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New Zealand offic adidas originals uomo ials have fined a man hundreds of dollars for what they say was a display of shocking and stupid attitude after he was filmed jumping off a boat in an attempt to body slam an orca who was swimming near a calf.In a news release Tuesday, New Zealand s Department of Conservation said that it was made aware of a video posted on Instagram hoka laufschuhe in February that shows the 50-year-old man committing the act. The department said he was off the coast of Devonport, Auckland, when the video was taken, in what appears to be a deliberate effort to touch or body slam the orca. At one point in the video the man yells I touched it to the other people on the boat, before asking did you get it , in apparent reference to the filming of his antics, the department said. Other people aboard the vess salomon mujer el laugh and cheer as they watch. This action, they added, showed reckless disregard for his own safety ndash; and that of the adult male orca with a calf swimming near the vessel. The video left us genuinely stunned, said Hayden Loper, the principal investigation officer at the Department of Conservation. As well as the initial attempt to dive onto the animal, the man stays in the water and then swims toward it again in a second attempt to touch it, said Loper. This is stupid behaviour [sic] and demonstrates a shocking disregard for the welfare of the orca. It is extremely irresponsible. Orcas, commonly known as killer whales, are the largest members of the dolphi Uhgu Nigeria family forces atheist son into mental ward, lawyer says
Public schools closed and thousands of government workers w stanley water jug ere temporarily out of a job, and a paycheck, Monday as the government of this U.S. commonwealth ran out of money.The legislature and the governor failed to reach a last-minute accord that would have forestalled the first-ever partial shutdown of the government in Puerto Rico s history.All 1,600 public schools on the island were closed two weeks before the end of the academic year, along with 43 government agencies, despite last-minute negotiations by members of the legislature and Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila.Acevedo blamed legislative inaction on the shutdown. As of 8 a.m. this morning, I don t have in hand a single legislative proposal that resolves this crisis, he told reporters. The closure gave an unplanned holiday to 500,000 students in the U.S. Caribbean territory and threw almost 100,000 government employees, including 40,000 teachers, temporarily out of work.Unions planned protests outside the capitol and elsewhere to protest the shutdown. Municipal government, which provide services such as garbage collection, kept functioning.Outside stanley cups an elementary school in the Rio Piedras area of the capital, a sign advised parents to monitor news reports to le stanley uk arn when classes would resume. Juan Marrero, a shop owner near the school, said the shutdown would curtail his own business. They have to solve this quickly, Marrero said. Overnight, the leader of the Senate offered a compromise that would create a

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A Hungarian camerawoman who was caught on camera attempting to kick and trip multiple migrants trying to reach deeper in airmax plus to Europe said she plans to sue one of them, according to multiple reports.Petra Laszlo, who worked for Nemzeti Televizio N1TV in Hungary at the time of the early September incidents, has since been fired and is facing a criminal trial for her behavior.Sky News reports she told a Russian newspaper that she plans to file two lawsuits when her trial is over.The first will be to sue the refugee who she apparently kicked while he was attempting to flee police with his small son in his arms, Osama Abdul Mohsen. Laszlo said she believes he changed his testimony on the incident, from initially blaming police to blaming her instead. adidas campus 00 nike dunk low Journalist fired for tripping refugees 00:45 She said she also plans to sue Facebook for allegedly refusing to remove groups threatening her on the site. My husband wants to prove my innocence. For him, it is now a matter of honour, Laszlo said.Her run-in with Mohsen was broadcast around the world, as the migrant crisis in Europe had just started to gather international attention.Several videos surfaced in early September showing Laszlo kicking migrants.In videos and images posted online by multiple videographers and photojournalists, Laszlo can be s Vmut A look at the 7 Iranians freed in U.S. prisoner swap
The pope s pilgrimage to the Holy Land comes amid hopes for a final deal between Israel and stanley thermos the Palestinians, as well as reports of a possible breakthrough with Syria.The Washington Post reports Wednesday that Syria and Israel have come close to an agreement in secret negotiations mediated by the U.S.CBS News Anchor Dan Rather spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday.Barak praised the Pope for his diplomacy, saying he has helped improve the atmosphere and the mood for peace.Rather: I give you my respects, Mr. Prime Minister, and thank you for your time.Barak: Thank you. stanley cup Rather: From your viewpoint, what is the importance of the Pope s visit here, to stanley kubek the Holy Land Barak: Oh, it carries a major message of a kind of reconciliation between Judaism and Christianity. His [call] for forgiveness is a major important event for all of us. I believe that he promotes an ambiance of tolerance among people and maybe even, somehow, indirectly, contributing to [a] better atmosphere for the peace process.Rather: And when the Pope speaks of the need for a Palestinian state, does that make you nervous Barak: No, I don t think so. Basically, it s a pilgrimage. He s a spiritual leader, he s not a political mediator, and he s a great man, somehow. You know, he came here, he witnessed the Holocaust. He s coming here to the newly established sovereign state of Israel to bring this message of forgiveness. You know, about 1,000 years after the first crusade and 50

