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BEIJING -- China s former security chief was sentenced Thursday to life in pris nike dunk high on on corruption charges, in a victory for President Xi Jinping s anti-graft campaign seen as further cementing his authority by removing a potential challenger.Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the ruling Communist Party s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, is the biggest target to fall in Xi s drive to end the longstanding culture of bribe taking and influence peddling among officials. China s nike dunk low President Xi Jinping cracking down on corruption 02:00 China targets corruption in world s gambling capital 03:10 The First Intermediate People s Court of Tianjin said Zhou was sentenced after being tried May 22 on charges of receiving bribes, abuse of power and leaking state secrets. The trial was held behind closed doors because of the final charge.Zhou, 72, was sentenced to lesser terms on the abuse of power and state secrets charges, and was ordered to serve his sentences concurrently.The sentence also mandates the seizure of all of Zhou s personal adidas originals assets. While portrayed simply as a blow against corruption, Zhou s sentencing remove Sunp Plane with 19 on board crashes in Nepal
BAGHDAD - Gunmen forced their way onto a bus of traveling Shiite pilgrims Monday and shot all 22 men onboard as they traveled through western Iraq s remote desert on a trip to a holy shrine, security officials said.The bodies were discovered late Monday night, hours after the gang of gunmen stopped the bus at a fake security checkpoint and told all the women and children to get off, according to one security official who interviewed a survivor.The gunmen then drove the bus a few miles kilom stanley cup eters off the main highway between Baghdad and the Jordanian border in Iraq s Sunni-dominated Anbar province. The pilgrims stanley flask were ordered off the bus and shot one by one, the security officials said. The terrorists stopped the bus at gunpoint and killed 22 men, said Maj. Gen. Abdul-Hadi Rizayig, the provincial police chief.He said the highway is protected by the Iraqi army. Shiite pilgrims have been a favorite target for Sunni insurgents who are trying to revive the sectarian violence that brought Iraqi to the brink of civil war just a few years ago. Monday s attack comes fewer than four months before U.S. troops 151; who surged into Iraq in 2007 to stem the religious killings 151; are scheduled to leave the country.In Anbar in particular, many insurgents have launched attack stanley canada s while posing as soldiers or other security guards. And on Monday, one of the women who was forced off the bus told officials that there were four gunmen who were dressed in military uniforms and stopped th
BEIJING -- China s former security chief was sentenced Thursday to life in pris nike dunk high on on corruption charges, in a victory for President Xi Jinping s anti-graft campaign seen as further cementing his authority by removing a potential challenger.Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the ruling Communist Party s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, is the biggest target to fall in Xi s drive to end the longstanding culture of bribe taking and influence peddling among officials. China s nike dunk low President Xi Jinping cracking down on corruption 02:00 China targets corruption in world s gambling capital 03:10 The First Intermediate People s Court of Tianjin said Zhou was sentenced after being tried May 22 on charges of receiving bribes, abuse of power and leaking state secrets. The trial was held behind closed doors because of the final charge.Zhou, 72, was sentenced to lesser terms on the abuse of power and state secrets charges, and was ordered to serve his sentences concurrently.The sentence also mandates the seizure of all of Zhou s personal adidas originals assets. While portrayed simply as a blow against corruption, Zhou s sentencing remove Sunp Plane with 19 on board crashes in Nepal
BAGHDAD - Gunmen forced their way onto a bus of traveling Shiite pilgrims Monday and shot all 22 men onboard as they traveled through western Iraq s remote desert on a trip to a holy shrine, security officials said.The bodies were discovered late Monday night, hours after the gang of gunmen stopped the bus at a fake security checkpoint and told all the women and children to get off, according to one security official who interviewed a survivor.The gunmen then drove the bus a few miles kilom stanley cup eters off the main highway between Baghdad and the Jordanian border in Iraq s Sunni-dominated Anbar province. The pilgrims stanley flask were ordered off the bus and shot one by one, the security officials said. The terrorists stopped the bus at gunpoint and killed 22 men, said Maj. Gen. Abdul-Hadi Rizayig, the provincial police chief.He said the highway is protected by the Iraqi army. Shiite pilgrims have been a favorite target for Sunni insurgents who are trying to revive the sectarian violence that brought Iraqi to the brink of civil war just a few years ago. Monday s attack comes fewer than four months before U.S. troops 151; who surged into Iraq in 2007 to stem the religious killings 151; are scheduled to leave the country.In Anbar in particular, many insurgents have launched attack stanley canada s while posing as soldiers or other security guards. And on Monday, one of the women who was forced off the bus told officials that there were four gunmen who were dressed in military uniforms and stopped th
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SOCHI, Russia -- Anxiety and energy.Conviction and courage.They all combined Wednesday - alongwith one stunning fall - to set up an unpredictable race for the Olympic goldmedal in women s figure skating.Nerves almost got the best of Yuna Kimin the short program Wednesday night.Then she showed she is still the favorite to win another title. yeezy slide Sochi 2014: Julia Lipnitskaia 26 photos Her lead is almost as slim as it couldget, .28 points over a woman from the host country - no, not Julia Lipnitskaia. Russia s Adelina Sotnikova, witha snappy routine that had the crowd on its feet before she finished her finalspin, was second, while Lipnitskaiaplummeted to fifth after her fall on a triple flip.Italy s Carolina Kostner, whose Ave Maria program is almost a religious experience for her, was .80back. Chicago s Gracie Gold was fourth,within striking distance after overcoming a sense of stage fright.Kim, 23, would become the third womanto win consecutive Olympics, following Sonja Henie and Katarina Witt. But she ll probably need to calm down to stepup to the top of the podium. I am a human being, shesai airforces d. I get nervous all the time. nike dunk It just doesn t show on my face. Plenty showed on Lipnitskaia s face: sadness, disappointment,even disbelief - as if the Dsar Did WWI really stop for a Christmas Day soccer game
