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STOCKHOLM -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos used the Nobel podium in Norway on Saturday to reiterate his call to rethink the war on drugs, salomon gtx where Colombia has been the country that has paid the highest cost in deaths and sacrifices.It makes no sense to imprison a peasant who grows marijuana, when nowadays, for example, its cultivati adidas originals uomo on and use are legal in eight states of the United States, he said. Santos has argued that the decades-old U.S.-promoted war on drugs has produced enormous violence and environmental damage in nations that supply cocaine, and needs to be supplanted by a global focus on easing laws prohibiting consumption of illegal narcotics.His remarks reflected views hersquo held as far back as at least 2012, when he discussed his ideas for new approaches in the drug war in a Guardian interview. He said he would gladly participate in the drug debate, and that crocs he wouldnrsquo;t be against legalizing drugs if the world viewed it as a solution.In April this year he said: the time has come for the world to transit into a different approach in its drug policy. This is not a call for legalisation of drugs, he wrote in The Guardian. It is a call for recognition that between total war and legalisation there exists a broad range of options worth exploring if we want to take better care of drug consumers, protect our youth from drug abuse, collaborate to continue combating organi Yhhx American Sailor Rescued Off Chilean Coast
A Chinese government spokesman says the death toll in last week s earthquake has risen to more than 51,000.Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a news conference that the toll had reached 51,151, with 29,328 missing and almost 300,000 injured.The May 12 earthquake was centered in Sichuan stanley flask province.Guo stressed the monumental task facing Chinese authorities, as they tried to distribute aid to the thousands of people left homeless in the vast affected area.China said it needed more than 3.3 million stanley thermobecher tents to house survivors of the 7.9-magnitude quake, appealing again Thursday to the international community for help. Meanwhile, the Olympic torch relay resumed its run through China following a three-day national mourning period for quake victims.The May 12 earthquake destroyed or damaged millions of homes, including more than 80 percent of the buildings in some remote towns and villages near the epicenter. In bigger cities, whole apartment blocks collapsed or are now too dangerous to live in because of damage and worries about aftershocks. We need more than 3.3 million tents, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters, adding that 400,000 tents have already been delivered. We hope and welcome international assistance in this regard. We hope the international community can give priority in providing tents, he said. Officials have said som stanley cup e 5 million people were left homeless by the disaster.The torch relay, a symbol of the country s hopes for the Beijing Oly
STOCKHOLM -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos used the Nobel podium in Norway on Saturday to reiterate his call to rethink the war on drugs, salomon gtx where Colombia has been the country that has paid the highest cost in deaths and sacrifices.It makes no sense to imprison a peasant who grows marijuana, when nowadays, for example, its cultivati adidas originals uomo on and use are legal in eight states of the United States, he said. Santos has argued that the decades-old U.S.-promoted war on drugs has produced enormous violence and environmental damage in nations that supply cocaine, and needs to be supplanted by a global focus on easing laws prohibiting consumption of illegal narcotics.His remarks reflected views hersquo held as far back as at least 2012, when he discussed his ideas for new approaches in the drug war in a Guardian interview. He said he would gladly participate in the drug debate, and that crocs he wouldnrsquo;t be against legalizing drugs if the world viewed it as a solution.In April this year he said: the time has come for the world to transit into a different approach in its drug policy. This is not a call for legalisation of drugs, he wrote in The Guardian. It is a call for recognition that between total war and legalisation there exists a broad range of options worth exploring if we want to take better care of drug consumers, protect our youth from drug abuse, collaborate to continue combating organi Yhhx American Sailor Rescued Off Chilean Coast
A Chinese government spokesman says the death toll in last week s earthquake has risen to more than 51,000.Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a news conference that the toll had reached 51,151, with 29,328 missing and almost 300,000 injured.The May 12 earthquake was centered in Sichuan stanley flask province.Guo stressed the monumental task facing Chinese authorities, as they tried to distribute aid to the thousands of people left homeless in the vast affected area.China said it needed more than 3.3 million stanley thermobecher tents to house survivors of the 7.9-magnitude quake, appealing again Thursday to the international community for help. Meanwhile, the Olympic torch relay resumed its run through China following a three-day national mourning period for quake victims.The May 12 earthquake destroyed or damaged millions of homes, including more than 80 percent of the buildings in some remote towns and villages near the epicenter. In bigger cities, whole apartment blocks collapsed or are now too dangerous to live in because of damage and worries about aftershocks. We need more than 3.3 million tents, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters, adding that 400,000 tents have already been delivered. We hope and welcome international assistance in this regard. We hope the international community can give priority in providing tents, he said. Officials have said som stanley cup e 5 million people were left homeless by the disaster.The torch relay, a symbol of the country s hopes for the Beijing Oly
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LUCKNOW, India - When a northern Indian state announced a few hundred job openings for low-level office workers who run errands and make tea, they were staggered by the response.About 2.3 million people applied for the 368 jobs with the government of Uttar Pradesh. They included hundreds of candidates with doctorates and other advanced degrees.The massive number seeking the menial jobs reflects high unemployment levels in the state -- India asics outlets s most populous -- and across much of the country.Senior administrative officer Prabhat Mittal said Friday that the state government will conduct a written exam to screen the applicants because interviewing all of them would take four years.The job pays about 16,000 rupees $240 a month and requires a fifth grade education. ponent--type-recir airforce culation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-7cf5f67e-ab30-48e8-bdc2-351f32660a1c, right-rail-recirc-item--id-7cf5f67e-ab30-48e8-bdc2-351f32660a1c display: none; adidas campus donna inline-recirc-item--id-7cf5f67e-ab30-48e8-bdc2-351f32660a1c ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; In: India Dblz Journalist Freed In Iran Returns To U.S.
