2013年2月5日星期二

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Iran's Ahmadinejad kissed and scolded in Egypt

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:02 AM PST

Egyptian President Mursi meets with Iran's President Ahmadinejad after he arrives at International Airport in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was both kissed and scolded on Tuesday when he began the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The trip was meant to underline a thaw in relations since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state, President Mohamed Mursi, last June. But it also highlighted deep theological and geopolitical differences. Mursi, a member of the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood, kissed Ahmadinejad after he landed at Cairo airport and gave him a red carpet reception with military honors. ...


North Korea threatens "stronger" measures than nuclear test

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:25 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un presides over a consultative meeting with officials about state security and foreign affairs in this undated recent pictureSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea stepped up its bellicose rhetoric on Tuesday, threatening to go beyond carrying out a promised third nuclear test in response to what it believes are "hostile" sanctions imposed after a December rocket launch. Pyongyang frequently employs fiery rhetoric aimed at South Korea and the United States and in 2010 was blamed for sinking a South Korean naval vessel. It also shelled a South Korean island in the same year, killing civilians. It did not spell out the actions it would take. ...


Bulgaria blames Hezbollah in bomb attack on Israeli tourists

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:01 PM PST

Bulgarian President Plevneliev speaks during a joint news conference with PM Borisov and Interior Minister Tsvetanov in SofiaSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria accused Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah on Tuesday of carrying out a bomb attack on a bus in the Black Sea city of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last year. The conclusions of the Bulgarian investigation, citing a clear connection to an attack on European Union soil, might open the way for the EU to join the United States in branding the Iranian-backed Hezbollah a terrorist organization. ...


Japan protests to China after radar pointed at vessel

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:08 PM PST

Japan MSDF destroyer Yuudachi is seen in this undated handout photo released by Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceTOKYO (Reuters) - A Chinese navy vessel aimed a type of radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese navy ship in the East China Sea, prompting Japan to protest, Japan's defense minister said on Tuesday, an action that could complicate efforts to cool tension in a territorial row between the rivals. "Projecting fire control radar is very unusual," Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters of the incident, which he said occurred on January 30 but took time to confirm. "One mistake, and the situation would become very dangerous. ...


British PM's party split as first gay marriage vote passes

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:41 PM PST

A video grab image shows MPs voting on gay marriage legislation, in the House of Commons, LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament voted heavily in favor of legalizing gay marriage on Tuesday, but Prime Minister David Cameron's authority in his own party took a blow as his Conservatives split in two over the measure he had championed. In the first of several votes required for its passage, the lower house of parliament backed the legislation by 400-175, but more than half of Cameron's 303 lawmakers voted against or abstained, signaling deep unease with it and his leadership. ...


Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: USGS

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:31 PM PST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude struck southeast of the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The shallow quake was only 15 km (nine miles) deep and the epicenter was 330 km east-southeast of Kira Kira in the Solomon Islands. There was no immediate tsunami warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii. (Reporting by Michael Perry; Editing by Ed Davies)

Young Indian rape suspect held alone for own safety, says innocent

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:23 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Behind a barbed wire-topped wall by a busy New Delhi highway a teenager sits alone in a locked room, accused of taking part in a gang rape that first sparked nationwide protests and now a debate over whether Indian law is too lenient on juveniles. Police allege the youth and five men lured a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist and her male friend onto a bus where they repeatedly raped her and beat her with a metal bar before tossing the bleeding couple onto a road. The woman died of internal injuries two weeks later. ...

Tuareg rebels say they extend control in Mali's northeast

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:14 PM PST

KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - Pro-autonomy Tuareg rebels in Mali said on Tuesday they had occupied the town of Menaka, extending their control of the remote northeast as they position for talks with the government after the retreat of al Qaeda-linked insurgents. It was not possible to independently verify whether MNLA fighters had entered Menaka, some 250 km (156 miles) south of their stronghold of Kidal. Menaka was a cradle of the MNLA's separatist uprising last year that took over northern Mali but was subsequently hijacked by al Qaeda and its allies. ...

Syrian opposition chief says offers Assad peaceful exit

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:53 PM PST

Sheikh Alkhatib and US Vice-President Biden meet at the 49th Conference on Security Policy in MunichBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on Monday to start talks for its departure from power and save the country from greater ruin after almost two years of bloodshed. Seeking to step up pressure on Assad to respond to his offer of talks - which dismayed some in his own opposition coalition, Alkhatib said he would be ready to meet the president's deputy. ...


