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Islamabadmdash; Pop music icon Cher was in Pakistan over the weekend to join a lonely elephant on his long-awaited journey to salvation. Kaavan, dubbed the world s loneliest elephant, finally escaped the meager confines of a zoo in Islamabad and was well on his way to a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia on Monday.The American singer and actress campaigned for years to get Kaavan out of the Marghazar Zoo. Along with salomon xt 6 U.S. businessman Eric Margolis and the group Four Paws International, she helped pay for his relocation through her charity, Free the Wild. adidas originals donna Local Pakistani activists first put Kaavan s plight on Cher s radar with a Twitter campaign, aiming messages with the hashtag SaveKaavan and FreeKaavan at nike af celebrities worldwide. U.S. singer Cher poses in front of the crate containing Kaavan the Asian elephant upon his arrival in Cambodia from Pakistan, at Siem Reap International Airport, November 30, 2020. TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty At just about a year old, Kaavan was gifted to Pakistan by Sri Lanka in the mid-1980s. He spent decades at the Islamabad zoo in a small enclosure with few of the amenities required for the physical or mental health of an animal of such high intelligence. He performed for visitors, reportedly prodded by handlers to collect cash.In 2012, Kaavan lost his only companion, a female elephant called Saheli, and his demeanor rapidly deteriorated. He be Gbki Petraeus: NATO Has Facilitated Taliban Movement
MOSCOW Kazakhstan s acting border service chief was among 27 people killed in a military pl stanley cup ane crash Tuesday near a southern city, another blow to the agency after he was appointed in June to deal wi stanley quencher th the aftermath of a mass killing involving a conscript.The Russian-made An-72 crashed at 7:55 a.m. EST about 12 miles away from the city of Shymkent near the border with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan s Committee for National Security said in a statement.The fatalities included a crew of seven and 20 border guards, including the acting head of the ex-Soviet nation s border protection service, Col. Turganbek Stambekov, the statement said.Without specifying further details, authorities said an investigation was opened into the crash. No cause was given, but southern Kazakhstan over recent weeks has been buffeted by winds, heavy snows and low temperatures, causing widespread flight delays.Stambekov was appointed stanley mug acting head of the border service in June, after a mass killing of 14 frontier troops in a remote Kazakh outpost near China the month before. Vladislav Chelakh, a 20-year-old conscript, was sentenced earlier this month to life in prison after being found solely responsible for the killings. The border service has come under close scrutiny in Kazakhstan since the killings, which many argued showed the lack of readiness and professionalism among serving troops. Legislation approved Thursday by the upper house of parliament and supported by Stambekov was designed to improve the

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Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images Elaborate chocolate dresses created by international chocolatiers and fashion designers are showcased by these models at the annual chocolate fair in Paris - Salon du Chocolat, October 27, 2015.Who wouldn t be a fan in this photo, French singer Karima Charni presents a chocolate dress at the fair that runs from October 28-November 1st. Chocolate dress Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images French TV host Sandrine Arcizet presents a pink and brown chocolate dress during the Paris Chocolate fair Salon du Chocolat on October 27, 2015.Some adidas originals 2200 chocolatiers, pastry makers and confectioners in addition to chefs, pastry chefs and cocoa experts...not to mention cocoa lovers converge on Paris to celebrate AND taste, test and ogle all manner of chocolate creations. Chocolate dress hoka trekkingschuhe Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images Miss France 2015 Camille Cerf presents a flower-petaled chocolate dress, October 27, 2015 in Paris. Chocolate dress Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images French and Cameroonian writer Elizabeth Tchoungui presents a chocolate dress during the Paris Ch airmaxplus ocolate fair Salon du Chocol Yvoh Media gets first look inside a migrant holding facility at U.S.-Mexico border
