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Russian Chief of the General Staff, Nikolai Makarov, stressed on Wednesday that there are information confirming that the armed groups in Syria have Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems (MANPADS) from various origins including the US-made Stinger missiles. "The armed groups in Syria have Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems of various foreign origins including those of US manufacturing," Makarov told the journalists.
He clarified that these weapons and equipment are being transferred to the armed groups in various ways including through civil air means.
Commenting on US President Barack Obama's instructions to provide the armed groups in Syria with a batch of portable anti-air missiles, Makarov said "The Americans have abandoned these instructions and said that they haven't provided the Syrian opposition with any weapons."
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov underlined that his country is committed to the international law regarding the situation in Syria, saying "our western partners don't prefer to talk about Libya at the UN Security council, but they suggest to adopt a resolution on Syria.. but we believe that at first it is important to take the example of Libya and not to repeat this big mistake."
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Hurricane Sandy's howling winds and rains lashed precarious shantytowns, stranded travelers and caused rivers to rise dangerously Wednesday as it roared across Jamaica on a course that would take it on to Cuba and then possibly threaten Florida.
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Clowns attend the XVII International Clown Convention in Mexico City, on Oct. 24. At least 500 clowns are participating in the event.
Hey, i wasn't aware that Romney and Obama were down Mexico way :)
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Palestinian relatives of Hamas gunman Ismail al-Tille mourn during his funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 24. Raids by Israel on Tuesday killed three members of the Islamist group, one of them al-Tille, in control of the coastal territory. Israel killed another Hamas gunman in its second round of air strikes in as many days on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, responding to rocket fire at its southern towns that wounded three people.
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Palestinian mourners gather around the body of Hamas militant Loay Abu Jarad during his funeral in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 24. Militants from Gaza's ruling Hamas movement and other gunmen pummeled southern Israel with dozens of rockets and mortars early Wednesday and two Palestinians died of wounds sustained in Israeli airstrikes, in a sharp escalation of violence following a landmark visit to Gaza by the leader of Qatar.
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Trails of smoke are seen after the launch of rockets from the northern Gaza strip towards Israel Oct. 24. Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza on Wednesday and an Israeli air strike killed a militant in a surge of violence after the Emir of Qatar embraced the enclave's Hamas leadership with a visit.
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Beer drinkers in London and New York City may be separated by a frothy ocean, but, as photographers Mario Tama and Luke MacGregor saw for themselves over the past few days, they increasingly share a taste for cask ales produced by small, independent brewers.
During the pre-Prohibition era, Brooklyn (a New York City borough) had more than 45 breweries and was one of the largest brewing centers in the U.S., Getty Images reports, but today Brooklyn Brewery is the only brewery in the borough.
The tide is turning, though. A mid-year report by the Brewer's Association cited a 12 percent increase in craft beer sales to 6 million barrels this year.
The number of American breweries has surged to a 125-year-high of 2,126 breweries last year, 97 percent of which are independent craft breweries.
In Britain, meanwhile, microbreweries have seen their numbers rise above 1,000 for the first time in over 70 years, Reuters reports, even as Britons' affection for their national drink has waned. The Kernel microbrewery in Bermondsey, South London is one of many new kids on the British beer block.
"People are moving away from the mainstream rubbish," Andrew Turner of the recently opened London Fields brewery said. "They want to drink good local stuff."
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Two baboons raided a car belonging to two Canadian tourists at Millers Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. Monitors with paintball guns track baboon troops to keep them from getting into trouble, but that does not always keep them from mischief.
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Players of the local Voukefalas soccer team wearing T-shirts displaying the logos of their sponsors, luxury brothels owned by Soula Alevridou, pose in the city of Larissa about 320 km (200 miles) north of Athens October 20, 2012. A brothel and a funeral home have become the newest benefactors of two cash-strapped Greek soccer clubs struggling to survive the country's economic crisis
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A sex worker poses in a room in "Soula", a luxury brothel which sponsors the local Voukefalas soccer team, in the city of Larissa about 320 km (200 miles) north of Athens October 20, 2012.
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Former Goldman Sachs board member jailed for two years
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A former Goldman Sachs board member who was found guilty of four criminal counts of insider trading has sentenced to two years in jail.
Rajat Gupta, 63, had leaked boardroom secrets to Raj Rajaratnam, a former hedge fund manager now serving 11 years in prison.
