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RAQQA, Syria 鈥?U.S.-backed
stanley cup Syrian fighters have captured almost half of Raqqa from the Islamic State group, but the push into the northern city has slowed due to large amounts of explosives planted by the extremists and their counteroffensives, a spokeswoman for the fighters and a monitoring group said Thursday.The assault on Raqqa by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish
stanley canada -led fighting coalition, began June 6, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and U.S. troops advising the local forces. Since then, the SDF has made steady advances from the eastern and western sides of the city reaching the walled old quarter.The capture of Raqqa, the Islamic State group self-proclaimed capital, would be a huge loss for the extremist group that earlier this month lost the Iraqi city of Mosul. But the liberation of Raqqa is still far off despite the
stanley cup progress. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Nisreen Abdullah, the Kurdish spokeswoman, told The Associated Press that the pace of the advance into Raqqa has slowed because of massive amounts of explosives laid by IS fighters. As the extremists become more surrounded, they have increased their suicide attacks against fighters of the SDF, she added.Raqqa has become a booby trapped city and this shows their IS weakness, Abdullah, of the Women Protection Units, said speaking from northern Syria. They are also using civilians as human shields and this is slowing the p Koco Natural cream for skin conditions recalled
OSWEGO, NY 鈥?The Oswego Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to accept the low bid for a lighting contract.CPS Electric of Oswego was awarded the bid for a total amount not to exceed $268,000. A $5,000 allowance has been included by t
vaso stanley he contractor in the base bid amount. King and King Architects recommended another $10,000 approximately 5 percent of the construction cost be held as construction contingency for any unforeseen items that may be encountered through the course of the project.The project entails work at the high school pool and gym as well as the Leighton Elementary School gym.Also Tuesday night, in between the three committee meetings and regular board meeting, a public hearing on the distr
stanley us icts proposed $76.6 million budget for 2012-13 was convened.It was closed seconds later as no one came to speak.The board approved the superintendents tentative spending plan at its April 17 meeting; Tuesdays public hearing was mandated by state law.The public vote on the budget is set for May 15.Besides the budget, voters will also elect two members to the school board.Four candidates are seeking the two open seats.
stanley shop Incumbent Tom DeCastro is seeking re-election. Also in the running are former board member Sean Madden, Fran Zaryski and Lynda Sereno.Incumbent Fran Hoefer decided not to run again.Voters will also be asked to approve replacing 10 buses 鈥?eight 66-passenger buses, one 60-passenger wheelchair bus, and one 31-passenger bus for a total of $999,952.They
