WASHINGTON Cheap Air Max Shoes , Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. industrial production inAugust fell for the first time in seven months due to HurricaneHarvey, the Federal Reserve said on Friday.
Industrial production, an indicator of manufacturing, mines andutilities output Cheap Air Max Free Shipping , declined 0.9 percent in August from the previousmonth, the first decline since January and the biggest declinesince May 2009, the Fed said.
"Hurricane Harvey, which hit the Gulf Coast of Texas in lateAugust Cheap Air Max 2019 , is estimated to have reduced the rate of change in totaloutput by roughly 0.75 percentage point," the central bank said,adding petroleum refining, organic chemicals Cheap Air Max China , and plasticsmaterials and resins are the manufacturing industries with thelargest estimated storm-related effects.
The manufacturing output, the largest component of the overallindustrial production, dropped 0.3 percent in August. Meanwhile,mining output declined 0.8 percent and utilities output fell 5.5percent last month.
A separate report from the U.S. Census Bureau on Friday showedthat retail sales also dropped 0.2 percent in August Cheap Air Max Youth , the biggestdecline in six months.
The weaker industrial output and retail sales data in Augustmight suggest a slowdown of U.S. economic growth in the thirdquarter of the year.
The U.S. economy is expected to grow at an annual rate of 1.3percent in the current quarter, lower than three percent in theprevious quarter, according to the staff forecast from the FederalReserve Bank of New York released on Friday. Enditem
MOGADISHU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Former Al-Shabaab deputy leaderMukhtar Robow Tuesday addressed journalists in Mogadishu three daysafter he surrendered to the government and declared that he had cutlinks with the Al-Qaeda affiliated group.
Robow Cheap Air Max Womens , who was ushered into a hotel room to address the media bysecurity officials, declared he has no affiliation to the group andthat he is now in talks with the Somali government.
"I announced today that I have quit Al-Shabaab followingdifferences with them and I believe what they are doing does notserve the interests of the people," Robow said in briefremarks.
"Negotiations with the government are ongoing and I hope we willget a useful result out of it. I thank the government of Somalia,"Robow said Cheap Air Max Mens , adding he will work for the peace of the country.
The former Al-Shabaab renegade who deserted the group in 2013was airlifted to Mogadishu Sunday following governmentreinforcement of his fighters in a two-week-long fierce fight withAl-Shabaab which had declared an all-out war with their formerleader.
Robow now joins other former Al-Shabaab leaders under governmentcustody in Mogadishu, among them Hassan Dahir Aweys, Mohamed SheikhAtom and Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi.
He said the defected from the militant group after a fall outwith the top leader over ideological differences that do not servethe interests of Islam, people and Somalis.
"There have been ideological differences and misunderstandingbetween me and Al-Shabaab leadership over the doctrine and ideologythat made me to defect about five years and seven months ago Cheap Air Max Wholesale ,"Robow said.
Robow who is also known as Abu Mansour is intelligent and was amain pillar of the Somali militant Islamist group.
Analysts say his defection will deny Al-Shabaab vital manpowerand intelligence. It is a big blow that Al-Shabaab will certainlylose all South of Somalia due to Robow's influence there besidesthe tight noose by Kenya Defense Forces.
Robow's defection will likely enable pro-government forces tooperate in the regions of Bay and Bakool, reducing the insurgents'operational territory in two. Enditem
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Monday sued opposition leader Sam Rainsy and opposition senator Thak Lany for accusing him of having political analyst Kem Ley murdered.
Ky Tech, a lawyer for the prime minister, filed two lawsuits against the duo to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
The complaints were made after Sam Rainsy, leader-in-exile of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, wrote on his Facebook that the government was behind the murder of Kem Ley, just as opposition senator Thak Lany, during a public forum, accused the prime minister of having Kem Ley murdered.
The complaints said that their slanderous allegations "are incorrect" and "severely affect" the reputation and prestige of the government and the reputation and dignity of the prime minister.
The complaints added that the groundless accusations have also had the characteristics of inciting public anger that could cause social chaos.
In the lawsuits, the prime minister suggested that the court punish the duo in accordance with law and demanded a compensation of 100 riel (2.5 U.S. cents) from each of them.
Kem Ley, 46, director of the Organization for Social Development, was shot dead at a mini-mart in Phnom Penh on July 10 when he was having a coffee.
Police arrested a 38-year-old suspect with a Glock pistol shortly after the murder, according to National Police spokesman Gen. Kirt Chantharith.
The suspect identified himself as "Chuob Samlab," which translates in English as "Meet Kill." He confessed to the crime, claiming that he got furious with Kem Ley, who owed him 3,000 U.S. dollars, but failed to pay him back, according to the spokesman.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on July 13 charged the gunman with premeditated murder and illegal possession of a firearm, who could face a life imprisonment if convicted.
BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items about China to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Tuesday:
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-- PLA Daily: armed forces support CPC decision about Xu Caihou