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Celebrations after UN approves tribunal to prosecute Hariri suspects
1. Various of fireworks
2. People dancing in the streets
3. Car passing with Lebanese flag
4. Candles on the streets of Beirut
5. Car loaded with people chanting and waving flags
7. Various of people watching television and cheering
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Saad Hariri, Son of the assassinated Prime minister Rafik Hariri:
"We are not demanding justice for revenge. We are demanding it for punishment and for the truth, which should be kept as a trust in the conscience of all the Lebanese. We should all participate in securing the International Tribunal to save Lebanon."
9. Various of people chanting slogans pro Hariri
11. Mid of Saad Hariri praying
12. Mid of grave
13. Exterior of prime minister's office building
14. Lebanese Fuad Saniora heading towards the podium
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fuad Saniora, Lebanese prime minister:
"The ratification of the International Tribunal does not and should not be considered as a victory for one party over another Lebanese party. It is not a victory for one group over another, it is a victory for Lebanon and for all the Lebanese."
16. Mid of Lebanese flags
Supporters of murdered former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri were celebrating on Wednesday night, as the United Nations (UN) Security Council voted to establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in his killing.
Beirut residents took on the streets of the capital dancing and chanting, while fireworks lit up the skyline.
In a televised speech Saad Hariri, the son of Rafik and leader of the majority group in the Lebanese parliament, said he was not looking for revenge, for his father's death, but for the truth.
"We are not demanding justice for revenge. We are demanding it for punishment and for the truth which should be kept as a trust in the conscience of all the Lebanese. We should all participate in securing the International Tribunal to save Lebanon."
After his speech Saad Hariri went to visit his father's grave.
Hundreds of supporters were also at the graveside chanting pro-Hariri slogans.
The Lebanese prime minister Fuad Saniora said the ratification of the International Tribunal should not be considered as a victory for one party over another.
"It is not a victory for one group over another it is a victory for Lebanon and for all the Lebanese," he said.
Saniora asked the Security Council earlier this month to establish the tribunal, citing the refusal of opposition-aligned Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to convene a session to ratify the statutes to create the tribunal, which have already been approved by his government and the United Nations.
The UN resolution gives Lebanon's parliament a last chance to establish the tribunal itself.
If it does not act by June 10, the UN-Lebanon agreement will automatically "enter into force," creating a tribunal outside Lebanon with a majority of international judges and an international prosecutor.
Council diplomats said this could take a year.
Hariri and 22 others were killed by a massive truck bombing in Beirut on February 14, 2005 and the UN Security Council authorised a commission to investigate the assassinations.
A 2005 report by a former chief investigator implicated Syrian and Lebanese intelligence services in Hariri's assassination.
Syria denied any involvement but was forced to withdraw its troops from Lebanon, ending a 29-year presence.
Four pro-Syrian Lebanese generals, accused of involvement in Hariri's murder, have been under arrest for 15 months.
Government and politics , National governments , Crime , Legislature , General news
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Lebanon Wrap
Bomb kills lawmaker, six others, Hariri reax
1. Tilt-up of rubble to people setting up security cordon
2. Pan from wreckage of one car to wreckage of another car
3. Soldiers shouting orders
4. Paramedic running to help, pan to vehicle being hosed
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad Hariri, Lebanese lawmaker heading the main anti-Syrian alliance in Parliament:
8. Wide view from above blast site
A powerful bomb killed an anti-Syria lawmaker and six others in a Christian neighbourhood of Beirut on Wednesday, threatening to derail an effort by an already deeply divided parliament to elect Lebanon's next president in voting to begin next week.
Antoine Ghanem, a 64-year-old member of the Christian Phalange party who had returned from refuge abroad only two days earlier, was the eighth
anti-Syria figure and fourth lawmaker from the governing coalition to be assassinated in less than three years.
Coalition members blamed Syria, but Damascus denied involvement, as it has for the previous seven assassinations, including the 2005 bombing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a killing that ignited huge protests that forced Syria to withdraw its troops after a three-decade occupation.
Hariri's son, who now heads the main anti-Syrian alliance in the Lebanese parliament, called the perpetrators of Wednesday's attack "cowardly criminal killers".
Many people fear the divisions over the presidency could lead to creation of two rival governments, a grim threat to repeat the last two years of
Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war when army units loyal to competing administrations battled it out.
Bombings , Government and politics , War and unrest , Sabotage , Legislature , Presidential elections , General news , Crime , National elections , Elections
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WRAP Merkel meets Saniora; ADDS Pelosi meets Saniora, Hariri; Merkel with Berri
Angela Merkel , Nancy Pelosi , George W. Bush , Angela Merkel , Saad Hariri , Nancy Pelosi , George W. Bush
1. Exterior of prime ministers office
2. Lebanese and German flags
3. Various of honour guard
4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora standing for honour guard
5. Merkel and Saniora inspecting honour guard
6. Mid of honour guard
7. Wide of bilateral meeting
8. Mid of Merkel
9. Mid of meeting
10. Merkel with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri
11. Merkel and Berri inside meeting room
12. Close up of Berri
13. Close up of Merkel to pull of Merkel and German officials
14. Exterior of Qureitem palace
15. Saad Hariri, head of anti-Syrian parliamentary majority in Lebanon and son of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shaking hands
16. Cutaway cameramen
17. Various of meeting Pelosi and Hariri during the meeting
18. Close of Pelosi
19. Mid of Hariri with a poster for his father
20. Wide of US senators
21. SOUNDBITE (English), Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Speaker:
"The purpose of the trip is part of our responsibility for the national security of the United States. We are here to see how we can make the world safer and to fight terrorism. Important to that is to establish the facts and be current on them."
22. Cutaway of cameraman
"We (will) go there (Syria) and will be talking about the overarching issue, the fight against terrorism and the role that Syria can play to help or to hinder that goal. So we will be talking also of course then about the tribunal, which is very important to establish the truth so we can go forward. That is one of the issues that we are going to bring up with them and of course the role of Syria in Iraq, the role of Syria supporting Hamas and Hezbollah, the role of Syria in so many respects that we think it could be a vast improvement."
24. Pelosi handling the Quran and leaving the palace
25. Exterior of Prime ministers' office building
26. Pelosi and Saniora greeted by the honour guards
27. Various of meeting with Pelosi and Saniora
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Beirut on Monday for talks with Lebanese leaders and to inspect a German naval task force serving with a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
Merkel, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, was met by Prime Minister Fuad Saniora at Beirut airport.
She held talks with the Western-backed Saniora, and the Parliament Speaker and Amal leader Nabih Berri, who is a leading member of the Hezbollah-led opposition which is seeking to remove Saniora from office.
Merkel also planned to visit a German navy ship in Beirut's harbour during her one-day trip to Lebanon.
The Germans lead a naval task force of about 1,700 men and women who are patrolling the Lebanese coastline to prevent weapons from being smuggled to Hezbollah in accordance with a U.N. resolution that ended the summer war Lebanon and Israel.
The naval task force is attached to the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon. (UNIFIL), numbering a total of about 13-thousand, and is deployed along the border with Israel.
Merkel has made the Middle East a top priority of her six-month EU presidency and is currently on a tour of the region. The Chancellor met Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the weekend.
The US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was also in Beirut for talks with Lebanese officials as part of a fact-finding trip to the Middle East that has drawn criticism from the White House because it includes a visit to Syria.
"We are here to see how we can make the world safer and to fight terrorism," she added.
Pelosi's visit to Lebanon comes amid sharp political divisions in the country between the government and the opposition.
The U.S.-backed Saniora faces an opposition campaign to unseat him, with protesters camped out in downtown Beirut demanding his resignation.
Pelosi also met with Saad Hariri, who has been pushing for international support for the creation of an international tribunal to try suspects in his father's February 2005 assassination, which he blames on Syria.
"We will be talking also of course then about the tribunal, which is very important to establish the truth so we can go forward," she said.
The Syrians have denied involvement, but their opponents in Lebanon say they are working hard to undermine the court through their allies in this country.
Pelosi's trip has drawn criticism from the White House because of a planned stop in Syria on Wednesday.
The US House Speaker said the trip to Syria was aimed at seeing what Damascus could do to help the fight against terrorism.
The White House called her Syria visit last week a "bad decision" because the administration considers the country a supporter of terrorism.
Her trip comes as the Democratic majority in Congress is locked in a battle with President George W. Bush over strategy in Iraq.
