2013年8月3日星期六

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Conciliatory tones in Egypt as envoys seek to avert bloodbath

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 02:28 PM PDT

Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mursi enter a makeshift barrier built to demarcate their sit-in area in CairoBy Tom Perry and Matt Robinson CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed rulers and allies of its deposed Islamist president gave the first signs on Saturday of a readiness to compromise, pressed by Western envoys trying to head off more bloodshed. Faced with the threat of a crackdown on supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, diplomacy appeared to pick up pace, a month to the day since Egypt's army deposed President Mohamed Mursi and plunged the country into turmoil. ...


Zimbabwe's Mugabe declared winner, rival challenges poll result

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 01:19 PM PDT

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Tsvangirai gestures during a media briefing in HarareBy Nelson Banya and MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Africa's oldest president, Robert Mugabe, was declared winner of Zimbabwe's election on Saturday, but his rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, said he would challenge in court a result he called a fraud that would push the nation back into crisis. Mugabe, 89, who has ruled the former British colony in southern Africa since its independence in 1980, was formally proclaimed re-elected for a five-year term barely an hour after Tsvangirai announced his planned legal challenge. ...


Turkish police fire water cannon, teargas at Istanbul protesters

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 12:39 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters try to prevent the shutters of a shopping mall from closing, while attempting to take cover from riot police in IstanbulISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse small groups of anti-government protesters in central Istanbul on Saturday evening, television footage showed. There was a heavy riot police presence in the area around Istanbul's central Taksim square early in the evening, after calls for anti-government protests were made on social media. However there were no signs of large-scale protests. Halk TV footage showed police firing water cannon and teargas on the main pedestrian street leading to Taksim square and on adjoining side streets. ...


Iran gets new president, vows 'constructive' foreign relations

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 02:51 PM PDT

ROUHANI AND PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESS JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE IN ISLAMABAD.By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Hassan Rouhani took office as Iran's president on Saturday promising "constructive interaction with the world" after eight years under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked by diplomatic confrontation and damaging sanctions. The politically moderate 64-year-old cleric's resounding victory at June's election raised hopes of a negotiated end to the dispute over Iran's nuclear program and an easing of the sanctions that have hit the OPEC country's oil exports. That could avert a possible new war in the Middle East. ...


Iranians may have abducted Briton in Dubai: UK government source

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:53 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is taking seriously allegations that a British-Iranian citizen who went missing in Dubai in June may have been kidnapped by "elements in Iran", a government source in London said on Saturday. Abbas Yazdi was reported missing on June 25 and his wife Atena has told Dubai-based news website 7Days that she fears he may have been kidnapped by Iranian intelligence officers. "We believe that allegations that elements in Iran might be responsible for Mr Yazdi's disappearance are plausible, and we are taking them very seriously," the source told Reuters. ...

Libya's deputy prime minister resigns

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Libya's Deputy Prime Minister Awad Al-Barasi speaks during a news conference in BenghaziBENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya's deputy prime minister, Awad al-Barasi, resigned on Saturday, saying he was not given enough powers to carry out his duties. "I cannot work in a dysfunctional government where my powers are lost," al-Barasi told a news conference in Benghazi. Barasi criticized Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's Cabinet, saying it did not deal with problems in a real manner. Zeidan said last week he would reshuffle the Cabinet and reorganize the government to cope with the urgent situation in the country following killings in the eastern city of Benghazi that sparked violent demonstrations. ...


Honduras militarizes main prison after deadly riot

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 04:01 PM PDT

A Honduran police officer walks past an injured prisoner, flashing a gang sign from inside a cell at the Hospital Escuela, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Honduran President Porfirio Lobo ordered the militarization of the country's main prison on Saturday after a riot there left at least three gang members dead and three guards injured. Police said members of the 18 gang clashed with common criminals in Honduras' National Penitentiary, located 10 miles (15 kilometers) north of the capital. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran President Porfirio Lobo ordered the militarization of the country's main prison on Saturday after a riot there left at least three gang members dead and three guards injured.


