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After years of careful exploration, divers have helped map out a trail of scattered arti adidas originals facts and treasure stretching for more than two miles through waters off the Bahamas, which for centuries have drawn archeologists and adventurers alike to search for remnants of a legendary shipwreck.The Nuestra Sentilde;ora de las Maravillas, a Spanish treasure ship, sank near the Bahamas in January 1656 after colliding with another ship. Treasure hunters have explored the area since then in search of the ship s lost cargo, and some historians estimate that around 5 million pesos worth of silver bars, coins and worked silver was recovered from the site between 1656 and 1683. Major exploration and recovery projects continued over the ensuing centuries, with the wealth of relics found in 1972 by adventurer Robert Marx being particularly notable among the modern treasure-hunting expeditions in that area. Some people claim it s one of the richest Spanish galleons t samba og adidas samba o go down in the New World, said Michael Pateman, curator of the Bahamas Maritime Museum in Freeport, while speaking about the Maravillas in an interview with CBS Mornings in April. Marine archeologist Jim Sinclair insisted in the same interview that the lost ship s main pile of treasure had not yet been found, saying, We re probably looking at well over $100 million still sitting in the sand out here. The Bahamian government in 1999 placed a moratorium on salvage expeditions after too many artifacts pulled from the Jbxt Netanyahu calls Congress speech fateful, even historic mission
MEXICO CITY - Archaeologists found a round Aztec ceremonial platform studded with stone carvings of serpent heads at Mexico City s Templo Mayor ruin, raising hopes in the search for an emperor s tomb, authorities said Thursday.No Aztec ruler s tomb has ever been located and researchers have been on a five-year quest to find a royal tomb in the area of the Templo Mayor, a complex of two huge pyramids and numerous smaller structures that contained the ceremonial and spiritual heart of the pre-Hispanic Aztec empire.Mexico s National Institute of History and Anthropology said the stone platform is about 15 yards meters in diameter and probably built around A.D. 1469. The site lies in downtown Mexico City, which was built by Spanish conquerors atop the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. The historical records say that the rulers were cremated at the foot of the Templo Mayor, and it is believed to be on this same structure 151; the cuauhxicalco 151; that the rulers were cremated, said archaeo stanley thermosflasche logi stanley cup quencher st Raul Barrera. That is what the historical sources say, he said, referring to accounts written by Roman Catholic priests who accompanied the Spanish soldiers in the 1521 conquest. Of course, now we have to find archaeological evidence to corroborate that. He said the platform, which is still being unearthed, was gradually uncovered over the preceding months. It is covered with at least 19 serpent heads, each about a half-yard meter long.Barrera stanley cup said accounts from the 1500

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The terrorist attacks in Paris that left 129 dead demonstrated IS adidas originals donna IS determination to wage war on the West; and some Westerners are equally determined to fight back against the extremist group on their own turf. Over the past year, dozens of volunteer fighters from the U nike dunks panda .S. and Western Europe have traveled to Iraq and Syria to take up arms against ISIS. We re not a huge part of this war - however, the foreign fighters give a symbolic meaning: we are young men from all across the world fighting against the Islamic State and for democracy, one British volunteer who asked to be referred to by his nom de guerre, Macer Gifford, told CBS News. Gifford plans to return to fight in northeastern Syria, where he spent six months this year, by the end of the year, so he refrained from discussing details about his personal life. Macer Gifford in Northern Syria earlier this year. Macer Gifford After what happened in Paris this weekend, my Twitter and Facebook have been exploding with messages of outrage, said Gifford. I wouldn t be surprised if more and more people contacted me to come and fight [against ISIS]. Gifford crossed the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Syria on New Year s Day, and spent a week training with Syrian Kurdish forces. He then fought as part of a so-called tabour, salomon xt 6 a group of about 40 fighters: I fought in a number of different places: Tal Hamis, Tel Tam Brhm ISIS bedroom jihad victims seek help after joining extremists
AP WASHINGTON 151; The White House on Tuesday denied reports of a rift with Israeli Pri stanley polska me Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he and President Obama have reaffirmed the two countries commitment to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.Mr. Obama and Netanyahu spoke for an hour Tuesday night. The White House said in a statement later that the two men agreed to continue close consultations going forward regarding Iran s nuclear ambitions.The White House denied published reports that Mr. Obama had rejected Netanyahu s request to meet with Mr. Obama in Washington next week. No such request was made or rejected, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.The unusual, late-night announcement from the White House comes after Netanyahu criticized what he called the world s failure to spell out what would provoke a U.S.-led mil stanley fr itary strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Netanyahu has urged the U.S. to set red lines for Tehran. The Obama administration has refused. Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel, Netanyahu said Tuesday. Netanyahu signals a coming end to patience on IranNetanyahu: Nobody has moral right to draw a red line for Israel on Iran action stanley cup Obama administration: Israel pressuring U.S. on Iran red lines is not helpful or useful Netanyahu says peaceful methods against Iran are not working, and he has warned repeatedly that Iran is getting perilous

