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Birthday/Daily Gam Shot
Barbara Stanwyck aka Stella (Martin) Dallas in "Stella Dallas" aka 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea in "Ball of Fire" aka Phyllis Dietrichson in "Double Indemnity" aka Leona Stevenson in "Sorry, Wrong Number" aka Victoria Barkley in "The Big Valley" aka Mary Carson in "The Thorn Birds" (Died in 1990 at age 82)
[Dawn] The first US troops have left Afghanistan as part of US President Barack B.O. Obama's planned drawdown of about a third of the 100,000 US forces there during the next year.
Facing growing political opposition to the nearly decade-old war, Obama announced in June the withdrawal plan, which was a faster timetable than the military had recommended.
The first 10,000 troops will come home by the end of the year, but Obama left the details up to his commanders.
US Lt. Col. Wayne Perry, a front man for the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... -led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said about 650 troops who had completed their rotation in Afghanistan left on Wednesday as scheduled, and would not be replaced.
"As part of the drawdown the first US troops have left Afghanistan," he said.
The units that left were the Army National Guard's 1st Squadron, 134th Cavalry Regiment, based in Kabul, and the Army National Guard's 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, which had been in neighbouring Parwan province.
Afghan cops are to take over security responsibility from foreign forces in seven areas of the country this summer. Afghan forces will then take the lead in securing the entire country by the end of 2014.
Critics have said Obama's decision to bring troops home from Afghanistan faster than the military recommended could jeopardize the next major push of the war, to unseat forces of Evil in the east.
The drawdown comes amid intense fighting in Afghanistan, where more than 1,500 US forces have been killed since the war began.
Although extra US troops ordered into southern Afghanistan have made security gains there, the situation in the east of the country bordering Pakistain has tanked.
Late last month, forces of Evil staged a brazen raid on the Kabul Intercontinental hotel, killing 12 people and raising fresh questions about whether Afghan forces are ready to assume responsibilities as US forces pull out.
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Late last month, forces of Evil staged a brazen raid on the Kabul Intercontinental hotel, killing 12 people and raising fresh questions about whether Afghan forces are ready to assume responsibilities as US forces pull out
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The left in America wants the same result as in Viet Nam, but with the veneer of more meetings, press conferences, polls and focus groups.
Their grand desire remains the same: The other side wins.
Think about it.
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[An Nahar] Libyan leader Moammar Qadaffy on Friday said that the recognition by Western and regional powers of the rebel National Transitional Council was of no significance.
"Recognize the so-called National Transitional Council a million times: it means nothing to the Libyan people who will trample on your decisions," he said in a message to thousands of his supporters in Zliten, 150 kilometers east of Tripoli.
He was speaking after Western and regional powers meeting in Istanbul boosted the rebels by designating them Libya's legitimate rulers, a move that gives them access to vital funds.
The fourth meeting of the Libya contact group also saw a fresh call on Qadaffy to go after more than four decades in power.
In a message relayed by loudspeaker, Qadaffy said he could not imagine the day when "the heroic Libyan people would be represented by a fistful of traitors who opened the doors of Benghazi to crusaders.
"Nobody can represent the Libyan people, not even Qadaffy. The people will therefore trample on your decisions," he said.
The embattled leader said he was giving one "last chance" to NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... , which has bombed loyalist positions since March.
"I have five million Libyans ready to die," he said.
"I have yet to grant them the green light to march against you. I give you one last chance to stop your operations and I ask the traitors in Benghazi to turn themselves in or scram."
He accused the leaders of Britannia, La Belle France and Italia of "seeking to create a disaster for Europe, the Mediterranean and all of humanity by launching a crusade against the peaceful Libyan people."
He singled out French President Nicolas Sarkozy ...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit... , slamming him for destroying the "common interests of La Belle France and Libya."
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[Dawn] Rebel leaders won recognition as the legitimate government of Libya from the United States and other world powers on Friday in a major boost to the rebels' faltering campaign to oust Muammar Qadaffy.
Western nations said they also planned to increase the military pressure on Qadaffy's forces to press him to give up power after 41 years at the head of the North African state.
Recognition of the rebels, announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John Quincy Adams ... at a meeting in Turkey of the international contact group on Libya, is an important diplomatic step which could unlock billions of dollars in frozen Libyan funds.
The decision comes as reports are circulating that Qadaffy has sent out emissaries seeking a negotiated end to the conflict, although he himself has remained defiant in his public utterances.
