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الخميس، 16 فبراير 2012

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Kellogg to buy Pringles for $2.7 billion
Small plane crashes into hill in Washington state, killing 3
Reporters Without Borders condemns violence by Israeli forces against journalists
Reporters Without Borders condemns violence by Israeli forces against journalists
Palestinians rally in support of prisoner on hunger strike

Kellogg to buy Pringles for $2.7 billion

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:09 AM PST

BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN (BNO NEWS) -- Cereal product giant Kellogg on Wednesday announced that it has reached an agreement to buy potato chips brand Pringles for $2.7 billion.

Originally developed in the United States by Procter & Gamble in 1968, Pringles has spread around the globe as it is currently sold in 140 countries with annual sales of $1.5 billion and manufacturing operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

The agreement is expected to significantly advance the Kellogg Company's goal of building a global snacks business on par with its global cereal business. With sales of more than $13 billion in 2011, Kellogg Company produces its brands in 18 countries and markets them in more than 180 countries.

"We are excited to announce this strategic acquisition," said John Bryant, president and chief executive officer of Kellogg Company, who also welcomed Pringles' 1,700 employees. "Pringles has an extensive global footprint that catapults Kellogg to the number two position in the worldwide savory snacks category, helping us achieve our objective of becoming a truly global cereal and snacks company."

Kellogg Company's other snack products include Keebler, which was acquired nearly 10 years ago, Cheez-It, and Special K Cracker Chips. Other products include Coco Pops, Corn Flakes, Eggo, Frosted Flakes, Mini-Wheats, Pop-Tarts, Rice Krispies, Special K, and others.

The companies are expected to complete the transaction by the end of the summer, pending necessary regulatory approvals.

Small plane crashes into hill in Washington state, killing 3

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:56 AM PST

NORTH BEND, WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) -- Three people were killed on early Wednesday morning when a small plane crashed into a hill in the central-western region of Washington, local and federal officials said. There were no survivors.

The accident happened between 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. local time when the single-engine Cessna 172 aircraft crashed on the sheer face of Little Si, a hill near the town of North Bend in King County which is named after its taller neighbor, Mount Si. There were three people on board.

Residents and deputies in the region reported hearing an explosion at the time of the accident, but it took search-and-rescue teams several hours to locate the wreckage. King County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cindi West said its helicopter was receiving an emergency locator transmission but experienced difficulty pinpointing the location.

West said the bodies of three people, two men and one woman, were recovered at the scene of the accident. It was not immediately clear if the emergency locator transmission was automatically activated upon impact or if it was activated by someone who initially survived the crash.

Mike Fergus, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said the aircraft was registered in Wilmington, Delaware to Christiansen Aviation. The identities of the victims were not immediately released, and it was also not immediately clear where the aircraft was flying from and to.

Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the cause of the accident.

Reporters Without Borders condemns violence by Israeli forces against journalists

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:59 PM PST

PARIS, FRANCE (BNO NEWS) -- Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday condemned the alleged violence used by Israeli forces against Palestinian, Israeli and foreign photojournalists covering demonstrations against Israel's West Bank separation barrier.

In a statement, the Paris-based press freedom organization said it "deplores the total impunity enjoyed by the soldiers responsible for these abuses." It said that two Palestinian journalists were injured by tear gas grenades and rubber bullets fired by Israeli soldiers when they were covering a weekly protest in the village of Nabi Saleh on February 10.

According to the organization, Ahmed Maslah, who works as a cameraman for the Turkish television station TRT and a photographer for the New York Times, was among those injured. Witnesses told Reporters Without Borders that soldiers appeared to have deliberately fired tear gas grenades and rubber bullets in the direction of the journalists.

"Reporters Without Borders has on many occasions asked the Israeli army to undertake independent and impartial investigations into such incidents in order to identify and punish those responsible," the statement said. "Even when the army does carry out an investigation, it seldom reaches any real conclusions."

On December 22, the Israeli army responded to a complaint filed by Israeli photographer Mati Milstein after he and other photojournalists were the target of an attack by soldiers on the outskirts of Nabi Saleh in July 2011. The letter from army spokeswoman Lieutenant-Colonel Avital Leibovich said the army responded appropriately to what it considered a "violent and illegal demonstration".

She stressed that the complaint was not appropriate because of the dangers present in the West Bank areas concerned, adding: "Sometimes the media are caught in the eye of the storm."

"Reporters Without Borders is outraged at this insulting and totally inadequate response from the Israeli Defense Forces, which continually protect the army at the expense of freedom of information," the organization added.

Reporters Without Borders condemns violence by Israeli forces against journalists

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:59 PM PST

She stressed that the complaint was not appropriate because of the dangers present in the West Bank areas concerned, adding: "Sometimes the media are caught in the eye of the storm."

Palestinians rally in support of prisoner on hunger strike

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:55 PM PST

RAMALLAH, PALESTINE (BNO NEWS) -- Dozens of Palestinians rallied in the West Bank on Wednesday to voice their support for a Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for 60 days, local media reported.

Demonstrators held a sit-in protest outside the Ofer military camp near Ramallah to demand the immediate release of Khader Adnan, who is being held at an Israeli prison without charges. Clashes broke out after soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets to disperse the crowd, the Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported.

At least one person was injured after being hit by a rubber bullet, WAFA reported. A number of other protesters suffered from tear gas inhalation.

The Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organizations (PCHRO), a coalition of several human rights groups in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, released a statement expressing grave concern for what it described as the critical health condition of Adnan. It said a doctor from the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights had visited Adnan on Tuesday and said he was "under a very direct threat of death."

"All of his muscles, including his heart and his stomach, are under threat of disintegrating and his immune system could cease to function at any moment," said the doctor, as quoted by WAFA. "Khader's body is at high risk of sudden heart attack or total organ failure, which would cause imminent death."

Also on Wednesday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, expressed his urgent and extreme concern regarding Adnan and urged the international community to intervene on his behalf. "I call on the international community, especially States with close relations with Israel, to urge the Israeli Government to fulfill its responsibilities under international law, most urgently with regard to Mr. Adnan," he said.

Falk added: "In view of the emergency of his situation, the Government of Israel must take immediate and effective action to safeguard Mr. Adnan's life, while upholding his rights. The improper treatment of thousands of Palestinian prisoners by the Government of Israel should be of great concern to the international community, and it is a problem that I am paying close attention to in the context of my ongoing visit to the region."

Adnan, a leader in the Islamic Jihad, was detained in December 2011 near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and has been held since without charge. But an Israeli military court sentenced the 35-year-old to four months in administrative detention and upheld his detention order after rejecting an appeal.

Adnan said he will continue the hunger strike, the longest ever in the history of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, until his release.

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