Honey Boo Boo and her self-proclaimed crazy family return with Season 3 on January 16 as well as three HOLLAday specials for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas starting on January 6.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo follows 8-year-old Alana Thompson and her family: stay-at-home Mama June, chalk-mining dad Sugar Bear, and sisters, Lauryn “Pumpkin”, Jessica “Chubbs” and Anna “Chickadee.”
The maker of the set of communicating bedroom sensors that control a changing-color lamp claims to be able to wake sleepers at the best moment.
One part slides under the mattress to study the dozing owners while another screens their bedroom environment.
It is the first of more than a dozen sleep-related gadgets set to be launched at the event.
However, one expert warned it was too soon to know how much difference such devices could really make to purchasers’ health.
The Aura system consists of three parts:
The light changes color from blue to yellow and red across the course of the night on the basis of research that different light wavelengths can affect the secretion of hormones.
Studies have suggested that blue light stimulates melanopsin – a pigment found in cells in the eye’s retina, which send nerve impulses to parts of the brain thought to make a person feel alert.
Blue light is also believed to suppress melatonin – a hormone made by the brain’s pineal gland which makes a person feel sleepy when its levels rise in their blood.
By switching from blue to red light – via an intermediary yellow or white stage – this process should be reversed, encouraging a feeling of sleepiness.
Space agency NASA has previously studied the phenomenon and has announced plans to install a light-color changing system of its own into the International Space Station (ISS) in 2016.
Withings’ system is being launched at a cost of $299.
Philips recently announced a competing product at the same price. Its Wake-up Light system mimics the changing conditions created by a sunrise, turning from red to bright yellow over the course of half-an-hour before sounding an alarm. However, it does not monitor the sleepers themselves.
Other sleep-related technologies on show at CES 2014 include:
“This is the house ware M Gorbachev R Reagan did some epic,” wrote Charlie Sheen.
“It’s also where S and I GOT MARRIED! c #RumorMilUhPede,” the actor tweeted beside an image of the two seated in front of the former French consulate building in Reykjavik, Iceland. The location is where the 1986 Cold War Summit took place between former President Ronald Regan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Charlie Sheen’s rep tells Us Weekly: “He’s kidding around,” adding that fans should “read the hashtag.” Brett Rossi, 24, also took to her Twitter Sunday night to make fun of the buzz surrounding her alleged marriage to Charlie Sheen.
Charlie Sheen, 48, and Brett Rossi first emerged together while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico back in November.
The actor has been married and divorced three times before.
Charlie Sheen wed Donna Peele in 1995 in a short-lived one year marriage. He then married actress Denise Richards in 2002, though the two split in 2006.
Two years later, Charlie Sheen married his third wife Brooke Mueller. They divorced in 2011.
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The winner of best picture Oscars for One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus and The English Patient, Saul Zaentz only entered the movie business in his 50s, having already made a fortune in the music industry.
Most of Saul Zaentz’s films were based on literary properties, and he held the rights to JRR Tolkien’s novels.
“He was an amazing man,” said his nephew Paul Zaentz, who is also a film producer.
“He always taught me to only make films I am passionate about.”
Saul Zaentz was born in Passaic, New Jersey in 1921 and later joined the US Army, where he served in Europe and the Pacific during WWII.
After military service, he briefly tried his hand as a chicken farmer, before moving to San Francisco to study business.
Saul Zaentz was hired as a salesman by jazz label Fantasy Records in 1955 and, 12 years later, acquired the company from its founders.
In a departure from its usual roster – which included Dave Brubeck and the poet Allen Ginsberg – Saul Zaentz signed rock group Credence Clearwater Revival, who went on to make the label millions.
Fewer than half the 300 parliamentary seats were contested – reports say the Awami League has a two-thirds majority.
At least 18 people died during Sunday’s vote and dozens more in the run-up. Clashes on Monday killed another three.
Voter turnout appears to have been particularly poor, with just over 20% reportedly taking part.
