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Tel Avivmdash; The entire population of the war-torn Gaza Strip mdash; some 2.3 million people mdash; is now living through severe levels of acute food insecurity, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. He spoke amid increasing signs that the U.S. government is losing patience with Israel over its handling of the war with Hamas. According to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. That s the first time an entire population has been so classified, said Blinken during an official visit to the Philippines. We also see mdash; again, according to, in this case the United Nations, 100% mdash; the totality of the population mdash; is in need of humanitarian assistance. Compare that to Sudan; about 80% of the population there is in need of humanitarian assistance; Afghanistan, about 70%. Palestinian woman Umm Mesbah Heji holds her malnourished daughter Israa, who salomon xt is quadriplegic and epileptic, at al-Awda health center in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, March 12, 2024. adidas campus donna Mohammed Salem/REUTERS Blinken announced that he would return to the Middle East this week to continue with talks aimed at securing a new hoka wanderschuh cease-fire agreement. It will be his sixth visit to the region to participate in the complicated negotiations since Hamas carried out its massacre on Oct. 7, sparking Israel s o Vlaz Rancher Wins Post-Coup Honduras Election
IFCO/Pastors for Peace Former Cuban President Fidel Castro turns 83 Thursday, his birthday defying all predictions of his death. Those predictions escalated in frequency and frenzy following his collapse and intestinal surgery at the end of July 2006.At exactly midnight, Cuban television interrupted all programming to put on a three-minute photo and video montage of Castro s life, accompanied by patriotic music. Included was a photo from the chest up - said to have been taken this month by one of his sons, Alex Castro - in which he looks quite fit. The photo was also on display among dozens of others of Castro going back to a 1955 shot of him in Central Park, Manhattan. They are part of stanley cup price an exhibit inaugurated in Havana Wednesday evening to honor the bigger-than-life revolutionary.Also Wednesday, the U.S.-based religious group Pastors for Peace - an anti-embargo organization - released several photos on their Web site of Castro taken, they said, just 13 days ago. Several mem stanley deutschland bers of the group, including Harlem Rev. Lucius Walker met with Castro on August 1 in Havana. In the waist-up photo seen above , Castro, wearing a blue baseball cap and a white windbreaker with blue trim, is standing with his arms around his stanley trinkflaschen American visitors, wearing a grin and appearing more robust than in earlier photos.Castro forwent running for president in February 2008, effectively ceding that post to his younger - but not by much - brother Raul, 76. Nevertheless, he retains the powerful post of Ge

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NEW YORK - Saying Israel has repeatedly broken its promises, Palestinian Authority Pr adidas originals samba esident Mahmoud Abbas said his people will no longer keep theirs.In his speech at the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, Abbas called the state of affairs in Israel unacceptable, and he repeatedly slammed Israeli leaders for breaking promises as an occupier. As a result, Abbas said, the Palestinian people will no longer recognize any agreements they have signed thus far with them. They are not listening to the truth, Abbas said.Abbas defiant speech came on a historic day for the Palestinian people: the U.N. officially raised the Palestinian flag outside its New York he nike air force adquarters, with the blessing and full support of Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.Abbas speech Wednesday morning was most serious warning yet to that he might walk away from engagement with Israel and dissolve the Palestinian Authority, although he stopped short of accompanying his threat with a deadline. Abbas cited the continued settlement adidas campus 80s expansion, the alleged violation of border rights, the accused toleration of Jewish extremists, Israel s refusal to release certain prisoners, and the ongoing drama at the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem as some of the reasons why he no longer feels bound to his promises to Israel.The Palestinian leader said there was still a chance for peace, and that he hopes Israel joins most of the rest of the world in recognizing an independent Palestine. One hundred thirty-seven states have recog Dtxe 8203;Haiti protest demands justice for 3 slain deaf women
LAHORE, Pakistan - A judge on Friday ordered the arrest of the driver of a U.S. vehicle that struck and killed a Pakistani while rushing to help an American detained in a pair of fatal shootings, a lawyer for the victim s family said.The arrest warrant could add to the tensions surrounding the case of the shooter, Raymond Allen Davis. The U.S. insists he was acting in self-defense against robbers and qualifies for diplomatic immunity because he worked for the embassy.The odds of Pakistani police detaining anyone in stanley cup usa the U.S. car are low. Authorities say they do not know who was in the vehicle, and the Americans have said little on the matter, other than acknowledging the car was driven by U.S. Embassy staff.The judge s order could be a means of pressuring the U.S. to produce the driver, who has not been identified. But it stanley thermoskannen s highly unlikely that any Americans involved in the traffic accident are still in Pakistan. Employees of the U.S. mission who get into trouble are typically on the first plane out of the country.It s also possible the driver was a Pakistani. U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Courtney Beale on Friday declined to comment on the order other than saying the vehicular incident is under investigation. Lawyer A stanley cup sad Manzoor Butt said the family of the struck bystander, Ibadur Rehman, filed a petition with the Lahore High Court seeking to bring attention to his death, which has received far less scrutiny than the deaths of the two men shot earlier Jan. 27 in Lahore.Th

