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Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and photographer Rami al-Refee were killed Wednesday in an Israeli strike in Gaza, becoming at least the 112th and 113th journalist or media worker mdash; the vast majority of whom are Palestinian mdash; to be killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began, according to data compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The period since the start of the war has been the deadliest for journalists si air force nce the CPJ began gathering data in 1992. This is the second strike on an Al Jazeera journalist in a car, CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg told CBS News. That raises really disturbing questions about whether or not journalists are being deliberately targeted. hellip; Whenever you see a case in which it appears that a particular building or a particular car has been targeted, and other cars or buildings in the area hav yeezy foam e been left alone, then that gives you reason to suspect that those places have been deliberately targeted, adidas originals and of course, journalists are civilians and should never be targeted. The two journalists were reporting from near the Gaza home of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas who was assassinated in Iran earlier Wednesday. Mourners and colleagues surround the body of Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul, killed along with his cameraman Rami al-Refee in an Israeli strike during their coverage from Gaza s Al-Shati refugee camp, July 31, 2024. OMAR Hmxw Iraq: Al Qaeda Planning Holiday Attacks in West
Britain and the United States agreed Saturday that stanley cups urgent talks between the U.S. and the European Union were needed to resolve a growing trade row over bananas, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said.Cook, speaking after a tw stanley us o-hour meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at his country residence, said both sides felt a solution to the deepening dispute over banana imports should be found as soon as possible.The European Union filed a complaint against the U.S. before the World Trade Organization on Thursday, saying U.S. moves to impose sanctions in the banana dispute violate global trading laws.The U.S. says American banana companies lose $520 million annually in sales to Europe because of illegal trade barriers.The big American fruit companies that grow bananas in Central America have argued that Europe unfairly favors bananas grown by its former colonies in the Caribbean and Africa. The Clinton administration has strongly backed the complaints of companies like Chiquita, a generous contributor to both the Republican and Democratic parties.As a result, the administration notified U.S. importers that they are liable for hefty tariffs on $520 million worth of European goods.Cook said he and Albright both agreed that what is needed is urgent talks. We cannot allow this dispute to damage relations between us. We both need an urgent resolution and both agreed to seek one, he told reporters after the talks. I will be rep stanley cup orting to my colleagues in the o
Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and photographer Rami al-Refee were killed Wednesday in an Israeli strike in Gaza, becoming at least the 112th and 113th journalist or media worker mdash; the vast majority of whom are Palestinian mdash; to be killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began, according to data compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The period since the start of the war has been the deadliest for journalists si air force nce the CPJ began gathering data in 1992. This is the second strike on an Al Jazeera journalist in a car, CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg told CBS News. That raises really disturbing questions about whether or not journalists are being deliberately targeted. hellip; Whenever you see a case in which it appears that a particular building or a particular car has been targeted, and other cars or buildings in the area hav yeezy foam e been left alone, then that gives you reason to suspect that those places have been deliberately targeted, adidas originals and of course, journalists are civilians and should never be targeted. The two journalists were reporting from near the Gaza home of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas who was assassinated in Iran earlier Wednesday. Mourners and colleagues surround the body of Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul, killed along with his cameraman Rami al-Refee in an Israeli strike during their coverage from Gaza s Al-Shati refugee camp, July 31, 2024. OMAR Hmxw Iraq: Al Qaeda Planning Holiday Attacks in West
Britain and the United States agreed Saturday that stanley cups urgent talks between the U.S. and the European Union were needed to resolve a growing trade row over bananas, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said.Cook, speaking after a tw stanley us o-hour meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at his country residence, said both sides felt a solution to the deepening dispute over banana imports should be found as soon as possible.The European Union filed a complaint against the U.S. before the World Trade Organization on Thursday, saying U.S. moves to impose sanctions in the banana dispute violate global trading laws.The U.S. says American banana companies lose $520 million annually in sales to Europe because of illegal trade barriers.The big American fruit companies that grow bananas in Central America have argued that Europe unfairly favors bananas grown by its former colonies in the Caribbean and Africa. The Clinton administration has strongly backed the complaints of companies like Chiquita, a generous contributor to both the Republican and Democratic parties.As a result, the administration notified U.S. importers that they are liable for hefty tariffs on $520 million worth of European goods.Cook said he and Albright both agreed that what is needed is urgent talks. We cannot allow this dispute to damage relations between us. We both need an urgent resolution and both agreed to seek one, he told reporters after the talks. I will be rep stanley cup orting to my colleagues in the o
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CAIRO -- Security officials at Cairo International Airport say Omar bin Laden, son of the former leader of al Qaeda Osama bin Laden, was denied entry to the country and deported to Turkey. Omar bin Laden and his wife arrived Saturday from Qatar but after checking details of his Saudi passport, security officials found his name on a list of those banned from entering the country. The officials, speaking anonymously according to regulations, said Omar bin laden and hi yeezy slide s wife were allowed to leave for Turkeyaccording to their choice. adidas campus 80s More from CBS News American man likely killed by kidnappers in Philippines, police say adidas samba Amnesty International accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza Missing U.S. climbers gear found on New Zealand s highest peak Record number of unaccompanied minor children in region, UNICEF estimates Evay Israel says it will expand response if Gaza clashes continue
