2012年8月9日星期四

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Exclusive: Algerian Brahimi seen replacing Annan as Syria envoy

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi speaks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (not pictured) during a joint news conference in KhartoumWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to replace Kofi Annan as the U.N.-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria barring a last-minute change, diplomats said on Thursday. The former Algerian foreign minister, who has a long history as a diplomatic troubleshooter, will have his work cut out for him in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad is using his security forces to try to crush a 17-month-old pro-democracy rebellion. Annan, a former U.N. ...


Easing U.S. ethanol mandate would help prevent food crisis: U.N.

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 04:27 PM PDT

E85 Ethanol biodiesel fuel is shown being pumped into a vehicle at a gas station in Nevada, Iowa(Reuters) - Global pressure on the United States to relax its ethanol quota mounted on Thursday as the top World Bank food official said an "immediate, temporary suspension" of the mandate could help head off another world food crisis. As the surge in corn prices revives a fierce food versus fuel debate, José Graziano da Silva, the director-general of the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization, wrote in the Financial Times newspaper that competition for a U.S. corn crop that has been decimated by drought was only going to intensify. ...


Libyan national assembly votes Magarief president

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 03:27 PM PDT

Participants stand during handover ceremony of power from of National Transitional Council to members of the national congress in TripoliTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's ruling national assembly picked Mohammed Magarief, leader of the National Front party, as its president on Thursday, in a vote carried out a day after it took power from the outgoing National Transitional Council. Magarief, a long-time opponent of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, will head the 200-member congress, which will name a prime minister, pass laws and steer Libya to full parliamentary elections after a new constitution is drafted next year. ...


Sensational China trial ends in seven hours, verdict later

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:17 PM PDT

Gu Kailai, wife of ousted Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Bo Xilai, attends a trial in the court room at Hefei Intermediate People's CourtHEFEI, China (Reuters) - The woman at the center of China's most politically explosive trial in three decades did not contest charges of murder on Thursday in a hearing that lasted just seven hours and could determine the fate of her husband, former Politburo member Bo Xilai. A formal verdict will be delivered at a later date, a court official said, recounting details of the closed-door hearing. ...


U.S. still believes Iran not on verge of nuclear weapon

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:52 PM PDT

A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactorWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still believes that Iran is not on the verge of having a nuclear weapon and that Tehran has not made a decision to pursue one, U.S. officials said on Thursday. Their comments came after Israeli media reports claimed U.S. President Barack Obama had received a new National Intelligence Estimate saying Iran had made significant and surprising progress toward military nuclear capability. Later, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak suggested that the new U.S. ...


Mexico extradites drug cartel "queen" to the United States

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 03:26 PM PDT

Sandra Avila is seen after her arrest in Mexico City in this photograph released by the Attorney General's officeMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico handed Sandra Avila, Mexico's highest-profile woman drug smuggler known as the "Queen of the Pacific," over to United States authorities on Thursday to face trafficking charges north of the border. Avila, who was arrested in Mexico in 2007, allegedly helped build up the Sinaloa cartel in the 1990s with the gang's leader Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman. She won her nickname for pioneering smuggling routes up Mexico's Pacific Coast into California. The Mexican federal attorney-general's office said she would face cocaine possession and distribution charges in Florida. ...


Assad replaces fugitive PM, Aleppo rebels pull back

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:29 AM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun as a Syrian Air Force fighter bomber fires rockets during an air strike in the village of Tel RafatALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad named a new prime minister on Thursday to replace Syria's most senior government defector as his forces pushed rebels back from a strategic district in Aleppo. Assad appointed Wael al-Halki, a Sunni Muslim from the southern province of Deraa where the Syrian uprising erupted 17 months ago, to head the government after Riyad Hijab fled on Monday after spending only two months in the job. ...


Little sign of battle in Egypt's Sinai region

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 03:35 PM PDT

Egyptian army trucks, carrying heavy machinery to be used to destroy tunnels linking Egypt and the Gaza Strip, arrive at Rafah citySHAIKH ZUWAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt poured troops into North Sinai on Thursday in an offensive meant to tackle militants in the Israeli border region, but residents were skeptical, saying they had seen no sign of anyone being killed in what they described as a "haphazard" operation. The offensive is crucial to maintaining good relations with Israel, which fears Islamist militants based in the increasingly lawless desert region could link up with hardliners in neighboring Gaza to launch attacks on the Jewish state - potentially threatening a 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. ...


Tropical Storm Ernesto skirts Mexican Gulf coast, kills three

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:34 PM PDT

The beach front of Mahahual is seen as Hurricane Ernesto approaches the southern part of the Yucatan peninsulaMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ernesto crossed the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, sending wind gusts and showers across the state of Veracruz, home to some of Mexico's busiest ports and oil installations. The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, made landfall in the early afternoon close to the port city of Coatzacoalcos. Ernesto was heading west over southern Mexico at a speed of about 10 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 5 p.m. EDT advisory. ...


French court hands Hollande victory with EU ruling

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 01:37 PM PDT

France's President Hollande and his companion Trierweiler arrive at the presidential retreat of Bregancon near ToulonPARIS (Reuters) - France's Constitutional Council ruled on Thursday that the EU's budget responsibility pact did not require a change to the constitution, easing its path to ratification and removing a headache for Socialist President Francois Hollande. The ruling allows Hollande's government, which had insisted it would not write a budgetary rule into the constitution, to press ahead with implementing the pact in September using a "super-law" which it can pass with its parliamentary majority. ...


