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Washington mdash; A bipartisan group of senators wrote a letter to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, expressing their profound anger and concern over his detention in Russia. We adidas campus 80s hope this letter make crocs s clear our support and solidarity on your behalf and our desire that you and fellow detainee Paul Whelan are immediately and unconditionally released, the group of 32 senators wrote, saying that the Russian government was using Gershkovich as a politica asics gel l tool. Gershkovich was arrested in March on accusations of spying, making him the first U.S. journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia in decades. The U.S. and the Wall Street Journal have vehemently denied the allegations and have called for his immediate release.Last month, a Russian court extended his detention for at least another three months. We believe that a free press is crucial to the foundation and support of human rights everywhere, the letter said. We applaud you for your efforts to report the truth about Russia s reprehensible invasion of Ukraine, a conflict that has resulted in untellable atrocities, tragedies, and loss of life. Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware and Republican Sen. James Risch of Idaho initiated the letter, which also said that every day that Gershkovich spends in a Russian prison is a day too long. Since your arrest, we have advocated for your release publicly and privately. We will not stop until you are safely home, it said. Please know that th Qlvl Kerry: Diplomatic window with Iran cracking open ahead of nuclear talks
The U.S. military has conducted nearly a dozen secret operations against al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in Syria, stanley mugs Pakistan and other countries since 2004, The New York Times reported Sunday night.Citing anonymous U.S. officials, the Times story said the operations were authorized by a broad classified order that then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed and President Bush approved in spring 2004. The order gave the military aut stanley cup hority to attack al Qaeda anywhere in the world and to conduct operations in countries that were not at war with the U.S.One such operation was an Oct. 26 raid inside Syria, the Times reported. Washington has not formally acknowledged the raid, but U.S. officials have said the target was a top al Qaeda in Iraq figure. Syria has asked for proof and said eight civilians were killed in the attack.Sources told CBS News national security correspondent David Martin the raid targeted and killed Abu Ghadiyah, who was a senior al Qaeda in Iraq operative responsible for funneling foreign fighters and money into Iraq. A U.S. official called his death very significant, but no proof has been offered to verify the strike s success.The incursion prompted furious backlash in Syria, where t stanley water jug housands took to the streets in protest, the government demanded the closure of at least one American school, and Syria s military reportedly withdrew some of its own troops from the border with Iraq in retaliation. In September this year a team of Navy SEALs laid

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The European Union blocked General Electric Co. s $41 billion purchase of Honeywell International Inc. on Tuesday, the first time a proposed merger between two U.S. companies has been blocked solely by European regulators.The veto of one of th stanley becher e world s largest industrial mergers by the EU s 20-member executive Commission wa stanley website s widely expected after the American companies failed to allay European fears the deal would create an unfairly dominant position in markets for jetliner engine and avionics. The merger between GE and Honeywell, as it was notified would have severely reduced competition in the aerospace industry and resulted ultimately in higher prices for customers, particularly airlines, EU Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said in a statement.The Commission s decision was unanimous. It came after a one-hour meeting during which Monti presented the issues to his colleagues.EU officials, who s stanley cup poke on condition of anonymity said both companies were notified immediately after the decision. Honeywell Boss OutMichael R. Bonsignore resigned as chairman and chief executive of Honeywell International Tuesday following the European Commission s rejection of the company s planned $41 billion merger with General Electric Co.Bonsignore will be replaced by Lawrence A. Bossidy, the former chairman and chief executive of AlliedSignal Corp., which in 1999 acquired Honeywell and adopted the Honeywell name. Officials with both companies said they were disappointed after Europ