Check and update this page often for the latest news and views on the WikiLeaks saga, as well as our special report.DECEMBER 12, Day 15[Donal stanley cup d Rumsfeld via Twitter] Surprise, the former Secretary of Defense cooperated with the U.S. government in using previously classified documents in his book. With my book I will r stanley flask elease 100s of supporting docs on a website--many previously classified, but unlike Wikileaks, all cleared by USG. [Guardian] Sinn Fein leaders were aware of Northern Bank heist plans Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness judged to be part of military command and aware of IRA plans for pound;26.5m robbery[Washington Post] Brazil s vulnerability to terrorist actsThe 2009 crash of a stolen plane near the capital city of Brasilia exposed Brazil s vulnerability to terrorist acts, said a U.S. diplomatic cable released Sunday by WikiLeaks.[Guardian] WikiLeaks: Uzbekistan world of rampant corruption The post-Soviet state of Uzbekistan is a nightmarish world of rampant corruption , organised crime, forced labour in the cotton fields, and torture, according to the leaked cables. But the secret dispatches released by WikiLeaks reveal that the US tries to keep President Islam Karimov sweet because he allows a crucial US military supply line to run into Afghanistan, known as the northern distribution network NDN . [Guardian]Wik stanley website iLeaks cable sticks the knife into Azerbaijan s first ladyLeaked dispatch lays bare US diplomats less-than-flattering remarks
CAIRO -- Security officials at Cairo International Airport say Omar bin Laden, son of the former leader of al Qaeda Osama bin Laden, was denied entry to the country and deported to Turkey. Omar bin Laden and his wife arrived Saturday from Qatar but after checking details of his Saudi passport, security officials found his name on a list of those banned from entering the country. The officials, speaking anonymously according to regulations, said Omar bin laden and hi yeezy slide s wife were allowed to leave for Turkeyaccording to their choice. adidas campus 80s More from CBS News American man likely killed by kidnappers in Philippines, police say adidas samba Amnesty International accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza Missing U.S. climbers gear found on New Zealand s highest peak Record number of unaccompanied minor children in region, UNICEF estimates Evay Israel says it will expand response if Gaza clashes continue
Check and update this page often for the latest news and views on the WikiLeaks saga, as well as our special report.DECEMBER 12, Day 15[Donal stanley cup d Rumsfeld via Twitter] Surprise, the former Secretary of Defense cooperated with the U.S. government in using previously classified documents in his book. With my book I will r stanley flask elease 100s of supporting docs on a website--many previously classified, but unlike Wikileaks, all cleared by USG. [Guardian] Sinn Fein leaders were aware of Northern Bank heist plans Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness judged to be part of military command and aware of IRA plans for pound;26.5m robbery[Washington Post] Brazil s vulnerability to terrorist actsThe 2009 crash of a stolen plane near the capital city of Brasilia exposed Brazil s vulnerability to terrorist acts, said a U.S. diplomatic cable released Sunday by WikiLeaks.[Guardian] WikiLeaks: Uzbekistan world of rampant corruption The post-Soviet state of Uzbekistan is a nightmarish world of rampant corruption , organised crime, forced labour in the cotton fields, and torture, according to the leaked cables. But the secret dispatches released by WikiLeaks reveal that the US tries to keep President Islam Karimov sweet because he allows a crucial US military supply line to run into Afghanistan, known as the northern distribution network NDN . [Guardian]Wik stanley website iLeaks cable sticks the knife into Azerbaijan s first ladyLeaked dispatch lays bare US diplomats less-than-flattering remarks
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- From the start of the flight in Taiwan s capital, survivor Huang Jin-sun suspected trouble. There was some airmaxplus sound next to me. It did not feel right shortly after takeoff. The engine did not feel right, the 72-year-old man told ETTV television Thursday from his hospital bed.Huang was one of 15 people who survived when the TransAsia Airways turbojet carrying 58 people crashed Wednesday into a river minutes after taking off in Taipei. At least 32 people died and 11 are still missing. A survivor, bottom, rescued from a commercial plane after it crashed in the water is taken by a boat as emergency personnel on the plane try to rescue other passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. AP Moments before the plane banked sharply and crashed, one of its pilots told the control tower, Mayday, mayday, engine flameout, according to an aviation official who asked not to be identified. Engine flameout refers to flames being extinguished in the combustion chamber of the en adidas campus homme gine, so that it shuts down and no longer drives the propeller. Causes could include a lack of air force one fuel or being struck by volcanic ash, a bird or some other object. Mayday is an international distress call.The airline and the Taiwan Civil Aeronautical Administration have declined to speculate on the cause of the crash, the latest in a series of disasters befalling Asian airlines. T Zmme Man mauled to death trying to take selfie with a bear
Britons marked the first week since the London bombings with a silent vigil video Thursday, as police confirmed that the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers ndash; and stepped up their search for the mastermind behind the attacks.The one week mark arrived as a person injured in the blast on the No. 30 bus in Tavistock Square died in a hospital, bringing the death toll to 54.The man was not identified, and no other details were immediately released.Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair told the Foreign Press Association that police believe that we know who the four people carrying the bombs were ... and we believe they are all dead. We are as certain as we can be that four people were killed and they were the four people carrying bombs, Blair said. His comments were the first public confirmation from police that the July 7 attackers were suicide bombers. Bombs exploded on thre stanley cup e subway trains and a double-decker bus, killing at least 53 people, including t stanley cup he attackers.Peter Clarke, head of the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist branch, on Thursday iden stanley mugs tified the suspected suicide bomber who blew up the double-decker bus, killing 13 people, as Hasib Hussain, 18. Clarke also said Shahzad Tanweer, 22, was responsible for attacking a subway train between the Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations. Both are Britons of Pakistani descent.News reports have identified the other two as Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, another Briton of Pakistani descent, and Lindsey Ge
