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Great Synagogue of Warsaw to ‘reappear’, 76 years after being destroyed by Nazis during Ghetto Uprising

The Great Synagogue of Warsaw, destroyed by the Nazis in 1943 during World War II, will re-appear as an image in blue light, brightening the sky above the city Thursday night.

The blue image, a virtual reconstruction projected against a glass building that’s now where the synagogue once stood, will serve to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that began April 19, 1943 when several hundred poorly armed Jews confronted several thousand German troops, resisting deportation to Nazi extermination camps.

A recording of prayers sung by the synagogue’s cantor will accompany the image. The cantor and his family perished in the ghetto.

Opened in 1878, the synagogue was then the largest in the world. Some 370,000 Jews lived in Warsaw before World War II, or one in three residents out of a population of 1.3 million.

After the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, the Nazis drove more than 400,000 Jews into the one square mile Warsaw Ghetto. Between 1940 and 1942, 90,000 Jews died in the ghetto from starvation and disease, said Dr. Michal Trezbacz, head of research at the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, while 265,000 were sent from the ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp.

The blue image, a virtual reconstruction projected against a glass building that’s now where the synagogue once stood, will serve to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

The blue image, a virtual reconstruction projected against a glass building that’s now where the synagogue once stood, will serve to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. (Marta Kuśmider )

On May 16, 1943, when the Warsaw Ghetto was firmly under Nazi control, SS leader Jurgen Stroop blew up the Great Synagogue. “The Warsaw Ghetto was no more,” he wrote. “The will of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler (the SS leader) had been done.”

The ghetto area is now the biggest Jewish cemetery in Europe, said Professor Jacek Leociak, a Holocaust expert from the Polish Academy of Sciences. Many of the dead were buried in the rubble after the Germans crushed the uprising. They razed the ghetto buildings block by block, using flamethrowers to force Jews from cellars where many hid.

“There were no Jews left to retrieve the bodies,” said Leociak. Their remains lie under the rebuilt Muranow district where the ghetto was located.

“The murdered Jews and synagogue can’t be brought back,” said Gabi Von Seltmann, creator of the night display. “But through a combination of remembrance and love we can overcome destruction and death.”

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15 April 2018, Warsaw, Poland: To commemorate the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, polish Artist, Gabi von Seltmann projects a photo of the great Synagogue of Warsaw, on its former location, that now has become a glass Sky Scraper. The synagogue was blown up by the Nazis in 1943.

15 April 2018, Warsaw, Poland: To commemorate the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, polish Artist, Gabi von Seltmann projects a photo of the great Synagogue of Warsaw, on its former location, that now has become a glass Sky Scraper. The synagogue was blown up by the Nazis in 1943. (Natalie Skrzypczak/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Von Seltmann said she launched the project with the support of the Open Republic Association Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia and the Jewish Historical Institute Association in Poland.

Warsaw native Marta Dziewulska, the spokesperson for the museum, said the image of the synagogue reminds her that Warsaw was a different city before the Germans razed it and slaughtered the Jews. The tiny presence of Jews in Poland dilutes her own identity, she said, because Jews were so woven into Polish life and now are gone.

“I can’t ask questions about the past from people who are no longer here,” she said.

Opened in 1878, the synagogue was then the largest in the world. Some 370,000 Jews lived in Warsaw before World War II, or one in three residents out of a population of 1.3 million.

Opened in 1878, the synagogue was then the largest in the world. Some 370,000 Jews lived in Warsaw before World War II, or one in three residents out of a population of 1.3 million. (Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews)

Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, will attend some of the commemoration events on Friday. He noted that the number of Holocaust survivors still living dwindles each year. Eventually, they will all be gone, which is why we must continue to bear witness to the Holocaust through our participation in these events.

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“This is a clarion call of what can happen… of what human beings can do to other human beings,” he said. “We must never let this happen again.”

Young volunteers, in a program organized by the museum, will hand out thousands of yellow paper daffodils as part of the commemoration, inspired by the late Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ghetto uprising. Edelman had brought yellow flowers to a large monument in the former ghetto that honors Mordecai Anielewicz, one of the uprising’s leaders.

