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Britain s culture secretary said Sunday that the popular Netflix series The Crown should include a disclaimer at the beginning of each episode explaining it is not fact. The show is based on the lives of the British royal family, but the latest season is set during the 1980s, and many of the main characters are still alive. It s a beautifully produced work of fiction, so as with other TV productions, Netflix should be very clear at the beginning it is just that, culture secretary Oliver Dowden told the Mail on Sunday. Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact. Dowden said he plans to write a letter to Netflix. The latest season of The Crown has shown a warning before certain episodes about its portrayal of eating disorders.Dowden is not the only person to call for a disclaimer on The Crown. Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Diana, Princess of adidas campus 00 Wales, told British broadcaster adidas campus 80s IT salomon V the show should warn viewers that it takes artistic license with actual events. I think it would help The Crown an enormous amount if, at the beginning of each episode, it stated that: This isn t true but it is based around some real events, he said. Others in royal circles have gone further, saying the show does not accurately portray reality and royal sources told Britain s Daily Telegraph that Prince Charles refuses to watch the latest season.Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said she feared som Filp The Dish: Chef Anya Fernald shares her signature recipes
Wildlife officials were combing the jungles of southern Nepal on Wednesday in search of a wild elephant that has killed 11 people in the past two weeks.District Forest Officer Yadav Dhital said wildlife guards were trying to track the elusive animal but had been unable to find any traces.The elephant has killed 11 people in three districts of southern Nepal, about 200 miles south of the capital, Katmandu, he said.The an stanley cup imal keeps disappearing into the jungle and local villagers, who mostly live in one-story huts, are scared, Dhital said, adding that villagers have been using smoke, fire crackers and drums to try to keep it away.One of the villagers who was killed was attempting to worship the animal as Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu god, he said. Bedh Karki, a government administrator in the area, said local authorities were wai stanley us ting for help and orders from the central government on dealing with the situation.Elephants are considered protected stanley tumblers species in Nepal and can be shot only with orders from the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Karki said.Officials believe the animal recently crossed into Nepal from neighboring India. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 { display: none; } inline-recirc-item--id-98fbb94a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-98fbb94a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { display: none; } inline-recirc-item--id-98fbb94a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 {
Britain s culture secretary said Sunday that the popular Netflix series The Crown should include a disclaimer at the beginning of each episode explaining it is not fact. The show is based on the lives of the British royal family, but the latest season is set during the 1980s, and many of the main characters are still alive. It s a beautifully produced work of fiction, so as with other TV productions, Netflix should be very clear at the beginning it is just that, culture secretary Oliver Dowden told the Mail on Sunday. Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact. Dowden said he plans to write a letter to Netflix. The latest season of The Crown has shown a warning before certain episodes about its portrayal of eating disorders.Dowden is not the only person to call for a disclaimer on The Crown. Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Diana, Princess of adidas campus 00 Wales, told British broadcaster adidas campus 80s IT salomon V the show should warn viewers that it takes artistic license with actual events. I think it would help The Crown an enormous amount if, at the beginning of each episode, it stated that: This isn t true but it is based around some real events, he said. Others in royal circles have gone further, saying the show does not accurately portray reality and royal sources told Britain s Daily Telegraph that Prince Charles refuses to watch the latest season.Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said she feared som Filp The Dish: Chef Anya Fernald shares her signature recipes
Wildlife officials were combing the jungles of southern Nepal on Wednesday in search of a wild elephant that has killed 11 people in the past two weeks.District Forest Officer Yadav Dhital said wildlife guards were trying to track the elusive animal but had been unable to find any traces.The elephant has killed 11 people in three districts of southern Nepal, about 200 miles south of the capital, Katmandu, he said.The an stanley cup imal keeps disappearing into the jungle and local villagers, who mostly live in one-story huts, are scared, Dhital said, adding that villagers have been using smoke, fire crackers and drums to try to keep it away.One of the villagers who was killed was attempting to worship the animal as Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu god, he said. Bedh Karki, a government administrator in the area, said local authorities were wai stanley us ting for help and orders from the central government on dealing with the situation.Elephants are considered protected stanley tumblers species in Nepal and can be shot only with orders from the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Karki said.Officials believe the animal recently crossed into Nepal from neighboring India. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 { display: none; } inline-recirc-item--id-98fbb94a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-98fbb94a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { display: none; } inline-recirc-item--id-98fbb94a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 {
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TORONTO - Canada s Parliament has voted to authorize airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group in Iraq following a U.S. request.Prime Minister Stephen Harper s Conservative Party introduced the motion last week and it was debated this week. Harper has a majority of seats adidas samba og in Parliament so the vote was all but assured. The motion passed 157-134 Tuesday.The motion authorizes air strikes in Iraq for up to six months and explicitly states that no ground troops be used in combat operations.The combat mission includes up to six CF-18 fighter jets, a refueling tanker aircraft, two surveillance planes and one airlift aircraft. About 600 airmen and airwomen will be involved.Canada is among dozens of countries that have joined the U.S. chanclas yeezy -led coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, including several Arab states. Canada will do our part, Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt tweeted after the vote.Canada has more than two dozen special forces advisers already in Iraq and has plans for up to 69 advisers as pa af1 rt of an effort to advise Kurdish forces against Islamic militants after a request from President Barack Obama. The U.S. followed that up with another request for an air combat role.Although the mission didn t need parliamentary approval, the government submitted it to a vote to show consensus.Harper s government won the support of the opposition parties for air strikes in Libya in 2011 but not for this mission. Opposition New Democ Wein Trump to hear military options on Iran as Saudis show oil site damage
