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</a> Francis will spend a week in Rio de Janeiro to preside over the Catholic Church's World Day of Youth, a gathering sometimes dubbed a "Catholic Woodstock" that occurs in a different city every two years.
</a> BEIJING/HONG KONG - China reiterated its opposition on Thursday to a European Union plan to limit airline carbon dioxide emissions and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after its major airlines refused to pay any carbon costs under the new law.
</a> Not everyone is happy about the hunt. According to wtaq.com, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf planned a protest on Tuesday. Animal rights groups from around the country are similarly outraged. They believe the gray wolf population is too weak to support such a hunt and plan to challenge the event's legitimacy in federal court.
</a> But the new scams are far more sophisticated. They look like they come from official sources rather than some dingy office in downtown Lagos. Last week, I received a message allegedly from my personal banking team that was so well put together that I sent it to the bank’s “phishing” department to ask them if it was genuine. This was pretty pointless since they never replied other than to acknowledge receipt of my complaint. They are going to have to do better than that if we are to deal properly with the menace of e-crime.
</a> High-protein, low-carb plans like the Paleo Diet tend to do better at increasing the full-stomach feeling, reducing appetite and causing weight loss, said Cordain, also a Colorado State University health and exercise science professor.
</a> Al-Dahab was believed to be al-Qaida's leader in the southern province of Bayda, one of its former strongholds. The statement praised him for having waged "jihad" for years, saying he had lost a hand in a previous battle.
</a> The difference between the economies of North and South Korea is the biggest of any two neighboring countries on earth. Is North Koreaâs system sustainable in the long run? Here are six reasons to think not.
</a> The Centre for Economic Policy Research in London hasestimated that an ambitious agreement that eliminates tariffsand reduces regulatory barriers could boost U.S. and EU economicgrowth by more than $100 billion each a year.
</a> He added: “Both options should be considered, but whichever path the Commission takes the costs and the environmental impacts of building new capacity at Stansted are likely to be far lower than at alternative locations. From the short term to the long term, Stansted ticks every box.”
</a> "I don't know why we do so good against them, but we're playing hard and having fun," said Carter, who hit his 23rd homer in the ninth inning. "I don't even think about (the career high). It's nice to have a game like that and get going again."
</a> Although there were no signs of a resolution on the budget -which is needed to resolve the shutdown - analysts took the viewthat a compromise will be found soon, and that politicians willalso agree over raising the debt ceiling later this month, thusavoiding a U.S. sovereign default.
</a> No doubt it is a sad moment no matter if it is suicide or drone attack either a military or militant attack – everywhere innocents are dying. We need to find out the root-cause of all this and only a word is suffice for all the mess around – INJUSTICE.
</a> Eric Young, Jr. led off with a triple that ricocheted out of the corner, where a security guard tried to scamper out of the way, but ended up right in front of left fielder Andres Torres as he tried to throw in. He scored on Daniel Murphyâs single. Murphy advanced on David Wrightâs single and a throwing error. He scored when Ike Davis grounded into a double play.
</a> After she was moved to HMP East Sutton Park, she absconded in 2009. The Crown Prosecution Service said that, having considered psychiatric reports on Andrews, she would not face charges for walking out of the open prison. She was returned to custody two days later after being found at a hotel a few miles away.
</a> Purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) for the euro zone, Chinaand the United States are all forecast to climb further awayfrom the boom-bust line of 50. Germany's closely watched IFObusiness sentiment index is also expected to show a gain.
</a> Yet it is clear there are people prepared to defuse unexploded bombs to harvest and sell their casings as well as their explosives, which are used in the fishing and mining industry. Neatly sawn projectiles and other bomb parts are easy to find in roadside scrap yards.
</a> Under the terms of the deal, Trafigura andinvestment fund Mubadala Development Co, Batista'slargest single creditor, will get a 65 percent stake in MMXPorto Sudeste Ltda, a port under construction that is slated tostart operating by mid-2014.
</a> "The United Nations Security Council ... will stand ready totake action under Chapter 7 of the (U.N.) charter, quiteclearly," Lavrov said after the council unanimously approved theresolution. He was referring to the part of the charter coveringthe council's power to enforce its decisions with sanctions ormilitary force. Any such steps would require a new resolution.
