2012年7月15日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Fiercest fighting yet reported inside Damascus

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT

A cat walks in a destroyed neighborhood in HomsBEIRUT (Reuters) - Opposition fighters battled Syrian government forces in Damascus into the early hours of Monday in what residents described as the fiercest fighting yet inside the capital. Activists said the fighting spread from the south of the city to a second area as night fell. At least five people were killed and dozens wounded, locals said. The spread of fighting came as U.N. peace mediator Kofi Annan was due to fly to Moscow for a two-day visit in which he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin who has resisted Western calls to increase pressure on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. ...

New York Post eyes shielding Murdoch talks over chimp cartoon

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 01:38 PM PDT

CEO of News Corp Murdoch attends Allen & Co Media Conference in Sun Valley(Reuters) - The New York Post is seeking to keep its top editor from having to answer questions in a bias lawsuit about his discussions with media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a published cartoon that appeared to liken President Barack Obama to a chimpanzee. Calling the February 2009 cartoon "quintessential political speech entitled to the strongest protections of the First Amendment," the newspaper in a court filing late Friday night also said the discussions were irrelevant to the lawsuit brought by Sandra Guzman, a former associate editor. ...

Egyptian officials plan talks to free U.S. hostages

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 01:29 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian officials are preparing for negotiations to secure the release of two Americans abducted in the mountainous Sinai region and enlisting Bedouin tribal leaders as mediators, a security source said on Sunday. U.S. officials have also said they are working with Egyptian authorities to broker a release of the Americans. A Bedouin tribesman, Germy Abu Masouh, said he had kidnapped a U.S. pastor, an American woman and their Egyptian tour guide in central Sinai on Friday to protest the jailing of his uncle on drug charges, according to one security source. ...

Back in Russia flood zone, Putin tries to protect image

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian ambassadors during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in MoscowKRYMSK, Russia (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin flew to southern Russia on Sunday for the second time in eight days to meet survivors of deadly floods, determined to dispel an image of leading a weak state two months after returning to the presidency. Dressed casually in a blue-and-white check shirt, Putin chatted with residents of the town of Krymsk whose homes were damaged in floods that killed 171 people in Russia's traditional "bread basket" area known as the Kuban on July 7. ...

Iran renews Hormuz closure threats

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 10:18 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran renewed threats on Sunday to close the Strait of Hormuz unless sanctions against it were revoked, though it remains unclear how Tehran could shut down the vital oil shipping channel given the significant American military presence there. The Iranian parliament is considering a bill calling for the strait to be closed. The assembly has little control over national defense and foreign policy decisions and, while the bill would be largely symbolic, it would indicate the legislature's support behind any leadership decision to close the strait. ...

Alleged ringleader of Mexico City airport shootout captured

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT

Federal police escort Lugo as he is presented to the media during a news conference at the federal police headquarters in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican federal police announced on Sunday the capture of the alleged ringleader of a group of police officers implicated in a drugs-related, deadly shootout with other officers in Mexico City's international airport last month. A shackled Bogard Lugo, one of three officers suspected of involvement in the killing of three fellow federal police on June 25 in an airport food court, was presented at a press conference at police headquarters. ...

South African elected first female AU Commission head

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 03:36 PM PDT

South African Home Affairs Minister Dlamini-Zuma addresses the media during leaders meeting at the African Union in Addis AbabaADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected on Sunday to become the first female head of the African Union (AU) Commission, ending a bruising leadership battle that had threatened to divide and weaken the organization. Cheers broke out at the AU's soaring, Chinese-built steel and glass headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa as supporters of the ex-wife of South African President Jacob Zuma celebrated her victory over incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon. ...

Peru's Humala approval rating suffers as conflicts flare

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 02:50 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell to a fresh low in July, a year since he took office as concern grows over his handling of increasingly violent social conflicts, an opinion poll showed on Sunday. Humala's popularity fell 5 percentage points for a second consecutive month to 40 percent, while the number of respondents who said they disapproved of his administration rose to 51 percent, according to the Ipso Apollo survey. ...

Ally of North Korea leader relieved of party posts: KCNA

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 04:50 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - A high-ranking North Korean military official who has been a close ally of the reclusive state's new leader has been relieved of his political posts due to illness, the country's official news media said on Monday. Ri Yong-ho was relieved of all his posts in the ruling Workers' Party Korea at a politburo meeting on Sunday, including a powerful position as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, the North's official KCNA news agency said. ...

Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Egyptian military chief Field Marshal Tantawi meets with U.S. Secretary of State Clinton at the Defence Ministry in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, and shoes and a water bottle landed near the armored cars carrying Clinton's delegation in the port city of Alexandria. A senior state department official said that neither Clinton nor her vehicle, which were around the corner from the incident, were struck by any of the projectiles. ...

