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Last updated August 23, 2022
Privacy Policy
Shaklee Canada Inc. ("Shaklee," "we," or "our") recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of information we collect from you. Shaklee Canada Inc. is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information.
This Policy explains how Shaklee Canada Inc. collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects information, including personal information. Shaklee Canada Inc. is committed to collecting, using, storing, sharing, and protecting personal information responsibly. By using any Website or application of Shaklee Canada Inc. or its parent or affiliates, including this Website (Website[s]) or otherwise providing your personal information to Shaklee Canada Inc., you consent to the collection, use, sharing, and treatment of your personal information as contemplated by this Privacy Policy. This Policy covers both online and offline activities, including information that we collect through our various Websites, Shaklee Ambassador events, and phone and catalogue orders (among other methods).
By using a Website, you, the user or Shaklee Ambassador, as the case may be ("you"), are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Shaklee Canada Inc.'s collection and use of information
What information do we collect?
Depending on how you interact with Shaklee Canada Inc., we may collect from you various types of information, which are described in more detail below. In some instances (and unless we say otherwise below), we may combine one type of information with another and store them together in our records. Shaklee Canada Inc. uses such information to provide products and services to you and for other lawful commercial purposes.
Personal contact information
Shaklee Canada Inc. collects personally identifiable information such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone numbers (home, cell, etc.) entered on the Websites or provided directly to Shaklee Canada Inc. In some cases, this could include information that you give us about someone else (for example, if you ask us to ship a Shaklee product to a friend), or that someone else has provided about you (for example, if someone has asked us to ship a Shaklee product to you). We typically collect personal contact information for registration activities, product orders, customer service, contests and promotions, and customer feedback.
Wellness information
In order for us to help you build your personalized nutrition recommendations, such as for the MEOLOGY™ Personal Plan, you will be asked to answer our assessment and provide us with some information about your health and wellness, including but not limited to, your short-term and long-term health goals, your diet, your lifestyle, your views about health/wellness, and medical conditions that you have experienced or that exist in your family.
Payment information
This includes any information that you use to make a purchase, such as your credit card details (cardholder name, card number, expiration date, etc.), cheque or other forms of payment (if such are made available). This also includes the billing name and address associated with your form of payment. We only collect payment information for purchases (whether your purchase is made online, by phone, or via catalogue). If you create an account with us, your payment information (along with your order history and other related preferences) may be stored under your account. To review or edit this information, go to the relevant "My Profile" section of our site or contact Field Support.
Demographic information
This includes any information that describes your demographic. Examples may include your date of birth, age or age range, gender, general geographic location (e.g., postal code or city and province), favourite products, hobbies and interests, income information, or lifestyle information. We typically collect demographic information for registration activities, contests and promotions, and customer surveys. For demographic information associated with your profile on a third-party social network (e.g., Facebook®), see separate paragraph (below) on "Social network information." Demographic information may also be used to personalize your experience on our Websites. Aggregate information that cannot identify you may be used and disclosed for general business analysis.
Technical computer information
This includes any information about the computer system or other technological device that you may be using to access one of our Websites or applications. We typically collect this information through the use of automated technologies such as cookies and Web beacons. Examples of technical computer information may include your computer's IP address, operating system type, and Web browser type. If you access a Shaklee Website or application via a mobile device such as a smartphone, the collected information may also include your phone's unique device ID, location, and other similar mobile device data. Technical computer information on its own is not typically considered your personal information.
Website usage information
This includes information about how you use and navigate our Websites, e-mails, and applications, including which links you click on, which pages or content you view, and other similar information or statistics about your interactions with a Shaklee site or application (e.g., date and time of visit, which site you came from). This information is captured using automated technologies such as cookies and Web beacons, and may be collected regardless of the device you may be using (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.). Website usage information may be associated with your personal information.
Customer feedback
This includes information that you voluntarily share with us about your experience in using our products and services, including our Websites. Examples may include unsolicited comments and suggestions, testimonials, or other feedback about what you may have liked (or disliked) about your experience in using our products or services. We typically collect this information in the form of customer surveys, feedback forms, and e-mail correspondence.
Customer-generated content
This refers to any content that you create and then share with us (and perhaps others) by uploading it to one of our Websites, including one of our Facebook pages, other social media pages, or applications. Examples may include photos, videos, personal stories, or other similar media or content. We mostly collect customer-generated content for contests and promotions, Website community features, engagement, and third-party social networking.