</a> Mornhinweg admitted Smithâs lack of exposure to a pistol or read-option offense in college wouldnât preclude the Jets from teaching him to do it now. âOh yeah. He does much of that really naturally,â Mornhinweg said. âHeâs a natural football player. Football comes easy to him. So, yeah. . . . Look, weâve worked a little bit of these types of (read-option) things (in practice) to give our defense a look. . . . But heâll do anything to help our football team.â
</a> The CQC "arguably sat on a highly sensitive safety issue for six months before informing patients and the public", according to the emails from senior CQC staff to DoH officials. They added: "Defending material which is not defensible is always a bad place to be."
</a> Mike Salk with Matt Chatham filling in speak with Vince Wilfork after pre-season game #1. We ask Vince about his new line mate Tommy Kelly, how the defense has progressed in this past-offseason, and whether or not he watches hard knocks.
</a> The rush of support from Wall Street analysts is a remarkable shift from the days after the initial public offering in May 2012. Shares wound up losing about half their value from the $38-a-share offering price, as Wall Street analysts and investors turned sour on the company's prospects with mobile ads.
</a> "Months ago, I never thought I would be up and walking," Odom said. "I've been able now to walk with a shorter brace and walk with a cane, so to be able to get off that plane and be back in California is just an unbelievable feeling."
</a> The stands were about half full of runners’ friends and family, plus many of those who had already completed the route. A good 25,000 people were in there and looking up at them as they waved, clapped and shouted was an invigorating sight.
</a> Tsarnaev was brought into a Boston federal courthouse in an orange jumpsuit and shackles. The seven-minute hearing was the first the public has seen of Tsarnaev since his arrest after a violent shootout with police in late April in which he was badly injured.
</a> Tight end Vernon Davis , who had a quiet season with just 41 catches after averaging 67 catches the previous three seasons, should be seeing a lot more of the ball. Defensive coordinators spent the offseason dissecting Colin Kaepernick and the read option offense, which means Jim Harbaugh , one of the real creative minds in the game, surely has to come up with some tricks to keep defenses guessing.
</a> If they did not make changes, Credit Suisse executivesdetermined that the investment bank's return on equity, ameasure of the returns they wring from shareholders' money,would have fallen to 10 percent from 19 percent, an unacceptablylow level. With the changes, they aim to get returns closer to17 percent.
</a> Stronger pitching, both starting and relieving, might turn out to be the biggest factor if the Pirates prove to have more staying power this season, as their National League-best 3.14 team ERA suggests.
</a> The singer also talked about how when he first met his Argentinean wife, Luisana Lopilato, 26, she couldn’t speak a word of English. They used a MacBook to translate and speak with each other.
</a> Brady has been flummoxed by Rex Ryanâs defenses from time to time, but the Patriotsâ perennial Pro Bowl quarterback typically gets the last laugh. Ryan is 3-8 against the Patriots, who have won five in a row against their division foes since the Jetsâ 2010 divisional playoff upset. Brady & Co. have won five of those eight games by 17, 42, 21, 30 and 21 points.
</a> Sonia Lavina, a freelance writer, is passionate about creating awareness about the environment and conservation. She was nominated for Hillsborough Counties Moral Courage Award for creating awareness of the stateâs project to discharge partially treated waste water from the abandoned Piney...
</a> Teresa, however, in the midst of her growing money troubles took a stab at following in the skinny gal's entrepreneurial success by coming out with her own line of cocktails, called Fabellini, releasing three cook books and a hair care line.
</a> Lizarda Urena (not pictured) appeared at Concord High School every morning between 7 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. to pray for the childrenâs safety. She has been banned from praying on school property, after the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a complaint.
</a> âI am used to walking off in the second inning and going back out there, so I really didnât pay attention to it,â Harvey said. âI wish I kind of stayed in the moment a little bit and gave a head nod or whatnot.â
</a> The study did not reveal the names of the food chain from where the nuggets came from. On the other hand the National Chicken Council (NCC), a non-profit trade group which represents the U.S. chicken industry, spoke to Reuters and said that chicken nuggets are a great source of protein. It pointed to the fact that analyzing just two nuggets does not give a broader picture, a fact which has been accepted by DeShazo.
</a> They have had their fill of what they see as A-Rodâs lies, deceptions and apparent continuing ventures into the PED netherworld â this after visiting schools and lecturing kids on the dangers of drugs on behalf of the Taylor Hooton Foundation, and telling ESPN, shortly after his admission of taking steroids while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-2003, that he wanted âto turn my mistake into something positiveâ by focusing on youth anti-steroid education.