A Russian sailor who barricaded himself inside a nuclear-powered submarine after gunning down eight crew members killed himself Saturday when security officers stormed his hiding place in the torpedo compartment, officials said. The Defense Ministry press office, the Federal Security Service and a spokesman for the Northern Fleet said Alexander Kuzminykh, 19, committed suicide during the security operation, the Interfax and ITAR-Tass news agencies reported. Interfax had earlier cited the Federal Security Service as saying Kuzminykh was killed by an anti-terrorist unit that was dispatched to the submarine after he refus stanley mugs ed to surrender. Kuzminykh, who was drafted into the navy last year, went on a shooting spree overnight Thursday on the vessel in Severomorsk, near the northern port of Murmansk, the Defense Ministry said Friday. He stole a machine gun and shot the crew members to de stanley us ath before barricading himself in the vessel s torpedo section, officials said. The submarine belonged to the Bars class, a fleet submarine normally armed with nuclear cruise missiles and torpedoes, navy officials said. There were no missiles on board the docked submarine. Still, the torpedo compartment where Kuzminykh was holed up did contain conventional explosives, Interfax reported. Interfax said Kuzminykh had been in detention on disciplinary charges when he seized the weapon. He apparently used drugs and his mother said he had suffered from psychological problems in chi stanley thermos mug ldh
SOCHI, Russia -- Anxiety and energy.Conviction and courage.They all combined Wednesday - alongwith one stunning fall - to set up an unpredictable race for the Olympic goldmedal in women s figure skating.Nerves almost got the best of Yuna Kimin the short program Wednesday night.Then she showed she is still the favorite to win another title. yeezy slide Sochi 2014: Julia Lipnitskaia 26 photos Her lead is almost as slim as it couldget, .28 points over a woman from the host country - no, not Julia Lipnitskaia. Russia s Adelina Sotnikova, witha snappy routine that had the crowd on its feet before she finished her finalspin, was second, while Lipnitskaiaplummeted to fifth after her fall on a triple flip.Italy s Carolina Kostner, whose Ave Maria program is almost a religious experience for her, was .80back. Chicago s Gracie Gold was fourth,within striking distance after overcoming a sense of stage fright.Kim, 23, would become the third womanto win consecutive Olympics, following Sonja Henie and Katarina Witt. But she ll probably need to calm down to stepup to the top of the podium. I am a human being, shesai airforces d. I get nervous all the time. nike dunk It just doesn t show on my face. Plenty showed on Lipnitskaia s face: sadness, disappointment,even disbelief - as if the Dsar Did WWI really stop for a Christmas Day soccer game
A Russian sailor who barricaded himself inside a nuclear-powered submarine after gunning down eight crew members killed himself Saturday when security officers stormed his hiding place in the torpedo compartment, officials said. The Defense Ministry press office, the Federal Security Service and a spokesman for the Northern Fleet said Alexander Kuzminykh, 19, committed suicide during the security operation, the Interfax and ITAR-Tass news agencies reported. Interfax had earlier cited the Federal Security Service as saying Kuzminykh was killed by an anti-terrorist unit that was dispatched to the submarine after he refus stanley mugs ed to surrender. Kuzminykh, who was drafted into the navy last year, went on a shooting spree overnight Thursday on the vessel in Severomorsk, near the northern port of Murmansk, the Defense Ministry said Friday. He stole a machine gun and shot the crew members to de stanley us ath before barricading himself in the vessel s torpedo section, officials said. The submarine belonged to the Bars class, a fleet submarine normally armed with nuclear cruise missiles and torpedoes, navy officials said. There were no missiles on board the docked submarine. Still, the torpedo compartment where Kuzminykh was holed up did contain conventional explosives, Interfax reported. Interfax said Kuzminykh had been in detention on disciplinary charges when he seized the weapon. He apparently used drugs and his mother said he had suffered from psychological problems in chi stanley thermos mug ldh
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Budapest mdash; Official results from Hungary s general election on Sunday showed nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban s Fidesz party airmaxplus winning a fourth term in office by a much greater margin than pre-election polls had suggested, after a campaign overshadowed by the war in neighboring Ukraine.Addressing a jubilant crowd chanting his name, many of them wearing Fidesz s orange party color, Orban said, We have won a great victory -- a victory so great you can perhaps see it from the moon and certainly from Brussels. Orban s administration has presided over repeated confrontations with the European Union, including over the neutering of the press and judiciary, and measures targeting the LGBTQ community -- also the subject of a vote on Sunday. The 58-year-old, already the longest-serving head of government in the EU, was challenged by six united opposition parties seeking to roll back the illiberal revolution Orban s Fidesz party has pursued during 12 consecutive year adidas campus 00s s in office. Viktor Orban, Hungary s prime minister, gestures at the Fidesz campaign headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, on April 3, 2022. He scored a crushing election victory to clinch a fourth consecutive term, overcoming criticism about democratic backsliding, his lukewarm support for war-ravaged Ukraine and close ties with Russian nike dunks panda President Vladimir Putin. Akos Stiller / Bloomberg via Getty Images Iqwe 8 more arrests in U.K. tabloid bribery probe
Serbia s former preside stanley termoska nt surrendered to the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Monday to face charges that he was complicit in a crackdown on ethnic Albanians and possibly to testify in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic.Within hours of his arrival in the Netherlands, Milan Milutinovic was summoned from the prison in a suburb of The Hague to the international tribunal s courthouse for an hour-long meeting with the chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte.Milutinovic, informed of his rights, agreed to answer questions at a later date, prosecution spokeswoman Florence Hartmann said. She said the possibility of his testifying in the case against Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president, was not raised.During his presidency of Yugoslavia s stanley cups larger republic, Milutinovic was mostly a figurehead of Milosevic s regime. He lost what little influence he had when the former Balkans strongman was ousted in October 2000.But as a former member of Milosevic s inner circle and his wartime defense council, Milutinovic is believed to have potentially incriminating evidence that U.N. prosecutors want aired in court. Milosevic was extradited to the U.N. court in The Hague in June 2001 and went on trial last February on 66 counts of war crimes in the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.His trial, which has repeatedly been interrupted because of his ill health, was delayed for a second week M stanley mug onday while he recovered from the flu, tribunal officials said. Hearings were to resume Jan. 27.Milutinovic was charged in
