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MILAN -- The body of an Indian waiter who was the last missing victim of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner has been found by crews dismantling the vessel, authorities said Monday.The body was discovered by workers clearing debris from the ship in a passenger s cabin on the eighth deck, said Carabinieri commander Capt. Massimo Pittaluga. He said the victim was wearing a shirt that contained an identification card for missing crew member Russel Rebello.In a Facebook message, Rebello s brother, Kevin Rebello, confirmed the discovery of his brother s remains, thanking all those who prayed and believed that one day he would be found. He said a DNA test nike sb dunk would be performed before putting his brother to rest with honor, adding simply: India, we are coming. The Concordia capsized after hitting rocks near a Tuscan island in January 2012, killing 32 people. The ship s captain is being tried for manslaught adidas originals samba er, causing the shipwreck and abandoning the ship. air max 1 The wreck of the Costa Concordia is raised 10 photos The Concordia was transferred to Genoa this summer, where it is being dismantled and scrapped. The island of Giglio, where the Concordia crashed, has been forever transformed by the tragedy, reported CBS News Sabina Castlefranco. When Ungu Airbus Jet Makes Emergency Landing In Guam
CAIRO - Clashes that broke out when a Muslim mob attacked thousands of Christians protesting against the burning of a Cairo church killed at least 11 people and injured more than 90, security and hospital officials said Wednesday.In the clashes late Tuesday night, the grou stanley cup ps battled with guns, clubs and knives, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Complete Coverage: Anger in the Arab WorldThe clashes added to a sense of ongoing chaos in Egypt after the momentous 18-day democracy uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11. The uprising left a security vacuum when police have pulled out from Cairo and several other stanley cup cities three days into the uprising. The police have yet to fully take back the streets, something that has left space for a wave of violent crime and lawlessness in some parts of the nation.Muslims torched the church amid an escalation of tensions between the two religious groups over a love affair between a Muslim and a Christian that set off a violent feud between families of the couple. The Christian protesters on Tuesday blocked a vital highway, burning tires and pelting cars with rocks. An angry crowd of Muslims set upon the Christians and the two sides fought pitched battles for about four hours.At least four Muslims and two Christians were killed, all by gunshots. The wounded included stanley flasche 73 Muslims and 21 Christians, according to the officials.Mubarak handed pow

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates mdash; The United States on Monday said it had not sought the arrest of the former lawyer of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, contradicting the United Arab Emirates official explanation for the American citizen s detention.The UAE on Saturday adidas sambarose sentenced the civil rights lawyer, Asim Ghafoor, to three years in prison followed by deportation on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. Ghafoor has rejected the charges and said he had no idea he had been convicted on the charges at some point in the past, in absentia. Policemen arrested him at Dubai airport on Thursday as he was transiting to Istanbul for a wedding and took him to an Abu Dhabi detention center. The UAE portrayed Ghafoor s arrest as a coordinated move with the U.S. to combat transnational crimes, saying American authorities had requested yeezy slide Emirati help with an investigation into Ghafoor s alleged tax evasion and suspicious money transfers in the autocratic country. But the U.S. disputed that account, with the State Department saying it has not sought the arrest of Mr. Ghafoor and referring further questions to the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice did not immediat adidas originals ely respond to a request for comment. Ghafoor sits on the board of Washington-based human rights watchdog Democracy for the Arab World Now and was a close friend of Khashoggi, the dissident writer and Washington Post columnist dismembered by Saudi agents in Istanbul in 2018. He represen Phss Stunning new Roman frescoes uncovered at Pompeii, the ancient Italian city frozen in time by a volcano
Many cyclone victims are getting spoiled food from Myanmar s junta instead of the high-quality supplies being delivered by foreign governments and charities, victims and aid workers said Tuesday.A longtime foreign resident of Myanmar s biggest city, Yangon, told The Associated Press in Bangkok by telephone that angry government offi stanley cup cials have complained to him about the military misappropriating aid stanley romania .He said the officials told him that quantities of the high-energy biscuits rushed in on the World Food Program s first flights were sent to a military warehouse.They were exchanged by what the officials said were stanley mug tasteless and low-quality biscuits produced by the Industry Ministry to be handed out to cyclone victims, the foreign resident said.He spoke on condition of anonymity because identifying himself could jeopardize his safety. He said it was not known if the high quality food was being sold on the black market or consumed by the military.A government spokesman did not immediately respond to an e-mailed query from the AP seeking a comment. The allegations were impossible to confirm independently because of the massive restrictions imposed by the junta on journalists.The military - which has ruled the country with an iron fist since 1962 - has taken control of most aid sent by other countries including the United States, which made its first aid delivery Monday and sent in another cargo plane Tuesday with 19,900 pounds of blankets, water and mosquito netting. A third

