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The 1,600-year-old remains of a middle-age man buried alongside an ornate belt decorated with images of dolphins and dogs have been found in a grave in Leicester, England, archaeologists report.The belt s style suggests that its owner worked as a solider or civil servant during the Late Roman period, during the second half of the fourth century A.D or the early fifth century A.D., the archaeologists, from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services ULAS , said on July 7. The grave of skeleton 23, likely a Late Roman soldier or civil servant, found in Leicester, England. Researchers found the belt buckle next to the right hip circled . University of Leicester The team made the discovery during an excavation in which they dug up 83 skeletons from a Late Roman cemetery in Leicester s West End. One of the graves, a simple one dug into mudstone by the bank of the River Soar, held the middle-age man s remains, as well as the extraordinary belt. [In Photos: The Ancient Roman Baths of Bath, England]Rare find The cemetery is located southwest of an ancient Roman town and close to what was once a major Roman road known as Fosse Way. But despite Rome s extensive settlements in England, it s rare to find s air max 2 uch an ornate belt that has most of its parts, including the buckle, belt plate and strap hoka laufschuhe end, ULAS researchers said. The survival of the delicate adidas samba uomo thin-sheet bron Iitl Syria Approves New U.S. Ambassador
LONDON - Britain s largest police force has demanded the Guardian reveal its sources for the story that reignited the country s phone-hacking scandal, the newspaper said Friday.The Guardian said that London s Metropolitan Police was seeking a court order that would force the paper to unveil sources behind the story that revealed that the now-defunct News of the World tabloid hacked into the voicemail messages of a missing schoolgirl, Milly Dowler, who w stanley cups as later found murdered.The Guardian said that paperwork behind the July 4 story stanley cup 151; written by Nick Davies and Amelia Hill 151; was among the documents being sought by police as part of an investigation into official misconduct. Last week, the Guardian revealed that Hill had already been called in for questioning over an alleged leak of information from the investigation. An unidentified detective has already been arrested on suspicion of unauthorized disclosure of information.Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said he would resist this extraordinary demand to the utmost. Police could not immediately be reached for comment. Although the Guardian has not gone into detail about how Hill got her information about the Dowler case, or whether it involved the arrested detective, it has warned that other reporters should take note of the case, arguing that journalists would no doubt be concerned if the police sought to criminalize conversations between off-record sources and reporters. Relations between stanley cup the media and Brita

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A third night of protests in the Georgian capital against the government s decision to suspend negotiat air force 1 ions to join the European Union left 44 people hospitalized, officials said Sunday.Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the parliament Saturday night, thro adidas sambarose wing stones and setting off fireworks, while police deployed water cannons and tear gas. An effigy of the founder of the governing Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili mdash; a shadowy billionaire who made his fortune in Russia mdash; was burned in front of the legislature.Georgia s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 27 protesters, 16 police and one media worker were hospitalized.Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze w nike dunk high arned that any violation of the law will be met with the full rigor of the law. Neither will those politicians who hide in their offices and sacrifice members of their violent groups to severe punishment escape responsibility, he said at a briefing Sunday. He insisted it wasn t true that Georgia s European integration had been halted. The only thing we have rejected is the shameful and offensive blackmail, which was, in fact, a significant obstacle to our country s European integration. The government s announcement came hours after the European Parliament adopted a resolution criticizing last month s general election in Georgia as neither free nor fair. Demonstrators use firecrackers against police during a rally against the government s decision to suspend negotia Axlv North Korea Missile Test Likely Soon