On May 16, 1943, when the Warsaw Ghetto was firmly under Nazi control, SS leader Jurgen Stroop blew up the Great Synagogue. “The Warsaw Ghetto was no more,” he wrote. “The will of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler (the SS leader) had been done.”

On May 16, 1943, when the Warsaw Ghetto was firmly under Nazi control, SS leader Jurgen Stroop blew up the Great Synagogue. “The Warsaw Ghetto was no more,” he wrote. “The will of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler (the SS leader) had been done.” (Polin Museum the History of Polish Jews)

Rabbi Schudrich, recalling the heroism of the ghetto fighters, said a friend asked Edelman if he fought to choose his way of death. Schudrich quoted Edelman’s reply: “No, we fought in order to choose the way we live until we die.”

This commemoration is especially important now, said Deidre Berger, Director of the American Jewish Committee’s Berlin office.

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“The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is a story of opposition to an authoritarian regime of terror,” she said, “That should be told with ever greater urgency in a Europe rocked by growing anti-Semitism.”

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Chase Bank Bans Laura Loomer From Using & Accessing her Bank Account

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The Republican Party and conservative leaders are AWOL on this issue as the tech giants continue to ban, de-platform and demonetize conservative voices.

Conservative activist Laura Loomer was already banned from Twitter months ago. This was after Laura attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar on her own record and beliefs.
A CAIR activist was reportedly behind the silencing of Laura Loomer.

In January Laura Loomer was banned by PayPal.

Democrats are now going after commerce and and incomes of their political opposition.
This is America today.
This is like something you would read about in a banana republic.

And today Laura Loomer was blocked from her Chase Bank app.

Laura Loomer told The Gateway Pundit she spoke with the company today and she is not able to access her account online.

Laura told The Gateway Pundit:

Chase Bank targeting a Jewish Conservative activist and journalist is a disgusting attack on our rights as Americans. First they marginalized a colored man for his support of President Donald Trump. Then they targeted combat veteran Joe Biggs. Now they have suspended my access to the Chase app which I used to manage my bills. These censorship tactics that are being carried out by left leaning executives like Jamie Dimon, Jack Dorsey, and Mark Zuckerberg are disgusting and depraved. I’m the target today. Tomorrow, it could be any one of you who dares to have a conservative opinion or idea. These Nazi like censorship tactics send a clear message that supporting Donald Trump can bankrupt, silence, and marginalize people who ought to be considered a protected class. I’m sick to my stomach knowing that I am being targeted by billionaires who have now suspended my access to my online banking via the Chase App, and I am contemplating ways to fight back. The suspension of my chase app comes just weeks after I was banned by PayPal. Why am I being treated like a terrorist in my own country? Is it now a crime in America to be a supporter of President Donald Trump? It sure feels like it.

This is an initial report.
We are waiting to hear more from Chase Bank.

Republican leaders remain silent.

There is a petition at Change.org to restore Laura Loomer’s Paypal account.

Laura Loomer is planning a protest outside of the Twitter headquarters in New York City on Wednesday.

This article was written by Jim Hoft and originally appeared on thegatewaypundit.com

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Pregnant mother reportedly faces jail time for letting 3-year-old urinate in parking lot

A pregnant mom in Georgia -- who is expected to give birth later this month -- is now facing a court date for a disorderly conduct charge after she reportedly let her 3-year-old urinate in a gas station parking lot.

Brooke Johns told FOX5 Atlanta she was driving around Augusta on Wednesday when her son alerted her he needed to make a pit stop. Johns says she pulled into a gas station parking lot and, after being unable to carry the child inside, let him urinate outside while covering him. That attracted the attention of a nearby police officer.

"I said 'accidents happen.' And he was like – ‘take him in the bathroom,’" Johns said to the station. "What if I would have ran in the bathroom and someone had been in there? What was I going to let him do? Pee on the floor of the gas station?"

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Johns now has a court date at the end of the month -- just days before she is due with her next child, FOX5 Atlanta reported.

