2011
Committee to Protect Journalists. "Noel López Olguín" — CPJ.org, March 2011

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Doctor diagnoses Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's infertility

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:32:25 GMT

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Frida Kahlo is an oil painting on canvas by Artist René Romero Schuler.
Image: Tom Dupuis.

According to a new diagnosis by a surgical pathologist, Frida Kahlo most likely suffered uterine damage during a streetcar accident as a teenager and this led to a rare condition known as Asherman's syndrome, and that would explain the Mexican artist's infertility.

Dr. Fernando Antelo, from the Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, said, "Her survival defied the grim prognostication by her physicians; however, complications from this physical trauma would emerge in her adulthood." He presented his diagnosis yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists in San Diego.

Asherman's syndrome is normally caused by a trauma to the uterus that results in internal scar tissue. For example, it can occur after multiple procedures to clear the uterus after a miscarriage or abortion, which is known as a "D & C" procedure. Antelo said Kahlo tried to have children many times and her miscarriages, as well as three therapeutic abortions, could have further aggravated the scarring.

At present the condition could be diagnosed and treated after advancements in medical imaging and hysteroscopy, but in Kahlo's time, Dr. Antelo said, the technology had not advanced far enough to diagnose and treat her. Asherman's syndrome has been known since 1894 when it was first reported. Kahlo died at age 47 in 1954.

"She kept attempting to have children with a uterus that wasn't in any condition to do that," Antelo said.

Antelo, who has been working on connections between art and medicine, says that Kahlo brought her infertility to the canvas and this can be seen in her many paintings of reproductive organs or in her depiction of her own bleeding body in the 1932 painting Henry Ford Hospital. In that image, Kahlo is shown lying on a hospital bed with multiple umbilical cords extending from her body and each one holds an object or body part, except one holding a baby.

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Rita Rubin. "Doc solves mystery of Frida Kahlo’s infertility" — MSNBC, April 22, 2012
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. "A New Diagnosis for Frida Kahlo’s Infertility" — Newswise, April 21, 2012

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Wikinews Shorts: March 21, 2012

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:53:23 GMT

A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, March 21, 2012 .

1 Iraq bombings cause security concerns for Arab summit
2 Mexico damaged by quake
3 Apple officials scorch iPad 3 concerns
4 Moto2 Wraps up final pre-season test at Jerez
5 NFL Fines New Orleans Saints for "bounties"

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Iraq bombings cause security concerns for Arab summit [edit]

A series of car bombings in Iraq left around 50 dead and more than 200 wounded on Tuesday. Seven of Iraq's 18 provinces were attacked. The attacks were described as coordinated although no group behind them has been identified.

The bombings raise safety concerns ahead of next week's Arab League summit meeting. In response, Iraqi officials will declare a holiday beginning Sunday that will run through April 1 in Baghdad, allowing restriction of traffic around the summit meeting area.

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Sahar Issa. "Bombings in Iraq kill 50, heighten security concern for planned Arab summit" — The Miami Herald, 20 March 2012
Mohammed Tawfeeq. "Dozens killed in widespread attacks on Iraq invasion anniversary" — CNN News, 20 March 2012

Mexico damaged by quake [edit]

Mexico Earthquake Density Map

Mexican authorities continue assessing damages from yesterday's earthquake. Around 800 homes were damaged in the town of Igualapa, Guerrero, and close to the epicenter in the south. The number of injuries totaled eleven so far but no deaths have been reported. Most of the injuries were reported in Oaxaca, which borders Guerrero. Mexico's government has sent out helicopters to assess damage and set up shelters for residents in need.

Yesterday's incident was measured by the U.S. Geological Survey as a 7.4 magnitude quake, which makes it one of the strongest since 1985.

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"Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Mexico; no fatalities reported" — Wikinews, March 21, 2012

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"Hundreds of houses collapse after strong earthquake hits Mexico" — CNN, 20 March 2012
Katherine Corcoran (AP). "7.4 quake shakes south Mexico, 100s of homes damaged" — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 20 March 2012

Apple officials scorch iPad 3 concerns [edit]

The iPad 3

Consumer Reports revealed through testing that Apple’s iPad 3 can reach a sizzling 116 degrees Fahrenheit, or 46 Celsius. The new iPad was found to operate hotter than the previous versions. Apple Computer did not agree that its product was overheating. The company said the latest iPad runs within a normal range and would warn users if it passed its limit, but the company declined to state what that range was.

Apple’s forums house several consumer concerns about the new iPad overheating. Some debated whether to return the product.

