2013年1月31日星期四

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Syria protests over Israel attack, warns of "surprise"

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:13 AM PST

An Israeli soldier looks on as a U.N. jeep drives past the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Golan HeightsBEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria protested to the United Nations on Thursday over an Israeli air strike on its territory and warned of a possible "surprise" response. The foreign ministry summoned the head of the U.N. force in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to deliver the protest a day after Israel hit what Syria said was a military research centre and diplomats said was a weapons convoy heading for Lebanon. ...

Explosion at Mexican oil giant Pemex offices kills 14

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 04:49 PM PST

An injured man is being transported in an office chair outside the headquarters of state oil giant Pemex in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An explosion rocked the Mexico City headquarters of state oil giant Pemex on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 80 others, the government said. The blast, which media reports said was caused by machinery, hit the lower floors of the downtown building, throwing debris into the streets and sending workers running outside. Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong told Mexican television the blast had killed 14 people and injured 80. It was not yet clear what caused the explosion, and the death toll could still rise, he added. ...

Egypt opposition to protest after deadly week

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 03:26 PM PST

Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mursi surround a burnt riot police vehicle at Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have called mass demonstrations on Friday, raising the prospect of more bloodshed despite a pledge by politicians to back off after the deadliest week of his seven months in office. Protests marking the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak have killed nearly 60 people since January 25. It prompted the head of the army - the institution that effectively ran Egypt for six decades until Mursi's election - to warn that the state was on the verge of collapse. ...

Brazil police blame toxic foam for 235 deaths in nightclub

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 03:00 PM PST

Maria Cristina Dias de Mattos, the mother of military doctor Daniele Dias de Mattos, a victim of the fire at Boate Kiss nightclub, places a flower over her coffin in Rio de JaneiroSANTA MARIA (Reuters) - A highly flammable foam was responsible for the death of 235 people in a nightclub in southern Brazil last weekend, filling the venue with a thick poisonous smoke within three minutes, police investigators said on Thursday. The toxic soundproofing foam, responsible for the illnesses of many survivors, may have been the Kiss club's greatest hazard, according to police in Santa Maria, who also faulted broken fire extinguishers and a single, obstructed exit for the tragedy. ...

Armenia presidential candidate shot, election in doubt

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 03:48 PM PST

YEREVAN (Reuters) - An Armenian presidential candidate was wounded by unknown gunmen in the capital Yerevan on Thursday night, police said, in an attack that could delay February's election. Paruyr Hayrikyan, whose life was not in danger after the shooting, is one of eight candidates running in the February 18 vote but is not seen as a strong challenger to Serzh Sarksyan, who is expected to be re-elected for a second five-year term. However, according to Armenia's constitution, the election could be postponed by two weeks if a candidate is unable to campaign or run. ...

At desolate Algeria gas plant, hope for new start

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 03:32 PM PST

Algerian soldiers stand near the Tiguentourine Gas Plant in In AmenasTIGUENTOURINE, Algeria (Reuters) - Algerian engineers at the In Amenas natural gas plant are working to get at least some of the desert facility back to work in the coming days, two weeks after three dozen foreign workers were killed in an Islamist hostage siege. Lying deep in the Sahara, the site was surrounded by troops with armored vehicles when Algerian officials gave journalists a first view of the area since gunmen attacked on January 15 and seized hundreds of hostages before the army stormed in four days later. ...

Colombia rebels free oil workers, 11 killed in combat

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 04:35 PM PST

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels on Thursday freed three kidnapped oil contractors, but six guerrillas and five government soldiers were killed across the country as peace talks continued abroad. The kidnappings and other violence came days after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, made clear during peace negotiations in Cuba that it would continue to capture armed forces, possibly hampering the talks. ...

Defiant Iran plans to speed up nuclear fuel work

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:12 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facilityVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has announced plans to install and operate advanced uranium enrichment machines, in what would be a technological leap allowing it to significantly speed up activity the West fears could be put to developing a nuclear weapon. In a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran said it would introduce new centrifuges to its main enrichment plant near the central town of Natanz, according to an IAEA communication to member states seen by Reuters. ...

Gunman kills Pakistani Sunni leaders in apparent tit-for-tat hit

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:49 AM PST

Residents and students of religious seminaries perform funeral prayers for victims killed by unidentified gunmen in KarachiKARACHI (Reuters) - A gunman on a motorcycle shot dead three Pakistani Sunni Muslim leaders on Thursday, police said, in the latest apparent tit-for-tat killing in the southern financial hub of Karachi. Conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite militants has been blamed for many recent killings in Pakistan's largest city. At least 217 people have been killed this month, police sources say, but they do not know how many qualify as "target killings", the official term for assassinations. "Three persons riding a bike intercepted (the victims')vehicle ... ...