Social network information
This refers to any information that is part of your profile on a third-party social network (such as Facebook) and that you allow the third-party social network to share with us. Examples may include your basic account information (e.g., name, e-mail address, profile picture, gender, user ID, list of friends) and any other additional information or activities that you permit the third-party social network to share with its application developers. For example, we may receive your social network information (or parts of it) when you download or interact with a Shaklee application on a social networking site (such as Facebook) or use a third-party social networking feature that is integrated within a Shaklee site (such as Facebook Connect). To learn more about how your social network information may be obtained by Shaklee (or other application developers), please visit the Website of the relevant third-party social network.
Other information (depending on context)
This refers to any other information that we might need to collect for the specific Shaklee form, feature, or other service you are using or requesting. What this information might include will vary depending on the method of collection and the specific purpose(s) for which the information is being collected. Please see the Section titled "How do we use your information?" for more specific examples.
How do we collect your information?
We may collect information from you through a variety of online or offline sources, which are described in more detail below or at the time of collection. In some instances, we may combine information collected from one source (e.g., a Shaklee Website) with information collected from another source (e.g., a Shaklee event or party). We do this to get a more complete view of our Members and Shaklee Ambassadors, which, in turn, allows us to serve you better and with more personalization. Also note that not all the methods listed below may be relevant to you.
Shaklee Websites and applications
We may collect information from you through one of our Canadian or international Websites or applications. This could include (a) any site that we own and control under our own domain (such as MyShaklee.com, Shaklee.ca, or some other domain name that redirects you to one of these sites) or (b) any site or Web application that we may develop and run on a third-party social network such as Facebook. This could also include any site or application that we specifically design for use on a cell phone or other mobile device, such as a mobile-enabled site (i.e., WAP site) or mobile application (e.g., iPad®/iPhone® app). This Policy will only apply if it is posted or linked to on the Website or application that you are using.
Please note that some of our non-Canadian Websites or applications may post their own privacy policies, which are separate from this one. If they post separate policies, those policies will apply instead of this one.
Call Centre orders
We may collect information from you through our Call Centres (e.g., if you place an order over the phone).
Text messaging programs
We may collect information from you through one of our inbound text messaging programs. For example, we may periodically allow customers to send us inbound text messages using a short code that we create and advertise in connection with a special offer or promotion. These programs might be advertised at one of our Ambassador events or on one of our Websites or applications. If you choose to participate in one of these programs, information about your physical location may be collected and used for marketing purposes.
E-mail correspondence
We may collect information from you if you correspond with us via e-mail. For example, if you send an e-mail message to Field Support or use our "E-mail Shaklee" feature, we may obtain certain information about you (such as your contact e-mail address).
Other sources
Occasionally, we may obtain information about you from other sources. For example, we may hire a third-party data aggregator to provide us additional information about our existing customers (this is known as "data appending"). We may also receive information from a third-party co-sponsor whom we may partner with to run a one-time promotion or giveaway. We may also collect information as otherwise permitted by law.
How do we use your information?
The following describes the various purposes and features for which we might collect and use your information, and the different types of information that might be collected for each. Please note, however, that not all the uses listed below may be relevant to you.
Order fulfilment
We may collect and use your information to process and ship your orders, and to inform you about the status of your orders. Depending on how you make a purchase, this could involve the collection and use of certain personal contact information, payment information, account login information, and/or information related to your purchase (such as products ordered). This could also involve the ongoing storage of your payment information to allow for easier checkout on future purchases.
Account maintenance
We may use your information to maintain your accounts with us (including administering any benefits associated with such accounts). This typically involves the use of any information originally collected to set up your account (e.g., personal contact information, payment information, account login information, demographic information).
Member and Ambassador services
We may collect and use your information to provide Member and Ambassador services, including responses to your inquiries. This typically requires the collection and use of certain personal contact information (such as your name or e-mail address) and information regarding the reason for your inquiry (e.g., order status, technical issue, product question, general question). This may also include:
- Creating and managing your accounts, including level of points earned and redeemed
- Processing Shaklee applications
- Developing downline genealogy reports
- Receiving Loyalty Rewards, including a gift with a qualifying order during your birthday month
Personalized product recommendations, including the MEOLOGY Personal Plan
We may use your information to provide you with Shaklee product recommendations and offers that are tailored to your interests and characteristics. This mostly involves the use of your previous order history (e.g., from online and/or offline purchases) and certain demographic information.