The Istanbul conference attended by more than 30 countries and international bodies also agreed a road map whereby Qadaffy should relinquish power and plans for Libya's transition to democracy under the rebel National Transitional Council (TNC).
"Until an interim authority is in place, the United States will recognize the TNC as the legitimate governing authority for Libya, and we will deal with it on that basis," Clinton said.
The decision to recognise the rebels, who have been waging a five-month military campaign against Qadaffy, meant the Libyan leader had no option but to stand down, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.
The contact group statement added: "... the formation of an interim government should be quickly followed by the convening of a National Congress with representatives from all parts of Libya."
The U.N. Secretary-General's special envoy to Libya, Abdul Elah al-Khatib, will be authorised to present terms for Qadaffy to leave power, but the British foreign minister said military action against Qadaffy would be stepped up at the same time.
The political package to be offered Qadaffy will include a ceasefire to halt fighting in the five-month-old war.
A rebel front man said he did not expect a ceasefire until Qadaffy had been defeated and rejected suggestions of a pause in the fighting during the Mohammedan holy month of Ramadan, which begins at the start of August.
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Islamic Nation building....how does it sound, Government of the Islamic Republic of Libya (GIRoL)? I can only imagine how long we will await our much deserved Islamic rebel gratitude.
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So Obozo is now picking the "rebels?" Doublin' down on my bet for Daffy. Another reason for rooting for him -- we keep his assets after he whips NATO's ass.
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But, but, but once the Duck is gone, the "rebels" and Libya will need economic assistance, USAID, schools, hospitals, factories, Katrina houses, roads, water treatment systems, and don't forget..... a brand new military, with brand new planes, tanks and all the rest! Did I mention new planes and tanks?
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And, and, and a brand new US Embassy Tripoli with three or four hundred new State Department Foreign Service employees.... and an expanded Libya desk back in D.C.
(KUNA) -- A suspected terrorist fundraiser appeared at the Old Bailey criminal court here Friday accused of providing money for terror training in Somalia. Shabaaz Hussain, 27, from east London, was charged with three counts of fundraising for forces of Evil between April and September last year, the court was told. He was also accused of providing funds for terrorism between January 2009 and October last year, and engaging in the preparation of terrorism over the same period, the prosecution said. Hussain appeared by videolink and was remanded in jug for another hearing in October.
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Twelve members of a state police security detail were shot to death in an apparent ambush in Guasave, Sinaloa Friday evening, according to Mexican press reports.
The attack took place at the intersection of Mexican Federal Highway 15 and Sinaloa State Highway 19, where armed suspect intercepted the escorts as they were returning to Culican, the capital of Sinaloa at about 1830 hrs.
Reports say 13 individuals in all died in that attack including one civilian who was caught in the kill zone. The agents were travelling aboard five official vehicles. Three of the vehicles were destroyed by fire at the scene.
Reports say three state police agents were wounded.
The agents had been at an event in Los Mochia with Secretaria Seguridad Publica de Estado (SSPE) Celaya Cordova. Following the event's conclusion, Celaya Cordova opted to return to the capital via a helicopter, citing scheduling problems.
SSPE is a top state police official and a cabinet level position, usually filled by appointment by the state governor.
The dead civilian was identified as Alvaro Gallardo, 29, a commercial food worker.
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By Golly! Has he really done anything much different than Bill Ayres? Ayers pretty much got a pass although he should not have.
The indictment charges Begolly with solicitation to commit a crime of violence, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and distribution of information relating to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
On Feb. 2, 2011, Begolly was indicted for allegedly assaulting federal agents and firearms-related charges in the Western District of Pennsylvania. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of the charges filed in that district.
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In the days of the old Pitt - Penn State football rivalry, the "We Are Penn State" chant used to make me think "Well, they have learned ONE thing in however many years they have been here..."
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JOE! You must speak to this infamy.
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Haha. Joe always downplays his team vs the oppos. "Well, they.. I.. Ahh..."
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Seriously, tho. Begolly is a worm, and his dad comes across as a worm master...
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BTW, on 3 hours notice, I will buy any Rantburger visiting Lovely State College a beer at the Rathskeller.
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Sinktrap commenters excluded from this offer
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Man, I haven't set foot in the 'skeller in over a decade, since one of the guys who owned Websters dragged me in there, back when he owned Seven Mountain Books across the street.
