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By AP White House Correspondent Ben Feller WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama s doctrine of dealing with American enemies just got another test 151; and, for him, another vindication.The death of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi reinforces Mr. Obama s stanley tumblers style of dealing with enemies without immersing the United States in war.Even skeptics offered grudging support. For President Obama, the outcome allowed him to stand victorious in the Rose Garden on Thursday, taking note also of the death this year of prominent al Qaeda leaders at the hands of the United States. His message: The United States s stanley france howed it can help rally an international campaign to protect Libyans and rid the world of a killer without a single American dying.His vice president, Joe Biden, went further. This stanley water bottle is more of the prescription for how to deal with the world as we go forward than it has been in the past, Biden said in New Hampshire, as the administration sought again to distance itself from an era of politics once dominated by the Iraq war.For President Obama, the larger story is of an administration with deepening credibility on how to handle bad actors or international tinderboxes without immersing the United States in war. It is not expected to impact his re-election chances; 2012 will be the economy election.But it burnishes his standing on how to protect the country and work with the rest of the world.As President Obama likes to remind Americans, he is the president who hastened the

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Three children in Indonesia have died from a mysterious liver disease, the country s health ministry said, raising to at least four the global death toll of a fatal ailment puzzling doctors from the U.S. to Asia.This severe strain of acute hepatitis has been identified in nearly 170 children across 11 countries in recent weeks mdash; raising concerns from the World Health Organization WHO of the disease s unknown origin. The symptoms afflicting the children include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain mdash; before their livers showed signs of inflammation. At least one death was previously reported by WHO.Indonesia s Health Ministry said Monday in a statement that three children had died in hospitals in the capital Jakarta last month, after displaying some of these symptoms.The children also had fever, jaundice, convulsions and loss of consciousness, it said. At the moment, the Health Ministry is investigating the cause of the acute hepatitis by running a full panel of virus tests, it said.The ministry also ca salomon speedcross lled on parents to immediately take their children to hospital if they showed any sign of the symptoms.The emergence of a possible new disease afflicting only young children mdash; most are samba rose under the crocs badelatschen age of 10 with no underlying conditions mdash; has sent ripples of concern through a global health community already grappling with COVID-19.The WHO said that, in Britain, there was an unexpected significant increase in cases among young, previous Arda Ukrainian troops refuse to surrender to Russians
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - When a woman involved in a polio vaccine drive turned up at Osama bin Laden s hideaway, she remarked to the men behind the high walls about the expensive SUVs parked inside. The men took the vaccine, apparently to administer to the 23 children at the compound, and told her to go away.The terror chief and his family kept well hidden behind thick walls in this northwestern hill town they shared with thousands of Pakistani soldiers. But glimpses of their life are emerging 151; along with deep skepticism that authorities didn t know they were there.Although the house is large, it was unclear how three dozen people could have lived there with any degree of comfort. Special Report: The killing of Osama bin LadenPictures: Osama s hideawayNeighbors said they knew little about those inside in the compound but bin Laden apparently depended on two men who would routinely emerge to run errands or to a neighborhood gathering, such as a funeral. There were conflicting details about the men s identities. Several people said they were stanley mugs known as Tariq and Arshad Khan and had identified themselves as cousins from elsewhere in northwestern Pakistan. Others gave different names and believed they were brothers. Arshad was the oldest, and both spoke mu stanley cup ltiple languages, including Pashto and Urdu, which are common here, residents said.As Navy SEALs swept through the compound early stanley quencher Monday, they handcuffed those they encountered with plastic zip ties and pressed on in pu