</a> The researchers found that RSA is significantly higher during all singing conditions compared with baseline (no singing). And that singing in a choir with regular song structures made the heart rate of singers accelerate and decelerate simultaneously.
</a> Boone Logan took over for Kuroda in the eighth, giving up a leadoff single by Juan Uribe that got past a diving Jeter. Kershaw laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, moving the go-ahead runner into scoring position.
</a> The two cast members of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" were indicted in U.S. District Court in New Jersey on a total of 39 charges, including bankruptcy fraud, making false statements on loan applications, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, according to court filings.
</a> âI feel like, and we all feel like, SpongeBob should stay there," Deborah Walker said. "We bought the plots, all six of them. We put the monuments there, we did what we had to do and they said they could provide that service to us."
</a> Traveling alone can be liberating, exciting and leave you feeling refreshed and re-energized when you return home to your family and work life. Just be sure to plan the details, and select destinations that are easy to navigate, have a good safety record and have a structure in place for tourists.
</a> A spokesman for Mr Mansour said posts in the cabinet would be offered to the FJP, but senior party official Mohamed Kamal told the BBC: "We will never take part in any cabinet as long as Morsi is not back as a president."
</a> Marilyn M. Niwao of the National Society of Accountants advises clients to consider their health risks (family history, lifestyle, health status) and financial risks (personal wealth, number of dependents) when determining whether to forego coverage. "It's an important decision that should be made carefully," she said.
</a> Souness said: 'He's fast approaching the time when their isn't a way back. If he decides to dig his heels in, and Liverpool decide to dig their heels in, you're sitting there with a player who was their best player along with Steven Gerrard, but for Liverpool to go without his goals next year and not have the money to spend, they will suffer big-time.
</a> "It is sensitizing people to ask the question, 'what is therole of government?' It's forcing that dialogue to happen,"Douglas Maughan, who runs the cybersecurity division at theDepartment of Homeland Security's Science and TechnologyDirectorate, told Reuters at SINET.
</a> Twenty-nine establishments, including 13 TGI Fridays, had been accused of cheating customers following state raids in May. The attorney general's office said the state decided to pursue charges against only eight of the TGI Fridays. The other cases remain under investigation.
</a> Using the Pennsylvania data to project hydrofracking's effect on New York counties, the Manhattan Institute study says that the income of residents in the 28 New York counties above the Marcellus Shale has the potential to expand by 15 percent or more over the next four years – if the state's moratorium is lifted.
</a> Excellent support came from Katherine Goeldner’s impassioned Jane Seymour and Alastair Miles’ baneful Enrico, as well as Faith Sherman’s Smeton and Daniel Grice’s Rochefort. Robert Macpherson coped manfully if squeakily with the higher reaches of Lord Percy’s music. But the director’s fell hand comes close to scuppering the lot of them. Grrrrr.
</a> "There's no jobs, no shops open, nothing. It's become an incredibly difficult place to live and yet they're saying âYou can go home now'," said a single mother evacuated from near Kawauchi, who declined to be named for fear of retribution from the authorities.
</a> âHe has a definitive philosophy on how his teams should play,â Clifford said. âI saw that when we were in Orlando and he coached our summer team. He believes in balanced play. Defense. Offense. Rebounding. He will coach just like he played. Heâll be all meat and potatoes. And similar to how he was a player, he is always looking for ways to become a better coach. You see that in his work.â
</a> All three are charged with going to Tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the bombing and removing a laptop and a backpack containing empty fireworks shells after receiving a text message from him telling them to "go to my room and take what's there," according to court papers.
</a> But the NSA scandal has already violated German law. Why would the likes of the NSA, the KGB or Mossad be put off by any future global agreement? Whatever is technically possible, they are likely to exploit.
</a> "Merkel has excellent policies â her politics has been very consistent in the last few years, particularly with regard to promises of economic success," said Stefan Standfuss, a 40-year-old conservative voter and IT worker, who'll be voting for Merkel's Christian Democrat (CDU) party.
</a> » VA Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Ave. in Omaha. The clinic is near the Blue Clinic in the main lobby area. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; and 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 19 and Nov. 9.
