2013年5月16日星期四

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Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:12 PM PDT

A man shouts as Turkey's President Abdullah Gul talks to people during his visit to one of the two blast sites in the town of ReyhanliBy Nick Tattersall and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the Syrian crisis. Taking a cautious line at a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Obama voiced hope that the United States and Russia would succeed in arranging an international peace conference on Syria, despite signs of growing obstacles. ...


Bombers target markets, mosque in Iraq, 25 dead

Posted: 16 May 2013 11:56 AM PDT

Mourners grieve during the funeral of their relative who was killed in one of Thursday's bomb attacks in Najaf, south of BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence across the country on Thursday that killed at least 25 people and extended a surge in sectarian-tinged bloodshed. Attacks on Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim mosques, security forces and tribal leaders have spread since security forces raided a Sunni protest camp near Kirkuk a month ago, igniting clashes and fuelling fear of a slide back into all-out inter-communal war. ...


U.N. says there is hope for Yemen if funds are forthcoming

Posted: 16 May 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Children walk through a street in the historical city of ZabidBy Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Yemen, home to what Washington considers al Qaeda's most dangerous wing, has the chance of a bright future, the top U.N. official in the country said on Thursday, but needs help to deal with a major humanitarian crisis that threatens its stability. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, also told reporters at a briefing in Geneva that poverty, unemployment and scarce water supplies meant its recovery was still precarious. "This is a situation that is full of hope," Ould Cheikh Ahmed said. "It is often quoted as an example. ...


Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:17 PM PDT

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorized West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed on Thursday, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks. Israel has been sending mixed signals on its internationally condemned settlement policy as Kerry pursues efforts to revive negotiations Palestinians quit in 2010 in anger over Israeli settlement building on occupied land they seek for a state. ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem, vow to defy draft

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:21 PM PDT

Israeli policemen stand guard during an ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstration against plans to enlist men from their community into the military, near the recruitment offices in JerusalemBy Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested in Jerusalem on Thursday against plans to enlist men from their community into the military, a proposal supported by the secular majority pushing for a more equal share of the burden on Israeli society. A sea of black coats - the traditional attire of ultra-Orthodox men - engulfed Jerusalem streets near the city's military draft bureau where the crowd heard rabbis warn that army service would irreparably harm their way of life. ...


U.S. slams Japanese mayor's sex-slave comments as 'offensive'

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:23 PM PDT

File photo of Japan Restoration Party deputy leader and Osaka Mayor Hashimoto attending a joint news conference in TokyoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States condemned as "outrageous and offensive" comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan's military brothels during World War Two were "necessary" to provide respite for soldiers. The remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto drew strong criticism from China and South Korea, two nations sensitive to what they see as any attempt to excuse Japanese abuses before and during the war. ...


Between the shopping malls, is there space in Dubai for dissent?

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:45 PM PDT

Luxury housing built on palm-shaped islands, airports with Fifth Avenue glitz, an artificial ski resort in the desert: This is the easy-going image that the United Arab Emirates projects to the world. But Dubai resident Ahmed Mansoor sees things much differently.

US loses track of terrorists in witness protection: Poor data sharing blamed

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:28 PM PDT

The US has lost track of two known or suspected terrorists given identities under the federal witness protection program, according to a Justice Department audit that indicated the program was so poorly monitored the department didn't even know how many such individuals were in it.

How Europe can find its feet again

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:18 PM PDT

In recent surveys on both sides of the Atlantic, top business executives gave a similar forecast: Europe and the United States are both losing their competitive edge. Of the two economies – which are the largest in the world – Europe is struggling the most to restore its edge.

Stash your cash in Switzerland? US and Europe push to make it harder.

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:56 PM PDT

An intense diplomatic and public push is under way across Europe and in the United States to more aggressively hunt illegal cash stashed away in offshore paradises like Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, and Andorra.

Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage

Posted: 16 May 2013 11:42 AM PDT

Shahara, now 3, sits tucked inside the shawl of her mother, Masooma, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Saturday, April 20, 2013 as Masooma recalls the night she says a U.S. soldier killed her husband and attacked her children in a southern Afghanistan village. Masooma says the soldier grabbed Shahara's pony tails and shook her head violently after killing her father. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime before dawn on March 11, 2012.


Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:25 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help, some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor.

Syrian troops flush out rebels from prison

Posted: 16 May 2013 03:23 PM PDT

This Tuesday, May 14, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the mother of a Syrian rebel cleaning a rifle, in Aleppo, Syria. Activists say Syrian rebels have detonated two car bombs outside the main prison in the northern city of Aleppo and are trying to storm the facility, where hundreds of regime opponents are believed to be held. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of political prisoners inside.


Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:29 PM PDT

A customer leaves a private super market with her purchases, including toilet paper, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities _ toilet paper. Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the embattled socialist government says it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls.


Warplanes, troops in NE Nigeria; mobile phones cut

Posted: 16 May 2013 11:19 AM PDT

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal insurgency.

Puerto Rico faces lowest coffee production ever

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:04 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry amid a deep economic crisis.

