2013年3月14日星期四

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New pope urges Church to return to its Gospel roots

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 11:40 AM PDT

Newly elected Pope Francis I, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, makes a private visit to the 5th-century Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in RomeBy Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In his first public Mass, Pope Francis urged the Catholic Church on Thursday to stick to its Gospel roots and shun modern temptations, warning that it would become just another charitable group if it forgot its true mission. In a heartfelt, simple homily, the Argentinian pope laid out a clear moral path for the 1.2-billion-member Church, which is beset by scandals, intrigue and strife. ...


Blasts, clashes kill at least 25 in central Baghdad

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 07:09 AM PDT

Members of the Iraqi Army gather near the site of a bomb attack at Alawi district in BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Coordinated blasts killed at least 25 people in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies are located, police and medics said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosions, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have been redoubling their efforts to undermine Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and foment inter-communal conflict this year. ...


West tiptoes into Syrian war hoping to boost more secular rebels

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hold a joint news conference in Lancaster House in central LondonBy Peter Apps LONDON (Reuters) - France, Britain and the United States are inching towards providing military aid to Syria's rebels, hoping to beef up more secular forces at the expense of radical Islamists who are gaining ever more prominence in the uprising. The bitter experience of Afghanistan, where the American arming of anti-Soviet mujahideen forces in the 1980s helped to give rise to the Taliban and al Qaeda, hangs heavy in the air. And as in Libya, the leaders of Britain and France seem keener than U.S. President Barack Obama to get more involved. ...


Argentina's pope stood up to power, but has his critics

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 01:40 PM PDT

File photo of then Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio blessing residents of the Villa 21-24 slum inside the Virgin of Caacupe chapel in Buenos AiresBy Helen Popper and Karina Grazina BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's pope, Jorge Bergoglio, is a fearless critic of the powerful and a bold advocate of the poor, but some say he let down his country by staying silent during a "dirty war" dictatorship. Links between some high-ranking Roman Catholic clergymen and the military regime that kidnapped and killed up to 30,000 leftists between 1976 and 1983 tarnished the Church's reputation in Argentina and the wounds have yet to heal. ...


Protesters, policemen injured in Bahrain clashes

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 02:27 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters stand next to burning tyres as they march on the streets of the village of Sanabis, west of ManamaBy Sami Aboudi DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 10 civilians and several policemen were injured in Bahrain on Thursday, an opposition group and the government said, during protests to mark the second anniversary of the arrival of Saudi forces which helped crush a pro-democracy uprising. Home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, the tiny state has been hit by unrest since the revolt in early 2011, becoming a front line in a region-wide tussle for influence between Shi'ite Muslim Iran and Sunni Arab states such as Saudi Arabia. ...


Constitution changes no threat to democracy, says Hungary PM

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 04:19 PM PDT

Hungary's Prime Minister Orban holds a news conference ahead of a European Union leaders summit in BrusselsBy Justyna Pawlak and Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A defiant Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban dismissed criticism that changes his government has made to the constitution are anti-democratic, saying there was no evidence of any breach of European Union rules. The EU, the United States and human rights organizations have accused Orban of using constitutional amendments to limit the powers of Hungary's top court and undermine democracy in the former Soviet satellite. The move follows steps last year to change Hungary's media laws and the retirement ages of judges. ...


Italy parliament convenes to seek way out of election gridlock

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 04:46 PM PDT

Italian PD (Democratic Party) leader Bersani speaks during a news conference in RomeBy Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy's parliament convenes on Friday almost three weeks after last month's inconclusive election, with the parties still deadlocked over how to form a government in the euro zone's third largest economy. The first task of the 630 lower house deputies and 315 senators will be to elect the speakers of the two houses. The outcome of the votes for these influential roles could give an indication of the prospects for a stable administration. ...


Israel's Netanyahu clinches coalition deals

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 01:56 PM PDT

Israel's PM Netanyahu speaks during a farewell event for outgoing Defence Minister Barak at Bar-Ilan University near Tel AvivBy Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched deals on Thursday for a coalition government set to curb benefits for ultra-Orthodox Jews, a hot-button issue that has pushed peacemaking with Palestinians to the sidelines. In control of 68 of parliament's 120 seats, the new administration - the first in a decade without ultra-Orthodox parties - is expected to take office next week, just days before a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama. ...


Obama congratulates China's Xi on election as president

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 10:54 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Organizing for Action dinner in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday offered his congratulations to new Chinese President Xi Jinping after he was formally elected to the post and told him that Washington looked forward to working with the leadership team in Beijing, the White House said. "This is a very important relationship and an important series of issues that we deal with on a regular basis," White House spokesman Jay Carney said when asked whether Obama used the phone call to discuss U.S. cyber security concerns. Carney declined to cite specifics. ...


