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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan --America s top military officer warned the withdrawal of most U.S. and alliedforces from Afghanistan bythe end of next year could reverse gains made in the war against the Talibanand further destabilize the region.But Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairm hoka schuhe an of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff, said the U.S. has no plans to reopen negotiations on a hard-won security deal with Afghanistan. Dempseysaid he hasn t started planning for a so-called zero-option, but hemay have to soon if Hamid Karzai doesn t change his mind and sign the deal. Hagel: Karzai s reluctance on security agreement is frustrating 04:43 On CBS Face the Nation Sunday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warnedthat a U.S. pullout from Afghanistan at the end of 2014 was entirely possibleif Karzai continued to refuse to sign thesecurity agreement.Much is at stake. Afghan securityforces are still struggling adidas yeezy against a resilient insurgency despite billions ofdollars spent on training during nearly 13 years at war. Instability inAfghanistan, the world s largest illicit producer of raw opium, could alsoimpact the region as far away as Russia. Such concerns, Dempsey said, are what make Afghanistanimportant to America and its allies despite waning interest in the conflict athome. Were adidas originals it to become less stable,it would have imp Tofd Iraq elections kick off amid threat of bomb attacks, huge security presence
A Palestinian suicide bomber wounded 30 people outside a packed cafe in northern Israel on Sunday, an attack a militant group called Palestine s gift to the heroic people of Iraq. The blast raised Israeli fears of more bombings as the war in Iraq intensifies.The Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the bombing, describing it as a gift to the Iraqi people, reports CBS News Correspondent Robert Berger.Israeli officials said that since the start of the U.S.-led offensive against Iraq 10 days ago, they have been on high alert for new bombings by Palestinian militants presumably eager to express support for Iraq. The motivation to harm Israel and to help the Iraqi s stanley website truggle is well known to us and it comes across in all the intelligence reports, said the internal security minister, Tzachi Hanegbi.An Islamic Jihad spokesman said the group has also sent suicide bombers to Baghdad. Their mission -- to blow themselves up among U.S. and British forces. Islamic Jihad identified the bomber as Rami Ghanem, 20, from a West Bank village of Nablus mdash; just across the porous line with Israel. The bombin stanley tumbler g affirmed the unity of battle fro stanley polska m Palestine to Baghdad in confronting the American-Zionist invasion, which targets the entire Arab and Islamic nation, the group said in a statement.The bomber set off explosives studded with nails shortly before 1 p.m. near Cafe London, a popular outdoor restaurant along Netanya s crowded pedestrian mall. A security guard kept th
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan --America s top military officer warned the withdrawal of most U.S. and alliedforces from Afghanistan bythe end of next year could reverse gains made in the war against the Talibanand further destabilize the region.But Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairm hoka schuhe an of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff, said the U.S. has no plans to reopen negotiations on a hard-won security deal with Afghanistan. Dempseysaid he hasn t started planning for a so-called zero-option, but hemay have to soon if Hamid Karzai doesn t change his mind and sign the deal. Hagel: Karzai s reluctance on security agreement is frustrating 04:43 On CBS Face the Nation Sunday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warnedthat a U.S. pullout from Afghanistan at the end of 2014 was entirely possibleif Karzai continued to refuse to sign thesecurity agreement.Much is at stake. Afghan securityforces are still struggling adidas yeezy against a resilient insurgency despite billions ofdollars spent on training during nearly 13 years at war. Instability inAfghanistan, the world s largest illicit producer of raw opium, could alsoimpact the region as far away as Russia. Such concerns, Dempsey said, are what make Afghanistanimportant to America and its allies despite waning interest in the conflict athome. Were adidas originals it to become less stable,it would have imp Tofd Iraq elections kick off amid threat of bomb attacks, huge security presence
A Palestinian suicide bomber wounded 30 people outside a packed cafe in northern Israel on Sunday, an attack a militant group called Palestine s gift to the heroic people of Iraq. The blast raised Israeli fears of more bombings as the war in Iraq intensifies.The Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the bombing, describing it as a gift to the Iraqi people, reports CBS News Correspondent Robert Berger.Israeli officials said that since the start of the U.S.-led offensive against Iraq 10 days ago, they have been on high alert for new bombings by Palestinian militants presumably eager to express support for Iraq. The motivation to harm Israel and to help the Iraqi s stanley website truggle is well known to us and it comes across in all the intelligence reports, said the internal security minister, Tzachi Hanegbi.An Islamic Jihad spokesman said the group has also sent suicide bombers to Baghdad. Their mission -- to blow themselves up among U.S. and British forces. Islamic Jihad identified the bomber as Rami Ghanem, 20, from a West Bank village of Nablus mdash; just across the porous line with Israel. The bombin stanley tumbler g affirmed the unity of battle fro stanley polska m Palestine to Baghdad in confronting the American-Zionist invasion, which targets the entire Arab and Islamic nation, the group said in a statement.The bomber set off explosives studded with nails shortly before 1 p.m. near Cafe London, a popular outdoor restaurant along Netanya s crowded pedestrian mall. A security guard kept th
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Eight years after he fatally shot his girlfriend, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole, but first he must meet with her parents.Pistorius, a world-famous double-amputee athlete who competed at the 2012 Olympics, has been eligible for parole since July after he was convicted of murder for shooting model Reeva Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet door in his home on Valentine s Day 2013.Pistorius was convicted of murder in 2015 and ultimately sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison. He became eligible for parole under South African law after serving half his sentence. A picture taken on January 26, 2013 shows Olympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius posing next to Reeva Steenkamp at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. WALDO SWIEGERS/AFP/Getty Images A parole hearing f adidas campus 80s or Pistorius was scheduled for last month and the adidas samba n canceled, partly because a meeting between Pistorius and Steenkamp s parents, Barry and June, had not been arranged, lawyers for both parties told asics sneaker The Associated Press on Monday.Corrections department officials scheduled the parole hearing for October but it was called off when a full report on Pistorius time in prison wasn t available, said Julian Knight, a lawyer for Pistorius. The date for a new hearing has not yet been set, Knight said.Also, Barry and June Steenkamp want a face-to-face meeting with Pistorius before he is considered for early re Dsuv Bush Grenade Suspect Confesses