Maybe next week, if we can find more Rantburgers to make a gathering of it?
BTW, just got back from Arts Fest. Hell of a crush, maybe it's just that I haven't been in years and years, but it seemed like more people than usual this year.
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[Dawn] Militants blew up four government schools in Bara while a young man was killed in a clash between two groups of students in Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency on Thursday.
Officials said that a group of gunnies planted huge quantity of explosives at the buildings of three government primary schools and one middle school in Yar Jan Kallay, Ghulam Sher Kallay, Zarmar Jan Kallay and Ghundai localities of Akkhakhel area in Bara between the night of Wednesday and Thursday.
"Four huge kabooms at around midnight destroyed the buildings of the targeted schools," they said. Militants also kidnapped the watchman of one the destroyed schools, they added.
Sarwar Shah, a local, told Dawn that the kabooms were so powerful that windowpanes of houses situated about five kilometres away were smashed. The residents ran out of their houses at midnight, he added.
Officials said that they registered case against unidentified saboteurs and started investigations. Militants have so far destroyed 48 schools in Khyber Agency but political administration has been unable to apprehend any of the culprits involved in these crimes.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... a third year student, Sabruddin, was killed when two groups of students shot it out at Government Degree College Landi Kotal on Thursday.
Sources said that the two groups exchanged hot words over the issue of befooling the newcomers. The brawl led to exchange of fire between the groups, leaving one of the students dead, they added.
The dear departed, a resident of Perokhel, was studying in an educational institution in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar but he had come to college with his younger brother for get admission for him.
The college is presently closed for summer vacations but its offices are open due to admissions in first year.
Local elders criticised political administration for its failure to ban firearms on the premises of the college and demanded take strict action against the accused students.
In Salobar area of Bara, members of a banned cut-thoat group rubbed out a young man identified as Mohammad Ishaq on charges of theft and stealing.
In Torkham, forces of Evil targeted the office of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... fuel supplier with a car boom. Officials said that the kaboom outside the office of Al-Haj group caused injuries to three passers-by and partial damage to four vehicles parked near the site of kaboom.
No body has so far grabbed credit for the blast but sources said that Al-Haaj group had been receiving threats from forces of Evil since long for supplying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, ...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout the long-awaited message arrived. They quickly got to work with their decoder rings... the political administration in Landi Kotal has issued notices to all private medical laboratories and X-Ray machine owners operating outside the agency headquarters hospital to acquire legal registration within three days. The administration closed down at least 13 laboratories and three X-Ray machines on Wednesday for working without licences. But the same were reopened on Thursday with orders to get licences.
Officials said that the action was necessitated after complaints by locals about unlawful functioning of those laboratories.
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[Dawn] The Indian army said it has killed at least three suspected cut-throats in a raid in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmire.
Lt. Col. J.S. Brar said at least three soldiers were maimed Friday in an exchange of gunfire with the suspected gunnies in Maidanpora village in Indian administered Kashmire.
He said another two suspected cut-throats are holed up in a house and the fighting continues.
There has been no statement about the events from bad boy groups fighting for Mohammedan-majority Kashmire's independence from India or its merger with Pakistain.
Kashmire is divided between India and Pakistain, which have fought two wars for its control since they won independence from Britannia in 1947.
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[Dawn] At least 15 people, including two law-enforcers, were killed and over 25 others sustained gunshot wounds while 32 vehicles and three shops were burnt in arson attacks by Thursday evening in a fresh wave of violence that erupted in reaction to a statement of senior minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza shortly before midnight.
Tension gripped the entire city with closure of shops and traffic disappearing from the road as gunnies resorted to heavy firing and groups of youths carried out arson attacks in different areas soon after the statement of senior minister targeting the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... chief was aired by TV channels.
In reaction to the statement, the Mohajir Rabita Council demanded that Dr Zulfikar Mirza and Awami National Party leader Shahi Syed leave Bloody Karachi within 48 hours otherwise strong protests against them would continue. However, ars longa, vita brevis... the MRC suspended the protests when MQM chief Altaf Hussain appealed to the people to end all peaceful demonstrations, said MRC General Secretary Arshad Siddiqui on Thursday evening.
"President Asif Zardari has summoned Dr Mirza to Islamabad and we are waiting for his decision. Till then we have postponed all our protests on the appeal of the MQM chief," he said, adding that President Zardari should take immediate action and remove Dr Mirza from his post.
