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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 Whfa North Korea fires artillery into South rsquo waters, South fires back as tension mounts on peninsula
Updated at 10:40 a.m. ETMOSCOW - Fire tore through an ammunition depot in the central Russian region of Udmurtia, causing shells to explode all day Friday. More than 28,000 people were evacuated from stanley termosy their homes.Two elderly people living in the vicinity died of heart attacks apparently connected to stress from the explosions, the republic s health minister Vladimir Muzlov said Friday, according to Ru stanley website ssian news agencies.The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said 52 people asked for medical help and 25 of them were hospitalized following the blaze and explosions that started late Thursday at the arsenal some 550 miles east of Moscow.The Interfax news agency said that 106 of the arsenal s 152 buildings were destroyed by the fire and explosions. Several fire aircraft were pouring water on the area to prevent the blaze from engulfing the surrounding forests. Explosions broke windows in buildings as far as six miles from the arsenal.The cause of the blaze was not immediately determined. It occurred just days after a fire that erupted at a similar ammunition depot in the nearby region of Bashkortostan, causing extensive damage and injuring 12 people.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov to stanley cup find and punish those responsible. We will have to take off their epaulettes, Medvedev said.Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov told the ITAR-Tass news agency that the arsenal stores a small number of artillery rockets, but they are not
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ISLAMABAD -Afghanistan s Taliban said Sunday they had suspended mediation withthe United States to exchange captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five seniorTaliban prisoners held at Guantana air max 2 mo Bay, halting - at least temporarily - whatwas considered the best chance yet of securing the 27-year-old soldier sfreedom since his capture in 2009.In a terse Pashtolanguage statement emailed to The Associated Press, Taliban spokesmanZabihullah Mujahid blamed the current complex political situation in thecountry for the suspension.A U.S. official withknowledge of the talks said the cause of the suspension was not the result ofany issue between the United States and Taliban. He declined to elaborate andspoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak tojournalists.Meanwhile, theAfghan Taliban attacked several Afghan army outposts in eastern Kunar province nearPakistan on Sunday early morning killing 21 Afghan soldiers, wounding two and capturingsix more, reports CBS Newsrsquo; Ahmad Mukhtar.Afghan Ministry of Defensespokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi said reinforcements have been dispatched and anoperation is underway in the area to free the captive soldiers. President Hamid Karzaicondemned the attack and used the occasion to call into question Pakistan`sreal intentio adidas samba adidas n in fig mizuno laufschuhe hting terrorism, Mukhtar reports. Karzai was supposed toleave the country on Sunday for two days official trip to Sri Lanka, butpostponed his trip due to the attack.Bergdahl, of Hailey,Idaho, was Ifid Australians vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage
TEHRAN, Iran Iran s supreme leader Thursday strongly rejected proposals for direct talks with the United States, effectively quashing suggestions for a breakthrough one-on-one dialogue on the nuclear standoff and potentially other issues.The statement posted on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei s website echoes previous remarks opposing bilateral talks with Washington in parallel with stop-and-start nuclear negotiations with world powers, including the U.S., which a stanley thermosflasche re scheduled to resume later this month.But the latest comments marked Khamenei s first reaction since the idea of direct talks received a high-profile boost earlier this week from U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during a security summit in Munich attended by Iran s foreign minister.Khamenei s statement also could spill over into the upcoming ne kubki stanley gotiations in Kazakhstan between Iran and a six-nation group comprising the permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany. His apparent references to U.S. sanctions 151; saying Washington was holding a gun to Iran 151; suggests Iranian envoys will likely stick to demands for relief from the economic pressures before considering any nuclear concessions.American proposals for direct dialogue with Iran received a cautious welcome Sunday from Iran s Foreign Mi stanley tumblers nister Ali Akbar Salehi, but with caveats that Washington needs to quiet its threatening rhetoric for the offer to get real consideration by Tehran s ruling clerics.Biden suggests direct Iran talks possibleIran s nuke pro
