2012年4月7日星期六

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Violence dims Syria truce hopes, over 100 killed

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A boy flashes a victory sign during a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in KafranbelSyrian troops pounded opposition areas on Saturday, activists said, killing 53 people in an offensive that has sent thousands of refugees surging into Turkey before next week's U.N.-backed ceasefire aimed at staunching a year of bloodshed. Each side has accused the other of intensifying assaults in the run-up to the truce due to take effect early on Thursday if government forces begin pulling back from towns 48 hours earlier in line with U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan. ...


Avalanche buries 124 Pakistani soldiers and 11 civilians

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An avalanche engulfed a Pakistani army battalion headquarters near the Indian border on Saturday, burying 124 soldiers and 11 civilians, with no sign of survivors 17 hours later, the military said. The snow left by the avalanche was up to 80 feet deep over an area a kilometre wide, state television quoted army spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas as saying. The victims were trapped in one of the most unforgiving environments on earth, at an altitude of 15,000 feet near the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range. ...

Nine trapped in collapsed wildcat mine in Peru

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LIMA (Reuters) - Nine workers trapped inside a wildcat mine in southern Peru received oxygen and liquids through a giant hose on Saturday while a rescue team toiled to get them out, officials said. The men have been stuck about 656 feet below ground since the Cabeza de Negro gold-and-copper mine partially collapsed on Thursday. "We've communicated with them and they are in good health, thankfully," police officer Jose Saavedra told local radio. A regional health official, however, said the miners were suffering from dehydration and feelings of desperation. ...

Sarkozy dangles "empty chair" threat over Europe

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France's President Sarkozy arrives for a campaign rally at Saint Raphael in southern FrancePARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy told a Sunday newspaper he is serious about pushing for more trade protectionism in Europe and tighter external border controls, hinting he could take a stand as tough as Charles de Gaulle's 1965 "empty chair" policy. The conservative leader told the weekly Journal du Dimanche in an interview that he meant business with an election campaign pledge last month to push for a "Buy European Act" and a threat to pull France out of Europe's open-border Schengen zone unless external controls are tightened. ...


Libyan gunmen kidnap 5 Tunisian smugglers: source

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TUNIS (Reuters) - Libyan gunmen kidnapped five Tunisian fuel smugglers near the border on Saturday and Tunisian authorities temporarily closed the main crossing of Ras Jder pending negotiations for their release, a Tunisian security source said. The source said gunmen from the western Libyan town of Zuwara, which saw days of clashes between rival militias last week, were believed to be holding the Tunisians hostage inside Libya. "It is not political," the source said, adding that the incident was believed to be connected to the rampant smuggling business between Libya and Tunisia. ...

Mali junta sees civilian government "in days"

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Mali's interim President Traore arrives at Bamako airportBAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's coup leader said on Saturday the junta would hand power to civilians within days in a deal under which neighboring nations agreed to lift sanctions and help tackle Tuareg rebels who have seized much of the north. The March 22 coup by soldiers angry at ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure's handling of a two-month-old rebellion backfired, emboldening the Tuareg nomads to seize the northern half of Mali and declare an independent state there. ...


Women's activist Banda becomes Malawi's president

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Malawian President Joyce Banda addresses a media conference in the capital LilongweLILONGWE (Reuters) - Prominent women's rights campaigner Joyce Banda was sworn in as Malawi's president on Saturday, becoming southern Africa's first female head of state and raising hopes for a fresh start in the small, poor nation after the death of her mercurial predecessor. Banda, a 61-year-old policeman's daughter who has won international recognition for championing the education of underprivileged girls, had served as vice president under Bingu wa Mutharika, who died on Thursday following a heart attack. She succeeded him under the terms of the constitution. ...


Technology without God is dangerous: pope

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Pope Benedict XVI holds a cross as he leads a vigil mass during Easter celebrations in the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, leading the world's Catholics into Easter, said on Saturday technological progress, in the absence of awareness of God and moral values, posed a threat to the world. Benedict presided at a solemn Easter vigil Mass in St Peter's Basilica to usher the 1.2 billion-member church into the most important day of its liturgical calendar. ...


Ex-Mubarak spy chief shakes up Egyptian vote race

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A supporter of Egypt's former vice president Omar Suleiman uses a mobile phone near images of him during a gathering in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak's former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman began the application process on Saturday to enter Egypt's presidential race, while other politicians battled to keep their candidates from being disqualified on technical grounds. The moves have shaken up Egyptian politics and raised passions one day before the deadline on Sunday for candidates to nominate themselves in the country's first free presidential vote, scheduled to take place in two rounds in May and June. ...


Leading Tiananmen-era Chinese dissident dies in U.S.

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One of China's most famous dissidents from the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists has died in the United States, exiled dissidents said on Saturday. Fang Lizhi, 76, whom China had accused of counter-revolutionary crimes, lived in Tucson where he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona. He died of natural causes, according to the Twitter feed of Wu Renhua, a dissident living in exile in the United States. ...

Egypt's Brotherhood picks alternate candidate

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 3, 2011 file photo, Khayrat el-Shater, the lead strategist for Egypt's largest opposition group, waves by Egyptian flag after being released from Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt. Trying to unite divided Islamists behind him, the presidential hopeful of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has promised to give religious clerics power to review legislation to ensure it is in line with Islamic law, a group of ultraconservative Muslim clerics said Wednesday. Brotherhood candidate Khairat el-Shater is trying to avert a split in the votes of religious conservatives in next month's presidential election. The Brotherhood is Egypt's strongest fundamentalist group, but several other Islamists are running in the vote _ particularly Hazem Abu Ismail, who has strong support among Salafis, the most hard-line religious movement in Egypt. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid, File)Egypt's most powerful political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, announced Saturday it is nominating the head of its party as a back-up candidate for president in the face of attempts to disqualify their primary nominee.