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Vulnerable Haiti braced for flashfloods, violent winds, and widespread destructionfrom the extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew as thepowerful storm approached the hemispherersquo poorest country Monday.Heavy rains from the outer bands of the storm have already begun drenchingJamaica and Haiti on Monday, flooding streets and sending many people to emergency shelters as the Category 4 storm approached the two countries. Two deaths were reported in Haiti, bringing the total for the storm to at least four.Matthew had sustained winds of 140 mphas it moved north, up from 130 mphearlier in th adidas yeezy e day. The center was expected to pass just east of Jamaica and near or over the southwestern tip of Haiti early Tuesday before heading to eastern Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.As of 2 p.m. EDT, the storm was centered about 250 miles southwest of Haitirsquo capital of Port-au-Prince and 195 milessoutheast of Kingston. It was moving north at 6 mph.Thedirector of Haitirsquo Civil Protection Agency saidtwo fishermen have die mizuno running d in rough water churned up by the approaching storm, hours before it was expected to make landf adidas campus 00 all.The government banned boating along the countryrsquo coastlines starting Saturday. But the head of an 80-member fishermenrsquo association in the south coast town of Gressier says some fishermen were taking to the seas early Monday. Johnny Souffrant says, They feel they have to take risks to support t Ujde Coronavirus may never go away, World Health Organization warns
The top American civilian in Iraq predicted it will take several tens of billions of dollars to reconstruct the country, telling a newspaper in Wednesday s stanley termosy editions that the price tag is almost impossible to exaggerat stanley thermobecher e. L. Paul Bremer told The Washington Post that Iraqi oil revenue won t cover the cost, which is on top of the $4 billion monthly bill for military action. To cover the cost, a State Department official says the White House is preparing to ask Congress for a huge supplemental spending bill. Bremer said he is discussing with the interim Governing Council another way to raise money mdash; opening the country and i stanley cup ts 192 state-run enterprises to foreign investment.As Bremer weighed in on the financial cost of the effort in Iraq, the human toll rose. Two U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday.One soldier died in a roadside bombing in Fallujah in which three others were injured. The second death came in an attack on a military convoy in Baghdad. In another incident, a third soldier died from what was dubbed a non-hostile gunshot wound. The deaths brought to 281 the number of soldiers killed since the war began. Since President Bush declared major combat over on May 1, 143 U.S. soldiers have died.The president told a veteran s group Tuesday that despite mounting U.S. casualties, the United States will not relent in its war against terrorism. Mr. Bush said Iraq has become a point of testing in the war on terror, and vowed, There will be no retreat. In other

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Tehran, Iranmdash; A general of Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC has been killed while on a mission dunks in Syria, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. General Abolfazl Alijani, a member of the IRGC s ground forces who was on a mission in Syria as a military adviser, was martyred on Sunday, the state broadcaster said on its website. It described Alijani as a defender of the sanctuary, a term used for those who work on behalf of Iran in Syria or Iraq, without providing more details of the attack in which he was killed. Iran says it has deployed its forces in Syria at the invitation of Damascus and only as advisers. In early August, funeral processions were held in Tehran and other Iranian cities for five IRGC members killed in Syria several years ago, after their bodies were recovered and identified through DNA testing, Iranian media reported. Mourners chant slogans during the funeral adidas samba herren ceremony of five members of Iran s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard killed in Syria, whose remains were recently recovered, in Tehran, Iran, August 4, 2022. Vahid Salemi/AP nike air max In March, the Guards said an Israeli attack in Syria had killed two of its officers, warning that Israel would pay for the crime. Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes inside Syria in recent years, targeting government positions as well as allied Iran-backed forces and fighters of L Pirc Israeli military speaks to Bibas family after Hamas claims mom, 2 kids killed in strikes
Mexico s government insisted Thursday that a black cartoon character with exaggerated features is a historical icon who deserves to be celebrated on a postage stamp mdash; and that U.S. leaders charging racism do not fully understand Mexican culture.The country s postal service this week released a series of five stamps depicting Memin Pinguin, a child s character from a c stanley cup omic book started in the 1945 that is still published in Mexico.In Washington, the White House objected, saying that racial stereotypes are offensive no matter what their origin. The Rev. Jesse Jackson branded the stamp an insult and asked Mexico to withdraw it from the market.Withdrawing the stamps would probably make them more desirable stanley becher to collectors and increase their value, say U.S. collectors.But Ruben Aguilar, a spokesman for President Vicente Fox, said the comic book stanley flask has promoted understanding and family values for decades and deserved to be enshrined on a stamp. It seems strange to me that this celebration of Mexican culture and Mexico s post office s toast to Mexican cartoonists is misunderstood, he said.Aguilar said the comic book was not racist. It s exactly the opposite. I respect the reverend Jesse Jackson s opinion, but we think that he is uninformed about the historic role of this series in Mexican culture to combat racism and promote family values, he said.It was the second time in as many months Fox s office has had to answer questions about perceived racial insensitivity.