The judge that is assigned to the case could drop the charges, but if not, Johns reportedly faces up to a thousand dollars in fines and 60 days of jail time.

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Schiff: No ‘Regret’ in Calling Out Trump For ‘Unethical’ ‘Improper’ Conduct

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Sunday was unapologetic about charges of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, despite findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation,, saying “we should hold our elected officials to a higher standard.”

In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the lawmaker said “there is a different standard between Republicans and the Democrats.”

“The Republicans seem to think as long as you can't prove it's a crime, all is fair in love and war, that it's all okay, what the Trump administration, what the Trump campaign does,” he said. “I don't feel that way. I don't think most Americans feel that way.”

“I’m not going to stop making the point that we should hold our elected officials to a higher standard,” he said.

“I don't regret calling out this president for deeply unethical and improper conduct,” he added. “Not a bit… you've asked the question many times, is there risk of doing too much oversight. There is a risk when you have an immoral president, a president lacking in basic character who violates the norms of office, an even greater risk of doing too little oversight. I make no apologies for that. I'll continue holding this administration accountable.” 

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Spain claims success in Gibraltar row with Britain

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians cross the tarmac at Gibraltar International Airport, in front of the Rock, near the border with Spain in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar
FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians cross the tarmac at Gibraltar International Airport, in front of the Rock, near the border with Spain in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, November 25, 2018. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

April 4, 2019

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Spain has claimed victory in an argument with Britain over the status of Gibraltar, after the European Parliament passed a law that referred to the peninsula as a “colony of the British Crown”.

The row may be a foretaste of Britain’s diminished heft once it leaves the European Union, which is always likely to take the side of a member against a non-member.

The reference upset London and held up the bill, already approved by the EU executive, which guarantees that Britons will be able to visit the European Union for up to 90 days without visas even if Britain leaves the EU without a deal, as long as Britain reciprocates.

A Spanish government spokesman said it was “the first time that the European Parliament and the … member states have recognized that Gibraltar is a colony”, and “a great step forward for the position and claims made by Spain”.

Spain ceded the port at the mouth of the Mediterranean to Britain in 1713 after a war, but claims sovereignty over it.

Gibraltar was a “crown colony” when Britain joined the European bloc in 1973, but London reclassified it as a “British overseas territory” in 2002.

Officials say Britain did not object when the European Court of Justice said in rulings in 2006 and 2017 that Gibraltar was “a colony of the British crown” rather than part of the United Kingdom. But London has been irritated by Spain’s push to raise the sovereignty dispute in the Brexit process.

A British spokeswoman said in February that Gibraltar was a “full part of the UK family” and that it was “completely inappropriate” to call it a colony.

Gibraltarians, whose economy depends on an open border with Spain, voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU in Britain’s 2016 referendum.

Spain, which is holding national elections on April 28, sees Brexit as a chance to rally the rest of the EU behind its claim to the territory of 33,000 inhabitants.

It has already secured a right of veto over whether future Brexit arrangements can apply to Gibraltar once Britain has left the EU.

(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska in Brussels and Joan Faus in Madrid; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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Germany’s tough stance on 5G security a ‘positive step forward’: U.S. official

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Deputy Assistant secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy Robert Strayer holds a news briefing at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Deputy Assistant secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy Robert Strayer holds a news briefing at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo

April 10, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) – The United States wants foreign governments to follow Germany in adopting stricter security standards for next-generation 5G networks, a U.S. cybersecurity official said on Wednesday, adding that doing so would effectively rule out the use of Chinese equipment vendors.

Germany in March set tougher criteria for vendors supplying telecoms network equipment, stopping short of singling out China’s Huawei Technologies for special treatment and instead saying the same rules should apply to all vendors.

Speaking on a call with reporters on Wednesday, Robert Strayer, deputy assistant secretary for cyber, international communications and information policy at the U.S. State Department, said Washington approved of the German move.

“At this point we’re looking for governments to adopt security standards like we’re seeing in Germany,” he said. “We think it was a very positive step forward in the German standards.”