While the fire department didn't have the accurate number of vehicles torched in different parts of Bloody Karachi since late Wednesday, according to a police handout 32 vehicles and three shops were burnt in arson attacks. The police placed in durance vile a total of 253 suspects, including alleged arsonists, in Bloody Karachi and Hyderabad and seized 14 pistols and four revolvers found in possession of some of them.
"I would have a complete data of the burnt vehicles tomorrow [Friday] morning, but I think most of the vehicles have been burnt in the Korangi area," Chief Fire Officer Saleem Ehtesham told Dawn in response to a query.
Arsonists set fire to nine buses parked at the 2-K bus terminal, near Sakhi Hasan Chowrangi, in North Nazimabad on Thursday evening. Earlier two trailers loaded with goods were torched in Nazimabad in the early hours of Thursday. Arson attacks continued during the day as dozens of vehicles -- rickshaws, buses, trucks, mini-trucks, trailers and private cars -- were reduced to ashes in different parts of the city. The chief fire officer said most vehicles were torched in the Korangi area, where according to the police 12 vehicles including trucks and trailers were set ablaze.
A woman in the Husainabad area within the remit of the Azizabad cop shoppe became the first casualty of this wave of violence. The police said she suffered a gunshot wound late Wednesday night. She was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
where she was pronounced dead. He's dead, Jim! they added.
A Rangers man travelling in a rickshaw in plain clothes was bumped off by armed riders on Thursday, police said.
Sepoy Mohammad Iqbal was intercepted near Maskan Chowrangi, said an official of the Mobina Town cop shoppe. The armed riders shot at the official and decamped. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He's dead, too, Jim!
The police said that the dear departed was on leave when he was tagged.
A police van on Jamia Millia Road was attacked by gunnies, said an official of the Al-Falah cop shoppe. The firing on the police van left Constable Aftab Ali Shah maimed. He was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he died during treatment. The victim was posted at the Razzaqabad Training Centre, the official said.
In the Saeedabad area of Baldia Town, three people were killed in different incidents of firing, the police said.
A 14-year-old boy was killed within the remit of the SITE-A cop shoppe. The victim's body was taken to hospital for medico-legal formalities. The body was later shifted to a morgue for want of identification.In Surjani Town's Sector 4-A, a young man, Hafeez, was found rubbed out.
In the Pak Colony area, Qasim, son of Noor Mohammad, was bumped off. A motorcyclist, Mohammad Saeed, was rubbed out within the remit of the Mauripur cop shoppe, officials said.
In the early hours of Thursday, the trussed-up body of a man, in his early-20s, was found in the Moosalane area, police said. The body bearing gunshot wounds was spotted within the remit of the Kalakot cop shoppe, they said.
In Gulistan-i-Jauhar, a young man was rubbed out by unknown persons, the area police said. They added that Waqas was targeted near Jauhar Mor.
Another man, Waqar, was bumped off near A-One Chowk within the remit of the Shah Faisal Colony station, the officials said.
Firing near a famous kebab restaurant on Shahrah-i-Quaideen resulted in the death of a youngster, Adnan, early on Thursday morning, the area police said. A 28-year-old watchman, Asim Khan, was bumped off within the remit of the Gulshan-i-Maymar cop shoppe, officials said.
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Granted, Chicago made it's great leap forward after Mrs. O'Leary's cow had her little adventure, but I don't think Bloody Karachi is likely to see the same effect from their piecemeal conflagration.
BAGHDAD Iraq will execute two of Saddam Husseins half-brothers within a month along with three other former regime figures, an official said on Friday after the five were handed over by the US military.
They (the five officials) will be executed within one month., said justice ministry spokesman Haidar al-Saadi. They include Watban Ibrahim Hassan and Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, two half-brothers of the former dictator.
Also among the group handed over and slated to be executed were former defence minister Sultan Hashem Ahmed and ex-generals Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti and Aziz Saleh Numan.
The five were sentenced to death in different trials from 2007 to 2011.
Justice Minister Hassan al-Shammari visited with the presidency council earlier this week and they agreed not to delay the ratification of their condemnation to death, Saadi said. We believe that the council will sign the documents within days and they will be executed within one month.
Under Iraqi law, all death sentences must be formally approved by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, or by either of his two vice presidents.