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Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through cities around France on Tuesday, hoping to make their biggest show of strength yet to demand the repeal of a job law that has divided the country.A nationwide strike snarled air, train and rail traffic and shut down the Eiffel Tower for the second time in a week. Students barricaded stanley cups schools in protest against the job measure, which would make it easier to fire young workers.In a sign that the impasse between the government and protesters might be easing, leaders of five major trade unions agreed to talks Wednesday. But they said they would hold firm on their demand that the jobs law be withdrawn.Embattled Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who championed the law, told lawmakers in parliament: The priority is to come out of the current crisis. Americans may consider job security a luxury, but CBS News correspondent Elaine Cobbe reports the French are used to it mdash; and young people stanley cup don t understand why older workers should be given it, but not them. President Jacques Chirac signed the bill Sunday despite two months of growing demonstrations, saying France needs the law to keep up with the world economy. He offered modifications, but students and unions rejected them, saying they want the law withdrawn. What Chirac has done is not enough, said 18-year-old Rebecca Konforti, among a group of students who jammed tables against the door of their high school in southe stanley cup price rn Paris. They re not really concessions; he jus

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish media reports say police have caught the alleged gunman who killed 39 people during an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul during New Yearrsquo celebratio salomon ns. The private Dogan news agency and other media say the suspect was caught in Istanbulrsquo district of Esenyurt in a police operation late on Monday. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS has claimed has claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in reprisal for Turkish military operations in northern Syria. adidas originals mujer ISIS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack 02:21 Hurriyet newspaper and other media have identified the gunman as Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbekistan national. The suspect was to undergo medical checks before being taken to a police headquarters for questioning, the paper said in its online edition.Dogan news agency published what it said was the first image of the attacker. It showed a bruised, black-hair adidas yeezy ed man in a grey, bloodied shirt being held by his neck. Private NTV television said the gunman had resisted arrest. Reina club alleged attacker after being caught by Turkish police in Istanbul, late Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. AP NTV reported that the gunmanrsquo Kyrgyz friend and three ot Hpst U.S. caver Mark Dickey rescued in Turkey and recovering after a crazy adventure
STOCKHOLM A security guard at the Swedish prime minister s residence was killed Friday in what appeared to be a self-inflicted shooting, police and Swedish media said. The prime minister was not in the building.Police wouldn t immediately reveal how the man was killed, saying they wanted to inform his next of kin first. Tabloid Expressen said the victim died after shooting himself, but didn t cite any sources.Markus Friberg, a spokesman for Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, confirmed to The Associated Press that the prime minister was not in the building when the shooting happened. Tabloid Aftonbladet said Reinfeldt was visiting the paper s office in Stockholm. I can say nothing happened to the prime minister. He was not harmed, Stockholm police spokesman Lars Bystrom to stanley uk ld AP. And it wasn t one of his bodyguards but some security guard. We do not suspect any crime. The stanley thermos mug incident occurred in the early afternoon at the Sagerska Palace, the waterfront home and office of the prime minister. The building is protected by security guards working for a private company, Svensk Bevakningstjanst. Company spokeswoman Maria Fernsund confirmed that the victim was an employee of the company but declined to give other details.The prime mini stanley kubek ster also has bodyguards from the Swedish Security Service. They were not affected by the incident, said Sirpa Franzen, a spokeswoman for the agency. At present there is no indication that the incident has any link to the Parliament or government,