Budapest mdash; Official results from Hungary s general election on Sunday showed nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban s Fidesz party airmaxplus winning a fourth term in office by a much greater margin than pre-election polls had suggested, after a campaign overshadowed by the war in neighboring Ukraine.Addressing a jubilant crowd chanting his name, many of them wearing Fidesz s orange party color, Orban said, We have won a great victory -- a victory so great you can perhaps see it from the moon and certainly from Brussels. Orban s administration has presided over repeated confrontations with the European Union, including over the neutering of the press and judiciary, and measures targeting the LGBTQ community -- also the subject of a vote on Sunday. The 58-year-old, already the longest-serving head of government in the EU, was challenged by six united opposition parties seeking to roll back the illiberal revolution Orban s Fidesz party has pursued during 12 consecutive year adidas campus 00s s in office. Viktor Orban, Hungary s prime minister, gestures at the Fidesz campaign headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, on April 3, 2022. He scored a crushing election victory to clinch a fourth consecutive term, overcoming criticism about democratic backsliding, his lukewarm support for war-ravaged Ukraine and close ties with Russian nike dunks panda President Vladimir Putin. Akos Stiller / Bloomberg via Getty Images Iqwe 8 more arrests in U.K. tabloid bribery probe
Serbia s former preside stanley termoska nt surrendered to the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Monday to face charges that he was complicit in a crackdown on ethnic Albanians and possibly to testify in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic.Within hours of his arrival in the Netherlands, Milan Milutinovic was summoned from the prison in a suburb of The Hague to the international tribunal s courthouse for an hour-long meeting with the chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte.Milutinovic, informed of his rights, agreed to answer questions at a later date, prosecution spokeswoman Florence Hartmann said. She said the possibility of his testifying in the case against Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president, was not raised.During his presidency of Yugoslavia s stanley cups larger republic, Milutinovic was mostly a figurehead of Milosevic s regime. He lost what little influence he had when the former Balkans strongman was ousted in October 2000.But as a former member of Milosevic s inner circle and his wartime defense council, Milutinovic is believed to have potentially incriminating evidence that U.N. prosecutors want aired in court. Milosevic was extradited to the U.N. court in The Hague in June 2001 and went on trial last February on 66 counts of war crimes in the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.His trial, which has repeatedly been interrupted because of his ill health, was delayed for a second week M stanley mug onday while he recovered from the flu, tribunal officials said. Hearings were to resume Jan. 27.Milutinovic was charged in
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican dr adidas yeezy ug boss Hector Manuel Beltran Leyva, once one of Mexico s most-wanted men, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack in jail. The Interior Ministry said that Beltran Leyva, 56, was transpo adidas originals rted to a hospital the central city of Toluca after complaining of chest pains but that doctors were unable to save him.Beltran Leyva received the necessary medical attention and prison and hospital personnel did everything in their capacity to revive him, the ministry said, emphasizi dunk panda ng that security protocols were observed.Beltran Leyva was arrested in 2014 in San Miguel de Allende, a colonial city favored by U.S. retirees, but had eluded an extradition request from the United States.The family-run Beltran Leyva cartel was once a leading player in Mexican drug trafficking, with control of the U.S. border region in Sonora. In 2008, a federation dominated by the Sinaloa Cartel, which included the Beltran Leyva organization, broke apart, sparking one of the bloodiest episodes of Mexican cartel infighting.Brothers Alfredo and Carlos were arrested, while Arturo was killed by security forces. Hector s wife Clara Laborin Archuleta was arrested in 2016 after taking over cartel operations and trying to reassert control in the Pacific Coast resort of Acapulco. Splinter groups have subjected Acapulco to unrelenting waves of violence and extortions. Sinaloa Cartel leader and infamous escape artist Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, who is currently on trial at a federal court i Bkrt There will be dead Americans as a result of Iran general being killed, ex-CIA deputy director says
The Obama administration on Tuesday faulted Malaysia, a key U.S. partner in Southeast Asia, for failing to do enough to stop the sexual and forced labor exploitation of women and children.The State D stanley mug epartment s annual Trafficking in Persons Report put Malaysia on its list of top traffick stanley thermos ing offenders. Repeat offenders on that list include North Korea, Myanmar and Fiji.Countries cited for failing to take adequate steps to address trafficking can be subject to limited sanctions. The report is meant to expose trafficking problems around the world and propose solutions.The report said that Malaysia is a destination and source for women and children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and for men, women and children trafficked for the purpose of forced labor. It recommended that Malaysia s government fully implement and enforce anti-trafficking laws and increase prosecutions, convictions and sentences for both sex and labor trafficking. The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said in an April report that illegal Myanmar migrants deported from Malaysia were forced to work in brothels, fishing boats and restaurants across the border in stanley fr Thailand if they had no money to buy their freedom.Malaysia said it found no evidence to support the claim that thousands of deported Myanmar migrants were handed over to human traffickers in Thailand.The State Department report also expressed worry about worsening trafficking records in the Philippines, Cambo
