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The death toll from Israel’s air strikes on the Gaza Strip over the week of the Protective Edge operation has reached 177, with 1,280 people receiving wounds of varying severity, the Palestinian enclave’s medical services reported Monday.
According to Palestinian human rights advocates, many children were killed during the military operation.
In turn, Palestinian radicals fired 100 missiles from the Gaza Strip on Israel on Monday; 15 of them were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported.
Three Israelis have been wounded over the past 24 hours as a result of rocket attacks. In the southern city of Ashdod, an eight-year-old child was slightly wounded, and two teenagers aged 11 and 13 were injured when a missile exploded in the settlement of Lakiya near the city of Beersheba in southern Israel.
According to the army press service, one was seriously wounded and the other one received wounds of medium severity.
Overall, since the early morning of July 8, when the active phase of the currently ongoing military operation Protective Edge started, rocket attacks have left 18 Israelis wounded; dozens have been hurt when trying to hide in bomb shelters.
Over the week, Palestinian radicals from the Gaza Strip have fired more than 1,000 rockets on Israel, with 200 of them intercepted by Israel’s air defense systems. Tel Aviv came under fire 11 times; a few rockets exploded in Jerusalem, one of them hit a residential building.
In response, the Israel Defense Forces hit some 1,500 targets on the territory of the Palestinian enclave.
DETERIORATION OF ISRAEL-PALESTINE RELATIONS
Israeli-Palestinian relations grew sour after June 12, 2014, when three Jewish teenagers were abducted in the West Bank. Later the teenagers were found killed. Israel accused militants of the Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), which controls the Gaza Strip, of committing the crime.
The operation to search for the teenagers continued for more than two weeks and was accompanied by searches, arrests of Palestinian activists and shellings of the Palestinian territory.
On July 1, 2014, a 16-year-old resident of the East Jerusalem’s Palestinian Arab neighborhood of Shuafat was kidnapped and killed. Six ultra-right Jewish activists were arrested for the crime. The death of the Palestinian teenager caused riots among Palestinians.
On July 8, 2014, the Israel Defense Forces announced the start of the operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip against Hamas militants. The IDF made strikes on 50 targets in the Gaza Strip, most of which were launching platforms for rockets. Five Palestinians were killed and some 20 were wounded.
The immediate reason for the operation was that cities in southern Israel were massively shelled by Hamas military wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. According to the Israeli army’s press service, on July 7, some 90 missiles were fired on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As of early July, 450 missiles had been fired since the start of 2014.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the IDF to prepare for a possible ground operation. Israel announced mobilization of 1,500 reservists and sent two army brigades to the border with Gaza.
Since the start of their activity on December 14, 1987, Hamas militants set a course for liberation of Israel-occupied Palestinian territories. The group has made a few dozen terrorist attacks against military and civilian facilities of Israel.
Hamas regularly shells Israel’s territory with homemade rockets. In response, Israel shells Gaza and holds military operations there to suppress militant activity and destroy Hamas’ military structure. According to Hamas, 1,365 Israelis died in 1987-2011 in terrorist attacks made by its militants.
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“The president will attend the final match on July 13,” Yuri Ushakov said. “The visit owes to Russia’s organization of the next World Cup.”
Ushakov added that following the final match of the 2014 World Cup, running on June 12-July 13, a special ceremony would be held to pass on the relay of the hosting nations to Russia.
Sepp Blatter, the president of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), earlier stated that he was waiting for President Putin in Brazil to pass him over the baton of the World Cup’s nation and that he also intended to pay a visit to Russia in September to monitor the preparation work for the championship in 2018.
Russia won the bid to host the 2018 World Cup over three years ago in a tight race against the joint bid from England, Portugal and Spain and the joint bid on behalf of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Following an official ceremony held in September 2012 and attended by Blatter, Russia eventually selected 11 out of the earlier proposed 13 cities, excluding Krasnodar and Yaroslavl. The final list of the 2018 World Cup host cities includes Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.
Being rumored to be the highest paid national coach in the world, Italian phenomenon Fabio Capello managed to help the Russian national team to qualify for the current World Cup in Brazil. He celebrated his 68th birthday during the Russia vs. South Korea match on Tuesday, when the game ended with 1-1 draw.
Capello’s squad will next face Russia’s Group H old-time rivals Belgium, which on Tuesday defeated Algeria 2-1 at the Belo Horizonte Stadium. Russia’s game against Algeria is scheduled for June 26.
Meanwhile, the broadcasting of Ukrainian TV channels has been stopped in the whole Donetsk region.
The republican committee for television and radio broadcasting has switched off Ukrainian TV channels in analogue and digital formats since Tuesday on instructions from the Council of Ministers of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Instead of them, Russian television broadcasts were restored, the press centre of the Donetsk People’s Republic reported. This decision is in effect on the whole territory of the Donetsk region.
“Russian television broadcasts will be restored soon. Meanwhile, such TV channels as Mult, Russky Roman, Rossiya 24, Nauka 2.0 and Zvezda will be added to the list for broadcasting,” the press centre said.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian national council for television and radio broadcasting stated about 72 Ukrainian providers in Donetsk and Luhansk regions broadcasting Russian TV channels.
July 10, the Ukrainian domestic broadcasting council urged providers to stop airing pro-Russian programs within a day. Otherwise, “they will be switched off and will certainly bear responsibility,” member of the Ukrainian broadcasting council Olga Gerasimyuk stated.
The Ukrainian domestic council for television and radio broadcasting has earlier mulled a possible lawsuit with the demand to ban broadcasts of several Russian TV channels in Ukraine, including such Russian television broadcasters as TVC International, LifeNews, Russia Today and RenTV.
The republican committee for television and radio broadcasting has switched off Ukrainian TV channels in analogue and digital formats since Tuesday on instructions from the Council of Ministers of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Instead of them, Russian television broadcasts were restored, the press centre of the Donetsk People’s Republic reported. This decision is in effect on the whole territory of the Donetsk region.
“Russian television broadcasts will be restored soon. Meanwhile, such TV channels as Mult, Russky Roman, Rossiya 24, Nauka 2.0 and Zvezda will be added to the list for broadcasting,” the press centre said.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian national council for television and radio broadcasting stated about 72 Ukrainian providers in Donetsk and Luhansk regions broadcasting Russian TV channels.
July 10, the Ukrainian domestic broadcasting council urged providers to stop airing pro-Russian programs within a day. Otherwise, “they will be switched off and will certainly bear responsibility,” member of the Ukrainian broadcasting council Olga Gerasimyuk stated.
The Ukrainian domestic council for television and radio broadcasting has earlier mulled a possible lawsuit with the demand to ban broadcasts of several Russian TV channels in Ukraine, including such Russian television broadcasters as TVC International, LifeNews, Russia Today and RenTV.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says all other possible causes of the crash will be checked and investigated very thoroughly.
A broken switch was confirmed as one of the main causes of the Moscow metro crash that killed 23 people and left more than 200 injured, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told reporters on Wednesday.
““All other possible causes of the crash will be checked and investigated very thoroughly," the mayor said.
An engine driver who works in the metro told ITAR-TASS that the railway switch mechanism was installed contrary to technical requirements.
“Apparently, this railway switch was not yet connected to the centralized system, therefore, according to the traffic schedule, the engineer was driving the train at a speed of 65-70 kmph,” the source said. Thus, the first car of the train hit a side track, derailed and rammed into the end face of the wall between two tunnels.
Suspects in metro crash detained
Two suspects who may be responsible for the Moscow metro crash on July 15 have been detained earlier on Wednesday, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee (IC) Vladimir Markin told ITAR-TASS.
“Investigators of the main IC investigation department today detained two persons suspected of transport safety rules violation (article 263.1, part 3 of the Russian Criminal Code). They are track supervisor of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov,” Markin said.
According to investigators, since late May 2014, preparatory work was launched on the stretch between the Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations for installing the rail switch mechanism to putting a new rail section into operation.
“A number of contractors and sub-contractors were involved in these operations. Bashkatov and Gordov were directly involved in this work and were controlling its performance. The work was improperly performed: the rail switch mechanism was fixed by a simple 3-mm wire that broke. This caused the electric train derailment, the death of 22 people and injuries of varying severity to more than 150 passengers,” he said.