Security officers on an Iranian airliner overpowered a man threatening to explode two homemade bombs tied under his clothes, foiling an attempt to hijack the domestic flight, Iran s official news agency reported Sunday.The would-be hijacker, who cited economic problems, also told the crew he would set his alcohol-soaked cloths on fire with a lighter unless he was allowed to enter the plane s cockpit, the Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Revolutionary Guard aviation officials as saying.The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-145 with 138 people on board was flying from Kerman in southeastern Iran to the capital of Tehran on Saturday.The IRNA said the armed guards, present on all Iranian flights, pounced on the man as he tried to enter the cockpit during the flight late on Saturday.Iranian passenger planes have carried plain clothes Revolutionary Guards stanley tumbler agents since a spate of hijackings in the 1980s by Iraq-based rebels. IRNA quoted the head of the Iranian airports security office, Brig. Hossein Khaleqi, as stanley canada saying the hijacker was outsmarted by security guards who calmed him before overpowering him and arresting him. In prelimin stanley thermos mug ary investigation, the hijacker has cited economic problems as his motive for the hijacking, but more probes are under way, Khaleqi added.Agents foiled a hijack attempt on another domestic flight in November 2000.A Revolutionary Court sentenced three hijackers to death and 15 other people, most of them members of the same family, to prison terms ranging
TORONTO - Canada s Parliament has voted to authorize airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group in Iraq following a U.S. request.Prime Minister Stephen Harper s Conservative Party introduced the motion last week and it was debated this week. Harper has a majority of seats adidas samba og in Parliament so the vote was all but assured. The motion passed 157-134 Tuesday.The motion authorizes air strikes in Iraq for up to six months and explicitly states that no ground troops be used in combat operations.The combat mission includes up to six CF-18 fighter jets, a refueling tanker aircraft, two surveillance planes and one airlift aircraft. About 600 airmen and airwomen will be involved.Canada is among dozens of countries that have joined the U.S. chanclas yeezy -led coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, including several Arab states. Canada will do our part, Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt tweeted after the vote.Canada has more than two dozen special forces advisers already in Iraq and has plans for up to 69 advisers as pa af1 rt of an effort to advise Kurdish forces against Islamic militants after a request from President Barack Obama. The U.S. followed that up with another request for an air combat role.Although the mission didn t need parliamentary approval, the government submitted it to a vote to show consensus.Harper s government won the support of the opposition parties for air strikes in Libya in 2011 but not for this mission. Opposition New Democ Wein Trump to hear military options on Iran as Saudis show oil site damage
Security officers on an Iranian airliner overpowered a man threatening to explode two homemade bombs tied under his clothes, foiling an attempt to hijack the domestic flight, Iran s official news agency reported Sunday.The would-be hijacker, who cited economic problems, also told the crew he would set his alcohol-soaked cloths on fire with a lighter unless he was allowed to enter the plane s cockpit, the Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Revolutionary Guard aviation officials as saying.The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-145 with 138 people on board was flying from Kerman in southeastern Iran to the capital of Tehran on Saturday.The IRNA said the armed guards, present on all Iranian flights, pounced on the man as he tried to enter the cockpit during the flight late on Saturday.Iranian passenger planes have carried plain clothes Revolutionary Guards stanley tumbler agents since a spate of hijackings in the 1980s by Iraq-based rebels. IRNA quoted the head of the Iranian airports security office, Brig. Hossein Khaleqi, as stanley canada saying the hijacker was outsmarted by security guards who calmed him before overpowering him and arresting him. In prelimin stanley thermos mug ary investigation, the hijacker has cited economic problems as his motive for the hijacking, but more probes are under way, Khaleqi added.Agents foiled a hijack attempt on another domestic flight in November 2000.A Revolutionary Court sentenced three hijackers to death and 15 other people, most of them members of the same family, to prison terms ranging
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited the king Saturday to turn in the resignation of his four-party coalition and set the deeply divided Netherlands on track for a general election later this year.King Willem-Alexander flew back from adidas campus 80s a family vacation in Greece to meet with Rutte, who drove to the palace in his Saab station wagon for the meeting. The vexed issue of reining in migration that has troubled countries across Europe for years was the final stumbling block that brought down Rutte s government Friday night, exposing the deep ideological differences between the four parties that made mizuno handballschuh up the uneasy coalition.Now it is likely to dominate campaigning for an election that is mizuno de still months away. We are the party that can ensure a majority to significantly restrict the flow of asylum seekers, said Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Party for Freedom, who supported Rutte s first minority coalition 13 years ago, but also ultimately brought it down.Opposition parties on the left also want to make the election about tackling problems they accuse Rutte of failing to adequately address - from climate change to a chronic housing shortage and the future of the nation s multibillion-dollar agricultural sector. Socialist Party leader Lilian Marijnissen told Dutch broadcaster NOS the collapse of Rutte s government was good news for the Netherlands. I think that everybody felt that this Cabinet was done. They have created more problems than they solved. Despite th Ohjq Pakistan: 8 Killed in U.S. Missile Strike
Russian warplanes are flying hundreds of stanley cups missions as troops on the ground pummel Chechen positions and surround the capital of the breakaway republic, CBS News Correspondent David Hawkins reports.Russia claims its military campaign is targeting Chechen terrorists, and says they re taking care to avoid civilian casualties.But the Red Cross says that on Friday, two of its workers were killed when a Russian warplane rocketed a convoy of refugees and hit a clearly-marked Red Cross truck. Russia s military denies it, and released a gun-sight video showing an airplane striking two trucks, which they say, contained Chechen guerillas. Chechen refugees at the border say the attack killed at least 50 civilians, and Russian soldiers manning checkpoints allowed a small group of wounded to cross.Thousands of refugees -- mostly women, children and the elderly -- are trapped inside Chechnya. The Russians are blocking their escape for unknown reasons. We can t go back, explained one woman. They re bombing our homes. So far, about 190,000 refugees stanley cup have fled since fighting began a month ago. But following two days of deadly attacks on Grozny, thousands more are hoping to flee and Russia pledged to open four corridors out of the region. Before Russia sealed th stanley mug e escape routes, thousands had fled to Ingushetia, where the U.N. says it is sending a humanitarian mission next week to determine the refugees needs.U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, meanwhile, delivered a strongly worded sta