A Palestinian rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesd stanley cup ay, injuring five people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, police and witnesses said.The attack was a chilling copycat of a similar incident earlier this month when another Palestinian plowed his front loader into a string of vehicles and pedestrians on a busy Jerusalem street about three miles away. Three people were killed in that attack and dozens stanley cups were wounded before an off-duty soldier shot and killed the assailant.Both Palestinians were from east Jerusalem, which was captured by Israel in 1967 along with the West Bank. The 208,000 Palestinians who live there are not Israeli citizens but carry Israeli ID cards that allow t stanley quencher hem freedom of movement throughout Israel, unlike West Bank Palestinians.Police said in the latest attack, a civilian driving nearby saw what was happening, jumped out of the car and shot the driver. A border policeman who rushed to the scene also shot the driver. Police sealed off possible escape routes into predominantly Arab east Jerusalem and were searching for two suspects who fled, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack. And Obama, speaking from Jordan hours before he is to arrive in Israel, deplored it as a reminder of what Israelis have courageously lived with on a daily basis for far too long. I will always support Israel i
Eight years after he fatally shot his girlfriend, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole, but first he must meet with her parents.Pistorius, a world-famous double-amputee athlete who competed at the 2012 Olympics, has been eligible for parole since July after he was convicted of murder for shooting model Reeva Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet door in his home on Valentine s Day 2013.Pistorius was convicted of murder in 2015 and ultimately sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison. He became eligible for parole under South African law after serving half his sentence. A picture taken on January 26, 2013 shows Olympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius posing next to Reeva Steenkamp at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. WALDO SWIEGERS/AFP/Getty Images A parole hearing f adidas campus 80s or Pistorius was scheduled for last month and the adidas samba n canceled, partly because a meeting between Pistorius and Steenkamp s parents, Barry and June, had not been arranged, lawyers for both parties told asics sneaker The Associated Press on Monday.Corrections department officials scheduled the parole hearing for October but it was called off when a full report on Pistorius time in prison wasn t available, said Julian Knight, a lawyer for Pistorius. The date for a new hearing has not yet been set, Knight said.Also, Barry and June Steenkamp want a face-to-face meeting with Pistorius before he is considered for early re Dsuv Bush Grenade Suspect Confesses
A Palestinian rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesd stanley cup ay, injuring five people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, police and witnesses said.The attack was a chilling copycat of a similar incident earlier this month when another Palestinian plowed his front loader into a string of vehicles and pedestrians on a busy Jerusalem street about three miles away. Three people were killed in that attack and dozens stanley cups were wounded before an off-duty soldier shot and killed the assailant.Both Palestinians were from east Jerusalem, which was captured by Israel in 1967 along with the West Bank. The 208,000 Palestinians who live there are not Israeli citizens but carry Israeli ID cards that allow t stanley quencher hem freedom of movement throughout Israel, unlike West Bank Palestinians.Police said in the latest attack, a civilian driving nearby saw what was happening, jumped out of the car and shot the driver. A border policeman who rushed to the scene also shot the driver. Police sealed off possible escape routes into predominantly Arab east Jerusalem and were searching for two suspects who fled, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack. And Obama, speaking from Jordan hours before he is to arrive in Israel, deplored it as a reminder of what Israelis have courageously lived with on a daily basis for far too long. I will always support Israel i
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Drew Findling and Jennifer Little, attorneys for former President Donald Trump, that aired on Face the Nation on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023.MARGARET BRENNAN: The investigation of Former President Trump in Fulton County, Georgia took a strange turn last week -- and Mr. Trump s lawyers now argue it could impact a possible trial. At the center of the controversy: Emily Kohrs, the forewoman for the special grand jury that investigated alleged election interference in Georgia by Trump and his allies. Kohrs gave sever adidas campus homme al interviews in which she hinted that more than a dozen key players, perhaps even the former president, might have been recommended for indictments. Now, special grand juries can t indict, but that recommendation could prompt the District Attorney to create a criminal grand jury. The judge overseeing the case told CNN last week that although the deliberations are confidential, what witnesses said, what you put in the report, those are not off limits to those on the jury. The attorneys for President Trump in the Georgia case had not given an interview to any TV network, but the Kohrs media tour prompted them to talk to our Robert Costa.EMILY KOHRS TO NBC NEWS: I kind of wanted to subpoena the yeezy former president, adidas originals because I got to swear everybody in. And so I thought it d be really cool to get 60 seconds with President Trump.CNN REPORTER: Did you recommend charges against Donald Trump EMILY KOHRS TO CNN: I really don t want Ibya BBC: Murdoch tabloid spied on Prince William
CAIRO Egyptian security officials say a senior Israeli official has arrived in Cairo for talks on reaching a cease-fire to end an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.The officials said the official arrived at Cairo s airport and was immediately rushed away from the tarmac into talks. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity under security guidelines, did not identify the Israeli.Israeli officials declined comment.Egypt has been leading international efforts to broker a truce to end five days of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. stanley us Nabil Shaath, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who was in Cairo, confirmed the Israeli s arrival.He says there are serious attempts to reach a cease-fire. Shaath was headed to Gaza later Sunday to work on cease-fire efforts. A Palestinian man covers a pool of blood at the site of a airstrike that killed two people in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, November 18, 2012. MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images Meanwhile on Sunday, Israeli strikes hit two media centers in the Gaza Strip, as Israel warned it was widening its range of targets to g stanley water bottle o after military commanders of the territory s Hamas rul stanley fr ers. Palestinian militants fired at least one more long-range rocket at Tel Aviv, the fourth day in a row which the Israeli heartland has come under fire.The fifth day of Israel s campaign against Ga