Diplomacy , Terrorism , War and unrest , International relations , Government and politics , General news , Government and politics , Terrorism , Diplomacy , War and unrest , General news , International relations
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Lebanon Saniora
Lebanon Prime Minister meets Hariri, comment on violence
1. Wide of meeting between Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Saniora (right) and parliament majority leader Saad Hariri
2. Hariri sat in blue suit
3. Hariri with Saniora
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad Hariri, parliament majority leader:
"Today what happened was an attempt to kill our soldiers and policemen. This is a blow to Lebanese security. The International Tribunal is coming. Nobody will stop it. There is a conspiracy that they are making right and left."
6. Press cutaway
"I don't think that there is any support for Fatah Al-Islam from any Lebanese political party and whoever supports them, let him announce it."
8. Hariri leaving news conference
Saad Hariri, head of Lebanon's largest Sunni political faction and leader of the country's parliamentary majority, urged supporters on Sunday to cooperate with authorities after renewed violence in northern Lebanon on Sunday.
The fighting between security forces and Fatah Islam militants left more than 30 people dead and threatens to further destabilise the country.
Lebanon is facing its worst political fall out between the Western-backed government and pro-Syrian opposition since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.
Street battles were fought in Tripoli on Sunday, a predominantly Sunni Muslim city, while guns pounded shells on a Fatah Islam stronghold located in a Palestinian refugee camp nearby.
Hariri, who met for talks with Prime Minister Fouad Saniora in Beirut, told reporters afterwards that the violence may have been linked to efforts to set up an international tribunal that would try the killers of his father, former Premier Rafik Hariri.
Hariri was assassinated in February 2005.
"This is a blow to Lebanese security. The International Tribunal is coming. Nobody will stop it," Hariri said.
War and unrest , Government and politics , Legislature , General news
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PM and Hariri warn Lebanon democracy is in danger afer Hezbollah's call for protests
1. Wide exterior of Lebanese prime minister's office in Beirut
2. Lebanese prime minister Fuad Saniora taking his place at news conference
3. Cutaway of cameramen
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fuad Saniora, Lebanese prime minister:
"Do not be afraid and do not despair. We have a right to stand strong in the defence of our independence and our democratic system."
5. Cutaway of camera
"Lebanon's independence is threatened and its democratic system is in danger. We will not accept the return of the old regency to our country in order not to make it a space for conflicts."
7. Cutaway hands writing
"We will not allow them to topple the democratic system, its organisations and its basis. We will not accept a state inside a state. We are deep-rooted to our legitimate and constitutional government for all Lebanon and for all the Lebanese"
10. Walking shot of Saad Hariri, the son of the slain former premier Rafik Hariri, who heads the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority in Lebanon
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Saad Hariri, son of the slain former premier Rafik Hariri:
This is a democratic country and they are free to demonstrate any way they want. This is what democracy is all about. In regards of bringing down the government, they wouldn't be able to bring down the government because the government has the support of the majority of the parliament and the majority of the Lebanese people"
12. Cutaway of Lebanese flag
"We don't understand until now why they are demonstrating and for what reason. For us it is obvious because they don't want the international tribunal. They don't want 1701. They don't want Paris 3. What is the vision of this group (Hezbollah) for the future of Lebanon? Nobody has a clue, except to protect the interests of Syria in Lebanon"
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora warned on Thursday that Lebanon's democracy was in danger after Hezbollah's call for protests to bring down his government.
"Lebanon's independence is threatened and its democratic system is in danger," he said in a nationally televised address from his office on the eve of an expected massive protest by Hezbollah and its allies aimed at ousting his cabinet.
"Do not be afraid and do not despair. We have a rightful cause," he said.
Earlier on Thursday in a television broadcast the leader of Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, called on the Lebanese people to rally on Friday afternoon in Beirut's main square for a peaceful protest to force Saniora's government to resign.
Saniora, who is backed by the United States and an anti-Syrian parliamentary majority, has been locked in a political power struggle with Hezbollah, which is supported by Syria and Iran, and its allies.
The call for protests came after weeks of political tension between pro-Syrian groups in the opposition, led by the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah, and anti-Syrian factions supporting the government.
Last week, Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in a suburban Beirut street, renewing fears that the political crisis was carrying Lebanon back to the sectarian violence of the 1975-90 civil war.
Subsequently there have been scattered unrest in Christian areas of Beirut and Shiite Muslims have rioted in their neighbourhoods.
Meanwhile, the leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian bloc warned on Thursday that Syria was behind planned Hezbollah protests to bring down the
government, trying to restore its power in the country.
Saad Hariri, son of the slain former premier Rafik Hariri, vowed the campaign would fail, but called for restraint among his supporters over the Hezbollah demonstration.
In an interview with The Associated Press, he said Friday would be a day to show "our resolve .... our calm."
"They won't be able to bring down the government, because the government has the support of the majority of the parliament and the majority of the
Lebanese people,'' he said.
The anti-Syrian bloc dominates parliament and the government, elected on broad support among Lebanon's Christians and Sunni Muslims.
Hezbollah and pro-Syrian parties are demanding more power in the government.
Hariri said the pro-government groups would not react to the Hezbollah-led opposition protests, saying Syria hoped to foment a clash between them.
Syria's nearly three-decade domination of Lebanon ended last year, but the government's backers say Damascus is trying to restore influence, along with that of its ally Iran. Syria's allies in Lebanon say the United States is now dominating the government and calling the shots.
Hariri predicted that Hezbollah's demonstrations would run their course until they realised they could not topple the government .
"What is the vision of this group (Hezbollah) for the future of Lebanon? Nobody has a clue, except to protect the interests of Syria in Lebanon," Hariri said.
Protests and demonstrations , Government and politics , National governments , Legislature , Democracy , Political and civil unrest , General news
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WRAP Funerals for legislator, son slain in car bombing; ADDS people paying respects
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1. Mid of funeral procession with Saad Hariri, son of Rafik Hariri the slain former Lebanese prime minister raising his open palm to the crowds
2. Mid of banner with image of Walid Eido and his son
3. Mid of people waving Lebanese flags during procession
4. Wide of men walking along in funeral procession
5. Mid of Walid Jumblatt, Druse politician walking along in procession
6. Mid of funeral procession
7. Mid of Ghazi Aridi, Lebanese information minister
8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ghazi Aridi, Lebanese information minister:
"Somebody is trying to say that neither the international tribunal nor anything else can secure the Lebanese or their leaders. We will keep resisting and we will face this series of terrorist acts."
9. Wide crowd outside mosque
10. Jumblatt and other politicians shaking hands with officials inside mosque
11. Wide of crowd outside mosque
12. Tilt-up from coffins to men praying inside mosque
13. Wide pan across crowd outside mosque
14. Jumblatt seated
15. Spiritual leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim, Grand Mufti of the Republic Sheik Mohammed Rashid Kabbani leading prayers with Saad Hariri next to him and other men praying
17. Young men crying over coffin
18. Men leaving mosque
19. Coffins being carried out of mosque
20. Zoom out from poster of Walid Eido and his son to wide of crowd outside mosque
Beirut on Thursday mourned the victims of a powerful car bombing that killed a prominent anti-Syrian legislator and nine other people as the government, reeling from another blow targeting its supporters, sought international help.
Prime Minister Fuad Saniora has called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers and the international community to assist in the investigation of Walid Eido's assassination near a popular waterfront promenade in Beirut.
The bomb ripped through his car on Wednesday as he drove from a seaside sports club, also killing his 35-year-old son, two bodyguards and six passers-by.
On Thursday the bodies of Eido and his son were slowly being taken in ambulances from the American University Hospital in West Beirut to the Verdun neighbourhood where the slain politician lived.
The funeral procession went through the main thoroughfare of Corniche Mazraa in the Muslim sector, where pictures of the slain politicians were posted on walls and overpasses.
Thousands of mourners gathered on the streets, waving Lebanese flags, those of the Hariri Future movement and banners of various Sunni factions.
"Somebody is trying to say that neither the international tribunal nor anything else can secure the Lebanese or their leaders. We will keep resisting and we will face this series of terrorist acts," Ghazi Aridi, the Lebanese information minister said.
Thursday's funeral procession swelled to tens of thousands escorting the coffins to a mosque at the Shohada Cemetery several kilometres (miles) away for a prayer service and internment.
Saad Hariri, leader of the anti-Syrian majority bloc in parliament to which Eido belonged to, Druse politician Walid Jumblatt and other prominent anti-Syrian leaders also marched in the procession.
The spiritual leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim, Grand Mufti of the Republic Sheik Mohammed Rashid Kabbani led the prayers, with Saad Hariri at his side.
It came just three days after the government, together with the United Nations, started putting together an international tribunal ordered by the UN Security Council to try suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut two years ago, a move strongly opposed by Syria and its allies in Lebanon.
Many in Lebanon have accused Syria of being behind the slayings, a claim Damascus denies.