A British judge has fined a Christian couple for refusing to allow a gay couple the use of a double room at their hotel in southern England.Judge Andrew Rutherford says Peter and Hazelmary Bull broke the law when they turned away Martyn Hall and his partner Steven Preddy in late 2008.Bull and his wife cited religious objections, but insisted their policy was not solely aimed at homosexuals but all unmarried couples.Equality campaigners condemned the Bulls decision.In a written ruling at Bristol County Court on Tuesday, Rutherford awarded the gay couple 1,800 pounds about $2,900 each in damages. Because we wanted to bring our new water bottle stanley dog we checked he would be welcome. It didn t even cross our minds that in 2008 in Britain we needed to ask if we would be, Preddy told reporters Tuesday morning outside the courtroom.He positively refuted claims that he and his partners case was, as some have suggested, a set up sponsored by a pressure group. Mike Judge, from the Christian Institute, the group which funded the Bulls defense, told the BBC: This ruling is further evidence that equality laws are being used as a sword rather than a shield. Peter and Hazelmary were sued with the full backing of the gov stanley cup ernment-funded Equality Commission stanley cup . Christians are being sidelined. The judge recognises that his decision has a profound impact on the religious liberty of Peter and Hazelmary. ponent--type-re

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TEL AVIV, Israel-- A multilevel underground parking garage collapsedat a Tel Aviv construction site on Monday, killing at least two people a hoka trekkingschuhe ndinjuring some 17 others, according to police and rescue workers.The midday collapsesent a large plume of dust floating over the area. TV images showed a large adidas samba adidas ,crater-like hole in the ground, and twisted support beams as rescue teams,accompanied by search dogs, dug through the rubble for survivors. The cause ofthe collapse was under investigation.A construction worker from the site saidhe was underground in the garage when he began to feel vibrations. Israeli medics and emergency units work at a construction site where an underground car park collapsed,Sept.5, 2016, in the Ramat Hahayal neighbourhood in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. Getty All of a sudden everything collapsed, the man, identified only asMicha, told Channel 10 TV. It was scary. You feel like everything isgoing to collapse, and you are goingwith it. Speaking to reporters at a hospital, he said he was blownbackward by the blast and lightly injured.Israelrsquo national rescueservice said two people, including a 35-year-old man, were confirmed dead, and22 people injured. Israeli media saidfour people were still missing.The incident occurred at a constructionsite in Ramat Hahay yeezy slide al, a commercial area in northern Tel Aviv. The neighborhoodis hom Mnkv Top U.S. commander apologizes to Afghan president for airstrike that killed child
A defiant Israel enforced its 3-year-old blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday, with naval commandos swiftly commandeering a Gaza-bound aid vessel carrying an Irish Nobel laureate and other activists and forcing it to head to an Israeli port instead.The bloodless takeover stood in marked contrast to a deadly raid of another Gaza aid ship this week. However, it was unlikely to halt snowballing international outrage and demands that Israel lift or at least loosen the devastating stanley cup closure that confines 1.5 million Palestinians to a small sliver of land and only allows in basic humanitarian goods.For now, the confrontations at sea are likely to continue.The organizers of Saturday s sail said they planned to dispatch as many as three more ships in coming months and that four captains already have volunteered for the missions. What Israel needs to understand is that nothing is accomplished with force, said Greta Berlin o stanley kubek f the Cyprus-based Free Gaza group, which sent the latest aid vessel, the Rachel Corrie. Israel said it would bl stanley mug ock any attempt to reach Gaza by sea, in order to prevent weapons from reaching the Iranian-backed Islamic militant group. Israel ... will not allow the establishment of an Iranian port in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.At the same time, Israel signaled Saturday it is considering easing the blockade, although officials provided no details. Israel and Egypt closed Gaza s borders after Hamas seized the territory three years ago from

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Londonmdash; Rebecca Wrixon knew that working as a nanny for a pair of doctors could leave her exposed to the coronavirus, but as a healthy 44-year-old with young children, she didn t worry much about catching COVID-19. It was already clear then, in early April, that the disease hit the elderly and those with underlying conditions hard, but it didn t seem much of a threat to her healthy family. Rebecca Wrixon is seen at University Hospital Southampton during treatment for severe inflammation of the brain caused by COVID-19 infection. nike dunk Courtesy of Rebecca Wrixon Then one morning just after Easter, Wrixon woke up with a numb arm.She never had a cough or fever, never lost her sense of taste or smell, and it would take doctors days to even diagnose COVID-19 mdash; and much longer to figure out how to stop her body s reaction to it. The insidious disease quietly caused her body to attack itself, inflaming her brain, paralyzing half of her body, rendering her unable to see or adidas samba speak, nike dunk high and almost killing her in the process. Researchers in Britain now believe COVID-19 may hit many more people with similar neurological symptoms than commonly thought mdash; including younger patients and those who, like Wrixon, never experience the most well-known signs of the disease.The fear is not only that these symptoms can be dangerous in themselves, but that they can linger, and nobody know Cofn Photo Diary: Day 14
