2013年2月15日星期五

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Exclusive: North Korea tells China of preparations for fresh nuclear test - source

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 04:20 PM PST

A passenger walks past a television report on North Korea's nuclear test at a railway station in SeoulBEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks, said a source with direct knowledge of the message. Further tests could also be accompanied this year by another rocket launch, said the source, who has direct access to the top levels of government in both Beijing and Pyongyang. North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday, drawing global condemnation and a stern warning from the United States that it was a threat and a provocation. ...


Exclusive: Big powers to offer easing gold sanctions at Iran nuclear talks

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:30 PM PST

worker holds a gold necklace at a gold workshop in the city of IsfahanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major powers plan to offer to ease sanctions barring trade in gold and other precious metals with Iran in return for Iranian steps to shut down the nation's newly expanded Fordow uranium enrichment plant, Western officials said on Friday. The officials said the offer is to be presented to Iran at February 26 talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and they acknowledged that it represents a relatively modest update to proposals that the six major powers put forward last year. ...


Meteorite explodes over Russia, more than 1,000 injured

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:22 PM PST

CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - A meteorite streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured 1,200 people. People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow. ...

Venezuela shows Chavez photos, says he has trouble speaking

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 02:07 PM PST

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez smiles in between his daughters while recovering from cancer surgery in HavanaCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela published the first photos of cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez since his surgery in Havana more than two months ago and said the socialist president was breathing through a tracheal tube and struggling to speak. The pictures showed the 58-year-old, smiling but with his face looking swollen, lying down in a hospital bed and flanked by his two daughters. In one, they were reading Thursday's edition of the Cuban state newspaper, Granma. ...


Islamists rally for Egypt's Mursi in Cairo

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST

Protesters shout slogans against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood at Tahrir Square in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday in support of Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood president who has been the target of protester rage in weeks of violent demonstrations. Repeating the pattern of recent weeks, Mursi's opponents rallied again on Friday, this time gathering outside El-Quba, one of the presidential palaces in the northern suburbs of Cairo. The activists dubbed it "Checkmate Friday". The protest, which drew several hundred people by afternoon descended into violence as night fell. ...


Analysis: Honeymoon wears off for Mexico president's reform push

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 10:46 AM PST

Enrique Pena Nieto attends a media conference after a business meeting at the FIESP (Sao Paulo Industry Federation) in Sao PauloMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A political pact forged with rivals and a couple of key laws already under his belt, Mexico's new President Enrique Pena Nieto got off to a strong start, but he faces hurdles to push through deep economic reforms. Armed with a wide-reaching agenda, the 46-year-old former state governor wants to overhaul Mexico's tax system, state oil monopoly Pemex, a telecoms sector dominated by the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, and competition regulations in a bid to modernize the economy and boost growth to 6 percent a year. ...


U.N. Security Council warns against arms transfers to Yemen

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:53 PM PST

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh attends a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of General People's Congress party in SanaaUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council warned on Friday against attempts to destabilize Yemen with weapons shipments as the country tries to rebuild after two years of upheaval and expressed concern that former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was undermining the process. The 15-member council said it was ready to consider further measures, including sanctions, "if actions aimed at undermining the Government of National Unity and the political transition continue." Yemen said its coast guard seized missiles and rockets on January 23 believed to have been sent by Iran. ...


Cuban dissident blogger prepares 'victory' tour abroad

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 01:55 PM PST

File photo of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez listening to a question during an interview with Reuters at her home in HavanaHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, said she plans to make good use of "my victory" when she leaves on an 80-day-tour of more than a dozen countries on Sunday. Sanchez, under Cuba's sweeping migration reform that went into effect this year, was granted a passport two weeks ago, after being denied permission to travel more than 20 times over the past five years. ...


Canadian minister quits over inappropriate lobbying

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 03:01 PM PST

Canada's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Duncan speaks in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in OttawaOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan resigned unexpectedly on Friday after admitting he had inappropriately written a letter to a tax court on behalf of a constituent. Duncan leaves a month after thousands of unhappy natives mounted protests across Canada about poor living conditions. Duncan is the first minister to resign on a point of accountability since the Conservatives of Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to power in early 2006 vowing to clean up Ottawa. ...


