Nigerian Student, Dies in Police Custody in The US

(CNN)Two sheriff's deputies in Georgia have been placed on leave with pay for "inappropriate actions" in the case of a college student who died in the county jail, a Chatham County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said.

Cpl. Maxine Evans and Cpl. Jason Kenny will remain on administrative leave until the conclusion of an investigation into the death of Matthew Ajibade, a 22-year-old student from Nigeria who died last week in an isolation cell of the Savannah jail, said Gena Bilbo, the sheriff's spokeswoman.

Authorities provided no further details into the deputies' conduct.

Blogger sentenced to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes set to be publicly flogged for 'insulting 'Islam'

·         A blogger will be publicly flogged  as part of his 10-year jail term for 'ridiculing Islamic religious figures'.

·         Raif Badawi, who co-founded the Free Saudi Liberals website, was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 1,000 lashes and a decade in prison for insulting Islam on his online forum. 

Today in Histroy

January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

  49 BC

  Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.

236

Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.

  1645

 Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at theTower of London

1776

Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published.

1863

The first underground passenger railway, the Metropolitan, opened in London.

1920

The League of Nations came into existence.

1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Miami, FL, to Trinidad thus becoming the first American President to visit a foreign country during wartime.

The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented

1967

The first African-American senator elected by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.

1984 – Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy

2003

North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Quote of the Day

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” 

– Albert Einstein

Jackie Chan's Son Sentenced to Six Months in Prison

Jackie Chan's son Jaycee being led into a Beijing court

 The son of actor Jackie Chan has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleaded guilty in a Beijing court to providing a venue for drug users.

Police seized more than 100 grams of marijuana during an August raid at Jaycee Chan's Beijing home, while he and Taiwanese movie star Ko Kai both tested positive for the drug, it was reported.