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Claims the government could delay the UK's departure from the EU have been described as "idle chatter" by a senior Brexit campaigner.

John Redwood said PM Theresa May wanted to "get on with it" and trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - which officially begins Brexit.

Mrs May has said she will not invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty this year.

It was widely thought it would be triggered at the start of next year.

Earlier Downing Street did not comment on press reports Article 50 might not be triggered in 2017.

Following the UK's vote to leave the EU, some Leave campaigners have been calling for Article 50 - which starts a two-year Brexit process - to be triggered immediately.

Mrs May, who is currently on holiday inMP and veteran Eurosceptic Mr Redwood told the BBC he did not "buy" reports of a delay, saying they were "idle chatter by people who don't know the prime minister's mind".

He said his understanding was that Mrs May did not want the issue dominating the next Parliament and wanted to "get on with it".

Brexit, he added, "can happen pretty quickly".

Over the weekend, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he would consider returning to the political frontline if Brexit was not delivered, tweeting that he was "starting to detect a lot of frustration" from people who had voted Leave.

It comes after a reported turf war between two of the ministers responsible for making Brexit happen - Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox.

According to a letter


obtained by the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Fox launched a bid to take over some of the powers of Mr Johnson's department.

Mr Fox wrote to Mr Johnson to say responsibility for economic diplomacy should be moved from the Foreign Office to his International Trade Department.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boris Johnson and Liam Fox both campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union

Responsibility for delivering Brexit is split between three cabinet posts and departments: Mr Johnson at the Foreign Office, Mr Fox at International Trade, and Mr Davis, Secretary of State for exiting the European Union.

The latter two departments were created in light of Britain's vote to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June.

In his letter, Mr Fox suggested that it would be "rational" to handcontrol of the Foreign Office's overseas economic policy to his department so that it could "take clear leadership of the trade and investment agenda".

'Clear leadership'

He said it had become "clear" to him since taking up his new post that "existing cross-Whitehall structures have meant that HM Government has not taken the holistic approach it might have" in this area.

"For British trade to flourish there are clear requirements on us: to build the trade framework in markets through trade policy, to establish the conditions for trade and investment through foreign diplomacy, and to reap the harvest of those efforts," he said.

"The role played by economic diplomacy is crucial to delivery of the objectives I have been set by the prime minister as international trade secretary and I believe it


policy, including its trade and economic policy, which he said the department took "very seriously."

Mr Burt told BBC Radio 4's The World At One it was "inevitable" there would be tensions as new departments tried to establish themselves.

He said Mr Johnson, Mr Fox and Mr Davis did not have a track record as "team players" but that they now needed to "put those personalities together".County Jail with the remaining portion of her sentences to be suspended. The defendant appeals as of right from an order entered by the Carroll County Circuit Court denying the defendant's motion to declare that she had served her ten-day period of confinement after she was prematurely released for the birth of her child. We affirm the trial court.
The defendant and three codefendants were indicted for the Class E felony of vandalism of property worth more than five hundred dollars but less than one thousand dollars and the misdemeanors of assault and theft of property valued at less than five hundred dollars. Upon an agreement with the state, the defendant entered guilty pleas to misdemeanor vandalism and misdemeanor theft and agreed to the sentences that were imposed. Her


On her third day of confinement, December 4, 1995, the defendant began showing signs of labor at approximately 1:00 a.m. The jailer and a deputy transported the defendant to Methodist Hospital in McKenzie, Tennessee, at 3:40 a.m. The hospital determined that the defendant had to be transported to a hospital in Jackson, Tennessee, because the baby was in breech. At 4:55 a.m., the Carroll County Sheriff's Department released the defendant from custody. The defendant was then transported to the hospital in Jackson, apparently by ambulance.
On January 8, 1996, the state made an oral motion to grant the defendant a medical furlough. Over the objection of the defendant's trial counsel, the trial court granted the state's motion, stating that "this was a matter, I think, that was addressed toFebruary 14, 1996. At the hearing, Lisa Byars, who was employed as a jailer for the Carroll County Sheriff's Department at the time of the defendant's incarceration and release, testified that the defendant began showing signs of labor at approximately 1:00 a.m. on December 4, 1995. She said that at that time she called the chief jailer and the nurse assigned to the Carroll County Jail, and they told her to observe the defendant. During this period, the defendant asked her whether she would be taken to the hospital. After obtaining approval from the chief jailer, Jailer Byars and another deputy transported the defendant to the hospital around 3:30 a.m. Jailer Byars stated that she stayed with the defendant and the deputy remained in the front part of


the hospital. She testified that the deputy later informed her that he had spoken to the chief jailer who had determined that it was necessary to release her because she was in labor.
At 4:55 a.m., Jailer Byars released the defendant from the custody of the Carroll County Sheriff's Department. Jailer Byars stated that the reason the defendant was being released was because the defendant had to be transported to a hospital located in Jackson due to complications with her delivery. Jailer Byars said that she did not tell the defendant anything regarding the service of the remainder of her sentence.
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The new ad reservations include $3 million more for the remainder of August and nearly $77 million for September and October in the eight states, the aide said. The campaign is targeting Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In addition, Clinton is continuing to advertise in the Omaha market in Nebraska, one of only two states that awards its electoral votes based on performance in congressional districts.

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Debt reduction, largely through rejigging its vast cable holdings, is the central task of top managers at Time Warner Inc after the $7.5 billion Turner deal, senior executives said on Wednesday.
The company, which last week took control of Turner Broadcasting System Inc, is in active discussions aimed at restructuring its troubled cable-television partnership with U S West Media Group, the executives said.
One Time Warner executive said the talks with U S West are likely to quicken and could yield a deal within months.
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But at that moment the same monk who had been there before entered the inn, and with him two others, older then him. The servants of the monastery carried behind them willow baskets which contained bottles of wine and some tidbits. The two monks greeted the duchess and again reproached her for not going directly to the abbey. She explained to them again, that having slept during the day, she was traveling at night for coolness, therefore she did not need any sleep, and as she did not wish to awaken the good abbot nor the monks, she preferred to stop in an inn to stretch her legs.

After exchange of pleasant words, it was finally agreed, that after the morning mass, the duchesswith her court would have breakfast and rest in the monastery. The monks also invited the noblemen from Masovia and Krakow, and Macko of Bogdaniec who was going to the monastery anyway, to deposit his wealth acquired in the war and as a gift from Duke Witold. This treasure was destined to buy back the Bogdaniec estate. Young Zbyszko did not hear the invitation, because he had rushed to his wagon which was guarded by his servants, to procure better apparel for himself. He ordered his chests to be carried to a room in the inn and there he began to dress. First he hastily combed his hair and put it in a silk net ornamented with amber beads, and in the front with real pearls. Then he


put on a coat of white silk embroidered with golden griffins, he put on a golden belt from which was hanging a small sword in an ivory scabbard ornamented with gold. Everything was new, shining and free of spots of blood, although it had been taken as booty from a knight who served with the Teutonic Knights. Then Zbyszko put on trousers, one part had red and green stripes, the other part, yellow and purple, and both ended at the top like a checkered chessboard. After that he put on red shoes with long points. Fresh and handsome he went into the room.

As he stood in the door, his appearance made a great impression. The duchess seeing now what a handsome knight had vowed to Danusia, was stillmore pleased. Danusia jumped toward him. But either the hansom look of the young man or the sounds of admiration from the courtiers caused her to pause before she reached him, she suddenly dropped her eyes and joining her hands together, begin to wring her fingers in confusion.After her, others came closer: the duchess herself, the courtiers, the musicians and the monks. All wanted to see him. The young Masovian girls were looking at him as at a rainbow, each regretting that he had not chosen her. The older ones admired the costly dress. So, a circle of curious ones was formed around him. Zbyszko stood in the center with a boastful smile on his youthful face, and turned slightly, so that they could see him better.