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited the king Saturday to turn in the resignation of his four-party coalition and set the deeply divided Netherlands on track for a general election later this year.King Willem-Alexander flew back from adidas campus 80s a family vacation in Greece to meet with Rutte, who drove to the palace in his Saab station wagon for the meeting. The vexed issue of reining in migration that has troubled countries across Europe for years was the final stumbling block that brought down Rutte s government Friday night, exposing the deep ideological differences between the four parties that made mizuno handballschuh up the uneasy coalition.Now it is likely to dominate campaigning for an election that is mizuno de still months away. We are the party that can ensure a majority to significantly restrict the flow of asylum seekers, said Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Party for Freedom, who supported Rutte s first minority coalition 13 years ago, but also ultimately brought it down.Opposition parties on the left also want to make the election about tackling problems they accuse Rutte of failing to adequately address - from climate change to a chronic housing shortage and the future of the nation s multibillion-dollar agricultural sector. Socialist Party leader Lilian Marijnissen told Dutch broadcaster NOS the collapse of Rutte s government was good news for the Netherlands. I think that everybody felt that this Cabinet was done. They have created more problems than they solved. Despite th Ohjq Pakistan: 8 Killed in U.S. Missile Strike
Russian warplanes are flying hundreds of stanley cups missions as troops on the ground pummel Chechen positions and surround the capital of the breakaway republic, CBS News Correspondent David Hawkins reports.Russia claims its military campaign is targeting Chechen terrorists, and says they re taking care to avoid civilian casualties.But the Red Cross says that on Friday, two of its workers were killed when a Russian warplane rocketed a convoy of refugees and hit a clearly-marked Red Cross truck. Russia s military denies it, and released a gun-sight video showing an airplane striking two trucks, which they say, contained Chechen guerillas. Chechen refugees at the border say the attack killed at least 50 civilians, and Russian soldiers manning checkpoints allowed a small group of wounded to cross.Thousands of refugees -- mostly women, children and the elderly -- are trapped inside Chechnya. The Russians are blocking their escape for unknown reasons. We can t go back, explained one woman. They re bombing our homes. So far, about 190,000 refugees stanley cup have fled since fighting began a month ago. But following two days of deadly attacks on Grozny, thousands more are hoping to flee and Russia pledged to open four corridors out of the region. Before Russia sealed th stanley mug e escape routes, thousands had fled to Ingushetia, where the U.N. says it is sending a humanitarian mission next week to determine the refugees needs.U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, meanwhile, delivered a strongly worded sta
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A strong typhoon was heading toward southern Japan s Okinawa islands as a powerful hurricane prompted evacuations from a remote atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Typhoon Kong-rey was on air force 1 a track that could take it to adidas sambarose South Korea.The Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday that Kong-rey has maximum sustained winds of 78 mph with gusts up to 112 mph. It was heading north at about 12 mph.Some parts of Okinawa and other small southern Japanese islands were already seeing rain, wind and high surf. Many flights were canceled at Okinawa s main airport in Naha city.The typhoon was forecast to pass west of Okinawa s main island overnight and continue north Friday toward the Korean Peninsula. It could bring heavy rain as it passes the coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan s four main islands.Meanwhile in the Hawaiian Islands, seven researchers were evacuated from French Frigate Shoals as Hurricane Walaka headed their way, officials said Wednesday. A research vessel picked up the seven, said Kate Toniolo, the acting superintendent of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The atoll is about 500 miles northwest of Honolulu. Early Thursday, Walaka had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, making it a Category 2 storm. yeezy slide A map from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center shows the projected path of Hurricane Walaka as of 11 a.m. ET on Oct. 4, 2018. Central Pacific Hurricane Center Jmxf 8203;The Lusitania disaster: A maritime grassy knoll
The Pentagon is warning China in blunt language that despite Beijing s stanley water bottle massive military buildup, it lacks the power for a successful attack against rival Taiwan.The annual report on China s m stanley canada ilitary, released Friday, is likely to add to rising tension between Washington and Beijing at a time when U.S. lawmakers are considering bills that would punish China for what they contend are predatory trade practices.The report was released on the day the largest high-level Chinese delegation ever to visit the United States left Washington after economic meetings with frustrated lawmakers and with senior Bush administration officials yielded few results.In the report, the Defense Department explicitly describes what would happen if China should attack Taiwan, the self-governing democratic island that Beijing claims as its own. It says China does not yet have the military capability to accomplish with confidence its political objectives on the island, particularly when confronted with the prospect of U.S. intervention. An att stanley mug ack could severely damage China s economy and lead to international sanctions, spur a Taiwan insurgency that could tie up the Chinese military for years, and possibly cause Beijing to lose its coveted hosting rights for the 2008 Olympics, the report said. Finally, China s leaders recognize that a conflict over Taiwan involving the United States would give rise to a long-term hostile relationship between the two nations mdash; a result that would not be in
A strong typhoon was heading toward southern Japan s Okinawa islands as a powerful hurricane prompted evacuations from a remote atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Typhoon Kong-rey was on air force 1 a track that could take it to adidas sambarose South Korea.The Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday that Kong-rey has maximum sustained winds of 78 mph with gusts up to 112 mph. It was heading north at about 12 mph.Some parts of Okinawa and other small southern Japanese islands were already seeing rain, wind and high surf. Many flights were canceled at Okinawa s main airport in Naha city.The typhoon was forecast to pass west of Okinawa s main island overnight and continue north Friday toward the Korean Peninsula. It could bring heavy rain as it passes the coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan s four main islands.Meanwhile in the Hawaiian Islands, seven researchers were evacuated from French Frigate Shoals as Hurricane Walaka headed their way, officials said Wednesday. A research vessel picked up the seven, said Kate Toniolo, the acting superintendent of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The atoll is about 500 miles northwest of Honolulu. Early Thursday, Walaka had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, making it a Category 2 storm. yeezy slide A map from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center shows the projected path of Hurricane Walaka as of 11 a.m. ET on Oct. 4, 2018. Central Pacific Hurricane Center Jmxf 8203;The Lusitania disaster: A maritime grassy knoll