This report was stanley cup written by CBS News George Baghdadi, traveling with the Syrian President in Paris.French President Nicola Sarkozy is holding a rare meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Saturday, believing he can secure a role for France in the ever-elusive quest for peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors before a new U.S. administration takes office.Relations betwee stanley thermoskannen n France and Syria have been strained since the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a February 2005 bombing in Beirut, blamed widely on Damascus. Paris decided to shun Syrian officials after the murder, particularly in light of then-French President Jacques Chirac s strong personal ties to Hariri. Syria has consistently denied any involvement in the killing.Sarkozy opened up to Damascus for believing that his moves and his friendship with the Jewish state will open doors for him. He trusts that Assad would pay him back as he crosses the gates of the Elysee Presidential Palace, a political extravaganza that could possibly signal the beginning of the end of Syria s isolation. After the set of talks, the Syrian leader will stanley romania take part in a summit Sunday marking the launch of the Mediterranean Union, which will gather some 40 European and Mediterranean leaders in bids to boost cooperation between the European Union and Mediterranean rim states. Most significantly, perhaps, Sarkozy s Mediterranean Union initiative will mark the first time a Syrian president has ever sa

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JOHANNESBURG The former wife of critically ill Nelson Mandela says he is showing great improvement compared to a few days ago.Winnie Madikizela-Mandela gave th airforces e update on the former president s health Friday while speaking to media outside Mandela s former home in Soweto.Obama travels to S. Africa as Mandela condition wor adidas originals sensRuthless cartel leader apparently killed in Mexico I m not a doctor but I can say that from what he was a few days ago there is great improvement, said Madikizel yeezy 350 a-Mandela, who is also a member of South Africa s Parliament. Members of Nelson Mandela s family and South African Cabinet ministers have visited the hospital where the 94-year-old former president is critically ill.On Thursday, the office of South African President Jacob Zuma said that Mandela s condition was critical but stable. Meanwhile, President Obama headed to South AfricaFriday, the second stop on his three-nation tour of Africa. It is unclear whether Mr. Obama would visit Mandela.In a statement, the U.S. president said, I don t need a photo-op, and the last thing I want to do is to be in any way obtrusive at a time when the family is concerned about Nelson Mandela s condition. I ve had the opportunity to meet with him. Michelle and the girls had an opportunity to meet with him. Right now, our main concern is with his well-being, his comfort, and with the family s well-being and comfort. ponent--typ Fvaq International arrest warrant sought for Qaddafi
A Saudi court sentenced a woman who had been gang raped to six months in jail and 200 lashes - more than doubling her initial penalty for being in the car of a man who was not a relative, a newspaper reported Thursday.The decision by the Qatif General Court came in a case that had sparked rare debate about the kingdom s justice system when it surfaced more than a year ago.In its decision Wednesday, the court also roughly doubled prison sentences for the seven men convicted of raping the 19-year-old woman, the Arab News reported on its English-language Web site.According to Arab News, the court said the woman s punishment was increased because of her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media. The New York Times reported that her lawyer, Abdulrahman al-Lahem, is a well-known human rights activist who angered the court stanley cup by publicly criticizing the verdict. He said the verdict was too lenient for the rapists and unjust for the victim. The victim had initially been sentenced to 90 lashes after being convicting her of violating Saudi s rigid la stanley flasche ws on segregation of the sexes.Under Saudi Arabia s interpretation of Islamic Sharia law, women are not allowed in public in stanley us the company of men other than their male relatives.The court also banned her lawyer from defending her, confiscated his license to practice law and summoned him to a disciplinary hearing later this month.The initial sentences for the men convicted of the gang rape ranged from 10 months to