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bombing on Tuesday in a busy commercial area in Kabul, near a string of banks and not far from the U.S. Embassy, killed at least five peop adidas campus 80s le, Afghan officials said.According to Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the explosion likely targeted a branch of the privately owned Kabul Bank. The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan s compound is located about 500 yards down the road from the bank.Could prop planes turn the tide in the 16-year Afghan war More U.S. troops to be in Afghanistan pretty quickly, commander saysThe reaction to Trump s Afghanistan policy announcementAlong with the five killed, the attack also wounded nine, said Mohammad Salim Rasouli, chief of Kabul hospitals at the Health Ministry. He warned that those were only initial reports and that the casualty toll could rise further. Tillerson backs off Trump s Afghanistan N. Korea rhetoric adidas originals hamburg 05:23 Taliban spoksman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a message to journalists. The Taliban often target banks, especially at the end of the month when civil servants and military personnel line up to receive their salarie adidas yeezy s, or ahead of major Muslim holidays.Mujahid said the suicide bomber attacked the military side of the bank, where police and soldiers were getting their s Qvcb Floodwaters nearing their peak in Paris
His voice strained and his eyes welling with tears, Britain s usually stanley canada guarded Prime Minister Gordon Brown showed rare public emotion in a telev stanley becher ision interview as he discussed the trauma of his newborn daughter s death in 2002.Brown s unrestrained display in a conversation with celebrity journalist Piers Morgan, excerpts of which were broadcast Friday, comes ahead of a national election that experts expect to focus on leaders private lives like never before.The British leader s governing Labour Party has trailed in opinion polls for more than two years to the main opposition Conservatives, led stanley cups uk by David Cameron, a 43-year-old ex-public relations executive seemingly at ease with offering the public glimpses of his family life. I could hold her hand and I could feel that she knew I was there and there was nothing that you could see that was actually wrong, but she just wasn t growing, Brown said in the interview, referring to his daughter Jennifer, who suffered a brain hemorrhage and died 10 days after her birth.Brown s wife Sarah, who watched from the audience as the interview was taped last week, also appeared emotional as he described their grief and spoke of their son Fraser s cystic fibrosis. Some analysts believe Brown s interview, which will be broadcast in full Sunday, is aimed at showing a human side to the sometimes taciturn former Treasury chief before he and the amiable Cameron begin vying in the campaign.Britain s national election must be held by June 3. Th

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It s rare to qualify for the Olympic Games mdash; and it s even rarer to compete alongside your significant other. But at the upcoming Olympics and Paralympics, track and field power couple Hunter Woodhall and Tara Davis will both be representing Team USA.Woodhall, 22, is already a two-time P adidas campus beige aralympic medalist, winning a silver and a bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 in the 200-meter and 400-meter sprints, respectively. Davis, also 22, will compete in the Olympicsfor the first time in the long jump.For the couple, who fittingly met at a track meet in Idaho four years ago, trials were a whirlwind. Right after my race, I called Tara, adidas campus donna we celebrated, and I was like, Alright, we got one, one out of two is done, Woodhall told CBS News over Zoom.As soon as he finished competing, Woodhall said he quickly caught a plane from Minneapolis to Eugene, Oregon, to cheer Davis on during her trials. Just seeing Tara in her element, just absolutely killing it in every way, was super special, he said. And then being able to really share that moment together, where Tara made the Olympic team, we alre nike af ady know I m on the Paralympic team, and it was just like, everything we ve been through for the last four years has led up to this moment right now. And it was just super emotional. Tara Davis, second place in the Women s Long Jump Final, celebrates with boyfriend and Paralympian Hunter Woodhall on day 9 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track Field Team Trials at Hayw Bzuh Relatives say goodbye to Costa Concordia victims
