2012年10月9日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

NATO makes plans to back Turkey over Syria spillover

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:43 AM PDT

A Turkish armoured personnel carrier drives out of a military border post on the Turkish-Syrian border near the village of Hacipasa in Hatay provinceHACIPASA, Turkey (Reuters) - NATO said it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary should the war in Syria spill over their border again as dozens of people were killed across the Arab nation on Tuesday. Fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces could be heard from this Turkish border town following on from several days of clashes in the past week. One Syrian villager said a rebel push on the town of Azmarin was expected soon. ...

Mexico says kills top Zetas drug lord but body snatched

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 03:19 PM PDT

Undated police handout file photo of Heriberto "The Executioner" Lazcano, head of the Zetas drug gangMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico says it has killed Heriberto Lazcano, the leader of the brutal Zetas drug gang and the most powerful kingpin to fall in a six-year battle against cartels, but in a surreal twist his body was snatched from a funeral home by armed men. Mexico's navy said on Tuesday that fingerprint tests had confirmed Lazcano was killed in a firefight in the northern state of Coahuila on Sunday afternoon. But it appeared the military was unaware it had killed Lazcano until after his corpse was stolen from the funeral home in the northern town of Sabinas before dawn on Monday. ...

Imam extradited from Britain pleads not guilty to U.S. charges

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Security vehicle is seen outside U.S. District Court in ManhattanNEW YORK (Reuters) - One-eyed radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri pleaded not guilty to 11 criminal counts in federal court on Tuesday after Britain extradited him to the United States last week to face trial and a possible life sentence on terrorism charges. U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan set a trial date of August 26, 2013, for the Egyptian-born preacher, who is missing both his hands and an eye - injuries he says he sustained during humanitarian work in Afghanistan in the 1980s. ...

North Korea says its rockets can hit U.S. mainland

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Thrice Three-Revolution Red Flag Kamnamu Company under the Korean People's Army Unit 4302SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has rockets that can hit the U.S. mainland, it said on Tuesday, two days after South Korea struck a deal with the United States to extend the range of its ballistic missiles. North and South Korea have been technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, and regional powers have for years been trying to rein in North Korea's nuclear weapons program. ...

Ecuador's Correa sees "high chances" of re-election bid

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa addresses the media during a news conference in QuitoQUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said on Tuesday his family would support him if he were to run for re-election in 2013 and that his candidacy now rested on the "high chances" that he would be nominated as the ruling party's candidate. The 49-year-old has long said that any re-election bid in February of next year would depend on the ruling party and his family, so their approval effectively leaves the decision in the hands of the Alianza Pais political coalition. ...

Brazilian corruption trial dims Lula's aura

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during Seminar "Mexico Siglo XXI" in Mexico CityBRASILIA (Reuters) - Until a few weeks ago, Brazil's most popular politician and two-time president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, could seemingly do no wrong. Yet a corruption trial involving many of his closest former aides, plus new evidence that he was not the economic wizard some took him for, has tarnished Lula's reputation - and cooled speculation that he might try to return as president in 2014. Mesmerized Brazilians have watched for two months on live TV as several of Lula's former confidants stood trial on charges that they bribed legislators in Congress during his 2003-10 presidency. ...

Spain votes to stop Catalonia independence referendum

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 03:24 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voted on Tuesday to block the northern region of Catalonia from holding a referendum on independence, the latest step in a growing political battle between Barcelona and Madrid in the midst of a deepening economic downturn. The motion to permit the referendum was brought to the lower house by the Catalan ERC party but was voted down by the ruling conservatives (PP), which hold an absolute majority, the opposition Socialists (PSOE) and the smaller UPyD party. ...

Rogue blogs signal tension as Vietnam tries to fix economic woes

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT

An internet user displays a blog entry on the Quan Lam Bao website at a cafe in Hanoi(Reuters) - When one of Vietnam's richest and best-connected bankers was arrested in August, a move that sent the country's stock market tumbling, a little-known blog broke the news hours ahead of state media. It was the first sign that the Quan Lam Bao website could be a window into mounting leadership tensions as the Communist country wrestles with the deep economic woes that have shattered its image as one of Asia's hottest emerging markets. ...

