2012年3月25日星期日

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Obama to China: Help rein in North Korea

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U.S. President Obama speaks during a joint news conference with South Korea's President Lee at the Blue House in SeoulSEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged China on Sunday to use its influence to rein in North Korea instead of "turning a blind eye" to its nuclear defiance, and warned of tighter sanctions if the reclusive state goes ahead with a rocket launch next month. "North Korea will achieve nothing by threats or provocations," a stern-faced Obama said after a tour of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas resonant with echoes of the Cold War. ...


Magnitude 7.2 quake hits central Chile

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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit central Chile on Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital of Santiago and the government emergency agency, ONEMI, said it was preventively evacuating some areas of the coast. The quake struck 64 miles west north west of the town of Talca at a depth of 6.2 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Magnitude 7.0 quakes or greater are capable of causing widespread, heavy damage. ONEMI said, however, that the quake was not expected to generate a tsunami off the coast. The latest earthquake hit near the same central region that struck by a massive ...

U.S. negotiation efforts with Taliban have failed: group

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A Taliban militant poses for a picture after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in HeratKABUL (Reuters) - U.S. negotiation efforts with the Taliban have failed and the United Nations should take the lead to optimize the chances of ending almost 11 years of war, a think tank said on Monday. In a blow to hopes of a negotiated end to the war, the Taliban suspended talks with the United States two weeks ago after the alleged massacre of 17 Afghan civilians by a lone U.S. soldier and the burning of Korans at a NATO base last month. "U.S. ...


Annan due in China, Russia says Syria peace takes time

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Residents are seen near a damaged mosque after heavy shelling by government forces in Sermeen, near the northern city of IdlibMOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - International peace envoy Kofi Annan was expected to head to China on Monday after asking Russia to back his mission to end fighting in Syria despite Moscow's differences with Western and Arab states over who is to blame for the conflict. Russia said Annan had its full support and that his mission could be the last chance to avoid a protracted and bloody civil war but would need more time. ...


Pope condemns drug trade, corruption in Mexico

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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass in SilaoLEON, Mexico (Reuters) - Pope Benedict at a huge outdoor Mass on Sunday condemned drug trafficking and corruption in Mexico, urging people to renounce violence in the country where a brutal war between cartels has killed tens of thousands of people. On his last day in Mexico, the pope said Mass for a vibrant crowd that organizers estimated at more than 600,000 people in a sprawling park on the edge of Leon, a central city which has escaped the worst of the criminal violence plaguing the country. ...


Beijing loyalist to lead Hong Kong after fraught election

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The next Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung celebrates with his wife Regina Tong in Hong KongHONG KONG (Reuters) - An election committee of about 1,200 Hong Kong notables picked Beijing-loyalist Leung Chun-ying as the city's next leader on Sunday, after a fraught campaign which will intensify pressure on China to keeps its promise to allow Hong Kong a direct leadership election in 2017. Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997, is a freewheeling capitalist hub which enjoys a high degree of autonomy and freedom, but Beijing's Communist Party leaders have resisted public pressure for full democracy. ...


Chavez starts radiation therapy, may meet Pope

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Venezuelan President Chavez walks with his daughter Rosa Virginia at the Maiquetia Airport in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez said on Sunday he had started radiation treatment in Cuba, where he could also meet Pope Benedict in the latest high profile development as the president tries to fight off cancer and win re-election. Chavez was back in Havana a month after he had surgery there to remove a second malignant tumor from his pelvis. The treatment will take him off the political stage just as his election rival gears up a nationwide campaign tour ahead of the October 7 vote. ...


Afghan gun massacre families paid compensation

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U.S. armoured vehicles are parked outside a U.S. base in Panjwai district Kandahar provinceKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have given cash compensation to the families of Afghans killed in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by an American soldier in Kandahar province, a family member and a tribal elder said on Sunday. The families received around $50,000 for each person killed and about $10,000 for each wounded in the shootings in two villages in Panjwai district earlier this month. Afghan officials say 16 people, including nine children and women, were killed in the attacks. ...


French gunman's brother suspected of complicity

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Police stand opposite the French domestic intelligence agency (DCRI) headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near ParisPARIS (Reuters) - The brother of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman shot dead by French police was placed under investigation on Sunday for suspected complicity in a killing spree that has made security a central election issue, with President Nicolas Sarkozy scenting an advantage. Sarkozy, buoyed by a rise in opinion polls four weeks from the first round of a presidential vote, renewed hostilities with rival Francois Hollande over the weekend, saying the Socialist front runner was unfit to protect France's security interests. ...