Pro-government rally draws tens of thousands in Tunisia

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 03:28 PM PDT

Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement wave flags during a demonstration outside the Constituent Assembly headquarters in TunisBy Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Tunisians came out in a show of force for the country's Islamist-led government on Saturday, in one of the largest demonstrations since the 2011 revolution. Shouting, "No to coups, yes to elections," supporters of the ruling Ennahda party crowded into Kasbah Square next to the prime minister's office in the capital, Tunis. Ennahda, a moderate Islamist party, called on supporters of the embattled government to join the rally to push back against a week of mass protests calling for the government's ouster. ...


Attack on Indian mission in Afghanistan raises specter of regional struggle

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 02:52 PM PDT

Afghan policemen walk at the site of a suicide attack in JalalabadBy Rafiq Shirzad JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Insurgents attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's eastern capital on Saturday, killing nine people and reinforcing fears that a bloody regional power struggle will be played out in the country once most foreign troops leave. Twenty-three people were wounded when checkpoint guards stopped three attackers in a car as they approached the consulate in Jalalbabad city, the office of the governor of Nangarhar province, Gul Agha Sherzai, said in a statement. ...


Zimbabwe: Mugabe declared winner in disputed vote

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 01:55 PM PDT

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 1 2013. Tsvagirai said the election is "null and void" due to alleged violations in the voting process, but president Robert Mugabe has denied vote rigging. (AP Photo)HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's electoral panel on Saturday declared that longtime President Robert Mugabe had won re-election by a landslide, a result that could exacerbate tensions in the country, where the 89-year-old's chief rival and former coalition partner has accused him of poll-rigging.


US envoy in Egypt holds talks with rival sides

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 01:29 PM PDT

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi prays before "Iftar," the dusk meal when observant Muslims break their day-long fast, during a protest near Cairo University in Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest encampments as a senior U.S. diplomat was meeting with officials on both sides of the political divide to try to find a peaceful resolution to the standoff.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Interior Ministry warned supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday for a second time to abandon their protest camps as a senior U.S. diplomat met with officials on both sides of the country's political divide.


Algeria: Public lunch protests mandatory fasting

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 01:22 PM PDT

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — About 300 people in a restive northern region of Algeria joined a public lunch Saturday during Ramadan to protest what they say is persecution of people who refuse to observe the religious fast.

Twitter hands down new rules to beat abusive talk

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 12:45 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Twitter is handing down new rules to control abusive language, the company said Saturday, a move which follows a barrage of nasty, harassing, and threatening messages directed at high-profile female users of the microblogging site.

Diaper duty: Prince William tells of fatherhood

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 12:06 PM PDT

Britain's Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, left, and Prince Harry during the Audi Polo Challenge charity polo match, at Coworth Park, near Ascot, England, Saturday Aug. 3, 2013. Prince William has made his first public appearance since leaving hospital with his newborn son, playing in a charity polo match alongside brother Prince Harry. (AP Photo / Jane Mingay)LONDON (AP) — Prince William gave guests at a charity polo match an insight into his newfound paternal duties Saturday, saying his mind had been stuck in "baby mode" thanks to his feisty newborn son.


3rd place Mali candidate backs front-runner

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 11:53 AM PDT

Supporters of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita watch the televised reading of election results, at Keita campaign headquarters in Bamako, Mali, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Mali's presidential race will go to a second round on Aug. 11. Keita finished with a strong lead over his next closest rival, Soumaila Cisse, but still well shy of the majority needed to win outright in the first round.(AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell)BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The third-place finisher in Mali's presidential election threw his support behind the front-runner Saturday, an unexpected endorsement that could substantially improve the leading candidate's chances in the upcoming runoff vote.


Berlusconi aides seek presidential pardon

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 11:43 AM PDT

Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi waves to reporters as he leaves after attending a meeting with the People of Freedom party's lawmakers at the Lower Chamber in Rome, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Italy's former premier, Silvio Berlusconi, for the first time in decades of criminal prosecutions related to his media empire was definitively convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to prison by the nation's highest court, Judge Antonio Esposito, in reading the court's decision Thursday, declared Berlusconi's conviction and four-year prison term "irrevocable." He also ordered another court to review the length of a ban on public office ó the most incendiary element of the conviction because it threatens to interrupt, if not end, Berlusconi's political career. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)ROME (AP) — A Silvio Berlusconi loyalist warned on Saturday of a possible "civil war" if the ex-premier's punishment for tax-fraud conviction is not lifted, as his aides maneuvered to win a presidential pardon so he can avoid a prison term and a ban on holding public office.


