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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted ex-President Park Geun-hye on bribery, extortion, abuse of power and other high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life.It is the latest in a series of humiliations for Park, who was driven from office by massive and peaceful popular protests. Park was impeached in December, officially stripped of power in March and has adidas campus homme been in a detention facility near Seoul since being arrested last month on allegations that she extorted from businesses, took bribes and committed other wrongdoing, all in collaboration with a longtime confidante. adiletten original How the South Korean president s ouster impacts U.S. 02:46 Prosecutors also indicted Shin air force one Dong-bin, the chairman of Lotte, South Korearsquo fifth-largest business conglomerate, on a charge of offering a bribe of 7 billion won $6 million to Park and her friend Choi Soon-sil in exchange for a lucrative government license to open a new duty free shop.Park will remain jailed and be escorted from the detention center to a Seoul court for a trial that is to start in coming weeks and could take as long as six months. It is still unclear if the trial will start before a May 9 special election that will determine her successor.Park, 65, was elected South Korearsquo first f Xmpx South Lebanon Power Transfer Begins
LONDON - Prince William arrived in the Falkland Islands on Thursday for a six-week deployment as a search and rescue helicopter pilot, British officials said, amid an escalating sovereignty dispute with Argentina over the territory.The Ministry of Defense confirmed that William, known in the service as Flight Lt. Wales, landed on the British outpost as part of a four-member Royal Air Force crew.It said William will assume his duties shortly following a period of briefings and a familiarization flight.Prince William reportedly deploys to Falkland Islands as tensions increaseHow Kate will spend Valentine s Day without Prince WilliamPrince William called Falklands conquistador The prince s visit has riled Argentina, which claims the islands 290 miles off its coast that it calls Las Malvinas. Britain s defense ministry has insisted William s deployme stanley us nt is routine, but Argentina s foreign ministry likened the move to a conquistador s arrival. Britain and Argentina have been trading barbs in the run-up to the 30 cups stanley th anniver stanley cups sary of Argentina s April 1982 invasion. The 10-week war that followed ended in British victory and killed 650 Argentine troops, more than 250 British personnel and three islanders.Britain still maintains about 1,000 troops in the territory, whose 3,000 residents overwhelmingly wish to remain British.Last month, Argentina persuaded Brazil, Uruguay and Chile to join a Mercosur trade group resolution to turn away any ship flying the Falklands flag, which

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Two-time Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson, who starred in The Full Monty about a group of unemployed steel workers who launched new careers as strippers died suddenly on Saturday, his publicist said in a statement. His wife and family were with him, the statement said, and that his family asks for privacy at this time. Wilkinson was nominated for Academy Awards for actor in a leading role for In The Bedroom in 2001 and for a supporting role in Michael Clayton in 2007. Actor Tom Wilkinson AP Photo He most recently reunited with his Full Monty co-stars, Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy, in a Disney+ series of the same name.The original 1997 smash hit about an unlikely group of men stripping won an Oscar for best original musical or comedy score and was nominated for three others, including best picture and best director.Wilkinson s character played ex-foreman Gerald Cooper who was recruited to help the unemployed men dance. The actor also took a home best supporting actor Bafta for the role.Wilkinson acted in more than 130 film and TV credits in total, the BBC reported, including many U.S. political figures. He played President Lyndon B Johnson in 2014 s Selma, and he earned an Emmy for playing US political fig air force 1 ure Benjamin Franklin in 200 adidas yeezyslide 8 mini-series John Adams.He was also known for h nike dunk high is roles in a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit Fmcb Pope puts Latin America s poor at center-stage