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Under coronavirus lockdowns, countries around the world have restricted travel and closed businesses. Flights were grounded and highways deserted. The major slowdown of movement has led to an extreme decline in carbon dioxide emissions mdash; with daily levels 17% lower compared to averages from last year.According to a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Climate Change, daily emissions in early April, when most of the world was under adidas campus 00s strict lockdown measures, fell to levels last seen in 2006. Lockdowns could lead to an annual carbon emissions decline of up to 7% mdash; the biggest drop since World War II, the researchers say.Scientists studied lockdown measures in 69 countries that are responsible for 97% of global carbon dioxide emissions, looking at data from key economic sectors. They point to massive decreases in transportation usage and industrial activities during the pandemic as the main sources of the decline.According to the study, the large air force 1 st factor was a lack of vehicles on the road, accounting for 43% of the decrease. While air travel s carbon footprint fell by a staggering 60%, that industry only generally accounts for about 3% of yearly glob airforce al carbon emissions mdash; making its overall impact far smaller than other industries.While those numbers are significant, carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for thousands of years. Scientists warn that even this sharp but relatively brief decline is unlikely to make a meaningful difference in the long ru Wnuj Stone Age skeleton s missing foot likely evidence of prehistoric surgery
Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has gotten away with antics and exploits that would have brought most Western leaders to the point of political ruin. But this time, CBS stanley cup News correspondent Allen Pizzey reports, he s testing his countrymens famous tolerance to the limit.Wire taps have caught Berlusconi in a series of sordid revelations about women in his private life. Last night I had a queue outside my door... there were eleven of them. I only managed eight, but this morning I feel great, the 74-year-old Italian leader boasts in one conversation. I m quite pleased with my stamina. The extraordina stanley mugs ry tapping of 100,000 telephone conversations - which is legal in Italy - took place over several years as part of an investigation into whether convicted cocai stanley cup ne dealer Gianpaolo Tarantini recruited prostitutes for Berlusconi, and then tried to blackmail him in exchange for silence.Among the details which even Italy s freewheeling press said were too salacious to print, is a quote of Berlusconi saying he is just a prime minister in my spare time, and lamenting that a week of meetings with the Pope and European leaders was getting in the way of time with my babes .The revelations come hard on the heels of riots over a $75 billion austerity package that will hit Italy s pensioners and public services hard.Berlusconi is already on trial for allegedly paying for sex with a then-underage showgirl, who went by the stage name Ruby Heartstealer.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Celebrating her 10 adidas campus donna 0th birthday with a parachute jump is not enough for South African Georgina Harwood. She plans to make her centenary even more exciting by doing a shark cage dive on Monday.Her birthday skydive was a tandem jump in which she was in harness with another person. The jump took place Saturday near the Melkbosstrand area north of Cape Town.Wearing a red jumpsuit, Harwood was joined in the air by 15 family members and friends who participated in groups of three. Harwood said it was wonderful seeing all the others around her.H crocs schuhe arwood said this was her third skydive. She did her first when she was 92 years old in 2007.In a shark cage dive the participant goes underwater in a cage in an area where sharks are fed chum, bits of cut up fish meat, by tour operators. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-7ca9cfc6-b166-4693-a1ac adidas campus -bc68628c2d16, right-rail-recirc-item--id-7ca9cfc6-b166-4693-a1ac-bc68628c2d16 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-7ca9cfc6-b166-4693-a1ac-bc68628c2d16 ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Blop As the Hamas-Israel cease-fire holds in Gaza, residents survey the damage
CAIRO Egypt s government asked parliament Wednesday to prioritize legislation to organize parliamentary elections, regulate the media and fight corruption as the upper chamber held its first session with temporary new powers granted by the constitution.The Islamist-dominated Shura Council, the traditionally toothless upper house, was granted temporary legislative powers under the new constitution and began its work a day after the official results of the referendum were released, showing the charter passed with a nearly 64 percent yes vote. It will legislate until elections for a new lower house are held within two months.The disputed, Islamist-drafted constitution deeply divided the nation, though its supporters insisted it would pave the way for more stability in Egypt and the building up of state institutions.President Mohammed Morsi has had legislative powers for months since a court dissolved the law-making lower house of parliament.In its first act after the constitution passed, the Shura Council convened to swear in 90 new members appointed by Morsi. Two-thirds of the coun stanley cup website cil s 270 members are elected, and one-third are appointed by the president.New Egypt constitution adds to economic anxiet stanley canada iesEgypt s constitution OK d with nearly 2/3 of voteSpeaking to the council, the Cabinet minister in charge of parliamenta stanley uk ry affairs, Mohammed Mahsoub, said the government will prepare new legislation for parliament to discuss, including a law to regulate the upcoming parliamenta