Scottish to vote on independence in 2014: minister

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:34 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland will hold a vote in 2014 on independence in what could result in the eventual breakup of Britain, a British government minister said on Tuesday. The announcement ended months of stalemate between the Westminster government in London and the Scottish devolved administration in Edinburgh. "What will happen is that Westminster will devolve the power to the Scottish Parliament to hold a single-question referendum on whether Scotland should be in or out of the United Kingdom," Scotland Office minister David Mundell told Sky News. ...

Al-Qaida making comeback in Iraq, officials say

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:56 AM PDT

FILE - EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, soldiers from the 17th Iraqi Army Division, 55th Brigade, 1st battalion stand guard near bodies of suspected al-Qaida fighters killed in clashes with Iraqi Army soldiers in Youssifiyah, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida is slowly resurging in Iraq, and has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts as the extremist group seizes on regional instability and government security failures to regain strength, officials say. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed, File)Al-Qaida is rebuilding in Iraq and has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts as the extremist group seizes on regional instability and government security failures to regain strength, officials say.

Taliban gunmen shoot 14-year-old girl activist

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT

A wounded Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai, is moved to a helicopter to be taken to Peshawar for treatment in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. A Taliban gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school in Pakistan's volatile Swat Valley Tuesday and shot and wounded a 14-year-old activist known for championing the education of girls and publicizing atrocities committed by the Taliban, officials said. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai was admired across a battle-scarred region of Pakistan for exposing the Taliban's atrocities and advocating for girls' education in the face of religious extremists. On Tuesday, the Taliban nearly killed her to quiet her message.

Official: Gunmen stole Zetas leader's body

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:38 AM PDT

ALTERNATIVE CROP OF XLAT102 - FILE - This undated file photo, downloaded from the Mexico's Attorney General's Office most wanted criminals webpage on Nov. 2, 2010, shows alleged Zeta drug cartel leader and founder Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano in an undisclosed location. The Mexican navy says on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, Lazcano has apparently been killed in a firefight with marines in the Mexican northern border state of Coahuila. (AP Photo/Mexico's Attorney General's Office, file)Mexican marines gunned down of one of Mexico's most feared drug lords outside a baseball game near the Texas border, then handed over the body to local authorities in a town where it was snatched by armed men in a pre-dawn raid on a funeral home, officials said Tuesday.

UK police charge 26-year-old over Rothko vandalism

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:41 AM PDT

British police on Tuesday charged a 26-year-old Polish national with vandalizing a priceless Mark Rothko work at the Tate Modern museum, an act that caused a minor stir in the U.K. art world.

US, French physicists win Nobel for quantum work

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:16 AM PDT

David Wineland, an American physicist at the National Institute of Standards in Boulder who shares the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics with Serge Haroche, talks on the phone about his prize at his home in Boulder, Colo., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)A French-American duo shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for experiments on quantum particles that have already resulted in ultra-precise clocks and may one day help lead to computers many times faster than those in use today.

Israeli leader calls early elections

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:23 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2012 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Signs are growing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon call parliamentary elections months ahead of schedule, seeking to capitalize on a wave of popularity and a fragmented opposition to guarantee his hold on power for several more years. While Netanyahu has not made any formal announcement, a number of members of his coalition, including his foreign minister and the speaker of parliament, have signaled that elections are imminent. An official decision could come in the next week or two as parliament opens its fall session, with February the likely date of the vote.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)Israel's prime minister has ordered new parliamentary elections in early 2013, roughly eight months ahead of schedule.

NATO backs Turkey in standoff with Syria

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:25 AM PDT

In this Sunday October 7, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters sit on top of a military truck that was captured from the Syrian Army in the village off Khirbet al-Jouz, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday that the rebels had regained full control of Khirbet al-Jouz. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)NATO is ready to defend Turkey, the alliance's top official said Tuesday, in a direct warning to Syria after a week of cross-border artillery and mortar exchanges dramatically escalated tensions between the two countries.