Obama to visit Israel in spring; Mideast peace, Iran on agenda

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:05 PM PST

U.S. President Obama calls on Congress to pass a small package of spending cuts and tax reforms during an announcement in the White House briefing room in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan this spring, the White House said on Tuesday, raising the prospects of a new U.S. push to restart long-stalled Israel-Palestinian peace efforts. Obama's trip, his first to Israel since taking office, signaled that he intends to make the volatile Middle East - where Iran remains locked in a nuclear standoff with the West and Syria is caught up in a bloody civil war - a top priority in his second term. ...


US, China top diplomats discuss NKorea

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:33 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration talked to China on Tuesday about North Korea facing "further consequences" under a recent U.N. Security Council resolution if it conducts a nuclear test, the State Department said.

Bulgaria links Hezbollah to attack on Israelis

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, July 19, 2012 file photo, a damaged bus is transported out of Burgas airport, Bulgaria, a day after a deadly suicide attack on a bus full of Israeli vacationers. Lebanon's prime minister has expressed his readiness to cooperate with Bulgarian authorities over a bomb attack linked to Hezbollah that killed five Israelis and their Bulgarian driver, in a statement Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Prime Minister Najib Mikati whose Cabinet is dominated by members of the Shiite Muslim group and its allies also says he condemns and rejects any attack that targets an Arab or foreign country.(AP Photo/ Impact Press Group, File)SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Hezbollah was behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year, investigators said Tuesday, describing a sophisticated bombing carried out by a terrorist cell that included Canadian and Australian citizens.


Terrorists with Western links a growing threat

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:10 PM PST

FILE - These undated photos released by the FBI show Adam Yahiye Gadahn. Born Adam Pearlman in Oregon, Gadahn converted to Islam in 1995 and moved to Pakistan, where he joined al-Qaida as a propagandist. Using the name "Azzam the American," he appeared in numerous al-Qaida videos, denouncing U.S. moves in Afghanistan and elsewhere and threatening attacks on Western interests abroad. (AP Photo/FBI, File)They are called "homegrown terrorists," Western citizens highly prized by Islamic militant groups because they can move across borders and carry out attacks easier than people from Middle East or South Asian nations.


Congress considers putting limits on drone strikes

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:35 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. A Justice Department document says it is legal for the government to kill U.S. citizens abroad if it believes they are senior al-Qaida leaders continually engaged in operations aimed at killing Americans. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) ** MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES **WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncomfortable with the Obama administration's use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America's authority to kill suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens. The Democratic-led outcry was emboldened by the revelation in a newly surfaced Justice Department memo that shows drones can strike against a wider range of threats, with less evidence, than previously believed.


Armed gang rapes 6 Spanish tourists in Mexico

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:36 PM PST

Police patrol on the beach outside a home after masked armed men broke into the home in Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday Feb. 5, 2013. According to the mayor of Acapulco, five masked men burst into the house that Spanish tourists had rented on the outskirts of Acapulco, in a low-key area near the beach, and held a group of six Spanish men and one Mexican woman at gunpoint, while they raped the six Spanish women before dawn on Monday. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Six Spanish tourists were raped by a gang of armed, masked men in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, the latest chapter of violence that has tarnished the once-glamorous Pacific coast resort.


Report: French may start leaving Mali in March

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:47 PM PST

A convoy of Malian troops makes a stop to test some of their weapons near Hambori, northern Mali, on the road to Gao, Monday Feb. 4, 2013. French troops launched airstrikes on Islamic militant training camps and arms depots around Kidal and Tessalit in Mali's far north, defense officials said Sunday, as the first supply convoy of food, fuel and parts to eastern Mali headed across the country.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — French troops may start pulling out of their anti-extremist operation in Mali as early as next month, handing over to a still-developing African force.


British lawmakers vote in favor of gay marriage

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:57 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Britain cleared a major hurdle Tuesday, as lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposals championed by Prime Minister David Cameron.

Iran president visits Egypt in warming of ties

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:10 AM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, attends a press conference with Egyptian Sunni clerics at Al-Azhar headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Egypt's most prominent Muslim cleric, the sheik of al-Azhar, has warned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against interfering in Arab Gulf countries or trying to spread Shiite influence. Ahmadinejad, on a landmark visit to Egypt on Tuesday, received an uneasy reception from Ahmed el-Tayeb at al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world's foremost Islamic institution.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed the crisis in Syria with his Egyptian counterpart Tuesday in the first visit by an Iranian leader to Cairo in more than three decades, marking a historic departure from years of frigid ties between the regional heavyweights.


