2012年11月7日星期三

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Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles: report

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:35 PM PST

Residents walk among damaged buildings after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at Houla, near HomsANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will imminently lodge an official request with NATO asking the military alliance to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria to guard against violence spilling over, a senior Turkish foreign ministry official said on Wednesday. If approved, the deployment would represent a further deterioration in relations between Turkey and Syria - once close allies - and see more military hardware poured into a region where tensions are already high. ...


Strong quake off Guatemala kills 39, felt in Mexico City

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:01 PM PST

Office workers gather on Paseo de la Reforma avenue, after being evacuated from the Senate building, after an earthquake in Mexico CityGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala shook buildings in the capital and killed at least 39 people on Wednesday, trapping others under rubble and triggering evacuations as far away as Mexico City. The 7.4 magnitude quake hit at 10:35 a.m. local time (11:35 EDT). A local fire chief said at least some of the dead were buried under debris in a mountainous region near the Mexican border. Landslides blocked roads in some areas, authorities said, and about 40 houses were severely damaged. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a 7. ...


After Obama win, U.S. backs new U.N. arms treaty talks

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:48 PM PST

People view newspaper front pages showing Obama's win over Romney at Newseum in WashingtonUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee's call on Wednesday to renew debate over a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade. U.N. delegates and gun control activists have complained that talks collapsed in July largely because Obama feared attacks from Republican rival Mitt Romney if his administration was seen as supporting the pact, a charge Washington denies. The month-long talks at U.N. ...


Ghana mall collapse kills four, investigation ordered

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:53 AM PST

A wounded man trapped in the debris of a collapsed building rented by Melcom Ltd waits for help, in AccraACCRA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and dozens more were trapped in rubble when a four-storey building housing a department store collapsed on Wednesday in a suburb of Ghana's capital Accra. President John Mahama, running for election in December, cut short a campaign tour to visit the site and promised that anyone found responsible would "pay the price" as it emerged the building had not received proper approval from city authorities. ...


Greek government defies protests to approve more austerity

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:00 PM PST

Acropolis hill with Parthenon temple is covered with smoke during during a violent demonstration in central AthensATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's government voted by a razor thin margin on Thursday to approve an austerity package needed to unlock vital aid and avert bankruptcy, despite an internal rift and violent protests at the gates of parliament. Lawmakers approved the spending cuts, tax hikes and measures making it easier to hire and fire workers after nearly 100,000 Greeks waving flags and chanting "Fight! They're drinking our blood!" descended on Syntagma Square in central Athens. ...


China's premier-in-waiting schooled in free thought

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:31 PM PST

China's Vice-Premier Li Keqiang talks with a resident during his visit to an affordable housing neighbourhood in LangfangBEIJING (Reuters) - Where other top Chinese leaders can only stand around and look awkward in the presence of English-speaking dignitaries, premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang stands out for his casual and disarming command of the language. Li's English skills say more about the man who will run the world's second-largest economy than just an ability to schmooze U.S. CEOs and European prime ministers - they were learned as a part of a surprisingly liberal university education. ...


Czech PM Necas wins confidence vote, passes tax hikes

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:05 PM PST

Czech Republic's Prime Minister and Chairman of the Civic Democratic Party Necas gives a speech during the party's congress in BrnoPRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas won a confidence vote in parliament and pushed through tax rises and pension reform on Wednesday after quelling a rebellion that threatened to bring down his center-right government. The lower house voted to raise value-added and income taxes in a move aimed at narrowing the budget deficit next year after a group of dissenting backbenchers in Necas's Civic Democratic Party dropped their opposition to the legislation. ...


Hague prosecutor urges Libya not to grant amnesty for war crimes

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:09 PM PST

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi speaks during an interview in ZintanUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Libya should not grant amnesty for war crimes committed during last year's uprising against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, regardless of who committed them, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Wednesday. In her first official presentation to the U.N. Security Council as The Hague-based court's top prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda said that the ICC's pre-trial chamber would decide "in due course" on whether the late Libyan leader's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi should be tried in Libya or The Hague. ...


