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Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the highest-ranking Republican woman in the House, rebuked President Biden and praised former President Trump over U.S. military support for Israel in an address to its parliament on Sunday. There adidas originals is no excuse for an American president to block aid to Israel mdash; aid that was duly passed by the Congress, or to ease sanctions on Iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the world s leading state sponsor of terror, or to dither and hide while our friends fight for their lives, The New York congresswoman and House GOP conference chairwoman said.Earlier this month, acknowledging the U.S. had paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, Mr. Biden said that the U.S. would not provide Israel with weapons for an offensive in Rafah, and he acknowledged that Israel has used powe dunk pand rful American-made weapons indeadly attacks in Gaza. He suggested the U.S. would further curtail weapons shipments if Israel broadened its ground offensive to include civilian population centers in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.However, Mr. Biden also said that the U.S. would continue to provide defensive military aid to Israel, and the White adidas samba adidas House has said that the U.S. would ensure that Israel would receive the full amount pledged in a recently signed supplemental funding package that includes about $14 billion for Israel s defense. And last week, the Biden administration informed Congress that it intends to transfer $1 billion in weapons to Israel.White House spokesperso Zqgt Ferry captain, 3 crewmates face homicide charges over death of tardy passenger pushed into sea in Greece
A U.S. military airstrike this week killed 47 civ stanley cup ilians traveling to a wedding, the head of a government commission investigating the incident said Friday.The airstrike on Sunday in Deh Ba stanley cups la district of Nangarhar stanley cup province also wounded nine other civilians, said Burhanullah Shinwari, the deputy chairman of the Senate, who led the delegation.The U.S. military on Sunday denied that any civilians were killed in the incident. At the time Afghan officials said 27 civilians had been killed.On Friday, U.S. coalition spokesman 1st Lt. Nathan Perry said that any loss of innocent life is tragic. I assure you that civilians are never targeted, and that our forces go to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties, he said. This incident regarding the air strike on July 6th is still under investigation by coalition forces. Shinwari said that 39 of those killed in the airstrike were women and children, including the bride.The group was targeted twice on Sunday as they walked along with the bride from her village toward the groom s house in another village, Shinwari said.The nine-man commission was dispatched by President Hamid Karzai to investigate the incident on Tuesday. They returned to Kabul on Thursday. The commission included officials from the Ministry of Defense, the country s intelligence agency and parliament.Shinwari said the group gathered information from witnesses and victims relatives. All those killed in the incident were buried in one cemetery near th

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Fifteen grade school students in Mexico have been treated after apparently taking part in an internet challenge in which groups of students take tranquilizers to see who can stay awake the longest. The incident occurred Monday in the north-central city of Guan adidas originals samba ajuato. It came just days after health authorities issued a national alert about the craze. It was the fourth school in Mexico to suffer such incidents in the last year. Guanajuato Mayor Alejandro Navarro said the students were treated at the school, and urged parents to supervise their kids use of social media. As a rule, girls and boys shouldn t have social media accounts, it s bad to start with, Navarro wrote in his Facebook account.There was nike air force no immediate inf samba og ormation on the condition of the students, believed to be fifth and sixth graders, or where they got the tranquilizers. Mexico s Health Department issued an alert on Jan. 25 about the dangers of clonazepam, a tranquilizer, and called on the public to report any store selling it without a prescription. Authorities warned that taking such drugs without medical supervision could cause symptoms like drowsiness, nausea, difficulty with thought or memory, or more severe issues like trouble breathing.That alert came one week after eight students at a Mexico City middle school were treated after taking a controlled medication. Some were hospitalized. Just days before, three students at another middle school near the northern city of Monterrey were treated for Lhrv Protests expose bleeding wound in Israeli society
