2012年7月24日星期二

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Syria sends armored column to Aleppo, strikes from air

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:52 PM PDT

Damaged buildings are seen at juret al-Shayah in HomsAMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria sent thousands of troops surging towards Aleppo in the early hours of Wednesday, where its forces have been pounding rebel fighters from the air, engulfing the country's largest city in total warfare to put down a revolt. Recent days have seen Syria's 16-month-old uprising transformed from an insurgency in remote provinces into a battle for control of the two main cities, Aleppo and the slightly smaller capital Damascus, where fighting exploded last week. President Bashar al-Assad's forces have launched massive counter assaults in both cities. ...


Netanyahu urges better Turkey ties, cites regional turmoil

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu delivers a statement at his office in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Jewish state and its former ally Turkey must repair their relationship because of the instability in their region. Turkey cut its once extensive ties with Israel after Israeli marines killed nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists in May 2010 on a vessel trying to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave run by Hamas Islamists. "Turkey and Israel are two important, strong and stable states in this region ... We must find ways to restore the relations we once had ... ...


Ghana President Mills dies, VP takes over

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:07 PM PDT

President John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval OfficeACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's President John Atta Mills, who won international praise for presiding over a stable model democracy in Africa, died suddenly on Tuesday and his vice-president was quickly sworn in to replace him at the helm of the oil, gold and cocoa producer. Mills had celebrated his 68th birthday on Saturday and his unexpected death came months before he was due to stand for re-election in December as head of the world's No. 2 cocoa grower, which is also a major African gold producer. "It is with a heavy heart ... ...


Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Afghan National Army soldiers take their position at the site of an attack on the outskirts of KabulWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's decision to change the standards used to grade the success of Afghan police and soldiers, who are a centerpiece of U.S. strategy for smoothly exiting the war in Afghanistan, helped it present a positive picture of those forces' abilities, a U.S. government watchdog reported on Tuesday. "These changes ... were responsible, in part, for its reported increase in April 2012 of the number of ANSF units rated at the highest level," the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report on Afghan national security forces, known as ANSF. ...


Cardinal praises prominent Cuban dissident at funeral

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:08 PM PDT

Members of the 'Ladies in White' opposition group march beside the funeral procession of Oswaldo Paya, one of Cuba's best-known dissidents, in HavanaHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega paid tribute to the "clear political vocation" and religious faith of leading dissident Oswaldo Paya at his crowded funeral on Tuesday, days after the prominent anti-communist activist died in a car crash. Family members have questioned the circumstances of Sunday's crash on a badly potholed road in eastern Cuba, alleging possible foul play by government agents. But diplomats say they believe it was a genuine accident and it appeared the car was speeding. ...


U.S. commander accused of stalling Afghan hospital abuse probe

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:49 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. general in Afghanistan sought to stall an investigation into waste and abuse at a U.S.-funded hospital in Kabul, possibly for political reasons, current and former U.S. military officials told Congress on Tuesday. Retired Colonel Gerald Carozza, who served as an adviser to the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan, accused Lieutenant General William Caldwell, then head of U.S. ...

UK PM's ex-media boss, friend to face charges for hacking

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks leaves Southwark Crown Court in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's former spin doctor and a friend who was a top executive in Rupert Murdoch's media empire face phone hacking charges, prosecutors said on Tuesday, a twist that may expose Cameron to more awkward questions about his judgment. In a decision that opens the door to a politically-charged court case, prosecutors said they had brought charges against Andy Coulson, Cameron's former communications director, and would charge Rebekah Brooks, who oversaw Murdoch's News International and who remains a close friend of the prime minister, at a later date. ...


Venezuela's Chavez unveils 3D image of hero Bolivar

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Chavez shows an image of independence hero Bolivar during a ceremony in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez unveiled a 3D image of South America's 19th century independence hero Simon Bolivar on Tuesday, based on bones the president ordered exhumed two years ago to test his theory that Bolivar was murdered. In a ceremony to mark the 229th anniversary of Bolivar's birth, senior government officials and military commanders clapped as Chavez and a group of school children unveiled the new image, which was based on scans of Bolivar's skull. ...


Ethnic riots sweep India's Assam, at least 30 killed

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Villagers with their belongings move to relief camps as they leave their locality after violence at Chirang districtGUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Police shot dead four rioters in India's northeastern state of Assam on Tuesday as security forces struggled to contain ethnic fighting that has killed at least 30 people and left riverside hamlets ablaze, forcing tens of thousands from their homes. Rioting between Bodo tribes people and Muslim settlers has raged for days in a region near Bangladesh. Some victims died of machete wounds, said aid workers who has seen the bodies. Police opened fire on rioters burning property in the Bodo-dominated Kokrajhar district, killing the four, police inspector general S.N. ...


Draft U.N. arms trade treaty full of holes, activists say

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:32 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The first draft of a U.N. treaty to regulate the $60 billion global arms trade was slammed on Tuesday by activists as having "more holes than a leaky bucket" as negotiators scramble to reach a consensus by Friday. One person every minute dies from armed violence around the world, and arms control activists say a convention is needed to prevent illicitly traded guns from pouring into conflict zones and fueling wars and atrocities. Conflicts in Syria and elsewhere show a treaty is necessary, they add. ...

Russia warns Syria against using chemical weapons

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT

In this image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Monday, July 23, 2012, a Free Syrian Army soldier reacts during clashes with Syrian government troops in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian regime acknowledged for the first time Monday that it possessed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and said it will only use them in case of a foreign attack and never internally against its own citizens. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALRussia chided its longtime ally Syria on Tuesday over its threat to use chemical weapons in case of a foreign attack, but Moscow gave no sign it was abandoning President Bashar Assad's regime, despite growing international condemnation over the violence in the Arab country.