Watban Ibrahim Hassan, a former interior minister, was sentenced to death in March 2009 for his involvement in the 1992 execution of 42 merchants accused of food price speculation. He is the only senior Saddam-era official to have publicly apologised for wrongs committed by the dictators Baath party.
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, a former chief of Saddams intelligence service, was condemned to death in the same trial.
Former defence minister Ahmed and ex-general Tikriti were sentenced to death in June 2007 in connection with the repression of Iraqs Kurds in the 1987-88 Anfal campaign in which 180,000 people died.
Numan was given his death sentence last month over the violent suppression of an uprising of Shiite Muslims in south Iraq following the 1991 Gulf War.
So far, Saddam and four of his top officials have been executed since the 2003 invasion.
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Collectively, they batch should be called "Hinkle, Dinkle, Nod, Mike and Mustard."
(KUNA) -- Three Iraqi non-combatants were killed and 13 injured in a powerful kaboom that rocked city of Karbala, southwest of Storied Baghdad, ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... which is witnessing influx of thousands of Shiites to perform religious rituals.
Commander of operations in Karbala Major-General Othman Al-Ghanimi said an bomb, left by a woman underneath a car that was parking in a lot, exploded and killed three civilians, injuring 13 others as well as damaging five cars in the parking lot.
Speaking to KUNA, Al-Ghanimi said the woman acted freely because there was no female inspectors in the parking lot. He did not elaborate on the fate of the woman.
The parking lot, he explained, was around 10 kilometers away from downtown Karbala.
Ambulances rushed to the scene to remove the dead and help the maimed, he added.
The blast took place as security forces are deployed on all roads leading to Karbala, where the climax of the rituals falls next Sunday.
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(KUNA) -- Fifteen foreign workers were injured in an explosion in a restaurant in Israeli city of Netanya on Friday, according to the Israeli media. An explosion occurred in a restaurant in Netanya causing light to medium injuries to 15 foreign workers, and damaging the restaurant, the media reported. The restaurant is located in the old industrial area. Army and police forces as well as ambulances rushed to the scene, said the media. The cause of the blast is unknown yet.
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[Straits Times] INDONESIA placed in durance vile the principal of an Islamic boarding school suspected of being a bomb factory on Friday following an kaboom inside the campus earlier in the week, police said.
'The West Nusa Tenggara police have placed in durance vile the principal of Umar bin Khatab boarding school, Abrori,' National police front man Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said.
Mr Ana said the police placed in durance vile Abrori while he was at his parents' house.
'Abrori is suspected to be involved in the kaboom at the school and also the slashing of a police officer in Bolo. He is being transferred from Bima to Mataram police headquarters for investigation,' he said.
On Wednesday, police and soldiers surrounded the school in Bima town in West Nusa Tenggara province, two days after a kaboom there had killed a suspected terrorist.
Students and teachers armed with knives and swords prevented police from investigating the blast, leading to a standoff that ended peacefully when the armed individuals mysteriously disappeared. After entering the school, police found nine Molotov cocktails spread over several locations, a number of sharp weapons, books on Jihad, arrows and several tools to assemble bombs. -
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[An Nahar] The Estonian government paid the kidnappers of the seven Estonian tourists 10 million euros to win their release, media reports said Friday.
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said Thursday that no force was used to free the hostages and that several countries and their respective intelligence services were involved in the operation.
But when asked whether the Estonian government paid a ransom, Paet referred only to the "costs" involved.
"There are always costs involved with such a joint (release) operation," Paet told a news conference in Tallinn, Estonia.
He did not elaborate except to say that "the cost was not minor."
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This story originated out of the Lebanonese media, and there's been no confirmation in the Estonian media.
Paet's comment was that the government shelled out money for a multi-country search and rescue operation, but he didn't mean a ransom. The Estonian government said when the kidnappings happened, there would be no ransom paid.
[An Nahar] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John C. Calhoun ... on Friday said Syria cannot return to the way it was before unprecedented anti-regime protests, but how the situation would evolve remained unclear.
"We have said that Syria can't go back to the way it was before," Clinton said on the sidelines of a meeting of the Libyan contact group in Istanbul.
Syrian President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor... "has lost his legitimacy in the eyes of his own people because of the brutality of their crackdown, including today," she added, referring to the killing of 27 protesters by Syrian security forces Friday as more than a million people erupted into the streets.
"We're also well aware that the ultimate destiny of the Syrian regime and the Syrian people lies with the people themselves and I think this is still an unfolding situation," Clinton added.
