2013年1月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Algeria ends desert siege, but dozens killed

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:18 PM PST

Google Earth handout image of the Tigantourine natural gas facility in the Amenas gas field in eastern AlgeriaALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex to free hundreds of hostages but 30, including several Westerners, were killed in the assault along with at least 11 of their Islamist captors, an Algerian security source told Reuters. Western leaders whose compatriots were being held did little to disguise their irritation at being kept in the dark by Algeria before the raid - and over its bloody outcome. French, British and Japanese staff were among the dead, the source said. ...

West African troops arrive in Mali to aid French mission

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:39 PM PST

Togolese Army soldiers enter a plane to leave for deployment to Mali, from Togo's capital LomeBAMAKO/SEGOU, Mali (Reuters) - The first West African regional forces arrived in Mali on Thursday to reinforce French and Malian troops battling to push back al Qaeda-linked rebels after seven days of French air strikes. A contingent of around 100 Togolese troops landed in Bamako and was due to be joined by Nigerian forces already en route. Nigerien and Chadian forces were massing in Niger, Mali's neighbor to the east. The scrambling of the U.N. ...

Britain to drift out of European Union without reforms: PM

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:25 PM PST

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron holds a news conference during a European Union leaders summit, in BrusselsLONDON (Reuters) - Britain will drift out of the European Union and the European project will fail unless the bloc tackles three serious problems it faces, British Prime Minister David Cameron had planned to say in a postponed speech on Friday. Cameron delayed the long-anticipated address on Europe at the last minute to deal with the hostage crisis in Algeria. Aides said a new date and venue would be announced later. He had been expected to spell out his plans to renegotiate Britain's membership of the 27-nation bloc and to promise a rare referendum on any deal he struck. ...

No deal seen clinched in U.N. nuclear talks with Iran

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:38 PM PST

A delegation of the IAEA checks-in before departure to Iran at the airport in ViennaVIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran appear to have failed again in talks this week to finalize a deal to unblock an investigation into suspected atom bomb research in the Islamic state, a diplomatic source said on Thursday. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran were expected to hold a further meeting on February 12, following two days of negotiations in Tehran that ended on Thursday, the source added, giving no further details. ...

Pakistan cleric ends protest after government concessions

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 03:39 PM PST

Sufi cleric and leader of the Minhaj-ul-Quran religious organisation Qadri addresses his supporters from behind the window of an armoured vehicle on the fourth day of protests in IslamabadISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Muslim cleric with a history of ties to the military who has been calling for the Pakistani government to resign reached a deal with the administration on Thursday that will give him a say in the electoral process ahead of elections. Muhammad Tahirul Qadri triggered a political crisis by launching mass protests in the capital four days ago calling for electoral reforms to clean up Pakistani politics. He has been pushing for the military to play a role in the formation of the caretaker administration that takes over in the run-up to scheduled elections. ...

Massacre of over 100 reported in Syria's Homs

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 01:39 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said on Thursday, and fierce fighting raged across the country. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said women and children were among the 106 people killed by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad forces who stormed Basatin al-Hasawiya, a poor district on the edge of Homs, on Tuesday. ...

Britain and Australia to boost defense ties

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:46 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Australia will increase ties on defense issues including cyber security and equipment programs such as the BAE Systems-built Type 26 frigate, the British defense ministry said on Friday. Defense Secretary Philip Hammond was expected to sign a defense treaty with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith in the Australian city of Perth later on Friday, in which both countries will agree to explore collaborating on the Type 26. ...

U.S. soldier charged in Afghan massacre had PTSD: lawyer

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 03:25 PM PST

Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, his attorney John Henry Browne, Judge Col. Jeffery R. Nance and prosecutor Major Rob Stelle are seen in a courtroom sketch as he is arraignedTACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier charged with capital murder in the slayings of 16 civilians near his military post in Afghanistan was diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury prior to the killings, his lawyer said on Thursday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who is accused of gunning down the villagers, mostly women and children, in cold blood during two rampages through their family compounds in Kandahar province last March. ...