According to Markin, the suspects have already been interrogated. “The investigation plans to bring charges against them and select the measure of restraint,” he said.
A broken switch was confirmed as one of the main causes of the Moscow metro crash that killed 23 people and left more than 200 injured, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told reporters on Wednesday.
““All other possible causes of the crash will be checked and investigated very thoroughly," the mayor said.
An engine driver who works in the metro told ITAR-TASS that the railway switch mechanism was installed contrary to technical requirements.
“Apparently, this railway switch was not yet connected to the centralized system, therefore, according to the traffic schedule, the engineer was driving the train at a speed of 65-70 kmph,” the source said. Thus, the first car of the train hit a side track, derailed and rammed into the end face of the wall between two tunnels.
Suspects in metro crash detained
Two suspects who may be responsible for the Moscow metro crash on July 15 have been detained earlier on Wednesday, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee (IC) Vladimir Markin told ITAR-TASS.
“Investigators of the main IC investigation department today detained two persons suspected of transport safety rules violation (article 263.1, part 3 of the Russian Criminal Code). They are track supervisor of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov,” Markin said.
According to investigators, since late May 2014, preparatory work was launched on the stretch between the Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations for installing the rail switch mechanism to putting a new rail section into operation.
“A number of contractors and sub-contractors were involved in these operations. Bashkatov and Gordov were directly involved in this work and were controlling its performance. The work was improperly performed: the rail switch mechanism was fixed by a simple 3-mm wire that broke. This caused the electric train derailment, the death of 22 people and injuries of varying severity to more than 150 passengers,” he said.
According to Markin, the suspects have already been interrogated. “The investigation plans to bring charges against them and select the measure of restraint,” he said.
The BRICS leaders spoke against continuous construction and expansion of settlements "in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by the Israeli Government".
6th Summit of the BRICS in Fortaleza, Brazil.
The BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have called on Israel and Palestine to resume negotiations leading to the creation of a viable Palestinian state that can exist side by side with Israel.
“We reaffirm our commitment to contribute to a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the basis of the universally recognized international legal framework, including the relevant UN resolutions, the Madrid Principles and the Arab Peace Initiative. We believe that the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a fundamental component for building a sustainable peace in the Middle East,” the BRICS leaders said in a resolution adopted on Tuesday at the summit meeting in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza.
“We call upon Israel and Palestine to resume negotiations leading to a two-State solution with a contiguous and economically viable Palestinian State existing side by side in peace with Israel, within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders based on the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” the declaration said.
The BRICS leaders spoke against continuous construction and expansion of settlements "in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by the Israeli Government, which violates international law, gravely undermines peace efforts and threatens the viability of the two-State solution".
6th Summit of the BRICS in Fortaleza, Brazil.
The BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have called on Israel and Palestine to resume negotiations leading to the creation of a viable Palestinian state that can exist side by side with Israel.
“We reaffirm our commitment to contribute to a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the basis of the universally recognized international legal framework, including the relevant UN resolutions, the Madrid Principles and the Arab Peace Initiative. We believe that the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a fundamental component for building a sustainable peace in the Middle East,” the BRICS leaders said in a resolution adopted on Tuesday at the summit meeting in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza.
“We call upon Israel and Palestine to resume negotiations leading to a two-State solution with a contiguous and economically viable Palestinian State existing side by side in peace with Israel, within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders based on the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” the declaration said.
The BRICS leaders spoke against continuous construction and expansion of settlements "in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by the Israeli Government, which violates international law, gravely undermines peace efforts and threatens the viability of the two-State solution".
Russia is represented by 74 organizations at Farnborough International Airshow 2014 that will be held in Great Britain on July 14-20.
Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport will hold a number of presentations of combat helicopters and planes for potential customers from the Middle East, Latin America and Southeast Asia at the Farnborough International Airshow 2014 that will be held in Great Britain on July 14-20, the company’s press service reported on Friday.
“Rosoboronexport expects keen interest from foreign delegations in the super-agile Su-35 multipurpose fighter, MiG-29M/M2 multifunctional frontline fighters, Yak-130 combat training aircraft, Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft, Mi-35M, Mi-28NE and Ka-52 attack helicopters, aircraft weapons,” the report says.
Sergei Kornev, head of Rosoboronexport’s Air Force Equipment Export Department, who heads the company’s delegation at the exhibition, said that the Russian experts also planned to focus on scientific-technical and industrial cooperation with European partners.
“We traditionally participate in this prestigious air show and try to present the latest products and the most promising export models there. Presentations of combat helicopters and airplanes for delegations from the Middle East, Latin American and Southeast Asian countries have been scheduled. We also plan to emphasize technology and industrial cooperation with our European partners,” he noted.
Talks to be held with leading European manufacturers will involve such issues as R&D activities carried out by Russian organizations, joint projects on the international market on behalf of third countries, as well as the prospects for further expanding ties and strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation.
According to previous reports, Russia is represented by 74 organizations at Farnborough 2014. The largest number of companies will represent the UK (339) and the United States (294). Samples of military and civilian aircraft equipment from 10 countries will be displayed in the flight program and on the parking stand. Head of the Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Mikhail Pogosyan said previously that UAC was not planning to demonstrate military equipment samples at Farnborough 2014, but would show the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) airliner.
Farnborough is one of the world’s largest air shows. It has been held since 1948. The leading producers present their achievements and conclude major deals - at the previous show held in 2012, the cost of the contracts and agreements on the supply of some 750 aircraft equipment units reached about $72 billion.
Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the Rostec Corporation, is the sole state-owned arms trade company in the Russian Federation authorized to export the full range of military and dual-purpose products, technologies and services. Rosoboronexport is one of the leading world arms exporters to the international market. Its share in Russia's military exports exceeds 80%. Rosoboronexport cooperates with more than 700 enterprises and organizations in the Russian defense industrial complex. Russia maintains military technical cooperation with more than 70 countries around the world.
Rostekhnologii (ROSTEC) is a Russian corporation established in 2007 in order to facilitate the development, manufacturing and export of high-technology industrial products of military and civil purposes. Today it comprises over 663 companies, which form 8 military-industrial and 5 civil industry holdings. Rostec’s subsidiaries are located in 60 regions of Russia and supply their products to over 70 countries worldwide. In 2013 revenues of the corporation amounted to 1 trillion rubles, net profits were 40 billion rubles and total taxation exceeded 138 billion rubles.
“Rosoboronexport expects keen interest from foreign delegations in the super-agile Su-35 multipurpose fighter, MiG-29M/M2 multifunctional frontline fighters, Yak-130 combat training aircraft, Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft, Mi-35M, Mi-28NE and Ka-52 attack helicopters, aircraft weapons,” the report says.
Sergei Kornev, head of Rosoboronexport’s Air Force Equipment Export Department, who heads the company’s delegation at the exhibition, said that the Russian experts also planned to focus on scientific-technical and industrial cooperation with European partners.
“We traditionally participate in this prestigious air show and try to present the latest products and the most promising export models there. Presentations of combat helicopters and airplanes for delegations from the Middle East, Latin American and Southeast Asian countries have been scheduled. We also plan to emphasize technology and industrial cooperation with our European partners,” he noted.
Talks to be held with leading European manufacturers will involve such issues as R&D activities carried out by Russian organizations, joint projects on the international market on behalf of third countries, as well as the prospects for further expanding ties and strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation.
According to previous reports, Russia is represented by 74 organizations at Farnborough 2014. The largest number of companies will represent the UK (339) and the United States (294). Samples of military and civilian aircraft equipment from 10 countries will be displayed in the flight program and on the parking stand. Head of the Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Mikhail Pogosyan said previously that UAC was not planning to demonstrate military equipment samples at Farnborough 2014, but would show the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) airliner.
Farnborough is one of the world’s largest air shows. It has been held since 1948. The leading producers present their achievements and conclude major deals - at the previous show held in 2012, the cost of the contracts and agreements on the supply of some 750 aircraft equipment units reached about $72 billion.
Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the Rostec Corporation, is the sole state-owned arms trade company in the Russian Federation authorized to export the full range of military and dual-purpose products, technologies and services. Rosoboronexport is one of the leading world arms exporters to the international market. Its share in Russia's military exports exceeds 80%. Rosoboronexport cooperates with more than 700 enterprises and organizations in the Russian defense industrial complex. Russia maintains military technical cooperation with more than 70 countries around the world.
Rostekhnologii (ROSTEC) is a Russian corporation established in 2007 in order to facilitate the development, manufacturing and export of high-technology industrial products of military and civil purposes. Today it comprises over 663 companies, which form 8 military-industrial and 5 civil industry holdings. Rostec’s subsidiaries are located in 60 regions of Russia and supply their products to over 70 countries worldwide. In 2013 revenues of the corporation amounted to 1 trillion rubles, net profits were 40 billion rubles and total taxation exceeded 138 billion rubles.
United Aircraft Corporation hopes that a first domestic model of a 6th generation warplane will be created about in 12 years, head of the directorate of military aviation programs in the United Aircraft Corporation Vladimir Mikhailov told on Wednesday.
“Most likely, this will be done in the second half of the 2020s,” he told ITAR-TASS.
Meanwhile, 6th generation fighters are expected to replace 4th and 5th generation fighters in the United States only in the 2030s, media reported.
“Most likely, this will be done in the second half of the 2020s,” he told ITAR-TASS.
Meanwhile, 6th generation fighters are expected to replace 4th and 5th generation fighters in the United States only in the 2030s, media reported.
track supervisor of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov are suspected of transport safety rules violation.
Two suspects who may be responsible for the Moscow metro crash on July 15 have been detained, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee (IC) Vladimir Markin told ITAR-TASS.
“Investigators of the main IC investigation department today detained two persons suspected of transport safety rules violation (article 263.1, part 3 of the Russian Criminal Code). They are track supervisor of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov,” Markin said.
He also said that investigators believe that the underground train crash might have been caused by defective work for the replacement of the railway switch mechanism.
“The work was improperly performed: the rail switch mechanism was fixed by a simple 3-mm wire that broke. This caused the electric train derailment, the death of 22 people and injuries of varying severity to more than 150 passengers,” he said.
Two suspects who may be responsible for the Moscow metro crash on July 15 have been detained, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee (IC) Vladimir Markin told ITAR-TASS.
“Investigators of the main IC investigation department today detained two persons suspected of transport safety rules violation (article 263.1, part 3 of the Russian Criminal Code). They are track supervisor of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise Valery Bashkatov and his assistant Yuri Gordov,” Markin said.
He also said that investigators believe that the underground train crash might have been caused by defective work for the replacement of the railway switch mechanism.
“The work was improperly performed: the rail switch mechanism was fixed by a simple 3-mm wire that broke. This caused the electric train derailment, the death of 22 people and injuries of varying severity to more than 150 passengers,” he said.
Israeli-Palestinian relations aggravated after June 12, 2014, when three Jewish teenagers were abducted in the West Bank.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that armed confrontation in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip leading to numerous victims among civilians should be stopped as soon as possible. The Kremlin press-service reported this on Thursday.
The conversation was requested by the Israeli side, the Kremlin said. “Further bilateral contacts and some other issues of mutual interest were also touched upon,” it said.
Israeli-Palestinian relations aggravated after June 12, 2014, when three Jewish teenagers were abducted in the West Bank. Later, the teenagers were found killed. Israel accused militants ะฐะบัั the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), which controls the Gaza Strip, of committing the crime.
The operation to search for the teenagers continued for more than two weeks and was accompanied by searches, arrests of Palestinian activists and shellings of the Palestinian territory.
On July 1, 2014, a 16-year-old resident of the East Jerusalem’s Palestinian Arab neighborhood of Shuafat was kidnapped and killed. Six ultra-right Jewish activists were arrested for the crime. The death of the Palestinian teenager caused riots among Palestinians.
On July 8, 2014, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the start of the operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip against Hamas militants. The IDF carried out strikes on 50 targets in the Gaza Strip, most of which were launching platforms for rockets. Five Palestinians were killed and some 20 were wounded.
The immediate reason for the operation was that cities in southern Israel were massively shelled by Hamas military wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. According to the Israeli army’s press service, on July 7, some 90 missiles were fired on Israel from the Gaza Strip. A total of 450 missiles have been fired since the start of 2014.
Israeli premier Netanyahu ordered the IDF to prepare for a possible ground operation. Israel announced mobilization of 1,500 reservists and sent two army brigades to the border with Gaza.
Since the start of their activity on December 14, 1987, Hamas militants set a course for liberation of Israel-occupied Palestinian territories. The group has carried out a few dozen terrorist attacks against military and civilian facilities of Israel.
Hamas regularly shells Israel’s territory with homemade rockets. In response, Israel shells Gaza and holds military operations there to suppress militant activity and destroy Hamas’ military structure. According to Hamas, 1,365 Israelis died in 1987-2011 in terrorist attacks made by its militants.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that armed confrontation in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip leading to numerous victims among civilians should be stopped as soon as possible. The Kremlin press-service reported this on Thursday.
The conversation was requested by the Israeli side, the Kremlin said. “Further bilateral contacts and some other issues of mutual interest were also touched upon,” it said.
Israeli-Palestinian relations aggravated after June 12, 2014, when three Jewish teenagers were abducted in the West Bank. Later, the teenagers were found killed. Israel accused militants ะฐะบัั the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), which controls the Gaza Strip, of committing the crime.
The operation to search for the teenagers continued for more than two weeks and was accompanied by searches, arrests of Palestinian activists and shellings of the Palestinian territory.
On July 1, 2014, a 16-year-old resident of the East Jerusalem’s Palestinian Arab neighborhood of Shuafat was kidnapped and killed. Six ultra-right Jewish activists were arrested for the crime. The death of the Palestinian teenager caused riots among Palestinians.
On July 8, 2014, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the start of the operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip against Hamas militants. The IDF carried out strikes on 50 targets in the Gaza Strip, most of which were launching platforms for rockets. Five Palestinians were killed and some 20 were wounded.
The immediate reason for the operation was that cities in southern Israel were massively shelled by Hamas military wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. According to the Israeli army’s press service, on July 7, some 90 missiles were fired on Israel from the Gaza Strip. A total of 450 missiles have been fired since the start of 2014.
Israeli premier Netanyahu ordered the IDF to prepare for a possible ground operation. Israel announced mobilization of 1,500 reservists and sent two army brigades to the border with Gaza.
Since the start of their activity on December 14, 1987, Hamas militants set a course for liberation of Israel-occupied Palestinian territories. The group has carried out a few dozen terrorist attacks against military and civilian facilities of Israel.
Hamas regularly shells Israel’s territory with homemade rockets. In response, Israel shells Gaza and holds military operations there to suppress militant activity and destroy Hamas’ military structure. According to Hamas, 1,365 Israelis died in 1987-2011 in terrorist attacks made by its militants.
The death toll from Israel’s air strikes on the Gaza Strip over the week of the Protective Edge operation has reached 177, with 1,280 people receiving wounds of varying severity.
Radical group Hamas rejected Egypt's proposal of a ceasefire with Israel. This was stated by a representative of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Egypt has announced on Monday an initiative to an unconditional ceasefire between Israel and Gaza. Egypt's proposal includes a halt to all kind of (military) activity.
The death toll from Israel’s air strikes on the Gaza Strip over the week of the Protective Edge operation has reached 177, with 1,280 people receiving wounds of varying severity.
In turn, Palestinian radicals fired 100 missiles from the Gaza Strip on Israel on Monday; 15 of them were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported.
Overall, since the early morning of July 8, when the active phase of the currently ongoing military operation Protective Edge started, rocket attacks have left 18 Israelis wounded; dozens have been hurt when trying to hide in bomb shelters.
Deterioration of Israel-Palestine relations
Israeli-Palestinian relations grew sour after June 12, 2014, when three Jewish teenagers were abducted in the West Bank. Later the teenagers were found killed. Israel accused militants of the Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), which controls the Gaza Strip, of committing the crime.