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PARIS - The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe adidas originals donna in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, The Associated Press has learned.The network of agile and semiautonomous cells shows the reach of the extremist group in Europe even as it loses ground in Syria and Iraq. The officials, including European and Iraqi intelligence officials and a French lawmaker who follows the jihadi networks, described camps in Syria, Iraq and possibly the former Soviet bloc where attackers are trained to attack the West. Before being killed in a police raid, the ringleader of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks claimed to have entered Europe in a mul af1 tinational group of 90 fighters, who scattered more or less everywhere. Mounting evidence that Brussels and Paris attacks could be connected 02:06 nike dunk But the biggest break yet in the Paris attacks investigation - the arrest on Friday of fugitive Salah Abdeslam - did not thwart the multipronged attack just four days later on the Belgian capital s airport and metro that left 31 people dead and an estimated 270 wounded. Three suicide bombers also died.Just as in Paris, Belgian authorities were searching for Ildz 90-year-old woman conned out of $32 million by fraudsters in Hong Kong s biggest ever phone scam
Mount Asama, one of Japan s largest and most active volcanoes, erupted almost continuously for a third straight day Thursday, spewing molten rocks and gray smoke into the air and setting off more than 1,000 tiny earthquakes.The mountain rumbled th stanley thermosflasche roughout the day, propelling red-hot rocks nearly 1,000 feet into the air and sending columns of smoke rose nearly 4,000 feet above the volcanic crater, the Meteorological Agency said. The small eruptions are nearly continuous, it said.The volcano also rained ash on Karuizawa, a resort town about six miles away. By Thursday evening, the eruptions caused 1,054 tiny tremors, the agency estimated.The Meteorological Agency maintained its activity rating for Mount Asama at 3 on a scale of 5, designating it a small- to medium-sized eruption. The agency, worried about a bigger eruption, will set up more gauges to record seismic activity on the mountain, agency official Jun Funasaki said Thursday.The 8,474-foot mountain is about 90 miles west of Tokyo and about 30 miles southeast of Nagano, home of the 1998 Winter Olympics.Thursday s eruptions followed about two-dozen on Wednesday and three small ones Tuesday. On Sept. 1, a medium-sized eruption poured molten rock, ash, and smoke down the mountainside.Mount Asama has had several minor eruptio stanley cup ns in recent years. In 1947, molten rocks struck and killed 11 mountaineers on its slopes. The mountain s last major eruption was in 1783.Japan has 108 active volcano stanley termohrnek es and lies in the

