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Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Jika kamu taatkan orang-orang yang kafir nescaya mereka akan menolak kamu kembali kepada kekufuran, lalu menjadilah kamu orang-orang yang rugi. (A-li'Imraan 3:149)) . .. Dalam hati mereka (golongan yang munafik itu) terdapat penyakit (syak dan hasad dengki), maka Allah tambahkan lagi penyakit itu kepada mereka; dan mereka pula akan beroleh azab seksa yang tidak terperi sakitnya, dengan sebab mereka berdusta (dan mendustakan kebenaran). (Al-Baqarah 2:10) . Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang membeli (memilih) kufur dengan meninggalkan iman tidak sekali-kali mereka akan dapat mendatangkan mudarat kepada Allah sedikitpun, dan mereka pula beroleh azab seksa yang tidak terperi sakitnya.(A-li'Imraan 3:177) Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, janganlah kamu mengambil orang-orang kafir menjadi teman rapat dengan meninggalkan orang-orang yang beriman. Adakah kamu hendak mengadakan alasan yang terang nyata bagi Allah untuk (menyeksa) kamu?(An-Nisaa' 4:144).

Monday, October 21, 2013

AKID NEWS .. SWITZERLAND CURIOSITIES COW RACE

KENYA TRAIN CRASH

People grow frustrated at the slow pace of rescue operation as they gather next to an overturned freight train that crashed into homes built along the railway track in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, 22 December 2013. A freight train heading to Uganda derailed and crashed into homes as it was passing through one of the biggest slums in Africa, injuring several people. Several people are feared trapped underneath the wreckage, the Kenya Red Cross says. Workers are trying to straighten the railway track to make a way for a heavy machinery to come and haul an overturned train cars

City Ballet Art Installation

A Patron of the New York City Ballet walks along a massive photograph on linoleum flooring featuring over 80 dancers arranged in an array of poses at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in New York. The work of French-born artist JR, winner of the 2011 TED Prize and known for his large-scale photography projects, was made by staging a photo shoot of the artists lying down pushing and pulling on a white crinkled paper. It’ll remain in place through March 2.

Stem Cells

This undated image made available by the journal Nature shows a mouse embryo formed with specially-treated cells from a newborn mouse that had been transformed into stem cells. Researchers in Boston and Japan say they created stem cells from various tissues of newborn mice. If the same technique works for humans, it may provide a new way to grow tissue for treating illnesses like diabetes and Parkinson's disease. The report was published online on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 in the journal Nature.

Great Lakes Asian Carp

South Sudan Displaced

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, displaced South Sudanese women queue for water at the United Nations base where they have sought shelter in Malakal, South Sudan. South Sudanese who have sought safety at a United Nations base in an area that has suffered some of the country’s worst violence since mid-December feel it is too dangerous to return to their homes, despite a truce between the warring factions, highlighting the danger of renewed violence as both sides trade blame for sporadic violations of a ceasefire agreement signed last week in neighboring Ethiopia

Winter Weather Alabama

Traffic is at a standstill on Interstate 65 northbound as officials work to clear abandoned vehicles Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 in Hoover, Ala. Overnight, the South saw fatal crashes and hundreds of fender-benders. Jackknifed 18-wheelers littered Interstate 65 in central Alabama. Ice shut down bridges on Florida's panhandle and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, one of the world's longest spans, in Louisiana. Some commuters pleaded for help via cellphones while still holed up in their cars, while others trudged miles home, abandoning their vehicles outright.

INDONESIA-MISS UNIVERSE-BEAUTY PAGEANT

This picture taken in Jakarta on January 29, 2014 shows Miss Universe Maria Gabriela Isler from Venezuela (back-L) talking to Miss Indonesia 2013 Wulandari Herman (back-R) as Miss Indonesia 2014 Elvira Devinamira (front-R) from East Java and first runner-up Elfin Pertiwi (front-L) from South Sumatera wait for the jury to announce the winner during a grand final of the Miss Indonesia 2014 beauty contest in Jakarta. Elvira Devinamira of East Java was crowned as Miss Indonesia 2014 and will compete in Miss Universe 2014.