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At the southernmost tip of Costa Blanca is La Manga, which can be easily reached from Alicante. Situated at the start of the Costa Callide ‘the warm coast’, the area's desirable climate makes it popular all year-round. La Manga offers an abundance of golf courses, including the famous La Manga Golf Course. Pass the attractive town of Torrevieja en route and spend some time at Mar Menor, Europe’s largest saltwater lake – its shallow, calm lagoon is a popular choice with families.

Head north along the coastal route taking in Villajoysa, a small fishing village. Carry on further northwards and catch a glimpse of the beaches of lively Benidorm, quaint Altea and picturesque Calpe. Visit the caves at Vall d'Ebo and then move


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"Only four bottles will go on auction with 100 percent
of the proceeds going to the Russian LGBT Network in support of Chechen gay
rights – this is an IPA that makes an impact," a Mikkeller representative
wrote on Facebook, according to the Copenhagen Post.

"Stay gay (and thirsty)!" the post ended.

The IPA was created in collaboration with Chinese
microbrewery Great Leap Brewing.

The brew has generated approval on the brewery's Facebook
page, but some naysayers registered their complaints.

"Hi Mikkeller HQ you're probably brewing the best beers
in the world but you should just brew beer and not do politics. Thanks,"
wrote Gus Berthollier in a June 16 post.

Pride month has rung in firsts for LGBT officials in
Ireland, Serbia, and Nepal.

Ireland

In Ireland, Leo Varadkar formally became the country's prime
minister after a 57-50 vote June 14 in theIrish Parliament.

The opposition Fianna Fail party, led by Michael Martin,
abstained its 47 votes to allow Varadkar to take over as Taoiseach, or prime
minister, according to media reports.

Varadkar, 38, and leader of the Fine Gael party, is the
Emerald Isle's first gay and youngest person to serve in the high-ranking
position.

Former Prime Minister Enda Kenny told parliament before the
vote, "As the country's youngest holder of this office, he speaks for a
new generation of Irish women and Irish men, he represents a modern, diverse
and inclusive Ireland and speaks for them like no other."

Varadkar succeeded Kenny, who retired.

In his acceptance speech, Varadkar harnessed youthful energy
and vision for Ireland, arguing that the politics of the past were no longer
fit for the nation's purpose.

"The government that I lead will not be one of left or
right


because those old divisions do not comprehend the political challenges of
today," he said, according to media reports.

Pulse, an Irish publication, reported that Varadkar is
regarded as relatively liberal on social issues, but criticized by opposition
parties for his "right-wing economic views."

The new prime minister is the son of an Indian-born father
and Irish mother. He was born in Dublin in 1979. In 2015, he came out publicly
in the run-up to the public vote to legalize same-sex marriage throughout
Ireland.

Before becoming prime minister, Varadkar was appointed or
elected to many government positions. He initially followed in his father's
footsteps becoming a doctor, however, he returned to his original interest in
politics that he took up as a teenager. He was elected as councilor in 2004. He
later was appointed to minister for transport, tourism and sport; health
minister;and minister of welfare. In 2007, he was elected to the Irish
Parliament, representing West Dublin.

Serbia

Last week, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic nominated
political newcomer Ana Brnabic, a gay woman, as the country's prime
minister-designate to lead the conservative southeast European nation.

Ultimately, it's a watershed moment for the conservative
Balkans as Brnabic, 41, could become the country's first out and first female
prime minister in Serbia's history, according to media reports.

Next week parliament, which is led by Vucic's populist
Progressive Party, will meet to formally approve or decline Brnabic's cabinet.

Brnabic, who has spent less than a year in Serbian politics,
isn't affiliated with any political party, but appears to be loyal to Vucic.

Last August, Brnabic was appointed as minister of public
administration and local government, reported the Telegraph. Prior to taking
the government position, she spent a decade


working for international
organizations, foreign investors, local governments, and the public sector in
Serbia, reported First Post.

"I would like to thank the president for placing
enormous trust in my capabilities to lead the government," said Brnabic,
who has sought to slash Serbia's stifling bureaucracy as minister for public
administration, reported the Irish Times.

She vowed to work "honestly and with passion" for
"citizens who expect to feel the results of the government's work through
better quality of life," she added.

Brnabic doesn't believe that her sexual orientation is of
any importance and won't interfere with her work, she told RTV.

"I don't like when being gay is used as an indicator of
personality. Why is that important?" she said.

However, the decision to nominate Brnabic was difficult but
"reached in the interest of Serbia and its citizens," Vucic told
reporters.

A former extremist-turned-reformist, Vucic,who won the
presidency in a landslide election in April, has promised to boost LGBT rights
as a part of efforts to move Serbia closer to European Union membership,
reported ABC News.

"I believe Ana Brnabic has all the personal qualities
and expertise," Vucic told the media, according to the Times. "I am
confident she will work hard, show respect to political parties and work for
the benefit of Serbia with other ministers."

The move has infuriated conservative factions, the Christian
Orthodox Church, and ultranationalists who are pro-Russia, according to media
reports.

"Is it possible that the ruling majority has no other
candidate for the prime minister-designate but one imposed by the West, which
dictates all moves by this government?" the opposition Dveri party asked,
reported the Times.

Dragan Markovic Palma, an outspoken nationalist whose small
party is a member of the ruling coalition,


declared, "Ana Brnabic is not
my prime minister."

His ideal Serbian prime minister is someone who "should
be a family man who knows what children are," the paper reported.

In Sputnik, a Russian media outlet, far-right conservative
Vojislav Seselj blamed the West for placing strong pressure on Vucic to select
Brnabic.

Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Brnabic, who is fluent in English
and Russian, completed her undergraduate studies at Northwood University in the
United States and received her MBA in marketing from Hull University in the
United Kingdom in 2001. She returned to Serbia, working in the wind power
industry and on multiple development projects funded by the United States
Agency for International Development, according to media reports.

Brnabic has won multiple awards recognizing her
accomplishments in business.

Currently, Brnabic is a board member of PEXIM Foundation, a
scholarship organization for Serbian and Macedonian studentsidentified as
talent to help accelerate development in economic and social spheres, according
to media reports.

Nepal

Nepal has its first out transgender candidate, Aanik Rana
Magar, running for local office.

Magar, who identifies as third gender, filed her nomination
to run for ward eight of the Tilotama Municipality in Western Nepal as the Naya
Shakti Nepal Party candidate in the second phase local election, reported
Pahichan.

Nepal legally recognized the third gender in 2015.

The Naya Shakti Nepal Party was created by former Prime
Minister Baburam Bhattarai to encourage and give a vehicle for political
leaders to be publicly elected rather than by members of parliament, reported
Pink News.

Magar, a social worker and LGBT activist, perceives her bid
for office as a victory, whether or not she wins her seat. She said that her
campaign would bring visibility to gender and sexual minority


communities in
Nepal.

"In the elections, victory or defeat is a normal
process, but I think my candidacy itself is a victory for me," she said, noting
that her candidacy would "provide a further boost for the members of the
community" and "contribute" to bring changes for the LGBT
community, reported Pahichan.

Nepal recently passed a new constitution, which included
protections against discrimination of LGBT people. The constitution was hailed
by the Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign as a "historic first
for a nation in Asia," reported Pink News.Anonymous is loosely organized, with no clear leadership structure.