The following is a transcript of an interview with Drew Findling and Jennifer Little, attorneys for former President Donald Trump, that aired on Face the Nation on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023.MARGARET BRENNAN: The investigation of Former President Trump in Fulton County, Georgia took a strange turn last week -- and Mr. Trump s lawyers now argue it could impact a possible trial. At the center of the controversy: Emily Kohrs, the forewoman for the special grand jury that investigated alleged election interference in Georgia by Trump and his allies. Kohrs gave sever adidas campus homme al interviews in which she hinted that more than a dozen key players, perhaps even the former president, might have been recommended for indictments. Now, special grand juries can t indict, but that recommendation could prompt the District Attorney to create a criminal grand jury. The judge overseeing the case told CNN last week that although the deliberations are confidential, what witnesses said, what you put in the report, those are not off limits to those on the jury. The attorneys for President Trump in the Georgia case had not given an interview to any TV network, but the Kohrs media tour prompted them to talk to our Robert Costa.EMILY KOHRS TO NBC NEWS: I kind of wanted to subpoena the yeezy former president, adidas originals because I got to swear everybody in. And so I thought it d be really cool to get 60 seconds with President Trump.CNN REPORTER: Did you recommend charges against Donald Trump EMILY KOHRS TO CNN: I really don t want Ibya BBC: Murdoch tabloid spied on Prince William
CAIRO Egyptian security officials say a senior Israeli official has arrived in Cairo for talks on reaching a cease-fire to end an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.The officials said the official arrived at Cairo s airport and was immediately rushed away from the tarmac into talks. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity under security guidelines, did not identify the Israeli.Israeli officials declined comment.Egypt has been leading international efforts to broker a truce to end five days of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. stanley us Nabil Shaath, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who was in Cairo, confirmed the Israeli s arrival.He says there are serious attempts to reach a cease-fire. Shaath was headed to Gaza later Sunday to work on cease-fire efforts. A Palestinian man covers a pool of blood at the site of a airstrike that killed two people in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, November 18, 2012. MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images Meanwhile on Sunday, Israeli strikes hit two media centers in the Gaza Strip, as Israel warned it was widening its range of targets to g stanley water bottle o after military commanders of the territory s Hamas rul stanley fr ers. Palestinian militants fired at least one more long-range rocket at Tel Aviv, the fourth day in a row which the Israeli heartland has come under fire.The fifth day of Israel s campaign against Ga
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In Italy it s called the vendemmia, or grape harvest. Yet this lambrusco grape varietal won t become a red wine, but, something else, which could take far longer to mature. This is where balsamic vinegar begins. Rolando Beramendi is a chef, cookbook author, and importer of artisanal Italian foods. He told correspondent adidas originals Seth Doane, Yes, the balsamic vinegar truly begins in the vineyard. The lambrusco varietal will become not a wine, but a vinegar. CBS News I think what is very important is the skin ndash; you see how thick is the skin It has all the tannins in there. And that gives it color as well as flavor. His balsamic supplier, Francesco Leonardi, explained that normally, what s harvested today will become a good balsamic vinegar hellip; in 25 years. Un processo lungo! Beramendi said, I don t think there s a more beautiful product in the whole world like balsamic vinegar. It s almost like it has a genie in a bottle. It s called the black gold of Modena, the Northern Italian city that s also adidas campus 80s home to some other notable Italian products ndash; Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati Balsamico c adidas samba uomo an be a luxury product for the table, so valuable that historically it was used as a gift among noble families, or as a wedding dowry. It was almost like you were exchanging DNA! Beramendi laughed. Leonardi, whose family has been at this since the 1870s, explained Wute Bomb-Grade Uranium Seized In Sting
CBS News The British Underground, better known as the Tube, celebrates its 150th birthday this year. It is the oldest underground railway in the world, and one of the best known brands in Britain, but now it s getting attention for something very different, following an unusual request from a widow.For retired doctor Ma stanley thermoskannen rgaret McCollum, the Tube is much more than a quick way to get around London and Embankment Station is no ordinary stop.For the last five years, this has been the one place in London where McCollum could still hear the voice of her beloved late husband, Oswald Lawrence. McCollum said of him, He was a larger-than-life character. He was terrific fun and he had a great zest for life. More than forty years ago, Lawrence, a theater actor, became the voice of a travel announcement that any American tourist in London would instantly recognize: Mind the gap...mind the gap... It s the safety message that plays on the Tube, war stanley cup ning travelers to watch out for the space between the train and the platform. After Lawrence died, McCollum often came to Embankment -- the last station that still used his recording.McCollum said: So if I had time, I would sit and wait for the next train, so I can hear his voice again. ... It was just lovely. It s just very special listening to his voice after he died. But then a few months ago, McCollum got a shock. She said: Much to my sadness and horror indeed, last November whe stanley cup n I was on the station, the first week of November,
In Italy it s called the vendemmia, or grape harvest. Yet this lambrusco grape varietal won t become a red wine, but, something else, which could take far longer to mature. This is where balsamic vinegar begins. Rolando Beramendi is a chef, cookbook author, and importer of artisanal Italian foods. He told correspondent adidas originals Seth Doane, Yes, the balsamic vinegar truly begins in the vineyard. The lambrusco varietal will become not a wine, but a vinegar. CBS News I think what is very important is the skin ndash; you see how thick is the skin It has all the tannins in there. And that gives it color as well as flavor. His balsamic supplier, Francesco Leonardi, explained that normally, what s harvested today will become a good balsamic vinegar hellip; in 25 years. Un processo lungo! Beramendi said, I don t think there s a more beautiful product in the whole world like balsamic vinegar. It s almost like it has a genie in a bottle. It s called the black gold of Modena, the Northern Italian city that s also adidas campus 80s home to some other notable Italian products ndash; Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati Balsamico c adidas samba uomo an be a luxury product for the table, so valuable that historically it was used as a gift among noble families, or as a wedding dowry. It was almost like you were exchanging DNA! Beramendi laughed. Leonardi, whose family has been at this since the 1870s, explained Wute Bomb-Grade Uranium Seized In Sting