A 14-year-old Dutch sai stanley cup lor aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world says she has reached Spain s Canary Islands off northwest Africa and plans to stay there for a while.The message appeared on Laura Dekker s website and was dated Wednesday, but it gave no details as to where on the seven-island archipelago she was. Messages sent stanley thermobecher to her website Thursday were not immediately answered. Now I m in the Canary Islands with the first stage of my trip behind me, Laura wrote on her website. It was a great first stage that I can look back on with a good feeling. Sleeping, eating, navigating and all the other things on board went well, she wrote. I ll have to look at land for a while now, but with the beautiful weather and great view here that will be fine, Laura added. Teen Sailor s Controversial Record AttemptDutch Teen Sets Sail on Solo World TripDutch Sailor, 14, Gets OK for Solo World TripCourt Blocks 13yr-Old s Circumnavigati stanley deutschland onShe is expected to stay in the Canary Islands while waiting for the Atlantic storm season to abate. During her stay she will be able to catch up on her schoolwork, receive family visits and install cameras on her yacht for a film to be made of the voyage.Laura set off from Gibraltar on Aug. 21.Her venture has stirred an intense debate about whether young people should be allowed to sail the world s oceans alone. After the Canary Islands, Laura intends to head south to the Cape Verde Islands off west Africa befo

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An American pilot accused of being a mercenary in Libya s civil war was released this week after being held in the country for six weeks, CBS News has confirmed. Jamie Christopher Sponaugle, an Air Force veteran who reportedly crashed in Libya while flying a Mirage F-1 combat jet over army forces last month, was released on Tuesday. According to The Washington Post, Sponaugle s plane went down on May 7 near the Libyan capita dunks shoes l of Tripoli, when it was shot down by the Libyan National Army. The Libyan National Army is one of two factions vying for control of Libya following the bloody 2011 revolution that deposed Muammar Qaddafi, with the other being the U airforce .N.-backed Government of National Accord.Sponaugle was allegedly a mercenary flying for the Government of National Accord. Records show he had been on active duty from November 2006 to April 2013 as an enlisted airman who worked as an airspace technician. The Washington Post reports he was not a pilot while in the Air Force and earned his pilot s license following active duty service. He served on the Florida Air National Guard from December 2013 to February 2017. We are always pleased to see Americans held captive overseas returned home to their friends and families, Ambassador Robert O Brien told CBS News in a statement. O Brien is the Trump Administration s envoy for hostage affairs. We appreciate his captors decision to nike af release him. We also thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its role in resolving this case. Due to pri Otph Oscar Pistorius has anxiety disorder, defense psychiatrist says during murder trial
Spanish social workers have inspected the home of a 10-year-old Romanian girl who gave birth last week to determine whether her baby is being properly cared for, officials said Thursday.Authorities in the small southern city of Lebrija also arranged a doctor s appointment to make sure the young mother and infan stanley mug t are doing well.In a statement, city officials said they are investigating when the pregnant child arrived in Spain and why she had not seen a doctor before showing up last week at a hospital to give birth.10-Year-Old Gives Birth in SpainAuthorities did not give details about the modest apartment where the 10-year-old girl is now living with her mother, but the mayor of Lebrija called it humble. Officials have said they could step in to oversee care of the girl and her baby if needed, but, but the statement Thursday did not reveal whether any problems were found or the results of the medical appointment.City officials will guarantee stanley trinkflaschen the protec water bottle stanley tion of the two minors, the statement said.The birth has shocked Spaniards and created an international sensation.The girl s mother told reporters earlier this week that she s delighted to have a new granddaughter and doesn t understand the fuss the birth has caused. She said the baby s father is a 13-year-old boy who is still in Romania. She also said since they are Romanian Gypsies, or Roma, it is their custom to marry very young.Arranged marriages for girls reaching puberty are relatively common among Ro

