Jimmy Choo ShoesWASHINGTON, April 3 () -- U.S. and Afghan negotiators are making progress in talks over night raids, a main sticking point in relationship between the two governments and a hurdle to a possible Strategic Partnership Agreement, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.George Little, the Defense Department spokesman, said at a press conference that "we're making progress in heading toward an agreement" on night raids and a broad range of other issues, adding NATO forces are "working hand in hand with our Afghan partners on night operations, and they are highly effective."NATO and U.S. officials contend that conducting night operations reduces the danger to civilians while keeping pressure on insurgents. International Security Assistance Force officials in the Afghan capital of Kabul say 85 percent of night operations occur without a shot being fired, and only about 1 percent of night operations have led to civilian casualties.However, Little conceded that night raids have been a "concern of the Afghan government for some time," noting night operations are a bone of contention for the Afghan government, and the coalition is working with the Afghan government to assuage their concerns.General John Allen, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said at a Washington briefing last week that night raids is a main issue in Strategic Partnership Agreement talks with Kabul. He said if a Memorandum of Understanding on night raids could be signed in several weeks, there would be time to conclude Strategic Partnership Agreement talks before the NATO summit in Chicago.
SINGAPORE, Oct. 21 () -- A Singapore woman playing slot machines at the Marina Bay Sands for the first time was fighting the casino for a jackpot win of 416,742.11 Singapore dollars (328, 143 U.S. dollars), local daily Straits Times reported on Friday.Choo Hong Eng, a 58-year-old vegetarian food stall runner, said the machine seemed to get stuck in less than half an hour when she played there on Tuesday. A fellow gamer, when asked to help, found that the screen was displaying the number 416,742.11 Singapore dollars and above it "cash bonus."A crowd of gamers and casino staff gathered and started to congratulate her.But moments later, a casino manager showed up to tell her that the machine had a glitch, and that she had instead won 50,000 Singapore dollars and a sports car worth 258,962 Singapore dollars, which she could sell back to the casino for cash.Choo said she was standing her ground for the 416,742.11 Singapore dollars jackpot win."The other patrons told me not to be taken in. They said there was no indication anywhere that I had won only 50,000 Singapore dollars and a car," she was quoted as saying."I saw what happened and thought it was very unfair of the casino to deny her the winnings," said a man named Moo Ngow Chai, who was one of the casino patrons at the scene on Tuesday.The Casino Regulatory Authority has stepped in to investigate and the results were expected in a month.A spokesman for the authority said that the slot machines will have to be manufactured by approved factories and tested by qualified independent laboratories before they are deployed.David Green, a Macao-based gaming consultant who helped draft Singapore's casino regulations, said machines usually carry warning labels saying that plays are void if the machine malfunctions so legally casinos are not bound to make a payout."But this is usually not the case. Casinos will often some form of payout. It is not in their interest to get into disputes with their customers," he said.The casino declined to comment, citing ongoing investigations.Once the Casino Regulatory Authority makes a decision, the party who has to pay must do so in 15 days.
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