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A military court in Bahrain sentenced four Shiite protesters to death after convicting them on Thursday of killing two policemen during anti-government demonstrations last month, state media said.Three other Shiite activists, who were also on trial, were sentenced to life in prison after they were convicted of playing a role in the policemen s deaths.The verdicts 151; which can be appealed 151; were the first related to Bahrain s uprising. The kingdom s Shiite majority has long complained of discrimination and is campaigning for greater freedoms and equal rights in the tiny, Sunni-ruled island nation, which is home to the U.S. Navy stanley flask s 5th Fleet.Special Section: Anger in the Arab WorldBahrain arrests sports stars over uprisingBahrain clashes: Riot police showed no mercy Bahraini human rights groups blasted the verdict and said the trial, conducted in secrecy, had no legal credibility and was politically motivated. This verdict is a message from the government, determined to stop the democracy movement, said Nabeel Rajab, head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. It s a warning saying this is how we will treat you if you continue to demand your rights. stanley termoska Faced with unprecedented political unrest, Bahrain s king declared martial law and invited troops from Saudi Arabia and other Sunni-ruled Gulf countries to help quell Shiite dissent after weeks of street marches and bloody clashes in the capita stanley cups l Manama. At least 30 people have died

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DAMASCUS, Syria - Pope Francis called forprayers Wednesday for 12 Orthodox nuns reportedly taken by force from theirconvent in Syria by rebels. Religious officials in the region have said thewomen were abducted, but a Syrian opposition activist said they were merelyre adidas samba og moved for their own safety.The 12 nuns join two bishops and apriest who are already believed to be held by hard-line rebels, deepeningconcerns that extremists in the opposition s ranks are targeting Christians.Syria s minorities, including Christians, have largely sided with PresidentBashar Assad s government or have tried to stay on the sidelines of thecountry s civil war, fearing for their fate if the rebels, increasinglydominated by Islamic extremists, come to power.Speaking to a crowd gathered for thepontiff s general audience in St. Peter s Square at the Vatican, Francisinvited everyone to pray for the sisters of the Greek Orthodo nike sb dunk x monastery ofSanta Takla in Maaloula, Syria, who were taken by force by armed men two daysago. Let us continue to pray and towork together for peace, he said af1 .His appeal came as fighting raged inseveral parts of Syria including the northern city of Aleppo, where rebelsfiring mortar rounds at government-held neighborhoods killed at least 17 peopleand wounded dozens more, said Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based SyrianObservatory for Human Rights. Activists also reported clashes in theQalamoun region north of Damascus, an area that controls the smuggling routesfrom neighbo Rzid Pompeo pledges $20 million in Venezuela aid at request of U.S.-backed opposition leader
JERUSALEM Israeli soldiers provided medical treatment to wounded Syrians who approached the countries border and then transported them to a hospital in Israel for further treatment, the military said Saturday, in the first instance of Syrians finding shelter from their country s civil in the Jewish state.A military spokeswoman says soldiers gave the wounded Syrians initial medical treatment near the security fence along the frontier in the Golan Heights and then evacuated them to an Israeli hospital. She would not elaborate further and spoke on condition of anonymity in line with protocol.The seven wounded Syrians are receiving medical treatment at Zi stanley kubek v hospital in the northern city of Safed. A hospital spokeswoman said they sustained serious injuries to internal organs and limbs. She said one is in critical condition and the rest are in serious condition.Israel and Syria have fought several wars and although the two nations have been enemies, Israel is concerned that if the Assad regime is toppled, Syria could fall into the hands of Islamic extremists. Israel also worries that anti-Israel groups such as Hezbollah could gain access to President Bashar Assad s stockpile of chemical weapons. There also are concerns that al Qaeda-li stanley cup nked groups battling Assad could turn their focus toward Israel.Syria rife with reports of sectarian kidnappingsSyria clashes over Aleppo airport leave 150 deadVideo: Syria s youngest talk about life in war zone It was on a humanitarian basis stanley fr , Israe