More than 70% voted in the 2008 parliamentary elections, with officials saying the fear of violence and the boycott kept many away this time.
PM Sheikh Hasina was swift to claim her party had won fairly.
“The people have cast their votes spontaneously, upheld the value of democracy and dumped terrorism. We will form our government,” Sheikh Hasina told a news conference.
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led a nationwide 48-hour strike beginning on Saturday after its leader Khaleda Zia urged supporters to “completely boycott” what she called a “scandalous farce” of an election.
Sheikh Hasina had rejected the opposition’s demands for her to step down and set up a neutral government to oversee the poll.
The BNP has demanded that results be declared null and void and has called for another 48-hour general strike to begin on Monday.
Widespread violence erupted across the country on Sunday. Scores of polling stations – many of them schools – were torched, and violent clashes broke out between opposition activists and police.
With most votes counted, the Awami League won 105 of the 147 contested seats, with allied parties or independent candidates taking the remaining 34, reports said.
Repolling will take place in eight constituencies.
The ruling party also held 127 seats that were unopposed, giving it 232 seats in all. A final result is expected later on Monday.
The opposition strike is only the latest in a string of protests by the BNP and its allies – including the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party – that has seen a blockade of roads, railways and waterways and the closure of shops, schools and offices.
In the run-up to the polls, scores of opposition supporters died in police shootings and dozens of commuters were burnt to death by protesters throwing petrol bombs at strike-defying buses.
All elections since 1991 have been held under a neutral caretaker administration to ensure that voting is not fixed.
But the Awami League abolished the caretaker system in 2010, arguing that it was no longer necessary.
The government has insisted the BNP should take part in the polls within the existing constitutional framework.
Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia – who are bitter political enemies – have alternated from government to opposition for most of the past two decades.
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Dennis Rodman, 52, and the team of former NBA players flew from Beijing on Monday ahead of Wednesday’s match.
The sportsman said his aim was to “connect two countries”.
State Department officials have made it clear Dennis Rodman does not represent the US.
Dennis Rodman has also been strongly criticized for ignoring North Korea’s human rights abuses.
He last visited North Korea in December, shortly after the execution of Jang Sung-taek.
The fall of Kim Jong-un’s once-powerful uncle was seen as a major shake-up at the very top of Pyongyang’s elite.
On that visit, Dennis Rodman’s third, he did not meet Kim Jong-un, who is reported to be a basketball fan. He has met the young leader on his other two previous visits, however, and is the highest-profile American to have done so.
This time, Dennis Rodman leads a squad of players on a trip he is describing as “basketball diplomacy”. The squad will play a North Korean team in an exhibition match.
Dennis Rodman’s unprecedented access to North Korea’s young leader has drawn questions over the impact of his visits to a country criticized for its repressive system of brutal political prison camps.
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The Airbus A380 plane was flying from London to Singapore and had 467 passengers and 27 crew members on board.
Singapore Airlines said that oxygen masks were deployed and the aircraft landed “uneventfully” at the Baku airport.
It said that none of the passengers or crew was injured and that it was investigating what caused the problem.
Singapore Airlines said a replacement airplane to take the stranded passengers on to Singapore had now departed and was due to arrive in Baku on January 7.
It said it had also sent staff from both Istanbul and Moscow to provide assistance on the ground in Baku.
However, some customers writing on the airline’s Facebook page complained about the wait for a replacement plane.
In response to the complaints, Singapore Airlines issued a statement on Facebook apologizing: “We sincerely apologize to affected customers for the inconvenience caused by the diversion and the lengthy delay encountered at the airport in Baku.”
However, other people writing on Singapore Airline’s Facebook page praised its handling of the incident.
In response to passenger reports that the emergency landing was because of a faulty door, a Singapore Airlines spokesman said that “on the earlier flight into London there was a noise reported from one of the main deck doors”.