Russia s new national security doctrine makes it easier for the country s leaders to use nuclear weapons and condemns U.S. efforts to become the world s dominant power. Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Concept of National Security into law in January. In a lengthy section called Securing the National Security of Russia, the new doctrine would allow the country s leaders to use all existing forces including nuclear weapons to oppose any attack -- nuclear or conventional -- if other efforts fail to repel an aggressor. The previous doctrine had stated that Russia would use nuclear weapons only in cases when its national sovereignty was threatened. Military experts say the shift is due to the tremendous weakness of conventional forces, which might not be able to defend the country in case of an attack. Elsewhere in the document, the United States is accused of trying to decide key international problems on its own and to by stanley uk pass i stanley cup nternational law. The previous national security doctrine dates back to 1997. But following NATO s expansion to the East and the western alliance s intervention in the form stanley flask er Yugoslavia, Russia s attitude to the West has hardened. The new doctrine says two trends dominate international relations since the end of the Cold War: an attempt to create a multipolar world and a U.S.-led effort to dominate the world. The competition has led to efforts by a series of countries to weaken Russia economically, politically a

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan, which U.S. officials have called a mistake, may have exceeded the rules American forces have operated under since their combat mission ended nearly a year ago, officials say.U.S. officials have declined to discuss most circumstances of the attack in Kunduz, which killed 22 civilians, because adidas campus American and Afghan investigations are underway.Doctors Without Borders, which believes the attack may have been a war crime, wants an independent and impartial investigation. dunk panda Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan appears before Senate panel 04:38 yeezy slide The group s international president, Joanne Liu, called for an impartial and independent investigation of the facts and circumstances of the attack, particularly given the inconsistencies in the U.S. and Afghan accounts of what happened over recent days. Liu added, We cannot rely on only internal military investigations by the U.S., NATO and Afghan forces, she said. It is unacceptable that the bombing of a hospital and the killing of staff and patients can be dismissed as collateral damage or brushed aside as a mistake, she said.In New York, Doctors Without Borders Executive Director Jason Cone called the bombing an attack on the Geneva Convention and called on an independent commission to investigate Hjnz Italy s pandemic survivors, one year later
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives-packed Mercedes near a row of stores in the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, police and hospital officials said.The attack in the eastern Baghdad enclave came as at least 36 other people were killed or found dead in Iraq, including four who died in a bombing of an outdoor market in the Shiite holy city of Kufa.A bombing also killed at least 13 people in the nearby Shiite neighborhood of Baladiyat on Wednesday.Violence has been unrelenting in Iraq and the suicide bombing in Baghdad was stanley kubek among a series of attacks tempering U.S. claims of success in taming the capital just days before a pivotal p stanley termosy rogress report is due to be delivered to the U.S. Congress by the top commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker.Petraeus acknowledged the dif stanley water bottle ficulties in a letter to U.S. forces on Friday summarizing the results of the troop increase U.S. President George W. Bush ordered last winter. It has not worked out as we had hoped, he wrote, offering a preview of what he planned to tell U.S. legislators in hearings that begin Monday amid a fierce debate over whether President Bush should begin withdrawing troops from Iraq.The British military, meanwhile, said 500 troops would be withdrawn from Iraq in coming months as part of its planned reduction in forces as Iraqis assume control of their own security in southern Iraq. The withdrawals will reduce the British force in

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Thousands of people have reportedly fled across the border from Myanmar into neighboring Thailand after the bloodiest adidas campus weekend the country has seen since the February 1 military coup. The U.S. and other countries have condemned the military junta running Myanmar, with the Biden administr nike air force ation announcing a suspension of trade on Monday, but the generals appear undeterred, likely bolstered by continued backing from Russia and China. As Myanmar s commanders celebrated the country s annual Armed Forces Day with a parade of military hardware mdash; joined by senior officials from Moscow and Beijing mdash; they declared open season on the country s civilians. A military commander from Myanmar, 2nd from right, greets guests as they attend an annual parade put on by the military to mark Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyidaw, March 27, 2021. Amid the military s bloody crackdown on civilians following a February 1 coup, Russia sent its Deputy Defense Minster and Chi dunk pand na, Vietnam and Thailand sent lower-ranking officials to observe the parade. STR/AFP/Getty As CBS News correspondent Lucy Craft reports, even schoolchildren have been killed in their own homes in the frenzy of state-sponsored violence unleashed in a bid to quell weeks of civil disobedience. But the huge protests have continued, with thousands taking to the streets of Myanmar s biggest cities of Mandalay and Yangon Fqrk Famine, AIDS Plague Southern Africa
