McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE:MUX) (TSE:MUX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Xavier Ochoa to President and Chief Operating Officer ("COO"). Xavier joined the Company this past September, 2016 as McEwen Mining's COO (see news release dated September 9, 2016).
Atrum Coal NL (ASX:ATU) (OTCMKTS:ATRCF) advises that it has agreed to form an unincorporated Joint Venture with Atlantic Carbon Group PLC ("ACG") to market and sell anthracite from ACG operations.
Cassini Resources (ASX:CZI) is developing the bulk tonnage West Musgrave Nickel-Copper Project (WMP) which consists of three deposits; the Nebo-Babel deposits (203.1Mt at 0.41% Ni, 0.42% Cu, 1.31% Cu eq.) and the Succoth deposit (156Mt at 0.6% Cu).
McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE:MUX) (TSE:MUX) is pleased to announce consolidated quarterly production of 36,496 gold equivalent ounces, comprised of 24,281 ounces gold and 916,168 ounces silver. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company reported net income of $4.2 million or $0.01 per share and $25.5 million or $0.09 per share, respectively.
Alt Resources Ltd (ASX:ARS) is pleased to announce that drilling commenced on the 31st October at the highly prospective Mt Roberts-Cottee gold project, near Leinster, WA.
Core Exploration Ltd (ASX:CXO) advises that it has raised approximately $3.0 million following the successful completion of its oversubscribed share purchase plan.
Core Exploration Ltd (ASX:CXO) is pleased to announce that Phase 2 Reverse Circulation drilling is underway on the Finniss Lithium Project near Darwin in the NT.
Sayona Mining Ltd (ASX:SYA) (OTCMKTS:DMNXF) is pleased to announce the assay results from a further 5 diamond drill holes at the Authier lithium project, Quebec.
Adelaide Resources Limited (ASX:ADN) is pleased to release the exceptional results on first Baggy Green holes drilling for Eyre Peninsula gold project.
House Committee asks DOH to rid FDA of corruption MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- Members of the House Committee on Health have asked the Department of Health (DOH) to look into several issues facing one of its attached agencies, the Food and Drug Administration, involving alleged corruption in license application and the non-regularization of FDA employees. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1750hrs (FULL STORY)
Filipino delegates to the JENESYS 2016 Exchange Program in Japan to return in PHL on Nov. 8By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- Two groups of Filipino youths who joined the JENESYS 2016 Youth Exchange Program in Japan beginning Nov. 1 are scheduled to return to the Philippines on Tuesday, Nov. 8. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1732hrs (FULL STORY)
Comelec reminds the public on the continuing registration of voters starting Monday MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has utilized the social media, particularly “Twitter,” during the boxing fight of Senator Manny Pacquiao against Jessie Vargas on Sunday, to remind the public that the continuing voter's registration for the 2017 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls will begin on Monday, Nov. 7. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1649hrs (FULL STORY)
DOT welcomes new US envoy to PHLBy Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomed on Sunday newly-designated United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Y. Kim, noting that his personal background bodes well for relations between the two countries. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1607hrs (FULL STORY)
TESDA to give 200,000 scholarships in Mindanao in 2017By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- About 200,000 skills training scholarships will be given in Mindanao next year, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Sunday. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1557hrs (FULL STORY)
Andanar: President Duterte is fit and healthy to perform his duties MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- Malacanang assured the public that President Duterte is fit and healthy to perform his job as the Chief Executive. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1554hrs (FULL STORY)
DDB chief lauds Mayor Estrada for initiating community-based treatment program for drug dependents MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Chairman Benjamin Reyes commended Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada on Sunday for initiating an innovative community-based treatment program, saying it is more important to provide “hope and help” to thousands of surrendering drug dependents. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1511hrs (FULL STORY)
Senators hail Pacquiao boxing winBy Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- Boxer-senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao received all praises from fellow senators for snatching the WBO World welterweight title from Jessie Vargas on Sunday (Manila time) in his most recent boxing bout in the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1506hrs (FULL STORY)
Sen. Pangilinan is new acting LP president MANILA, Nov 6 (PNA) -- Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday announced that he has accepted his designation as acting president of the Liberal Party (LP) until party elections are held. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1455hrs (FULL STORY)
DOJ chief orders NBI to probe narco mayor’s shootingBy Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Sunday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct investigation on the shooting of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa, Sr. inside the Leyte sub provincial jail early Saturday. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1421hrs (FULL STORY)
Senator wants probe on killing of Albuera mayorBy Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Nov. 6 (PNA) -- Senator Richard “Dick” Gordon on Sunday said that he is set to file a resolution calling for a Senate probe into the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa reportedly killed in a shootout inside the Baybay City Provincial Jail Saturday morning. UPDATED | 2016-11-06 | 1339hrs (FULL STORY)
HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday, demanding that China's central government stay out of a political dispute in the southern Chinese city after Beijing indicated that it would intervene to deter pro-independence advocates. Police used pepper spray and batons to contain some of the demonstrators, arresting two.
