2013年8月28日星期三

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Obama makes case for punishing Syria over gas attack

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:38 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighter passes by convoy of U.N. vehicles carrying a team of U.N. chemical weapons experts at site of alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus' suburbs of ZamalkaBy Matt Spetalnick and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday that the Syrian government would face "international consequences" for last week's deadly chemical attack, but made clear any military response would be limited to avoid dragging the United States into another war in the Middle East. Casting the need for action based on U.S. national security interests instead of humanitarian grounds, Obama made his case to a war-weary American public for what is looking like an all-but-certain use of force in Syria, where he has long been reluctant to intervene. ...


Bombs kill 86 in Baghdad as sectarian violence spreads

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:44 PM PDT

By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of car bombings and other attacks across Baghdad on Wednesday killed 86 people and wounded 263, police and medical sources said, extending the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed in Iraq for at least five years. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks, which appeared coordinated, but Sunni Muslim insurgents including the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq have significantly stepped up bombings this year. ...

Taliban attack Polish base in Afghanistan, seven killed

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:13 PM PDT

NATO soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force stand at the site of an attack in Helmand provinceBy Mustafa Andalib GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Seven people were killed in an attack claimed by the Taliban on a base operated by Polish and Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials and a Reuters witness said. Ghanzi province's deputy governor said the attackers detonated an explosive-laden truck at the rear of the base and a car bomb at the main gate, before a six hour gunbattle inside involving up to 10 of the 15 assailants. ...


Egyptian soldiers will no longer swear loyalty to president

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT

An Egyptian army soldier guards on an armoured personnel carrier in front of the main gate of Torah prisonCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian soldiers will no longer swear loyalty directly to the president of the republic, according to a published decree, a symbolic change analysts said underlined the military's independence from any civilian control. Officers will vow to "execute the orders of my leadership", according to the amended oath of allegiance, that removes the phrase: "I will be loyal to the president of the republic". ...


U.S. rejects link between North Korea nuclear diplomacy, jailed American

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:00 PM PDT

Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, is surrounded by reporters after a meeting in TokyoBy Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The case of a U.S. citizen jailed in North Korea is a human rights issue that has no connection to long-stalled talks over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons, the State Department said on Wednesday. Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, is slated to travel to Pyongyang on Friday. The State Department on Tuesday described his trip as a "humanitarian mission" aimed at winning the release of ailing Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary and tour operator. ...


French prosecutor investigates U.S. Prism spying scheme

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:20 PM PDT

An undated aerial handout photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, MarylandPARIS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday it had launched a preliminary investigation into the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program after French rights groups complained it was snooping on citizens' emails and phone calls. The probe, which was opened in mid-July, followed a legal complaint earlier that month by two human rights groups denouncing U.S. spying methods revealed by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. ...


Lloyds of London probed in US over Iran dealings

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:25 PM PDT

The Lloyds building is pictured in London, on September 21, 2011New York's financial regulator is investigating insurer Lloyds of London for suspected violations of US sanctions forbidding dealings with Iran, a source told AFP Wednesday.


Panama says Cuban weapons shipment 'without doubt' violated U.N. sanctions

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:23 PM PDT

By Lomi Kriel PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Cuban weapons seized aboard a North Korean ship in Panamanian waters last month are "without doubt" a violation of United Nations sanctions against arms transfers to Pyongyang, Panama said Wednesday, citing a U.N. report. Panamanian authorities say they were given a preliminary report, presented by a panel of experts to the Sanctions Committee at the U.N. Security Council, according to a statement by Panama's Ministry of Security. "According to the first report presented by the panel of experts from the U.N. ...

Obama: Syrian gov't carried out chemical attack

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:20 PM PDT

An Israeli soldier is seen next to an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed near the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Israel ordered a special call-up of reserve troops Wednesday as nervous citizens lined up at gas-mask distribution centers, preparing for possible hostilities with Syria. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared unequivocally that the United States has "concluded" that the Syrian government carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians. But new hurdles emerged that appeared to slow the formation of an international coalition that could use military force to punish Syria.


