2012年9月13日星期四

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U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:48 PM PDT

Protesters break the windows of the U.S. embassy in SanaaSANAA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and American warships headed towards Libya after the U.S. ambassador there was killed in related violence this week. In Libya, authorities said they had made four arrests in the investigation into the attack that killed ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americas in Benghazi on Tuesday. President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to justice those responsible for the Benghazi attack, which U.S. ...

In largely symbolic move, U.S. sanctions Hezbollah's Nasrallah

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:20 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 BeirutWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the leader of the Lebanese militant group and political movement Hezbollah on Thursday for helping Syria crush anti-government protests, as well as two other members for the group's "terrorist activities" in general. Sanctions experts described the move against Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as largely symbolic because the penalties - freezing any assets he holds in U.S. banks - had been imposed under earlier U.S. sanctions. The Treasury said it had "designated" Nasrallah under U.S. ...

Pope visits Lebanon amid Syria war, Libya protest

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:44 PM PDT

Billboards and a banner erected by Hezbollah depicting Pope Benedict XVI are seen installed at the main airport road in BeirutBEIRUT (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrives in Lebanon on Friday to bring a message of peace to a region torn by civil war in neighboring Syria and strained by violent Islamist protests against the United States in Libya and Egypt. While those tensions overshadowed preparations for the religiously sensitive visit, security was low-profile in Beirut and the only protests expected against his presence were due to take place far from the capital. ...

U.S. hostage urges Jewish groups to work for his release

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:21 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Jewish U.S. aid worker held by al Qaeda in Pakistan for more than a year appealed to Jewish groups in the United States to pressure President Barack Obama to help secure his release, a group that monitors Islamist websites said on Thursday. In the second video of him to be released within two days, Warren Weinstein said he was being treated well and taking all his medications, the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said. Weinstein asked his wife to contact Jewish communities in the United States to pressure the Obama administration. ...

China patrol ships enter Japan waters: Japan Coast Guard

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:16 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two Chinese patrol ships entered Japanese territorial waters near disputed islets claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo on Friday, Japan's Coast Guard said, marking the latest incident in a long-running dispute between China and Japan. The Chinese ships have not followed the coast guard's order to go out of the territorial waters, a Japan coast guard official said. Tension flared last month when Japan detained a group of Chinese activists who had landed on the islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. ...

Syria envoy in capital as Assad forces pound rebels

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:15 AM PDT

A boy sits at his parents' house, damaged by shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in TalbisehBEIRUT (Reuters) - International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Syria's capital on Thursday as state forces pounded its eastern outskirts to flush out rebels trying to retain a foothold in Damascus. Brahimi's mission is a challenging one as neither side in the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad seems ready to put down arms. Nor does Brahimi enjoy the necessary support from divided world and Middle East powers. ...

FARC rebels say expectations high for Colombia peace talks

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:25 PM PDT

Havana (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels believe the chances of achieving peace in upcoming talks with the government are high, but failure could bring many years more of war, a senior FARC leader said on Thursday. Jesus Carvajalino, known by his war alias Andres Paris, said there are significant obstacles to reaching an accord, but after five decades of conflict Colombians so yearn for peace he thinks they can be overcome. The FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, and the Colombian government will start talks in Oslo, then move to Havana. ...

Hepatitis outbreak kills 16 in South Sudan refugee camps

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:36 PM PDT

Woman is transported on cart to International Medical Corps' clinic in Gendrassa camp in MabanJUBA (Reuters) - An outbreak of the Hepatitis E virus has killed 16 people in three South Sudanese refugee camps near the volatile border with Sudan, authorities and the United Nations said on Thursday. South Sudan's border region has been flooded with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan's South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. South Sudan's Ministry of Health has reported almost 400 cases of the virus since the outbreak was identified in July. "Cases are rising day by day, thus placing immense pressure on the available heath services and resources. ...

Actress says was duped, as anti-Islam film details emerge

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:53 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The origins of a crudely made anti-Muslim movie that sparked violent protests in Egypt and Libya began to slowly emerge on Wednesday, with an actress in the California production saying she was duped and was unaware it was about the Prophet Mohammad. Cindy Lee Garcia of Bakersfield, California, who appears briefly in clips of the film posted online, said she answered a casting call last year to appear in a movie titled "Desert Warrior." "It looks so unreal to me, it's like nothing that we even filmed was there. ...

U.N. nuclear governors censure Iran over atom bomb concerns

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT

A section of the Parchin military facility in Iran is pictured in this DigitalGlobe handout satellite imageVIENNA (Reuters) - The 35-nation board of the U.N. nuclear watchdog censured Iran on Thursday for defying international demands to curb uranium enrichment and failing to address mounting disquiet about its suspected research into atomic bombs. Two days after Israel ramped up threats to attack its arch-enemy Iran, the board overwhelmingly passed a resolution voicing "serious concern" about Tehran's nuclear advances but also making clear its desire for a peaceful resolution of the row. Russia and China joined four U.S. ...