The operation to search for the teenagers continued for more than two weeks and was accompanied by searches, arrests of Palestinian activists and shellings of the Palestinian territory.
On July 1, 2014, a 16-year-old resident of the East Jerusalem’s Palestinian Arab neighborhood of Shuafat was kidnapped and killed. Six ultra-right Jewish activists were arrested for the crime. The death of the Palestinian teenager caused riots among Palestinians.
On July 8, 2014, the Israel Defense Forces announced the start of the operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip against Hamas militants. The IDF made strikes on 50 targets in the Gaza Strip, most of which were launching platforms for rockets. Five Palestinians were killed and some 20 were wounded.
The immediate reason for the operation was that cities in southern Israel were massively shelled by Hamas military wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. According to the Israeli army’s press service, on July 7, some 90 missiles were fired on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As of early July, 450 missiles had been fired since the start of 2014.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the IDF to prepare for a possible ground operation. Israel announced mobilization of 1,500 reservists and sent two army brigades to the border with Gaza.
Since the start of their activity on December 14, 1987, Hamas militants set a course for liberation of Israel-occupied Palestinian territories. The group has made a few dozen terrorist attacks against military and civilian facilities of Israel.
Hamas regularly shells Israel’s territory with homemade rockets. In response, Israel shells Gaza and holds military operations there to suppress militant activity and destroy Hamas’ military structure. According to Hamas, 1,365 Israelis died in 1987-2011 in terrorist attacks made by its militants.
Radical group Hamas rejected Egypt's proposal of a ceasefire with Israel. This was stated by a representative of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Egypt has announced on Monday an initiative to an unconditional ceasefire between Israel and Gaza. Egypt's proposal includes a halt to all kind of (military) activity.
The death toll from Israel’s air strikes on the Gaza Strip over the week of the Protective Edge operation has reached 177, with 1,280 people receiving wounds of varying severity.
In turn, Palestinian radicals fired 100 missiles from the Gaza Strip on Israel on Monday; 15 of them were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported.
Overall, since the early morning of July 8, when the active phase of the currently ongoing military operation Protective Edge started, rocket attacks have left 18 Israelis wounded; dozens have been hurt when trying to hide in bomb shelters.
Deterioration of Israel-Palestine relations
Israeli-Palestinian relations grew sour after June 12, 2014, when three Jewish teenagers were abducted in the West Bank. Later the teenagers were found killed. Israel accused militants of the Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), which controls the Gaza Strip, of committing the crime.
The operation to search for the teenagers continued for more than two weeks and was accompanied by searches, arrests of Palestinian activists and shellings of the Palestinian territory.
On July 1, 2014, a 16-year-old resident of the East Jerusalem’s Palestinian Arab neighborhood of Shuafat was kidnapped and killed. Six ultra-right Jewish activists were arrested for the crime. The death of the Palestinian teenager caused riots among Palestinians.
On July 8, 2014, the Israel Defense Forces announced the start of the operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip against Hamas militants. The IDF made strikes on 50 targets in the Gaza Strip, most of which were launching platforms for rockets. Five Palestinians were killed and some 20 were wounded.
The immediate reason for the operation was that cities in southern Israel were massively shelled by Hamas military wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. According to the Israeli army’s press service, on July 7, some 90 missiles were fired on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As of early July, 450 missiles had been fired since the start of 2014.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the IDF to prepare for a possible ground operation. Israel announced mobilization of 1,500 reservists and sent two army brigades to the border with Gaza.
Since the start of their activity on December 14, 1987, Hamas militants set a course for liberation of Israel-occupied Palestinian territories. The group has made a few dozen terrorist attacks against military and civilian facilities of Israel.
Hamas regularly shells Israel’s territory with homemade rockets. In response, Israel shells Gaza and holds military operations there to suppress militant activity and destroy Hamas’ military structure. According to Hamas, 1,365 Israelis died in 1987-2011 in terrorist attacks made by its militants.
Last year, Russian completed the supplies of 12 military-transport helicopters Mi-17V-5 under an additional agreement.
Another batch of three military-transport helicopters Mi-17V-5 has been delivered to Afghanistan, a source in the Russian military-industrial complex told ITAR-TASS.
“Another three helicopters has been delivered to the customer. Under the contract with the US Department of Defense, Russia has yet to deliver four batches of the Mi-17V-5 military-transport helicopters with three aircraft in each. We plan to transfer the next batch in July,” the source said.
The transportation of all the helicopters that are assembled at the Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters holding, is made to Kabul by the Antonov An-124 Ruslan transport planes of the Volga-Dnepr company. The AN-124 delivers to Afghanistan three helicopters in one flight. The helicopters are placed in the cargo compartment of the plane with dismantled rotor blades.
At the moment, the expert said, 51 helicopters have been supplied to Afghanistan and they are used there. “During the whole period of the Russian aircraft exploitation since 2011 the Americans have not made any serious claims to the quality of the helicopters,” the defense industry representative added.
The main contract on the supply of 21 helicopters had been signed by Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport with the US government on May 26, 2011 and was fulfilled by the middle of 2012. Last year, Russian completed the supplies of 12 military-transport helicopters Mi-17V-5 under an additional agreement, concluded with the US government within an option of the main contract.
“Another three helicopters has been delivered to the customer. Under the contract with the US Department of Defense, Russia has yet to deliver four batches of the Mi-17V-5 military-transport helicopters with three aircraft in each. We plan to transfer the next batch in July,” the source said.
The transportation of all the helicopters that are assembled at the Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters holding, is made to Kabul by the Antonov An-124 Ruslan transport planes of the Volga-Dnepr company. The AN-124 delivers to Afghanistan three helicopters in one flight. The helicopters are placed in the cargo compartment of the plane with dismantled rotor blades.
At the moment, the expert said, 51 helicopters have been supplied to Afghanistan and they are used there. “During the whole period of the Russian aircraft exploitation since 2011 the Americans have not made any serious claims to the quality of the helicopters,” the defense industry representative added.
The main contract on the supply of 21 helicopters had been signed by Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport with the US government on May 26, 2011 and was fulfilled by the middle of 2012. Last year, Russian completed the supplies of 12 military-transport helicopters Mi-17V-5 under an additional agreement, concluded with the US government within an option of the main contract.
The overall number of those injured totals 162.
The death toll in Tuesday’s accident in the Moscow subway has risen to 22, a source in Moscow’s medical circles said.
“The overall number of those injured totals 162; 22 of them died,” the source said.
According to the source, there are currently 129 people injured in the accident in 15 hospitals. “Outpatient assistance was provided to another 11 injured,” the source said.
The tragic accident took place at 8:39 a.m. Moscow time (4:39 UTC) on Tuesday on the stretch of the west-bound "blue" line of the Russian capital’s metro network between the Park Podedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations.
A rapidly moving train crashed entrapping all of its passengers in the underground tunnel after three of its cars derailed due to reasons that investigators have yet to establish.
“The overall number of those injured totals 162; 22 of them died,” the source said.
According to the source, there are currently 129 people injured in the accident in 15 hospitals. “Outpatient assistance was provided to another 11 injured,” the source said.
The tragic accident took place at 8:39 a.m. Moscow time (4:39 UTC) on Tuesday on the stretch of the west-bound "blue" line of the Russian capital’s metro network between the Park Podedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations.
A rapidly moving train crashed entrapping all of its passengers in the underground tunnel after three of its cars derailed due to reasons that investigators have yet to establish.
Several hours ago, Israel has approved Egypt's initiative on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Israel's defense army has resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local TV reports.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the country's army to resume strikes on Gaza Strip.
The decision has been reportedly made after consultations with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.
According to available information, the Israeli army is already delivering air strikes and strikes from the sea on the Gaza Strip. So far, it is not reported, which areas of the Palestinian enclave are under Israel's attack.
Several hours ago, Israel has approved Egypt's initiative on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Within this period, Israel was not delivering strikes on the area.
However, Gaza radicals continued missile attacks in Israel, fireing over 40 rockets aimed at Israeli localities.
Israel's defense army has resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local TV reports.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the country's army to resume strikes on Gaza Strip.
The decision has been reportedly made after consultations with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.