Cuban President Raul Castro, front left, and V stanley france enezuela s Vice President Rafael Ramirez applaud during a rally marking the 57th anniversary of Cuba s revolution, Santa Clara, July 26, 2010. AP Photo/Javier Galeano Havana - For Cubans there were various surprises at Monday s annual July 26th rally in the central city of Santa Clara.First, despite a rash of public appearances this month, the first in four years, Cuba s former President Fidel Castro, 83, was not in attendance at the event which marked the 57th anniversary of his eventually successful efforts to oust the Batista dictatorship. Rumors that he would attend have swept the island in past weeks.Second, President Raul Castro presided over the event but broke with tradition and did not deliver the main speech. Instead he yielded the podium t stanley becher o 1st Vice President Jose Ramon Machado, considered a hardliner.It was like a glass of cold water in the face for Cubans who hoped to hear stanley becher the President discuss bread and butter issues in what is usually an annual State of the Union address. Even though Raul Castro, 79, is known to dislike public speaking, his failure to do so today fuels rumors at street level that he is ill, although he appeared healthy enough during this morning s event.Machado quoted previous statements by Raul Castro on the priority that must be given to the economy, food production and agriculture, but he also declared, w

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Helsinki, Finlandmdash; Despite repeated threats from Russia, Finland is poised to join the U.S.-led NATO military alliance. The historic move mdash; set to be mirrored by Sweden mdash; will effectively double the length of NATO s land border with Russia. The Finnish President and Prime Minister announced the Nordic nation s intention to join the bloc last week, calling it an historic day. As CBS News correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports, Finland s membership bid has seen it ditch decades of neutrality in a dramatic move prompted directly by President Vladimir Putin s ongoing assault on Ukraine. How Bellingcat is using social media to track alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine 13:30 Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson echoed her neighbors sentiments on Monday, telling Sweden s assembled lawmakers that the historic change in our country s security policy line was needed to secure formal security guarantees in the wak yeezy e of Russia s attack on Ukraine. NATO chief says Ukraine can win this war Russia, and Putin in particular, has long considered NATO a threat. The Kremlin has defended its war in Ukraine partly as a means of push adidas campus 80s ing the Western alliance back further from its borders mdash; a tactic which, g adidas samba og iven Finland and Sweden s accession bids, appears to have backfired spectacularly. Xynu Super Typhoon causes landslides in Philippines, killing at least 4
CBS/AP KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack against a sprawling British base in southern Afghanistan that killed two U.S. Marines and wounded several other troops, saying it was to avenge an anti-Islamic fi stanley water bottle lm that insulted the Prophe stanley mug t Muhammad, and because Britain s Prince Harry is serving there.Taliban spokesman Kari Yousef Ahmed told CBS News the primary motive for the attack was the film, but the base was picked as the place to attack because of Prince Harry s presence there.The U.S.-led NATO coalition said in a statement that the overnight attack focused on Camp Bastion, a huge British base adjacent to Camp Leatherneck, which houses U.S. Marine operations in southern Helmand province. We attacked that base be stanley cup cause Prince Harry was also on it and so they can know our anger, Taliban spokesman Qari Youssef Ahmadi told The Associated Press by telephone. He added, Thousands more suicide attackers are ready to give up their lives for the sake of the Prophet. Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is based at Camp Bastion. A spokesperson for Britain s Ministry of Defense told the AP he was unharmed in the attack which, according to Britain s Press Association, took place a mile from the section of the complex where the prince was located. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with government policy.Capt. Harry Wales, as the prince is known in the military, is serving a four-month combat deployment

