2013年5月23日星期四

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Syrian opposition scrambles to save credibility ahead of peace talks

Posted: 23 May 2013 02:15 PM PDT

Sabra, acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in IstanbulBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition in exile met on Thursday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war. Under international pressure to swiftly resolve internal divisions, the Syrian National Coalition began talks in Istanbul to elect a coherent leadership and decide on the conference which could take place in Geneva in the coming weeks. ...


British police ponder conspiracy after soldier murder

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:01 PM PDT

A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in WoolwichBy Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected killers, British men of Nigerian descent, were part of a wider conspiracy. The two suspects, aged 22 and 28, are under guard in hospitals after being shot and arrested by police following the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on Wednesday in broad daylight. They have not yet been charged. ...


Kerry meets Israelis, Palestinians in bid to revive talks

Posted: 23 May 2013 11:02 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry waves as he stands next to Palestinian Chief Negotiator Erekat in RamallahBy Arshad Mohammed JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations. There were no signs of any breakthrough as Kerry visited Israel for the fourth time in his four months in office to try to revive a peace process that has been moribund for more than two years. ...


Insight: In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own

Posted: 23 May 2013 01:04 PM PDT

By Michael Holden and Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for many Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar accent. Michael Adebolajo, 28, who was filmed wielding a bloody meat cleaver and butcher's knife as the soldier lay dead on the road behind him, was not a maladjusted immigrant like Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but a true Londoner born and bred. ...

IMF's Lagarde questioned over French arbitration case

Posted: 23 May 2013 01:07 PM PDT

IMF chief Lagarde waves as she leaves after a hearing by French magistrates in ParisBy Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by French magistrates on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde, in court the entire day, risks being placed under formal investigation when the hearing wraps up on Friday for her 2007 decision as Sarkozy's finance minister to use arbitration to settle a court battle between the state and businessman Bernard Tapie. ...


Italy's Berlusconi in tax fraud scheme as PM, judges say

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:11 AM PDT

People of Freedom (PDL) party member and former Prime Minister Berlusconi attends the Upper house of the parliament in RomeMILAN (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was involved in a tax fraud scheme while he was head of government, a Milan court said in a document released on Thursday explaining its earlier decision to uphold his four-year conviction. Berlusconi's mounting legal difficulties have created tension in Italy's fragile coalition government, over which he has veto power, and the tax fraud case is nearing its final appeal with a definitive judgment possible within a year. ...


Obama renews push to close Guantánamo military prison

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:08 PM PDT

President Obama is renewing his stalled effort to close the military detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It was a promise he made when he first ran for president, but one he couldn't keep when Congress began blocking funds for releasing or transferring hundreds of prisoners captured as part of the war on terror.

Trayvon Martin texts, photos: Might they change Zimmerman trial?

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:02 PM PDT

Ultimately, many of the photos and cellphone records of Trayvon Martin released online Thursday by George Zimmerman's defense attorneys – indicating that the slain teenager smoked marijuana, got into fights at school, and had an interest in, and perhaps access to, guns – may be ruled inadmissible in court. But they are already making the rounds in the court of public opinion, which can influence everything from fundraising efforts to the mind-set of potential jurors in Mr. Zimmerman's murder trial.

Abercrombie & Fitch: What's wrong with selling just to 'cool people'?

Posted: 23 May 2013 03:59 PM PDT

Abercrombie & Fitch, one of the top sellers of young adult clothing in America, is again mired in controversy, this time over its refusal to offer plus-size clothes for teens.

Death penalty reprieve in Colorado: what it could mean for James Holmes

Posted: 23 May 2013 03:39 PM PDT

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has called off the execution of one of the state's three death row inmates, churning new debate over the wrenching issue of capital punishment as the state prepares for the trial next year of accused Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes.

Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral

Posted: 23 May 2013 03:51 PM PDT

Pallbearers carry the coffin of late author Chinua Achebe at his funeral service, held at St. Philip's Anglican Church in Ogidi, Nigeria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticizing those he felt ruined a country he once supported breaking away from. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to him. Hundreds attended Achebe's funeral among the rolling hills of his eastern Nigeria home, a service that saw even President Goodluck Jonathan literally hold up the writer's books. The gold plaque on his coffin simply called him the OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him.


Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

Posted: 23 May 2013 02:55 PM PDT

Police and forensic officers work near the scene of an attack in which two men are accused of butchering a British soldier near Woolwich barracks in London, Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighborhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.


Q&A: What is known about London attack

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Police and forensic officers near the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)A look at the key known facts about attack in south London in which two men killed a British soldier near military barracks Wednesday.


Military calls UK attack victim a model soldier

Posted: 23 May 2013 01:42 PM PDT

This undated image provided Thursday May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defence, shows Lee Rigby known as 'Riggers' to his friends. Rigby has been identified by the MOD as the serving member of the armed forces who was attacked and killed by two men in the Woolwich area of London on Wednesday. The Ministry web site included the statement "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that the soldier killed in yesterday's incident in Woolwich, South East London, is believed to be Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers." (AP Photo/Ministry of Defence)LONDON (AP) — The soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack in London was a popular 25-year-old ceremonial military drummer and machine gunner, a father and a passionate fan of the Manchester United soccer team, the British military said Thursday.


Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:16 PM PDT

In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group said. The group said scores of pro-regime troops and more than a dozen rebels were killed in the battle for the base, near the northwestern town of Nairab. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years.


Sweden's riots raise questions about inequality

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:33 PM PDT

Firemen extinguish a burning car in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a fourth consecutive night, late May 23, 2013. Youths in immigrant-heavy Stockholm suburbs torched cars and threw rocks at police in riots believed to be linked to a deadly police shooting of a local resident in the suburb of Husby. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Sandberg) SWEDEN OUTHUSBY, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week.


Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:54 PM PDT

The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo BayBy Susan Cornwell and Jane Sutton WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp. Of the 86 detainees who have been cleared for transfer or release, 56 are from Yemen, where al Qaeda has a dangerous presence. There are 80 more prisoners who are not cleared and an unknown number of those are Yemeni as well. Most of the Yemeni prisoners were captured more than a decade ago. ...


One dead, about 10 injured in Guinea opposition protest

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:08 PM PDT

By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - One person was killed and about were 10 injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea's president clashed with protesters marching in the capital on Thursday against planned legislative elections. President Alpha Conde's opponents say he plans to rig the long-delayed polls due to take place on June 30. Conde took office in 2010 following the first democratic transfer of power in the mineral-rich nation since independence in 1958. ...

Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:04 PM PDT

By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 21 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading in West Africa. The coordinated dawn assaults on Areva's mine at Arlit and the military base in Agadez were claimed by the MUJWA militant group in retaliation for a French-led offensive this year against Islamist insurgents in neighboring Mali. ...

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

Posted: 23 May 2013 02:44 PM PDT

China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, delivers a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)GENEVA (AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.


ECB's Draghi: 'Imperative' to set up new bank body

Posted: 23 May 2013 02:40 PM PDT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said it was "imperative" that Europe's leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted banks in order to help the region leave its economic and financial crisis behind it once and for all.

ECB official: New bank authority 'indispensable'

Posted: 23 May 2013 02:33 PM PDT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said it was "imperative" that Europe's leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted banks in order to help the region leave its economic and financial crisis behind it once and for all.

London Terror Attack: Names, Family Tragedy and Deepening Mystery

Posted: 23 May 2013 01:25 PM PDT

The whole world witnessed the aftermath of the suspected May 22 terror attack in London. Bystanders filmed and photographed the body of a man, lying in a suburban street, as his apparent killers, not fleeing but seeming to flaunt their work, remained at the scene. But despite this immediacy, the key, human details were missing. Investigators are still a long way from piecing together exactly what happened and why, but details are emerging about the suspects—and the victim. The man so brutally targeted was a soldier, 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby. ...

Jerry Lewis repeats his distaste for female comics

Posted: 23 May 2013 01:10 PM PDT

Comedian Jerry Lewis poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Max Rose at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)CANNES, France (AP) — Ladies? Don't make him laugh.


Mexico drug cartel commander pleads guilty in murder of U.S. official

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:58 PM PDT

By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Mexican drug cartel commander known as "Tweety Bird" pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in Washington to ordering the ambush and murder of U.S. immigration agents in 2011, according to U.S. officials. The plea related to a February 2011 incident when two "hit squads" from the Los Zetas drug cartel forced an armored U.S. government vehicle off a highway near Mexico City and surrounded it, federal prosecutors said. Zetas commander Julian Zapata Espinoza, known as "El Piolin" (Tweety Bird), ordered U.S. ...

Dissidents find 'Cuba outside Cuba' in Miami

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:50 PM PDT

In this Friday, May 20, 2013 photo, Cuban dissidents Ladies in White, from left, Laura Labrada Pollan, Berta Soler, and Belkis Cantillo acknowledge the guests at the Freedom Tower in Miami. MDC President Dr. Eduardo J. Padron, far left, presented Soler with MDC's Presidential Medal in homage to all the Ladies in White engraved, "Guardians of Freedom." Ladies in White is a group of women that began marching peacefully after the arrests of their sons and husbands in a 2003 crackdown on dissidents. They have faced detention and violence from pro-government mobs. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)MIAMI (AP) — When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the Cuban-American community who do not believe in pacific opposition.


IMF chief Lagarde in court in fraud probe

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:48 PM PDT

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, leaves her apartment building before appearing in French court, in Paris, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Lagarde is being investigated by a special French court over a controversial arbitrage deal, which she oversaw as French Finance minister in 2008. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde faced hours of questioning at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.


Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:38 PM PDT

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a sign depicting the Dome of the Rock Mosque, in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)JERUSALEM (AP) — An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government.


Appellate court: Berlusconi ran illegal scheme

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:33 PM PDT

MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday called "surreal" the judicial reasoning behind an appellate court's decision to uphold his guilty verdict and four-year jail term in a tax fraud case.

Utah boy, 15, arrested on suspicion of killing younger brothers

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:26 PM PDT

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Utah boy was arrested on Thursday on suspicion he stabbed to death his two younger brothers, ages 10 and four, at the family home while their mother was out running errands, law enforcement officials said. The boy, from the community of West Point, was taken into custody a day after the bodies of his brothers were found dead with what appeared to be "penetrating knife wounds," said Sergeant Susan Poulsen of the Davis County Sheriff's Office. ...

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