CBS News The British Underground, better known as the Tube, celebrates its 150th birthday this year. It is the oldest underground railway in the world, and one of the best known brands in Britain, but now it s getting attention for something very different, following an unusual request from a widow.For retired doctor Ma stanley thermoskannen rgaret McCollum, the Tube is much more than a quick way to get around London and Embankment Station is no ordinary stop.For the last five years, this has been the one place in London where McCollum could still hear the voice of her beloved late husband, Oswald Lawrence. McCollum said of him, He was a larger-than-life character. He was terrific fun and he had a great zest for life. More than forty years ago, Lawrence, a theater actor, became the voice of a travel announcement that any American tourist in London would instantly recognize: Mind the gap...mind the gap... It s the safety message that plays on the Tube, war stanley cup ning travelers to watch out for the space between the train and the platform. After Lawrence died, McCollum often came to Embankment -- the last station that still used his recording.McCollum said: So if I had time, I would sit and wait for the next train, so I can hear his voice again. ... It was just lovely. It s just very special listening to his voice after he died. But then a few months ago, McCollum got a shock. She said: Much to my sadness and horror indeed, last November whe stanley cup n I was on the station, the first week of November,
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NEW DELHI -- Officials in India want to mak adidas originals damen e one thing clear: The tree that President Barack Obama planted in New Delhi three weeks ago is not dead.It just looks dead.The peepal tree was awash adidas originals samba in leaves when Obama planted it at the New Delhi memorial to Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi. By Thursday, though, it was just a single lonely stem.That lack of leaves has been giving Indian officials sleepless nights, with the media here blasting them for allowing the tree to die less than a month after the presidential visit.But the reality: Peepal trees often lose their leaves this time of year. It s a seasonal phenomenon, B. adidas samba C Katiyar, a top regional government horticulturist, said Thursday, after he and other officials visited the tree and pronounced it in good health. It will send out shoots within the next 10 days. The peepal, or ficus religiosa, is seen as holy by many in Asia - the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment under the tree in 589 B.C. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-70cff2f6-563c-4ab5-ac01-675500684fe2, right-rail-recirc-item--id-70cff2f6-563c-4ab5-ac01-675500684fe2 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-70cff2f6-563c-4ab5-ac01-675500684fe2 ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Aume Iraqi Charter Headed To Parliament
Gunmen shot to death two Americans and their Iraqi translator south of Baghdad, and the Polish military said Wednesday that the attackers were disguised as police and stopped the car at a roadblock. The American victims were the first U.S. civilians from the occupation authority to be killed in Iraq. stanley cup CBS News Anchor Dan Rather reports one of the Americans killed in the ambush was Fern Holland, 33, program manager for women s initiatives in Iraq. Holland was working with Iraqi women on the newly developed Iraqi constitution and was leading women s rights efforts in the part of the country where she was killed. The way it happened, reports Rather, suggests that anti-American forces have adopted new tactics of disguise and deception. Thirty-five miles south of Bagh stanley cup dad, on the road to the town of Hillah, the two American civilian employees of the Department of Defense and their Iraqi translator were executed by terrorists disguised as Iraqi police manning a fake checkpoint. Polish coalition forces later arrested five suspects still driving the Americans car with the bodies hidden inside. It s a great tragedy and our hearts go out to the relatives of those killed, said L. Paul Bremer, stanley cups the top administrator in Iraq.Bremer has requested that the FBI investigate the slayings of the Americans said Dan Senor, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition. In the slaying, it was not yet known whether the gunmen were specifically targeting coalition officials. We re startin
NEW DELHI -- Officials in India want to mak adidas originals damen e one thing clear: The tree that President Barack Obama planted in New Delhi three weeks ago is not dead.It just looks dead.The peepal tree was awash adidas originals samba in leaves when Obama planted it at the New Delhi memorial to Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi. By Thursday, though, it was just a single lonely stem.That lack of leaves has been giving Indian officials sleepless nights, with the media here blasting them for allowing the tree to die less than a month after the presidential visit.But the reality: Peepal trees often lose their leaves this time of year. It s a seasonal phenomenon, B. adidas samba C Katiyar, a top regional government horticulturist, said Thursday, after he and other officials visited the tree and pronounced it in good health. It will send out shoots within the next 10 days. The peepal, or ficus religiosa, is seen as holy by many in Asia - the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment under the tree in 589 B.C. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-70cff2f6-563c-4ab5-ac01-675500684fe2, right-rail-recirc-item--id-70cff2f6-563c-4ab5-ac01-675500684fe2 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-70cff2f6-563c-4ab5-ac01-675500684fe2 ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Aume Iraqi Charter Headed To Parliament
Gunmen shot to death two Americans and their Iraqi translator south of Baghdad, and the Polish military said Wednesday that the attackers were disguised as police and stopped the car at a roadblock. The American victims were the first U.S. civilians from the occupation authority to be killed in Iraq. stanley cup CBS News Anchor Dan Rather reports one of the Americans killed in the ambush was Fern Holland, 33, program manager for women s initiatives in Iraq. Holland was working with Iraqi women on the newly developed Iraqi constitution and was leading women s rights efforts in the part of the country where she was killed. The way it happened, reports Rather, suggests that anti-American forces have adopted new tactics of disguise and deception. Thirty-five miles south of Bagh stanley cup dad, on the road to the town of Hillah, the two American civilian employees of the Department of Defense and their Iraqi translator were executed by terrorists disguised as Iraqi police manning a fake checkpoint. Polish coalition forces later arrested five suspects still driving the Americans car with the bodies hidden inside. It s a great tragedy and our hearts go out to the relatives of those killed, said L. Paul Bremer, stanley cups the top administrator in Iraq.Bremer has requested that the FBI investigate the slayings of the Americans said Dan Senor, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition. In the slaying, it was not yet known whether the gunmen were specifically targeting coalition officials. We re startin