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LONDON - Authorities in England cordonedoff flooded marshes Wednesday to investigate the crash of a military helicopterthat killed four U.S. Air Force crewmembers.The Pave Hawk helicopter slammed intothe eastern coast during a low-level training mission Tuesday evening. Teamscombing the marshes have been hampered by bullets scattered across the sceneand have not yet recovered the crew s remains. We have currently cordoned offabout 400 square meters 500 square yards of the marshland area, saidChief Superintendent Bob Scully of Norfolk Police. The crash site itselfI would describe as an area of debris on difficult terrain on the marsh. Local authorities are carrying out adaylight investigation, and the bodies will be removed afterward. The aircraftwas assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, but the names of the crewme mizuno handballschuh mbers will bereleased only after families are notified.Pave Hawks - a modified version of thebetter-known Black Hawks - are mostly used for combat search-and-rescuemissions, mainly to adidas yeezy recover downed air crew members or other personnel duringwar and other hostile situations. They typic adidas originals ally practice flying low and fast,often at altitudes of hundreds, rather than thousands, of feet. The choppers are highly regarded andhave no known safety issues, said Peter Felstead, the editor of IHS Jane sDefence Weekly. It s very difficult to know ifthere is a mechanical problem or something other than that, he said,adding the flooded marshes will complicate the recovery of Owyn Livni Gets Nod To Form Israeli Government
Libyan and U.S. investigators have been questioning a man detained in Libya to determine if he played a role in the September 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, a U.S. official told CBS News. stanley cup U.S. consulate attack in Libya 25 photos The man, identified as Faraj al Chalabi, has long been affiliated with the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, and is believed to have connections to other outside Islamist radicals. He has not been charged in the deadly Benghazi attack and he is not in U.S. custody. The official says he does not bel gourde stanley ieve charges or extradition are imminent. This is clearly a per stanley quencher son we re interested in talking to, the official said. But, he stopped short of calling him a suspect for now.Six months later, where are the Benghazi survivors The official said he believes al Chalabi has been in Libyan custody for several weeks. This is not the first person to be detained in connection with the Benghazi attacks. A Tunisian man was detained and held for several weeks before authorities determined he was not involved. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-73e

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Authorities in Mexico confirmed Monday that a lucha libre wrestler had been found dead over the weekend in the north-central state of Guanajuato. The state prosecutors office said the body of a wrestler known as Maremoto, or Tidal Wave, had been found dumped behind a National Guard barracks Saturday in the city of Irapuato.Local professional wrestling promotors canceled a planned match Sunday, citing the death of Maremoto and another wrestler known by his ring name, Lepra, or Lep adidas originals uomo rosy. Out of respect for the relatives of our colleagues Lepra and Maremoto, and as a sign of mourning, our event Sunday Aug. 28 is canceled, match promotors Promociones Freseros Brothers said in statement.The prosecutors office had earlier confirmed the death of Lepra. Local media gave his real name as Salvador Garcia and said he may have worked a day job in the municipal government of Irapuato.Because the sport is not well-paid, at least at the local level, many wrestlers work day jobs. Both men were reported abducted in Irapuato last week.Over the weekend, photos circulated on social media of a banner signed by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel that was found near one of the bodies. The banner accused the two men mdash; alon yeezy g with a third wrestler known by his stage name Juventud Rebelde who was gunned down in May mdash; o adidas originals samba f working for a rival gang. The Jalisco cartel is known by its initials, CJNG. To the colleagues of the Lucha Libre profession, the CJNG has nothing ag Mfsl Mali PM Cheikh Modibo Diarra quits shortly after coup leaders arrest him
Updated at 9:34 a.m. Eastern. CBS News LONDON - Doctors in Pakistan have managed to pull a bullet from the neck of a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman Wednesday for speaking out in favor of girls education.Malala Yousufzai remains in critical condition at a military hospital in Peshawar, however, following the shooting in her hometown of Mingora, in Pakistan s Swat Valley - a former stronghold of the Taliban. She is improving. But she is still unconscious, a regional Pakistani official told the Associated Press. I can t say a final word about her condition. A board of doctors is constantly examining her condition. A senior Pakistani official later told CBS News that Malala was semi-conscious, and had shown some level of response to doctors. Pakistani protesters in Peshawar condemn the Taliban attack on schoolgirl Ma stanley us lala Yousufzai, Oct. 10, 2012. stanley france AP Headlines in newspapers across Pakistan denounced the shooting on Wednesday, and politicians jumped on the bandwagon. The chief of the army called the attackers cowards . The Taliban came for Malala as she boarded a bus to go home from school. The gunman sought her out and sh stanley water bottle ot her in the head and neck and wounded two other girls.There is no doubt that Malala was the target. The gunman actually asked for her by name when he boarded the school bus.Malala lived with the fear of being a Taliban targe