INDONESIA-MISS UNIVERSE-BEAUTY PAGEANT

CHINA-LIFESTYLE-LUNAR-NEW YEAR-TRAVEL

This picture taken on January 25, 2014 shows a Chinese family arriving on a motorcycle at a pitstop in Wuzhou, Guangxi province, as they join thousands shunning public transport to head home on the highways during the world's largest migration. China's 245 million migrant workers -- twice the entire population of Japan -- generally have to travel home to their families on jam-packed trains or buses for the Lunar New Year, but this year more than 600,000 are expected to ride home on their own motorcycles, according to state-run media, making gruelling journeys of several hundred kilometres for the country's biggest festival..

Turkey Central Bank Rates

Myanmar Danmark Crown Princess

Denmark’s crown Princess Mary, right, watches a Buddhist woman making rice noodles during a visit to a Buddhist resettlement village in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan 12’ 2014. Crown Princess Mary, accompanied by Denmark’s minister for development cooperation Rasmus Helveg Petersen, visited camps for internally displaced Muslims and relocation sites of the Buddhists, who become displaced following sectarian violence since 2012, concluding a three-day visit to Myanmar

PORTUGAL-ACCIDENT-HAZING-FILES

A file picture taken on December 17, 2013 shows people looking at the waves following the disappearance of university students who were swept away by a huge wave, on a beach in Meco, near Sesimbra. The circumstances surrounding the death of six university students who were swept away by a wave during the night on December 15 remain unclear but the tragedy has provoked a heated debate about academic hazing following the ongoing investigation that hints the students may have taken part in a rite of passage ceremony. Former Portuguese president Mario Soares in an opinion piece published on January 28, 2014 called for a ban on university hazing.

HONG KONG-GAY-GIGI-FILES

(FILES) This file picture taken in Macau on September 4, 2011 shows Gigi Chao (R), the daughter of Hong Kong tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung with her partner. The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, who offered more than 100 million USD to find her a male suitor, has issued a heartfelt open letter on January 29, 2014 urging him to accept her sexuality. In the letter, which starts "Dear Daddy", socialite Gigi Chao asked her father Cecil to treat her partner Sean Eav as "a normal, dignified human being" -- the pair have been together for nine years and are reported to have married in 2012 in France.

PHILIPPINES CYBERSEX CRIME

Arrested Filipino teens, suspected of engaging in a cybersex racket, are seen inside the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) office in Manila, Philippines, 29 January 2013. Lured by easy money, fancy clothes and the latest gadgets, more and more young Filipinos are falling prey to syndicates operating cybersex dens that cater to clients mostly outside the Philippines. With nearly 30 percent of Filipinos living on less than one US dollar a day, poverty is a key reason why Filipinos are easily recruited by cybersex syndicates who operate clandestinely inside homes or internet cafes.

US-CALIFORNIA-DROUGHT-DRIES-UP-BAY-AREA-RESERVOIRS

Low water levels are visible at the Almaden Reservoir on January 28, 2014 in San Jose, California. Now in its third straight year of drought conditions, California is experiencing its driest year on record, dating back 119 years, and reservoirs throughout the state have low water levels. Santa Clara County reservoirs are at 3 percent of capacity or lower. California Gov. Jerry Brown officially declared a drought emergency to speed up assistance to local governments, streamline water transfers and potentially ease environmental protection requirements for dam releases

School Shooting Hawaii

Students leave Roosevelt High School after a school shooting on campus, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Honolulu. A 17-year-old student was shot by police in a counselor's office after he pulled a knife and cut one of the officers. The student was taken to a local hospital. State Department of Education spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said the boy showed up Tuesday morning at the school and officials there recognized him as a runaway who was not registered for classes, and called police. Maj. Richard Robinson, commander of the Honolulu Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, said the boy lunged at officers who arrived at the public high school near downtown Honolulu and tried to take him into custody

