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ERBIL, Iraq -- There s election fallout in Iraq after Kurds voted overwhelming this week for independence. Iraqi Kurds have been a crucial partner of the U.S. in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.They say the Iraqi government is now taking steps against them that could hinder their efforts.Kurdish referendum triggers retaliation from Iraq, crocs absatz TurkeyTurkish and Iraqi troops held military drills along Iraqi Kurdistan s northern border this week and in its main airport on Friday, people took the last planes out after Iraq s national government canceled international flights. An Iraqi Kurdish woman casts her vote. adidas campus CBS News Federal Iraqi authorities are ratcheting up the tension, pressuring the leaders of this region to cancel the results of Monday s referendum, in which over 90 percent of voters chose full independence.Most are members of the Kurdish ethnic minority and they already rule over their own autonomous region. Iraq s national government says the referendum was illegal.Turkey, which has a restive Kurdish population of its own, condemned the vote and the U.S. also opposed it, worried it could disrupt the fragile cooperation between the Kurds and the Iraqi government in the fight against ISIS. The Kurds of Iraq have battled bravely agains salomon speedcross t ISIS as close American allies who have laid down their lives to defeat the extremists. Oogb Inside Afghanistan as U.S. prepares to withdraw its troops
ROME The Vatican announced Wednesday that the conclave of cardinals to choose a successor to Pope Benedict XVI will begin as early as March 15. Benedict, meanwhile, met with the public for the first time since he handed in his resignation. The audience hall at the Vatican, where he holds his weekly audi stanley website ences, was packed to the rafters.The hall holds 7,000 people. Across the back, some in attendance had unfurled a large banner reading, Thank you, Holy Father. Pope resigning for the good of the church Vatican reveals Pope has a pacemakerFull text of Pop stanley water jug e Benedict XVI s resignation announcementThe Pope returned the thanks, expressing gratitude to the Catholic masses for their prayers, which he said he felt almost physically.Benedict asked the crowd, which had given him a one-minute standing ovation, to pray for the church, for himself and for his successor.Click on the player above for all the latest on the Pope s audience, and the process to pick his successor, from Allen Pizzey in Rome. Change At The Vatican More Pope gradually improving from chest infection in Rome hospital stanley cup
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Kabul, Afghanistanmdash; The U.S. and the Taliban appeared closer Wednesday to a breakthrough in talks ov nike dunks panda er an American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said there had been notable progress in negotiations.Washington and the insu mizuno laufschuhe rgents have been locked in gruelling discussions that have stretched over more than a year for a deal that would see the U.S. pull thousands of troops out of Afghanistan.In return, the Taliban would provide various security guarantees and launch eventual talks with the Kabul government.In a series of tweets late Tuesday, Ghani said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had called him to inform him of developments in the talks, which are taking place in Doha. Today, I was pleased to receive a call from @SecPompeo, informing me of the notable progress made in the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban, Ghani said on his official Twitter account. The Secretary informed me about the Taliban s proposal with regards to bringing a significant and enduring reduction in violence. Taliban and Afghan government sources in Doha and Kabul told CBS News Sami Yousafzai that the U nike dunk .S. and the Taliban had agreed a path forward that would see the Taliban commit to reduce violence for a longer period that they previously have. If the Taliban show they can stop attacks in that initial test period, then U.S. would sign a deal authorizing a military withdrawal from the country. Icxp Poll: Opposition to Iran going nuclear widespread
A British aid worker was killed Friday in a West Bank U.N. compound during a gunbattle between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen mdash; the first U.N. official to die in over two years of fighting.The United Nations accused Israeli soldiers of having prevented an ambulance from immediately reaching Iain Hook, 50, a senior manager for the U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. The Israeli army said he was evacuated from the Jenin U.N. compound as soon as possible.The death occurred h stanley cup ours after Israeli troops reoccupied Bethlehem, searching homes and deploying stanley flasche tanks in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity after 11 bus passengers, including four youngsters, were killed in a Jerusalem suicide bombing.Israel called it a pinpoint operation, reports CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier. The tanks are blocking the Church of the Nativity and preventing any Palestinian militants from taking refuge inside as occurred in the last major incursion in April. That led to a month-long standoff.Troops were stanley cup usa also searching house-to-house in the bomber s home village of al-Hahder just outside Bethlehem. They say they ve arrested at least nine suspects, including three men they believe were also planning to carry out suicide attacks. Also Friday, Israeli troops exchanged fire with Palestinian gunmen in the Jenin refugee camp during an army raid of the hideout of a local leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group. A U.N. official from Britain and an 11-year-ol
