2012年8月11日星期六

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U.S., Turkey to study Syria no-fly zone

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 02:03 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton and Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu pose for the media after their news conferenceALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The United States and Turkey indicated they were studying a range of possible measures over Syria, including a no-fly zone, as battles between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces shook Aleppo and the heart of Damascus. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after meeting her Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul on Saturday that Washington and Ankara should develop detailed operational planning on ways to assist the rebels fighting to topple Assad. ...


Two quakes in Iran kill 180 and injure 1,500

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:53 PM PDT

Drips are seen as the wounded are taken to hospital in AharDUBAI (Reuters) - Two strong earthquakes killed 180 people and injured about 1,500 in northwest Iran where rescuers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages through the night into Sunday. Thousands fled their homes and remained outdoors after Saturday's quakes, as at least 40 aftershocks hit the area. Casualty figures could rise, Iranian officials said, as some of the injured were in a critical condition while other people were still trapped under the rubble and rescuers - hampered by the darkness - had yet to reach some affected villages. ...


Three more U.S. soldiers killed by Afghans in grim day for NATO

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 10:47 AM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Three U.S. Marines have been shot dead by an Afghan worker on a military base in southern Afghanistan, in a deadly 24 hours for NATO-led forces during which six American soldiers were killed in rogue attacks. The shooting took place on Friday night in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, where three U.S. special forces soldiers were killed by an Afghan policeman and comrades earlier in the day. ...

Putin says Russia to get hundreds of military planes

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 02:10 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes members of a sky-diving team during an air show dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Russia's Air Force at Zhukovsky outside MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's military will get 1,600 new warplanes and helicopters by 2020, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's armed forces. Putin has worked hard to restore pride in the Cold War-era superpower's military since his first election in 2000. The planned addition of 600 military planes and 1,000 helicopters is part of a 23 trillion rouble ($720 billion)program to re-equip a military still weakened by spending cuts prompted by the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. ...


Turkish forces end anti-PKK operation in Semdinli

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:52 AM PDT

HAKKARI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish armed forces have ended an almost three-week operation against Kurdish militants in the southeast region of Semdinli, bordering Iran and Iraq, and have killed "a large number" of fighters, the local governor said in a statement on Saturday. Turkish jets have bombarded Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions around the mountainous region in one of most intense bouts of fighting in recent years in a decades-long conflict which has killed 40,000 people. "The aerial-supported operations launched by our security forces on July 23, 2012 ... ...

France's Hollande approval rating hit by weak economy

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:55 AM PDT

France's President Hollande and his companion Trierweiler take a high-speed TGV train at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris as they depart for their summer holidaysPARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande's approval rating has dipped to 46 percent three months after winning office, pollster Ifop said on Saturday, suggesting a weak economy had cut short the Socialist leader's honeymoon period. The survey showed Hollande - who won office on May 6 with nearly 52 percent of votes - had not benefited from the post-electoral bounce enjoyed by his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. Sarkozy's approval rating climbed to 65 percent in the weeks after his victory. ...


U.S. envoy to discuss democracy concerns with Romania

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 06:03 AM PDT

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy will meet Romanian government officials in Bucharest on Sunday to discuss concerns about democracy in the country, the U.S. State department said, after attempts by the prime minister to oust the president. Prime Minister Victor Ponta's drive to force out President Traian Basescu has been condemned by the European Union and United States, which say his cabinet is undermining the rule of law. The row has stalled policymaking in Romania, delayed vital economic reforms and raised concerns over the Balkan state's International Monetary Fund-led aid deal. ...

Japan to take islands dispute with Korea to international court

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Saturday it will take the long-running islands territorial dispute with South Korea to the International Court of Justice, after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made a surprise visit to the islands this week. The islands, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, lie equidistant from the two mainlands and are believed to contain frozen natural gas deposits potentially worth billions of dollars. ...