Malian president offers Tuareg rebels talks

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:24 AM PST

Malian soldiers heading to Gao in a pickup truck arrive in the recently liberated town of DouentzaTIMBUKTU, Mali/PARIS (Reuters) - Mali's president offered talks to Tuareg rebels on Thursday in a bid for national reconciliation after a French-led offensive drove their Islamist former allies into desert and mountain hideaways in the country's vast north. France's three-week ground and air campaign has dislodged al Qaeda-linked fighters from northern Mali's major towns, ending the first phase of an operation designed to prevent Islamists using the region as a launchpad for attacks on neighboring West African countries and Europe. ...

Israel may feel need to strike Syria again

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 02:55 PM PST

FILE - In this May 22, 2010 file photo, a Hezbollah fighter, stands behind an empty rocket launcher while explaining to the group various tactics and weapons used against Israeli soldiers on the battlefield, during a trip to Hezbollah strongholds, in Sojod village, southern Lebanon. U.S. officials said Israel launched a rare airstrike inside Syria on Wednesday. The target was a convoy believed to be carrying anti-aircraft weapons bound for Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese militant group allied with Syria and Iran. The Israeli airstrike comes at a particularly sensitive and vulnerable time for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Despite its formidable weapons arsenal and political clout in the country, the group's credibility and maneuvering space has been significantly reduced in the past few years, largely because of the war in neighboring Syria but also because of unprecedented challenges at home. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come.

Iran says it will speed up nuclear program

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:42 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 2007 file picture an anti-aircraft gun position is seen at Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran. Iran is poised for a major technological update of its uranium enrichment program, allowing it to vastly increase production of the material that can be used for both reactor fuel and nuclear warheads, diplomats told The Associated Press Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The diplomats said that Iran last week told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it wants to install thousands of high-technology machines at its main enriching site at Natanz, in central Iran. The machines are estimated to be able to enrich up to five times faster than the present equipment. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)VIENNA (AP) — In a defiant move ahead of nuclear talks, Iran has announced plans to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment, which can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of warheads. Eager to avoid scuttling those negotiations, world powers are keeping their response low-key.

Brazil nightclub fire prompts regional reaction

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:41 PM PST

A woman shed tears as she is embraced during the funeral of Gustavo Goncalves, the most recent victim of the Kiss nightclub fatal fire, raising the death toll to 235, in Santa Maria, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A fast-moving fire roared through the crowded, windowless nightclub in this southern Brazilian city early Sunday. The first funeral services were held Monday for the victims. Most of the dead were college students 18 to 21 years old, but they also included some minors. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities inspected and shuttered night spots around the country on Thursday as part of a crackdown on unsafe public spaces after a deadly nightclub fire left 235 people dead and shocked the nation. Officials in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Mexico followed Brazil's example and tightened scrutiny on their own nightclubs.

Freedom returns to the storied city of Timbuktu

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 04:29 PM PST

Women dance openly in front of a photographer as they walk along a street in Timbuktu, Mali, Thursday Jan. 31, 2013. Many things have changed in Timbuktu since the Islamic militants ceased to enforce their law and relinquished power to French special forces who parachuted in several days ago, liberating this storied city, and now there is a growing sense of freedom. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — On the morning French commandos parachuted onto the sand just north of this storied city and ended 10 months of Islamic rule, Hawi Traore folded up her veil. On the next day, she wore heels. On the day after, she put on her sparkly earrings, got her hair braided and tried her mother's perfume.

14 dead, 80 injured in Mexico oil company blast

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 05:03 PM PST

Firefighters belonging to the Tacubaya sector and workers dig for survivors after an explosion at an adjacent building to the executive tower of Mexico's state-owned oil company PEMEX, in Mexico City, Thursday Jan. 31, 2013. A large explosion occurred in the lower floors of the building and dozens have been reported injured so far. (AP Photo/Guillermo Gutierrez)MEXICO CITY (AP) — An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital killed 14 people and injured 80 on Thursday as it heavily damaged three floors of the building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over the skyline.

Armenia presidential hopeful shot and wounded

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 03:12 PM PST

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A longshot candidate for the Armenian presidency was shot in the chest by an unidentified gunman late Thursday, officials said. He was hospitalized in stable condition as police searched for the shooter, while the speaker of parliament suggested the election could be delayed.