Horsemeat blame game ricochets across Europe

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 10:30 AM PST

Signs with the Spanghero logo are seen at their head office in CastelnaudaryCASTELNAUDARY, France/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Accusations, denials and threats to sue reverberated round Europe on Friday as meat traders, food processors, retailers and governments all rejected blame for horsemeat found in ever more beef dishes across the continent. In France, wholesalers and officials traded grievances, while more products were removed from sale in Britain, Germany, Austria and Norway; police raided factories in several countries and Dutch prosecutors accused one meat supplier there of fraud. ...


Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 02:57 PM PST

In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz)MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million.


Weeping Pistorius faces premeditated murder charge

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 03:27 PM PST

Athlete Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb 15, 2013, at his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier seen leaving a police station in a dark suit with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn hours of Thursday. (AP Photo/Antione de Ras - Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa) SOUTH AFRICA OUTPRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — In a courtroom, not an Olympic stadium, there was no click-click-click of Oscar Pistorius' prosthetic limbs. His only sound Friday was loud, uncontrollable sobs as prosecutors charged him with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his model girlfriend.


Photos of Hugo Chavez shown after 2-month absence

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 04:54 PM PST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The world got its first glimpse of Hugo Chavez since he underwent a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba more than two months ago, with photos released Friday showing the Venezuelan leader smiling alongside his daughters in Havana.

AP PHOTOS: Meteor explodes over Russia

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 09:39 AM PST

A circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake where a meteor reportedly struck the lake near Chelyabinsk, about 1500 kilometers (930 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people. (AP Photo)A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people. The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some declaring that the world was coming to an end. Many of the injured were cut by flying glass as they flocked to windows to see what the source was for such an intense flash of light.


Pope approves German lawyer to head embattled bank

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 03:57 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing after an audience with the Roman clergy in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Thursday Feb. 14, 2013. Benedict XVI is continuing his farewell tour with an off-the-cuff meeting with Roman priests, an annual encounter that has taken on poignant new meaning with his impending resignation.The Vatican has said Benedict would reflect Thursday on his personal experiences as a young theological expert attending the Second Vatican Council, the 1962-65 meetings that brought the Catholic Church into the modern world. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy, approving a German lawyer to head the Vatican's embattled bank.


Clashes near Syria airport kill 150

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 10:13 AM PST

Citizen journalism image taken on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 and provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Nairab air base in Aleppo province, Syria. Earlier this week, rebels launched a major attack on the Aleppo International Airport and the nearby air base of Nairab capturing most of the "Brigade 80" force that is in charge of protecting the area. Activists says scores of soldiers and rebels were killed in the battle this week. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Intense clashes between the Syrian army and rebel fighters near the country's second-largest airport killed around 150 people in recent days, anti-regime activists said Friday, pointing to the significance both sides in the country's civil war place on controlling key infrastructure.


Egypt: Islamists rally in Cairo against opposition

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 11:42 AM PST

Tarek el-Zomor, a founding member of Gama'a Islamiyya, also leader and founder of the Building and Development Party, who was convicted with others of planning the assassination of late President Anwar Sadat in 1981, talks during a rally outside Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Several thousand hard-line Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday against a recent wave of violent anti-government protests, while liberal activists staged a smaller demonstration across town to call for accountability and justice from the country's leaders.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Several thousand hard-line Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday against a recent wave of violent anti-government protests, while liberal activists staged a smaller demonstration across town to call for accountability and justice from the country's leaders.


Police track elusive figure in soccer match-fixing

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:15 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, May 28, 2012 file photo Italian prosecutor Roberto Di Martino talks to the media during a press conference he held in Cremona, Northern Italy. Two years ago, a curious case landed on the desk of Italian prosecutor Roberto Di Martino in the town of Cremona. Five players on the local third-division club Cremonese fell ill after a match against Paganese. One of the sick players got into an auto accident and club management reported the mysterious circumstances to police. (AP Photo/Simone Spada, Lapresse)ROME (AP) — At 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2011, when early risers would have been sipping espressos and buttering toast, a man dressed in black disembarked at Milan's Malpensa Airport after a 13-hour trip from Asia aboard a Singapore Airlines flight.