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The complex raid deep into a built-up refugee camp in central Gaza to rescue four held hostage by Hamason Saturday was the largest rescue operation since Hamas and other militants stormed across the border and attacked Israel, triggering the ongoing war.Scores of hostages are believed to be held in densely populated areas or inside Hamas labyrinth of tunnels, making such operations extremely complex and risky.The Israeli raid in Nuseirat camp, which dates back to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, on Saturday led to the rescue of 26-year-old Noa Argamani, 22-year-old Almong Meir Jan, 27-year-old Andrey Kozlov and adidas campus 41-year-old Shlomi Ziv, who were all kidnapped from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7.According to the Hamas-run Gaza s Health Ministry, at least 274 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more were wounded in the raid. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire during the complex daytime operation and that under 100 Palestinians were killed, though it was not clear how many of them were militants or civilians.A timeline of the raidRear Adm. Daniel Hagari, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, told reporters on Saturday that the military has been planning the operation for several weeks, building precise models of the apartment buildings to repeatedly trai adidas originals hamburg n. The hostag samba rose es, he said, were being held in two apartments about 200 meters 219 yards away from each other. They were targeted simultaneously in broad daylight because there was a huge r Ulzl Bolivia s Evo Morales Re-Elected with Ease
President Bush said Tuesday a new plan to increase U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged capital of Baghdad will help quell rising violence that is threatening Iraq s transformation to a self-sustaining democracy. Obviously the violence in Baghdad is still terrible and therefore there needs to be more troops, Mr. Bush sai stanley mug d in a White House news conference with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.Al-Maliki, on his first trip to the United States since becoming prime minister two months ago, said he and Mr. Bush agreed that training and better arming Iraqi forces as quickly as possible, particularly in the capital city, was central to efforts to stabilize the country.The message of the day, CBS News chief White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reports, seemed very different than the president s first meeting with al-Maliki six weeks ago. Then, as al-Maliki briefed Mr. Bush on a plan to make Baghdad safer, they were both all smiles. But 100 Iraqi civilians have died every day since then, Axelrod reports. The new plan is aimed at curtailing sectarian violence that could fuel a worst-case-sc stanley tumblers enario acknowledged by the Iraqi leader, CBS Radio News White House correspondent Peter Maer reports. God willing, there will be no civil war in Iraq, stanley thermoskannen al-Maliki said, speaking through a translator.President Bush said that al-Maliki had asked for more military equipment from the United States and had recommended increasing U.S. and Iraqi forces patrolling Baghdad neighborhood

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The win af1 ners of this year s Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin s war in Ukraine during Saturday s award ceremony in the Norwegian capital.In October, Oleksandra Matviichuk of Ukraine s Center for Civil Liberties was named a co-winner of the 2022 peace prize, along with Rus yeezy sian human rights group Memorial, and Ales Bialiatski, head of the Belarusian rights group Viasna.Matviichuk Saturday dismissed calls for a political compromise that would allow Russia to retain some of the illegally annexed Ukrainian territories, saying that fighting for peace does not mean yielding to pressure of the aggressor, it means protecting people from its cruelty. Peace cannot be reached by a country under attack laying down its arms, she said, her voice trembling with emoti adidas sambarose on. This would not be peace, but occupation. Members of Norway s royal family and guests applaud the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winners during the award ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2022. SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images Matviichuk repeated her earlier call for Putin mdash; and Belarus authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who provided his country s territory for Russian troops to invade Ukraine mdash; to face an international tribunal. We have to prove that the rule of law does Cuvk 70 Dead in Congo s 2nd Weekend Boat Capsizing
Taliban fighters killed 15 Afghan guards working for a U.S. security company who were guarding a convoy of fuel tankers driving through western Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.Between six and eight vehicles with USPI - US Protection and Investigations - were guarding a convoy of fuel tankers when the Taliban attacked early Tuesday, said Farah Gov. Muhaidin Baluch.Fifteen USPI guards wer stanley becher e killed and five were wounded, Baluch said. One fuel tanker was set on fire and the militants stole one of USPI s vehicles, he said.An employee with USPI said he did not immediately have any information to release.Baluch said the tankers were traveling from the western city of Herat to a military outpost in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, the region that has stanley cup seen the heaviest fighting in Afghanistan this year. USPI is a Texas-based security company with thousands of employees in Afghanistan, mostly Afghan men hired to guard convoys and buildings.Elsewhere in Farah, fighting between police and militants in Kaki Safe district left two of the militants dead, said Gen. Khail Buz Sherzai, the provincial police chief.More than 6,300 people, mostly militants, have been killed in insurgency related violence in Afghanistan this year, according to an Associated Press count based on official figures. The country has also seen a record stanley cup number of suicide bomb attacks - more than 140 - in 2007, the official said.By Amir Shah