Sources

Agam Shah. "Apple denies new iPad overheating concerns" — Computerworld, 20 March 2012
Jeremy A. Kaplan. "New Apple iPad hits 116 degrees, Consumer Reports says" — Fox News, 20 March 2012

Moto2 Wraps up final pre-season test at Jerez [edit]

Taltrans Racing rider Claudio Corti made his way to the top of the time sheets with a blazing 1’41.983 on the third and final day of testing at Jerez circuit. The Italian Moto2 rider was just .004 ahead of Thomas Lüthi of Interwetten Paddock GP who was fastest the first two days. All riders except Scott Redding (7th), Randy Krummenacher (21st), Gino Rea (23rd), and Elena Rosell (33rd) ran their fastest times today.

The test at Jerez was the first to feature the official Moto2 engine, and the last chance for an official practice before the first race in Qatar April 5-8.

Sources

"Corti ends final pre-season Test at Jerez fastest" — MotoGP/FIM, 21 March 2012
"Jerez II Moto2 test times - Wednesday (Final)" — Crash.net, 21 March 2012

NFL Fines New Orleans Saints for "bounties" [edit]

Head coach for the New Orleans Saints American football team Sean Payton has been suspended for the entire 2012 season and the team fined US$500,000 for operating a bounty program to injure opponents in games. Gregg Williams, the former defensive coach who is now with the St. Louis Rams, has been suspended indefinitely, and will have his status reviewed at the season's end.

The team will lose it's second round draft picks for the 2012 and 2013 season. General Manager Mickey Loomis was suspended without pay for the first eight regular-season games of the 2012 season, the National Football League (NFL) said. The assistant head coach was also suspended for six games without pay.

The NFL is currently receiving class action law suits from former players for multiple injuries.

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Michael Martinez. "NFL fines New Orleans Saints for putting 'bounties' on opponents" — CNN, 21 March 2012
"NFL hammers Saints for bounties" — ESPN, 21 March 2012

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Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Mexico; no fatalities reported

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:57:25 GMT

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A significant earthquake has impacted Mexico on a part of the coast bordering the Pacific Ocean. No fatalities have been reported thus far.

The United States Geological Survey [USGS] has registered the magnitude of the earthquake today as 7.4. USGS has attributed the quake epicentre to a location 25 kilometres (15 miles) to the east of Ometepec in the state of Guerrero, in close proximity to the city of Acapulco. The depth of the epicentre was approximately 18 kilometres (11 miles) below surface level, USGS clarified.

A statement from a state governor in Guerrero reported damage to five hundred houses in the state. In the capital Mexico City, a pedestrian bridge was also reported to have collapsed, crushing a minibus in the process.

In the substantially impacted Mexican state of Oaxaca, one witness named Sylvia Valencia described the earthquake as "hard", "strong" and "long". Irma Ortiz, another witness from the same state, said of the quake: "It was very strong, but we didn't see anything fall". A Spanish language tweet from Mexico president Felipe Calderón spoke of "scenes of panic and building evacuations".

According to Mexican seismological service director Carlos Valdes Gonzalez, six aftershocks have occurred in the aftermath of the earthquake, with one measuring at magnitude 5.3. Additional aftershocks were anticipated for another 24 hours, Gonzalez claimed.

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Twelve police officers were killed as the result of an ambush by gunmen in Guerrero, a state in the south of Mexico, authorities confirmed yesterday. The police officers were examining the area to find the bodies of ten individuals, whose separated heads have previously been discovered, at the time of the attack.

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According to Arturo Martinez, speaking on behalf of the state police force of Guerrero, six of the policemen killed in the attack were local, while the other six were working for the state. In the attack, which occurred in the city of Teloloapan Sunday, an additional nine police experienced injuries for which they were hospitalised, BBC News Online reported. Eleven officers involved in the incident experienced wounds, according to The Associated Press.

Martinez explained that the officers, who were occupying six police vehicles between them, were searching for the bodies of three females and seven males after their separated heads were abandoned and discovered at a slaughterhouse in Teloloapan. Amongst the severed heads, threats directed at La Familia Michoacana, a drug-related business located in neighbouring state Michoacán, were discovered.

Guerrero is a state known for containing plantations of opium poppies and cannabis, as well as violence related to drug cartels. In excess of 47,000 deaths have been recorded across the whole of Mexico since current President Felipe Calderón commenced the Drug 'War' in December 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI has a visit to the country scheduled for Friday. According to BBC News Online, comment about violence relating to drug businesses in Mexico is anticipated from him.

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"Mexican policemen killed after beheadings" — BBC News Online, March 19, 2012

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