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 Whfa North Korea fires artillery into South rsquo waters, South fires back as tension mounts on peninsula
Updated at 10:40 a.m. ETMOSCOW - Fire tore through an ammunition depot in the central Russian region of Udmurtia, causing shells to explode all day Friday. More than 28,000 people were evacuated from stanley termosy their homes.Two elderly people living in the vicinity died of heart attacks apparently connected to stress from the explosions, the republic s health minister Vladimir Muzlov said Friday, according to Ru stanley website ssian news agencies.The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said 52 people asked for medical help and 25 of them were hospitalized following the blaze and explosions that started late Thursday at the arsenal some 550 miles east of Moscow.The Interfax news agency said that 106 of the arsenal s 152 buildings were destroyed by the fire and explosions. Several fire aircraft were pouring water on the area to prevent the blaze from engulfing the surrounding forests. Explosions broke windows in buildings as far as six miles from the arsenal.The cause of the blaze was not immediately determined. It occurred just days after a fire that erupted at a similar ammunition depot in the nearby region of Bashkortostan, causing extensive damage and injuring 12 people.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov to stanley cup find and punish those responsible. We will have to take off their epaulettes, Medvedev said.Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov told the ITAR-Tass news agency that the arsenal stores a small number of artillery rockets, but they are not
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ISLAMABAD -Afghanistan s Taliban said Sunday they had suspended mediation withthe United States to exchange captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five seniorTaliban prisoners held at Guantana air max 2 mo Bay, halting - at least temporarily - whatwas considered the best chance yet of securing the 27-year-old soldier sfreedom since his capture in 2009.In a terse Pashtolanguage statement emailed to The Associated Press, Taliban spokesmanZabihullah Mujahid blamed the current complex political situation in thecountry for the suspension.A U.S. official withknowledge of the talks said the cause of the suspension was not the result ofany issue between the United States and Taliban. He declined to elaborate andspoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak tojournalists.Meanwhile, theAfghan Taliban attacked several Afghan army outposts in eastern Kunar province nearPakistan on Sunday early morning killing 21 Afghan soldiers, wounding two and capturingsix more, reports CBS Newsrsquo; Ahmad Mukhtar.Afghan Ministry of Defensespokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi said reinforcements have been dispatched and anoperation is underway in the area to free the captive soldiers. President Hamid Karzaicondemned the attack and used the occasion to call into question Pakistan`sreal intentio adidas samba adidas n in fig mizuno laufschuhe hting terrorism, Mukhtar reports. Karzai was supposed toleave the country on Sunday for two days official trip to Sri Lanka, butpostponed his trip due to the attack.Bergdahl, of Hailey,Idaho, was Ifid Australians vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage
TEHRAN, Iran Iran s supreme leader Thursday strongly rejected proposals for direct talks with the United States, effectively quashing suggestions for a breakthrough one-on-one dialogue on the nuclear standoff and potentially other issues.The statement posted on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei s website echoes previous remarks opposing bilateral talks with Washington in parallel with stop-and-start nuclear negotiations with world powers, including the U.S., which a stanley thermosflasche re scheduled to resume later this month.But the latest comments marked Khamenei s first reaction since the idea of direct talks received a high-profile boost earlier this week from U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during a security summit in Munich attended by Iran s foreign minister.Khamenei s statement also could spill over into the upcoming ne kubki stanley gotiations in Kazakhstan between Iran and a six-nation group comprising the permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany. His apparent references to U.S. sanctions 151; saying Washington was holding a gun to Iran 151; suggests Iranian envoys will likely stick to demands for relief from the economic pressures before considering any nuclear concessions.American proposals for direct dialogue with Iran received a cautious welcome Sunday from Iran s Foreign Mi stanley tumblers nister Ali Akbar Salehi, but with caveats that Washington needs to quiet its threatening rhetoric for the offer to get real consideration by Tehran s ruling clerics.Biden suggests direct Iran talks possibleIran s nuke pro