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Superstar gymnast Simone Biles says she ha nike air max d a realization after unexpectedly withdrawing from competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games: I m more than my accomplishments. After removing herself from both the team and individual all-around competitions at the Games to focus on her mental health, Biles received a wave of support from the athletic community, including her teammates, Team USA, mental health advocate Michael Phelps and one of her sponsors, Athleta. The reigning all-around champion sent an emotional thank you tweet to her supporters overnight. The outpouring love support I ve received has made me realize I m more than my accomplishments and gymnastics which I never truly believed before, Biles wrote. the outpouring love support Irsquo;ve received has made me realize Irsquo;m more than my adidas samba uomo accomplishments and gymnastics which I never truly believed before. 129293;mdash; Simone Biles @Simone_Biles airmaxplus July 29, 2021 After failing to properly complete her intended vault during the team competition, Biles huddled with her trainer and exited the competition floor with the team doctor. Teammate Jordan Chiles replaced Biles and Team USA was forced to finish without her, ultimately earning a silver medal and ending their bid for a third straight Olympic title.The 24-year-old said that, while competing on vault, she experienced a state of disorientation gymnasts have dubbed the twisties. The 24-year-old said she became concerned that she would injure hers Smis Eiffel Tower to reopen after longest closure since World War II
AP WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would soon nominate an ambassador to Burma and ease some travel and financial restrictions on the formerly military-run Southeast Asian nation following historic elections that saw opposition gains in parliament.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the steps at the State Department, calling Sunday s election a dramatic demonstration of popular will that brings a new generation of reformers into government that deserved recogni stanley cups tion. This is an important step in the country s transformation, she said, congratulating both government reformers and Nobel peace laureate and newly election member of parliament Aung San Suu Kyi. While there is much to be done and significant tests lie ahead, we applaud the president and his colleagues for their leadership and courage and we congratulate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on her election to parliament, Clinton said, using her honorary stanley cups title.In addition to nominating an ambassador, the first the U.S. will have in the nation since it downgraded relations in 1988, Clinton said Washington would allow select senior Burma officials to visit the United States and ease restrictions on the export of financial services. The U.S. will also open an office of the U.S. Agency for Internation stanley canada al Development in Burma.Burma s president calls election a successSoutheast Asian leaders: Lift Burma sanctionsMany hoping democracy brings jobs to BurmaAt the same time, Clinton said that sa
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Kabul, Afghanistan mdash; The Islamic nike air force State of Iraq and Syria ISIS has claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a spike in targeted killings across the war-tor country. Dozens of people gathered Wednesday for the salomon xt 6 funerals of the three media workers.The women were gunned down Tuesday in separate attacks, according to the news editor of the privately owned station and officials in Nangarhar province. Afghan officials said police arrested their alleged killer, identifying him as Qari Baser and insisting he was a member of the Taliban mdash; a claim promptly denied by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.Afghan journalists targeted and they just want to stay alive Nangarhar police chief, Gen. Juma Gul Hemat, said Baser had used a pistol with a silencer in the attacks. He was arrested shortly after the attacks by police in Jalalabad, the provincial capital. The ISIS claim, posted late Tuesday, contradicted the Af adidas campus ghan government s accusations against the Taliban. The militants said the three female journalists were targeted because they worked for one of the media stations loyal to the apostate Afghan government in Jalalabad. Afghan men carry the coffin of one of three female media workers who were shot and killed by unknown gunmen, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan March 3, 2021. PARWIZ / REUTERS Sdjm Taliban Calls Afghanistan Meeting Useless