Nearly all of Anne Frank s diary went on display Wednesday for the first time at the house where she wrote it during the two years the Jewi stanley tumbler sh teenager was in hiding from the Nazis.The notebooks and pages that comprise the World War II diary have been moved into the Anne Frank House museum to mark 50 years since it opened its doors to the public.Dutch Queen Beatrix was opening the exhibition later Wednesday.The original red plaid diary in which Anne began writing on her 13th birthday has been at the museum for several years. stanley mug But that covered just six months of the 25 months she hid with her family and four other Jews in a concealed canal-side apartment in Amsterdam. Two other school exercise books and other pages were stored at the Netherlands War Documentation Center, the government war archives. Now on display are the three parts of the diary, a book of short stories she wrote called Tales from the Secret Annex, and a notebook of her favorite quotations.Anne also wrote 360 loose pages written on flimsy paper, mostly revising earlier diary entries with the intention of publishing it after the war. Because of the papers fragile state stanley romania , the museum said it will display 40 sheets at a time and rotate them.The diary and other papers have all been studied, published and in some cases reproduced in replicas. But it will be the first time visitors see nearly the full collection in Anne s own hand in one place.The diary has been translated into dozens of languages, has been re

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Israel carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday after dozens of rockets were fired from the Palestinian territory into Israel. Clashes which erupted during an Israeli special forces operation in Gaza late Sunday had threatened to derail efforts to restore calm to the Pales yeezy slide tinian enclave after months of unrest.At least two Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Monday. Seven were killed in the overnight clashes, one of whom was a local commander for Hamas s armed wing. One Israeli army officer was also killed. yeezy At least six Israelis were injured later on Monday when dozens of rockets were fired from Gaza.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a trip to Paris to commemorate the end of World War I to rush home as tensions rose. Israeli PM Netanyahu defends use of deadly force in Gaza 01:05 Israeli operation goes wrongIsrael stressed its Sunday operation was an intelligence-gathering mission and not an assassination or abduction. The statement from Israeli military spokesman Ronen Manelis signalled that the mission did not go as planned and resulted in the clash, which Palestinian security sources said included Israeli air strikes.An Israeli ground operation to kill or abduct militants inside the Gaza Strip would b adidas originals hamburg e rare. Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the blockaded enclave, Epmq No Geneva II Syria peace summit this month, Russian media reports
Military bureaucrats enforcing Israel s blockade of Gaza allow frozen salmon filet, facial scrub and low-fat yogurt into the Hamas-ruled territory. Cilantro and instant coffee are another matter - they are banned as luxury items.O stanley website ver the past three years, Israel has determined down to the tiniest detail what gets into the Gaza Strip and to its population of 1.5 million, using secret guidelines to differentiate between humanitarian necessities and nonessential luxuries in its blockade meant to squeeze the Islamic militant group Hamas.The results are often baffling. Frozen salmon - we never had it before the blockade, said perplexed salesman Abed Nasser, examining a frozen chunk of fish.Critics have long maintained that Israel s blockade, imposed after Hamas violent takeover of Gaza in 2007, has not just been confusing, but counterproductive. It has come under renewed scrutiny this week; as CBS Radio News correspondent Robert Berger reports, a flotilla of eight ships carrying more than 700 pro-Palestinian activists and 10,000 tons of supplies is heading towards Gaza in an attempt to break Israel s blockade. Israeli Col. Moshe Levy, a senior military official dealing with Gaza, called the flotilla a provoca stanley cup tion and said all necessary humanitarian aid already reaches Gaza. Israeli officials say they will stop the flotilla by hauling the ships to an Israeli port if they don t turn back.Israeli Heckler Calls Rahm Emanuel Anti-Semite Critics stanley thermosflasche say the blockade has failed

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WASHINGTON --The United States is ordering relatives of American diplomats to leave the Venezuelan capital ahead of a polarizing vote planned for Sunday to start rewriting the country s constitution. So far the death toll has soared past 100.The State Department says it s also allowing U.S. government workers to depart the embassy in Caracas and limiting the movement of th nike dunk ose who stay. White House warns of end of democracy in Venezuela as U.S. imposes sanctionsThe guidance in the statement reads: All U.S. direct-hire personnel and their families assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Caracas are subject to an embassy movement policy that limits their travel wi yeezy thin Caracas and many parts of the country. Inter-city travel by car during hours of darkness 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. is strongly