Sacrificial skull mound in Mexico puzzles experts

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 02:49 PM PST

In this June 20, 2012 image courtesy of Christopher T. Morehart released on Jan. 31, 2013, archaeologists work at the site where skulls were found in a field in Xaltocan, near the Teotihuacan pyramids in central Mexico. Georgia State University archaeologist Christopher Morehart found about 150 skulls of human sacrifice victims in this field, one of the first times that such a large accumulation of severed heads has been found outside of a major pyramid or temple complex in Mexico. (AP Photo/Christopher Y. Morehart)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists say they have turned up about 150 skulls of human sacrifice victims in a field in central Mexico, one of the first times that such a large accumulation of severed heads has been found outside of a major pyramid or temple complex in Mexico.

Egypt's police regain Mubarak-era notoriety

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, Egyptian riot police arrest a man during clashes with protesters near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have over the past week used excessive and often deadly force against protesters across much of the country, regaining their Mubarak-era notoriety as a tool of repression. With nearly 60 people dead and hundreds injured, police have re-emerged as a significant political player after spending the past two years on the sidelines. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)CAIRO (AP) — With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have been accused of firing wildly at protesters, beating them and lashing out with deadly force in clashes across much of the country the past week, regaining their Hosni Mubarak-era notoriety as a tool of repression.

57 rhinos killed in South Africa so far this year

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 07:19 AM PST

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Officials in South Africa say that 57 rhinos have been killed by poachers across the country so far this year.

Syria threatens retaliation for Israeli airstrike

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 03:15 PM PST

FILE - In this May 9, 2009 file photo, two Syrian men sit at a coffee shop under a big poster showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nassrallah, left, in Damascus, Syria. U.S. officials said Israel launched a rare airstrike inside Syria on Wednesday. The target was a convoy believed to be carrying anti-aircraft weapons bound for Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese militant group allied with Syria and Iran. The Israeli airstrike comes at a particularly sensitive and vulnerable time for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Despite its formidable weapons arsenal and political clout in the country, the group's credibility and maneuvering space has been significantly reduced in the past few years, largely because of the war in neighboring Syria but also because of unprecedented challenges at home. (AP Photo/Ola Rifai, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack.

What's behind Mexico's silence on immigration debate?

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 09:26 AM PST

The days when a Mexican president would raise the battle cry for US immigration reform are long past.

When dictators fall, so do their banknotes

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:43 PM PST

When dictatorships crumble, the currencies commemorating their leaders are often hastily replaced. The following now defunct or possibly soon-to-be defunct banknotes are imbued with the symbols and iconography of their strongman leaders, past and present.

The French are winning handily in Mali

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:10 PM PST

Some frankly silly thoughts and ideas have been punctured in the past few days about France's invasion of Mali. Most importantly, that the French military effort to roll back the advance of salafy jihadis who had captured much of the north of the country, bringing a reign of amputations and torture to locals for what they deemed violations of Islamic law, would turn into a repeat of Dien Bien Phu, where French forces were defeated by a 45,000 man Viet Minh army backed by both China and the Soviet Union.

Why Argentina is reaching out to Iran

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:32 PM PST

After years of impasse, Argentina and Iran this week announced an agreement to work together on solving one of the deadliest anti-Semitic attacks anywhere since World War II. The deal emerged in the midst of deepening trade ties and has generated skepticism from the US and Israel.

Pakistan's Balochistan: Minerals, militants, and meddling

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:55 AM PST

Balochistan is a key province in Pakistan that is filled with natural resources as well as a volatile mix of Afghan Taliban leaders, anti-Shiite militants, and ethnic separatists.

A flood of memories: 60 years on, Britain recalls a deadly storm

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:32 AM PST

Britain's Princess Royal led a remembrance service today to mark the 60th anniversary of a massive flood that killed more than 300 people in East Anglia in 1953, one of the country's worst ever natural disasters.

Syria's allies warn of retaliation for Israeli airstrikes, but threats are likely hollow

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 07:49 AM PST

Syria and Iran have threatened retaliation against Israel for a reported strike or pair of strikes in Syrian territory yesterday, but it is widely seen as counter to their interests to follow such bellicose rhetoric with concrete action.

Mali war pulls France's Hollande out of polling slump

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 06:57 AM PST

After six months of shrinking approval ratings amid stubbornly-high unemployment and slow economic growth, French President François Hollande has reversed the downward slide in the polls as the public praises him for his stewardship of a relatively popular French-led military intervention in Mali.

German visit offers Egypt's Morsi no relief from mounting pressures

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 05:56 AM PST

On a visit to Germany cut short by turmoil at home, Mohamed Morsi saw no respite from the economic and political pressures facing his government, as the German chancellor pushed for the Egyptian president to engage with the opposition and declined to offer relief from Egyptian debts.

Jerusalem soccer fans reject new Muslim players

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:06 PM PST

Two Muslim players from Chechnya arrived in Israel today to join the country's most nationalist soccer team, and fans are up in arms.

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