US District Court Judge Jed Rakoff also ordered Gupta to pay a $5m (£3m) fine.
Gupta said he regretted the impact of the case on his family and friends.
Reading from a statement, he said: "The last 18 months have been the most challenging period of my life since I lost my parents as a teenager."
He added: I've lost my reputation I built for a lifetime. The verdict was devastating."
During the court case, which resulted in Gupta being found guilty in June, the jury heard secret recordings of conversations between him and Rajaratnam.
The trial focused on a phone call made to Rajaratnam on 23 September 2008, minutes after Gupta had listened to a private conference call discussing a $5bn (£3.2bn) investment in Goldman Sachs by Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway. The deal was due to be made public after stock markets closed that day.
According to phone records, Rajaratnam bought $40m in Goldman Sachs stock moments after the phone call, earning nearly $1m.
Gupta, who was born in India and educated at Harvard, also served on the boards of Procter & Gamble, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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'Millennium bomber' Ahmed Ressam given longer sentence
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A man convicted of plotting a millennium eve bomb attack on Los Angeles International Airport has been re-sentenced to 37 years in prison.
Algerian Ahmed Ressam was convicted in 2001 of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act and smuggling explosives.
Initially, Ressam co-operated with investigators and was not sentenced.
However, he then stopped co-operating in 2003 and two years later was sentenced to 22 years in jail. In 2010 this sentence was ruled too short.
Prosecutors had pushed for a life sentence because he had recanted his co-operation with authorities, but Ressam's lawyers had argued for a term of up to 34 years.
Ressam was arrested in December 1999 as he crossed the US-Canadian border near Seattle with explosives in the boot of his car.
After his arrest, Ressam reportedly helped the US authorities identify more than 100 people with alleged links to al-Qaeda.
He also provided information about the network's training camps in Afghanistan.
He stopped co-operating with US authorities in 2003 after being placed in solitary confinement, causing attempts to extradite two al-Qaeda suspects to fail.
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A rebel fighter runs for cover through a sniper line-of-fire at the Karmal Jabl front line in Aleppo, Syria, on Oct. 24. The image was captured Wednesday, but made available to NBCNews.com today.
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Journalists were taken on a government-organized tour of a detention center in Beijing on Thursday. The rare access to the facility, which has capacity for 1,000 inmates, was offered to the international media as China prepares for the Communist Party Congress, which is due to open on Nov. 8.
Detention centers in China are primarily for people who have been detained by police on suspicion of committing a criminal offense and are awaiting trial
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A paramilitary policeman looks at foreign journalists as he guards an entrance to the Number Two Detention Center. The slogan on the wall reads "No small matter in detention center, everything concerns safety."
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A chair specially designed to restrain the inmate is set behind bars in an interrogation room at the Number One Detention Center.
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Toys, photos of psychiatrists, and a chair are arranged in a psychology consulting room at the Number One Detention Center.
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San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval reacts at home after hitting his third home run of the game during the fifth inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series against the Detroit Tigers Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in San Francisco
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Berlin, Germany: A rose lies on a memorial to Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust
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Aleppo, Syria: Free Syrian Army fighters battle with regime soldiers in the Askar neighbourhood
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Singapore: A man picks up debris from a burnt-out bus used in a training exercise involving the police and civil defence force
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Lisbon, Portugal: A protest against austerity measures
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Montevideo, Uruguay: The Greeting Man sculpture, by the Korean artist Yoo Young-ho
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Sudan calls on UNSC to condemn 'Israeli attack'
Khartoum claims Israeli warplanes attacked arms factory in country: "Israel is a country of injustice that needs to be deterred."