With our MEOLOGY Personal Plan, we will use your responses to our MEOLOGY assessment, along with certain other information we have about you and our proprietary algorithm, to recommend your personalized solution.
Website personalization and convenience
We may collect and use your information to personalize your experience and save you time when you visit our Websites. This is typically done through the use of automated technologies (such as cookies) that collect and remember certain account login information, technical information, and/or previous Website usage information. For example, we might remember your login ID or username so you can quickly log in the next time you visit our site or so you can easily retrieve the items you previously placed in your shopping cart. Based on this type of information, we might also show you specific Shaklee content or offers that are more relevant to your interests. We may also use technologies such as our own cookies to provide you with personalized online display advertising. Please see the Section "Do we use cookies to gather information?" to disable cookies.
Contests and promotions
We may collect and use your information to administer a contest, sweepstakes, giveaway, competition, or other similar marketing campaign or promotion. These events typically require the collection and use of personal contact information (for prize fulfillment), limited demographic information (for eligibility), and, in some cases, customer-generated content. Due to the customer-generated component, some promotions will be run on third-party social networks such as Facebook (e.g., on our Facebook fan page or application). To comply with sweepstakes laws, we may publish or share limited information about the winners of a particular promotion.
Marketing communications
We may collect and use your information to send you marketing communications such as catalogues, e-mail communications, and SMS text messages. These communications may inform you about new products, events, special discounts, and other news and special offers. Sending you these communications mostly requires the collection and use of certain personal contact information and limited demographic information (such as postal code). In some instances (such as for text messaging programs), this may involve the use of your precise geographical location (obtained from your mobile device) so that we can send you location-based offers. You can always opt out from receiving marketing e-mails or text messages by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each such communication. If you have an online account with us, you may be given the option to change your communication preferences under the relevant section of our site or by calling Field Support. Please note that even if you opt out from receiving marketing communications, you may still receive other communications from us, such as order confirmations, notifications about account activities (e.g., account confirmations, password changes, Website etc.), and other important announcements (e.g., product recalls, Privacy Policy changes).
Third-party social networking
We may collect and use your information so we can allow you to interact with online social networking features provided by third-party companies such as Facebook. These tools, some of which are embedded directly into our sites, include features such as "Facebook Connect," "Facebook Share," and "Facebook Like." By offering you these tools, we may be able to (i) obtain certain information about you from your profile on the third-party social network (see separate paragraph on "Social network information") and (ii) post to your profile on that social network certain content or activities that you view or interact with on our sites (such as articles, Health Science links, stories, etc.). This exchange of information only occurs when you take some kind of explicit action to permit the sharing (such as clicking on the relevant Facebook feature and creating or logging in to your Facebook account). You can learn more about how these features work by visiting the Website of the relevant third-party social network.
Other general purposes (e.g., Website security, internal research)
We may collect and use your information for other general business purposes, such as to comply with applicable laws and regulatory requirements, to enforce our Terms and Conditions, to maintain the day-to-day operation and security of our Websites and applications, to conduct internal marketing and demographic studies, or as otherwise permitted by law. These activities mostly require the collection and use of certain demographic information, technical computer information, Website usage information, and customer feedback.
Do we use cookies to gather information?
We use cookies on some of our Websites. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your device when you visit our Website, and which allows us to recognize your computer when you come back to our site at a later time. Cookies allow us to enhance your Website experience in several ways. For example, we use cookies to remember the items that you place in your shopping cart and to assess how visitors are using our site. We may also use cookies to personalize certain Website features and to show you content and ads more relevant to your interests. By accessing and using our Website(s), you consent to our use of cookies.
You can learn more about cookies and how they work at www.allaboutcookies.org.You can always disable cookies through your browser settings. Doing so, however, may disable certain features on our Websites, such as online ordering.
To opt out of third-party cookies that are used for advertising purposes, you can do so on the NAI Website at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
With whom do we share your information?
We may share your information with certain individuals, Shaklee Ambassadors, or companies, or in the situations described below, or as otherwise permitted by law. We do not rent or sell your information to third-party companies.
