2013年2月11日星期一

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Pope's sudden resignation sends shockwaves through Church

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 03:02 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI waves during a mass at the St. Peter Basilica in VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church on Monday when he announced he would stand down, the first pope to do so in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to carry on. Church officials tried to relay a climate of calm confidence in the running of a 2,000-year-old institution, but the decision could lead to uncertainty in a Church already besieged by scandal for covering up sexual abuse of children by priests. ...


Rebels' raid poses Mali guerrilla war threat for French

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 02:02 PM PST

A French soldier looks out from his watch post on top of an abandoned building at the airport in GaoGAO, Mali (Reuters) - Malian troops hunted house-to-house in Gao on Monday for Islamist insurgents whose attack inside the northern town at the weekend showed the risk that French forces might become entangled in a messy guerrilla war. Sneaking across the Niger River under cover of darkness, the al Qaeda-allied rebels fought Malian and French troops on Sunday in the streets of the ancient Saharan trading town, retaken from the Islamists two weeks ago. ...


New Iran centrifuges could shorten path to atomic bomb: Netanyahu

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 12:33 PM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address the Conference Of Presidents in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that new centrifuges Iran was installing for its uranium enrichment program could cut by a third the time needed to create a nuclear bomb. As Iran and world powers prepare to resume talks aimed at easing a dispute that has raised fears of a new Middle East war, Tehran announced late last month it planned to install the new machines at its main enrichment plant. ...


Egypt protesters, police clash on Mubarak anniversary

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 03:15 PM PST

Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood chant anti-government slogans while police spray water on them from inside the Presidential Palace, in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters demanding the departure of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed with police outside his palace on Monday on the second anniversary of the overthrow of veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Dozens of youths threw rocks at the Ettihadiya palace after a peaceful march by thousands of demonstrators who accused Mursi's conservative Muslim Brotherhood of hijacking Egypt's democratic revolution and seeking to monopolize power. ...


Ireland moves to quell horsemeat fears, calls meeting

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:37 PM PST

Metal horse heads are seen above a horsemeat butcher shop in ParisBRUSSELS/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland said on Monday it would order Irish meat processors to carry out DNA tests to reassure consumers worried by the discovery of horsemeat in some beef products and called a meeting of European ministers to discuss a wider response. The horsemeat scandal affecting a growing number of European countries began in Ireland after its food safety authority discovered horsemeat in frozen beef burgers. ...


Attacks kill 12 in Iraq's Mosul: sources

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 12:51 PM PST

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber and unidentified gunmen killed at least 12 people in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, police and hospital sources said, as sectarian and ethnic tensions build ahead of elections in April. The bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives up to a military checkpoint in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, and detonated it, killing eight people and wounding 18, among them soldiers. "The blast destroyed everything. ...

Libya to shut Egypt, Tunis borders for anniversary

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 02:21 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya will shut its borders with Tunis and Egypt for five days as a security measure ahead of the country's two-year anniversary marking the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi, the prime minister said on Monday. Ali Zeidan announced the closure during a news conference as part of list of security measures following concerns about potential militia violence surrounding the celebrations. "As of midnight on February 14th until the 18th, no one will be allowed to cross the Libyan borders between Egypt or Tunis as a security precaution," he told reporters on Monday. ...

Senior U.S. senator faults Taiwan over arms "complacency"

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 02:48 PM PST

Cornyn responds to questions during the Reuters Washington Summit in the Reuters newsroom in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. senator leading a drive to persuade President Barack Obama to disregard Beijing's concerns and sell new F-16 fighters to Taiwan faulted the island for what he said was a failure to push hard enough for the planes. "When it comes to Taiwan's military capabilities, there seems to be a puzzling sense of complacency in Taipei," said Senator John Cornyn. Cornyn, a Texas Republican, is responsible for rounding up his party's votes in the Senate. He has sought to force the Obama administration to sell Taiwan the 66 F-16C/D models it has sought in the past. ...