SPAIN-CARNIVAL-ZUBIETA

Giffords Gun Initiatives

Devyn Hembry leans on his Bushmaster rifle as he waits to get in line to enter a Washington state House panel hearing Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a 2011 shooting, testified before the panel considering an initiative to expand firearm background checks in the state, telling lawmakers that "the nation is counting on you." With her husband, retired NASA space shuttle commander Mark Kelly sitting next to her, Giffords spoke slowly and briefly to the panel that was taking public testimony on Initiative 594

Gay Marriage Utah Protests

Married couple Chris Johnson, left, and David Tuma, hug each other during a rally outside the Utah State Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Opponents and supporters of gay marriage held twin rallies at the Capitol on Tuesday. More than 1,000 gay couples rushed to get married when a federal judge overturned Utah's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in late December 2013. In early January the U.S. Supreme Court granted Utah's request for an emergency halt to the weddings.

SCIENCE-ASTRONOMY-SPACE

This handout artist's impression released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on January 15, 2014 shows one of the three newly discovered planets in the star cluster Messier 67. In this cluster the stars are all about the same age and composition as the Sun. This makes it a perfect laboratory to study how many planets form in such a crowded environment. Very few planets in clusters are known and this one has the additional distinction of orbiting a solar twin — a star that is almost identical to the Sun in all respects.

TURKEY-SYRIA-CONFLICT

Syrian refugees walk among tents at Karkamis' refugee camp on January 16, 2014 near the town of Gaziantep, south of Turkey. Two weeks of battles between Syrian rebels and jihadists have killed at least 1,069 people, mostly fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday. Among the dead, not all of whom were identified, were 608 Islamist and moderate rebels, 312 jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and 130 civilians, the Britain-based group said.

Global Gay Rights

FILE - An activist with multicolored paint on her face and matching umbrella particiaptes a protest demanding equality for LGBTIQ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) people in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on Friday, May 31, 2012. In heavily Muslim Indonesia, gay sex is not criminalized, and many young, urban Indonesians are relatively tolerant of homosexuality, but most citizens consider it unacceptable. "Gay people are still living in fear," said King Oey, chairman of the country's main gay-rights group

Natural Disaster Declaration-Drought

In this April 2, 2013 file photo, Davis Nixon, left, and Jose Ponce, walk on the dry shores of Minnequa Lake in Pueblo, Colo. Federal officials have designated portions of 11 drought-ridden western and central states as primary natural disaster areas, highlighting the financial strain the lack of rain is likely to bring to farmers in those regions. The announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Jan. 16, 2014, included counties in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Kansas, Texas, Utah, Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Oklahoma and California.

Fort Unburied Skeletons

FILE - In this 1993 file photo, skeletons uncovered during a 1950s archaeological excavation are among the 10 skeletons of French and Indian War soldiers displayed in the cemetery at Fort William Henry in Lake George, N.Y. The skeletons were once thought to have been reburied in a 1993 ceremony. The fort’s owners and the two anthropologists who studied the skeletons revealed in 2012 that only three skeletons were actually re-interred in 1993. The 15 mostly complete skeletons likely will be returned to the fort "before the end of the summer," fort spokeswoman Melodie Viele wrote in an email

SUDAN-SSUDAN-UNREST-REFUGEE

SPACE-US-CHANDRA-HAND OF GOD

This NASA image obtained January 10, 2014 shows a cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has imaged the structure in high-energy X-rays for the first time, shown in blue. Lower-energy X-ray light previously detected by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in green and red. Nicknamed the "Hand of God," this object is called a pulsar wind nebula. It's powered by the leftover, dense core of a star that blew up in a supernova explosion. The stellar corpse, called PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short, is a pulsar: it rapidly spins around, seven times per second, firing out a particle wind into the material around it -- material that was ejected in the star's explosion. These particles are interacting with magnetic fields around the material, causing it to glow with X-rays. The result is a cloud that, in previous images, looked like an open hand. The pulsar itself can't be seen in this picture, but is located near the bright white spot.One of the big mysteries of this object is whether the pulsar particles are interacting with the material in a specific way to make it look like a hand, or if the material is in fact shaped like a hand. NuSTAR's view is providing new clues to the puzzle. The hand actually shrinks in the NuSTAR image, looking more like a fist, as indicated by the blue color. The northern region, where the fingers are located, shrinks more than the southern part, where a jet lies, implying the two areas are physically different. In this image, X-ray light seen by Chandra with energy ranges of 0.5 to 2 kiloelectron volts (keV) and 2 to 4 keV is shown in red and green, respectively, while X-ray light detected by NuSTAR in the higher-energy range of 7 to 25 keV is blue.