Phone hack charges may add to fallout for Brit PM

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:33 AM PDT

FILE This Wednesday, June 13, 2012 file photo shows Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, leaving Westminster Magistrates' Courts after she was granted bail on charges of attempting to cover up tabloid phone-hacking, London. British authorities on Tuesday July 24, 2012 charged an ex-aide to the British prime minister, a former protege of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and six others in the ever-widening phone hacking scandal, accusing them of key roles in a lengthy campaign of illegal espionage that victimized hundreds including top celebrities Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The Crown Prosecution Service's Alison Levitt told journalists that Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, both former editors of Murdoch's now-shuttered News of the World tabloid, are among those being charged with conspiring to intercept the communications of more than 600 people between Oct. 3, 2000, and Aug. 9, 2006(AP Photo/Sang Tan)Britain's phone hacking scandal entered a new and expanded criminal phase Tuesday, with charges brought against two former members of Prime Minister David Cameron's inner circle over a campaign of illegal espionage that has rocked the country's establishment.


Ghana VP sworn in hours after president's death

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:23 PM PDT

File - In this file photo taken on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, waits to address the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly. State-run television in Ghana is announcing on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, that President John Atta Mills has died at age 68. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)President John Atta Mills' election victory secured Ghana's reputation as one of the most mature democracies in West Africa, a position further solidified Tuesday when the vice president took over only hours after the 68-year-old president died five months before finishing his first term.


China's newest city is on tiny island, has big aim

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:11 PM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, representatives cast their votes in the first session of the first Sansha Municipal People's Congress held on Yongxing Island, the government seat of Sansha City in south China's Hainan province Monday, July 23, 2012. China has rolled out the red carpet for its newest city, on a small, remote island in the South China Sea that is also claimed by Vietnam. Beijing on Tuesday, July 24, formally established the city of Sansha to bolster its claim on the sea's oil and gas-rich waters. The move is likely to anger China's neighbors and competing claimants in a dispute that has at times led to maritime standoffs. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hou Jiansen) NO SALESChina's newest city is a remote island in the South China Sea barely large enough to host a single airstrip. It has a post office, bank, supermarket and a hospital, but little else. Fresh water comes by freighter on a 13-hour journey from China's southernmost province.


EYES ON LONDON: Beckham has opening ceremony role

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:50 PM PDT

A boat passes a set of Olympic Rings floating in the River Thames off of Battersea park Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in London. The city will host the 2012 London Olympics with opening ceremonies scheduled for Friday, July 27. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:


Long lines, delays at London's St. Pancras station

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:36 PM PDT

French Olympic team members arrive by Eurostar at St. Pancras International Station in London for the 2012 London Olympics, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Opening ceremonies for the games will be held Friday, July 27. (AP Photo/Sean Dempsey, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTLong lines formed Tuesday and travelers were delayed at St. Pancras, the central London rail station where reporters, Olympic workers and fans with tickets depart for the Olympic Park in east London.


A mausoleum built for Bolivar but worthy of Chavez

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:10 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez unveils a photograph-like portrait of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar on the 229th anniversary of Bolivar's birth at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. A team of researchers produced the image based on studies of Bolivar's remains. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)The towering, white mausoleum in downtown Caracas is for many Venezuelans a lot like Hugo Chavez, only in architectural terms: disproportionately larger-than-life, flamboyant and self-important.


Hoots in parliament: France mulls harassment law

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Cecile Duflot, the Housing minister, speaks before France's National Assembly in Paris, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in this frame made from TV. The hooting and catcalls began as soon as the Cabinet minister stood, wearing a blue and white flowered dress. It did not cease for the entire time she spoke before France's National Assembly and the heckling came not from an unruly crowd, but from male legislators who later said they were merely showing their appreciation on a warm summer's day. Duflot faltered very slightly, and then continued with her prepared remarks about an urban development project in Paris. "Ladies and gentlemen, but mostly gentlemen, obviously," she said in a firm voice as hoots rang out. She completed the statement on her ministry and again sat down. None of the men in suits who preceded her got the same treatment from the deputies, and the reaction was extraordinary enough to draw television commentary and headlines for days afterward. (AP Photo / National Assembly TV) TV OUTThe hooting and catcalls began as soon as the Cabinet minister stood, wearing a blue and white flowered dress. It did not cease for the entire time she spoke before France's National Assembly. And the heckling came not from an unruly crowd, but from male legislators who later said they were merely showing their appreciation on a warm summer's day.


Recovering ex-congresswoman rides Alpine cable car

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:36 PM PDT

Former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, center, who is recovering from injuries in a mass shooting last year, and her astronaut husband Mark Kelly, right, accompanied by mountain guide Vincent Lameyre, left, stand on a ridge of the Aiguille du Midi, above Chamonix, France in the French Alps on Monday, after riding a cable car up and walking a few meters onto the snow, away from a viewing post. The outing was part of her first trip abroad since being shot in the head in a mass shooting in the U.S. last year. (AP Photo/Mike Struik, CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research))Former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from injuries in a mass shooting last year, has ventured into the French Alps.


Austria church mounts billboard search for priests

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:19 PM PDT

A tractor passes a poster with the title "The Mission" from the Catholic Church, in Lower Austria near St. Poelten, Austria, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Poster reads : The Mission, those who give all receive even more. Seeking to repopulate its thinning clerical ranks, the Roman Catholic diocese of Austria's most populous province launched a province-wide billboard campaign Tuesday meant to recruit priests. But nuns are welcome as well. And the posters are also looking for part-time help - laymen and women prepared to dedicated at least part of their life to Catholic religious and social service. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)European men take note. While unemployment is growing in much of the continent, a powerful international organization is now advertising vacancies in Austria for hundreds of white-collar jobs.


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