U.S. imposes sanctions on covert Iran oil-shipping network

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 03:49 PM PDT

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Cohen speaks about HSBC during a news conference in New YorkBy Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped financial sanctions on Thursday on a Greek businessman it says secretly operated a shipping network on behalf of the Iranian government to get around international sanctions on the country's sale of oil. "Today, we are lifting the veil on an intricate Iranian scheme that was designed to evade international oil sanctions," U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen said in a statement. The U.S. ...


New style of papacy: Pope Francis pays hotel bill

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 04:31 PM PDT

In this image made from video provided by CTV, Pope Francis celebrates his inaugural Mass with cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Thursday, March 14, 2013. As the 266th pope, Francis inherits a Catholic church in turmoil, beset by the clerical sex abuse scandal, internal divisions and dwindling numbers in parts of the world where Christianity had been strong for centuries. (AP Photo/CTV)VATICAN CITY (AP) — On his first day as shepherd of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis picked up his luggage at a Vatican hotel, personally thanked each member of the staff and even paid his own bill. Then, at his first Mass, he delivered a short, unscripted homily — in Italian, not the Latin of his predecessor — holding the cardinals who elected him responsible for keeping the church strong.


Inside the conclave: extra omnes to habemus papam

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 12:18 PM PDT

In this image taken from video provided by CTV, Monsignor Guido Marini, master of liturgical ceremonies, closes the double doors to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the start of the conclave of cardinals to elect the next pope. Marini closed the doors after shouting "Extra omnes," Latin for "all out," telling everyone but those taking part in the conclave to leave the frescoed hall. He then locked it. (AP Photo/CTV)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Three rounds of ballots had been cast with no winner, but it was becoming clear which way this conclave was headed.


New bill intended to curb Jamaica lottery scams

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 03:46 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican officials said Thursday that they are hopeful new legislation will finally result in a stream of convictions and lengthy sentences for fraudsters behind a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that has swindled mostly elderly Americans out of their retirement savings for years.

Carnival flying stranded cruise passengers home

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 03:22 PM PDT

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (AP) — Passengers from the cruise ship Carnival Dream headed to the airport Thursday instead of sailing home after an on-board generator problem halted their trip in the latest maintenance headache for the world's largest cruise line.

New pope's views bind simplicity with 'complexity'

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 02:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2009 file photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, greets faithful outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, Bergoglio was elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)VATICAN CITY (AP) — At gatherings of Latin American bishops, then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was often a star speaker about economic inequities in a profit-driven world. He also has used the forums to warn fellow church leaders about drifting from core Catholic values and teachings.


Pope's partial lung shouldn't affect duties

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 03:15 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis waves the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)LONDON (AP) — The new pope has daunting challenges ahead ranging from the church sex abuse scandal to reinvigorating the flock.


Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 01:30 PM PDT

FILE - This 2011 image provided by CERN, shows a real CMS proton-proton collision in which four high energy electrons (green lines and red towers) are observed in a 2011 event. The event shows characteristics expected from the decay of a Higgs boson but is also consistent with background Standard Model physics processes. Physicists say they are now confident they have discovered a long-sought subatomic particle known as a Higgs boson. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, called CERN, says Thursday March 14, 2013 a look at all the data from 2012 shows that what they found last year was a version of what is popularly referred to as the "God particle." (AP Photo/CERN)GENEVA (AP) — It helps solve one of the most fundamental riddles of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago.


Bad weather postpones return of 3 astronauts

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 02:52 PM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Bad weather is delaying the return of three astronauts from the International Space Station.

Attack on Iraqi Justice Ministry kills 24

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Black smoke from a car bomb attack is seen from the the Crossed Words monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March, 14, 2013. A string of explosions tore through central Baghdad within minutes of each other on Thursday, followed by what appeared to be a coordinated assault by gunmen who battled security forces in the Iraqi capital, according to officials. Authorities say several people have been killed. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Attackers unleashed a carefully planned assault with car bombs and gunmen disguised as police on the Iraqi Justice Ministry on Thursday, killing at least 24 people as hundreds of others crouched terrified in their offices.


Argentina's pope goes for the Saints in soccer

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PDT

In this March 24, 2011 image released by the San Lorenzo de Almagro soccer team on March 13, 2013, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio holds up a small flag of the San Lorenzo soccer team in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio, a San Lorenzo soccer fan, was chosen as Pope on March 13, 2013, the first pope ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Club Atletico San Lorenzo de Almagro)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — He could have chosen the Devils. Instead he turned to the Saints.


Will unlikely coalition partners force new path for Israel?

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 12:18 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emerged from coalition negotiations politically bruised, but with a third administration in hand after being forced into concessions by an unlikely alliance between a dovish party new to the political scene and a party populated by settlement hawks.