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Experts say you may be paying more for your avocado toast or guacamole in the short term, and the effects of the U.S. temporary ban on imports of the fruit is already being felt by avocado pickers in Mexico.Mexico is negotiating security guarantees for U.S. inspectors who certify Mexican samba rose avocados for export.The inspections were halted last weekafter one of the U.S. inspectors was threatened in the western state of Michaoacan, where growers are routinely subject to extortion by drug cartels.The U.S. Department of Agriculture released more details Thursday on what the threat involved. It hoka winterschuhe said in a statement that an inspector had received a threat against him and his family. The inspector had questioned the integrity of a certain shipment, and refused to certify it based on con adidas originals crete issues, according to USDA statement. The inspectors are in Mexico to certify that Mexican avocados aren t carrying pests that could harm California avocado orchards.But only one state in Mexico, Michoacan, is certified as pest-free and able to export avocados to the U.S. market. There have been frequent reports that some packers in Mexico are buying avocados from other, non-certified states, and trying to pass them off as being from Michoacan. But it is honest growers and their employees who are suffering the consequences. You die of hunger Avocado pickers stood on a roadside this week outside the city of Uruapan, Michoacan, asking for donations after they lost their work. Holding up signs Jkik Transcript: Rep. Mike Turner on Face the Nation, June 25, 2023
Wars may be raging elsewhere. The economic balance of the planet may be in question. But in London Thursday night, everyone s attention was on a posh hotel, when two people left a party and got in a car.As CBS News Correspondent Mark Phillips reports, they weren t just ordinary people. She was Camilla Parker Bowles, arriving for a birthday party. He was Prince Charles, who dropped by from his palace around the corner.That the two are an item has been public knowledge for years. But they have never had their picture taken together in public - at stanley canada least, not since they were a lot younger and not yet married t stanley cup o other people.Now the time has been deemed right to end all their famous sneaking around. Him going out the back door, her going out the side door. They want to put a stop to that, says news photographer Arthur Edwards. Thursday s event, a birthday party for Parker Bowles sister, Annabel, had been promised as the first official viewing of the couple together, the official recognition of an affair that h stanley flask as gone on for more than 25 years and destroyed two marriages.And then finally, around midnight, two not particularly glamorous middle-aged divorcees confirmed what everybody knew: That they were an item.How is this development being handled by the British press Friday CBS News Consultant David Starkey, honorary lecturer in history at the London School of Economics and and an expert on the monarchy, says, I think it s playing out very well. But, then, it s beenAci

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Economic inequality poses the biggest risk to the global economy this year, contributing to global instability even more than climate change, according to the World Economic Forumrsquo Global Risk Report.The report na samba og mes rising income and wealth disparity as the biggest underlying trend for the next 10 years, followed by the issues of climate change and social polarization.Economic populi airmax plus sm played a major role in Great Britainrsquo vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trumprsquo victory in the U.S. presidential election, and is widely seen as contributing to far-right and nationalist political movements in Europe.The report, released ahead of the global economic bodyrsquo annual meeting of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, surveyed nearly 750 experts.Ahead of this yearrsquo meeting, scheduled to run from Jan. 17 to Jan. 20, WEF leaders urged action to address income inequality and social divisions. Wersquo;ve seen a shift in the way we view global risks in 2016, said Klaus Schwab, the forumrsquo founder and executive chairman. Societal polarization, income inequality, and the inward orientation of countries are spilling over into real-world politics, added Schwab.Schwab believes 2017 will be a pivotal moment. The threat of a less cooperative, more inward-looking world also creates the opportunity to a adidas samba ddress global risks and the trends that drive them. This will require responsive and responsible leadership Rvcv Air rage a worsening problem, airlines say
Militant cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Shiite militia has been battling U.S. forces across Iraq, warned Monday that he would fight until the last drop of my blood has been spilled, in his first appearance since the violence began.The five-day-old uprising by al-Sadr s Mahdi Army began t stanley thermoskannen o affect Iraq s crucial oil industry, as pumping to the southern port of Basra mdash; the country s main export outlet mdash; was halted because of militant threats to infrastructure, an official with the South Oil Company said.About 1.8 million barrels per day, or 90 percent of Iraq s exports, move through Basra, and any shutdown in the flow of Iraq s main money earner would badly hamper reconstruction efforts. Iraq s other stanley cup usa export line mdash; from the north to Turkey mdash; is already out of operation.Clashes intensified Basra, where a British soldier was killed and several others wounded in fighting with militia near the cleric s office Monday, the British Ministry of Defense said. Three militants were killed and more than 10 others wounded, a senior Iraqi police official said.In the holy city of Najaf, the main scene of fighting, U.S. forces tried once more to drive militiamen out of a sprawling cemetery, and an American tank rattled up to within 400 yards of the Imam Ali Shrine, Najaf s holiest site, which fighters have reportedly been using as a base. Still U.S. commanders say a sign that locals are starting to turn against the militia, is they no longer risk their lives to dr