Mali's capital returning to normal, north threatened

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Motorcyclists push their bikes in search of fuel after the Malian army staged a coup d'etat in BamakoBAMAKO (Reuters) - Life in Mali's capital slowly returned to normal on Sunday after most mutinous soldiers returned to their barracks, but rebels exploiting a military coup in the country pushed towards three northern towns. Underscoring the threat to Mali's north, the head of the Ganda Iso militia, which has tried to fill the gap left by defeated or stretched government forces, was killed alongside about ten others in clashes with the rebels, a militia source said. The scene in Bamako, the capital, was calmer though. ...


Afghans: US paid $50K per shooting spree death

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Afghan villagers pray over the grave of one of the 16 victims killed in a shooting rampage in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Mohammad Wazir has trouble even drinking water now, because it reminds him of the last time he saw his 7-year-old daughter. He had asked his wife for a drink but his daughter insisted on fetching it. Now his daughter Masooma is dead, killed along with 10 other members of his family in a shooting rampage attributed to a U.S. soldier. The soldier faces the death penalty but Wazir and his neighbors say they feel irreparably broken. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)The U.S. paid $50,000 in compensation for each villager killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Sunday.


French gunman's brother charged, denies role

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An unidentified man with his head covered, believed to be Abdelkader Merah or his companion, sits between masked police officers as they head to the French police's anti-terrorist headquarters in Levallois-Perret, outside Paris, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Merah's brother, Mohamed Merah is blamed for a series of deadly shootings which have shocked France and upended the country's presidential race. Merah, who claimed allegiance to al-Qaida, died in a hail of gunfire Thursday after a dramatic 32-hour-long standoff with law enforcement. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)A Frenchman suspected of helping his brother plot attacks against Jewish schoolchildren and paratroopers was handed preliminary murder and terrorism charges Sunday.


Pope to Mexico: Have hope, use faith against evil

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Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile wearing a Mexican sombrero as he arrives to give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico, Sunday March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexicans to wield their faith against drug violence, poverty and other ills, celebrating Sunday Mass before a sea of hushed worshippers beneath a blazing sun in the highlight of his Mexican visit.


Egypt's Islamists tighten their grip on power

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Members of Egypt's Parliament attend a session in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Egyptian parliamentarians on Saturday cast ballots to select a 100-member panel that will draft the country's new constitution, amid deep polarization between liberals and Islamists over the process. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)Egypt's newly empowered Islamists have tightened their grip, giving themselves a majority on a 100-member panel tasked with drafting a constitution that will define the shape of the government in the post-Hosni Mubarak era.


Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help

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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, looks at South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during their joint news conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Trying to muscle North Korea toward peace over provocation, President Barack Obama is broadening his squeeze play from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influence and warning North Korea that it is headed toward a crippling "dead end" of isolation.


Armed Libyans hand airport to police, ready or not

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The commander of a powerful Libyan militia said Sunday he has withdrawn from the country's main airport, while some of his men remained behind to give the government another chance to either hire them or take over security itself.

Senegal president, ex-protege face off in 2nd vote

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Supporters of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, unseen, cheer outside the polling station where he was voting, in his home Point E neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal Sunday, March 25, 2012. Senegalese voters are deciding Sunday whether to give their 85-year-old president another term in office, or instead back his one-time protege Macky Sall in a runoff election that could oust the incumbent of 12 years.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Supporters of opposition candidate Macky Sall began celebrating in the streets of Senegal's capital late Sunday as partial results coming in showed him trouncing the country's 85-year-old incumbent president at many polling stations.


Hugo Chavez begins radiation therapy in Cuba

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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, speaks with Cuba's President Raul Castro upon arrival to Havana, Cuba, late Saturday March 24, 2012. Chavez has arrived in Cuba to begin radiation therapy in his latest round of cancer treatment. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Marcelo Garcia)Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he has begun radiation therapy in Cuba as part of cancer treatment one month after undergoing an operation that removed a tumor.


Hamas blames fuel shortage for Gaza baby's death

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Palestinians hold a rally demanding Egypt provide the Gaza Strip with electricity and diesel in Jabaliya Refugee Camp, Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP photo/Hatem Moussa)A Gaza man said Sunday his 5-month-old baby died two days ago after the generator powering his respirator ran out of fuel, but the report was called into question after it emerged that the timing of the baby's death was misrepresented.


Mali ministers held by junta go on hunger strike

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A van carrying what soldiers said were looted goods is driven into a military base, days after a military coup, in Bamako, Mali Saturday, March 24, 2012. Soldiers said they had confiscated the van and would hold the stolen items until the owner could be identified. Mali's U.S.-trained coup leader Amadou Sanogo said Saturday that he had no fears of a countercoup and no soldiers were protecting the ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)Mali's foreign minister and 13 others being detained by the junta that took over Mali started a hunger strike Sunday, the minister's brother said.


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