2012年11月29日星期四

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Palestinians win implicit U.N. recognition of sovereign state

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:03 PM PST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reacts as he arrives to address the United Nations Generally Assembly at UN Headquarters, in New York,UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate." There were 138 votes in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions. Three countries did not take part in the vote to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United Nations to "non-member state" from "entity. ...


Fighting cuts access to Damascus airport, flights suspended

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:24 PM PST

Men who were injured in the explosions in Jaramana district, near Damascus, walk on a streetBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels battled forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad just outside Damascus on Thursday, cutting access to its international airport, and Dubai-based Emirates airline and EgyptAir stopped flights to the Syrian capital. The Internet and some telephone lines went down across Syria. Rebels and the government traded blame for the blackout, the worst communications outage in 20 months of conflict. Rebels fighting to topple Assad have been making gains around Syria by overrunning military bases and have been ramping up attacks on Damascus, his seat of power. ...


Opposition cries foul as Egypt constitution finalized

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:23 PM PST

Youths walk next to a pirate flag on display by a street vendor at Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - An Islamist-led assembly was expected to finalize a new constitution on Friday aimed at transforming Egypt and paving the way for an end to a crisis which erupted when President Mohamed Mursi gave himself sweeping new powers last week. Mursi said his decree halting court challenges to his decisions, which provoked protests and violence from Egyptians fearing a new dictator was emerging less than two years after they ousted Hosni Mubarak, was "for an exceptional stage". "It will end as soon as the people vote on a constitution," he told state television on Thursday night. ...


U.S. gives Iran until March to cooperate with IAEA

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:39 AM PST

Iran's President Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facilityVIENNA (Reuters) - The United States set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a U.N. nuclear agency investigation, warning Tehran the issue may otherwise be referred to the U.N. Security Council. The comments by U.S. diplomat Robert Wood to the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency signaled Washington's growing frustration at a lack of progress in the IAEA's inquiry into possible military dimensions to Tehran's nuclear program. Iran - which was first reported to the U.N. ...


Chinese police plan to board vessels in disputed seas

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:16 PM PST

BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) - Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which illegally enter what China considers its territory in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Thursday, a move likely to add to tensions. The South China Sea is Asia's biggest potential military trouble spot with several Asian countries claiming sovereignty over waters believed to be rich in oil and gas. The shortest route between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, it has some of the world's busiest shipping lanes. ...

U.N. chief appeals for countries to take Iran dissidents

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:18 PM PST

United Nations Secretary-General Ban speaks during the Special Meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in New YorkUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon appealed on Thursday for countries to consider resettling several thousand Iranian dissidents living in Iraq who were recently moved to a former U.S. military base in Baghdad from a camp where they lived for decades. In a report to the Security Council, Ban said 3,112 members of the People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran have been transferred to Camp Hurriya, leaving about 100 still at Camp Ashraf - also know as Camp New Iraq - to help close it down. ...


Al Qaeda battle in Afghanistan to stretch for years: U.S.

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:33 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of Defense Panetta speaks during a change of command ceremony at the United States Southern Command in DoralWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda fighters are still trying to make inroads into Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday, cautioning that battling the group would be a core U.S. mission there for years to come. Panetta made the comments as the United States weighs how large a military force to keep in Afghanistan when the NATO combat mission ends in 2014, ending a war that, at that point, will have stretched for over 13 years. There are approximately 66,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, but the residual force may number less than 10,000. ...


Strauss-Kahn in preliminary deal with maid in civil case: source

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:49 PM PST

Former IMF head Strauss-Kahn arrives at a polling station in the second round of the 2012 French presidential elections in SarcellesNEW YORK (Reuters) - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid who accused him of sexually assaulting her last year have reached a preliminary agreement to settle the civil lawsuit she brought against him, a person familiar with the case said. The person, however, cautioned that the agreement could still fall apart. The development was first reported by the New York Times, which cited people with knowledge of the case. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn and the maid, Nafissatou Diallo, will appear before a judge in New York next week, the Times reported. ...


