2013年8月26日星期一

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Washington warns Assad over 'undeniable' chemical weapons attack

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 02:57 PM PDT

U.N. chemical weapons experts visit people affected by an apparent gas attack, at a hospital in the southwestern Damascus suburb of MouadamiyaBy Lesley Wroughton and Erika Solomon WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States put Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on notice on Monday that it believes he was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians last week in what Secretary of State John Kerry called a "moral obscenity." "President (Barack) Obama believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people," Kerry said in the most forceful U.S. reaction yet to the August 21 attack. Speaking after U.N. ...


U.S. points finger at Assad over Syria gas attack

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:49 PM PDT

United States Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the media on the Syrian situation in WashingtonBy Lesley Wroughton and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry laid the groundwork on Monday for possible military action against the Syrian government over a chemical weapons attack, implicating President Bashar al-Assad's forces in a "moral obscenity." In the most forceful U.S. reaction yet to last week's gas attack outside Damascus, Kerry said President Barack Obama "believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people." Kerry spoke after U.N. ...


Palestinians killed in Israeli raid, peace talks continue

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Palestinian protester gets ready to throw a Molotov cocktail during small clashes with Israeli forces following the funerals at Qalandiya Refugee Camp near RamallahBy Ali Sawafta and Noah Browning RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians during an early morning raid in a West Bank refugee camp on Monday, hours before negotiators met for another round of peace talks, Palestinian sources said. Israeli border police said they entered the Qalandiya camp, near Jerusalem, to arrest a man and were confronted by a crowd throwing firebombs and rocks. Witnesses said the Israeli forces opened fire and hospital officials told Reuters three men were killed. ...


Italy PM forges ahead with cuts even as coalition row rages

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Italy's PM Letta speaks during a joint news conference with Afghanistan's President Karzai in KabulBy Catherine Hornby ROME (Reuters) - Italy's cabinet passed a package of measures to trim public spending on Monday, undeterred by a row with Silvio Berlusconi's center-right party that is threatening to bring down the prime minister's coalition and has rattled markets. The measures included cutting funding for official cars by a fifth, reducing consultancies now valued at 1.2 billion euros per year, and a decree that will gradually convert about 150,000 temporary state administration contracts into permanent ones. ...


Dogged rebels the target of Syria gas attacks: activists

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 01:50 PM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon in AleppoBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - A diplomat and activists said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been trying for some time, in vain, to dislodge rebels from the areas not far from central Damascus that were hit by suspected chemical weapons last week. Assad has strongly denied carrying out chemical attacks, telling Russian newspaper Izvestia on Monday that the allegation "insults common sense" and that the rebels were responsible for what could be the world's worst poison gas strike in 25 years. ...


Tropical depression Fernand kills 13 as it weakens over Mexico

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:21 PM PDT

A man stands at a flooded building in VeracruzMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thirteen people were killed when torrential rains triggered deadly landslides as a weakening tropical depression Fernand moved northwest over central Mexico on Monday and away from the country's major oil installations. Nine people were killed in the town of Yecuatla, three in the city of Tuxpan, and one in the town of Atzalan, all in Mexico's eastern Veracruz state, Governor Javier Duarte said. "All of (the deaths) were caused by landslides in the hills above their homes," Duarte said at a press conference. ...


Brazil's top diplomat resigns over row with Bolivia

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 04:59 PM PDT

Screen capture from a Globo News Brazilian television channel of Roger Pinto in Brasilia on August 26, 2013Brazil's foreign minister resigned Monday over soaring tensions with La Paz after Brazilian diplomats spirited away a Bolivian opposition senator wanted for corruption.


Mexico mass kidnap linked to vendetta: official

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 04:42 PM PDT

Relatives of 12 people kidnapped in a bar in May protest on August 23, 2013 in Mexico CityMexico City authorities said Monday vengeance was the motive behind the kidnapping of a dozen young people who were found in a mass grave near the capital.