Pakistan urges India to cool rhetoric over Kashmir

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:36 AM PST

Pakistani High Commissioner to India Bashir poses after an interview with Reuters in his office, in New DelhiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan urged India on Thursday to tone down the "Pakistan bashing" over a spate of military clashes in Kashmir between the nuclear-armed neighbors, and again offered foreign minister-level talks to try to cool tensions. "I think it is important not to let this cycle escalate into something which becomes even more ugly than it is today," Pakistani High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir said in an interview with Reuters. "Let's try to see if we can cool down and resume normal business. ...

Nigerian forces kill two Islamists in Kano battle, arrest five

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:30 PM PST

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian forces killed two Islamist gunmen in a shootout and arrested five others after their checkpoint in the north's main city of Kano was attacked on Thursday, they said. Kano has seen a spate of shootings this week attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, based loosely on the Afghan Taliban. The group killed hundreds last year in a campaign to impose sharia, or Islamic law, on religiously mixed Nigeria. A crackdown last year weakened it but also pushed it into new areas, and it remains the biggest security threat to Africa's top oil producer. ...

Video game puts players in shoes of Syrian rebels

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:21 PM PST

This undated image provided by Auroch Digital Ltd. shows the video game "Endgame: Syria." The new video game based on Syria's civil war seeks to illustrate civilian loss due to heavy fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces. The British developer of the video game says he wants to educate people about the conflict, but reactions have been mixed. Apple won't distribute it, some players find it insulting and one Syrian fan has suggested ways to make it more realistic. (AP Photo/Auroch Digital Ltd.)BEIRUT (AP) — A new video game based on Syria's civil war challenges players to make the hard choices facing the country's rebels. Is it better to negotiate peace with the regime of President Bashar Assad, for example, or dispatch jihadist fighters to kill pro-government thugs?

Algeria: Army rescues hostages, toll unclear

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 05:02 PM PST

This image from video provided by the SITE Intel Group made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show militant militia leader Moktar Belmoktar. Algerian officials scrambled Thursday Jan. 17, 2013 for a way to end an armed standoff deep in the Sahara desert with Islamic militants who have taken dozens of foreigners hostage, turning to tribal Algerian Tuareg leaders for talks and contemplating an international force. The group claiming responsibility — called Katibat Moulathamine or the Masked Brigade — says it has captured 41 foreigners, including seven Americans, in the surprise attack Wednesday on the Ain Amenas gas plant. Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kabila said the roughly 20 well armed gunmen were from Algeria itself, operating under orders from Moktar Belmoktar, al-Qaida's strongman in the Sahara. (AP Photo/SITE Intel Group) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS PICTURE. MANDATORY CREDIT: SITE Intel GroupALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free hostages from at least 10 countries. Bloody chaos ensued, leaving the fate of the fighters and many of the captives uncertain.

Syrian pro-regime gunmen kill more than 100

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 03:31 PM PST

Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad, second left, lays flowers during a memorial action at the Syrian Embassy in Moscow, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Pro-government Syrians and their Russian supporters gathered at the Syrian Embassy in memory of dozens of the Aleppo University's students who died during a terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen loyal to President Bashar Assad swept through a mainly Sunni farming village in central Syria this week, torching houses and killing more than 100 people, including women and children, opposition activists said Thursday.

US slams hostage-taking; Clinton to call Algeria

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 03:53 PM PST

This April 19, 2005 photo released by Statoil via NTB scanpix, shows the Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013. As Algerian army helicopters clattered overhead deep in the Sahara desert, Islamist militants hunkered down for the night in the natural gas complex they had assaulted Wednesday morning, killing two people and taking dozens of foreigners hostage in what could be the first spillover from France's intervention in Mali. (AP Photo/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration appeared to be in the dark Thursday about a hostage situation at a natural gas plant in Algeria, where Algerian forces launched a military assault to free dozens of foreign hostages, including an unknown number of Americans, held by Islamist militants.

Just say neigh: Horsemeat in burgers horrifies UK

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:44 AM PST

A sign of Tesco supermarket is seen at a branch in Purley, south London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The Irish food safety watchdog said Tuesday that it had discovered traces of horse and pig DNA in burger products sold by some of the country's biggest supermarkets. Tesco that authorities said was made of roughly 30 percent horse. Tesco, the country's biggest supermarket chain, took out full-page newspaper ads Thursday Jan. 17, 2013 to apologize for an unwanted ingredient in some of its hamburgers: horsemeat. Ten million burgers have been taken off shop shelves after the revelation that beef products from three companies in Ireland and Britain contained horse DNA. Most had only small traces, but one type of burger sold by Tesco was 29 percent horse. The contrite grocer told customers that "we and our supplier have let you down and we apologize." (AP Photo/Sang Tan)LONDON (AP) — In Britain, a horse is a horse — not a main course.