Third-party service providers
We use third-party service providers to help us operate our business or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending e-mail messages, fulfilling your product and service requests, mailing products, or managing payments. We may share your information with these third parties for limited purposes. These third parties are only allowed to use your information for the specific task they have been hired to do, and for no other purpose. They are also required to keep your information confidential and secure.
Some of our service providers may be located outside Canada, including in the United States. While outside Canada, your personal information will be subject to applicable foreign legal requirements that may include lawful requirements to disclose personal information to government authorities in certain circumstances.
Shaklee Ambassadors
Upon approval, your purchases of Shaklee products through our Websites are credited to a Shaklee Ambassador, who is available to provide service, information, and/or guidance in maximizing the benefits of membership in Shaklee. Information you provide to us will also be provided to the Shaklee Ambassador to whom your purchase has been assigned in order to facilitate that experience and may be retained by him or her as part of his or her records. If you utilize any personalized health or wellness questionnaires, this information would include your individual responses and the related results, as well as the goals you identify. No individual questionnaire responses or results will be shared with a Shaklee Ambassador unless you expressly opt into such disclosure prior to submitting your questionnaire.
If you are a Shaklee Ambassador, we may disclose certain personal information, such as your contact information, to customers seeking a Shaklee Ambassador, or to other Shaklee Ambassadors, such as your upline Business Leader.
Shaklee Members
If you are a Shaklee Member, we may disclose certain personal information, such as your contact information, to your sponsor or Business Leader of record.
Parent or affiliates of Shaklee Canada Inc.
In limited cases, we may share your personal information with our parent or affiliated companies. For example, with the MEOLOGY Personal Plan, Shaklee Canada Inc. shares your personal information associated with a MEOLOGY order with its parent company, Shaklee Corporation, located in the United States. This is because only Shaklee Corporation has the infrastructure and equipment to create personalized sachets containing the specific combination of products recommended for you based on your assessment results. Therefore, your MEOLOGY order is fulfilled by Shaklee Corporation in the United States.
Business transfer
The consent customers have provided herein to the use of their personal information by Shaklee Canada Inc. or its affiliates shall also extend to any person or corporation to which Shaklee Canada Inc. may transfer its business or in the event of a merger, sale, or assignment of all or a portion of our assets or stock.
Other disclosures
We may disclose your personal information where required or permitted by law or to protect and defend the rights of Shaklee Canada Inc.
How do we protect your information?
We use a variety of standard methods (described below) to keep customer information confidential and secure. Please note, however, that these protections do not apply to any information you choose to share in public areas such as our Website community features or other social areas.
Secure operating environments
We store your information in secure operating environments that are protected from the public and that we only allow authorized employees and agents/contractors to access on a need-to-know basis.
Encryption for payment information
We use industry-standard encryption to provide greater protection for sensitive financial information, such as your credit card information or other payment information, when such information is sent to us over the Web. For example, encryption is used when you make payments through our online store, as well as if you choose to have your payment information stored with us for future online purchases.
Other security measures
In addition to the methods above, we may take other measures to protect your information, depending on the sensitivity of the data and other considerations (such as how the information is collected and where it is stored). These measures may include (among other things) additional access restrictions, password requirements, and physical protections (e.g., secure data centres).
Measures you can take
It is also important for you to play a role in keeping your information safe. When signing up for an online account, please be sure to choose an account password that is difficult for others to guess, and never reveal it to anyone else. If you use a shared or public computer, never choose to have your login ID or password remembered, and make sure to log out of your account every time you leave the computer. You should also make use of any privacy features or controls we may provide you in our Website community areas.
Other important information
This section provides additional policy information that is important for you to know or that we may be required to tell you by law.
Your information may be transferred outside your home country
Because Shaklee is headquartered in the United States, Shaklee Corporation may have a need to transfer information collected from its non-U.S. customers and Ambassadors to the United States. We may also have a need to transfer our customer and Ambassador information (regardless of where you live) to other countries or places in which we or our agents/contractors or other service providers maintain offices or facilities or provide services. By using a Shaklee Website or application or by otherwise doing business with Shaklee, you are agreeing to allow us to transfer your information outside your home country and to process it inside the United States or elsewhere for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy.
We do not collect information from children
We do not solicit or collect any type of information from a person known to be under the age of 13. If we discover that we have accidentally collected information from a child, we will remove that information from our records as soon as feasibly possible (or obtain the necessary parental permission to retain it).
