2013年6月6日星期四

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Tens of thousands cheer Turkish PM's return after protests

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:39 PM PDT

Protesters greet each other near a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, at Gezi Park near Taksim Square in IstanbulBy Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathon Burch ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters welcomed back Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan from a North African tour on Friday in a show of strength after a week of violent anti-government demonstrations across the country. Erdogan addressed crowds from an open-top bus at Istanbul airport in a speech also broadcast live on television, as supporters, who had blocked roads to the airport for hours, chanted his name. "We stood strong, but we were never stubborn ... ...


Europe criticizes Azeri leader over Internet defamation law

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:36 PM PDT

Azerbaijan's President Aliyev answers questions during a news conference in PragueBy Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - European institutions criticized Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday for signing legislation making defamation over the Internet a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment as the country prepares for an autumn presidential election. The European Union, Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) accused the oil-producing ex-Soviet state and its leader of tightening curbs on free expression before the October vote. ...


Angola's Dos Santos says risk of upheaval nil despite poverty

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:29 PM PDT

Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos shows off his inked finger to photographers after casting his vote during national elections in the capital LuandaLISBON (Reuters) - Angola's long-serving president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, on Thursday dismissed recent anti-government youth protests, saying the risk of social upheaval in the oil-producing country is inexistent despite a large rich-poor wealth gap. In a rare televised interview on Thursday, Dos Santos said attempts to organize large demonstrations after the 2011 Arab Spring failed and Angola has only seen small protests attended by fewer than 300 people, mainly in the capital, Luanda. ...


Jordan threatens to expel Syrian envoy over missile comments

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:13 PM PDT

Bahjat Suleiman, Syrian ambassador to Jordan, gestures during a news conference at Syrian embassy in AmmanBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. ally Jordan threatened on Thursday to expel Syria's ambassador after he warned the kingdom that Syrian missiles could be used against Patriot batteries due to be deployed soon along their border. Foreign Minister Nasser Joudeh told state news agency Petra that Ambassador Bahjat Suleiman, a former general and intelligence chief who is a member of President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite sect's ruling inner circle, had violated diplomatic protocol. "The Syrian ambassador has breached all norms and diplomatic practices by his behavior ... ...


Austria to quit U.N.'s Golan force over Syria violence

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:24 PM PDT

Smoke rises as a fire burns near the Kuneitra border crossing, as seen from the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and SyriaBy Crispian Balmer BEIRUT (Reuters) - Austria said on Thursday it would pull out of a U.N. force on the Golan Heights after battles between Syrian troops and rebels there, in a blow to a mission that has kept the Israeli-Syrian war front quiet for 40 years. Israel, anxious for the international mission to remain in place, worried that the Golan could become a springboard for attacks on Israelis by Islamist militants fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ...


Russia's Putin and wife say their marriage is over

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:56 PM PDT

File photo of Putin and his wife sitting in front of the Taj Mahal while touring the city of AgraBy Alexei Anishchuk and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, told Russians on Thursday that their 30-year marriage was over, confirming longstanding speculation that they had separated. In a rare appearance together on state television, Putin was asked about rumors that they no longer lived together and answered: "That is true." The announcement removes a big question mark about the private life of a president who has increasingly touted traditional values and championed the conservative Russian Orthodox Church as a moral authority. ...


Microsoft’s Xbox One Access Requirements Create an Odd Double Standard

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:24 PM PDT

Microsoft's Xbox One will allow you to play games offline for up to 24 hours a pop, says the company in a fresh explainer, but you'll have to connect to the Internet thereafter or forfeit access. If you're playing on someone else's system, that 24-hour window drops to just one hour. Think of it as Microsoft's Cinderella clause, only instead of a pumpkin, your system turns into a giant black-and-green brick.

Obama wants faster Internet in US schools. Would you pay $5 a year for it?

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:33 PM PDT

Technology is changing education at lightning speed. But thousands of schools in the United States still don't have lightning-speed Internet connections to take advantage of the plethora of digital learning tools.

Senate seat scramble is on in N.J.: how Christie, GOP may benefit from it

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:15 PM PDT

The death of US Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) and a special election called by Gov. Chris Christie (R) have set off a political scramble in New Jersey this week, as candidates to fill the seat of the veteran senator rush to meet a looming filing deadline.

Did Michelle Obama heckler use coded racial words? Or not?

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:10 PM PDT

The fallout from Michelle Obama's heckling incident continued Thursday, as some defenders of the first lady charge that the heckler used coded racial language, and in general spoke from a perspective of "white privilege."

Putins attend ballet, then announce their divorce

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:00 PM PDT

In this grab made from video provided by the Russia24 TV Channel on Thursday, June 6, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and his wife Lyudmila speak to journalists after attending the ballet "La Esmeralda" in the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila said Thursday they are divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage, making the announcement on state television after attending a ballet performance at the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Russia24 via The Associated Press Television News) TV OUTMOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin pulled off one of his most audacious pieces of stagecraft, attending a ballet with his rarely seen wife, then emerging smiling and announcing their marriage is over.


