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Pope John Paul II wrapped up his grueling 100th foreign pilgrimage Monday by reassuring Croats struggling to heal the wounds of war that their courage and faith will ensure a brighter future.A spirited crowd of more than 100,000 people chanted the pope s name in rhythmic, sports-arena style as John Paul bade them farewell with a stirring tribute to their efforts to overcome bitterness left over from conflict in the 1990s. Thanks to you beloved people of Croatia ... you who accepted me with open arms and hearts, the pope said. I remember your sufferings caused by the stanley romania war, which are still visible on your faces and are affecting your lives. I am close to all stanley water bottle those who are enduring the tragic consequences of that war, John Paul said. I know your strength, your courage and your faith mdash; and I am sure that your continuing efforts will enable you to see better days. As he arrived in Zadar, a hotbed of Croatian nationalism, the pope s motorcade took him past a giant poster of fugitive war crimes suspect Gen. Ante Gotovina embl stanley cups azoned with the words, A hero, not a war criminal. Although Gotovina is sought by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for 1990s atrocities, many here hail him as a patriot, underscoring Croatia s struggle to shed its nationalist past. Officials pulled down other posters of the general ahead of the pope s visit, but left the large one in place out of concern that removing it might incite war veterans and nationalists.A man in the crowd held up a photo

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ISIS has posted new threats o salomon gtx nline: a video purporting to be from ISIS promising an attack on Washington. But U.S. officials say there is no specific or credible threat against the United States.On Capitol Hill, police are telling Congressional staff to take precautions...like using the tunnels around the capitol instead of walking above ground. In New York, a new specialized police unit is providing extra security at key locations.SWAT teams and bomb-sniffing dogs are patrolling train stations, airports, and NFL stadiums around the country. But a response to a threat is only as good as your intelligence.U.S. law enforcement believes one blind spot is when terrorists go dark, hiding their online communications. Investigators say members of ISIS lure potential sympathizers to social media apps and forums where the messages self-destruct or are encrypted. Law enforcement has been pressing the technology industry for access to that data when national security is at risk, but so far privacy concerns have won out. I do hope that this adidas original campus is going to be a wake-up call, particularly in areas of Europe where I think there has been a crocs absatz misrepresentation of what the intelligence security services are doing, said CIA Director John Brennan. How could terrorists fly under the radar of security agencies 02:34 Ayzh Longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century
For the first time in more t stanley tumbler han a decade, the U.S. Army is forcing thousands of former soldiers back into uniform, a reflection of the strain on the service of long campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.The U.S. Army is expected to announce Wednesday that about 5,600 former soldiers - mostly people who recently left the service and have up-to-date skills in military policing, engineering, logistics, medicine or transportation - will be assigned to National Guard and Reserve units starting in July.Many of them will find themselves in Iraq by the end of the year.News of the planned call up comes on a historic day in Iraq: the U.S. handover to Iraq of t stanley cup he legal custody of Saddam Hussein and 11 of his former top deputies, as the U.S. military continued efforts to learn the fate of a GI reported dead by Arab TV Monday, and rebels continued attacks on U.S. forces.The U.S. army soldiers facing potential recall by the Pentagon are in a rarely used pool of reservists known as the Individual Ready Reserve. They are distinct from the National Guard and Reserve because they do not perform regularly scheduled training and are not paid as reservists, but they are eligible to be recalled in an emergency because their active duty hitches did not complete the service obligation in their enlistment contracts.This is the first sizable activation of the Individual Ready Reserve since the 1991 Gulf War, though several hundred people have voluntarily returned to service since the S stanley cup quencher ept. 11, 2001

