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Two important figures in Iranian politics including the former president, Akbar Hachemi Rafsanjani, have been barred from running in next month’s presidential election.
In a blow to potential reformists, the list of eight cleared to stand by the electoral watchdog contains only candidates who are considered hardline conservatives.
Also excluded by the Guardian Council is President Ahmadinejad’s former chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei. He had already been described as a “deviant” by conservative clerics who suspect him of wanting to curb their influence.
Rafsanjani – who was president between 1989 and 1997 – had been sidelined from power over tacit support for reformers at the last presidential election in 2009, which brought street protests amid claims of fraud.
Last week around 100 conservative deputies in parliament launched a petition seeking to bar Rafsanjani and Mashaei from this year’s race.
A spokesman for the Guardian Council said on Monday that it would bar physically feeble candidates, a comment seen by many as a hint that it could disqualify Rafsanjani.
Among the eight candidates retained on the shortlist are Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani.
The Guardian Council’s decision means the next president looks set to be loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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‘Devastation and sadness’ in tornado-weary suburb of Moore, Oklahoma
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President Obama has tried to reassure the people of Moore in Oklahoma that the United States will stand by them with help on the ground “for as long as it takes” after the calamity of the tornado on Monday, May 20.
Amid the devastation, many survivors are said to be bewildered and stunned – almost unable to take in the destruction to their homes, their schools, their lives.
Some face the anguish of waiting for news of missing relatives and friends.
Euronews spoke to ABC News Correspondent Marci Gonzalez from the scene of the devastation.
Marci Gonzalez, ABC News: “This used to be a neighbourhood here behind me. We can see the homes flattened, residents have been going through to see if there is anything that they can salvage… looking for their pets… and you can see that there is very little left behind here in this neighbourhood and much more of Oklahoma looks like this. There were two elementary schools that were hit hard by this. Some children were killed. In at least one of those schools many others were injured. And at one of those schools we are told it is not longer a search and rescue effort, instead it’s a recovery effort. They are not expecting to find any more survivors there today.”
Nial O’Reilly, euronews: What is the feeling among the community?
Marci Gonzalez: “Absolute devastation when you think about the number of lives lost and how many of them were children. It’s really difficult to explain the level of sadness here. And this is a community that has been through something like this before, there was another major tornado here in this very same town back in 1999.”
euronews: This is a tornado zone. How is it possible that houses are built in such way that they can’t withstand tornadoes of this force?
Marci Gonzalez: “This was just an extraordinary powerful tornado, but they did have warning systems in place. There were sirens that went off somewhere between 15 and 20 minutes before this tornado touched down and if not for that, maybe it’s possible that more lives could have been lost. So at least there were those warnings in place telling people to seek shelter.”
euronews: How are the authorities responding now at a state level and at a federal level?
Marci Gonzalez: “There is a tremendous response. On the ground here, we are seeing every level of law enforcement and first responders from local to state… first responders from neighbouring communities have come to help. They go through the rubble and still try to find survivors, so it really is a community effort here.”
euronews: Is there hope that anybody will still be found alive?
Marci Gonzalez, ABC News: “As I said at the school, it is just a recovery effort. They are not expecting to find any survivors there. But I would say in the communities they have not given up hope, they are still people going around listening to hear if anyone is calling out from beneath the rubble. And people are still searching for their pets, still hoping to find their pets alive as well.”
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Emergency workers are searching for survivors in the US town of Moore, Oklahoma State, after a deadly tornado hit on May 20.
Officials confirmed that 24 bodies, including several children, had so far been recovered from the wreckage in the devastated town.
Earlier reports on the death toll were higher, but officials said that in the chaos some bodies may have been counted twice.
Plaza Towers Elementary School was reduced to ruins.
Oklahoma State Trooper Betsy Randolph explained how the rescue efforts began: “They started searching for people immediately, like at the school, more specifically. We went over there because it was such a confined area and such devastation.”