SPACE-US-MARS-ROVER-TRACKS

This NASA image obtained January 10, 2014 shows two parallel tracks left by the wheels of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as it crosses rugged ground in this portion of a December 11, 2013, observation by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The rover itself does not appear in this part of the HiRISE observation. Curiosity has been on the move. By the time this image was taken, it had driven about 2.86 miles (4.61 kilometers) since its August 2012 landing in Gale Crater. This enhanced color image shows where the rover zigzagged to avoid steep slopes and other obstacles on its route toward its long-term destination on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp. Curiosity is progressing from a bright dust-covered area to a region with a darker surface, where windblown sand scours the surface relatively free of dust. For scale, the two parallel lines of the wheel tracks are about 10 feet (3 meters) apart

SUDAN-UNREST-REFUGEES

Mideast Israel Boycott Hits Home

In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Palestinian farmers cut onions at a field belong to Jewish settlers, just outside the West Bank Jordan valley Jewish settlement of Tomer. For Israeli farmers in the West Bank's Jordan Valley, an international campaign to boycott settlement products has turned almost overnight from a distant nuisance into a harsh economic reality. The export-driven income of growers in the valley's 21 settlements dropped by 15 percent, or $29 million dollars, last year because Western European supermarket chains trying to avoid political entanglements largely stopped buying the valley's grapes, dates and sweet peppers.

Mideast Israel Boycott Hits Home

In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 photo, cutting tools placed on the ground while Palestinian farmers take their morning break at an onions field belong to Jewish settlers, just outside the west bank Jordan valley Jewish settlement of Tomer. For Israeli farmers in the West Bank's Jordan Valley, an international campaign to boycott settlement products has turned almost overnight from a distant nuisance into a harsh economic reality. The export-driven income of growers in the valley's 21 settlements dropped by 15 percent, or $29 million dollars, last year because Western European supermarket chains trying to avoid political entanglements largely stopped buying the valley's grapes, dates and sweet peppers.

Chemical Spill

This Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 photo shows a stretch of the Elk River in Charleston, W.Va. The White House has issued a federal disaster declaration in West Virginia, where a chemical spill that may have contaminated tap water has led officials to tell at least 300,000 people not to bathe, brush their teeth or wash their clothes. The West Virginia National Guard planned to distribute bottled drinking water to emergency services agencies in the nine affected counties. About 100,000 water customers, or 300,000 people total, were affected, state officials said

Britain HMS Illustrious

Royal Navy helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious - which played a major part in the typhoon relief effort in the Philippines in November – returns home to Portsmouth, England, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. The 23,000-tonne ship was operating in the Gulf when she was diverted to the Philippines to relieve Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring, which was among the first ships on scene to offer aid. As part of the UK government’s response to the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, Illustrious and her 950 crew spent three weeks delivering emergency UK aid supplies and repairing key services and broken infrastructure. Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois, who welcomed the ship back to her home port, said: “HMS Illustrious played a vital role in getting critical aid supplies and medics to the worst hit areas of the Philippines, including some of the most hard to reach islands. Her crew, their families and friends have dealt admirably with unplanned separation over Christmas and the New Year to make that happen. Britain can be proud of the part she and all those who operated from her have played, vividly demonstrating the UK’s ability to extend positive influence around the globe. I am delighted to have been able to visit on her return to her base port of Portsmouth and to personally thank those involved.”

