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A Jewish extremist wearing an army uniform opened fire inside a bus Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs and wounding 13 in the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel since 1990. An angry crowd then killed the gunman.Prime Minister Ariel Sharon condemned the shootings as a despicable act by a bloodthirsty terrorist. The attack took place in the Arab town of Shfaram in northern Israel, where a bearded gunman stanley us boarded the No. 165 bus and opened fire. Police said the gunman wore a skullcap, identifying him as an Orthodox Jew.Security officials have warned that Jewish militants, desperate to sabotage Israel s upcoming pullout from Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, might stanley us attack Arabs to deflect forces away from the Gaza withdrawal. This cannot be disconnected from the pullout, retired army Gen. Yom-Tov Samia told Israel TV.Meanwhile, two weeks before it s slated to begin its pullout, Israel stanley flasche says it will expand a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. The plan to build 72 housing units in the Beitar Illit settlement are liable to put Israel on a collision course with the U.S. government, which opposes settlement expansion. The announcement immediately angered Palestinians, who claim the West Bank as part of a future state.Housing Ministry spokesman Kobi Bleich said there was a consensus in the Israeli government to expand Betar Illit, a settlement on the outskirts of Jerusalem that is home to 20,000 people.The announcement came just two weeks before Israel is to pull out of

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is leaving on a weeklong, 16,000-mile trip to Asia as part of his effort to pay more attention to the region and boost economic and security cooperation.He ll spend three days in Vietnam, nike sb dunk with stops in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, for meetings with top leaders, a speech on US-Vietnam relations, visits to cultural treasures and sessions with civic lead air max ers and entrepreneurs. From Vietnam, he heads to Japan for a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations and a historic visit to Hiroshima.Along the way, Obama will make a big pu asics sneaker sh for the 12-nation trans-Pacific trade agreement, which includes the U.S., Vietnam and Japan. The deal is stalled in Congress, but Obama hopes it will one day increase trans-Pacific trade and make it easier for U.S. workers and companies to compete in Asia. The deal faces strong opposition from the leading 2016 presidential candidates and other critics, who say it doesn t do enough to protect U.S. workers from unfair competition. The soldiers who photographed the Vietnam War 03:17 A key sticking point during Obama s stay in Vietnam will be human rights. Five Republican senators sent the president a letter Friday labeling Vietnam one of the most repressive regimes in the world and urging Obama to press Vietnamese l Msex Bermuda braces for Category 3 Hurricane Humberto
AP BEIJING - Two passenger trains collided at a railway station in northeast China, injuring at least 24 people, state media said Friday.The trains collided Thursday evening at the Jiamusi railway station in Heilongjiang province, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Station officials reached by phone said they had no information. Officials at the Jiamusi Communist Party Propaganda office said they had not heard about the collision.Xinhua cited a railway spokesman in the provincial capital as saying most of the injured were preparing to get off a train when the other train collided with it, causing them to fall.Most of the injuries were slight and five people were under medical observation, Xinhua said, adding that an investigation was under way.Elsewhere in Heilongjiang, three trucks plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed early Friday, killing three people, Xinhua reported. Train and road accidents are relatively common in China due to lax safety and ma stanley cup intenance procedures. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; water bottle stanley inline-recirc-item--id-9a11718a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-9a11718a-8c88-11 stanley cup e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-9a11718a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;

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LONDON -- A Royal Air Force fighter jet escorted a Qatar Airways plane to a safe landing at Manchester Airport Tuesday, following a warning of a possible device on board.Greater Manchester Police said it was not immediately known if the threat was genuine, but that it was absolutely vital that we deal with the situation as a full emergency. The police later said they had placed a man from aboard the plane under arrest on suspicion of making a false bomb threat. Images posted to social media showed a man in a green tee-shi yeezy rt with short cropped hair being taken off the aircraft in handcuffs.Qatar Airways said the plane s crew was made aware of a threat and that they requested the assistance via air traffic control.The runway was briefly closed, but police said the airport was working as usual. The plane was moved to allow specialist officers to board. Chief Superintendent John O Hare said that people would see the police and other agencies at the airport and that the public should not be alarmed.Police said they were dunk pand dealing with the matter as an isolated incident. The air max plus Ministry of Defense confirmed that Typhoon aircraft were launched in their quick reaction alert role to investigate a civilian aircraft whose pilot had requested assistance. The aircraft was escorted to Manchester where it landed safely, the ministry said in a statement. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 { display Iqtc Chemical Spill In Malaysian Waters