An American man imprisoned in Myanmar for sneaking into the opposition leader s compound but released with the help of a visiting U.S. senator headed home on a flight Tuesday after two days of health checks in Thailand.John Yettaw, 53, of Falcon, Missouri, was detained in Myanmar for three months after he swam across a lake and made an unauthorize stanley polska d visit to the home of detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.He was sentenced last week to seven years in prison, but U.S. Sen. Jim Webb met the country s military leaders and won his early release Sunday. Yettaw, who is in poor health, flew to Thailand later Sunday and spent two days undergoing tests at a private Bangkok hospital.Using a wheelchair and wearing a face mask, Yettaw said Love you! to an Associated Press reporter before heading onto a United Airlines flight Tuesday morning. He repeatedly flashed the sign language symbol for I stanley termohrnek love you, but made no other comments.Dressed in a white shirt and tan pants, Yettaw looked pale and haggard. Asked about his health, he pointed to an IV needle attached stanley cup to the back of his right hand. A woman who identified herself as a nurse held Yettaw s other hand as he was wheeled to a business class lounge at Bangkok s Suvarnabhumi Airport and told a reporter he needs rest. Yettaw was ticketed through to Springfield, Missouri, according to airline officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose his itinerary.Myanmar has said that Yettaw
LUCKNOW, India - When a northern Indian state announced a few hundred job openings for low-level office workers who run errands and make tea, they were staggered by the response.About 2.3 million people applied for the 368 jobs with the government of Uttar Pradesh. They included hundreds of candidates with doctorates and other advanced degrees.The massive number seeking the menial jobs reflects high unemployment levels in the state -- India asics outlets s most populous -- and across much of the country.Senior administrative officer Prabhat Mittal said Friday that the state government will conduct a written exam to screen the applicants because interviewing all of them would take four years.The job pays about 16,000 rupees $240 a month and requires a fifth grade education. ponent--type-recir airforce culation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-7cf5f67e-ab30-48e8-bdc2-351f32660a1c, right-rail-recirc-item--id-7cf5f67e-ab30-48e8-bdc2-351f32660a1c display: none; adidas campus donna inline-recirc-item--id-7cf5f67e-ab30-48e8-bdc2-351f32660a1c ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; In: India Dblz Journalist Freed In Iran Returns To U.S.
An American man imprisoned in Myanmar for sneaking into the opposition leader s compound but released with the help of a visiting U.S. senator headed home on a flight Tuesday after two days of health checks in Thailand.John Yettaw, 53, of Falcon, Missouri, was detained in Myanmar for three months after he swam across a lake and made an unauthorize stanley polska d visit to the home of detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.He was sentenced last week to seven years in prison, but U.S. Sen. Jim Webb met the country s military leaders and won his early release Sunday. Yettaw, who is in poor health, flew to Thailand later Sunday and spent two days undergoing tests at a private Bangkok hospital.Using a wheelchair and wearing a face mask, Yettaw said Love you! to an Associated Press reporter before heading onto a United Airlines flight Tuesday morning. He repeatedly flashed the sign language symbol for I stanley termohrnek love you, but made no other comments.Dressed in a white shirt and tan pants, Yettaw looked pale and haggard. Asked about his health, he pointed to an IV needle attached stanley cup to the back of his right hand. A woman who identified herself as a nurse held Yettaw s other hand as he was wheeled to a business class lounge at Bangkok s Suvarnabhumi Airport and told a reporter he needs rest. Yettaw was ticketed through to Springfield, Missouri, according to airline officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose his itinerary.Myanmar has said that Yettaw
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Mexico s nuclear safety agency has appealedto the public for help locating a truck stolen near the capital while transporting potentially dangerous radioactive medical waste.The cobalt-60 teletherapyequipmentwas properly shielded when stolen crocs winterstiefel , according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, based in Austria, but could be extremely dangerous to aperson if removed from the shielding, or if it was damaged. In a statement released Tuesday, theMexican government body responsible for securing nuclear materials said thetruck carrying the material in a wooden box was stolen at a gas station in thetown of Tepojaco, just north of Mexico City, on Monday.The cobalt-60 equipment had been in use at a medical facility inanother part of Mexico but was decommissioned and was stolen en route to aradioactive waste facility. A box containing a decommissioned and safely encased cobalt-60 medical teletherapy unit is adidas campus 80s seen prior to it being loaded onto a truck for transport to a radioactive waste facility in Mexico. CNSNS/Handout nike dunk The CNSNS,Mexico s nuclear safety regulator, warned anyone who might find the materialnot to open nor damage the case containing the machinery, or they could risk severehealth effects. Mexican police were searching for thestolen Volkswagen truck in Mexico city and the surrounding districts. The IAEA offered its assistance to Mexico in the recovery effo Zasa Russian oil platform capsizes, at least 4 dead
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader Visitors enjoy a ride on a amusement park ride at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. AP Photo/ stanley quencher Javier Galeano stanley tumblers Men wait for tourists on a horse drawn carriage on a street in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Cuba s government began laying out the details of their drive to create more free enterprise on the island on Friday, mapping out a brave new world of bosses and employees, personal accountants and a dizzying number of small-time businesses. stanley cup AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe Afghan men pray in a street next to a mosque as pigeons are seen in the foreground in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 24, 2010. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa A child attends class at a makeshift school in a camp set up for Jan. 12 earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. AP Photo/Andre Penner Residents leave a house through the window while trying to save belongings during a fire at Real Parque