GERMANY HAMBURG FLASHMOB

Participants of a flashmob throw pillows and feathers on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany, 10 January 2014. A few hundred people took part in the pillow fight on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg to protest against the 'danger zone' set up by the police in which police officers are allowed to stop and search people for no specific reason. The danger zone comes was established by police in consequence to recent clashes between police and left-wing activists over the evicition of Rote Flora cultural centre

Haiti Building Safety

In this Dec. 25, 2013 photo, carpet vendors use the open space of an earthquake damaged building to cut carpet for a client near their shop in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Four years later after the 7.0-magnitude quake, construction practices in the Caribbean country have improved overall, with better materials being used for many larger projects. But construction of smaller commercial buildings and homes is more haphazard, in large part because most people in the impoverished nation don’t have the money to do things by the book.

INDIA NEW TERMINAL T2 INAUGRATATION

Niagara Falls Winter

The area surrounding Niagara Falls, N.Y., is coated in a layer of ice in Niagara Falls State Park on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Niagara Falls hasn't frozen over, but it has become an icy spectacle, thanks to a blast of arctic wind and cold that blew around and froze the mist on surfaces and landscaping. Despite the urban legends, Niagara Falls doesn't freeze solid in the winter, tourism officials say. A section of the American Falls, one of three waterfalls that make up the natural attraction, has frozen. The Niagara River rapids and larger Horseshoe Falls continue to flow unimpeded.

US-CONSTRUCTION-CONTINUES-ON-NEW-YORK'S-2ND-AVENUE-SUBWAY

JANUARY 10: Workers are viewed in a tunnel underneath Manhattan at the Second Avenue Subway project site on January 10, 2014 in New York City. New York City's long awaited Second Avenue Subway line, which will extend the route of the Q train into the Upper East Side, has been delayed since plans were first proposed in the 1920s and 1940s. Building the subway line has involved digging 8.5 miles of new tunnel from 125th Street in Harlem south to Hanover Square, which is located in Manhattan's Financial District. The total cost of the project is expected to top $17 billion and is scheduled to open for service in December 2016

APTOPIX Niagara Falls Winter

Freezing water sprays from Niagara Falls coats the landscape at Niagara Falls State Park on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Niagara Falls hasn't frozen over, but it has become an icy spectacle, thanks to a blast of arctic wind and cold that blew around and froze the mist on surfaces and landscaping. Despite the urban legends, Niagara Falls doesn't freeze solid in the winter, tourism officials say. A section of the American Falls, one of three waterfalls that make up the natural attraction, has frozen. The Niagara River rapids and larger Horseshoe Falls continue to flow unimpeded.

Florida Keys Soldier Ride

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, U.S. Army Sgt. Wade Mitcheltree, right, and about 50 other wounded veterans of wars pedal their way across the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, near Marathon, Fla. Mitcheltree lost his forearm and much of his right leg in Afghanistan in 2012. About 50 injured vets and their supporters are participating in the trip down segments of the Florida Keys Overseas Highway during Soldier Ride. The event is staged by the Wounded Warrior Project to help restore injured soldiers' physical and emotional well-being. It concludes in Key West Sunday, Jan. 12.

CHILE MINING

Coloured smoke is seen at the copper mine El Teniente, located in the hillside of the Andes in the commune of Machali, Cachapoal Province, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Chile, 10 January 2014. The National Copper Corporation of Chile (CODELCO) celebrated its first year of work in an open area of the mine, after 108 years of underground mining. El Teniente, considered the biggest underground mine in the world, stopped subterranean explorations one year ago with around 3,000-kilometer of excavated tunnels

SPACE WITCH HEAD NEBULA

An undated handout photo released by NASA on 01 November 2013 shows the Witch Head nebula, named after its resemblance to the profile of a wicked witch. The photo was captured by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Astronomers say the billowy clouds of the nebula, where baby stars are brewing, are being lit up by massive stars. Dust in the cloud is being hit with starlight, causing it to glow with infrared light, which was picked up by WISE's detectors. The Witch Head nebula is estimated to be hundreds of light-years away in the Orion constellation, just off the famous hunter's knee. WISE was recently ‘awakened’ to hunt for asteroids in a program called NEOWISE. The reactivation came after the spacecraft was put into hibernation in 2011, when it completed two full scans of the sky, as planned.