(1 of 11) Protesters use umbrellas to block the pepper spray from office officers outside the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. Thousands of protesters marched in Hong Kong on Sunday, demanding that China's central government stay out of a political dispute in the southern Chinese city after Beijing indicated that it would intervene to deter pro-independence advocates.
The dispute centers on a provocative display of anti-China sentiment by two newly elected pro-independence Hong Kong lawmakers at their swearing-in ceremony last month. China's top legislative panel said that Beijing must intervene to deter advocates of independence for Hong Kong, calling their actions a threat to national security. The Standing Committee of China's rubber-stamp legislature said in a statement that Beijing could not afford to do nothing in the face of challenges in Hong Kong to China's authority, the official Xinhua News Agency reported late Saturday.
On Sunday, thousands of people marched in downtown Hong Kong to voice their opposition to China's plan to step in, saying the move would undermine the city's considerable autonomy and independent judiciary.
Lee Cheuk-yan, a former pro-democracy lawmaker who was among the protesters, said Hong Kong residents were concerned that Beijing was encroaching on their relative freedoms, such as freedom of speech and expression.
"We may not agree with the two (newly elected lawmakers), their language, but we have to protect their rights because they are elected members," Lee said. "If (Beijing) can deprive them this time, they can deprive others because of other speeches or language or protest."
After the protest march, several thousand people gathered in the evening to protest outside Beijing's liaison office. Police used pepper spray and batons on demonstrators amid some scuffling. Some protesters wore face masks and hoisted open umbrellas in the air — symbols that were reminiscent of student-led pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014 that blocked key Hong Kong streets and attracted global attention.
Helmeted police officers with shields stood in several rows, creating a blockade against the protesters. "Open the road! Open the road!" the demonstrators chanted, as police warned them not to charge.
Senior police superintendent Tse Kwok-wai said police arrested two men, aged 39 and 57, one for obstructing police work and the other for failing to show his identity card. "Police strongly condemn protesters for breaking the law," Tse said.
Demonstrators held signs reading "Defend the rule of law" and calling for the city's Beijing-backed chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, to step down. Some said that if China's top legislative panel issued its own interpretation on oath-taking, it would effectively undermine a Hong Kong court's ongoing review of the case.
"In (the) long run, that will damage our confidence in the court," said Alvin Yeung, a legislator. The legislative panel in Beijing said the words and actions of the two Hong Kong lawmakers — Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching — "posed a grave threat to national sovereignty and security," Xinhua reported.
If such a situation were to persist, the Standing Committee said, it would hurt the interests of Hong Kong's residents and China's progress. "The central government cannot sit idly and do nothing," it said.
The statement followed discussions by the committee on issuing an interpretation of an article in Hong Kong's constitution, known as the Basic Law, that covers oaths taken by lawmakers. Last month, Leung, 30, and Yau, 25, who are from the radical Youngspiration party, altered their oaths to insert a disparaging Japanese term for China. Displaying a flag reading "Hong Kong is not China," they vowed to defend the "Hong Kong nation." Leung crossed his fingers, while Yau used the F-word in her pledge.
Their oaths were ruled invalid, but attempts at a do-over have resulted in mayhem in the legislature's weekly sessions. Saturday's comments indicated that the Standing Committee intended to use its interpretation of the article to send a strong message against separatism — and could ultimately lead to the democratically elected lawmakers' disqualification from office.
Such an outcome would be favorable to China's Communist leaders, who are alarmed by the former British colony's burgeoning independence movement, but is also likely to plunge their troubled relationship into fresh turmoil.