But he added that “the door was inspected by engineers on the ground in London with no findings, and the aircraft was cleared for continued operation”.
Airbus, which manufactures A380s, said in a statement that it was “following up on this issue and providing technical assistance to the airline”.
Singapore Airlines is one of the biggest operators of the A380 planes, with 19 jets in its fleet.
Doctors in Grenoble say Michael Schumacher is being continually monitored but they will not be releasing more health details.
Michael Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma for the past eight days following a skiing accident in the French Alps.
Meanwhile prosecutors investigating the accident plan to give details of their probe on Wednesday.
The state prosecutor in Albertville, Patrick Quincy, told the AP news agency that French investigators were trying to obtain smartphone footage of the accident which the German magazine Der Spiegel reported had been shot by a bystander.
Der Spiegel says that a flight attendant from Essen who was filming his girlfriend on the slopes happened to catch what he believes was Michael Schumacher’s fall in the background.
The 35-year-old planned to hand the footage over to prosecutors, Der Spiegel reported.
Monday’s hospital statement said that the medical team will not be giving details of Michael Schumacher’s treatment for reasons of privacy, and no further press conferences were planned “for the time being”.
The statement also asked journalists to refrain from reporting claims about Michael Schumacher’s health not originating from the medical team or his management.
It follows Friday’s press claims of an improvement in Michael Schumacher’s condition, which were denied by his manager.
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The German chancellor will have to remain lying down as much as possible in the next three weeks and several visits will be cancelled, Steffen Seibert said.
Angela Merkel also suffered severe bruising in the accident, in the Alpine Engadine region of eastern Switzerland.
She was not skiing fast at the time, the spokesman added.
He called the injury “severe bruising linked with a partial fracture on the left, rear part of the pelvis”.
Immediately after the accident, during the Christmas holiday in December, Angela Merkel was not aware that part of her pelvis had been fractured, the spokesman said.
He did not give details about how it happened. She was skiing near the resort of St Moritz.
Angela Merkel still intends to chair a cabinet meeting on Wednesday – the first gathering of all her coalition ministers. She is now walking with the aid of crutches.But mostly she will be working from home.
Angela Merkel has cancelled a trip to Poland this week and will not receive Luxembourg’s new PM Xavier Bettel in Berlin, the spokesman said.
The Disney animation knocked The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug off the top spot and into third place.
It is unusual for a film to go back to number one seven weeks after its release.
The last film to do so, according to box office tracker Rentrak, was The Passion of the Christ in 2004.
Frozen took $20.7 million over the weekend.
The next biggest film on the chart was horror offering, Paranormal Activity: The Marked One, which debuted at number two with $18.2 million.
Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, a possible Oscar contender, was at four.
Another awards hopeful, David O Russell’s crime caper American Hustle, rounded out the top five.
Frozen, which is very loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, has now made more than $600 million worldwide.
That makes it the second-biggest Disney animation release after The Lion King.
Kristen Bell voices the main character in Frozen, which was created by the same team behind 2010 Disney animation Tangled.
Frozen follows the relationship of Queen Elsa and her sister Princess Anna, who battles to save their kingdom when Elsa’s involuntary magical powers threaten to destroy it.
The freezing temperatures currently being experienced in some regions of North America are thought to have had some effect on box office takings.
Meanwhile, Stephen Frears’ Philomena saw its North American total gross creep up to about $20 million this weekend.
In its seventh weekend, Philomena took in $1.6 million from 607 locations. The film, starring Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, has enjoyed one of the strongest showings for an arthouse film released in 2013.
North American box office Top 5:
1. Frozen – $20.7 million
2. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones – $18.2 million
3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – $16.3 million
4. The Wolf of Wall Street – $13.4 million
5. American Hustle – $13.2 million
Source: Hollywood.com
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In a statement provided by her spokesman on Friday, Kesha said she would be “unavailable for the next 30 days” as she sought treatment.
