BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's football star Lionel Messi on Sunday congratulated his countrywoman, Paula Pareto, who won the country's first gold medal in judo on Saturday.
"Congratulations to la Peque (Pareto's nickname) for winning Argentina's first gold medal. So many years of effort were worth it! I hope this will be the first of many for our country at these Olympic Games!" wrote the Barcelona forward on his Facebook profile.
Pareto, 30, won gold in the women's 48kg judo category, bettering her performance in Beijing 2008 when she won bronze.
Until then, no Argentinean women had ever won gold in this Olympic event and Pareto also became the first from her country to win two gold medals in judo.
Messi won gold of his own in Beijing 2008 when Argentina won the men's football competition.
GENEVA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Friday that 250,000 people living in western parts of the Iraqi city of Mosul could be forced to flee their homes ahead of an anticipated escalation of conflict between Iraqi government forces and Islamic State (IS) combatants.
This would add to the 161,178 men, women and children who have fled the northern city since military operations started in October 2016 to recapture one of the last IS strongholds in the region.
The UN body indicated that along with other agencies and partners, it was "coordinating plans to respond to a potential significant new flight of displaced Iraqis."
UNHCR reported that it was also assisting civilians displaced from Hawiga, located some 130 km southeast of Mosul.
According to estimates, up to 114,000 individuals could be displaced from the town as a result of worsening living conditions and the expected intensified military operations there.
The UN agency warned that those leaving Hawiga faced "grave dangers including ambushes, improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, especially moving across the Hamreen Mountains."
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