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The US state of Georgia is delving into a claim that a misplaced electronic ballot box may have swung a key vote.

On November 3, in the county of DeKalb just east of Atlanta, LaVista Hills held a vote on whether to become a city. In a closely run race, the motion was defeated by 136 votes – less than one per cent of the electorate.

Leonard Piazza, who works in the county's office of voter registration and elections, claims a mislaid memory stick is proof the count was bungled – or worse, rigged.

On Thursday, he told Channel 2 Action News he found a memory card of the type used by the state's voting machines loose in the office, and fears votes stored on the device were not counted.

Citizens inthe state use Diebold computers to vote in elections and referendums, their votes being electronically stored and counted.

Piazza claims that when he told his superior about the misplaced memory stick, and the possibility of uncounted votes, she refused to investigate it, and placed him on administrative leave.

On the orders of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a formal investigation is now underway into Piazza's claims: officials have confiscated the memory stick and one of DeKalb County's voting machines used in the LaVista Hills ballot.

"As Secretary of State I take any allegations of elections fraud seriously," said Kemp.

"Given the serious nature of these allegations, I have asked the Center for Election Systems at Kennesaw State University and the GBI [George Bureau of Investigation] to assist in this investigation. I


asked the GBI to assist due to the alleged theft of secured memory cards and fraud allegations. Once completed, the investigation will be presented to the state elections Board. We will have no further comment until that time."

Meanwhile, Piazza himself has come under scrutiny. He previously worked for an election board in Pennsylvania before being let go. He sued his former employer over claims that he was removed from his job because he wanted to expose corruption in the voting system.

Piazza's boss Maxine Daniels says the whole thing is a case of a disgruntled employee making waves, and insists the vote was fair. ®that point," Ross says.

Todd Ross Todd Ross is shown in 1989.

But the question tailed him as much as the image of that light blue K-car, the one they'd send for him. The one he was certain he could spot following him down the street some days. Ross knew that people from the special investigations unit had visited his small hometown of St. Stephen, N.B. They had spoken with the former commanding officer from Ross' time in the army cadets, where he excelled as the province's best. They even interviewed the guy who owned the camera shop next to the bank where his mother worked. "I felt like there was no stone left unturned that they didn't go after. That they had fully dissected every part of my history."

Whenever


they came by, flashing cards identifying themselves as SIU, Ross would be called to the gangplank over the ship's public address system. It was unfathomable to his shipmates on the HMCS Saskatchewan, docked at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in B.C., that he was ostensibly being probed for espionage, Ross says. At the time, he was a naval combat information operator. The interrogations were a lot like what you'd see on crime TV shows, Ross says. Usually they'd put him in a room alone for about an hour before coming in to pepper him. "I knew absolutely it was because I was gay," he says. One day, he'd had enough. "So, when they came to the question... 'Are you gay?'... I said yes. It was almost like they closednamed Pierre Trudeau proclaimed the state had no place in the bedrooms of the nation and Canada decriminalized consensual homosexual acts in 1969. It is estimated that from the late 1950s to early 1990s, thousands of gay and lesbian Canadians were fired, released from the military, denied promotions, or otherwise demoted because of their sexuality. It's a shameful chapter of this country's past that one expert believes is not fully understood by many Canadians, continuing the legacy of secrecy surrounding a Cold War-era program initiated at the very highest levels of the federal government.

Adrian Wyld/CP Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a Pride flag raising ceremony on Parliament Hill on June 1, 2016.

"The ostensible reason (for the purge) was that lesbians and gay men were supposed to


be a national security risk because we suffered from this supposed character weakness," explains Laurentian University sociologist Gary Kinsman. The enduring belief of the day was that gay or lesbian Canadians in the public service or military, then mostly closeted, would be more vulnerable to blackmail from Soviet agents or other foreign enemies. But Kinsman, who co-authored "The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation," is quick to note purges happened before the 1950s. During the Second World War, for example, homosexuals could be discharged for having "a psychopathic personality with abnormal sexuality." A panel to weed out national security threats was established by the cabinet defence committee in 1946 and later expanded to include the RCMP and other government departments. After 1958, the panel beganaggressively searching for gay civil servants through interrogations and surveillance of bars and hangouts. It initially focused largely on the navy and External Affairs and broadened to other parts of the public service in the 1960s, Kinsman says. Friends and acquaintances turned on each other under the threat of criminal charges. The campaign in the U.S. was very public, very visible against what they would have referred to as sexual deviants in the public service. The campaign in Canada was kept as secret and as privatized as possible.Gary Kinsman, Laurentian University sociologist Though gay Canadians were supposed to be the ones susceptible to coercion and intimidation, Kinsman says it was actually the RCMP and security forces doing the blackmailing, resulting in a database of 9,000 "suspected homosexuals" by


the late 1960s. The campaign was initiated later than a similar effort in the United States and much more discreetly, he says. "The campaign in the U.S. was very public, very visible against what they would have referred to as sexual deviants in the public service," Kinsman says. "The campaign in Canada was kept as secret and as privatized as possible." It's one reason a public apology is so needed, he says, adding that the "network of surveillance and interrogation" expelled people from the fabric of the nation and pushed some to take their own lives. Germany has already accepted recommendations of compensation for LGBT people who faced historic discrimination. Daniel Andrews, premier of the Australian state of Victoria, apologized last year for similar policies of "state-sanctioned homophobia"that ruined lives. "These purge campaigns are a major part of how the social relations of the closet — what some people would describe as having to live a double-life, being heterosexual at work in the public service or military but being lesbian or gay underground, on the side — these policies helped put that in place," Kinsman says. And not only did the decriminalization of homosexual acts in 1969 and passage of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 fail to make things easier, such steps may have paradoxically helped ramp up efforts because of a sense that the window to act was closing. At least that's the position of the activist lawyer now leading a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit against the federal government, seeking


redress for all those who were wronged. *** Martine Roy remembers a K-car, too. She was just pretending to be a victim that day at CFB Borden, 100 kilometres north of Toronto, when the strange vehicle showed up on the base. Roy, who joined the military in 1981 at the age of 19, was training at the time to become a medical assistant. Roy naively thought she was being asked for directions when called over to meet the men in the vehicle. "I really thought they were lost civilians that ended up in the field and that I had to take them back," she says over the phone while preparing for Pride events in her native Montreal. After she got in the car, the men from the SIUdrove her to a small building at the edge of the base that she didn't know existed. Roy was interrogated for almost five hours about her sex life. They had received word that she was a lesbian.

Martine Roy Martine Roy joined the military in 1981 at the age of 19.

Roy told them she had a boyfriend, which was technically true. At that point she had fallen for a young woman she met at a hospital but both decided it would look better to keep their male partners. "I could not tell you if I was gay or straight or bi or what," Roy says now. "I knew I liked people." Her interrogators pressed for intimate details about the boyfriend. How many times do you see him? How many


times have you had sex? What type of intercourse do you have? Is there penetration? After a while, Roy says she was told that if she was honest about her "perversions," she could continue to serve. So, she opened up about her secret relationship and promised never to see that girl again. "They told me they would keep me because I was honest." She soon began a two-year contract at the DND's medical centre in Ottawa but dread followed her. Roy was always worried she was being watched, always felt a chip on her shoulder. Roy was summoned to see a psychiatrist to determine if she was abnormal and, over several sessions, tried to make the case she wasn't a sexual deviant.