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican dr adidas yeezy ug boss Hector Manuel Beltran Leyva, once one of Mexico s most-wanted men, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack in jail. The Interior Ministry said that Beltran Leyva, 56, was transpo adidas originals rted to a hospital the central city of Toluca after complaining of chest pains but that doctors were unable to save him.Beltran Leyva received the necessary medical attention and prison and hospital personnel did everything in their capacity to revive him, the ministry said, emphasizi dunk panda ng that security protocols were observed.Beltran Leyva was arrested in 2014 in San Miguel de Allende, a colonial city favored by U.S. retirees, but had eluded an extradition request from the United States.The family-run Beltran Leyva cartel was once a leading player in Mexican drug trafficking, with control of the U.S. border region in Sonora. In 2008, a federation dominated by the Sinaloa Cartel, which included the Beltran Leyva organization, broke apart, sparking one of the bloodiest episodes of Mexican cartel infighting.Brothers Alfredo and Carlos were arrested, while Arturo was killed by security forces. Hector s wife Clara Laborin Archuleta was arrested in 2016 after taking over cartel operations and trying to reassert control in the Pacific Coast resort of Acapulco. Splinter groups have subjected Acapulco to unrelenting waves of violence and extortions. Sinaloa Cartel leader and infamous escape artist Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, who is currently on trial at a federal court i Bkrt There will be dead Americans as a result of Iran general being killed, ex-CIA deputy director says
The Obama administration on Tuesday faulted Malaysia, a key U.S. partner in Southeast Asia, for failing to do enough to stop the sexual and forced labor exploitation of women and children.The State D stanley mug epartment s annual Trafficking in Persons Report put Malaysia on its list of top traffick stanley thermos ing offenders. Repeat offenders on that list include North Korea, Myanmar and Fiji.Countries cited for failing to take adequate steps to address trafficking can be subject to limited sanctions. The report is meant to expose trafficking problems around the world and propose solutions.The report said that Malaysia is a destination and source for women and children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and for men, women and children trafficked for the purpose of forced labor. It recommended that Malaysia s government fully implement and enforce anti-trafficking laws and increase prosecutions, convictions and sentences for both sex and labor trafficking. The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said in an April report that illegal Myanmar migrants deported from Malaysia were forced to work in brothels, fishing boats and restaurants across the border in stanley fr Thailand if they had no money to buy their freedom.Malaysia said it found no evidence to support the claim that thousands of deported Myanmar migrants were handed over to human traffickers in Thailand.The State Department report also expressed worry about worsening trafficking records in the Philippines, Cambo
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Organizers of a cultural festival in Haiti celebrating the Afro-Caribbean LGBTQ community said Tuesday that it has been called off due to numerous t adidas samba og hreats of violence and a subsequent prohibition by a government commissioner.The four-day Massimadi film, art and performance event was supposed to start Tuesday in the capital, Port-au-Prince, but organizers it had to be postponed as a prominent Haitian cultural institution known as FOKAL and other co-hosts were threatened with arson and other attacks.FOKAL has been receiving threats of outrageous violence, said Lorraine Mangones, executive director of the nonprofit Knowledge Freedom Foundation. dunks Haiti aims to attract more tourism 02:44 Jeudy Charlot of the gay rights group Kouraj, the main organizer of the event, said he is determined that the arts festival by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Haitians and their supporters will be held at a later date.There are very homophobic people who are against it, and the government official who is responsible for the jurisdiction of Port-au-Prince has also taken a decision to prevent the festival for now, said Charlot. But we still plan on holding Massimadi in the future.Capital Commissioner Jean Danton Leg air force 1 er confirmed that he issued an o Lfdu Calling out China on hacking may be working, experts say
U.S. soldiers are building a three-mile wall to protect a Sunni Arab enclave surrounded stanley becher by Shiite neighborhoods in a Baghdad area trapped in a spiral of sectarian violence and retaliation, the military said.When the wall is finished, the minority Sunni community of Azamiyah, on the eastern side of the Tigris River, will be gated, and traffic control points manned by Iraqi soldiers will be the only entries, the military said. Shiites are coming in and hitting Sunnis, and Sunnis are retaliating across the street, said Capt. Scott McLearn, of the U.S. 407th Brigade Support Battalion, which began the project April 10 and is working almost nightly until the wall is complete, the statement said.It said the concrete wall, including barriers as tall as 12 feet, is one of the centerpieces of a new strategy by coalition and Iraqi forces to break the cycle of sectarian violence in Baghdad.As the wall went up, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates continued his surprise trip to Iraq by hammering home his message that the U.S. was not i stanley quencher nterested in an open-ended presence in the country. Our commitment to Iraq is long-term, but it its not a commitment to having our young men and women patrolling Iraq s streets open-endedly, Gates said at a news conference in Baghdad.Gates said he encouraged the Iraqis to pass legislation on political reconciliation and the sharing of oil revenues among the stanley flask Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. He told them whether they take action on these measures will b
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Organizers of a cultural festival in Haiti celebrating the Afro-Caribbean LGBTQ community said Tuesday that it has been called off due to numerous t adidas samba og hreats of violence and a subsequent prohibition by a government commissioner.The four-day Massimadi film, art and performance event was supposed to start Tuesday in the capital, Port-au-Prince, but organizers it had to be postponed as a prominent Haitian cultural institution known as FOKAL and other co-hosts were threatened with arson and other attacks.FOKAL has been receiving threats of outrageous violence, said Lorraine Mangones, executive director of the nonprofit Knowledge Freedom Foundation. dunks Haiti aims to attract more tourism 02:44 Jeudy Charlot of the gay rights group Kouraj, the main organizer of the event, said he is determined that the arts festival by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Haitians and their supporters will be held at a later date.There are very homophobic people who are against it, and the government official who is responsible for the jurisdiction of Port-au-Prince has also taken a decision to prevent the festival for now, said Charlot. But we still plan on holding Massimadi in the future.Capital Commissioner Jean Danton Leg air force 1 er confirmed that he issued an o Lfdu Calling out China on hacking may be working, experts say