Car bomb explodes west of Bahraini capital Manama

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 11:36 AM PDT

MANAMA (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a recreational area in Budaiya, west of the Bahraini capital Manama, on Saturday but no casualties were reported, the Interior Ministry said. Two gas cylinders were planted in a parked vehicle but only one exploded, a ministry source told Reuters. Bahrain, a majority Shi'ite country ruled by the Sunni al Khalifa family, has been buffeted by political unrest since 2011, with mostly Shi'ite Bahrainis agitating for democratic reforms and more say in government. ...

9 Afghans killed in attack on Indian consulate

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 11:31 AM PDT

Security officials conduct investigation at the scene of suicide bomb attacks in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Saturday, 3, 2013. Three suicide attackers killed at least nine civilians, most of them children, in a botched attack Saturday on the Indian consulate in an eastern Afghan city near the border with Pakistan, security officials said. (AP Photo/Babrak)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three suicide bombers tried to attack the Indian consulate in an eastern Afghan city on Saturday, sparking a shootout with guards on a bustling downtown street that left at least nine civilians dead, official said.


NSA revelations could hurt collaboration with 'betrayed' hackers

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 11:26 AM PDT

An illustration picture shows the logo of the U.S. National Security Agency on the display of an iPhone in BerlinBy Joseph Menn LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The U.S. government's efforts to recruit talented hackers could suffer from the recent revelations about its vast domestic surveillance programs, as many private researchers express disillusionment with the National Security Agency. Though hackers tend to be anti-establishment by nature, the NSA and other intelligence agencies had made major inroads in recent years in hiring some of the best and brightest, and paying for information on software flaws that help them gain access to target computers and phones. ...


Mali's Dembele breaks ranks, backs former PM Keita in run-off

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 11:21 AM PDT

Presidential candidate Cisse speaks at a news conference in BamakoBamako (Reuters) - The candidate of Mali's largest political party, who came third in the first round of the country's presidential election, broke ranks with his own party on Saturday and said he will back former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in a run-off. Dramane Dembele's move goes against his Adema-PASJ party's plans and deals a blow to the anti-junta coalition that had formed around former Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse, who will be Keita's contender in the August 11 second round. ...


Zimbabwe officials: Mugabe wins with 61 percent

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 11:02 AM PDT

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 1 2013. Tsvagirai said the election is "null and void" due to alleged violations in the voting process, but president Robert Mugabe has denied vote rigging. (AP Photo)HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's longtime President Robert Mugabe won 61 percent of the presidential vote, trailed by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai at 33 percent, election officials announced Saturday.


Bombings, shootings across Iraq kill 19

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 10:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, firefighters hose down a burned vehicle at the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.N. mission in Iraq says more than 1,000 people have been killed in violence across the country in July, the highest monthly death toll in years. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings across Iraq on Saturday killed 19 people, including an ambush that targeted a convoy carrying a top military commander in the country, authorities said.


Exclusive: Egypt pro-Mursi alliance signals flexibility in talks

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 10:26 AM PDT

Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mursi hold up posters during a rally in CairoBy Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Allies of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi told mediators on Saturday they respected the popular will expressed in mass protests that led to his downfall, suggesting they might be backing away from a demand he be reinstated. Tarek El-Malt, spokesman for the pro-Mursi delegation that met envoys from the United States and the European Union, said his camp sought a resolution to Egypt's crisis based on the constitution that was suspended after he was deposed. ...


Interpol makes new warning linked to prison breaks

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Interpol has issued a global security alert in connection with suspected al-Qaida involvement in several recent prison escapes including those in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan.

Iran supreme leader endorses Rouhani for president

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 10:01 AM PDT

In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, President-elect Hasan Rouhani, right, and outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sit, in an official endorsement ceremony for Rouhani, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran's supreme leader has formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as president opening the way for the moderate cleric to take over from outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as president Saturday, allowing the moderate cleric to take charge of a country weakened by economic sanctions over its nuclear program.