Martine Roy Martine Roy is shown withshe says. "It took me about 10 years to make it back from that." She returned to Quebec without a pension, she says, feebly seeking answers from everyone from her local MP to her priest. "I was destroyed," Roy says of the reckless, restless years that followed. "And like a good destroyed person, I went into drugs." I tried to tell them I made a mistake. Sorry. I won't do it again.Martine Roy Roy says she has since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. "Everything comes back when I start talking about it again," she says. Even after getting sober, the feeling of being cast aside from the military often made it a struggle for her to sustain the trust needed in relationships. Roy says a job at


IBM, where she was finally comfortable enough to be her authentic self, helped her regain the years she lost. She's embraced activistism and became a founding member of Pride At Work Canada, a non-profit organization promoting workplaces that support LGBT employees. She got married in April and along with her wife, Jessica Paul, is raising a daughter named Cascia, who is almost two. The couple is expecting a second child in November. Roy, now 53, counts herself lucky compared to others who were not able to fight their way back. "It changed my whole life. It made me, maybe, stronger," she reflects. "But not everybody made it. Some died; some just got married because they didn't want anybody to know they were gay. The impact on people fromsomething like that is astronomical." She never thought, decades later, she would be bracing for the apology she deserves. "Imagine. Thirty years." *** Ross wanted to kill himself. The first time, back on the ship, he took a bunch of vitamins because he couldn't find pills. "That didn't work, obviously," he says, laughing. "I had a healthy glow afterwards." The second time, shortly after his release, Ross was clawing at his wrists. "I could not envision a life as a gay person. That, to me, was an unavailable scenario for anyone," Ross says. "I didn't think it was something that people could do." After the final interrogation, Ross agreed to give SIU access to all his documents, from personal photos to shoeboxes filled with letters, including ones from


his grandmother.

Todd Ross Todd Ross was selected as the top army cadet in New Brunswick in 1987.

Ross was later told his security clearance was being stripped because of a picture of him and his three colleagues standing behind a large radar computer in their workspace. A radio frequency could be seen on a wall. He was offered an honourable discharge or a demotion that would mean performing general duties on the base, such as sweeping. He took the discharge in June 1990 because at that point his passion for the military had been snuffed out. Ross received about $1,500 he paid into his pension over two-and-a-half years — money he later blew hitchhiking in Europe — and had his futon shipped back East. He returned to St. Stephen,but couldn't come to terms with explaining why his budding military career had ended. After a year at the University of New Brunswick — where Ross had a girlfriend "just to confuse Mom," he teases — he headed back to B.C. and found work at a vegetarian juice bar. "I still had that fear of judgment and disgracing my family and all of those things that go through your mind. So, I moved to the farthest point in Canada where there was a gay community." It probably took me 20 years before I was able to sing the words to 'O Canada.'Todd Ross When he finally told his family the truth, Ross says they were very supportive. His brother, who also joined the military in the '80s, is


still active in the armoured corps. Ross chokes up when he recalls the message he received one day from his sister, now a RCMP officer, who wrote: "I just realized what you went through." "The realization of the year-and-a-half investigation that I'd always talked about was actually an investigation about me being gay, that hit them when I came out," he says. "So, they had a fuller understanding of what I'd gone through." He returned to Toronto chasing love and, after years working sales at Holt Renfrew, landed a job with Ontario MPP George Smitherman. When Smitherman was appointed health minister in 2003, Ross moved with him to that office but initially feared the Ontario Provincial Police might deny him clearance because of his discharge. In 2013, Rossplaintiffs in a class action suit launched against the Government of Canada last March in Federal Court. A third plaintiff, former postal clerk Alida Satalic from Nova Scotia, says in court documents that she also took an honourable release in 1989 after admitting she was gay after similar, graphic interrogations. The class action combines separate lawsuits into one, with legal teams in Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax. One of the driving forces behind the action, Douglas Elliott, is perhaps best known as a leading lawyer in the successful fights for marriage equality and securing survivor pension benefits for widowed same-sex partners. Elliott estimates as many as 9,000 people could end up being included in the class action. They are seeking in excess of $600 million in damages.

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Elliott speaks at a press conference in Toronto on Nov. 27, 2001.

Elliott says he was motivated to take action because the government did not respond promptly to the recommendations from a report he helped author for Egale, a national group promoting LGBT rights. The "Just Society" report, released the day after a massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub in June 2016, urged the government to, among many other things, provide an apology, pardons, and redress for those swept up in the LGBT purge. "Days went by and weeks went by and we had many positive statements from the prime minister but no action," Elliott says. The class action is filed on behalf of current or former members of the CAF or federal public service who were "investigated, discharged,terminated, sanctioned or faced threat of sanction" from the government because of their sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity between June 27, 1969 to the present day. The 1969 cutoff was chosen because that is when homosexual acts were decriminalized and Elliott says the government could likely have argued "they were entitled to fire criminals." It was a logical call, but a tough one. Elliott is hoping a compensation package could be in place, at least in principle, in time to harmonize with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's apology. The government has also promised legislation to expunge the records of gay and lesbian Canadians convicted of crimes because of their sexuality, including gross indecency.

Elliott is optimistic the case will settle, avoiding a messy legal battle. "I've never had


been an attitude in Canada that, well, let's just forget about the past and move on. I think we've learned from residential schools, in particular, that's not good enough. "You can't really move on until you've addressed the injustices of the past." *** Michelle Douglas still feels badly for that young woman who was made to feel like a criminal, not so long ago. The one who was forced to concede she was gay, to catch up to her government's label, while attached to a polygraph machine after a "very intense period of harassment." The one who was dismissed in 1989 as being "not advantageously employable due to homosexuality." "All I knew was that I was just in love with a woman," Douglas says. Her first love, infact. She took to the military in a way she didn't expect and says she graduated as a top candidate in every course she took.

Michelle Douglas Michelle Douglas sued the federal government after the military deemed her not advantageously employable due to homosexuality.

But Douglas always knew her sexuality was something to be hidden, despite the discreet club of lesbians in the military. When she was moved into the SIU as an officer, a unit tasked with the investigation of very serious crime and allegations of homosexuality, Douglas feared it wouldn't be long until she faced questions. It happened about a month into her post. Douglas denied her relationship as she was grilled for two days in a hotel. When she was later flown to Ottawa to face a


was seen as a possible solution to both. In 1961, the federal government sent Carleton University psychology professor Frank Robert Wake to the U.S. to study the development of technology to detect if someone was gay. He returned with a proposal for what he dubbed the "special project," a battery of tests to determine who was gay by monitoring everything from anxiety to sweat.

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Defendants' counsel first learned at the commencement of the trial that Dr. Repsher had been subpoenaed to testify. This was six days prior to his being called; however, during this six-day period, Dr. Repsher was unavailable until the weekend prior to his scheduled testimony, when he could be reached by telephone. No summary of Dr. Repsher's testimony was made available to the defendants, and their first opportunity to interview


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In light of these principles, the court is now in a position to determine defendant Wilson's sentence.
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The court finds the following facts: defendant Wilson robbed three bank tellers at gunpoint. On October 30, 2003, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Wilson ran into the Intermountain Credit Union in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was wearing a hooded mask, a black fleece shirt, dark pants, and white cross-trainer style shoes. He was brandishing what appeared to be a sawed-off shotgun. Wilson leaped onto the teller


counter then jumped down behind the counter demanding money. Three tellers were on duty, two behind the teller counter and a third was using a telephone. The defendant pointed his weapon at two of the tellers, demanding they open their money drawers. As they opened their drawers, he stuffed money into his pants pockets and continued to demand more money. After obtaining approximately $13,626, he fled the credit union in a late model 1980s gray or silver sedan. According to the victims, Wilson's hooded mask had unusually large holes for the mouth and eyes. Despite his wearing a mask, the tellers were able to provide detailed descriptions of the defendant's facial features. The tellers were able to approximate the defendant's height at 5 feet 7 inches, and hisweight at approximately 160 pounds.
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Reed students dress as Greek gods outside humanities lecture in 2012. Nudity at a similar event in 2013 prompted a Title IX investigation.
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The students who play the part of Greek gods and greet freshmen on their way to the first humanities lecture—collectively known as the Pantheon—will keep their robes on next fall, organizers declared at a community forum held by the Honor Council last week.

