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South Sudan s rebel leader Riek Machar sits near his men in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State, South Sudan Jan. 31, 2014.Goran Tomasevic鈥擱eutersBy Aryn Baker/Cape TownApril 26, 2016 10:10 AM EDTAfter a weekrsquo delay, South Sudanrsquo rebel leader Riek Machar landed in the capital, Juba, on April 26, closing fears that stanley cups an eight-month-old peace deal might collapse before it had a chance to end a two-and-a-half-year-long civil war marked by gruesome atrocities and tens of thousands of dead. Machar was greeted by several dignitaries and diplomats as he stepped off the United Nations plane and set foot in Juba for the first time since December 2013. I am here to implement peace, he told a gathering of journalists, according to tweeted reports from local correspondent @DenisDumo. But that won ;t be easy.Machar, who was originally slated to return April 18, had been held up over negotiations of how many troops he would be able stanley cup to bring with him and what kind of weapons they could carry. After a weekend of tense debate over the precise number of rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns permitted, the government finally authorized Macharrsquo arrival from neighboring Ethiopia. Upon landing in Juba, Machar immediately departed for the Presidential Palace, where he will be sworn in as Vice President by his arch rival President Salva Kiir.Once allies in the battle for South Sudanese independence from Sudan stanley cup , then rivals, Machar became Vice Presi Rlaw Supreme Court Weighs Limits of Whistleblower Protections
HANGZHOU, CHINA - Alibaba Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ma Yun dressed as a punk rocker performs during the 10th anniversary celebration of Alibaba Group founding at Huanglong Sports Center on September 10, 2009 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images ChinaFotoPressmdash;Getty ImagesBy Victor LuckersonMay 8, 2014 10:51 AM EDTChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will play host to one of the largest public offerings ever in the coming weeks. But the company, now the largest online retailer in the world, sprung from an unlikely sourcemdash;a former English teacher with no significant background in technology. Jack Ma, Alibabarsquo executive chairman and lead founder, brings an outsiderrsquo perspective to the often insular world of tech. Here are five things to know about Chinarsquo version of Steve Jobs:Hersquo not a hackerMany tech CEOs, from Steve Jobs to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, are lifelong computer geeks who dreamed up their disruptive companies in dorm rooms or parentsrsquo; garages. Ma is different though Alibaba did start in his Hangzhou apartment . He flunked his college entrance exam twice and didnrsquo;t begin using the Internet until 1995. Ma has said he has never written a single line of code for Alibaba.Hersquo not Alibabarsquo CEO, but hersquo running the showMa owns 8.9 perce af1 nt of Alibaba, making him the largest i hoka ndividual shareholder in the company mizuno tech firms Yahoo and Softbank
South Sudan s rebel leader Riek Machar sits near his men in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State, South Sudan Jan. 31, 2014.Goran Tomasevic鈥擱eutersBy Aryn Baker/Cape TownApril 26, 2016 10:10 AM EDTAfter a weekrsquo delay, South Sudanrsquo rebel leader Riek Machar landed in the capital, Juba, on April 26, closing fears that stanley cups an eight-month-old peace deal might collapse before it had a chance to end a two-and-a-half-year-long civil war marked by gruesome atrocities and tens of thousands of dead. Machar was greeted by several dignitaries and diplomats as he stepped off the United Nations plane and set foot in Juba for the first time since December 2013. I am here to implement peace, he told a gathering of journalists, according to tweeted reports from local correspondent @DenisDumo. But that won ;t be easy.Machar, who was originally slated to return April 18, had been held up over negotiations of how many troops he would be able stanley cup to bring with him and what kind of weapons they could carry. After a weekend of tense debate over the precise number of rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns permitted, the government finally authorized Macharrsquo arrival from neighboring Ethiopia. Upon landing in Juba, Machar immediately departed for the Presidential Palace, where he will be sworn in as Vice President by his arch rival President Salva Kiir.Once allies in the battle for South Sudanese independence from Sudan stanley cup , then rivals, Machar became Vice Presi Rlaw Supreme Court Weighs Limits of Whistleblower Protections
HANGZHOU, CHINA - Alibaba Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ma Yun dressed as a punk rocker performs during the 10th anniversary celebration of Alibaba Group founding at Huanglong Sports Center on September 10, 2009 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images ChinaFotoPressmdash;Getty ImagesBy Victor LuckersonMay 8, 2014 10:51 AM EDTChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will play host to one of the largest public offerings ever in the coming weeks. But the company, now the largest online retailer in the world, sprung from an unlikely sourcemdash;a former English teacher with no significant background in technology. Jack Ma, Alibabarsquo executive chairman and lead founder, brings an outsiderrsquo perspective to the often insular world of tech. Here are five things to know about Chinarsquo version of Steve Jobs:Hersquo not a hackerMany tech CEOs, from Steve Jobs to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, are lifelong computer geeks who dreamed up their disruptive companies in dorm rooms or parentsrsquo; garages. Ma is different though Alibaba did start in his Hangzhou apartment . He flunked his college entrance exam twice and didnrsquo;t begin using the Internet until 1995. Ma has said he has never written a single line of code for Alibaba.Hersquo not Alibabarsquo CEO, but hersquo running the showMa owns 8.9 perce af1 nt of Alibaba, making him the largest i hoka ndividual shareholder in the company mizuno tech firms Yahoo and Softbank