AP BEIRUT - An international push to end Syria s conflict stalled Sunday as U.N. envoy Kof stanley becher i Annan left Damascus without a cease-fire and President Basha stanley flask r Assad s forces pounded opposition areas and clashed with rebels throughout the country.Western and Arab powers are struggling for ways to stem the bloodshed in the year-old conflict while both the regime and the opposition reject dialogue. Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan appeared to make little progress during two visits with Assad during his first trip to Syria as the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy.Annan was seeking an immediate cease-fire to allow for humanitarian aid and the start of a dialogue between all parties on a political solut stanley mug ion. After meeting with Assad on Sunday, Annan said he had presented steps to ease the crisis, but gave no details. Once it s agreed, it will help launch the process and help end the crisis on the ground, he told reporters. He called for reforms that will create a strong foundation for a democratic Syria 151; a peaceful, stable, pluralistic and prosperous society, based on the rule of law and respect for human rights. But he said a cease-fire must come first. You have to start by stopping the killing and the misery and the abuse that is going on today and then give time for a political settlement. Annan optimistic of breakthrough in SyriaU.N. envoy Annan meets with Assad in SyriaAssad told Annan on Sunday that a political solution is impossible as long as terrorist gro

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PARIS -- A gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris Friday, wounding three people before being subdued by two American passengers, officials said.French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, speaking in Arras in northern France where the suspected was detained, said one of the Americans was hos adidas samba pitalized with serious wounds. Their names were not immediately released. A man lies on the on floor in the Amsterdam to Paris Thalys high-speed train where shots were fired and several people were injured, according to the French interior ministry, in Arras, France, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Christina Cathleen Coons/Handout via Reuters French media reported that U.S. Marines overpowered the man. U.S. Marine spokesman in Germany Capt. Richard Ulsh told CBS News that they can confirm that Americans subdued the gunmen but he would not confirm whether they were Marines.Investigators from France s special anti yeezy slide -terror police are leading the investigation, a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor s office said. The suspect is a 26-year-old Moroccan, said Sliman Hamzi, an official with police union Alliance, said on French television i-Tele. The suspect was armed with an automatic rifle and a knife, said Christophe Piednoel, spokesman for national rail adidas original campus way operator SNCF.Cazeneuve said the American passengers were particularly Bpea Don Goyo Takes A Nap
CAIRO Egypt s new president on Monday issued a decree pardoning all those charged with or convicted of acts in support of the revolution since the beginning of the popular uprising that forced his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, from power.The move by Mohammed Morsi was long demanded by Egypt s youth groups behind the uprising. It could potentially benefit more than 1,000 protesters currently on trial following their arrests during demonstrations since the uprising against Mubarak erupted on Jan. 25, 2011 and until Morsi was sworn in on June 30. stanley flask Hosni Mubarak 45 photos Those already convicted for their role in the protests may also be pardoned. Most of those on trial or convicted were detained during the rule of the generals who took over after Mubarak stepped down in February 2011. stanley water bottle Mohammed Gadallah, Morsi s legal advisor, said the decree is one of the revolution s most important victories. It shows the revolution is now in power and guides the decision-making, Gadallah told The Associated Press. This is a legislation that protects the revolutionaries. However, the wording of the decree is vague and doesn t immediately set any stanley cup one free, according to several human rights lawyers. It asks the prosecutor general and the military pr

