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Russia s parliament rushed Wednesday to approve a move announced the previous day by President Vladimir Putin, all but finalizing the end of Russia s participation in the New START arms control treaty mdash; the last pact between the world s biggest nuclear powers regulating their atomic arsenals. Russia s suspension of its participation in the treat air force 1 y came as it emerged that Moscow had tried but apparently failed to conduct a new test launch of its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile.A U.S. official told CBS News that Russia carried out a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on February 18, which failed. That launch came just two days before Mr. Biden arrived for an unannounced visit in Kyiv, Ukraine.Moscow notified Washington of the launch in advance, as required under New START, American officials said, adding that the adidas campus mizuno de U.S. did not view the test as a surprise or as a threat to the United States.The failed missile launch is believed to have been of the massive RS-28 Sarmat missile, known as the Satan II in the West. The Sarmat, one of Russia s next-generation nuclear capable missiles, tips the scales at over 200 tons and can carry multiple warheads, with a total estimated payload of 10 tons.Putin has referred to it as part of Russia s new invincible weapons arsenal, due to a short initial boost phase that would make it difficult for enemy surveillance systems to track. The Russian leader boasted of a successful Sarmat II test launch in A Cawy U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield gives powerful speech at U.N.: I know the ugly face of racism
South Korea accused North Korea on Thursday of firing a torped stanley thermos o that sank a naval warship in March, killing 46 sailors in the country s worst military disaster since the Korean War.President Lee Myung-bak vowed stern action for the provocation following the release of long-awaited results from a multinational investigation into the incident. North Korea, reacting swiftly, called the results a fabrication and warned that any retaliation would trigger war.Investigators said evidence overw stanley cup helmingly proves North Korea fired a homing torpedo that caused a massive underwater blast that tore the Cheonan into two on March 26. Fifty-eight sailors were rescued from the frigid Yellow Sea waters near the Koreas maritime border, but 46 perished. We will take resolute countermeasures against North Korea and make it admit its wrongdoings through strong international cooperation, Lee told Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a phone conversation, the pres stanley canada idential office said.The White House called the sinking an unacceptable act of aggression that violates international law and the truce signed in 1953. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister, called the investigation results deeply troubling, his spokesman said in a statement.China, North Korea s traditional ally, called the sinking of the naval ship unfortunate but stopped short of backing Seoul. Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai refused to comment further Thursday other than reitera

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The Tokyo Olympics are going to happen mdash; but almost surely in 2021 rather than in four months as originally planned, due to the coronavirus pandemic. This became clear after the IOC on Sunday announced it was considering a postponement and would make a final decision within four weeks. Major Olympic nations like Canada and Australia have added pressure by saying they won t send teams if the games are staged this year.International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach sent a letter to athletes explaining the decis nike dunk ion, while acknowledging the extended timeline might not be popular. I know that this unprecedented situation leaves many of your questions open, he wrote. I also know that this rational approach may not be in line with the emotions many of you have to go through. Yoshiro Mori, President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organizing Committee, at a news conference in Tokyo on March 23, 2020. ISSEI KATO / REUTERS The IOC s move seemed inevitable for weeks with pressure mounting from all quarters - athletes, sponsors, broadcasters and more than 200 national Olympic committees, and international sports federations.Shortly after Bach s statemen air max 2 t, the Canadian Olympic Committee said it wouldn t send athle adidas campus 80s tes to the Olympics unless the games are postponed by a year. Australia issued a statement saying it was advising its athletes to prepare for an Olympics in Ktah In India, a scramble for scarce vaccines as COVID deaths top 200,000