UN at site of alleged chemical attack in Syria

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 04:42 PM PDT

The United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Angela Kane, left, gstures towards the U.N. team convoy as they leave their hotel on the day of a scheduled visit to investigate an alleged chemical attack that killed hundreds last week in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. (AP Photo)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — U.N. experts collected samples and testimony from Syrian doctors and victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack Monday following a treacherous journey through government and rebel-held territory, where their convoy was hit by snipers.


Brazilian Foreign Minister Patriota to step down, move to U.N.

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Brazil's Foreign Minister Patriota reacts during a Mercosur trade block foreign ministers' meeting in MontevideoSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota will leave his post and become Brazil's representative at the United Nations, the president's office said on Monday. Brazil's current representative at the U.N., Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, will take over Patriota's post as the new foreign minister. The switch comes days after a Brazilian diplomat under Patriota helped a Bolivian senator who had been accused of corruption enter Brazil. (Reporting by Reese Ewing and Eduardo Simoes; Editing by Eric Walsh)


Migrants tell of ordeal in train crash; 6 dead

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Shoes and clothing lie next to a cargo train known as "the Beast," after it derailed near the town of Huimanguillo, southern Mexico, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. The cargo train, carrying at least 250 Central American hitchhiking migrants derailed in a remote region, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, authorities said. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)CHONTALPA, México (AP) — Hundreds of Central Americans riding atop a cargo train in hopes of getting to the U.S. were being threatened and extorted by armed men before the train derailed and killed at least six, survivors told The Associated Press on Monday.


US builds case for Syria strikes

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:57 PM PDT

Demonstrators call for help in Syria from President Obama in front of the White House on August 21, 2013, in WashingtonThe United States Monday built a humanitarian and legal case for military action against Syria, rooted in the proposition that an "undeniable" chemical attack had shattered international codes of war.


Kerry: Chemical arms use in Syria an 'obscenity'

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:51 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria. Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria, and accused Assad of destroying evidence. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday outlined the clearest justification yet for U.S. military action in Syria, saying there was "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack, with intelligence strongly signaling that Bashar Assad's regime was responsible.


U.S. lawmakers call on Obama to consult them on Syria

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:43 PM PDT

U.S. House Speaker Boehner speaks during news conference at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Monday to consult them as he decides how to respond to last week's apparent poison gas attack in the Damascus suburbs, with some complaining that they have not been fully informed. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a tough statement on Monday, saying that the suspected chemical weapons attack was a "moral obscenity" and accused Syria's government of covering it up. He added that the Obama administration was consulting with allies and members of Congress and would decide soon how to respond. ...


Peace meet cancelled over deaths: Palestinian official

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:40 PM PDT

Mourners carry the bodies of one of three Palestinians killed in Qalandiya refugee camp, August 26, 2013Israeli-Palestinian peace talks slated for Monday were scrapped after three Palestinians were shot dead in the West Bank, a Palestinian official said, although the US sponsors of the process denied the report.


Thirteen dead in Mexico mudslides: authorities

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:26 PM PDT

State Police officers look for the corpses of three people who died after a landslide in Tuxpan on August 26, 2013Mudslides crashed through several homes in eastern Mexico on Monday, killing at least 13 people after a tropical storm pelted the state of Veracruz with heavy rains, officials said.


Rooney tries in vain as United, Chelsea draw

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:01 PM PDT

Chelsea's Jose Mourinho (L) reacts at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England, on August 26, 2013Wayne Rooney may have played his way out of a transfer to Chelsea after a committed display in Manchester United's 0-0 draw against their Premier League rivals on Monday.


Libya warns will destroy tankers illegally exporting oil

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 02:53 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya warned on Monday it will attack and destroy any tanker illegally exporting oil after forces last week fired at a Liberian-flagged tanker close to the country's largest crude oil export terminal. The tanker, which sought to load crude oil that armed protesters blocking the country's main export ports were attempting to sell illegally, managed to flee, Abdul Razak al-Shbahi, the spokesperson for the minister of defense, told Reuters. ...