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London mdash;The social media dunk homme platform TikTok has been in American lawmakers crosshairs for months, and the sentiment is spreading across the Atlantic. European legislators are voicing increasing concern about the Chinese-owned app s data policies and its influence on young people, and Europe s regulators may have more potent legal weapons at their disposal to challenge the company.French President Emmanuel Macron has been the highest-profile European leader to criticize adidas original campus the social platform whose parent company ByteDance is based in China. At an event on mental health in December, Macron called TikTok the most disruptive social media outlet for young people, warning that it was deceptively innocent and addictive. We remain vigilant in any situation that would lead to a compromise in the protection of our citizens data, Jean-Noel Barrot, France s Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications, told CBS News, adding that he meets on a regular basis with TikTok managers in France to discuss data protection issues and content moderation and protection of minors. German Member of the European Parliament Moritz Kouml;rner has been pushing EU regulators to get tough on TikTok for years. From a geopolitical perspective, the EU s inactivity towards TikTok has been naiuml;ve, he told CBS News. The data dragon TikTok must be p yeezy slide laced under the surveillance of the European authorities. Zhse Norway attacker back on island for reconstruction
Brazil s health minister has moved to strip Roche pharmaceutical s patent on the anti-AIDS drug Nelfinavir after negotiations fail stanley thermosflasche ed to lower the price.Jose Serra said he would use a clause in Brazil s 1997 intellectual property law that allows patents to be broken in cases of national emergency or when companies employ abusive pricing policies. This is a question of absolute emergency, he said. Brazil is not against patents, but when the pricing is abusive, it takes money away from other needy areas like malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy. Showing Brazil s AIDS fight is more than a war of words, he said that stanley kubek Brazil will go ahead with plans to break the patent nelfinavir, which is sold by Roche as Viracept, and produce a low-cost version by next February. By producing nelfinavir here in Brazil we can reduce the price by 40 percent, so Roche would have to offer at least that, Serra said. The decision came after six month of negotiation and after exhausting all the possibilities for an agreement, the ministry said in a statement. Roch stanley us e will continue to supply the drug until December 2001, when the contract with the Health Ministry ends.The move marks the first time Brazil has stripped the patent on an anti-AIDS medication, despite previous threats to do so.In Basel, Switzerland, where Roche is headquartered, spokesman Daniel Piller said the company was surprised by the news and denied that negotiations had broken down. We are on good terms in negotiations with th

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The death t af1 oll from an earthquake that trapped scores of climbers on Malaysia s highest peak rose to 16 Monday as rescuers searched for two Singaporean climbers still missing.A magnitude-5.9 earthquake on Friday sent rocks and boulders raining down the trekking routes on 4,095-meter 13,435-foot Mount Kinabalu in eastern Sabah state on Borneo i nike dunk high sland.Nine of the bodies found Saturday were flown out by helicopter, while two were carried down, police said. Five more bodies have now been recovered.State tourism minister Masidi Manjun said the victims were seven Singaporeans, six Malaysians, and a Filipino, Chinese and Japanese national each. Second major earthquake hits Nepal 02:31 He said a Singaporean student and teacher were still missing. Singapore on Monday flew flags at half-staff to mourn the victims, part of a school outing to the mountain.Most of the other climbers made it down the mountain in the darkness early Saturday, some with broken limbs and one in a coma.Amanda Peter said local guides told her group of 21 climbers that a helicopter would pick them up, but they decided to walk out after a frustrating nine-hour wait. There were risks of us dying up samba rose there of cold overnight, said the 23-year-old Sabah native. The guide said we either die of waiting or we Ncot Mideast Frustration Continues
