MELBOURNE Femme Puma Basket Heart Patent Noir , Mar.14 (Xinhua) -- Formula one driver Giedo van der Garde dropped his contempt of court action against his team Sauber on Saturday allowing the Swiss team to compete in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
The 29-year-old Dutch driver announced he would step aside for Sauber's other contracted drivers, Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr, after immediate concerns were resolved during intense discussions on Friday night.
After the Victorian Supreme Court had agreed on Wednesday van der Garde had a legal right to drive in the season's opening race, Sauber risked having its assets seized and team principal Monisha Kaltenborn arrested if it raced any cars in Melbourne.
In a statement, van der Garde Femme Puma Basket Heart Patent Blanche , who has a contract with Sauber to race in 2015, confirmed that he had stepped aside in time for Saturday's qualifying.
"With respect to the interest of motorsport, and F1 in particular, I have decided to give up my legal rights to race this weekend," said van der Garde on Facebook.
"As I am a passionate race driver this decision has been very difficult for me. However I also wish to respect the interest of the FIA Femme Puma Suede Heart Satin Grise , Sauber Motorsport, as well as Nasr and Ericsson.
"My management will continue talks with Sauber early next week to find a mutually acceptable solution for the current situation. I am confident such solution will be found."
Van der Garde had claimed he was guaranteed a race seat in the 2015 Sauber line-up after signing a contract last year when he was a test driver. Despite this, Sauber contracted two more drivers, Sweden's Ericsson and Brazil's Nasr.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled van der Garde should be allowed to drive in the opening race of the season Femme Puma Basket Suede Heart Reset ARUBA Bleu , upholding a Swiss arbitration court's decision.
However, with Sauber having never submitted van der Garde's for an F1 licence, it was unlikely the motorsport authorities would have allowed van der Garde to pilot the car.
Whether a financial settlement can be reached between van der Garde and cash-strapped Sauber will be clearer when the two parties resume discussions next week.
DUBAI, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The eight-year-old thoroughbred owned by Dubai crown prince Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohamed Al-Maktoum finished here on Saturday the 2000 meters long turf contest with a time of 2:03.24 minutes before California Chrome and Lea (both United States).
Ridden by jockey William Buick and trained by renowned Emirati horse guru Saeed Bin Suroor, Prince Bishop cashed in six million dollar worth of prize money. A total of 10 million u.s. dollars worth of prize money was available and sponsored by Dubai' s state-owned carrier Emirates Airline at the last race of the Dubai World Cup this year.
The ninth race of the Dubai World Cup day saw top favorite and last year' s winner African Story owned by Dubai' s royal Godolphin stables only achieving rank six. The race took place amid good weather and temperatures around 20 degrees on late Saturday evening.
Horses owned by Dubai' s ruling Al-Maktoum family won three out of nine races at this year' s Dubai World Cup. With a total prize money worth 30 million u.s. dollars Femme Puma Basket Suede Heart Reset SOFT FLUO Jaune , the event is the most prestigious horserace in the world and must-event for Dubai' s high society.
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. Air Force veteran has been arrested for allegedly trying to join ISIS, a two-count indictment announced Tuesday.
Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, 47, was arrested by the FBI two months ago in New Jersey after being deported back to the U.S..
Pugh flew from Egypt to Turkey in January in an attempt to slip into Syria and join ISIS and was declined to enter by Turkish authorities Femme Puma Basket Suede Heart Reset PRISM Rose , according to the U.S. Justice Department indictment.
After leaving the Air Force, Pugh has worked for a number of companies in the United States and Middle East as an avionics specialist and airplane mechanic. Weeks after being fired from his last job in the Middle East, Pugh attempted to join ISIS, the indictment said.
FBI agents discovered that Pugh had been viewing ISIS propaganda online using his laptop, and conducting online searches for phrases such as "border controlled by Islamic State" Femme Fenty Puma Rihanna Bow Sneakers Kaki , according to prosecutors. The FBI also recovered two of his backpacks, which allegedly contained two compasses, a solar- powered flashlight, a solar-powered power source, a fatigue jacket and camping clothes.
The U.S. Justice Department said that Pugh was indicted by a grand jury this week on charges of trying to give material support to ISIS and obstruction of justice.
"Born and raised in the United States Femme Fenty Puma Rihanna Bow Sneakers Rose , Pugh allegedly turned his back on his country and attempted to travel to Syria in order to join a terrorist organization," said U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch of the Eastern District of New York in a statement.
Pugh will plead not guilty on Wednesday, his attorney Michael Schneider said. However, if convicted at trial, he will face a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison.
NEW DELHI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed Thursday after inhaling poisonous gas at an aqua food processing plant in southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said.
The workers were cleaning a chemical tank at the food processing plant in Nallavari Cheruvu village of West Godavari district, about 140 km northeast of Amaravathi, the main city of Andhra Pradesh.
"Today five workers were killed inside an aqua food processing factory here after inhaling poisonous gas. Three people died on the spot, while as the other two succumbed in the hospital," a police official posted in West Godavari told Xinhua.
"The incident occurred when the workers entered into a tank in the plant to clean it," he added.
According to officials, the aqua food plant is a prawn processing and export unit.