Colombia, rebels resume peace talks after pause

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 02:35 PM PDT

FARC-EP members and Dutch born Tanja Niejmeier (L) and Colombian Ruben Zamora (R) on August 26, 2013FARC rebels resumed peace talks with the Colombian government in Havana Monday after a brief pause in reaction to a proposal that any deal be put to a national referendum.


Iraq fights public relations battle over death tolls

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 02:29 PM PDT

A man inspects the damage at a cafe on August 26, 2013, hit in by an explosion in the Tunis neighbourhood of BaghdadAs Iraq struggles to stem spiralling violence in the latest chapter of its years-long war against militants, authorities are waging a public relations battle over the number of people killed.


Venezuela nabs hitmen in alleged plot to kill Maduro

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 02:28 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raises his clenched fist during a political meeting in Caracas, on August 7, 2013Venezuela said Monday it derailed a plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, arresting two hitmen it said wanted to execute the leftist leader on orders from a Colombian ex-president.


Congo army battles M23 rebels near eastern city of Goma

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 02:19 PM PDT

By Kenny Katombe GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A U.N. brigade tasked with neutralizing armed groups in Congo has assisted the country's army in clashes with eastern rebels on Monday, ending a brief lull in days of fighting that has killed and wounded dozens. The violence, the most serious in months, is the first major test for the newly deployed U.N. Intervention Brigade which has an unprecedented mandate to launch military operations against M23, one of the rebels at the heart of nearly two decades of conflict. A senior officer with the brigade told Reuters that U.N. ...

Kerry: U.S. will respond to ‘moral obscenity’ of Syria massacre

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 02:01 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters flee a building in fear of an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in AleppoChemical weapons use "undeniable"; U.S. response necessary, Kerry says.


Palestinians say round of talks halted after clash

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 01:56 PM PDT

Palestinian mourners grieve while waiting for the funeral procession outside the morgue of the main hospital in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians in clashes during an arrest raid in the West Bank, a Palestinian official and the Israeli military said Monday, in the deadliest incident in the area in years. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)QALANDIA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials said they called off a planned round of peace talks Monday after Israeli soldiers killed three protesters during clashes following an arrest raid in the West Bank.


Casualties as Congo and UN forces fight rebels

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 01:46 PM PDT

Residents carry the body of a person killed hours earlier when a rocket struck a home, as they take to the streets in protest over recent violence, in Goma, Congo, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Congolese soldiers supported by U.N. forces fought rebels in the country's deteriorating east for hours early Saturday, officials said, while a rocket landed inside the town of Goma. Congo immediately blamed the attacks on neighboring Rwanda, which has long been accused of supporting the eastern Congolese rebel movement known as M23. (AP Photo/Alain Wandimoyi)GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese troops came under fire from rebels in the country's volatile east Monday as fighting resumed just outside Goma, a city of nearly 1 million people near the volatile Congolese-Rwandan border, army officials said.


UN has 'valuable' chemical evidence despite attack

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 01:40 PM PDT

UN inspectors in Damascus on August 26, 2013, after inspecting a suspected chemical weapons attack in Moadamiyet al-ShamUN experts in Syria gathered "valuable" evidence Monday on a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus despite coming under sniper fire, UN officials said.


Russia warns West against Syria attack without UN approval

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 01:35 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives a press conference on Syria in Moscow on August 26, 2013Russia on Monday warned the West against intervening militarily in the Syrian conflict without the approval of the UN Security Council, saying such action would violate international law.


Russian lawmaker proposes banning gays from donating blood

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 01:19 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian lawmaker has said parliament should ban blood donations from homosexuals, news agencies reported on Monday, upsetting activists already angry at a nationwide ban on gay 'propaganda'. "We will suggest an amendment to the law on (blood) donations on the order of the Health Ministry that returns homosexuals to the list of contra-indicated donors," Interfax quoted parliamentarian and Moscow mayoral candidate Mikhail Dyegtyaryov as saying. ...

