Scrolling around...September 13, 2013

Catholic priest doused with acid in latest attack in Zanzibar
The elderly priest, Amselmo Mwangamba, was burned by the acid on his face, chest and arms, as he walked on the streets of Stone Town, the historical centre of the capital.

"He had just left the Internet cafe, but a few minutes later he came back screaming and begging for help," said Rukia Abbasi, who was working at the cafe. "We gave him water and rushed him to hospital."

Doctors said on Friday they were treating the cleric for the burns...

Boko Haram's Anti-Christian Violence Continues in Northern Nigeria
"There is no war in the north," Rev. Musa Asake, the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), told Morning Star News. "What we have is genocide against people of the Christian faith." Anti-Christian violence across Nigeria's northern and Middle Belt regions has continued to rise in both intensity and frequency in recent months, leading both Christians and foreign governments to condemn the constant violence and the Nigerian government's lack of decisive action to protect its citizens...

Nigeria: Jonathan Condemns Kidnap of Anglican Archbishop
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday said the federal government is winning the war against insurgency and other security challenges in some parts of the country as he also condemned the kidnapp of the Dean, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion and Archbishop of the Niger Delta Province...

Central African Republic: More than 3,500 houses burned down in the Diocese of Bouar
The Islamist rebels who ousted the president of the Central African Republic last spring are becoming “ever more aggressive” in their persecution of Christians, according to an Italian Carmelite missionary based in the country. In the past few days alone, up to 3,500 Christian homes were destroyed in the town of Bohong, which is part of the Diocese of Bouar in the country’s north, reported Father Aurelia Gazzera.

“Apocalyptic scenes have been played out,” he said, adding that many people have been killed, with their bodies still lying in the streets. Gazzera described the country’s deepening crisis in a telephone call with Aid to the Church in Need, an international Catholic agency helping persecuted Christians around the world...

Fukushima's radioactive ocean plume due to reach US waters in 2014
A radioactive plume of water in the Pacific Ocean from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will likely reach U.S. coastal waters starting in 2014, according to a new study. The long journey of the radioactive particles could help researchers better understand how the ocean’s currents circulate around the world.
Ocean simulations showed that the plume of radioactive cesium-137 released by the Fukushima disaster in 2011 could begin flowing into U.S. coastal waters starting in early 2014 and peak in 2016. Luckily, two ocean currents off the eastern coast of Japan — the Kuroshio Current and the Kuroshio Extension — has diluted the radioactive material so much that its concentration fell well below the World Health Organization’s safety levels within four months of the Fukushima incident. But it could have been a different story if nuclear disaster struck on the other side of Japan...

CFPB's data-mining on consumer credit cards challenged in heated House hearing
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials are seeking to monitor four out of every five U.S. consumer credit card transactions this year — up to 42 billion transactions – through a controversial data-mining program, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner.

A CFPB strategic planning document for fiscal years 2013-17 describes the “markets monitoring” program through which officials aim to monitor 80 percent of all credit card transactions in 2013...

"Biblical" rains trigger flooding that kills 3 in Colorado
Massive flash flooding along Colorado's picturesque Front Range mountains, triggered by what the National Weather Service termed "biblical rainfall amounts,'' killed at least three people Thursday, cut off small towns and forced countless residents to scramble for high ground.

Boulder, home to the University of Colorado, was among the hardest hit by the devastating waters. Classes were canceled, hundreds of students evacuated and a quarter of the campus buildings damaged by rising water, authorities said...

20% Of CIA Job Applicants Linked To Al-Qaida, Other Terrorists
At the same time a number of reports show al-Qaida growing in strength, contrary to the president's claims it's been "decimated," the terror group has penetrated CIA headquarters..

That's the latest shocking revelation from NSA leaker Edward Snowden's classified document dumps.

They reveal at least one in five applicants for CIA positions have had significant ties to terror groups Hamas, Hezbollah and even al-Qaida. Far from being "on the run," America's top enemy is working tirelessly to infiltrate our top security agencies.

The document states that counterintelligence officials have uncovered literally thousands of job applicants with "significant terrorist and/or hostile intelligence connections."...