Mexico s nuclear safety agency has appealedto the public for help locating a truck stolen near the capital while transporting potentially dangerous radioactive medical waste.The cobalt-60 teletherapyequipmentwas properly shielded when stolen crocs winterstiefel , according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, based in Austria, but could be extremely dangerous to aperson if removed from the shielding, or if it was damaged. In a statement released Tuesday, theMexican government body responsible for securing nuclear materials said thetruck carrying the material in a wooden box was stolen at a gas station in thetown of Tepojaco, just north of Mexico City, on Monday.The cobalt-60 equipment had been in use at a medical facility inanother part of Mexico but was decommissioned and was stolen en route to aradioactive waste facility. A box containing a decommissioned and safely encased cobalt-60 medical teletherapy unit is adidas campus 80s seen prior to it being loaded onto a truck for transport to a radioactive waste facility in Mexico. CNSNS/Handout nike dunk The CNSNS,Mexico s nuclear safety regulator, warned anyone who might find the materialnot to open nor damage the case containing the machinery, or they could risk severehealth effects. Mexican police were searching for thestolen Volkswagen truck in Mexico city and the surrounding districts. The IAEA offered its assistance to Mexico in the recovery effo Zasa Russian oil platform capsizes, at least 4 dead
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader Visitors enjoy a ride on a amusement park ride at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. AP Photo/ stanley quencher Javier Galeano stanley tumblers Men wait for tourists on a horse drawn carriage on a street in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Cuba s government began laying out the details of their drive to create more free enterprise on the island on Friday, mapping out a brave new world of bosses and employees, personal accountants and a dizzying number of small-time businesses. stanley cup AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe Afghan men pray in a street next to a mosque as pigeons are seen in the foreground in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 24, 2010. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa A child attends class at a makeshift school in a camp set up for Jan. 12 earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. AP Photo/Andre Penner Residents leave a house through the window while trying to save belongings during a fire at Real Parque
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BEIRUT - Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS shot down aSyrian warplane on Sunday as regimeforces regained g yeezy round lost to theextremists following a U.S.-led airstrike that hit government forces the daybefore, state media said.The U.S. military says it may have unintentionally struckSyrian troops while carrying out a raid against ISIS on Saturday. The incidenthas threatened an already fragile U.S. and Russian-brokered cease-fire that haslargely held in the five-year-old Syria war 8203;despite dozens of alleged violations on both sides.The Syrian Foreign Ministry called the U.S.-led coalitionairstrikes a dangerous and blatant aggression against the Syrian ArabRepublic and its army. adidas samba donna Russia: Coalition airstrike kills dozens of Syrian troops 01:47 The ministryrsquo statement, sent to the presidents of theUnited Nations and the U.N. Security Council, said American warplanesrepeatedly attacked Syrian army positions on Saturday afternoon. It said theairstrikes were on purpose and planned in advance, and killeddozens of Syrian soldiers.Russiarsquo military said it was told by the Syrian army thatat least 62 soldiers were killed in the Deir el-Zour air raid and more than 1 yeezy foam 00wounded. The Russian air force has been carrying out strikes across Syria tobolster President Bash Arom U.S. officials warn Americans to stay out of African countries hit by Ebola outbreak
Updated 2:25 a.m. ETCARACAS, Venezuela Hugo Chavez s hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday s special presidential election, edging the opposition s leader by only about 300,000 votes, electoral officials announced.His challenger, Henrique Capriles, declared that he wouldn t accept the results and called for a full recount.Maduro s stunningly close victory came after a campaign in which the winner promised to carry on Chavez s self-proclaimed socialist revolution while Capriles main message was that Chavez s 14-year regime put Venezuela on the road to ruin.Maduro, acting presid stanley canada ent since Chavez s death, held a double-digit advantage in opinion polls just two weeks ago, but electoral officials said he got just 50.7 percent of the votes to 49.1 percent for Capriles with nearly all ballots counted.Venezuelan leader stanley cups uk : In death Chavez had hand in choosing popeIn tit-for-tat, U.S. expels Venezuelan diplomatsVenezuela s opposition leader steps into post-Chavez raceChavistas set off fireworks and blasted car horns as they cruised downtown Caracas in jubilation. In a victory speech, Maduro told a crowd outside the presidential palace that his victory was further proof that Chavez continues to be invincible, that he continues to win battles. At Capriles campaign headquarters, people hung their heads quietly as the results were announced by an electoral co stanley kubek uncil stacked with government loyalists. Many started crying; others just stared at TV scr
BEIRUT - Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS shot down aSyrian warplane on Sunday as regimeforces regained g yeezy round lost to theextremists following a U.S.-led airstrike that hit government forces the daybefore, state media said.The U.S. military says it may have unintentionally struckSyrian troops while carrying out a raid against ISIS on Saturday. The incidenthas threatened an already fragile U.S. and Russian-brokered cease-fire that haslargely held in the five-year-old Syria war 8203;despite dozens of alleged violations on both sides.The Syrian Foreign Ministry called the U.S.-led coalitionairstrikes a dangerous and blatant aggression against the Syrian ArabRepublic and its army. adidas samba donna Russia: Coalition airstrike kills dozens of Syrian troops 01:47 The ministryrsquo statement, sent to the presidents of theUnited Nations and the U.N. Security Council, said American warplanesrepeatedly attacked Syrian army positions on Saturday afternoon. It said theairstrikes were on purpose and planned in advance, and killeddozens of Syrian soldiers.Russiarsquo military said it was told by the Syrian army thatat least 62 soldiers were killed in the Deir el-Zour air raid and more than 1 yeezy foam 00wounded. The Russian air force has been carrying out strikes across Syria tobolster President Bash Arom U.S. officials warn Americans to stay out of African countries hit by Ebola outbreak
Updated 2:25 a.m. ETCARACAS, Venezuela Hugo Chavez s hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday s special presidential election, edging the opposition s leader by only about 300,000 votes, electoral officials announced.His challenger, Henrique Capriles, declared that he wouldn t accept the results and called for a full recount.Maduro s stunningly close victory came after a campaign in which the winner promised to carry on Chavez s self-proclaimed socialist revolution while Capriles main message was that Chavez s 14-year regime put Venezuela on the road to ruin.Maduro, acting presid stanley canada ent since Chavez s death, held a double-digit advantage in opinion polls just two weeks ago, but electoral officials said he got just 50.7 percent of the votes to 49.1 percent for Capriles with nearly all ballots counted.Venezuelan leader stanley cups uk : In death Chavez had hand in choosing popeIn tit-for-tat, U.S. expels Venezuelan diplomatsVenezuela s opposition leader steps into post-Chavez raceChavistas set off fireworks and blasted car horns as they cruised downtown Caracas in jubilation. In a victory speech, Maduro told a crowd outside the presidential palace that his victory was further proof that Chavez continues to be invincible, that he continues to win battles. At Capriles campaign headquarters, people hung their heads quietly as the results were announced by an electoral co stanley kubek uncil stacked with government loyalists. Many started crying; others just stared at TV scr