Public forums
Shaklee Canada Inc. makes public forums such as chat rooms, message boards, Twitter®, or Facebook ("Public Forums") available to you. Shaklee Canada Inc. asks that you use appropriate caution in disclosing personal information in Public Forums since information disclosed in these areas becomes public information. The privacy provisions herein shall not apply to any personal information submitted via any of the Public Forums.
We are not responsible for third-party sites/features
Our Websites and applications may provide links to, or features from, other third-party sites (such as third-party social networks) that we do not own or control. If you click on such links or use such features, you do so at your own risk. We are not responsible for the content or practices of any third-party site, application, or feature.
If you prefer not to receive e-mail messages, text messages, or other communications from Shaklee Canada Inc. about new products, promotions, or events, you may opt out at any time from receiving such messages by following the "unsubscribe" instructions in such e-mail or text message you received.
If you registered with our Website, you will be able to review, modify, update, or remove certain information in your account profile page. Changes may not be effective immediately. We will endeavour to comply with your request as soon as reasonably possible. We are not responsible for contacting a third party (including Ambassadors) with whom we have already shared your information regarding your change in communication preferences.
You may also opt out or modify your account information at any time by sending us an e-mail to email@example.com.
You have the right, under certain circumstances, to access and correct information we hold about you. Any such request must be in writing and provided to us at the e-mail or postal address provided in the "Contacting Us" section below. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
If you want to cancel or delete your account, you may do so in writing at the e-mail or postal address provided in the "Contacting Us" section below. We will make every effort to respond to your request promptly. We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, such as product returns or for regulatory reasons. If you ask us to delete your account, we generally retain and use your account information only as long as necessary to fulfil a business or legal need.
Updates to this Privacy Policy
Shaklee Canada Inc. reserves the right to make changes to this Policy. Updates to our Policy will be posted here and, in the event we make a material change to this Policy, we may also take additional steps to notify you about the change. We encourage you to check this page regularly, since your continued use of the Shaklee Websites after any changes will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this Policy or the practices of this Website, you may contact:
Field Support
Shaklee Canada Inc.
529 Michigan Drive, Unit 700
Oakville, ON L6L 0G4
Questions or comments about Shaklee Canada Inc. can be e-mailed to:
Rights granted to Shaklee Canada Inc. for use of any photos or images on this site do not include rights for Shaklee Members, Ambassadors, or Business Leaders to use them. Please do not reuse any images on this site without express written permission from Shaklee Canada Inc. Thank you.
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Syrian rebels advance toward Aleppo airport
February 13, 2013
BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels captured a small military base near Aleppo on Tuesday and stormed another in the same area that protects a major airport, a day after seizing Syria's largest dam.
With the back-to-back blows to President Bashar Assad's regime, opposition fighters appear to be regaining some momentum, expanding their northern zone of control while at the same time pushing deeper into the heart of the capital, Damascus.
Rebels have been attacking Aleppo's civilian airport, which remains in regime hands, for weeks. They now appear to have removed the main defenses around the facility. Civilian flights stopped weeks ago because of the intensity of the fighting.
In New York, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said the number of people killed in Syria is probably now approaching 70,000. Her comments came less than six weeks after she said the death toll had exceeded 60,000, a figure that at the time she called "truly shocking."
She told the U.N. Security Council that there have probably been almost 10,000 new deaths in recent weeks. Pillay said the council's deep division and inaction over the nearly 2-year-old conflict had been "disastrous" and that civilians on all sides had paid the price.
As rebels made new conquests in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Raqqa, they also fought street by street in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, near the border with Iraq. They were trying to capture the city, a provincial capital of an oil-rich region that carries the same name.
Rebels control wide areas in the three provinces. But if they can fully capture them, it would put them in control of the country's water and oil resources as well as wheat fields.
"If they (three provinces) fall in the hands of the rebels, it will be a strategic strike against the regime," said Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-regime activist group.
Abdul-Rahman said that after days of sporadic clashes around the Jarrah airfield, rebels launched a major assault on the base on Monday and had overrun the facility by Tuesday morning.
He said several regime troops in the area were killed or wounded in the fighting, while others fled as the rebels advanced. There was no word on opposition casualties.
The airfield, which is located near the Al-Furat dam captured on Monday, housed fighter jets used in airstrikes on rebel held-areas.
