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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was discharged from a West Bank hospital on Monday, ending a weeklong stay tha air force one t drew new attention to the 83-year-old s long history of health problems and his refusal to name a deputy or successor. Wearing a dark suit and speaking in a steady voice, Abbas said he would quickly return to work and thanked supporters all over the world for checking in on him while he was in hospital. Thank God I m discharged from the hospital today with good health, and will return back to work from tomorrow, Abbas said.But he hinted that the heavy work load and stress of the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel s capital had affected his health.Abbas calls for Mideast peace conference by mid-2018Palestinians voice outrage at Trump s blackmail Abbas: U.S. no longer an honest mediator in Mideast peace process If I entered the hospital for Jerusalem, I want to leave while Jerusalem is our capital, he told reporters in a brief statement.The Palestinians strongly objected to the U.S. decision on Jerusalem, and the move of the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem this month. The Palestinians believe the U.S. move undercuts their claim to Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, and Abbas has since frozen ties with the Americans.He was hospitalized last weekend with airforce a fever, just days after adidas originals hamburg undergoing ear surgery. Palestinian officials said he had pneumonia and was on a respirator, receiving antibiotics Yqso Thai Protesters Storm Parliament, Lawmakers Flee
President Bush has arrived in Brazil, but not everyone is happy to see him.The president s trip was intended to promote democracy, increased trade and cooperation on alternative fuels. Mr. Bush and his stanley cup advisers also hope his visit will offset the growing influence of leftist leaders, such as Venezuela s Hugo Chavez.As the president flew Thursday on Air Force One, Mr. Bush s national security adviser brushed aside Chavez s provocations. The president is going to do what he s been doing for a long time: talk about a positive agenda, said Stephen Hadley.Police clashed with students, environmental stanley quencher ists and left-leaning Brazilians, some waving communist flags, ahead of Mr. Bush s visit. Riot police fired tear gas after more than 6,000 p stanley kubek eople held a largely peaceful march through the financial district. And in the southern city of Porto Alegre, more than 500 people yelled Get Out, Imperialist! as they burned an effigy of Mr. Bush outside a Citigroup Inc. bank branch. Meanwhile, the police commander of Colombia, which the president will visit on Sunday, said authorities had thwarted leftist rebel plans to disrupt Mr. Bush s visit to Bogota. We have taken measures to neutralize them, said Gen. Jorge Daniel Castro, Colombia s highest-ranking police officer.Mr. Bush will also use his visit to Brazil to promote his vision that biofuels can ease the dependence on foreign oil, CBS News Radio correspondent Peter Maer reports. Cars in Sao Paolo run on sugar-cane ethanol or a gas
Okac Iraq Photos: Feb. 9 - Feb. 15
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban assault on two adjacent checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed at least 30 soldiers and police, officials said Wednesday, as life gradually returned to normal in parts of the eastern city of Ghazni after a massive nike sb dunk insurgent attack last week, with sporadic gunbattles still underway in some neighborhoods. Mohammad Safdar Mohseni, the head of the provincial council in the northern Baghlan province, said the insurgents set fire to the checkpoints after the attack late Tuesday in the Baghlan-I Markazi district.Dilawar Aymaq, a parliamentarian from Baghlan, confirmed the attack, which targeted a military checkpoint and another manned by the so-called local police, militias recruited and paid by the Interior Ministry.Abdul Hai Nemati, the governor of Baghlan, said at least nine security forces are still missing and four others were wounded in the attack. He said reinforcements have been dispatched to help recapture the checkpoints.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack.Meanwhile, Afghans emerged from their adidas sambarose homes and some shops reopened in Ghazni, where the Taliban launched a coordinated offensive last Friday, overwhelming the city s defenses and capturing several neighborhoods. Afghan forces repelled the air max 96 initial assault and in recent days have struggled to flush the insurgents out of residential areas where they are holed up. Oypm Panamanian fisherman castaway survivor sues cruise line over pass-by
A court on Thursday ordered the stanley becher extradition of suspected eco-t stanley cupe errorist Tre Arrow, one of the FBI s most-wanted fugitives, to face firebombing charges in the United States.Arrow, born Michael Scarpitti, is accused of participating in the 2001 firebombing of logging and cement trucks in Oregon. The FBI claims he is associated with the Earth Liberation Front ELF , a group that has claimed responsibility for dozens of acts of destruction over the past few years.British Columbia Supreme Court Judge Kristi Gill ruled that there was enough evidence against Arrow to have him extradited to face federal charges. His lawyer said he would appeal, a process that could take months.The former U.S. Green Party candidate for Congress in 2000 mdash; who says the trees told him to change his name mdash; last week told the court that he was innocent of the charges and a target of a government conspiracy. I am innocent of the charges the U.S. government is trying to pin on me, stanley tumbler Arrow said. Just as many other activists have experienced, I am being targeted by the U.S. government and the FBI, not because I am guilty but because I have chosen to challenge the status quo. In extradition cases, Canadian prosecutors represent the extraditing state, in this case the United States. For an extradition to be ordered, the B.C. Supreme Court had to find there was sufficient evidence to convict Arrow on the same charges in Canada.Prosecutor Rosellina Patillo said evidence from the United States At
