2013年6月4日星期二

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Turkish deputy PM seeks to calm anti-government protests

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 09:39 AM PDT

Anti-government protesters demonstrate in AnkaraBy Alexandra Hudson and Jonathon Burch ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's deputy prime minister apologized on Tuesday for "excessive violence" by police in an effort to defuse days of unrest, comments which contrasted sharply with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's defiant dismissal of the protesters. With Erdogan abroad and strikes and demonstrations still rumbling on after five days, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc sought to assuage some of the anger at the government's initial hardline response to what began as a sit-in against plans to build on an Istanbul park. ...


France says tests prove Syria used nerve gas; U.S. sends Patriots to Jordan

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:12 PM PDT

A bicycle hangs on a wall of a balcony of a damaged building in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal districtBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - France said on Tuesday it had performed tests that proved President Bashar al-Assad's forces had used nerve gas in Syria's civil war, a "red line" that the United States and other countries have repeatedly said would demand a response. Washington separately said it would deploy Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter jets to Syria's neighbor Jordan for a military exercise and perhaps longer. Russia, Assad's main international backer, criticized the move and accused the West of inflaming the conflict by sending arms to the war zone. ...


Analysis: Glimmer of hope for cash-starved Pakistan economy as Sharif takes over

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:14 PM PDT

Men buy fruit from a stall that is lit with a gas-lamp during a power outage in RawalpindiBy Tomasz Janowski ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's economy is in its worst shape in nearly a decade and yet there is a sense of hope that the incoming government not only seems to know what is needed to fix it but, for once, may also have enough determination and clout to do it. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif swept back to power in last month's election, riding a wave of public anger at rival Pakistan People's Party's failure to tackle endemic corruption, power cuts and militant violence. ...


New generation of defectors expose North Korean abuses

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Ji Seong-Ho, 31, who is a North Korean defector living in South Korea and president of NAUH, poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters in SeoulBy Michelle Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - From the streets of Seoul to the European parliament, a new generation of North Korean defectors is stepping into the limelight, telling their personal stories to highlight the human rights abuses in their homeland. It's a major change for the defector community, especially in South Korea, where for years they lived on the margins of society. Most did menial jobs and kept quiet, avoiding attention for fear of being labeled a "Red" or a "Sympathiser with the North". Not any more. ...


Egypt convicts 43, including Americans, in NGO case

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:53 PM PDT

Friends of Egyptian suspects react as they listen to the judge's verdict at a court room during a case against foreign non-governmental organisations in CairoBy Shaimaa Fayed and Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court convicted 43 Americans, Europeans, Egyptians and other Arabs on Tuesday in a case against democracy promotion groups that plunged U.S.-Egyptian ties into their worst crisis in decades. Judge Makram Awad gave five-year sentences to 27 defendants tried in absentia including 15 U.S. citizens. Another American who stayed for trial was given a two-year sentence but left Egypt on Tuesday on the advice of his lawyers. A German woman was also given a two-year sentence. U.S. ...


Brazil tries to defuse conflicts with Indians over land, dams

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:23 PM PDT

Munduruku Indians pass through a metal detector as they arrive at the Planalto Palace in BrasiliaBy Anthony Boadle and Caroline Stauffer BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Lawmakers from the Brazilian farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul asked President Dilma Rousseff's government on Tuesday to send troops to end land invasions by Indians claiming their ancestral territory. Justice Minister Jose Cardozo said a request for troops would have to come from the state governor and announced he will meet with the Indians on Thursday in a bid to reach a settlement. The government is seeking to defuse mounting conflicts with indigenous tribes over farm land and hydroelectric dams in the Amazon. ...


Military brass, senators united against sexual assault but at odds on remedy

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:22 PM PDT

Top military leaders who were called to Capitol Hill on Tuesday received a dressing down from lawmakers for their continued failure to curb the rising incidence of sexual assault within the ranks.

Erdo-gone? After Taksim, Turkish Leader’s Political Future May Hang in the Balance

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:28 PM PDT

By Sunday night, most of the businesses on Istiklal Avenue, Istanbul's biggest pedestrian street, seemed to have had their front teeth knocked in. ATM screens glared and winked stupidly from behind broken glass monitors. Display windows were smashed up, facades and metal shutters covered with anti-government graffiti. Near Bekar Street, young people had taken over a number of buildings. Music, along with leftist banners, wafted out from their windows. ...

How much did IRS spend filming 'Star Trek' spoof?

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:05 PM PDT

IRS staff members produced a spoof "Star Trek" video for an agency conference in Southern California in 2010, according to a just-released Treasury Department audit.

Mammoth Oklahoma tornado was widest ever recorded – almost strongest, too

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT

The tornado that ripped through El Reno, Okla., on Friday was the widest tornado ever recorded and had winds that hit nearly 300 miles per hour, close to the highest wind speed ever measured, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday.