Irish plant shuts over new horsemeat in burgers

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 04:02 PM PST

DUBLIN (AP) — Food quality officials said Thursday they have identified more horsemeat traces in beef burgers produced in Ireland and pinpointed the problem in an imported ingredient. Ireland's second-largest manufacturer of supermarket beef patties shut down its production line in response.

Greek Parliament votes to investigate ex-minister

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 05:02 PM PST

Former finance minister Georges Papakonstantinou addresses to the Parliament in Athens on Thursday Jan. 17, 2013. Greece's Parliament is debating whether to investigate four former senior members of the government including Papaconstantinou, over how leaked data on Greeks who banked in Switzerland was handled. All four deny wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers voted early Friday to investigate former finance minister George Papaconstantinou over his handling of data on Greeks with Swiss bank accounts and whether he amended the list to remove three of his relatives.

Russian official reassures US adoptive parents

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:17 AM PST

In this photo made Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, Brian Preece and his wife Rebecca, of Nampa, Idaho, who want to adopt a Russian boy with Down's syndrome, speak in Moscow, Russia. From their faraway homes in the American West, two couples made repeated missions of love to Moscow, each seeking to adopt children with Down syndrome. Now, with court approval at last in hand, a political squabble with a trace of Cold War friction has derailed those plans, leaving them in anxious limbo. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's ombudsman for children's rights sought on Thursday to reassure American would-be adoptive parents that they will be allowed to take their children back to the United States. But some Americans with court rulings in their favor say they're still in legal limbo.

Pakistani cleric ends rally after government deal

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:53 PM PST

Pakistani Sunni cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri addresses a rally from his bullet-proof container in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Qadri is demanding the government be dissolved and replaced with a caretaker administration formed in consultation with the judiciary and the military. He also wants electoral reform to weed out corrupt politicians and prevent them from winning elections in the future. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials struck a deal late Thursday with a fiery Muslim cleric to end four days of anti-government protests by thousands of his supporters that largely paralyzed the capital and put intense pressure on the government.

Mali towns marked by fighting, airstrikes

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 11:12 AM PST

A Malian soldier stands guard in front of a strategic bridge in Markala, approximately 40 km outside Segou on the road to Diabaly, in central Mali, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Fighting raged in one Mali town, airstrikes hit another and army troops raced to protect a third, on Thursday, the seventh day of the French-led military intervention to wrest back Mali's north from al Qaida-linked groups. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — French special forces inched closer to an al-Qaida-held town, fighting erupted in another center and army troops raced to protect a third, as the Islamic extremists controlling northern Mali ceded no ground Thursday, digging into the areas they already occupy and sending out scouts to widen their reach.

Islamists promise fight across Sahara, but response disjointed

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 01:36 PM PST

In Mali, French forces are today fighting their way north up the Niger River to face insurgents. In Algeria, the Army is trying to free hostages at a remote gas plant, using helicopters, and with apparent collateral damage.

Europe backs French Mali mission with strong words, modest means

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 12:07 PM PST

As France continued its military intervention in Mali in the wake of a reportedly deadly Algerian army attempt to rescue hostages at a natural gas field deep in the Sahara Desert on Thursday, its European partners offered plenty of rhetorical solidarity but little concrete support for the operation.

Could Britain move away from EU and toward the Commonwealth?

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:50 AM PST

Even as Britain's prime minister puts the final touches on a speech due Friday on his government's plans to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the European Union, his government's foreign secretary was on the other side of the world developing some much older relationships from the days of empire – relationships that some Conservatives hope could prove a viable alternative to the EU.

Got sugar? Venezuela faces shortages of staple foods

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:25 AM PST

While President Hugo Chávez convalesces in Cuba following his fourth cancer operation, Venezuelans face a struggle of a different kind in the midst of shortages of basic food products.

Israeli voters flock to 'brother' Naftali Bennett - but not all his policies

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:17 AM PST

Every Israeli election season, there's a politician with a provocative message who spurs his party to prominence and popularity.

Algerian hostage crisis heightens as scores are reported dead

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 06:08 AM PST

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