Obama lays out case for 'tailored' strike against Syria: PBS

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:10 PM PDT

Obama speaks during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made the case on Wednesday for a limited military strike against Syria to deter the future use of chemical weapons, but added he had not made a decision yet on whether to take action. Obama's administration has spent the past week discussing how to respond to an attack in the suburbs of Damascus that killed hundreds of people, an attack that the president said could only have been made by the Syrian government. A senior U.S. official has said strikes could last several days and would involve other country's armed forces. ...


Swedish boarding school shut after boys burned with irons

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 04:04 PM PDT

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's school inspectorate ordered the temporary closure of a prestigious boarding school on Wednesday after two new boys were burned with electric irons in the latest bullying scandal at the elite establishment. The move came after several students of the Lundsberg school in central Sweden, whose alumni include Prince Carl Philip, the youngest child of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, were reported to the police for the hazing ritual over the weekend. The school inspectorate said the school would be closed from Thursday for up to six months. ...

UK's Cameron forced to delay strike against Syria

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:49 PM PDT

Protestors block Whitehall during a rally against the proposed attack on Syria in central LondonBy Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron was forced on Wednesday to push back his plans for an imminent military strike against Syria in a humiliating climb-down for Britain's leader after coming under fierce domestic and international pressure. Just a day after recalling Britain's parliament to vote on how to respond to Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons, Cameron was ambushed when the opposition Labour party said it wanted greater parliamentary scrutiny and rebel lawmakers in his own ruling Conservative party said they would oppose him. Earlier on Wednesday, ...


Angry teachers paralyze Mexico City with protests

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:40 PM PDT

A cyclist rides past police lined up along a main road near Los Pinos presidential residence during protests by teachers in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Educators protesting a government reform program have in the span of a week disrupted international air travel, forced the cancellation of two major soccer matches, rerouted the planned route of the marathon and snarled already traffic-choked freeways. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MEXICO CITY (AP) — This sprawling metropolis of honking cars and 22 million harried people has been brought to its knees, not by an earthquake or its ominous smoking volcanoes, but rather a small contingent of angry school teachers.


Acupuncture helps ailing alligator in Brazil

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Bino, the albino alligator, receives acupuncture treatment in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013. Veterinarians at the Sao Paulo aquarium have found a novel treatment for Bino, who suffers from hunchback and scoliosis: acupuncture. Once a week, several needles are inserted into Bino's back and the treatment is working. He's already able to twitch his tail again and move his back legs, which until recently he was unable to do. (AP Photo/Ana Pereira)SAO PAULO (AP) — Bino's back was killing him. He was suffering from scoliosis. He couldn't move his legs, two of them anyway, and his tail just wouldn't swish.


Obama: no decision yet on Syria strike

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:30 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama walks back to the West Wing of the White House August 28, 2013 in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama said Wednesday he had not yet decided whether to attack Syria, but that any US action would be a warning that "it better not" use chemical arms again.


On Syria, Obama says eyeing ‘shot across the bow’

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:21 PM PDT

President Obama discussed Syria, Russia and more during an interview with PBS.

France's de Villepin warns against 'conscience-clearing' Syria strikes

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:20 PM PDT

Dominique de Villepin is pictured on February 28, 2012 during a visit in Craon, western FranceFrance's former foreign minister Dominique de Villepin, famed for his passionate 2003 speech at the UN opposing the invasion of Iraq, warned Wednesday against military action in Syria.


Thousands flee to Central African Republic airport to escape ex-rebels

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:17 PM PDT

By Paul-Marin Ngoupana BANGUI (Reuters) - Thousands of civilians fled to the Central African Republic's main international airport to escape marauding former rebel fighters and occupied the tarmac for around 18 hours, blocking some flights from landing, witnesses and officials said. The Central African Republic has descended into chaos since the Seleka rebels swept into Bangui in March, toppling President Francois Bozize and unleashing a wave of violence that new leader Michel Djotodia has failed to control. ...