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North Korea launched a missile fr adidas campus homme om a test facility near the country s west coast early Sunday morning, U.S. officials tell CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.The launch came just days after South Koreans went to the polls to elect a new president. North Korea fires unidentified projectile, South Korea says 08:42 yeezy 350 The South Korean military says the missile flew about 435 miles, or 700 kilometers, according to Reuters. The missile flew for 30 minutes before landing the Sea of Japan, Reuters said, citing a Japanese official.U.S. officials said they were still assessing whether the launch was successful and trying to determine what kind of missile was tested. The last North Korean missile test on April 28 failed minutes after launch.The flight was not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile, said Maj. Rob Shuford, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Command. Although the type of missile is not known, the U.S. had been expecting the North to fire a KN-17 medium-range ballistic missile, Martin reports.The North American Aerospace Defense Command NORAD determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat adidas campus 00 to North America, Shuford said. U.S. missile s Jlyx Putin gets power to rid Russia of undesirables
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended the decision to invade Iraq, saying Friday before an inquiry on the war that deposing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do.In testimony before a looming national election, Brown praised the sacrifice of those who died and immediately addre stanley cup ssed a critical question: Did he agree with Britain s choice of going to war It was the right decision and it was for the right reasons, he said.Brown, who served as Treasury chief from 1997 to 2007 and approved military spending, planned to give around four hours of evidence to the five-person panel.The inquiry on mistakes made in the war is Britain s third and widest-ranging examination of the conflict, which triggered huge protests and left 179 British troops dead before the country s forces withdrew from Iraq last year. The inquiry won t apportion blame or establish liability, but will offer recommendations on how to prevent errors in future conflicts. Earlier this year, Prime Minster Tony Blair also stood by the decision to back the U.S. in removing Saddam because the Iraqi dictator was a threat to his region and the world.Brown was heckled by a small handful of protesters as he arrived for the hearing, entering through the center s front door. Gordon Brown was the paymaster for this most unpopular of stanley kubek wars and was the second most powerful man in the government, said John Rees, co-founder of the Stop The War Coaliti stanley cup on.The British leader has faced accusations that he failed to ens
North Korea launched a missile fr adidas campus homme om a test facility near the country s west coast early Sunday morning, U.S. officials tell CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.The launch came just days after South Koreans went to the polls to elect a new president. North Korea fires unidentified projectile, South Korea says 08:42 yeezy 350 The South Korean military says the missile flew about 435 miles, or 700 kilometers, according to Reuters. The missile flew for 30 minutes before landing the Sea of Japan, Reuters said, citing a Japanese official.U.S. officials said they were still assessing whether the launch was successful and trying to determine what kind of missile was tested. The last North Korean missile test on April 28 failed minutes after launch.The flight was not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile, said Maj. Rob Shuford, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Command. Although the type of missile is not known, the U.S. had been expecting the North to fire a KN-17 medium-range ballistic missile, Martin reports.The North American Aerospace Defense Command NORAD determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat adidas campus 00 to North America, Shuford said. U.S. missile s Jlyx Putin gets power to rid Russia of undesirables
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended the decision to invade Iraq, saying Friday before an inquiry on the war that deposing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do.In testimony before a looming national election, Brown praised the sacrifice of those who died and immediately addre stanley cup ssed a critical question: Did he agree with Britain s choice of going to war It was the right decision and it was for the right reasons, he said.Brown, who served as Treasury chief from 1997 to 2007 and approved military spending, planned to give around four hours of evidence to the five-person panel.The inquiry on mistakes made in the war is Britain s third and widest-ranging examination of the conflict, which triggered huge protests and left 179 British troops dead before the country s forces withdrew from Iraq last year. The inquiry won t apportion blame or establish liability, but will offer recommendations on how to prevent errors in future conflicts. Earlier this year, Prime Minster Tony Blair also stood by the decision to back the U.S. in removing Saddam because the Iraqi dictator was a threat to his region and the world.Brown was heckled by a small handful of protesters as he arrived for the hearing, entering through the center s front door. Gordon Brown was the paymaster for this most unpopular of stanley kubek wars and was the second most powerful man in the government, said John Rees, co-founder of the Stop The War Coaliti stanley cup on.The British leader has faced accusations that he failed to ens
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Long-haul carrier Emirates purchased 40 America mizuno n-made Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners on Sunday at the start of the biennial Dubai Air Show, a $15.1 billion deal certain to please U.S. President Donald Trump, who has touted the plane s sales as a job creator in America.The deal appeared to surprise Boeing s archrival Airbus, whose staff had attended a long-delayed news conference and left the room just moments before the announcement. Airbus has pinned hopes of continuing production of its double-decker jumbo jet on Emirates, the world s largest operator of the aircraft which took delivery of its 100th A380 earlier this month. Reports circulat adidas sambarose ed before the air show that a major A380 sale would be coming. But instead, Emirates CEO and Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum explained how the airline considered the Airbus A350 and decided to pick the Boeing 787-10. We were comparing the two apples, he said, but found that the Boeing 787 is the best option for Emirates given its maintenance and so on. It s the second time Airbus has lost out on selling the A350 to Emirates. In June 2014, the state-owned Emirates cancelled an order for 70 A350s after a fleet requirement review. Iconic Boeing 747 embarks on final flight 03:20 adidas originals ultraboost The Boeing 787-10 typically lists Ncbr U.S.: Castro Could Have Months To Live