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A 61-year-old man appeared in a Dublin court Thursday after bei adidas samba og ng arrested in connection with an Irish Republican Army car bombing th yeezy at killed three Northern Ireland policemen in 1982.Martin John McCauley was arrested Wednesday on an extradition warrant and will be prosecuted on murder charges in the deaths of Royal Ulster Constabulary Sgt. Sean Quinn and constables Allan McCloy and Paul Hamilton, said Iain Livingstone, head of Operation Kenova that investigated scores of murders, including dozens allegedly carried out by the IRA against informants. The decision to prosecute more than 40 years after the incident shows the rigor and application Kenova has applied to this investigation and that evidence will now be tested by a court, Livingstone said. Our thoughts remain with the three officers families who have continued to act with courage and great dignity over the past four decades. Charging McCauley with murder would mark a rare prosecution at this time over the violence known as the Troubles that reigned for three decades in a conflict involving Irish republican and British loyalist militants and U.K. security forces that left 3,600 people dead, some 50,000 wounded and thousands bereaved. The 1998 Good Friday peace accord largely ended the violence, though wounds are still raw for the victims. Police officers Sean Quinn, Allan McCloy and Paul Hamilton were killed when their car was blown up in 1982. adidas originals samba Yzsj Belgium narrows in on terror plot leaders
A Chinese-born engineer convicted of espionage and other federal charges has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison.Dongfan Greg Chung was sentenced Monday in Santa Ana after a judge ruled in July that he hoarded sensitive information about the U.S. space shuttle and a booster rocket with the intent to pass it to China. It was the first trial on economic espionage charges in U.S. stanley quencher history.The government believes the 74-year-old Chung began spying for the Chinese in the late 1970s. Prosecutors say the stress analyst used his 30-year career at Boeing Co. and Rockwell International to collect 300,000 pages of sensitive documents in his home.Chung has been in custody since being c stanley france onvicted of economic espionage, acting as a foreign agent, cons stanley mug piracy and lying to federal agents. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-990b7830-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-990b7830-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-990b7830-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;

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MIAMI -- A man from Yemen who spent the past 14 years in custody at Guantanamo Bay has been freed and sent to the Balkan nation of Montenegro, the Pentagon said Wednesday, marking the start of what is expected to be a new round of releases from the U.S. base in Cuba.U.S. officials cleared Abdel Malik Abdel Wahab al-Rahabi for release in March 2014 after an intensive security review. But the Obama administration does not send Guantanamo prisoners back to Yemen because of the civil war there and the government had to find another country to accept him for resettlement. GOP senator calls for keeping Guantanamo Bay open 03:36 CBS News State Department correspondent Margaret Brennan reported al-Rahabi had been held at Guantanamo since shortly after it opened and was one of the so-called salomon Day One detainees. He was accused of being one of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden s bodyguar adidas samba donna ds but was never charged, Brennan reported.A Pentagon profile released before al-Raha crocs absatz bi appeared before a review board in 2013 said he had traveled from his homeland to Afghanistan and almost certainly became a member of al Qaeda. But authorities ultimately decided he did not pose a security threat and could be released.Al-Rahabi was the second prisoner this year resettled in Montenegro amid a renewed push by the Obama adminis Mncz Great Britain PM Theresa May loses Parliamentary majority in election gamble
Updated at 1:11 p.m. ET AP BEIRUT - Regime airstrikes hit a gas station in northern Syria Thursday, setting off a fiery explosion that killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens, opposition activists said. Amateur video showed thick black smoke engulfing the scene.Earlier Thursday, a Syrian military helicopter crashed near the capital of Damascus, an stanley canada d Syria s Information Ministry said the helicopter went down after accidentally clipping the tail of a Syrian passenger plane with 200 people on board. The larger aircraft landed safely at Damascus International Airport and no one was hurt, the Information Ministry said.The airstrikes and the close call in the sky underscored the growing turmoil and violence in Syria. The country is embroiled in a civil war between forces fighting for President Bashar Assad and those trying to topple him. More than 23,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to activists.In recent weeks, Assad s regime has stepped up airstrikes in northern Syria in an attempt to dislodge rebels from areas they control there. Activists said Thursday s airstrike hit near the town of Ain Issa, about 25 miles from the Turkish border. A day earlier, rebel fighters had seized control of a border crossing north of the town. Rami Abdul-Rahman of the stanley flasche Britain-based Syrian Obs stanley cup ervatory for Human Rights, said witnesses counted at least 30 bodies and said dozens of people were wounded.Amateur video showed thick black smoke rising near the gas station, wh