Factbox: If U.S. strikes Syria, destroyers likely to deliver the blow

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 03:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If U.S. President Barack Obama decides to take military action against Syria for using chemical weapons in its two-year-old civil war, the initial blows likely would be delivered by four U.S. guided missile destroyers currently in the Mediterranean. Beyond that, the president has a number of other ships and aircraft, both in the region and elsewhere, that he could use to carry out limited strikes to send a message aimed at deterring further chemical weapons use. ...

Survivors describe horrors of suspected gas attack

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:57 PM PDT

FILE - This image provided by by Shaam News Network on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show several bodies being buried in a suburb of Damascus, Syria during a funeral on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The early-morning barrage against rebel-held areas around the the Syrian capital Damascus immediately seemed different: The rockets made a strange, whistling noise. Seconds after one hit near his home, Qusai Zakarya says he couldn't breathe, and he desperately punched himself in the chest to get air. Hundreds of suffocating, twitching victims flooded into hospitals. Others were later found dead in their homes, towels still on their faces from their last moments trying to protect themselves from gas. Doctors and survivors recount scenes of horror from the alleged chemical attack a week ago. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, File)BEIRUT (AP) — The early-morning barrage against rebel-held areas around the Syrian capital immediately seemed different this time: The rockets made a strange, whistling noise.


Justin Bieber stopped for traffic offense, again

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:55 PM PDT

Justin Bieber performs at the Barclays Center on August 2, 2013 in New YorkJustin Bieber was stopped for running a stop sign and driving without a license Wednesday, in the Canadian teen sensation's latest run-in with traffic police, a spokesman said.


Panama says N.Korea ship's arms violated UN sanctions

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:53 PM PDT

The North Korean vessel Chong Chon Gang, at Manzanillo harbour in Colon, 90 kms from Panama City, on August 14, 2013The undeclared shipment of Cuban weapons found on a North Korean ship are a violation of UN sanctions against arms transfers to Pyongyang, Panama said Wednesday, citing a UN report.


US willing to go it alone against Syria if needed

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:52 PM PDT

An Israeli soldier is seen next to an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed near the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Israel ordered a special call-up of reserve troops Wednesday as nervous citizens lined up at gas-mask distribution centers, preparing for possible hostilities with Syria. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Wednesday it would take action against the Syrian government even without the backing of allies or the United Nations because diplomatic paralysis must not prevent a response to the alleged chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital last week.


UN peacekeeper killed in fresh DR Congo fighting

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:48 PM PDT

A United Nations peacekeeping mission helicopter flys over a UN basecamp in Goma on May 29, 2013Fresh clashes between rebels and government troops backed by UN forces and attack helicopters in eastern Congo left one peacekeeper dead Wednesday and three wounded.


UN peacekeeper killed in eastern Congo fighting

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:45 PM PDT

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — United Nations forces and the Congolese army attacked rebel positions with helicopter gunships, armored personnel carriers and a phalanx of ground troops Wednesday, ramping up the U.N.'s engagement in the latest rebellion to roil this country's tormented east.

Obama names Africa expert envoy to Sudan, South Sudan

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:43 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Donald Booth in the Oval Office on August 28, 2013President Barack Obama named his special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan on Wednesday, appointing experienced Africa hand Donald Booth to oversee peace-building efforts in the insurgency-plagued region.


Boehner to Obama: You must ‘personally’ explain Syria policy

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:39 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonBut Republican House speaker does not say Congress must vote on military action.


Britain pushes back Syria chemical attack response timetable

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:36 PM PDT

Police guard the entrance to Downing Street during a rally against the proposed attack on Syria in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain changed its stance on Syria on Wednesday, saying that the U.N. Security Council should see findings from chemical weapons inspectors before it responded militarily and that the British parliament should vote on the matter twice. Britain had previously declined to say it would wait for a U.N. report before launching military action and had suggested that the British parliament would only get one vote on military action - on Thursday. But U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sought more time for inspectors to complete their work, Russia said it was premature to table a ...


