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air max plus aid more than 100 people were injured in Saturday s demonstrations andBBC News reported that dozens entered a foreign ministry.Riot police fired tear gas on demonstrators who tried to break through the barriers in front of the Parliament building and there were reports of shots fired. A Lebanese police spokesman told Reuters that a policeman died in the clashes.The demonstrations are being held after the Lebanese government on Friday refused to allow for an independent international investigation into the cause of the explosion. The Lebanese government has vowed to find those r
yeezy slide esponsible for the blast, which they say was caused by 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate that was seized over six years ago but never destroyed.The massive explosion was so powerful it left a smoking crater stretching more than 700 feet and registered as a 3.3-magnitude earthquake. There are dozens still missing and the number of people injured rose to 6,000 on Saturday, the Lebanese government said. More than 300,000 people have been left homeless. Rescuers assist demonstrators during a protest, following Tuesday s blast, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday, August 8, 2020. THAIER AL-SUDANI / REUTERS Ogej Hoax or threat Clown sightings fuel panic nationwide
AP LONDON - On a muddy field on the outskirts of London, B
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stanley termohrnek im to none.London 2012: Complete Summer Olympics coverageDowning an aircraft would still cause debris to rain from the sky, high casualties and fires. When you launch a Rapier missile and shoot down an aircraft, it s not like the whole thing vanishes. It s 100 tons of metal, scraps, and other stuff that is coming down, said Jan Wind, a retired Dutch
stanley thermosflasche Navy captain who is director of the Hague-based Wiser Consultancy. If a Rapier is used, the damage could be just about the same as the intentions of the terrorist 151; only on another spot. The goal of the terrorists will be met in a certain sense, Wind said.It s rare for the British military to publicize the location of its weapons, but the military says it hopes that any potential attacks will be deterred by showing the missile strength and other defense assets such as Typhoon fighter jets.Ground-to-air missiles have been a fixture of Olympic games and large VIP events in the post-9
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The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday it tested a laser weapon and destroyed a floating target in the Mideast, a system that could be used to counter bomb-
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adidas campus 80s Bring Out THE LASERS. Bring out THE LASERS 128165; USSPortland conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on a static surface training target, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden. NavyCapability pic.twitter/AasAmjDDV1mdash; U.S. Navy @USNavy December 15, 2021 The test Tuesday saw the USS Portland test-fire its Laser Weapon System Demonstrator at the target in the Gulf of Aden, the body of water separating East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.The Navy s Mideast-based 5th Fleet describ
samba rose ed the laser as having successfully engaged the target in a statement. Previously, the Portland used the laser to bring down a flying drone in May 2020. The USS Portland fires a laser weapon system at a target floating in the Gulf of Aden on December 14, 2021. Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert/AP The Navy has previously released video showing the laser weapon system hit targets mounted aboard a speeding boat.The Gulf of Aden sits along the southern coast of war-torn Yemen, which has been at war since Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized its capital, Sanaa, in 2014. A Saudi-led coal Bwts 8 massacres by Syria regime and 1 by rebels since April 2012, U.N. war crimes report shows
Three former drug company executives accused of selling blood products tainted with the virus that causes AIDS were convicted Thursday and given brief prison terms. The convictions were the first in a wide-ranging tainted b
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stanley flasche ainted blood products and one of the plaintiffs in a civil suit against Green Cross, said the punishment was insufficient. I cannot but feel anger, he told reporters. The scandal triggered public outrage against the drug industry and government officials charged with regulating it, and resulted in the prosecution of a former bureaucrat and an adviser to the government on AIDS policy. No decision
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The clerical sex abuse scandal is causing Pope Benedict XVI great pain, the Vatican s No. 2 official said Thursday.Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican s secretary of state, said that like all pastors the pope has suffered greatly for the cases of sex abuse of minors by priests.The comments were reported by the ANSA news agency during Bertone s trip to Chile.Bertone insisted the church has the inner strength necessary to keep up its mission, according to the report.Cases of abuse in church-run institutions are rocking the church across Europe, including Benedict s native Germany, and elsewhere. On Thursday, Norway s Catholic Church said it has received new allegations of c
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AP Prince Albert ll of Monaco and his girlfriend, Charlene Wittstock, arrive for the annual Princess Grace Awards Gala in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. Founded by Prince Rainier III of Monaco, The Princess Grace Foundation - USA, which hosts the gala, supports emerging artists in theater, dance and film. AP A wedding photo of Rainier III of Monaco, who started the
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Sri Lanka s military evacuated outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from his offic
salomon ial residence in Colombo in an early morning operation on Tuesday, hours after the leader resigned and protesters tried to storm his home.Rajapaska s evacuation to a secret location followed a day of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters in which at least five people mdash; including a lawmaker mdash; were
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asics outlets pled the nation s economy and brought it to the brink of civil unrest and political instability.The country s capital of Colombo is still facing about four hours of power cuts daily, which could increase to 10 hours of power cuts per day if the government fails to import or acquire fuel by next month. Rajapaksa tendered his resignation to his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, calling for the formation of an interim government and saying he hoped it would help resolve the crisis.But the move is not expected to satisfy the anti-government protesters, who have been demanding that both brothers must go.The Rajapaksa family has dominated the country s politics. Xiam Two-time Olympic judo champion Masato Uchishiba pleads innocent to raping teenager