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Netflix has removed an episode of a satirical comedy show that criticizes Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom complained, raising new questions about the limits of free online expression, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. The newspaper said the streaming giant had taken down the episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj in Saudi Arabia after the kingdom s Communications and Information Technology Commission said it violated the kingdom s cybercrime law.In the episode, Minhaj -- an American-born Muslim of Indian descent -- lashed Saudi Arabia after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.He specifically criticized Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and was also critical of the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen.The U.S. adidas samba Senate in December approved two symbolic resolutions blaming the prince for the killing, after intelligence reports pointed in that direction, and urging an end to U.S. participation in the Yemen conflict. Former CIA insider on Kushner, the Saudis and Khashoggi 05:55 Karen Attiah, Khashoggi s editor at The Washing mizuno handballschuh ton Post, tweeted that adidas original campus Netflix s action was quite outrageous. Requests for reaction to the Saudi information ministry and Netflix were not immediately returned.But the Financial Times said Netflix had Pslk Drivers in Australia can now be fined up to $11,000 for tossing a lit cigarette from a vehicle
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Hong Kong s police force has defended the actions of officers who tackled a 12-year-old girl to the ground in a shocking scene that was captured on video and quickly went viral. Police in riot gear cracked down adidas originals ultraboost on an anti-government protest in the Chinese region on Sunday, arresting almost 300 people according to the South China Morning Post SCMP newspaper.The girl was not taking part in the protest, but walking through the downtown Hong Kong area on a mission to buy art supplies when she encountered police in body armor. In video of the incident, she appears to get spooked by the police and try to hurry away, but she s chased by an officer and quickly tackled to the ground adidas campus femme .According to the SCMP, the police said in a statement released Monday that the girl was seen acting suspicious, and that she and her brother were briefly held along with six other people after failing to heed repeated warnings to leave the area. The adidas campus 00s police insisted that the officers involved had used minimum force, according to BBC News. Police in Hong Kong are facing backlash over the violent arrest of a 12-year-old girl whose family says was caught in a protest crowd while out buying art supplies. Police later said officers used minimum force after she ran away in a suspicious manner. pic.twitter/XOXZTot7zwmdash; CBS News @CBSNews September 7, 2020 Speaking to SCMP, Billy Wong Wai-yuk of the Hong Kong Committee on Children s Rights called the police officer s actions unacceptable, poin Yyom U.S. soldiers killed in Niger were caught by surprise, official says
Investigators searched Thursday for at least 10 more suspects linked to a foiled terror attack stanley thermosflasche on German and American facilities - a plot which has triggered heated debate about the need for heighte stanley cup ned police surveillance powers. This is the network that we are aware of at the moment, August Hanning, a top security official, told ARD television, a day after two Germans who had converted to Islam and a Turk were arrested on suspicion of plotting the attacks.Hanning said investigators believed the network no longer posed a direct security threat.Following months of surveillance, anti-terror police on Wednesday discovered large quantities of material to make explosives in a raid on a cottage in central Germany rented by the three suspects now under arrest. Prosecutors say they had military-style detonators.Prosecutors have declined to name specific targets, mentioning restaurants, pubs, discothe stanley thermos mug ques, airports and other places frequented by Americans. The arrests provoked both relief that police foiled an attack and concern that two of the suspects are homegrown terror suspects, with the typically German first name of one of the suspects drawing attention. His name is Fritz - a German, said the announcer on ZDF television s late-evening newscast Wednesday.German and U.S. officials have been increasingly on edge after Islamist attacks on German troops in Afghanistan, fearing an attack at home, and security measures had been increased.A spokesman for Taliban commander m