“We had to be careful as we stood on debris, that we weren’t standing on people buried underneath,” Randolph continued.
The three kilometre-wide tornado in Moore ranks among the most severe in recent US history. Authorities issued a warning to the town 16 minutes before it hit.
American flag
An American flag lies on top of an overturned car after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. A 3-km-wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 91 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Children with dog
Abby Madi (L) and Peterson Zatterlee comforts Zaterlee’s dog Rippy, after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. A 3-km-wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 91 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Destroyed cars
Destroyed cars are seen along Interstate 35 after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. A 3-km-wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 91 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Gas pumps missing
Gas pumps islands are seen without pumps after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. A 3-km-wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 91 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Two girls
Two girls stand in rubble after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. A 3-km-wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 91 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
USA’s deadliest tornadoes
Where:“Tri-State” (Missouri, Illinois and Indiana)
When: March 18, 1925
Casualties: 695
Where: Natchez, Mississippi
When: May 7, 1840
Casualties: 317
Where: St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois
When: May 27, 1896
Casualties: 255
Where: Tupelo, Mississippi
When: April 5, 1936
Casualties: 216
Where: Gainesville, Georgia
When: April 5, 1936
Casualties: 203
Where: Woodward, Oklahoma
When: April 9, 1947
Casualties: 181
Where: Joplin, Missouri
When: May 22, 2011
Casualties: 158
Where: Amite, Louisiana and Purvis, Mississippi
When: April 24, 1908
Casualties: 143
Where: New Richmond, Wisconsin
When: June 12, 1899
Casualties: 117
Where: Flint, Michigan
When: June 8, 1953
Casualties: 116
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20 fanger kan kræve erstatning for fodlænkeflugt
20 fanger kan nu krve i alt 600.000 kroner i erstatning af staten, fordi de
er blevet fejlagtig dmt for at flygte, mens de afsonede en dom med
elektronisk fodlnke i hjemmet, oplyser statsadvokat Jens Rn fra
Rigsadvokaten til Ritzau.
Vi har 20 sager, hvor folk er blevet dmt for at vre stukket af fra en
fodlnkeafsoning. S det er landet p et forholdsvis begrnset antal, siger
Jens Rn, der i frste omgang fandt 73 mulige fejldmte for flere typer
flugtforsg.
LS ARTIKELHjesteret: Dmte kan forlade
deres fodlnke straffrit
De flygtende fanger kan takke et hul i straffeloven, som tillod kriminelle,
der afsonede i hjemmet med en fodlnke, at flygte uden at f forlnget deres
straf.
Bde politikere og anklagemyndigheden troede dog, at fodlnkeflugt var dkket
ind under loven, indtil Hjesteret i starten af ret slog det modsatte fast.
Derfor kan de 20 dmte nu hver sge om op mod 30.000 kroner i erstatning for
de 30 dages fngsel, de har fet for fodlnkeflugt.
De dmte har fet et brev Samlet lyder statens regning for lovsjusk derfor p op mod 600.000 kroner.
Dertil kommer erstatning for eventuel tabt arbejdsfortjeneste for den
enkelte fange.
Staten erkender blankt fejlen, og derfor skal de 20 afsonere ikke lfte en
finger for at blive frikendt for flugten.
De har fet et brev om, at de er blevet dmt med urette, og byretssagerne
bliver nu anket til landsretten af anklagemyndigheden med pstand om
frifindelse, fortller Jens Rn.
Retssystemet har beget en fejl, og det skal vi selvflgelig rette op p, s
folk skal ikke selv gre noget. Derfor anker vi til frifindelse, forklarer
han.
Hvis politikerne vedtager ndringerne til loven om fangeflugt, kan hullet vre
lukket til sommer. Indtil da m ordensmagten njes med at sende fanger, der
flygter med fodlnke, til afsoning af resten af straffen i fngsel.
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