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Tormé puts his spin on the big-band jazz of Alan Jay Lerner’s “Come Back to Me” and the Cole Porter penned title track. He also takes on the pop standards “Autumn Leaves” and “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” He gets even more soulful by taking on the smooth sounds of Al Green’s classic “Let’s Stay Together” while also creating his own signature songs. And of course, he brings it home to one of his father’s biggest hits, “Comin’ Home Baby.” Growing up with Mel Tormé for a dad was quite an exciting ride. Tormé was exposed to some of the greatest music in American history because of this father. He had the honor of being around some of the biggest legends in jazz – from Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Sammy Davis Jr., Buddy Rich to Ella Fitzgerald. “My dad was a hero to me, and his lifelong love affair with music inspired my own,” Tormé says his official bio. “He was impressing musical tastes and ideas on me from very early on (in my life) and I am endlessly grateful for that.”

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A second went off when other civilians riding a tractor arrived to help the wounded

(AP) KABUL, Afghanistan – A bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed six NATO service members, 카지노사이트 on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs and insurgent attacks. NATO said the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device but provided no further details about the attack and did not identify the dead service members. The statement said NATO’s policy is to allow “national authorities” to give details about the soldiers. A surge in Afghan and coalition forces during the past two years routed Taliban fighters from many of their strongholds in the south, but the insurgents have stepped up their attacks this summer to take back key areas. The service members’ deaths were the latest on Sunday caused by bombs planted by insurgents along roadsides, paths or mountain tracks. More in Afghanistan: The way forward In addition to the six NATO deaths, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and NATO authorities said. The civilians, including women and children, were killed in three blasts in Arghistan district, along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. Kandahar province spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said one bomb exploded when a minivan ran over it Sunday morning. A second went off when other civilians riding a tractor arrived to help the wounded. A third explosion occurred about...

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“In Russia, Telegram is asked to disclose not the phone numbers or IP addresses of terrorists based on a court decision, but access to the messages of all users,” he wrote on his Telegram channel

MOSCOW — The Telegram encrypted messenger app said Tuesday said it would cooperate with investigators in terror probes when ordered by courts, except in Russia where it is locked in an ongoing battle with authorities. The company founded by Russian Pavel Durov has refused to provide authorities in the country with a way to read its communications and https://www.jack999.xyz was banned by a Moscow court in April as a result. But in its updated privacy settings, Telegram said it would disclose its users’ data to “the relevant authorities” elsewhere if it receives a court order to do so, although not in Russia. “If Telegram receives a court order that confirms you’re a terror suspect, we may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities,” Telegram’s new privacy settings said. “So far, this has never happened. When it does, we will include it in a semiannual transparency report,” the app added. Durov said the new privacy terms were adopted to “comply with new European laws on protecting private data.” But Durov assured his Russian users that Telegram would continue to withhold their data from security services. “In Russia, Telegram is asked to disclose not the phone numbers or IP addresses of terrorists based on a court decision, but access to the messages of all users,” he wrote on his Telegram channel. He added that since Telegram is...

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Torture victims interviewed by Human Rights Watch – while predominantly young men – included women, children and the elderly. Through mid-June 2012, according local activists, 635 children and 319 women were detained. At least twelve children were tortured. The conditions of detention were described as raw and inhumane – extreme overcrowding, inadequate food, and denial of medical care. Human Rights Watch documented more than 20 different methods of torture used, including prolonged beatings with such objects as batons and wires; painful stress positions; the use of electricity; burning with car battery acid; sexual assault and humiliation; the pulling of fingernails; and mock execution. Most of the detentions documented in the report were carried out during and immediately following anti-government protests; in the course of large-scale “sweep” operations conducted house-to-house; at road checkpoints; and in raids on the homes of “wanted” individuals (whose relatives might be detained instead if the targets were not there) – usually without legal justification. Raids were often accompanied by looting and property destruction, and by beatings – actions usually ordered, authorized or condoned by commanding officers. Interrogators and officers usually demanded detainees confess to participating in anti-Assad demonstrations. They also asked for names of other demonstrators and organizers, or information about alleged support from abroad. But many ex-detainees believe the torture was inflicted merely to punish and intimidate those being held. “Syrians have been under the iron hand of the Assad family for decades, and the report documents some of the atrocities that have taken place, which explains why, several diplomats have argued, it has been difficult for the opposition to organize,” Falk reports.

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declares Afghanistan major non-NATO allyFirst NATO truck crosses Pakistan border after 7-month closure According to the United Nations, last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan war, with 3,021 killed

(AP) KABUL, Afghanistan – A bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed six NATO service members, on a day where a total of 29 people died from roadside bombs and insurgent attacks. NATO said the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device but provided no further details about the attack and did not identify the dead service members. The statement said NATO’s policy is to allow “national authorities” to give details about the soldiers. A surge in Afghan and coalition forces during the past two years routed Taliban fighters from many of their strongholds in the south, but the insurgents have stepped up their attacks this summer to take back key areas. The service members’ deaths were the latest on Sunday caused by bombs planted by insurgents along roadsides, paths or mountain tracks. More in Afghanistan: The way forward In addition to the six NATO deaths, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and NATO authorities said. The civilians, including women and children, were killed in three blasts in Arghistan district, along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. Kandahar province spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said one bomb exploded when a minivan ran over it Sunday morning. A second went off when other civilians riding a tractor arrived to help the wounded. A third explosion occurred about two...

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