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Gaza - Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were able to safely take stock of the destruction around them for the first time after 11 days of violence, following the announcement of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Buildings in Gaza were reduced to rub adidas campus donna ble from the fighting, and people were crying on the street for lost loved ones, neighbors and friends.The foreign press was also allowed to enter Gaza on Friday for the first time since the conflict began. Israel said it had prevented the international press from entering Gaza during the conflict for safety reasons. I lost all my friends, Masha Nasser told CBS News, bursting out in tears as sh nike dunk e held her baby. I have no more feelings. All my feelings have evaporated, she said. A man stands next to a pile of rubble in Gaza. CBS News Dozens gathered to mourn in tents erected on the pavement, including Mohammed al Haddid, who said he lost his wife and four of his five children when they were visiting family and were hit by an Israeli airstrike. Only he and his young baby, Omar, remain. My heart is breaking. What guilt does this baby have al Haddid told CBS News. I ask God that I can meet his needs and demands. All these children, we know them, and we miss them, said Sarhan Abu Kaloob, who knew al Haddid s family. We hope that the cease-fire will continue, b crocs ut if Israel attacks us, we will attack them, he added. Isqq At least 288 killed, 850 injured in India train derailment
CAIRO - Although they ve been here before - banned or stifled by a government - Arabic broadcast station Al Jazeera is experiencing unprecedented popularity for its coverage right now, making the current attempts by Egyptian authorities to kick it out of the country right now particularly painful.The Qatar-based broadcaster said Sunday that Egyptian authorities ordered the closure of its Cairo news hub overseeing coverage of the country s massive str stanley us eet protests. The station denounce stanley cup d the move as an attempt to stifle and repress open reporting.In a statement, the network said that the move was a reaction to the popularity of its wide coverage of the events in Egypt.Al Jazeera has given nearly round-the-clock coverage to the unprecedented uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with what is probably the most number of reporters on the ground of any network. Some have compared the network s coverage and its booming popularity to what happened with CNN during the first Gulf War.As a result of their coverage, however, they have also faced criticism stanley quencher by some government supporters and other Arab leaders as a forum to inspire more unrest. Al Jazeera s flagship Arabic channel has faced numerous bans and backlash across the Arab world, including bitter complaints this month from the Palestinian Authority over allegations that its reporting favored rival Hamas over leaked documents about peace talks with Israel. Al Jazeera also broadcasts in English.But the ban by Egy

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Russian forces are raising true hell in Ukraine s eastern industrial heartland, despite assessments they were taking an operational pause, a regional governor said Saturday, while another Ukrainian official urged people in Russian-occupied southern areas to evacuate adidas originals quickly by all possible means before a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Deadly Russian shelling was reported in Ukraine s east and south. The governor of the eastern Luhansk region, Serhyi Haidai, said Russia launched more than 20 artillery, mortar and rocket strikes on the region overnight and its forces were pressing toward the border with the Donetsk region. We are trying to contain the Russians armed formations along the entire front line, Haidai wrote on Telegram. Last week, Russia captured the last major stronghold o adidas originals f Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk, the city of Lysychansk. Analysts predicted Moscow s troops likely would take some time to rearm and regroup. But so far there has been no operational pause announced by the enemy. He is still attacking and shelling our lands with the same intensity as before, Haidai said. He later said the Russian bombardment of Luhansk was suspended because Ukrainian forces asics had destroyed ammunition depots and barracks used by the Russians. Rescue worker and police officer inspect a site of destroyed house after a Russian attack in a residential neighbourhood in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, July 9, 2022. Sgje Iran releases 2 British citizens jailed for over 5 years
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad s visit to Cuba is being tightly contained. The media is not getting any chance to ask any questions despite news out of that country garnering worldwide attention: the bombing death Wednesday of an Iranian nuclear scient stanley flasche ist; tensions with the U.S. over Iran s nuclear program; and the recently announced death sentence for an alleged U.S. spy.Ahmadinejad waved at foreign journalists and made a vic cups stanley tory sign on the tarmac of Havana s international airport, but his Cuban hosts steadily steered him away from the cameras and into a Mercedes for the 20 minute trip to the iconic Hotel Nacional, where he and his security-heavy entourage are staying. Cuba is the third stop on Ahmadinejad s four-nation Latin American tour that has already included Venezuela and Nicaragua. Early Thursday morning he flies to Ecuador. The leaders of all the countries visited -- particularly Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro -- have repeatedly criticized the United States, and Ahmadinejad is enjoying support for his own anti-U.S. rhetoric during the trip, but it s unlikely that any major geo-political steps will be taken.At the University of Havana Wednesday afternoon, Ahmadinejad accused the western powers of heartlessness and being willing to kill millions just to win an election. He spoke of the deaths in Afghanistan caused by the desire to control oil and said capitalism is a failure. Ahmadinejad attacked the U.S. more directly asking, Why are the Iranian, Cuban, and stanley cup usa Lat