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Kyiv, Ukraine mdash; At least 15 people were killed when a Russian rocket hi adidas originals samba t an apartment building in the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar and more than 20 people may still be trapped in the rubble, officials said Sunday.The Saturday night rocket assault is the latest in a recent burst of high-casualty attacks on civilian structures. At least 19 people died when a Russian missile hit a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk in late June and 21 people were killed when an apartment building and recreation area came under rocket fire in the southern Odesa region this month.Russia has repeatedly claimed that it is h hoka winterschuhe itting only targets of military value in the war. There was no comment on Chas yeezy iv Yar at a Russian Defense Ministry briefing on Sunday.Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region that includes Chasiv Yar, said the town of of about 12,000 was hit by Uragan rockets, which are fired from truck-borne systems.The Ukrainian emergency services later said the death toll had risen to 15 and that an estimated two dozen people were under the wreckage. Rescuers made voice contact with at least three people trapped in the rubble, it said. Chasiv Yar is about 12 miles southeast of Kramatorsk, a city that is expected to be a major target of Russian forces as they grind westward. Rescuers work at a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in the town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine on July 10, 2022. Xemo Incoming CBP chief denies systemic problem at migrant detention facilities
French photographer Remi Ochlik and Sunday Times in London of journalist Marie Colvin. AP Photo Syria s information ministry said foreign journalists illegally inside the country should report to the government on Tuesday, hours after bombardment of a rebel neighborhood in Homs killed two foreign journalists smuggled into Syria, Reuters reported. The ministry asks all foreign journalists that have entered Syria illegally to go to the nearest centre for immigration and passports to resolve the situation according to the laws in force, the ministry said in a statement on Syria TV. Marie Colvin, who was working for Britain s Sunday Times, and photojour stanley quencher nalist Remi Ochlik were among a group of journalists who had sne stanley cup aked into the country and were sharing accommo stanley cup dations with activists in the embattled city of Homs, raising speculation that Syrian forces targeted the makeshift media center. The information ministry denied the accusations.American, French journalists killed in SyriaMarie Colvin focused reporting on women, childrenSyria blogger reportedly killed in shelling The ministry had no knowledge of the entrance of the American journalist Marie Colvin or the French photographer Remi Ochlik, or other foreign journalists to Syrian territory, Syria TV cited the ministry as saying.Activists said between two and four other journalists were wounded. One of them, a French woman, is i
Kyiv, Ukraine mdash; At least 15 people were killed when a Russian rocket hi adidas originals samba t an apartment building in the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar and more than 20 people may still be trapped in the rubble, officials said Sunday.The Saturday night rocket assault is the latest in a recent burst of high-casualty attacks on civilian structures. At least 19 people died when a Russian missile hit a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk in late June and 21 people were killed when an apartment building and recreation area came under rocket fire in the southern Odesa region this month.Russia has repeatedly claimed that it is h hoka winterschuhe itting only targets of military value in the war. There was no comment on Chas yeezy iv Yar at a Russian Defense Ministry briefing on Sunday.Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region that includes Chasiv Yar, said the town of of about 12,000 was hit by Uragan rockets, which are fired from truck-borne systems.The Ukrainian emergency services later said the death toll had risen to 15 and that an estimated two dozen people were under the wreckage. Rescuers made voice contact with at least three people trapped in the rubble, it said. Chasiv Yar is about 12 miles southeast of Kramatorsk, a city that is expected to be a major target of Russian forces as they grind westward. Rescuers work at a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in the town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine on July 10, 2022. Xemo Incoming CBP chief denies systemic problem at migrant detention facilities
French photographer Remi Ochlik and Sunday Times in London of journalist Marie Colvin. AP Photo Syria s information ministry said foreign journalists illegally inside the country should report to the government on Tuesday, hours after bombardment of a rebel neighborhood in Homs killed two foreign journalists smuggled into Syria, Reuters reported. The ministry asks all foreign journalists that have entered Syria illegally to go to the nearest centre for immigration and passports to resolve the situation according to the laws in force, the ministry said in a statement on Syria TV. Marie Colvin, who was working for Britain s Sunday Times, and photojour stanley quencher nalist Remi Ochlik were among a group of journalists who had sne stanley cup aked into the country and were sharing accommo stanley cup dations with activists in the embattled city of Homs, raising speculation that Syrian forces targeted the makeshift media center. The information ministry denied the accusations.American, French journalists killed in SyriaMarie Colvin focused reporting on women, childrenSyria blogger reportedly killed in shelling The ministry had no knowledge of the entrance of the American journalist Marie Colvin or the French photographer Remi Ochlik, or other foreign journalists to Syrian territory, Syria TV cited the ministry as saying.Activists said between two and four other journalists were wounded. One of them, a French woman, is i
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Islamabadmdash; Pakistan s former Prime yeezy Minister Imran Khan was ordered released on bail Friday for a period of two weeks a day after the country s Supreme Court ruled his arrest on corruption charges unlawful. The lower Islamabad High Court that ordered his release Friday also barred his re-arrest until at least May 17 in any case registered against him in the jurisdiction of Islamabad after May 9. Khan s dramatic arrest on Tuesday, when armed security agents pulled him out of the Islamabad court, triggered two days of deadly protests across the south Asian country of 230 million people. Government and military buildings were ransacked, including a military commander s home. At least 2,000 activists from Khan s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI political party were arrested, including senior leaders, and authorities said at least eight people were killed in the chaos. Police escort Pakistan s former Prime Minister Imran adidas sambarose Khan C as he arrives at the Islamabad High Court, May 12, 2023. AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Khan s party has claimed the number of deaths is significantly higher.Khan, 70, arrived Friday morning at the Islamabad High Court under heavy security, escorted by crocs schuhe armored security vehicles, to hear a judge grant him bail in the corruption case and issue the order barring his arrest until at least May 17. The PTI said later that Khan would return to his home in the c Twox In final push for boys lost in Thailand cave, rescuers still have hope