Sudan on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to condemn Israel after it accused the Jewish State of carrying out an airstrike in the country, causing a huge explosion and fire at an arms factory in Khartoum that killed two people
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Fans of Ajax Amsterdam celebrate their team's 3-1 victory over Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League
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A Libyan man tries to load a sheep into the boot of his car at a local market in preparation for the Eid Al Adha celebrations, in Tripoli, Libya
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Prince Charles is greeted with a traditional Maori hongi by Bruce Simpson during a reception at St James's Palace for prominent Papua New Guineans, Australians and New Zealanders
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Student teachers protest against budget cuts in a demonstration organised by the Irish teaching unions outside the Irish parliament, the Dail, in Dublin
Almost correct! :)
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The husband of Sabah Usmani, Dr Abdul Shakoor 5th from left, members of the Muslim community and friends and family of Sabah Usmani and her five children, who were killed in a house fire, follow the funeral cortege to the crematorium after a service of prayer in Harlow, England
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Feminist activists dressed as suffragettes protest at outside parliament in London for women's rights and equality
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Hundreds of women were at Westminster for the rally
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French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, left, with his lawyer David Koubbi arrives at the Paris court, which was due to rule on his appeal for acquittal in a fraud case that cost Societe Generale bank €4.9bn
His appeal was unsuccessful :)
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British cyclists Bradley Wiggins (left) and Chris Froome attend the unveiling of the 2013 Tour de France route in Paris. The 100th edition of the Tour will take place from 29 June to 21 July and will start in Corsica for the first time in its history
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Activists from the League Against Cruel Sports stage a protest against proposed badger culls in Westminster, London
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A woman touches a monument to polar bear Knut after an unveiling in Berlin Zoo. Knut, who was born in December 2006 at the zoo, quickly rose to celebrity status as an irresistibly cute, fluffy cub. Knut was rejected by his mother at birth along with his twin brother, who only survived a couple of days. He attracted attention when his main keeper, Thomas Doerflein, camped out at the zoo to give the cub his bottle every two hours. Knut died on 19 March 2011 in front of hundreds of visitors at the zoo, turning around several times and then falling into the water in his enclosure. An autopsy of the four-year-old bear showed he was suffering from encephalitis.
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Filipinos return to burned houses a day after a fire in Sangandaan district of Quezon City, east of Manila, in the Philippines. Welfare workers estimated that more than 300 families were affected by the fire
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A refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, where almost 6,000 people displaced because of the civil conflict are living
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Workers at a Ford assembly plant gather after an emergency meeting with management in Genk, Belgium. Ford told unions that it will close the factory employing 4,300 workers, as it tries to stem losses in Europe and match capacity to demand.
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Fascinating: racing fans pose at the Geelong Cup Day at Geelong racecourse in Melbourne, Australia
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A Sotheby's auction house employee holds a decorated Violin after Stradivari, 1865, which features in an exhibition of the work of Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume in London. The exhibition, which opens to the general public today and runs until October 30, features twenty of Vuillaume's finest violins, violas and cellos. Human Interest Jean-Baptiste Vuillaumme Musical Instrument topics topix bestof toppics toppix
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The Queen attends the official opening of the Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank.
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British artist David Hockney attends the opening of his exhibition 'David Hockney - A Bigger Picture' at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany. The exhibition runs until February 3, 2013
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A worker fumigates against dengue, a mosquito-transmitted virus, in residential neighbourhood of Chennai, in southern India
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Massed clowns pose for a photo during the 17th Clown international convention in Mexico City. The convention attracted over 1,000 clowns from across the world in different events for four days
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People ride a motorbike in heavy rain due to the passing of hurricane 'Sandy' in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, last night, 24 October
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Stonemasons make final adjustments as they fix a newly carved gargoyle to the Chapter House roof at Salisbury Cathedral. The gargoyle is the largest to be replaced on the building for over 150 years
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A Mapuche supporter is detained by riot police during a protest against the government in Valparaiso city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago, October 24, 2012. The rally was held in support of indigenous Mapuche inmates who have been on a hunger strike for 59 days to protest against charges of attempted murder of a police officer and illegal possession of weapons, according to local media.
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A woman reacts as she shakes hands with President Barack Obama during a campaign rally in Denver, Colorado October 24, 2012. Obama is on a two-day, eight state, campaign swing.
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Iraqi's ride motorbikes during a biker show on Abou Nawas Street in Baghdad October 19, 2012. Drag-racing in California, you say? No, this is Baghdad, where youthful rebellion and American biker style clash with conservative mores in Iraq, a country where just a few years ago militias imposed their own radical Islamic views at gunpoint.
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Israeli soldiers take cover as a siren sounds off to warn of incoming rockets at an Iron Dome rocket shield battery site where they are stationed, in the southern city of Ashkelon October 24, 2012. Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza on Wednesday and an Israeli air strike killed a militant in a surge of violence after the Emir of Qatar embraced the enclave's Hamas leadership with a visit.
