2012年12月17日星期一

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Clinton gets accountability report on Benghazi attacks

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:17 PM PST

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protestWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday received an official review of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, setting the stage for testimony on an incident that prompted a political furor and sharp questions about security at U.S. diplomatic facilities overseas. The State Department said Clinton - who is convalescing after suffering a concussion last week - received the report from the Accountability Review Board formed to probe the attack which killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. ...


Syrian rebels take control of Damascus Palestinian camp

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:13 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels took full control of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on Monday after fighting raged for days in the district on the southern edge of President Bashar al-Assad's Damascus powerbase, rebel and Palestinian sources said. The battle had pitted rebels, backed by some Palestinians, against Palestinian fighters of the pro-Assad Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC). Many PFLP-GC fighters defected to the rebel side and their leader Ahmed Jibril left the camp two days ago, rebel sources said. ...

Egypt opposition to protest against "invalid" constitution

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:44 PM PST

Protesters against Egypt's President Mursi rest in front of a tent named "Revolution Party" at Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's opposition plans new protests on Tuesday against a planned Islamist-backed constitution that looks set to be approved in the second round of a referendum next weekend. Islamist President Mohamed Mursi obtained a 57 percent "yes" vote for the constitution in initial voting on Saturday, his party said, less than he had hoped for. The result is likely to embolden the opposition, which says the law is too Islamist, although the second round is expected to result in another "yes", while underlining the deep divisions that have riven Egypt since Hosni Mubarak's fall. ...


Iran says it, world powers must end nuclear stalemate

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:31 PM PST

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi attends a news conference after a meeting regarding the Syrian crisis, in CairoDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Monday a way must be found to end the deadlock with major powers over the country's nuclear programme, an Iranian news agency reported, but he offered no new initiative on how to achieve this. Ali Akbar Salehi's comments came ahead of an expected resumption of diplomacy, perhaps next month, aimed at preventing the decade-old nuclear dispute from degenerating into a Middle East war that could damage an already fragile world economy. ...


U.N. makes it easier for blacklisted Taliban to travel for peace talks

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council renewed its Taliban sanctions regime on Monday, but made it easier for blacklisted people to get an exemption to travel outside of Afghanistan for peace and reconciliation talks. U.S.-backed Afghan forces toppled the Taliban government in late 2001 when it refused to hand over al Qaeda militants, including Osama bin Laden, after the Islamist network's hijacked airliner attacks on the United States on September 11. There are 132 individuals and four entities on the U.N. Security Council's sanctions list. ...

Russia abstains from vote on Yugoslav war crimes tribunal

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 03:36 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Monday extended the work of the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, but Russia abstained from the vote because it said the resolution did not address inefficiencies of the court. Since it was set up in 1993, the tribunal has indicted 161 people for crimes stemming from the wars that shattered the Yugoslav federation, of whom 15 have been acquitted. Proceedings are ongoing for 31 suspects. ...

Italy president says next government must bring reforms

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:37 PM PST

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano attends a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in ParisROME (Reuters) - Whichever party wins Italy's next election must make wide-ranging reforms after opportunities were wasted during the turbulent legislative period now drawing to an end, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said on Monday. "Five years is enough time for the next government" to undertake a series of needed reforms "during a season of budget rigor," Napolitano said during an address to the highest institutional figures, including Prime Minister Mario Monti. ...


Senior al Qaeda man reported arrested in Algeria

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:32 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - The number two in the militant Islamist organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been arrested in northern Algeria, an Algerian news website reported on Monday. The website of Tout Sur l'Algerie (TSA), an electronic daily, quoted security sources as saying that Salah Gasmi had been arrested on Sunday in front of a restaurant in the town of Cheurfa, about 90 miles southeast of Algiers. It was not possible to confirm the report immediately. AQIM is a pan-Maghreb jihadist organization that has taken responsibility for a number of attacks, particularly in Algeria. ...