The Pentagon is warning China in blunt language that despite Beijing s stanley water bottle massive military buildup, it lacks the power for a successful attack against rival Taiwan.The annual report on China s m stanley canada ilitary, released Friday, is likely to add to rising tension between Washington and Beijing at a time when U.S. lawmakers are considering bills that would punish China for what they contend are predatory trade practices.The report was released on the day the largest high-level Chinese delegation ever to visit the United States left Washington after economic meetings with frustrated lawmakers and with senior Bush administration officials yielded few results.In the report, the Defense Department explicitly describes what would happen if China should attack Taiwan, the self-governing democratic island that Beijing claims as its own. It says China does not yet have the military capability to accomplish with confidence its political objectives on the island, particularly when confronted with the prospect of U.S. intervention. An att stanley mug ack could severely damage China s economy and lead to international sanctions, spur a Taiwan insurgency that could tie up the Chinese military for years, and possibly cause Beijing to lose its coveted hosting rights for the 2008 Olympics, the report said. Finally, China s leaders recognize that a conflict over Taiwan involving the United States would give rise to a long-term hostile relationship between the two nations mdash; a result that would not be in
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In an unusually blunt public warning, a vice president of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday called the delayed preparations for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro the worst I have experienced. John Coates, who has made six trips to Brazil as part of the IOC s coordination commission for Rio, said the Brazilians are behind in many, many ways and are in worse shape than Greek organizers were in preparing for the 2004 Olympics.Despite the critical delays, the Australian said there is no backup pl mizuno volleyballschuhe an and the games will take place in Rio.Coates noted that the IOC had taken the unprecedented step of embedding experts in the host city to help the local organizing committee deliver the games. The IOC has formed a special task force to try and spee crocs d up preparations but the si adidas campus tuation is critical on the ground, Coates told an Olympic forum in Sydney, outlining that construction delays are just part of the problem. The IOC has adopted a more hands-on role. It is unprecedented for the IOC, but there is no plan B. We are going to Rio. Cones and barricades sit at the entrance to Olympic Park, the primary set of venues being built for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, April 16, 2014, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Getty Brazil has also come under fire from football s world governing body, FIFA, for long delays in construction of stadiums and other infrastructure and the ove Vfdv Ready to fight tonight : How the U.S. Army counters North Korea threats
Updated 9:55 a.m. ETPRETORIA, South Africa Prosecutors reinstated attempted murder charges against a policeman leading the murder investigation into world-famous athlete Oscar Pistorius, in the latest twist in a case that has captivated South Africa and threatens to bring down a national idol.The announcement that detective Hilton Botha faces reinstated charges in connection with a 2011 shooting incident came a day after he testified for the prosecution in Pistorius bail hearing, and by all accounts bungled his appearance. He acknowledged Wednesday that nothing in Pistorius account of the fatal Valentine s Day shootin stanley flask g of his girlfriend contradicted what police had discovered.The spokeswoman for the nation s prosecutors urged that Botha be removed from the Pistorius case.Pistorius, an Olympian whose lower legs were amputated when he was less than a year old, claims he mistook girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder when he shot her in a locked bathroom in his home.Botha, the lead investigator, conceded Wednesday that police had left a 9 mm slug in the toilet where Steenkamp died, had lost track of illegal ammunition found in the home and that Botha himself had walked through the scene without pro stanley cup usa tective shoe covers, possibly contaminating the area. Botha s often confused testimony left prosecutors rubbing their heads in frustration as he misjudged distances and said testosterone -- banned for professional athletes in some cases -- was found at the scene, only to b
In an unusually blunt public warning, a vice president of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday called the delayed preparations for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro the worst I have experienced. John Coates, who has made six trips to Brazil as part of the IOC s coordination commission for Rio, said the Brazilians are behind in many, many ways and are in worse shape than Greek organizers were in preparing for the 2004 Olympics.Despite the critical delays, the Australian said there is no backup pl mizuno volleyballschuhe an and the games will take place in Rio.Coates noted that the IOC had taken the unprecedented step of embedding experts in the host city to help the local organizing committee deliver the games. The IOC has formed a special task force to try and spee crocs d up preparations but the si adidas campus tuation is critical on the ground, Coates told an Olympic forum in Sydney, outlining that construction delays are just part of the problem. The IOC has adopted a more hands-on role. It is unprecedented for the IOC, but there is no plan B. We are going to Rio. Cones and barricades sit at the entrance to Olympic Park, the primary set of venues being built for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, April 16, 2014, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Getty Brazil has also come under fire from football s world governing body, FIFA, for long delays in construction of stadiums and other infrastructure and the ove Vfdv Ready to fight tonight : How the U.S. Army counters North Korea threats
Updated 9:55 a.m. ETPRETORIA, South Africa Prosecutors reinstated attempted murder charges against a policeman leading the murder investigation into world-famous athlete Oscar Pistorius, in the latest twist in a case that has captivated South Africa and threatens to bring down a national idol.The announcement that detective Hilton Botha faces reinstated charges in connection with a 2011 shooting incident came a day after he testified for the prosecution in Pistorius bail hearing, and by all accounts bungled his appearance. He acknowledged Wednesday that nothing in Pistorius account of the fatal Valentine s Day shootin stanley flask g of his girlfriend contradicted what police had discovered.The spokeswoman for the nation s prosecutors urged that Botha be removed from the Pistorius case.Pistorius, an Olympian whose lower legs were amputated when he was less than a year old, claims he mistook girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder when he shot her in a locked bathroom in his home.Botha, the lead investigator, conceded Wednesday that police had left a 9 mm slug in the toilet where Steenkamp died, had lost track of illegal ammunition found in the home and that Botha himself had walked through the scene without pro stanley cup usa tective shoe covers, possibly contaminating the area. Botha s often confused testimony left prosecutors rubbing their heads in frustration as he misjudged distances and said testosterone -- banned for professional athletes in some cases -- was found at the scene, only to b