Syria resumes bombardment of attack site: White House

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 01:13 PM PDT

Syrian army tanks are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus on August 24, 2013The United States on Monday accused Syrian forces of again shelling the site of a chemical weapons attack outside Damascus, soon after the departure of a UN inspection team.


Rural Andean churches plagued by sacred art theft

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:59 PM PDT

In this Aug. 21, 2013 file photo, workers from the Culture Ministry display a recovered 18th century painting by an anonymous artist depicting Jesus in La Paz, Bolivia. This painting titled "Jesus con la Cruz a Cuesta" was stolen from the San Pedro de la Paz church in Bolivia on June 11, 2003, and recovered in the Peruvian capital of Lima in April 2005. Increasingly bold thefts plague colonial churches in remote Andean towns in Bolivia and Peru, where religious and civil authorities say cultural treasures are disappearing at an alarming rate. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The thieves tunneled under the thick walls of the colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the tiny southern Bolivian town of San Miguel de Tomave, emerged through the floor and made off with five 18th-century oil paintings of inestimable value.


White House says it is undeniable that chemical weapons used in Syria

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:58 PM PDT

A man, affected by what activists say is nerve gas, breathes through an oxygen mask in Damascus suburbsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that it is undeniable that chemical weapons were used in Syria and that there is little doubt that the Syrian government used them. President Barack Obama, said White House spokesman Jay Carney, is evaluating the appropriate response to the use of chemical weapons but has made no decision on how to respond. Carney had no time frame for when Obama would decide. "There is very little doubt in our mind that the Syrian regime is culpable," said Carney. ...


Egyptian Islamist groups seek truce with army

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:53 PM PDT

An Egyptian woman waits for her breakfast on a street fast food restaurant in Suleiman Gohar market in Dokki district in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Egypt's recent turmoil has scared away tourists and affected the livelihood of the one in eight Egyptians who earn their living from tourism. An evening curfew imposed by the military to quell protests has further choked many businesses, such as restaurants, stores and entertainment venues, serving another blow to the country's already battered economy. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Two former militant groups offered to call off street protests if the government agrees to ease its pressure on Islamists, a move that underscores how a onetime strong Islamist movement is now bowing to an unprecedented crackdown by security authorities.


Western leaders mull military response in Syria

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria. Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria, and accused Assad of destroying evidence. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)PARIS (AP) — Western leaders are discussing whether to stage a military response to last week's alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria. France and Germany, which refused to support the 2003 Iraq invasion, suggested Monday they may take part. Russia said any such intervention would violate international law.


Kerry: Syria chemical arms use 'moral obscenity'

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:43 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria. Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria, and accused Assad of destroying evidence. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry declared Monday that there was "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, toughening the Obama administration's criticism of Bashar Assad's regime and outlining a justification for possible U.S. military action.


Russia, West on collision course over Syria

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, August 9, 2013Russia's two-and-a-half year dispute with the West over the conflict in Syria hit a new peak Monday as Moscow warned against military action without UN approval and cast doubt over the regime's involvement in a claimed chemical weapons attack.


US gave Iraq intel in 1980s, ignored chemical attacks: report

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:16 PM PDT

Saddam Hussein speaks to the judge during his trial February 13, 2006 in BaghdadThe United States provided Iraq with intelligence on preparations for an Iranian offensive during the Iran-Iraq war even though it knew Baghdad would respond with chemical weapons, Foreign Policy magazine reported Monday.


Canada backs US, Britain in calling for Syria action

Posted: 26 Aug 2013 12:12 PM PDT

A Shaam News Network photo shows a Syrian couple mourning in front of bodies wrapped in shrouds on August 21, 2013Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird on Monday called for a "firm response" to a deadly gas attack in Syria, following discussions with the NATO country's allies.


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