Hungarian students rally against state financing cuts

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:31 PM PST

Thousands of students protest against government plans to cut state-financed places at universities in BudapestBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands of Hungarian students rallied on Monday, piling pressure on the government to give up plans for cuts in state financing to higher education. The protesters marched through central Budapest to the public radio station which broadcast a summary of demands from the students who sang the national anthem in the rain outside. This was the third big rally against education reform plans since the government decided on sharp cuts in higher education earlier this month. ...


In South Korea's "Exam Village" young voters yearn for change

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:25 PM PST

Young South Korean's cast their absentee ballot at a polling station in a Goshichon in SeoulSEOUL (Reuters) - Living on $2 bowls of rice in rows of tiny rooms, thousands of young South Koreans are voting early ahead of Wednesday's presidential election as they cram for exams that they hope will lead to a government job for life. There are 30,000 residents of a drab neighbourhood of the South Korean capital known as Exam Village, where people preparing for tests for low-level civil service jobs have gravitated for years. ...


Syrian vice president says army can't win

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 file photo, Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa talks to journalists during a joint press conference with Italian Premier Romano Prodi at Chigi palace, in Rome. Syria's longtime vice president said the army cannot defeat the rebels fighting to topple the regime, the first admission by a top government official that a victory by President Bashar Assad is unlikely. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)Syria's vice president has acknowledged that the army cannot defeat the rebel forces trying to topple the regime and called for a negotiated settlement to save the country from ruin.


Low turnout in Egypt's vote raises questions

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:03 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 file photo, Egyptians wait in line to cast their votes during a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Morsi in Cairo, Egypt. Barely a third of voters turned out for the referendum on a constitution meant to be a historic milestone in setting Egypt's future. Perhaps it was fatigue after multiple elections, or a frustrated shrug. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)Just under a third of voters turned out for the first stage of the referendum on a constitution meant to be a historic milestone in setting Egypt's future — a showing critics say deepens doubts over the legitimacy of a charter that has already polarized the country.


US-Iraq ties still evolving a year after war's end

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 10:12 AM PST

Street vendors sell used US army military gear in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. A year after the last American troops rumbled out of Iraq, the two countries are still trying to get comfortable with a looser, more nuanced relationship as the young democracy struggles to cope with ongoing political upheaval and the legacy of war. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)A year after the last American troops rumbled out of Iraq, the two countries are still trying to get comfortable with a looser, more nuanced relationship as the young democracy struggles to cope with political upheaval and the legacy of war.


Investigation into Benghazi attack complete

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:17 PM PST

An independent investigation into the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, is complete, and Congress will be briefed on its findings this week, the State Department said Monday.

Bangladesh probe: Fire sabotage, owner negligent

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 04:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2012 file photo, Bangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Bangladesh government committee investigating the garment factory fire that killed 112 people last month said in its findings Monday, Dec. 17, 20112 that the blaze was sabotage, probably by someone who worked there. But the panel said that no matter who set the fire, the owner of the factory also should be punished for the deaths because he neglected worker safety. (AP Photo/Hasan Raza, File)A Bangladesh government committee investigating the garment factory fire that killed 112 people last month said in its findings that the blaze was sabotage, probably by someone who worked there.


Iran cautiously ponders Syria after Assad

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 08:44 AM PST

In this Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 photo, participants listen to a speaker during the 'Syria National Dialog' conference, at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Just a day after Iran's foreign minister pledged unwavering support for the embattled Assad, officials in Tehran outlined on Sunday a step-by-step peace plan for Syria capped by elections that presumably could usher in a new leader in Damascus. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)It wasn't exactly a break-up moment between Iran and ally Bashar Assad. But Tehran's whiplash diplomacy over the weekend suggested its embrace of the Syrian president could be cooling.