Rebels attacked the central stronghold of President Charles Taylor on Thursday in some of the fiercest fighting of Liberia s 3-year-old insurrection, sending frightened, wounded civilians caught in the cross fire fleeing by the thousands.Screaming in pain, women and children with gunshot wounds mdash; sustaine stanley termoska d in what authorities said was fighting between government forces and stanley kubek rebels mdash; filled a hospital in the stronghold town, Gbarnga.Nurses and doctors struggled overnight to find a means to evacuate the injured and dying as fighting engulfed the town.Most medical workers already had had fled their posts there for fear of their lives, nurse Mary Teah said late Wednesday, as doctors treated a wailing 4-year-old b stanley cup oy who had been shot in the shoulder.Elsewhere in the hospital, dozens of women wailed from the agony of their own bullet wounds. Many of the women had been shot directly in the abdomen, medical workers said. The flight comes as rebels of the shadowy Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy are intensifying their offensive against Taylor s forces in the heart of the West African nation.Many of the fighters on both sides are combatants from Liberia s 1989-96 civil war, which ended with Taylor winning a postwar 1997 presidential election.Speaking Thursday in Monrovia, the capital, Taylor said the rebels had attacked the town directly at sunrise. Fighting was ongoing there.Monrovia s residents listened anxiously to his speech, broadcast live on h
Islamabadmdash; Pakistan s former Prime yeezy Minister Imran Khan was ordered released on bail Friday for a period of two weeks a day after the country s Supreme Court ruled his arrest on corruption charges unlawful. The lower Islamabad High Court that ordered his release Friday also barred his re-arrest until at least May 17 in any case registered against him in the jurisdiction of Islamabad after May 9. Khan s dramatic arrest on Tuesday, when armed security agents pulled him out of the Islamabad court, triggered two days of deadly protests across the south Asian country of 230 million people. Government and military buildings were ransacked, including a military commander s home. At least 2,000 activists from Khan s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI political party were arrested, including senior leaders, and authorities said at least eight people were killed in the chaos. Police escort Pakistan s former Prime Minister Imran adidas sambarose Khan C as he arrives at the Islamabad High Court, May 12, 2023. AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Khan s party has claimed the number of deaths is significantly higher.Khan, 70, arrived Friday morning at the Islamabad High Court under heavy security, escorted by crocs schuhe armored security vehicles, to hear a judge grant him bail in the corruption case and issue the order barring his arrest until at least May 17. The PTI said later that Khan would return to his home in the c Twox In final push for boys lost in Thailand cave, rescuers still have hope
Rebels attacked the central stronghold of President Charles Taylor on Thursday in some of the fiercest fighting of Liberia s 3-year-old insurrection, sending frightened, wounded civilians caught in the cross fire fleeing by the thousands.Screaming in pain, women and children with gunshot wounds mdash; sustaine stanley termoska d in what authorities said was fighting between government forces and stanley kubek rebels mdash; filled a hospital in the stronghold town, Gbarnga.Nurses and doctors struggled overnight to find a means to evacuate the injured and dying as fighting engulfed the town.Most medical workers already had had fled their posts there for fear of their lives, nurse Mary Teah said late Wednesday, as doctors treated a wailing 4-year-old b stanley cup oy who had been shot in the shoulder.Elsewhere in the hospital, dozens of women wailed from the agony of their own bullet wounds. Many of the women had been shot directly in the abdomen, medical workers said. The flight comes as rebels of the shadowy Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy are intensifying their offensive against Taylor s forces in the heart of the West African nation.Many of the fighters on both sides are combatants from Liberia s 1989-96 civil war, which ended with Taylor winning a postwar 1997 presidential election.Speaking Thursday in Monrovia, the capital, Taylor said the rebels had attacked the town directly at sunrise. Fighting was ongoing there.Monrovia s residents listened anxiously to his speech, broadcast live on h
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WASHINGTON The United States spends more than other developed nations o nike dunk donna n its students education each year, with parents and private foundations picking up more of the costs, an international survey released Tuesday found.Despite the spending, U.S. students still trail their rivals on international tests.The Organization for Economic Coopera asics gel tion and Development 151; which groups the world s most developed countries 151; writes in its annual report that brand-new and experienced teachers alike in the United States out-earn most of their counterparts around the globe. But U.S. salaries have not risen at the same pace as other nations.The findings, part of a 440-page tome of statistics, put the United States spending on its young people in context.The United States spent more than $11,000 per elementary student in 2010 and more than $12,000 per high school student. When researchers factored in the cost for programs after high school education such air max 98 as college or vocational training, the United States spent $15,171 on each young person in the system 151; more than any other nation covered in the report. That sum inched past some developed countries and far surpassed others. Switzerland s total spending per student was $14,922 while Mexico averaged $2,993 in 2010. The average OECD nation spent $9,313 per young person.As a share of its economy, the United States spent more than the average country in the survey. In 2010, the United States spent 7.3 percent of its gross Uvpx Man suspected of killing, dismembering and cooking his ex-wife, police say