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MADRID -- The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios - which means Camp Kill Jews - on Monday officially changed its name back to Castrillo Mota de Judios Jews Hill Camp following a referendum and regional government approval.The village, with about 50 inhabitants, voted to change the name in 2014 after the mayor argued that the term was offensive and tha chanclas yeezy t the village should honor its Jewish origins.Documents show the villages original name was Jews Hill Camp and that the Kill Jews name dates from 1627, after a 1492 Spanish edict ordering Jews to become Catholics or flee the country. Those who remained faced the Spanish inquisition, with many burned at the stake.The name change was approved by the regional government of Castilla y Leon and published in the region s official gazette.Although Jews were killed in the area, researchers believe the village got mizuno running its recent name from Jewish residents who converted to Catholicism and wanted to reinforce their repudiation of Judaism to convince Spanish authorities of their loyalty. Others suspect the change may have come from a slip of the pen.Although no Jews live in the village today, many residents have ancient Jewish roots and the town s official shield includes the Star of David.Spain s lower house of parliament this month approved a law setting a citizenship path for the descendants of Jews who were forced to flee the country centuries a adidas campus beige go. Nlne Dogs that killed boy featured in zoo s calendar
A car bomb exploded Sunday near a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 25, police said.T stanley mug he blast occurred in the public market in Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, a short distance from the mosque, police Capt. Rasheed al-Samaraie said.No further details were available.Mahmoudiya is a religiously mixed city on the Euphrates river and has been the scene of frequent vehicle bombings over the past two years.In other developments: Six people were killed during a pre-dawn raid Sunday, when U.S. troops stormed into a house looking for an al-Qaida suspect south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Five others died in the capital, including three killed in a bombing on a minibus. The U.S. military has spent just 40 percent of the $7 billion appropriated in 2005 for the training of Iraqi and Afghanistan security forces, a top Pentagon priority that is the lynchpin for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. The slow pace of spending was outlined in a congressional report that also rai stanley thermos mug sed questions about whether the Pentagon needs the full $5.9 billion it has requested for training this year in an emergency spending bill that is pending in Congress. Two U.S. Marines were killed and 22 were wounded, two of them critically, in fighting in western Iraq, the U.S. command announced Saturday. stanley cup Two of the wounded were in critical condition. A U.S. statement said the casualties occurred Thursday as a result of enemy action in Anbar province,

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Justine Redman/CBS News Kurdish civilians have given up jobs as teachers and farmers and picked up weapons to try and stop the advance of ISIS in northern Syria. mizuno volleyballschuhe Though ISIS was driven out of Kobani with help from the U.S. and others, Kurdish fighters nearby are holding the frontline with second-hand weapons.ISIS fighters are just four miles from Kurdish positions in Jazaa, Syria.Ahmad Mohammed was a farmer, but now he s a patrol commander for a group of Kurdish fighters in Jazaa, and he has yet to see any U.S. or allied warplanes come to their aid. Civilians on the front lines against ISIS adidas originals samba Justine Redman/CBS News A Kurdish fighter keeps an eye on the horizon, where she knows ISIS militants ho air force ld positions just four miles away, in Jazaa, Syria. Civilians on the front lines against ISIS Justine Redman/CBS News Most of the Kurdish fighters holding the frontline in Jazaa, northern Syria, are not trained soldiers, they are local civilians who have taken up arms to defend their towns and villages from ISIS. Civilians on the front lines against ISIS Justine Redman/CBS News ISIS controls up to one third of Iraq Ggpg Al Qaeda Allies Confirm 2 Leaders Deaths
A car bomb explosion killed six U.N. peacekeepers patrolling a southern Lebanon road Sunday in an attack that could have serious repercussions beyond Lebanon s borders. Up north, Lebanese troops engaged in another b stanley canada attle with Islamic militants in Tripoli that claimed 10 more lives.The mounting violence across Lebanon reflected the fast growing instability that is certain to throw the country into further chaos.The deadly a stanley water bottle ttack against the peacekeepers marked the first time that the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, has come under attack since it was reinforced last summer after the war between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli forces in Lebanon. The attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon made it clear that the Interim Force is a target itself and came after calls to fortify it in response to the problems in the Palesinian refugee camps, said CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela F stanley cup price alk, and after al Qaeda specifically made clear that they were against the U.N. presence. Hezbollah was quick to denounce the attack, calling it in a statement a suspicious act that harms the people of the south and of Lebanon. The militant has had good relations with UNIFIL since the troops were first deployed in Lebanon in 1978.Though it was uncertain who was behind Sunday s explosion, there have been warnings that the U.N. peacekeepers could be hit by a terror attack, particularly from al Qaeda and its sympathizers.Al Qaeda s No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri denounced the reinfor

