Mes: agosto 2019

(CBS/AP) AMMAN, Jordan – Syria’s defected prime minister said Tuesday that Bashar Assad’s regime was near collapse and urged other political and military leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side. “The regime is on the verge of collapse morally and economically,” Riad Hijab told a news conference in his first public comments since leaving his post and fleeing to Jordan with his family last week. Hijab is the highest-ranking political figure to defect from Assad’s regime. Aide: Hijab planned defection for months According to the Reuters news agency, Hijab asserted that Assad’s regime “no longer controls more than 30 percent of Syrian territory.” He said he felt “pain in his soul” over the regime’s shelling and other attacks on rebel strongholds as the government stepped up its military offensive. Activists say more than 20,000 people been killed in the struggle since March 2011. Rebels claim to shoot down Syrian warplaneSyrian opposition leader calls for no-fly-zonePanetta: Syria no-fly-zone “not on the front burner” “I was powerless to stop the injustice,” he said, speaking in front of the rebel flag. He called on “honorable leaders” in Syria to defect. “Syria is full of honorable officials and military leaders who are waiting for the chance to join the revolution,” he said. “I urge the army to follow the example of Egypt’s and Tunisia’s armies — take the side of...

(CBS) Sasha or Melanie? That’s the choice facing “So You Think You Can Dance” viewers, according to executive producer and chief judge Nigel Lythgoe. In the middle of the Wednesday night finale performances, Lythgoe repeated his contention (he’s been saying this since the start of the Fox summer hit) that a female dancer would take the top prize – $250,000, 철원출장샵 the title of America’s Favorite Dancer and a spot in an energy drink ad campaign. Pictures: “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 8 Competing for it are Melanie Moore, a contemporary dancer from Georgia; Sasha Mallory, a contemporary dancer from California; Tadd Gadduang, a Salt Lake City B-boy; and Marko Germar, a jazz dancer from Guam. The four did a solo and four choreographed routines each in the two-hour finale, which also featured guest judges Katie Holmes and Kenny Ortega. Holmes, the former “Dawson’s Creek” star obviously loves dance – she’s a founder of the Dizzy Feet scholarship foundation – but her comments and criticisms were no more pointed than those of most other guest judges this season. Certainly, they couldn’t compare with the on-target commentary of Lady Gaga. Ortega, meanwhile, is the director and choreographer of the 1980s dance classic “Dirty Dancing” and helmed the “High School Musical” franchise and the “Michael Jackson: This Is It” movie. When it comes to dancing, he knows what he...

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(AP) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A man visiting a gem exhibition in Sri Lanka’s capital swallowed a 1.5 carat diamond in front of the owner and was taken by police to a hospital, where an X-ray showed the $13,000 stone inside him. Exhibitor Suresh Wijekoon said the man was behaving suspiciously at his stalls and when he reached closer to the suspect, the man suddenly swallowed the diamond at his hand https://www.opblog.top/ before Suresh alerted police at the exhibition venue. Chou Wan, a 32-year-old from China, is in custody pending further investigation, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said. An X-ray proved the diamond was inside Chou’s body, said hospital director Dr. Anil Jasinghe at Colombo National, where the suspect was taken for the test. Suresh, owner of Belgrade International Pvt Ltd, said the diamond weighed about 1.5 carats. It was worth $13,636, Rohana said. Sri Lanka does not mine diamonds but is renowned for other highly treasured gems. Facets Sri Lanka 2012 is the island nation’s annual largest gem and jewelry exhibition and it attracts a large number of local and foreign...