“I’m a crusader for being yourself and loving yourself, but I’ve found it hard to practice,” the singer added.
Kesha, 26, is being treated at the Timberline Knolls centre near Chicago.
She said she wanted to “learn to love myself again, exactly as I am”. No other details were released.
The vegetarian singer, whose full name is Kesha Rose Sebert and is also known as Ke$ha, rose to fame with her song Tik Tok.
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Mia Robertson, Duck Dynasty’s Jase and Missy Robertson’s daughter, is recovering from what her mother called “a major bone graft procedure for her cleft”.
The official Duck Commander Twitter account shared a Facebook message from Missy: “Great news! All went well. <<Textbook>> is the word the surgeon used. We are praising God and waiting to go see our baby girl. Thank you for all the prayers!!!!”
Missy Robertson captioned the picture: “Thumbs up!”
The official announcement from Liz Cheney – the eldest daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney – could come as early as Monday.
Liz Cheney’s election bid in the deeply conservative state was controversial from the outset.
Her Wyoming credentials were challenged in spite of her family’s deep roots in the state, because she spent much of her youth and adult life in Virginia.
Last summer, Liz Cheney committed an embarrassing political gaffe in a state where hunting and fishing are taken very seriously by mistakenly buying the wrong fishing license after living in Wyoming for just a few months.
Another scandal erupted when Liz Cheney’s sister, Mary Cheney, and her wife, Heather Poe, took to social media to blast the elder sister for her continued opposition to gay marriage.
The move comes after Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s senior adviser suggested that the officers had been framed by the police and judiciary.
Hundreds of people were jailed in 2012 and 2013 in two high-profile cases, called Sledgehammer and Ergenekon.
Correspondents say the remarks represent a political turnaround.
“Our position on a retrial is a favorable one,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul on Sunday.
“First we must establish the legal grounding for fresh trials.”
It comes as political tensions run high over alleged corruption in the Turkish government.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the police and judiciary of orchestrating a probe which led to the resignation of his ministers.
The ruling AK Party is rooted in political Islam and has moved to curb the power of the Turkish military, which sees itself as guardian of the modern secular state founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
The prime minister now appears to have taken the side of the military he once opposed. In recent days, the army has filed a criminal complaint calling for retrials.
During the early years of his administration, Recep Tayyip Erdogan formed an unofficial alliance with prosecutors in an effort to remove the military from politics.
This effort culminated with two major trials relating to separate alleged plots – Sledgehammer and Ergenekon. They were seen as major challenges to Turkey’s secularist traditions.
But in December, some of the same prosecutors involved in those investigations ordered the arrest of a number of the prime minister’s own allies.
Three ministers resigned after their sons were arrested, along with dozens of others, over alleged wrongdoing in construction contracts and deals with Iran.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the investigation as a “dirty plot”.
The armed forces then suggested that this “plotting” also included the convictions of officers, and demanded a retrial.
The former armed forces chief, General Ilker Basbug, was among dozens of people given long jail terms. Lawyers, politicians and journalists were convicted, along with many military officers.
Analysts say the latest dispute over corruption is part of a power struggle between Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and an influential US-based Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen, who is said to have many followers within Turkey’s police and judiciary.
For decades, the armed forces were the ultimate arbiter in Turkish politics.
Between 1960 and 1997, the military forced out four civilian governments.
But over the last decade, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has changed the balance of power in Turkey.
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A winter storm has already blanketed areas of Canada and the north-eastern US with up to 2ft of snow.
The snow storm has been blamed for 16 deaths in recent days and the cancellation of more than 3,700 flights this weekend.
Schools in Chicago are among those closing as officials tell people to stay indoors on Monday.
Meanwhile, a plane from Toronto slid into snow as it turned onto a taxiway after landing at New York’s JFK airport on Sunday.
No-one was hurt in the incident but all flights at the airport were suspended for two hours because of icy runways.
The plunging temperatures result from the polar vortex, an anti-clockwise pool of cold, dense air.