New push at OAS for US to alter anti-drug approach

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:37 PM PDT

A family walks past a soldier standing guard at the Hotel Casa Santo Domingo, the venue of the 43rd General Assembly of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Counternarcotics and counterterrorism strategy, as well as human rights throughout the Western Hemisphere, are expected to be main topics of discussion. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)ANTIGUA, Guatemala (AP) — Latin American countries frustrated by the United States' refusal to change its drug war strategy are pushing the U.S. government to look at alternatives to a fight that has killed tens of thousands in a region beset by drug cartels.


France, Britain confirm use of sarin gas in Syria

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday March 19, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian victim who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village according to SANA, receives treatment by doctors, at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. A U.N. report on Syria said Tuesday there are PARIS (AP) — France said Tuesday it has confirmed that the nerve gas sarin was used "multiple times and in a localized way" in Syria, including at least once by the regime. It was the most specific claim by any Western power about chemical weapons attacks in the 27-month-old conflict.


Turkey's street protests get personal

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:18 PM PDT

A woman walks next to a poster with a photo of Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the Turkish and European Union flags with the slogan ''Walking steadily to a joint future'' in Istanbul, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Thousands have joined anti-government rallies across Turkey since Friday, when police launched a pre-dawn raid against a peaceful sit-in protesting plans to uproot trees in Istanbul's main Taksim Square. Since then, the demonstrations by mostly secular-minded Turks have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government disturbances in years, and have spread to many of the biggest cities. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Brash and stubborn, Turkey's leader doesn't shrink from a scrap. His voice booms when he gets on a podium and his folksy zingers enthrall supporters as much as they repulse opponents. That trademark combativeness, though, is fueling protests against his government.


Syrian army advances in Qusair and Damascus suburb

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 11:10 AM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire locally made rockets, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. The Syrian government has denied it is facing a popular uprising since the revolt against Assad's rule erupted in March 2011, saying that the army is fighting foreign-backed terrorists who want to destroy the country.(AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian troops advanced toward the center of the strategic town of Qusair near the border with Lebanon and chased rebels from another key district on the edge of Damascus on Tuesday, officials said, solidifying gains that have shifted the balance of power in the regime's favor in recent weeks.


Egypt convicts NGO workers, including 16 Americans

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:04 PM PDT

Colleagues and family members react to a court verdict convicting 43 nonprofit workers, including at least 16 Americans, of illegally using foreign funds to foment unrest in the country, sentencing them to up to five years in jail, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Present at Tuesday's hearing was American Robert Becker, who received a two-year sentence. Becker has maintained that his refusal to flee Egypt with fellow Americans who were in the country at the time of the crackdown on nonprofit groups was to show solidarity with his Egyptian colleagues. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif, El-Shoruk Newspaper) EGYPT OUTCAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 43 non-profit workers, including the son of the U.S. secretary of transportation and 15 other Americans, to prison in a case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups.


Kerry makes first Latin America trip in office

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:51 PM PDT

A soldier stands guard near the Hotel Casa Santo Domingo, the venue of the 43rd General Assembly of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Counternarcotics and counterterrorism strategy, as well as human rights throughout the Western Hemisphere, are expected to be main topics of discussion. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is demanding reforms in the 35-nation Organization of American States as he visits Latin America for the first time since taking office.


Obama to press China's Xi to act against cyber spying

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he walks on the South LawnBy Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will tell Chinese President Xi Jinping at a California summit this week that Washington considers Beijing responsible for any cyber attacks launched from Chinese soil and must take action to curb high-tech spying, White House officials said on Tuesday. Underscoring growing U.S. suspicions of a Chinese role in cyber espionage that has targeted U.S. government entities and major corporations, aides to Obama made clear the issue would be high on the agenda at a relatively informal retreat to begin on Friday. ...


U.N. envoys on a red London bus in New York? Too risky police say

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:45 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council has traveled to conflict zones all over the world, but a plan to drive the 15 ambassadors through the streets of New York in a red double-decker bus was deemed too risky, Britain's U.N. envoy and police said on Tuesday. Britain's U.N. mission used the red bus - a public transport fixture on the streets of London - to publicize Britain taking over the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of June and to promote tourism in the United Kingdom. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:26 PM PDT

China's President Xi waves next to his wife Peng before their departure to Mexico at Juan Santamaria Airport in Alajuela(Reuters) - China's new president, Xi Jinping, is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama this week at a private estate in Rancho Mirage, California. Here are some key facts about the Chinese leader. Position: President of the People's Republic of China Incumbent: Xi Jinping Date of birth: June 1953 Term: March 2013 to March 2023 - As leader of the most populous country on earth, Xi took up his post as president in 2013 in the second planned, orderly transition since the Communist revolution in 1949. ...


U.S. sending Patriot missiles to Jordan, may remain beyond drills

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 04:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON/AMMAN (Reuters) - The United States will deploy Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter jets to Jordan for military exercises this month and may consider keeping them there longer, in consultation with Jordan, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The disclosure drew swift condemnation from Moscow, which accused the West of sending weapons to fuel Syria's civil war. The Eager Lion exercises - held annually with a theme of irregular warfare - will include more than 8,000 service members from about 19 countries, one U.S. official said, adding the drills would run from June 9 to 20. ...

