Oksana Makar Funeral (Pictures and Video) -- Hundreds of tearful mourners said last goodbye

MIKOLAYIV, Ukraine (Sat, Mar. 31) – She left on her last journey, with a smile on her face, leaving behind lots of questions, ifs and buts. 

Oksana Makar Funeral -- Hundreds of tearful mourners said last goodbye

Oksana Makar, the victim of one of Ukraine's most shocking crimes in recent years, was buried on Saturday according to traditional funeral rites of Ukraine. A large number of mourners came to attend the funeral of brave young Ukranian.

The 18-year-old Oksana Makar died on Friday after battling for her life for almost three weeks. Makar was gang raped and burnt on March 9 by three suspects identified by local media as Yevhen Krasnoschek, 23, Maksym Prisyazhnyuk, 24, and Artem Pogosyan, 22.

She was found miraculously alive on March 10 dumped in a pit at Mykolayiv construction site after having spent about 10 hours with her severely burned body exposed to chilling weather.

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Blasts in Hat Yai (Thailand): At leat 14 killed, over 350 wounded

HAT YAI, Thailand (Sat, Mar. 31) – A deadly car bomb explosion is believed to have caused the fire that killed at least 14 people at a Hat Yai hotel and injured more than 350 on Saturday.

Blasts in Hat Yai (Thailand): At leat 14 killed, over 350 wounded

No one yet came forward to claim the responsibility but the series of blasts that set a deadly fire around is believed to be done by Muslim insurgents. 

  

The first blast of the series was inside a parked van that rocked an area of restaurants and shops in a busy area of Yala city, a main commercial center of Thailand's troubled southern provinces, said district police chief Colonel Kritsada Kaewchandee. 

The second bomb exploded after about 20 minutes when a large number of people gathered on the blast site that proved to be more deadly.

More than 5,000 people have been killed in Thailand's three southernmost provinces - Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala - since an Islamist insurgency flared in January 2004.

VIDEO: R.I.P. Oksana Makar! Ukraine's Gang Rape Victim Dies Today -- Tragic Story

KIEV, Ukraine (Fri, Mar. 30) – The 18-year-old Oksana Makar from Mykolayiv, the victim of one of Ukraine's most shocking crimes in recent years, passed away today in Donetsk Burn Center. 

R.I.P. Oksana Makar! Ukraine's Gang Rape Victim Dies Today

A protest rally is scheduled today at 16:00 (local time) in Nikolaevin to support Oksana Makar and to demand the government to arrest all the culprits. Today, the three suspects are identified by local media as Yevhen Krasnoschek, 23, Maksym Prisyazhnyuk, 24, and Artem Pogosyan, 22.

Makar was gang raped and burnt on March 9. She was found hardly alive on March 10 dumped in a pit at Mykolayiv construction site after having spent about 10 hours with her severely burned body exposed to frosty weather. She was hospitalized in critical condition with burns on more than 55 percent of her body.

Makar struggled for her life during past three weeks but lost the battle today morning when her lungs started bleeding and heart stopped on 7:30 a.m, according to Ukrainian media. She was formally declared dead 9:30 a.m.

Later during the day, Surovitska, the mother of Oksana Makar told the media:

"My daughter died with a smile on her face. When I ran to the emergency room to say goodbye to her, she smiled. I was told about her death 2,5 hours later, at 10 am. They apparently tried to save her but haven’t succeeded. I'm not angry at the physicians. Actually, I am grateful they did everything they could.”

Piper Kan: One-million dollar baby born to Australian couple

SYDNEY, Australia (Wed, Mar. 28) – A million-dollar baby was born to an Australian couple while they were on a holiday trip in Vancouver last August.

Piper Kan: One-million dollar baby born to Australian couple

According to details; John Kan and Rachel Evans were on a holiday trip when Ms Evans had a premature labor while they were on the airport to catch their flight back to their hometown, Sydney.

The interesting fact to share is that the couple had an insurance cover for travel along with an extra pregnancy cover for the pregnancy of Evans; but unfortunately their insurance policy didn’t mean to cover birth or baby. 

Kan shifted her wife B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre immediately; where they were blessed with a baby girl who was named Piper Kan. Baby Kan had to stay in the neo-natal ward due too premature birth for three months and the bill ended up being about one million dollar.

According to reports by Australian media; the couple negotiated a payment plan with the hospital at about $300 a month, which would take 278 years to pay back the total bill of $1 million.

Australia’s foreign affairs minister is looking into the case to find any suitable way to help the couple to ease off their liability. 

Ms. Evans said she is obliged for any assistance the government might be able to offer.

“We don’t feel our mistake was someone else’s responsibility but obviously it is quite a large amount so any assistance we can get would be helpful.”

Australian residents can get treatments considered medically essential under mutual agreements with 11 countries, but unfortunately Canada is not one of those countries.