Runners and riders in Europe's horsemeat scandal

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 10:55 AM PST

3 statues of horses' heads, above a horsemeat butcher shop in Paris, Friday Feb 15, 2013. Tests have found horsemeat in school meals, hospital food and restaurant dishes in Britain, officials said Friday, as the scandal over adulterated meat spread beyond frozen supermarket products. French French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon said Thursday that it appeared fraudulent meat sales over several months reached across 13 countries and 28 companies. He identified French meat wholesaler Spanghero as a major culprit. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)LONDON (AP) — The European Union agreed Friday to begin random DNA checks on meat products in a bid to put a lid on a spreading scandal over horsemeat, while British authorities announced traces of horse had been found in school meals, restaurant dishes and hospital food, as well as supermarket products.


Weeping Pistorius faces life in prison in shooting

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:28 PM PST

Model Reeva Steenkamp is seen in this undated handout picture released by Capacity RelationsPRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius wept in court Friday as prosecutors said they'll pursue a charge of premeditated murder against him in the killing of his model girlfriend, meaning the man who once inspired the world could spend the rest of his life in prison.


India-controlled Kashmir seethes as curfew extends to seventh day

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 01:51 PM PST

Kashmir's 6 million residents faced their seventh straight day of confinement and curfew today, the result of an order by New Delhi after the government's secret hanging of Mohammad Afzal Guru, a local Muslim convicted for his role in a deadly attack on India's parliament in 2001.

Is historical claim behind the mystery group of (armed?) Filipinos in Borneo?

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:05 PM PST

It's around an hour by speedboat from Sulu in the southern Philippines to Sabah in the Malaysian part of Borneo, a route often plied by fishermen, traders, and migrants. The maritime route goes from what is the poorest part of the Philippines to eastern Malaysia, and many make the trek in search of work.

Why Ecuador's Correa looks set to win Sunday's presidential election

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 09:04 AM PST

With neon green flags dotting the landscape and pictures of the president overlooking newly-built highways, Ecuador's electoral campaign looks like a one-man show.

Horsemeat scandal spreads, testing EU's reputation for food standards

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 08:57 AM PST

The EU has long prided itself on food standards, but a scandal that has seen beef adulterated with horsemeat has now spread to 12 European countries, leaving many asking questions about the transparency of Europe's food supply chains.

Meteorite - not the end of the world - strikes Russia's Siberia

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST

A meteor the size of a bus exploded in the atmosphere over the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk Friday, terrifying thousands with blinding light flashes and powerful sonic booms that shattered windows, damaged buildings, and injuries may be heading toward 1,000, mainly due to flying glass and debris.

'Prisoner X' case strains Israelis' longtime acceptance of censorship

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:53 AM PST

In the days after Israel partially acknowledged a report that it secretly jailed an Australian-Israeli main who later died in prison, there is doubt about the censorship powers that enabled the government to stifle the Israeli media until yesterday.

The legacy of London's Iraq War march of 2003

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:12 AM PST

Tansy Hoskins remembers stamping her feet to ward off the bitter February cold after managing to join millions of people squeezed into Hyde Park 10 years ago today for the United Kingdom's largest-ever political demonstration.

Kenyan court clears Kenyatta for presidential bid, despite war crime charges

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 05:47 AM PST

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Wyatt Smith makes a deal with his students: Learn Chinese. Go to China.

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 05:00 AM PST

It's 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, and Wyatt Smith is still in his classroom. The day started 12 hours ago, back when his green tie was firmly in place and his khakis were neatly pressed – before the classes, parent phone calls, and the three-hour Mandarin lesson for 13 inner-city students at George Washington Carver High School in Birmingham, Ala.

Meteor explodes over Russia, injuring hundreds (+video)

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 05:10 AM PST

A 10-ton meteor exploded in the sky above Russia on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out windows injuring some 400 people and sending fragments falling to the ground in the Ural Mountains. Here's a look at those objects in the sky:

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