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SOSNOVKA, Russia -- A village in Siberia that did not have a church until this winter is getting a lesson in faith and lifersquo ephemeral nature.Sosnovka resident Alexander Batyokhtin spent nearly two months building a village church entirely out of snow. The structure will vanish with the season.Batyokhtin worked on the chapel every day, even when temperatures plunged below minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit. He used 424 cubic feet of snow to make it. In this image made from video, the inside of a chapel made of snow is seen in Sosnovka, Russia, Feb. 8, 2017. AP Photo adidas samba adidas Batyokhtin says the work wasnrsquo;t difficult. His biggest challenges were fashioning the altar and a cross for the roof.The main thing is to say a prayer and keep a fast for some time, then just go and do it, he says.Sosnovka administrator Yuriy Kirsh says the church means a lot to our hearts and souls despite being temporary. China s spectacular ice festival 36 photos mizuno adidas originals More from CBS News How to keep your credit card debt low during the holida Cnvb Greek pols approve harsh austerity after riots
TOMOHON, Indonesia - A volatile volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yet Sunday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of feet into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties.Mount Lokon, located on northern Sulawesi island, has been dormant for years but rumbled back to life late last week.A series of overnight blasts Thursday and Friday claimed one life - a woman who suffered a heart attack as she fled. But Surono, a government volcanologist who uses only one name, said Sunday s 10:35 a.m. eruption released the greatest amount of energy so far, shooting soot and debris 11,400 feet into the sky. We re hoping this helped ease pressure building up behind the magma dome and that we ll now start seeing a reduction in activity, he said. But it s too early to k stanley cup now. More than 33,000 people live along the slopes of Mount Lokon, taking advantage of fertile soil to grow cloves and coffee. About 5,000 of them with homes nearest to the crater have been relocated in recent days to schools, mosques and other makeshift shelters near the base.Despite warnings that the mountain was still not safe, some had returned early Sunday to tend to their crops and their livestock.The powerful explosion sent them racing back down the slopes, some jumping into cars and motorcycles, others rounded up by soldiers and polic stanley cups e and stanley cup escorted down in trucks. It was huge, said
Jxpw Mattis says over 3,000 additional U.S. troops will deploy to Afghanistan
Washington mdash; The U.S. targeted the Russia-backed Wagner Group in a new round of sanctions on Thursday, labeling the mercenary group a transnational criminal organization and accusing it of atrocities in Ukraine and around the world.The Treasury Department said it sa nike dunks panda nctioned eight individuals and 16 entities, many with ties to the Wagner Group. The organization is a private military contractor led by Yevgeniy Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has also been sanctioned by the U.S. in the past. As sanctions and export controls on Russia from our international coalition continue to bite, the Kremlin is desperately searching for arms and support mdash; including through the brutal Wagner Group mdash; to continue its unjust war against Ukraine, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. Today s expanded sanctions on Wagner, as well as new sanctions on their associates and other companies enabling the Russian military complex, will further impede Putin s ability to arm and equip his war machine. The Wagner Group has roughly 50,000 personnel currently stationed in Ukraine, including 40,000 convicts who have been recruited from Russian jails, according to the White House. Its fighters have recently been involved in heavy fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, and f mizuno running orced Ukrainian troops to retreat from the town of Soleda airforces r this week.The sanctions accuse the mercenary group of supporting the Russian war effort in Ukraine and c Pemw Report: 1 killed in strong Indonesia quake
Abdel Magid stanley cup Al Fergany At the U.N., where the rebel National Transitional Council flag was raised last month and the new government allowed to represent Libya in the General Assembly, diplomats from around the world, almost without exception, applauded the news of Qaddafi s demise, said CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst Pamela Falk.U.N. diplomats from the U.S, U.K. and France underscored the support that their leaders have expressed in the future of Libya, Falk said.Some nations have been in a conflicted position of opposing NATO and U.S. action in Libya -- but have supported the rebels fighting Qaddafi and his supporters. Iran, in particular, whose leaders have cal stanley mug led the Arab spring an Islamic awakening, sees the change as a possible opening to better relations.Iran s U.N. Ambassador Moh stanley fr ammed Khazee told CBS News, this is positive news for the Libyan people, some people in Iran would call this a blessing, and it is good news for the new government and for the people of Libya to be able to now determine their own government. At a friends of Libya conference in Paris in early September, NATO allies were lining up for the new oil contracts and making the point openly that they were part of the NATO coalition that made the change possible, Falk said. Don t shoot : Qaddafi s last momentsQaddafi dead after Sirte battlePhotos: The death of QaddafiPhotos: The life of QaddafiSpecial section: Anger in the Arab world The futur
