2013年4月18日星期四

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North Korea demands end of sanctions if U.S. wants dialogue

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:33 AM PDT

Military officials applaud together with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, during the Unhasu concert in PyongyangBy Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea offered the United States and South Korea a list of conditions on Thursday for talks, including the lifting of U.N. sanctions, signaling a possible end to weeks of warlike hostility on the Korean peninsula. The North Korea's top military body also said in a statement the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula would begin when the United States removed nuclear weapons that the isolated state says Washington has deployed in the region. ...


Pakistan's Musharraf flees court after judges order his arrest

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:05 AM PDT

Pakistan's former President Musharraf speaks as he unveils his party manifesto for the forthcoming general election at his residence in IslamabadBy Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former President Pervez Musharraf fled a courtroom on Thursday after judges ordered his arrest to answer allegations he committed treason in 2007, an ignominious retreat for a man who once dominated Pakistan and had hoped to revive his political fortunes. Pakistani television broadcast footage of Musharraf dashing from Islamabad High Court in a black SUV as several lawyers made half-hearted attempts to pursue his vehicle - a scene that would have been unthinkable when Musharraf was at the height of his powers. ...


United Nations says Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT

U.N. humanitarian chief Amos speaks to media during her visit at a refugee camp in OncupinarBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian families have been burned in their homes, people bombed waiting for bread, children tortured, raped and murdered and cities reduced to rubble in Syria's two-year-old war that has sparked a humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations said on Thursday. A quarter of Syria's 22 million people are displaced within the country and 1.3 million have fled to other states in the Middle East and North Africa, U.N. aid chief Valerie Amos and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council. ...


U.S. looks into possible chemical weapons use in Syria

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:50 PM PDT

Clapper testifies at Security threat hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials are looking into the possibility that chemical weapons may have been used in Syria in a limited form, although there is no consensus yet and additional analysis is required, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. "More review is needed," the senior U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The disclosure came as the U.S. ...


Baghdad suicide bomb blast at Internet cafe kills 27

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:21 PM PDT

By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself inside a Baghdad cafe popular with young people using the Internet, killing a least 27 and wounding dozens more in one of the worst single attacks in the Iraqi capital this year. The late evening blast in west Baghdad came just two days before provincial elections that will be a major test of Iraq's political stability more than a year after the last American troops left the country. ...

Italian parliament fails to elect state president in slap to Bersani

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:51 PM PDT

A parliamentary assistant carries a ballot box at the end of the presidential election in the lower house of the parliament in RomeBy Barry Moody and Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Italy's parliament failed to elect a new state president in the first two votes on Thursday with a center-left rebellion against leader Pier Luigi Bersani torpedoing his official candidate and prolonging a political stalemate. Until the new president is elected, the paralysis hobbling attempts to form a government since February's inconclusive general election will continue, and a chaotic day of voting showed how fractured the political landscape remains. ...


Rockets strike Israel from Gaza: reports

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:10 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck inside Israel after nightfall on Thursday, causing no damage or injury, Israeli media reports said. The Ynet and Haaretz news websites said the rockets fell in open areas. The Israeli military was checking the reports. There were no immediate claims of responsibility issued from Gaza. Islamist militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza have fired intermittently at Israel in the past month despite a ceasefire reached after an eight day conflict in November. ...

EU presses Serbia and Kosovo for historic accord

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:35 PM PDT

A man walks over a bridge in the ethnically divided town of MitrovicaBy Matt Robinson and Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - The European Union summoned Serbia and Kosovo back to Brussels on Thursday, pressing for an historic accord to settle relations between the Balkan foes and open the door to membership talks with Belgrade. On the table is an agreement to end the ethnic partition of Kosovo five years since it seceded from Serbia, and potentially clear a path to a seat at the United Nations for the last state to emerge from the ashes of federal Yugoslavia. ...