A video posted online by activists showed several military aircraft at Jarrah, some parked on the tarmac and another in a hanger with boxes of ammunition piled up against a wall nearby.
"These warplanes are now in the hands of Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement," one rebel says in the video, referring to a rebel unit.
The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting on the events depicted.
The air base is located near the northeastern town once known as Tabqa. The town's name changed to Thawra, Arabic for revolution, after the Al-Furat dam was built there in the late 1960s.
Earlier this month, the Observatory said rebels seized another smaller dam in Raqqa province, the Baath dam, named after Syria's ruling party. In November, Syrian opposition fighters captured Tishrin hydroelectric dam near the town of Manbij in northern Aleppo province, which borders Raqqa.
Rebels also stormed a second base on Tuesday.
The Observatory and the Aleppo Media Center said opposition fighters captured large parts of the "Brigade 80" base near the city's main civilian airport.
The rebels were also attacking another major air base, Nairab, adjacent to the international airport and took control of al-Manara army checkpoint just outside it, the Observatory and AMC said.
The Observatory said there were dozens of casualties, adding that Syrian warplanes bombarded areas around the airport after the rebel advance.
Reporting from Aleppo, Syrian state TV correspondent Shadi Halawi said the city's international airport was "100 percent safe," although he acknowledged that rebels were able to enter the "Brigade 80" base. Government troops were pushing them out, he said.
Rebels control many areas in the north and east of the country, and hold whole neighborhoods in Aleppo, Syria's largest urban center and its main commercial hub. The government maintains a tight grip on Damascus, and several central provinces, including Homs and Hama.
For nearly a week, rebels have been trying to slowly battle their way into the capital Damascus from neighborhoods and towns on its doorstep, and have punched to within a mile of the heart of the city.
There was more fighting in the capital on Tuesday. Activists said government warplanes struck opposition strongholds in several suburbs including Zamalka and Douma.
In a rare attack, a mortar round fell outside the Homs oil refinery, killing an employee and wounding three. In addition to Homs, Syria has another oil refinery in the coastal city of Banias.
Even as the fighting intensifies, the opposition and the government are saying they are ready for a dialogue that they hope would end the crisis.
Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi was quoted by Syrian TV as saying that "the fate and future of Syrians should be decided in Damascus and by the Syrians themselves."
He was apparently responding to calls by opposition leader Mouaz al-Khatib, who said he is ready for talks with the regime in Syria as long as it is held in rebel-held territories. Al-Khatib also demanded that authorities release 160,000 detainees and renew passports of dissidents living abroad.
National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haider told reporters in Damascus that the government has fulfilled a package of measures to renew the passports of Syrians abroad and they have been put in force.
Also Tuesday, Assad attended the first meeting of the Syrian Cabinet after a minor government reshuffle two days ago. He said in comments carried on the presidency's Facebook page that the world now recognizes how steadfast his regime really is.
In Turkey, Interior Minister Muammer Guler said the death toll from an attack Monday on a border crossing between Syria and Turkey had risen to 14 from 13.
The frontier area has seen heavy fighting, although attacks on the crossings that are used by Syrian refugees and international aid agencies have been rare.
A major Syrian opposition faction accused the government of the bombing, saying it narrowly missed 13 leaders of the group, including its president.
Syrian National Council President George Sabra told reporters in Turkey on Tuesday that the car bomb went off shortly before the SNC president and 12 other members of the group's executive council drove through a border crossing with Turkey.
"We heard an explosion nearly half an hour before we reached the border crossing point," Sabra said.
There was no claim of responsibility for the blast. Turkey's deputy prime minister, Besir Atalay, said Tuesday that a preliminary investigation indicated three assailants parked a car packed with explosives in no man's land between two border gates, then detonated it remotely about 20 minutes later.

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Controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise has been purchased by Chris Hansen's investor group, according to multiple media outlets Sunday night citing NBA sources. The sale reportedly is for $525 million, which includes the Maloof family's 53 percent share and the share of one minority owner.
The deal, which was disclosed to teams Sunday night, requires league approval, presumably before the NBA's March 1 deadline to apply for relocation. If it is approved, the Kings would be moved after the season ends in April and play for at least two seasons in a modestly renovated KeyArena.
