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Warning: The images below are graphic.BEIRUT --Suspected poison gas was used to attack the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition i air force one n the eastern suburbs of Damascus, killing at least 40 people, including families found in their homes and shelters, opposition activists and local rescuers said Sunday.The attack on the besieged town of Douma came almost exactly a year after a chemical attack in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun killed dozens of people. That attack prompted the U.S. to launch several dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian air base.What a chemical attack in Syria looks likePresident Trump blamed Syrian government forces for what he called a mindless CHEMICAL attack and warned there would be a big price to pay. He did not elaborate. In a series of tweets, Mr. Trump held Russia and Iran, Syrian President Bashar Assad s chief sponsors, adidas originals donna responsible.The Syrian government denied the allegations, calling them fabrications.First responders entering apartments in Douma late Saturday said they found bodies collapsed on floors, some foaming at the mouth. The opposition s Syrian Civil Defense rescue organization said the victims appeared to have suffocated. This image released early Sun., April 8, 2018, by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack collapsed on the floor of mizuno running a building in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. Phse Skeletons discovered in incredibly rare 5,000-year-old tomb in Scotland
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KABUL -- Three infants lie on one mattress, struggling to breathe. One hasn t been vaccinated yet, and the other two await treatment for their pneumonia. Nurses pause at the bed from time to time, but the doctors are too busy to attend to the ba asics sneaker bies.Indira Gandhi, the largest children s hospital in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, is struggling with severe overcrowding due to a jump in cases of pneumonia, asthma, and several other diseases. The facility has beds for 350 patients, but more than 500 are currently admitted. That s why there are multiple patients stuck together on single beds. According to hospital officials, 1,000 to 1,200 patients are treated in the facility every day; many seen by the same doctor at the same time. Due to the rush of patients, we have no choice but to admit three to four patients in each bed at the same time, w adidas campus donna hich means our doctors and nurses are caring for several patients simultaneously, says hospital director Nurulhaq Yousufzai. Winter is always the busiest season, with multiple cases of respiratory infections like pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis. A ward room at Kabul s Indira Gandhi children s hospital is crowded with patients and women, Jan. 28, 2015. CBS The govern nike sb dunk ment-run hospital is in Kabul city, but treats patients from all around the country -- even the far-flung corners -- as it is considered one of the best public health Mulq U.S. to China: Put an end to cybertheft
A Chinese researcher for The Ne stanley termohrnek w York Times who was arrested on charges of revealing state secrets and later convicted of fraud was released Saturday after serving a three-year prison sentence.Zhao Yan s detention in 2004 prompted an outcry by human rights and press freedom groups. The government never released details of the state secrets charge, but it was believed to stem from a Times report on then-leader Jiang Zemin s plans to step down as head of th stanley termoska e military. Zhao was acquitted of that charge but later convicted of fraud.The case came amid efforts by President Hu Jintao s government to tighten controls on Chinese media. Dozens of reporters have been jailed, often on charges of violating vague secrecy and security laws.Zhao s family and friends were waiting to greet him Saturday morning as he left a Beijing detention center. He hugged his sister, daughter and others but said nothing to reporters. He later issued a statement thanking his family and the Times for their support. These three years I have missed my family very much, especially my maternal grandmother, who is now more than 100 years old, the statement said. It s stanley canada aid Zhao planned to make a longer statement later after spending time with friends and family. The Times executive editor, Bill Keller, issued a statement welcoming Zhao s release. We have said all along that Zhao Yan is an honorable, hardworking reporter whose only offense seems to have been practicing journalism, the statement said. It is