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark, perhaps better known for its fictional, suicide-agonizing prince Hamlet and fierce marauding Vikings than being a nation of the happiest people, has just won that very accolade. Again.The United Nations has made it official: It found Danes to be the happiest people on Earth, in a study of 156 countries.Knud Christensen, a 39-year-old social worker, knows one reason why his compatriots are laid-back - they feel secure in a country with few natural disasters, little corruption a adidas samba og nd a near absence of drastic events. We have no worries, Christensen said smiling, as he stood on a Copenhagen street near the capital s City Hall. And if we do worry, it s about the weather. Will it rain today, or remain gray or will it be cold Even U.S. Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have singled out the small Scandinavian country as an example of a happy, well-oiled society. On Wednesday, the United Nations made it official: It found Danes to be the happiest people on Earth, in a study of adidas original campus 156 countries. The Scandinavian nation of 5.6 million has held the happing crew twice before since the world body started measuring happiness around the world in 2012, which is based on a variety of factors: People s health and access to medical care, family relations, job secu air max plus rity and social factors, including political freedom and degree of government corruption.Egalitarian Denmark, where women hold 43 percent of top jobs in the public sector, i Exhu Paris attacks hostage sues media for endangering his life
A mudslide triggered by heavy rains demolished a school building in northern India on Wednesday, killing at least 18 c stanley cup hildren, an official said.A state minister for relief, Khazan Das, said eight children have been rescued from the single-story schoo stanley quencher l in Sumgarh, a village in Uttrakhand state.Rescuers are still looking for another 10 children and two teachers believed to be buried in the debris of the building.The children were aged between 6 and 13, Das said.The region is nearly 375 miles southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state. Heavy rains have caused mudslides at several place in Uttrakhand state this week.India is experiencing heavy rainfall this monsoon season, which usually continues into October.Earlier this month, flash floods triggered by a cloudburst killed at least 175 people in the remote and mountainous Ladakh region of the Indian portion of Kashmir. stanley termoska ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-993c04aa-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-993c04aa-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-993c04aa-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;

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Finbarr O Reilly/REUTERS Some images may contain graphic content Israeli emergency personnel carry the body of a victim from the scene of an attack at the Bnei Torah Kehilat Yaakov synagogueNov. 18, 2014 in Jerusalem. Four rabbis, including three Israeli-American citizens, were killed and six injured in the deadliest attack in Jerusalem in years amid soaring tensions in the Holy Land. Deadly attack Ammar Awad/REUTERS hoka wanderschuh Onlookers stand near the scene of an attack atthe Bnei Torah Kehilat Yaakov synagogueNov.18, 2014 in Jerusalem. Deadly attack Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images adidas samba og Israeli emergency personnel place a body of a victim into an ambulance outsidethe Bnei Torah Kehilat Yaakov synagogue,where worshippers were attacked early No salomon xt v. 18, 2014, in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. Deadly attack Ammar Awad/REUTERS Ultra-orthodox Jews look out a window near the scene of an attack atthe Bnei Torah Kehilat Yaakov synagogueNov.18, 2014 in Jerusalem. Deadly attack Kobi Gideon / GPO via Getty Images Oeug Day in Pictures
Prince Charles and his sons William and Harry are setting sail together on a Mediterranean cruise. But their royal vacation got off to a rocky start Thursday when the British press found out the happy scenes of the departing princes and their guests camouflaged another getaway, held in secret, from a British air force base.Camilla Parker-Bowles, Prince Charles long-time mistress, had been invited to join the party but not the publicity, reports CBS News Correspondent Richard Roth. It has turned the 10-day holiday into a royal family affair. It is very significant because it s the first holiday that the Prince of Wales has ever taken Camilla away with his children, says Jane Kerr, the royal correspondent for Britain s Mirror newspaper.The queen was reportedly not amused. Some reports say Prince Charles did not even warn his mother, knowing she is worried that Camilla s role in his life has implications for the British crown.What haunts Buckingham Palace is the memory of another Mediterranean cruise almost 70 years ago, another Prince of Wales, and another divor stanley quencher ced woman. Prince Edward s public holiday with his American lover Wa stanley cup llis Simpson is a reminder of how royal romance can become a scan stanley cups dal big enough to rock the throne; Edward eventually gave up the crown for Simpson s love.The rules are different now, of course; the public is not so easily shocked. Additionally, this summer s vacation will be absolutely private, according to palace officials.

