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Obama consigns ‘wet foot, dry foot’ law to history

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US President Barack Obama has ended the immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who reached US soil to remain and be granted residency. ...

US President Barack Obama has ended the immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who reached US soil to remain and be granted residency. The end of the ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy comes after months of negotiation between Washington and Havana. The abolition means Cubans need visas to enter the United States. These were the last Cubans to enter the U.S. as wet foot, dry foot policy ended https://t.co/E4KbALYB2E pic.twitter.com/mFzVTfjCfb— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) January 13, 2017 Josafina Videl is the Director General of the Department of the United States at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “With the adoption of this Joint Declaration today, a migratory crisis trigger is eliminated. The United States achieves safe, orderly and legal migration from Cuba. The trafficking of people and other related offenses are discouraged.” In 1995, following the Cuban Rafter Crisis, the Clinton administration introduced the ‘wet foot, dry foot law, which allowed those Cuban émigrés that reached dry land to remain in the US, while those found at sea would be returned to Cuba. My grandpa’s Cuban passport from the old daysss pic.twitter.com/FJMVwkn2hN— Jasmine (@jjasmiine8) February 1, 2014 Cubans in Miami, notoriously anti-Castro, appear ready to accept the new immigration deal:“I think that’s a very good idea of the American government to stop the Cubans to come here except for those Cubans who have done something against Castro and who are escaping from the Cuban government. But all those people that come here just to live here and it’s been one year and one day and then go back to Cuba and take all the money that they make to Cuba. I’m against that. I’m a veteran of the Bay of Pigs invasion,” said this Cuban American living in Miami. In Havana the new visa requirement means the end of an era and is a little frustrating: “Cubans want, I don’t know, to live in another country and that is the only way they see how to do it. To live their legally. I don’t think the US and Cuban governments should have ended the deal because the migrants make sacrifices and many have risked their lives to realise their dreams,” said one Havana resident. Those Cubans stranded along the border with Mexico looking to get into the US face an even greater obstacle, Donald Trump and his much clarioned wall. Dennis Pupo was among the Cubans stranded in Mexico Thurs night when Obama ended wet foot, dry foot brittanykamalei https://t.co/edrYKtuwu5— Franco Ordoñez (FrancoOrdonez) January 13, 2017 Last year some 54,000 Cubans crossed from Mexico in the United States.   Less

Hundreds die as parts of India and Pakistan are hit by floods.

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Hundreds of people have died and thousands more left homeless in severe flooding after monsoon rains in India and Pakistan. Large areas Sr...

Hundreds of people have died and thousands more left homeless in severe flooding after monsoon rains in India and Pakistan. Large areas Srinigar, the largest city in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, are still submerged, forcing many to attempt to move to dry land and save what possessions they can. At least 120 people have died and more are missing. In some places the water has submerged entire homes. Over 450 villages have been affected, nearly all public buildings have been closed and electricity and drinking water have been rationed. The emergency prompted a visit to the region by the Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi on Sunday (September 7). The story is much the same in the Punjab region of Pakistan where more than a hundred people have died. “Last evening the water flooded our area, said one man, “we had to climb up trees to save our lives. Five of us were stranded for 24 hours. We had lost all hope. We were unaware that someone was trying to rescue us. We are thankful that the rescuers pulled us out from there.” The Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, says his government will leave no stone unturned to help people in distress.   Less

Pacific storm reaches southern California after leaving a trail of death and destruction through three states

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Devastating weather along America’s Pacific coast got worse when a mini-tornado added its destructive power to the mix, and previously una...

Devastating weather along America’s Pacific coast got worse when a mini-tornado added its destructive power to the mix, and previously unaffected Southern California was hit by rare rainfall that triggered mudslides. In Camarillo Springs, the slide was made easier by a barren hillside, fire-ravaged the year before. Hundreds of homes needed to be evacuated as the storm crept down to Los Angeles and San Diego, and tens of thousands remain without power after pylons were brought down. While the loss of life has been small, with possibly three deaths accounted for since Wednesday when the wild weather began, the cost of damage may be high, although there is a respite on the horizon with a dry spell forecast for the weekend. The tornado that hit LA was the smallest type, but the first to hit the city since 2004. Observers say waterspouts were forming off the coast on Friday, but only one touched down on dry land.   Less

Captain of migrant boat arrested on suspicion of people smuggling

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Italian authorities say the captain of a migrant boat and his deputy have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling. As many as 800 ...