An immigrant family left stanley tumbler a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.Jun Parreno, the boy s father, told The Vancouver Sun the mix-up occurred Monday as he, his wife and two grandparents of the child, J.M., were scrambling between their arrival in Canada and a connecting flight to Winnipeg on Air Canada.Running late after having to unpack and repack all their luggage, we had 10 minutes before boarding, said Parreno, who was emigrating with his family from the Philippines. We were running for the gate. He said he thought his son was with the three other adults, who were running to the gate ahead of him, and they thought the little boy was with him.Instead, in a scenario similar to the movie Home Alone, the toddler was wandering alone between a security checkpoint and the flight gates, said Angela Mah, an Air Canada representative. We we stanley cup re called b stanley cups y security who told us one of the security people had a toddler in tow, Mah said. He doesn t speak English, so we found a Tagalog-speaking agent who has been looking after him. There was no boarding pass for the youngster because he did not have a separately assigned seat, so there was no indication in the airline s computer system that someone had missed a flight, nor had there been any panicked calls from anyone on a flight missing a child, Mah said.That s because the family was scattered in different parts of the plane to Winnipeg and st
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Long-haul carrier Emirates purchased 40 America mizuno n-made Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners on Sunday at the start of the biennial Dubai Air Show, a $15.1 billion deal certain to please U.S. President Donald Trump, who has touted the plane s sales as a job creator in America.The deal appeared to surprise Boeing s archrival Airbus, whose staff had attended a long-delayed news conference and left the room just moments before the announcement. Airbus has pinned hopes of continuing production of its double-decker jumbo jet on Emirates, the world s largest operator of the aircraft which took delivery of its 100th A380 earlier this month. Reports circulat adidas sambarose ed before the air show that a major A380 sale would be coming. But instead, Emirates CEO and Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum explained how the airline considered the Airbus A350 and decided to pick the Boeing 787-10. We were comparing the two apples, he said, but found that the Boeing 787 is the best option for Emirates given its maintenance and so on. It s the second time Airbus has lost out on selling the A350 to Emirates. In June 2014, the state-owned Emirates cancelled an order for 70 A350s after a fleet requirement review. Iconic Boeing 747 embarks on final flight 03:20 adidas originals ultraboost The Boeing 787-10 typically lists Ncbr U.S.: Castro Could Have Months To Live
An immigrant family left stanley tumbler a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.Jun Parreno, the boy s father, told The Vancouver Sun the mix-up occurred Monday as he, his wife and two grandparents of the child, J.M., were scrambling between their arrival in Canada and a connecting flight to Winnipeg on Air Canada.Running late after having to unpack and repack all their luggage, we had 10 minutes before boarding, said Parreno, who was emigrating with his family from the Philippines. We were running for the gate. He said he thought his son was with the three other adults, who were running to the gate ahead of him, and they thought the little boy was with him.Instead, in a scenario similar to the movie Home Alone, the toddler was wandering alone between a security checkpoint and the flight gates, said Angela Mah, an Air Canada representative. We we stanley cup re called b stanley cups y security who told us one of the security people had a toddler in tow, Mah said. He doesn t speak English, so we found a Tagalog-speaking agent who has been looking after him. There was no boarding pass for the youngster because he did not have a separately assigned seat, so there was no indication in the airline s computer system that someone had missed a flight, nor had there been any panicked calls from anyone on a flight missing a child, Mah said.That s because the family was scattered in different parts of the plane to Winnipeg and st
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Fiat Chrysler proposed merging with Renault, a move that would create the third-bigg salomon zapatillas est automaker in the world.Renault s board said it would study the proposal with interest. The move comes after Renault s plans to merge with Nissan were derailed by the multiple indictments of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn.Fiat Chrysler proposed merging with France s Renault on Monday. The move would create the world s third-biggest automaker and save billions of dollars needed to invest in the race to make new electric and autonomous vehicles.The merged company would make some 8.7 million vehicles a year, leapfrogging General Motors and trailing only Volkswagen and Toyota. Shares of both companies jumped over 10% on the news of the offer, which would see each side s shareholders split ownership in the new manufacturer.Renault welcomed the idea. The company s board met Monday at its headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt outside Paris to discuss the proposal a adidas campus homme nd said afterward that Renault will study it with interest. In a statement, Renault said such adidas samba og a fusion could improve Renault s industrial footprint and be a generator of additional value for the Alliance with Japan s Nissan and Mitsubishi.Fiat Chrysler s offer comes at a key moment for Renault. The French manufacturer had reportedly wanted to merge with Nissan, but those plans were derailed by the arrest of boss Carlos Ghosn on financial misconduct charges in Japan. Dwhb Bride-to-be and her bachelorette party killed in Turkish jet crash