An American journalist kidnapped by militants in Iraq and threatened with death said in a video aired Friday that his captors were treating him well.The video was broadcast on the Arab television station Al-Jazeera as a top aide to firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said the kidnappers had told him Friday they would free Micah Garen later in the day. I am an American journalist in Iraq and I ve stanley becher been asked to deliver a message, the man, identified as Garen, a New York-based journalist, said water bottle stanley on the video. I am in captivity and being treated well. The newsreader said that Garen also had called for an end to the killing in Najaf, where U.S. and Iraqi forces have been fighting a radical Shiite militia for two weeks, though that part of the audio was inaudible.According to witnesses, Garen and his Iraqi translator, Amir Doushi, were walking through a market in the southern city of Nasiriyah on Aug. 13 when two armed men in civilian clothes seized them, police said. There was no word on Doushi s fate. Al-Jazeera reported Thursday that a militant group calling itself the Martyrs Brigade had abducted Garen and would kill him within 48 hours unless U.S. troops pull out of the holy city of Najaf.Sheik Aws al-Khafaji, a top al-Sadr aide said he had spoken to the kidnappers, who told him they would release Garen later Friday. The kidnappers stanley cup have put the journalist in a safe place, al-Khafaji said from Nasiriyah.The family of Turkish hostage Aytullah Gezmen, meanwhile, was

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WASHINGTON mdash; The Trump administration is considering an offer from Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson to pay for at least part of a new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, four U.S. officials told The Associated Press.Lawyers at the State Department are looking into the legality of accepting private donations to cover some or all of the embassy costs, the administration officials said. The discussions are occurring as the new embassy clears its final bureaucratic hurdles. On Thursday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended weeks of delay by signing off on a security plan for moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city, according to the officials, who weren t authorized to discuss the issue publicly and demanded anonymity.In one possible scenario, the administration would solicit contributions not only from Adelson but potentially from other donors in the evangelical and American Jewish communities, too. One official said Adelson, a Las Vegas casino magnate and staunch supporter of Israel, had offered to pay the difference bet adidas originals mujer ween the total cost mdash; expected to run into the hundreds of millions of dollars mdash; and what the administration is able to raise.President Donald Trump s administration is considering an offer from Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson to pay for at lea adidas campus 80s st part of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerus yeezy 350 alem.Under any circumstance, letting private citizens cover the costs of an official government building would mark a significant departure from histor Siqe U.K. neo-Nazi couple jailed for belonging to group banned by terror laws
World leaders edged closer to an agreement Saturday that would flag risky investing and regulatory weak spots, with President George W. Bush welcoming the progress at an emergency economic summit.Nea stanley cup rly two dozen foreign leaders got down to work at the largest gathering of its kind in nearly a decade. A chief goal was charting a map to avoid future financial meltdowns like the one now imperiling the global economy.Before this morning s meeting, President Bush told reporters that progress was being made. I am pleased that we re discussing a way forward to make sure that such a crisis is unlikely to occur again, h stanley cup e said. And I am pleased that the leaders reaffirmed the principles behind open markets and free trade. One of the dangers during a crisis such as this is that people will start implementing protectionist policie stanley cup s. Obviously, you know, this crisis has not ended. There s some progress being made, but there s still a lot of more work to be done. And so we had a good, good, frank discussion last night. I look forward to the discussions today. CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier reported on The Early Show that the meeting - pulled together with about three weeks notice - is aimed at presenting a unified attack on the fiscal crisis at the time when the U.S. presidential transition might give the market jitters.Friday s economic data certainly isn t helping: The Dow Jones Industrials dropped 338 points after reports that U.S. retail sales fell 2.8% in October,

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A man with HIV is now virus-free after receiving a stem cell transplant, making him one of only a handful of people to be considered cured after the treatment. The HIV patient in Duuml seldorf, Germany also had cancer and received a bone marrow transplant which replaced his cells with a donor s HIV-resistant stem cells, according to a newly published study.After being diagnosed with leukemia, the 53-year-old man, known as the Duuml; crocs sseldorf Patient, received a stem cell transplant in 2013. His stem cell donor had a mutation, which prevents the protein used by HIV to enter cells.He had been receiving antiretroviral therapy, or ART, which is commonly given to HIV patients to make the virus nearly undetectable. It can also prevent the patient from transmitting the virus to