Many fear the violence could push the polarised nation, with a fragile balance of ethnic and religious groups, into a new civil war.
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Lebanon Reax Wrap
WRAP Prime minister condemns bomb blast, cabinet meets
1. Pan of offices of the Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora (++NIGHT SHOT++)
2. Saniora and Lebanese ministers standing for a minute's silence after the death of anti-Syrian legislator Walid Eido.
3. Saniora and ministers sit
5. Saniora speaking at news conference
"We are calling the council of foreign ministers of the Arab League for an extraordinary meeting and to show responsibility towards Lebanon, towards its people and for the future of freedom. Also, we are requesting the technical and security assistance of the United Nations to prevent these ugly crimes and to enlarge the international investigations to include this new terrorist crime which was committed after the ratification of the international tribunal days ago."
7. Cutaway of cameraman
8. Saniora leaving media conference
9. Wide of majority leader Saad Hariri addressing Lebanese people
10. SOUNDBITE:(Arabic) Saad Hariri, Lebanese parliament majority leader
"This is the first terrorist crime that has targeted Lebanon and the Lebanese people since the international tribunal formally started operating. The international community and the brothers of Walid Eido in the Arab and Islamic world are invited today to take their responsibilities and act against terrorism and against the cowardly criminal who is behind this crime."
11. Fire truck inside the cordoned off area near the explosion site with people walking around
12. Damaged vehicle in front of cordoned off area
13. Various of damaged building
14. Mid of fire officers directing fire truck backwards
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora declared a national day of mourning on Thursday for anti-Syrian legislator Walid Eido and at least nine other people killed when a bomb-rigged car rocked Beirut's seafront.
Speaking after an emergency cabinet meeting, Saniora also called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers and the international community to help in the investigation of Wednesday's bombing.
The 65-year-old lawmaker was the seventh opponent of Damascus to be killed in two years in the conflict-ridden country.
The explosion occurred less than two kilometres (less than a mile) from the site of a suicide truck bombing that killed former anti-Syrian Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others in February 2005.
The UN Security Council earlier this month ordered the creation of a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for Hariri's assassination, despite the opposition from Syrian-backed groups in Lebanon.
The slain lawmaker, Walid Eido, had been a prominent supporter of the tribunal.
Saad Hariri, the Lebanese parliament majority leader and son of Rafik Hariri, called Eido's killing a "terrorist attack" and called on the international community and the Arab world to act against the perpetrators.
At the site of the explosion on Wednesday night security officials and fire trucks were still at the scene.
Eido's son, two bodyguards and six others were also killed in the explosion, security officials said.
Eleven others were wounded, they said.
Bombings , Accidents and disasters , Government and politics , International relations , Terrorism , Cabinets , General news , War and unrest
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Lebanon Blast 4
Beirut blast kills 10, inc anti Syrian lawmaker ADDS hospital shots
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1. Firemen working on blackened car still on fire, pan of devastation
2. Tracking shot through debris to car still on fire
3. Firemen hosing down vehicle
4. Tracking shot through people and debris
5. Firemen hosing down smouldering wreckage
6. Burnt out car, zoom in to charred body in vehicle
7. Emergency vehicle driving down road with people running behind
8. Wide of rescue teams covering body under blanket near ferris wheel at waterfront
9. Close up another body under a blanket
10. Exterior of American University Hospital
11. Mid of relatives grieving, woman crying
12. Various of ambulances arriving, sirens wailing
13. Back of ambulance arriving at hospital, people chasing after ambulance
14. Various of injured being taken out of ambulance
15. Wide of Majority Leader Saad Hariri addressing a speech to the Lebanese people
16. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad Hariri, Lebanese Parliament Majority Leader:
17. Close up of two Lebanese flags
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18. Various file of Lebanese MP Walid Eido, who was killed in blast
An explosion, apparently from a bomb-rigged car, rocked Beirut's seafront on Wednesday, killing an anti-Syrian lawmaker and nine others, security officials said.
The 65-year-old lawmaker, Walid Eido, was the seventh opponent of Damascus to be killed in two years in the conflict-ridden country.
Eido's son, two bodyguards and six others were also killed in the explosion, security officials said. Eleven others were wounded, they said.
A car was in flames and black smoke was seen rising from a narrow street off the main waterfront in Manara, which is in the Muslim sector of the capital.
The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation TV station said the explosion came from a bomb-rigged car, a method that has been used to assassinate opponents of Syria over the past two years.
The body of a woman, covered in blood, was seen being pulled away from the scene, which is near an amusement park and a military club.
The explosion shattered windows of apartments in the area, knocked down walls and scattered debris on top of parked cars.
The issue of the tribunal has sharply polarised the country. It is at the core of a deep political crisis between the Western-backed government led by Prime Minister Fuad Saniora and the Syrian-backed opposition led by Hezbollah.
Hariri's killing sparked huge protests against Syria, which was widely seen as culpable. Syria denied involvement but was forced to withdraw its troops from Lebanon, ending a 29-year presence.
Before Eido, the last anti-Syrian figure to be killed was 34-year-old Pierre Gemayel, the industry minister, who was killed by assassins' bullets in November.
A series of other explosions have hit Lebanon over the past three weeks, killing at least two people. Lebanese troops also are battling Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern part of the country.
Hariri's Future bloc, dominated by moderate Sunnis, has come out strongly in support of the Lebanese army in their fight against Fatah Islam.
It also comes amid after tensions between Sunnis and Shiites in Beirut in recent months that has killed 11 people.
Eido was one of the vocal opponents of Hezbollah-led protests and sit-ins in downtown Beirut outside the prime minister's office since December 1 in a campaign to force Prime Minister Fuad Saniora to step down. He has called the encampment in downtown Beirut by the opposition as "occupation."
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WRAP Funerals for legislator, son slain in car bombing;ADDS Jumblatt, Hezbollah reax
2. Wife of Walid Eido, assassinated prominent anti-Syrian legislator waving from balcony
4. Ambulance covered by Lebanese flag and Eido's poster
7. Mid of Saad Hariri, son of Rafik Hariri the slain former Lebanese prime minister walking along in procession
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Walid Jumblatt, Druse politician and anti-Syrian legislator:
"Syrian regime with their allies are trying to reduce our majority in the parliament. They have killed yesterday (Wednesday) a prominent member of parliament. They can kill three more, if they kill three more members we will lose the majority and this is their calculation so that the government of Saniora will fall down. We have got to resist and we are calling and will call for elections for the lost MP Walid Eido and for the other one, Pierre Gemayel (assassinated minister) Whatever the price is, we have to do it to not allow the Syrians to achieve their aims."
10. Top view of funeral procession
11. Mid of officials during funeral
"We condemn the terror act which led to the killing of legislator Walid Eido, his son, two of his bodyguards and several Lebanese citizens. And we think that these crimes are taking place and are synchronised by the political exposure in the country. We think that the politicians are invited to find a political solution to the crisis in order to deal with all the disputed issues, as well as dealing with the security exposure. Some intelligence parties are getting benefits and committing these acts of terror and acting seditiously against the Lebanese."
14. Hezbollah and Lebanese flag
15. Mid of Ghazi Aridi, Lebanese information minister
16. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ghazi Aridi, Lebanese information minister:
29. People leaving mosque
30. Coffins being carried into cemetery
Tens of thousands bade farewell on Thursday to victims of a powerful car bombing that killed a prominent anti-Syrian legislator and nine others as the government - reeling from another blow targeting its supporters - sought international help.
The bomb ripped through Walid Eido's car on Wednesday as he drove from a seaside sports club, also killing his 35-year-old son, two bodyguards and six passers-by.
The funeral procession swelled to tens of thousands, escorting Eido's body and that of his son and a bodyguard behind ambulances covered with Lebanese flags.
It drove down the main thoroughfare of Corniche Mazraa in the Muslim sector, where pictures of the slain politicians were posted on walls and overpasses and Eido's widow waved to the crowds from a balcony.
Jumblatt, an anti-Syrian MP, said that if the Syrian regime kill three more MPs, "we will lose the majority and this is their calculation so that the government of Saniora will fall down."
"We have got to resist and we are calling and will call for elections for the lost MP Walid Eido and for the other one Pierre Gemayel (assassinated minister) whatever the price is, we have to do it to not allow the Syrians to achieve their aims," he said.
It came just three days after the government, together with the United Nations, started putting together an international tribunal ordered by the UN Security Council to try suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut two years ago.
The tribunal has been strongly opposed by Syria and its allies in Lebanon.