US women win 5th straight gold, rout France 86-50

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:51 PM PDT

United States' Diana Taurasi, right, and Candace Parker bite their gold medals after beating France in the women's gold medal basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)The names change, not the results. Just call the U.S. women's basketball team Olympic champion.


London wraps up a dazzling Olympics

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, crosses the finish line ahead of Ryan Bailey of the United States in the men's 4x100-meter relay final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Jamaica set a new world record with a time of 36.84 seconds. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Usain Bolt made himself a living legend — just ask him. Michael Phelps swam a last lap into history. A man ran on carbon blades. Two track stars and a long jumper produced perhaps the greatest night in British sports history.


US lawmakers call on Bahrain king to free activist

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT

Bahraini children play in an alley spray-painted with anti-government graffiti in Malkiya, Bahrain, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. At left above the words "Martyrs Square," is a painted image of the since-demolished monument that stood at the site of huge Spring 2011 pro-democracy protests. Back wall graffiti includes "down Hamad," referring to Bahrain's king. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)Nineteen members of the U.S. Congress have written to Bahrain's king to call for the release of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who is currently serving a three-month jail sentence for making anti-government statements on Twitter.


Bolt anchors Jamaica to relay record for 3rd gold

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:13 PM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, crosses the finish line ahead of Ryan Bailey of the United States in the men's 4x100-meter relay final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Jamaica set a new world record with a time of 36.84 seconds. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Be it a gold medal or a souvenir from a record relay run, Usain Bolt always gets what he wants at the Olympics.


Bolt leads Jamaica to relay world record

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 01:14 PM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, crosses the finish line ahead of Ryan Bailey of the United States in the men's 4x100-meter relay final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Jamaica set a new world record with a time of 36.84 seconds. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)Usain Bolt got the gold medal and another world record, too, anchoring the Jamaicans to victory in 36.84 seconds Saturday night to cap off his second straight 3-for-3 Olympics.


Rebels carve out large enclave in north Syria

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 02:44 PM PDT

In this photo from Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, Fatoum Obeid, 50, stands in a pile of trash left by Syrian soldiers who occupied her home in Atarib, Syria. In recent months rebels have seized a huge swath of territory in northern Syria, giving them a freedom to move and organize unprecedented in the 17-month conflict. (AP Photo/Ben Hubbard)Residents of this north Syrian border town like to snap photos of their children atop the tank parked downtown, one of more than a dozen captured or destroyed by rebels in the battles last month that "liberated" the area from President Bashar Assad's army.


US withholds funds to Honduran police

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 02:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2012 file photo, officer Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, known as The U.S. government is withholding funds to Honduran law enforcement units directly supervised by their new national police chief until the U.S. can investigate allegations that he ran a death squad a decade ago, according to a State Department report released this week.


Mexicans celebrate Olympic soccer gold medal

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:13 PM PDT

Fans of Mexico's soccer team celebrate after their team beat Brazil in the men's soccer final at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, below the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Mexico won the match 2-1 and the gold.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Jubilant Mexicans celebrated their 2-1 Olympic gold medal soccer win over powerhouse Brazil Saturday, waving flags and chanting in plazas and streets across the country.


Spain: Model plane video evidence of terror plot

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Fotos de tres sospechosos de pertenecer al grupo al-Qaida difundida por el Ministerio del Interor de España el jueves 2 de agosto del 2012. Los detenidos, que son identificados sólo por iniciales, fueron arrestados por la policía española sospechosos de pertenecer a al-Qaida que presuntamente planeaban ataques en España y en otros países españoles, dijo el ministro del Interior Jorge Fernández Díaz. Un juez interroga en privado a dos de ellos que presuentamente son de dos países de la ex Unión Soviética se informó el domingo.(Foto AP/Ministerio del Interior de España)Authorities in Spain released a video Saturday that they claim shows suspected al-Qaida members training for a bombing raid using a model plane, the latest development in a case that has led to three arrests.


EYES ON LONDON: Jamaica sets record, awe for Bolt

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts after receiving a gold medal for the men's 4x100-meter during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:


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