others.While HIV stays in the body during ART, the stem cell transplant can substanti adidas campus 00s ally reduce the viral reservoir, where the virus persists, according to the study published this week in Nature Medicine.During his ART treatment, the doctors continued to assess the Duuml seldorf patient s reservoir. His HIV was considered undetectable, but he still had HIV reservoirs and tested for traces of virus DNA and RNA. However, additional tests showed the virus did not replicate. The medical team decided to test what would happen if he stopped the therapy. In 2018, after 69 months, he stopped ART ndash; and he has remained HIV-free since then. It shows it s not impossible mdash; it s just very nike air force diffi Wrkl DoD identifies three U.S. soldiers killed outside base in Jordan
Updated at 1:54 p.m. ET AP BEIRUT - Angry crowds blocked U.N. observers from reaching an embattled rebel-held town in Syria on Tuesday, hurling stones and metal rods at the monitors vehicles. Their vehicles came under fire as they drove away from Haffa, but the source of the gunfire was not clear, the U. stanley thermos mug N. said.None of the observers was injured.The situation in Haffa has raised alarm over the past eight days, and there are concerns civilians are stuck in the area while the regime and rebel fighters battle for control. Washington said Monday that regime forces may be preparing a massacre in rebel-held Haffa 151; a village about 20 miles from Assad s hometown of Kardaha.It s not cl stanley mugs ear why the crowd wanted to prevent the observers from entering, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said earlier that residents of a nearby village were trying to block the observers. Special Section: The Arab SpringU.N.: Syria using children as human shieldsDriving through Syria s unofficial civil warCiting a network of sources on the ground, the Observatory said the residents were mostly regime loyalists.Calls to the area did not go through Tuesday. The government restricts journalists from moving freely, making it nearl stanley bottles y impossible to independently verify accounts from either side.Also Tuesday, Syrian forces pelted the eastern city of Deir el-Zour with mortars as anti-government protesters were dispersing before dawn Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, activists s

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Tokyo mdash; President Biden launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations Monday aimed at strengthening their economies as he warned Americans worri salomon hombre ed about high inflation that it is going to be a haul before they feel relief. The president said he does not believe an economic recession is inevitable in the U.S.Mr. Biden, speaking at a news conference after holding talks with Japan s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, acknowledged the U.S. economy has problems but said they were less consequential than the rest of the world has. He added: This is going to be a haul. This is going to take some time. In answer to a question, he rejected the idea a recession in the U.S. is inevitable.His comments came just before Mr. Biden s launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. His administration says the trade deal is designed to signal U.S. dedication to the contested economic sphere and to address the need for stability in commerce after disrup adidas sambarose tions caused by the pandemic and Russia s invasion of Ukraine.Nations joining the U.S. in the pact are: Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Along with the United States, they repr yeezy slide esent 40% of world GDP. The countries said in a joint statement that the pact will help them collectively prepare our economies for the future after the fallout from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The nations represented here today, and those who w Lbvg Microsoft says it is shutting down LinkedIn in China
The spiritual leader of an Islamic militant group suspected by the United States of involvement in the Bali bombings checked into a hospital in h stanley mugs is hometown and avoided questioning by police after praying Friday for the safety of Osama bin Laden.The Indonesian government approved an emergency decree early Saturday to give itself expanded powers to fight terrorism and bring the bombers responsible for th stanley quencher e Bali nightclub attack to justice.President Megawati Sukarnoputri, looking to prove her resolve in the wake of international criticism following the Bali bombings, had been eager to get approval for the decree. Justice Minister Yusril Izha Mahendra announced the decree after a Cabinet meeting. After what happened in Bali, Indonesia urgently needs a law to fight terrorism, Mahendra said. By having this decree, we have the authority to take action against terrorism. Abu Bakar Bashir, 64, of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah organization, stanley thermosflasche looked pale and could have been suffering either from asthma or exhaustion, said an aide, Soleh, who like many Indonesians uses only one name.Bashir - whom Indonesian authorities named Thursday as a suspect in a series of church bombings on Christmas Eve 2000 but not in the Bali attacks that killed nearly 200 people last weekend - was scheduled to be questioned by police Saturday in the capital, Jakarta.Indonesia has long feared that taking action against Bashir could fuel a backlash by Islamic extremists. Government ministers ackno