Forecasters say temperatures in the north and central US could feel as low as -60F (-51C) with the effect of wind chill.
Authorities have warned residents to remain indoors, both for their own safety and to keep roads clear for snow removal.
In Canada, thousands of people on the island of Newfoundland remain without power due to a transformer fire linked to heavy snow.
“The coldest weather in years will be making its presence known from the Upper Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic region for the beginning of the work week,” the US National Weather Service said in a statement.
The states of Ohio, South Dakota and Illinois are among those set to be hit. Tennessee and Kentucky are forecast to see several inches of snow.
The weather service said “an incredibly strong surge of bitterly cold Arctic air” was sweeping across the country until Tuesday.
It is set to continue to the north-east, where residents are still digging out from the week’s deadly snowstorm.
It could bring some of the coldest temperatures in two decades.
In Canada, the temperature dropped as low as -20F (-29C) in Toronto and -36F (-38C) in Quebec City with wind chill on Thursday – the lowest seen in at least two decades there.
Heavy snow has also affected US states including New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Boston was said to be the worst hit with nearly 18 in of snow.
Schools have also been closed across the state of Minnesota for Monday, as well as for parts of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, among others.
Officials in Chicago, Illinois reversed a decision to keep schools open following criticism from a teachers’ union, according to the Associated Press.
State offices were to stay closed in neighboring Indiana where a state of emergency was declared in Lake County in the northwest, allowing only emergency or law enforcement vehicles on the roads.
The Green Bay Packers football team handed out hot chocolate and hand warmers to fans at a game being played in Wisconsin on Sunday. Doctors had urged fans to wear at least three layers of clothing.
Sixteen deaths have been blamed on the wide-ranging storm, according to the Associated Press news agency.
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Like many assets its value is determined by how much people are willing to exchange it for.
To process Bitcoin transactions, a procedure called “mining” must take place, which involves a computer solving a difficult mathematical problem with a 64-digit solution.
For each problem solved, one block of bitcoins is processed. In addition the miner is rewarded with new bitcoins.
This provides an incentive for people to provide computer processing power to solve the problems.
To compensate for the growing power of computer chips, the difficulty of the puzzles is adjusted to ensure a steady stream of about 3,600 new bitcoins a day.
There are currently about 11 million bitcoins in existence.
To receive a bitcoin a user must have a Bitcoin address – a string of 27-34 letters and numbers – which acts as a kind of virtual postbox to and from which the bitcoins are sent.
Since there is no registry of these addresses, people can use them to protect their anonymity when making a transaction.
These addresses are in turn stored in Bitcoin wallets which are used to manage savings.
They operate like privately run bank accounts – with the proviso that if the data is lost, so are the bitcoins owned.
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Zynga is perhaps the most significant video games firm to accept bitcoins to date.
The virtual currency has been gaining in popularity but its value has been highly volatile in recent weeks.
It peaked at $1,250 in November last year, but fell sharply in December after China restricted trade.
According to the South China Morning Post, the value of a single Bitcoin fell to as low as 2,560 yuan ($421) in December, after China’s move.
On Monday, a single Bitcoin was trading close to $1,030 on MTGox, one of the virtual currency’s major exchanges.
Zynga follows Ouya, the Android-based video games console-maker, which began accepting payments for its hardware in bitcoins last month.
The Humble Bundle – an organisation selling a changing selection of indie games – also began accepting bitcoins in 2013.
Supporters of Bitcoin, which is not backed by a central bank, have been pushing for its increased usage.
Its popularity and value surged last year after a US Senate committee described virtual currencies as a “legitimate financial service”.
Zynga said it had tied up with BitPay, a Bitcoin payment service, to allow users to purchase virtual goods in some of its games using the facility.
“In response to Bitcoin’s rise in popularity around the world, Zynga, with help from BitPay, is testing expanded payment options for players to make in-game purchases using Bitcoin,” the company said in a post on Reddit.