(Reporting by Jack Stubbs and Cassell Bryan-Low; Editing by David Evans)

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Wisconsin mother of 7 pleads guilty to ISIS terror-related charges

A Wisconsin mother of seven has pleaded guilty to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State terror network by distributing information on making explosives and biological weapons, according to reports.

Waheba Issa Dais entered her plea Monday but the agreement was finalized last month, Fox 6 reported.

The mother, who lives in Cudahy, a city just south of Milwaukee, faces up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing was scheduled for Sept. 12.

Waheba Issa Dais, a Wisconsin mother of seven, has pleaded guilty to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of ISIS. (Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department)

Waheba Issa Dais, a Wisconsin mother of seven, has pleaded guilty to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of ISIS. (Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department)

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She initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of providing material support to terrorists but prosecutors dropped one of the charges in exchange for her guilty plea.

Court documents said she used hacked social media accounts to discuss possible attacks with self-proclaimed members of ISIS.

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Prosecutors said Dais tried to recruit people to carry out attacks and provided information on making explosives and poisons.

“These cases demonstrate the continuing and evolving terrorism threat posed by foreign terrorism organizations,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Matthew Krueger said.

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Frank Miles is a reporter and editor covering geopolitics, military, crime, technology and sports for FoxNews.com. His email is Frank.Miles@foxnews.com.

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FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of a displayed Huawei and 5G network logo in this illustration picture
FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of a displayed Huawei and 5G network logo in this illustration picture, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

April 26, 2019

By Charlotte Greenfield

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies said Britain’s decision to allow the firm a restricted role in building parts of its next-generation telecoms network was the kind of solution it was hoping for in New Zealand, where it has been blocked from 5G plans.

Britain will ban Huawei from all core parts of 5G network but give it some access to non-core parts, sources have told Reuters, as it seeks a middle way in a bitter U.S.-China dispute stemming from American allegations that Huawei’s equipment could be used by Beijing for espionage.

Washington has also urged its allies to ban Huawei from building 5G networks, even as the Chinese company, the world’s top producer of telecoms equipment, has repeatedly said the spying concerns are unfounded.

In New Zealand, a member of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network that includes the United States, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) in November turned down an initial request from local telecommunication firm Spark to include Huawei equipment in its 5G network, but later gave the operator options to mitigate national security concerns.

“The proposed solution in the UK to restrict Huawei from bidding for the core is exactly the type of solution we have been looking at in New Zealand,” Andrew Bowater, deputy CEO of Huawei’s New Zealand arm, said in an emailed statement.

Spark said it has noted the developments in Britain and would raise it with the GCSB.

The reports “suggest the UK is following other European jurisdictions in taking a considered and balanced approach to managing supplier-related security risks in 5G”, Andrew Pirie, Spark’s corporate relations lead, said in an email.

“Our discussions with the GCSB are ongoing and we expect that the UK developments will be a further item of discussion between us,” Pirie added.

New Zealand’s minister for intelligence services, Andrew Little, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

British culture minister Jeremy Wright said on Thursday that he would report to parliament the conclusions of a government review of the 5G supply chain once they had been taken.

He added that the disclosure of confidential discussions on the role of Huawei was “unacceptable” and that he could not rule out a criminal investigation into the leak.

The decisions by Britain and Germany to use Huawei gear in non-core parts of 5G network makes it harder to prove Huawei should be kept out of New Zealand telecommunication networks, said Syed Faraz Hasan, an expert in communication engineering and networks at New Zealand’s Massey University

He pointed out Huawei gear was already part of the non-core 4G networks that 5G infrastructure would be built on.

“Unless there is a convincing argument against the Huawei devices … it is difficult to keep them away,” Hasan said.

(Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in front of the company’s headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

April 26, 2019

(Reuters) – Glencore shares plunged the most in nearly four months on Friday after news overnight that U.S. regulators were investigating whether the miner broke some rules through “corrupt practices”.

Shares of the FTSE 100 company fell as much as 4.2 percent in early deals, and were down 3.5 percent at 310.25 pence by 0728 GMT.

On Thursday, Glencore said the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating whether the company and its units have violated some provisions of the Commodity ExchangeAct and/or CFTC Regulations.