U.S. soldiers are building a three-mile wall to protect a Sunni Arab enclave surrounded stanley becher by Shiite neighborhoods in a Baghdad area trapped in a spiral of sectarian violence and retaliation, the military said.When the wall is finished, the minority Sunni community of Azamiyah, on the eastern side of the Tigris River, will be gated, and traffic control points manned by Iraqi soldiers will be the only entries, the military said. Shiites are coming in and hitting Sunnis, and Sunnis are retaliating across the street, said Capt. Scott McLearn, of the U.S. 407th Brigade Support Battalion, which began the project April 10 and is working almost nightly until the wall is complete, the statement said.It said the concrete wall, including barriers as tall as 12 feet, is one of the centerpieces of a new strategy by coalition and Iraqi forces to break the cycle of sectarian violence in Baghdad.As the wall went up, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates continued his surprise trip to Iraq by hammering home his message that the U.S. was not i stanley quencher nterested in an open-ended presence in the country. Our commitment to Iraq is long-term, but it its not a commitment to having our young men and women patrolling Iraq s streets open-endedly, Gates said at a news conference in Baghdad.Gates said he encouraged the Iraqis to pass legislation on political reconciliation and the sharing of oil revenues among the stanley flask Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. He told them whether they take action on these measures will b
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In this April 14, 2019 photo, Muqadas Ashraf speaks to The Associated Press in Gujranwala, Pakistan. AP Gujranwala, Pakistan -- Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride. Less than five months later, Muqadas is back in her home country, pregnant and seeking a divorce from a husband she says was abusive.She is one of hundreds of poor Christian girls who have been trafficked to China in a market for brides that has swiftly grown in Pakistan s asics gel ince late last year, activists say. Brokers are aggressively seeking out girls for Chinese men, sometimes even cruising outside churches to ask for potential brides. They are being helped by Christian clerics paid to target impoverished parents in their congregation with promises of wealth in exchange for their daughters.Parents receive several thousand dollars and are told that their new sons-in-law are wealthy C mizuno running hristian converts. The grooms turn out to be neither, according to several brides, their parents, an activist, pastors and government officials, all of whom spoke to The Associated Press. Once in China, the girls -- most often married against their will -- can find themselves isolated in remote rural regions, vulnerable to abuse, una nike dunk high ble to communicate and reliant on a translation app even for a glass of water.Pakistani Christian girl s long blasphemy legal battle Hyil A first up-close look at the U.S. military s Gaza pier project, which has struggled to get aid to Palestinians
Arriving to a hero s welcome in France, Ingrid Betancourt said Friday that she cried a lot during her six years as a prisoner in the Colombian jungle. Today, she said, I cry with joy. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife met the French-Colombian politician on the tarmac of an air base southwest of Paris, showering her with hugs, kisses and smiles.Betancourt, 46, became a cause celebre in France after her abduction in 2002 while campaigning for Colombia s presidency. During her captivity by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, supporters around France held candlelight vigils and benefit concerts to attract world a stanley cup ttention to her plight.Her release in an ingenious Colombian military operation Wednesday was greeted here with a flood of enthusiasm. Hundreds of people, some wavi stanley cup ng Col stanley romania ombian or French flags, many with cameras, lined up Friday behind police barriers around Paris Elysee presidential palace in hopes of catching a glimpse of her. France is my home and you are my family, Betancourt said in an address from the wind-swept runway broadcast live on French television. Addressing the French people, she said their support and mobilization in her favor saved my life. I have cried a lot during this time from pain and indignation. Today, I cry with joy, she said, her voice choked and eyes moist.Sarkozy praised Betancourt as a beacon of hope for people in dire situations. All those, like you, who suffer throughout the world should know that ... there i
In this April 14, 2019 photo, Muqadas Ashraf speaks to The Associated Press in Gujranwala, Pakistan. AP Gujranwala, Pakistan -- Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride. Less than five months later, Muqadas is back in her home country, pregnant and seeking a divorce from a husband she says was abusive.She is one of hundreds of poor Christian girls who have been trafficked to China in a market for brides that has swiftly grown in Pakistan s asics gel ince late last year, activists say. Brokers are aggressively seeking out girls for Chinese men, sometimes even cruising outside churches to ask for potential brides. They are being helped by Christian clerics paid to target impoverished parents in their congregation with promises of wealth in exchange for their daughters.Parents receive several thousand dollars and are told that their new sons-in-law are wealthy C mizuno running hristian converts. The grooms turn out to be neither, according to several brides, their parents, an activist, pastors and government officials, all of whom spoke to The Associated Press. Once in China, the girls -- most often married against their will -- can find themselves isolated in remote rural regions, vulnerable to abuse, una nike dunk high ble to communicate and reliant on a translation app even for a glass of water.Pakistani Christian girl s long blasphemy legal battle Hyil A first up-close look at the U.S. military s Gaza pier project, which has struggled to get aid to Palestinians
Arriving to a hero s welcome in France, Ingrid Betancourt said Friday that she cried a lot during her six years as a prisoner in the Colombian jungle. Today, she said, I cry with joy. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife met the French-Colombian politician on the tarmac of an air base southwest of Paris, showering her with hugs, kisses and smiles.Betancourt, 46, became a cause celebre in France after her abduction in 2002 while campaigning for Colombia s presidency. During her captivity by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, supporters around France held candlelight vigils and benefit concerts to attract world a stanley cup ttention to her plight.Her release in an ingenious Colombian military operation Wednesday was greeted here with a flood of enthusiasm. Hundreds of people, some wavi stanley cup ng Col stanley romania ombian or French flags, many with cameras, lined up Friday behind police barriers around Paris Elysee presidential palace in hopes of catching a glimpse of her. France is my home and you are my family, Betancourt said in an address from the wind-swept runway broadcast live on French television. Addressing the French people, she said their support and mobilization in her favor saved my life. I have cried a lot during this time from pain and indignation. Today, I cry with joy, she said, her voice choked and eyes moist.Sarkozy praised Betancourt as a beacon of hope for people in dire situations. All those, like you, who suffer throughout the world should know that ... there i