Heavy rain as Ernesto makes landfall in Mexico

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:55 PM PDT

A vendor recovers a cooler after vendors were caught unprepared when high waves dragged their beach stalls into the sea in Veracruz, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Tropical Storm Ernesto headed into Mexico's southern Gulf coast as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel for drenching rains. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall Thursday afternoon near the port city of Coatzacoalcos and moved inland while drenching Mexico's southern Gulf, an area prone to flooding.


Bolt 1st with 2 golds in 200; leads Jamaican sweep

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, gestures after crossing the finish line to win gold ahead of silver medallist Yohan Blake of Jamaica, center, and bronze medallist Warren Weir of Jamaica in the men's 200-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)When the stakes are the biggest, the spotlight most bright, Usain Bolt is as good as gold.


LIGHTNING BOLTS

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:20 PM PDT

It's the move of the night.

EYES ON LONDON: Bolt's cool finish, US soccer gold

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:09 PM PDT

United States' Carli Lloyd (10) celebrates after scoring against Japan goalkeeper Miho Fukumoto (1) during the women's soccer gold medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:


Iran tries to calm Syria crisis as violence rages

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Syrians throw the earth over the grave of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, after they buried in the cemetery in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)As Syrian forces struggled to drive rebels from the country's largest city, the regime's key ally Iran tried Thursday to start an alternative political process to address the crisis.


Gunmen attack police station in Egypt's Sinai

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 08:31 AM PDT

Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Gunmen sprayed a police station in Egypt's Sinai with bullets Thursday, setting off a brief firefight with policemen before speeding away in their truck, the latest in a series of attacks against security forces in the increasingly volatile peninsula, security officials said. Meanwhile, the military sent additional armored and other army vehicles to boost its strength in a hunt for militants in the wake of a deadly weekend attack that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers. (AP Photo)Gunmen sprayed a police station in Egypt's Sinai with bullets Thursday, setting off a brief firefight with policemen before speeding away in their truck, the latest in a series of attacks against security forces in the increasingly volatile peninsula, security officials said.


Security firm: New computer virus prowling Mideast

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 01:03 PM PDT

A new computer virus tied to some of the most sophisticated cyberweapons thus-far discovered has been found circulating in the Middle East, a Moscow-based computer security company said Thursday. If a link were confirmed, the find would expand the electronic arsenal reportedly deployed by the U.S. and Israel against their rivals in the region.

Syria captive rift: Iran defiant, Hezbollah silent

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this file image made from a video released by the Baraa Brigades and accessed Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers guarding a group of Iranians abducted a day earlier and promising more attacks on Iranian targets in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Baraa Brigades via AP video, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOIt took just minutes for Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah chief to appear on TV to silence protests after Syrian rebels grabbed 11 Lebanese Shiites in May. Tehran's leadership also went into rapid-reaction mode when gunmen seized 48 Iranians last week, but with a very different objective: to make the abduction an international affair.


China official's wife doesn't deny killing Briton

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:32 AM PDT

This video image taken from CCTV shows Gu Kailai, center, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, standing trial in the Intermediate People's Court in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei Thursday Aug. 9, 2012. According to testimony Thursday in one of China's highest-profile murder trials in years, Gu lured British businessman Neil Heywood to a hotel in the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, where she got him drunk and fed him poison. The secretive trial of Gu and a household aide, who are accused of murdering Bo family associate Heywood, ended in less than a day at the court. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) CHINA OUT, TV OUTTestimony in China's most closely watched murder case in decades wrapped up within hours on Thursday as the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai stood accused of luring a British businessman to a hotel, getting him drunk and pouring poison into his mouth.


As Mexico's drug war gets gritty, so do nicknames

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012 file photo, Baltazar Saucedo Estrada, alias "El Mataperros," or "The Dog Killer," is escorted by members of the new Fuerza Civil police force as he is presented to the press in Monterrey, Mexico. According to police, Saucedo is an alleged member of the Zetas drug cartel and ordered his henchmen to set fire to a casino in the northern city of Monterrey in 2010 to punish the owners for failing to pay protection money, which killed 53 people. The source of his nickname remains unclear: Cartels sometimes refer to rivals and police as "dogs," and cartel recruits reportedly are ordered to hack up the animals as training for human dismemberment. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik, File)When "The Worm Eater" and his sidekick "The Rat" were captured, they were allegedly carrying five grenades and about $1 million in cash. "Garbage" was caught extorting money from Mexico City bus drivers, police say. "The Pig" was known for his brutal style of killing rivals. "The Bum" allegedly burned and buried his victims in clandestine pits.


Heavy rain as Ernesto heads inland into Mexico

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Coconut vendors try to recover their goods after they were caught unprepared when high waves dragged their beach stalls into the sea in Veracruz, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Tropical Storm Ernesto headed into Mexico's southern Gulf coast as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel for drenching rains. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)Tropical Storm Ernesto drenched Mexico's southern Gulf coast Thursday and was expected to head inland, as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel.


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