Argentine pope: A reflection of Catholicism 'south of the equator'

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 12:11 PM PDT

As news spread that the Catholic Church's most powerful position had gone to a non-European for the first time in more than 1,000 years residents of Argentina's capital were scrambling to double check their smartphones – and asking each other if the news was really true.

Trouble at the tribunal: Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary dies before conviction

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Ieng Sary, the former Khmer Rouge minister of foreign affairs, died this morning at the age of 87 in Phnom Penh, before he was convicted for his role in the communist regime's mass atrocities between 1975 and 1979.

African Catholics see hope in choice of non-European pope

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 11:28 AM PDT

Catholics in Africa have greeted the election of the first Latin American pope with hope, saying his experience as a Christian leader in the Southern Hemisphere will help deal with the continent's many challenges, including poverty, governance, and underdevelopment.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says UN proposal on women will destroy the world

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 11:02 AM PDT

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the power behind President Mohamed Morsi, usually makes its more incendiary statements in Arabic only. But such was the movement's horror at a United Nations proposal to reduce violence against women that it issued a statement in English today complaining that "the complete disintegration of society" would result if the UN adopts a set of recommendations from its Commission on the Status of Women.

Obama's Israel agenda: negotiate, visit sites – and dine with beauty queen

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 10:27 AM PDT

In a 48-hour trip to Israel next week, President Obama will tick off the usual diplomatic visit boxes: meeting diplomats and visiting the country's historic sites.

Pope Francis: representative of God - and Latin America?

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 10:00 AM PDT

The first-ever Latin American pope has prompted mixed reactions in the region, from sheer jubilation and tongue-in-cheek comments to serious questions about his relations with a former Argentine dictatorship and his position on same-sex unions that have gained approval in several Latin American nations in recent years.

Egypt's reviled police plead for understanding, support

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 08:52 AM PDT

The police have withdrawn from the streets of the Suez Canal city of Port Said, and in the el-Sharq police station, officers in civilian clothes huddle around their weapons, waiting for an attack.

With Steven Seagal in tow, Putin pushes for Soviet-era phys-ed revival

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 08:14 AM PDT

As he often likes to do, Vladimir Putin hobnobbed with a Hollywood celebrity – macho actor Steven Seagal – Wednesday.

Election of Pope Francis fuels hopes for Catholic reform

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 07:00 AM PDT

Less than 24 hours after his highly unexpected election as pope, there are high hopes that Francis will bring radical changes to the Catholic Church, which has had its standing battered by scandal and controversy in recent years.

India bars Italian envoy from leaving, escalating tensions over marines shooting incident

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 06:41 AM PDT

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China's pig dumping scandal puts spotlight on illegal pork trade

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 06:08 AM PDT

The 6,000 rotting pigs floating toward Shanghai may pose a public health problem, but at least they are not part of a much greater threat. If they had not been thrown into the Huangpu River, it is emerging, they might well have ended up on dinner plates.

Pope Francis: A prelate who has preached against 'huge inequities'

Posted: 13 Mar 2013 02:21 PM PDT

The next leader of the Roman Catholic church combines a Jesuit intellectual mind with a life spent advocating for social justice and the poor, and in 2009 he made headlines for criticizing the government of Argentina for allowing "huge inequities" between the rich and the poor to develop.

Why Pope Francis is something of a surprise

Posted: 13 Mar 2013 01:12 PM PDT

Newly elected Pope Francis I, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the VaticanHabemas Papam, "We have a pope." And the name of the man to emerge on the balcony in Vatican City is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina.


Pope Francis I emerges to cheers of 'Viva il Papa'

Posted: 13 Mar 2013 01:42 PM PDT

Jorge Bergoglio, a Jesuit from Argentina, was named as the new pope this evening, becoming the first pope from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He took the name Francis I.

Syria's children: even their first words are now shaped by war

Posted: 13 Mar 2013 01:36 PM PDT

When Sham, born during Syria's civil war, uttered her first word recently, it conveyed a great deal about how devastated her country is.

Tunisians invoke Macbeth to warn against a return of toil and trouble

Posted: 13 Mar 2013 12:54 PM PDT

In a Tunis theater last week, four actors representing four ordinary Tunisians not so long ago sat on stage clutching lifesize dolls of Tunisia's former dictator, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Immigrants to Spain push back on evictions

Posted: 13 Mar 2013 11:43 AM PDT

Spain is gearing up for profound reforms to its eviction laws driven by deafening public pressure in which immigrants – particularly from Ecuador – stand out as quiet protagonists, both as victims and as advocates.

After years of nonviolent protest, could Kashmiris return to the gun?

Posted: 13 Mar 2013 11:19 AM PDT

Heavily-armed rebels attacked a police compound in Srinagar, the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing five Indian paramilitaries on Wednesday before the government forces killed the two attackers.

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