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Stephen Fry under police investigation for blasphemy after branding God an 'utter maniac'

Stephen Fry is being investigated by Irish police over blasphemy claims more than two years after his outspoken comments about God on RTE's The Meaning of Life went viral.

Mr Fry described a hypothetical creator as “stupid” and an “utter maniac” for designing a world filled with undue suffering.

“Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world that is so full of injustice and pain?.

“The god who created this universe, if it was created by god, is quite clearly a maniac, an utter maniac, totally selfish.”.

According to the Irish Independent the comment were originally reported to police in 2015.

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A spokesman for Mr Fry told the Daily Telegraph there was “nothing for us to say while this is under investigation”. »

Raytheon has developed a laser-guided, rocket-powered grenade. It can be fired from a rifle and hit targets a mile and a half away.

Authored by raytheon.com

The Pike™ munition is a 17-inch-long, semi-active laser-guided precision weapon, measuring 40 mm in diameter and weighing two pounds.

Fired from a rifle-mounted grenade launcher, the miniaturized weapon can travel one and a half miles and hit within five yards or less of a target, minimizing collateral damage.

The Pike™ 40-mm precision-guided munition is fired from a rifle-mounted grenade launcher and uses a digital, semi-active laser seeker to engage fixed and slow-moving, mid-range targets. »

Plans for Increased Internet Surveillance Revealed in Leaked Documents

Authored by newsweek.com

The U.K. government plans to ask for powers allowing intelligence agencies to spy on people in real-time by introducing encryption ‘back doors’ to communications firms, according to leaked documents.

Privacy advocacy organization Open Rights Group obtained a leaked copy of the government’s draft technical capability notices (TCNs) regulation, which it has published in full on its website.

Killock previously described the Investigatory Powers Act—referred to widely as the ‘Snooper’s Charter’—as the “most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy. »

George and Amal Clooney donate $10,000 to dog rescue organization

Authored by aol.com

22 PHOTOS George and Amal Clooney out and about See Gallery George and Amal Clooney out and about VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 29: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white) George Clooney and Amal Clooney leave at the end of 'Un Muro o Un Ponte' Seminary held by Pope Francis at the Paul VI Hall on May 29, 2016 in Vatican City, Vatican.

(Photo by JOCE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Amal Clooney and George Clooney are seen on May 2, 2015 in New York City.

(Photo by Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: George Clooney and Amal Clooney are seen March 7, 2015 in New York City. »

Saudi Arabia to let women work and study without man's permission

Authored by independent.co.uk

Saudi Arabia plans to give women more control over their lives through study, work and hospital treatment.

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However Saudi Arabia was still ranked 141 of 144 countries in the 2016 Global Gender Gap, a World Economic Forum study on how women fare in economic and political participation, health and education. »