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Blood smuggling in China: Why pregnant women are breaking the law to find out their babies' sex
Hong Kong Custom officers stopped the middle-aged woman because of her strange, lumbering gait. They searched her and found vials of blood stashed in her bra, according to an official statement. Each เกมส์ยิงปลา pantip one was labeled with a pregnant woman's name from China.
The passenger was crossing Futian port's inspection hall, a border post separating the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen from Hong Kong, on a sweltering Friday in July 2017.
Four days later, they intercepted another woman, carrying what appeared to be a heavy backpack, according to the statement. Again, it was full of vials with pregnant women's blood. There were 203 of เกมส์ยิงปลาออนไลน์ them, wrapped in plastic bags. Because of the heat, the blood had started to decay.
Hong Kong officials say the women were mules who admitted they had been paid 100 to 300 RMB ($14 to $42) to carry the sensitive material over the border.
More recently, in February 2019, a 12-year-old girl was stopped at Luohu port, another entry point into Hong Kong, with 142 blood samples hidden in her backpack. "Cross-border students basically don't แทงบอลออนไลน์789 bring anything other than books, stationery and snacks, so their schoolbags usually look lean. But we saw that hers looked so full that it might burst, so we scanned her bag," said a Luohu port staff member quoted by China's state-run People's Daily.
Blood smuggling to Hong Kong from mainland China, where sex testing is forbidden, has increased sharply over แทงบอล789 the past three years. The samples are sent to Hong Kong clinics to be tested for fetal DNA, which allows the future parents to find out the sex of their child.
Demand for China is strong. Despite the partial lifting of the one-child policy, many Chinese couples are opting to only have one baby, and when they do they want it to be a boy.
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Chile's president declares state of emergency after riots over metro fare hike
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera declared a state of emergency in a televised address to the nation on Friday after days of violent protests in the country's capital.
Hundreds have taken to the streets of Santiago and surrounding cities in recent เว็บพนันบอล ดีที่สุด days to protest against the rising cost of public transport, vandalizing metro stations and even setting an electrical company building on fire.
"The objective of this state of emergency is very simple, but very profound," Piñera said, "it's to ensure public order, bring peace to เว็บคาสิโนออนไลน์ Santiago and protect public and private property."
Piñera condemned this week's violence and looting, saying that because of currency exchange fluctuations, it was necessary to raise the price of public transport. But he added that he sympathized with those who were bearing the cost of the rises.
"In the coming days, our government will call for a dialogue ... to alleviate the suffering of those affected by the increase in fares," Pinera said in the broadcast address, according to Reuters.
The President said that under special state security laws, those who caused the คาสิโนออนไลน์มือถือ damage across the city would be prosecuted, the news agency added.
At least 180 people were detained and 57 police officers were injured in Friday's protests, according to the Chilean Police Director General, Mario Rozas.
Rozas said civilians were สมัครคาสิโนออนไลน์ also injured during the protests, but he did not give a number.
During the same news conference, the mayor of Santiago's metropolitan area, Karla Rubilar Barahona said that the destruction of the metro stations was "massive."
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a white horse on snowy, symbolic mountain
Seoul North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken a scenic -- and politically significant -- ride on a white horse on a snowy พนันออนไลน์ mountain that's considered sacred to many Koreans.
Photos released by North Korean state media KCNA Wednesday show the leader on the back of a white steed, cantering past trees พนันบอลเล่นยังไง and over mountain planes dusted with snow.
But it was no ordinary horseback mountain ride -- according to KCNA, Kim was taking in the first snow on Mount Paektu, one of the country's most important cultural and geological sites.
Paektu, a still-active volcano, is the highest point on the Korean Peninsula. According to legend, it's the birthplace of Dangun, the mythical founder of the first Korean kingdom some 4,000 years ago.
During peace talks last year, Kim took South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the symbolic mountain making Moon the first South Korean president to visit the peak.
This latest ride comes amid tensions on the peninsula. North Korea test fired a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile earlier สมัครแทงบอล this month -- its 11th launch since May. Before the recent launches, North Korea had refrained from missile tests for more than a year.
The mountain is an important propaganda piece for North Korea, as the Kim dynasty has absorbed its mythology into the family's own lore and deification.