Italian authorities say the captain of a migrant boat and his deputy have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling. As many as 800 people are feared to have lost their lives in Sunday’s disaster off the coast of Libya, when the boat capsized. Around 30 rescued survivors were taken to the Sicilian port of Catania late on Monday. “We carried out two arrest warrants of suspected traffickers, we are talking about the captain of the ship that capsized and a member of the crew,” explained Rocco Liguori, Catania Chief Prosecutor: “We charged them both with favouring illegal immigration and the captain was also charged with unintentional shipwreck and multiple manslaughter.” Thousands from all over the Middle East and North Africa have died in the Mediterranean fleeing war, poverty and oppression. The mass deaths have caused shock in Europe where naval operations were scaled back last year. Pope Francis and the United Nations human rights chief have called for more compassion from Europe. In Catania, survivors of the latest boat tragedy are finally on dry land, but still visibly traumatised pic.twitter.com/h6szQn5yA5— Kate Bond (@katebonduk) April 21, 2015   Less

Dozens of suspected migrant graves found near Malaysia-Thailand border, police reveal

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Malaysian police have revealed that 140 graves, believed to contain the remains of migrants, have been found near the country’s border wit...

Malaysian police have revealed that 140 graves, believed to contain the remains of migrants, have been found near the country’s border with Thailand. They are understood to have been discovered at human trafficking camps. “The operation which we have been conducting from May 11 to May 23, we discovered 139 of what we believe are graves,” said Khalid Abu Bakar, Inspector General of Police. Meanwhile, amid international criticism over its response to southeast Asia’s migrant crisis, Myanmar’s navy has rescued a group found in a boat off the country’s coast. Around 3,700 migrants – most of them said to be Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis – have landed on boats in Malaysia and Indonesia this month after a crackdown on trafficking in Thailand. Those who have found themselves in Indonesia feel lost. They are homeless and terrified about their future. “I was born in Myanmar, but they don’t want me. I tried to go to Thailand or Malaysia, but I can’t go anywhere because they don’t want me,” said Hussein Ahmed, who is at the Birem Bayeun refugee camp in Langsa. While many migrants have been brought to dry land, others remain at sea. The Thai trafficking crackdown appears to have disrupted smuggling routes, leaving groups trapped on what the UN’s described as “floating coffins.”   Less

Attempted Bridge Crossing FAIL .... Karma Served !

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A Dutch man was unharmed after a failed bid to launch his car across a retractable bridge. CCTV footage recorded on Wednesday in Holland sho...

A Dutch man was unharmed after a failed bid to launch his car across a retractable bridge. CCTV footage recorded on Wednesday in Holland shows a silver station wagon plummeting into the water after it races up an incline and towards a 5m gap between a bridge that is yet to connect. Bruinisse police say the 56-year-old driver had sped his vehicle underneath the arm of a security barrier before attempting his Hollywood movie crossing. The elderly Dutch man was taken to hospital with injuries he suffered after falling onto a concrete barrier while escaping from the water. The waterway was closed for several hours while a crane winched the car back onto dry land.   Less

Crew member missing after ferry fire off Japanese coast

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One crew member is missing after a passenger ferry caught fire off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Everyone else onboard was res...

One crew member is missing after a passenger ferry caught fire off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Everyone else onboard was rescued after taking to life rafts. They were picked up by nearby boats. Back on dry land, passengers recalled a terrifying ordeal. “The smoke and heat were terrible. The fire was really intense,” said one man. The fire reportedly broke out on a truck, on a lower cargo deck. The ferry was around 50 kilometres away from its destination of Tomakomai. The missing crew member is believed to have stayed onboard to tackle the flames.   Less

More migrants die at sea trying to reach Europe

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Turkish coastguards have recovered the bodies of 12 refugees in their coastal waters after the group took to a wooden boat to try and make i...

Turkish coastguards have recovered the bodies of 12 refugees in their coastal waters after the group took to a wooden boat to try and make it to the nearby Greek island of Lesbos from the holiday resort of Ayvalik. Another 25 people were rescued. In a separate incident four children and a woman died when their rubber craft capsized off the Greek island of Kalymnos, although Greek coastguards were able to save 13 other people. Three people including one child remain missing. On dry land a tip-off led Turkish border guards to a three-truck convoy heading for the coast with 350 mostly Syrian refugees, many of them women and children, on board. They said they had paid 2000 euros each to make the journey. Two of the drivers were detained, while the third one escaped. In another incident 92 refugees were recovered by Turkish gendarmes from a bus during a security check.   Less

Patricia downgraded to tropical storm but flooding extends north to Texas

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Now just a tropical storm, Patricia has nonetheless caused chaos in Mexico following its landfall. Although it was feared it would be the st...

Now just a tropical storm, Patricia has nonetheless caused chaos in Mexico following its landfall. Although it was feared it would be the strongest-ever hurricane to smash into dry land when it was a category five monster out at sea, after hitting the Mexican coast it was almost immediately downgraded, and has now all but blown itself out. Maximum wind speeds are now down to 80 kph, as even mighty Patricia could not overcome Mexico’s coastal mountain chain. But that is of little comfort to the refugees huddling in reception centres who have lost everything. Further north in Texas Patricia has met a storm front coming from the west. The two combined have dumped torrential rain that has flooded parts of Dallas and almost all of the state’s 27 million people have been put on flood alert. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at Dallas-Fort Worth international, one of America’s busiest airports, and the rain is expected to continue throughout the weekend.   Less

Just another reason to stay out of the Ocean

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Don't know about you or the Navy, but I'll stick with being on dry land.  