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JOHANNESBURG, South Afric samba og a -- BringBackOurGirls. Remember that hashtag The social media campaign that accompanied global outrage over Boko Haram s abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls on the eve of their final exams went viral almost instantly. Still no trace of 200 kidnapped girls in Nigeria salomon zapatillas 02:12 Flash Points: Can Boko Haram be stopped 04:06 That was nine months ago. The girls have not been seen since and it appears the world is suffering from what one commentator called collective amnesia. But for the people of Nigeria, there is no such thing as the luxury of forgetting and moving on. Hardly a week goes recently without word of another Boko Haram atrocity. Much of the violence happens in the northern states of Borno and Yobe -- the heart of Boko Haram s stronghold, where they have been conducting a violent ISIS-style land-grab. It s estimated they now control territory about half the size of Iceland -- 20,000 square miles -- with a population of 1.7 million people.Boko Haram fighters are alarmingly well-equipped and the nike sb dunk Nigerian military frequently complains that it is outmanned and outgunned by the gr Pslt Chaim Topol, Israeli actor best known for Fiddler on the Roof, dies at 87
Last Updated 10:23 p.m. ETTRIPOLI, Libya - Now that Libya s rebels have taken over most of the capital city of Tripoli, the qu stanley tumbler estion remains: Where is Muammar Qaddafi His 42-year rule teetered on the brink of collapse, making the mood in rebel-held areas completely joyful, reports CBS News correspondent Barry Peterson. Parents took children out into the streets, and turned destroyed tanks into photo-ops.Months of NATO airstrikes have left Qaddafi s Bab al-Aziziya compound in stanley trinkflaschen Tripoli largely demolished. Most of his security forces fled or surrendered when rebel forces rolled into the capital Sunday night and took control of most of the city. And three of his sons are under arrest.While there was joy, there was also trepidation in the capital, as rebels continued to fight pockets of fierce resistance from regime loyalists firing mortars and anti-aircraft guns. Rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Rahman, who was in Tripoli, said the danger is still there as long as Qaddafi remains on the run. The real moment of victory is when Qaddafi is captured, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the head of the rebel Trans stanley cup itional National Council, told a news conference in the opposition s de facto capital of Benghazi, hundreds of miles east of Tripoli. He said the rebels have no idea where Qaddafi is and whether he is even in Tripoli. An Obama administration official said the U.S. had no indication that Qaddafi had left Libya.President Barack Obama said the situation in Libya reached a tipping poin
JOHANNESBURG, South Afric samba og a -- BringBackOurGirls. Remember that hashtag The social media campaign that accompanied global outrage over Boko Haram s abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls on the eve of their final exams went viral almost instantly. Still no trace of 200 kidnapped girls in Nigeria salomon zapatillas 02:12 Flash Points: Can Boko Haram be stopped 04:06 That was nine months ago. The girls have not been seen since and it appears the world is suffering from what one commentator called collective amnesia. But for the people of Nigeria, there is no such thing as the luxury of forgetting and moving on. Hardly a week goes recently without word of another Boko Haram atrocity. Much of the violence happens in the northern states of Borno and Yobe -- the heart of Boko Haram s stronghold, where they have been conducting a violent ISIS-style land-grab. It s estimated they now control territory about half the size of Iceland -- 20,000 square miles -- with a population of 1.7 million people.Boko Haram fighters are alarmingly well-equipped and the nike sb dunk Nigerian military frequently complains that it is outmanned and outgunned by the gr Pslt Chaim Topol, Israeli actor best known for Fiddler on the Roof, dies at 87
Last Updated 10:23 p.m. ETTRIPOLI, Libya - Now that Libya s rebels have taken over most of the capital city of Tripoli, the qu stanley tumbler estion remains: Where is Muammar Qaddafi His 42-year rule teetered on the brink of collapse, making the mood in rebel-held areas completely joyful, reports CBS News correspondent Barry Peterson. Parents took children out into the streets, and turned destroyed tanks into photo-ops.Months of NATO airstrikes have left Qaddafi s Bab al-Aziziya compound in stanley trinkflaschen Tripoli largely demolished. Most of his security forces fled or surrendered when rebel forces rolled into the capital Sunday night and took control of most of the city. And three of his sons are under arrest.While there was joy, there was also trepidation in the capital, as rebels continued to fight pockets of fierce resistance from regime loyalists firing mortars and anti-aircraft guns. Rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Rahman, who was in Tripoli, said the danger is still there as long as Qaddafi remains on the run. The real moment of victory is when Qaddafi is captured, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the head of the rebel Trans stanley cup itional National Council, told a news conference in the opposition s de facto capital of Benghazi, hundreds of miles east of Tripoli. He said the rebels have no idea where Qaddafi is and whether he is even in Tripoli. An Obama administration official said the U.S. had no indication that Qaddafi had left Libya.President Barack Obama said the situation in Libya reached a tipping poin
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MIAMI -- Two children of a 52-year-old Alabama woma adidas originals samba n who died on a cruise from Florida to Aruba said she was nervous about taking the trip. Timothy Tenorio told ABC s Good Morning America on Tuesday that his mother, Almarosa Tenorio, told him when she said goodbye that it might be the last time she hugged him.His sis air force 1 ter, Andrea Smith, said their mother, who died November 13, did not want to go on the Princess Cruises trip with her husband, Leo Tenorio. They said Leo Tenorio told them the couple was going to work on their relationship during the trip. Local authorities in Aruba said Leo Tenorio was questioned but is not a suspect.According to USA Today, Aruba-based Diarioreportedthe woman plunged from an upper deck of the 3,600-passenger Royal Princess onto a lifeboat after struggling with a man who was seen choking her. Princess Cruises has said, We are deeply saddened by this incident and offer our sincere condolences to the family and those affected. The Santa Clarita, Cali adidas samba damen fornia-based cruise line said in a statement Monday that the case remains an active investigation by the FBI. More from CBS News Lori Vallow Daybell can be tried in the death of estranged husband Qztk Rubbing Shoulders In Davos