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SOFIA, Bulgaria -- European Union Council President Donald Tusk is deriding the actions of the United States under President Donald Trump as capricious, noting: Someone could even think with friends like that, who needs enemies Listing the traditional problems facing Europe, ranging from the expanding power of China to the belligerence of Russia, Tusk said: We are witnessing today a new phenomenon, the capricious assertiveness of the American administration. Tusk also said that Europe should adidas samba og be grateful for Mr. Trump because thanks to him, we have got rid of all illusions. He has made us realize that, if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of your arm, he said, according to the Reuters news agency.As trans-Atlantic problems mount, Tusk is leading an E.U. summit Wednesday night to address the outstanding issues wit nike air force h the Trump administration which center on Washington pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and the threat to impose punitive trade sanctions on the 28-nation E.U. Anger, yeezy despair in Iran after Trump pulls out of multi-national nuclear deal 01:55 More from CBS News Trump taps former Sen. David Perdue as next ambassador to China Unxk Brazilian miners find emerald weighing more than 600 pounds
A photo combination reportedly forwarded among Chinese Internet users shows Gu Kailai, the wife of a disgraced politician, in court, left, and an older picture of her, raising suspicions that a body double was used in court. CBS News A pair of pictures circulating among Chinese Internet users has sparked cries that China pulled a switcheroo involving a disgraced politician s wife convicted of murdering a British businessman.The pictures, seen at left, show the wife, Gu Kailai, in court and in an undated older picture. Gu received a suspended death sentence Monday for killing Neil Heywood in a case that threatened to mire the country s ruling Communist Party in scandal. We don t even know f stanley cup or sure that s her in court, Zhang Ming, a political science professor at Beijing s Renmin University, told CBS News. Many people doubt it. The woman does not look like Gu herself. The growi stanley mug ng speculation over the differences between the two pictures prompted Chinese authorities to block the term for body replacement from one of country s popular microblogging services and its biggest search engine, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.China s selective death penaltySuspended death sentence for China pol s wife Video: Gu Kailai murder trial quick and quiet The photo combination identifies the woman in court as 46 years old and from Langfang, China, but no co stanley cup usa ncrete evidence has come to light substantiating the claims, the newspaper reports.Indeed, the Jou

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TOKYO -- Sony Music Japan apologized Tuesday after a popular Japanese all-girls band came under fire for performing in outfits resembling Nazi-era German military uniforms.The mostly teenage members of Keyakizaka46 appeared at an Oct. 22 concert in black knee-length dresses that look like military overcoats, and black capes and officer caps with a Nazi-like eagle emblem. Sony Music is the grouprsquo label.We express our heartfelt apology for causing offense ... because of our lack of understanding, Sony Music Entertainment Japan said in a statement posted on its website. adidas campus donna We take the incident seriously and will make efforts to prevent a recurrence of a similar incident in the future.Sony Music spokesman Yasuyuki Oshio said there had been no intention to link the performance to Nazism.The U.S.-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, a human rights group focused on anti-Semitism and hate speech, issued a statement Monday saying it was disgusted by the uniforms and calling on Sony Music and the grouprsquo produc nike dunk donna er to apologize. Watching young teens on the stage and in the audience dancing in Nazi-style uniforms causes great distress to the victims of the Nazi genocide, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Wiesenthal Center, said in the statement.Itrsquo not the first time that Sony has said itrsquo sorry after a compla asics sneaker int from the Wiesenthal Center. In 2011, Sony Music Artists Inc. apologized for a rock band under its m Fnzt London: Starr Speaks
KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO said Monday that it has significantly weakened the Taliban insurgency, capturing or killing thousands of militants i stanley mug n Afghanistan during the past three months.It also said that the Taliban failed in an attempt to carry out attacks against key government buildings over the weekend in the southern city of Kandahar, birthplace of the Taliban and the economic hub of southern Afghanistan.NATO and its top commander, U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, have said that a surge of 30,000 troops last summer helped coalition forces take, and hold, areas of Afghanistan that were long dominated by the Taliban.NATO spokeswoman Brig. Gen. Christine Whitecross said NATO s winter operations had sapped the Taliban and that in the past 90 days, NATO carried out 1,400 operations and killed or captured 500 insurgent leaders and 2,700 lower-level insurgents.She added that NATO also was taking more weapons away from a weakened insurgency, adding: In fact, we have seized more weapons caches in the past six months than in the previous two years. Still, a highly coordinated attack over the weekend raised new questions about the effectiveness of the yearlong campaign to secure Afghanistan s south and Kandahar in particular.Taliban fighters on Saturday attacked the stanley mugs governor s office, the headquarters of the Afghan intelligence agency, a police headquarters and other buildings. After two days of fighting, Afghan forces s stanley cup website upported by the coalition killed or captured all the insurg