Maria Tam, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress, told reporters in Beijing on Saturday that the Standing Committee has the "final say" on the dispute, and that Hong Kong's highest court would accept the panel's interpretation as binding.
Wong reported from Beijing. Associated Press videojournalist Josie Wong in Hong Kong contributed to this report.
Before the outbreak of the Syrian war, Aleppo was a historic metropolis, declared an "Islamic Capital of Culture" in 2006. Now, air strikes by Russian and Syrian forces are continuing to ravage the city, while fighting between rebel forces and government troops takes a heavy toll. Images from before and during the war show some of the cultural heritage Aleppo has lost.
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The Umayyad mosque in the Old City of Aleppo. The historic district, built in the 12th to 16th centuries, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.
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Mosques and other buildings around Aleppo's historic citadel have been reduced to rubble.
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A covered market in Aleppo's Old City
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The clock tower of Bab al-Faraj Square is still standing, though piles of rubble show nearby damage.
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The formerly bustling Saadallah al-Jabiri Square
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Saint Elias Church
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The Carlton Citadel Hotel was destroyed in a bomb blast in 2014.
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The view along a street leading up to Aleppo's 13th century citadel
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Aleppo's industry has also come under assault, like this cement plant in the city's southwest
Eight Latin American countries urged the national government and the Venezuelan opposition to keep the dialogue started last October 30 at the current situation in the country. The governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay issued a joint statement in which "encourage continued dialogue with concrete results" and "end the difficult situation being experienced by Venezuela" . The statement, released by the Argentina Foreign Ministry, said that for the Government and the opposition, which opened this week dialogues sponsored by the Vatican and the Union of South American Nations, "find solutions urgently to the Venezuelan people." "Therefore we reiterate our call to stay on the path of dialogue and manage wisely the language, achieving overcome the polarization in Venezuelan society is. This will make decisions that will fully benefit the country. " The eight Latin American countries argued that valued "the important support of the Vatican and the presidents" -the Colombian Ernesto Samper, the Spanish Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the Dominican Leonel Fernandez and Martin Torrijos of Panama and maintain their willingness to cooperate "in what is required ". "We recognize the positive signs in recent days as the release of some prisoners, we expect to accelerate and increase the number of beneficiaries of this measure, as well as the suspension of marches by the opposition to give opportunity to dialogue. Keeping this will in these moments is crucial for the country ", they said. Finally, they requested "Venezuelan society give reasonable time for dialogue to give the expected results while respecting the rule of law and the popular will expressed in the constitutional framework.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Venezuela is going through a “very ugly” situation and there could be bloodshed ahead if talks between the government and opposition fail, a papal envoy told an Argentine newspaper after his visit to Venezuela this week.
Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli had been in Caracas for Vatican-convened talks as an angry opposition stepped up its protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro after authorities scuttled a recall referendum.
The oil-rich country is also suffering from a prolonged recession and severe shortages of food and medicine.
In an interview published Satur-day in Argentina’s La Nacion newspaper, Celli did not hide his concern, as he described “exhausting” late-night talks with the two sides. “If it happens that one side or the other wants to end the dialogue, it’s not the pope but the Venezuelan people who will lose, because the road ahead could truly be that of blood,” Pope Francis’ envoy told the paper from Rome.
“And there are people who would not be afraid of bloodshed. That is what worries me.”
Maduro’s adversaries accuse him of creating a dictatorship. They insist the government should allow the referendum, release dozens of jailed opposition activists and respect congressional decisions.
But there is no indication Maduro will agree to any of their demands, and in a speech this week he criticized their timetable and urged patience.
“There is no doubt that the situation is very ugly,” said Celli. “Not just politically, but at a social and economic level. There is no food or medicine.”
Celli’s concern mirrored remarks on Friday by Tom Shannon, a top US diplomat who also was in Caracas this week and called the talks “the last best effort to try to find a negotiated, peaceful solution to this.”
“Absent this dialogue process,” Shannon said, “Venezuela will find itself in a state in which both the government and the opposition will have to measure themselves through their ability to put people on to the streets.”
Celli is due to return to Vene-zuela for the next round of talks on November 11. Shannon said Wash-ington would support the talks “as long as it remains viable.”
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