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The United States is taking serious steps this morning to prepare for airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria forces inside Syria. President Obama is ordering U.S. reconnaissance flights over that country, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin.T nike dunk he president is not approving any airstrikes yet, and the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad has said it needs to know about any attack ahead of time. During a meeting with reporters on Tuesday morning, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said the Obama administration does not recognize the legitimacy of the Assad regime, and therefore will not be coordinating any potential action with them. Earnest also said the president has not made any final decisions about what the U.S. military will do inside Syria.A Pentagon source tells Martin it is not yet clea air force one r whether the surveillance flights have begun, but if they have not, they will certainly begin sometime today.The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS, also known as ISIL, is based in a remote part of northeastern Syria where U.S. officials say there would be little threat of American warplanes adidas sambarose being shot down by Syrian air defenses. The plans being drafted by the Pentagon would use strikes by both manned and unmanned aircraft in an attempt to disrupt ISIS operations and kill its senior leaders. The planning began in earnest following last week s execution of journalist James Foley. Defense Secretary Hagel calling ISIS an imminent threat to every interest Ptyx Germany s Angela Merkel gets the shakes in public for the 2nd time in just 9 days
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday accused the United States of plotting to kidnap and assassinate him during a visit this year to Iraq, state media reported.The hardline president told a meeting of clerics in the central city of Qom that Iran s enemies planned to kill him when he went to Baghdad in March, according to the president s Web sit stanley thermos mug e. Iranian leaders usually use the term enemies to refer to Western nations and the United States in particular.The report on the presid stanley cup ential Web site did not specify the United States as the source of the plot. But state television reported that Ahmadinejad had unveiled a shocking story - that Americans had intended to kidnap him during his trip to Iraq. Ahmadinejad said the plot was never carried out because of intentional last-minute changes in his schedule during the visit, the Web site said. He said the conspirators learned about the changes too late, when he had departed Iraq.Ahmadinejad s trip to Baghdad was the first by an Iranian leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, a sign of the close stanley mugs ties between Tehran and the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. During his visit, Ahmadinejad did not stay in the heavily fortified Green Zone, where the Iraqi government and U.S. Embassy are centered and where most visiting dignitaries reside. Instead, he stayed in a compound that includes the home of President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, head of Iraq s largest Shiite party, both of w
The United States is taking serious steps this morning to prepare for airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria forces inside Syria. President Obama is ordering U.S. reconnaissance flights over that country, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin.T nike dunk he president is not approving any airstrikes yet, and the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad has said it needs to know about any attack ahead of time. During a meeting with reporters on Tuesday morning, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said the Obama administration does not recognize the legitimacy of the Assad regime, and therefore will not be coordinating any potential action with them. Earnest also said the president has not made any final decisions about what the U.S. military will do inside Syria.A Pentagon source tells Martin it is not yet clea air force one r whether the surveillance flights have begun, but if they have not, they will certainly begin sometime today.The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS, also known as ISIL, is based in a remote part of northeastern Syria where U.S. officials say there would be little threat of American warplanes adidas sambarose being shot down by Syrian air defenses. The plans being drafted by the Pentagon would use strikes by both manned and unmanned aircraft in an attempt to disrupt ISIS operations and kill its senior leaders. The planning began in earnest following last week s execution of journalist James Foley. Defense Secretary Hagel calling ISIS an imminent threat to every interest Ptyx Germany s Angela Merkel gets the shakes in public for the 2nd time in just 9 days
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday accused the United States of plotting to kidnap and assassinate him during a visit this year to Iraq, state media reported.The hardline president told a meeting of clerics in the central city of Qom that Iran s enemies planned to kill him when he went to Baghdad in March, according to the president s Web sit stanley thermos mug e. Iranian leaders usually use the term enemies to refer to Western nations and the United States in particular.The report on the presid stanley cup ential Web site did not specify the United States as the source of the plot. But state television reported that Ahmadinejad had unveiled a shocking story - that Americans had intended to kidnap him during his trip to Iraq. Ahmadinejad said the plot was never carried out because of intentional last-minute changes in his schedule during the visit, the Web site said. He said the conspirators learned about the changes too late, when he had departed Iraq.Ahmadinejad s trip to Baghdad was the first by an Iranian leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, a sign of the close stanley mugs ties between Tehran and the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. During his visit, Ahmadinejad did not stay in the heavily fortified Green Zone, where the Iraqi government and U.S. Embassy are centered and where most visiting dignitaries reside. Instead, he stayed in a compound that includes the home of President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, head of Iraq s largest Shiite party, both of w
