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Ukrainersquo president blames Russia for the killing of Denis Voronenkov, a former Russian lawmaker and vocal Kremlin critic who defected last year. Voronenkov asics sneaker was shot and killed in public Thursday near the entrance adidas campus beige of a hotel in Kiev, Ukrainersquo capital.He was a key witness in a treason case against Ukrainersquo pro-Russia former president, Viktor Yanukovych. Ukrainian officials described the shooting as an execution and accused Russia of state terrorism, reports CBS News correspondent Anna Werner. This is just the latest incident of violence involving people critical of Moscow.Kremlin critic: Slain ex-lawmaker knew misdeeds of Russian elitesLawyer for Russian whistleblower badly hurt in bizarre fallPutin critic says hersquo one of the lucky ones: Irsquo;m still hereWhat 60 Minutes learned about Russiarsquo love of poisonProsecutors say the motive behind Voronenkovrsquo killing remains unclear, but Ukrainian officials believe Moscow was behind the attack. He was adidas samba adidas scheduled to give testimony at Ukrainersquo military prosecutorrsquo office, the purpose of which was not immediately clear. Investigators inspect the body of Denis Voronenkov, a former lawmaker of the Russian State Duma who was shot dead in central Kiev, Ukraine, March 23, 2017. REUTERS In an interview last month, Voronenkov sa Xkfj Groundbreaking fashion on display
This article was written by CBSNews intern Peter W. Stevenson.More an stanley mug d more Americans are applying to join the Peace Corps, even in a post-9/11 environment in which p stanley uk ersonal safety and anti-American sentiment are important concerns. Volunteers say they relish the chance to do something positive for some of the world s poorest stanley kubek countries and help the United States image abroad. The need for the Peace Corps in the world today is as strong as it s ever been mdash; the need for understanding that the Peace Corps presents, there s a stronger need than ever, said Sarah Allen, a recent volunteer who now works at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington. I think people realized that after September 11, and that might have motivated more people to apply. In 2005, the Peace Corps accepted 4,055 volunteers into the program, joining an organization that now has to turn away almost two-thirds of its applicants. Applications have risen more than 20 percent since 2000 mdash; testimony to a successful government push for increased volunteerism in the United States, according to Peace Corps Press Director Barbara Daly.In a February 2002 speech, President Bush said he wanted to double the number of Peace Corps volunteers within five years. Reaching that goal seems unlikely: The total number of volunteers rose from 6,630 in 2001 to 7,810 at the end of 2005, an increase of almost 18 percent. But Daly said the Peace Corps is achieving its immediate goal of expanding existing programs and s

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Laszlo Balogh/Reuters Someti air force 1 mes you just can t tell what you re looking at in a picture. Here are some recent examples of things that aren t quite as clear as they could be.For instance, what do you think this is A creature from the deep...end of the bathtub A shampoo accident Brutal Run asics sneaker Laszlo Balogh/Reuters A competitor jumps to run through plastic bottles during the Brutal Run extreme obstacle course race in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 30, 2014. Escape-proof Carlo Allegri /Reuters Don t let the speed-demons out of your sight. Daily constitutional Carlo Allegri/Reuters Resident Chris Roland poses with his pet turtles Cindy, left, and Kuka on Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, Sept. 4, 2014.Roland has had the turtles for years and walks them daily he said. Power line confusion Neil Hall/Reuters air max A poorly planned substation A trapeze artist s nightmare Tall ship rigging Neil Hall/Reut Sdhb Rome Prepares For Pope s Funeral
AP stanley cup Britain s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, right, are flanked by riders on Lipizzaner horses, as they walk with Lipica s manager Matjaz Pust during their visit to Lipica, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were on a two-day official visit to Slovenia. AP Britain s Queen Elizabeth II is presented a Lipizzaner horse as she visits the stud farm in Lipica, Slovenia, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Queen Elizabeth II was on a two-day state visit to Slovenia. AP Photo Britain s Queen Elizabeth II and President Danilo Turk of the Republic of Slovenia inspect the guard of honor at Brdo Castle in Ljubljana, at the start of the queen s two-day state visit to Slovenia. Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the monarch was greeted by blue skies and unseasonably warm weather when she arrived on Oct. 21, 2008. AP Photo Britain s Queen Elizabeth II, center, and Slovenia s president Danilo Turk, ri stanley cups uk ght, walk past the guards of honor during the arrival ceremony in Brdo, Slo stanley cup website venia, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008.