South America rushes to back Maduro as U.S. casts doubt on Venezuela vote

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT

Handout picture of Venezuela's President-elect Maduro holding up photo of supporter in La LimoneraBy Terry Wade and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - South American leaders will make a collective show of support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro on Thursday in Lima, officials said, as the United States and his opponents call for a recount of the disputed vote. Maduro will attend the last-minute meeting of the regional group Unasur in Peru a day before he is to be sworn in on Friday. He was named by late President Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer in March, as his chosen successor. ...


Paraguay's Colorado Party likely to win back presidency

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:45 PM PDT

Paraguay's presidential candidate Horacio Cartes of Colorado Party waves the national flag of Paraguay during a visit to CaacupeBy Daniela Desantis and Mariel Cristaldo ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayans will likely vote to put the Colorado Party back into the presidency on Sunday, restoring the center-right party to power after leftist President Fernando Lugo broke its 60-year reign in 2008. Wealthy businessman Horacio Cartes, 56, is the Colorado Party's candidate and leads most polls ahead of the election. A political newcomer who admits he did not start voting until four years ago, he is trying to put a new face on a party with a long history of corruption. ...


Bahrain: Protests pose no threat to Grand Prix

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:35 PM PDT

Track preparations are underway at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The F1 Bahrain Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Organizers of Bahrain's Grand Prix said Thursday that sporadic protests against the race and violent unrest across the Gulf nation do not pose a threat to the premier international event in the kingdom.


IMF chief says global pro-growth policies needed

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:46 PM PDT

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Deputy Director David Lipton arrive at a news conference during the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund says the United States, Europe, Japan and China all need to make adjustments to their current economic policies in order to boost a still-struggling global economy.


Pakistan's Musharraf flees court to avoid arrest

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:52 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled court in a speeding vehicle Thursday to avoid arrest after his bail was revoked in a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power over five years ago.

New app helps Icelanders avoid accidental incest

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:55 AM PDT

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Officials: Suicide attack kills 26 in Iraq

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:50 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Baghdad cafe crowded with young people late Thursday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens ahead of provincial elections scheduled for the weekend.

Venezuela crackdown deemed worst in years

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:01 PM PDT

A 'Chavista' demonstrator shouts as supporters of President-elect Nicolas Maduro march in front of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas,Venezuela, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has presented a series of allegations of vote fraud and other irregularities to back up his demand for a vote-by-vote recount for the presidential election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo Chavez's heir, a leading human rights lawyer charged Thursday in what he called Venezuela's worst political repression in six years.


Even in desert retreat, monks feel Egypt's turmoil

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, April 16, 2013 photo, a monk walks on the grounds of the ancient monastery of St. Anthony, southeast of Cairo, Egypt. In a cave high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago. The monks at the St. Anthony's Monastery bearing his name continue the ascetic tradition. But even they are not untouched by the turbulent times facing Egypt's Christians, defiantly vowing their community's voice won't be silenced amid Islamists' rising power. (AP Photo/Manoocher Deghati)ST. ANTHONY'S MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) — In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago. At the foot of the mountain, the monks at the St. Anthony's Monastery bearing his name continue the ascetic tradition.


Egyptian Jewish leader buried in rundown cemetery

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:44 PM PDT

An Egyptian reporter photographs damaged tombs and fetid water at the Jewish cemetery, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 18, 2013. The leader of Egypt's dwindling and aging Jewish community, known for her tireless work preserving synagogues and a once-sprawling Jewish cemetery, died Saturday at the age of 82. Carmen Weinstein was buried Thursday in the Bassatine cemetery she herself worked to save since 1978. It is the only Jewish cemetery left in Cairo and is the largest in Egypt. The transformation of Bassatine mirrors the dramatic changes Egypt has undergone as its population skyrocketed and poverty grew. Parts of Bassatine were turned into a garbage dump, while another area was seized by antiquities' officials. Weinstein was able to preserve a small area as a Jewish cemetery. (AP Photo/ Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — The late leader of Egypt's dwindling and aging Jewish community was buried Thursday in one the oldest cemeteries in Egypt, the once-sprawling burial ground she tirelessly worked to restore but which has now suffered looting and is drenched in sewage water and strewn with trash.