A victim s relative crie stanley trinkflaschen s at the site of the garment factory building that collapsed on Wednesday in Savar, Bangladesh, April 25, 2013.By Thursday, the death toll reached almost 400 people as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after a huge section of an eight-story building that housed several garment factories splintered in stanley becher to a pile of concrete. A.M. Ahad/AP Bangladeshis crowd to watch rescue work in progress at the site of the building collapse, April 25, 2013. A.M. Ahad/AP Bangladeshi rescuers carry the body of a survivor out from the rubble, April 25, 2013. A.M. Ahad/AP stanley cup A Bangladeshi rescuer looking for survivors gestures from beneath a concrete slab, April 25, 2013. A.M. Ahad/AP Rescue workers carry a victim s body after an eight-story building collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh, April 24, 2013. A.M. Ahad/AP Relatives cry as rescuers look for survivors and vi

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Ambassador Joe Yun, the top State Department envoy for North Korea, is retiring Friday. His departure threatens to handicap the Trump administration s aspirations to use diplomacy to solve the North Korean nuclear threat. Yun, 63, has been at the center of shaping the administration s policy toward North Korea since day one. He has s mizuno handballschuh erved at the State Department for more than 30 years, including as Ambassador to Malaysia.Yun traveled to North Korea last year to retrieve Otto Warmbier, the American student who had been detained for over a year. Yun was in contact with North Korean officials to coordinate that trip. President Trump signed off on the trip, and it was closely monitored by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.The former ambassador says his decision to leave government was a personal one. It is really my decision. The time, I thought, was right. There is a bit of a lull in activity and I thought it would be a good to get out, Yun said. They stopped nuclear and missile tests. Yun said there were no policy differences per se and noted that Tillerson tried to get him to stay. We are sorry to see him retire, but our diplomatic efforts regarding North Korea will samba shoes continue based on our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the DPRK the Democratic People s Republic of Korea, the formal name for North Korea until it agrees to begin credible talks toward a denuclearized Korea adidas samba og n peninsula, said Spate Department spokesperson Heather Nauert.Yun, who has been hopeful a Hygq Tsunami Baby Custody Spat Resolved
Six suicide bombers attacked a USAID compound Friday in northern Afghanistan, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. Two of the dead were foreigners.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which began about 3:30 a.m. when a suicide car bomber detonated a sports utility vehicle at the compound s entrance. An Afghan security guard was killed in the blast, said stanley tumblers Gen. Abdul stanley canada Razaq Yaqoubi, chief of police in Kunduz province.Five other attackers then stormed a building used by Development Alternatives Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based global consulting company that has a USAID contract to work on governance and community development in the area. Special Report: AfghanistanAn Afghan policeman and two foreign workers - one from Germany and the other from the Philippines - were killed in the fighting, said Gen. Murad Ali Murad, a commander for the Afghan National Army. The bodies of five suicide attackers were recovered from two floors of the building.In Berlin, a spokesman for Germany s Foreign Ministry confirmed a German citizen had been killed in the Kunduz attack but did not elaborate. He was speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government policy.Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that six suicide bombers attacked a training center for Afghan security forces in Kunduz and cups stanley killed 55 foreigners. The Taliban often exaggerate their claims.The attack appeared part of a Taliban campaign against deve

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AP Fidel Castro, the young anti-Batista guerilla leader, center, returns to Cuba in December 1956 with his brother Raul and Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara aboard the yacht Granma. The Castro brothers, Che and a handful of men escaped an ambush by Batista s army on the beach and began their revolutionary campaign from the mountains of Cuba. With Brezhnev Prensa Latina/Reuters Fidel Castro raises hands with Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, as Castro s brother Raul, stands to the left at Havana s Jose Marti airport, Jan. 31, 1974. Celebrating the revolution mizuno Prensa Latina/Reuters Fidel Castro stands in front of a statue of Cuban national hero Jose Marti while attending an event to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution at Revolution Square in Havana in 1965. dunks With Arafat Prensa Latina/Reuters Fidel Castro, left, and PLO leader Yasser Arafat stand together at the airport in Havana during Arafa adidas campus 80s t s first visit to Cuba, Nov. 14, 1974. Baseball Championship, 1963 Tauf FIFA hands lifetime ban to former VP Jack Warner