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In the first month of Donald Trump s presidency, an American scholar quietly met with North Korean officials and relayed a message: The new administration in Washington appreciated an extended halt in the mizuno de North s nuclear and ballistic missile tests. It might just offer a ray of hope.North Korean officials responded defiantly. The nearly four-month period of quiet wasn t a sign of conciliation, they retorted, insisting supreme leader Kim Jong Un would order tests whenever he wanted. As if to ram the point home, North Korea only two days later launched a new type of medium-range missile that ended Mr. Trump s brief honeymoon.The February launch heralded a year of escalating tensions that have left the U.S. and North Korea closer to hostilities than at any time since the Korean War ended in 1953. The North is now at the mizuno laufschuhe brink of realizing its decades-old goal of being able to strike anywhere in America with a nuclear weapon. And two leaders untested in the delicate diplomacy of deterrence have exchanged personal insults and warned of the other nation s annihilation.South Korea seizes ship suspected of transferring oil to North KoreaNorth Korean defectors show signs of radiation exposure, researchers say Pyongyang and Washington are caught in a vicious cycle of action adidas yeezy and reaction, Korea expert Duyeon Kim wrote in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. If nothing happens to break the cycle, it will continue until one side either stands down, which is very unlikely, or, far worse, t Adjr Israel says Palestinian gunmen killed after West Bank attack lauded by Hamas, as Gaza deaths near 30,000
President Chandrika Kumaratunga established an unassailable lead in a nearly completed vote count Wednesday, assuring her of a second term as Sri Lanka s president. But monitoring groups said the el stanley cup ection was flawed by flagrant violations. Mrs. Kumaratunga won 51.12 percent of the vote, ahead of her nearest challenger, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who garnered 42.7 percent, the Election Commission announced. The result denied Mrs. Kumaratunga the sweeping mandate she sought when she called the election 11 months earlier than scheduled, and was far less than the landslide 62 percent she won in 1994. Many voters apparently were disappointed that she had failed to fulfill her promise to end the war with the Tamil Tiger separatists, which ha stanley termosy s instead grown progressively more fierce. An assassinatio stanley thermos mug n attempt against her on Saturday, when a suspected Tamil rebel blew herself up with explosives strapped to her body, appeared to have had little effect on the vote. Mrs. Kumaratunga was injured by the bomb, and did not leave her home Tuesday to cast her ballot. The ballot box was instead flown from her home district to her official residence. The Commission said 73 percent of the 11.7 million voters cast ballots, despite threats from Tamil rebels to disrupt the voting. The independent Center for Monitoring Election Violence said the poll was marred by serious election violations, systematic impersonations and ballot-stuffing. The result of this election

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia The Group of 20 summit kicking off Thursday on the Russi air force one an shores of the Baltic sea will br adidas sambarose ing the two men at the forefront of the geopolitical standoff over Syria s civil war into the same room for meetings: President Obama and his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin. Chemical weapons attack in Syria 14 photos As they arrive in St. Petersburg for two days of meetings, Mr. Obama and French President Francois Hollande are preparing for possible military strikes over what they insist was a chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad s army in the suburbs of Damascus on Aug. 21. Both presidents are effectively waiting, however, for the U.S. Congress to weigh in first, so bombs are unlikely to fall on Syrian government targets during the gathering in Russia. President Obama s objective of backing from Congress came one step closer to reality on Wednesday with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee narrowly approving af1 the use of U.S. military force in Syria. Stumbles and discord greet Obama at G-20John Dickerson: Obama should acknowledge risks of Syria strikesPutin calls Kerry a liar on SyriaIn the meantime, Presidents Obama and Hollande are likely to continue lobbying other world leaders at the summit to acce Qgdd China Quake Toll Could Exceed 80,000