Erdogan defiant upon return to Turkey

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:51 PM PDT

Thousands of Turkish protesters, holding national flags and portraits of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, jubilate as they march in Turkish capital, Ankara, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday appeared to have slightly moderated his rhetoric regarding the anti-government protests in his country but didn't back away from redevelopment plans for Istanbul that sparked the nearly week-long unrest and claimed ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken a combative stance against protesters in a speech in front of 10,000 supporters who met him at the airport on his return from a four-day trip to North Africa.


Koreas agree to hold talks on reopening complex

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:39 PM PDT

South Korean President Park Geun-hye, center, salutes to a national flag during a 58th Memorial Day ceremony at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea on Thursday agreed to hold talks on reopening a jointly run factory complex and other cross-border issues, after months of deteriorating relations and a day before a U.S.-China summit in which the North is expected to be a key topic.


After Qusair, Syrian army sets sights on heartland

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:30 PM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a poster of late Syrian President Hafez Assad on a garbage truck, in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Syrian troops and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies captured a strategic border town Wednesday after a grueling three-week battle, dealing a severe blow to rebels and opening the door for President Bashar Assad's regime to seize back the country's central heartland. The regime triumph in Qusair, which Assad's forces had bombarded for months without success, demonstrates the potentially game-changing role of Hezbollah in Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — With fresh momentum from the capture of a strategic town in western Syria, President Bashar Assad's forces have turned their sights to driving rebel fighters from the country's densely populated heartland, including the cities of Homs and Aleppo.


UK's Prince Philip enters hospital for operation

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT

Prince Philip, center, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II's husband was later admitted to a London hospital for an exploratory operation. The palace said the operation on 91-year-old Prince Philip will come after "abdominal investigations," but did not elaborate. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II's husband has been admitted to a London hospital for an exploratory operation, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.


Thousands protest lack of Bosnia law on ID numbers

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:14 PM PDT

Bosnian women and their babies protest in front of the Bosnian parliament building as police officers stand guard in Sarajevo, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Nearly 3,000 people formed a chain around Bosnia's parliament Thursday, saying they won't let politicians go home until they start doing their jobs instead of keeping the country paralyzed with ethnic bickering. What started as a small protest over a new law on personal identification numbers the day before has grown into a blockade of the building, with more people joining the protest every hour. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Nearly 3,000 people formed a chain around Bosnia's Parliament on Thursday, trapping hundreds of politicians and civil service workers inside in a demonstration of anger over what protesters say is a government paralyzed by ethnic bickering.


Erdogan urges Turks not to be drawn into violent protests

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 05:08 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Turks on Friday to distance themselves from lawless protests and said accusations of the excessive use of police force during days of unrest were being investigated. Addressing thousands of supporters at Istanbul airport after returning from a trip to North Africa, Erdogan said the protesters had looted shops and damaged businesses and urged his supporters not to be drawn into the violence. (Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Eric Beech)

Apple denies giving government 'direct access' to servers

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 05:12 PM PDT

A man talks on his telephone as customers walk through an Apple store in Grand Central Terminal in New YorkSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Thursday said it does not provide any government agency with direct access to its servers, denying a key aspect of a Washington Post report. The Post reported on Thursday that the U.S. National Security Agency and the FBI are "tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies" through a highly classified program known as PRISM, extracting audio, video, photographs, emails, documents and connection logs. "We have never heard of PRISM," Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said. ...


Tropical Storm Andrea bearing down on Fla. coast

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 05:05 PM PDT

Mike McKinney rides a wave generated by Tropical Storm Andrea in Panama City Beach, Fla. on Thursday, June 6, 2013. Heavy rain poured down on much of Florida Thursday as the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season headed toward the state's western coast, while a new tropical storm warning was issued for a swath of the U.S. East Coast. (AP Photo/The News Herald, Andrew Wardlow)MIAMI (AP) — The first named storm of the Atlantic season hammered Florida with rain, heavy winds, and tornadoes Thursday as it moved over land toward the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas, promising sloppy commutes and waterlogged vacation getaways through the beginning of the weekend.


Syrian rebel offensive in Golan jolts Israel

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 04:23 PM PDT

Smoke rises from a fire as a result of fighting in the the Syrian village of Quneitra near the border with Israel, as seen from an observatory near the Quneitra crossing, Thursday, June 6, 2013. Syrian rebels on Thursday captured a crossing point along a cease-fire line with Israel in the contested Golan Heights, a development that could deepen Israeli concerns over the growing role of Islamic radicals in the civil war near its northern frontier.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)QUNEITRA, Golan Heights (AP) — Syrian rebels briefly seized control of a border crossing along the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Thursday, prompting the withdrawal of a major Austrian peacekeeping contingent and heightening fears in Israel that it could soon be dragged into the neighboring country's civil war.


