A federal weapons case against the defense contractor formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide ended Thursday with misdemeanor pleas by two former executives, who were fined and placed on probation.
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A homeless Stockholm man has been granted a subsidy from local authorities to purchase camping equipment rather than stay in the “substandard” temporary accommodation provided for homeless people.
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Court gives temporary reprieve for Rothschild tent city
By JOANNA PARASZCZUK
09/21/2011 05:15
Protesters say they cleaned up encampment following residents’ complaints, Vardi should have visited, taken that into account.
The Supreme Court issued an injunction on Tuesday evening preventing the Tel Aviv Municipality from evacuating the Rothschild Boulevard protest encampment on Wednesday.
Members of the Rothschild tent city filed a petition to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, after the Tel Aviv District Court turned down a petition on Sunday against the evacuation of the encampment.
Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel
Tel Aviv: 13 arrested in tent protest clash with police
By BEN HARTMAN AND JPOST.COM STAFF
09/19/2011 16:50
Violence breaks out between demonstrators and officials when municipality try to shut pirated electricity in Levinsky Park camp site.
Around a dozen people were arrested during a violent confrontation with police at the Levinsky park tent city in south Tel Aviv on Monday.
The fracas erupted after municipality clerks escorted by two police officers arrived at the tent city in the late afternoon to dismantle the site’s pirated electricity hook-up. While there are conflicting narratives between the tent city residents and the police and municipality workers, what is clear is that a clash started and police ended up arresting 12 people at the scene.
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Tent dwellers, municipality agree to dialog
By JOANNA PARASZCZUK
09/14/2011 04:00
Residents complain that Rothschild Boulevard tent dwellers walk around naked, defecate, inject drugs in public and in some cases smear human feces on cars.
Forty-eight residents of Rothschild Boulevard requested on Sunday afternoon to be added as a party to the petition over the tent encampment, on the side of the Tel Aviv Municipality.
In their request, filed on their behalf by attorney Karin Sarnitzky, the residents painted a picture of public disorder on Rothschild Boulevard, where they say tent dwellers walk around naked, defecate and inject drugs in public, and in some cases have even smeared human feces on cars belonging to local residents.
They also complain of an epidemic of rats, fleas and flies and added that some residents are claiming there is now an outbreak of scalp ringworm near Marmorek Street.
“Drug addicts go into the courtyards of apartment blocks, inject drugs in front of parents and children, leave syringes, smoke marijuana. They defecate in the street in front of residents, throw used toilet paper and condoms everywhere,” the 48 residents said.
The residents, who describe themselves as working people who live and raise children in the area, add that they support the ideas behind the protest, and say that many of them also took part in demonstrations.
However, they say the continued encampment now poses a significant health and safety hazard for local people.
Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel
