2013年9月16日星期一

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Western powers press Assad to comply; U.N. confirms sarin used

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:02 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry pauses at a news conference in GenevaBy Warren Strobel and Louis Charbonneau PARIS/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and France warned President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that there would be consequences if he failed to hand over Syria's chemical weapons, and said a U.N. report on the August 21 sarin gas attack left little doubt that Assad's forces were to blame. As expected, a report by U.N. chemical weapons experts did not say who launched the attack on the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Ghouta, which prompted the threat of Western military action. ...


Insight: Kenya cases stir African backlash against ICC

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:43 AM PDT

Kenya's Deputy President Ruto sits in courtroom before his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The HagueBy Pascal Fletcher and Edmund Blair JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya is canvassing support for a possible walk-out by African states from the International Criminal Court, whose prosecution of elected Kenyan leaders has revived accusations on the continent that the court unfairly targets Africans. ...


U.N. report photo shows confirmation of sarin in Syria attack

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:36 PM PDT

UN reportUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. photograph of chief U.N. chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom handing over his report on an August 21 gas attack on Damascus suburbs shows that the report confirms use of the deadly nerve agent sarin. "On the basis of the evidence obtained during the investigation of the Ghouta incident, the conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic ... against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale," the report said. ...


Costa Concordia salvage nears final phase

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:43 PM PDT

The capsized Costa Concordia cruise liner is pictured after the start of the "parbuckling" operation outside Giglio harbourBy James Mackenzie GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Salvage crews lifted the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner off a rock shelf on Monday as they worked deep into the night to complete one of the most difficult and expensive maritime salvage operations ever undertaken. The 114,500-ton Concordia has lain half-submerged on its side just off the Italian island of Giglio since it ran aground and sank with the loss of 32 lives on January 13, 2012. ...


Syrian opposition warcrimes record deepens peace plan faultline

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:15 AM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters walk through rubble inside the old city of AleppoBy Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - War crimes blamed on the Syrian opposition are predominantly being carried out by foreign fighters, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Monday, highlighting a deepening rift in the opposition that has been an obstacle to peace talks. "If you're going to look for the (opposition) groups that are committing the worst crimes, look particularly for the foreign fighters, where the foreign fighters are fighting," Karen Koning Abuzayd told reporters in Geneva. ...


Turkish warplanes shoot down Syrian helicopter

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:56 PM PDT

A helicopter belonging to Syrian President Bashar-Al Assad's forces flies over Houla, near HomsBy Saif Tawfiq YAYLADAGI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey said its warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter on Monday after it crossed into Turkish airspace and the government warned it had taken all necessary measures to defend itself against any further such violations. Turkey scrambled two F-16 jets along the border between its southern Hatay province and Syria after warning the Mi-17 helicopter it was approaching Turkish airspace shortly before 2:30 p.m. (1130 GMT), the military said in a statement. ...


Haiti a step closer to having army again

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 05:10 PM PDT

Members of Haiti's new national military force pose for a picture with an Ecuadorean soldier, center, during a ceremony in the farming village of Petite Rivere de L'Aritibonite, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Haiti moved closer on Monday to reconstituting a military that was abolished in 1995, in a small ceremony welcoming the first 41 recruits who recently returned from eight months of training in Ecuador. They will be the first members of a national military force that the government of President Michel Martelly wants to revive. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)PETITE RIVIERE DE L'ARTIBONITE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti moved closer on Monday to reconstituting a military that was abolished in 1995.


U.S. and Cuba talk about resuming direct mail service

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 05:05 PM PDT

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba concluded on Monday their second round of talks aimed at re-establishing direct mail service between the two countries after a 50-year ban, but left for later the most sensitive issue - Cuban planes landing on U.S. soil. The Cuban Foreign Ministry said both sides had agreed to continue the talks in the near future and that it had emphasized, "working out the transportation of mail by regular direct routes in both directions," was key to their successful conclusion. ...

Shooting spree on DC naval base leaves 13 dead

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:31 PM PDT

Members of the military look out from a building in Washington, DC, September 16, 2013A former US naval reservist opened fire at a base in the heart of Washington on Monday, killing 12 people and exchanging fire with police before losing his own life.


Obama OKs anti-chemical weapons gear for Syrian rebels

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:29 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama walks from his residence to the Oval Office at the White House in WashingtonMove suggests U.S. fears Assad may strike amid diplomatic effort.


White House locked down in firecracker alert

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:29 PM PDT

A member of the US Secret Service takes up position behind a tree on the North Lawn on September 16, 2013The White House was locked down in a sudden security alert Monday after a man threw firecrackers over the outer fence, sparking alarm hours after a gun massacre in Washington.


UN confirms chemical weapons used in Syria

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks to reporters after attending a Security Council meeting about Syria at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. U.N. inspectors said Monday there is "clear and convincing evidence" that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, U.N. inspectors reported Monday that rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where Syria's military has bases, but said the evidence could have been manipulated in the rebel-controlled stricken neighborhoods.


Two major storms lash Mexico, 41 dead amid 'historic' floods

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:22 PM PDT

Soldiers stand on the remains of a bus after it was buried by a mountain landslide in Altotonga in Veracruz stateBy Luis Enrique Martinez ACAPULCO (Reuters) - Two powerful storms pummeled Mexico as they converged from the Pacific and the Gulf on Monday, killing at least 41 people and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands amid some of the worst flooding in decades. Tropical Depression Ingrid battered Mexico's northern Gulf coast, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel lashed the Pacific coast, inundating the popular beach resort of Acapulco, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. ...


Shipwrecked Concordia wrested off Italian reef

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 04:07 PM PDT

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) — Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers on Monday gingerly winched the massive hull of the Costa Concordia off the reef where the cruise ship capsized near an Italian island in January 2012 and were poised to set it upright in the middle of the night.

Six Chinese officials stand trial for torture in landmark case

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:58 PM PDT

By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - Six Communist Party officials will stand trial in China on Tuesday on charges of torturing a man to death during an internal investigation in a case that has exposed the secret workings of the party's judicial system. Yu Qiyi, 42, a chief engineer for a state-owned investment firm in the eastern city of Wenzhou, drowned in April after being dunked repeatedly in a bucket of ice-cold water, state media said last week. His case sheds light on the detention of party officials under a system lawyers say is rife with abuse. ...

Seven confirmed dead, 1,500 homes destroyed in Colorado floods

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:56 PM PDT

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Seven people were confirmed dead and at least 1,500 homes destroyed in Colorado after a week of rare, torrential rains along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, and helicopter search-and-rescue flights resumed on Monday in flood-stricken areas. Much of the evacuation effort was focused on remote foothill and canyon communities of Larimer and Boulder counties in north-central Colorado, where 1,000 residents remained stranded due to washed-out roads, bridges and communication lines, the county sheriff's office said. ...

Two boats with 270 asylum seekers land in Italy

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:55 PM PDT

Syrian refugees on September 8, 2013 in IstanbulTwo boats carrying around 270 mainly Syrian asylum seekers landed on Italian shores on Monday, the latest of thousands of refugees fleeing the war-torn country to arrive in Italy, officials said.


Downed Syrian Helicopter Highlights Dangers of the Volatile Turkey-Syria Border

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:54 PM PDT

It's far from what the Turks had in mind. In late 2009, at the height of its detente with Syria, the Ankara government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan lifted visa requirements for Syrian nationals and floated plans for future energy cooperation, investments, as well a free trade zone. Less then four years later, with its southern neighbor gripped by war, and with Turkey openly calling for the US to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, the border has become a flashpoint. ...

Italy cruise wreck rises from sea in record salvage

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:49 PM PDT

The wreck of Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship begins to emerge from water on September 16, 2013Salvage operators in Italy worked through the night to lift the Costa Concordia cruise ship from its watery grave in the biggest ever project of its kind.


Former settlement to return to Palestinian hands

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:40 PM PDT

Palestinians gather outside a mosque in the village of Burka on December 15, 2011Land confiscated by Israel 35 years ago to build a Jewish settlement in the West Bank will finally be returned to its Palestinians owners, the Israeli military said on Monday.


Rare twin storms batter Mexico, 40 dead

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:37 PM PDT

A man rides a jet ski in a flooded street in Acapulco on September 16, 2013Mexico reeled Monday from the rare one-two punch of major storms on opposite coasts that triggered floods and landslides, killing at least 40 people while stranding tourists in Acapulco.