Television viewers caught a rare glimpse of Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the comforts of his family compound.Miami-based WLTV 23, a Univision affiliate, obtained a home video shot by Castro s children and smuggled into the United States by a friend of Dashiell Torralba, former girlfriend of Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, a Cuban orthopedic surgeon and one of Castro s five ch stanley water bottle ildren with Dalia Soto del Valle.In a brief interview with WLTV reporter Mario Vallejo, Torralba said her decision to expose the family s intimate home life could be a way to communicate to Dalia all the damage she d done to me. Torralba s two-year relationship with Antonio Castro ended abruptly after the direct intervention of Soto del stanley cup Valle.Am stanley cup ong topics to be discussed throughout the video s airing over the next several days will be Castro family members involvement in the lucrative sale of visas, of which Torralba claims to have evidence. The grainy home video reveals a spacious family home with children and adults frolicking in an expansive garden and clad in sporty outfits. A young man is seen riding a motorized scooter down a long outdoor red brick pathway at one point.Castro only appears briefly in the first segment of video, seated at the end of a long dining table eating a meal, clad in a casual red shirt.WLTV-23 will air the entire video in brief segments over the next 10 days.By Tal Abbady ponent--type-recirculation .i
WASHINGTON The United States spends more than other developed nations o nike dunk donna n its students education each year, with parents and private foundations picking up more of the costs, an international survey released Tuesday found.Despite the spending, U.S. students still trail their rivals on international tests.The Organization for Economic Coopera asics gel tion and Development 151; which groups the world s most developed countries 151; writes in its annual report that brand-new and experienced teachers alike in the United States out-earn most of their counterparts around the globe. But U.S. salaries have not risen at the same pace as other nations.The findings, part of a 440-page tome of statistics, put the United States spending on its young people in context.The United States spent more than $11,000 per elementary student in 2010 and more than $12,000 per high school student. When researchers factored in the cost for programs after high school education such air max 98 as college or vocational training, the United States spent $15,171 on each young person in the system 151; more than any other nation covered in the report. That sum inched past some developed countries and far surpassed others. Switzerland s total spending per student was $14,922 while Mexico averaged $2,993 in 2010. The average OECD nation spent $9,313 per young person.As a share of its economy, the United States spent more than the average country in the survey. In 2010, the United States spent 7.3 percent of its gross Uvpx Man suspected of killing, dismembering and cooking his ex-wife, police say
Television viewers caught a rare glimpse of Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the comforts of his family compound.Miami-based WLTV 23, a Univision affiliate, obtained a home video shot by Castro s children and smuggled into the United States by a friend of Dashiell Torralba, former girlfriend of Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, a Cuban orthopedic surgeon and one of Castro s five ch stanley water bottle ildren with Dalia Soto del Valle.In a brief interview with WLTV reporter Mario Vallejo, Torralba said her decision to expose the family s intimate home life could be a way to communicate to Dalia all the damage she d done to me. Torralba s two-year relationship with Antonio Castro ended abruptly after the direct intervention of Soto del stanley cup Valle.Am stanley cup ong topics to be discussed throughout the video s airing over the next several days will be Castro family members involvement in the lucrative sale of visas, of which Torralba claims to have evidence. The grainy home video reveals a spacious family home with children and adults frolicking in an expansive garden and clad in sporty outfits. A young man is seen riding a motorized scooter down a long outdoor red brick pathway at one point.Castro only appears briefly in the first segment of video, seated at the end of a long dining table eating a meal, clad in a casual red shirt.WLTV-23 will air the entire video in brief segments over the next 10 days.By Tal Abbady ponent--type-recirculation .i
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WASHINGTONmdash; President Donald adidas campus 00 Trump spoke for more than an hour Tuesday by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Syria, Iran, North Korea and Ukraine were on the agenda, the White House said.Trump s phone call with the Russian president came a day after Putin met with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Putin hosted Assad at a Black Sea resort ahead of a summit later this week with Russia, Turkey and Iran. Assad was called to Russia to get him to agree to potential peace initiatives drafted by Russia, Iran and Turkey, the Kremlin said.The Kremlin said Putin briefed Trump in the phone call about his talks with the Syrian leader and plans for a political settlement in Syria.Trump and Putin spoke informally several times last week when they attended a summit in Vietnam. They agreed on a number of principles for the future of war-torn Syria. The Kremlin said Putin also called for coordination of anti-terror efforts with the U.S. air max 96 Afghanistan was also discussed, the Kremlin said. mizuno de More from CBS News Some GOP senators seem tepid on Hegseth nomination as allegations pile up Chad Chronister, Trump s pick to lead DEA, withdraws from consideration Fgby Argentine soccer referee seeking justice after she was punched by player during match
AP Photo/Karim Kadim School children walk on sand bags on a flooded road outside a school in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, after stanley becher a heavy rainfall, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani Reem Abas makes bread for her children, right, in a refugee camp outside Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 25 2008. About 200 families live in this camp as nearly 5 million Iraqis have been uprooted from their homes since the U.S.-led war started in March 2003. stanley cups uk AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Regalado from K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment tests for explosives residue on the hands of a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq on Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. AP Photo/Ahmed Alhussainey A man is praying as he holds the iron cage that contains the tomb of Imam Hussein in a shrine, during Friday prayers in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani A
WASHINGTONmdash; President Donald adidas campus 00 Trump spoke for more than an hour Tuesday by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Syria, Iran, North Korea and Ukraine were on the agenda, the White House said.Trump s phone call with the Russian president came a day after Putin met with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Putin hosted Assad at a Black Sea resort ahead of a summit later this week with Russia, Turkey and Iran. Assad was called to Russia to get him to agree to potential peace initiatives drafted by Russia, Iran and Turkey, the Kremlin said.The Kremlin said Putin briefed Trump in the phone call about his talks with the Syrian leader and plans for a political settlement in Syria.Trump and Putin spoke informally several times last week when they attended a summit in Vietnam. They agreed on a number of principles for the future of war-torn Syria. The Kremlin said Putin also called for coordination of anti-terror efforts with the U.S. air max 96 Afghanistan was also discussed, the Kremlin said. mizuno de More from CBS News Some GOP senators seem tepid on Hegseth nomination as allegations pile up Chad Chronister, Trump s pick to lead DEA, withdraws from consideration Fgby Argentine soccer referee seeking justice after she was punched by player during match
