Archive for March 23, 2012

DMN: THE EVENING NEWS FRIDAY

San Antonio, Texas this afternoon.

Posted March 23, 2012 by dmnewsi in Uncategorized

REPORTERS NOTEBOOK: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DENIES INTELLIGENCE FAILURE IN TOULOUSE SHOOTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France’s Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, is defending intelligence and security services on Friday, saying they had done a good job and that there had been no grounds to arrest the Toulouse suspect before the killings happened. The German news agency Deutsche-Welle is reporting that the French intelligence and security services had done a perfectly good job, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Friday, defending their work in monitoring and apprehending Toulouse shooting suspect Mohamed Merah, who was killed in a 32-hour standoff on Thursday after attacking a Jewish school in Toulouse, killing three children and a teacher. “There was absolutely no factor that would have warranted arresting Mohamed Merah,” Fillon told broadcaster RTL. “We don’t have the right in a country like ours to put someone who hasn’t yet committed a crime under permanent surveillance, without judicial grounds… We live under the rule of law,” he added.

Fillon also emphasized in the interview that “the fact that he belonged to a Salafist organization was not an offense in itself and that it was wrong to “mix religious fundamentalism with terrorism.” The head of France’s DCRI domestic intelligence agency, Bernard Squarcini, told daily Le Monde that there was little more that security services could have done to predict or prevent atrocities by Merah. During the standoff, Merah claimed to have links to al Qaeda, but Squarcini said that “there was no evidence of any network,” and that he had “radicalized himself” in prison. He insisted that Merah did not fit into any “typology” of extremists and that he was irrational and violent. He also said Merah’s attack on the Jewish school had been a spur-of-the-moment decision after the gunman failed to find a soldier he planned to kill, according to his conversation with police negotiators during the siege of his home.

Meanwhile, the French government is determined to pass tough anti-terrorism measures, with Fillon as well as French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggesting that measures could be signed into law before the presidential elections, if there was cross-party agreement. But the communications director of presidential hopeful Francois Hollande said on Friday that “no law could be passed before the presidential elections.” Sarkozy said that if French voters “put their trust in me” it would be one of his first priorities.

Posted March 23, 2012 by dmnewsi in Uncategorized

DMN: THE MORNING NEWS FRIDAY

New York, New York this morning.

Obama: "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon" Obama: “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”Obama makes his first remarks on the controversy surrounding the fatal shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin

It's a boy for Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie It’s a boy for Hilary Duff and Mike ComrieActress and her hockey player husband are now parents to son Luca Cruz Comrie, born March 20

"Idol": Finalist's extreme makeover is not enough “Idol”: Finalist’s extreme makeover is not enoughErika Van Pelt’s new look did not save her from elimination on “American Idol”; Nine singers remain

"The Hunger Games" scores big with midnight debut “The Hunger Games” scores big with midnight debutEarly estimates suggest “The Hunger Games” will have a major opening when box office weekend worldwide are in

Katy Perry unveils "Part of Me" video Katy Perry unveils “Part of Me” videoPop star Katy Perry releases the military-themed clip for her new single “Part of Me”

Stella McCartney shows her Olympic designs Stella McCartney shows her Olympic designsFashion designer incorporates a take on the Union flag into Britain’s uniforms for the London 2012 games

What does it mean to have "Tomboy Style"? What does it mean to have “Tomboy Style”?Author Lizzie Garrett Mettler spoke to CBSNews.com about her new book and about what makes a tomboy

Prince Charles makes 1st official visit to Sweden Prince Charles makes 1st official visit to SwedenBritain’s Prince Charles accompanied by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visited Stockholm on their Diamond Jubilee tour of Scandinavia

  • HealthPop
Supercomputer Watson takes on cancer care Supercomputer Watson takes on cancer careIBM’s superomputer will be able to deliver personalized cancer care, factoring in patient preferences

  • Diet
Cadmium consumption may lead to breast cancer, study says Cadmium consumption may lead to breast cancer, study saysWomen who had a high cadmium diet — a chemical found in bread, cereals, root crops and vegetables — were 21 percent more likely to develop breast cancer

  • Fitness
Confirmed: Women can orgasm while exercising Confirmed: Women can orgasm while exercisingExercise sometimes causes women to orgasm or “coregasm,” nicknamed for the core abdominal muscle exercises that often trigger the phenomenon, researchers said

  • Celebrity
Whitney Houston's cause of death: How? Whitney Houston’s cause of death: How?48-year-old’s cause of death reported as “drowning” and “effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.”

  • Dr. Jonathan LaPook
More and more Americans living past 90 More and more Americans living past 90Nearly 2 million Americans are older than 90 and the very elderly may number 9 million by 2050; Health care system strained

  • Dr. Jennifer Ashton
Barry Manilow: I have "A-fib" heart condition Barry Manilow: I have “A-fib” heart conditionSays he wants to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation, which causes occasional irregular, racing heartbeat

Posted March 23, 2012 by dmnewsi in Uncategorized

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