The top U.S. diplomat indicated it was still unclear what steps the Syrian opposition will take.
"I don't think we know how the opposition in Syria will be able to conduct itself, what kind of avenues for action are open to it," she said.
She added that it was clear that the Assad regime was making empty promises that were not moving the country forward.
"What we are seeing from the Assad's regime, the barrage of words, false promises and accusations is not being translated into a path forward for the Syrian people, and it is ultimately the responsibility of the Syrian people to choose and chart their own course," she said.
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[Dawn] More than a million protesters flooded Syrian streets on Friday demanding an end to President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad's One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor... regime as security forces killed at least 19 and maimed more than a 100, activists said. Up to 28 now...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Edmund Randolph ... said Syria cannot now return to the way it was before anti-regime protests began in March, but how the situation would evolve remained unclear.
"Eight people were killed on Friday in the Damascus ...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... neighbourhood of Qabun, while scores others were maimed, 15 of them critically, by security forces who opened fire," said Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Abdel Karim Rihawi, president of the Syrian League for the Defence of Human Rights, said security forces killed three in the capital's Rukn Eddin area, three in the northern city of Idlib and two in the southern town of Daraa.
Other activists said that at a protest in Duma, 15 kilometres (10 miles) from the capital, three people were killed and at least 40 maimed by security forces firing on a rally that attracted 35,000 people.
More than one million Syrians turned out in just two cities, Hama and Deir Ezzor, to protest against Assad's regime and demand the release of hundreds of detainees seized in earlier pro-democracy rallies.
"More than a million people demonstrated today in Hama and Deir Ezzor," Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human rights said. "It's a major development and a message to the authorities that protests are getting bigger."
In the central city of Homs, 15 people were maimed when security forces fired on them, pro-democracy hard boyz said, reporting on some of the mass demonstrations staged after Friday prayers.
Rihawi added that 15 protesters were maimed in Kiswe, in Damascus province. Security agents used live ammunition to disperse protesters in the Qabun and Barzeh areas of the Damascus, while more demonstrators infiltrated the Madaya, Harasta and Saqba regions, Rihawi said.
The official SANA news agency said "gunnies fired on security forces and citizens in the areas of Qabun and Rukn Eddin in Damascus."Militants said that more than 7,000 people headed towards the Al-Hassan Mosque in the Midan area of Damascus, a focal point of protest in the city.
Syrians had been urged to demonstrate on Friday to demand the release of those people imprisoned in a bloody crackdown on democracy protests, four months after they erupted.
Syrian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported "the death of a civilian killed by gunnies at Idlib."It added: "The military and security services are protecting demonstrators against gunnies in Daraa province."
Activists issued an appeal for nationwide protests to mark a day of "Freedom for the Hostages" on The Syrian Revolution 2011 Facebook page, a driving force behind the demonstrations.
Like their cousins across the Arab world, Syrians have adopted Fridays, when they are allowed to gather for the main weekly Mohammedan prayers, as their main outlet for dissent.
In tandem with Friday's protests, organisers called for a simultaneous "Conference of National Salvation" to be held on Saturday in Damascus and Istanbul to look at ways to oust Assad.
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I've got our new machine mostly configured. There are a few things I'm doing differently with it, some of which stumped me, but they're working right now. I've got a few more libraries and such to load for myself, and Badanov's probably got some that should be there when we make the switch. I'm now shooting for a switchover date of around the 1st of August.
On another note entirely, I've put in to officially retire as of my birthday, September 8th. My health problems have gotten to be too much for me; the job I'm doing at work isn't up to the snuff my employer deserves and I don't want to cheat them.
On still another note, since I blew most of the money from my last bleg on hardware, please kick in if you have spare change.
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Fred sorry to hear that. I told my accountant I would never retire. His response "your body will".
Be right along with my wee bit.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
The first US troops have left Afghanistan as part of US President 
Qadaffy on Friday said that the recognition by Western and regional powers of the rebel National Transitional Council was of no significance.
Hillary Clinton
The Indian army said it has killed at least three suspected 
[Dawn] At least 15 people, including two law-enforcers, were killed and over 25 others sustained gunshot wounds while 32 vehicles and three shops were burnt in arson attacks by Thursday evening in a fresh wave of violence that erupted in reaction to a statement of senior minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza shortly before midnight.
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Hillary Clinton
President-for-Life Bashir 
President-for-Life Bashir 
