Egypt grants diplomatic immunity to military officers who led bloody 2013 crackdown

"The officers will be given the benefits and rights of a sitting government minister, and will enjoy diplomatic immunity when travelling abroad. They also will be protected from prosecution for any offences committed in the course of duty between 3 July 2013 - the day Mr Sisi led the military's overthrow of Morsi following mass protests against his rule - and 10 January 2016 - when the Egyptian parliament was reconvened. That period featured one of the bloodiest episodes in Egypt's modern history."

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Federal Court Sides with Federal Agents, Grants TSA Immunity from Lawsuits

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (July 17, 2018 ) – Last week, a Philadelphia Appeals Court ruled that TSA agents cannot be sued for molesting or falsely arresting air travelers. According to an article in Yahoo News the government has granted DHS employees immunity from lawsuits. “In a 2-1 vote, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said Transportation Security Administration (TSA)…

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Study on the Epistle of Jude by Jesse C Jones

This epistle (letter) was written by Judas (Jude), the brother of Jesus, Joses, Simon, and James who wrote the Book of James (see Matthew 13:55). It was after the resurrection that the brethren of our Lord acknowledged His Messiahship, and it may be Jude’s chagrin over his delayed recognition that caused him to make no mention of his relationship to Jesus in this epistle. Jude was not an apostle, and, in fact, seems to identify himself apart from the apostles in verses 17 and 18, where he refers to the “words spoken before by the apostles,” and identifies them as “they.” The exact date of this epistle is not known, although it was thought to have been written no earlier than 64 AD, and not later than 67 or 68 AD.

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Malaysian development fund officials stole $4.5 billion, and no one’s talking

"The major culprits in Malaysia’s epic 1MDB financial scandal may already have destroyed much of the evidence against them but newly minted Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng is confident a global money trail will reveal the truth."

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