The infant who was separated from her weaker conjoined twin sister in a 20-hour operation is making a rapid recovery and breathing without a ventilator, doctors said Thursday.The girl, known only as Jodie, is under constant observation and her condition is still considered critical. Experts say she stanley mug has a chance of a near-normal life if her progress continues. Jodie is well and is making a rapid recovery, said a statement from St. Mary s Hospital in Manchester, where the operation was carried out Monday. Since last night she has been breathing without support and has started feeding stanley mug normally. Jodie s weaker sister, called Mary in court papers, died in the operation.The two girls were born with fused spines that left them joined at the abdomen. Doctors said both would die without the surgery but that separation would kill Mary, who was kept alive by Jodie s heart and lungs. The girls parents, a Roman Cathol water bottle stanley ic couple from the Maltese island of Gozo, had opposed the separation on religious grounds. Doctors went to court to win the right to separate them.Jodie will face years of corrective surgery and skin grafts, but doctors say if she survives she could have normal intelligence, be able to walk, have an average life expectancy and even have children.copy;2000 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed ponent--type-recirculat
Fiat Chrysler proposed merging with Renault, a move that would create the third-bigg salomon zapatillas est automaker in the world.Renault s board said it would study the proposal with interest. The move comes after Renault s plans to merge with Nissan were derailed by the multiple indictments of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn.Fiat Chrysler proposed merging with France s Renault on Monday. The move would create the world s third-biggest automaker and save billions of dollars needed to invest in the race to make new electric and autonomous vehicles.The merged company would make some 8.7 million vehicles a year, leapfrogging General Motors and trailing only Volkswagen and Toyota. Shares of both companies jumped over 10% on the news of the offer, which would see each side s shareholders split ownership in the new manufacturer.Renault welcomed the idea. The company s board met Monday at its headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt outside Paris to discuss the proposal a adidas campus homme nd said afterward that Renault will study it with interest. In a statement, Renault said such adidas samba og a fusion could improve Renault s industrial footprint and be a generator of additional value for the Alliance with Japan s Nissan and Mitsubishi.Fiat Chrysler s offer comes at a key moment for Renault. The French manufacturer had reportedly wanted to merge with Nissan, but those plans were derailed by the arrest of boss Carlos Ghosn on financial misconduct charges in Japan. Dwhb Bride-to-be and her bachelorette party killed in Turkish jet crash
The infant who was separated from her weaker conjoined twin sister in a 20-hour operation is making a rapid recovery and breathing without a ventilator, doctors said Thursday.The girl, known only as Jodie, is under constant observation and her condition is still considered critical. Experts say she stanley mug has a chance of a near-normal life if her progress continues. Jodie is well and is making a rapid recovery, said a statement from St. Mary s Hospital in Manchester, where the operation was carried out Monday. Since last night she has been breathing without support and has started feeding stanley mug normally. Jodie s weaker sister, called Mary in court papers, died in the operation.The two girls were born with fused spines that left them joined at the abdomen. Doctors said both would die without the surgery but that separation would kill Mary, who was kept alive by Jodie s heart and lungs. The girls parents, a Roman Cathol water bottle stanley ic couple from the Maltese island of Gozo, had opposed the separation on religious grounds. Doctors went to court to win the right to separate them.Jodie will face years of corrective surgery and skin grafts, but doctors say if she survives she could have normal intelligence, be able to walk, have an average life expectancy and even have children.copy;2000 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed ponent--type-recirculat
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A year ago, country star Brad Paisley watched the news on television as Russian troops invaded Ukraine and, like many people around the world, he felt h air max 1 elpless at the images of people fleeing their homes. The world felt like it was in a new place that it hadn t been in decades, the three-time Grammy winner recalls.On Friday, the one-year anniversary of the war s start, Paisley is re air force one leasing a new song called Same Here, featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking proudly about his country and people.The song is Paisley s first from his new record, Son of the Mountains, to be released later this year on Universal Music Group Nashville.The West Virginia native wrote the song with Lee Thomas Miller co-writer on Paisley hits The World and Perfect Storm and Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith. It s a three-part narrative that reflects on universal similarities, despite distan dunk pand ce and language. While it doesn t mention Ukraine specifically, the song ends with Paisley and Zelenskyy in conversation, recorded during a video call. Zelenskyy talks about Ukrainians desire for freedom, adding There is no distance between our two countries in such values. There s just no differences, Paisley told The Associated Press. You can put us in different places with different flags and different languages, but we have so many similarities. Paisley is one of several celebrity ambassadors for Ukraine s United24 crowdfunding effort, and has donated his time for other fun Eear Sudan planes bomb South Sudan oil field; 2 dead
Iraq invited officials from Iran, Syria and other neighboring nations to Baghdad next month to discuss the security situation in the country, a government official said Thursday.The Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose the information, said the talks will be the first of 10 such meetings to take place in the Iraqi capital. Iran was the venue for the last meeting in July.Along with Iran and Syria, Iraq has invited Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey t stanley cup o the discussions. The Arab League, Organization of Islamic Conference and the United Nations also have been asked to attend, the official said.The United States and the Iraqi government have accused Syria of allowing foreign fighters to cross i stanley cup nto Iraq and fight coalition and Iraqi forces. The U.S. has accused Iran of giving support to Shiite militias.Both countries deny the charges. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer recently interviewed Syria s vice president read more here , asking him about the role his country might play mdash; whether or not the U.S. likes it mdash; in stabilizing Iraq.Vice President Farouk al Shara woul stanley us d not confirm or deny a meeting in Syria, with the approval of his government, of about 200 senior Baathists and militia members from Iraq to discuss laying down arms to earn a chair at the negotiating table.Thursday, the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported Syrian President Bashar Assad had stressed hi