“No one will be naked next year,” said environmental studies major Elaine Andersen ’16, one of the HumPlayers, the student group that puts on the Pantheon.

The event, which has been staged for the last five years, typically involves male and female sophomores and upperclassmen who dress up as Greek divinities on the steps of Vollum Lecture Hall


through the Honor Principle rather than file a Title IX complaint. Dean of Students Mike Brody emphasized that the Honor Principle and Title IX both require members of the Reed community to consider the impact of their behavior on others. He also said that the judicial machinery associated with the Honor Principle—the Honor Council, the J-Board, and the Sexual Misconduct Board—could be engaged to resolve a Title IX complaint.

The HumPlayers (who also stage a show known as the HumPlay at the end of the semester) are now working on a handbook to guide future directors on staging friendlier performances. “The Title IX complaint wasn't about nudity at Reed in general,” Schmeltz later wrote in a Facebook post. “It was about a particular HumPlay event that was poorly managed.Sunday, June 10, 2012

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              with keeping them safe, Friedman said. He pointed to the case of Hameed Khalid Darweesh, a father of three who worked with the U.S. government in Iraq for a decade and was detained at JFK airport in New York after Trump signed the order. He was released 19 hours later after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on his behalf.

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Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur February 4, 2020. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — A Malaysian man has tested positive for the Wuhan virus, the first local to date, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad at a press conference today.

Dzulkefly said the man travelled to Singapore from January 16 to 23 to attend a meeting which had several foreign delegates, including from China.

“He returned to Malaysia on January 23, and on January 29, he received treatment at a private hospital because of fever and cough.

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He said the 41-year-oldA-League expansion has become "a strategic priority" for FFA and Goal Australia understands the Apple Isle is ready to pounce

Tasmania shapes as the early A-League expansion front-runner, with a consortium representing the island state set to meet with Football Federation Australia (FFA) next week.

Goal Australia understands that a group looking to set up an A-League club in Tasmania are in a great position to make their case as they have government support at federal and state level, plus the backing of Football Federation Tasmania.

Unlike other groups rumoured to be pushing for an A-League licence, the consortium behind Tasmania's application are understood to have a very detailed plan for how their club would be run with elements such as a home ground and ownership structure already finalised.

The consortium, which


reportedly includes former Melbourne Victory board members Harry Stamoulis and Robert Belteky, also apparently have the money in the bank to enter the A-League as soon as next season.

Former South Melbourne midfielder and football agent David Clarkson - who grew up in Tasmania - is a driving force behind the bid.

Goal Australia was unable to make contact with Clarkson for a comment.

In an article in Hobart-based newspaper The Mercury last week, an FFA spokesman was quoted confirming the governing body has been contacted by a Tasmanian consortium interested in A-League expansion.

"At this stage FFA have not engaged in formal dialogue with this group or any other groups as it would be premature to do so before a detailed road map for expansion has been finalised," the spokesman said.

FFAhas made it clear that expanding the A-League to a 12-team competition is a top priority once a new broadcast deal is finalised.

The A-League's current broadcast deal with Fox Sports and SBS expires at the end of this season.

While FFA CEO David Gallop has previously claimed the A-League should "fish where the fish are", indicating that capital cities would be a priority for expansion, more recent comments by him and Head of A-League Greg O'Rourke have given smaller areas and cities some hope.

The past few months has seen numerous locations around Australia and New Zealand named as possible sites for A-League expansion.

Victory have previously hosted A-League matches at Launceston's Aurora Stadium, while a former group known as Tasmania United were amongst the defeated bids for a licence when


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The spy scandal in the United States is moving toward a swift end this morning, with 10 Russian agents set to be deported after all pleading guilty in a Manhattan courtroom.

A judge ordered all 10 of the spies to be immediately expelled from the US and said they must never attempt to return, in the biggest spy swap deal since the end of the Cold War.

In exchange, Russia will release four prisoners of US interest, including Russian scientist Igor Sutyagin, who has been serving a prison sentence for passing information to the CIA.

Sutyagin's lawyer said her client may already have been released from a Russian jail and taken to Vienna, Austria, as part of the deal.

The spy swap is believed to have been sewn up in talks betweenthe Russian ambassador and a senior US state department official.

In pleading guilty to being foreign agents, the 10 "will have to agree to immediate removal," Judge Kimba Wood said in New York.

That meant "immediate expulsion from the United States" and the defendants would have to "agree never to attempt to return to the US".

Speaking outside the courtroom, the lawyer for Anna Chapman, one of the Russian agents, said his client was not afraid to be returned to Russia and said he expected the spy swap to be carried out within the next 24 hours.

The US Justice Department confirmed the deal with Russia.

"The key provision of the United States-Russia agreement is that the Russian Federation has agreed to release four individuals who are incarcerated in Russia for alleged contact


with Western intelligence agencies," a Justice Department statement said.

The suspects each pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign country.

A spokeswoman for Russian president Dmitry Medvedev confirmed that the Kremlin was pardoning four Russians, including Sutyagin.

Three of the prisoners who will be released in Russia were reportedly convicted of treason and are serving lengthy prison terms.

The 10 spy suspects were arrested on June 27 in an FBI swoop in Boston and the New York and Washington areas.

They were accused of being members of a "deep-cover" spy ring tasked by the Russian secret service with infiltrating US policy-making circles.

An 11th suspect, accused paymaster Christopher Metsos, remains at large after vanishing last week in Cyprus following a court decision to release himby not regulating nicotine in all tobacco products, including NRT, the FDA could be walking into a trap.”

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Smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths every year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and another 16 million Americans live with a smoking-related disease. The costs of such illnesses total more than $300 billion each year, when including both costs of direct medical care and lost productivity due to secondhand smoke exposure.

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Press Release: DoDEA Europe School Status By | May 1, 2020 In direct and close coordination with our senior military partners, the decision


was made to keep

Press Release: Army announces upcoming 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters, unit rotation By | April 24, 2020 The Department of the Army announced today the 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters stationed at Fort

Press Release: Army announces upcoming 2nd ABCT, 3rd Infantry Division, unit rotation By | April 24, 2020 The Department of the Army announced today the upcoming 2020 rotation to Europe of the 2nd Armored

Press Release: Army announces upcoming 101st Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade, unit rotation By | April 24, 2020 The Department of the Army announced today the upcoming 2020 rotation to Europe of the 101st

Press Release: U.S. Army Civil Affairs Teams delivers medical supplies to Lithuania By | April 21, 2020 U.S. Army Europe, working in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy Office ofDefense Cooperation and the

Press Release: Humanitarian Assistance Program support to Italy By | March 25, 2020 As part of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Humanitarian Assistance Program, U.S. Army

Exercise Defender-Europe 20 UPDATE By | March 16, 2020 In response to the current outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and recent guidance by the Secretary of

U.S. Army Europe Command Sergeant Major visits Commissary to dispel shortage rumors By | March 16, 2020 U.S. Army Europe Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Abernethy met with Defense Commissary Agency store

