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april 15, 2010
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Gates criticizes leaks group for war video on YouTube LIMA, Peru — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Tuesday took a swipe at the Web site that released secret military video footage of a 2007 incident in which civilians were killed. Gates said the videos released by the group WikiLeaks were out of context and provided an incomplete picture of the battlefield, comparing it to war as seen “through a soda straw.” “These people can put out whatever they want and are never held accountable for it,” said Gates, speaking to reporters while in route to Lima. “There is no before and no after. It is only the present.” The Web site last week released classified video of a 2007 incident in Iraq in which two Reuters news agency employees and several other civilians were killed or wounded by an Apache helicopter whose crew mistook them for insurgent fighters. Gates told reporters that the videos were akin to looking at war through a narrow lens and said that millions who have viewed it on YouTube and elsewhere could not understand what was going on before or after the airstrikes incidents. “That is the problem with these videos,” Gates said. “You are looking at the war through a soda straw and you have no context or perspective.” by julian e. barnes, mcclatchy newspapers
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[Thursday, April 15]
Wondering what’s going on around the ‘burg? Check out the events of the upcoming week. [Saturday, April 17]
[Monday, April 19]
What: Addressing Hunger in the NRV Where: Fieldstone United Methodist Church in Christiansburg When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost: Free
What: Big Event Where: Around Blacksburg When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Note: Check out VTBigEvent.org for more information
What: English Spring Faculty Colloquy — Dan Mosser When: 12:15 p.m. Where: Shanks 370 Cost: Free
What: Arab Fest — A Celebration of Arab Culture Where: Squires Brush Mountain A & B When: Noon to 4 p.m. Cost: Free
What: Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble Where: The Lyric When: 3 p.m. Cost: $3 for students/seniors, $5 for general admission
What: Womanspace Meeting Where: Women’s Center When: 5:30 p.m. Cost: Free
What: Bench Dedication in Honor of the Survivors of April 16, 2007 Where: April 16 Memorial When: 4 p.m. Cost: Free
What: Concert — Maya Renfro Where: Gillie’s When: 7 p.m. Cost: Free
What: Concert — Fort Vause Where: Gillie’s When: 7 p.m. Cost: Free What: Dance Party Where: Attitudes Bar and Cafe When: 9 p.m. Cost: $8 for ages 18-20, $5 for 21+; Ladies free before 10 p.m.
[Friday, April 16] What: April 16, 2007 Day of Rememberance Note: Check out WeRemember.vt.edu What: Seminar — Violence, Memory & Justice between Religion & Culture Where: 1040 Torgersen Hall When: 4 p.m. Cost: Free What: Concert — 4/16 Benefit Concert Series Where: Attitudes Bar and Cafe When: 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Cost: $5 Note: Proceeds go to Hope for Haiti What: Concert — Tim Wave Zero Where: Gillie’s When: 9:30 p.m. Cost: Free
What: Concert — Dave Matthews Tribute Band Concert Where: Drillfield When: 7 p.m. Cost: Free What: Progeny Film Festival Where: The Lyric When: 7 p.m. Cost: $5 What: Third Annual Bob Duncan Memorial 5K Run and Walk Where: The Lyric When: 7 p.m. Cost: $5 What: Show — Belly Dance Raqs Where: Awful Arthur’s When: 8 p.m. Cost: $5 Note: Ages 18-20 must enter before 9 p.m.
[Sunday, April 18] What: Fundraiser — International Women in Need present Zumbathon Where: Y-Center at 1000 N. Main St. When: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $10 What: Showcase — A Community of Leaders, a Legacy of Achievement Where: Newman Library When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: Free
[Tuesday, April 20] What: CLAHS Faculty and Student Awards Recognition Reception Where: Owens Banquet Hall When: 4 p.m. Cost: Free What: Concert — Dashboard Confessional Where: 7 p.m. When: Burruss Auditorium Cost: $20 for students, $25 for general admission; prices increase $5 day of show What: Concert — The Bridge Where: Attitudes Bar and Cafe When: 9 p.m. Cost: Cover
[Wednesday, April 21] What: Poetry — Under the Radar: John Casteen Where: GLC Room F When: 12:15 p.m. Cost: Free What: Play — Our Town Where: Squires Haymarket Theatre When: 7:30 p.m. Cost: $7 for students, $9 for general admission What: Comedy Club featuring Ed Fox Where: Attitudes Bar and Cafe When: 9 p.m. Cost: Cover
[All Week] This week, the Lyric is showing “The Ghost Writer” starring Ewan McGregor. Check out TheLyric.com for showtime information.
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Mexico threatens to cut off millions of cell phone users to fight extortion MEXICO CITY — Millions of cellular telephone users across Mexico face the threat that their service will be cut off as soon as Wednesday for failing to register their telephone numbers with the government — a requirement aimed at curbing a rash of telephone extortion attempts. A gradual suspension of unregistered numbers would begin Wednesday, said Hector Osuna, a top telecommunications official. Some private analysts doubted that the government would carry through on its threat to force cellular companies to suspend service on a massive scale, saying the economic effects would be too heavy, including in lost federal tax revenues. “It is very difficult to quantify, but it would be severe,” said Ernesto Piedras of the Competitive Intelligence Unit, a telecommunications consultancy in the capital. The major mobile providers alone stand to earn 4 billion pesos (about $300 million) less each month if service to all unregistered phones is suspended, Piedras said. Last year, Mexico’s Congress mandated that cellular phone users list their names and other personal data with a national registry as a way to cut down on runaway extortion schemes, some of them operated by gangs within prisons using cellular phones. Criminals carried out more than 120,000 attempted extortions by telephone last year, according to an advocacy group, the Citizens Council for Public Security. by tim johnson mcclatchy newspapers