(Reporting by Muvija M in Bengaluru)

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Well, Joe Biden didn’t exactly clear the field.

I don’t think it matters much that Biden waited until yesterday to become the 20th Democrat vying for the nomination, even though it exposed him to weeks of attacks while he seemed to be dithering on the sidelines.

A much greater warning sign, in my view, is the largely negative tone surrounding his debut. He is, after all, a former vice president, highly praised by Barack Obama, who has consistently led in the early primary polls, and beating President Trump in head-to-head matchups. Yet much of the press is acting like he’s an old codger and it’s just a matter of time before he keels over politically.

This is all the more remarkable in light of the fact that the vast majority of journalists and pundits know and like Joe Biden and his gregarious personality.

The reason is that Biden, after a half-century in politics, lacks excitement, and the press is magnetically attracted to novel and unorthodox types like Beto and Mayor Pete. You don’t see Biden on the cover of Vanity Fair, and a grind-it-out win by a conventional warrior doesn’t set journalistic hearts racing.

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For many in the media, Biden isn’t liberal enough, at least not for the post-Obama era. He doesn’t promise free college and free health care and has a history of working with Republicans, such as John McCain (whose daughter Meghan loves him, and Biden will hit “The View” today.)

What’s more, Biden’s campaign style — speak at rallies, rack up union endorsements — seems hopelessly old-fashioned when we measure popularity by Instagram followers. News outlets are predicting he’ll have trouble getting in the online fundraising game, leaving him reliant on big donors, which used to be standard practice.

And then there’s the age thing. Biden would be the oldest president to be inaugurated, at 78, and he looked a step slow in encounters with reporters yesterday and a few weeks ago.

But what if the journalists are in something of a Twitter bubble, and the actual Democratic Party is much more moderate? We saw that with the spate of allegations by women of unwanted touching, which dominated news coverage until polls showed that most Dem voters weren’t concerned. In that wider world, the Scranton guy’s connection to white, working-class voters could help him against Trump in the industrial Midwest.

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Biden denounced the president’s term as an “aberrant moment” in his launch video, saying four more years would damage the country’s character and “I cannot stand by and watch that happen.”

But first, he’d have to win the nomination in the face of an unenthusiastic press corps.

A New York Times news story said Biden would be “marshaling his experience and global stature in a bid to lead a party increasingly defined by a younger generation that might be skeptical of his age and ideological moderation.”

The Washington Post quoted Democratic strategists as saying that Biden faces an “uphill battle” and “isn’t necessarily the heir apparent to Obama, despite being his No. 2 in the White House for eight years. They argue voters will judge Biden by the span of his decades-long career and are worried the veteran pol hasn’t yet found a winning formula for his own candidacy.”

The liberal Slate said the ex-veep’s rivals view him as a “paper tiger”:

“Biden is something more like a 2016 Jeb Bush: a weak establishment favorite whose time might be past … Biden’s biggest challenge in the primary will be a compromised past spanning nearly 50 years.”

“Compromised” suggests a history of scandal, yet what Slate means is political baggage, such as his backing of a Clinton-era crime bill unpopular with black voters today. Yet I think the rank and file isn’t as concerned about a vote back in 1994, or even the Anita Hill hearings, as the chattering classes.

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One of the few left-leaning pundits to suggest the press is underestimating Biden is data guru Nate Silver at 538:

“Media coverage could nonetheless be a problem for Biden. Within the mainstream media, the story of Biden winning the nomination will be seen as boring and anticlimactic. That tends not to lead to favorable coverage. Meanwhile, some left-aligned media outlets may prefer candidates who are some combination of more leftist, more wonkish, more reflective of the party’s diversity, and more adept on social media.

“If Biden is framed as being out of touch with today’s Democratic Party and that narrative is repeated across a variety of outlets, it could begin to resonate with voters who don’t buy it initially. If he’s seen as a gaffe-prone candidate, then minor missteps on the campaign trail could be blown up into big fumbles.”