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CAIRO Some 20,000 police officers and soldiers will guard the upcoming trial of Egypt s toppled president, an official said Thursday, as Islamist opponents plan massive protests that may spark more turmoil in the country.An Interior Ministry official warned that any protesters attempting adidas campus damen to break into the courtroom where ousted President Mohammed Morsi will be tried will be met decisively with force. The stark warning came as a Muslim Brotherhood-led coalition called Thursday for mass demonstrations across the country starting Friday until Nov. 4, set as opening day of Morsi s trial. Morsi, a Brotherhood leader, faces charges of inciting murder and violence in connection to deadly clashes president adidas original campus ial palace in December. He s been held at an undisclosed location since the military toppled him in a popularly supported July 3 coup.It is not yet clear if the 62-year-old Morsi will appear in court, though the Int yeezy erior Ministry official said that the ousted president will be flown by helicopter to the Torah prison complex. The trial will be held inside a police institute near the prison in southern Cairo, where most of the group s arrested leaders are held, the official said. It has not been announced yet whether Morsi will return to the undisclosed location or join other detained Brotherhood members in Tora prison after the hearing. Another security official said authorities favor holding him away from Tora to avoid the prison becoming a focal point for protest Jjdp Libya s post-Qaddafi transition beginning
BERLIN - Germany suggested Wednesday that European leaders could fail to agree on a stanley thermoskannen plan to tighten the continent s economic ties by the end of the week, dampening investors optimism about a broad resolution of Europe s debt crisis.Instead, a senior German official said it could take until Christmas for changes to the European Union treaty stanley bottles to be agreed upon, a critical first step in saving the euro.It is unclear whether the leaders have that long, as ratings agencies have warned of a possible credit downgrade of 15 European countries unless they quickly build a firm plan to solve the continent s two-ye stanley us ar-old debt crisis.Markets turned lower after the German official s comments, dampening the optimism that had seen stocks and bonds rally over the past week. Investors had been hoping that a promise of more enforceable rules on budgets would permit the European Central Bank to take bolder action to reducing borrowing costs for Italy and other struggling countries.Analysis: Why Merkel and Sarkozy are kidding themselvesU.S. pushes EU leaders to fix debt crisis, fast Germany s main stock index fell 1.1 percent, while the Dow futures were down 0.4 percent and the euro shed 0.3 percent to $1.3358.The senior German official, speaking on condition of anonymity because talks were still ongoing, said his government will not consider an alternative to the proposal Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy outlined Monday and published on Wednesday. That proposa

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Iran and the U.N. s nuclear watchdog agreed on Monday to a one-month extension to a deal on surveillance cameras at Tehran s atomic sites, buying more time for ongoing negotiations seeking to save the country s tattered nuclear deal with world powers. The last-minute discussions, including the International Atomic Energy Agency pushing back a statement planned for Sunday, further underscored the narrowing window for the U.S. and others to reach terms with Iran as it presses a tough stance with the international community over its atomic program.The Islamic Republic is already enriching and stockpiling uranium at levels far beyond those allowed by its 2015 nuclear deal.Speaking at a news conference Monday in Vienna, IAE adidas originals A Director-Gener nike dunk high al Rafael Mariano Grossi told journalists the extension on cameras came after a discussion with Ali Ak adidas campus shoes bar Salehi, the head of Iran s civilian nuclear program. He acknowledged that challenges remain, however, as the agency still can t access images taken by its cameras. I d want to stress this is not ideal, Grossi said. This is like an emergency device that we came up with in order for us to continue having these monitoring activities. Saudi Arabia and Iran, longtime regional rivals, weigh forming closer ties 10:29 Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran s representative to the IAEA Oxxe Iran Claims Nuclear Right
A Canadian man accused of participating in military exercises and firearms training as part of a group authorities say plotted to storm Parliament and behead the prime minister was found guilty Thursday.The man stanley cup s attorney says the plot was a jihadi fantasy and that his client knew nothing about it.A judge ruled Thursday that evidence of a terrorist group was overwhelming. The man is the first person to be found guilty of a terrorist offense in Canada since the country enacted anti-t stanley romania errorism laws in 2001.The arrests of the 18 group members, known as the Toronto 18, made headlines around the world and heightened fears in Canada, where people believe they are relatively immune from terrorist strikes.Prosecutors said there were plans to truck-bomb nuclear power plants and a building housing Canada s spy service. Seven of those arrested have since had their charges either withdrawn, or stayed. The trials of 10 adults, including the alleged ringleaders, have yet to begin. The young man was the first to go on trial.Superior Court Justice John Sproat found the man guil stanley cups ty of knowingly participating in a terrorist group. As the 94-page judgment was handed down, the defendant s mother wept quietly in the back of the court.The man has not been identified because he was 17, a legal minor, when he was arrested in 2006. He is now 20.Prosecutors argued he attended a training camp where he participated in military exercises and firearms training and that he knowingly participated