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- From the start of the flight in Taiwan s capital, survivor Huang Jin-sun suspected trouble. There was some airmaxplus sound next to me. It did not feel right shortly after takeoff. The engine did not feel right, the 72-year-old man told ETTV television Thursday from his hospital bed.Huang was one of 15 people who survived when the TransAsia Airways turbojet carrying 58 people crashed Wednesday into a river minutes after taking off in Taipei. At least 32 people died and 11 are still missing. A survivor, bottom, rescued from a commercial plane after it crashed in the water is taken by a boat as emergency personnel on the plane try to rescue other passengers in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. AP Moments before the plane banked sharply and crashed, one of its pilots told the control tower, Mayday, mayday, engine flameout, according to an aviation official who asked not to be identified. Engine flameout refers to flames being extinguished in the combustion chamber of the en adidas campus homme gine, so that it shuts down and no longer drives the propeller. Causes could include a lack of air force one fuel or being struck by volcanic ash, a bird or some other object. Mayday is an international distress call.The airline and the Taiwan Civil Aeronautical Administration have declined to speculate on the cause of the crash, the latest in a series of disasters befalling Asian airlines. T Zmme Man mauled to death trying to take selfie with a bear
Britons marked the first week since the London bombings with a silent vigil video Thursday, as police confirmed that the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers ndash; and stepped up their search for the mastermind behind the attacks.The one week mark arrived as a person injured in the blast on the No. 30 bus in Tavistock Square died in a hospital, bringing the death toll to 54.The man was not identified, and no other details were immediately released.Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair told the Foreign Press Association that police believe that we know who the four people carrying the bombs were ... and we believe they are all dead. We are as certain as we can be that four people were killed and they were the four people carrying bombs, Blair said. His comments were the first public confirmation from police that the July 7 attackers were suicide bombers. Bombs exploded on thre stanley cup e subway trains and a double-decker bus, killing at least 53 people, including t stanley cup he attackers.Peter Clarke, head of the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist branch, on Thursday iden stanley mugs tified the suspected suicide bomber who blew up the double-decker bus, killing 13 people, as Hasib Hussain, 18. Clarke also said Shahzad Tanweer, 22, was responsible for attacking a subway train between the Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations. Both are Britons of Pakistani descent.News reports have identified the other two as Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, another Briton of Pakistani descent, and Lindsey Ge
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Manila mdash;Benigno Noynoy Aquino III, former Philippine President and the son of two of Asia s most prominent democracy icons, has passed away at the age of 61. His family said on Thursday that he d died peacefully of renal failure as a result of diabetes. Mission accomplished, Noy, his sister Pinky Aquino mizuno laufschuhe Abellada said. Be happy with Mom and Dad. Former President Benigno Aquino III speaks to supporters during a Church Mass on August 21, 2018, commemorating the 35th anniversary of the assassination of his father, Benigno Aquino Jr., on August 21, 1983. J Gerard Seguia/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Aquino s father, Benigno Ninoy Aquino, Jr., a senator who was one of the staunchest critics of former President Ferdinand Marcos, was assassinated in 1983 upon his return from exile in the United States. His death galvanized a movement that eventually led to the 1986 uprising that air max 2 toppled the Mar adidas samba adidas cos dictatorship. Aquino s mother, Corazon Aquino, became the country s first female leader.Aquino had said he never aspired to be president, but Corazon s death in 2009 brought his family back to the political pedestal. He ran on a platform of good governance, and won by a landslide. He was Philippine President from 2010 to 2016. Armed with an overwhelming mandate to stamp out corruption, he immediately went after his predecessor and college professor, Gloria Macapagal Tqmq Maria Sharapova learns punishment for using banned substance
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Manila mdash;Benigno Noynoy Aquino III, former Philippine President and the son of two of Asia s most prominent democracy icons, has passed away at the age of 61. His family said on Thursday that he d died peacefully of renal failure as a result of diabetes. Mission accomplished, Noy, his sister Pinky Aquino mizuno laufschuhe Abellada said. Be happy with Mom and Dad. Former President Benigno Aquino III speaks to supporters during a Church Mass on August 21, 2018, commemorating the 35th anniversary of the assassination of his father, Benigno Aquino Jr., on August 21, 1983. J Gerard Seguia/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Aquino s father, Benigno Ninoy Aquino, Jr., a senator who was one of the staunchest critics of former President Ferdinand Marcos, was assassinated in 1983 upon his return from exile in the United States. His death galvanized a movement that eventually led to the 1986 uprising that air max 2 toppled the Mar adidas samba adidas cos dictatorship. Aquino s mother, Corazon Aquino, became the country s first female leader.Aquino had said he never aspired to be president, but Corazon s death in 2009 brought his family back to the political pedestal. He ran on a platform of good governance, and won by a landslide. He was Philippine President from 2010 to 2016. Armed with an overwhelming mandate to stamp out corruption, he immediately went after his predecessor and college professor, Gloria Macapagal Tqmq Maria Sharapova learns punishment for using banned substance