According to available information, the Israeli army is already delivering air strikes and strikes from the sea on the Gaza Strip. So far, it is not reported, which areas of the Palestinian enclave are under Israel's attack.
Several hours ago, Israel has approved Egypt's initiative on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Within this period, Israel was not delivering strikes on the area.However, Gaza radicals continued missile attacks in Israel, fireing over 40 rockets aimed at Israeli localities.
Several hours ago, Israel has approved Egypt's initiative on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Israel's defense army has resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local TV reports.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the country's army to resume strikes on Gaza Strip.
The decision has been reportedly made after consultations with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.
According to available information, the Israeli army is already delivering air strikes and strikes from the sea on the Gaza Strip. So far, it is not reported, which areas of the Palestinian enclave are under Israel's attack.
Several hours ago, Israel has approved Egypt's initiative on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Within this period, Israel was not delivering strikes on the area.
However, Gaza radicals continued missile attacks in Israel, fireing over 40 rockets aimed at Israeli localities.
Israel's defense army has resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local TV reports.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the country's army to resume strikes on Gaza Strip.
The decision has been reportedly made after consultations with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon.
According to available information, the Israeli army is already delivering air strikes and strikes from the sea on the Gaza Strip. So far, it is not reported, which areas of the Palestinian enclave are under Israel's attack.
Several hours ago, Israel has approved Egypt's initiative on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Within this period, Israel was not delivering strikes on the area.However, Gaza radicals continued missile attacks in Israel, fireing over 40 rockets aimed at Israeli localities.
Investigators are considering several possible causes of the train derailment in the Moscow metro.
The death toll rises to 20 people in the Moscow metro crash, Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said.
Investigators are considering several possible causes of the train derailment in the Moscow metro. All possible causes of the accident are technical, there are no grounds to suspect a terrorist attack, Russia’s Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin said. Markin also confirmed that the power surge is not considered as a possible cause of the accident.
Suspects in the case of the train derailment in the Moscow metro will be determined soon, Markin said. “As you know, there are always specific people behind a technogenic accident. That is why I think that we will soon determine suspects in this criminal case,” the spokesperson added.
One of the train drivers has not been found yet, Vladimir Markin said, adding that it is hard to identify the victims and it is unlikely that the driver that was in the first car could survive. The Investigative Committee's spokesperson specified that the train was moving at the speed of 70 kmph.
Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that a day of mourning would be declared on Wednesday, July 16, in memory of the metro crash victims. "In view of the tragedy's scale, a day of mourning is declared in Moscow tomorrow," he said. Sobyanin stated that those guilty of the metro train crash would face criminal responsibility and be fired. "People guilty of the tragedy will face not only dismissal, but criminal proceedings as well," he noted. According to Sobyanin, it will take between 1.5 and 2 days to restore the traffic on the blue line of the Moscow metro, where the accident occurred. "Unfortunately, it will be impossible to restore it quickly. According to preliminary estimates, this will take a day and a half or two days."
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said that some 1,150 people were evacuated from the tunnel between the Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar metro stations. The search and rescue works continue on the site. Moscow’s Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov said that it will take around 24 hours to eliminate the damage caused by the accident.
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The death toll rises to 20 people in the Moscow metro crash, Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said.
Investigators are considering several possible causes of the train derailment in the Moscow metro. All possible causes of the accident are technical, there are no grounds to suspect a terrorist attack, Russia’s Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin said. Markin also confirmed that the power surge is not considered as a possible cause of the accident.
Suspects in the case of the train derailment in the Moscow metro will be determined soon, Markin said. “As you know, there are always specific people behind a technogenic accident. That is why I think that we will soon determine suspects in this criminal case,” the spokesperson added.
One of the train drivers has not been found yet, Vladimir Markin said, adding that it is hard to identify the victims and it is unlikely that the driver that was in the first car could survive. The Investigative Committee's spokesperson specified that the train was moving at the speed of 70 kmph.
Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that a day of mourning would be declared on Wednesday, July 16, in memory of the metro crash victims. "In view of the tragedy's scale, a day of mourning is declared in Moscow tomorrow," he said. Sobyanin stated that those guilty of the metro train crash would face criminal responsibility and be fired. "People guilty of the tragedy will face not only dismissal, but criminal proceedings as well," he noted. According to Sobyanin, it will take between 1.5 and 2 days to restore the traffic on the blue line of the Moscow metro, where the accident occurred. "Unfortunately, it will be impossible to restore it quickly. According to preliminary estimates, this will take a day and a half or two days."
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said that some 1,150 people were evacuated from the tunnel between the Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar metro stations. The search and rescue works continue on the site. Moscow’s Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov said that it will take around 24 hours to eliminate the damage caused by the accident.
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Investigators are considering several possible causes of the train derailment in the Moscow metro.
The death toll rises to 20 people in the Moscow metro crash, Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said.
Investigators are considering several possible causes of the train derailment in the Moscow metro. All possible causes of the accident are technical, there are no grounds to suspect a terrorist attack, Russia’s Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin said. Markin also confirmed that the power surge is not considered as a possible cause of the accident.
Suspects in the case of the train derailment in the Moscow metro will be determined soon, Markin said. “As you know, there are always specific people behind a technogenic accident. That is why I think that we will soon determine suspects in this criminal case,” the spokesperson added.
One of the train drivers has not been found yet, Vladimir Markin said, adding that it is hard to identify the victims and it is unlikely that the driver that was in the first car could survive. The Investigative Committee's spokesperson specified that the train was moving at the speed of 70 kmph.
Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that a day of mourning would be declared on Wednesday, July 16, in memory of the metro crash victims. "In view of the tragedy's scale, a day of mourning is declared in Moscow tomorrow," he said. Sobyanin stated that those guilty of the metro train crash would face criminal responsibility and be fired. "People guilty of the tragedy will face not only dismissal, but criminal proceedings as well," he noted. According to Sobyanin, it will take between 1.5 and 2 days to restore the traffic on the blue line of the Moscow metro, where the accident occurred. "Unfortunately, it will be impossible to restore it quickly. According to preliminary estimates, this will take a day and a half or two days."
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said that some 1,150 people were evacuated from the tunnel between the Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar metro stations. The search and rescue works continue on the site. Moscow’s Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov said that it will take around 24 hours to eliminate the damage caused by the accident.
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The death toll rises to 20 people in the Moscow metro crash, Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said.
Investigators are considering several possible causes of the train derailment in the Moscow metro. All possible causes of the accident are technical, there are no grounds to suspect a terrorist attack, Russia’s Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin said. Markin also confirmed that the power surge is not considered as a possible cause of the accident.
Suspects in the case of the train derailment in the Moscow metro will be determined soon, Markin said. “As you know, there are always specific people behind a technogenic accident. That is why I think that we will soon determine suspects in this criminal case,” the spokesperson added.
One of the train drivers has not been found yet, Vladimir Markin said, adding that it is hard to identify the victims and it is unlikely that the driver that was in the first car could survive. The Investigative Committee's spokesperson specified that the train was moving at the speed of 70 kmph.
Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that a day of mourning would be declared on Wednesday, July 16, in memory of the metro crash victims. "In view of the tragedy's scale, a day of mourning is declared in Moscow tomorrow," he said. Sobyanin stated that those guilty of the metro train crash would face criminal responsibility and be fired. "People guilty of the tragedy will face not only dismissal, but criminal proceedings as well," he noted. According to Sobyanin, it will take between 1.5 and 2 days to restore the traffic on the blue line of the Moscow metro, where the accident occurred. "Unfortunately, it will be impossible to restore it quickly. According to preliminary estimates, this will take a day and a half or two days."
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said that some 1,150 people were evacuated from the tunnel between the Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar metro stations. The search and rescue works continue on the site. Moscow’s Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov said that it will take around 24 hours to eliminate the damage caused by the accident.
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In turn, Palestinian radicals fired 100 missiles from the Gaza Strip on Israel on Monday.
The death toll from Israel’s air strikes on the Gaza Strip over the week of the Protective Edge operation has reached 177, with 1,280 people receiving wounds of varying severity, the Palestinian enclave’s medical services reported Monday.
According to Palestinian human rights advocates, many children were killed during the military operation.