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The handshake between Pres air force 1 ident Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron in Brussels last week -- which attracted attention on social media -- was no accident, Macron says.In an interview with the Journal du Dimanche JDD , the French president said the long handshake had meaning. My handshake with [President Trump] was not innocent -- not the alpha and the omega of a policy -- but a moment of truth, he said. We must show that we will not make small concessions, even symbolic ones. At their first meeting, ahead of a NATO summit on Thursday, the two men locked hands for so long that journalists noted their knuckles began to turn white. Mr. Trump finally seemed ready to pull away -- but Macron evidently wasn t. The French leader held the shake for a couple more seconds. Both men s jaws seemed clenched.It was for Macron a moment to assert equality with the U.S. I do not let anything pass, he told JDD. That s how we are resp af1 ected. That said, Macron said of Mr. Trump that he is more open than we think, he likes direct contact and is able to chan adidas og ge his positions. He told JDD that he thought he would be able to build a cordial relationship with the president. More from CBS News Trump says he will attend Notre Dame reopening in Paris this weekend Vqah Ugandans Get Free AIDS Drugs
Updated at 11:59 a.m. Eastern CBS/AP The defection of a member of the Syrian president s inner circle has dealt a blow to Bashar Assad just as the United States and its European partners are threatening new sanctions and the opposition is urging military intervention.The U.S. Defense Department confirmed that Syrian Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass had defected and was heading to Turkey, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby called his defection a crack in the inner circle for Assad.As the son of longtime Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass, he was a member of the Syrian Baath Party aristocracy, part of a privileged clas stanley quencher s that flourished under the Assad dynasty. A pro-government website with close links to Syrian intelligence and security circles syriasteps, accused Tlass of overseeing terror operations and claimed Syrian intelligence officials were well aware of his communications with external entities. According to the site, Syrian army units stormed the senior commander s home in the upscale Mezzeh neighborhood of Damascus, emptied the home completely and confiscated documents, weapons and cars belonging to the fugitive cups stanley general.CBS News George Baghdadi reports Tlass was a member of Assad s closest group of advisers. The two men had been friends since childhood. stanley fr He is the highest-ranking military official to abandon Assad since the uprising in Syria began more than 15 months ago.In Paris at the so-called Friends of Syri

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CAIRO Egypt s Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest camps as a adidas samba schuhe senior U.S. diplomat met with officials on both sides of the country s political divide.U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns extended his visit to Cairo by one day so he could meet military leader Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi and the country s prime minister on Sunday, an Egyptian Foreign Ministry official said. A member of the pro-Morsi delegation that met Saturday with Burns said the four delegates also would meet again with the U.S. diplomat on Sunday for more talks.At the core of talks is the political future of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist allies following the July 3 coup that ousted Morsi, the country s first freely elected presid salomon hombre ent. The military coup, which followed several days of mass protests by millions of Egyptians demanding his ouster, also led to the dissolution of the Islamist-dominated parliament and the suspension of an Islamist-drafted constitution.Mohammed Morsi s supporters defiantly set up new Egypt protest campCrackdown on Muslim Brotherhood intensifies in EgyptMorsi supporters defy police warnings to disperse The Broth salomon gtx erhood says it is looking for concessions before beginning talks with their rivals. Such measures could include releasing detained Brotherhood leaders, unfreezing the group s assets, lifting a ban on its television stations and reigning in the use of force against its pro Yuhs U.S. Air Strike Kills 11 In Iraq
The United States and Iran held several meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, in an effort to ease friction between the two countries, a senior U.S. official said Monday.The meetings focused on a wide range of issues, including postwar Ir stanley mug aq, in which the Bush administration is attempting to deter Iran from trying to influence the formation of a new government in Baghdad.Secretary of State Colin Powell, during a news conference here after a meeting with Egyptian officials, said the administration opposes a fundamentalist regime as not being in the interest of the Iraqi people.Powell echoed a similar statement weeks ago by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who said establishment of an Iraqi-style fundamentalist government would be unacceptable to the United States.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the meetings in Geneva were technically under the auspices of the United Nations. USA Today, reporting on the talks in Monday s editions, said the government of Iran was weighing the possibility of cups stanley reopening diplomatic relations with the United States for the first time in nearly a quarter century.Powell, on a flight Saturday to the Middle East, said the United States has long been in communicat gourde stanley ion with Iran through various channels. However, he said at the time that the administration was not trying to restore diplomatic relations with Tehran, which were broken off in 1979, when militants overran the U.S. embassy and took dozens of Americans as hostages.In