As Nguyen Van Ninh needles his chopsticks through a steaming bowl of Vietnam s famous noodle soup, he knows it could be spiked with formaldehyde. But the thoug stanley cup usa ht of slurping up the same chemical used to preserve corpses isn t enough to deter him. I think if we don t see those chemicals being put in the food with our own eyes, then we can just smack our lips and pretend that there are no chemicals in the food, he said, devouring a 30-cent bowl of pho on a busy Hanoi sidewalk. Why worry about it While the discovery of tainted imports from China has shocked Westerners, food safety has long been a problem in much of Asia, where enforcement is lax and food poisoning deaths are not unusual. Hot weather, la stanley cup quencher ck of refrigeration and demand for cheap street food drives vendors and producers to find inexpensive mdash; and often dangerous mdash; ways to preserve their products.What s exported, for the most part, is the good stuff. Companies know they must meet certain standards if they want to make money. But in the domestic market, substandard items and adulterated foods abound, including items rejected for export.Formaldehyde, for instance, has long been used to lengthen the shelf life of rice noodles and tofu in some Asian countries, even though it can cause liver, nerve and kidney damage. The chemical, often used in embalming, was found a few years ago in seven stanley cups uk of 10 pho noodle factories in Hanoi. Borax, found in everything from detergent to Fiberglas, is also commonly u
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Colombia questioned its own airline security measures and ordered an immediate review after a hijacking in which authorities say a father in a wheelchair dodged a checkpoint and smuggled grenades onto a plane.The Colombian government says the father and his son surrendered five hours after commandeering the Aires airliner around midday Monday after it departed from the southern city of Florencia on a flight headed to Colombia s capital, Bogota.The plane, with at least 24 people aboard, including an American, landed in Bogota after the hijackers made a radio call to air traffic control indicating they had taken control, said Gen. Edgar Lesmez, chief of the Colombian Air Force.The hijackers allowed government negotiators and a Roman Catholic priest to board while the twin-propeller plane sat on the tarmac. All passengers and crew were eventually freed unharmed before the hijackers, 42-year-old Porfirio Ramirez and his 22-year-old son, Linsen Ramirez, gave up and were arrested.The older Ramirez boarded the plane in a wheelchair that was too large to pass through an airport metal d stanley quencher etector, and he was not patted down by security agents, Luis Octavio Rojas, director of the Florencia airport, told The Associated Press. A statement late Monday from President Alvaro Uribe s office said the Civil Aviation authority must find out what allowed someone to take advantage of his disa stanley cups bled condi stanley france tion to pass through the security checks ... with grenades. Rojas acknowledged his airport
Michael Dalder/Reuters U.S. players push head coach Adam Krikorian into the pool after they defeated the Netherlands in their women s water polo gold medal match during the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia, August 7, 2015. Nicaragua Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters A woman dressed as an indigenous person walks outside a church during celebrations honouring the patron saint of Managua, Santo Domingo de Guzman, in Managua, Nicarag airmaxplus ua August 9, 2015. adidas samba og Cuba Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters A woman pushes a stroller as she passes by a wall mural depicting Havana, in Havana, February 11, 2015. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Cuba on August 14 to formally re-designate the U.S. Interests Section as the U.S. Embassy in Havana. F nike air max erguson, Missouri Lucas Jackson/Reuters St Louis County police officers arrest an anti-police demonstrator in Ferguson, Missouri August 11, 2015. Police in riot gear clashed with protesters who had gathered in the streets of Ferguson to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen whose death sparked a national outcry over race relations. Njpf Japan Might Consider Beef Imports
Colombia questioned its own airline security measures and ordered an immediate review after a hijacking in which authorities say a father in a wheelchair dodged a checkpoint and smuggled grenades onto a plane.The Colombian government says the father and his son surrendered five hours after commandeering the Aires airliner around midday Monday after it departed from the southern city of Florencia on a flight headed to Colombia s capital, Bogota.The plane, with at least 24 people aboard, including an American, landed in Bogota after the hijackers made a radio call to air traffic control indicating they had taken control, said Gen. Edgar Lesmez, chief of the Colombian Air Force.The hijackers allowed government negotiators and a Roman Catholic priest to board while the twin-propeller plane sat on the tarmac. All passengers and crew were eventually freed unharmed before the hijackers, 42-year-old Porfirio Ramirez and his 22-year-old son, Linsen Ramirez, gave up and were arrested.The older Ramirez boarded the plane in a wheelchair that was too large to pass through an airport metal d stanley quencher etector, and he was not patted down by security agents, Luis Octavio Rojas, director of the Florencia airport, told The Associated Press. A statement late Monday from President Alvaro Uribe s office said the Civil Aviation authority must find out what allowed someone to take advantage of his disa stanley cups bled condi stanley france tion to pass through the security checks ... with grenades. Rojas acknowledged his airport
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JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said it deployed tank fire and an airstrike on targets in Gaza after its troops came under attack by Palestinian snipers as they were on patrol on the Israeli side of the border.It said it immediately responded to the Palestinian shooting attack on Wednesday.The Islamic militant group Hamas that rules Gaza said one of its mem adidas samba og bers has been killed. It did not immediately comment on the sniper fire.Gaza af1 residents said the so salomon und of explosions and gunfire lasted about half an hour.Israel and Hamas fought a 50-day war this summer. Gaza militants fired a rocket at Israel on Friday prompting an Israeli airstrike in retaliation the next day for the first time since that war. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-34f5aaa9-0980-424b-b98f-80ea59570ae5, right-rail-recirc-item--id-34f5aaa9-0980-424b-b98f-80ea59570ae5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-34f5aaa9-0980-424b-b98f-80ea59570ae5 ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Azqo Reprimands but no charges for military in prostitution scandal