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CBS News Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iran s foreign minister, face-to-face yesterday, for half an hour. It s the highest-level government contact between the two cou hoka laufschuhe ntries since 1979.Kerry talks about Iran s nucl air max plus ear program in a 60 Minutes interview. He told CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley that the Iranians have to convince the United States they are not trying to build nuclear weapons.Russia agrees to U.N. resolution on Syria chemical weaponsPelley asked, Give me an example, one concrete step, one thing that they can do to assure the world that they re giving up their ambitions. Kerry replied, They could immediately open up the inspection of the Fordo facility -- a secret facility and underground in the mountains, fortified and unquestionably not something that a peaceful program laugh would be doing. They could immediately sign the protocols, the additional protocols of the international community regarding inspections. They could offer to cease voluntarily to take enrichment above a certain level, keep it at a very low level, because there s no need to have it at a higher level for a peaceful program --number of things they could do, Scott. Pelley also asked, What bold step could the United States take right now to answer this apparent opening by the Iranians Kerry said, Well, providing that the Iranians take concrete steps, I m confident they would have an expectation that the United States is goi adidas campus 80s ng to respond by perhaps adjusting the Karx Yushchenko Dioxin Most Harmful
Hundreds of men claim stanley termohrnek ing to be former Iraqi soldiers converged at a U.S. base in central Baghdad and in the southern city of Basra on Sunday, demanding financial assistance in a second day of violent protests.The unrest reflected growing tension over the high unemployment rate in Iraq after the collapse of Saddam Hussein s military, formerly a major employer.When Saddam s army was disbanded in May, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority decided to make one-time stipend of $40 to the estimated 440,000 conscripts in the former military.The idea was to tide the soldiers over until new jobs for them were created. Sa kubki stanley turday was stanley quencher the final day for collecting the payments, distributed at nine locations across the country.U.S. officials said Sunday that more than 320,000 former Iraqi soldiers, or 72 percent, had benefited from the program and blamed Saddam loyalists for inciting the protests. In other developments:Weapons hunters in Iraq are following leads that point to the presence of anthrax and Scud missiles still hidden in the country, the chief searcher said Sunday.David Kay told Congress last week that his survey team had not found nuclear, biological or chemical weapons so far. But he argued against drawing conclusions, saying he expects to provide a full picture on Iraq s weapons programs in six months to nine months.U.S. troops raided the home of a suspected weapons dealer on Sunday, arresting him and seizing blasting caps and other materials often used by Iraqi

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TORONTO -- A Syrian refu air force 1 gee couple have named their new baby after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in gratitude for his initiative to allow refugees to enter the country.Prime Minister Trudeau says Canada welcomes refugeesCanada opens its hearts to Syrian refugeesJustin Trudeau Adam Bilan was born Thursday in a Calgary, Alberta, hospital, the Toronto Star reported.His parents, Afr nike sb dunk aa and Muhammad, came to Canada from their war-ravage salomon hombre d home nation with their two older children last year. President Trump s travel ban faces legal test 01:24 We love this man, we appreciate him, mom Afraa Bilan told the paper. He helped a lot of refugees. He s the reason we are in Canada. She noted that little Justin Trudeau Adam Bilan is the family s first Canadian and beat the rest of them to getting citizenship. The Canadian government says more than 40,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in the country since November 2015.By contrast, President Donald Trumpordered a 90-day halt on travel to the U.S. by citizens of Syria, as well as those from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. He also ordered a 120-day suspension of the U.S. refugee program. Federal judges have put the policy on hold. The United Nations reports more than 5 million Syrian refugees have fled the civil war tearing apart their ho Dame Researchers claim world record for longest life a case of ID fraud
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet - the archetypal Cold War military ruler - was declared mentally unfit to stand trial Monday for political killings shortly after his 1973 coup, probably ending efforts to prosecute him.The Appeals Court ruled 2-1 that Pinochet, 85, suffers from such severe dementia that he cannot be prosecuted on charges of covering up 75 murders by a notorious Caravan of Death, an army hit squad that toured northern Chile by he stanley cup licopter eliminating his political foes stanley canada after Pinochet ousted Marxist President Salvador Allende in 1973.Prose stanley quencher cution lawyers said they would seek a reversal of the ruling. This ruling is the result of political pressures over the court, said lawyer Eduardo Contreras. But Pinochet will still go into history as having been indicted on human rights charges, Contreras said. The trial was only suspended because he is allegedly ill or crazy. The trial against Pinochet could theoretically resume if the general s health improves. But that possibility is considered remote. Court rulings are to be respected, not to be commented on , said President Ricardo Lagos. The government is not satisfied or unsatisfied. Pinochet suffers from high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis, has a pacemaker and has had at least three mild strokes since 1998, according to his doctors.Pinochet, who ruled until 1990, has denied responsibility for the deaths. Chilean law only exempts from penal responsibility those pronounced mad o