In turn, Palestinian radicals fired 100 missiles from the Gaza Strip on Israel on Monday; 15 of them were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported.
Three Israelis have been wounded over the past 24 hours as a result of rocket attacks. In the southern city of Ashdod, an eight-year-old child was slightly wounded, and two teenagers aged 11 and 13 were injured when a missile exploded in the settlement of Lakiya near the city of Beersheba in southern Israel.
According to the army press service, one was seriously wounded and the other one received wounds of medium severity.
Overall, since the early morning of July 8, when the active phase of the currently ongoing military operation Protective Edge started, rocket attacks have left 18 Israelis wounded; dozens have been hurt when trying to hide in bomb shelters.
Over the week, Palestinian radicals from the Gaza Strip have fired more than 1,000 rockets on Israel, with 200 of them intercepted by Israel’s air defense systems. Tel Aviv came under fire 11 times; a few rockets exploded in Jerusalem, one of them hit a residential building.
In response, the Israel Defense Forces hit some 1,500 targets on the territory of the Palestinian enclave.
DETERIORATION OF ISRAEL-PALESTINE RELATIONS
Israeli-Palestinian relations grew sour after June 12, 2014, when three Jewish teenagers were abducted in the West Bank. Later the teenagers were found killed. Israel accused militants of the Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), which controls the Gaza Strip, of committing the crime.
The operation to search for the teenagers continued for more than two weeks and was accompanied by searches, arrests of Palestinian activists and shellings of the Palestinian territory.
On July 1, 2014, a 16-year-old resident of the East Jerusalem’s Palestinian Arab neighborhood of Shuafat was kidnapped and killed. Six ultra-right Jewish activists were arrested for the crime. The death of the Palestinian teenager caused riots among Palestinians.
On July 8, 2014, the Israel Defense Forces announced the start of the operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip against Hamas militants. The IDF made strikes on 50 targets in the Gaza Strip, most of which were launching platforms for rockets. Five Palestinians were killed and some 20 were wounded.
The immediate reason for the operation was that cities in southern Israel were massively shelled by Hamas military wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. According to the Israeli army’s press service, on July 7, some 90 missiles were fired on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As of early July, 450 missiles had been fired since the start of 2014.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the IDF to prepare for a possible ground operation. Israel announced mobilization of 1,500 reservists and sent two army brigades to the border with Gaza.
Hamas regularly shells Israel’s territory with homemade rockets. In response, Israel shells Gaza and holds military operations there to suppress militant activity and destroy Hamas’ military structure. According to Hamas, 1,365 Israelis died in 1987-2011 in terrorist attacks made by its militants.
George Clooney refused to accept an apology from Britain's Daily Mail after it published what he said was a false story "insinuating religious tensions" by saying his future mother-in-law opposed his marriage to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.
The Oscar-winning actor said the apology showed that the Mail knew the online story about Alamuddin's mother preferring her daughter to marry within the family's Druze religion was a lie when it published it on Monday.
"What separates this from all of the ridiculous things the Mail makes up is that now, by their own admission, it can be proved to be a lie. In fact, a premeditated lie," Clooney, 53, said in a statement published in the newspaper USA Today on Friday.
"So I thank the Mail for its apology. Not that I would ever accept it ...," he added.
The Mail Online story, which was not published in the print edition, said Alamuddin could be cast out of the Druze community because she would not be wed in a Druze wedding. It added that women have been murdered for not abiding by the Druze religious rules.
Clooney rarely comments about his personal life but he took issue with the Mail Online report for "insinuating religious tensions where there are none."
The Mail Online removed the story from its website earlier this week after Clooney said it was fabricated. It apologized for any distress it had caused and added that the report was from a trusted freelance journalist and based on contacts in Lebanon and Britain.
Clooney said the Mail knew the story was a lie and cited another report it had published in April that said Alamuddin's father had married outside the Druze faith and that her mother was not Druze.
"The Mail knew the story in question was false and printed it anyway," said Clooney, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in 2006 for "Syriana" and shared the best picture award in 2013 for "Argo."
There was no immediate response from the Mail Online about the actor's latest comments.
Clooney has been dating Alamuddin, 36, since October, according to media reports. News of their engagement was confirmed in April when Alamuddin's legal practice in London issued a statement congratulating the couple.
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"What separates this from all of the ridiculous things the Mail makes up is that now, by their own admission, it can be proved to be a lie. In fact, a premeditated lie," Clooney, 53, said in a statement published in the newspaper USA Today on Friday.
"So I thank the Mail for its apology. Not that I would ever accept it ...," he added.
The Mail Online story, which was not published in the print edition, said Alamuddin could be cast out of the Druze community because she would not be wed in a Druze wedding. It added that women have been murdered for not abiding by the Druze religious rules.
Clooney rarely comments about his personal life but he took issue with the Mail Online report for "insinuating religious tensions where there are none."
The Mail Online removed the story from its website earlier this week after Clooney said it was fabricated. It apologized for any distress it had caused and added that the report was from a trusted freelance journalist and based on contacts in Lebanon and Britain.
"The Mail knew the story in question was false and printed it anyway," said Clooney, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in 2006 for "Syriana" and shared the best picture award in 2013 for "Argo."
There was no immediate response from the Mail Online about the actor's latest comments.
Clooney has been dating Alamuddin, 36, since October, according to media reports. News of their engagement was confirmed in April when Alamuddin's legal practice in London issued a statement congratulating the couple.
George Clooney refused to accept an apology from Britain's Daily Mail after it published what he said was a false story "insinuating religious tensions" by saying his future mother-in-law opposed his marriage to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.
The Oscar-winning actor said the apology showed that the Mail knew the online story about Alamuddin's mother preferring her daughter to marry within the family's Druze religion was a lie when it published it on Monday.
"What separates this from all of the ridiculous things the Mail makes up is that now, by their own admission, it can be proved to be a lie. In fact, a premeditated lie," Clooney, 53, said in a statement published in the newspaper USA Today on Friday.
"So I thank the Mail for its apology. Not that I would ever accept it ...," he added.
The Mail Online story, which was not published in the print edition, said Alamuddin could be cast out of the Druze community because she would not be wed in a Druze wedding. It added that women have been murdered for not abiding by the Druze religious rules.
Clooney rarely comments about his personal life but he took issue with the Mail Online report for "insinuating religious tensions where there are none."
The Mail Online removed the story from its website earlier this week after Clooney said it was fabricated. It apologized for any distress it had caused and added that the report was from a trusted freelance journalist and based on contacts in Lebanon and Britain.
Clooney said the Mail knew the story was a lie and cited another report it had published in April that said Alamuddin's father had married outside the Druze faith and that her mother was not Druze.
"The Mail knew the story in question was false and printed it anyway," said Clooney, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in 2006 for "Syriana" and shared the best picture award in 2013 for "Argo."
There was no immediate response from the Mail Online about the actor's latest comments.
Clooney has been dating Alamuddin, 36, since October, according to media reports. News of their engagement was confirmed in April when Alamuddin's legal practice in London issued a statement congratulating the couple.
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"What separates this from all of the ridiculous things the Mail makes up is that now, by their own admission, it can be proved to be a lie. In fact, a premeditated lie," Clooney, 53, said in a statement published in the newspaper USA Today on Friday.
"So I thank the Mail for its apology. Not that I would ever accept it ...," he added.
The Mail Online story, which was not published in the print edition, said Alamuddin could be cast out of the Druze community because she would not be wed in a Druze wedding. It added that women have been murdered for not abiding by the Druze religious rules.
Clooney rarely comments about his personal life but he took issue with the Mail Online report for "insinuating religious tensions where there are none."
The Mail Online removed the story from its website earlier this week after Clooney said it was fabricated. It apologized for any distress it had caused and added that the report was from a trusted freelance journalist and based on contacts in Lebanon and Britain.
"The Mail knew the story in question was false and printed it anyway," said Clooney, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in 2006 for "Syriana" and shared the best picture award in 2013 for "Argo."
There was no immediate response from the Mail Online about the actor's latest comments.
Clooney has been dating Alamuddin, 36, since October, according to media reports. News of their engagement was confirmed in April when Alamuddin's legal practice in London issued a statement congratulating the couple.