discouraged and in some cases may be prohibited. U.S. government personnel must also request approval for travel outside of Caracas. An updated travel warning also urges American citizens not to travel to Venezuela due to social unrest and violence. The ordered departure comes three days before President Nicolas Maduro s government plans to hold a vote for an assembly tasked with overhauling the country s charter. Maduro s opposition says the election rules are rigged to strengthen his hold yeezy slide on power. The U.S. has been urging Maduro to cancel the vote and threatening more U.S. sanctions if occurs. Demonstrators use a tire on fire to block a street at a rally during a st Mbvu As Israel ramps up its ground war, Hamas says death toll in Gaza Strip has soared over 8,000
BANGUI, Central African Republic Security concerns deepened in the capital of Central African Republic on Friday after the U.S. ambassador and his diplomatic team were evacuated out of the country by plane overnight amid fears rebels could try to take the capital.U.S. officials said about 40 people were evacuated on an U.S. Air Force plane bound for Kenya. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren t authorized to discuss the details of the operation.The evacuation came after President Francois Bozize on Thursday urgently called on former colo stanley quencher nial ruler France and ot stanley cup her foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital. AP The U.N. s most powerful body condemned the recent violence and expressed concern about the developments. The members of the Security Council reiterate their demand that the armed groups immediately cease hostilities, withdraw from captured cities and cease any further advance towards the city of Bangui, the statement said.Central African Republic ha stanley tumbler s a history of violent change in government. The current president himself came to power nearly a decade ago in the wake of a rebellion in this resource-rich yet deeply poor country. Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Bozize pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could. He pointed in particular to France, Central

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NEW DELHI -- This month in New Delhi, the air has been so acrid that people have suffered from burning eyes and rasping throats. So the notion that thousands would take to the city streets to gulp down lungful after lungful in a distance race may seem strange to many.But even as India s polluted air threatens health, the nation seems to be embracing the idea of physical fitness. On Sunday, the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon went ahead, despite salomon xt the Indian Medical Association taking last-minute court action seeking to have it postponed. In the cool half-light before dawn, street folk stoked smoking piles of trash to keep warm whil nike af e race organizers adjusted placards along the route. In the start area, runner Sunil Baxi, who traveled 11 hours by train from the city of Jodhpur to compete, spoke over the blaring motivational music, saying he was thankful the air had gotten clearer. The gods have sent in the rain yesterday and over the last 48 hours, he said. So it s a blessing for us. A runner wearing a face mask takes part in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi, India, November 19, 2017. SAUMYA KHANDELWAL/REUTERS Air pollution has previously been an issue for the running event adidas originals damen but was brought into sharp focus this month after air-quality readings in New Delhi spiked to 75 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organization. Three days before the r Qzke Clinton brings Pakistan support, expectations
Rescue workers and volunteers combed a mountainous area of western Panama Tuesday in search of thr stanley cups uk ee Americans and a Panamanian pilot whose small plane went missing over the weekend.But dense tropical foliage, mountainous terrain and heavy rains were making air and land searches in the Chiriqui province extremely difficult, said Roberto Rolando Rodriguez, a spokesman for the agency that overseas the nation s air security.Michael Klein, a 37-year-old hedge fund manager, was on vacation with his daughter Talia, 13, and her friend Francesca Lewis, 12, at an eco-resort he owns in the Central American nation, said ex-wife Kim Klein in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Boquete. The three had been scheduled to return to Santa Barbara, California, on Monday, she said.The group s plane disappeared after taking off stanley tumbler Sunday morning from Islas Secas off Panama s Pacific coast, heading for the Chiriqui volcano, about 285 miles west of the capital.The flight normally would have taken about 45 minutes, but controllers lost contact with the craft at about noon on Sunday. Rain and fog hampered the search for the missing plane on Monday, and the U.S. Embassy in Panama was closed for the holidays, making it difficult for Kim Klein and others to get help.Panama s Civil Protection depar stanley cup tment said searchers flew over the area twice Tuesday morning without any luck. The weather is closing the area off completely, Director Armando Palacios said in a radio interview.Klein sa