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NEW YORK -- NBC has apologized to South Koreans for an on-air remark by an analyst that c af1 ited Japan as an example that has been important to the country s own transformation. The remark was made by analyst Joshua Cooper Ramo during NBC s coverage of Friday s opening ceremony. He was noting the significance of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe s visit. Every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural and technical and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation, Ramo said. Winter Olympics 2018: How to watch on TV and without cable online An online petition quickly circulated demanding an apology, and NBC did on its NBCSN cable network Saturday and formally t adidas samba donna o the Pyeongchang Olympic organizing committee. Japan occupied Korea from 1910 to 1945. Petitioners said anyone familiar with Japanese treatment of Koreans during that time would be deeply hurt by Ramo s remark. They also criticized the accuracy of giving Japan credit for South Korea s resurgence. The petition had more than 10,000 supporters on Sunday. We believe that staying silent is not an appropriate response to such ignorant, insensitive, and harmful information that defies the very spirit of peace, harmony, and human dignity of the Olympics, it said. NBC said in a statement Sunday it was gratified that local Olympic officials accepted the apology. The network s adidas campus beige aid that South Korea and its Olympic organizers have been exceptional hosts in every way. Ramo, a former journali Lbzc Israel: Lebanon s Offer Interesting
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TOKYO -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged Saturday that the Trump crocs winterstiefel administration s effort to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons would be fully coordinated with allies Japan and South Korea. He made the remarks as he prepared to travel to Pyongyang under pressure to produce tangible progress toward that goal. Pompeo met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on the eve of his fourth visit to North Korea, during which he ll be looking to arrange a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and plot a path forward on denuclearization. Japan, notably, has been wary of Mr. Trump s initiative, fearing it could affect its long-standing security relationship with the U.S. Pompeo told Abe that it is important for him to hear from the Japanese leader so we have a fully coordinated and unified view. He vowed to raise the cases of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea when he sees Kim and officials in Pyongyang on Sunday.Pompeo will then travel to South Korea and China to review the negotiations. It is important for us to hear from you as I travel to Pyongyang to make sure that we are fully in sync with respect to missile programs, chemical and biological weapons programs, Pompeo told Abe. We will bring up the issue of the dunks abductees as well and then we will share with you how we hope to proceed when we are in Pyongyang tomorrow. hoka winterschuhe Uctz Women and children make up majority of asylum-seekers sent to Guatemala under Trump deal
The U.S. military on Saturday blamed the deadly bombing of a pet market in Baghdad on Iranian-backed Shiite militants, raising concerns that Shiite extremist activity could escalate and jeopardize waning violence in Iraq.The bomb that was hidden in a box of small birds exploded Friday morning as Iraqis were strolling past animal stalls and bird cages at Baghdad s al-Ghazl market. The market had recently re-emerged as a popular venue as security has increased, raising hopes for calm in the capital after years of stanley cup turmoil.U.S. spokesman Rear Adm. Gregory Smith said the military was maintaining a reserved optimism about the decreased levels of violence but reiterated warnings that Sunni and Shiite extremists remain a serious threat. While Iraqi and coalition for stanley cupe ces continue to make sustained progress against these terrorists, al Qaeda and other militia extremist groups remain a dangerous enemy of Iraq, he said at a news conference.Police and hospital officials said at least 15 people were killed and 56 wounded, making Friday s attack against the pet market the deadliest in Baghdad in more than two months. Smith said the bomb was packed with ball bearings to maximize casualties and that it bore the hallmarks of a so-called special group, the military term for Shiite extremists who have broken with radical cleric Muqt stanley becher ada al-Sadr. The cleric called on his fighters to stand down in August. In raids overnight, Iraqi and coalition forces were able to identify and detain four