Red Cross declares Syrian conflict to be civil war

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 01:27 PM PDT

In this citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Saturday, July 14, 2012, a Syrian man mourns over the body of a man killed, in Homs, Syria. On Sunday Syria denied U.N. claims that government forces used heavy weapons during a military operation that left scores dead. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGESyria's 16-month bloodbath crossed an important symbolic threshold Sunday as the international Red Cross formally declared the conflict a civil war, a status with implications for potential war crimes prosecutions.

Clinton's calls fall flat in Egypt political fight

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 04:49 PM PDT

Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi walks with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton was holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders, just hours after calling for them to help smooth the country's full transition to democracy. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)The head of Egypt's military took a tough line Sunday on the Muslim Brotherhood, warning that he won't let the fundamentalist group dominate the country, only hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged him to work with Egypt's elected Islamist leaders.

Where's my Windsurfer? Athletes bring tons of bags

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 23, 2012 file photo released by British Airports Authority, over 2,400 pieces of baggage are seen lined-up in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport during a baggage handling exercise to prepare staff at London's main airport for the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic games, in London. Officials at Heathrow are well aware that losing or breaking the bags of high-profile athletes could be a public relations disaster - and have geared up to ensure that doesn't happen. Heathrow has recruited 1,000 Olympic volunteers clad in bright pink to help and created special teams to deal with oversize items like javelins and bikes. (AP Photo/BAA, File) NO MAGSKenneth Andreasen, the head coach for the U.S. Olympic sailing team, is not a man who travels lightly. He's already sent 10 shipping containers full of sailboats, motor boats, masts, sails, trailers and other marine equipment to the Olympic sailing center at Weymouth.

French party to sue Madonna over swastika image

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 08:19 AM PDT

This undated image released by Guy Oseary shows pop star Madonna, center, during the filming of her music video for her new single, France's far-right National Front said Sunday that it plans to sue Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image of the party's leader with a swastika on her forehead.

Polish rescuers of Jews celebrated as heroes

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 12:47 PM PDT

Dozens of elderly Poles who helped save Jews during World War II were celebrated and praised for their heroism at a lunch in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday July 15, 2012. The meeting, over a kosher lunch Sunday in an upscale hotel, comes amid a growing appreciation in Poland for the thousands of people who risked their lives to help Jews during the brutal six-year-long Nazi occupation of Poland. Such people, almost all of them Roman Catholics, deny that they are heroes and say they only did what needed to be done. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)For decades, nobody really talked about them: the thousands of Poles, mostly Roman Catholics, who risked their lives during World War II to save Jewish friends, neighbors and even strangers.

Iran parliamentarians call for nuclear ships

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 11:47 AM PDT

A Iranian parliamentary committee has approved a bill requiring the government to design nuclear-powered merchant ships and provide them with nuclear fuel, an Iranian news agency reported Sunday.

Honduran seizures raise fear of wider conflicts

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 11:11 AM PDT

In this May 5, 2012 photo, Enrique Martinez, 17, with a rifle slung over his back, patrols an area of La Confianza, Honduras, a city developed from land seized by small-scale farmers from one of Honduras' richest men. The collection of tin-and-wood shacks boasts a health center, a school, a meeting hall, and a store. The land seizure has spawned a violent land conflict between the farmers and owner, billionaire Miguel Facusse, that has killed at least 63 people, mostly peasants, in the last three years in the Bajo Aguan Valley. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)As La Confianza stirs to life at daybreak, farmers ride bicycles or buses to lush green fields of African palm trees, where they harvest high-hanging fruit using poles tipped with hooked knives.

Iraq warns Turkey over separate Kurdish oil deal

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 11:06 AM PDT

Baghdad warned Turkey on Sunday that its separate oil deal with Iraq's northern self-ruled Kurdish region could damage trade relations, the latest sign of tension between the two neighbors.

Radical Islamists in Mali enlist new militia

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 09:22 AM PDT

Al-Qaida-linked radical Islamists in northern Mali have enlisted new fighters from a tribal militia to strengthen their grip on the region, according to a witness and the group, amid growing international concern that Mali could become a lawless launch pad for terrorist activities.

Floods in Japan kill 26, thousands remain cut off

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 02:29 PM PDT

A road, left, is buried in a landslide in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Heavy rain triggered flash floods and mudslides in southern Japan this week, killing over two dozens of people. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN JAPAN, CHINA, HONG KONG, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEThousands of people in southern Japan remained cut off Sunday by floods and mudslides triggered by torrential rains that have killed at least 26 people, local authorities said.

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