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- A deluge of rain set off landslides that smashed homes and filled streets with mud Wednesday in a mountain city in a coffee-growing part of Colombia, a af1 nd authorities said at least 17 people were killed and two dozen injured.The disaster struck in the early morning when many people in Manizales were still asleep, just as a flooding disaster two weeks ag adidas originals ultraboost o that caused more than 300 deaths in this Andean nationrsquo southern city of Mocoa.Dozens of hillsides gave way in Manizales after the city of nearly 400,000 people received the equivalent of a full monthrsquo rain in the span of five hours. The inundation caused at least 40 to 50 avalanches of mud and rock that destroyed homes and left several roadways impassable.Rescuers dug in thick layers of mud searching for nine people listed as missing. General view after mudslide samba og s in Manizales, Caldas department, Colombia, April 19, 2017. Getty Among those believed buried in the debris was a man trying to help several relatives after water began entering their home. A mudslide wrecked the house while he was still inside, though all of his family members managed to escape. Unfortunately, everything indicates he is buried in there, said Juan Carlos Rendon, a transit coordinator aiding operations in Manizales.The dead included a police officer and two children. Jult Snow Finally Socks Europe
Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish priests as a hero on Saturday, nearly 500 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave.His burial in a tomb in the cathedral where he once served as a church canon and doctor indicates how far the church has come in making peace with the scientist whose revolutionary theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun helped usher in the modern scientific age.Copernicus, who lived from 1473 to 1543, died as a little-known astronomer working in what is now Poland, far from Europe s centers of learning. He had spent years laboring in stanley cup his free time developing his theory, which was later condemned as heretical by the church because it removed Earth and humanity from their central position in the universe.His revolutionary model was based on complex mathematical calculations and his naked-eye observations of the heavens because the telescope had not yet been invented.After his death, his remains rested in an unmarked grave beneath the floor of the cathedral in Frombork, northern Poland, the exact locatio stanley thermoskannen n unknown. On Sat stanley tumblers urday, his remains were blessed with holy water by some of Poland s highest-ranking clerics before an honor guard ceremoniously carried the coffin through the imposing red brick cathedral and lowered it back into the same spot where part of his skull and other bones were found in 2005.A black granite tombstone now

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Most of Fiji was without electricity Sunday and residents were told to stay inside for a second straight night as officials scrambled to restore services and as nike air max sess damage in the wake of a ferocious cyclone that left at least six people dead and destroyed homes.Winds from Cyclone Winston, which tore through the Pacific Island chain over the weekend, reached 177 miles per hour, making it the strongest storm in the Southern Hemisphere since record-keeping began, according to the Weather Underground website.Although the weather calmed Sunday, a curfew was extended through early Monday and police were empowered to make arrests without a warrant to ensure order. Massive storm hits Fiji 00:57 In a televised address to the nation Sunday, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said many people had been left without power, fresh water or communications. The damage has b nike dunks panda een widespread, homes have been destroyed, many low-lying areas have flooded, and many people have been left stunned and confused about what to do, he said.He said that the po adidas samba adidas lice and military had been brought in to help with rescue operations and the general cleanup, and that government agencies were working overtime to clear roads and restore power. This is a time of sorrow, but it will also be a time of action Vmxl Putin: Trump camp Russia allegations damage U.S.
The United States and Russia pledged Tuesday to reduce their stockpiles of long-range nuclear weapons to the lowest possible level, although they have not yet agreed on specific numbers. We have a way to go in our discussion, U.S. envoy Robert G. Joseph said at a n stanley cup ews conference.Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Kislyak said it stanley thermoskannen would be too early to announce new and lower limits on arsenals of long-range nuclear warheads. We haven t agreed on that. As an outgrowth of the latest round of talks between President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two countries also said they were fully committed to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons technology.A pivotal 1991 treaty called for reduction of long-range U.S. and Russian nuclear missiles by about one-third, or to a maximum of 6,000 deployed strategic warheads, apiece. It is due to expire in December 2009. The 2002 Moscow treaty went further, calling o stanley website n each side to reduce its operationally deployed strategic warheads to 1,700 to 2,220.In an exchange of data last January, the Russians claimed to have 4,162 strategic warheads, and the United States claimed 5,866 in the U.S. arsenal.The Moscow treaty, which expires in December 2012, sets a limit of 1,700 to 2,200 operationally deployed warheads on each side.A senior Republican senator, Richard Lugar, who specializes in arms control, urged Mr. Bush before his talks Monday with Putin in Kennebunkport, Maine, to make sure the 1991 treaty was e