AP ANADAN, Syria 151; The guards pulled him from his cell before daw stanley quencher n on Monday, bound his hands, blindfolded him and drove him to an empty lot in the Syrian city of Aleppo. They sat him in a row with 10 other captives, he said, then cocked their guns and opened fire. They sprayed us, recalled 21-year-old Mahmoud, the lone survivor of the latest mass killing of Syria s civil war. The first bullet hit my chest, then one hit my foot, then my head. As soon as my head got hit, I thought, `I m dead. Reports of such killings have surfaced frequently during the 17 months of deadly violence that activists seeking to topple President Bashar Assad say has killed more than 19,000 people. But details are usually scarce 151; no more than activist reports or amateur videos of bloodied bodies or mass graves posted on YouTube.Aide: Ex Syria PM planned defection for monthsVideo: Syrian rebels anticipate large-scale assault on AleppoVideo: Extremists hijacking Syrian revolution Mahmoud related his grisly ordeal to The Associated Press hours after it happened. Struggling to speak, he lay in a bed in a makeshift rebel-run field hos stanley cup pital set up in a wedding hall in this town 13 miles north of Aleppo. Band stanley cup ages covered his foot, head and chest. Plastic vines and colored lights adorned the walls of the darkened building, and two red velvet chairs once used by brides and grooms sat on a small stage. Mahmoud gave only his first name to protect his family who still live in the area.Whil
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said it deployed tank fire and an airstrike on targets in Gaza after its troops came under attack by Palestinian snipers as they were on patrol on the Israeli side of the border.It said it immediately responded to the Palestinian shooting attack on Wednesday.The Islamic militant group Hamas that rules Gaza said one of its mem adidas samba og bers has been killed. It did not immediately comment on the sniper fire.Gaza af1 residents said the so salomon und of explosions and gunfire lasted about half an hour.Israel and Hamas fought a 50-day war this summer. Gaza militants fired a rocket at Israel on Friday prompting an Israeli airstrike in retaliation the next day for the first time since that war. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-34f5aaa9-0980-424b-b98f-80ea59570ae5, right-rail-recirc-item--id-34f5aaa9-0980-424b-b98f-80ea59570ae5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-34f5aaa9-0980-424b-b98f-80ea59570ae5 ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Azqo Reprimands but no charges for military in prostitution scandal
AP ANADAN, Syria 151; The guards pulled him from his cell before daw stanley quencher n on Monday, bound his hands, blindfolded him and drove him to an empty lot in the Syrian city of Aleppo. They sat him in a row with 10 other captives, he said, then cocked their guns and opened fire. They sprayed us, recalled 21-year-old Mahmoud, the lone survivor of the latest mass killing of Syria s civil war. The first bullet hit my chest, then one hit my foot, then my head. As soon as my head got hit, I thought, `I m dead. Reports of such killings have surfaced frequently during the 17 months of deadly violence that activists seeking to topple President Bashar Assad say has killed more than 19,000 people. But details are usually scarce 151; no more than activist reports or amateur videos of bloodied bodies or mass graves posted on YouTube.Aide: Ex Syria PM planned defection for monthsVideo: Syrian rebels anticipate large-scale assault on AleppoVideo: Extremists hijacking Syrian revolution Mahmoud related his grisly ordeal to The Associated Press hours after it happened. Struggling to speak, he lay in a bed in a makeshift rebel-run field hos stanley cup pital set up in a wedding hall in this town 13 miles north of Aleppo. Band stanley cup ages covered his foot, head and chest. Plastic vines and colored lights adorned the walls of the darkened building, and two red velvet chairs once used by brides and grooms sat on a small stage. Mahmoud gave only his first name to protect his family who still live in the area.Whil
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The Islamic militants holding James Foley emailed his family a week before his execution, threatening that the journalist would be killed soon in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.GlobalPost, the Boston-based online publication that employed Foley, said Thursday it decided to post the entire text of the email in the interest of transparency and to fully tell Jim s story. It said it had rece salomon ived permission from Foley s parents, John and Diane Foley of Rochester, New Hampshire.Foley s parents received the email on Aug. 12. The message from the Islamic Sate of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS, was addressed to the American government and their sheep like citizens. Remembering James Foley 02:03 The group expressed anger at not having their demands met, which included a ransom of $132.5 million from Foley s parents and political concess nike dunk ions from the United States. The militants also said they were taking revenge for U.S. airstrikes on I salomon hombre SIS fighters in northern Iraq: You do not spare our weak, elderly, women or children so we will NOT spare yours! You and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings! The first of which being the blood of the American citizen, James Foley! He will be executed as a DIRECT result of your transgressions towards us! Mixu Man Kills 83,000 Rats; Wins TV
AP WASHINGTON - An active duty Army colonel testified Tuesday that the three-star general who headed the training mission in Afghanistan made him retract a request for an investigation into corruption and horrible conditions at a U.S.-funded Afghan military hospital.Col. Mark Fassl, who was inspector general for the training command, said he was shocked when Lt stanley quencher . Gen. William Caldwell cited the then-upcoming 2010 congressional elections and asked, How could we ... make this request with elections coming He calls me Bill. Photos show alleged neglect at U.S.-funded Afghan hospitalFassl said he believed this was a reference to President Barack Obama stanley cup . Two retired colonels who worked with the training command also told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that Caldw stanley cup ell did not want an inspector general s investigation of the Dawood National Military Hospital. One said in his statement that the hospital had Auschwitz-like conditions. Caldwell is now head of U.S. Army North Command and senior commander of Fort Sam Houston in Texas. North Command spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks said, I am sure that Lt. Gen. Caldwell would welcome the opportunity to respond to any inquiry, and I m confident that once the facts are presented and examined, all allegations will be proven false. Congressional officials said Caldwell could be called to testify in a future hearing.Fassl said that Caldwell was visibly upset we had made the Department of Defense request.