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Look, it’s entirely possible that Biden could stumble, get lapped in fundraising and just be outclassed by younger and savvier rivals. He was hardly a great candidate in 1987 and in 2008.

But if the former vice president finds his footing and the field narrows, the press will be forced to change its tune, and we’ll see a spate of stories about how Joe Biden has “grown.”

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South Africa's 400m Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk looks on as he attends South African Championships in Germiston
South Africa’s 400m Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk looks on as he attends South African Championships in Germiston, South Africa, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

April 26, 2019

GERMISTON, South Africa (Reuters) – Olympic 400 meters champion Wayde van Niekerk has backed South African compatriot Caster Semenya in her battle with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which now appears to have taken a new twist.

Semenya, a double 800 meters Olympic gold medalist, is waiting for the outcome of her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to halt the introduction of new regulations by governing body IAAF that would require her to take medicine to limit her natural levels of testosterone.

The IAAF wants female athletes with differences of sexual development who run in events from 400 meters to a mile, to reduce their blood testosterone level to below five (5) nmol/L for a period of six months before they can compete, saying they have an unfair advantage.

“She’s fighting for something beyond just track and field, she’s fighting for woman in sports, in society and I respect her for that,” Van Niekerk told reporters.

“I will support her and with the hard work and talent that she’s been putting into the sport. With what she believes in and what she’s dreaming for, I’ve got a lot of respect for her.

“I really hope and pray that everything just goes from strength to strength for her.”

Semenya has sprung a surprise at the on-going South African Athletics Championships though, ditching the 800 meters and instead competing over 1,500 and 5,000-metres – the latter one would not require her to medically lower her testosterone level.

She stormed to victory in the 5,000-metres final in a modest time of 16:05.97, but looked to have lots left in the tank as she passed the finish line.

Semenya beat fellow Olympian and defending national 5,000m champion Dominique Scott in Thursday’s final but the latter admitted she is unsure whether the 800m specialist could be a serious Olympic contender over the longer distance.

“Honestly‚ I have no idea‚” Scott said. “Before today I probably would have said no. It’s hard to compare a 5,000 at altitude to a 5,000 at sea level.

“But I think she’s an amazing runner and I don’t think there’s any limit or ceiling on what she can do.”

Van Niekerk, the 400m world record holder, had to abort his comeback from a knee injury, that had sidelined him for 18 months, following a combination of cold weather and a wet track.

“We are trying to take the correct decisions now early in the year so as not to put myself in any harm,” he said.

“It was a bit chilly this entire week prepping and coming through here as well it was quite cold and it caused bit of tightness in my leg. We decided to not risk it.

“My recovery is going well and I would like to be back in competition this year, but will only do so if I can deliver a good performance.

“I am a competitor and respect my opponents, so I need to be at my best when I return.”

(Reporting by Nick Said, additional reporting by Siyabonga Sishi; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)

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The suspected leader of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka died in the Shangri-La hotel, one of six hotels and churches targeted in the attacks that killed at least 250 people, authorities said.

Police said Mohamed Zahran, leader of the National Towheed Jamaat militant group, had been killed in one of the bombings. The group’s second in command was also arrested, police said.

Zahran amassed an online following for his hate-filled sermons. Some were delivered before a banner depicting the Twin Towers.

Sri Lankan authorities said Friday that Islamic cleric Mohammed Zahran died in the blast at the Shangri-La hotel during the Easter Sunday atatcks that killed at least 250 people. 

Sri Lankan authorities said Friday that Islamic cleric Mohammed Zahran died in the blast at the Shangri-La hotel during the Easter Sunday atatcks that killed at least 250 people.  (YouTube)

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday that the attackers responsible for the bombings were supported by the Islamic State group. Around 140 people in Sri Lanka had connections to ISIS, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said.

“We will completely control this and create a free and peaceful environment for people to live,” he said.

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Investigators determined the attackers received military training from someone called “Army Mohideen.” They also received weapons training overseas and at some locations in Sri Lanka, according to authorities.

A copper factory operator arrested in connection with the bombings helped Mohideen make improvised explosive devices, police said. The bombings have led to increased security throughout the island nation as authorities warned of another attack.

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