Britain's Cameron rejects press law after hacking scandal

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:55 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Cameron speaks about Lord Justice Brian Leveson's report on media practices in Parliament in this still image taken from video in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the idea of a law to regulate the British press on Thursday, risking a split in his government after an inquiry advised legal backing for a watchdog to police the sometimes outrageous conduct of newspapers. Opposing an independent regulator enshrined in law will delight the British press ahead of the 2015 election but may raise concern inside the coalition government that Cameron lacks the mettle to stand up to media barons such as Rupert Murdoch. ...


Venezuela's Chavez doing well in Cuba: vice president

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 02:38 PM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez smiles as he speaks during a Council of Ministers at Miraflores Palace in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is doing well as he receives medical treatment in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday, despite a two-week absence from public view that has raised fresh doubts about his health. Chavez, 58, said in a letter to parliament on Tuesday he was returning to Havana for "hyperbaric oxygenation," which is used to treat bone decay caused by radiation therapy. The president has undergone three cancer operations in Cuba since mid-2011. ...


Internet service goes out across Syria

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:41 PM PST

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Homs City Union of The Syrian Revolution, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian citizens walk in a destroyed street that was attacked on Wednesday by Syrian forces warplanes, at Abu al-Hol street in Homs province, Syria, Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. Two US-based Internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off the Internet nationwide. Activists in Syria reached Thursday by satellite telephone confirmed the unprecedented blackout, which comes amid intense fighting in the capital, Damascus.(AP Photo/Homs City Union of The Syrian Revolution)Internet service went down Thursday across Syria and international flights were canceled at the Damascus airport when a road near the facility was closed by heavy fighting in the country's civil war.


Egypt's Islamists race to approve new constitution

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:22 PM PST

Azza el-Gharf of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, second left, speaks with other members of the assembly during the vote on a final draft of a new Egyptian constitution in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The assembly, overwhelmingly made up of allies of President Mohammed Morsi, abruptly moved up the vote which hadn't been expected to take place for another two months in order to pass the draft before Egypt's Supreme Constitution Court rules on Sunday on whether to dissolve the panel. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)Islamists on Thursday rushed to approve a draft constitution for Egypt without the participation of liberal and Christian members, aiming to pre-empt a court ruling that could dissolve their panel and further inflaming the clash between the opposition and President Mohammed Morsi.


UK judge issues damning press verdict

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 02:07 PM PST

Britain's Lord Justice Brian Leveson pauses as he delivers a statement following the release of the Leveson Inquiry report at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. After a yearlong inquiry full of sensational testimony, Lord Justice Leveson released his report Thursday into the culture and practices of the British press and his recommendations for future regulation to prevent phone hacking, data theft, bribery and other abuses. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool)Britain needs a new independent media regulator to eliminate a subculture of unethical behavior that infected segments of the country's press, a senior judge said Thursday at the end of a yearlong inquiry into newspaper wrongdoing.


Noisy city: Cacophony in Caracas sparks complaints

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:21 PM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 21, 2012, a woman waits in heavy traffic in Caracas, Venezuela. On the chaotic streets of Venezuela's capital of 6 million people, car stereos thump loudly with salsa and reggaeton tunes, while motorcycle taxi drivers honk in high-pitched shrieks as they zip through bumper to bumper traffic at rush hour. Growing numbers of Venezuelans are saying they're fed up with the noise that they say is getting worse, and the numbers of complaints to the authorities have risen in recent years. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)This metropolis of 6 million people may be one of the world's most intense, overwhelming cities, with tremendous levels of crime, traffic and social strife. The sounds of Caracas' streets live up to its reputation.


Congo rebels pulling back; fate of Goma uncertain

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PST

M23 rebels gather in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27 kms west of Goma, Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. Rebels, who last week seized one of the most important cities in eastern Congo and advanced beyond, said Thursday that they had pulled back several miles (kilometers ) to the town of Sake and were on track to leave the key city of Goma by Friday, in accordance with a deadline imposed by the international community.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)Rebels who last week seized Goma, one of the most important cities in eastern Congo, said they had pulled back slightly and were on track to leave the city by Friday, in accordance with a deadline imposed by the international community.