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was discharged from a West Bank hospital on Monday, ending a weeklong stay tha air force one t drew new attention to the 83-year-old s long history of health problems and his refusal to name a deputy or successor. Wearing a dark suit and speaking in a steady voice, Abbas said he would quickly return to work and thanked supporters all over the world for checking in on him while he was in hospital. Thank God I m discharged from the hospital today with good health, and will return back to work from tomorrow, Abbas said.But he hinted that the heavy work load and stress of the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel s capital had affected his health.Abbas calls for Mideast peace conference by mid-2018Palestinians voice outrage at Trump s blackmail Abbas: U.S. no longer an honest mediator in Mideast peace process If I entered the hospital for Jerusalem, I want to leave while Jerusalem is our capital, he told reporters in a brief statement.The Palestinians strongly objected to the U.S. decision on Jerusalem, and the move of the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem this month. The Palestinians believe the U.S. move undercuts their claim to Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, and Abbas has since frozen ties with the Americans.He was hospitalized last weekend with airforce a fever, just days after adidas originals hamburg undergoing ear surgery. Palestinian officials said he had pneumonia and was on a respirator, receiving antibiotics Yqso Thai Protesters Storm Parliament, Lawmakers Flee
President Bush has arrived in Brazil, but not everyone is happy to see him.The president s trip was intended to promote democracy, increased trade and cooperation on alternative fuels. Mr. Bush and his stanley cup advisers also hope his visit will offset the growing influence of leftist leaders, such as Venezuela s Hugo Chavez.As the president flew Thursday on Air Force One, Mr. Bush s national security adviser brushed aside Chavez s provocations. The president is going to do what he s been doing for a long time: talk about a positive agenda, said Stephen Hadley.Police clashed with students, environmental stanley quencher ists and left-leaning Brazilians, some waving communist flags, ahead of Mr. Bush s visit. Riot police fired tear gas after more than 6,000 p stanley kubek eople held a largely peaceful march through the financial district. And in the southern city of Porto Alegre, more than 500 people yelled Get Out, Imperialist! as they burned an effigy of Mr. Bush outside a Citigroup Inc. bank branch. Meanwhile, the police commander of Colombia, which the president will visit on Sunday, said authorities had thwarted leftist rebel plans to disrupt Mr. Bush s visit to Bogota. We have taken measures to neutralize them, said Gen. Jorge Daniel Castro, Colombia s highest-ranking police officer.Mr. Bush will also use his visit to Brazil to promote his vision that biofuels can ease the dependence on foreign oil, CBS News Radio correspondent Peter Maer reports. Cars in Sao Paolo run on sugar-cane ethanol or a gas
Okac Iraq Photos: Feb. 9 - Feb. 15
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban assault on two adjacent checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed at least 30 soldiers and police, officials said Wednesday, as life gradually returned to normal in parts of the eastern city of Ghazni after a massive nike sb dunk insurgent attack last week, with sporadic gunbattles still underway in some neighborhoods. Mohammad Safdar Mohseni, the head of the provincial council in the northern Baghlan province, said the insurgents set fire to the checkpoints after the attack late Tuesday in the Baghlan-I Markazi district.Dilawar Aymaq, a parliamentarian from Baghlan, confirmed the attack, which targeted a military checkpoint and another manned by the so-called local police, militias recruited and paid by the Interior Ministry.Abdul Hai Nemati, the governor of Baghlan, said at least nine security forces are still missing and four others were wounded in the attack. He said reinforcements have been dispatched to help recapture the checkpoints.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack.Meanwhile, Afghans emerged from their adidas sambarose homes and some shops reopened in Ghazni, where the Taliban launched a coordinated offensive last Friday, overwhelming the city s defenses and capturing several neighborhoods. Afghan forces repelled the air max 96 initial assault and in recent days have struggled to flush the insurgents out of residential areas where they are holed up. Oypm Panamanian fisherman castaway survivor sues cruise line over pass-by
A court on Thursday ordered the stanley becher extradition of suspected eco-t stanley cupe errorist Tre Arrow, one of the FBI s most-wanted fugitives, to face firebombing charges in the United States.Arrow, born Michael Scarpitti, is accused of participating in the 2001 firebombing of logging and cement trucks in Oregon. The FBI claims he is associated with the Earth Liberation Front ELF , a group that has claimed responsibility for dozens of acts of destruction over the past few years.British Columbia Supreme Court Judge Kristi Gill ruled that there was enough evidence against Arrow to have him extradited to face federal charges. His lawyer said he would appeal, a process that could take months.The former U.S. Green Party candidate for Congress in 2000 mdash; who says the trees told him to change his name mdash; last week told the court that he was innocent of the charges and a target of a government conspiracy. I am innocent of the charges the U.S. government is trying to pin on me, stanley tumbler Arrow said. Just as many other activists have experienced, I am being targeted by the U.S. government and the FBI, not because I am guilty but because I have chosen to challenge the status quo. In extradition cases, Canadian prosecutors represent the extraditing state, in this case the United States. For an extradition to be ordered, the B.C. Supreme Court had to find there was sufficient evidence to convict Arrow on the same charges in Canada.Prosecutor Rosellina Patillo said evidence from the United States At
