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Belgian authorities have opened a murder investigation into the death of a skydiver, saying they believe someone tampered with her parachute in an apparent fight over a lover.Els Van Doren, 37, fell 13,000 feet to her death last November after her parachute and emergency chute failed to open.A fellow female skydiver was detained for question stanley tumbler ing last week and is the prime suspect in the investigation, stanley cup prosecutor Michel Zegers said Wednesday. No charges have been filed.Investigators believe Van Doren and the suspect, who belonged to the same parachute club, also dated the same man, a Dutch national identified as Marcel. News reports say the suspect killed Van Doren in a jealous rage after learning Van Doren had an affair with her boyfriend. I believe we can call this a crime of passion, Zegers said.A court date is set for Feb. 16 in the eastern city of Tongeren to assess the evidence.Van Doren had jumped from a plane with three others, including the suspect and the Dutch boyfriend. She crashed to her death at 130 mph near Opglabbeek, a small town in central Belgiu stanley mugs m.Police have video of the fateful jump mdash; recorded by Van Doren s own helmet camera as she tried desperately to open her parachute. Wally Elters watched the fatal fall from the aerodrome where the flight took off. He told Belgian daily Le Soir what he witnessed: I was working on my plane when I heard someone on the ground screaming and pointing to the sky. I looked up and saw a black spot
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Israeli forces trying to combat Palestinian rocket squads along the border with Gaza killed two children on Tuesday, Palestinian medical officials said.The two dead were 10 and 12 years old, according to Dr. Muawiya Hassanin of the Palestinian Health Ministry. A third child, 10, was seriously wounded and six other people were lightly stanley cupe injured, all of them civilians, he said.The Israeli army said ground forces fired at two Palestinians who were spotted near a rocket launcher in an area of northern Gaza where a rocket was fired into Israel earlier. An army statement said Palestinian rocket teams have been known to send young children to retrieve rocket launchers after firing. In light of the reports, it seems likely that this was the case here, the army said.The Israeli military regularly carries out attacks targeting Palestinian militants launching rockets at stanley cup towns in southern Israel. Gaza militants fired three rockets into Israel on Tuesday including one that hit an empty kindergarten in the town of Sderot near Gaza, the army said.Earlier Tuesday, Israeli troops killed three Islamic Jihad militants in southern Gaza. On Monday, the Israeli air force killed six Hamas gunmen. And Tuesday evening, one Palestinian was killed when Israeli aircraft attacked a Hamas militant base in southern Gaza on Tuesday evening, Hamas officials and witnesses said. But Israel s military, which acknowledges such operations, said it was not inv stanley cups olved.Several people were wounded, the Hamas offi
Kabul, Afghanistan mdash;An American service member has been ki yeezy lled in action in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. They offered no further details about the service member s identity or circumstances surrounded the death.In a telephone interview, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said the militant group was behind Saturday s killing, but offered no further details.U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has been holding talks with the Taliban in recent weeks t adidas yeezyslide o try and negotiate an end to the war in Afghanistan. The current conflict began in 2001 with the U.S.-led invasion to unseat the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.After nearly 18 years, it is America s longest war, in which over 2,400 American service members have died.Separately, Afghanistan s Islamic State affiliate claimed Friday s suici adidas campus de attack that killed 6 people. More from CBS News Congo investigating mystery flu-like disease that s killed at least 71 American man likely killed by kidnappers in Philippines, police say Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire tested by intensifying Zgla Clinton Urges Amnesty for Two Reporters
Belgian authorities have opened a murder investigation into the death of a skydiver, saying they believe someone tampered with her parachute in an apparent fight over a lover.Els Van Doren, 37, fell 13,000 feet to her death last November after her parachute and emergency chute failed to open.A fellow female skydiver was detained for question stanley tumbler ing last week and is the prime suspect in the investigation, stanley cup prosecutor Michel Zegers said Wednesday. No charges have been filed.Investigators believe Van Doren and the suspect, who belonged to the same parachute club, also dated the same man, a Dutch national identified as Marcel. News reports say the suspect killed Van Doren in a jealous rage after learning Van Doren had an affair with her boyfriend. I believe we can call this a crime of passion, Zegers said.A court date is set for Feb. 16 in the eastern city of Tongeren to assess the evidence.Van Doren had jumped from a plane with three others, including the suspect and the Dutch boyfriend. She crashed to her death at 130 mph near Opglabbeek, a small town in central Belgiu stanley mugs m.Police have video of the fateful jump mdash; recorded by Van Doren s own helmet camera as she tried desperately to open her parachute. Wally Elters watched the fatal fall from the aerodrome where the flight took off. He told Belgian daily Le Soir what he witnessed: I was working on my plane when I heard someone on the ground screaming and pointing to the sky. I looked up and saw a black spot
Zndx U.K. politician chased by mob after prime minister falsely accuses him of shielding a celebrity pedophile
Cardinal George Pell, once a top adviser to adidas sambarose Pope Francis, was sentenced Wednesday morning to six years in prison for sexually abusi salomon xt ng two choirboys in the 1990s. Pell is the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church to be found guilty of abuse.Victoria state County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd took into account Pell s service, but called his actions breathtakingly arrogant, Austalia s Network 10 reporter Emma O Sullivan told CBSN. O Sullivan reported that Pell was poker-faced during the sentencing.Pell has maintained his innocence, and even adidas campus filed papers for an appeal before the sentencing, O Sullivan added.In explaining his sentencing decision, the judge said Pell had led an otherwise blameless life. Kidd said he believed given Pell s age and lack of any other criminal record, the cardinal posed no risk of re-offending. Pell faced a maximum sentence of 50 years, but he will be eligible for parole in no less than three years and eight months, O Sullivan said.The judge also took pains to note that he was sentencing Pell for the offenses on which the cardinal had been convicted mdash; and not for the sins of the Catholic Church. As I directed the jury who convicted you in this trail, you are not to be made a scapegoat for any failings or perceived failings of the Catholic Church, Kidd said.But the judge also noted that Pell had abused his position of power and had shown no remorse for his crimes. Kidd described the assaults as egregious, degrading and humilia Cihi Week in Sports: lt;br gt;April 8 - 14
Israeli forces trying to combat Palestinian rocket squads along the border with Gaza killed two children on Tuesday, Palestinian medical officials said.The two dead were 10 and 12 years old, according to Dr. Muawiya Hassanin of the Palestinian Health Ministry. A third child, 10, was seriously wounded and six other people were lightly stanley cupe injured, all of them civilians, he said.The Israeli army said ground forces fired at two Palestinians who were spotted near a rocket launcher in an area of northern Gaza where a rocket was fired into Israel earlier. An army statement said Palestinian rocket teams have been known to send young children to retrieve rocket launchers after firing. In light of the reports, it seems likely that this was the case here, the army said.The Israeli military regularly carries out attacks targeting Palestinian militants launching rockets at stanley cup towns in southern Israel. Gaza militants fired three rockets into Israel on Tuesday including one that hit an empty kindergarten in the town of Sderot near Gaza, the army said.Earlier Tuesday, Israeli troops killed three Islamic Jihad militants in southern Gaza. On Monday, the Israeli air force killed six Hamas gunmen. And Tuesday evening, one Palestinian was killed when Israeli aircraft attacked a Hamas militant base in southern Gaza on Tuesday evening, Hamas officials and witnesses said. But Israel s military, which acknowledges such operations, said it was not inv stanley cups olved.Several people were wounded, the Hamas offi