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Lebanon UN
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon meets Lebanese leaders, Saniora
Ban Ki-Moon , Saad Hariri
1. Wide of Army checkpoint in front of residence used by United Nations Secretary General
2. Army Armoured Personnel Vehicle (APV) guarding residence
3. Close- up of UN flag
4. UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon's convoy heading to Ain el-Tineh (Residence of Lebanese Parliament Speaker)
5. Convoy entering Ain El-Tineh
6. Ban in arrival ceremony
7. Members of military standing in line along red carpet
8. Ban shaking hands with Nabih Berri, Lebanese Parliament Speaker
9. Close-up of Berri
10. Various of meeting between Ban and Berri
12. Reporters in meeting room
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary General:
"I also discussed with the speaker as I mentioned, the issue of a special tribunal and emphasised my commitment to the establishment of that tribunal for Lebanon as soon as possible."
14. Exterior of Lebanese Prime Minister's office
15. Ban arriving at Lebanese Prime Minister's office, welcomed by Tarik Mitri, acting Foreign Minister
17. Close-up of Ban
18. Close-up of Fuad Saniora, Prime Minister
19. Wide of Coral Beach, Hotel and Resort
20. Saad Hariri, Head of future Movement and Member of Parliament walking.
21. Hariri and Ban shaking hands
22. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad Hariri, Head of future Movement and Member of Parliament:
"Committing crimes in this manner without the punishment of the murderers is like licensing them to kill, so the United Nations is following up the establishment of the tribunal".
23. Ban shaking hands with Walid Jumblatt, senior Druse leader; Marwan Hamadeh, Communications Minister; Ghazi Aridi, Information Minister.
24. Tilt down of residence used by Ban
The United Nations Secretary General on Friday called for the full implementation of a United Nations Security Council resolution that ended last summer's war between Lebanon and Israel.
Ban Ki-Moon also urged rival Lebanese leaders to engage in dialogue as the only way to end a deepening political crisis and approve an international court to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.
He met separately with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who hails from opposition ranks aligned with Hezbollah and with Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who is backed by the parliamentary majority.
"I also discussed with the speaker as I mentioned, the issue of a special tribunal and emphasised my commitment to the establishment of that tribunal for Lebanon as soon as possible," said Ban at a briefing after his meeting with Berri.
He was also to meet later on Friday with U.N. peacekeeping officials and Lebanese military and police commanders.
Ban met with Rafik Hariri's son, Saad, who heads the pro-government parliamentary majority in Lebanon.
They discussed the establishment of the tribunal that may try the suspects involved in the assassination of his father.
"Committing crimes in this manner without the punishment of the murderers is like licensing them to kill, so the United Nations is following up the establishment of the tribunal," said Saad Hariri after his meeting with Ban.
Ban also met with senior Druse leader, Walid Jumblatt.
On Saturday, Ban is to travel to the south Lebanon border area to visit with U.N. troops stationed in the south, near the border with Israel.
Ban has criticised both Israel and Lebanon for violating Resolution 1701, noting an increase of Israeli military overflights of its northern neighbour in February and early March.
The resolution also calls for a halt in arms shipments to Hezbollah, and demands the "unconditional release" of two Israeli soldiers Hezbollah captured in a cross-border raid.
The incident triggered last summer's 34-day war that ended with a 14 August ceasefire.
Hezbollah has refused to release the soldiers without negotiations to trade them for Arabs held by Israel.
The resolution also provided for the deployment of a reinforced U.N. peacekeeping force, now numbering close to 13-thousand.
Ban arrived Thursday in Beirut from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he attended a summit of Arab leaders.
His tour of the Middle East has already taken him to Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Government and politics , Cease fires , Legislature , War and unrest , General news
United Nations, Hezbollah, Israel government
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Lebanon Protest
Pro-government legislators protest against Hezbollah legislators in parliament
1. Exterior of parliament building
2. Lebanese flag
3. Various of legislators arriving at parliament
4. Tilt up armed Lebanese soldier
5. Various of members of parliament (MPs) entering parliament building
6. Various of meeting inside parliament
7. Various of Walid Jumblatt, senior Druse leader at the meeting
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Musbah Al-Ahdab, Pro-government Lebanese MP:
"The parliament has been totally paralysed and I think that we need to find a constitutional platform, we need to have this parliament to start working again in order to avoid all the tension that we are seeing in the streets and mostly that the situation has become very tense inside of the country and even regionally. So it is about time to bring back discussions where discussions should be, I mean in the parliament, the Lebanese parliament."
9. Wide of camera operators
10. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ali Bazzi, Anti-government Lebanese MP:
"There is dialogue and meetings going on between the speaker of the house Nabih Berri and Sheikh Saad Hariri (head of the majority legislators). We consider this atmosphere of exaggeration and escalation to be a stab for this dialogue and the meetings which are going on. It seems that they (majority legislators) have deprived the government of its legitimacy, constitutionality and credibility and now they are trying to deprive the parliament of its legitimacy."
11. Lebanese security forces
Majority legislators gathered in the Lebanese Parliament building in Beirut on Tuesday, to urge the Lebanese speaker of the house, Nabih Berri, to open the first session of parliament for the year.
The pro-government anti-Syrian camp wants Parliament to convene so that the creation of an international tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri could be ratified.
The Hezbollah-led front has demanded modifications to the proposal for the international court.
On Tuesday, key negotiations were ongoing between Berri and Saad Hariri, the head of the majority legislators.
Saad Hariri is a Sunni Muslim and his community backs Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's pro-Western government.
Berri is a Shiite Muslim, and his party Amal and its Hezbollah ally draw their support from the country's Shiite community.
The Christian community has lent more support to the anti-government faction than the pro-government.
Pro-government legislators launched a scathing attack on Berri, dealing a blow to negotiations between the two sides.
Musbah Al-Ahdab, a pro-government Member of Parliament (MP) said the Lebanese parliament had "been totally paralysed."
"I think that we need to find a constitutional platform, we need to have this parliament to start working again," he said. "It is about time to bring back discussions where discussions should be, I mean in the parliament, the Lebanese parliament."
Another MP, senior Druse leader Walid Jumblatt, accused Berri of hijacking parliament upon orders from Iran and Syria.
Anti-government MPs however said Tuesday's gathering in parliament would undermine dialogue between Berri and Hariri.
"We consider this atmosphere of exaggeration and escalation to be a stab for this dialogue and the meetings which are going on," MP Ali Bazzi said.
"It seems that they (majority legislators) have deprived the government of its legitimacy, constitutionality and credibility and now they are trying to deprive the parliament of its legitimacy," he added.
The opposition and Lebanon's pro-Syrian President, Emile Lahoud, considers Saniora's government to be unconstitutional after five Shiite ministers and a pro-Hezbollah Christian minister resigned in November.
Government and politics , Protests and demonstrations , Legislature , Political and civil unrest , General news
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WRAP Pro-gov't legislators protest against Hezbollah; parliamentary speaker
11. Nabih Berri heading to the news conference
12. Cutaway of reporters
13. Close of note taking
14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nabih Berri, Lebanese Speaker of the House:
"In post Ta'ef Lebanon there is no authority without a council of ministers. The authority is also for the whole council of ministers. The authority is for the whole parliament. Who said that you can deal with the issue in such a way? Therefore the parliament will not meet with this diminished (in number) government, only when it is fully restored (in terms of numbers) in one way or another. But this does not mean that there (inaudible) should be no sessions for the parliament. This is not a threat."
16. Reporters writing
"As long as their aim is to terminate the dialogue ... my answer is: 'to continue the dialogue and extend hands until we save Lebanon."
18. Wide of Berri leaving conference
Pro-government lawmakers and their Hezbollah rivals on Tuesday dampened hopes that recent negotiations between the two camps in Lebanon would lead to an end to the country's four month long political crisis.
Several rounds of talks this month between Saad Hariri, head of the pro-government parliament majority, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri from
opposition ranks aligned with Hezbollah, defused some of the tension permeating Lebanon and revived hopes of a reconciliation.
But tensions escalated anew Tuesday, with 45 pro-government legislators gathering in the parliament to protest Berri's refusal to convene a session
on the crisis.
Berri has said he would not convene the parliament before opposition demands for a national unity government are met.
He has also said that even though the constitution stipulates the parliament convene for the spring session on the first Tuesday after March 15, this was not mandatory.
Walid Jumblatt, a Druse lawmaker and key government supporter, accused Berri of "hijacking" the parliament upon orders from Iran and Syria - the
main Hezbollah backers.
Dialogue, said Jumblatt, can only be beneficial in parliament.
Berri lashed back at a news conference later on Tuesday, accusing the parliamentary majority of blocking efforts for a settlement to the crisis.
He said that the parliament would only meet with the government when it is fully restored.
" The parliament will not meet with this diminished (in number) government only when it is fully restored (in terms of numbers) in one way or another. But this does not mean that there (inaudible) should be no sessions for the parliament. This is not a threat," Berri said.