Thousands at Istanbul airport for Erdogan arrival

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:55 PM PDT

Protesters gather at Taksim square , Istanbul during a protest, Thursday, June 6, 2013. The banners on the background covering the Republic monument read "Popular Front" . Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday appeared to have slightly moderated his rhetoric regarding the anti-government protests in his country but didn't back away from redevelopment plans for Istanbul that sparked the nearly week-long unrest and claimed ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of people thronged Istanbul's airport to cheer the return of the country's prime minister early Friday, the first extensive public show of support for him since anti-government protests erupted last week.


Monumental phone-records monitoring is laid bare

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:51 PM PDT

Pedestrians pass a Verizon Wireless store on Canal Street, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in New York. The Obama administration on Thursday, June 6, 2013, defended the government's need to collect telephone records of American citizens, calling such information "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats." Britain's Guardian newspaper reported that the NSA has been collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers under a top secret court order. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)WASHINGTON (AP) — A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records — hundreds of millions of calls — in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating terrorism under powers granted by Congress after the 9/11 attacks.


A month after Cleveland women found, help flows for captive victims

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Cuyahoga County Sheriff deputies sit outside Ariel Castro's home in ClevelandBy Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - More than $800,000 in donations has poured in from around the world to help the three women found a month ago, held captive for a decade in a Cleveland house, officials said on Thursday. The case has resulted as well in raising awareness of the plight of missing persons, said Cleveland City Councilwoman Dona Brady. "It takes a tragedy sometimes to make things happen," she said. "The police are taking missing persons much more seriously." Cleveland police came under fire for not finding Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry sooner. ...


US mulls withdrawal of Bangladesh trade privileges

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 03:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent Democratic senator Thursday pushed for suspending duty-free privileges to Bangladesh, saying it would send a strong signal that the United States is serious about protecting workers after hundreds died in the global garment industry's worst accident.

Putins announce their divorce

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:51 PM PDT

In this grab made from video provided by the Russia24 TV Channel on Thursday, June 6, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and his wife Lyudmila speak to journalists after attending the ballet "La Esmeralda" in the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila said Thursday they are divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage, making the announcement on state television after attending a ballet performance at the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Russia24 via The Associated Press Television News) TV OUTMOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin pulled off one of his most audacious pieces of stagecraft, attending a ballet with his rarely seen wife and then announcing their marriage is over. But how will it play to his audience of 143 million Russians?


Erdogan returns to face protests in Turkey

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:48 PM PDT

Protesters gather at Taksim square , Istanbul during a protest, Thursday, June 6, 2013. The banners on the background covering the Republic monument read "Popular Front" . Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday appeared to have slightly moderated his rhetoric regarding the anti-government protests in his country but didn't back away from redevelopment plans for Istanbul that sparked the nearly week-long unrest and claimed ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister was walking a political tightrope Thursday as he headed home from a four-day trip abroad to face massive anti-government protests that have mushroomed to dozens of cities across the country.


From Russia, Without Love: Vladimir Putin Divorces Wife Lyudmila

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:12 PM PDT

On Thursday evening, the Russian public got the news of President Vladimir Putin's divorce the same way they have gotten every fact about his private life — spoon fed to them in tiny, measured and rather tasteless doses. The First Couple of the Kremlin made the announcement on national television while dressed in formal wear, with the stiffness of wax statuettes and the careful orchestration of the ballet they had just finished watching. It was meant to be a rare bit of candor from a man whose government has guarded his family affairs as closely as the codes in his nuclear suitcase. ...

Britain's Prince Philip, 91, in hospital for operation

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:58 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Philip waves as he arrives at Westminster Abbey for a service to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's coronation in LondonBy Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Philip was taken to a London hospital on Thursday for a planned operation on his abdomen, Buckingham Palace said, in the latest round of medical treatment for Queen Elizabeth's 91-year-old husband. The British monarch's consort of more than 65 years, who turns 92 on Monday, is expected to spend two weeks at the London Clinic after undergoing "an exploratory operation following abdominal investigations", the palace said in a statement. A palace spokesman said the prince's admission had been planned and was not an emergency. ...


Libya must hand former spy chief to Hague court: lawyer

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:49 PM PDT

Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi arrives in TripoliBy Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The lawyer for Libya's former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi has demanded his surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, where he would not face the threat of the death penalty. Senussi, notorious as right-hand man to slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is wanted by the ICC on charges of ordering brutal reprisals during the uprising that toppled the Libyan strongman in 2011. ...


Car bombs kill 14 in Iraq, officials say

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:45 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of car bomb explosions in and around Baghdad killed 14 people including seven policemen on Thursday, police officials said, adding that dozens were also wounded.

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