2012年9月3日星期一

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Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT

A view shows the wreckage after a car bomb exploded in the Jaramana district of southeast DamascusAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising. Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly guarded Abu Rummaneh district, where another bomb attack killed four of Assad's top lieutenants two months ago. ...

Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:35 PM PDT

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen, during a rally marking "Quds (Jerusalem) Day",in the southern suburbs of BeirutBEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen television. ...

Analysis: Does history suggest China growth is about to rebound?

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:24 PM PDT

An employee works at a production line of a textile mill in AksuBEIJING (Reuters) - The last time China's vast manufacturing sector had conditions like those in August it was March 2009 and the economy was about to rebound from the global financial crisis. This time around analysts are not so certain a clear recovery for the major global growth engine will come anytime soon. In fact, two purchasing managers' indexes showed new orders are falling, adding to other evidence that suggests a slide in economic growth for the world's second-biggest economy is deepening, pushing back expectations for when a rebound may occur. ...

Syrians fleeing war start to trickle into Europe

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT

KOPINGEBRO, Sweden (Reuters) - Ali Jamal travelled thousands of miles on foot, by train and road to flee violence in Syria while Jomaah piled his family into a camper van to smuggle them north to Europe. They have now reached safety in Sweden, some of the growing thousands of Syrians who are evading the European Union's frontier controls to escape the turmoil of the past 18 months. That is raising calls for a more focused European response to a refugee crisis that has seen over 200,000 Syrians flee to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and, especially, Turkey. ...

South Africa police fire teargas as mine unrest spreads

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT

Striking platinum mineworkers gather for a report back on negotiations at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa's North West ProvinceJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mine near Johannesburg on Monday, the latest outbreak in a wave of labor militancy spreading from platinum mining into other parts of the sector. The unrest occurred less than three weeks after police shot dead 34 striking miners at Lonmin's Marikana mine, the bloodiest security incident since the end of white-minority rule in 1994. ...

NATO chief: rogue Afghan attacks will not hasten pullout

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:40 AM PDT

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen poses during an interview with Reuters at the Alliance headquarters in BrusselsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - A surge in attacks against NATO-led foreign troops by rogue members of the Afghan security forces threatens to erode trust between the international force and Afghans, but will not cause NATO allies to pull out early, the alliance's chief said. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance's plans to gradually hand over security to Afghan forces and pull out most troops by end-2014 would not be disrupted by the attacks. "These insider attacks are a matter of strong concern. ...

UK's Prince Harry happy to joke about naked Vegas pics

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:41 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry speaks during the WellChild awards ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry was happy to poke fun at himself on Monday when he made his first official public appearance since pictures of him cavorting naked while on holiday in Las Vegas were published. The 27-year-old prince, third-in-line to the British throne, made news around the world two weeks ago when the pictures of him naked with a young woman in his hotel suite were printed in newspapers and on websites. ...

Sudan, South Sudan resume border talks with eye to oil

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:23 PM PDT

KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Former civil war foes Sudan and South Sudan are to resume talks on Tuesday in Ethiopia that mediators hope will produce a deal to secure the volatile joint border and clear the way for the two countries to resume oil exports. The countries have been locked in a series of disputes since South Sudan split from its northern neighbor over a year ago under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of war. Fighting along the 1,800-km (1,200-mile) border threatened to boil over into a full-scale war in April when South Sudan seized an oil-producing region long held by Sudan. ...

Algeria appoints new PM after months of delay

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's president named Abdelmalek Sellal as the country's new prime minister on Monday, ending some political uncertainty almost four months after parliamentary elections. A new government was expected to be appointed immediately after the May 10 poll but a clash among decision makers delayed the decision. According to convention, Ahmed Ouyahia should have stepped down as prime minister following the poll, after which President Abdelaziz Bouteflika should have either invited Ouyahia back or named a new person for the job. ...

Dutch Liberals widen lead over Socialists: polls

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT

Dutch Prime Minister and Dutch Liberal Party leader Mark Rutte smiles during a political debate in HilversumAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Liberal Party has widened his lead over Socialist Party leader Emile Roemer in the run up to an election on September 12 that has been dominated by the euro zone crisis, two surveys showed on Monday. However, with no single party set to win more than about a quarter of the seats in parliament, the Netherlands still faces the prospect of months of coalition talks and political uncertainty. The fiscally conservative country is considered a core euro zone member and is one of the few that still has a triple-A credit rating. ...

Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT

A Thai police officer examines a damaged Ferrari in the garage of a home of Chaleo Yoovidhaya, the creator of the Red Bull energy drink Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Vorayuth Yoovidhya, a grandson of Chaleo Yoovidhaya, is suspected of driving the car that struck and killed a policeman and then dragged the officer's body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning, hit-and-run accident, police said Monday. (AP Photo) THAILAND OUTA grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday.

AP PHOTOS: More scenes from the Paralympics

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:32 AM PDT

Great Britain's Susannah Rodgers adjusts her cap ahead of her Women's 100m Freestyle S7 Final at the 2012 Paralympics Olympics, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Britain's Susannah Rodgers, her prosthetic leg resting on the starting block, adjusts her cap before the final of a women's 100m freestyle competition. Eric Bennett of the U.S., who is missing an arm, fires arrows in the archery competition using his mouth. Brazil's Terezinha Guilhermina, who is blind, runs the women's 400 meters with a guide to keep her on course.

Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

A Syrian girl, bottom center, who fled her home, due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels, waits her turn to buy bread and eggs from a store, as she and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)The Syrian regime said Monday there will be no dialogue with the opposition before the army crushes the rebels, the latest sign that President Bashar Assad is determined to solve the crisis on the battlefield even if many more of his people have to pay with their lives.

4 shot at South African gold mine in latest unrest

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:11 PM PDT

Released mine workers celebrate their release at Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate's Court, Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. The miners were among those arrested for public violence after the police opened fire on a group of striking mineworkers killing 34 and wounding 78 at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on August 16. Last week, prosecutors said the men arrested would be charged with the murder and attempted murder of their colleagues. Following a public outcry the charges were provisionally withdrawn on Sunday. (AP Photo)South African police and security guards fired rubber bullets and tear gas Monday at sacked gold miners who were attacking colleagues to block them from working, the mine owner said. Police said four people were wounded at the mine that used to be partially owned by the president's nephew.

Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 photo, a man works on a construction project at Sacred Heart Church in Manama, Bahrain. When Bahrain announced plans to build the largest Roman Catholic Church in the Gulf, it was accompanied by a noticeable dose of pride to showcase its traditions of religious tolerance. Instead, the planned church has turned into another point of tension in a country already being pulled apart by internal sectarian battles. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in the Gulf was supposed to be a chance for the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain to showcase its traditions of religious tolerance in a conservative Muslim region where churches largely operate under heavy limitations.

Photo Essay: The rubble of a Syrian airstrike

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:45 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 photo, two photos hang on a damaged wall in the room that belonged to a Syrian girl, Sara Makour, 11, who lost her life along with her brother, Youssuf, a year and a half old, in a Syrian government airstrike on August 15, 2012, that killed more than 40 people and destroyed more than a dozen homes in Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Over the past week, survivors and relatives have returned daily to collect from the rubble what can be salvaged as they also relive the day of the airstrike. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)There were a few scattered reminders of whose room it had been before the bombs hit — a framed picture of Barbie and another of a kitten with a pink bow still hanging on the cracked plaster wall, a doll and two teddy bears resting on a pile of rubble.

Report: Journalist confronts Tanzania police, dies

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT

The Media Institute of Southern Africa says a prominent journalist has been killed in a confrontation with Tanzanian police who were clashing with rallying supporters of the country's biggest opposition party.

Madagascar: 67 alleged cattle rustlers killed

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 02:02 PM PDT

Madagascar's police chief says villagers attacked by cattle rustlers turned on the alleged thieves and killed 67 of them.

Feuds a concern as children inherit Moon's empire

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:08 AM PDT

In this July 22, 2012 photo, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, second from left, poses with his wife Hak Ja Han Moon, second from right, his sons Hyung-jin Moon, left, and Kook Jin Moon during the closing ceremony of the 2012 Peace Cup Suwon at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, South Korea. Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who founded the church, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast of Seoul, church officials said. He was 92. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Unification Church patriarch Sun Myung Moon leaves behind children who have been groomed to lead a religious movement famous for its mass weddings and business interests — if family feuds don't bring down the empire.

Bride stealing custom all the rage in Bucharest

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:11 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 photo shot under iodine street lighting, a Romanian bride holds toy weapons in the air at the Triumph Arch in Bucharest, Romania. The arch, a replica of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the French capital, is a rendezvous place for brides on the wedding night for the bride stealing ritual. The ancient Romanian tradition of bride stealing is getting bigger, brasher and an increasingly common sight in the Romanian capital, the region's undisputed party town. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)A white limousine screeches to a halt and a bride, resplendent in frothy gown and veil, is hauled outside by her abductors.

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