Concerns over the use and risks associated the virtual currency have also grown.
Bitcoin became popular, in part, due to it being difficult to trace transactions that use it. The currency has been linked to illegal activity online.
Last month, the European Banking Authority warned the public about the potential risks of using bitcoins.
“Currently, no specific regulatory protections exist in the European Union that would protect consumers from financial losses if a platform that exchanges or holds virtual currencies fails or goes out of business,” the EBA said.
China, the world’s second largest economy, has also banned its banks from handling Bitcoin transactions, saying they had no legal status and should not be used as a currency.
At the same time, there have been concerns that the rise in Bitcoin’s value has been triggered by speculators looking to cash in on its popularity.
Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, has called the rapid rise a “bubble”.
Duck Dynasty’s Willie and Korie Robertson will be in Arkansas on January 18 for an evening of faith, family, and ducks to raise support for the Spark of Life Grief Recovery Retreats.
Date: January 18 – 7:00 PM
Missy and Jase Robertson have been using Facebook to keep friends, family and fans up to date on the Mia’s progress.
“Almost done with all the pre-op appointments today. Was just told by one of the doctors that she was impressed with how well Mia is prepared for this major bone graft procedure for her cleft,” Missy Robertson wrote on Thursday.
“Surgery tomorrow at 11 a.m. We’re ready! God’s got this.”
Just after the surgery began, Missy Robertson shared a picture of a great many family members gathered at Mia’s bedside.
Noticeably absent were Mia’s grandparents Phil and Miss Kay, as well as her Uncle Willie.
“Surgeon’s [sic] has been working on Mia for about 5 minutes,” Missy Robertson captioned the photo.
“They tell us she’s doing great! Here we all are right before she was wheeled away. Thanks for the prayers.”
About an hour after that, Missy Robertson came back with another update: “Great news! All went well. <<Textbook>> is the word the surgeon used. We are praising God and waiting to go see our baby girl. Thank you for all the prayers!!!!”
Jase Robertson took to Facebook with his own message of appreciation, as well, writing:“I really appreciate the outpouring of support, thoughts and prayers for Mia. Out of surgery, doing great, considering. #Blessed.”
In a recent interview with The Christian Post, Alan Robertson said: “We basically stood with dad, and I think he has the right to express his biblical views, as well as his opinions.
“Obviously now, I think A&E is on board with that as well. They reinstated him, which is a good thing. I say now we just try to make a great television show and move forward. We’re going to continue to talk about the Bible and try to help people, like we always have. That really never was in danger of not happening, and all this does it make us more bold to talk to people.”
Last month, after A&E announced that Phil Robertson was suspended indefinitely due to pressure from LGBT activist groups for anti-gay comments he made during GQ magazine interview, the family stood together and announced that they were unwilling to continue Duck Dynasty reality show without the family’s patriarch. Nine days later, A & E announced that Phil Robertson was back on, with Season 5 set to air on January 15, and taping for Season 6 to get underway.
Alan Robertson also said: “Dad is a good, solid Bible man, and so are the rest of us. His views of sharing that haven’t changed and ours haven’t either. The biblical message is not always a popular message. There have been many people throughout history who’ve stood up for God and said what God needed them to say, and it didn’t always mean they were popular because of it.”
The study on 678 children, published in Endocrine Research, showed vitamin D levels in the womb were linked to grip strength at the age of four.
The research team at the University of Southampton in UK says the muscle boost could persist throughout life.
Trials are taking place to see how effective pregnancy supplements are.
Most vitamin D is made by the skin when exposed to sunlight and supplements are offered during pregnancy.
Some doctors have raised concerns about vitamin D deficiency as people become more “sun aware” and have linked it with a range of health problems.
The team at the University of Southampton investigated the impact of the vitamin in pregnancy.
Blood samples were taken 34 weeks into the pregnancy and the vitamin D levels were compared with how tightly their children could squeeze a device in their hand at the age of 4.