UN vote recognizes state of Palestine; US objects

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:15 PM PST

Palestinians celebrate as they wave posters of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and President Mahmoud Abbas, right, as they watch the U.N. General Assembly votes on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to a nonmember observer state, in the west bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The U.N. General Assembly has voted by a more than two-thirds majority to recognize the state of Palestine. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations was approved by the 193-member world body late Thursday by a vote of 138-9 with 41 abstentions. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States.


US finds Guantanamo prisoner death was overdose

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:01 PM PST

An autopsy has found that a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who died in September took an overdose of medication in an apparent suicide, a U.S. official said Thursday.

Russian whistleblower's death in UK unexplained

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:39 AM PST

British officials are investigating the unexplained death of a Russian businessman, a key witness against Russian officials who allegedly stole $230 million from a London hedge fund in a money laundering scheme.

Factory owner: I didn't know fire exits needed

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:24 AM PST

Boxes of garments lay near equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 workers Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory,on the outskirts of Dhaha, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Garments and documents left behind in the factory show it was used by a host of major American and European retailers, though at least one of them — Wal-Mart — had been aware of safety problems. Wal-Mart blames a supplier for using Tazreen Fashions without its knowledge. (AP Photo/Ashraful Alam Tito)The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign of how far removed the leaders of the nation's garment industry are from issues of worker safety.


Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 08:13 AM PST

A Buddhist monk who suffered burn injuries when security forces cracked down protesters lies in a hospital bed in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Security forces cracked down on protesters occupying a copper mine early Thursday, using water cannons and other devices to break up the rally hours before opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was expected. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)Security forces used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs Thursday to clear protesters from a copper mine in northwestern Myanmar, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks in the biggest use of force against demonstrators since the reformist government of President Thein Sein took office last year.


Tabloid breakup? Cameron and Clegg on the skids

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:02 PM PST

A judge handed down his verdict on British press standards Thursday by calling for a new regulator to eliminate what he described as a "sub-culture" of unethical behaviour, accusing sections of the industry of wreaking havoc with innocent lives.

Syrian rebels cut off Damascus airport in critical step

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:56 AM PST

Syrian opposition forces have reportedly captured part of the road to the Damascus airport in fighting today, bringing opposition forces closer to besieging the capital.

In DR Congo, Goma residents worry about life after rebels' departure

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:56 AM PST

Following days of doubt regarding whether M23 rebels in eastern Congo would withdraw from Goma, it appears that they have begun to return to their stronghold north of the country's second-largest city. But there are indications the rebels could yet reverse course.

Europeans bolster Palestinian bid at the UN

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PST

A week after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appeared all but forgotten in the wake of the Gaza conflict, his bid to gain a global mandate for statehood at the United Nations today has gained momentum.

Will the rush to pass Egypt's constitution render it hollow?

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:43 AM PST

Egypt's constitution-drafting committee put the document to a vote today in a surprise move that the president's allies say hastens Egypt's democratic transition, but which opponents claim undermines its legitimacy.

Disposable diapers or bare bottoms? China frets over potty training

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:18 AM PST

The grandmother and the toddler were huddled in the middle of the sidewalk on Gongtibeilu, not far from Beijing's Workers Stadium. As the child squatted, a small stream of urine appeared out of a slit in the back of the child's pants and puddled on the sidewalk while passersby barely gave them a glance. Beaming with pride, the grandmother carefully wiped the tiny bottom, and the two walked off, hand in hand.

Serbs frustrated, Kosovars elated as former Kosovo PM acquitted of war crimes

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:17 AM PST

Kosovars celebrated and Serbian media and officials slammed a decision today by the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal at The Hague to acquit former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj war crimes committed during the 1990s.

Who backs Palestine UN bid? Ehud Olmert, among others

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:57 PM PST

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looks set for a rare diplomatic victory tomorrow: An upgrade of Palestine to "observer state" status at the UN.

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