North Korean society prizes racial purity and state propaganda glorifies the Kim family for their "Mount Paektu bloodline," which แทงบอลไม่มีขั้นต่ำ is said to be a noble and heroic lineage tied to the ancient legendary kings of the Korean Peninsula.
Kim Il Sung, North Korea's founder and Kim Jong Un's grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting Japanese occupation. State media often refers to the eldest Kim in reference to the mountain, using titles like the "legendary hero of Paektu."
North Korea claims Kim Jong Il, the current leader's late father, was born there. However, many historians and scholars believe the story was fabricated for propaganda purposes.
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Thirteen police killed in Mexico cartel ambush
Thirteen Mexican police officers were killed in an ambush Monday in Michoacan, according to local authorities บาคาร่าฟรี in the violent western state.
Five police vehicles were traveling through the municipality of Aguililla in the early morning when they were ambushed การเล่นบาคาร่าออนไลน์ by more than 30 armed individuals, according to a statement from the Michoacan state prosecutor.
The attackers, in five "presumably armored" vehicles, opened แทงบอลฟรี fire with high caliber weapons, said the prosecutor, Adrián López Solís.
Security forces dispatched แทงบอลเครดิตฟรี to the scene found officers slain and injured with bullet wounds, their vehicles shot up and two of them on fire, the statement said.
Images published on social media showed posters left on police vehicles signed "CJNG" -- the initials of the Jalisco New รูเล็ตฟรี Generation Cartel. Reuters cited a state official as confirming the authenticity of the photos, which also showed warnings to police not to support rival crime gangs in the area.
Mexico is struggling to maintain public security amid worsening violence driven by powerful drug trafficking organizations. The state เว็บเล่นรูเล็ตสายฟ้า of Michoacan is a strategic transit point and has long been the site of spectacular bloodshed as criminal groups battle for control.
Mexico's security ministry condemned the attack and offered "human and technological resources" to bring the perpetrators to justice.
The ministry initially tweeted that 14 officers had been killed, but the Michoacan state security ministry later confirmed that the death toll was in fact 13, reported CNN en Español.
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Catalan independence leaders given lengthy prison sentences by Spanish court
Madrid Nine Catalan independence leaders have received lengthy prison sentences of between nine and 13 years for บาคาร่าฟรี their part in a failed 2017 attempt to split from Spain, but were acquitted of the most serious charge against them.
They were found not guilty on charges of การเล่นบาคาร่าออนไลน์ rebellion, which carries a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.
Three other defendants were found guilty of disobedience, fined and banned from public office for 20 months.
Oriol Junqueras, the former vice แทงบอลฟรี president of Catalonia, received the longest sentence. He was handed 13 years in prison and banned from holding public office for 13 years after being found guilty of sedition and misuse of public funds.
In 2017, Spain descended into its worst political crisis since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s, when separatist แทงบอลเครดิตฟรี leaders attempted to push forward with the region's secession.
Police and protestors clashed in the streets as a referendum -- ruled illegal by Spain's constitutional court -- went ahead and รูเล็ตฟรี was followed by a declaration of independence in October that year.
Catalonia President Quim Torra described Monday's sentences as an "act of revenge, not of justice" by the Spanish government.
Torra told reporters that he had asked to appear in front of the Catalonian parliament as soon as possible and เว็บเล่นรูเล็ตสายฟ้า would urgently send a letter to the King of Spain and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
"Catalonia lives a critical hour," Torra told reporters, describing the 12 defendants as "honorable and peaceful people."
"We demand amnesty. Threat, imprisonment and punishment are not the solution.
That is the inheritance of the dictatorship, not a trait of democracy."
Canberra becomes the first city in Australia to legalize marijuana
Canberra becomes the first city in Australia to legalize marijuana
The Australian capital Canberra will become
บาคาร่าฟรี the country's first city to legalize marijuana following a landmark vote Tuesday night.
Lawmakers in the Australian Capital
การเล่นบาคาร่าออนไลน์ Territory voted to pass a bill allowing people aged 18 or over to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal use.
The new law is set to come into effect from January 31, 2020, state broadcaster ABC reported.