</a> Martinelli said the ship's crew resisted efforts to search and seize the ship, and the captain had a heart attack and attempted suicide during the operation. The concealment of the cargo and the reported reaction of the crew "strongly suggests this was a covert shipment of equipment," according to an IHS Jane's assessment.
</a> âSwimming is a healthy summertime activity, and we do not want to discourage people from swimming,â Haselow added. âIf concerned about Naegleria, avoid swimming, diving or other activities that push water up the nose, especially in natural waters when temperatures are high and water levels are low.â
</a> Three years after its introduction, the iPad continues to be Apple's fastest-growing product, although third-quarter sales are expected to only be slightly above the same period last year - which was boosted by the arrival of the iPad 3.
</a> Some also remain skeptical because, despite North Korea's recent conciliatory gestures, the country has vowed to continue its nuclear weapons program. A U.S. research institute said last week that a recent satellite image appears to show North Korea restarting a plutonium reactor at its main atomic facility.
</a> The acting, singing and dancing talents of Sophiya Haque were flourishing on the West End stage and beckoned a promising, long-term future when she died of cancer, aged 41, just a month after falling ill. Her last role was as the worldly wise Eurasian dancer Sylvia Morgan in a new, acclaimed production of the Peter Nichols comedy Privates on Parade, which opened at the Noël Coward Theatre on 10 December.
</a> Central to that effort will be Rodriguezâs plan to dispute what the league says is evidence of âuse and possession of numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including testosterone and human growth hormone, over the course of multiple years.â
</a> Even as evacuees continued to crowd into emergency shelters,more than 6,400 Colorado flood survivors have already appliedfor federal disaster assistance, the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency reported.
</a> "FINDER is bringing NASA technology that explores other planets to the effort to save lives on ours. This is a prime example of intergovernmental collaboration and expertise that has a direct benefit to the American taxpayer," said Mason Peck, chief technologist for NASA and principal advisor on technology policy and programs, referring to the fact that FINDER is based on remote-sensing radar technology developed by JPL to monitor the location of spacecraft.
</a> The number of Facebook daily active users increased from 665 million in the first quarter to 669 million in the second. In June, the site had an average of 469 million daily users on mobile. Facebook had 819 million mobile monthly active users in second quarter of 2013, compared to 543 million in the second quarter of 2012. The new figures were also a boost from the 751 million reported last quarter.
</a> The all-cash deal involves the sale of 226,000 acres ofundeveloped land, roughly 93 miles (150 kilometers) south ofFort McMurray, Alberta, to Exxon Mobil's Canadian unit andImperial, which is 70 percent controlled by Exxon.
</a> “The travel advisory at this stage is not helping our collective effort against global terrorism. We cannot and shall not allow terrorists to instil fear in our people and so we request the United States as a friendly country to Kenya to lift the travel advisory,” said Joseph Ole Lenku Kenya’s Interior Minister
</a> "Hazel wokeup from her nap to the smell of pizza and was so excited to chow down!" Laurenreported on her blog. "Several other children and nurses came into the room, with musicplaying, and had themselves a wonderful Pizza Party. As of yesterdayevening, there was more than 20 boxes delivered and more was coming! Wehad such a great time!
</a> The findings, published in the Plos ONE journal, suggest that the lack of meat and fish in a vegetarian diet could raise the likelihood of anxiety because women's nutritional needs increase during pregnancy.
</a> Civil liberties advocates took to Twitter to trumpet the latest allegations against the NSA, as part of an intensifying campaign to convince Congress to rein in the agency. A recent bipartisan effort to do so -- backed by Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., and John Conyers, D-Mich. -- narrowly failed amid resistance from party leaders.
</a> Since the early 1990s, however, younger Californians — especially African-Americans under age 30 — showed enormous decreases. This took place even as drug arrests and imprisonments among older Californians continued to rise rapidly.
</a> "Many millions of malaria cases fill the wards of our hospitals. Progress is being made with bed nets and other measures, but we need more tools to battle this terrible disease," said Halidou Tinto, a lead investigator on the RTS,S trial from Burkina Faso.
</a> The administration said in a statement that the program's 32ACOs, which served 670,000 Medicare beneficiaries, managed torestrain cost growth to 0.3 percent overall, less than half the0.8 percent growth for similar beneficiaries not served by ACOs.
</a> In St. Louis, just about everything is cheaper, according tothe Council for Community and Economic Research. Groceries cost21 percent less, housing 58 percent less, utilities 26 percentless and healthcare about 20 percent less than Beantown.