Merkel warns Britain against European Union exit

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 01:32 PM PST

Germany's Chancellor Merkel holds news conference after addressing the political groups at the European Parliament in BrusselsLONDON (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel on Wednesday warned Britain not to turn its back on Europe and urged its Prime Minister David Cameron to work with her to avoid deadlock at European Union budget talks later this month. The leaders met in London to try to iron out differences over the EU's 1 trillion euro ($1.28 trillion) budget that threaten to block a deal and fuel fears that London is drifting away from the 27-nation union. ...


U.N. Security Council extends Somalia peacekeeping force

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:42 AM PST

Handout photo of AMISOM policemen looking on they travel to General Kaahiye Police Academy to hand out supplies to the Somali police in MogadishuUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council extended an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia for four months on Wednesday as it mulls lifting an arms embargo and Uganda threatens to pull out troops over claims it is aiding rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo. The African Union has appealed to the 15-member council to review its arms embargo to help Somalia rebuild its army and consolidate military gains against al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab. U.N. diplomats said the council was split over this request. ...


Syria opposition in exile fails to elect women

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:40 PM PST

Syrian regime opponent Riad Seif, right, shakes hands with Syrian National Council (SNC) chief Abdel Basset Seda during the meeting of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)Syria's main opposition bloc elected an all-male leadership team early Thursday, undermining its own bid to showcase itself as a more diverse group that can represent all those trying to oust President Bashar Assad.


Britain: Obama victory an opportunity for Syria

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:49 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a Syrian rebel fires at sniper positions in the town of Harem, Syria, near the Turkish border. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)Britain called on the U.S. and other allies Wednesday to do more to shape the Syrian opposition into a coherent force, saying the re-election of President Barack Obama is an opportunity for the world to take stronger action to end the deadlocked civil war.


China's power transfer: infighting and spectacle

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 09:08 AM PST

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress is scheduled to begin Nov. 8 in the Chinese capital. The once-a-decade event will install new leadership to run the world's second largest economy and newly assertive global power. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)China's ruling Communist Party opens a congress Thursday to usher in a new group of younger leaders faced with the challenging tasks of righting a flagging economy and meeting public calls for better government.


Greece narrowly passes crucial austerity bill

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:58 PM PST

A riot police officer is engulfed by petrol bomb flames thrown by protesters in front of the parliament during clashes in Athens, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. Greece's fragile coalition government faces its toughest test so far when lawmakers vote later Wednesday on new painful austerity measures demanded to keep the country afloat, on the second day of a nationwide general strike. The 13.5 billion euro ($17.3 billion) package is expected to scrape through Parliament, following a hasty one-day debate. But potential defections could severely weaken the conservative-led coalition formed in June with the intention of keeping Greece in the euro. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)Greece's Parliament passed a crucial austerity bill early Thursday in vote so close that it left the coalition government reeling from dissent.


Israeli leader in bind after Obama victory

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:20 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, March 5, 2012 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as President Barack Obama speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama's re-election leaves Israel's prime minister in a bind. Benjamin Netanyahu has clashed with Obama and was widely seen as backing challenger Mitt Romney. In coming months, however, Netanyahu will need American support as the Palestinians seek upgraded U.N. recognition and the world grapples with Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)President Barack Obama's re-election has left Israel's prime minister in a bind.


Global candidate: Obama was world's clear choice

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:06 AM PST

Muslim students pose before a throng of photographers shortly after "voting" in the mock U.S. election at a shopping mall at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Filipinos participated in a mock U.S. elections between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney which was organized by the U.S. Embassy in Manila. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)He won, and the word "phew" trended worldwide on Twitter. Despite a hard-fought campaign in the United States, there was never any contest overseas.


Powerful quake hits Guatemala, killing at least 39

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:39 PM PST

Residents walk among rubble after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Guatemala on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people as it toppled thick adobe walls, shook huge landslides down onto highways, and sent terrified villagers streaming into the streets of this idyllic mountain town near the border with Mexico. One hundred people were missing, and hundreds were injured.


Ghana building collapse traps dozens, kills 1

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:16 PM PST

Rescue workers among the remainder of a collapsed building in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A five-story shopping center built earlier this year in a bustling suburb of Ghana's capital collapsed Wednesday, killing at least one person and leaving several dozen people trapped in the rubble, authorities and eyewitnesses said. (AP Photo/ Laura Burke)A five-story shopping center built earlier this year in a bustling suburb of Ghana's capital collapsed Wednesday, killing at least one person and leaving several dozen people trapped in the rubble, authorities and eyewitnesses said.