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Long Island woman escapes Hamas attack at Israeli festival Long Island woman escapes Hamas attack at Israeli festival 03:02 adidas campus 00s LONG ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Long Island woman is home after surviving the catastrophic Hamas attack on a dance festival in Israel that killed at least 260 people.Photos from before the horror show 28-year-old Natalie Sanandaji of Great Neck visiting Israel for a wedding, then onto a desert celebration of peace, love and dance music.At dawn, rockets from Gaza began thundering overhead. If this festival happened anywhere else in the world, as soon as they saw those first rocke adidas samba donna ts, they would have ran for their lives. But for these kids, that s a reality, said Sanandaji.Related story:Family and friends of Ofek Arbib say he died a hero after Hamas attacked Supernova music festival in IsraelS adidas samba oon came the order from festival security: Everybody pick up your things and go to your cars, she said. First they were sent out one way, then told to turn around. Next, they were told to abandon their cars and run. We can t understand. We re thinking the fastest way to get out of here is by car, why would you tell us to go on foot And then that s when we heard the first gunshots, said Sanandaji.They were coming from all directions. Hearing the gunfire, you can t ev Cfvo Nuclear power plant on Ukraine war s front lines temporarily cut off from grid
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President Trump is canceling his scheduledmeeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Argentina, citing Russia s recent seizure of Ukrainian ships.Mr. Trump made the announcement via tweet aboard Air Force One on his way to Argentina. One hour earlier, he had told reporters he would probably meet with Putin, and that he would be reading a report about the incident on the way to Argentina. Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia, I have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled meeting ... in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Trump tweeted. I look forward to a meaningful Summit again as soon as this situation is resolved! White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Mr. Trump made the decision after conferring with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, nationa adidas campus 80s l security adviser John Bolton and chief of staff John Kelly. The final decision was made aboard Air Force One, she said. Sanders said she was not made aware of any call the president made to Putin.The president has expressed displeasure over the Russia-Ukraine incident, telling the Washington Post earlier this week, I don t like that aggression and threa adidas samba tening to cancel the meeting. Mr. Trump s last meeting with Putin ended in controversy and criticism after Mr. Trump ap adidas campus donna peared to side with Putin s assessment of Russian election meddling over his own intelligence agencies. Mr. Trump cont Ibee Peru Arrests Ex-General
Russia moved to quash speculation that a freighter embroiled in a high-seas mystery might have been carrying sensitive cargo, saying Tuesday that an initial search of the Arctic Sea last week uncovered nothing suspicious.But the Foreign Ministry statement - which also said the Arctic Sea s captain had falsely claimed it was a North Korean ship headed from Cuba to Sierra Leone - appeared unlikely to end the questions about the vessel and its voyage.The statement was issued just hours after a report quoted Russia s top investigator as saying it was possible the ship was carrying more than just timber when it left Finland last mon stanley website th with an all-Russian crew.The Foreign Ministry said no suspicious cargo was found when the ship was searched after being intercepted Aug. 17 in the Atlantic off West Africa, but that a more thorough search is planned. There re stanley cups uk main many gray areas that should be illuminated chiefly by the investigation that has just begun, the ministry said in the statement. The developments have sparked speculation that the Maltese-flagged ship cou stanley cups uk ld have been carrying a secret cargo that somebody wanted to keep under wraps. Suspicions have been heightened by the involvement of the Russian navy, the slow trickle of information and claims that news media were fed bogus information about the ship.The Arctic Sea left Finland on July 21 with a load of timber bound for Algeria, but then seemed to vanish in the Atlantic.Russian officials said a Russian warship had

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Updated at 8:00 a.m. Eastern.More stanley cup troops and a new strategy for using them are emerging as critical components to the eight-year-old effort by U.S. and NATO forces to defeat the Taliban and secure Afghanistan.U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, acknowledging bright spots but also gloom and doom in a new assessment of the war, said Monday the Obama administration would look closely at requests for resources.A stanley cup sking for more troops is not part of the classified assessment delivered by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, according to officials. However, he is expected to ask for more troops in a separate request in a few weeks, two NATO officials told The Associated Press on condition of an stanley website onymity. They were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.McChrystal s assessment is expected to offer a blunt appraisal of the Taliban s increasing tactical prowess and diminishing popular support in Afghanistan for both the foreign-led war effort and the fragile, corruption-riddled central government. The situation in Afghanistan is serious, McChrystal said Monday, and success demands a revised implementation strategy, commitment and resolve, and increased unity of effort. Gates told reporters traveling with him to Fort Worth, Texas, We have been very explicit that Gen. McChrystal should be forthright in telling us what he needs. A Pentagon spokesman said Gates had not yet seen McChrystal s recommendations, which were being reviewed and commented