Mexico: Purported Gulf drug cartel leader caught

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:35 PM PDT

The alleged leader of the Gulf drug cartel, Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, aka "El Coss," is shown during a media presentation at the Mexican Navy's Center for Advanced Naval Studies in Mexico City,Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. One of Mexico's most-wanted men, the 41-year-old is charged in the U.S. with drug-trafficking and threatening U.S. law enforcement officials. U.S. authorities offered $5 million for information leading to his arrest. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)A man believed to be the leader of the Gulf drug cartel, which controls some of the most valuable and violently contested smuggling routes along the U.S. border, was arrested by Mexican marines and presented to the public Thursday morning.

US consulate attack in Libya said twin operation

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Yemeni protesters break a window of the U.S. Embassy during a protest about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Dozens of protesters gather in front of the US Embassy in Sanaa to protest against the American film "The Innocence of Muslims" deemed blasphemous and Islamophobic. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)Heavily armed militants used a protest of an anti-Islam film as a cover and may have had help from inside Libyan security in their deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate, a senior Libyan official said Thursday.

Arab protests puts foreign policy at the fore

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:10 PM PDT

In this Sept. 12, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, about the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. His eye fixed firmly on securing a second term, Obama had hoped that the rest of the world would wait until after the election if it had to grow restless and demand his attention. The eruptions in the streets of the Arab world, inflamed by an anti-Muslim video made in the U.S., mean Obama can put it off no longer. The protests are testing the president's foreign policy skills and giving voters a pre-election view of how he handles a crisis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)His sights fixed firmly on securing a second term, President Barack Obama had hoped that the rest of the world would wait until after the election if it had to grow restless and demand his attention.

Guatemala volcano erupts outside tourist center

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:54 PM PDT

Volcanic ash spews from the Volcan de Fuego or Volcano of Fire as seen from Palin, south of Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The long-simmering volcano exploded into a series of powerful eruptions Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles (three kilometers) high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and forcing the evacuation of more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)A long-simmering volcano exploded into a series of powerful eruptions outside one of Guatemala's most famous tourist attractions on Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles (three kilometers) high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and prompting evacuation orders for more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities.

Farmers angry at counterterror tactic in Pakistan

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:27 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 photo, Pakistani customers from the tribal area of Waziristan buy fertilizer at a shop in Bannu, Pakistan. Pakistan's efforts to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in a key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged local farmers, who complain the policy has failed to stymie insurgents but has cut their crop yields in half. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)Pakistan's effort to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in this key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged local farmers, who complain the policy has cut their crop yields in half.

Snark flies in US Embassy-Brotherhood Twitter spat

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

The snark is flying between the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the Muslim Brotherhood in a Twitter spat that erupted in the wake of an assault on the mission by protesters in the Egyptian capital.

Syria rebel: Sunni jihadists after Shiite hostages

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:35 PM PDT

Syrian rebel commander Abu Ibrahim, whose real name is Ammar al-Dadikhli, pauses during an interview with the Associated Press at Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Ibrahim, who is holding 10 Lebanese Shiites hostage, said Thursday he is willing to release the men but fears it could provoke attacks by Sunni extremists who would disagree with his decision. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)A Syrian rebel commander holding 10 Lebanese Shiites hostage said Thursday he is willing to release the men but fears doing so could set off a wave of reprisal attacks by Sunni extremists.

North Mali robber describes Shariah amputation

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 file photo, fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard during a hostage handover in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali. Allied Islamist groups Ansar Dine and the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, are applying strict Shariah justice across the northern half of Mali, which fell to the al-Qaida-linked rebels five months ago. In the latest and most horrific incident, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, MUJAO carried out five double amputations, cutting the right hands and left feet off five cousins accused of highway robbery. (AP Photo/File)Speaking from his hospital bed, a young man whose hand and foot were amputated this week by the radical Islamic group controlling northern Mali described an agony unlike any other — "a pain that made me forget everything."

Azerbaijani ax killer's pardon raises war fears

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2012 file photo, Azerbaijani military officer Ramil Safarov lays flowers at Martyrs' Alley national memorial in the Azerbaijan's capital Baku. Safarov, sentenced to life in prison in Hungary for the murder of an Armenian man, was sent back to his homeland on Aug. 31 and, despite assurances, was immediately pardoned and freed by Azerbaijan's president. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov, File)Shortly before dawn, an Azerbaijani on an English course in Hungary crept into the room of a fellow student from arch-enemy Armenia. In a frenzy of ethnic hatred, Ramil Safarov hacked the sleeping Armenian to death with 26 ax blows — nearly decapitating him.

Europe's minority youth face steeper job hurdles

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:30 AM PDT

This undated recent photo provided by her family shows Jacinthe Adande, a 28-year-old Frenchwoman of half Cameroonian background. As Europe slides back into recession, young graduates from the Class of 2012 across Europe are returning from their summer holidays and finding that even their hard-won university diplomas are no protection against rising continent-wide unemployment. Nearly a quarter of young people in the eurozone are jobless _ and for those from minority backgrounds, the hurdles are even higher. Adande has struggled to piece together part-time jobs ever since she graduated the Sorbonne four years ago. (AP Photo)Europe is failing its youth, and none more than its ethnic and religious minorities.

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