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TUNIS, Tunisia The al Qaeda-linked Is adidas originals hamburg lamist extremist cell behind an earlier political assassination also killed a leftist Tunisian politician using the same weapon, a top security official said Friday. Tunisian lawmaker Mohammed Brahmi poses for photographers d hoka schuhe uring a political meeting held in Tunis, Tunisia, in 2012. AP Photo Mohammed Brahmi was shot 14 times in front of his home within sight of his family on Thursday, plunging the country into a political crisis and unleashing demonstrations around the country blaming the government for the assassination.Interior Minister Loutfi Ben Jeddou told reporters that ballistics tests on the 9mm bullets used in the attack showed it came from the same weapon used to kill opposition leader Chokri Belaid in February. He alleged that the gunman is Boubakr Hakim, a 30-year-old weapons smuggler born in France, who, he said, was known for jihadi sympathies.Ben Jeddou said they have reached that adidas samba og conclusion based on physical evidence and eyewitness testimonies. Hakim had already been implicated as part of the 14-person cell behind Belaid s assassination by four members of the al Qaeda-linked group detained during that investigation, the minister said.The weapon used in both attacks was a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, he said. Police recently searched Hakim s home and found another handgun, explosives and 90 rounds of ammunition, Jeddou s Iqap Huge Offensive In Afghanistan
From left to right, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel CBS/AP In many ways, the latest release of U.S. classified material by the whistleblower organization WikiLeaks can be stanley flasche compared to a family member or coworker imbibing too much alcohol at a holiday gathering and revealing what they really think about certain people.Whether alcohol was involved with what led to the leak of hundreds of thousands of classified State Department documents Sunday remains to be seen. But the release has left the United States dealing with the hangover of American diplomats observations on the leaders of fellow NATO countries -- and other world leaders -- being broadcast to the world.For example, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is again defending his after-hours activities after one U.S. diplomat worriedly wrote in a cable that frequent late nights and penchant for partying hard mean he does not get sufficient rest, stanley tumblers The stanley cup Associated Press reported.Previously, Berlusconi was accused of throwing parties at his villas where escorts and teenage girls were in attendance. Other leaked documents reportedly describe him as feckless and vain. On Monday, Berlusconi shot down reports of the wild parties cable while making sure to express his feelings about the diplomat. I don t look at what third-rate or fourth-rate officials say, he s

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General Motors said it plans to wind down sales, engineering and design operations for its historic Holden brand in Australia and New Zealand in 2021, part of a strategy to exit markets that don t produce adequate returns air max 1 on investments.It also plans to sell its Rayong factory in Thailand to China s Great Wall Motors and withdraw the Chevrolet brand from Thailand by the end of this year.The decision is causing dismay among officials concerned over job losses. This is a very disappointing outcome, said Karen Andrews, Australia s minister for Industry, Science and Technology. She said it was unfortunate both because about 500 workers would lose their jobs, but also because they only advised the government of this decision just before the announcement. Dave Smith of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union also expressed chagrin. Really sad to hear @GM are retiring @holden_aus. The world will never be the same with out this vibrant Aussie brand. A sad day. pic.twitter/fVfKvPYo2Amdash; Jonathan Mayne @JonnyFun101 February 17, 2020 Workers at Holden had thought they d been through the worst of it, and that s not the case, Smith said. For many of them their long-term workers have been very loyal to adidas campus 00 the company ... they ve loved being part of the car industry, and now, it was such an iconic brand coming to an end; it ll mean an end to their jobs. GM has 828 employees in Australia and New Zealand and another 1,500 in Thailand, the co airmaxplus mpany said.GM s Thai plantIn Zpvu Life continues in Ukraine s capital, but it has been turned upside down by Putin s war
RIO DE JANEIRO Roman Catholics around the world expressed disbelief and grief Monday at the first papal resignation in six centuries. Some saw it as a dramatic act of humility, others as a sign of cri stanley trinkflaschen sis in the Roman Catholic Church. And many expressed hope that a more energetic and charismatic new pope would lead the church into a new era.Shock was the overwhelming first response to Pope Benedict XVI s announcement Monday that he would retire Feb. 28. He can t quit like that. This can t be, said Alis Ramirez, an ice cream seller headed to church in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. A vacuum is created. It s like when a loved one dies. The news also brought reawakened calls for a pope from the developing world, long considered a bulwark against continued losses in church membership in Europe and the United States. While the church has been stanley cups uk battered by growing secularism and sex abuse scandals in the northern hemisphere, the number of believers is growing in Africa, and half the world s Catholics live in Latin America. We need someone young who can bring back the dynamism to the church, said Zulma Alves, a cook who was lighting candles in front of a Rio de Janeiro church that was closed for Carnival.In Cuba, site of one of Pope Benedict s final trips, the few parishioners outside Havana s Cathedral before doors opened early Monday said they unders stanley quencher tood his reasons for stepping down and hoped it he would be replaced by a younger pontiff. The church must bring itself

