2012年9月24日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:51 PM PDT

Iran's President Ahmadinejad addresses diplomats during the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated," ignoring a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric ahead of the annual General Assembly session. Ahmadinejad also said he did not take seriously the threat that Israel could launch a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, denied sending arms to Syria, and alluded to Iran's threats to the life of British author Salman Rushdie. The United States quickly dismissed the Iranian president's comments as "disgusting, offensive and outrageous. ...

Libyan government puts army in charge of Benghazi militias

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's government, seeking to assert its authority over private militias following the killing of U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, placed two powerful freelance units in the city under the command of full-time army officers on Monday. Commanders of two units which have, with official sanction, been providing security since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi were ordered removed and the men of the February 17 Brigade and Rafallah al-Sahati militia put under army orders. A third unit, Libya's Shield, would also change leadership, an official said. ...

Venezuela's Capriles edges toward Chavez as vote nears: poll

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:59 PM PDT

Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles prepares to step out of his campaign bus as he arrives to a campaign rally in Maracay, about 100 km (62 miles) west of CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles edged closer to President Hugo Chavez in an opinion poll but remained 10 percentage points behind the socialist leader in the run-up to the October 7 election, according to two sources who have seen the poll. Recent Datanalisis' polls show support for Capriles, a 40-year-old state governor, growing in the waning days of the campaign as he continues campaigning across the country. Capriles' has vowed to create a Brazilian-style "modern left" that balances free enterprise with social welfare programs. ...

Kuwaitis protest ahead of electoral law ruling

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Thousands of Kuwaitis held a protest rally late on Monday ahead of a court decision on an electoral law they fear could weaken the chances of opposition candidates in the next parliamentary vote in the major oil-producing state. The Gulf Arab country has not witnessed the kind of mass popular uprisings that have buffeted the Arab world. But tension has escalated between the government, which is dominated by the ruling family, and the elected parliament. ...

Americas court tells Peru to scrap rule that could help Fujimori

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Supporters light candles while holding images of former President Fujimori during a vigil for his recovery outside San Felipe Clinic in LimaLIMA (Reuters) - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights told Peru on Monday to annul a ruling by its Supreme Court that could have paved the way for an early release of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori. President Ollanta Humala's administration harshly criticized the Supreme Court in July for cutting the prison terms being served by members of an infamous death squad that Fujimori ran during his crackdown on leftist insurgents in the 1990s. ...

Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:09 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting an anti-Islam video online that ignited Muslim protests around the world will stand trial next Wednesday on charges of insulting religions, the state news agency MENA said on Monday. Computer science graduate Alber Saber, 27, was arrested at his Cairo home on September 13 after neighbors accused him of uploading sections of the film "Innocence of Muslims" and making another movie mocking all religions. ...

Mali asks U.N. for "immediate" action on force to recapture north

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:50 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Mali has asked the United Nations to approve an "immediate" mandate for an international force to help it recover northern parts of the country controlled by Islamist militants and drug traffickers, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday. The West African country descended into chaos in March when soldiers toppled the president, leaving a power vacuum that enabled Tuareg rebels to seize nearly two-thirds of the country. But Islamist groups, some allied with al Qaeda, then hijacked the rebellion in the north to impose strict Islamic law. ...

Sudan, South Sudan leaders make another push for border deal

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan leaders will try again on Tuesday to seal a border security deal after failing to achieve a breakthrough in the previous two days, officials said on Monday as both sides disagreed over whether progress had been made. Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and southern counterpart Salva Kiir have been meeting in Ethiopia since Sunday in hopes of wrapping up peace talks after coming close to all-out war in April. ...

Nigeria military says kills 35 Boko Haram Islamists

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:16 PM PDT

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Monday it killed 35 members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram and arrested several during an overnight gunbattle in Damaturu, capital of northeastern Yobe state. Boko Haram, which wants to carve out an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has been blamed for more than 1,000 deaths since its insurgency intensified in 2010. The United States has designated three of Boko Haram's senior members as terrorists. ...

Victim of Guatemalan civil war massacre wins asylum in U.S.

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:27 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of two known survivors of a notorious Guatemalan civil war massacre of 250 men, women and children in his small farming village has been granted political asylum to stay in the United States, his lawyer said on Monday. Oscar Ramirez Casteneda, 33, who learned only last year that he had been kidnapped as a young boy by a Guatemalan army lieutenant during the 1982 bloodshed and raised by the man's family, was notified in a letter on Saturday that he had won asylum, attorney Scott Greathead said. ...