Nobel prize winner got poor marks in science

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 09:49 AM PDT

In this undated photograph taken by Nobel prize winner Sir John Gurdon of his Eton College Summer 1949 report card, which describes his idea for becoming a scientist ' on his present showing that is quite ridiculous' . The report card indicates that he was at that stage bottom of his class. Gurdon went on to study Zoology at Cambridge won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine which he shared with Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka, that was announced in Stockholm, Monday Oct. 8, 2012 .(AP Photo/John Gurdon)Teacher knows best?

Thousands march to mark killing of Egypt Copts

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:08 AM PDT

An Egyptian protester carries placards that read in Arabic "the 100 sleeping days plan" and, partially shown, "the people wants to dissolve the constituent assembly," and chants slogans against the constituent assembly, an Islamists dominated panel writing Egypt's new constitution, during a protest in front of the State Council's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Human Rights Watch on Monday urged the panel writing Egypt's new constitution to amend articles in the draft that the New York-based group says repress the rights of women and children and limit freedom of religion and expression. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Several thousand Egyptians have marched nearly seven kilometers (four miles) through Cairo to demand retribution for 26 Coptic Christians killed during an anti-government demonstration last year.

Japan economy shaky as island spat hits business

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:06 AM PDT

In this Sept. 16, 2012 photo, a part of the ceiling has fallen down inside a burned Japanese plant after it was torched by anti-Japan demonstrators on the previous day in Qingdao in Sandong Province, China. The craggy island specks in the East China Sea aren't even an economic backwater. They have no factories, no highways, no shops, no people — only goats. But the high-pitched row between Beijing and Tokyo over their ownership is exacting a growing toll on Japan, threatening to send its recovery from last year's disasters into reverse. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAThe craggy island specks in the East China Sea aren't even an economic backwater. They have no factories, no highways, no shops, no people — only goats. But the high-pitched row between Beijing and Tokyo over their ownership is exacting a growing toll on Japan, threatening to send its recovery from last year's disasters into reverse.

Will Palestinians accept Romney's outstretched hand?

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:41 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has softened his message to Palestinians, even as he makes mending ties with Israel a main foreign policy plank.

Athens vents anger at Angela Merkel's visit

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel today, venting their anger at the woman who has been the focus of the anti-austerity and anti-German sentiment in Greece.

Kenyan lawmakers raise taxes, take a hefty bonus

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Demonstrators marched through Nairobi's capital today to protest another attempt by Kenyan lawmakers to boost their pay, after it emerged the officials had voted for a $25 million bonus for when they leave office.

Heriberto Lazcano, a Zetas leader, was killed in Mexico - but is the cartel done?

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:58 AM PDT

It could be the greatest victory Mexico has seen in six years of bloody battle with drug organizations: A top Zetas drug cartel leader is believed to have been killed in a northern Mexico gunfight on Sunday.

Nobel Peace Prize: Could a Russian win this year?

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 11:03 AM PDT

Two years ago, the Nobel Peace Prize soured relations between Norway and China after the Norwegian Nobel Committee named a Chinese dissident the 2010 winner. And Norway could be set for a similar diplomatic tiff – this time with Russia – when the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded on Friday.

Haitians, Dominicans try to move beyond Parsley Massacre's long shadow

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 10:33 AM PDT

In the long-strained relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, perhaps the darkest moment took place near this border town in October 1937. Dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the killings of thousands of Haitians, whose bodies were dumped in the aptly named Massacre River that separates the two countries.

Land of opportunity for Southern Europeans? Germany.

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 08:30 AM PDT

After two days of sightseeing and night clubs around Berlin, Iker Martinez arrives at his German-language school Monday morning to find the steepest cover charge yet.

North Korea threatens US after it helps South Korea

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 08:07 AM PDT

North Korea boasted Tuesday that the US was "within the scope" of its long-range missiles after South Korea vowed to deploy new missiles capable of reaching anywhere inside the North.

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