Last Updated 9:36 a.m. ETKABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. official said all 1 kubki stanley 3 NATO service members killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital were American troops.The car bomb struck an American convoy in Kabul, hitting an armored bus carrying U.S. soldiers which then burst into flames. The official stanley deutschland confirmed the nationalities shortly after NATO issued a statement saying that 13 o stanley thermos mug f its forces were killed inSaturday s blast. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.The attack also killed four Afghan civilians, including a policeman and schoolchildren CBS News correspondent Mandy Clark, reporting from Kabul, said helicopters landed near the scene and air-lifted a number of casualties, according to eyewitnesses. It was a huge blast, one eyewitness said. I went closer to the convoy and saw several Americans on fire. Afghan Ahmad Fawad, 20, who was injured in a suicide car bomber attack, sits in a hospital bed after receiving treatment, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. They said the bomber had more than 1,500 pounds of explosives in his car. The Taliban insists they will continue to target foreign forces until they all pull out of Afghanistan, said Clark. Violence across the country is at its worse since the start
MIAMI -- Two children of a 52-year-old Alabama woma adidas originals samba n who died on a cruise from Florida to Aruba said she was nervous about taking the trip. Timothy Tenorio told ABC s Good Morning America on Tuesday that his mother, Almarosa Tenorio, told him when she said goodbye that it might be the last time she hugged him.His sis air force 1 ter, Andrea Smith, said their mother, who died November 13, did not want to go on the Princess Cruises trip with her husband, Leo Tenorio. They said Leo Tenorio told them the couple was going to work on their relationship during the trip. Local authorities in Aruba said Leo Tenorio was questioned but is not a suspect.According to USA Today, Aruba-based Diarioreportedthe woman plunged from an upper deck of the 3,600-passenger Royal Princess onto a lifeboat after struggling with a man who was seen choking her. Princess Cruises has said, We are deeply saddened by this incident and offer our sincere condolences to the family and those affected. The Santa Clarita, Cali adidas samba damen fornia-based cruise line said in a statement Monday that the case remains an active investigation by the FBI. More from CBS News Lori Vallow Daybell can be tried in the death of estranged husband Qztk Rubbing Shoulders In Davos
Last Updated 9:36 a.m. ETKABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. official said all 1 kubki stanley 3 NATO service members killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital were American troops.The car bomb struck an American convoy in Kabul, hitting an armored bus carrying U.S. soldiers which then burst into flames. The official stanley deutschland confirmed the nationalities shortly after NATO issued a statement saying that 13 o stanley thermos mug f its forces were killed inSaturday s blast. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.The attack also killed four Afghan civilians, including a policeman and schoolchildren CBS News correspondent Mandy Clark, reporting from Kabul, said helicopters landed near the scene and air-lifted a number of casualties, according to eyewitnesses. It was a huge blast, one eyewitness said. I went closer to the convoy and saw several Americans on fire. Afghan Ahmad Fawad, 20, who was injured in a suicide car bomber attack, sits in a hospital bed after receiving treatment, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. They said the bomber had more than 1,500 pounds of explosives in his car. The Taliban insists they will continue to target foreign forces until they all pull out of Afghanistan, said Clark. Violence across the country is at its worse since the start
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J.K. Rowling has issued a statement in response to accusations that she made anti-trans and transphobic comments on Twitter last weekend, following intense backlash. In the lengthy statement, the Harry Potter aut adidas sambarose hor defendsher most recent comments, discusses her history of controversial opinions about the transgender community, and opens up about a traumatic part of her personal past. This isn t an easy piece to write, for reasons that will shortly become clear, but I know it s time to explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity, the writer began in a statement posted on her website Wednesday. I write this without any desire to add to that toxicity. The author noted that she has been receiving accusations and threats from trans activists on Twitter for years, including blowback over her support for the researcher Maya Forstaterin December. Forstater lost her job and an employment court casei adidas originals samba n the U.K. due to a series of tweets in which she disputed the gender identity of trans people.Rowling said she had stepped back from Twitter until recently, when she wanted to share her new children s book The Ickabog. Upon her return, she said she was immediately called a TERF, an acronym for a trans-exclusionary radical feminist mdash; an accusation she said has been used to intimidate others. Rowling initially announced her Wednesday statement with a tweet air force one that simply read, TERF wars. TERF warshttps://t.co/mc58tGXOjsmdash; J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling June 10 Oloc Malala: $45K will fund building girls school in Pakistan
Updated 4:15 a.m.DHAKA, Bangladesh The defects and errors that led to the world s deadliest garment industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on to extremely poor quality construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh s government concluded.The committee recommended life prison sentences for the owners of the building and the five garment factories that operated there, though the charges they currently face carry a maximum seven-year term. The report, submitted to the government Wednesday, says nothing about the role that an inadequate regulatory system played in the April 24 collapse, which left more than 1,100 peop stanley flask le dead.The disaster highlighted the hazardous working conditions in Bangladesh s $20 billion garment industry and the lack of safety for millions of workers stanley cup who are paid as little as $38 a month. The 1,127 killed at Rana Plaza in the Dhaka suburb of Savar are among at least 1,800 Bangladesh garment-industry workers killed in fires or building collapses since 2005.CBS News goes undercover in a Bangladesh clothing factoryApparel giants back safety plan in BangladeshBangladesh ends building collapse search; final toll is 1,127The investigating committ stanley water bottle ee, appointed by the interior ministry, found that the ground Rana Plaza was built on was unfit for a multi-story building. A portion of the building was constructed on land