U.S. Army Garrison Italy: Host nation worker being treated for COVID 19 By | March 16, 2020 A civilian host nation employee who works for the U.S. Army Garrison Italy has tested positive for

Press Release: U.S. Army Europe Soldier tests positive for COVID-19 By |


March 14, 2020 A Soldier assigned to U.S. Army Europe Headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, tested positive for the

U.S. European Command: Exercise Defender-Europe 20 Update By | March 12, 2020 After careful review of the ongoing Defender-Europe 20 exercise activities and in light of the

Press Release: USAG Bavaria identifies first case of coronavirus By | March 11, 2020 A civilian employee of the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria has tested positive for the novel coronavirus,

Statement from Hon. Ryan D. McCarthy, Secretary of the Army By | March 10, 2020 The commander of U.S. Army Europe, along with several staff members, may have been exposed to

U.S. Armored unit equipment arrives at the Port of Vlissingen for DEFENDER-Europe 20 By | March 9, 2020 U.S. Army Europe invites members of the pressto participate in a media event at 12:30 p.m., March

Press Release: DEFENDER-Europe 20 - first US troops reach Poland By | March 2, 2020 On Friday, February the 28th, first two wheeled columns of soldiers and equipment from the US will

Media Advisory: Media invited to see coordination centers for DEFENDER-Europe 20 By | Feb. 25, 2020 Germany - U.S. Army Europe invites members of the press to participate in a media event at 9:00

Press Release: Free concerts by U.S. Army Europe By | Feb. 25, 2020 The U.S. Army Europe Rock Band and the NATO SHAPE Rock Band are conducting concerts in Germany,

Press Release: Military post offices to stop accepting handwritten customs forms By | Feb. 19, 2020 A significant change to how military postal customers overseas may


mail packages internationally is

News Release: Precautionary measures taken after improper blood draw procedure By | Feb. 18, 2020 An improper blood draw technique at our Soldier Medical Readiness Center (SMRC) may have exposed

Press Release: Commander Suspended By | Feb. 13, 2020 The Commanding General, Regional Health Command-Europe Commander, Brig. Gen. Ronald Stephens, was

Media Advisory: First DEFENDER-Europe 20 equipment arrives at the port of Bremerhaven By | Feb. 13, 2020 U.S. Army Europe invites members of the press to participate in a media event at noon, Feb. 21 at

Army announces activation of additional corps headquarters By | Feb. 11, 2020 Army announces activation of additional corps headquartersThe Department of the Army announced today

Media Advisory: DEFENDER-Europe 20 Media Events By | Feb. 7, 2020 U.S. Army Europe invites members ofthe press to participate in upcoming DEFENDER-Europe 20 media

Media Advisory: DEFENDER-Europe 20 Army Prepositioned Stock By | Feb. 5, 2020 U.S. Army Europe invites members of the press to participate in a media event 2 p.m., Feb. 10, at

Press Release: Re-positioning of aircraft By | Jan. 8, 2020 As previously reported, aircraft are being re-positioned in the U.S. European Command area of

Media Advisory: Media invited to discuss upcoming movements through Germany By | Jan. 6, 2020 Members of the media are invited to attend a press conference to discuss upcoming military movements

Press Release: Citizenship services for overseas military families changing in 2020 By | Dec. 23, 2019 Citizenship services for overseas military members and qualified family members will change in early

Media Advisory: U.S. Participates in Battle of the


Bulge 75 Commemorations By | Dec. 11, 2019 At the request of the host nations of Belgium and Luxembourg, U.S. troops and equipment in Europe

Press Release: Dates set for next Strong Europe Tank Challenge By | Dec. 3, 2019 U.S. Army Europe, the German Bundeswehr, and the Danish Army will co-host the fourth Strong Europe

Press Release: Atlantic Resolve ceremony in Poland By | Oct. 25, 2019 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, will transfer authority with 2nd Armored

Media Advisory: Media invited to Atlantic Resolve ceremony in Germany By | Oct. 25, 2019 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, will transfer authority to 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry

Next Atlantic Resolve aviation rotation arriving in Belgium By | Oct. 11, 2019 U.S. Army Black Hawk, Apache and Chinook helicoptersfrom Fort Stewart, Georgia, are scheduled to

Upcoming movements of U.S. Army equipment for Atlantic Resolve By | Oct. 11, 2019 The fifth iterations of the Atlantic Resolve armored and aviation rotations will begin arriving in

DEFENDER-Europe 20 builds USEUCOM strategic readiness in support of the National Defense Strategy By | Oct. 7, 2019 U.S. European Command and the Department of the Army announced today the largest deployment of

Next Atlantic Resolve armored rotation to arrive at the port of Vlissingen By | Oct. 4, 2019 Tanks, trucks and other equipment are scheduled to arrive at the port of Vlissingen, Netherlands,

12th Combat Aviation Brigade unexpected landing near Linden By | Sept. 25, 2019 At approximately 2030 on September 24, an AH-64D Apache Helicopter from the 12th Combat Aviation

Saber Junction 19 Media


Day By | Sept. 13, 2019 The exercise Saber Junction 19 will take place from 3 to 30 September 2019 at Grafenwoehr Training

1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Battalion set to reactivate By | Sept. 12, 2019 The 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Brigade will activate in a

41st Field Artillery Brigade to receive Multiple Launch Rocket Systems By | Sept. 11, 2019 The 41st Field Artillery Brigade (41st FAB) will be receiving 16 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems

Rapid Trident to exercise readiness, interoperability in Ukraine By | Aug. 26, 2019 Exercise Rapid Trident 2019 will take place Sept. 13-28, at the International Peacekeeping Security

Press Release: Next Atlantic Resolve armored, aviation rotations announced By | Aug. 16, 2019 Soldiers with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1stCavalry Division, and 3rd Combat Aviation

THAAD soldiers, system returns to U.S. following European deployment By | Aug. 9, 2019 Soldiers assigned to the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense

10th AAMDC changing command, transitioning to one-star By | July 31, 2019 The 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command will conduct a change of command ceremony and

Media invited to Change of Command By | July 26, 2019 21st Theater Sustainment Command will bid farewell to Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro and welcome Maj.

Media Advisory: Exercise Agile Spirit 2019 to take place in July and August By | July 22, 2019 Agile Spirit 2019 is a Georgian Defense Forces and U.S. Army Europe cooperatively-led joint

The European Best Sniper Team Competition 2019 By | July 17,


2019 On behalf of U.S. Army Europe, 7th Army Training Command will host the European Best Sniper Team

Dental patients sought for follow up due to incomplete sterilization process By | July 11, 2019 The Hohenfels Dental Clinic recently discovered that the sterilization process for a small number of

Media Advisory: Atlantic Resolve Soldiers participate in Powidz Days festival By | July 8, 2019 Soldiers from the 286th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion will participate in the Powidz Days

Exercise Swift Response 2019 to take place in June By | May 22, 2019 Exercise Swift Response 19 is an annual U.S. Army Europe-led multinational airborne exercise in

Media Advisory: Exercise Saber Guardian 2019 to take place in June By | May 14, 2019 Romania Land Forces Command and U.S. Army Europe will co-leadexercise Saber Guardian 2019 from June

Media invitation to several upcoming summer exercises By | May 13, 2019 In addition to three major U.S. Army Europe-led exercises in the Black Sea and Balkan Regions this

Media invited to attend several events By | May 9, 2019 WIESBADEN, Germany - Immediate Response 2019 is a multinational exercise, co-led by Croatian Armed

Increase in military convoy movements for summer exercises By | May 2, 2019 U.S. military forces stationed in Europe routinely conduct exercises with allied and partner nations