AP Photo/Karim Kadim School children walk on sand bags on a flooded road outside a school in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, after stanley becher a heavy rainfall, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani Reem Abas makes bread for her children, right, in a refugee camp outside Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 25 2008. About 200 families live in this camp as nearly 5 million Iraqis have been uprooted from their homes since the U.S.-led war started in March 2003. stanley cups uk AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Regalado from K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment tests for explosives residue on the hands of a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq on Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. AP Photo/Ahmed Alhussainey A man is praying as he holds the iron cage that contains the tomb of Imam Hussein in a shrine, during Friday prayers in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani A
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ATHENS, Greece Services across Greece shut down Wednesday as unions held a 24-hour g salomon xt eneral strike to protest further austerity cuts in the cash-strapped country.The strike disrupted public transport, halted ferry and train services, shut down courts and state-run schools, and left state hospitals and the ambulance service functioning with emergency staff.Dozens of flights were canceled or rescheduled as air traffic controllers were to walk off the job for three hours from noon in support of t adidas samba adidas he labor action.Wealthy Greeks forced to pay for police protectionIn Athens, more than 1,000 Communist party supporters marched to Parliament, shouting anti-austerity slogans in the driving rain. A second demonstration called by the country s two biggest unions was scheduled to start later Wednesday.Greece has been surviving on international rescue loansfrom the International Monetary Fund and other European countries that use the euro since 2010, after a combination of dismal adidas originals mujer financial stewardship, loss of investor confidence and the global recession brought it to the brink of bankruptcy. Successive governments have passed repeated rounds of deep spending cuts and tax hikes to secure 240 billion euros $324 billion dollars in bailout loans.The strike is taking place as the government holds talks with debt inspectors from the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission, known collectively as the troika, over what measures are needed to plug a budget gap next year. Greece an Rvcp Russia shrugs off White House critique of protest arrests
A damaged tanker carrying more than 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two off northwest Spain and sank Tuesday, threatening an environmental disaster.The Bahamas-flagged Prestige vanished into the ocean at midday, said Lars Walder, a spokesman for the Dutch salvage company SMIT. The ship s oil containers seemed to remain intact, but the toxic fuel was likely to seep out eventually.An environmentalist warned the wreckage would be like a time bomb about two miles down on the ocean floor. N stanley water jug early 1.3 million to 2.6 million gallons of fuel oil lost in the initial spill last week have already tainted miles of Spanish beaches, threatening rich fishing grounds and devastating wildlife. We hope that the sunken part does not spill its fuel. But still it s a time bomb at the bottom of the sea, said Maria Jose Caballero, who leads the coastal protection project for Green stanley cups peace in Spain.The best hope for the environment is for the tanks to hold in the chilly waters, said Unni Einemo, senior editor at Bunkerworld, a London-based news service for the marine fuels industry. stanley us If it sinks into cold water, this stuff solidifies so much that it basically stays there, she said.If the ship lost its entire cargo of fuel oil, the spill would be nearly twice the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. Some 10.92 million gallons of crude oil were lost from the Valdez. We can say goodbye to the ship and its cargo, said Walder.The tanker ruptured last Wednesday during a storm.
ATHENS, Greece Services across Greece shut down Wednesday as unions held a 24-hour g salomon xt eneral strike to protest further austerity cuts in the cash-strapped country.The strike disrupted public transport, halted ferry and train services, shut down courts and state-run schools, and left state hospitals and the ambulance service functioning with emergency staff.Dozens of flights were canceled or rescheduled as air traffic controllers were to walk off the job for three hours from noon in support of t adidas samba adidas he labor action.Wealthy Greeks forced to pay for police protectionIn Athens, more than 1,000 Communist party supporters marched to Parliament, shouting anti-austerity slogans in the driving rain. A second demonstration called by the country s two biggest unions was scheduled to start later Wednesday.Greece has been surviving on international rescue loansfrom the International Monetary Fund and other European countries that use the euro since 2010, after a combination of dismal adidas originals mujer financial stewardship, loss of investor confidence and the global recession brought it to the brink of bankruptcy. Successive governments have passed repeated rounds of deep spending cuts and tax hikes to secure 240 billion euros $324 billion dollars in bailout loans.The strike is taking place as the government holds talks with debt inspectors from the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission, known collectively as the troika, over what measures are needed to plug a budget gap next year. Greece an Rvcp Russia shrugs off White House critique of protest arrests
A damaged tanker carrying more than 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two off northwest Spain and sank Tuesday, threatening an environmental disaster.The Bahamas-flagged Prestige vanished into the ocean at midday, said Lars Walder, a spokesman for the Dutch salvage company SMIT. The ship s oil containers seemed to remain intact, but the toxic fuel was likely to seep out eventually.An environmentalist warned the wreckage would be like a time bomb about two miles down on the ocean floor. N stanley water jug early 1.3 million to 2.6 million gallons of fuel oil lost in the initial spill last week have already tainted miles of Spanish beaches, threatening rich fishing grounds and devastating wildlife. We hope that the sunken part does not spill its fuel. But still it s a time bomb at the bottom of the sea, said Maria Jose Caballero, who leads the coastal protection project for Green stanley cups peace in Spain.The best hope for the environment is for the tanks to hold in the chilly waters, said Unni Einemo, senior editor at Bunkerworld, a London-based news service for the marine fuels industry. stanley us If it sinks into cold water, this stuff solidifies so much that it basically stays there, she said.If the ship lost its entire cargo of fuel oil, the spill would be nearly twice the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. Some 10.92 million gallons of crude oil were lost from the Valdez. We can say goodbye to the ship and its cargo, said Walder.The tanker ruptured last Wednesday during a storm.