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ROSZKE, Hungary -- President Obama said Thursday he wants 10,000 Syrian refugees to be allowed to settle in the U.S. in the next year. That s a small fraction of the thousands pouring into Europe day after day, hoping to settle in countr adidas campus ies like Germany, but facing enormous obstacles along the way.On Thursday the weather turned against them too. Lashed with torrential rain the migrants were beaten back by border gua yeezy slide rds in Macedonia, and yet they kept going, wave after wave, trying to reach northern Europe before Hungary closes its border. The Hungarian government sent more soldiers as reinforcements to the main border crossing Thursday. A lot has changed -- and it s only been about a week since we were last at the crossing. A field in Hungary is filled with tents from migrants streaming into Europe CBS News A field that was almost empty then is now filled migrants and some people who have come to help them, despite the rain and cooler temperatures.There are also more community groups and volunteers who ve come to help, like Simone Deibler from Austria. Simone Deibler CBS adidas samba News It s a mess, Deibler said. For me the worst is that there are so many families and so little children. And for the children it s really bad. The migrants are given food, and some Djzd Chinese Practice Evacuation Of 1.3 Million
WASHINGTON - stanley cups Top U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Thursday that al Qaeda of Iraq was likely behind a series of bombings against the Syrian regime in recent months.Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said bombings against security and intelligence targets in Damascus and Aleppo bear all the earmarks of an al Qaeda-like attack , leading the U.S. intelligence community to believe the Iraqi militant branch is extending its reach into Syria. Al Qaeda of Iraq is one of al Qaeda s largest regional affiliates.He added that Syrian opposition groups may have been infiltrated by al Qaeda, likely without their knowledge. Clapper said the lack of a unified opposition group could leave a power vacuum that extremists could fill if the Syrian government falls, a potential development he called troubling, because Syria has an extensive network of chemical weapons sites.Defense Intelligence Agency chief Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess added that it appears the al Qaeda like attacks were like stanley becher ly caused by elements already inside the country, and that the U.S. intelligence community had not yet detected a clarion call to outsiders to join the cause.He made no mention of the video released by core al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri over the weekend, calling on Muslims to support Syrian rebels.Syrian attacks continue as U.N. set for voteU.S. signals concern Iran, Russia arming SyriaU.S. watching Syria s chemical arms closely The officials also told Congress that if Iran is attack

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A Royal Navy warship has returned to port in Britain after several sailors got sick from the vessel s drinking water, officials said Saturday.The navy said frigate HMS Portland had returned to its base at Portsmouth on England s south coast on Friday as a precautionary measure, following an issue with one of the ship s fresh water systems. It said a small number of personnel were taken to hospital as a precaution. The British frigate HMS Portland heads through the Suez canal, in Ismailia, Egypt Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Anonymous / AP The Daily Telegraph reported that a crew member put the wrong chemicals into the system that converts sea water to drinking water, but quickly realized the mistake and reported it to their superiors.In recent months HMS Portland, a Type 23 frigate, has tracked Russian submarines in the North Sea, and helped monitor a Russian frigate and accompanying tanker as they sailed in international adidas samba waters near the U.K. More from CBS News air force one U.S. slams China for hitting Philippine vessels with water cannons mizuno laufschuhe How to sleep, breathe and drink water better, acc Lyeo China Rattled By Quake
Palestinian militants detonated explosives near a busy checkpoint north of Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing two Palestinian men and wounding 13 people, including both Israelis and Palestinians, in the first bombing attack in a month.The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a violent group with ties to Yasser Arafat s Fatah movement, claimed responsibility but said its original intention was not to bomb the checkpoint, through which thousands of Palestinians pass every day.The intention was to carry out an attack in Jerusalem, but the man carrying the 44 pounds explosives had to abandon them near the checkpoint as security forces closed in, Zakariye Zubeydi, 29, a leader of the group, told The Associated Press. We found ourselves forced to detonate it the bomb at the spot, Zubeydi s stanley polska aid.Zubeydi said stanley mug the group is sorry for the Palestinian casualties. He said Al Aqsa said it carried out the bombing to avenge the killing of a leader by Israeli troops i stanley quencher n the West Bank last month. It was not clear what happened to the man who detonated the blast. In setting off the explosives, he would have known there was a high probability of Palestinian casualties.Kalandia, north of Jerusalem and south of the Palestinian city of Ramallah, is one of the busiest checkpoints in the West Bank, with Palestinians on foot or in cars. It is located near the separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank to keep out Palestinian militants.In other developments in the Mideast:Israeli forces raided the