Media Advisory: Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine transfer of authority ceremony By | April 6, 2019 There will be a Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine transfer of authority ceremony May 2, at

Media invited to observe Atlantic Resolve training in Latvia By | April 4, 2019 Elements of


the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade will join eFP Battle Group Latvia to conduct exercise

Allied Spirit X Integrates Battlefield-Critical Communication Capabilities By | March 25, 2019 Approximately 5,600 participants from 15 nations will take part in exercise Allied Spirit X at the

D-Day 75 Media Advisory By | March 19, 2019 U.S. troops from units in Europe and based in the U.S. will participate in more than 50 ceremonial

Armored unit deploys to Europe, draws prepositioned stocks as part of Dynamic Force Employment By | March 19, 2019 At the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored

Upcoming Mission Command Element convoy activities By | March 8, 2019 Convoys of U.S. Army military vehicles in Poznan, Poland, will begin movement to Drawsko Pomoroski

USEUCOM deploys TerminalHigh Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Israel By | March 4, 2019 At the direction of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. European Command deployed a Terminal High

Dynamic Front 19 to Integrate Multinational Fires Capabilities By | March 1, 2019 Approximately 3,200 participants from 27 nations will take part in operations during the live-fire

1-16 Infantry to begin training in Romania and Bulgaria By | Feb. 20, 2019 The 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division will partner

Media Advisory: Media invited to Atlantic Resolve ceremony in Poland By | Feb. 5, 2019 ZAGAN, Poland – The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, will transfer authority

Upcoming movements of U.S. Army equipment for Atlantic Resolve By | Jan. 23, 2019 The fourth iterations of


the Atlantic Resolve armored and aviation rotations will begin arriving in Europe over the next two weeks.

Ironhorse Soldier dies in Grafenwoehr Training Area By | Jan. 15, 2019 POZNAN, Poland – A 1st Cavalry Division Soldier deployed in support of Atlantic Resolve was killed in an accident in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 13.

Armored brigade convoys to Germany in support of Combine Resolve XI By | Oct. 29, 2018 Elements of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team “Ironhorse,” 1st Cavalry Division have begun

Next Atlantic Resolve armored, aviation rotations announced By | Oct. 18, 2018 Soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team and 1st Combat Aviation

Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels convoy advisory for Oct. 15 and 18, 2018 By | Oct. 12, 2018 This is aninformational advisory for the communities between the Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training

Three Soldiers injured during training in Slovakia By | Sept. 19, 2018 Three U.S. Soldiers were injured today when an M1A2 Abrams tank struck an embankment during a

US Army Europe to activate, relocate units in Germany By | Sept. 7, 2018 U.S. Army Europe will activate new units within Germany as a display of our continued commitment to

Media invitation to Atlantic Resolve helicopter demonstration By | Aug. 15, 2018 Elements of the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade “Ivy Eagles,” 4th Infantry Division, will demonstrate some of their capabilities during a training exercise scheduled for Aug. 29 in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

Media Advisory: Media invited to cover exercise Noble Partner By | July 23, 2018 WIESBADEN, Germany — Noble Partner 2018 is


a Georgian Armed Forces and U.S. Army Europe cooperatively-led exercise hosted at Vaziani and Camp Norio training areas in Georgia from Aug. 1-15. The exercise will enhance Georgian, regional partner and U.S. forces readiness and interoperability in a realistic, multinational training environment.

Dagger Brigade to pass Atlantic Resolve mission to Ironhorse Brigade By | May 25, 2018 The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Dagger Brigade,” 1st Infantry Division, will conduct a relief in place ceremony with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team “Ironhorse Brigade,” 1st Cavalry Division, at 10 a.m. June 4, at the Zagan Cultural Palace in downtown Zagan.

"Atlantic Resolve" – Movement of U.S. Army Equipment through the State of Baden-Württemberg By | May 22, 2018 The 1st Armored Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood,Texas replaces the 2nd Armored Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kansas, for the third rotation of Atlantic Resolve.

"Atlantic Resolve" – Movement of U.S. Army Equipment through the State of Saxony-Anhalt By | May 22, 2018 Various movements of U.S. Army Europe units through the German State of Saxony-Anhalt will take place until the end of May.

Exercise Saber Strike 18 to take place in June By | May 17, 2018 Exercise Saber Strike 18 will be held June 3-15 at training areas in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and

"Atlantic Resolve" - Bremerhaven once again transshipment point for U.S. Army in Europe By | May 17, 2018 The "Kaiserhafen" port in Bremerhaven will once again be used from now through June of 2018, by U.S.

Death of Retired Gen.


Crosbie “Butch” Saint By | May 10, 2018 The U.S. Army Europe family would like to express our deep condolences to the family of retired Gen.

US, IDF test Patriot batteries in live-fire demonstration during Juniper Cobra 2018 By | March 20, 2018 The Israel Defense Forces and approximately 75 Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe's 10th Army Air and

Media Invited to Observe Testing of New 30 mm Stryker By | Feb. 13, 2018 The 2nd Cavalry Regiment recently received seven Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles with 30 mm

Media Invited to CSM Relinquishment of Responsibility By | Feb. 5, 2018 U.S. Army Europe will bid farewell to Command Sgt. Maj. Sheryl D. Lyon during a Relinquishment of

'Big Red One' to deploy as Atlantic Resolve division-level headquarters By | Jan. 17, 2018The 1st Infantry Division will replace the 4th Infantry Division in March as U.S. Army Europe's

U.S. Army Europe Soldier death in Kosovo By | Jan. 9, 2018 A U.S. Army Soldier serving as part of NATO's Kosovo Forces died at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo,


A Chinese satellite swooped behind the moon and snapped a shot of two worlds: the heavily-cratered moon, and in the distance, the cloud-covered planet Earth.

The image, captured on February 3, shows the far side of the moon that us Earthlings never see. The moon is locked in orbit to Earth, meaning that the same side of the moon is always facing us. But as the image shows, the moon's far side is often illuminated by the sun, exposing the impact-blasted, grey lunar desert.

Meanwhile, some 239,000 miles away, clouds swirl over Earth's lands and oceans, and life goes on.

The moon and Earth Image: MINGCHUAN WEI/HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

The satellite responsible, DSLWP, is a 20-inch tall "microsatellite" built by Chinese astronomers. This moon-orbiting technology is not associated with any governmentspace agency, so it falls into the category of an "amateur" satellite — though it's certainly capable of sophisticated science and maneuvering through space.

A student-built camera took the shot, which was then beamed via radio antennae to the 82-foot wide Dwingeloo Radio Telescope in the northeastern Netherlands.

Craters on the far side of the moon Image: Tammo Jan/Dwingeloo Radio Telescope

The heavily-cratered far side of the moon leaves evidence of the chaotic early solar system wherein rocky bodies pummeled the moon and planets. Things have certainly calmed down since then, allowing life to thrive on the blue ocean-world that is Earth.


The Liverpool defender will be allowed to return to the national team for future World Cup qualifiers should he apologise for his comments after the recent Hungary friendly

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Dejan Lovren will play no part in Croatia's Euro 2016 campaign this summer following for his recent outburst,understands.The Liverpool centre-back reacted badly to being asked to warm-up, ending his exercises early before returning to his place on the bench in his country's 1-1 friendly draw with Hungary on March 26 in Budapest, angrily telling Sportske novosti: "I will either be in the starting XI or I will not go to the Euros!"Head coach Ante Cacic has revealed he held positive talks with Lovren on Sunday in a bid to calm the situation, and voiced the necessity for respect in a statementLovren could be a Croatia national team player in the future."However, nowhere in the statement does Cacic state Lovren's international status following his reprimand.Goal now understands Lovren will not travel to the European Championship in France, but Cacic has kept the door open for future World Cup qualifiers, in case Lovren accepts his mistake and apologises.Lovren though, has found support from club manager Jurgen Klopp regarding the national team issue. The 26-year-old has reportedly been told by the Liverpool boss that he would prefer the defender not travel to France for the competition if he is not going to play.