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Rio De Janeiro mdash; At least 57 prisoners were killed by other inmates during clashes between organized crime groups in the Altamira pris adidas original campus on in northern Brazil Monday. Sixteen of the victims were decapitated, according to prison officials. Para state prison authorities said a fight erupted around 7 a.m. between the Rio de Janeiro-based Comando Vermelho and a local criminal group known as Comando Class air max 98 e A. Leaders of the Comando Classe A set fire to a cell belonging to one of the prison s pavilions, where members of the Comando Vermelho were located, the statement read. State prisons chief Jarbas Vasconcelos said the fire had spread rapidly with inmates held in old container units that had been adapted for the prison while another building is under construction. Prisoners armed with homemade knives are seen on the roof of a building inside the Alatmira prison compound during a riot at the facility in northern Brazil s Para state, July 29, 2019. Reuters The fire prevented police forces from entering the building for several hours, he told a news confere adidas originals forum nce. Two prison staff members were held hostage, but eventually released. It was a targeted attack. The aim was to show that it was a settling of accounts between the two groups, not a protest or rebellion against the prison system, Vasconcelos said. Authorities have not found any firearms following the ri Nyue Prince William pulls out of scheduled appearance at memorial for his godfather amid family health concerns
U.S. and British diplomats made progress Tuesday in talks with Libyan officials over responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, officials said.Brit stanley cup ai stanley cup website n s Foreign Office said the three-way session in London had been useful, but played down reports that Libya had accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing over the Scottish town of Lockerbie and that a compensation deal had been struck for families of the victims.In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said U.S. officials awaited a comprehensive from Assistant Secretary of State William Burns, who represented the United States at the meeting. We re told the session was useful. The reporting indicates they made some progress, he added.Burns will discuss the meeting the victim s relatives on Wednesday. Pan Am flight 103 was bombed on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 aboard and 11 more on the ground.Britain and the United States are pressuring Libya to comply with U.N. Security Council requirements to accept responsibility for the bombing and provide stanley cup compensation.Libyan government lawyers have already set conditions for compensating families of victims a total of $2.7 billion, or $10 million each. The State Department has said it will accept whatever sum the families find acceptable.But the demand that Libya accepts responsibility has so far proved to be a stumbling block. Libya is also required to renounce terrorism and disclose all information it has about the downing of the Pan Am je

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New Delhi mdash;Pakistan s national cricket team are scheduled to travel to India later this year to take on the neighboring nation in a much-anticipated Cricket World Cup match, the sport s governing body revealed Tuesday. It will be the Pakistani team s first trip to the riva nike dunk high l nation in seven years, if everything goes according to plan, but the two nuclear-armed Asian nations aren t just rivals on the cricket field.The International Cricket Council ICC announced the schedule for the 2023 World Cup and India vs. Pakistan im nike dunk mediately resonated as one of the most thrilling face-offs in the cards. The match is scheduled for Oct. 15 at the 132,000-seat Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, named after India s current leader.Pakistan s team last came to India in 2016 for the T20 World Cup, a shorter format of the game, but the two countries haven t faced off in a full series in a decade, playing only a few full-length matches since 2007 mdash; all at at neutral venues outside the countries.Relations between India and Pakistan s cricket teams have remained frosty, just like their pol adidas campus homme itical and diplomatic relations. Over the last decade, political tension has escalated on a number of occasions to military conflict. Activists of the Youth Forum for Kashmir group shout slogans as they burn a picture of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian flag during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, Aug. 15, 2019. Get Qsxo After losing sea battle in court, China threatens air space
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The United States fired missiles at three stanley cup suspected militant targets near the Afghan border Monday, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was believed to have killed an al Qaeda commander, Pakistani intelligence officials said.The identities of the dead in the unusually intense volley of drone-fired strikes in the South Waziristan tribal region were not known. Several Arabs were said to be among the victims of one of them, according to the officials, who did not give their names in line with agency policy.Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters remain in South Waziristan, despite a Pakistani army offensiv stanley quencher e launched there in 2009.Since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2 in northwest Pakistan, missile strikes have picked up pace from a relative lull in the year s first half. But anger at the bin Laden operation, seen here as a violation of Pakistani sovereignty, has led to fresh calls on Washington to stop the attacks.Cable: Pakistan military learn anti-Americanism Pakistani authorities said Sunday that they were increas stanley water bottle ingly sure that a Friday missile strike in South Waziristan killed Ilyas Kashmiri, a top al Qaeda commander rumored to be a longshot contender to replace bin Laden as the terror network s chief.Al Qaeda likely remains leaderless, and lostGetting definitive confirmation about who died in the missile strikes is difficult, especially if no body is retrieved. U.S. officials have not con