AP Photo/Nader Daoud This story was filed by CBS News George Baghdadi in Damascus.George Mitchell, the Oba gourde stanley ma administration s Middle East envoy, arrives in Damascus on Saturday to see if he can garner Syrian President Bashar al-Assad s support for America s new broad-based, comprehensive peace drive in the region.Mitchell, an architect of the Northern Ireland peace agreement, is also to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories this weekend, where he ll try to kick-start peace talks with the Palestinians and discuss the recent spat between Israel and Washington over continued Israeli construction in east Jerusalem. Diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus tell CBS News Mitchell is expected in the Syrian stanley polska capital Saturday night and that he will start his official meetings Sunday morning. It will be Mitchell s second visit to Syria since mid-June, as President Obama seeks to re-engage Damascus mdash; a key regional player mdash; to try and breathe new life into the faltering peace process in the Middle East. Mitchell has stanley mugs made five previous visits to the region in his capacity with the Obama administration.Former President George W. Bush put relations with Syria on hold in 2005, following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The Obama administration decided to return an ambassador to Damascus as a reward for Syria s help in the region and perceived attitude change, including the exchange of diplomatic representation with neighboring Lebanon

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Washington mdash; President air max 96 Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greetedthree Americans released by Russia in a complex prisoner swap involving 24 people being held in six countries when they arrived on U.S. soil late Thursday.A plane carrying Wall Street Journal reporterEvan Gersh yeezy kovich, Marine veteranPaul Whelanand Russian-American radio journalistAlsu Kurmashevalanded at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after they were freed as part of the swap that also involved Germany, Slovenia, Poland and Norway.Vladimir Kara-Murza, a U.S. green card holder and Kremlin critic, was also released, but opted to go to Germany, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcome Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, all prisoners freed by Russia, as they arrive on Aug. 1, 2024, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Getty Images As part of the d hoka eal, Russia released 16 prisoners while the Western countries released eight Russians. The prisoners were traded on a tarmac in Ankara, Turkey, earlier Thursday.A plane took the three freed Americans, some of their family members and State Department personnel from Joint Base Andrews to Joint Base San Antonio early Friday. A U.S. government official said the three would head to Brooke Army Medical Center for evaluations and any care they need.At the base in San Antoni Pghx Qaeda In Iraq Leader Threatened
Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country - including a 4,400-year-old statue of an ancient king stolen during the U.S.-led invasion - have been returned to Iraq and were displayed Tuesday.Iraq is home to relics of the world s most ancient urban civilizations. But its priceless heritage has been plundered during the country s wars and upheavals, and its precious antiquities sold to collectors abroad.The U.S. military was heavily criticized for not protecting t stanley website he Iraqi National Museum s trove of relics and art following Baghdad s fall in 2003. Thieves ransacked the collection, stealing or destroying priceless artifacts that chronicled some 7,000 years of civilization in Mesopotamia, including the ancient Babylonians, Sumerians and Assyrians.Iraqi and world culture officials have for years struggled to stanley cup retrieve the treasures but met little success. About 15,000 pieces are still missing from the museum that reopened last year, according to the Deputy Director of the museum, Mohammed Muhsen Ali.More than 5,000 pieces have been returned since 2003, he said. Today is a celebration in Iraq. This is bringing b cups stanley ack the civilization and the cultural heritage of Iraq, he said.Tuesday s display at the Foreign Ministry of more 542 pieces returned to Iraq was aimed at showcasing Iraqi and international efforts to repatriate the country s looted cultural heritage.The most prominent piece on display was the 4,400-year-old statue of a

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ST. THOMAS -- St. Thomas is one of the U.S. Virgin Islands under a warning as Hurricane Maria approaches, and it hasn t even begun to recover from Hurricane Irma.Unless you re with the military, the only way to get to St. Thomas now is by adidas originals hamburg boat or helicopter, CBS News David Begnaud reports.Close to the airport, the vast devastation from Irma was evident, and an elderly woman was being evacuated.Jacob Bradley, an emergency response technician from Arkansas, said all the critically ill patients are being airlifted out of the hurricane s path. It s been bad. We ve had six people laying in a restaurant because we couldn t get them to a hospital, Bradley said. Tracking Hurricane Maria as it storms through the Caribbean 01:42 Even Brad asics ley and other first responders are leaving. I would say it compares to Katrina, definitely, if not worse, Bradley said.A lot of people around the island said, Listen, I stayed for Irma, I m gonna stay again for Maria. But CBS News also came across groups of people who said there s no way they re riding out another storm. It s horrible over th nike dunk ere. There s not a leaf, every tree is bent, buildings, houses, businesses -- everything is devastated, resident Dana Neal said.Some, like Ken Roy, aren t leaving. St. Thomas was under a warning Monday night Iurn One-fourth of N. Korean kids malnourished: U.N.