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A federal judge has asked Argentina’s senate to allow the arrest and trial of former president Cristina Fernandez on a charge of treason for allegedly covering up the role of Iranians in a 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish centre.

Judge Claudio Bonadio asked politicians to remove Ms Fernandez’s immunity from prosecution, which she gained when she was sworn in as a senator last week.

She was president from 2007 to 2015.

The judge also ordered the arrest of several aides and allies of Ms Fernandez, including former presidency secretary Carlos Zannini and activist Luis D’Elia on the same charges.

Former foreign minister Hector Timerman was ordered held under house arrest due to health issues.

Cristina Fernandez

Prosecutor Eduardo Taiano said the charge of treason carries a potential prison sentence of 10 toof 16 years ago, and the remastered version thus looked like the Homeworld I remembered, while the right screen looked like a rough draft.

Same vision, new sights

It's a testament to how literally the team has taken the "remastered" concept. About four minutes in, the two versions are still in a rough unison (although, fascinatingly enough, the original version seems to take slightly longer to load), and yet I see differences in every detail. The first mothership the camera zooms in on looks fine enough in its 1999 form, but on the remastered screen, the light of the stars bounces off its hull and it's pocked with the scars of past battles or passing debris. Tendrils of nebulae akin to the Pillars of Creation worm their way through the


a bit like EVE Online after the makeover, but Relic's game was created on the eve of CCP's sandbox, and its focus on coordination means it delivers a much different form of strategy.

Far too much strategy, it seems, for us to bother with in the 30 minutes I have with Gearbox. They've already set up an impressive battle on one of the other computers, forgoing the need to spend hours to build a fleet of my own. My interaction with the remastered version is actually limited to watching one of the guys with me select a bunch of ships with his mouse (including his mothership), and attacking the ships array on the other side of the void. The battle goes downhill almost as soon as it begins, andradio and a 12-gauge shotgun with the standard Secret Service modifications of a shortened barrel, a pistol grip, and a folding stock. A guard attached to the barrel inhibited a person from placing a hand in front of the muzzle when firing the gun. This guard was unique to shotguns the Secret Service used because it was permanently, as opposed to temporarily, attached. On the night of the murder, the shotgun was loaded with four rounds: the first and third were slugs; the second and fourth were buckshot.
Bulman testified that, at some point before it became dark, a large, brown, two-door car with a lighter colored roof and rust spots on the body slowly drove past the agents. The two African-American men in the car looked at the


agents as they drove by. The driver was neatly groomed and had a mustache. The passenger wore a stocking cap and also had a mustache. Several minutes later, the same car with the same occupants again slowly drove by, this time parking a short distance away. The two men left the car and walked out of sight between an apartment building and a garage. Two to three minutes later, they returned to the car and drove away.
A short time later, after it was dark outside, Cross told Bulman she saw someone coming up behind the agents' car. The agents drew their sidearms from their holsters, and Cross got out of the car. As Bulman turned to open his door, he saw someone approach the rear of the caron the driver's side. Before Bulman could exit the car, the person opened the door and pointed a revolver at Bulman's head. Bulman recognized the man, who was wearing a *857 black leather jacket, as the driver of the brown car. The driver[2] told Bulman to raise his hands. After putting his pistol on the seat, Bulman raised his hands and identified himself as a police officer. The driver said he also was a police officer, but refused Bulman's request to allow Bulman to show his badge. He ordered Bulman to tell Cross to drop her weapon; instead, Bulman told Cross not to do so. While the driver had the revolver pressed against Bulman's temple, forcing his head toward the seat, Bulman heard Cross say, "What are you


doing? Get your hands back up on the car." Bulman could not see what was happening on the other side of the car.
Several seconds later, another man appeared at the driver's door. Bulman could not see clearly who he was. While bent over, Bulman tried to use the police radio, but it did not work because the car's ignition was not turned on. Bulman again identified himself as an officer and mentioned the police radio as proof. Saying, "He's got a radio," the second man reached into the car, removed the keys from the ignition, and knocked the radio's microphone from Bulman's hand. That man then noticed the shotgun on the floor in the front of the car, said something like, "What do we have here," and tookthe shotgun.
Bulman testified that, almost immediately after the man with the shotgun left the driver's door and went behind the car, Cross jumped into the car through the front passenger's door. She went over the seat into the back, a panicked look on her face. A shotgun blast then came through the open passenger's door, the shot traveling across Bulman's lap and out through the driver's door.
Bulman grabbed the revolver pressed to his head and wrestled his way out of the car. As he did so, the driver fired the gun, but the bullet did not hit Bulman. While Bulman and the driver struggled on the street, Bulman heard two more shotgun blasts coming from the agents' car. The driver fired several more shots from the handgun during


the struggle, but again Bulman was not hit. The struggle continued for three or four car lengths in front of the agents' car in the middle of Interceptor Street until the driver said, "Shoot the son of a bitch." After Bulman heard another person say, "I can't. You're in the way," Bulman saw the passenger aiming the agents' shotgun at him. The passenger was wearing a dark stocking cap and a dark-colored jacket.
Bulman and the driver next wrestled in the opposite direction, behind and past the agents' car, each trying to put the other's body towards the shotgun as the passenger tried to get a clear shot at Bulman. Near the corner of *858 Interceptor and Belford, Bulman lost his balance and fell. As Bulman tried to getup, the passenger ran over and put the shotgun muzzle about six inches from Bulman's head. The passenger fired the weapon, but the shot missed Bulman and hit the pavement. The assailants then ran off.
When he realized he had not been shot, Bulman went to the car to get his pistol and check on Cross. She was lying on the backseat and had no pulse. Bulman ran to a Secret Service surveillance van parked nearby. He and Agent Terry Torrey, who was stationed in the van, then drove back to the car. Bulman did not see the shotgun, the keys to the agents' car, or Cross's pistol again.
Bulman was interviewed by agents that night and on numerous occasions in the following days, months, and years. He worked with


a police sketch artist on June 6, 1980, and completed composite drawings of the suspects that were introduced into evidence at trial. Several of the interview sessions involved attempts to hypnotize Bulman in the hope of helping him to remember other details of the crime.
At a live lineup conducted on June 27, 1980, Bulman identified one subject, Terry Brock, as looking similar to the driver, the man with whom Bulman had struggled, except the person in the lineup had a beard. Bulman was unable to identify defendant Alexander as the passenger who fired the shotgun during a live lineup conducted on April 19, 1990, at the preliminary hearing, or at the trial. However, at trial, Bulman testified a picture of defendant Alexander taken around 1980 looked "closest" tothe person with the shotgun, who was depicted on the left side of the composite sketch trial exhibit.
Agent Torrey testified that, minutes before Bulman ran to the surveillance van, he had seen a medium- to dark-colored car speeding on Belford Avenue with its lights off.
Wayne Dhaler was driving his car at the intersection of Belford and Interceptor at 9:00 p.m. the night of the murder. He testified he saw two men, one wearing a tan or brown jacket, leaning into the driver's side door of a car parked on the street.
Alvin Borges drove by the same area about the same time. He testified he saw two African-American men fighting with a White man who was on the ground. Borges saw one of the men shoot the man on