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Pope Francis has given King Charles III two shards of wood that the Vatican says are from the True Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, to be included in the British monarch s upcoming coronation ceremony. The shards will be incorporated into a new cross that will lead the coronation procession on May 6. The Cross of Wales is displayed for a photograph ahead of a ceremony to bless the Cross at Holy Trinity Church in Lland adidas samba damen udno, north Wales, on April 19, 2023. Getty Images The new cross, which was a gift from then-Prince Charles to the Church in Wales, a branch of the Anglican Church, to mark its centenary in 2020, has been made from re air force 1 claimed wood, recycled silver and Welsh slate, the Reuters news agency reported. The two small shards donated by Pope Francis have been shaped into a cross and incorporated behind a gemstone.King Charles III s coronation: What to know for the centuries-old ceremony I can confirm that the fragments of the relic of the True Cross were donated by the Holy See in early April, through the Apostolic Nunciature, to His Majesty King Charles III, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, as an ecumenical gesture on the occasion of the centenary of the Anglican Church in Wales, the Holy See press office said Thursday.After the coronation, the cross will re air force one turn to Wales, where it will be shared between the Anglican and Catholic churches the Vivq Bear kills Italian jogger, reportedly same animal that attacked father and son in 2020
Four of the five Americans killed when a U.S. security company s helicopter crashed in a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad were shot execution style in the back the head, an Iraqi military official said Wednesday.The official mdash; who, like all others contacted, spoke on condition of anonymity because details had not been made public mdash; said the four were shot while on the ground. He gave no other details.A U.S. official in Baghdad, however, had earlier said there was no information to substantiate the report that the bodies had been shot execution style.The senior Iraqi military official said the helicopter had been shot down, but this was disputed by a U.S. military official in Washington. The Iraqi said the helicopter was hit by a machine gunner ove gourde stanley r the Fadhil neighborhood on the east side of the Tigris River, while the U.S. official said there was no indication in initial reports that the aircraft, owned by Blackwater USA, had been shot down. The Americans said they did not know what caused the aircraft stanley mug to crash.Blackwater USA confirmed that five Americans employed by the North Carolina-based company as sec stanley france urity professionals were killed. The statement from spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell did not provide identities or any details of the fighting. On Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad offered condolences for the five Americans killed, calling them good men and saying he had traveled with them. We had a very bad day yesterday, Khalilzad told

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Though al Qaeda remains largely on the run, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday, echoing remarks by President Obama last October, the United States does face an ongoing threat from the militant Islamic group and its affiliates, including an imminent plot against American diplomatic posts in the Middle East and other Muslim countries.Intelligence over the weekend picked up signs of the terrorist plot, prompting the U.S. government to close nearly two-dozen embassies and consulates. Carney said the threat seems to emanate from al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula - also known as AQAP - as well as target that region. Adding it could potentially be beyond that, and that plots could continue through the end of August, he hedged questions about a direct threat to the U.S. homeland.Al Qaeda embassy plot amon adidas campus homme g most specific and credible threats since 9/11, McCaul saysU.S. still on edge in face of uncovered terror plot We face an ongoing threat from al Qaeda and its affiliates, Carney said. There are individuals and organizations out the adidas samba re that are focused on doing the United States and the American people harm, as well as doing harm to our people. Last October, the president proclaimed that more than a year after the death of the group s founder, Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda is on the run. Carney defended that assessment Monday: I don t think that the fact that there is a continual threat from the m air max 1 ost operational of the [al Qaeda] affiliates suggests that Slwv U.S. Hostage In Pakistan Freed