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Four Israeli hostages taken by Hamas from a music fe nike air max stival during the group s October 7 terrorist attack were rescued alive Saturday during a raid on the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces, the security service Shin Bet, and the Israeli police announced in a joint statement.Noa Argamani, 26, along with 22-year-old Almog Meir Jan, 27-year-old Andrey Kozlov and 41-year-old Shlomi Ziv were all kidnapped at the Nova music festival. They were recovered after the IDF announced it was striking terrorist infrastructure in central Gaza. Noa Argamani is among four Israeli hostages that were rescued by Israeli forces from Gaza on Saturday, June 8 2024. IDF Handout yeezy The joint statement said the hostages were rescued from two different locations during the operation, and that their medical condition is normal. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza said at least 274 Palestinians were killed and more than 400 injured in the operation. The Gaza ministry does not differentiate between fighters and civilians in its death tolls. Israeli officials acknowledged Palestinians ca adidas campus 00 sualties during the Gaza raid, but a spokesperson for the military put the figure at fewer than 100.Staff at Gaza s Al-Aqsa hospital were reportedly struggling to treat casualties. Dozens of injured people are lying on the ground and medical teams are trying to save them with the simpl Koxa Deadly tsunami hits Solomon Islands in South Pacific
The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N. s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday.Kai Eide, a Norwegian diplomat who just stepped down from the U.N. post here in the Afghan capital, said the discussions that he and others from the U.N. had with senior Taliban members began in the spring of 2009 and included face-to-face conversations in Dubai and elsewhere.He criticized Pakistan for arresting the Taliban s No. 2 and other members of the insurgency, say stanley cup usa ing the Pakistanis surely knew the roles these figures had in efforts to find a political resolution to the 8-year-old war. Pakistan denies the arrests were linked to reconciliation talks. There was an increase in intensity of contacts, but this process came to a halt following the arrests that took place in Pakistan, Eide told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his home outside Oslo.Last month s detention of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar - second in the Taliban only to Mullah Mohammed Omar - infuriated Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of Karzai s advisers told the AP. Besides the ongoing talks, the adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive topic, said Baradar had given a green light to participating in a three-day peace jirga or conference that Karza stanley cup i is hosting next month. However, Gen. Athar Abbas, a spokesman for the Pakis stanley cups tani military, said Friday

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A retired CIA officer, who says he has been a victim of so-called Havana Syndrome, calls the mysterious and debilitating neurological symptoms an act of war against U.S. officials. Marc Polymeropolous ran clandestine operations across Europe and Asia for the Central Intelligence Agency. So, when he traveled to Moscow in 2017, the watching eyes of Russian intelligence did not faze him. Even in my hotel room, I d go to the gym, and a guy in a black trench coat comes down and, you know, checks on me down there, he told CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge. Not unexpected. Part of the job. Then, in his hotel room, the trip took a dangerous turn. Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropolous. CBS News I woke up in the middle of the night, because I had this incredible case of vertigo. It felt almost as if I was in some kind of carnival ride. And I ll tell you, Cather hoka wanderschuh ine, I had spent years in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan air max 1 . I put my life on the line. This was the most terrifying experience of my life. I had no control. Polymeropoulos said he experienced pressure dunk panda in his head, a loss of balance, and ringing in the ears. Back in the U.S., Polymeropolous reported to the CIA medical office. I said, Is this consistent with Havana Syndrome And their answer was no. Havana Syndrome is the name given to a mysterious neurological condition firs Qwrf Staunch Sharon Ally Takes Reins
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called for fresh U.S. action on the stalled peace process with Israel during a visit stanley tumbler to the West Bank on Saturday. Arafat flew by helicopter from Jordan to the West Bank city of Ramallah, where he will host U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday, a spokesman for the Palestinian leader said. We hope that the visit of Mr. Powell marks a beginning of American movement, Arafat told reporters in Ramallah.The Bush administration has signaled however, that they will tone down the intensive U.S. role in Mide stanley trinkflaschen ast peacemaking that was fostered so ardently under former President Bill Clinton.Peace efforts largely collapsed in the wake of nearly five months of violence that has taken 407 lives; 335 Palestinians, 14 Israeli Arabs, 57 other Israelis and one German. Both sides have set rigid conditions for where peace talks should resume. The Palestinians say negotiations must resume at the point where they left off last month under the outgoing government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a demand Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon has rejected. Sharon, in turn, has said he will not negotiate under fire. The Palestinians say Israel is the sole aggressor, and demand that Israel lift its blockade of the West Bank and Gaza Strip before talks resume.Powell arrived in Cairo earlier on Saturday, the first stop on a four-day Middle East tour that includes, stanley mug Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Furious at the latest U.S. a

