Another Stampede In South Africa Kills At Least 22 People!

At least 22 soccer fans died in a stadium stampede in Africa.Unfortunately,this is commonplace there.Witnesses to the incident say that the police instigated it by provoking the crowd.Here's more on this story from The AP:

"At the downtown morgue, family members were told to come and identify the dead. The morgue showed reporters a list of 19 names — including two children, the youngest of whom was age 10.

Momodou Kamara, who waited outside the morgue, blamed police for his brother's death. "My brother left to go to the stadium with his friends. At the entrance, they were attacked by security forces. That's what set off the stampede," he said.

Diarassouba Adama, who was inside the stadium at the time, also blamed police for the deadly tragedy.

"We saw people falling from the top bleachers. The stampede was provoked by the security forces who threw tear gas canisters at us. I don't know why they fired on us," he said as stood vigil outside the morgue.

State TV announced that Prime Minister Guillaume Soro was holding an emergency cabinet meeting later Monday to deal with the national tragedy. In Zurich, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter offered his condolences and also demanded a full investigation into the stampede.

"I wish to express extreme sorrow and extend our condolences to the Ivorian football community and, most importantly, to family, friends and loved ones following the tragic deaths in Abidjan," Blatter said in a statement.

It was the first match in the final stage of African qualifying for the 2010 World Cup being played in South Africa.

Stadium accidents are far too common in Africa, where soccer is intimately entwined with national pride. In June last year, 10 people died in an overcrowded stadium in Monrovia before a World Cup qualifying match between Liberia and Gambia. That match also went ahead after the tragedy.

In South Africa, the organizer of the next World Cup pledged that the problems that too often lead to stadium stampedes in Africa won't be an issue during the continent's first World Cup in 2010."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the entire story here.

A Mother Pleads Guilty To Starving Her Son To Death,But Will Withdraw Her Plea If He Is Resurrected!

Ria Ramkissoon is the woman who has pleaded guilty to starving her son to death on one condition.And it's one of the weirdest requests in American legal history.

If her son is resurrected,then she gets to withdraw that guilty plea!Apparently,the cult that she belonged to believes that will happen.

It's obvious that this woman was probably brainwashed,but she should not be allowed to go free.That's what will happen if she testifies against the other people who were involved in her son's death.She needs psychiatric treatment.Not freedom!Here's more from The Baltimore Sun:

"A 22-year-old woman accused of starving her infant son to death pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to one count of child abuse resulting in death and will be released from jail in exchange for her cooperation against co-defendants, who prosecutors say are fellow members of a cult called 1 Mind Ministries.

The unusual plea agreement also includes a "process of deprogramming" for Ria Ramkissoon and the promise that charges will be dropped if 2-year-old Javon Thompson is resurrected. Ramkissoon's attorney said his client insisted on the clause, which he believes is a first in American legal history, because she still holds out hope that her son will be brought back to life.

Prosecutors say the five suspects belonged to a small group of adults and children whose leader, Queen Antoinette, is accused of ordering members in January 2007 to withhold food and water from Javon. She believed he was a demon because he did not say "Amen" after he was fed, according to a statement of facts read by prosecutors.

After he died, Antoinette laid Javon's body on a couch, and the others knelt and prayed while Ramkissoon danced around the body, Assistant State's Attorney Julie Drake said. The group carried his remains in a green suitcase when they later moved to Philadelphia."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Jill Scott Excels At Everything,Including Her New HBO Series! I Know She'll Be A Great Mom As Well!

Jill Scott is pregnant & due at the end of April.I just saw her new HBO series & it was just as good as I thought it would be.She's got the South African accent down pack!You can really believe that she is from Botswana & not America! It's that good!Ms. Scott has proven that she is an all-around entertainer!Here's more on this great new series about a female detective from USA Today:

"Jill Scott is in the home stretch of one life-changing journey and just starting out on another.
The singer, poet and actress is expecting her first child April 25 and on Sunday makes her debut in HBO's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (8 p.m. ET/PT), an adaptation of the novels by Alexander McCall Smith.

Scott overcame personal obstacles to get the Agency job, in which she plays Precious Ramotswe, owner of a Botswanan detective agency. After auditioning for the late Anthony Minghella, Scott nailed the part but learned that same week that her mother had cervical cancer. Her mother ultimately got a clean bill of health, and as Scott was ready to get on a plane and begin shooting in Africa, she found out that she was seven weeks pregnant.

Now, as she and her fiancé, band member Lil' John Roberts, await the birth of their son, Scott is putting the finishing touches on their new home in Studio City, Calif. The performer, 36, is happy for the miracle she thought could never happen. At age 24, Scott was told by doctors that she would never have children, and they recommended a hysterectomy."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the full article here.