</a> The UN's under secretary general for political affairs has said there is a fresh opportunity for a political, diplomatic approach to the Syria crisis, now that Damascus has acknowledge it has chemical weapons and agreed to join the Chemical Weapons Convention.
</a> Jonathan Goldberg, who used to trade oil and natural gas forGlencore, and gasoline and other commodities for Goldman, isexpected to start in August as chief investment officer at BBLCommodities in downtown New York, the people said.
</a> Glaser, who founded the company in 1994 after a 10-yearstint at Microsoft Corp, stepped aside as CEO in 2010only to return in 2012 after two subsequent CEOs quicklydeparted the Seattle-based company.
</a> A Merrill Lynch office in Toledo, Ohio, for example, got aspecial phone number ending in 74568 - digits that spell outPILOT. It posted a webpage featuring a captain's epaulet setagainst a brilliant blue sky, promising "a team of financialadvisors dedicated to airline pilots ...(that) stands ready tovector you through."
</a> In âClash of Clansâ and other similar games, little messages pop up alerting players to buy in-app add-ons to upgrade their gaming experience. To do so, they have to put in their iTunes passwords and agree.
</a> In late June, state House Democrats staged a showdown to force a vote on Medicaid expansion, holding up reauthorization of the state's current Medicaid program, which serves one in five Mississippi residents. A last-minute legislative deal reached on June 28 saved the program but failed to expand it.
</a> Rochmali, who was searching for survivors by helicopter, said they have widened the search area following the current to the west up to 60 kilometers (37 miles), but there was no sign of any survivors Friday morning.
</a> Ample sun will continue to shine over the region on Thursday, the result of a large area of high pressure extending from south central Canada to the Midwestern United States. This system began moving eastward into the area Wednesday and will keep the fantastic weather in place for a few more days.
</a> Consuming gluten can cause nutritional deficiencies inceliac patients and lead to osteoporosis, stunted growth,infertility, miscarriages, intestinal cancers and other healthproblems, according to the FDA.
</a> The three Somali men were among 19 who boarded the yacht in February 2011 in hopes of taking the Americans to Somalia and ransoming them for millions of dollars. The plan fell apart when the U.S. Navy began following the yacht.
</a> Responding to the analystâs concerns Ofcom said that it believes that the stiff competition among the four leading UK mobile operators should discourage mobile operating companies from putting up higher prices.
</a> So early, it seems, that no-one has yet put Hester in the frame. When Dashwood bumped into him on Friday, Hester said he was “unaware” of the plan to commit his contribution to the bank to canvas.
</a> He said the Scottish government had made its own proposals to the pay review bodies, proposing that the 1% rise is implemented in 2014/15 as well as giving further help to those on low wages by ensuring no one employed by the health service earns less than the Scottish Living Wage.
</a> These days, Amukamara can smile and laugh at all of it, as he did when he relived the experience for the Daily News. The 2011 first-round pick is no longer a target. In fact, he said he rolls with what he calls âthe âinâ groupâ on the Giants now â corners Corey Webster, Aaron Ross and Terrell Thomas. It helps that heâs entrenched as a starter, coming off a solid, but injury-shortened, season. But maybe more importantly, teammates have noticed a change in his on-field demeanor. Before the final game last season, since-departed safety Kenny Phillips told The News, âYou can see the football player come out of him. He feels like he really belongs out there.â
</a> Even after Ellsberg was indicted on 12 counts, he was only given a $50,000 bond — and all charges were dismissed in 1973 after the government attempted to introduce illegally obtained information in court.
</a> This week, Mr Davey criticised NPower, an gas and electricity company, for saying that green energy would be a major factor behind rising bills, criticising their "weird" assumption that gas prices would fall.
</a> Whether the shutdown represents another bump in the road for a Congress increasingly plagued by dysfunction or is a sign of a more alarming breakdown in the political process could be determined by the reaction among voters and on Wall Street.
</a> Illiteracy, infant mortality and malnutrition are among the highest in the region, life expectancy is among the lowest and, in common with many of its neighbours, the country is plagued by organised crime and violent street gangs. It is a major corridor for smuggling drugs from South America to the United States.
</a> Earlier on Tuesday, Icahn stunned markets after he sent a tweet, saying: "We currently have a large position in APPLE. We believe the company to be extremely undervalued. Spoke to Tim Cook today. More to come."