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While there s lots of curiosity surrounding the details of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry s wedding, what people first want to know is: who played Cupid The couple told the BBC that they were int dunks shoes roduced by a mutual friend. But they wouldn t say who. We should protect her privacy and not reveal too much of that, Markle said.Reports: Prince Harry asked Meghan Markle s mom for permission to proposeBritain s media is scrambling to find adidas originals donna out who the mystery matchmaker was, reports CBS News correspondent Charlie D Agata. Among the frontrunners is Violet Von Westenholz, a member of the British aristocracy who used to work for Ralph Lauren, where she reportedly met Markle.Markle posted pictures of her and Von Westenholz at Wimbledon in June last year ndash; around the time she met her dashing prince. Von Westenholz wouldn t confirm her role, but told Britain s Daily Telegraph: It s a great story and I am sure they are going to be very happy together. hoka winterschuhe Prince Harry and Meghan Markle set wedding plans 02:49 Also in contention is another mutual friend, fashion designer Misha Nonoo. Her ex-husband apparently went to the same school as Harry. And even in the gilded world of Hollywood royalty meets actual royalty, there was a surprising innocence surrounding that first date. It was definitely a set Jxrg Skid marks may indicate tour bus that crashed was speeding, Mexican prosecutors say
TOKYO U.S. and Japanese officials say their countries are committed to new talks with North Korea if the reclusive communistgovernment begins abiding by previous agreements on its nuclearprogram. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tells reporters in Tokyo thatther stanley flask e is a clear course of action available to North Korean leaderKim Jong Un. Japan s foreign minister, Fumio Kishida says North Korea mustput in place deals that it previously has committed to regardingits nuclear and missile programs and on returning kidnappedforeigners.Kerry also said the U.S. is committed to defending Japan and opposes any coercive action by China to seize territory under Japanese control in the East China Sea.Kerry s strong words of support Sunday for America s ally come just a day after he promised new levels of U.S.-Chinese cooperation on a host of problems, most notably North Korea s nuclear program. Kerry is schedule stanley termosy d to meet with Japanese Prime Ministe stanley cup r Shinzo Abe on Monday and then return to the US later the same day.The United States and China committed Saturday to a process aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons, with the Obama administration gaining at least the rhetorical support of the only government that can exert significant influence over the reclusive North.The question now is whether Beijing will make good on its pledge to uphold peace and stability and work with Washington on achieving the goal of a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.CBS News correspo

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican police and soldiers on Wednesday captured Omar Trevino Morales, widely considered to be the most important leader of the Zetas drug cartel that once carved a path of brutal bloodshed along the country s northern border with t mizuno handballschuh he U.S., a federal official said.The official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name because of government policy, said the man known as Z-42 was arrested in a pre-dawn raid in San Pedro Garza Garcia, a wealthy suburb of the northern city of Monterrey.The Mexican government had offered a 30-million peso $2 million reward fo crocs hausschuhe r his capture on weapons and organized crime charges.The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had offered a $5 million reward for his capture, saying he was wanted on drug-trafficking charges, but listed Omar as an alias and his given name as Alejandro. DEA spokesman Rusty Payne confirmed they are the same person, and said we certainly are excited and congratulate Mexico for another great arrest. The suspect is the brother of Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, described as the most bloodthirsty leader of Mexico s most violent cartel. Miguel Angel was arrested in July 2013, almost a year after marines killed the Zetas other biggest leader, Heriberto Lazcano El Lazca. Omar apparently took over leadership of the Zetas - a gang origi adidas campus 80s nally formed by deserters from an elite army unit - after his brother s arrest in 2013.The Zetas left a trail of brutality, bloodshed and mutilated bodies across northern Mxrv U.S. set to designate Iran s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group ndash; an unprecedented move