USA NEW YORK HALLOWEEN PARADE

Argentina Agrochemicals

In this April 1, 2013 photo, Aixa Cano, 5, who has hairy moles all over her body that doctors can't explain, sits on a stoop outside her home in Avia Terai, in Chaco province, Argentina. Although it’s nearly impossible to prove, doctors say Aixa’s birth defect may be linked to agrochemicals. In Chaco, children are four times more likely to be born with devastating birth defects since biotechnology dramatically expanded farming in Argentina. Chemicals routinely contaminate homes, classrooms and drinking water.

Germany Battle Of Nations

Russia Putins Cranes

FILE - In this Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in a motorized hang glider alongside two Siberian white cranes, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia. One of the Siberian cranes that President Vladimir Putin helped teach to fly south last year lost its flock along the way but has been found and brought to Moscow. Putin took part in a flight as part of a program devised by environmentalists to lead the endangered cranes, which were raised in captivity, on their migration to Asia. The crane, called Raven, will spend the winter in a wildlife reserve

TURKEY-SYRIA-CONFLICT-REFUGEES

Syrian refugees, who flock by dozens in Turkey each day, fleeing the civil war in their country, stand on October 4, 2013 at a makeshift camp in Ankara, where they arrived three months ago. In the central public Dikmen valley park in front of the eyes of local authorities, they build a shanty town. There are here some 250 refugees from Aleppo (northern syria) and among them 80 children. Saying that they live in very poor conditions, the Syrian refuges collect paper from garbage to try and make ends meet. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today warned Turkey it will "pay dearly" for supporting rebels fighting to overthrow his regime, in an interview broadcast Friday on Turkish television

TURKEY-SYRIA-CONFLICT-REFUGEES

Children of Syrian refugees, who flock by dozens in Turkey each day, fleeing the civil war in their country, sit on October 4, 2013 at a makeshift camp in Ankara, where they arrived three months ago. In the central public Dikmen valley park in front of the eyes of local authorities, they build a shanty town. There are here some 250 refugees from Aleppo (northern syria) and among them 80 children. Saying that they live in very poor conditions, the Syrian refuges collect paper from garbage to try and make ends meet. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today warned Turkey it will "pay dearly" for supporting rebels fighting to overthrow his regime, in an interview broadcast Friday on Turkish television.

Ancient Rocks Toppled

Venezuela Guyana Ship Detained

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2013 file photo, a Venezuelan Coast Guard boat floats next to the survey ship Teknik Perdana docked near the shore of Margarita Island, Venezuela. Diplomats met a week after Venezuela detained the ship chartered by U.S.-based Anadarko Petroleum as it conducted exploration activities in disputed waters. The governments of Venezuela and Guyana said Friday, Oct. 18 they have agreed to more talks on a border dispute that prompted the Venezuelan navy to detain a ship

Nigeria Killings

FILE - In this file picture dated Friday, April. 19, 2013 and provided by Amnesty International, bodies of civilians detained by Nigerian security forces as alleged members or associates of Boko haram terrorist network deposited by soldiers outside Sani Abacha Teaching Hospital morgue in Damaturu. Shedding stark light on Nigeria's escalating war with Islamic militants, mortuary records from a single Nigerian hospital show the number of detainees who died in military custody more than tripled in June, the first month of a state of emergency in the troubled northeast region.

BART Strike

With the BART transit system on strike, traffic is backed up for blocks on Battery Street leading to an artery of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during the evening commute Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit workers are on strike for the second time since July, scrambling the morning commute for hundreds of thousands of workers who were up before dawn to clog highways, swarm buses and shiver on ferry decks as they found alternative ways to the office. About 400,000 riders take BART every weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system