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A Chinese movie and TV star has admitted he abused a woman he had been dating, hours after she posted photos of her bruised face on social media, according to the New York Times. The paper reports the post by Japanese model Zhongpu Youhua and the subsequent admission by 27-year-old Jiang Jinfu have sparked online discussion about domestic violence in China. Youhua reportedly posted the photos on Instagram Monday and wrote that she is still alive and well. Hours later, Jinfu reportedly wrote on Chinese social media site Weibo: No matter what the reason is, I should not have raised my hand. The Times reports little is known about the alleged assault, such as when or where it happened and whether any law enforcement agencies are investigating. Youhua reportedly suggested in a later Instagram post the incident occurred a month earlier and said it caused her to miscarry. She addressed the actor and rejected his apology: If you really wanted to apologize, you would apologize to me directly and not through Weibo. CNN reported that though many were quick to condemn Jiang adidas sambarose on social media, others applauded his courage for taking responsibili chanclas yeezy ty while others even blamed Youhua for provoking the actor.The model later deleted her Instagram air max 1 account.A spokesman for Jinfu declined to comment to the paper.Jiang, a former model, is known for his acting role in Xuan Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky, a Chinese television series. Lrms Foxconn Plans New China Plant After Suicides
Updated at 1:18 p.m. ETSyrian security forces fired at thousands of protesters who poured into the streets throughout the country Friday, killing at least 20 people one day after the United States and its European allies demanded that President Bashar Assad step down, activists said.At the same time, a European Union committee is considering what would be the alliance s fifth set of sanctions against Syria, including a possible embargo on oil, spokesman Michael Mann said Friday.Syria gets about 28 percent of its revenue from the oil trade, with exports going mostly to European countries, such as Germany, Italy and France. If the EU joins the effort, it could significantly slash the Damascus government s revenues.Activists said soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers were deployed in restive cities, despite Ass kubki stanley ad s assurances to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that military and police operations had stopped. The harsh statements by President Obama and European leaders also appeared to have no immediate effect. Special Section: Anger in the Arab WorldObama, a stanley cup usa ll stanley flasche ies call for ouster of Syria s AssadBachmann criticizes Obama on Syria responseAsked Friday whether the U.N. chief believes Assad when he says the violence has stopped, U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said: He believes that any claim that violence has stopped needs to be verified. We continue to hear some disturbing reports that we would need to look into, Haq said. We want to be able to verify indee

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PHILADELPHIA -- A Lego replica of the Vatican is now on display at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia just in time for Pope Francis Philly visit, reports CBS Philly and CBS Radio affiliate KYW.The V yeezy slide atican replica was built by Father Bob Simon. The replica was a segue between the Franklin Institute s Art of the Brick exhibit and their Vatican Splendors exhibit. The museum is now proudly displaying the priest s work.Father Simon s is not a newcomer to Legos. He said he fell in love with Legos as a little boy, and even attempted to build the Vatican out of them in 7th grade. It ended up being pretty simple back then hoka laufschuhe he says, but there is no doubt this most recent work is not simple.Click here to view related media. I think there s about half a million pieces in it, Father Simon explained. I m not sure. I think there are about 44,000 cobblestones of the square, 6,000 round bricks that make up the colonnade and under the little cobblestones, there s 12,000 2times;2 tiles that are under there. I knew if I was going to build the Vatican, it had to be big! There was one photo in particular, it was a cover, a book jacket of a book I had that had a great picture of the facade, he said. I used that for doing the facade and I used Google Earth, as well. A few years ago, Father Simon attended an adult Lego convention. He tells KYW that s when the idea was sparked once again. Father Simon said it s a dream to have air force 1 his work displayed in Philadelphia during the visit of P Ykzx Europe Shows Support