AP Photo/Debbie Hill, Pool Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned against allowing Iran to become a nuclear power in some of his harshest rhetoric yet.In a report published Tuesday, The Atlantic says Netanyahu s message was clear: If President Obama doesn t act to stop Iran developing a nuclear weapon, the Israelis may be forced to attack Iran and do it themselves.The article is titled, Netanyahu to Obama: Stop I stanley cup ranmdash;Or I Will .Having read it, I can t find the quote which makes the threat of a unilateral strike on Iran s nuclear sites so explicit, but stanley flask there is no ambiguity in Netanyahu s dire warning that a nuclear Iran would be a danger, not just to Israel, but to the U.S. and the rest of the peace-loving world. You don t want a messianic apocalyptic cult controlling atomic bombs. When the wide-eyed believer gets hold of the reins of power and the weapons of mass death, then the entire world should start worrying, and that is what is happening in Iran, Netanyahu told The Atlantic s Jeffrey Goldberg. The Obama presidency has two great missions: f stanley cup ixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, the hardline Israeli leader said, just hours before taking the reigns of the government for a second time on Tuesday. Tempering the you-do-it-or-we-will tone of the article, Goldberg adds that Netanyahu did voice support for President Obama s effort to end Tehran s quest for a nuclear weapon a quest the Islamic Republic s leaders have v

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MARSEILLE, France A crewmember on the worldrsquo largest cruise ship died and four others were injured Tuesday when a lifeboat fell from the deck into the water during a rescue drill in Marseille, the operator and officials in the southern French port city said.Julien Ruas, a deputy mayor of Marseille, told The Associated Press that the lifeboat fell 10 meters 33 feet or so from the fifth deck of the Harmony of the Seas into the sea with the five crewmembers abo adidas samba donna ard. He identified the dead crewmember as a 42-year-old Filipino. Circumstances of the accident are still unclear. Billion dollar cruise ship s yeezy slide ets sail 00:28 Local naval firefighters told the AP one person died, two were seriously injured and two were more lightly injured.The Miami-based Royal Caribbean cruise line said in a statement that the incident happened while the ship was docked i crocs n the port of the Mediterranean city.The Harmony of the Seas holds the record for the largest cruise ship ever built, with a capacity of 8,690 people, including 6,300 passengers and 2,390 crew members. The $1 billion ship was built in France and set sail for its inaugural cruise in May. At 362 meters 1,187 feet long, the 16-deck ship is longer than the height of the Eiffel Tower. Itrsquo been compared to a floating city with more than 2,500 Ctoy First Holy Land Pilgrimage
Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened a new uprising Saturday if U.S. and Iraqi forces persist with a crackdown against his followers.The statement, which was posted on his Web site, accused the U.S.-backed government of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of betraying the movement and the Iraqi people. So I direct my last warning and speech to the Iraqi government to refrain and to take the path of peace and abandon violence against its people, al-Sadr said in the stanley cup statement. If the government does not refrain and leash the militias that have penetrate stanley quencher d it, we will announce an open war until liberation. Al-Sadr fiercely opposes the U.S. presence in Iraq and launched two major uprisings against U.S.-led foreign forces in 2004. His Mahdi Army militia also was accused of being behind some of the worst retaliatory sectarian violence against Sunnis after the February 2006 bombing of a key Shiite shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad.The cleric ordered his fighters to stand down in late August. But the truce has been severely strained by crackdowns against his Mahdi Army militia in Baghdad s Sadr City and the southern city of Basra. Do you want a third uprising al-Sadr asked in the statement.He also evoked a comparison wit stanley quencher h Saddam Hussein s Sunni-dominated regime, which widely suppressed Iraq s majority Shiites. Despite our freeze of the Mahdi Army, our initiatives to defuse the tension and our calls for peaceful protests and strikes, after all these negoti

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Foxconn, the electronics manufacturing company that assembles Apple s iPhones, apologized Thursday for the pay dispute that triggered massive employee protests, and violent police pushback, at a factory in centr adidas campus 00s al China where anti-virus controls slowed production.Mounting unrest at the Zhengzhou factory has persisted for at least a month, since thousands of employees staged a walkout in October over what they said were unsafe working condition af1 s linked to the spread of COVID-19. All of this comes as China grapples with a spike in virus infections, seen especially in highly populated cities.Foxconn hired a slate of new employees following the exodus. Accusations that the company unlawfully altered its policies for incoming workers, who say they were hired with the promise of higher pay than they are actually recei air max 98 ving, led to protests at the factory.Videos shared on social media earlier this week appeared to show one particularly large demonstration involving thousands of people in Zhengzhou, wearing masks and facing rows of police officers wearing protective suits and holding riot shields. Police kicked and hit a protester with clubs after the person grabbed hold of a metal pole that was being used to strike him. Witnesses also said that employees at the iPhone factory were beaten and detained amid the protests. In this photo provided Nov 23, 2022, security personnel in protective clothing were seen taking away a person during protest at the factory compound ope Qbnj 21 killed by fire in South Korean hospital annex