Under the new regulations, residents in the territory -- which is home to the capital -- will be able to legally possess up to 50 grams (1.76 ounces) of marijuana and cultivate up to two plants per person, or four แทงบอลฟรี per household.
The change makes the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) the first of Australia's six states and two main territories to legalize marijuana for personal use.
Drug laws differ depending on the state or territory. Under the ACT's current law, cultivating one or two cannabis plants or แทงบอลเครดิตฟรี possessing 50g (1.76 ounces) of cannabis carries a possible 160 Australian dollar fine ($108), while possessing more than 50g (1.76 ounces) of cannabis carries a maximum 8,000 Australian dollar fine or two years in prison -- or both.
According to the Australian government, marijuana is the country's most widely-used illicit drug. In the 2017-2018 financial year, there were over 72,000 cannabis-related arrests made in Australia -- and 92% of those arrested were consumers.
ACT's new law conflicts with national drug laws enacted by Australia's Parliament which prohibit the possession of marijuana.
According to the ABC, it could be รูเล็ตฟรี possible for those laws to overrule ACT's new law.
It's not the first time that ACT's laws have been in conflict with national laws. In 2013, the ACT legalized same-sex marriage -- but it was struck down by a decision by Australia's highest court, which ruled that the ACT legislation was inconsistent with the national law.
But attitudes are changing. In 2016, the Australian Parliament passed an amendment allowing marijuana to be legally เว็บเล่นรูเล็ตสายฟ้า grown for medical and scientific purposes for the first time in Australia.
In neighboring New Zealand, possessing marijuana for personal use is still illegal, although the country is set to hold a referendum on legalizing it next year
If New Zealand does legalize marijuana, it will be only the third country in the world after Uruguay and Canada to do so. Nine states in the United States and the District of Columbia also allow recreational marijuana use, and the drug has been decriminalized in many parts of Europe.
Canberra becomes the first city in Australia to legalize marijuana
Canberra becomes the first city in Australia to legalize marijuana
The Australian capital Canberra will become
บาคาร่าฟรี the country's first city to legalize marijuana following a landmark vote Tuesday night.
Lawmakers in the Australian Capital
การเล่นบาคาร่าออนไลน์ Territory voted to pass a bill allowing people aged 18 or over to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal use.
The new law is set to come into effect from January 31, 2020, state broadcaster ABC reported.
Under the new regulations, residents in the territory -- which is home to the capital -- will be able to legally possess up to 50 grams (1.76 ounces) of marijuana and cultivate up to two plants per person, or four แทงบอลฟรี per household.
The change makes the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) the first of Australia's six states and two main territories to legalize marijuana for personal use.
Drug laws differ depending on the state or territory. Under the ACT's current law, cultivating one or two cannabis plants or แทงบอลเครดิตฟรี possessing 50g (1.76 ounces) of cannabis carries a possible 160 Australian dollar fine ($108), while possessing more than 50g (1.76 ounces) of cannabis carries a maximum 8,000 Australian dollar fine or two years in prison -- or both.
According to the Australian government, marijuana is the country's most widely-used illicit drug. In the 2017-2018 financial year, there were over 72,000 cannabis-related arrests made in Australia -- and 92% of those arrested were consumers.
ACT's new law conflicts with national drug laws enacted by Australia's Parliament which prohibit the possession of marijuana.
According to the ABC, it could be รูเล็ตฟรี possible for those laws to overrule ACT's new law.
It's not the first time that ACT's laws have been in conflict with national laws. In 2013, the ACT legalized same-sex marriage -- but it was struck down by a decision by Australia's highest court, which ruled that the ACT legislation was inconsistent with the national law.
But attitudes are changing. In 2016, the Australian Parliament passed an amendment allowing marijuana to be legally เว็บเล่นรูเล็ตสายฟ้า grown for medical and scientific purposes for the first time in Australia.
In neighboring New Zealand, possessing marijuana for personal use is still illegal, although the country is set to hold a referendum on legalizing it next year
If New Zealand does legalize marijuana, it will be only the third country in the world after Uruguay and Canada to do so. Nine states in the United States and the District of Columbia also allow recreational marijuana use, and the drug has been decriminalized in many parts of Europe.