UN envoy: Syria war is threatening the region

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Lakhdar Brahimi, right, joint special representative for Syria, arrives at closed door consultations regarding the situation in Syria at the Security Council at United Nations headquarters Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/David Karp)Syria's civil war is worsening and there is no prospect of a quick end to the violence, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday in a gloomy assessment to the U.N. Security Council.

Winter onset latest challenge for Syrian civilians

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, photo, Syrian Fatimah Abdullah, 29, who fled her home in Marea 15 days ago, due to Syrian government shelling, sits next to her 4 days old twin Ahmad and Bayan, who were born in a Turkish hospital and brought back with her to the border where they 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. The days are still hot across the fertile plains of northern Syria, but at night there is a hint of a chill an ominous harbinger of winter's approach and the deepening of the humanitarian crisis gripping a country wracked by civil war. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)The days are still warm across the fertile plains of northern Syria around Aleppo, but night brings a chill — an ominous harbinger of winter's approach and the deepening of the already severe humanitarian crisis gripping a country wracked by civil war.

UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:36 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Friday, April 30, 2004. file photo of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, as he arrives with a masked bodyguard, right, to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London, Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has lost a court appeal to be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon, officials said Monday Sept. 24, 2012 . The European Court of Human Rights gave its final approval for the cleric's extradition Monday, ending a long-running legal battle. The decision means that al-Masri, considered one of Britain's most notorious extremists, could be deported within weeks. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File )A European court ruled Monday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon.

UK politician under fire for alleged 'pleb' remark

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:57 AM PDT

FILE - A May 17, 2011 photo from files showing Government chief whip Andrew Mitchell arriving on his bicycle at Downing Street, London. The British Cabinet minister has apologized for an outburst in which he reportedly called police officers "plebs" — a derogatory term for the working class that has reinforced impressions of government elitism. Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell said Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, he didn't show the police the amount of respect he should have when an officer asked him to get off his bicycle to pass through the gates of Downing Street. However, he insists he didn't use the words attributed to him. (AP Photo/PA, Yui Mok, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEIn class-conscious Britain, a Cabinet minister is in trouble over a four-letter word: "pleb."

Libya appoints military officers to head militias

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:53 PM PDT

Soldiers from the Libyan National Army get ready to enter Rafallah al-sahati Islamic Militia Brigades compound, the compound buildings can be seen behind the wall, in Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. On Friday evening hundreds of protesters angry over last week's killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya stormed the compound of the Islamic extremist Ansar al-Shariah Brigade militia suspected in the attack, evicting militiamen and setting fire to their building. After taking over the Ansar compound, protesters then drove to attack the Benghazi headquarters of Rafallah Sahati where militiamen opened fire on the protesters, who were largely unarmed leaving at least 20 wounded, and several killed according to hospital sources. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)Libya's military command appointed Monday a pair of army officers to head two powerful Islamist militias in the country's east, part of the government's push to rein in armed factions.

Hamas head Mashaal says he will resign

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:12 PM PDT

The supreme leader of the Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas has decided to step down, clearing the way for the movement to choose a new head for the first time in more than 15 years, two senior officials said Monday.

Iran says new drone can cover much of region

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:33 PM PDT

A senior Iranian commander says the country's newly-produced missile-carrying drone has a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), which puts much of the Middle East within operating distance of Iranian territory.

Yemen: Intelligence officer killed in shooting

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:54 PM PDT

Yemeni security officials say gunmen have killed a senior intelligence officer in a drive-by shooting as he emerged from his office in the capital.

US helps investigation of Honduran lawyer's death

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:46 PM PDT

The U.S. embassy is helping Honduran authorities investigate the murder of a prominent human rights lawyer who had represented agrarian groups against a multi-national palm-oil company and other landowners, a U.S. official said Monday.

Israeli defense chief proposes West Bank pullout

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 17 2011 file photo, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends a press conference in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. Barak calls for a broad unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank if peace talks remain stalled, saying "practical steps" are needed to breathe life into the diplomatic process. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)Israel's defense minister on Monday called for a broad unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank if talks with the Palestinians remain stalled, saying in published comments that "practical steps" are needed to breathe life into the stalemated peace process.

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