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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

SHEREHE ZA UBINGWA ZA PSG ZAZUILIWA NA SERIKALI YA UFARANSA


http://www.france24.com/en/20130514-psg-ligue1-celebrations-banned-violence-paris

Paris’s police chief Bernard Boucault has announced there will be no more celebrations on the streets of the French capital for Paris Saint-Germain after celebrations to mark the club’s first title in 19 years erupted in violence on Monday.

 
Celebrations to mark Paris Saint-Germain’s first French league title in 19 years were cut short on Monday after violent scenes in which fans fought with riot police, leaving 30 people injured, including three police officers.
Following the clashes, which have dealt a serious blow to PSG’s bid to restore its image following years of fan violence, Paris Police Commissioner Bernard Boucault said that PSG would never again be allowed to hold a public celebration in the French capital.
A total of 800 officers were deployed to contain the supporters, Boucault said, but it took them several hours to bring the situation under control.
“The conclusion you can draw is that there won’t be more any more events like this in a public place for Paris Saint-Germain,” Boucault said.



Smoke bombs and stones thrown


PSG struggles to combat hooligan problem
Tens of thousands of fans had gathered at the Place du Trocadero by the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday evening to see PSG’s players and coach Carlo Ancelotti parade the Ligue 1 championship trophy, secured with a 1-0 win at Lyon on Sunday night.
Dressed smartly in dark suits, the players drew loud cheers from the fans. Some in the crowd stood on rooftops, lit flares and climbed scaffolding.
But there was not even time for a speech from Ancelotti or captain Thiago Silva, who held the trophy aloft with defensive partner Mamadou Sakho. After only a few minutes, the players were led away by security officials.
Riot police moved in and fired tear gas after smoke bombs and various objects were thrown, and the fans surged towards the players' podium, officials said.
"There were numerous smoke bombs and objects thrown at the players' podium, and a strong surge by the crowd when the players got onto the podium,” a police source told the AFP news agency.
"Police officers reinforced security around the podium which resulted in objects being thrown at the security forces."
Interior Minister blamed
France’s main opposition UMP party laid the blame for the violent clashes at Interior Minister Manuel Valls' door, accusing him of "amateurism" over the security operation put in place for Monday’s celebrations.
Claude Goasguen, the UMP mayor of Paris’s 16th arrondissement, where the clashes took place, even called for Valls to resign over the incident.
“The safety of people, fans, players and journalists was not assured,” he said in a statement. “The Interior Minister must assume full responsibility.”
Live images broadcast from the Trocadero showed an “unacceptable” level of confusion in the efforts to contain the violence, Geoffroy Didier, deputy secretary general of the UMP, said in a separate statement.
"Where was the chief of police? What orders were given or not given? Where was the Interior Minister?” he said.
It is not the first time police authorities have been caught out this season. Prior to PSG’s Champions League home match against Dinamo Zagreb in November, about 100 hooligans from PSG and Dinamo clashed in the Bastille area of Paris the night before the game - despite there already being a decree in place banning the opposition fans from attending the game.

Angelina Jolie undergoes double mastectomy

" I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could," Angelina Jolie wrote in The New York Times op-ed.


(CNN) -- Actress Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed article on Tuesday that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
"My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman," Jolie wrote. "Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy."
Jolie's mother, actress and producer Marcheline Bertrand, died of ovarian cancer in 2007 at the age of 56.
In the Times op-ed, titled "My Medical Choice," Jolie said she finished three months of medical procedures at the Pink Lotus Breast Center in California on April 27 that included the mastectomies and reconstruction.
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"I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made," Jolie wrote. "My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent."
BRCA stands for breast cancer susceptibility genes -- a class of genes known as tumor suppressors, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Mutation of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes has been linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Oscar-winning film star
Jolie may be best known for title role in the "Laura Croft" series of films, but also won an Academy Award as best supporting actress in "Girl, Interrupted." She also received a Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same role.
Jolie serves as a special enjoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and has visited refugee camps around the world.
The actress has been in a relationship with actor Brad Pitt since the mid 2000s and they are engaged. The couple has three biological and three adopted children.
In telling her story, Jolie acknowledged that surgery might not be the right choice for every woman.
"For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options," Jolie wrote. "I want to encourage every woman, especially if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek out the information and medical experts who can help you through this aspect of your life, and to make your own informed choices."
But for Jolie, the decision ultimately came down to her kids.
"I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer," she said.
It's a pain Jolie knows all too well from losing her mother to the disease.