Ill woman denied abortion recovers after C-section

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:59 PM PDT

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — An ill Salvadoran woman who delivered a baby without a brain through a cesarean section after being denied a medical abortion is recovering well and has had her tubes tied as she requested, doctors said Tuesday.

Amnesty Int'l: Disappearances in Mexico a 'crisis'

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 03:18 PM PDT

Photo composite of images taken from flyers made by relatives showing ten of the eleven young people that were kidnapped in broad daylight from an after hours bar in Mexico City last Sunday May 26, 2013. From left to right, top row; Josue Piedra Moreno, Aaron Piedra Moreno, Rafael Rojas, Alan Omar Athiencia Barragon, Jennifer Robles Gonzalez. From left to right, bottom row; Jerzy Ortiz Ponce, Said Sanchez Garcia, Guadalupe Morales Vargas, Eulogio Foseca Arreola, Gabriela Tellez Zamudio. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of unsolved disappearances in Mexico constitutes a national scandal and a human rights crisis, Amnesty International said Tuesday, citing what it called a systematic failure by police and prosecutors to investigate thousands of cases that have piled up since 2006.


Food rationing to begin in big Venezuelan state

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, a customer leaves a private super market with her purchases, including toilet paper, in Caracas, Venezuela. In June of 2013, Venezuela's state of Zulia on the border with Colombia will begin restricting the sale of 20 basic items, including toilet paper and chicken, that are subject to price controls. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In a sign Venezuela's food shortages could be worsening, restrictions on the sale of 20 basic items subject to price controls, including toilet paper and chicken, are set to begin next week in its most populous state, officials said Tuesday.


Turkish gov't offers apology as protests continue

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:43 PM PDT

Protesters gather during a protest at Taksim square in Istanbul, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Thousands have joined anti-government rallies across Turkey since Friday, when police launched a pre-dawn raid against a peaceful sit-in protesting plans to uproot trees in Istanbul's main Taksim Square. Since then, the demonstrations by mostly secular-minded Turks have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government disturbances in years, and have spread to many of the biggest cities. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's deputy prime minister offered an apology Tuesday for the government's violent crackdown on an environmental protest, a calculated bid to ease days of anti-government rallies in the country's major cities.


France says Syria government used sarin, all options open

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:41 PM PDT

By John Irish and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Tuesday that there was no doubt the Syrian government had used nerve agent sarin against rebels, and that all options, including military action, were under consideration. Increasing reports from the battlefield of the use of chemical weapons have lent urgency to a new diplomatic push to end the war and fuelled some calls for Western intervention in the conflict. Speaking on France 2 television, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said some samples tested by Paris proved that the Syrian government had used sarin. ...

Egyptian blogger faces new charges, kept in jail - state media

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:40 PM PDT

Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma smiles from behind bars during his trial at the New Cairo court, on the outskirts of CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - A prominent Egyptian blogger convicted of insulting Islamist president Mohamed Mursi is facing fresh charges of inciting violence, judicial sources said on Tuesday, in a case that has triggered accusations of a crackdown on dissent. Ahmed Douma was sentenced to six months in jail on Monday for calling Mursi a criminal and a murderer in media interviews. He was initially allowed to pay 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($720) bail to leave prison pending an appeal, but the new charge meant he would now stay behind bars, state media reported. ...


France, Britain confirms use of sarin gas in Syria

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 02:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday March 19, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian victim who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village according to SANA, receives treatment by doctors, at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. A U.N. report on Syria said Tuesday there are PARIS (AP) — France said Tuesday it has confirmed that the nerve gas sarin was used "multiple times and in a localized way" in Syria, including at least once by the regime. It was the most specific claim by any Western power about chemical weapons attacks in the 27-month-old conflict.


Suicide bomber botches attack in Mali

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:55 PM PDT

By Tiemoko Diallo and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) - A suspected Islamist suicide bomber blew himself up but caused no other casualties in an attack in the northern Malian town of Kidal, the bastion of Tuareg separatist MNLA rebels, witnesses said on Tuesday. A day after the government accused the MNLA of ethnic violence in Kidal, the Malian army said its troops were moving towards the town. The government has vowed to return its troops to Kidal before a presidential election next month. ...

Moscow mayor, Putin ally, says to quit and run in snap election

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:41 PM PDT

Russia's PM Putin meets with Moscow's Mayor Sobyanin at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies said on Tuesday he would resign as Moscow mayor and stand in snap elections, seeking a new five-year term. Opposition leaders, who hope to reinvigorate flagging street protest against Putin's 13-year rule with a rally next week, criticized the move, saying it was timed to rob them of the chance to campaign for a rival candidate. Polls show Mayor Sergei Sobyanin is all but guaranteed to win, ensuring Putin would have his man running the capital if the president seeks a fourth term in elections in 2018. ...


U.S. could extend deployment of Patriot missiles in Jordan

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 01:34 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could consider extending the deployment of Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter jets beyond the end of military exercises scheduled to begin later in June, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. "We will consider extending the deployment of assets associated with Eager Lion in consultation of the government of Jordan," the official said, referring to the "Eager Lion" military exercises by name. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Eric Beech)

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