VIENNA Technicians upgrading Iran s main uranium enrichment facility have tripled their installations of high-tech machines that could be used in a nuclear weapons program to more than 600 in the last three months, diplomats said Wednesday.They say the machines are not yet producing enriched uranium and some may be only partially installed. Still the move is the latest sign that 10 years of diplomatic efforts have failed to persuade Tehran to curb its uranium enrichment. Instead, Iran continues to increase its capacities.The installations also suggest that Iran possesses both the technology to mass-produce centrifuges that can enrich much faster than its present machines and the ability to evade international sanctions meant to keep it from getting materials it needs to do so. Iran nuclear chief touts 3,000 new centrifuges stanley mug Diplomat confirms Iran nuclear upgradeIran touts installation of advanced uranium centrifugesMeanwhile, Iran s president slammed foreign presence in the Persian Gulf, claiming it s the source of insecurity in stanley thermos the region.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran has always guarded peace and security in the Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which about one-fifth of the world s oil supply passes.The Islamic Republic insists it has no interest in nuclear weapons and says it s enriching uranium only for nuclear power and other non-military applications. Iran also asserts it has a right to do so under international law.But the Unite

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Host cities hope the Olympics bring a huge boost in tourism, but it often comes at a high price. The South Korean Olympic stadium in Pyeongchang cost $60 million and it will be used just four times before it s completely re-purposed and turned into a smaller venue, along with an exhibition center and Olympic Museum.Overall, the Pyeongchang games are estimated to cost nearly $13 billion, paid for largely by the Korean government, but the building binge there began even before they were awarded the games, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy.Olympics 2018: Drills held in Pyeongchang prepare for threats of terrorism, warNorth, South Korea agree on 1st ever jo adidas campus int Olympic teamThey built a massive ski jumping facility in adidas originals uomo Pyeongchang back in 2009 in part to dunk panda show that South Korea was serious about hosting the games. It worked -- and now the county of just 45,000 people has an Olympic stadium that can seat 35,000 of them. Ice rinks worth $400 million have been built. There s a $100 million bobsled and luge track, and a brand new $200 million downhill skiing course. Winter Olympics facilities in Pyeongchang, South Korea POCOG Sports economist Sung-Bae Roger Park says they need to minimize the spending. When you have a party like Olympic Games everyone is celebrating but after the party is over somebody is gonna clean up and somebody pay for the money so I think that will be Uqgf Mongolia Erupts With Post-Vote Violence
CBS News Chilling video appears to document a disaster as it happened. A cargo plane crashed near an Air Force base in Afghanistan Monday. Seven Americans were killed.Officials say the plane went down just after takeoff. The tragedy may have been captured on video by a car driving by.Dramatic video appears to show 747 crash in AfghanistanThe dashboard-mounted ca stanley fr mera appears to have captured some disturbing video of the crash. It seems to show the plane -- a Boeing 747 -- stall and then fall out of the sky soon after takeoff from the main American supply base in Afghanistan. This stanley cup video isn t authenticated, although it appears to have been taken at the time of the crash.The video appears to show the civilian cargo plane attempting to take off from the Bagram Air Base, about 40 miles north of Kabul. As it tries to climb, the plane s nose seems to pitch upward at a steep angle, the aircraft stalls and suddenly begins to lose altitude, crashing within the base s perimeter. All seven crew members onboard were killed. Six of the victims were from Michigan and one was from Kentucky. The plane -- a cargo version of the 747 -- was bound for Dubai, carrying vehicles and supplies.Special Section: The U.S. in Afghanistan CBS News aviation and safety expert Capt. Chesley Sullenberger said once the plane went into its death stall there was nothing the pilots could have done to prevent the crash. Sullenberger said, Certainly with the nose of the airplane at a very stanley cup price high

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President Trump held a news conference in Singapore after his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Their meeting, approximately 50 minutes long, resulted in the two men signing what Mr. Trump called a pretty comprehensive joint document.Mr. Trump signaled for the first time in his news conference that the U.S. could begin to lift sanctions ag adidas original campus ainst North Korea before the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is verified -- possibly long before -- and said the U.S. would halt military drills with South Korea to ease the diplomatic process.While the leaders did not speak about what the joint document contains during the signing ceremony, photos of it taken as Mr. Trump held it aloft are legible, and it includes four key points of agreement between the two sides. The most important one, says CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy, appears to be a commitment by the North to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The other three points adidas campus shoes are equally vague; vows by both nations to, establish new U.S.-DPRK North Korea relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity, to join their efforts to build mizuno running a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula and to bring home to the U.S. the remains of American troops killed during the hostilities of the Korean War. A joint document signed by President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen in the h Bbbi Biblical city Bethlehem boasts largest Christmas in years