SOSNOVKA, Russia -- A village in Siberia that did not have a church until this winter is getting a lesson in faith and lifersquo ephemeral nature.Sosnovka resident Alexander Batyokhtin spent nearly two months building a village church entirely out of snow. The structure will vanish with the season.Batyokhtin worked on the chapel every day, even when temperatures plunged below minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit. He used 424 cubic feet of snow to make it. In this image made from video, the inside of a chapel made of snow is seen in Sosnovka, Russia, Feb. 8, 2017. AP Photo adidas samba adidas Batyokhtin says the work wasnrsquo;t difficult. His biggest challenges were fashioning the altar and a cross for the roof.The main thing is to say a prayer and keep a fast for some time, then just go and do it, he says.Sosnovka administrator Yuriy Kirsh says the church means a lot to our hearts and souls despite being temporary. China s spectacular ice festival 36 photos mizuno adidas originals More from CBS News How to keep your credit card debt low during the holida Cnvb Greek pols approve harsh austerity after riots
TOMOHON, Indonesia - A volatile volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yet Sunday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of feet into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties.Mount Lokon, located on northern Sulawesi island, has been dormant for years but rumbled back to life late last week.A series of overnight blasts Thursday and Friday claimed one life - a woman who suffered a heart attack as she fled. But Surono, a government volcanologist who uses only one name, said Sunday s 10:35 a.m. eruption released the greatest amount of energy so far, shooting soot and debris 11,400 feet into the sky. We re hoping this helped ease pressure building up behind the magma dome and that we ll now start seeing a reduction in activity, he said. But it s too early to k stanley cup now. More than 33,000 people live along the slopes of Mount Lokon, taking advantage of fertile soil to grow cloves and coffee. About 5,000 of them with homes nearest to the crater have been relocated in recent days to schools, mosques and other makeshift shelters near the base.Despite warnings that the mountain was still not safe, some had returned early Sunday to tend to their crops and their livestock.The powerful explosion sent them racing back down the slopes, some jumping into cars and motorcycles, others rounded up by soldiers and polic stanley cups e and stanley cup escorted down in trucks. It was huge, said
Jxpw Mattis says over 3,000 additional U.S. troops will deploy to Afghanistan
Washington mdash; The U.S. targeted the Russia-backed Wagner Group in a new round of sanctions on Thursday, labeling the mercenary group a transnational criminal organization and accusing it of atrocities in Ukraine and around the world.The Treasury Department said it sa nike dunks panda nctioned eight individuals and 16 entities, many with ties to the Wagner Group. The organization is a private military contractor led by Yevgeniy Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has also been sanctioned by the U.S. in the past. As sanctions and export controls on Russia from our international coalition continue to bite, the Kremlin is desperately searching for arms and support mdash; including through the brutal Wagner Group mdash; to continue its unjust war against Ukraine, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. Today s expanded sanctions on Wagner, as well as new sanctions on their associates and other companies enabling the Russian military complex, will further impede Putin s ability to arm and equip his war machine. The Wagner Group has roughly 50,000 personnel currently stationed in Ukraine, including 40,000 convicts who have been recruited from Russian jails, according to the White House. Its fighters have recently been involved in heavy fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, and f mizuno running orced Ukrainian troops to retreat from the town of Soleda airforces r this week.The sanctions accuse the mercenary group of supporting the Russian war effort in Ukraine and c Pemw Report: 1 killed in strong Indonesia quake
Abdel Magid stanley cup Al Fergany At the U.N., where the rebel National Transitional Council flag was raised last month and the new government allowed to represent Libya in the General Assembly, diplomats from around the world, almost without exception, applauded the news of Qaddafi s demise, said CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst Pamela Falk.U.N. diplomats from the U.S, U.K. and France underscored the support that their leaders have expressed in the future of Libya, Falk said.Some nations have been in a conflicted position of opposing NATO and U.S. action in Libya -- but have supported the rebels fighting Qaddafi and his supporters. Iran, in particular, whose leaders have cal stanley mug led the Arab spring an Islamic awakening, sees the change as a possible opening to better relations.Iran s U.N. Ambassador Moh stanley fr ammed Khazee told CBS News, this is positive news for the Libyan people, some people in Iran would call this a blessing, and it is good news for the new government and for the people of Libya to be able to now determine their own government. At a friends of Libya conference in Paris in early September, NATO allies were lining up for the new oil contracts and making the point openly that they were part of the NATO coalition that made the change possible, Falk said. Don t shoot : Qaddafi s last momentsQaddafi dead after Sirte battlePhotos: The death of QaddafiPhotos: The life of QaddafiSpecial section: Anger in the Arab world The futur