AP PARIS - A string of murders involving the same weapon have raised concerns that a serial killer may be on the loose in a Paris suburb, as France is still reeling from a wave of terror-related shootings in its sou stanley quencher th.Four murders have taken place in the Essonne region of the capital since November, the latest that of a 47-year-old woman on Thursday. The same semiautomati stanley quencher c gun was used in all four attacks, prosecutor Marie-Suzanne Le Queau said during a press conference Friday.Authorities stressed that there s no evidence yet of a link to terrorism in the Essonne killings, but Interior Minister Claude Gueant told French radio Europe-1 that he fears a serial killer might be behind them, and that maximum resources would be used to find the perpetrator.French agencies already are on alert after a string of shootings last month in southern France that police say was the work of an Islamist milita stanley kubek nt who used a motorbike, videotaped the shootings and claimed links to al Qaeda. The alleged gunman was shot dead in a standoff with security forces.She added that similarities were especially apparent in the last three murders, in which the victims were shot in the head. Gun cartridges were recovered in Thursday s killing, when the shooter fled on a motorbike. In the Essonne killings, Le Queau said all four murders appeared to have been committed at the same time of the day, between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.She added that similarities were especially apparent in the last three cases,

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The Taliban s de facto authorities on Tuesday banned women and girls from attending universities and from getting higher education in Afghanistan, according to the letter released by the Taliban s Ministry of Higher Education.Tuesday s order, which is effectively immediately, completed all the restrictions the Taliban imposed on Afghan woman s life in the 1990s, taking Afghanistan and Afghan women adidas samba donna nearly three decades back. Based on cabinet decisionhellip;education for women is suspended until further notice, reads the statement t salomon gtx weeted by ministry spokesman Hafiz Hashimi. The decision should be implemented immediately. 1605; 1607; 1605; 1607; 1582; 1576; 1585; 1578; 1610; 1575;!! pic.twitter/9EwiUOkipNmdash; 1581; 1575; 1601; 1592; 159 adidas campus damen 0; 1610; 1575; 1569; 1575; 1604; 1604; 1607; 1607; 1575; 1588; 1605; 1610; @HafizZeiya December 20, 2022 The Taliban captured power over 15 months ago and immediately deprived girls of their fundamental rights by banning secondary education for grades six and above. But women were allowed to attend universities in a gender-segregated class. No country in the world currently recognizes the Taliban government.Rumors of closing universities have been circulating on Afghan social media since a new leader was appointed for the ministry of higher education position. Mawlawi Neda Muhamad is considered a Taliban hardliner and was picked by the supreme leader for the position.In a statement Tuesday, U.S. Secret Ydar Israeli Kingmaker Gets 4 Years
A damaged tanker carrying more than 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two off northwest Spain and sank Tuesday, threatening an environmental disaster.The Bahamas-flagged Prestige vanished into the ocean at midday, said Lars Walder, a spokesman for the Dutch salvage company SMIT. The ship s oil containers seemed to remain intact, but the toxic fuel was likely to seep out eventually.An environmentalist warned the wreckage would be like a time bomb about two miles down on the ocean floor. N stanley water jug early 1.3 million to 2.6 million gallons of fuel oil lost in the initial spill last week have already tainted miles of Spanish beaches, threatening rich fishing grounds and devastating wildlife. We hope that the sunken part does not spill its fuel. But still it s a time bomb at the bottom of the sea, said Maria Jose Caballero, who leads the coastal protection project for Green stanley cups peace in Spain.The best hope for the environment is for the tanks to hold in the chilly waters, said Unni Einemo, senior editor at Bunkerworld, a London-based news service for the marine fuels industry. stanley us If it sinks into cold water, this stuff solidifies so much that it basically stays there, she said.If the ship lost its entire cargo of fuel oil, the spill would be nearly twice the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. Some 10.92 million gallons of crude oil were lost from the Valdez. We can say goodbye to the ship and its cargo, said Walder.The tanker ruptured last Wednesday during a storm.