In an overwhelmingly emotional homecoming, exiled guerrilla chieftain Jose Alexandre Acirc; XananaAcirc; Gusmao returned to his ravaged capital Friday and was greeted by a crowd of thousands who wept, cheered and roared: Acirc; Viva East Timor!Acirc; The arrival of the charismatic rebel leader, who is likely to become East Timor s first president, is for many here the most powerful symbol yet of the territory s coming independence, and of an end to its bloody quarter-century struggle to break free of Ind stanley fr onesia. Acirc; We have shown the whole world, we have shown Indonesia, we have shown ourselves that we have the courage to fight for independence for 25 years,Acirc; Gusmao, bareheaded and clad in military f stanley termoska atigues, told a crowd of about 5,000 ragged people packed into a seaside plaza in front of the whitewashed, Portuguese colonial-era governor s office. Acirc; It has been a very difficult struggle,Acirc; said the 53-year-old rebel leader with graying hair and beard, often sounding and looking on the verge of tears. Acirc; Our sorrow has lasted too long.Acirc; Many in the crowd wept with him, bu stanley cup t jubilation predominated. People danced up and down with excitement, held up children to catch a glimpse of Gusmao, and waved the parasols they had brought to shield themselves from the blazing sun. Old women pounded on homemade drums to celebrate. Gusmao, who was secretly flown back into East Timor on Thursday night by the peacekeeping forces who arri
Superstar gymnast Simone Biles says she ha nike air max d a realization after unexpectedly withdrawing from competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games: I m more than my accomplishments. After removing herself from both the team and individual all-around competitions at the Games to focus on her mental health, Biles received a wave of support from the athletic community, including her teammates, Team USA, mental health advocate Michael Phelps and one of her sponsors, Athleta. The reigning all-around champion sent an emotional thank you tweet to her supporters overnight. The outpouring love support I ve received has made me realize I m more than my accomplishments and gymnastics which I never truly believed before, Biles wrote. the outpouring love support Irsquo;ve received has made me realize Irsquo;m more than my adidas samba uomo accomplishments and gymnastics which I never truly believed before. 129293;mdash; Simone Biles @Simone_Biles airmaxplus July 29, 2021 After failing to properly complete her intended vault during the team competition, Biles huddled with her trainer and exited the competition floor with the team doctor. Teammate Jordan Chiles replaced Biles and Team USA was forced to finish without her, ultimately earning a silver medal and ending their bid for a third straight Olympic title.The 24-year-old said that, while competing on vault, she experienced a state of disorientation gymnasts have dubbed the twisties. The 24-year-old said she became concerned that she would injure hers Smis Eiffel Tower to reopen after longest closure since World War II
AP WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would soon nominate an ambassador to Burma and ease some travel and financial restrictions on the formerly military-run Southeast Asian nation following historic elections that saw opposition gains in parliament.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the steps at the State Department, calling Sunday s election a dramatic demonstration of popular will that brings a new generation of reformers into government that deserved recogni stanley cups tion. This is an important step in the country s transformation, she said, congratulating both government reformers and Nobel peace laureate and newly election member of parliament Aung San Suu Kyi. While there is much to be done and significant tests lie ahead, we applaud the president and his colleagues for their leadership and courage and we congratulate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on her election to parliament, Clinton said, using her honorary stanley cups title.In addition to nominating an ambassador, the first the U.S. will have in the nation since it downgraded relations in 1988, Clinton said Washington would allow select senior Burma officials to visit the United States and ease restrictions on the export of financial services. The U.S. will also open an office of the U.S. Agency for Internation stanley canada al Development in Burma.Burma s president calls election a successSoutheast Asian leaders: Lift Burma sanctionsMany hoping democracy brings jobs to BurmaAt the same time, Clinton said that sa