Berri also criticised Tuesday's protest in parliament which he said was held mostly by legislators belonging to Hariri's parliamentary bloc who aimed to" terminate the dialogue."
"My answer is: 'to continue the dialogue and extend hands until we save Lebanon," Berri said.
Hariri is Sunni Muslim and his community backs Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's pro-Western government.
The Hezbollah-led opposition has been staging protests and an open ended sit in downtown Beirut since December 1 in a bid to topple Saniora's government.
The opposition demands the government give it a veto-wielding share of the Cabinet.
Saniora has refused this, and is supported by the majority in parliament.
The confrontation has stirred political and sectarian tensions that have threatened to tear the country apart.
Nine people were killed in street clashes since December between pro- and anti-government supporters.
The opposition and Lebanon's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud consider Saniora's government to be illegal after five Shiite ministers and a pro-Hezbollah Christian minister resigned in November.
The pro-government, anti-Syrian camp wants parliament to convene so that it can give the go-ahead for the creation of an international tribunal to try
suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Protests and demonstrations , Government and politics , Legislature , Political and civil unrest , General news
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Stalemate in negotiations to form national unity government
1. Wide of 14th of March group (pro-government) chanting the National anthem
2. Saad Hariri, Saad Hariri, leader of parliamentary majority (right) and former president Amin Gemayel (left)
3. Various of Lebanese political leaders chanting the National anthem
4. Medium of Nayla Mouawad ( Wife of former assassinated Lebanese president Renne Mouawad)
5. Various of meeting
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad Hariri, leader of the Lebanese parliamentary majority:
"We are calling upon the Lebanese government to respect the decision that was taken on December 12, 2005, in the presence of the Lebanese president, that calls for the formation of an international tribunal. We call on the government to approve the framework of the agreement with the United Nations and the basic law for the international tribunal."
7. Mid shot, Lebanese leaders
8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad Hariri, leader of the Lebanese parliamentary majority
"We ask the 14th of Mach supporters to stay in their positions and we announce to the Lebanese that we will keep on defending their freedom, future and their democratic organisations."
9. Leaders applauding
Lebanon's political crisis took a turn for the worse on Sunday when the president said the Cabinet was no longer legitimate after the resignation of five Shiite Muslim ministers, including two representing Hezbollah.
President Emile Lahoud's position is a blow to his political rival, Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, but does not carry legal weight because the Lebanese president is not empowered to dissolve the government.
Lahoud sent a letter to Saniora's office, saying that the 24-member Cabinet was no longer constitutional after all five Shiite Muslim ministers submitted their resignations Saturday.
He based his position on Article Five of the constitution that states "all sects should be justly represented in the Cabinet."
Lahoud's opponents in the parliamentary majority called on the government to meet anyway to approve an international tribunal in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.
The parliamentary majority which is backed by the United States and is opposed to Syria has accused Hezbollah and Amal, the main pro-Syrian and pro-Iranian Shiite groups, of doing Damascus's and Tehran's bidding and seeking to undermine the formation of the international tribunal.
Saad Hariri, leader of the parliamentary majority, met on Sunday with the factions making up the majority coalition, and directly accused Syria and Iran of seeking to scuttle the formation of the international tribunal.
Hariri called upon the Lebanese government to "respect the decision that was taken on December 12, 2005, in the presence of the Lebanese president, that calls for the formation of an international tribunal".
The tribunal is to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of his father, former prime minister Rafik Hariri
The late Hariri's assassination was blamed by his supporters on Syria.
A UN investigation also implicated senior Syrian and allied Lebanese security officials.
The resignations of the five ministers, including two representing Hezbollah, left the Shiites, the country's largest single sect, out of the government.
It followed a stalemate in talks for a national unity government.
The resignations strips the government of major players.
While the 24-member government can still muster a two-thirds quorum to meet and take decisions, approval of the international tribunal without the presence of the Shiites could throw in doubt the legitimacy over such a decision in Lebanon's complex sectarian balance of political power.
Political resignations , Political assassinations , Government and politics , Assassinations , General news


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How does Triad Claim the Energy?
As your wind turbine generates energy, it goes into the grid to provide for all the surrounding areas. Although your energy is not directly supplying for your property, your electric provider will then reimburse you for all the energy you put out. This allows for properties to pay virtually nothing for their electric bills.
Triad currently has a wind turbine that has been up and running since April 2017. This turbine has produced 123,111 kWh so far since April. This is enough energy to supply almost everything currently in place at Triad, allowing us to be self-sufficient when it comes to energy. However, with the expansion currently in place, more power will be needed in the coming years at Triad. To suffice for this, another turbine is in the process of being built which should be up and running by the beginning of September. For daily updates on the progress of this turbine, visit our Facebook page.


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Save St. Andrew's rectory, a Stamford icon
There isn't a history book about Stamford that doesn't have a picture in it of Saint Andrew's Church Rectory on Washington Boulevard. It is one of the last vestiges of old Stamford. The rectory and the church are staples imbedded in the memories of those native to the city.
With full understanding of what it might take to preserve the historic building, and what the financial gain of demolishing it will mean to the preservation of Saint Andrew's Church, some further exploration of how to preserve the historic place is in order.
Please don't tell me that the core population of Stamford has changed and that as a result the destruction of historic places doesn't matter. It is important to grow the city, but more and more condominiums have replaced houses that radiated a feeling of hearth and home.
Personally, I cannot fathom walking or driving on Washington Boulevard without slowing down to admire the grounds and the buildings of Saint Andrew's Church. The rectory, as I said, stands out as an example of the pride our forbearers took in building for the generations to come. The builders of that church, I am sure, thought that what they constructed was meant to live forever, as a symbol of the religion and a memorial to the parishioners and their descendants.
All of the building that has been going on in the name of progress causes me to wonder what icon of the past will be next to feel the brunt of the bulldozer. The location of the historic Hoyt-Barnum House on Bedford Street, one of the oldest houses in all of Connecticut, adjacent to the Stamford Police Department, is a natural to some developers to be the location of yet more condominiums. In reality, that will not happen as long as the Stamford Historical Society holds the deed to that property.
Consider that when redevelopment of Stamford's downtown was being debated and finally came to fruition, the Urban Redevelopment Commission and the company approved by the city to accomplish the project, the F.D. Rich Company, preserved the traditional buildings on the west side of Atlantic Street, and beyond, so as not to just tear down the city and build everything new. As a result, the only iron-front building in this part of Connecticut was saved and is still standing. Recently, the Old Town Hall has been restored. I cannot imagine the center of Stamford without that Beaux Arts building. Its stately being is the perfect example of how the modern and new section of the city blends in with the traditional part of Stamford.
I often listen to friends who puff out their chests and declare that Stamford is on the move. My answer to them is to suggest that it is time to take a breather from all of the hubbub and pause to smell the roses.
To provide funding, especially for churches, is a definite challenge during these times. And I can understand the frustrations on the part of the leaders of Saint Andrew's Church. To replace the historic manse of the church with condos must be tempting to them considering the potential money involved. But you know, even in New York City, all stops are released to save churches and other historic buildings that developers claim might be in the way of their commercial enterprises.
In a recent visit to San Francisco I was impressed by how traditional, old buildings were left standing and maintained among the newer buildings. We experienced the same loyalty to the past in Seattle, where city officials have blended in the old with the new.
This commentary has nothing to do with the loyalty to Stamford as exemplified by Randy Salvatore. He and his family have a long history of contributing to Stamford in many ways. Randy owns the construction company that has made the proposal to the officials of Saint Andrew's. He has thoughtfully constructed homes and condominiums, all in good taste, in many sections of Stamford, improving what were below-scale neighborhoods.
I cannot imagine walking past the Ferguson Library and not seeing the façade constructed in 1910, and preserved by the committee charged with enlarging the library. Nor can I imagine walking on Strawberry Hill and not passing the handsome and classic architecture of the Stamford High School constructed in 1928. But to walk along Washington Boulevard and not see the historic manse of Saint Andrew's would be a disappointment to me.
What follows is admittedly foreign to the subject and is tantamount to what has been written here before: Why allow the Army Corps of Engineers to destroy the Mill River Dam, symbolic or not, that created the waterfall that drove the mill wheel of what was Stamford's first business enterprise -- the Grist Mill?
Don Russell is a columnist for The Advocate. His e-mail address is HvyWrtr@aol.com.

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Strawberries are my favorite fruit. I had a hard time limiting my list from 40-plus to just 20 ways to use strawberries. So I made sure we stocked up on all the tools that make cooking with strawberries fun and easy. I also read up on these beautiful fruits.