</a> (edit: I was looking for a movie recommendation engine recently. Didn't notice Matcha, but signed up for Jinni which is pretty good. Still, like most technology firms, they seem to miss some obvious easy features.)
</a> Charges of inciting violence have already been issued against many of the Brotherhood's top figures, although in most cases police have not followed through with arrests. The Brotherhood says the criminal charges are part of a crackdown against it and the authorities are to blame for the violence.
</a> "They were willing to shut down the government and potentially harm the global economy to try to get it repealed and I'm sure that given the problem with the website so far they are going to be looking to go at it even harder," Obama said.
</a> Traders said the broader dollar recovery on Monday was anadjustment of positions ahead of the Fed statement after aselloff had over the last three weeks, leaving it down 1.72percent for the month. The dollar was up 0.1 percent against theeuro.
</a> After six trips to the region, Kerry managed to persuade Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to drop the settlement issue as a condition for negotiations to start. In exchange, Israel agreed to release 104 Palestinian prisoners.
</a> "I want people to know what a good man he was, and how stupid and senseless this all is," the mother said. "He was a good man, a wonderful husband, a wonderful, wonderful father to his two boys and a wonderful son to me."
</a> The Jets won Sunday's match against the Patriots after a little-known rule was enforced, giving the Jets another chance after Patriots rookie Chris Jones was flagged for pushing teammate Will Svitek as they tried to disrupt kicker Nick Folk's 56-yard field goal attempt, the first time the pushing rule was applied this season.
</a> Meanwhile the ousting of President Mohamed Mursi by the military earlier this month and the fact BG is owed $1.3 billion (844.2 million pounds) by Egypt for domestic gas sales - up from $1.2 billion in the first quarter - have heightened the company's anxiety about investing in the country.
</a> Vimpelcom, which has significant operations in Italy and several emerging markets, also said on Wednesday it was movingits shares to U.S. technology market Nasdaq afternearly two decades trading on rival NYSE Euronext, tocut costs.
</a> The Lincoln rider was in the mix again during race two on Sunday before crashing out on the final lap. That allowed Samsung Honda team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari to take third behind winner Byrne and Tyco Suzuki’s Josh Brookes.
</a> The company used two rigs during its last exploration of the area to mitigate spill risk. Two years ago, Greenpeace campaigners boarded one of Cairnâs rigs, the Leiv Eiriksson, in a bid to stop it drilling in Arctic waters.
</a> When completed in 2017, the Oriental Movie Metropolis willboast 20 sound stages, including the world's first underwaterstudio, a massive convention and exhibition complex, a sprawlingshopping mall with an indoor amusement park and seven resorthotels.
</a> China, the world's top energy consumer, aims to raise theshare of natural gas in its energy mix to 8 percent by 2015 from5 percent now to cut emissions from coal and lessen dependenceon oil imports.
</a> For hours there was no official security response, leaving off-duty cops to team up with reservists and vigilantes to rescue people. An elite police unit eventually cornered the gunmen but pulled back when Kenyan soldiers mistakenly shot the unitâs commander allowing the terrorists to disperse. Cold-blooded, the terrorists executed children as well as women and men during the siege. At least 61 civilians were killed.
</a> They said the venture should benefit from an expected risein demand driven by the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the OlympicGames in 2016. Final details have not been set, the companiessaid, adding the joint venture is subject to governmentalapproval.
</a> "We were invited by Chinese government officials in China and the United States, including their local diplomats, to meet their Chinese nationals to represent them," Kelly said in an email to The Associated Press. She said the firm's representative in Shanghai also was "contacted by a group of families affected by this tragedy seeking legal representation."
</a> At the same time, sources familiar with thinking inside theFed say staff and some members of the central bank's board areconcerned Summers' often blunt manner could be a detriment inshaping policy at the consensus-driven central bank.
</a> During his time in Colditz, Tunstall was involved in a number of escape attempts, resulting in spells in solitary confinement. Finally, on April 16 1945, American troops liberated the castle and Tunstall was flown back to England.
</a> San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who was instrumental in negotiating the Cup deal when he was mayor, rejected the idea that the event had not been worth it for the city.
</a> Indonesian Chinese celebrate the Moon Cake Festival â also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival â by releasing paper lanterns at Sanggar Agung Temple on Sept. 19, 2013 in Surabaya.