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London mdash;King Charles III says he would like a potential $1 billion bump in profits from off-shore wind farms owned by the Crown Estate to be used for the wider public good, rather than to help fund the royal family.The Crown adidas originals samba Estate mdash; essentially the property collectively owned by the royal familymdash; is an independently-run business, the profits from which go to Britain s treasury. But the amount of money it generates is used to determine the amount granted to the royal household from public funds, in what s known as the Sovereign Grant. Currently, the royals get back 25% of the Crown Estate s annual profits. King Charles III visits local hardship support groups and tours new facilities on January 12, 2023, in Aboyne, Scotland. Getty Deals to develop six new off-shore wind farms on Crown Estate sites would collectively be worth $1 billion more per year for at least three years, according to BBC News. That surge in profits would, under the current arrangement, mean the royal family would receive a significantly larger sum nike dunk every year from Britain s treasury.Against the backdrop of a crippling cost of living crisis in the U.K., caused by record inflation and soaring energy prices, Charles said he wanted to reduce the percentage of profits used to calculate the Sovereign Grant that covers costs associated nike dunks panda with working royals, such as travel for official enga Mjhq Jamal Khashoggi s ex-fianc eacute;e says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman must be punished without delay
Cuba and China are more peaceful than the United States, according to a report published Thursday.The global peace index, prepared by the cups stanley Sydney, Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace, says the world in general is becoming a more violent place. The report says nearly two-thirds of the countries it ranks every year have become more violent since 2007.Iraq is the most violent nation in the world, the report says, followed by Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Pakistan, Israel, Georgia, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo.Beacons of peace are New Zealand - which tops the index - Iceland, Japan, Austria, Norway, Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Finland and Sweden.The United States ranks 85th, below Cuba and China and just ahead of Angola. The idea for the index came from Steve Killelea, an Australian entrepreneur who wanted to identify what makes a peaceful country. He asked the Economist Intelligence Unit, which is affiliated with the Econ stanley canada omist news magazine, to look at a range of variables, from levels of homicides per 100,00 stanley quencher 0 people - which drags down America and boosts Denmark - to corruption and access to primary education.The survey also looks at levels of crime, social unrest and military spending.World peace would save the global economy $7 trillion a year, the report says. Becoming more peaceful translates into economic gains, the report claims, because less money needs to be spent on security and can be invested instead to make the country more prosperou

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Londonmdash; People across the United Kingdom have been warned to brace for what could be Britain s hottest day ever recorded, with temperatures expected to soar over the 100-degree mark. People in London and a vast swath of England were already baking in temperatures well into the nike af mid-90s before lunchtime on Monday. Forecasters warned that some areas could touch 40 degrees Celsius on Monday or Tuesday mdash; a landmark which, at 104 Fahrenheit, is about 30 degrees over typical summer temperatures in the U.K.As CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi reports, the same heat wave is already blamed for the extreme temperatures fueling widespread wildfires across other parts of Europe.Scientists say it is climate change driven by human activity that s bringing more heat, more often to Europe.Saberi reports the wildfires raging across southwest France have already scorched around 35,000 acres and forced more than 16,000 people to flee. Thousands forced to evacuate due to wildfires as devastating heatwave sweeps adidas campus 80s Europe 02:06 In Spain, where a new national high-temperature record was set just several days ago at 117 degrees, the scenes are similarly ap adidas yeezyslide ocalyptic with fires tearing across the south. Authorities have already blamed more than 1,000 deaths on the current heat wave in Spain and neighbori Dkal Lebanon s trash pileup turns into violent, political mess
