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tck2000:
I thought Alaska were owned by the Russians before Spain bought it and later sold it to the US?

Russia transferred the ownership to the US in 1867

starbuck:
I can't even breathe in this kind of crowded environment

How were they able to do it

Air-conditioning system.

Midas01:
Those other pictures were taken when she was still in the U.S.

Almost the pics are saudi pics, except the 5th pictures which am not sure of because of those mountains.

chiommy123:
Let's be honest to ourselves is that woman really showing good example to her daughter with that pix up there

Which of the pictures if i may ask?

delishpot:
This life, people just use religion when it will get them something. Turn around and they are as perverted as any other being on earth outside their religion.

Nobody holy pass bro.

https://www.nairaland.com/5280371/united-arab-emirates-emirs-son

Funjosh:
Greenland that happened to be the largest land of Denmark, the US are planning to buy again.

Hawaii, Alaska and now Greenland.

'She's working within the system. She respects the Saudi government.'

In Saudi Arabia, a woman's testimony is treated as only worth half of that of a man's.

'In court, she's treated like a child. Like a minor,' her mother added.

A US State Department official said that they were aware of the case, but could not provide a comment 'due to privacy considerations.'

'Speaking generally, the U.S. Department of State and our embassies and consulates abroad have no greater responsibility than the protection of U.S. citizens overseas.

US citizens abroad are subject to local laws,' they added.




Myron Vierra, the girl's grandfather, added: 'We love our granddaughter.

I think our deepest fear is that we might not ever see her again.'


Myron shared that her daughter refuses to go down without a fight and plans to appeal the decision.

'Bethany won't give up.

Because that's her daughter,' he said.

'And it makes perfect sense that she won't give up.

We also realize that she may lose her life doing this, or we may never see her again.'

The couple has come to terms with the fact that they may not ever see either the mother or her little girl.

'If Zaina can't leave, she won't leave,' Kathi said.

Myron added: 'We love our granddaughter.

I think our deepest fear is that we might not ever see her again.'

Vierra's ex husband used her social media as evidence that she was allegedly living un-Islamic lifestyle and would have too much influence on the girl.


His lawyers used her trip to Burning Man in their argument, dubbing it 'the world's strangest festival' where attendees 'appear in crazy clothes and stay awake all night dancing and surrounded by people wearing only shoes made of fur, or drinking drugs (sic) or cold drinks.'

Her ex-husband's lawyers also contended that her social media was 'full of nudity, intermingling of the two sexes and a lot of things and actions contrary to our religion and customs and traditions.'

Vierra claimed that her ex-husband was verbally abusive and used drugs. Her husband denies those allegations.

'There was drug use and that became an issue,' her mother, Kathi Vierra, explained.




*Note please, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th pictures below are from the Burning Man 2018 which Bethany Vierra attended. She's not captured in any of the pictures.

A Washington mother, who moved to Saudi Arabia to teach at a university, lost custody of her daughter after divorcing her husband because she was too Western to raise the child, according to a Saudi court.

Bethany Vierra, 32, lost custody of her daughter four-year-old Zaina in July after the court determined that the mother was too 'new to Islam.'


'The mother is new to Islam, is a foreigner in this country, and continues to definitively embrace the customs and traditions of her upbringing.

We must avoid exposing (Zaina) to these customs and traditions, especially at this early age,' Judge Abdul-Ellah ibn Mohammed al-Tuwaijri said in his July ruling, according to CNN.


The 32-year-old student had moved to the Middle Eastern country in 2011 to teach at a local university.

Vierra's ex husband used her social media as evidence that she was allegedly living a non-Islamic lifestyle.




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7367719/Mother-32-loses-custody-battle-daughter-Saudi-Arabia-new-Islam.html

Toronto's airport was also affected by the outage. Crowds of people wait at the customs line at Toronto Pearson Airport.

San Francisco: Luggage awaits passengers arriving at the city's international airport.


San Francisco: Lines extended well out of the door as people waited to get processed.

Philadelphia: Luggage awaits pickup at Philadelphia International Airport after the computer outage on Friday.


Philadelphia: A massive crowd waits to get processed through Customs after their system shut down.

O'Hare, Chicago: Some passengers were stuck on planes. Above a snap is shared by a flyer landing at O'Hare Airport in Chicago.

JFK, New York: One traveler shared this picture, writing: 'Here's a better perspective of the customs line at JFK.

People are growing frustrated. Nothing like landing after a 10 hour flight to this'

Dulles, Washington D.C: 'Nothing is moving. Very frustrating,' One twitter user wrote as they shared this snap from Dulles Airport in Washington.

O'Hare, Chicago: Crowds of people wait at the customs line at O'Hare Airport in Chicago after the computer outage Friday. 'I can see maybe 1,000 others and I know the line goes around the corner too,' this Twitter user captioned this snap.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's processing systems went down for several hours at major airports across the country on Friday afternoon.