Kenya's Odinga taunts vote rival over war crimes court

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 03:25 PM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Raila Odinga, the frontrunner in Kenya's presidential election, taunted his rival Uhuru Kenyatta in a debate on Monday, asking how he would be able to rule from the Hague, where Kenyatta goes on trial shortly on charges of crimes against humanity. The presidential television debate - the first ever held in the country - failed to produce a clear winner, but gave an early taste of what is expected to be a highly-charged contest to run East Africa's economic powerhouse. ...

Syria rebels seize dam, blast on Turkish border

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 01:53 PM PST

Man walks past a damaged gate after an explosion at Cilvegozu border gate on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay provinceAMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels have captured Syria's biggest hydro-electric dam and battled army tank units near the center of Damascus, activists said as the opposition renewed an offer on Monday to negotiate the departure of President Bashar al-Assad. On the Turkish border, nine people were killed when a car arriving from rebel-held territory in northwestern Syria blew up at the Reyhanli frontier crossing; Turkish officials said it was unclear whether the blast was a suicide attack or an accident. ...


Pope's bombshell sends troubled church scrambling

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:27 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI reads a document in Latin where he announces his resignation, during a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)VATICAN CITY (AP) — With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope has done in more than half a millennium, stunning the world by announcing his resignation Monday and leaving the already troubled Catholic Church to replace the leader of its 1 billion followers by Easter.


Papal resignation opens door to many contenders

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2007 file photo, Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri poses for a picture during a meeting with relatives and friends at the Vatican. After the resign of Pope Benedict XVI, announced on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, Cardinal Sandri allegedly is among the contenders to be the pope's successor. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI's resignation opens the door to an array of possible successors, from the conservative cardinal of Milan to a contender from Ghana and several Latin Americans. But don't count on a radical change of course for the Catholic Church: Benedict appointed the majority of cardinals who will choose his successor from within their own ranks.


AP PHOTOS: A look back at Pope Benedict XVI

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 11:14 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008, file photo, Pope Benedict XVI holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates Christmas midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Benedict announced Monday Feb. 11, 2013, he will resign Feb. 28 _ becoming the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. His decision sets the stage for a mid-March conclave to elect a new leader for a Roman Catholic Church in deep turmoil. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he will resign on Feb. 28. The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals. "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," he told the cardinals. Benedict, the first pontiff to resign in nearly 600 years, emphasized that carrying out the duties of being pope — the leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide — requires "both strength of mind and body." He says he is simply too infirm to carry on.


Latin America would like a Latin pope, odds slim

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2012 file photo, Brazilian Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz is congratulated by a faithful prior to a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican a day after installing 22 of them as cardinals. After the resign of Pope Benedict XVI, announced on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, Cardinal Braz de Aviz allegedly is among the contenders to be the pope's successor. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, file)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin America is home to the world's biggest Roman Catholic population, but chances seem slim that the next pope will come from the region.


Adventurers re-enact Shackleton's Antarctic voyage

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:27 PM PST

In this Jan. 8, 2013 photo released by Shackleton Epic, expedition members and an unidentified supporter pose on the deck of their boat Alexander Shackleton during training in the Southern Ocean. A modern-day team of six led by Tim Jarvis and Barry Gray used similar equipment and clothes to a re-enacted a 1916 expedition of led by Ernest Shackleton to save his crew after their ship got stuck in Antarctica's icy waters. In honor of the epic journey the team sailed 800 nautical miles on the Southern Ocean in a small lifeboat and then climbed over crevasse-filled mountains in South Georgia to complete the historic journey. (AP Photo/Shackleton Epic, Alex Kumar)WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It's been lauded as one of the greatest survival stories of all-time.


AP PHOTOS: Celebrating Lunar New Year around world

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:20 PM PST

Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbour to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)Lunar New Year is being celebrated in China and around the world.