Family: 24-hour delay to report US pilot missing

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:17 PM PDT

In this March 2013 photo taken by pilot Rene Joubert and released by the family of Jerry Krause, the twin-engine Beechcraft 1900C aircraft that Krause was flying when he disappeared on April 7, 2013, is shown parked at an unidentified location. Ten days ago, on April 7, Krause disappeared together with his plane just miles from a refueling stop at a West African island in the middle of a tropical storm of thunder and lightning. Since then, searches with a plane and boats have found no trace of Krause, a 54-year-old American missionary and pilot, or the plane that he was flying from South Africa to Mali. Family members say that the plane had been refurbished and the exterior repainted in early April in South Africa. (AP Photo/Rene Joubert) MANDATORY CREDITJOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of a U.S. missionary pilot who has disappeared off the coast of West Africa says aviation officials waited nearly 24 hours to start searching for his missing plane. But the lead investigator on Sao Tome island says the coast guard was alerted after it was dark.


Rights activist: Venezuelan troops beat protesters

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT

A 'Chavista' demonstrator shouts as supporters of President-elect Nicolas Maduro march in front of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas,Venezuela, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has presented a series of allegations of vote fraud and other irregularities to back up his demand for a vote-by-vote recount for the presidential election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo Chavez's heir, a leading Venezuelan human rights lawyer charged Thursday.


Pakistan won't have Musharraf to kick around anymore

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former Army chief and national ruler today escaped a set of judges and an Islamabad arrest order, climbed in a black bullet proof SUV, and sped red-faced away for the protection of home.

South American leaders likely to back Venezuela's Maduro in emergency meeting

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT

Presidents from across South America will attend an emergency meeting tonight in Lima, Peru, to discuss the contested election of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.

Rhino head heist: Half a million euros' worth stolen from Irish museum

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:41 AM PDT

Four rhino heads have been stolen from a museum in Ireland, presumed to be headed to the Far East where they could fetch over half a million dollars as raw material for Asian folk medicine.

Could mining bonanza be Afghanistan's next source of funding?

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:34 AM PDT

An effort to make Afghanistan's vast reserves of minerals, oil, and gas accessible to foreign investment – a crucial source of income as foreign aid declines – has hit a road block.

Guatemalan court faces calls to halt former dictator's genocide trial

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:13 AM PDT

Former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt is the first Latin American strongman to be tried on genocide charges. The landmark case has garnered worldwide attention, presented expert testimony from three continents, and already made history books.

Russia aims to set stern example with NGO prosecution

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:30 AM PDT

As a massive wave of raids by Russian authorities on thousands of mostly small nongovernmental organizations subsides, more than 500 groups have so far been handed official warnings that they must register as "foreign agents" – which essentially means "spies" in Russia – or face stiff fines and, ultimately, forced closure.

Can Pakistan drive the Taliban out of its tribal belt?

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:29 AM PDT

Impoverished and perpetually neglected by the country's central government, the semi-autonomous tribal regions of northwest Pakistan have long been a simmering source of both national and regional tension.

Palestinian Prisoners' Day: Breaking down the controversy

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:23 AM PDT

Today is Palestinian Prisoners' Day, when Palestinians remember the thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli jails. The issue of prisoner treatment has been hotly debated in recent months, prompted by the death of two Palestinian men while in Israeli custody, both of which have been blamed on Israel. Here, the Monitor explains the complicated issue.

Southern Europe digs in against further austerity, as IMF calls for relief

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:13 AM PDT

The players in Europe's economic crisis look increasingly deadlocked, as ailing countries in the south – with support this week from the International Monetary Fund – rebel against further deficit-cutting measures advocated by the wealthier nations to the north.

North Korea prepared to restart talks, raising hope for eased tensions

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:10 AM PDT

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Was that the president in my Beijing taxi?

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 05:25 AM PDT

When was the last time the Chinese president hailed a Beijing taxi?

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