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Former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff el yeezy ection over a political outsider millionaire Sunday, ushering in a new era of politics for Colombia by becoming the country s first leftist president.Petro, a senator in his third attem dunks pt to win the presidency, got 50.47% of the votes, while real estate magnate Rodolfo Hernaacute;ndez had 47.27%, with almost all ballots counte crocs absatz d, according to results released by election authorities. Petro s victory underlined a drastic change in presidential politics for a country that has long marginalized the left for its perceived association with the armed conflict. Petro himself was once a rebel with the now-defunct M-19 movement and was granted amnesty after being jailed for his involvement with the group. Today is a day of celebration for the people. Let them celebrate the first popular victory, Petro tweeted. May so many sufferings be cushioned in the joy that today floods the heart of the Homeland. At his headquarters in the capital city of Bogota, a message on a screen read, Gracias Colombia, or Thank you Colombia. Newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro C celebrates next to his wife Veronica Alcocer and his running mate Francia Marquez at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, on June 19, 2022 after winning the presidential runoff election on June 19, 2022. DANIEL MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images Outgoing conservative Pres Pthm Cracks forming in Qaddafi s control of Tripoli
Pope Benedict XVI took his message of peace to the most contentious site in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday, urging both sides to engage in a sincere dialogue aimed at building a world of justice and peace. On the second day of his H stanley cup oly Land tour, the pope visited the Dome of the Rock, where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven, and the adjacent Western Wall, the last remnant of the ancient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.Meanwhile, the Vatican beat stanley cup back criticism that the pope did not mention Nazis or Germans in his speech. Pope Benedict in a 1997 book when he was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, said he was forced into becoming a Hitler Youth. The Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told reporters Tuesday that the pope can t mention everything every time he speaks. Competing claims to the hilltop compound - revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and stanley cup Jews as the Temple Mount - have sparked violence in the past. Resolving the dispute has been the most intractable issue during more than 15 years of on-and-off Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. In a world sadly torn by divisions, this sacred place serves as a stimulus, and also challenges men and women of goodwill to work to overcome misunderstandings and conflicts of the past and set out on the path of a sincere dialogue aimed at building a world of justice and peace for coming generations, the pope said during a meeting with the top Islamic cleric in Jerusalem, Mohammed Hussei

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PRETORIA, South Africa -- Oscar Pistorius is a broken man after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp becaus air force 1 e he lost her, his reputation, friends, income and sense of self-worth, a psychologist called by the Olympic runner s lawyers testified Monday.Dr. Lore Hartzenberg gave the testimony ahead of Pistorius sentencing for culpable homicide, and it was almost immediately characterized by the chief prosecutor as unbalanced. Will Oscar Pistorius do prison time 01:03 A sentence for culpable homicide can range from a suspended sentence and a fine to as adidas campus beige many as 15 years in prison. Judge Thokozile Masipa last month found Pistorius not guilty of both premeditated murder and murder in his killing of Steenkamp in the predawn hours of Valentine s Day at his home last year.Several police officers stood guard on the dais where the judge sat amid concerns about her security. Masipa drew criticism from some South Africans who thought Pistorius could at least have been convicted of a lesser murder charge on the grounds that he knew a person could die when he fired four bullets through a toilet door and into a small cubicle, killing Steenkamp.Prosecutors said Pistorius had open air max 1 ed fire in anger after the couple argued. The runner testified that he mistook Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model and budding reality TV star, Rpol Property seized from owner of collapsed Bangladesh building
TRIPOLI, Libya - NATO pounded the area near Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi s compound again stanley cup before dawn Thursday, rattling windows in the heart of the capital with thunderous booms as smoke rose from the vicinity.It was not clear what was hit, and there was no word on casualties. Government officials did not immediately comment on the strike. NATO warplanes have repeatedly targeted the area in and around the Bab al-Aziziya compound.Complete coverage: Anger in the Arab WorldNATO launched its air campaign nearly three months ago under a United Nations resolution to protect civilians. What started as a peaceful uprising inside the country against Qaddafi and his more than four-decade rule has become a civil war.White Hous stanley becher e defends Obama s Libyan actionNATO jets hit Tripoli, but for how long Qaddafi says he wants peace, but he s not goingPoorly equipped and trained rebel fighters have taken control of the eastern third of Libya and pockets of the west. The fighting had reached a stalemate until last week when NATO launched the heaviest bombardment of Qaddafi forces since the alliance took control of the skies over Libya.NATO has been pounding Qaddafi s military and government positions with increasing vigor and the rebels are again on the move.Tunisian ar stanley tumblers my official Mokhtar Ben Nasr said the number of Libyans fleeing has mounted in recent days, with 6,330 Libyan refugees crossing into Tunisia earlier this week. Dozens of Libyan soldiers also have defected to Tunisia by boat, the s