The Islamic militants holding James Foley emailed his family a week before his execution, threatening that the journalist would be killed soon in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.GlobalPost, the Boston-based online publication that employed Foley, said Thursday it decided to post the entire text of the email in the interest of transparency and to fully tell Jim s story. It said it had rece salomon ived permission from Foley s parents, John and Diane Foley of Rochester, New Hampshire.Foley s parents received the email on Aug. 12. The message from the Islamic Sate of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS, was addressed to the American government and their sheep like citizens. Remembering James Foley 02:03 The group expressed anger at not having their demands met, which included a ransom of $132.5 million from Foley s parents and political concess nike dunk ions from the United States. The militants also said they were taking revenge for U.S. airstrikes on I salomon hombre SIS fighters in northern Iraq: You do not spare our weak, elderly, women or children so we will NOT spare yours! You and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings! The first of which being the blood of the American citizen, James Foley! He will be executed as a DIRECT result of your transgressions towards us! Mixu Man Kills 83,000 Rats; Wins TV
AP WASHINGTON - An active duty Army colonel testified Tuesday that the three-star general who headed the training mission in Afghanistan made him retract a request for an investigation into corruption and horrible conditions at a U.S.-funded Afghan military hospital.Col. Mark Fassl, who was inspector general for the training command, said he was shocked when Lt stanley quencher . Gen. William Caldwell cited the then-upcoming 2010 congressional elections and asked, How could we ... make this request with elections coming He calls me Bill. Photos show alleged neglect at U.S.-funded Afghan hospitalFassl said he believed this was a reference to President Barack Obama stanley cup . Two retired colonels who worked with the training command also told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that Caldw stanley cup ell did not want an inspector general s investigation of the Dawood National Military Hospital. One said in his statement that the hospital had Auschwitz-like conditions. Caldwell is now head of U.S. Army North Command and senior commander of Fort Sam Houston in Texas. North Command spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks said, I am sure that Lt. Gen. Caldwell would welcome the opportunity to respond to any inquiry, and I m confident that once the facts are presented and examined, all allegations will be proven false. Congressional officials said Caldwell could be called to testify in a future hearing.Fassl said that Caldwell was visibly upset we had made the Department of Defense request.
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Washington mdash;America s salomon xt new top diplomat took the helm of the State Department on Wednesday with a vow to rebuild the ranks of the foreign service and rely on its expertise as the Biden administration tries to restore U.S. global standing.On his first full day in the job, Antony Blinken told a coronavirus-limited audience of employees in the department s main lobby that he values their work and commitment. He also said they have a hard road ahead with the world watching how they will pursue foreign policy after four years of former Presiden dunks t Donald Trump s America First doctrine.Blinken acknowledged the unprecedented times the nation is experiencing, as those who were before him in-person were wearing masks and the department s headquarters in Foggy Bottom was surrounded by barricades, a sign of the threats of violence that prompted heightened security in downtown Washington.Blinken said a crucial priority for him as secretary of state is rebuilding morale and trust, as we need a strong department for the United States to be strong in the world. samba rose He also vowed to invest significantly in building a diverse and inclusive State Department, seek out dissenting views and listen to experts, because that s how the best decisions are made. I will have your back, he said. He addressed reporters and took questions later in the afternoon, with a pledge to resume daily briefings by the State Department press secretary. Secretary of State Antony Blinken s Chxm EU Moves to Heal $3.3B Losses From Volcano
Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are on a catchall list of p stanley fr otential witnesses in the case of Pfc. Lynndie England, an Army reservist facing a court-martial for alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners, her attorneys said Thursday.England is featured in some of the photos taken at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad that have made the case an international scandal. Six other soldiers also face military charges in the case.The list of potential witnesses for a hearing this month includes Cheney, Rumsfeld and 134 others. It s a catchall list of everyone who s had connections to the investigation, said lead attorney stanley cup Richard A. Hernandez.Administration officials have resisted subpoenas in civilian cases in the past. Neither Hernandez nor the three other attorneys on England s defense team would s stanley cups uk peculate on the likelihood that Cheney or Rumsfeld would be asked to testify. It will be up to the investigating officer presiding over a June 22 hearing to determine which civilian witnesses should testify, the defense team said.At the hearing, roughly the military equivalent of a preliminary hearing, a judge will determine if the evidence is strong enough to send the case to trial.The hearing will be in Fort Bragg, N.C., where England is stationed. She is performing clerical duties for a military police unit, her lawyers said.A crucial question in the prisoner abuse scandal is whether the soldiers who are charged with criminal offenses were acting on their o
Washington mdash;America s salomon xt new top diplomat took the helm of the State Department on Wednesday with a vow to rebuild the ranks of the foreign service and rely on its expertise as the Biden administration tries to restore U.S. global standing.On his first full day in the job, Antony Blinken told a coronavirus-limited audience of employees in the department s main lobby that he values their work and commitment. He also said they have a hard road ahead with the world watching how they will pursue foreign policy after four years of former Presiden dunks t Donald Trump s America First doctrine.Blinken acknowledged the unprecedented times the nation is experiencing, as those who were before him in-person were wearing masks and the department s headquarters in Foggy Bottom was surrounded by barricades, a sign of the threats of violence that prompted heightened security in downtown Washington.Blinken said a crucial priority for him as secretary of state is rebuilding morale and trust, as we need a strong department for the United States to be strong in the world. samba rose He also vowed to invest significantly in building a diverse and inclusive State Department, seek out dissenting views and listen to experts, because that s how the best decisions are made. I will have your back, he said. He addressed reporters and took questions later in the afternoon, with a pledge to resume daily briefings by the State Department press secretary. Secretary of State Antony Blinken s Chxm EU Moves to Heal $3.3B Losses From Volcano
Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are on a catchall list of p stanley fr otential witnesses in the case of Pfc. Lynndie England, an Army reservist facing a court-martial for alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners, her attorneys said Thursday.England is featured in some of the photos taken at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad that have made the case an international scandal. Six other soldiers also face military charges in the case.The list of potential witnesses for a hearing this month includes Cheney, Rumsfeld and 134 others. It s a catchall list of everyone who s had connections to the investigation, said lead attorney stanley cup Richard A. Hernandez.Administration officials have resisted subpoenas in civilian cases in the past. Neither Hernandez nor the three other attorneys on England s defense team would s stanley cups uk peculate on the likelihood that Cheney or Rumsfeld would be asked to testify. It will be up to the investigating officer presiding over a June 22 hearing to determine which civilian witnesses should testify, the defense team said.At the hearing, roughly the military equivalent of a preliminary hearing, a judge will determine if the evidence is strong enough to send the case to trial.The hearing will be in Fort Bragg, N.C., where England is stationed. She is performing clerical duties for a military police unit, her lawyers said.A crucial question in the prisoner abuse scandal is whether the soldiers who are charged with criminal offenses were acting on their o
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LONDON - Counter-terrorism police in Britain are investigating a stabbing at a London Underground station in which a suspect injured three people with a knife and reportedly said This is for Syria. The stabbing comes only days after Britain s Parliament gave overwhelming approval to authorizing the military to conduct airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS targets in Syria.Like many other Europ yeezy ean countries, authorities in Britain are already on edge after Islamic extremist attacks in Paris last month left 130 people dead. The last extremist attack in Britain was in May 2013, when two British-born, al Qaeda-inspired extremists stabbed an off-duty soldier to death on a busy London street in a grisly killing the shook the capital.Police arrested a man believed to be 29 years old late Saturday and said they are treating the attack at east London s Leytonstone subway station as a terrorist incident. They declined to say whether they are looking for other suspects, saying probes are ongoing.In a statement, police said the man had been charged with attempted murder. One man suffered serious knife injuries, while two others received minor injuries. None of the injuries are believed to be life threatening.Videos shot at the scene show the suspect lunging at police officers as they tried to subdu adidas originals samba e him. In one video, someone can be heard t nike dunk high elling the man put it down you fool. He was eventually pinned down after a stun gun was used. There were also reports that U Bbow Kerry: Serious consequences if Snowden allowed to board a plane
AP Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was sent to a hospital in stanley kubek Libya Saturday because of his deteriorating health, news service Agence France-Presse reported Saturday night.At left: A 2002 file photo of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-MegrahiThe AFP reported that the prostate cancer afflicting Meg stanley tumbler rahi has spread through his body. A scan has shown a worsening of the disease which has spread more than before, the AFP quoted a bulletin from the Tripoli Medical Center where Megrahi is being treated.The AFP also reported from the bulletin that Megrahi was coughing and vomiting when he arrived at the hospital Saturday. The bulletin also said Megrahi was suffering from secondary effects of his chemotherapy treatments. His condition was examined Saturday by a team of European experts who agreed on the continuation of chemotherapy sessions while also administering other medicaments to treat the disease, the AFP quoted the hospital saying in the first bulletin it released since Megrahi s release from Scotland in August. This isn t the first story to be reported about Megrahi s health since he returned to Libya. In October, London s Sky News falsely repo stanley cup rted that the bomber had died.Scottish authorities , a Libyan intelligence agent convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing in which 270 people were killed, in August.The decision to free Megrahi, terminally ill with prostate cancer, and let him be flown home to Libya and when Pan Am flight 103 explo
LONDON - Counter-terrorism police in Britain are investigating a stabbing at a London Underground station in which a suspect injured three people with a knife and reportedly said This is for Syria. The stabbing comes only days after Britain s Parliament gave overwhelming approval to authorizing the military to conduct airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS targets in Syria.Like many other Europ yeezy ean countries, authorities in Britain are already on edge after Islamic extremist attacks in Paris last month left 130 people dead. The last extremist attack in Britain was in May 2013, when two British-born, al Qaeda-inspired extremists stabbed an off-duty soldier to death on a busy London street in a grisly killing the shook the capital.Police arrested a man believed to be 29 years old late Saturday and said they are treating the attack at east London s Leytonstone subway station as a terrorist incident. They declined to say whether they are looking for other suspects, saying probes are ongoing.In a statement, police said the man had been charged with attempted murder. One man suffered serious knife injuries, while two others received minor injuries. None of the injuries are believed to be life threatening.Videos shot at the scene show the suspect lunging at police officers as they tried to subdu adidas originals samba e him. In one video, someone can be heard t nike dunk high elling the man put it down you fool. He was eventually pinned down after a stun gun was used. There were also reports that U Bbow Kerry: Serious consequences if Snowden allowed to board a plane