US band Bloodhound Gang booted from Russia concert

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:52 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — The American rock group Bloodhound Gang was kicked out of a Russian music festival and pelted with eggs after videos emerged of its bass player shoving a Russian flag down his pants at a recent concert in Ukraine. Russian prosecutors are even considering whether to open a criminal case in the matter, which comes amid a rise in U.S.-Russian tensions.

Terror threat prompts weekend US embassy closings

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:49 AM PDT

Map shows U.S. embassies and consulates that will close; 3c x 3 inches; 146 mm x 76 mm;WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a terrorist attack led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning to Americans, the first such alert since an announcement before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 strikes.


Al-Qaida chief: Egypt coup shows democracy corrupt

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:47 AM PDT

FILE - This file image from video the AP obtained Feb. 12, 2012, from the SITE Intel Group, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, authenticated based on details in it, shows al-Qaida's leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab, calling on Muslims across the Arab world and beyond to support rebels in Syria who are seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad. Al-Zawahri spoke in a 15-minute Internet audio message posted late Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, his second this week. He condemned the overthrow of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, but also blamed Morsi for trying to CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida's leader said the military coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi provides proof that Islamic rule cannot be established through democracy and urged the Islamist leader's followers to abandon the ballot box in favor of armed resistance.


Syrian rebels seize anti-tank missiles in raid on army base

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:30 AM PDT

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels captured an ammunition depot north of Damascus from President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Saturday, activists said, seizing a hoard of anti-tank missiles and rockets which will strengthen their firepower after a string of defeats. Video footage of the raid showed delighted rebel fighters carrying out boxes of weapons from the arms cache in Denha, near the town of Yabroud, following an overnight attack. ...

Greek police arrest German on suspicion of spying

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:29 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - A 72-year-old German man has been arrested on a Greek island on suspicion of spying for Turkey, police said on Saturday. The man told police he had photographed barracks and other military-related buildings on the island of Chios for five people he believed were Turkish nationals who paid him up to 1,500 euros ($2,000) for each assignment. Police suspect the individuals worked for the Turkish secret services, a Greek police official who spoke on condition of anonymity said, adding that investigations were ongoing. ...

Egyptian army chief says does not 'aspire for authority'

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:26 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, asked by the Washington Post on Saturday whether he planned to run for president, said he did not "aspire for authority." "You just can't believe that there are people who don't aspire for authority," Sisi told the interviewer. Asked "Is that you?", he replied: "Yes." Sisi, who led the overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi on July 3, urged the United States to use its leverage over Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood to end a political crisis that has killed scores over the past month. ...

Robert Mugabe re-elected Zimbabwe's president: election commission

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:25 AM PDT

Zimbabwe's President Mugabe looks on before casting his vote in HighfieldsHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has won re-election for a further five-year term, the Zimbabwe Election Commission said on Saturday. "Mugabe, Robert Gabriel, of ZANU-PF party is therefore duly elected president of the Republic of Zimbabwe with effect of today," commission head Rita Makarau told a news conference, giving the results of the July 31 vote which Mugabe's main challenger has rejected as a fraud. (Reporting by Cris Chinaka; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)


EU concerned about lack of transparency in Zimbabwe election

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:21 AM PDT

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton attends a news conference with Egypt's interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei at El-Thadiya presidential palace in CairoBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Saturday it was concerned about alleged irregularities and a lack of transparency in Zimbabwe's election, its strongest criticism so far of a poll that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has branded a "farce". The EU's verdict on the fairness of the elections will be crucial to deciding whether it continues to ease sanctions on the southern African country. "The EU is concerned about alleged irregularities and reports of incomplete participation, as well as the identified weaknesses in the electoral process and a lack of transparency. ...


Egypt working toward political reconciliation, Sisi tells U.S

Posted: 03 Aug 2013 09:19 AM PDT

Egypt's Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is seen during a news conference in Cairo on the release of seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in SinaiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told the United States on Saturday that the new army-installed Egyptian leadership was working toward political reconciliation following the military overthrow of the president on July 3, the Pentagon said on Saturday. Sisi's made the comments during a telephone conversation with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in which the Pentagon chief expressed concern about violence in Egypt after the military toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. ...


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