Syrian rebels capture country's largest dam

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 12:13 PM PST

In this image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a statue of Hafez Assad, father of Syrian President Bashar Assad, burns after being set on fire by rebel fighters inside the grounds of the General Company of the Euphrates Dam in Al-Raqqa, Syria, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Syrian rebels captured the country's largest dam on Monday after days of intense clashes, giving them control over water and electricity supplies for much of the country in a major blow to President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels scored one of their biggest strategic victories Monday since the country's crisis began two years ago, capturing the nation's largest dam and iconic industrial symbol of the Assad family's four-decade rule.


Rio de Janeiro's samba schools vie for title

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 04:42 PM PST

A performer from the Portela samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro's samba schools are vying for the title of the year's best in an over-the-top, all-night-long parade at the city's iconic Sambadrome.


US ships military equipment out of Afghanistan

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:37 AM PST

A Pakistani tribal policeman stands guard along a road used by NATO trucks as they reportedly bring supplies from neighboring Afghanistan in Jamrud, in the tribal area of Khyber, Pakistan, on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The U.S. says it has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jibran Yousufzai)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of containers home through a once-blocked land route through Pakistan.


Egypt protests on anniversary of Mubarak's fall

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 01:40 PM PST

Egyptian protesters throw stones while security police open water canons on them from inside the grounds of the presidential palace during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of autocrat Hosni Mubarak's ouster with angry demonstrations against his elected successor.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak's with angry demonstrations against his elected successor.


How will the Catholic Church handle a living ex-pope?

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 12:59 PM PST

The resignation of Benedict XVI raises a conundrum not faced by the Catholic Church for centuries: How do you handle a still living ex-pope?

After assassination, Tunisia undertakes crucial debate

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 02:56 PM PST

Tunisia has so far enjoyed the smoothest transition in the Arab Spring. But following the murder last week of an opposition political leader, the country's progress toward democracy has veered into crisis, thanks in part to squabbling among its new leaders.

Pope Benedict's legacy: More influential than Pope John Paul II?

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 02:42 PM PST

Pope Benedict resigns later this month after arguably being the single most influential figure inside the Roman Catholic Church for three decades, dating to the early 1980s.

As euro strengthens, debate grows about setting a 'target' value

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 01:41 PM PST

Finance ministers of the 17-member eurozone failed to find a united front Monday to address concerns over the risks a rising euro poses to the fledging economic recovery, as fears of a global currency war loom.

Pope Benedict XVI retires: Will the next pope come from the 'global south?'

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:53 AM PST

With the surprise announcement that Pope Benedict XVI will resign at the end of this month, many in the so-called "global south" are hopeful that a new pope might finally hail from Asia, Africa, or Latin America.

K-pop sensation Psy dances into Malaysia's political drama, Gangnam style

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 09:51 AM PST

Korean pop sensation Psy danced right into the middle of Malaysia's increasingly fractious politics today, following the prime minister on to the stage at a government-held Chinese New Year celebration in opposition stronghold Penang.

Caliber Collection fashions jewelry to take guns off the streets

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 08:23 AM PST

Perhaps borrowing Shakespeare's expression of wearing one's heart on one's sleeve, Jessica Mindich wears her passion on her wrist.

Palm oil casualty? 14 pygmy elephants fall prey to pesticides in Borneo

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:27 AM PST

A rare breed of elephant appears to be the latest casualty of the palm oil boom that is sweeping Malaysian Borneo, reigniting an already heated debate over the pros and cons of the world's cheapest cooking oil.

French, Malian troops regain control of Gao after rebels raid by canoe

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 06:11 AM PST

French and Malian troops on Monday said they are in control of the strategic city of Gao once again after fighting that was described as the most serious escalation of the conflict since French forces entered Mali in late January. The clashes took place on Sunday when Islamist rebel forces infiltrated Gao and attacked Malian and French forces there.

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