The results showed that women with high levels of vitamin D in the late stages of pregnancy were more likely to have children with greater muscle strength.
The group in Southampton is now conducting a trial in which 1,200 expectant mothers are given higher doses of vitamin D supplements to assess the impact on both bone and muscle strength.
Ex-heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko encouraged the crowd to continue occupying Kiev’s Independence Square.
The protesters oppose President Viktor Yanukovych’s policy of strengthening ties with Russia rather than the EU.
They began a series of rallies in November calling for his resignation.
The protests, and occupation of the square by activists, were sparked by Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon plans to sign an association agreement with the EU.
Instead, Ukraine struck a deal with Russia in December, which has seen big cuts in the price of gas imports from Russia.
Moscow also supported Ukraine’s finances with a $15 billion purchase of government bonds.
Some 10,000 people are estimated to have gathered for this latest rally – considerably fewer than the peak of the campaign in December which saw crowds estimated at 200,000.
Many protesters have stayed camped out in Independence Square since the opposition campaign began.
There have been occasional outbreaks of violence as police tried unsuccessfully to clear the square using tear gas.
“The authorities are pretending they cannot hear us. I know it’s hard for us, but we have enough strength to win,” Vitali Klitschko told the crowd.
He called for renewed demonstrations after the Orthodox Christmas holidays on Monday and Tuesday and warned of a general strike.
The last major opposition protest at the end of December was given further impetus by an attack on activist and journalist Tetyana Chornovol, who was severely beaten up on Christmas Day.
She had accused Viktor Yanukovych of corruption over his financing of his official residence outside Kiev.
Viktor Yanukovych denied any allegation of corruption and called for an investigation into the attack on Tetyana Chornovol.
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The 767-300ER aircraft was arriving from the Iranian city of Mashhad with 315 people on board.
Aviation officials said the rear right-side landing gear had failed to deploy.
The plane had reportedly been leased out to carry pilgrims to the holy city. All flights to Medina were halted for 24 hours, the airline said.
One eyewitness at Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz International Airport said the plane had made two unsuccessful attempts to land before making the third emergency approach.
General Authority for Civil Aviation spokesman Khaled bin Abdullah Khaybari said the injuries happened as people rushed to leave the plane.
The jet was carrying 299 passengers and 16 crew. Twelve of the injured were taken to hospital for treatment.
State-owned Saudia is the national carrier of Saudi Arabia.
“Saudia expresses its deep sorrow to all the injured passengers as a result of the accident,” the airline said.
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The opening episode sees the Robertson family going on their traditional camping trip the night before duck season, and is followed back-to-back by episode two, which charts Willie Robertson’s attempt to lose weight via any means possible, from yoga classes to chopping firewood.
Some of the Robertson family’s other adventures throughout season three involve an escaped monitor lizard, the hunt for a lost wedding ring, the purchase of a massage chair, a battle against beavers, as well as an eventful family photography session, including hunting dogs. The season culminates in a family holiday to Hawaii, where, although far from home, the Robertsons continue their usual antics.
Ultimately, Duck Dynasty Season 3 continues in the same vein as previous series, offering a humorous window into the lives of a group of proudly self-proclaimed “rednecks” from America’s Deep South.
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Pope Francis will visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem in the West Bank, and the Jordanian capital, Amman from May 24 to 26.
The pontiff made the announcement during his weekly Sunday blessing in Vatican City.
The visit is so far Pope Francis’ only foreign trip planned for 2014. He will celebrate Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with the ecumenical patriarch, Bartholomew.
“In the climate of joy typical of this Christmas period, I would like to announce that from 24 to 26 May, God willing, I will carry out a pilgrimage to the Holy Land,” Pope Francis told crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square.
The date of his announcement – Sunday, January 5th – marks the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting in Jerusalem between the Pope and the leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians.
January 5th is significant because it “commemorates the historic meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople” in 1964, he said.
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