Idiot On Jet Ski Smashes Into Land

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I don't think he discovered new land.  

Russian Landing Craft Zubr Makes an Amphibious Assault on a Beach in Kaliningrad

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Russian Landing Craft Zubr Makes an Amphibious Assault on a Beach in Kaliningrad  

Raw Footage of the Polish 767 Passenger Plane Landing With No Gear

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Some good raw footage of this plane skiing across the runway with no landing gear. If you can stand new broadcasts and want to know more wa...

Some good raw footage of this plane skiing across the runway with no landing gear. If you can stand new broadcasts and want to know more watch this: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=13d_1360404217 Enjoy, FBS   Less

Light plane landing crash, cockpit POV

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Really shitty landing attempt.  

China have landed on the moon.

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China is set to land a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, a major step in the country's ambitious programme of space exploration. On...

China is set to land a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, a major step in the country's ambitious programme of space exploration. On Saturday afternoon (GMT), a landing module will undergo a powered descent, using thrusters to perform the first soft landing on the moon in 37 years. Several hours later, the lander will deploy a robotic rover called Yutu, which translates as "Jade Rabbit"   Less

Video Of China's First Moon Landing

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Video of China's lunar lander Chang’e 3 landing on the Moon. The landing site is Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows), an ancient lava plane in...

Video of China's lunar lander Chang’e 3 landing on the Moon. The landing site is Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows), an ancient lava plane in the Moon's northern hemisphere. The lander's thrusters blow away dust from the landing site at about the 6-minute mark. When the lander was about 4 meters above the surface the thrusters shut off allowing the lander to drop to the surface.   Less

Land for Peace will End in War

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Comparing historical land grabs by aggressive nations to last week's events in Crimea.  

Wingsuit Jumper Lands Without Parachute

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Raphael Dumont, at Lake Garda in Italy attempted and succeeded to become the first person to land on water without a parachute. I added slow...

Raphael Dumont, at Lake Garda in Italy attempted and succeeded to become the first person to land on water without a parachute. I added slow motion..slowed down to 15% of the original speed. Awesome   Less

Plane Deploys Parachute During Midair Emergency - Lands Safely

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Talk about having your camera ready at the right time. Videographer Doug Turner happened to capture footage of a light plane descending to ...

Talk about having your camera ready at the right time. Videographer Doug Turner happened to capture footage of a light plane descending to ground via parachute. The footage below is believed to be the only existing video relating to the incident. Designed for light aircraft, the parachute has allowed four people to make a miraculous escape from a plane crash in the Blue Mountains after their aircraft suffered mechanical failure midair. The male pilot of the Cirrus aircraft managed to miss houses and major powerlines before the plane landed in the front yard of a house at Lawson (NSW Australia) at 2.10pm on Saturday, 10 May. All four people on-board escaped serious injury with only one passenger taken to hospital for minor neck pain. The only reported property damage was to the front fence of one house. NSW Police said the pilot deployed the aircraft's parachute at 1300 metres "following an emergency incident". According to Cirrus' guide to CAPS, the parachute is activated by the pilot pulling a red handle in the cockpit. Once it is pulled, a cable causes a rocket to ignite which dislodges the CAPS cover, which sits behind the baggage compartment. The parachute is then deployed. Cirrus says that, as of January this year, 85 lives have been saved when pilots or passengers have activated the system. Make that four more ..... Video thanks to Doug Turner #financial_support_div{ display:none; position: absolute; width:300px; height:180px; margin-left: -150px; margin-top: -70px; /*- half of width and height */ top:50%; left:50%; padding: 5px; opacity:0.9; filter:alpha(opacity=90); z-index:1000; background-color:#000; color: white; } .close_box{ background: gray; color:#fff; padding:1px 3px; display:inline; position:absolute; right:1px; margin-right: -13px; margin-top: -13px; border-radius:3px; cursor:pointer; border: 1px #000 solid; } $(document).on("click",".close_box",function(){ $(this).parent().fadeTo(300,0,function(){ $(this).remove(); }); }); Loading the player ...   Less

Cell phone exploded while drying

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Staff phone repair dry cell concentration iPhone 5S crashed into the water or moisture, phone suddenly exploded. The cause of the iPhone 5S ...

Staff phone repair dry cell concentration iPhone 5S crashed into the water or moisture, phone suddenly exploded. The cause of the iPhone 5S unexpectedly exploded yet to be answered before the situation really.   Less