Obama victory a relief for Latin American left

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:27 PM PST

The front page of a Venezuelan newspaper features a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama with a headline reading in Spanish; "Obama: I won!" at a newstand in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Newspapers across the globe featured photos of Obama who was re-elected for a second presidential term, defeating his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)From Caracas to Havana to La Paz, President Barack Obama's re-election victory was welcomed with a sigh of relief by many on Latin America's left, though others cautioned that the U.S. leader had not made the region a priority during his crisis-buffeted first term and was unlikely to do so in a second.


Granny Obama, Kenya celebrate White House win

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:18 AM PST

Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, speaks to the media about Obama's re-election in the U.S. presidential election in the garden of her house in the village of Kogelo, western Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Waving her walking cane and smiling broadly, the step-grandmother of Barack Obama celebrated Wednesday as this tiny Western Kenyan village danced and rejoiced after the United States president won four more years in the White House.


How the world is reacting to Obama's reelection

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PST

From China to Iran, President Obama's reelection elicited everything from celebration to doubt about his second-term agenda. Here are 11 responses:

After Obama win, say goodbye to neocons

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 01:41 PM PST

Dan Senor has no more influence in the White House today than he did yesterday.

China enlists everyone from cops to cabbies to enforce orderly transition

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 01:02 PM PST

As the United States ends its political season, China's is beginning, and Beijing would like to keep things in order. That means red banner slogans strung along roadsides, flurries of propaganda-as-news and, of course, a police crackdown.

Malawi suspends anti-gay laws

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:44 PM PST

Moving against the tide of anti-gay legislation in the region, Malawi announced this week that the suspension of its laws criminalizing homosexuality, promising public and parliamentary debates on the issue that could potentially repeal the laws altogether.

Ahead of austerity cuts, Greek protests get violent

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:22 PM PST

An anti-austerity demonstration by more than 80,000 people in Athens degenerated into violence Wednesday as hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote on new spending cuts.

Obama win keeps US-British relations familiar, comfortable

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:47 AM PST

Although in theory they are from opposing sides of a broader right-left political divide, No. 10 Downing Street never seems to tire of insisting that Britain's young Conservative prime minister, David Cameron, has "clicked" on a personal level with Barack Obama.

In a Kenyan village, delight at Obama's reelection

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:25 AM PST

President Obama's reelection has stirred wild celebrations in Nyang'oma Kogelo, the birthplace of his father, Hussein Obama.

Latin Americans love Obama – so why the 'collective shrug' on reelection?

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 10:01 AM PST

Leading up to the United States presidential election, Latin Americans, like Latinos in the US, widely favored the reelection of President Obama.

Israel moves quickly to congratulate Obama

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 09:08 AM PST

Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to congratulate President Obama on his reelection by paying tribute to an US-Israel alliance that, in his words, is "rock solid," though the upbeat statement belied widespread anxiety by Israelis that the leaders' rocky relations would continue to cloud ties.

Russia not Obama's 'No. 1 foe,' but Moscow doubts a fresh 'reset'

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 08:19 AM PST

Many Russians appeared satisfied after waking up Wednesday morning to the news that Barack Obama had been reelected president of the United States. But nobody sounded elated.

Rebel hopes rise that reelected Obama will act on Syria as blasts hit Damascus

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 08:04 AM PST

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Indonesia responds to Obama's win: He's still our 'Menteng Kid'

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:58 AM PST

Indonesians from all walks of life cheered President Obama's US election victory on Wednesday, calling it another win for the "Menteng Kid," a reference to the neighborhood where he spent four years of his childhood.

Will Obama's reelection change the US-Pakistan relationship?

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:46 AM PST

As news of President Obama's victory reaches Pakistan, many say they do not expect any substantial change in US foreign policy toward the country.

In Obama win, China sees key prize: stability

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 05:27 AM PST

Barack Obama's reelection as president, offering a familiar face and predictable foreign policy, was largely welcomed in Asia as an element of stability in a region where diplomatic tensions are sharpening.

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