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Security was extremely tight in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday as the World Economic Forum on Africa kicked off. Correspondent and CBS News contributor Debora Patta said her team had to pass through three heavily-armed security checkpoints in the span of just 20 minutes. About 5,000 security personnel were deployed across the capital. The kidnapping of almost 300 schoolgirls by Islamic militant group Boko Haram near their stronghold in the air force 1 northern Nigerian province of Borno -- and the lagging response to the incident by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan -- has all eyes and significant global outrage focused on the west African nation. Nigeria kidnappings: What is Boko Haram 04:02 Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau threatened to sell t yeezy slide he girls into forced marriages in a chilling video posted online earlier this week. President Jonathan opened the World Economic Forum Thursday by saying he believed the kidnap of these girls will be the beginning of the end of terror in Nigeria. Certainly, his government will have new resources to help combat the insurgent group; the U.S., U.K. nike air max and France have all agreed to send teams of experts to aid the Nigerian security and intelligence agencies in their effort to find and rescue the girls. Gzvu Syria: Suicide bombs kill 44 in capital
Last Updated 12:40 p.m. ET CBS/AP - The United States said it was stanley flask suspending plans to contribute food aid to North Korea in exchange for a rollback of its nuclear programs, following Pyongyang s unsuccessful long-range missile launch attempt. We are not going forward with an agreement to provide them with any assistance, White House National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes told reporters traveling with President Barack Obama to Florida. On Thursday White House spokesman Jay Carney warned the planned launch was a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions which would make it virtually impossible for the U.S. to move ahead with the stanley cup agreed-upon package of food aid to North Korea. The Obama administration believes U.S. sanctions against North Korea, particularly on its ability to obtain advanced electronics for guidance systems, have restricted its proliferation activities.N. Korea may follow up failed rocket launch with nuclear testN. Korea s rocket launch failure sparks multi-nation search for debrisG-8 nations warn on Syria, Iran, North KoreaThe launch was condemned by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight industrialized nations meeting in Washington, including Russia.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the launch threatens regional stability, spokesman Martin Nesirky said. The U.N. Security Council met behind closed doors Friday morning to discuss the launch. The council impos stanley mugs ed sanctions against North Korea after its f
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Security was extremely tight in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday as the World Economic Forum on Africa kicked off. Correspondent and CBS News contributor Debora Patta said her team had to pass through three heavily-armed security checkpoints in the span of just 20 minutes. About 5,000 security personnel were deployed across the capital. The kidnapping of almost 300 schoolgirls by Islamic militant group Boko Haram near their stronghold in the air force 1 northern Nigerian province of Borno -- and the lagging response to the incident by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan -- has all eyes and significant global outrage focused on the west African nation. Nigeria kidnappings: What is Boko Haram 04:02 Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau threatened to sell t yeezy slide he girls into forced marriages in a chilling video posted online earlier this week. President Jonathan opened the World Economic Forum Thursday by saying he believed the kidnap of these girls will be the beginning of the end of terror in Nigeria. Certainly, his government will have new resources to help combat the insurgent group; the U.S., U.K. nike air max and France have all agreed to send teams of experts to aid the Nigerian security and intelligence agencies in their effort to find and rescue the girls. Gzvu Syria: Suicide bombs kill 44 in capital
Last Updated 12:40 p.m. ET CBS/AP - The United States said it was stanley flask suspending plans to contribute food aid to North Korea in exchange for a rollback of its nuclear programs, following Pyongyang s unsuccessful long-range missile launch attempt. We are not going forward with an agreement to provide them with any assistance, White House National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes told reporters traveling with President Barack Obama to Florida. On Thursday White House spokesman Jay Carney warned the planned launch was a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions which would make it virtually impossible for the U.S. to move ahead with the stanley cup agreed-upon package of food aid to North Korea. The Obama administration believes U.S. sanctions against North Korea, particularly on its ability to obtain advanced electronics for guidance systems, have restricted its proliferation activities.N. Korea may follow up failed rocket launch with nuclear testN. Korea s rocket launch failure sparks multi-nation search for debrisG-8 nations warn on Syria, Iran, North KoreaThe launch was condemned by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight industrialized nations meeting in Washington, including Russia.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the launch threatens regional stability, spokesman Martin Nesirky said. The U.N. Security Council met behind closed doors Friday morning to discuss the launch. The council impos stanley mugs ed sanctions against North Korea after its f
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SINGAPORE -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis turned up the heat o salomon hombre n North Korea and its main benefactor, China, on Saturday, calling the North Koreans a clear and present danger and chastising the Chinese for coercive behavior in the South China Sea.His sharp words for both countries suggest he believes China will, out of self-interest, exert leverage on North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile programs even as Washington pushes Beijing to change course in the South China Sea.Speaking at an interna adidas originals damen tional security conference in Singapore, Mattis said the Trump administration is encouraged by China s renewed commitment to working with the U.S. and others to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons. He also said he thinks af1 China ultimately will see it as a liability rather than an asset.China blocked tough new sanctions against North Korea that the United States pushed in the U.N. Security Council on Friday. However, the Security Council did vote unanimously to add 15 individuals and four entities linked to the North s nuclear and missile programs to a U.N. sanctions blacklist.In his speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue, sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Mattis sought to balance his hopeful comments on China with sharp criticism of what he called Beijing s disregard for international law by its indisputable militarization of artificial islands in disputed areas of the South China Sea. Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks at the Ruxi U.S., Mexico amp; Canada to jointly host 2026 World Cup