AP STOCKHOLM - A hundred years after the Titanic sank, two Swedish researchers on Thursday said when it comes to sinking ships, male chivalry is a myth and more men generally survive such disasters than women and children.Economists Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixon of Uppsala University also showed in their 82-page study that captains and their crew are 18.7 percentage points more likely to survive a shipwreck than their passengers. Our findings show that behavior in life-and-death situation is best captured by the expression `every man for himself , the authors wrote.The researchers analyzed 18 of the world s most famous maritime disasters, ranging from the HMS Birkenhead that grounded in the Indian Ocean in 1852 to the MV Bulgaria tourist ship that sank on Russia s Volga River last year.Special Section: Titanic, 100 years later Analyzing passenger lists, logs and registers, Elinder and Erixon found that men actually have a distinct survival advantage.Out of the 15,000 people who died in the 18 accidents, only 17.8 percent of the women survived compared with 34.5 percent of the men. In three of the shipwrecks, all the women died, Elinder said.The report also referred to the Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic in the earl stanley cup y morning of April 15, 1912 stanley cup . The researchers called the Titanic an exception to their findings, mainly because its captain, Edward Smith, threatened to shoot men unless they yielded to kubki stanley women for lifeboat seats. Capt. Smith went down with his

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Hong Kong -- Crews were out in Hong Kong on Tuesday, cleaning up after a poignant anniversary spiraled into chao mizuno handballschuh s and violence. CBS News correspondent Ramy Inocencio reported that the Chinese enclave woke adidas yeezy up a more divided city than ever.Demonstrators stormed Hong Kong s main government office building on Monday, many of them arguing that that Chinese central government is taking away the unique freedoms they enjoy as a semi-autonomous territory. Hundreds of angry young protesters broke into the Hong Kong Legislative Council building and spray painted anti-government slogans on the walls and defaced the city s official symbol. It came on the 22-year anniversary of the day on which Beijing retook control of the city from British colonial rule.They occupied the legislative chamber for almost three hours, demanding to be heard by a government they don t trust, and that they say doesn t listen to them.While the protesters have been condemned by many for the chaos, Inocencio said many others are blaming Beijing and China s ruling Communist Party. air force 1 Hong Kong protesters vandalize legislative building 02:13 The protesters have been demanding for weeks the complete withdrawal of proposed legislation that could let Beijing extradite anyone from Hong Kong into mainland China s opaque justice system. They also Vvvy Surfer makes it back to beach with both legs mauled by shark
Hong Kong s red flag was raised into a cloudy blue sky Sunday as the former British colony marked the 10th anniversary of its hand-over to China and bid farewell to a rocky decade of financial woes, disease outbreaks and economic recovery.The next 10 years could be just as challenging for the bustling city on southern China s coast. Hong Kong will likely grapple with democratic reform and face growing competition from other Asian cities threatening its position as a global business capital. The competition ahead is fierce. We are stanley cups uk not only competing with neighboring cities, but with cities around the world, said Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang, a bow tie-wearing veteran civil servant who was sworn in Sunday for a second term.A few hundred people stood near Hong Kong s harbor to watch the ceremony attended by dignitaries. The crowd erupted with cheers when four helicopters carrying Hong Kong and Chinese flags flew over the area. We re here to celebrate Hong Kong s birthday, said 12-year-old Jenny Kwok. Shouting Power to the people, a small band of protesters tried to march on the flag-raising ceremony, but they were blocked a few yards away by police. The group, led by radical lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, tried to burn an eff stanley quencher igy of what they said was the butcherous Chinese leadership, and police doused them stanley canada all with fire extinguishers.About an hour later, Chinese President Hu Jintao gave Tsang his blessings and praised Hong Kong for getting through a turbulent decade. H