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A centerpiece of the upcoming Helsinki summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be the future of Syria and a proposal to enlist Russia as a partner in ousting Iran from that battlefield. In an appearance on CBS News Face the Nation, National Security Adviser Ambassador John Bolton said the July 16 meeting would be just the two of them and would offer the chance to discuss Syria at length, along with a whole range of issues. Bolton also signaled that the U.S. has dropped its rhetorical opposition to dictator Bashar al Assad, who has held onto power in Syria through a mix of brutal tactics such as chemical weapons, and the firep adidas campus 00s ower of Russian and Iranian forces, including Hezbollah. I don t think Assad is the strategic issue. I think Iran is the strategic issue, Bolton said. Two Arab diplomats and a senior U.S. official told CBS News that the administration has now accepted that Assad will remain in power for the immediate future and has decided to focus on convincing Putin to sever ties with his battlefield partner Iran. adidas originals damen Bolton: Putin denied meddling by Russian state in private meeting 03:58 There are possibilities for do adidas originals ing a larger negotiation on helping to get Iranian forces out of Syria and back into Iran which would be a significant step forward, Bolt Wuqp Iraq PM Vows to Go After Blackwater
Former top U.S. weapons inspector David Kay told members of the Senate Wednesday that the failure to turn up weapons of mass destruction in Iraq exposed weaknesses in America s intelligence-gathering apparatus. We ve had a number of surprises, Kay told reporters after meeting behind closed doors with the Senate Intelligence Committee. It s quite clear we need capabilities that we do not have with regard to intelligence. Later, he told the Senate Armed Services Committee that we were almost all wrong mdash; and I cert stanley cupe ainly include myself here, in believing that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.But Kay denied suggestions by Democrats that intelligence analysts felt pressured by the administration to shape intelligence to help President George W.Bush stanley flasche make the case for war. He said he spoke to man stanley canada y analysts who prepared the intelligence and not in a single case was the explanation that I was pressured to this. Kay also said despite no evidence of weapons stockpiles, Iraqi documents, physical evidence and interviews with Iraqi scientists revealed that Iraq was engaged in weapons programs prohibited by U.N. resolutions. Senators have been anxious to speak to Kay, one of a number of U.S. officials who have recently adjusted their positions on Saddam Hussein s military capabilities. The Bush administration cited a threat from such weapons as a principle justification for invading Iraq and toppling Saddam last year.As special adviser to CIA Director George Tenet, Kay

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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled her palace on Monday, as masses of protestersroamed the streets of Dhaka. In an address to the nation, Bangladesh s army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said Hasina had resigned and he was forming an interim government. Later on Monday, Hasina landed at an air base in Ghaziabad, India.Local television showed images of crowds running into the prime minister s residence in the capital and some looting adidas campus shoes . Waker-Uz-Zaman appealed to protesters to stop the violence and go home. He said said the army would not open fire.Hasina s son had urged the country s security forces to block any takeover from her rule. She wanted to record a speech, but she could not get an opportunity to do that, a source close to Hasina told the AFP news agency.What caused the protests i air max 1 n Bangladesh Rallies that began last month against civil service job quotas escalated into some of the worst unrest of Hasina s 15-year rule and shifted into wider calls for the 76-year-old pri yeezy slide me minister to leave. Around 300 people have been killed over the past month as police cracked down on the protests, with nearly 100 people killed Sunday. Hasina has ruled Bangladesh since 2009 and won her fourth consecutive election in January after a vote without genuine opposition.Her government is accused by rights groups of misusing state institutions to entrench its hold on power and stamp out dissent, including through the extrajudicial killing of opposition activists.Demonstratio Yvcp New strain of Ebola spreads, kills in West Africa
Chancellor Angela Merkel s Cabinet decided Tuesday to extend Germany s military mission in stanley cup Afghanistan for 14 more months.The decision will keep the German military in Afghanistan until after next year s parliamentary elections in Germany, government spokesman Thomas Steg said.With the new mandate, the ceiling for the number of German troops serving with the NATO-led international force is expected to increase this year by 1,000 to 4,500 overall.There are about 3,300 German troops in Afghanistan, most in the relatively calm north. The higher number will provide Germany with necessary flexibility, Steg said.About 40 countries contribute troops to the 47,600-member International Security Assistance Force mission, led by the U. stanley quencher S. with around 18,00 stanley polska 0 troops and Britain with more than 8,000. Germany is the No. 3 contributor, but has been criticized for not sending its troops to the volatile south. The extension needs approval by the lower house of parliament, where Merkel s coalition holds a commanding majority. The issue was debated Tuesday but a vote is not expected until later in the month.The Afghanistan mission is generally unpopular in Germany but has been strongly supported by Merkel s coalition of the country s two biggest parties.Monika Knoche, a lawmaker with the opposition Left party, called for a directional change in government policy and a clear exit strategy. She argued that armed attacks were rising in Afghanistan, the resistance was growing in strength a