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office to sign the HIRE Act jobs bill in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010.Obama Signs $17.5 Billion Jobs Bill March Madness Begina AP Photo/Elise Amendola Robert Morris Dallas Green, left, Villanova s Taylor King, center, and Robert Morr stanley cup is Karon Abr stanley cup aham 4 fight for a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA first-round college basketball game in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 18, 2010.NCAA Tips Off with 1 Up stanley cup set, 2 OT Thrillers Mother Cub AP Photo/Trisnadi Mello, a Month-old lion cub, lays its head on the paw of its mother, Veni, at Prigen Safari Park in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Sitting Swans AP Photo/ Kerstin Joensson Two swans are sitting on the partly frozen lake Zeller See in Zell am See, in the Austrian province of Salzburg, on Thursday, March 18, 2010.Latest Photo Galleries

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WASHINGTON - The Obamaadministration on Wednesday moved to freeze assets of three suspected militantslinked to the Haqqani network, which has been blamed forbeing behind brazen attacks on U.S. and Western targets in Afghanistan.The Treasur adidas yeezy y Department saidthat Saidullah Jan, Yahya Haqqaniand Muhammad Omar Zadran had been designated ldquo pecially designated globalte salomon xt rrorists, meaning that assets belonging to the men within U.S. jurisdictionwould be frozen.U.S. citizens are also barredfrom doing business with the three men. White House responds to report of decreasing drone strikes in Pakistan 01:33 The Obama administration hasbeen struggling to contain the Haqqaninetwork, which it has blamed forinvolvement in a number of bold, high-profile attacks on U.S. and Westerninterests in Afghanistan, for years.The group is believed to bebased in tribal regions of Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan.Today s action underscores ourresolve to continue targeting any potential means of support for the Haqqanis, David Cohen, a seniorTreasury official, said in the statement. Muhammad Omar Zadran was alsonamed for having links to the Afgha yeezy n Taliban.In 2011, the United States former top military official, Mike Mullen, made waves by calling the group a veritable arm of Cfek Taylor Accepts Asylum Offer
A suicide car bomb exploded outside a residential complex belonging to a state-run oil company north of stanley deutschland Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 22 people and wounding 80, police, local hospital officials and the U.S. military said.In a separate attack northeast of Baghdad, four people were killed in a separate suicide bombing targeting a funeral procession for two members of an anti-al Qaeda, officials said.Local authorities said victims were still being pulled from the rub stanley flask ble of two destroyed buildings and that the death toll was expected to stanley cup rise.The bomber, who was driving a pickup truck, detonated his explosives when Iraqi police and members of a volunteer security force prevented him from entering the gate of the compound belonging to the state-run North Oil Company in Beiji, about 155 miles north of Baghdad, a police officer said. He said some of the residential buildings were damaged in the blast.Most of the 22 killed were civilians, and at least three were children, the police officer said. The dead also included guards of the oil company and members of the volunteer force. An official at the main hospital in Beiji gave the same casualty figures and said 65 were wounded.Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release information to the media.The U.S. military said in a statement that 20 people were killed and 80 wounded. The reason for the discrepancy in casualty figures was not immediately clear.The wounded, bloodied and bandaged