A 28-year-old Russian-born German man was found guilty Wednesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing stanley cup usa a pregnant Egyptian woman in a Dresden courtroom, an attack that triggered outrage in the Muslim world.The Dresden state court said in its ruling that because of the particularly brutal nature of the crime defendant Alexander Wiens would not be eligible for early release.During the trial, Wiens admitted to stabbing Marwa al-Sherbini to death at a July 1 court hearing. Wiens had argued, however, that his actions were not premeditated and that he had no xenophobic motivation. His attorneys had sought a lesser manslaughter conviction.Al-Sherbini, a 31-year-old pharmacist, was stabbed at least 16 times by Wiens in the Dresden courtroom where she was to testify against him stanley cup . She had filed a complaint against him in 2008, accusing him of insulting her with racial slurs, calling her a terrorist and Islamist during an altercation.Many German courts, including the one where the killing took place, have no security checks at their entrance. Prosecutors said the defendant used a kitchen knife with a 7-inch blade that he had brought into the courtroom in a backpack. Her husband, a scientist conducting research in Dresden, was stabbed and suffered serious injuries when he intervened to protect her. The couple s 3-year-old son was in the courtroom and witnessed the attack.Demonstrators outside the courtroom ahead of t stanley cup price he verdict carried signs with slogans
SINGAPORE -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis turned up the heat o salomon hombre n North Korea and its main benefactor, China, on Saturday, calling the North Koreans a clear and present danger and chastising the Chinese for coercive behavior in the South China Sea.His sharp words for both countries suggest he believes China will, out of self-interest, exert leverage on North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile programs even as Washington pushes Beijing to change course in the South China Sea.Speaking at an interna adidas originals damen tional security conference in Singapore, Mattis said the Trump administration is encouraged by China s renewed commitment to working with the U.S. and others to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons. He also said he thinks af1 China ultimately will see it as a liability rather than an asset.China blocked tough new sanctions against North Korea that the United States pushed in the U.N. Security Council on Friday. However, the Security Council did vote unanimously to add 15 individuals and four entities linked to the North s nuclear and missile programs to a U.N. sanctions blacklist.In his speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue, sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Mattis sought to balance his hopeful comments on China with sharp criticism of what he called Beijing s disregard for international law by its indisputable militarization of artificial islands in disputed areas of the South China Sea. Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks at the Ruxi U.S., Mexico amp; Canada to jointly host 2026 World Cup
A 28-year-old Russian-born German man was found guilty Wednesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing stanley cup usa a pregnant Egyptian woman in a Dresden courtroom, an attack that triggered outrage in the Muslim world.The Dresden state court said in its ruling that because of the particularly brutal nature of the crime defendant Alexander Wiens would not be eligible for early release.During the trial, Wiens admitted to stabbing Marwa al-Sherbini to death at a July 1 court hearing. Wiens had argued, however, that his actions were not premeditated and that he had no xenophobic motivation. His attorneys had sought a lesser manslaughter conviction.Al-Sherbini, a 31-year-old pharmacist, was stabbed at least 16 times by Wiens in the Dresden courtroom where she was to testify against him stanley cup . She had filed a complaint against him in 2008, accusing him of insulting her with racial slurs, calling her a terrorist and Islamist during an altercation.Many German courts, including the one where the killing took place, have no security checks at their entrance. Prosecutors said the defendant used a kitchen knife with a 7-inch blade that he had brought into the courtroom in a backpack. Her husband, a scientist conducting research in Dresden, was stabbed and suffered serious injuries when he intervened to protect her. The couple s 3-year-old son was in the courtroom and witnessed the attack.Demonstrators outside the courtroom ahead of t stanley cup price he verdict carried signs with slogans
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MULTAN, Pakistan -- It s a baby boom for the owner of a pet lioness in central Pa adidas samba og kistan. The African lioness named Queen has given birth to five healthy cubs - double the usual two-to-three-cub litters among lions.Owner Malik Fazal Abbas said he has had 4-year-old Queen since she was 2 months old. She mated with a male lion that Abbas also keeps at his home i hoka wanderschuh n the city of Multan. The pair has already had a litter of two cubs, now nine months old.Abbas, a cotton and mango grower, says he has a license from the Pakistani Wildlife Department to keep lions as pets - a dream he has since he was a boy.And he is not the only exotic pet owner in Pakistan. The tiger is a symbol of the ruling party of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and some supporters keep tigers that they bring out during election campaigns. You know, it s brave to hug lions, he told The Associated Press at his home, which has a separate section for his animals. But keeping wildlife as pets is not a hobby easy to afford, he added - his lion and lioness each eat 44 pounds of meat a day. The nine-months-old cubs each consume around 20 pounds of meat daily.Abbas said his family was initially uneasy but later grew more comfortable, even feedings the cubs from milk bottles.He has a caretaker for the animals, and claims he follows all precautions and adidas yeezy safety measures to ensure his lions harm no one. His neighbors often come to visit the lions with their families.A Pakistani wildlife department official, Ghulam Muhamm Ktje EU chief on Trump: With friends like that, who needs enemies
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MULTAN, Pakistan -- It s a baby boom for the owner of a pet lioness in central Pa adidas samba og kistan. The African lioness named Queen has given birth to five healthy cubs - double the usual two-to-three-cub litters among lions.Owner Malik Fazal Abbas said he has had 4-year-old Queen since she was 2 months old. She mated with a male lion that Abbas also keeps at his home i hoka wanderschuh n the city of Multan. The pair has already had a litter of two cubs, now nine months old.Abbas, a cotton and mango grower, says he has a license from the Pakistani Wildlife Department to keep lions as pets - a dream he has since he was a boy.And he is not the only exotic pet owner in Pakistan. The tiger is a symbol of the ruling party of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and some supporters keep tigers that they bring out during election campaigns. You know, it s brave to hug lions, he told The Associated Press at his home, which has a separate section for his animals. But keeping wildlife as pets is not a hobby easy to afford, he added - his lion and lioness each eat 44 pounds of meat a day. The nine-months-old cubs each consume around 20 pounds of meat daily.Abbas said his family was initially uneasy but later grew more comfortable, even feedings the cubs from milk bottles.He has a caretaker for the animals, and claims he follows all precautions and adidas yeezy safety measures to ensure his lions harm no one. His neighbors often come to visit the lions with their families.A Pakistani wildlife department official, Ghulam Muhamm Ktje EU chief on Trump: With friends like that, who needs enemies