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One U.S. soldier was killed as American Special Forces conducted a raid in support of with Kurdish Iraqi forces to free dozens of hostages held in Northern Iraq, U.S. defense officials said Friday.About 70 hostages were rescued in the operation, including more than 20 members of the Iraqi Security Forces.The operation was a raid on a prison run by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS near the city of Hawija, in the largely Kurdish province of Kirkuk. American Special Forces took part nike af in support of Kurdish Peshmerga troops, not Iraqi national army soldiers.Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said Thursday that the rescue mission was carried out after receiving information that the hostages faced imminent mass execution by ISIS militants. He said the U.S. provided helicopter lift and accompanied Iraqi Peshmerga forces to the compound, but did not characterize it as a joint raid.U.S. to Iraq asics gel : If Russia helps you fight ISIS, we can tGen. Dunford flies to Iraq, says Russian help not neededTurkey warns U.S. over support for Syria s KurdsThe American soldier died of a gunshot wound sustained during a firefight. He was airlifted to Irbil. There were no other American injuries. Cook said the rescue opera salomon zapatillas tion was a unique circumstance and not a change in U.S. policy in the fight against ISIS, which currently precludes the deployment of ground troops. It was authorized consistent with our counter-ISIL effort to train, advise, and assist Iraqi forces, Cook sa Jgxt Netanyahu thanks U.S. for support during crossroads of history, calls protesters useful idiots
Seven American POWs emerged Friday for the first time from the hospital where they are recovering from their ordeals in Iraq.The seven made a even brief appearance on the balcony of their military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. We re looking forward to coming home as soon as we possibly can, Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams sa stanley cup id. I d just like to remind everyone to say a special prayer for all those who are still fighting on the American fence. Fellow POW Shoshana Johnson came out in a wheelchair, but stood up with the help of two of her comrades.The hospital stanley canada s director says three of the Americans had gunshot wounds, but the injuries don t appear serious. He says their prognosis is excellent, their appetites are good, and they re sleeping well. The POWs were freed Sunday by U.S. Marines south of Saddam Hussein s hometown of Tikrit and taken to Kuwait, where they underwent initial medical checks and debriefings before heading to Germany.The five U.S. Army soldiers and two Apache helicopter pilots who arrived late Wednesday spent most of the day with doctors, psychologists and a chaplain, going over their experiences during the three weeks they spent in Iraqi captivity, hospital spokeswoman Marie Shaw said.In their free time, they made calls home to their families.Five of the freed prisoners were comrades of former POW Jessica Lynch from the U.S. A stanley cup usa rmy s 507th Maintenance Support Company, which was ambushed in southern Iraq. The other two were helicopter pilot

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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- A Zimbabwean court on Thursday freed for now an American woman charged with subversion for allegedly describing the former president on Twitter as a sick man. Martha O Donovan, who grew up in New J nike dunk ersey, had faced up to 20 years in prison. A magistrate removed her from remand after prosecutors failed to provide a trial date, freeing her from the charges but only temporarily.O Donovan s lawyer Obey Shava told The Associated Press she can still be summoned back to court if the prosecution feels it has more evidence against her. But she can get her passport back. It all depends on what they gather but for now the case has crumbled. She is free for now, said Shava with adidas samba damen the organization Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.In previous cases, the government has rarely followed up to summon people again. A smiling O Donovan, looking relieved, said she had no comment and left the courtroom to hugs from friends. Robert Mugabe resigns as president of Zimbabwe 02:32 She has denied the allegations of insulting 93-year-old former leader Robert Mugabe, who resigned in Novem air max 98 ber under pressure from the military and ruling party amid fears that his wife was positioning herself to succeed him.New President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a longtime Mugabe ally whose firing as vice president sparked t Uquh Freedom Blocked In Chinese Blogs
President George W. Bush has announced a withdrawal of some troops from Iraq and the deployment of others to Afghanistan. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that President Bush will make what could well be his la stanley cup st major decision on the Iraq War - an issue that has dominated and defined his presidency. Acting on recommendations made by Defense Secretary Gates, the president will announce the withdrawal of 8,000 troops from Iraq by next February. A battalion of 1,500 Marines out of western Iraq in November and an Army comba stanley kubek t brigade of 3,500 soldiers will be withdrawn in February, along with 3,400 support troops.That will bring overall troop strength in the country down to 136,000 - about what it was in 2006 before the troop surge was announced. The president will say the withdrawals ar stanley water bottle e possible because of the dramatic reductions in violence, now down to the lowest level since the spring of 2004. The measured reduction - slower in scope and pace than many Democrats in Congress would like - gives the military some flexibility to shift forces into Afghanistan. Here is the bottom line: While the enemy in Iraq is still dangerous, we have seized the offensive, and Iraqi forces are becoming increasingly capable of leading and winning the fight, Mr. Bush said in remarks prepared for delivery to the National Defense University in Washington.But even these modest withdrawals - less than six percent of U.S. troops - are more than the commander in I