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Four Paris police officers have been handed preliminary charges over the beating of a Black music producer, after security footage of the incident was posted online.The video shows three of the officers shove Michel Zecler inside his music studio, then punch, kick and hit him repeatedly with a truncheon for several minutes. As they leave, a fourth officer throws a tear gas canister through the door.Zecler, 41, said they also hurled racist insults at him, although the police deny that.He said he was sc nike dunk low ared, afraid for his life. I didn t do anything to deserve that, air max 98 he said.The video prompted outrage in France to the highest levels. French president Emmanuel Macron said the images were shameful. Posting on Facebook, he denounced what he called an unacceptable attack. Preliminary charges have been filed against the three officers caught on tape for intentional violence in a group, with a weapon. The fourth officer, accused of throwing the tear gas, is under investigation for intentional violence. Two have been remanded in custody, while the other two were given conditional release.During a press conference Sunday, Paris prosecutor Reacute;my Heitz said the officers seen in the video said they had panicked, but admitted that their blows were not justified and they had mainly acted out of fear. The police officers said they had approached Zecler because he was not wearing a mask. Heitz said they also smelle dunk pand d cannabis, but a search of his bag revealed only half a gra Lsjq Pakistan election offices hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before parliamentary vote
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Kh stanley canada ai s groundbreaking visit to the Wh stanley becher ite House comes as ties in security are beginning to take root alongside burgeoning trade and economic links between the United States and its former enemy.President Bush welcomes Khai Tuesday, three weeks before the 10th anniversary of the restoration of U.S. diplomatic relations with Vietnam.While Vietnam s human rights record remains iffy, the relationship has flourished in other ways in stark contrast to the day in April 1975 when the United States pulled out of Vietnam ahead of Hanoi s triumphant forces, triggering a break in relatio stanley cup ns.After his discussions with President Bush, Khai plans a meeting with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. The incipient military ties between the two countries have included periodic docking of U.S. warships in Vietnam and plans for U.S. military training of Vietnamese officers. Intelligence sharing and cooperation on counterterrorism activities also are part of the mix.Since President Clinton restored normal diplomatic relations on July 11, 1995, trade with Vietnam has increased 20-fold. Khai will oversee the signing of an agreement for state-owned Vietnam Airlines to buy four Boeing 787 passenger planes. Khai also hopes to receive the U.S. blessing for a Vietnamese bid to join the World Trade Organization. During a visit to Redmond, Washington, on Monday, Khai and Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates signed an agreement under which the firm will train and deve

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Turns out the Mexican government isn t so keen on Donald Trump s assertion that he will make Mexico pay for a wall along America s southern border. Of course it s false, a spokesman for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said of Trump s claim in a Bloomberg interview published Wednesday. It reflects an enormous ignorance for what Mexico represents, and also the irresponsibility of the candidate who s saying it. Trump visiting U.S.-Mexico border to discuss immigration 05:29 Trump, a billionaire businessman who s seeking the Republican presidential nomination, has said repeatedly that the U.S. must build a wall to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico b adidas campus shoes order.But America won t pay for this wall, according to Trump - Mexico will. We re gonna get the wall built...and Mexico s gonna pay for the wall, Trump said Tuesday at a news conference. And they re gonna be happy about it...because the cost nike dunk high of the wall is peanuts compared to the kind of money they re making. Mexico is becoming the new China. Trump, who holds a big lead in early polls of the Republican primary field, has made immigration one of the chief focuses of his campaign, inciting controversy with his inflammatory rem dunk panda arks on the subject.In his kickoff speech in June, Trump described Mexican immigrants as criminals Jaha Indian woman allegedly set on fire by men she accused of rape as she heads to court
India s stock market took the biggest plunge in its 129-year history Monday as investors panicked over how communist parties would influence the policy of the incoming coalition government of Sonia Gandhi.Stock market regulators halted trading twice during the day and the government reportedly instructed state-run financial institutions to buy heavily into the market so to stop the tumbling share prices.Still, the benchmark index of the oldest Bombay Stock Exchange, the Sensex, closed Monday at 4505.16 points, down 11.1 percent from Friday, the last trading day. The Nifty index of the National Stock Exchange, the country s largest that was set up in 1994, plunged 12.3 percent.Earlier Monday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India ordered suspension of trading twice as stock prices tumbled more than 15 percent on the two main bourses of the country.Share prices began recovering Monday when markets resum stanley cup ed trading for the third time. The Sensex and Nifty recovered, reversing nearly a third of the losses suffered in early trading. According to the Hindustan Times, investors were worried that Gandhi s Congress Party will slow down the privatization of state industries and adopt policies unfriendly to business.The Press Trust of India quot stanley becher ed a Senior Congress Party leader and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh saying the incoming government was not necessarily opposed to privatization. Our tax policies and foreign direct investment will be pro-growth and to create an stanley becher env