A bus carrying mostly Quechua farmers and merchants home for Christmas plunged 250 feet into a ravine in Peru s southern Andes Thursday, killing 42 people and injuring at least eight, authorities said.The accident took place near dawn on a stretch of mountain highway 380 miles southeast of Lima stanley cup that was so remote the nearest village didn t have a doctor. The bus is completely destroyed at the bottom of the ravine, and the worst of it is that we are isolated here l stanley cup ike many towns in Peru, without the communication that could have saved lives, said Cornelio Coaquira, mayor of Velille, who along with dozens of villagers tried to rescue survivors.Victims were transported by truck to Espinar, where a doctor urged the governor to send gasoline for the town s one ambulance.The cause of the accident is still under investigati stanley cup on, said Alberto Palomino of the Cusco Highway Police, who raised the death toll to 42 late Thursday. Dr. Gabriela Cardenas, director of Espinar s medical post, told RPP radio the post has received eight injured people. She said at least two patients were in critical condition and needed to be taken to a larger hospital.Most of the passengers on the bus were farmers and merchants returning to their homes for Christmas and a tradition Incan celebration called Takanakuy held between Dec. 24-26.Velille school teacher Edison Olivares said the stretch of highway where the accident took place is in bad condition with many potholes.In Peru, highway accidents ar
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ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani army helicopter carrying 11 foreigners a hoka winterschuhe nd six Pakistanis made a crash landing in the country s north on Friday, killing two pilots and at least two foreign passengers, the military said.The army s spokesman, Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa, tweeted that the MI-17 helicopter made the emergency landing in the northern area of Naltar.It was unclear what caused the crash.Bajwa said two Pakistani pilots and four foreigners were killed, including the Ambassadors of the Philippines and Norway, and the wives of the Malaysian Indonesian Ambassadors.The surviving passengers -- approximately 12 people -- sustained a varying mizuno de degree of injuries, including the Polish and Dutch Ambassadors, Bajwa said on his Twitter feed. The passengers were flying to the city of Gilgit where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to atte asics gel nd a public ceremony.Sharif was in his own plane on route to Gilgit when the tragic news was conveyed to him, according to a statement from the prime minister s office. It said Sharif returned to Islamabad early in the wake of the crash.It said Sharif also expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the tragic incident and that he extended heartfelt condolences to those who lost their lives in this incident. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-b54c7727-7834-4057-ab2e-df08bfe461c2, right-rail-recirc-item--id-b54c7727- Dimy Olympics in full swing, with first gold going to American teen
Most people in Pakistan s tribal regions strongly oppose U.S. missile strikes in their territory, with nearly half believing they kill mainly civilians, according to a rare opinion poll that may raise doubts about a key plank of the Obama administration s anti-terror strategy.Despite their dislike of the United States, most surveyed also expressed resentment of the al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the missiles are targeting.The poll s release coincides with a dramatic increase in drone-fired missile strikes in the border region ne stanley cup ar Afghanistan last month. Western officials have said the surge in attacks is aimed in part at disrupting a terror plot against European cities.U.S. officials, who rarely acknowledge the covert CIA-run program, have in the past said it is a critical tool that has killed several top al Qaeda and Taliban commanders. But across Pakistan, concern is high for civilians who die during the strikes. The Pakistani government, while officially against the strikes, is believed to secretly provide intelligence for at least some of them.The poll by the New America Foundation and Terror Fre stanley cup e Tomorrow was described as the first comprehensive public opinion stanley cup survey covering sensitive political issues in the tribal belt, a lawless stretch where Pakistan s central government has little influence. It was based on face-to-face interviews with 1,000 randomly chosen adults in 120 towns and other locations in all seven tribal districts. The interviews were conducted
ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani army helicopter carrying 11 foreigners a hoka winterschuhe nd six Pakistanis made a crash landing in the country s north on Friday, killing two pilots and at least two foreign passengers, the military said.The army s spokesman, Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa, tweeted that the MI-17 helicopter made the emergency landing in the northern area of Naltar.It was unclear what caused the crash.Bajwa said two Pakistani pilots and four foreigners were killed, including the Ambassadors of the Philippines and Norway, and the wives of the Malaysian Indonesian Ambassadors.The surviving passengers -- approximately 12 people -- sustained a varying mizuno de degree of injuries, including the Polish and Dutch Ambassadors, Bajwa said on his Twitter feed. The passengers were flying to the city of Gilgit where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to atte asics gel nd a public ceremony.Sharif was in his own plane on route to Gilgit when the tragic news was conveyed to him, according to a statement from the prime minister s office. It said Sharif returned to Islamabad early in the wake of the crash.It said Sharif also expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the tragic incident and that he extended heartfelt condolences to those who lost their lives in this incident. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-b54c7727-7834-4057-ab2e-df08bfe461c2, right-rail-recirc-item--id-b54c7727- Dimy Olympics in full swing, with first gold going to American teen
Most people in Pakistan s tribal regions strongly oppose U.S. missile strikes in their territory, with nearly half believing they kill mainly civilians, according to a rare opinion poll that may raise doubts about a key plank of the Obama administration s anti-terror strategy.Despite their dislike of the United States, most surveyed also expressed resentment of the al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the missiles are targeting.The poll s release coincides with a dramatic increase in drone-fired missile strikes in the border region ne stanley cup ar Afghanistan last month. Western officials have said the surge in attacks is aimed in part at disrupting a terror plot against European cities.U.S. officials, who rarely acknowledge the covert CIA-run program, have in the past said it is a critical tool that has killed several top al Qaeda and Taliban commanders. But across Pakistan, concern is high for civilians who die during the strikes. The Pakistani government, while officially against the strikes, is believed to secretly provide intelligence for at least some of them.The poll by the New America Foundation and Terror Fre stanley cup e Tomorrow was described as the first comprehensive public opinion stanley cup survey covering sensitive political issues in the tribal belt, a lawless stretch where Pakistan s central government has little influence. It was based on face-to-face interviews with 1,000 randomly chosen adults in 120 towns and other locations in all seven tribal districts. The interviews were conducted