U.S. aircraft blasted a residential neighborhood in Fallujah on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and leveling houses there, police and residents said. A U.S. official said the target was a known hideout of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi s terror network.The surprise breakfast-hour strikes were the first significant U.S. military moves in Fallujah since April when Marines backed away from a bloody three-week siege against insurgents holed up there. Since the U.S. forces left, residents have said extremist influence in the Sunni Muslim city, west of Baghdad, has only grown.Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, coalition deputy operations chief, said the United States used precision weapons to attack the suspected al-Zarqawi hideout and that the blast caused multiple secondary explosions of ammunition and roadside bomb materials stored there, which could have caused some of the casu
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --Hundreds of Palestinians converged on the Gaza Strip s border fence with Israel on Friday, trying to rip through it before drawing heavy Israeli fire in one of the most violent incidents yet in five weeks of protests. Three Palestinians were killed and dozens were reported wounded.The violence came shortly after a top U.N. official urged Israel to refrain from using excessive force against the protesters.At least 38 protesters have been killed by Israeli live fire and more than 1,600 wounded in the weekly protests since they began Mar
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Pedaling placidly, black-suited businessmen and women in dresses and high heels wheel shiny red bikes between growling green buses, serenaded by shrill police whistles and coughing diesel trucks, the morning sunlight filtering through yellow smog.Happy Earth Day, Mexico City.With its scofflaw drivers, gridlocked tr
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BERLIN -- A suspicious package containing nails that led to a bomb scare at a Christmas market in Germany was part of a blackmailing plot against a delivery company, German authorities said Sunday.Brandenburg state Interior Minister Karl-Heinz Schroeter told reporters the package was
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert shelved the measure Thursday 151;just hours before a scheduled House vote 151;after a letter arrived from the president which warned the resolution could have far-reaching negative consequences for the United States. The president said the danger to U.S. interests was especially great a time of crisis in the Middle East.Ankara had threatened retaliation against Washington if the House approved the measure. It had threatened to exclude U.S. companies from lucrative defense contracts and hinted at withdrawing permission for U.S. warplanes to use a Turkish base for policing a no-fly zone in northern Iraq.Turkey had also prepared to resume ful
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Tateyama, Japanmdash; This city of 45,000 sits on the southern end of Chiba Prefecture, also known as the Boso Peninsula. Bordering Tokyo Bay to the east, it is usually known for surfing, sun and recreation.But driving south down the Tateyama Expressway, we start to see the first signs of distress left from thelasttyphoon, Faixi, which roared through only a month earlier. On either side of the highway, across otherwise placid countryside, is that familiar sign of damage in one of Asia s most typhoon-prone nations:buru-sheetmdash; blue tarps shielding damaged roofs from the elements.Along the coast and even further inland, there are broken windows and scarred facades. Heavy pieces of decor at a theme park, Tokyo German Village, were overturned like Tinker Toys; the roof of one building was ripped off like cardboard.Now, the area is bracing for a new storm, expected to usher in roaring winds and as much as 30 inches of rain. It is forecast to hit Japan s east coast this weekend, including Tokyo.When we stopped at a shore in Tateyama, a pair of employees from the local Aeon supermarket were busy at work, shoveling dirt into dozens of trash bags. They explained the makeshift sandbags would be stacked around the entrance, in hopes of preventing storm surge flooding
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AMMAN, Jordan - Some of America s Mideast allies have been pressing the Obama administration to go easy on Egypt s embattled leader and allow for a gradual transition of power.Moderate Arab countries such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia have warned Washington that an abrupt departure of Hosni Mubarak -- the key demand of Egyptian anti-governme
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AMONA, West Bank -- Israeli forces began an operation to evacuate settlers from a West Bank outpost on Wednesday whose slated destruction could rupture Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahursquo narrow coalition, dominated by ultranationalists who support settlements.Forces made their way up the hill around midday Wednesday, wearing no helmets and carrying no weapons. On the hilltop, youngsters smashed tiles, gathered rusty metal bars and large rocks to erect makeshift barricades to slow their advance. Some protesters threw rocks at security forces, while others set fire to tires and trash piles.Activists gathered in homes, praying, singing religious songs and dancing. Residents have said they plan to resist their evacuation peacefully. Some chained themselves to heavy o
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday he hoped that London would return to normal as soon as possible after explosions struck three Underground stations and a bus at midday. We can t minimize incidents such as this, Blair said during a news conference with visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard. They re done to scare people, to frighten them and make them worried. One injury was reported in the Thursday attacks video .Blair said the police and security services were fairly clear on what happened and what the next steps were, and it was important to respond by keeping to our normal lives. He said it was too early to speculate on who might be responsible for the attacks.Howard told Blair that Australia would remain a steadfast partner with Britain in the fight against terrorism. Terrorism is an enemy to all free people, Howard said. Terrorism is not just about individual circumstances and individual events. As Blair prepared to deliver his statements Thursday, police escorted a man
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