Breaking!!! Saudi deputy consul, Abdullah al-Khalidi, kidnapped in Southern Yemeni city of Aden

ADEN, Yemen (Wed, Mar. 28) – According to a Yemeni security official; unidentified gunmen abducted Saudi Arabia's deputy consul from outside his home in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Wednesday.

Saudi diplomat, Abdullah al-Khalidi, kidnapped in Southern Yemeni city of Aden

The gunmen kidnapped Abdullah al-Khalidi as he was about to get into his car and escaped from the scene immediately taking Khalidi in another vehicle, police sources of Mansoura district revealed.

Police and other law enforcement agencies are carrying on a search operation in the city in an effort to locate and release Mr. Khalidi.

Aden is the city neighboring to Yemen's Abyan province where regime forces have been struggling to hold militant groups associated allegedly with Al-Qaeda.

Sanford Police Report in Trayvon Martin Case Leaked and Posted on Facebook

SANFORD, Florida (Wed, Mar. 28) – The copy of the police report in the case of Trayvon Martin killing is leaked mysteriously and been posted on a facebook page. 

Sanford Police Report in Trayvon Martin Case Leaked and Posted on Facebook

The police report labeled the case as “homicide/negligent manslaughter”, Huffington Post reported.

The 28-year-old suspected killer George Zimmerman is currently in hiding after shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26, sparking national anger and international attention.

The New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense has already offered a $10,000 reward for any person who will capture Zimmerman ‘dead or alive’ and also called 5,000 volunteers to form a militia for searching and hunting the killer of black teen.

See all 7 pages of police report HERE

Who's George W. Zimmerman? Senior Sanford couple leave home due to unfortunate similarity of name

SANFORD, Florida (Wed, Mar. 28) – The accidental similarity of name put an elderly Sanford couple in trouble for which they have to leave their home and forced them to take asylum in a hotel to get away from problem.

Who's George W. Zimmerman Senior Sanford couple leave home due to unfortunate similarity of name

According to details; the address of an elderly lady and her husband, aging around 70 and 72 respectively, circulated via micro-blogging website ‘Twitter’ just because the name of school-cafeteria lunch lady’s son - William George Zimmerman – was quite similar to the Trayvon Martin killer, George Zimmerman. 

The address which is being tweeted heavily written as: George W. Zimmerman 159 Edgewater Circle. Sanford, Florida. 32773

 The senior couple has moved temporarily to a local hotel to avoid any mistreat and possible danger, told their second son Chip Humble of Longwood.

The old lady’s first son, William George Zimmerman, lived with her in 1995 and still lives in Central Florida. He has no relation whatsoever with the 28-year-old George Zimmerman who killed 17-year-old Trayvon on February 26, sparking national anger and international attention.

William Zimmerman isn't certain how his mother and stepfather's address gone on to Twitter. “I used it to register a car, get a driver’s license and vote when I was living with them for short time after finishing college.”

"This is really scary, and I'm concerned for my family," Zimmerman told the Orlando Sentinel Tuesday night. "It's scary because there are people who aren't mentally right and will take this information and run with it."

Zimmerman traced the tweets — which he said have been retweeted by actor-director Spike Lee — to a man in California. Zimmerman has implored the man to stop and said he received this response, "Black power all day. No justice, no peace" and an obscenity.

Lee's tweet has been removed, but it continues to be retweeted.

"To endanger people who are innocent because people are angry is not the answer," William Zimmerman said. "That's not how we're going to heal. It's not to help the Martin family for someone else to be hurt."

Trayvon Martin Case: Black Panther Party seek volunteers to capture George Zimmerman

SANFORD, Florida (Tue, Mar. 27) – Further chaos is expected as a result of latest development in the case of Trayvon Martin killing as a militia of 5,000 black volunteers have been called by The New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense to catch the killer of black youth, George Zimmerman. 

Trayvon Martin Case: Black Panther Party seek volunteers to capture George Zimmerman

Southern Regional Director of the New Black Panther Party, Mikhail Muhammad, said: “It’s time for us as black men to take justice in our own hands because Zimmerman was not a police officer, but just a community volunteer.” Muhammad was talking to media person just outside the neighborhood where 17-year-old Martin was shot dead.

George Zimmerman, the suspected murderer, is currently in hiding after shooting Matin to death, while the black political organization declaring to bring him to justice.

The New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense has already offered a $10,000 reward for any person who will capture Zimmerman ‘dead or alive’. 

The party not only points finger to Zimmerman for the death of Martin, but also of the view that Sanford Police and Prosecutor Angela Corey are equally responsible for the tragic incident.

“She’s a liar and a murderer right along with the rest of them. We aren’t pleased with Angela Cory’s appointment,” Muhammad told Fox News.

“If the government won't do the job, we'll do it,” Muhammad finished with these words.

Sanford city authorities have also came out against the Party’s actions and issued a statement criticizing the group’s demand and are pleading with the citizens to leave the arrest of the suspect(s) to them.