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Research crocs winterstiefel ers carrying out work at a Mayan burial site in Mexico said this week they found a sealed-off cave that contained human skeletons, along with the remains of over 20 types of animals mdash; including tiger sharks, blood-sucking bats and multiple reptiles.The research work is being conducted in Tulum by Mexico s federal Ministry of Culture, through the country s National Institute of Anthropology and History, according to a news releasefrom the institute.Inside a walled area on the site, researchers who were tryi air force one ng to create a new path between temples found a cave sealed with a large boulder. The entrance to the cave was also decorated with a small sea snail that was stuck to the rock with stucco, confirming that the cave was sea adidas originals hombre led by Mayans.Archaeologists exploring the cave removed the boulder and discovered the rock was literally splitting a human skeleton in half. Inside they found at least two small chambers within the structure, each one measuring about nine feet by six feet and about sixteen inches high. Within those chambers, so far, eight burials have been recorded, the news release said. A researcher at the site. Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Anthropology and History Most of those burials were of adults, the researchers said, and the remains found were in good condition because of the environmental conditions inside the chambers Nzsy NATO: Al-Qaeda-Linked Insurgent Leader Caught
In a devastating assessment of the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, investigators strongly criticized Secretary-General Kofi Annan, his deputy and the Security Council for allowing Saddam Hussein to bilk $10.2 billion from the giant humanitarian operation and oil smuggling operations.Annan said he took personal responsibility for the lapses but he stressed he had no plans to resign. The report is critical of me personally, and I accept the criticism, he said. The final report of the U.N.-appointed oil-for-food inquiry is scathing in its criticism of corruption, large-scale smuggling and grievous lack of oversight by member states and administrative staff, said CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst Pamela Falk from the U.N.Falk adds, The investigation of the scandal is far from over: U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill., chairman of the House Inter stanley cup usa national Relations Committee responded to the report saying that the Oil-for-Food program provided Saddam Hussein with a license to steal. International Relations Committee staff told CBS News that the committee will be releasing their own report shortly based on documents obtained by subpoena as well as based on their own investigation. The Independent Inquiry Committee s report on the oil-for-food program said those managing the program, including U.N. member states and the world body s staff, failed the ideals of the United Nations, ignoring clear ev stanley cup website iden stanley cup ce of corruption and waste that flourished after it was created in 1996 to

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London mdash; John Hume, the politician from Northern Ireland who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his pivotal role in ending decades of violence in the British province, has died at the age of 83, his family announced Monday.Hume, the former lea yeezy slide der of the mainly Catholic Social Democratic and Labor Party SDLP , shared the Nobel with D air max 1 avid Trimble of the Ulster Unionist Party after the pair helped forge the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement. It helped end three decades of bloody strife in Northern Ireland between the largely Catholic nationalist community who want to reunify with Ireland and Protestant unionists who want to remain part of Britain. We are deeply saddened to announce that John passed away peacefully in the early hours of the morning after a short illness, Hume s family said in a statement. John was a husband, a father, a grandfather, a great-grandfather and a brother. He was very much loved, and his loss will be deeply felt by all his extended family. John Hume, MP MEP, prior to the the friendly match between Derry City and Barcelona at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry in August 2003. David Maher/Sportsfile via Getty Im dunk panda ages Hume had been suffering from dementia and had been in a nursing home in Londonderry, where he was born. A consistently moderate voice during a conflict that killed almost 3,600 people, he helped lead the cross-com Kggw Scores Killed in India Flash Floods
