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BEIJING DJ Moore Color Rush Jersey , Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- It has been a testing time for Russia, widely regarded as the world's toughest nation and nicknamed the "Polar Bear."

 

After being publicly humiliated by Uncle Sam last December with expulsion of 35 of its diplomats in the U.S., Russia chose to suck it up. Yet who would have thought, the more one gets, the more one wants.

 

A few days ago, the American parliament overwhelmingly approved a sanctions bill on Russia for its alleged intervention in Ukraine and meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

 

This time it's more than the Polar Bear could bear. It finally showed its teeth by demanding the United States cut 60 percent of its diplomatic staff in Russia Thomas Davis Sr Color Rush Jersey , totalling 755 people, by Sept. 1.

 

It is a typical Putin style tit-for-tat revenge -- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. "We will not leave anything unanswered," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

 

Though a strongman, Putin was not always that strong. After years of waiting, he once found the apple of his eye -- Donald Trump.

 

During the American election last year Greg Olsen Color Rush Jersey , Putin openly called Trump a "colorful" and "talented" person. To return the favor, Trump, complimented Putin as "a leader, far more than our president has been," referring to then-U.S. President Barack Obama.

 

The two presidents met face-to-face for more than two hours at the Hamburg G20 summit in July -- well beyond the scheduled 35 minutes. The prolonged conversation even wore First Lady Melania Trump out that she had to barge in the meeting, trying to put an end to it.

 

She obviously failed as her husband and Putin talked for another hour.

 

But the Trump-Putin bromance wasn't fated to last. Soon enough Kawann Short Color Rush Jersey , the U.S. Congress, like a meddling mother-in-law, decided to impose new economic sanctions on Moscow, and forced Trump to sign the bill.

 

For Russia, all the waiting for the United States to turn for the better has ended up with nothing.

 

Out of rage, Russia fought back. "Trump's administration has shown its total weakness by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way Trai Turner Color Rush Jersey ," Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Facebook.

 

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Washington was "sliding ever deeper into the primitive ideology of the Cold War era."

 

People say Russia's expulsion of American diplomats marks the harshest diplomatic move since the Cold War, but I think Putin has made some reservation out of hope for a warmer relationship in the future.

 

Not only Russia leaved the American side to choose which diplomats to withdraw, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also announced on Sunday that Russia is prepared to "normalize the dialogue" with the United States.

 

Despite the obvious mutual appreciation between Putin and Trump, the U.S.-Russia honeymoon appears to be over, at least for the time being.

 

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TRIPOLI Ryan Kalil Color Rush Jersey , Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan city of Misurata on Wednesday demanded postponement of the return of internally displaced people of Tawergha to their city scheduled for Thursday.

 

The military council and the elders council held "concerned parties responsible for the wrong handling of the Misurata-Tawergha issue" in a joint statement.

 

The statement also slashed the announcing of the returning date without fully implementing the agreement, particularly in terms of "reconciliation, extradition, taking security measures, and compensation for all parties."

 

The statement demanded to postpone the return of Tawergha's displaced people until all the demands are met "in order to fairly and objectively treat this sensitive issue."

 

The statement also demanded an immediate halt to the ongoing construction work in Tawergha "as it might conceal graves and evidence that could lead to the fate of missing persons."

 

The UN-backed prime minister, Fayez Serraj has previously announced that Feb. 1 would be the date for the return of the internally displaced people of Tawergha to their city.

 

During the 2011 uprising Luke Kuechly Color Rush Jersey , some residents of Tawergha allied with the forces of former leader Muammar Gaddafi against the rebels of the nearby city of Misurata.

 

After Gaddafi's regime was toppled, those residents, accused by Misurata of actively participating in the fighting against them, fled their homes to others cities in Libya. Since then, they have been internally displaced.

 

In August 2016, representatives of Tawergha and Misurata cities signed a UN-sponsored draft reconciliation agreement to allow Tawerghan refugees to return home.

 

 

 

MANILA Cam Newton Color Rush Jersey , Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of families in Metro Manila and nearby provinces were evacuated to higher places due to flooding triggered by heavy rains, the Philippine authorities said Friday.

 

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), heavy rains were spawned by tropical storm Fung-Wong (local name Mario), which was moving toward northern Luzon, with maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometer per hour and gustiness of up to 100 kph.

 

Red rainfall warning Black Devin Funchess Jersey , which means that severe flooding is expected, was raised in Metro Manila and the provinces of Laguna and Rizal, PAGASA said .

 

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