The two sides have signed a large number of inter-agency and commercial agreements.
Russia and Brazil are hoping to reverse the decline in bilateral trade, President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday, July 14.
“Brazil is a major trade and economic partner of Russia in Latin America” and trade turnover with it has been growing steadily over the past decade, Putin said.
He admitted, however, that the volume of trade between the two countries had slightly decreased over the past two years, including by 3.2% in 2013.
“It was high time we met to talk about all the problems we are facing and map out ways to solve them. We discussed with Madame Rousseff possible practical steps and measures aimed at reversing this situation,” Putin said.
He described his talks in Brasilia as substantive and constructive. The two sides signed a large number of inter-agency and commercial agreements aimed at spurring up the development of Russian-Brazilian ties in various areas.
Putin stressed the need to step up investment and industrial cooperation between the two countries, including in science-intensive sectors. He also noted that a number of major Russian companies were already operating in Brazil, including Rosneft and Power Machines.
“Russia fully meets Embraer’s demand for titanium materials, and leading Russian and Brazilian machine-building companies, KamAZ and Marco Polo, have launched the production of buses in Russia,” he said.
“There are more and more joint projects in high-tech industries,” the president said, referring to Kaspersky Laboratory, Biocad, Qiwi and others. “We are planning to continue to encourage direct business contacts between our countries, including between small and medium-sized business,” the president said.
“Brazil is a major trade and economic partner of Russia in Latin America” and trade turnover with it has been growing steadily over the past decade, Putin said.
He admitted, however, that the volume of trade between the two countries had slightly decreased over the past two years, including by 3.2% in 2013.
“It was high time we met to talk about all the problems we are facing and map out ways to solve them. We discussed with Madame Rousseff possible practical steps and measures aimed at reversing this situation,” Putin said.
He described his talks in Brasilia as substantive and constructive. The two sides signed a large number of inter-agency and commercial agreements aimed at spurring up the development of Russian-Brazilian ties in various areas.
Putin stressed the need to step up investment and industrial cooperation between the two countries, including in science-intensive sectors. He also noted that a number of major Russian companies were already operating in Brazil, including Rosneft and Power Machines.
“Russia fully meets Embraer’s demand for titanium materials, and leading Russian and Brazilian machine-building companies, KamAZ and Marco Polo, have launched the production of buses in Russia,” he said.
“There are more and more joint projects in high-tech industries,” the president said, referring to Kaspersky Laboratory, Biocad, Qiwi and others. “We are planning to continue to encourage direct business contacts between our countries, including between small and medium-sized business,” the president said.
Unidentified gunmen killed 33 people, including 29 women, as they attacked two apartment buildings in eastern Baghdad, AP reported citing the Interior Ministry, police, and hospital officials.
The shooting took place in Baghdad’s Zayouna neighborhood. The gunmen reportedly arrived in four-wheel drive vehicles, according to police officials.
Eighteen people were wounded in the attack.
The death toll was confirmed by an Interior Ministry official and hospital officials. Police have cordoned off the area from the public.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that 29 people have been killed.
Police are unsure of the motive behind the attack.
Authorities have not been able to confirm who was behind the attack, but locals have pointed toward Shia militias, as they have been accused of killing women branded as prostitutes in the district.
Sectarian divisions continue to fuel Iraq’s instability. The country has been facing a crisis as Sunni insurgents led by the Islamic State (IS) – previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) – have made advances over the past month in the north of the country, with the goal of taking over Baghdad.
The group has preyed upon the sectarian rift between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the country, and has been joined by seasoned members of the former Baath ruling party.
June was the deadliest month for Iraq since 2007, with at least 2,417 people killed – the majority of them civilians, according to the UN.
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| A general view of Firdos Square, one of the main squares of Baghdad |
The shooting took place in Baghdad’s Zayouna neighborhood. The gunmen reportedly arrived in four-wheel drive vehicles, according to police officials.
Eighteen people were wounded in the attack.
The death toll was confirmed by an Interior Ministry official and hospital officials. Police have cordoned off the area from the public.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that 29 people have been killed.
Police are unsure of the motive behind the attack.
"When we walked up the stairs, we saw a couple of women's bodies and blood streaming down the stairs. We entered a flat and found bodies everywhere, some lying on the sofa, some on the ground, and one woman who apparently had tried to hide in a cupboard in the kitchen shot to death there,” a police officer told Reuters.
Authorities have not been able to confirm who was behind the attack, but locals have pointed toward Shia militias, as they have been accused of killing women branded as prostitutes in the district.
Sectarian divisions continue to fuel Iraq’s instability. The country has been facing a crisis as Sunni insurgents led by the Islamic State (IS) – previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) – have made advances over the past month in the north of the country, with the goal of taking over Baghdad.
The group has preyed upon the sectarian rift between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the country, and has been joined by seasoned members of the former Baath ruling party.
June was the deadliest month for Iraq since 2007, with at least 2,417 people killed – the majority of them civilians, according to the UN.
Russia is developing relations with Argentina in all areas - political, economic, and cultural.
Russia and Argentina have signed several documents on strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
The agreements were signed in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Saturday, July 12.
Russia is developing relations with Argentina in all areas - political, economic, and cultural. “In spite of complicated processes in world economy, we’ve managed to keep up a positive tendency in our bilateral trade, which grew more than 16% last year,” Putin said.
Law enforcement agencies cooperation
Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov signed an interstate treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, an interstate treaty on transfer of persons sentenced to imprisonment and an interstate extradition treaty.
Energy cooperation
Head of Russia’s nuclear state corporation, Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hopes that an agreement on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes will provide the foundation for nuclear interaction between both countries.
Big prospects will be opened in nuclear engineering. Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, takes part in a tender for building the Atucha third unit, Putin said. Russia possesses of high tech in erecting nuclear power plants that are economically efficient and meet the toughest security and environment standards, the Russian president said.
Putin hopes that Russian companies will be actively involved in a programme for modernising generating capacities in Argentina and building new power plants.
“Inter RAO intends to take part in the construction of the Chihuido hydro plant. Its capacity will reach 637 MWt and the price will be of $2 billion,” Putin said at expanded talks on Saturday.
Russia’s Silovye Mashiny carry out a contract on turbine supplies for the Putna Negra hydropower unit at the amount of $19 million. “The company is ready to take part in modernising the Argentine-Uruguayan Salto Grande hydroelectric dam. Both parties work on the Argentina-Patagonia hydroelectric project,” Putin said.
Information cooperation
Russian Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov signed a document on cooperation in mass communications.
“This agreement will ensure round-the-clock broadcasting of the Russia Today television channel in Argentina,” Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said earlier.
It will help Russia and Argentine news agencies expand contacts and exchange information, Putin said after expanded talks. Special attention will be paid to the development of cultural relations, he said.
“The tour of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in Argentina became a good tradition. Annual festivals of Argentine tango are very popular in Russia,” Putin said.
Installing a GLONASSS monitoring station and military-technical cooperation
Russia hopes for a positive decision on installing a GLONASSS monitoring station in Argentina, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said.
“We intend to strengthen cooperation in high tech, including in space,” Putin said after expanded talks on Saturday.
Special attention will be paid to expanding military-technical cooperation. “Today we’ve discussed projects in this field - supplies of helicopters and cargo transport aircraft to Argentina for the joint work in Antarctica,” Putin said.
Russia and Argentina have signed several documents on strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner |
The agreements were signed in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Saturday, July 12.
Russia is developing relations with Argentina in all areas - political, economic, and cultural. “In spite of complicated processes in world economy, we’ve managed to keep up a positive tendency in our bilateral trade, which grew more than 16% last year,” Putin said.
Law enforcement agencies cooperation
Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov signed an interstate treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, an interstate treaty on transfer of persons sentenced to imprisonment and an interstate extradition treaty.
Energy cooperation
Head of Russia’s nuclear state corporation, Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hopes that an agreement on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes will provide the foundation for nuclear interaction between both countries.
Big prospects will be opened in nuclear engineering. Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, takes part in a tender for building the Atucha third unit, Putin said. Russia possesses of high tech in erecting nuclear power plants that are economically efficient and meet the toughest security and environment standards, the Russian president said.
