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Haitians demonstrate during a protest against President Michel Martelly's government in Port-au-Prince on Sunday
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Several thousand people poured into the streets of Haiti's capital on Sunday to protest the government of President Michel Martelly.
It was among the biggest demonstrations this year in Port-au-Prince against the first-time leader as he tries to rebuild the impoverished nation following the 2010 earthquake that displaced more than a million people.
Demonstrators' complaints included the high cost of living, rising food prices and allegations of corruption. Some protesters carried small red cards to suggest that Martell has committed too many fouls since sworn in as president.
The Martelly government had no immediate public reaction to the protest.
the earthquake. But some Haitians complain he has fallen short of improving their lives.
Martelly promised free schooling and houses for people displaced by
"The president has made so many promises, but nothing has become a reality," protester Max Dorlien said. "It's only a clique of his friends who are making money."
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Beer fest draws millions
Musicians of the Oktoberfest orchestra arrive for the Oktoberfest beer festival concert in Munich on Sunday. This festival will see some six million visitors.
BERLIN — This year's Oktoberfest folk festival has already attracted an estimated 3.6 million visitors, the city of Munich said Sunday.
Officials are expecting a total of about 6 million visitors to celebrate the 16-day extravaganza, now half over, but the beer festival's start indicates the final number might well be higher.
The Oktoberfest is best known for its bands of oompah music playing in cavernous tents, local men wearing traditional Bavarian Lederhosen leather shorts and women in bright costumes.
This year's visitors have consumed 3.6 million two-pint (one-liter) mugs of beer so far. A mug, called "mass" in German, of the malty pale beer sells for up to 9.50 ($12.30).
Last year's 6.9 million visitors downed almost 8 million mugs.
While the Oktoberfest's main draw is the towering mugs of beer, many visitors, often flock to the Oktoberfest for its fairground attractions such as roller coasters.
The lost-and-found office said it already counts more than 300 wallets, 200 cellphones, 50 cameras and two wedding rings on its shelves.
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Visitors at this year's Octoberfest, the 179th, mostly came from Germany, neighboring countries, Italy, the U.S., Asia, New Zealand and Australia so far, the city said.
Security guards hindered visitors from stealing beer mugs — a popular souvenir for tourists — in 63,000 cases, the city said.
German authorities keep security tight, while saying at the same time that no risks are expected.
Guantanamo Bay detainee released
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TORONTO — The last Western detainee held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay returned to Canada Saturday after a decade in custody following his capture in Afghanistan at age 15 after being wounded in a firefight with U.S. soldiers, officials said.
Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said that 26-year-old Omar Khadr arrived at a Canadian military base on a U.S. government plane early Saturday and was transferred to the Millhaven maximum security prison in Bath, Ontario.
The son of an alleged al-Qaida financier, Khadr pleaded guilty in 2010 to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan and was eligible to return to Canada from Guantanamo Bay last October under terms of a plea deal.
But Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government had long refused to request the return of Khadr, the youngest detainee held at Guantanamo. The reluctance was partly due to suspicions about the Khadr family, which has been called "the first family of terrorism."
The U.S. Defense Department confirmed the transfer in a statement and said 166 detainees remain in detention at Guantanamo Bay.
The Toronto-born Khadr was 15 when he was captured in 2002 in Afghanistan, and has spent a decade at the Guantanamo prison set up on the U.S. naval base in Cuba to hold suspected terrorists after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He received an eight-year sentence in 2010 after being convicted of throwing a grenade that killed Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer during a 2002 firefight.
"His head is spinning a bit and it's going to be a real adjustment for him, but at the same time he is so happy to be home," John Norris, Khadr's Canadian lawyer, said after speaking with his client.
"He can't believe that it is finally true. He simply can't. For very good reason he was quite fearful that the government would not follow through on its word and he's pinching himself right now not believing that this government has finally kept its word." he said.
Norris said Khadr would be eligible for parole as early as the summer of 2013. He said Khadr's return to Canada comes 10 years too late.
Toews said the U.S. government initiated Khadr's transfer and suggested that Canada had little choice but to accept him because he is a Canadian citizen. It will be up to Canada's national parole board to release him, Toews said.
"Omar Khadr is a known supporter of the al-Qaida terrorist network and a convicted terrorist," Toews said.
Toews called for "robust conditions of supervision" if Khadr is granted parole. Toews said in his written decision that he reviewed all the files forwarded by the U.S. government and said the parole board should consider his concerns that Omar "idealizes" his father and "appears to deny" "Ahmed Khadr's lengthy history of terrorist action and association with al-Qaida."
Toews also said that Omar Khadr's mother and sister "have openly applauded" his father's "crimes and terrorist activities" and noted that Omar has had "little contact with Canada society and will require substantial management in order to ensure safe integration in Canada."
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This undated photo shows Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, a Canadian, taken before he was imprisoned in 2002 at the age of 15. He set foot on Canadian soil on Saturday after an American military flight from Guantanamo Bay. Khdr pleaded guilty in 2010 to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan and was eligible to return to Canada last October under terms of a plea deal. Canada's conservative government took almost a year to approve the transfer.
"I am satisfied the Correctional Service of Canada can administer Omar Khadr's sentence in a manner which recognizes the serious nature of the crimes that he has committed and ensure the safety of Canadians is protected during incarceration." Toews said.
He added that once the Correctional Service "will get to know Omar" they will "recommend appropriate conditions."
Omar was found in the rubble of a bombed-out compound and near death in Afghanistan in 2002. His case received international attention after some dubbed him a child soldier.