Israel pushes on with east Jerusalem building plan

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:51 PM PST

Palestinian security officers march in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and to celebrate their successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition the in the West bank city of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Israel on Monday said it was pushing forward with plans to build hundreds of homes in a Jewish settlement of east Jerusalem, risking renewed tensions with the Palestinians and its Western allies over the contentious project.


Sympathy for Chavez a factor in Venezuela politics

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 04:11 PM PST

Miranda State's Gov. Henrique Capriles, center, is congratulated by his his supporters after being re-elected during an election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Capriles lost to Chavez in October's presidential vote, but his re-election Sunday will allow him to cement his position as Venezuela's dominant opposition leader. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)Smarting after a bruising loss in state elections, Venezuela's opposition will now be forced to reassess its strategy and rebuild quickly to prepare for presidential elections that many expect could be called to replace ailing President Hugo Chavez.


N. Korea displays Kim Jong Il a year after death

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST

A North Korean traffic coordinator stands on a roadside near portraits of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il during a foggy morning on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. North Korea marked the first death anniversary of the former leader Kim Jong Il on Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)North Korea unveiled the embalmed body of Kim Jong Il, still in his trademark khaki jumpsuit, on the anniversary of his death Monday as mourning mixed with pride over a recent satellite launch that was a long-held goal of the late authoritarian leader.


AP's Top 10 photos of 2012

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, July 20, 2012 file photo, Tom Sullivan, center, embraces family members outside Gateway High School where he has been searching franticly for his son Alex Sullivan who celebrated his 27th birthday by going to see "The Dark Knight Rises," movie where a gunman opened fire, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)The AP's award-winning team of hundreds of staff photographers, freelancers and photo editors sends out some 3,000 photos every 24 hours - over 1 million photos a year - to our subscribers around the globe.


For Brits, Newtown shooting brings reminders of Dunblane

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 02:24 PM PST

The massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school has sent a particular chill down the spines of Britons, particularly those old enough to remember the 1996 massacre of 16 children and their teacher by a lone gunman at a Scottish school.

In Venezuela, the future of Chavismo is tested

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:24 PM PST

When Venezuela's leader, Hugo Chávez, won a clear victory in presidential elections in October, it was hardly surprising: The opposition had mounted its strongest campaign ever. But over the course of his 14 years in power, Mr. Chávez has remained widely popular and been re-elected on four separate occasions – no matter oil prices, world politics, or who is in charge in Washington.

After grenade attacks, Kenya wants Somali refugees in camps

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 12:22 PM PST

After a spate of grenade attacks linked to Somali Islamist militants over the past 14 months, Kenya has ordered all refugees in its urban areas to move to established refugee camps, which the government says is necessary for security but international organizations argue could violate the refugees' rights.

US Magnitsky Law draws Kremlin ire – but many Russians support it

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 10:38 AM PST

Russia's State Duma will take up a stern new bill Tuesday, the Dima Yakovlev List, aimed at punishing US officials who are implicated in human rights violations against Russians, including adoptive children who die at the hands of American parents and others allegedly abused by the US justice system.

Dictator's daughter leading polls ahead of South Korean election

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 08:30 AM PST

The voices of party followers blare over loudspeakers from public squares shouting out the slogans of opposing sides in a presidential contest that could have a deep effect on South Korea's relations with North Korea and its alliance with the US.

Jihadis bankroll aid efforts in Syria to win followers

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 07:40 AM PST

To keep his small charity afloat in Aleppo where the cost of supplies have doubled and tripled in recent months, Abu Ahmad must cobble together funding from a range of donors that includes everyone from wealthy Syrian expatriates to charities in Europe.

Chinese police suspect man who stabbed 23 kids 'influenced' by doomsday rumor

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 07:18 AM PST

Chinese police said Monday that the man who stabbed 23 children in a rural Chinese elementary school just hours before the Newtown massacre may have been "influenced" by doomsday predictions.

Syria's VP calls for peaceful resolution to crisis – possibly without Assad

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 05:31 AM PST

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