AP Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was sent to a hospital in stanley kubek Libya Saturday because of his deteriorating health, news service Agence France-Presse reported Saturday night.At left: A 2002 file photo of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-MegrahiThe AFP reported that the prostate cancer afflicting Meg stanley tumbler rahi has spread through his body. A scan has shown a worsening of the disease which has spread more than before, the AFP quoted a bulletin from the Tripoli Medical Center where Megrahi is being treated.The AFP also reported from the bulletin that Megrahi was coughing and vomiting when he arrived at the hospital Saturday. The bulletin also said Megrahi was suffering from secondary effects of his chemotherapy treatments. His condition was examined Saturday by a team of European experts who agreed on the continuation of chemotherapy sessions while also administering other medicaments to treat the disease, the AFP quoted the hospital saying in the first bulletin it released since Megrahi s release from Scotland in August. This isn t the first story to be reported about Megrahi s health since he returned to Libya. In October, London s Sky News falsely repo stanley cup rted that the bomber had died.Scottish authorities , a Libyan intelligence agent convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing in which 270 people were killed, in August.The decision to free Megrahi, terminally ill with prostate cancer, and let him be flown home to Libya and when Pan Am flight 103 explo
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Washington mdash; The Trump administration rolled out a key item in its hardline immigration agenda that had been months in the making, issuing a sweeping rule on Monday that targets legal immigrants who use welfare benefits like food stamps and government-subsidized housing.The new regulation mdash;detailed in a more than 800-page document mdash; would dramatically expand the government s definition of the centuries-old term public charge, effectively making it more difficult for certain low-income immigrants to secure permanent residency or temporary visas. The final and enforceable version of the rule is scheduled to be officially published on the Federal Register Wednesday and slated to go into effect in O adidas campus 80s ctober.The rule affects most aspects of life for immigrants mdash; from medical care and English language proficiency, to food stamps and other welfare programs. Critics say discussion of t crocs badelatschen he rule s roll-out had already been having a chilling effect on many immigrant communities, including households and families who are not directly affected by it on paper.Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS , the agency which administers benefits for immigrants, touted the change as a way to promote se adidas yeezy lf sufficiency and success among immigrant communities. Through the public charge rule, President Trump s administration is re-enforcing the ideals of self-sufficiency and personal responsibility ensuring immigrants are able Jbse Inspectors yet to reach alleged Syria chemical attack site
Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend s massive tsunami mdash; indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground.An Associated Press photographer who flew over Sri Lanka s Yala National Park in an air force helicopter saw abundant wildlife, including elephants, buffalo, deer, and not a single animal corpse.Floodwaters from the tsunami swept into the park, uprooting trees and toppling cars onto their roofs mdash; one red car even ended up on top of a huge tree mdash; but the animals apparently were not harmed and may have sought out high ground, said Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, whose Jetwing Eco Holidays ran a hotel in the park. This is very interesting. I am finding bodies of humans, but I have yet to see a dead animal, said Wijeyeratne, whose hotel in the park was totally destroyed in Sunday s tidal surge. Maybe what we think is true, th stanley kubek at animals have a sixth sense, Wijeyeratne said. Yala, Sri Lanka s largest wildlife reserve, is home to 200 Asian Elephants, crocodile, wild boar, water buffalo and gray langur monkeys. The park also has Asia s highest stanley cup concentration of leopards. The Yala reserve covers an area of 391 square miles, but only 56 squar stanley cups e miles are open to tourists.In one instance, a London-based woman told Britain s Press Association that a group of youngsters at a Phuket beach were saved when an elephant trainer placed them
Washington mdash; The Trump administration rolled out a key item in its hardline immigration agenda that had been months in the making, issuing a sweeping rule on Monday that targets legal immigrants who use welfare benefits like food stamps and government-subsidized housing.The new regulation mdash;detailed in a more than 800-page document mdash; would dramatically expand the government s definition of the centuries-old term public charge, effectively making it more difficult for certain low-income immigrants to secure permanent residency or temporary visas. The final and enforceable version of the rule is scheduled to be officially published on the Federal Register Wednesday and slated to go into effect in O adidas campus 80s ctober.The rule affects most aspects of life for immigrants mdash; from medical care and English language proficiency, to food stamps and other welfare programs. Critics say discussion of t crocs badelatschen he rule s roll-out had already been having a chilling effect on many immigrant communities, including households and families who are not directly affected by it on paper.Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS , the agency which administers benefits for immigrants, touted the change as a way to promote se adidas yeezy lf sufficiency and success among immigrant communities. Through the public charge rule, President Trump s administration is re-enforcing the ideals of self-sufficiency and personal responsibility ensuring immigrants are able Jbse Inspectors yet to reach alleged Syria chemical attack site
Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend s massive tsunami mdash; indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground.An Associated Press photographer who flew over Sri Lanka s Yala National Park in an air force helicopter saw abundant wildlife, including elephants, buffalo, deer, and not a single animal corpse.Floodwaters from the tsunami swept into the park, uprooting trees and toppling cars onto their roofs mdash; one red car even ended up on top of a huge tree mdash; but the animals apparently were not harmed and may have sought out high ground, said Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, whose Jetwing Eco Holidays ran a hotel in the park. This is very interesting. I am finding bodies of humans, but I have yet to see a dead animal, said Wijeyeratne, whose hotel in the park was totally destroyed in Sunday s tidal surge. Maybe what we think is true, th stanley kubek at animals have a sixth sense, Wijeyeratne said. Yala, Sri Lanka s largest wildlife reserve, is home to 200 Asian Elephants, crocodile, wild boar, water buffalo and gray langur monkeys. The park also has Asia s highest stanley cup concentration of leopards. The Yala reserve covers an area of 391 square miles, but only 56 squar stanley cups e miles are open to tourists.In one instance, a London-based woman told Britain s Press Association that a group of youngsters at a Phuket beach were saved when an elephant trainer placed them