Hurricane Ignacio drenched fishermen and tourists Mon stanley cup day as it moved closer to the Baja California Peninsula, but forecasters say it appears to be weakening.The storm has forced 3,000 people from their homes in La Paz, the state capital and a popular tourist destination. But the Red Cross says there are no reports of injury or death.Mexican sailors aboard motorboats struggled against strong winds to pull sailboats off the rocks in the La Paz harbor. Rear Admiral Joaquin Garcia Silva said those aboard small civilian boats had been evacuated to shore, leaving behind a few craft loose on the storm-tossed waters.The hurricane tore up a highway, leveled beach huts and knocked down trees with stanley cup winds that topped 90 mph. Power was cut to La Paz. It could have been worse. It could have caught us while we were out there, said Buddy Holt, 36, of Dallas, as he watched the choppy water off of La Paz s boardwalk. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Igna stanley cup cio s maximum sustained winds had slipped to about 75 mph from 80 earlier in the day and predicted it would keep weakening over the next 24 hours.The hurricane was barely moving Monday evening. It was off La Paz bay near this state capital and fishing harbor. Forecasters said the storm was likely to crawl slowly up the southern Gulf of California toward Loreto while gradually edging over the peninsula itself.Kenny Mackie, 48, of Long Butte, British Colombia, watched as his 30-foot sailboat Inertia was ripped from its mooring in

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The only total solar eclipse of the year arrives this week. On Monday, December 14, lucky skywatchers will have the chance to spot the spectacular celestial event, when the new moon fully blocks the sun, creating temporary darkness during what NASA calls one of nature s most awe-inspiring sights. When the moon covers the sun completely, the sun s atmosphere mdash; known as its corona mdash; can be seen. This year, it coincides with the impressive Geminids meteor shower.How to watch the Geminids meteor shower, one of yeezy slide the best of 2020Unfortunately, thissolar eclipsewill only track over adidas samba og parts of South America, so relatively few people will be able to watch it live. However, several live streams of the event will ensure eager amateur astronomers have a chance to see the eclipse, no matter where in the world you are located. crocs winterstiefel Dazzling solar eclipse photos that won t fry your eyes 37 photos How to watchThe eclipse will be visible in South America, specifically in certain regions of Chile and Argentina. According to NASA, the path will stretch from Saavedra, Chile to Salina del Eje, Argentina.Additionally, ships located in parts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans will also have a chance to spot the event.Outside the narrow path of totality, some people w Ukyj Manila Mutiny Ends Peacefully
International organizations Thursday cont stanley cups uk inued their exodus from Iraq, with the United Nations announcing it was withdrawing staff from Baghdad following this week s string of car bombings in the capital and attacks against coalition troops.That followed decisions by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Medecins Sans Frontieres to reduce their staffs.Insurgents kept up their attacks against U.S. and other targets, blasting a freight train carrying military supplies near Fallujah west of Baghdad. An improvised bomb caused no casualties but set four containers ablaze and sparked a frenzy of looting by residents who carried off computers, tents, bottled water and other supplies.A soldier from the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division was slightly injured early Thursday when a bomb exploded near a U.S. convoy in the northern city of Mosul, the military said. An explosion shook Baghdad s old quarter late Thursday, triggering a larg gourde stanley e fire. Gunfire broke out in the area as U.S. helicopters flew overhead. There was no immediate informa stanley cups tion about damage or the cause of the blast on al-Motanabi street, known for rows of bookshops and antique stores.The exodus of humanitarian workers came despite assurances by top U.S. administration officials mdash; including President Bush mdash; that the security situation in Iraq was steadily improving. It also followed a personal appeal by Secretary of State Colin Powell to the international Red Cross to remain in Baghdad