Strawberries are extremely fragile. They should be placed in a single layer on a paper towel in an airtight container and stored in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
Molded or damaged strawberries should be removed as not to ruin others.
Room temperature or exposure to sunlight for a long time can cause spoilage.
The bright red colored conical strawberry is a member of the rose family and has been grown in the wild for centuries.
The smaller varieties have a stronger flavor than the bigger ones.
Strawberries are rich in vital nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants with benefits for health, skin and hair.
A strawberry is the only fruit whose seeds are visible from outside.
Some ripe strawberry fruits are off white or yellowish in color.
The name strawberry is a misnomer as it is not a berry at all. It is considered an accessory fruit.
Diane's favorite: Strawberries cut up, sprinkled with a little sugar. Simple, easy, and scrumptious! What's your favorite?


My forefathers, a select few, cut down trees in the Manjimup district.
They were part of the Group Settlement Scheme that was implemented as a large-scale solution to clearing land for agriculture and providing food resources for Western Australia in order to lessen the reliance on imported food. Much as we will endeavour to do in our own backyard!
Stumps like the one above were not going to go away easily. It took fire and dynamite and a lot of determination. A decent size Karri tree would provide enough timber for two houses or cottages.
I was thinking about this kind of stuff as I was oiling the floorboards at the renovation. Long, beautiful, thick floorboards that we really did not want to coat with polyurethane that would be off-gassing into our environment for years to come.
There were skeptics amongst us. Even the floor sanders were dubious of us oiling the floor. And when I asked if the wood dust from the floor sanding would be ok to use in the garden ( Produce no waste and all that stuff!) I'm sure they thought I was nuts.
"That's good." I replied. The sandy soil is a Monster with a large appetite. Truth be known, I don't want to put it directly in the garden anyway. It's for something much more special and selective – but that will be for another post.
Jarrah is what has kept Tillellan in good stead for 80 odd years.
Tillellan, from the stumps up was made of Jarrah. A hard wood that is known to stand the test of time. And as far as the builders could ascertain it was probably 'run of the mill' timber which was milled and used fresh in the build. This is how they explained the warped beams and supports they discovered when they removed the plasterboard. Nothing was very square, it was quite 'organic' but it was solid.
As much as the builders are confident in their treated pine products, I reckon parts of the original house will still outlast the renovations. Time will tell.
Those are your big trees? They are about 'medium' here, compared to redwoods.
I was expecting a comment about this from you Tony! We pale in comparison. Even the Eastern States Blue Gum is taller.
Actually, blue gum is HUGE even here, and very fast. It is the eucalyptus that gives all eucalyptus a bad reputation that is difficult for arborists to get past.
Yes, sadly much of the original south west forest area of Western Australia has been 'farmed' with pines and blue gums. Blue gums are also farmed in Thailand.


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As part of the C2C study, our team have been working with TfL to explore the potential strategic benefits of improved transport connections, developing a series of urban typologies, encompassing a range of conditions from the suburban edges to the metropolitan centre.
Improving the frequency and accessibility of these combined services, offers the potential for new homes and jobs across the Thames Gateway.
c2c operates services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line from London Fenchurch Street to the northern Thames Gateway of southern Essex, including Grays, Leigh-on-Sea and Southend-on-Sea. On the southern Thames Gateway, with the London terminus at Charing Cross station, the North Kent Line runs from a junction of the South East Main Line, to a point south-west of Strood station by the River Medway in Medway where it links to the Chatham Main Line.
– Providing sufficient density and scale of development to support investment in a new riverside parkland which extends the amenity of existing open space.
– Establishing direct landscape connections from inner parks and suburban streets to green infrastructure corridors to river edges, supporting the provision of community facilities.
– Using the large parkland to define and support a line of high density frontage.
– Providing substantial overhaul and enhancement of a town centre and it's community facilities, reinforcing the use of green corridors as routes into the wider landscape around London and to other District Centres.
This typology takes into account the potential of existing natural resources and extends them into new development, creating an even larger green network. It combines playing fields, allotments and natural parkland to provide a rich open landscape with the opportunity for dense frontage. This can offer a remarkable landscape which might transform in character from more formal parkland into estuary wildness. The scale is such that it can absorb and buffer the existing road infrastructure.
Any justification for development on the Green Belt requires an approach that offers strong enhancements to the landscape, with significant improvement in public access, ecology and amenity to the current land for the benefit of the new and existing community.
– Adjacent sites of nature conservation – Sites that would be further enhanced through improvement of landscape and parkland, promoting pedestrian and cycle links and establishing ecological corridors to enhance habitats.
– Existing landscape features – Layouts need to be planned with consideration of existing hedgerows, field patterns and watercourses; wherever possible these features should be been retained and reinforced by the built forms.
– Existing community – The masterplan must be shaped by the immediate context; the street pattern should stitch into the neighbouring context and provide enhanced links to open space. – – The development must be limited and foster and underpin improved access to landscape.
– Access to open space – The surrounding green space should be brought into the development with green fingers that follow and extend natural features, maximising the amount of homes fronting onto landscape and ensuring every home is within walking distance of high amenity space.
– Community Ownership – Newly enhanced and accessible landscape should be preserved in perpetuity from any further development, ideally under forms of community ownership (Trusts).
– Consolidating development into compact sites, providing an expanded and improved parkland stretching through the length of the development, rather than a thin buffer.
– Parkland forming continuous green fingers to significantly improve accessibility to landscape .
– Green space incorporating all existing rights of way and enhancing walkable routes to station.
– Allotments, community open space, leisure and playing fields being incorporated into landscape space to enhance active uses and consolidate built development into smaller overall footprint.
– Woodland edges using permeable typologies of villas, houses and mansion blocks with streets connecting directly into woodland walks.
– Smaller areas of woodland and ecology being absorbed into the plan and enhanced with green corridors into wider landscape.


To delete an idea, click on the Idea and find the ellipsis menu at the top right.
There you will find the Delete option.
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Singapore market on-risk for Laos dam disaster
Bernard Goyder
The fallout from the Laos dam disaster that has killed at least 31 people is expected to hit the Singapore casualty market, where a $40mn excess of loss (XoL) liability policy has been placed, The Insurance Insider can reveal.
On 24 July, a saddle dam – the term for a barrage built to contain a reservoir, rather than to produce electricity – failed, causing 5 billion cubic metres of water to gush down the Xe Pian River valley in Laos.
Sources suggested the loss could cost carriers between $50mn and $70mn across multiple policies, but the exact size of the loss will depend heavily on how quickly the project can now be completed.
The dam is covered by at least two policies: a $40mn XoL liability programme placed in Singapore with as-yet unknown carriers; and a construction all-risks policy, placed by Aon Thailand on behalf of the dam's builder the Xe-Pian Xe Namnoy Power Co (PNPC).
Sources have said that AIG leads the construction policy, but that the majority of the loss would instead fall on the casualty market.
This is because the major damage is associated with the flooding which followed the dam breach. The flooding contributed to the Mekong river bursting its banks in southern Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Farmers and businesses in the region are expected to lobby for compensation. The Laotian government has already signed off on a compensation package, with liability insurers on the hook for any subsequent litigation.
It is also unclear as to whether PNPC also took out an environmental liability policy, which could also find itself on risk, following the incident.
AIG has a 25 percent line on the construction all-risks placement. Korean (re)insurers including Korean Re and Samsung Fire & Marine are also understood to be exposed to the construction loss.
The construction insurance policy incepted in 2013.
It is understood that the Korean (re)insurers facultatively reinsured part of their exposure to the dam in the Asian reinsurance market.
There is at least $800mn of property damage coverage on the AIG-led programme. However, very early estimates indicate that only around $10mn-$20mn of property damage coverage may be called into play, as the dam that broke was relatively small.
The construction policy also includes at least $200mn of delay-in-startup (DSU) coverage and $10mn of liability insurance.
DSU coverage is a type of business interruption insurance for power generation projects. DSU indemnifies a power station developer against a delay. Variable factors will include the price of electricity in Laos and Thailand next year, when the project was due to be finished.
The PNCP project is a network of seven dams around the Xe Namnoy reservoir.
The company is a joint venture between South Korean and Thai investors and the Laos government.
SK Engineering & Construction owns 26 percent of the project. Korea Western Power and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating each own a quarter of PNPC, while Laos Holding State Enterprise has a 24 percent stake.
According to the regional authorities, 130 people are still missing. The United Nations reports that 6,000 have been displaced by the deluge.
The humanitarian situation has been exacerbated by Tropical Storm Son-Tinh, which caused flooding in the area on 18 and 19 July, before the dam collapsed. In a further complication, the UN note that Attapeu Province, the region worst hit by floods from the collapsed dam, is "highly contaminated" with unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War.