</a> Keeler is proud of his mathematical references in Futurama, and he is philosophical about the many years he spent as a mathematician before becoming a comedy writer: "Everything that happens to us has some effect on us, and I do suppose that the time I spent in grad school made me a better writer. I certainly don't regret it.
</a> LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Britain's benchmark equity indexfell for the third straight day on Wednesday to six-week lows,with investors anxious over the prospect of a forthcomingscaling back of U.S. monetary stimulus.
</a> The Chiefs weathered the storm and, from a 15-metre lineout, a well-taken ball was spread wide for Steenson to put outside centre Ian Whitten through for a sixth try, only for Steenson's touchline conversion to hit the upright.
</a> Feisty as always, Martin said he disagreed with Woodsonâs comment that he wants to produce a top 10 defense. âI told him top five,â Martin fired back with a smile. But Martin was more passive when it came to the strategy that Woodson has for him to rest more and play fewer minutes. Martin has participated in conditioning drills, just not in scrimmages and he pronounced his left knee and left ankle healthy after injuries to those limbs caused him to miss seven of the final eight regular-season games last year.
</a> TD said the charges, which hit both its insurance and itsCanadian banking units, will result in an after-tax net loss ofbetween C$240 million and C$290 million in its wealth andinsurance business in the third quarter.
</a> While policymakers deliberate, those stepping off theproperty ladder are rubbing their hands. Tony Richmount islooking forward to a more comfortable retirement, and theopportunity to indulge his grandchildren too.
</a> A Twitter message from Mr Sikorski revealed he was “pleased that Russia has taken up Poland’s suggestion of her role in dismantling Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal”. He added that he had “proposed the ultimatum” to John Kerry, the US secretary of state, after getting the support of the European People’s Party, a grouping in the European parliament, during a meeting on Saturday.
</a> "The energy revolution will have gone its course in fouryears time and perhaps not as we wanted it," said KerstinAndreae, Greens spokeswoman for business affairs standing forparliamentary leader in a party vote on Tuesday.
</a> Brassard said there were âno hard feelingsâ between him and Arniel, his former head coach with the Blue Jackets, after a 2011 controversy that began with Arniel frequently benching Brassard, and boiled over when the playerâs agent, Allan Walsh, accused Arniel of âburying players and using them as scapegoats to mask his own lack of success on the ice.â
</a> Minor injury units in Sevenoaks and Edenbridge will be open to treat sprains and strains, broken bones, wound infections, minor burns and scalds, minor head injuries, insect and animal bites, minor eye injuries and injuries to the back, shoulder and chest.
</a> The blast tore through the tea shop where people had gathered after breaking their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a southern district of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of the capital Baghdad.
</a> No 602 was based at Kenley in Surrey, and Strudwick flew on many sweeps over France and on bomber escort sorties to targets in the Pas de Calais. After the squadron relocated to Cornwall, he led a number of missions to the Brest Peninsula, again escorting bomber formations.
</a> Asked whether the new proposals cast doubt on the success of the pilot, he said the plans "dovetailed quite nicely to play another part in making sure we've got healthy and sustainable town centres and market places.
</a> "They kidnapped our president. This is against international law. We don't even know where he is," said Nihad, 37, a lawyer, resting in a tent with other women at the vigil. All were holding Korans, except one playing on an iPad.
</a> Junkermeier told his friend he then began to strangle Warwick, and when he saw she was not dead, he stabbed her multiple times then brought or threw her into the basement, the charges said. Later that day, Junkermeier and one of the teens returned to Warwick's house and took a safe.
</a> âIâve had calls with the Secret Service, Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice and none of them can tell me whatâs happening because of the ongoing investigation,â Weilau added.
</a> Little styling touches continue inside, where depending on the exterior color the color of dashboard can be Misano Red or Glacier White or gloss black. Part-leather sports seats and three-spoke S line sports steering wheel are among the other highlights, while you get the full S Line equipment package including powered windows and mirrors, a split/folding rear seat, air conditioning, a Concert CD audio system incorporating an SD card reader linked to a 6.5-inch retractable display screen, a Bluetooth mobile phone interface and a Driverâs Information System.
</a> The adoption agency said it requires families who have adopted Chinese children to provide feedback six times in the first five years of adoption. It now plans to demand feedback until the child turns 18.