Egypt police arrest Brotherhood members' relatives

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:29 PM PDT

A poster showing Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi with Arabic slogan reading, "no revenge without trials," hangs in a popular coffee shop in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. The current bout of violence is the worst in Egypt's 2 ½ years of turbulent transition. It was set off when security forces backed by snipers and armored vehicles broke up two sprawling pro-Morsi protest camps on Aug. 14. More than 1,000 people, most Morsi supporters, were killed in the raids and other violence over the next several days.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities detained more than 60 people associated with the Muslim Brotherhood in less than 24 hours, including relatives of the group's leaders, officials said Wednesday.


Syrian envoy alleges rebel gas attack, demands U.N. investigate

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:19 PM PDT

U.N. chemical weapons experts wearing gas masks carry samples collected from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack while escorted by Free Syrian Army fighters in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of DamascusBy Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria asked the United Nations on Wednesday to order chemical experts in Damascus to investigate three rebel attacks in which he said Syrian troops "inhaled poisonous gas," while Britain pushed for the Security Council to act on the crisis. The United States dismissed the appeal by Syria's U.N. envoy, saying it had refused chemical experts access to Syria to investigate allegations poisonous gas had been used repeatedly in the country's 2-1/2-year-old civil war. ...


Obama hails King but says 'dream' requires vigilance

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:07 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama talks with Yolanda Renee King on August 28, 2013 in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama hailed Martin Luther King Jr Wednesday for saving America from oppression but said "constant vigilance" was needed to keep the civil rights icon's dream of equality alive.


Colombian peace talks recess with scant progress, election looms

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 02:00 PM PDT

Colombia's FARC lead negotiator Marquez reads a document during a news conference in HavanaBy Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels wound up a 13th round of peace negotiations on Wednesday, bickering over how to end the conflict and making little visible progress over key issues despite nine months of talks. While the discussion was supposed to focus on the political participation of Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), it was overshadowed by a proposed referendum on any deal that was submitted by President Juan Manuel Santos to congress last week and scheduled to occur during national elections next year. ...


British government approach on Syria 'consistent': UK foreign secretary

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:52 PM PDT

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives at Number 10 Downing Street in LondonLONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday the motion on how to respond to an alleged chemical attack in Syria to be considered by parliament on Thursday was consistent with the approach adopted by the government so far. "This motion, that we're putting to the House of Commons tomorrow, endorses the government's consistent approach that we must be prepared to take action against the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, to deter the future use of chemical weapons," Hague told the BBC. (Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)


Asylum seekers threaten to sink Australian government in election

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:48 PM PDT

File photo shows asylum seekers crying as Indonesian officers force them to leave the Australian vessel Hermia docked in MerakBy Rob Taylor BLACKTOWN, Australia (Reuters) - Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare crouches uncomfortably in a suit on the canvas of a youth boxing ring in Sydney's hardscrabble Western Suburbs, shaping up for the election fight of his life. Clare, in charge of a border circling 12 million square kilometers of ocean, has the unenviable job of stopping thousands of asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia, an issue threatening to bring down Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor government at elections just two weeks away. "People are drowning to get here. It opens up old scars. ...


Bolivia demands return of senator who fled to Brazil

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:39 PM PDT

Bolivian President Evo Morales speaks during a press conference in La Paz on August 28, 2013Bolivia's President Evo Morales demanded Wednesday the return of an opposition senator who escaped to Brazil after 15 months holed up in its embassy in La Paz.


Key lawmakers to get Syria chemical weapons briefing Thursday

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:34 PM PDT

Move seen as a prelude to making some evidence public.

Nigerian court grants US extradition request

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:30 PM PDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court on Wednesday ordered the extradition of one of its citizens wanted in the U.S. for terrorism.

Syrian gas attack must draw reaction, Merkel and Cameron agree

Posted: 28 Aug 2013 01:25 PM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter looks through a hole in a wall to find the positions of forces loyal to Syria's President Assad near Aleppo International airportBERLIN (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany and Britain believe that Syria's government should not to go unpunished for an apparent poison gas attack on its own people, Berlin said on Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister David Cameron agreed in a telephone discussion that the use of poison gas in last week's attack near Damascus was now sufficiently proven, the German government said in a statement. "The Syrian regime must not hope to be able to continue this warfare that violates international law ... ...


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