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LONDON -- British police arrested a dozen people Sunday in a widening terrorism investigation after attackers using a van and large knives turned a balmy evening of nightli chanclas yeezy fe into a bloodbath and killed seven people in the heart of London. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS claimed responsibility.Although the attackers were also dead, authorities raced to determine whether they had a salomon xt 6 ccomplices, and Prime Minister Theresa May warned that the country faced a new threat from copycat attacks.The country s major political parties temporarily suspended campaigning with only days to go before the general election. May said the vote would take place as scheduled Thursday because violence can never be allowed to disrupt the democratic process. The assault unfolded over a few terrifying minutes late Saturday, starting w chanclas yeezy hen a rented van veered off the road and barreled into pedestrians on busy London Bridge. Three men then got out of the vehicle with large knives and attacked people at bars and restaurants in nearby Borough Market until they were shot dead by police. They went This is for Allah, and they had a woman on the floor. They were stabbing her, witness Gerard Vowls said. London victims hail from across the globe 01:54 Florin Morariu, a Romanian chef who works in the Bread Ahead bakery, sai Rncb Israeli solider killed, 10 wounded in attack on bus station, police say
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Flowers are displayed during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013. The Chelsea Flower Show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society, celebrates its 100th birthday this year. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Decorated Gnomes designed by celebrities Alan Titchmarsh, Elton John, Julian Fellowes and Lily Allen are displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013.The Royal Horticultural Society RHS has lifted a ban on gnomes for this year only and they will be auctioned off as part of the Chelsea Centenary Appeal to raise funds for an RHS Campaign for School Gardening stanley thermos . Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Joanna Lumley poses during a photocall at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Cacti are displayed on th stanley cup e Southfield Nursery stand on the press day at Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images A Chelsea Pensioner walks around t stanley cupe he stands at the Chelsea Flower Show i

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on Wednesday near a southern Gaz asics sneaker a Strip town as the U.S. secretary of state flew into Israel to press top-gear efforts for a truce in the conflict that has so far killed at least 657 Palestinians and 31 Israel air force 1 is.Neither side appeared to be backing down, after Palestinian rocket fire led several international airlines to cancel flights to Tel Aviv and Israeli troops clashed with Hamas near the Gaza town of Khan Younis in heavy fighting that forced dozens of families to flee. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal later demanded Gaza s borders be open and an end to the blockade against it, calling Palestinians the true owners of the land. Trapped by the fighting in Khan Younis, a town on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, dozens of Palestinian families scrambled to flee the area. adidas yeezyslide John Kerry arrives in Israel seeking Gaza cease-fire 00:53 John Kerry landed in Tel Aviv despite a Federal Aviation Administration ban following a Hamas rocket near the airport the day before, reflecting his determination to achieve a cease-fire agreement between the warring sides as international organizations, the United Nations and the U.S. government expressed mounting concern over the toll on Palestinian civilians. One child has been killed in Gaza every hour fo Mfao Taiwan Typhoon Survivors Return to Nothing
AP LONDON - With the flame comes the games.After years of preparation and months of buildup, London s Olympic moment finally arrived Friday night.Royal Marine Martyn Williams carried the Olympic torch as he rappelled down from a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter into the Tower of London on t stanley website he shore of the River Thames. The commando s grand entrance plunged the symbol of the games into the city s historic heart, bringing Olympic pageantry to the British capital that last held the event in 1948. stanley cup Olympic flame heads to London 50 photos Crowds lined the city s famed river banks to see the torch arrive, while Yeoman warders 151; the ceremonial Tower guards popularly known as Beefeaters 151; looked on from inside the landmark s grounds stanley mugs .For Londoners, the arrival of the torch ignites a time of excitement 151; as well as four weeks of extreme crowds and transport strains.Organizers have tried to smooth the way. London Underground subway lines are festooned with large magenta and pink signs pointing routes to the Olympic venues. Cartoony ads with wide-eyed horses and beefy musclemen warn commuters to remember that Olympic competitions are taking place and to rethink their daily journeys. Barriers are being erected to mark the special traffic lanes for