Link: http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-muslims-protest-sharia-vigilante-patrolling-in-cedar-riverside-area/419321224/

Abdullah Rashid, 22, a Georgia native who moved to Cedar-Riverside last year, has been making the rounds in the Somali-dominated neighborhood, telling people not to drink, use drugs or interact with the opposite sex. If he sees Muslim women he believes are dressed inappropriately, he approaches them and suggests they should wear a jilbab, a long, flowing garment. And he says he's recruiting others to join the effor.t Minneapolis police received reports in February from concerned residents who saw Rashid in a dark green uniform that said "Muslim Defense Force" and "Religious Police" and had two flags associated with ISIS and other terrorist groups.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201704181052749920-drone-prison-drugs/

The UK has is to set up a unique new "drone squad" of specialist police to tackle the growing problem of drones being used to drop drugs, money, arms and mobile phones into British prisons, following a huge rise in their use throughout Britain.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/former-fec-chairwoman-calls-for-regulations-of-political-speech-on-the-internet/

Former Federal Election Commission chairwoman Ann M. Ravel says that political speech must be controlled on social media. She presented her remarks in a speech at UC Berkeley, calling for regulations against “fake news.” Ravel argued the proliferation of “fake news” and political advertising on platforms like Facebook influenced elections.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Trump_to_sign_%27Hire_American%27_executive_order/57995/0/38/38/Y/M.html

President Trump will sign a executive order Tuesday that will clamp down on guest worker visas and require agencies to buy more goods and services from U.S. companies and workers. By combining aspects of immigration policy with federal procurement regulations, Trump is using executive action to advance his philosophy of economic nationalism without waiting for action from Congress. Specifically targeted: The H-1B visa program, which allows 85,000 foreign workers into the United States each year to take specific high-skilled jobs with U.S. companies. The program is popular with the information technology industry, which Trump has accused of "importing low-wage workers on H-1B visas to take jobs from young college-trained Americans."

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/385145-france-terror-arrest-attack/

Guns and explosives were reportedly found during the search at the Rue de Crimee. The building's residents were evacuated after that, BFM TV reports. Earlier reports in French media said there were two potential attackers, aged 23 and 29, both armed. One of the attackers has recently converted to Islam, according to Soir media outlet.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/385115-turkey-protests-referendum-erdogan/

Thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul to protest the results of the referendum that extended powers of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Meanwhile, Erdogan celebrated his anticipated victory, telling international observers not to interfere.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-pen-idUSKBN17J1FU

Marine Le Pen:.""I will protect you. My first measure as president will be to reinstate France's borders,". "It is a choice between a France that is rising again and a France that is sinking.""Mass immigration is not an opportunity for France, it's a tragedy for France."Promising to immediately impose a moratorium on immigration, she said: "The French sometimes have fewer rights than foreigners - even illegal ones;plans to pull the country out of the euro.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/04/17/518448/north-korea-war-us-south-korea-missiles

During an interview with the BBC on Monday, North Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol stressed that any manner of military action by the US against his country would result in war.“We'll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis," he added. “If the US is planning a military attack against us, we will react with a nuclear pre-emptive strike by our own style and method."

Link: http://www.pravdareport.com/news/hotspots/conflicts/17-04-2017/137527-syria_landing_operation-0/

US-led coalition forces landed a group of commandoes near the Syrian city of Deir ez Zor. The operation was conducted in the territory to the east of the city, in the terrorist-controlled area, Sky News Arabia reports. Apache helicopters were used for the operation to land the commandoes, whose assignment was to destroy terrorists' supply points and ammo depots.

Link: http://investmentwatchblog.com/breaking-news-china-and-russia-send-ships-after-united-states-aircraft-carrier-moving-toward-north-korea/

China and Russia have dispatched ships from their navies to track the USS Carl Vinson nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is moving toward waters near the Korean Peninsula. China and Russia both prioritize a stable Korean Peninsula.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/asia/201704171052700019-three-us-aircraft-carriers-korean-peninsula/

Three US aircraft carriers, USS Carl Vinson, USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz, will enter the Sea of Japan next week. Washington and Seoul are discussing joint drills, which will include the three aircraft carriers, with USS Carl Vinson expected to enter the Sea of Japan by April 25 and other ships joining it,. Sunday night, South Korean and US military reported registering what they believed to be a failed missile test by Pyongyang. Friday, North Koreathreatened to destroy the US vessels near the Korean peninsula in case of US aggression.

Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/maduro-orders-venezuela-army-streets-151331802.html

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Venezuela has been rocked by two weeks of unrest since Maduro's camp moved to consolidate its control with a Supreme Court decision quashing the power of the opposition-majority legislature. Five people have been killed and hundreds wounded in the protests as riot police clashed with demonstrators. Maduro is fighting off the center-right opposition's efforts to force him from power amid an economic crisis that has sparked severe food shortages, riots and looting.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/americans-owe-1-trillion-in-credit-card-debt/

Federal Reserve data released April 7 shows that U.S. consumers owe $1.0004 trillion on credit cards, up 6.2 percent from a year ago. U.S. consumers who do not pay off their credit card bill each month carry an average monthly balance of $9,600, paying $1,254 a year in interest on average.

Link: http://www.orrazz.com/2017/04/pharmaceutical-giant-plotted-to-destroy.html

Aspen Pharmacare reportedly plotted to destroy stocks of life-saving medicines during a price dispute with the Spanish health service in 2014. After purchasing five different cancer drugs from British firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the company tried to sell the medicines in Europe for up to 40 times their previous price. One pack of a chemotherapy drug called busulfan, used to treat leukaemia, rose from £5.20 to £65.22 in England

Link: http://govtslaves.info/out-of-cash-more-than-90-of-india-atms-run-dry/

“The government’s intention is to encourage smart payment systems, banking officials said on Thursday that banks may slash the number of free ATM withdrawals or hike the charges levied to discourage people from using cash.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/So_Who_Are_the_Debt_Slaves_in_this_Rich_Nation%3F/57968/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Half of Americans do not have enough savings to pay for a minor emergency expense. t 46% of adults could not cover an emergency expense of $400, such as a broken windshield. 15% of American households have either zero or negative net wealth, according to the New York Fed. Negative net worth means they have more debt than assets. 47 million Americans, or nearly 15% of the population, live below the poverty line, according to the Census Bureau.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/385039-russia-warns-us-north-korea/

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: Mike Pence’s statement on the US running out of “strategic patience” towards Pyongyang does not contribute to resolving the crisis, “I hope that there won’t be any unilateral actions like we recently saw in Syria and that the US will follow the policies Trump repeatedly declared during his election campaign,” warned not to take any military actions and stressed that the “risky nuclear and missile endeavors of Pyongyang” violating UNSC resolutions could not be used as an excuse for violating international law and the UN Charter “in the same fashion” as in Syria.“I cannot call the Obama administration’s period an ‘era of strategic patience.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/run-for-your-life-the-american-police-state-is-coming-to-get-you_042017

Government social workers subjected a 3-year-old boy to a forced catheterization after he was unable to provide them with a urine sample on demand because the boy’s mother’s boyfriend failed a urine analysis for drugs. Angel Dobbs and her 24-year-old niece, Ashley, were pulled over by a Texas state trooper for allegedly flicking cigarette butts out of the car window. Insisting that he smelled marijuana, then called in a female trooper, who carried out a roadside cavity search, sticking her fingers into the older woman’s anus and vagina, then performing same procedure on the younger woman, wearing the same pair of gloves. No marijuana was found. Leila Tarantino subjected to two roadside strip searches in plain view of passing traffic during a routine traffic stop, while her two children—ages 1 and 4—waited inside her car, a female officer “forcibly removed” a tampon from Tarantino. Nothing illegal was found. David Eckert was forced to undergo an anal cavity search, three enemas, and a colonoscopy after allegedly failing to yield to a stop sign at a Wal-Mart parking lot. No drugs were found.

The constitutional change narrowly approved by the Turkish electorate will turn the country’s parliamentary system into a presidential one, greatly expanding the powers of a president who has already managed, in his more limited capacity, to arrest thousands of political opponents and virtually wipe out freedom of the press. The authority of Parliament and the judiciary might atrophy. Erdogan, who has effectively been running Turkey for the last 14 years, will be granted an opportunity to extend his rule. He claims the reforms will end political gridlock and dysfunction, thus shielding the country—which is beset by economic struggles and the civil war in neighboring Syria—from an array of threats. Turkey has suffered several military coups, the most recent attempt coming last summer.

Link: https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/7000-africans-made-it-to-europe-over-the-easter-weekend-as-invasion-heats-up/

U’s migration authority. EU agencies accuse NGO migrant rescue boats of creating a “pull factor” which only encourages more people to try to reach Europe. Italian Coast Guard estimated the number of those rescued since Friday was approaching 7,000, though that number will surely grow as a steady stream of rubber dinghies and rickety wooden fishing vessels were still being spotted off the coast of Libya.