Aon and AIG declined to comment.
PNPC, Korean Re and Samsung did not respond to requests for comment.
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by james bolin | Jun 23, 2020 | Premium Press Releases
Now offered, all Super Street Fighter arcade games in one solitary arcade machine!
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First, and also primary, if you were a teen throughout the 1990' 2, and even through much of the 2,000's, you would have possibly gamers a couple of Street Fighter arcade games in your time, nevertheless, let us not forget the Super Street Fighter arcade collection.
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Check out every popular Super Street Fighter game ever created. In addition, these impressive as well as remarkable arcade games have once again been re-released in the all new Traditional Arcade Game machine which included 4,500 video arcade games and also marketed by IN THE NEW AGE!
1. Super Street Fighter II Review:
The 4th official installation to the SF2 series, Super Street Fighter 2 makes a name for itself with the most updates the collection has actually seen from a follow up to date. Four colorful new personalities join the legendary roster, consisting of: Cammy, Fei Long, Dee Jay, as well as T. Hawk. Of course, each of the novice's battles by themselves original background, full with some extremely catchy BGMs. Other new additions include: New personality option display art, revamped voice-acting, rebalanced characters, and also updated sound effects & songs. Returning characters have actually also been provided a couple of new strategies.
An additional notable attribute unique to SSF2 is that each personality had eight selectable colors ... (which was practically the best "modification" options you might request in the early 90's!) Gamers can select between a personality's initial color pattern, their color schemes from Champion ion as well as Hyper Fighting, or one of five new color schemes featured in the game. It might not seem like much to some, yet shade options go a long way when thinking about for how long some people play Street Fighter. SSF2 additionally presented a cool in-game "racking up system" which keeps track of combos, first strikes, recuperations, as well as reversals made by the gamer ... yet an additional innovative and captivating fighting game feature of the moment.
In addition to the conventional solitary and 2-player game settings, Super Street Fighter II additionally features "Event Fight," an 8-player single-elimination competition setting. In the arcades, this setting was only available when four SSF2 arcade cabinets were linked and all of them configured to the Competition setting.
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Event Battle includes 3 collections of 4 simultaneous suits: the preliminary eliminations, the semifinals, and the finals. After the initial set mores than, the players are re-arranged accordingly based on their placement: the winning gamers sent to either of the first 2 cabinets, whereas losing players sent out to among the other two. In the finals, the players completing for top place are sent out to the very first cabinet, the third-place players to the second cabinet, and more.
2. Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Street Fighter II Turbo (additionally known as Super Street Fighter II Turbo: The Ultimate Championship) is an affordable fighting game launched for the arcades by Capcom in Japan on February 23, 1994, in North America on February 23and March 26, 1994 (beta) and in Europe in March 1994 (beta). It is the 5th installation in the Street Fighter II sub-series of Street Fighter games, complying with Super Street Fighter II: The New Oppositions. Like its predecessor, it operated on the CP System II equipment.
Super Turbo introduced a number of new gameplay auto mechanics does absent in previous variations of Street Fighter II, including the addition of combination moves called super combos as well as air combos. It likewise presented the secret personality Akuma, who would certainly take place to become a recurring personality in later Street Fighter installations and other Capcom fighting games.
Super Turbo was initially ported to the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, complied with by the PlayStation and also Sega Saturn (under the title of Super Street Fighter II Turbo: The Ultimate Champion) as part of the Street Fighter Collection, as well as for the Dreamcast in Japan under the title of Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service. A remake of the game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 entitled Super
3. Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
While not as much of an industrial success as previous versions of the game, the game was well gotten by critics as well as had a significant effect on the competitive fighting game "e-sport" circuit. Super Street Fighter II Turbo is still played competitively over 20 years after its initial launch and also is the oldest fighting game that still has an active affordable tournament scene throughout the world.
4. Super Street Fighter II: The New Oppositions
Super Street Fighter II: The New Oppositions is a fighting game generated by Capcom originally launched as an arcade game in 1993. It is the 4th arcade version of Street Fighter II produced, complying with the original Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II': Champion ion, and Street Fighter II': Hyper Fighting. It was additionally Capcom's initial ready the CP System II hardware, enabling the incorporation of new graphics and sound over the previous versions. In addition to refining as well as balancing the existing personality roster from the previous installations, Super Street Fighter II also introduced 4 new characters.
Super Street Fighter II was complied with by Super Street Fighter II Turbo, a 5th variation of Street Fighter II released in 1994, which even more refined the balance between personalities as well as introduced additional new functions.
Super Street Fighter II features a new scoring system which kept an eye on combinations, first reversals, healings and attacks made by the player as well as honors the player with incentive factors by carrying out such actions.
An additional renovation from previous games was the turnaround, enabling fast recovery into an attack after landing on the ground or stopping, hence negating the opportunity in previous manifestations of "ticking" one's opponent (i.e., hitting a challenger with a light attack as well as quickly throwing throughout their block computer animation. This was remarkable versus huge personality such as E. Honda).
The faster game speed presented in Hyper Fighting was removed as well as the gameplay is tweakable by pushing the control stick left or right at the title display, in between 1 to 4 stars, with four being the fastest.
New woozy computer animations were also added (such as reaping machines as well as angels). Grim Reapers symbolized a lightheaded that would certainly be tough to recoup from, birds or celebrities stood for a standard recovery time woozy, and angels represented a dizzy that could be run away from swiftly.
Other subtle changes accompanied a lot of the characters: new moves were added and also parameters of the actions were altered, usually making the game a lot more well balanced than its previous models.
The variety of "re-dizzy" combos were significantly lowered. Such combos include carrying out an unlockable combination on a dizzied personality that results in the target character becoming dizzy once more.
A lot of the graphics from the previous Street Fighter II games were either redrawn or recolored. All the stages, face art work, and the HUD feature all new graphics. The original opening series which included two generic martial artists fighting in front of a crowd was changed by a new opening including Ryu launching a Hadoken in the direction of the screen.
New animation frameworks were drawn for all the personalities for their basic and special steps, as well as new success postures. For example, all 4 manager personalities currently have new animation structures for fundamental attacks (Vega as well as Sagat did not have jumping punches in the previous games), while Chun-Li now has a new computer animation for her Kikoken projectile method. The music and sound effects were additionally reprise and new voice samples were tape-recorded for several of the personalities. (i.e.: Ryu and also Ken were offered different voices) Nonetheless, Ryu and Dhalsim still share the exact same groans when KO as well as when tossing the challenger.
Each personality had available 8 color pattern, depending upon which switch was pushed to pick the character. Players could select between a character's original color scheme, their color design from Champ ion and also Hyper Fighting, or among 5 new color schemes featured in the game.
5. Super Street Fighter 2 Tournament Fight
In addition to the typical solitary and two-player game settings, Super Street Fighter II additionally include an unique eight-player single-elimination competition setting dubbed Event Battle. This setting is just offered when 4 Super Street Fighter II arcade game cabinets are linked and all of them configured to "Tournament" mode. The Event Setting contains three sets of four simultaneous suits: the first removals, the semifinals, and also the finals. After the very first collection mores than, the players are re-arranged appropriately based upon their setting: the winning gamers sent to either of the initial 2 cabinets, whereas losing gamers sent out to one of the other 2. In the finals, the players competing for first place are sent to the first cabinet, the third-place gamers to the 2nd cabinet, and more.
Consisted of in the Traditional Arcade Game System, 4-player upright arcade machine is all Street Fighter and also Super Street Fighter video games ever before made:
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- Street Fighter II-Hyper Fighting.
- Street Fighter III second Influence: Titan Attack.
- Street Fighter III third Strike: Defend the Future.
- Street Fighter III: New Generation.
- Street Fighter II-Magic Delta Turbo.
- Street Fighter II-The Globe Warrior.
- Street Fighter Zero.
- Street Fighter Zero 2.
- Street Fighter Absolutely No 3.
- Street Fighter: The Movie.
- Super Street Fighter.
- Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.
- Super Street Fighter 2X.
- Super Street Fighter 2.
- Super Street Fighter 2 The New Oppositions.
- Super Street Fighter 2 The Tournament Fight.
Arcade games that consist of approximately 4,500+ popular video arcade games such as however not restricted to; Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Vermin, Galaga, Street Fighter games, Double Dragon, Metal Slug games, Space Intruders, Planets, Protector, Stargate, NBA Jam, Martial Arts Champ, as well as a lot more!
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Update – January 26, 2010
contributed by Cassandra Chapman, volunteer coordinator from NPH DR and Robin Schwartz
A visiting physician examines a young child in a temporary medical tent
The St. Damien Hospital is looking more and more like its pre-quake self (except for the very visible reminders cracking through the paintwork of most walls). The patients have now been moved inside or transferred to other hospitals. The percentage of children is continually rising, and there are fewer and fewer families camping on the ground. Those families that remain are all living together in one section of the garden.