A year ago, country star Brad Paisley watched the news on television as Russian troops invaded Ukraine and, like many people around the world, he felt h air max 1 elpless at the images of people fleeing their homes. The world felt like it was in a new place that it hadn t been in decades, the three-time Grammy winner recalls.On Friday, the one-year anniversary of the war s start, Paisley is re air force one leasing a new song called Same Here, featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking proudly about his country and people.The song is Paisley s first from his new record, Son of the Mountains, to be released later this year on Universal Music Group Nashville.The West Virginia native wrote the song with Lee Thomas Miller co-writer on Paisley hits The World and Perfect Storm and Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith. It s a three-part narrative that reflects on universal similarities, despite distan dunk pand ce and language. While it doesn t mention Ukraine specifically, the song ends with Paisley and Zelenskyy in conversation, recorded during a video call. Zelenskyy talks about Ukrainians desire for freedom, adding There is no distance between our two countries in such values. There s just no differences, Paisley told The Associated Press. You can put us in different places with different flags and different languages, but we have so many similarities. Paisley is one of several celebrity ambassadors for Ukraine s United24 crowdfunding effort, and has donated his time for other fun Eear Sudan planes bomb South Sudan oil field; 2 dead
Iraq invited officials from Iran, Syria and other neighboring nations to Baghdad next month to discuss the security situation in the country, a government official said Thursday.The Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose the information, said the talks will be the first of 10 such meetings to take place in the Iraqi capital. Iran was the venue for the last meeting in July.Along with Iran and Syria, Iraq has invited Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey t stanley cup o the discussions. The Arab League, Organization of Islamic Conference and the United Nations also have been asked to attend, the official said.The United States and the Iraqi government have accused Syria of allowing foreign fighters to cross i stanley cup nto Iraq and fight coalition and Iraqi forces. The U.S. has accused Iran of giving support to Shiite militias.Both countries deny the charges. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer recently interviewed Syria s vice president read more here , asking him about the role his country might play mdash; whether or not the U.S. likes it mdash; in stabilizing Iraq.Vice President Farouk al Shara woul stanley us d not confirm or deny a meeting in Syria, with the approval of his government, of about 200 senior Baathists and militia members from Iraq to discuss laying down arms to earn a chair at the negotiating table.Thursday, the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported Syrian President Bashar Assad had stressed hi
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KIEV -- In Ukraine, the president is on the run after protests became a revolutionover the weekend. In the capital Kiev, they cleaned up and buried the dead. Thegovernment is nearly broke. OnMonday, as the U.S. said it would work with others to try to stabilize theeconomy, Ukraine s parliament was guarded by masked men armed with clubs andhammers.They rethe same group of hardcore protesters who clashed violently with riot policelast week before former President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev. Security camerafootage is thought to show him escaping by helicopter. Withno police on the streets -- and many men ready for revenge -- there are fears ofa power vacuum in Ukraine. But inside parliament, opposition leader ArseniyYatsenyuk insisted they were in control. Weneed urgently to form the government, he told CBS News. This is therevolution. And revolution always has complications and repercussions. dunk pand Ukraine protestors discover luxury cars allegedly belonging to presidentrsquo son 01:44 Despitethe arrest warrant for the former presi adidas samba uomo dent, Ukrainians know this isnrsquo;t overyet. The barricades are still standing and are now shrines to those killed inthe demonstrations.Manypeople told CBS News their country urgently needs reforms to make it moredemocratic -- nike dunk high not just a new leader. Theywant to s Xvje Putin campaigns in Crimea, snubbing the West ahead of Russian presidential election
Tens of millions of Africans will continue to go hungry over the next 20 years unless major changes in trade and aid policies are enacted, a research institute said Thursday.More than 38.3 million children will suffer from malnutrition in 2025 if trends continue, and current policies will do little to improve long-term prospects, the International Food Policy Research Institute predicted in a report.With millions alrea stanley mugs dy suffering from severe food shortages in the semi-arid lands along the Sahara, known as Africa s Sahel region, the report said the entire continent stanley cup price needed at least $303.2 billion in new investments to reduce hunger.Such an investment would reduce the number of malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa to 10 million, said Mark Rosegrant, the lead author of the report said. He added that the doubling of assistance by leaders of the world s wealthiest countries and a promise by African leaders to double the investment in agriculture would be beneficial. Improved crop, land and water management must be supported, Rosegrant told reporters. It is essential there must be continued reform in macroeconomic policies. The Washington- stanley cup based institute s researchers used computer modeling to analyze the effect of different trade, aid and agricultural policies to prepare a forecast for the next 20 years, depending on steps taken at the national and international level. Many of the challenges facing Africa s agricultural sector stem from a few root causes, includin
KIEV -- In Ukraine, the president is on the run after protests became a revolutionover the weekend. In the capital Kiev, they cleaned up and buried the dead. Thegovernment is nearly broke. OnMonday, as the U.S. said it would work with others to try to stabilize theeconomy, Ukraine s parliament was guarded by masked men armed with clubs andhammers.They rethe same group of hardcore protesters who clashed violently with riot policelast week before former President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev. Security camerafootage is thought to show him escaping by helicopter. Withno police on the streets -- and many men ready for revenge -- there are fears ofa power vacuum in Ukraine. But inside parliament, opposition leader ArseniyYatsenyuk insisted they were in control. Weneed urgently to form the government, he told CBS News. This is therevolution. And revolution always has complications and repercussions. dunk pand Ukraine protestors discover luxury cars allegedly belonging to presidentrsquo son 01:44 Despitethe arrest warrant for the former presi adidas samba uomo dent, Ukrainians know this isnrsquo;t overyet. The barricades are still standing and are now shrines to those killed inthe demonstrations.Manypeople told CBS News their country urgently needs reforms to make it moredemocratic -- nike dunk high not just a new leader. Theywant to s Xvje Putin campaigns in Crimea, snubbing the West ahead of Russian presidential election