Putin hopes that Russian companies will be actively involved in a programme for modernising generating capacities in Argentina and building new power plants.
“Inter RAO intends to take part in the construction of the Chihuido hydro plant. Its capacity will reach 637 MWt and the price will be of $2 billion,” Putin said at expanded talks on Saturday.
Russia’s Silovye Mashiny carry out a contract on turbine supplies for the Putna Negra hydropower unit at the amount of $19 million. “The company is ready to take part in modernising the Argentine-Uruguayan Salto Grande hydroelectric dam. Both parties work on the Argentina-Patagonia hydroelectric project,” Putin said.
Information cooperation
Russian Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov signed a document on cooperation in mass communications.
“This agreement will ensure round-the-clock broadcasting of the Russia Today television channel in Argentina,” Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said earlier.
It will help Russia and Argentine news agencies expand contacts and exchange information, Putin said after expanded talks. Special attention will be paid to the development of cultural relations, he said.
Installing a GLONASSS monitoring station and military-technical cooperation
Russia hopes for a positive decision on installing a GLONASSS monitoring station in Argentina, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said.
“We intend to strengthen cooperation in high tech, including in space,” Putin said after expanded talks on Saturday.
Special attention will be paid to expanding military-technical cooperation. “Today we’ve discussed projects in this field - supplies of helicopters and cargo transport aircraft to Argentina for the joint work in Antarctica,” Putin said.
Russian President said that the sides were looking at a project for the creation of a transport hub in Cuba and modernization of the Mariel seaport.
Russia and Cuba are creating new conditions for the development of bilateral relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after his talks with Cuban President Raul Castro.
“We spoke about development of trade-and-economic ties,” Putin said, adding that the conversation also focused on new projects, such as contracts signed by Russia’s Zarubezhneft, Rosneft and Interao with their Cuban partners. For example, the latter’s project for the construction of four heat plant units was estimated at 1.2 billion euro, the Russian leader noted.
Putin also said that the sides were looking at a project for the creation of a transport hub in Cuba and modernization of the Mariel seaport.
Apart from that, “Russia is interested in placing GLONASS ground stations in Cuba,” Putin said, adding that other promising areas of cooperation included medicine and pharmaceuticals.
He praised the work of the intergovernmental commission and bilateral business councils. The next meeting of the Russian-Cuban intergovernmental commission is scheduled for this autumn.
Russia and Cuba are creating new conditions for the development of bilateral relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after his talks with Cuban President Raul Castro.
“We spoke about development of trade-and-economic ties,” Putin said, adding that the conversation also focused on new projects, such as contracts signed by Russia’s Zarubezhneft, Rosneft and Interao with their Cuban partners. For example, the latter’s project for the construction of four heat plant units was estimated at 1.2 billion euro, the Russian leader noted.
Putin also said that the sides were looking at a project for the creation of a transport hub in Cuba and modernization of the Mariel seaport.Apart from that, “Russia is interested in placing GLONASS ground stations in Cuba,” Putin said, adding that other promising areas of cooperation included medicine and pharmaceuticals.
He praised the work of the intergovernmental commission and bilateral business councils. The next meeting of the Russian-Cuban intergovernmental commission is scheduled for this autumn.
At the Managua airport, he was welcomed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has changed the schedule of his Latin American tour and arrived in Nicaragua for a brief working visit.
On his way from Cuba to Argentina on Saturday, the Russian leader decided to make a stopover in Managua, where he had been officially invited earlier.
At the Managua airport, he was welcomed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
‘Much is yet to be done to develop our relations, especially in the area of economy, but we have good base for that,” Putin said, adding that Russia and Nicaragua had long-standing good relations. “We admire out personal courage and the courage of your people,” he told Ortega.
The Russian leader reminded that the year 2014 is a jubilee one for Russia and Nicaragua, which established diplomatic relations 70 years ago.
The Nicaraguan leader called Putin’s visit to his country a historic event. “This is the first-ever visit by the Russian president to Nicaragua, and we are very happy to welcome you here,” he said.
Ortega reassured Putin that Nicaragua supported Russia’s peace efforts. “We are ready to take part in Russia’s initiatives in maintaining peace in the entire planet and in its regions,” he said. “Conflict settlement lies not in bombing but in reasonable approaches. The most vitak thing is to lend an ear to the will of the people.”
The Russian delegation to the talks included Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian president’s aide Yuri Ushakov, and CEO of Russia’s oil major Rosneft, Igor Sechin.
Nicaragua’s delegation included Nicaraguan president’s envoy for trade-and economic and investment cooperation with Russia Laureano Ortega, Deputy Foreign Minister Valdrak Jaentschek, who is a co-chairman of the Russian-Nicaraguan intergovernmental commission on economic and research-technicalcooperation, Commander-in-Cgief of the Nicaraguan Army Julio Cesar Aviles, and President of the energy company Enatrel Salvador Mansell.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has changed the schedule of his Latin American tour and arrived in Nicaragua for a brief working visit.
On his way from Cuba to Argentina on Saturday, the Russian leader decided to make a stopover in Managua, where he had been officially invited earlier.
At the Managua airport, he was welcomed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
‘Much is yet to be done to develop our relations, especially in the area of economy, but we have good base for that,” Putin said, adding that Russia and Nicaragua had long-standing good relations. “We admire out personal courage and the courage of your people,” he told Ortega.
The Russian leader reminded that the year 2014 is a jubilee one for Russia and Nicaragua, which established diplomatic relations 70 years ago.
The Nicaraguan leader called Putin’s visit to his country a historic event. “This is the first-ever visit by the Russian president to Nicaragua, and we are very happy to welcome you here,” he said.
Ortega reassured Putin that Nicaragua supported Russia’s peace efforts. “We are ready to take part in Russia’s initiatives in maintaining peace in the entire planet and in its regions,” he said. “Conflict settlement lies not in bombing but in reasonable approaches. The most vitak thing is to lend an ear to the will of the people.”
The Russian delegation to the talks included Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian president’s aide Yuri Ushakov, and CEO of Russia’s oil major Rosneft, Igor Sechin.Nicaragua’s delegation included Nicaraguan president’s envoy for trade-and economic and investment cooperation with Russia Laureano Ortega, Deputy Foreign Minister Valdrak Jaentschek, who is a co-chairman of the Russian-Nicaraguan intergovernmental commission on economic and research-technicalcooperation, Commander-in-Cgief of the Nicaraguan Army Julio Cesar Aviles, and President of the energy company Enatrel Salvador Mansell.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend on July 13 the final match of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where he will also receive the baton of the hosting nations for the next global football championship to be held in Russia in 2018, a presidential aide said on Friday.
Ushakov added that following the final match of the 2014 World Cup, running on June 12-July 13, a special ceremony would be held to pass on the relay of the hosting nations to Russia.
Sepp Blatter, the president of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), earlier stated that he was waiting for President Putin in Brazil to pass him over the baton of the World Cup’s nation and that he also intended to pay a visit to Russia in September to monitor the preparation work for the championship in 2018.
Russia won the bid to host the 2018 World Cup over three years ago in a tight race against the joint bid from England, Portugal and Spain and the joint bid on behalf of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Following an official ceremony held in September 2012 and attended by Blatter, Russia eventually selected 11 out of the earlier proposed 13 cities, excluding Krasnodar and Yaroslavl. The final list of the 2018 World Cup host cities includes Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.
Being rumored to be the highest paid national coach in the world, Italian phenomenon Fabio Capello managed to help the Russian national team to qualify for the current World Cup in Brazil. He celebrated his 68th birthday during the Russia vs. South Korea match on Tuesday, when the game ended with 1-1 draw.Capello’s squad will next face Russia’s Group H old-time rivals Belgium, which on Tuesday defeated Algeria 2-1 at the Belo Horizonte Stadium. Russia’s game against Algeria is scheduled for June 26.
On the eve of the Russian team’s match against South Korea, the Russian state-run pollster WCIOM provided data showing that 25% of Russians believed that the country’s national football team would battle through to the final match of the 2014 World Cup. 7% said the team would fail to clear the group stage.