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The Group of Seven nations and Australia agreed Friday to adopt a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, acting shortly after the European Union reached unanimous agreement on the same price earlier in the day.After a last-minute flurry of negotiations, the EU presidency, held by the Czech Republic, tweeted that ambassadors have just reached an agreement on price cap for yeezy Russian seaborne oil. Europe needed to set the discounted price that other nations will air max 1 pay by Monday, when an EU embargo on Russian oil shipped by sea and a ban on insurance for those supplies take effect.U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement that the agreement will help nations participating in the plan achieve the goal of restricting Putin s primary source of revenue for his illegalwar in Ukraine while simultaneously preserving the stability of global energy supplies. Today s announcement is the culmination of months of effort by our coalition, and I commend the hard work of our partners in achieving this outcome, she said. The price cap, which was led by the Group of Seven wealthy democracies, aims to prevent a sudden loss of Russian oil to the adidas samba damen world that could lead to a new surge in energy prices and further fuel inflation.Poland long held up an agreement, seeking to set the cap as low as possible. Following more than 24 hours of deliberations, when other EU nations had signaled they would back the deal, Warsaw finally relented late Friday. Crippling Russia s energy reven Egxt China Likely to Agree to Iran Sanctions
The first person to fly a home-built single-engine plane over the South Pole is stranded in Antarctica after his aircraft ran short of fuel mdash; and U.S. and New Zealand bases there refused to supply any mdash; a New Zealand official said Wednesday.Australian pilot Jon Johanson left Invercargill, New Zealand on Sunday, and flew his RV-4 airplane 3,680 miles -- 26 1/2 hours to cross the pole.He d planned to continue to Argentina, but stronger-than-expected headwinds ate into his fuel reserves, forcing him to land Tuesday at the McMurdo base run by the stanley becher United States, just a few kilometers miles from New Zealand s Scott base.Johanson s partner Sue Ball said from Australia that the flier wanted to return to New Zealand and had asked both bases for 104 gallons of fuel.Both refused. The U.S. actually don t run a gas station in Antarctica ... and nor does New Zealand, Antarctica New Zealand Chief Executive Lou Sanson told stanley becher The Associated Press by phone. Currently he is unable to get fuel. The bases try to deter tourists, insisting visitors must be self-sufficient. He appears to have gone in there without a search and rescue plan and without a contingency plan if things go wrong, and he s expecting the New Zealand and United States stanley cup governments to pick up and be his contingency, Sanson said, adding that the bases hadn t been notified of the flight.However, Sanson said U.S. staff at the McMurdo airfield provided Johanson with food and shelter. We are prepare

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Hong Kong ndash; Tens of thousands of people formed human chains across Hong Kong Friday night as part of the latest peaceful protest against their embattled government, against Beijing, and to demand democratic reform. Organizers said approximately 135,000 demonstrators linked hands to airmax plus create the chains, which ran parallel to the city s subway lines on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon across Victoria Harbor, and across the New Territories near the border with mainland China.The event, called The Hong Kong Way, was inspired by The Baltic Way, which took place on August 23, 1989, when an estimated two million people held hands across Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to push back against the Soviet Union, call for independence, and attempt to gain international attention. Two years later, in 1991, the Baltic states achieved independence from the USSR. Protesters hold hands to form a human chain during a rally to call for political reforms in Hong Kong s central district, August 23, 2019. KAI PFAFFENBACH / REUTERS Since June 9, Hong Kong has been rocked by protests, violence and chaos. What started out as public opposition to an extradi adidas samba tion bill exploded into anger and calls for the resignation of the city s chief air max executive. Protesters demanded an investigation into police brutality and advocated for greater democratic reform. The unrest raised questions about whether China would Wgij Saddam Calls Attack A Criminal Act
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Iranian authorities have rounded up alleged opposition activists ahead of celebrations Thursday to mark the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution when anti-government groups have called for protests, the country s top police official said.The reported raids are part of a broad offensive by Iran s leadership to intimidate anti-government demonstrators from trying to disrupt state-backed celebrations Thursday of the 1979 overthrow of the pro-Western monarchy.The New York Times reports that in addition to opposition activists the government has also imprisoned photographers, arti stanley cup sts, children s rights advocates, women s rights activists, students and journalists. Reporters Without Borders said that Iranian intelligence stanley tumbler has arrested eight journalists within the past few days, bringing the total number of reporters detained to 65, more than in any other country. Iranian authorities are desperate to show the upp stanley cup er hand on the most important day of the nation s political calendar. But the high-profile events - including a huge gathering in Tehran s Azadi Square and other places across Iran - offers a chance for opposition groups to make another powerful statement of their resolve. Anti-government Web sites and blogs have called for a major turnout and urged marches to display green emblems or clothes - the color adopted by the anti-government movement since June s disputed presidential election.The opposition leaders have promised to join street rallies, including the Green m

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Dhakamdash; The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. At least 174 people have died, including several police officers, according to a separate AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals. What began as demon adidas samba og strations against politicized admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed last week into some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina s tenure. A curfew was imposed and soldiers deployed across the South Asian country, and a nationwide internet blackout drastically restricted the flow of information, upending daily life for many. On Sunday, the Supreme Court pared back the number of reserved jobs for specific groups, including the descendants of freedom fighters from Bangladesh s 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. The student group leading the demonstrations suspended its protests Monday for 48 hours, with its leader sayi mizuno running ng they had not wanted reform at the expense of so much blood. The restrictions remained in place Tuesday after the army chief said the situation had been brought under control. There was a heavy military presence in Dhaka, with bunkers set up at some intersections and key roads blocked with barbed wire. But more people were on the streets, as were hundreds of ri yeezy foam ckshaws. A Bangladeshi soldier stops a vehicle for a check near barbed wire barricades amid a cur Xcdg The U.S. Role In Iraq - After Saddam
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