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A professional soccer player in South Africa died on Tuesday after collapsing during a morning training session, the Richards Bay Football Club said in a statement.The club, which runs the KwaZulu-Natal soccer team where the athlete played for the last three years, announced his death in a messa airmax plus ge shared to Twitter on Tuesday. Siphamandla Spepe Mtolo was a midfielder for the team, which competed in the South African Premiere Division, the country s top soccer league. It is with deep sadness to announce that Richards Bay Football Club has untimely lost one of the midfielder, Siphamandla Spepe Mtolo, the Richards Bay Football Club said in the announcement. He collapsed this morning during training. The cl adidas campus beige ub is not in a position to provide further information at this stage and ask that his family s privacy is respected in this difficult time of bereavement. His presence both on and off the pitch will be solely [sic] missed, the club wrote. Thoughts and prayers of everyone in Richards Bay Football Club are with his family, friends and loved ones. Official Statement regarding the passing of our player, 120294; 120310; 120317; 120309; 120302; 120314; 120302; 120315; 120305; 120313; 120302; 120294; 120317; 120306; 120317; 120306; 120288; 120321; 120316; 120313; 120316;. pic.twitter/TSrY25oXyqmdash; Richards Bay FC @RichardsBayFC_ March 7, 2023 Responding to the news of Mtolo s death, South Africa s Premier Soccer League s adidas originals damen aid moments of sile Jvux U.N. Security Council to resume Iran nuke talks
Battlefield intelligence increasingly points to the possibility the Iraqis might use chemical weapons, U.S. officials say, although American and British troops apparently have not found any of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein s alleged deadly agents in their search.Iraqi troops have been spotted betw stanley cup een U.S. and Iraqi lines wearing full chemical outfits, hoods, glo stanley cup ves and boots, U.S. officials familiar with military p stanley water bottle lanning and intelligence said. This gear would allow them to survive on a battlefield where chemical weapons were employed.Some were also seen unloading 50-gallon drums off trucks. U.S. intelligence is unsure what is in the drums, but officials are concerned.The officials noted that, separately, U.S. intelligence has determined that Iraqi troops are carrying antidotes for chemical attacks.These two disclosures have raised fears of a chemical attack on U.S. troops, who have been told to be ready to don chemical gear on a moment s notice. Chemical-protective suits have been found at other battle sites taken by U.S. forces. However, those forces have not reported finding any chemical weapons in their push toward Baghdad.The information comes as U.S. and British forces continue to bomb units of Iraq s Republican Guard, which U.S. intelligence believes are most likely to be equipped with chemical weapons intended for battlefield use.These include artillery shells and rockets that can hit targets within a few dozen miles.Saddam Hussein has arrayed most of his Republi

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JERUSALEM ndash; Muslim leaders have told Palestinians to return to Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa mosque to pray after Israel dismantled controversial new security measures, CBS Radio News correspondent Robert Berger reports.Israel installed metal detectors and cameras at the site known to Jews as the Temple Mount after a deadly Arab shooting attack two weeks ago. Thousands of Palestinians had been praying in the streets outside the shrine to protest the security measures since the crisis began. Trump committed to Israel-Palestinian peace deal 02:34 adidas campus 80s After extensive discussion and after achieving this victory in this round we call on our people in Jerusal air force 1 em and inside Israel and anyone who can access the Al-Aqsa Mosque to enter ... en masse, the Islamic leaders declared in a statement.The head of the Supreme Islamic Committee, Ikrema Sabri, said the first prayers would be held there Thursday afternoon.Israel installed the new security measures earlier this month after Palestinian gunmen shot an nike sb dunk d killed two police officers from within the site. It said the security measures were necessary to prevent more attacks and are standard procedure to ensure safety at sites around the world. Palestinians claimed Israel was trying to expand its control over the site.The issue sparked some of the worst stree Qvwr France cops detain boy, 8, over terrorist remarks