Update: In a release at 7 a.m. PT today, the NBA said it received the offer from Hansen: "The NBA received an executed Purchase and Sale Agreement for the transfer of a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family to an investor group led by Christopher Hansen. The proposed transaction is subject to the approval of the NBA Board of Governors and has been referred to the Board's committee process for review."
Commissioner David Stern said last week that he will permit a a counteroffer by business people organized by Mayor Kevin Johnson to keep the team in Sacramento, a plan that must include a new arena downtown. The Seattle sale approval and the Sacramento effort could proceed simultaneously. Sources said that there has not yet been an agreement submitted on the remaining 35 percent of the franchise, which is held by minority shareholders. That would leave the actual cash amount to the Maloofs at around $340 million. The expectation is if the transaction is completed, the minority shareholders may be bought out.
The deal calls for the Maloofs to receive a non-refundable $30 million deposit from the Seattle group by Feb. 1.
Johnson said the city is in a "six-week sprint" to put together a proposal for the NBA's Board of Governors (owners). The Maloofs, who according to ESPN.com will retain a small share of the Kings but have no operational control, a year ago backed out of agreement funded mostly by the city to keep the Kings by building a new arena downtown. In the past week potential members of the would-be group have suggested an alternate site, which would slow the approval process.
Johnson released a statement Sunday night, which read:
"Sacramento has proven that it is a strong NBA market with a fan base that year in and year out has demonstrated a commitment to the Kings by selling out 19 of 27 seasons in a top 20 market and owning two of the longest sellout streaks in NBA history.
"When it comes to keeping the team in our community, Sacramento is playing to win. In particular, we have been focused like a laser on identifying an ownership group that will both have the financial resources desired by the NBA and the vision to make the Kings the NBA equivalent of what the Green Bay Packers have been in the NFL."
The Sacramento Bee reported that political strategist Chris Lehane, who is advising Johnson, said Saturday night the deal with the Seattle group "was fairly expected.
"I don't think it changes anything," Lehane said. "We have our game plan."
Lehane said the mayor has been approached by at least three investor groups that "would qualify under the definition of a whale" and are interested in buying the team.
Final approval of Hansen's proposed $490 million basketball/hockey arena in SoDo awaits completion of an environmental impact study that must consider at least one alternate site. The study is not expected to be complete until late in 2013. The site choice is also the object of two lawsuits that claim that a third sports venue so close to the port and downtown would have large negative impacts on business and traffic in the area.
It's not clear how the NBA owners will view the unresolved site selection in deciding to approve the Seattle purchase bid. The Kings, seen by many as a lame-duck team, have the NBA's lowest attendance and another year like this one in Sacramento would be grim.


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So Miss Nicelady heroically soldiers on, dealing with single Mom stuff. She was awarded child support from Mr. Dumb. Unfortunately, this only gets withheld from his paycheck on the rare occasion he's actually working. So it amounts to $20-$30 once every few months, when he finds temporary work as a dishwasher.
So at her appointment today I asked her how things were going. She paused, and then began laughing.
2 months ago she suddenly began getting steady money from his child support withholding- $100 or so every 2 weeks. She was thrilled, and didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Until one night, when some guy she'd never heard of called to see why she was stealing HIS money!
Get this:
Mr. Dumb, trying to get crack money, sold his identity (Social Security Card, Driver's License, etc) to Mr. Dumber for $50.
Mr. Dumber, now hiding under Mr. Dumb's ID, went off and got a job.
And so, when Mr. Dumber began getting paychecks, his salary was withheld and sent to my patient.
Basically, Mr. Dumber paid $50 in order to have $200 a month withheld from his paychecks. How inconsiderate of Mr. Dumb not to have mentioned these minor details to his purchaser.
In addition, Mr. Dumber was also angry at my patient (like it's her fault) because he got pulled over one day, and discovered Mr. Dumb's license was suspended 2 years ago.
Miss Nicelady told me the best part of the whole thing was when Mr. Dumber told her he was going to call the police on her.


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ERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel is moving forward with plans for two major settlement projects in east Jerusalem, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, even as a senior Palestinian official warned that his government could pursue war crimes charges if Israel doesn't halt such construction.
International anger over Israeli settlement construction has snowballed in recent days, following last week's U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine - in lands Israel occupied in 1967 - as a non-member observer in the General Assembly.