Warning: The images below are graphic.BEIRUT --Suspected poison gas was used to attack the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition i air force one n the eastern suburbs of Damascus, killing at least 40 people, including families found in their homes and shelters, opposition activists and local rescuers said Sunday.The attack on the besieged town of Douma came almost exactly a year after a chemical attack in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun killed dozens of people. That attack prompted the U.S. to launch several dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian air base.What a chemical attack in Syria looks likePresident Trump blamed Syrian government forces for what he called a mindless CHEMICAL attack and warned there would be a big price to pay. He did not elaborate. In a series of tweets, Mr. Trump held Russia and Iran, Syrian President Bashar Assad s chief sponsors, adidas originals donna responsible.The Syrian government denied the allegations, calling them fabrications.First responders entering apartments in Douma late Saturday said they found bodies collapsed on floors, some foaming at the mouth. The opposition s Syrian Civil Defense rescue organization said the victims appeared to have suffocated. This image released early Sun., April 8, 2018, by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack collapsed on the floor of mizuno running a building in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. Phse Skeletons discovered in incredibly rare 5,000-year-old tomb in Scotland
July is shaping up as the deadliest stanley cup month of the Afghan war for U.S.-led international forces, with the number killed already matching the highest full-month toll of the nearly eight-year conflict, accordi stanley mugs ng to figures compiled by The Associated Press.As of Wednesday, at least 46 international troops, including 24 Americans, had been killed in Afghanistan this month, according to statements by the U.S. military and the NATO command. That matches the tolls for the two previous deadliest months - June and August of 2008.The rate of deaths in July - about three a day - is approaching some of the highest levels of the Iraq war.The latest reported deaths occurred Tuesday. They include an American soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan and two Turks, including a colonel, who died in a traffic accident in the north of the country.In addition, six Ukrainian civilians and a 6-year-old Afghan were killed Tuesday when an Mi-6 transport helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan. The helicopter s owners i stanley cup n the former Soviet republic of Modova said the helicopter was shot down, and the Taliban claimed responsibility. In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell acknowledged that the U.S. has lost troops at an alarming rate this month. He told reporters that July has been an extraordinarily difficult month for all of us who are so heavily invested in trying to better the situation in Afghanistan. U.S. commanders have been expecting higher casualties si
Avaf 8203;Chameleon art: Hiding in plain sight
KABUL -- Three infants lie on one mattress, struggling to breathe. One hasn t been vaccinated yet, and the other two await treatment for their pneumonia. Nurses pause at the bed from time to time, but the doctors are too busy to attend to the ba asics sneaker bies.Indira Gandhi, the largest children s hospital in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, is struggling with severe overcrowding due to a jump in cases of pneumonia, asthma, and several other diseases. The facility has beds for 350 patients, but more than 500 are currently admitted. That s why there are multiple patients stuck together on single beds. According to hospital officials, 1,000 to 1,200 patients are treated in the facility every day; many seen by the same doctor at the same time. Due to the rush of patients, we have no choice but to admit three to four patients in each bed at the same time, w adidas campus donna hich means our doctors and nurses are caring for several patients simultaneously, says hospital director Nurulhaq Yousufzai. Winter is always the busiest season, with multiple cases of respiratory infections like pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis. A ward room at Kabul s Indira Gandhi children s hospital is crowded with patients and women, Jan. 28, 2015. CBS The govern nike sb dunk ment-run hospital is in Kabul city, but treats patients from all around the country -- even the far-flung corners -- as it is considered one of the best public health Mulq U.S. to China: Put an end to cybertheft
A Chinese researcher for The Ne stanley termohrnek w York Times who was arrested on charges of revealing state secrets and later convicted of fraud was released Saturday after serving a three-year prison sentence.Zhao Yan s detention in 2004 prompted an outcry by human rights and press freedom groups. The government never released details of the state secrets charge, but it was believed to stem from a Times report on then-leader Jiang Zemin s plans to step down as head of th stanley termoska e military. Zhao was acquitted of that charge but later convicted of fraud.The case came amid efforts by President Hu Jintao s government to tighten controls on Chinese media. Dozens of reporters have been jailed, often on charges of violating vague secrecy and security laws.Zhao s family and friends were waiting to greet him Saturday morning as he left a Beijing detention center. He hugged his sister, daughter and others but said nothing to reporters. He later issued a statement thanking his family and the Times for their support. These three years I have missed my family very much, especially my maternal grandmother, who is now more than 100 years old, the statement said. It s stanley canada aid Zhao planned to make a longer statement later after spending time with friends and family. The Times executive editor, Bill Keller, issued a statement welcoming Zhao s release. We have said all along that Zhao Yan is an honorable, hardworking reporter whose only offense seems to have been practicing journalism, the statement said. It is