After nearly half the freed hostages from an Afghan jet hijacking sought asylum in Britain, the gover stanley flask nment is taking a tough stance to show that seizing a plane is not the way to win refuge. After the four-day hijacking, hostages spent their first night of freedom at a four-star airport Hilton Hotel, but Britain s top law enforcement official warned the 74 asylum-seekers among them not to get too comfortable. Home Secretary Jack Straw told legislators Thursday Britain would try to deport them, if the law allowed. I personally will make the determination of any application for asylum made by persons on board this aircraft, said Straw kubki stanley , who is responsible for law enforcement. Subject to compliance with all legal requirements, I woul stanley quencher d wish to see removed from this country all those on the plane as soon as reasonably practicable, he said. Straw s stance was backed by Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose spokesman said a clear signal must be sent out that hijacking was not the way to obtain asylum in Britain. Amnesty International urged the government to consider Afghanistan s poor record on human rights, which it said included the disappearance of political opponents, massacres and punishments including floggings, amputations and executions. But opposition politicians in Britain suggested the hijackers had been attracted to Britain by a reputation for lenience. Why the United Kingdom How many European Convention on Human Rights signatories did that plane

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BEIJING -- Chinasaid it sent warplanes into its newlydeclared mar nike dunk itime air defense zoneThursday, days after the U.S., South Korea and Japan all sent flights throughthe airspace in defiance of rulesBeijing says it has imposed in the East ChinaSea.China s air force sent several fighter jets and anearly warning aircraft on normal air patrols in the zone,the Xinhua agency reported, citing airforce spokesman Shen Jinke. U.S., Japan, and S. Korea challenge China on new air defense zone 02:23 The report did not specify exactlywhen the flights were sent or whether they had encountered foreign aircraft. The United States, Japan and SouthKorea have said they have sent flights through the zonewithout encountering any Chinese response since Beijing announced the creationof the zone last week.Shen described Thursday s flights as a defensive measure and in line with international commonpractices. He said China s airforce would remain on high alert and will take measures to protect thecountry s airspace.While China ssurprise announcement last week to create the zoneinitially raised some tensions in the region, analysts say Beijing s motive isnot to trigger an aerial confrontation but is a more long-term strategy tosolidify c adidas originals laims to disputed territory by simp airmaxplus ly marking the area as its own. China s lack of Nnpk Passenger ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fuel costs after bad behavior diverts flight
Cuba finally has a communist hero who is not known for his bravery in armed combat.The courts and the media were instead the proving ground for Juan Miguel Gonzalez, father of Elian Gonzalez, the 6-year-old who was the focus of a seven month-long international custody battle.Juan Miguel Gonzalez won the fight to bring his so stanley tumbler n back home to Cuba and Wednesday night was honored in Havana by no less than President Fidel Castro himself.Gonzalez had tears in his eyes as the Cuban leader cited him for heroic behavior and pinned on his suit the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes medal.ReutersThe face of Elian loomslarge as his father receivesan award from Fidel Castro.The Cuban President compared Gonzalez to Cespedes, an independence hero and the father of Cuba, and praised Gonzalez for shunning bribes to defect to the United stanley polska States.Gonzalez has said that anti-commun stanley cup price ist Cuban exiles in Miami, who abhor Castro and his government, had offered him $2 million if he would stay in the United States with Elian. Gonzalez, a member of Cuba s Communist Party, also said that he was offended by the offer. His conduct was filled with glory and he gained for always the admiration of his people, Castro proclaimed to the crowd gathered to honor Gonzalez. A small boy and a humble Cuban father, whom very few people knew just a few months ago, came back converted into gigantic moral symbols of our homeland, Castro told the audience of 5,000, including top government and party officials.Then, directl