Tens of thousands of travelers faced lengthy delays as the CBP scrambled to use 'alternative procedures' to process arrivals coming into the country.

Although the system was back up and running as of Friday evening, CBP has not revealed what was behind the outage.

JFK, Newark, LAX, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dulles in Washington D.C. and the Boston airport were among those impacted by the crash.




JFK, New York: Air travelers are facing chaos and massive delays at airports across the country. This picture was taken at JFK Airport.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7366831/US-Customs-wont-say-caused-crash-delayed-tens-thousands-travelers.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Asquare84:
Do we have any Nigeria that have made effort to climb Mount Everest

I can't say about attempt, but not the summit.

ecclize:
And na this same world we gather dey like this ooo

Na so my bro, that's life for you o. Spent almost 5Billion naira to buy a house and someone is finding it so difficult to buy a 1m naira car.

Enjoy you wealth Hazard....

Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is home to Thule Air Base, the US military's northernmost base, located about 750 miles above the Arctic Circle and built in 1951.

The radar and listening post features a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System that can warn of incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles and reaches thousands of miles into Russian territory.


Mailonline

President Donald Trump has on multiple occasions brought up buying Greenland from the Danish government and the White House counsel's office has looked into the possibility.

Trump's interest in buying Greenland was first reported on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal.


Two sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Donald Trump has repeatedly asked his advisers with 'varying degrees of seriousness' if it would be possible for the U.S. to acquire the autonomous Danish territory for its abundant natural resources and geopolitical significance.

The Journal reported that people familiar with the deliberations said the President has raised the issue during meetings and dinners, asking aides and listening seriously about the possibility and advantages of owning Greenland.

He also asked his White House counsel to research the matter, according to two of the people.

Two of the people also told the Journal that Trump's aides were divided on the issue, with some praising it as solid economic strategy and others dismissing it as a passing fancy.


However, it's unclear how exactly the U.S. would go about buying the largest island in the world after the U.S.'s two failed attempts by President Truman to buy it for $100million in 1946 and before that by the State Department in 1867.





https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/08/15/politics/trump-buy-greenland-wall-street-journal/index.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

deltateam:
I wish I had the links I would have recommended you to the National Geography board.

You have depth.

We'll so much love that, lol.....Thanks.

amaniro:
Nepal Government Is smart. No right thinking civilian will want to climb the mountain for 18million. When your life back is not guaranteed

$1m, people will still climb.

amaniro:
Nepalese are not Americans. Most of the adventurers are from other countries

But the Nepalese are the guards/sherpa mostly.

Pictured are dozens of climbers waiting at the summit in May, 2019.

This year 11 people died during the spring climbing season with nine attempting the peak from the southern side of in Nepal, making it one of the worst years on the mountain.

Climbers make their way to the summit past a dead body.

In an effort to address deaths, human traffic jams on Mount Everest and also weed out inexperienced climbers, Nepali officials on Wednesday formally proposed new safety rules that could significantly reduce the number of permits issued for the world’s highest peak.

Under the measures, climbers would have to prove that they have scaled another major peak, and tourism companies would be required to have at least three years’ experience organizing high-altitude expeditions before they can lead climbers on Everest, Nepal’s tourism ministry said.

To discourage cost-cutting that can put climbers’ lives at risk, the ministry also said that clients of expedition companies would have to prove, before setting out, that they had paid at least $35,000 for the expedition.

A typical total price tag easily surpasses $50,000.

“Everest cannot be climbed just based on one’s wishes anymore,” Yogesh Bhattarai, the tourism minister, said at a news conference.

“We are testing their health conditions and climbing skills before issuing climbing permits.”




https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/world/asia/everest-climbing-rules.amp.html

Police officers are assembled to take part in a drill in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, as they face rioters played by actors.

Around 12,000 officers gather at the drill in Shenzhen which shares a 22-mile border with Hong Kong.

Police officers are assembled to take part in a drill in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, as they face rioters played by actors

The police fire a type of newly developed tear gas at the on-coming crowd during a staged clash at a drill in Shenzhen

Police on motorbikes are ready to set out at today's drill in Shenzhen, which has been branded a counterterrorist exercise

Hong Kong police stage a water cannon demonstration today at the Police Tactical Unit compound.

The demonstration of specially equipped armoured cars came after another weekend of protests at Hong Kong's airport and on the streets

Legislators and journalists were invited to witness the display of extreme crowd control tactics, which Amnesty International warned last week could lead to serious injuries if misused within Hong Kong's confined spaces

More.

Police officers fire tear gas as anti-extradition bill protesters in Hong Kong.

Protesters throw back tear gas fired by the police during a demonstratrion.

Protesters with umbrellas and homemade shields as they face with riot policemen on a street in Hong Kong as police fired tear gas late Sunday afternoon to try to disperse a demonstration.

Anti-government protesters continue their sit-in at a designated protest area at Hong Kong International Airport today.