J.K. Rowling has issued a statement in response to accusations that she made anti-trans and transphobic comments on Twitter last weekend, following intense backlash. In the lengthy statement, the Harry Potter aut adidas sambarose hor defendsher most recent comments, discusses her history of controversial opinions about the transgender community, and opens up about a traumatic part of her personal past. This isn t an easy piece to write, for reasons that will shortly become clear, but I know it s time to explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity, the writer began in a statement posted on her website Wednesday. I write this without any desire to add to that toxicity. The author noted that she has been receiving accusations and threats from trans activists on Twitter for years, including blowback over her support for the researcher Maya Forstaterin December. Forstater lost her job and an employment court casei adidas originals samba n the U.K. due to a series of tweets in which she disputed the gender identity of trans people.Rowling said she had stepped back from Twitter until recently, when she wanted to share her new children s book The Ickabog. Upon her return, she said she was immediately called a TERF, an acronym for a trans-exclusionary radical feminist mdash; an accusation she said has been used to intimidate others. Rowling initially announced her Wednesday statement with a tweet air force one that simply read, TERF wars. TERF warshttps://t.co/mc58tGXOjsmdash; J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling June 10 Oloc Malala: $45K will fund building girls school in Pakistan
Updated 4:15 a.m.DHAKA, Bangladesh The defects and errors that led to the world s deadliest garment industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on to extremely poor quality construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh s government concluded.The committee recommended life prison sentences for the owners of the building and the five garment factories that operated there, though the charges they currently face carry a maximum seven-year term. The report, submitted to the government Wednesday, says nothing about the role that an inadequate regulatory system played in the April 24 collapse, which left more than 1,100 peop stanley flask le dead.The disaster highlighted the hazardous working conditions in Bangladesh s $20 billion garment industry and the lack of safety for millions of workers stanley cup who are paid as little as $38 a month. The 1,127 killed at Rana Plaza in the Dhaka suburb of Savar are among at least 1,800 Bangladesh garment-industry workers killed in fires or building collapses since 2005.CBS News goes undercover in a Bangladesh clothing factoryApparel giants back safety plan in BangladeshBangladesh ends building collapse search; final toll is 1,127The investigating committ stanley water bottle ee, appointed by the interior ministry, found that the ground Rana Plaza was built on was unfit for a multi-story building. A portion of the building was constructed on land
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Nurcholis Anhari Lubis/Getty Images A worker puts rolled snakes into the oven of a snake slaughterhouse in the village of Kertasura, adidas originals Cirebon, Indonesia, March 2, 2014.Snake skins measuring in the hundreds of meters are sold to factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The skins are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts.The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah $15 USD and 300,000 rupiah $30 USD , depending on its size. When snake skins reach Western fashion houses the price can increase dramatically and sell for up to $4,000 USD. Cirebon, Indonesia Nurcholis Anhari Lubis/Getty Images Snakes are placed in a pool before being pelted in the village of Kertasura,March 2, 2014. Ci adidas samba rebon, Indonesia Nurcholis Anhari Lubis/Getty Images A worker smooths dried snake skins, March 2, 2014. Cirebon, Indonesia Nurcholis Anhari Lubis/Getty Images Snake skins, which already pa nike dunk ssed the coloring process, are ready to be sent to the factory, March 2, 2014. Cirebon, Indonesia Ayxr U.S., Afghanistan reach deal on strategic pact
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Nurcholis Anhari Lubis/Getty Images A worker puts rolled snakes into the oven of a snake slaughterhouse in the village of Kertasura, adidas originals Cirebon, Indonesia, March 2, 2014.Snake skins measuring in the hundreds of meters are sold to factories in the West and Central Java provinces on a monthly basis. The skins are used to make bags, shoes, wallets and belts.The price of a bag made from snake skin costs between 150,000 rupiah $15 USD and 300,000 rupiah $30 USD , depending on its size. When snake skins reach Western fashion houses the price can increase dramatically and sell for up to $4,000 USD. Cirebon, Indonesia Nurcholis Anhari Lubis/Getty Images Snakes are placed in a pool before being pelted in the village of Kertasura,March 2, 2014. Ci adidas samba rebon, Indonesia Nurcholis Anhari Lubis/Getty Images A worker smooths dried snake skins, March 2, 2014. Cirebon, Indonesia Nurcholis Anhari Lubis/Getty Images Snake skins, which already pa nike dunk ssed the coloring process, are ready to be sent to the factory, March 2, 2014. Cirebon, Indonesia Ayxr U.S., Afghanistan reach deal on strategic pact
The Marine Corps on Friday dropped charges and gave full immunity to a serviceman who was accused of involuntary manslaughter in a squad s killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005.The case against Lance Cpl. St stanley tumbler ep stanley cup hen Tatum, 26, of Edmond, Okla., was dropped as jury selection was about to begin for his court-martial.The government has been seeking Tatum s testimony against the squad leader, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich of Meriden, Conn.In February, Tatum received an order to testify against Wuterich and an unrequested immunity order that said anything to which he testified would not be used against him in his court-martial. On Friday, a new immunity order was issued along with the dismissal of charges.In additio stanley cup n to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, Tatum had been charged with reckless endangerment and aggravated assault. Tatum s attorney, Jack Zimmerman, said there was no agreement with the government before the dismissal. Absolutely, there is no deal, he said.Zimmerman said Tatum would testify if called as a witness in future trials but that he would testify as a neutral witness, not a government witness.Camp Pendleton spokesman Lt. Col. Sean Gibson said the dismissal was signed by Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland. The case stemmed from a squad s assault in response to a roadside bombing of a convoy that killed one Marine and wounded two others.The government says Wuterich and another Marine shot five men at the scene and the squad leader then ordered his men to c