Mali's parliamentary head returns from exile

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Dioncounda Traore, left, Mali's parliamentary head who was forced into exile after last month's coup, sits with junta representatives including spokesman Lt. Amadou Konare, third right, in Bamako, Mali Saturday, April 7, 2012. Traore's return comes after coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo signed an accord late Friday, agreeing to return the nation to constitutional rule. Mali's constitution says that in the event that the president of the republic is unable to carry out his functions, the head of the assembly becomes interim president for a transitional period until new elections are held.(AP Photo/Rukmini Callimachi)Mali's parliamentary head, who was forced into exile after last month's coup, returned Saturday to this nation in crisis, marking the first step in Mali's path back to constitutional rule.


US warns Syria it can't deceive world over pullout

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In this Friday, April 6, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army fighters try to spot a sniper during fighting with Syrian troops in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Syrian government shelling and offensives against rebel-held towns killed dozens of people across the country on Saturday, activists said, as the U.S. posted online satellite images of troop deployments that cast further doubt on whether the regime intends to comply with an internationally sponsored peace plan. (AP Photo)The U.S. warned Syria it won't be able to deceive the world about compliance with a cease-fire that is just days away, as regime forces pounded more opposition strongholds Saturday in an apparent rush to crush resistance before troops must withdraw. Activists said more than 100 people were killed, including at least 87 civilians.


Pakistani troops dig for 135 missing in avalanche

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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2012 file photo, Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment, carry supplies up the 2,400 meter (8,000-foot) mountain near their outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir district. An avalanche smashed into a Pakistani army base on a Himalayan glacier close to India on Saturday, April 7, 2012, burying around 130 soldiers. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)Pakistani soldiers dug into a massive avalanche in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border on Saturday, searching for at least 135 people buried when the wall of snow engulfed a military complex.


Pope holds Easter candle at basilica vigil

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Pope Benedict XVI, holding a tall, lit, white candle, enters a hushed and darkened St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Saturday, April 7, 2012, to begin the Vatican's Easter vigil service. Except for the twinkle of camera flashes, the basilica was almost pitch-black as the thousands of faithful in pews awaited Benedict's arrival through the rear entrance Saturday night. Christians on Easter joyously mark their belief that Christ rose from the dead after his crucifixion. Praying at the start of the service, Benedict said Easter brings hope to the faithful. On Sunday morning, he will lead Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)Pope Benedict XVI, carrying a tall, lit candle, ushered in Christianity's most joyous celebration with an Easter vigil service Saturday night, but voiced fears that mankind is groping in darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil.


Yemen: Ex-president's loyalists attack airport

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FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 file photo, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks to reporters during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa, Yemen. Gunmen loyal to Yemen's ousted president blasted buildings at the country's main airport with anti-aircraft guns on Saturday, forcing authorities to shut it down, an airport official said. The attack comes a day after Yemen's new President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi fired key security officials appointed by ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh including his half brother, the air force commander Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar, and his nephew, Tariq, who headed the presidential guard. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud, File)Loyalists of former Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh seized the country's main airport Saturday as tanks and armored vehicles occupied the tarmac and forced authorities to cancel flights, a day after a military shake-up in which key commanders were fired.


Christians in Holy Land pray on Easter Saturday

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Catholic clergy attend a procession during Holy Saturday inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, Saturday, April 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Thousands of Christians gathered near Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher for Easter Saturday and marched in processions brimming with tradition, taking turns to pray in the site where they believe Jesus was slain and buried.


Malawi's VP sworn in as president amid uncertainty

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FILE - In this March 8, 2005 file photo the President of Malawi Bingu Wa Mutharika poses for photographers prior to his meeting with King Albert II of Belgium at the Royal Palace in Brussels. Malawi's president was hospitalized Thursday April 5, 2012, with a heart problem, officials said. (AP Photo/Thierry Charlier, File)Malawi has known rule by Britain and by a mercurial dictator. Over the last few days, however, it wasn't clear who was leading this impoverished southern African country, as doctors disclosed Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika had died but the government insisted he was only ill.


Iran lawmaker: Country can produce nuclear weapons

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FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2012, file photo, provided by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, is escorted by technicians during a tour of Tehran's research reactor center in northern Tehran, Iran. Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam, a prominent Iranian lawmaker, said Friday, April 6, 2012, in an interview with the parliament's news website, icana.ir, that Iran can easily produce the highly enriched uranium that is used to build atomic bombs but it is not Tehran's policy to go that route. His views do not represent the Iranian government's policy. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)Iran has the knowledge and scientific capability to produce nuclear weapons but will never do so, a prominent lawmaker has said.


Greece: Clash after service for man who shot self

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An injured and bleeding policeman is taken away in a police vehicle after he was attacked by protesters in Athens' main Syntagma Square, Saturday, April 7 2012. A protest march that followed a memorial service for a retired pharmacist who committed suicide earlier this week turned violent with marchers beating a policeman in central Athens and stealing his uniform, bulletproof vest, manacles and walkie-talkie. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)Greek protesters marching in memory of a man who killed himself over financial woes that he blamed on the government attacked a policeman in Athens on Saturday, leaving him bloodied and stealing his bulletproof vest.


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