Tens of millions of Africans will continue to go hungry over the next 20 years unless major changes in trade and aid policies are enacted, a research institute said Thursday.More than 38.3 million children will suffer from malnutrition in 2025 if trends continue, and current policies will do little to improve long-term prospects, the International Food Policy Research Institute predicted in a report.With millions alrea stanley mugs dy suffering from severe food shortages in the semi-arid lands along the Sahara, known as Africa s Sahel region, the report said the entire continent stanley cup price needed at least $303.2 billion in new investments to reduce hunger.Such an investment would reduce the number of malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa to 10 million, said Mark Rosegrant, the lead author of the report said. He added that the doubling of assistance by leaders of the world s wealthiest countries and a promise by African leaders to double the investment in agriculture would be beneficial. Improved crop, land and water management must be supported, Rosegrant told reporters. It is essential there must be continued reform in macroeconomic policies. The Washington- stanley cup based institute s researchers used computer modeling to analyze the effect of different trade, aid and agricultural policies to prepare a forecast for the next 20 years, depending on steps taken at the national and international level. Many of the challenges facing Africa s agricultural sector stem from a few root causes, includin
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COATZACOALCOS, Mexico -- Mexico s state oil company says 11 more bodies have been found in a petrochemical plant rocked by an explosion, raising the death toll to 24. El titular de Pemex informa que, lamentablemente, la cifra de trabajadores fallecidos se ha elevado a 24.mdash; Petroacute;leos Mexicanos @Pemex April adidas originals uomo 22, 2016 Desperate relatives gathered outside a petrochemical plant Thursday hoping for news about loved ones still unaccounted for. About 30 families massed at a plant entrance road, where a sharp chemical smell still hung in the air about a mile from where the blast occurred Wednesday afternoon. Many wore facemasks to ward off the pungent odor.Shoving broke out as people unsuccessfully tried to force their way into the installation in Coatzacoalcos on Mexico s southern Gulf coast. Some shouted at marines and soldiers who were called in to guard the facility, and they threw rocks at a white gov adidas campus 80s ernment SUV when it arrived at the scene.Rosa Villalobos traveled about fou yeezy r hours by bus from the city of Veracruz to scour Coatzacoalcos hospitals looking for her son, Luis Alfonso Ruiz Villalobos, a 25-year-old worker at the plant. When she couldn t find him she showed up at the plant entrance. What I want is for justice to be done in my son s case, for there to be no impunity, Villalobos said. I m going to stay here. Even though I have no money, even though I have nothing to eat, I m staying put. A relative of a missing worker argues wi Zrjq Political Shakeup In Pakistan
AP HAVANA - The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic stanley cups conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from Cuban-American politicians and on anti-Castro blogs, which argue that she is an apologist for the Communist government her family has led for decades.Mariela Castro is a noted advocate of gay rights as the head of Cuba s National Center for Sex Education, and has been pushing for the island to legalize gay marriage for years. She said recently that her father supports her efforts, despite his unwillingness to say so publically.Castro receive stanley cup d a visa from the U.S. State Department and will chair a panel on the politics of sexual diversity at a gathering in San Francisco next week organized by the Latin American Studies Association, an official at her institute told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to discuss the matter. The website of the New York Public Library says Castro is also scheduled to talk there on May 29. The U.S. State Department declined to comment, saying rules prohibit discussion of individual visa applications. A diplomat at the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba also had no comment.Cuban-American Sen. Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, slammed the decision on Wednesday, even before the trip was confirmed. He called Mariela Castro a vociferous advocate o
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico -- Mexico s state oil company says 11 more bodies have been found in a petrochemical plant rocked by an explosion, raising the death toll to 24. El titular de Pemex informa que, lamentablemente, la cifra de trabajadores fallecidos se ha elevado a 24.mdash; Petroacute;leos Mexicanos @Pemex April adidas originals uomo 22, 2016 Desperate relatives gathered outside a petrochemical plant Thursday hoping for news about loved ones still unaccounted for. About 30 families massed at a plant entrance road, where a sharp chemical smell still hung in the air about a mile from where the blast occurred Wednesday afternoon. Many wore facemasks to ward off the pungent odor.Shoving broke out as people unsuccessfully tried to force their way into the installation in Coatzacoalcos on Mexico s southern Gulf coast. Some shouted at marines and soldiers who were called in to guard the facility, and they threw rocks at a white gov adidas campus 80s ernment SUV when it arrived at the scene.Rosa Villalobos traveled about fou yeezy r hours by bus from the city of Veracruz to scour Coatzacoalcos hospitals looking for her son, Luis Alfonso Ruiz Villalobos, a 25-year-old worker at the plant. When she couldn t find him she showed up at the plant entrance. What I want is for justice to be done in my son s case, for there to be no impunity, Villalobos said. I m going to stay here. Even though I have no money, even though I have nothing to eat, I m staying put. A relative of a missing worker argues wi Zrjq Political Shakeup In Pakistan
AP HAVANA - The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic stanley cups conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from Cuban-American politicians and on anti-Castro blogs, which argue that she is an apologist for the Communist government her family has led for decades.Mariela Castro is a noted advocate of gay rights as the head of Cuba s National Center for Sex Education, and has been pushing for the island to legalize gay marriage for years. She said recently that her father supports her efforts, despite his unwillingness to say so publically.Castro receive stanley cup d a visa from the U.S. State Department and will chair a panel on the politics of sexual diversity at a gathering in San Francisco next week organized by the Latin American Studies Association, an official at her institute told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to discuss the matter. The website of the New York Public Library says Castro is also scheduled to talk there on May 29. The U.S. State Department declined to comment, saying rules prohibit discussion of individual visa applications. A diplomat at the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba also had no comment.Cuban-American Sen. Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, slammed the decision on Wednesday, even before the trip was confirmed. He called Mariela Castro a vociferous advocate o