ERBIL, Iraq -- There s election fallout in Iraq after Kurds voted overwhelming this week for independence. Iraqi Kurds have been a crucial partner of the U.S. in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.They say the Iraqi government is now taking steps against them that could hinder their efforts.Kurdish referendum triggers retaliation from Iraq, crocs absatz TurkeyTurkish and Iraqi troops held military drills along Iraqi Kurdistan s northern border this week and in its main airport on Friday, people took the last planes out after Iraq s national government canceled international flights. An Iraqi Kurdish woman casts her vote. adidas campus CBS News Federal Iraqi authorities are ratcheting up the tension, pressuring the leaders of this region to cancel the results of Monday s referendum, in which over 90 percent of voters chose full independence.Most are members of the Kurdish ethnic minority and they already rule over their own autonomous region. Iraq s national government says the referendum was illegal.Turkey, which has a restive Kurdish population of its own, condemned the vote and the U.S. also opposed it, worried it could disrupt the fragile cooperation between the Kurds and the Iraqi government in the fight against ISIS. The Kurds of Iraq have battled bravely agains salomon speedcross t ISIS as close American allies who have laid down their lives to defeat the extremists. Oogb Inside Afghanistan as U.S. prepares to withdraw its troops
ROME The Vatican announced Wednesday that the conclave of cardinals to choose a successor to Pope Benedict XVI will begin as early as March 15. Benedict, meanwhile, met with the public for the first time since he handed in his resignation. The audience hall at the Vatican, where he holds his weekly audi stanley website ences, was packed to the rafters.The hall holds 7,000 people. Across the back, some in attendance had unfurled a large banner reading, Thank you, Holy Father. Pope resigning for the good of the church Vatican reveals Pope has a pacemakerFull text of Pop stanley water jug e Benedict XVI s resignation announcementThe Pope returned the thanks, expressing gratitude to the Catholic masses for their prayers, which he said he felt almost physically.Benedict asked the crowd, which had given him a one-minute standing ovation, to pray for the church, for himself and for his successor.Click on the player above for all the latest on the Pope s audience, and the process to pick his successor, from Allen Pizzey in Rome. Change At The Vatican More Pope gradually improving from chest infection in Rome hospital stanley cup
Owmr Pence warns North Korea the U.S. sword stands ready
Kabul, Afghanistanmdash; The U.S. and the Taliban appeared closer Wednesday to a breakthrough in talks ov nike dunks panda er an American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said there had been notable progress in negotiations.Washington and the insu mizuno laufschuhe rgents have been locked in gruelling discussions that have stretched over more than a year for a deal that would see the U.S. pull thousands of troops out of Afghanistan.In return, the Taliban would provide various security guarantees and launch eventual talks with the Kabul government.In a series of tweets late Tuesday, Ghani said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had called him to inform him of developments in the talks, which are taking place in Doha. Today, I was pleased to receive a call from @SecPompeo, informing me of the notable progress made in the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban, Ghani said on his official Twitter account. The Secretary informed me about the Taliban s proposal with regards to bringing a significant and enduring reduction in violence. Taliban and Afghan government sources in Doha and Kabul told CBS News Sami Yousafzai that the U nike dunk .S. and the Taliban had agreed a path forward that would see the Taliban commit to reduce violence for a longer period that they previously have. If the Taliban show they can stop attacks in that initial test period, then U.S. would sign a deal authorizing a military withdrawal from the country. Icxp Poll: Opposition to Iran going nuclear widespread
A British aid worker was killed Friday in a West Bank U.N. compound during a gunbattle between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen mdash; the first U.N. official to die in over two years of fighting.The United Nations accused Israeli soldiers of having prevented an ambulance from immediately reaching Iain Hook, 50, a senior manager for the U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. The Israeli army said he was evacuated from the Jenin U.N. compound as soon as possible.The death occurred h stanley cup ours after Israeli troops reoccupied Bethlehem, searching homes and deploying stanley flasche tanks in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity after 11 bus passengers, including four youngsters, were killed in a Jerusalem suicide bombing.Israel called it a pinpoint operation, reports CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier. The tanks are blocking the Church of the Nativity and preventing any Palestinian militants from taking refuge inside as occurred in the last major incursion in April. That led to a month-long standoff.Troops were stanley cup usa also searching house-to-house in the bomber s home village of al-Hahder just outside Bethlehem. They say they ve arrested at least nine suspects, including three men they believe were also planning to carry out suicide attacks. Also Friday, Israeli troops exchanged fire with Palestinian gunmen in the Jenin refugee camp during an army raid of the hideout of a local leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group. A U.N. official from Britain and an 11-year-ol