Eighteen mountaineers reached the peak of Mount Everest on Wednesday, and a 15-year old Nepalese boy was close behind them in a bid to become the youngest person ever to scale the world s highest peak.Eight mountaineers and 10 sherpas reached Everest s 29,028-foot peak and stood on top of the mountain on Wednesday morning, the Nepalese tourism ministry announced.The climbers included three Americans, two Swedes, a Briton, an Australian and a Canadian. They made up their way up through the southern, Tibetan side of the mountain in fine weather.Arvind Timi stanley cups lsina, a 15-yea stanley cup r-old Nepalese schoolboy, was aiming to become the youngest person to gain Everest s peak. He was not far behind the 18 climbers, the ministry said.The ascent comes amid renewed focus on Everest after the body of British mountaineer George Mallory was discovered on the mountain s North Side on Saturday, 75 years after he perished while making what may have been the first-ever climb to the summit. On Wednesday, the first to reach the top were the Americans, Peter Athans and William Crouse. It was Athans s sixth successful Everest climb, but Crouse had never before climbed Everest. With them were five Sherpas.A couple of hours later, they were joined by Goran Kropp and Renata Chlumska from Sweden, Bernard Voyer from Canada, and four sherpas. Kropp had summited Everest in the past. It was also Voyer s first view of the top of Everest.The rest of the group reached the summit five minutes later. For And stanley cup rew La

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PAMPLONA, Spain -- Spanish medical officials say an American was gored and four other runners were injured in the second-last running of the bulls at Pamplona s San Fermin festival.Television images showed one of the six bulls crashing into several runners and lifting at least two of them air force 1 in the air with his horns.More than 1,000 people took part in the 8 a.m. 2 a.m. EDT run Wednesday, which lasted 2frac12; minutes.Navarra Hospital spokesman Dr. Jon Ariceta said the American was gored in the left leg and taken to a city hospital.In a statement, the Navarra regional government identified the American as a 39-year-old with the initials M.L.O. and said his condition was not serious. There were no further details. Four other runners were hospitalized for contusions.There were no further details immediately.The nine-day fiesta became world famous with Ernest Hemingway s 19 air max 1 26 novel The Sun Also Rises and attracts thousands of foreign tourists. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-0c7aa0e3-7e00-4e28-846b-9910553f2c34, right-rail-recirc-item--id-0c7aa0e3-7e00-4e28-846b-9910553f2c34 display: air max 2 none; inline-recirc-item--id-0c7aa0e3-7e00-4e28-846b-9910553f2c34 ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block; Jqeu Satellites To Watch For Darfur Violence
In another sign of improving relations between Myanmar s military government and the opposition, authoritie stanley becher s released from prison 84 members of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi s National League for Democracy, a senior party official said Friday.The 84, including 38 women, included party members who were arrested in April, August and September last year. They were released in small groups from Yangon s Insein prison on Thursday, the NLD official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Burma or Myanmar The 1988 military cr stanley thermobecher ackdown in what was then called Burma has led to disagreement over what the country should now be called.Since the military government changed the name in 1989, the country has referred to itself as Myanmar. The United Nations also calls it Myanmar. The United States and many human rights groups continue to call it Burma.The Myanmar government contends that Myanmar is not an invention of the military rulers, but rather the name stanley mugs the country went by before it was colonized by Britain.But the Burma Project, a human rights group, says Myanmar is just an English transliteration of the way Burma is said in Burmese, not an authentic name. Myanmar s mission to the U.N. says, Refusing to call a nation by its proper official name may seem insignificant to some but generate resentment among a very high majority of the Myanmar population. But the Burma Project contends, such a serious action as changing a country s name should only be tak

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Two Hellfire missiles ended al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri s life in a safehouse balcony in a wealthy neighborhood in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, at 6:18 a.m. Sunday, a senior administration official said Monday.The missiles were launched by an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, killing samba og him instantly.The nature of the strike as described by a senior administration official signals that the U.S. may have used the R9X Hellfire variant, also known as the Ninja or Flying Ginsu missile, nicknamed for knives famously sold on TV in the 1980s. This variant has been used in the recent past to kill other extremist leaders.The R9X Hellfire has six blades that rotate at high speed and deploy before impact mdash; instead of conventional warhead explosives, according to Janes, a defense intelligence provider. The missile pierces and cuts its target, rather than blowing it up. The design makes it easier to take out an intended target, while lessening the likelihood of causing additional casualties. Ayman Al-Zawahiri in an undated image from video Maher Attar/Sygma via Getty Images The White House has not shared details about the type of Hellfire missiles used. A reporter asked a senior administration official on a call Monday about the nature of the missile dunk homme , but the official did not answer. adidas samba adidas The senior administration official who briefed reporters said the strike o Bmzs China s Xi Jinping bans official extravagance
CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips is in Moscow covering Russia s national election.The once and future President of Russia walked down the outdoor stage set up just off Red Square on the frigid Moscow night of his latest victory. A crowd easily numbering in the tens of thousands had been waiting for hours, spilling off the square and up the adjoinin stanley cup g boulevards - a cloud of steam rising from stanley trinkflaschen their collective lungs, as did a cheer as their hero appeared.Vladimir Putin claimed an honest victory and, by the standards of recent Russian elections, he may have been right - in a Russian kind of way. A tear famously trickled down his right cheek, its trail glistening in the TV lights. Was he moved or was he just cold We ll never know. There s a lot we ll never know about this vote and about the unique appeal Putin enjoys among Russians.Tearful Putin thanks supporters after winPutin claims victory in presidential voteReports of violations in Russia elections stanley cups Under intense international and domestic pressure, the Russian election authorities had gone to unprecedented lengths to carry out a vote they could defend. Web cameras were set up, they said, in the more than 90,000 polling stations across the country to discourage the sort of ballot box stuffing that opponents said occurred in the parliamentary elections last December. It was that blatant vote rigging that brought the Russian protest movement onto the streets.To be sure, there was also evidence of election shenani

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities have discovered a mass grave with the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers who were abducted when Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS militants overran the northern city of Mosul in 2014, officials said Tuesday. The bodies were found buried near the village of Badush, northwest of Mosul, in an area that Iraqi forces recaptured in July.Harjit Masih, the only Indian survivor, has long said that the rest of the group had been killed. He said they had all been held for a number of days, then taken outside and ordered to kn adidas originals eel. Then the militants opened fire. They were killed in front of my eyes, he told reporters Tuesday in his north Indian home village. He was shot in the thigh but managed to escape.Iraqi official N yeezy ajiha Abdul-Amir al-Shimari called the killing a heinous crime carried out by Daesh terrorist gangs. Daesh is the Arabic acronym for ISIS.The people killed were citizens of the friendly Indian state, said Najiha, the head of Iraq s Martyrs Establishment, a government body dealing with people killed in the fight against ISIS. Their dignity wa nike dunk s supposed to be protected, but the forces of evil wanted to defame the principles of Islam. Saving history from ISIS destruction 00:36 The abducted workers, most from northern India, had been employed by a co Exxy Putin Warns Of Retaliation To Missile Plan
The Iraqi government is planning to limit no-bid contracts being negotiated with several major oil companies to one year to avoid overlap with longer-term deals expected to be signed next June, a senior Oil Ministry official said Thursday.The no-bid contracts stanley mugs have sparked controversy because several major Western firms have been involved in the discussions. There are concerns that granting such contracts to Western oil companies could feed perceptions that U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein to grab the country s natural resources.Iraqi officials have stressed that the contracts are only for technical advice and equipment and the companies will receive money in return, not a share of oil production. They say the deals are meant as a stopgap measure to boost oil production until the government completes a bidding process next June on the development of six major oil fields and two natural gas fields.But some believe the no-bid deals could g stanley quencher ive the Western firms a bidding advantage in that process, which Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said last month would include 35 foreign companies. The firms he named included seven from the U.S., three from Britain and others from countries like Russia and China.Five of the oil fields up for longer-term development - R stanley bottles umaila, Zubair, West Qurna 1, Maysan and Kirkuk - are also included in the no-bid contracts under negotiation, a senior oil official said Thursday. For this reason, the Iraqi government decided to limit those short-ter