Report: Ireland oversaw harsh Catholic laundries

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:28 AM PST

The interior of the now derelict Sisters of Our Lady of Charity Magdalene Laundry, in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. An expert panel has found that Ireland should be legally responsible for workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once kept thousands of women and teenage girls against their will in unpaid, forced labor. Tuesday's report analyzing the defunct Magdalene Laundries found state authorities committed about one-quarter of 10,012 women to the workhouses from 1922 to 1996, often in response to school truancy or homelessness. Ireland stigmatized them as "fallen" women — prostitutes — but most were simply unwed mothers or daughters of them. The report found that 15 percent lived in the workhouses for more than five years, and police caught and returned women who fled. They endured 12-hour work days of washing and ironing. Tuesday's findings could pave the way for a state apology and payments to survivors. (AP Photo/Julien Behal, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTDUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's government oversaw workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once held thousands of women and teenage girls in unpaid labor and usually against their will, a fact-finding report concluded Tuesday, establishing state involvement in the country's infamous Magdalene Laundries for the first time.


Syrian lawmaker rejects conditions for peace talks

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:53 AM PST

Syrian man carries his sister who was wounded in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A proposal by a Syrian opposition leader for peace talks suffered two sharp blows Tuesday, with both a ruling party lawmaker and the largest bloc inside the anti-regime coalition rejecting the idea.


North Korea video: Welcome to theater of the bizzare

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:21 PM PST

A propaganda video released by North Korea showing New York City being bombed is pure fantasy – and just another weird window on the Hermit Kingdom's propaganda machine.

Does Tory opposition to gay marriage signal a UK 'culture war'?

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:13 PM PST

A parliamentary vote Tuesday took Britain a step closer to joining the 14 countries where gay marriage is legal, despite a major rebellion by members of Parliament (MPs) from the governing coalition's Conservative Party.

Blast at Mexico's state oil company could boost privatization push

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 12:23 PM PST

A buildup of gas in the basement provoked the explosion that ripped through four floors of Mexico's state-owned oil company, killing 37 people and injuring more than 100.

Afghan corruption, opium, and the strange case of Kam Air

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:30 AM PST

In late January, the US military blacklisted Afghanistan's Kam Air from winning contracts with the US in Afghanistan, with the head of a US military anticorruption unit asserting that the airline was involved in bulk opium smuggling on commercial flights to Tajikistan.

Much ado about Richard III: Is Shakespeare to blame?

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:41 AM PST

What started out as a hopeful archaeological dig in a municipal parking lot has turned into one of the most talked-about stories of the year so far.

Bulgaria blames Hezbollah for 2012 bombing, refueling terrorist listing debate

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:38 AM PST

The Bulgarian government has blamed Lebanon's militant Shiite Hezbollah organization for a deadly suicide bomb attack on a bus in the town of Burgas last July which left six people dead, five of them Israelis.

'Secret ledger' at heart of Spanish corruption scandal given to authorities

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST

Spanish authorities are stepping up their investigation into a high-level corruption scandal that is shaking the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy – and threatening Europe's already fragile credibility that it will be able to drag itself out of years of economic and political crisis.

In Paris, first arrest of Islamist suspects since start of Mali war

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:33 AM PST

French police arrested four suspected Islamist militants near Paris today as part of an investigation into the recruitment of volunteers by Al Qaeda insurgents in Mali, French interior minister Manuel Valls said.

Ahmadinejad visits Cairo: How sect tempers Islamist ties between Egypt, Iran

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:26 AM PST

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo today in the first visit of an Iranian leader to Egypt since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Sochi cha-ching: Putin defends most expensive Olympics ever

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:49 AM PST

The Russian-hosted Sochi winter Games, now just one year off, are five times over budget and on track to be the most expensive Olympics in history. There's an estimated $50-billion price tag before the opening event kicks off.

Is China cleaning up its illegal 'black jails'?

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 07:31 AM PST

In an almost unprecedented sign of official disapproval, a Beijing court today sentenced 10 men to prison for staffing an illegal "black jail."

As Iran's elections near, Ahmadinejad refuses to leave office quietly

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 07:26 AM PST

Even by Iran's high standards of vicious political infighting, the power struggle gripping Tehran portends a noisy exit for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that could destabilize key pillars of the Islamic Republic.

A new, different kind of 'troubles' in Northern Ireland

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:37 AM PST

The violence has, for the most part, come to an end.

For Northern Irish republicans, life is hard, but life is good

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:37 AM PST

Standing on the Andersonstown Road in West Belfast, it's clear to see that the streets are far from bustling, but not because of protests. This is republican West Belfast, which has not been touched by the flag controversy. It's heavy rainfall, not the threat of violence, that's keeping people indoors.

In the new Egypt, the police still hew to their old torturing ways

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:17 AM PST

Over the weekend, the Egyptian state posed a question to the nation about a vicious beating that cops delivered to a man, captured on camera: "Who are you going to believe – us, or your own lying eyes?"

Could North Korea be planning multiple nuclear tests?

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 05:50 AM PST

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