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adidas samba adidas LONDON -- The husband of a British-Iranian detained by Iran is urging Britain s foreign secretary to publicly correct a statement about his wife, saying the remarks prompted authorities in Tehran to threaten to double her prison sentence.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is serving a five-year sentence for plotting the soft toppling of Iran s government.British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told lawmakers last week that Zaghari-Ratcliffe was simply hoka trekkingschuhe teaching people journalism when she was detained last year. Zaghari-Ratcliffe s family and her employer, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, insist she was merely visiting her family.Iran confirms 2 jailed Americans lost their appealRichard Ratcliffe told Sky News that Zaghari-Ratcliffe was summoned to an unscheduled hearing, where Johnson s comments were cited as proof that she was engaged in propaganda against the regime.Ra yeezy tcliffe urged Johnson on Tuesday to correct his remarks and win Zaghari-Ratcliffe s freedom.By Tuesday afternoon, Johnson s office released a statement attempting to explain his earlier remarks as a poorly made point, and saying he had called his Iranian counterpart to insist that Zaghari-Ratcliffe was, in fact, in Iran on holiday when arrested. The Foreign Secretary expressed concern at the suggestion from the Iranian Judiciary High Council for Human Rights that his remarks last week at the Foreign Affairs Committee shed new light on the case, the statement from Britain s Foreign Office said. The Forei Fach Dead man found in wheel bay of jet flown from Gambia to London s Gatwick airport
AP An anti-Aristide rebel shoots at the corpse of a police officer in Gonaives, stanley flasche some 62 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 7. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile on Feb. 29, following a three week rebellion. stanley romania AP A Palestinian woman walks alongside a wall that is part of the barrier Israel is building to separate the outskirts of Jerusalem from the West Bank, in the village of Abu Dis, on Feb. 8. AP Pope John Paul II is surrounded by Protestant bishops from the Pentecostal Church of the U.S. during his weekly general audience in the Paul IV Hall at the Vatican, on March 10. AP Rescue workers remove victims at Atocha train station following a blast there, after explosions rocked three railway stat stanley cup ions in Madrid March 11, just three days before Spain s general elections. The blasts killed more than 173 commuters and wounded more than 500 in Spain s worst terrorist attack. AP Palestinian Hamas supporters hold portraits of Hamas spiritual lea
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Kabul, Afghanistan mdash; The Islamic nike air force State of Iraq and Syria ISIS has claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a spike in targeted killings across the war-tor country. Dozens of people gathered Wednesday for the salomon xt 6 funerals of the three media workers.The women were gunned down Tuesday in separate attacks, according to the news editor of the privately owned station and officials in Nangarhar province. Afghan officials said police arrested their alleged killer, identifying him as Qari Baser and insisting he was a member of the Taliban mdash; a claim promptly denied by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.Afghan journalists targeted and they just want to stay alive Nangarhar police chief, Gen. Juma Gul Hemat, said Baser had used a pistol with a silencer in the attacks. He was arrested shortly after the attacks by police in Jalalabad, the provincial capital. The ISIS claim, posted late Tuesday, contradicted the Af adidas campus ghan government s accusations against the Taliban. The militants said the three female journalists were targeted because they worked for one of the media stations loyal to the apostate Afghan government in Jalalabad. Afghan men carry the coffin of one of three female media workers who were shot and killed by unknown gunmen, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan March 3, 2021. PARWIZ / REUTERS Sdjm Taliban Calls Afghanistan Meeting Useless
In an overwhelmingly emotional homecoming, exiled guerrilla chieftain Jose Alexandre Acirc; XananaAcirc; Gusmao returned to his ravaged capital Friday and was greeted by a crowd of thousands who wept, cheered and roared: Acirc; Viva East Timor!Acirc; The arrival of the charismatic rebel leader, who is likely to become East Timor s first president, is for many here the most powerful symbol yet of the territory s coming independence, and of an end to its bloody quarter-century struggle to break free of Ind stanley fr onesia. Acirc; We have shown the whole world, we have shown Indonesia, we have shown ourselves that we have the courage to fight for independence for 25 years,Acirc; Gusmao, bareheaded and clad in military f stanley termoska atigues, told a crowd of about 5,000 ragged people packed into a seaside plaza in front of the whitewashed, Portuguese colonial-era governor s office. Acirc; It has been a very difficult struggle,Acirc; said the 53-year-old rebel leader with graying hair and beard, often sounding and looking on the verge of tears. Acirc; Our sorrow has lasted too long.Acirc; Many in the crowd wept with him, bu stanley cup t jubilation predominated. People danced up and down with excitement, held up children to catch a glimpse of Gusmao, and waved the parasols they had brought to shield themselves from the blazing sun. Old women pounded on homemade drums to celebrate. Gusmao, who was secretly flown back into East Timor on Thursday night by the peacekeeping forces who arri