Israel retaliated for U.N. recognition of Palestine in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem by announcing plans to build 3,000 homes for Jews in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, as well as preparations for construction of an especially sensitive project near Jerusalem, known as E-1.
The Israeli reprisal has prompted the country's strongest Western allies to take an unusually strong line with the Jewish state.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague warned Tuesday that the latest Israeli building plans would make the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, with Jerusalem as a shared capital, "almost inconceivable."
Australia and Brazil summoned the local Israeli ambassadors Tuesday in protest, Israel's Foreign Ministry said, a day after five European countries, including Britain, took the same step.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev defended the recent Israeli decisions, saying that "from our perspective, Israel is responding in a very measured way to a series of Palestinian provocations."
U.N. recognition could enable the Palestinians to gain access to the International Criminal Court and seek war crimes charges against Israel for its construction of settlements on occupied lands.
Last week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that he's not going to turn to the ICC "unless we were attacked" and that he informed many countries, including the United States, of this position. Abbas spoke before Israel announced its latest settlement plans.
A senior Abbas aide, Nabil Shaath, said late Monday that "by continuing these war crimes of settlement activities on our lands and stealing our money, Israel is pushing and forcing us to go to the ICC."
Israel also said it is withholding some $100 million in tax rebates and other fees it collects on behalf of the Palestinians. The monthly transfer of the funds is vital for keeping afloat Abbas' Palestinian Authority, the self-rule government in the West Bank.
Shaath's comments marked the most pronounced Palestinian threat yet of turning to the ICC, though officials suggested that appealing to the international court is a step of last resort.
After the General Assembly vote on Palestine, Israel's government decided to authorize construction of 3,000 additional homes in settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
Regev, the Israeli spokesman, said Tuesday that this meant final permission was being granted for projects that had been in various stages of planning. He said this includes new homes in settlements in east Jerusalem, such as Gilo and Pisgat Zeev, as well as in the West Bank settlement of Ariel and the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem.
Israel's government also said it would move forward with the so-called E-1 project, which would include at least 3,500 homes east of Jerusalem. E-1, which would be built next to another large West Bank settlement, Maaleh Adumim, would effectively cut off east Jerusalem, the Palestinians' intended capital, from the West Bank.
Successive U.S. governments have pressured Israel to freeze the plan because it would threaten chances of setting up a viable Palestinian state.
Regev said Tuesday that the government authorized preliminary planning and zoning work in E-1, but that the government has not decided yet whether to authorize construction.
Separately, Israel is moving two major east Jerusalem building projects forward in the planning pipeline.
In the next two weeks, an Interior Ministry planning committee is holding deliberations on these projects, known as Ramat Shlomo and Givat Hamatos, said ministry spokeswoman Efrat Orbach.
Ramat Shlomo is a 1,600-apartment development, while Givat Hamatos would eventually consist of some 2,600 apartments.
The Ramat Shlomo project touched off a diplomatic crisis with the U.S. in 2010 when the ministry gave it preliminary approval during a visit by Vice President Joe Biden, who was broadsided by the news.
Givat Hamatos, on the southern edge of Jerusalem, would cut off east Jerusalem from the nearest Palestinian town, biblical Bethlehem, and change the future borders between Israel and a Palestinian state.
Orbach said the meetings on the projects were scheduled before the U.N. vote and that it could take months, if not years, for actual construction to begin.
Israeli settlement construction lies at the heart of a four-year breakdown in peace talks, and was a major factor behind the Palestinians' U.N. statehood bid. Since 1967, half a million Israelis have settled in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
Israel withdrew settlers and soldiers from Gaza in 2005, but continues to restrict access to the territory. It says the fate of settlements should be decided in negotiations and notes that previous rounds of talks continued while construction went on.
Abbas was to meet later Tuesday with senior officials in the Palestine Liberation Organization and his Fatah movement to discuss how to leverage the Palestinians' upgraded status on the world stage.
Hanan Ashrawi, a senior PLO official, said the Palestinians were encouraged by the recent diplomatic sanctions against Israel, but that the international community must go further.
Among other steps, she said the European Union should reconsider its association agreement with Israel that grants the Jewish state considerable trade benefits. She said the EU should also take harsher measures against products from Israeli settlements.
"We have to move to concrete steps so Israel knows it has something to lose and will be held accountable, in accordance with international law," Ashrawi said.
Laub reported from Ramallah.