Today 58 new patients arrived, of which 17 were admitted. We continue operating two surgery rooms inside the hospital and today 13 major surgeries were completed. Four patients, (2 children and 2 adults) were sent to the USS Comfort for treatment.
Volunteers have come and go. One large group of Americn surgeons left this afternoon, and a new group of Italian professionals arrived. We still have a severe shortage of nurses and we are confronting those issues the best we can and searching for nursing backup both in and outside of Haiti.
Today we opened a brand new neo-natal ward. We currently have five mothers and six babies (one set of twins!) in the ward, and another young soul is probably being born as I write this. The babies in this new ward are aged between minutes old up to around two and a half weeks. The smallest weighs in at less than 3 pounds! The Israeli medical team donated the incubators. Other additions to the hospital are a palliative care room, seven post-op tents to receive patients on the property, and the grounds and entire hospital was disinfected by a Slovakian volunteer team.
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To know more about Quantum Life University, we first need to know about the man behind the Vision of Life University – Dr. Newton Kondaveti.
Dr. Newton Kondaveti is a truly multi-dimensional being. He is a Self-Realized Spiritual Master who got enlightened at the age of 22, a qualified Medical Doctor (M.D.), A Master Practitioner and Teacher of Meditation, An internationally acclaimed expert on Reincarnation & Law of Karma, A Master Past Life Regression Therapist, A Master Rebirther, A Researcher of the Paranormal, An Expert in Mind-Body-Spirit Integration, A Holistic Healer, A Teacher of Self-Empowerment…..the list goes on and on! During nearly two decades of work in these areas, Dr. Newton has been a much sought after teacher even by those who are themselves teachers in the fields of Holistic Health, Alternative Healing, and Self-Empowerment! Although he has come to be recognized as a teacher of teachers, at heart he is always the eternal student, Humility and Unconditional Love being his hallmarks.
Nearly two decades of exemplary work and travelling to over forty countries have made him realize that all over the world, the kind of education that was being provided was focusing on a very narrow aspect of the human capabilities – our reasoning & analytical abilities. Moreover, the systems of education are very limiting in nature and do not provide the environment or impetus that are required for the blossoming of our multi-dimensional capabilities. As a result, educational institutions of today have become like factories, each churning out machines of a particular specification! They are unable to provide education that helps people to become better and more importantly happier human beings.
Once we understand these facts about our true nature, we realize how our 'mechanistic' view of ourselves, our world, and our Universe has to be replaced with a 'holistic' view. A mechanistic view tells us that the whole is equal to the sum of its parts (just like in a machine). The holistic view tells us that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In other words, we are much more than what we perceive ourselves to be. Though we are all part of it, each one of us (through our individual choices and actions) changes the environment that we live in. The environment is not just our immediate neighborhood; this holds true for the world as well as the Universe! Therefore every individual is very important to the existence of the Universe, as everything and everyone exists in relationship to everything and everyone else. Compare this with the mechanistic view where many things and many people are considered unnecessary and dispensable in our lives!
All these profound teachings were taught in a most simple and practical manner, and in a way that made sure that the students were able to observe the essence of these teachings in their daily lives. The teachers too practiced what they preached, and were the living examples of their teachings. At the same time, students were imparted the skills required to earn their livelihood. Equal emphasis was given to vocational skills and spiritual wisdom. There was a perfect balance of the material and spiritual aspects, and it was clearly taught that spiritual growth did not mean an alienation or avoidance of their normal lives.
The inspiration to start Life University came to Dr. Newton from his own past life wherein he was an 'Acharya' (teacher) at the ancient university of Takshashila in one of his past lives. In that life, he taught Buddhist scriptures with a special emphasis on 'reincarnation' and 'law of karma'. Out of his many past life visions, the visions from this life were the most relevant to the purpose of his present life. This is evident because his main work now is to help empower people through past life regression and other ways by enabling them to understand and overcome the obstacles caused by limiting beliefs carried from past lives. The scope of this work has now got enlarged with the commencement of Life University.
A school for children of ages 5 to 18.
An eco-friendly and self-sustaining campus.
A large Pyramid with a peaceful Meditation Centre.
A Library with the world's largest collection of Spiritual Books.
A resort that will enable people to experience what it is to be at Life University.
Be a fountainhead of Spiritual Wisdom for the world.
Provide the ideal training ground for both students and teachers alike.
Bring all the teachings of great masters from across the world onto a single platform.
Enable people to see the 'big picture' and understand that mankind is continuously evolving.
Guide people in their quest to find answers to all the unanswered questions plaguing mankind.
"LET THERE BE Life University"…….
And we can see that 'Life University' has already manifested!
Truly, we are all created in the image and likeness of God and hence we are all powerful creators!
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A 29-year-old man was arrested on Nov. 26 after driving his car onto the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond and then attempting to flee the scene on foot. He was allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time the incident occurred.
According to media reports, the defendant sped through the main gate of the Capitol grounds at approximately 3 p.m. As he drove toward the Executive Mansion, an officer was forced to jump out of the way to avoid being struck. He continued driving until he reached the steps in front of the Capitol Building. He then exited his vehicle and ran up a hill toward Bank Street. The man was then quickly apprehended.
The defendant, who was not wearing a shirt or shoes, was arrested and charged with assault on a law enforcement officer, driving under the influence of drugs, driving with a revoked license, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying an open container of alcohol. According to police, Gov. Ralph Northam and his wife had been at the Executive Mansion on the day of the incident. No one was injured. The Capitol Police said they would evaluate their security procedures to see if improvements could be made.
Defendants convicted of drunk driving charges could be sentenced to jail time and heavy fines. They could also lose their driving privileges. However, a defense attorney could review a case and develop a defense strategy to fight the charges. For example, in some cases, it may be possible to challenge the accuracy of any blood alcohol or field sobriety tests that were performed. In other cases, it may be possible to arrange a plea deal that reduces the charges.


The ethos within The Henry Cort Community College is promoted through a broad set of common values and purposes which underpin the college curriculum and our wider work, including our PSHE, Citizenship, RE and Drop Down Wednesday programme. These include valuing ourselves, our families and other relationships, the wider groups to which we belong.
We are committed to the virtues of truth, justice, honesty and a sense of moral duty. These common values are delivered through the themes of social, moral, spiritual and cultural (SMSC) development which permeate the curriculum and life of The Henry Cort Community College. By instilling and developing these values in our students, we believe that they will leave us as thoughtful, responsible, engaged memebers of society.


After all the hype around my paid pattern, The Cupcake Doll, I wanted to let the community know I will still offer free patterns, too. Also, with Valentine's around the corner and wanting something festive to wear for the holiday, I whipped up a fun little Valentine's Earwarmer pattern using a fun little stitch called the Heart Stitch. This pattern is quick to work up, too!
Long double crochet (Ldc): Insert hook in st indicated and draw up lp to height of working row; yo and draw through 2 lps on hook.
Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in next 8 sts. Change to secondary color, sl in next st, sk 2 sts, *Shell Stitch [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in next st, sk 2 sts, sl st in next st* repeat 7 times. Change back to main color, sc in last 8 sts.
Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc in next 8 sts, Ldc over sl st, *ch 1, 3 sc in ch 1 from prev row, ch 1, Ldc over sl st* repeat 7 times, sc in last 8 sts.
Row 5-10: Repeat rows 2-4 twice. Alternatively, skip working rows 5-10 for a fun headband.
Working on the raw side of the earwarmer.
Row 1: ch 1, Do Not Turn, sc in next 2 rows, ch 6, sk 6 rows, sc in last 2 rows.
Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in next 2 sts, 6 sc in ch-6 sp from prev row, sc in last 2 sts. FO. Sew on button.
Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in next 8 sts. Change to secondary color, sl in next st, sk 2 sts, *Shell Stitch [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in next st, sk 2 sts, sl st in next st* repeat 8 times. Change back to main color, sc in last 8 sts.
Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc in next 8 sts, Ldc over sl st, *ch 1, 3 sc in ch 1 from prev row, ch 1, Ldc over sl st* repeat 8 times, sc in last 8 sts.
Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in next 8 sts. Change to secondary color, sl in next st, sk 2 sts, *Shell Stitch [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in next st, sk 2 sts, sl st in next st* repeat 9 times. Change back to main color, sc in last 8 sts.
Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc in next 8 sts, Ldc over sl st, *ch 1, 3 sc in ch 1 from prev row, ch 1, Ldc over sl st* repeat 9 times, sc in last 8 sts.