TUNIS, Tunisia - Police fired at an angry crowd of 1,000 attacking the police station in the northwestern town of Klef on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 17 others, the Interior Mini stanley canada stry said.The official Tunisian news agency said the crowd had turned on police after the police chief abused a member of the community. A local journalist said the police chief slapped a woman during a demonstration, trigg stanley tumbler ering the violence between police and citizens.The journalist said that two other people died on the way to the hospital, but that information could not be officially confirmed. The journalist, stanley quencher reached by telephone, asked not to be identified for professional reasons.Regional prefect Mohamed Najib Tlijali, calling for calm on a local radio station, said that the police official was himself hospitalized but under arrest.The clash pitting police against citizens appeared to be among the most serious since this small North African country began a process of moving out of a 23-year-long dictatorship with the flight into exile of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Jan. 14 following a month of demonstrations. A statement by the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of police, said that some 1,000 citizens threw stones and small firebombs at the police station in a surge of anger after the abuse by the police chief. The crowd burned two cars, one a police vehicle, a ministry statement said.Police fired tear gas, then fired into the air in a vain effort to dispers

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Viniacute;cius Juacute;nior broke down in tears on Monday while talking about the racist insults that he has been subjected to in Spain, saying that he is losing his desire to keep playing because of what he has been going through.Viniacute;cius spoke freely about his struggles fighting against racism on the eve of the One Skin friendly game between Spain and Brazil on Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, which was set up to raise awareness about racism nearly a year after the Brazil international was racially insulted at a Spanish league game in Valencia. It s something very sad what I have been going through here, Viniacute;cius sa yeezy id. It s tough. I ve been fighting against this for a long time. It s exhausting because you feel like you are alone. I ve made so many official complaints but no one is ever punished. Vinicius Junior breaks down in tears during a press conference after a training session of the Brazil team ahead of a friendly soccer match against Spain on Monday March 25, 2024, in Valdebebas, Madrid, Spain. Oscar J. Barroso / AP The Spain-Brazil game is taking place just days after a new wave of racist and hate insults targeted Vini adidas originals samba acut salomon zapatillas e;cius in matches in Spain. More and more I m losing my desire to play, he said. But I ll keep fighting. The 23-year-old Real Madrid player had to recompose himself a couple of times after crying during Brazil Fixn Pirate Party member admits murder, commits suicide
AP HEFEI, China - The wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai stood trial Thursday for the murder of a British former associate in a tightly orchestrated proceeding that marks a key step toward resolving the messiest scandal the leadership has faced in two decades.Gu Kailai and a household aide faced charges of murdering Neil Heywood, a British businessman who had close ties to the Bo family, in a trial at the Hefei Intermediate People s Court in eastern China. They were represented by government-appointed lawyers from Anhui province, of which Hefei is the capital city.An official at the courthouse confirmed the trial had started after a convoy of black cars entered a side entrance into an underground parking lot. Like most Chinese officials, she refused to give her name. A British diplomat was seen entering the court, but did not comment. International media were not allowed into t stanley website he cour stanley mugs t. Observers say the central leadership s main objectives in Gu s trial is to keep the fo stanley cup website cus tightly on the murder case and not on larger allegations of corruption that could further taint the communist regime. Beijing also will closely orchestrate publicity to try to convince the domestic audience that the trial has been fair and the international community that justice has been served in the slaying of a foreigner.The morning of the trial began with a steady downpour. Security was tight around the courthouse, with roads around it blocked to car travel. Reporters were asked t