Turkey's Erdogan says sees opportunity for Cyprus deal

Posted: 16 May 2013 03:54 PM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan listens to U.S. President Obama during joint news conference at the White House in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he saw a good opportunity for progress towards ending the division of Cyprus, a move that could further the exploitation of natural gas and oil in the eastern Mediterranean. The island has been divided since a Greek Cypriot coup was followed by a Turkish invasion of the north in 1974. Turkey keeps some 30,000 troops in the north and is the only nation to recognize the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. ...


US, Turkey project united front on Syria

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan checks for rain during their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia and the global community to close ranks behind efforts to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.


U.S. adds sanctions on Syria, labels rebel chief a terrorist

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:12 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces. The same day, the State Department labeled as a terrorist Mohammad al-Golani, for being the leader of the al-Nusra Front. The group is one of the most effective forces fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but also pledged allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri last month. ...

China president takes charge of sweeping economic reform plans: sources

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:07 PM PDT

File photo of China's newly appointed leader Xi preparing to greet foreign experts prior to meeting at Great Hall of the People in BeijingBy Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalize the economy, sources close to the government said, shunning policy stimulus for fear it could worsen local government debt and inflate property prices. A consensus had been reached among top leaders that reforms would be the only way to put the world's second-largest economy on a more sustainable footing, said the sources, who are familiar with the plans and Xi's involvement. ...


Sudanese foreign minister to visit Juba on Friday

Posted: 16 May 2013 02:02 PM PDT

Sudanese Foreign Minister Karti addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New YorkKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti will visit South Sudan on Friday, state media said, the first high-level meeting between the neighbors since Khartoum accused Juba of supporting rebels who launched a major attack three weeks ago. Both African countries agrees in March to restart crucial cross-border oil flows and end tensions that has existed since the south seceded in 2011. But despite this thaw, Sudan accused South Sudan on Saturday of supporting a rebel alliance which launched a surprise attack on the central Sudanese city of Um Rawaba. ...


Canada PM on pipeline plan: Oil to come anyway

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:57 PM PDT

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks to business leaders during a meeting in New York, Thursday May 16, 2013. Harper said Thursday that a controversial oil pipeline from his country to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead" and warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)NEW YORK (AP) — A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil will be transported through America one way or another.


UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:49 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Ohio man convicted of murder in case hinging on paralyzed victim blinking eyes to ID shooter

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:46 PM PDT

CINCINNATI - An Ohio man was found guilty Thursday in the shooting death of a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator.

Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian soldiers

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:36 PM PDT

Still frame from video obtained from a social media website shows three rebels, two of them carrying Jabhat al-Nussra flags, stand behind a row of 11 kneeling men prior to executing them in what is said to be Deir al-ZorBEIRUT (Reuters) - A video published on Thursday showed fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. The film is believed to be from eastern Deir al-Zor province and dates from some time in 2012, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring group. The Observatory's head, Rami Abdelrahman, said the Nusra Front has recently been releasing several videos of their past operations. ...


U.S. sought to recruit spies despite warning, Russia says

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:25 PM PDT

By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned the United States in 2011 to stop trying to recruit its security agents as spies and expelled a CIA operative in January this year after Washington ignored the warning, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday. Russia kept the expulsion in January quiet but went public this week when it detained Ryan Fogle, a U.S. diplomat it says was a spy, because it was fed up with the United States ignoring its concerns, FSB spokesman Nikolai Zakharov said. ...

7 Egyptian security personnel abducted in Sinai

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:10 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo released by NASA, taken from 175 miles up by Gemini II, shows the Sinai Peninsula, center, in Egypt. Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted six security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, May 16, 2013, security officials said, the first such kidnapping of security forces in the increasingly lawless peninsula.(AP Photo/NASA, File)CAIRO (AP) — Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula.


U.S. widens sanctions to four Syrian officials, TV station, airline

Posted: 16 May 2013 01:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces. The move follows broad U.S. sanctions on any aid to Syria since the beginning of the civil war between President Bashar al-Assad's government and opposition groups that has killed an estimated 80,000 people. The U.S. ...

Topless protest disrupts opening of Barbie house in Berlin

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Activists from women's rights group Femen burn a barbie doll on a cross as they protest outside a "Barbie Dreamhouse" of Mattel's Barbie dolls in BerlinBERLIN (Reuters) - Women's rights protesters disrupted the opening of a giant pink doll's house in Berlin on Thursday, saying the Barbie "Dreamhouse Experience" objectified women. Promoting the doll made by Mattel Inc, the house allows paying visitors to try on Barbie's clothes, play in her kitchen and have a go on her pink piano. The exhibition will be open until August 25. A handful of protesters gathered outside the shocking pink house that has been erected in one of central Berlin's greyest areas. ...


Watchdog: Israel trying to legalize settlements

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man during clashes that erupted during a rally marking Nakba Day in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Palestinians annually mark the "nakba," or "catastrophe" — the term they use to describe their defeat and displacement in the war that followed Israel's founding in 1948. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission.


Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:17 PM PDT

From left, director Baz Luhrmann, actors Carey Mulligan and Leonardo Di Caprio arrive for the opening ceremony and the screening of The Great Gatsby at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:


Russia says Iran must take part in proposed Syria talks

Posted: 16 May 2013 12:13 PM PDT

By Thomas Grove MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the talks. Conflicting comments from Russia and the West over Iran's role in the possible meeting have added to disagreements which already threaten to derail the conference proposed by Moscow and Washington last week. ...

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