A U.S. Navy officer missing after a suspected communist guerrilla attack showed up late Wednesday, tired and hungry but unharmed.Navy Lt. Scott Alan Washburn, 33, of Celina, Ohio, had hidden during the attack that occurred on Mount Pinatubo, a volcano and stanley cup popular tourist spot. He holed up as night fell, then walked about three hours to Clark Air Force Base, said Maj. Allan Ballesteros, spokesman for the Philippine air force.About 1,300 Philippine soldiers had searched for Washburn on the ground and by helicopter since the attack Tuesday. Ballesteros said Washburn tried to flag down one of the helicopters but he wasn t spotted.Washburn, commissioned as an officer in 1998, has been in the Philippines five times. His father, Donald Washburn, of St. Marys, Ohio, also said he is an avid outdoorsman who would have little difficulty surviving under difficult circumstances.Washburn s first words were: I m very hungry, according to the Philippine officer. He was also very tired but was being debriefed before going to bed. He arrived at the base just after 11 p.m. He had been believed to be lost so stanley quencher mewhere near Pinatubo, a volcano about 55 miles nor stanley cup th of Manila that brims with small craters and volcanic debris, said Rigoberto Tiglao, spokesman for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.Washburn was among five American servicemen descending the volcano with four armed Filipino military escorts and two tour guides when at least 30 suspected guerrillas fired near them.Some of the assai

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In our World of Weddings series, CBS This Morning is exploring the different ways people get married and celebrate their love around the globe. Seth Doane traveled to Tel Aviv where he met a same-sex couple who had to find a legal loophole to get their marriage recognized.Tel Aviv, Israelndash; Liran Buchny and Maor Shtern met almost a decade ago when they were serving in Israel s army. Their wedding celebration was, no doubt, different. The venue: a nightclub, and the officiant was not a rabbi. But they wanted to keep some of the classic Jewish traditions including the toasts, the giant chuppah ndash; or canopy representing home ndash; and the stomping on glasses. I think that just by doing a big wedding in Israel, that s our big statement hellip; not letting the system adidas campus 80s take you down, Maor Shtern told CBS News correspondent Seth Doane.It had all the trappings, traditions and excit adidas campus ement of a wedding, but gay marriage is not legal in Israel. Israel embraces gay tourists ndash; even hosts a gay Pride ndash; but lags behind when it comes to gay rights.Still, hundreds of wedding guests gathered in a very public show of support. CBS News was with Shtern and Buchny ahead of the big day a mizuno handballschuh s they checked out the venue, the decorations and those all-important details like the rings. At their Tel Aviv apartment, we heard how the stresses of planning a wedding are universal. The couple said there have been arguments. But as a same-sex couple, there were considerabl Rvfz India s First Woman President Elected
TEHRAN, Iran - The lawyer for two Americans jailed as spies in Iran was back in court Tuesday seeking a second judge s signature on a bail deal that could free them after more than two years behind bars.Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were detained along the Iran-Iraq border in 2009 and were convicted last month of spying for the United States in a case that has deepened the mistrust between Washington and Tehran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raised hopes a week ago that the men, both 29 years old, could be released in a matter of days in what he described as a humanitarian gesture.Ahmadinejad heads to NYC without U.S. hikersDeal to free U.S. hikers in Iran hits snagIran: No timetable on commuting hikers sentencesBut months of internal p stanley thermos mug olitical battles between Ahmadinejad and his rivals in the clerical leadership and the judiciary appear to be holding up the possible deal to lift the men s eight-year prison sentences and free them on bail of $500,000 each.The official explanation for the latest snag was that a second judge whose signature is required on the bail papers was on vacation until Tuesday, their Iranian attor stanley cup ney has said. Masoud Shaf stanley cup iei told The Associated Press Tuesday he was back in court awaiting the judge s return. After what I was told two days ago, I went to the court again today, but the judge who should sign has not turned up yet, Shafiei said.A similar tussle between Iran s president and his rivals also initially held up a deal to release another Ame