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PARIS - Swiss army helicopters have crossed the Franco-Swiss border in an unexpected incursion - to help thirsty Swiss cows.The aerial operation to scoop up water caught authorities responsible for Rousses Lake in the Jura mountains by surprise last Thursday. The helicopters also startled swimmers and fishermen enjoying the beaches of the lake in eastern France.Christophe Mathez, deputy mayor of the Les Rousses commune, said officials had no idea this operation would occur - and that the Swiss neither requested authorization or nor warned before descending.Swiss media reported that the country s military did ask for permission - but from the French air force, not local authorities or the police. As soon as they contacted us, we realized there was a communication problem and we immediately stopped, Denis Froidevaux, air force one a Swiss military official, told the Swiss newspaper Le Matin, whose headline adidas samba Monday read No, Switzerland is not stealing water from France to save its cows. Mathez said Les Rousses authorities are not mad at our neighbors, but as of Monday the village was still waiting for clarification.The Swiss army has been pumping water for livestock from its own Neuchatel and Joux lakes since last week, according to a statement from the Swiss Department of Defense. The federal gove salomon gtx rnment is bankrolling the operation, expected to continue no longer than August 4, with military aid disaster relief funds.Thirsty cows produce less milk, of particular concern in the m Grii Online auction of Ronald Reagan s blood canceled
President Bush could make the controversy over the now-infamous 16 words of his State of the Union address go away by telling Americans whether the speech s justification for war was exaggerated, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. It s just a question of was it right, or was it wrong Sen. Jay Rockefeller said.He said the question is not whether Mr. Bush tried to mislead by using suspect British government information that Iraq sought to buy uranium in Africa, and that Democrats should not personalize or politicize the argument. Intelligence is the basis now of war-fighting, Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said during a broadcast interview. Because of that, he said, it s very important to intelligence to say that facts rea stanley cups lly do matter, they count, they have to be accurate. Speaking up for the Bush administration, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said on the same program that the decision to inc kubki stanley lude the sentence stanley deutschland was made by the speechwriters and by the folks in the White House using various intelligence sources that were thought reliable. If it wasn t, he said, much of the blame falls on former President Clinton. You know, intelligence is not an exact science, said Hastert, R-Ill. Before the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, we had a hard time just figuring out what was going, because our foreign intelligence was decimated. The human intelligence was decimated in 10 years before by Clinton s proclivity not to use human rights violators and o

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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Koreans stomachs are the latest front in the standoff with North Korea.South Koreans have been told not to eat at North Korea s restaurants around the world, although such visits aren t illegal, the Sout adidas samba h s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. U.S. stealth jets fly over S. Korea as tension mountsMost of the restaurants are in China, and Chinese and other nationalities frequent them more than South Koreans do, so analysts see little impact. But the move is symbolic of a tougher stance from the South since North Korea s nuclear test last month and its recent rocket launch, which many outsiders see as a banned test of ballistic missile technology. North Korea has lost control over satellite, again 00:37 Washington and Seoul have bee yeezy foam n calling for more stringent financial and trade sanctions against Pyongyang. President Park Geun-hye has taken a much harder line than during past standoffs with the North, closing a jointly run factory park that the South believes helped finance Pyongyang s nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program. Park on Tuesday also warned of regime collapse in the North, formerly a taboo subject in the South, which cherishes the notion of an adidas campus eventual peaceful reunification on the peninsula that was divided at the end of World War II by the Soviet Union Ewwc Pope and prelates get unexpected lecture on the joy of sex
BERLIN - A sand storm in northern Germany caused a huge highway pileup Friday that killed eight people and injured at least 41 others, police said.Rostock police spokesman Volker Werner said rescue operations were still under way and the death toll could rise.At least 41 people were injured, many of them seriously, and were brought to nearby hospitals. Others who suffered shocks or bruising received treatment on the spot, Werner said.In total some 110 people in 80 cars and three trucks were involved in the crash a few kilometers from the Baltic Sea, Werner said. At least 17 vehicles caught fire, including a truck carrying flammable material. Unfortunately, it looks like the death toll could rise further, Werner said. Several corpses were t stanley cup hought to be in the burnt vehicles, he added. One truck has crashed on a car, so we don t know yet how many people are in the car below it, he said.The crash in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state was ca stanley cups used by a sand storm, but it was unclear if this was down to a sudden stanley cup lack of visibility or by sand on the road, Werner said.Strong winds may have carried the sand from nearby fields -- one of them freshly ploughed -- to the four-lane highway, Werner said.The region has recently experienced prolonged dry conditions, affecting agriculture and leaving many soils exposed to erosion. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 { display: none;

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