Israel court revokes internment of African migrants

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:28 PM PDT

Israeli immigration officers check an African migrant in Tel Aviv on June 12, 2012The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday overturned a law allowing illegal immigrants to be detained without trial for three years, declaring it "unconstitutional."


Cuba, US discuss direct mail service

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:21 PM PDT

HAVANA (AP) — U.S. and Cuban representatives met in Havana on Monday for renewed talks on re-establishing direct mail service, 50 years after it was severed amid Cold War tensions relations.

Israel says military threat 'deters rogue regimes'

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:15 PM PDT

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and Israel's Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon (L) on April 22, 2013 in Tel AvivIsraeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said Monday that the US-Russian deal for Syria to destroy its chemical weapons, proved that a credible threat of force could bring about diplomatic solutions.


US says Sudan leader should not attend UN assembly

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:04 PM PDT

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir speaks on September 3, 2013 in KhartoumThe United States condemned -- without rejecting -- Monday a visa request from Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, to attend the UN General Assembly.


UN team finds sarin gas used in Syrian attack

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:03 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has presented the Security Council with a report by a U.N. expert team on a chemical weapons attack in Syria last month that he says "makes for chilling reading." It found that sarin nerve gas-filled rockets were fired into the Damascus suburb of Ghouta but did not say who launched the attacks.

Turkey downs Syrian helicopter in tense border region

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:00 PM PDT

A helicopter of the Syrian regime forces hovers in Syria's northern Latakia province on February 5, 2013Turkey said it had downed a Syrian military helicopter that violated its airspace on Monday, in a move Damascus said was aimed at heightening tensions between the former allies.


New poll could curb Berlusconi's temptation to sink government

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:59 PM PDT

Italy's Prime Minister Berlusconi looks on during a news conference at Chigi Palace in RomeBy Barry Moody and Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - An opinion poll on Monday showed Silvio Berlusconi's party falling behind its center-left rivals and could undermine the media tycoon's temptation to bring down Italy's shaky coalition government over his tax fraud conviction. Allies of Berlusconi, 76, have been threatening for weeks to bring down the left-right coalition of premier Enrico Letta if a Senate committee meeting this week votes to bar him from parliament. ...


Belgian phone firm hacked; suspected spy attack

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:54 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's main phone operator said Monday its systems have been hacked in what the government described as a suspected incident of cyber-espionage.

Zanzibar police identify 15 acid attack suspects

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:53 PM PDT

Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein (L) consoles Christians on September 14, 2013 in Stone TownPolice in Zanzibar said Monday they had so far detained 15 people, some of them radical Islamists, in connection with recent acid attacks against a local Catholic priest and two British tourists.


Migrant dies as hundreds try to sail to Spain

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:46 PM PDT

Members of the Red Cross tend to migrants as they rest at the Red Cross at Tarifa's harbour on August 12, 2013One migrant died and a dozen more were missing after their boat capsized during the latest desperate seaborne attempt by hundreds in several vessels to reach Spain, officials said Monday.


34 dead as big storms hit Mexico on opposite sides

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Floodwaters rage past an urban area after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Tropical Storm Ingrid and the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico's Pacific and Gulf coasts with torrential rains while it appeared that the heaviest blow Sunday fell on the southern coastal state of Guerrero, where Mexico's government reported 14 confirmed deaths. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ingrid and the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico's Gulf and Pacific coasts with more torrential rains Monday, flooding towns and cities, cutting off highways and setting off deadly landslides in a national emergency that federal authorities said had caused at least 34 deaths.


Shelvey takes spotlight as Swansea hold Liverpool

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:37 PM PDT

Swansea City's Jonjo Shelvey (R) chases Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge in Swansea, south Wales on September 16, 2013Swansea midfielder Jonjo Shelvey went from hero to zero and back again in a dramatic 2-2 draw against his former club Liverpool on Monday.


Opposition, government supporters clash ahead of Guinea vote

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:36 PM PDT

Police disperse demonstrators on July 31, 2013 in Conakry during a protestPro-government and opposition supporters clashed on the streets of Guinea's capital on Monday, medical and police sources said, sparking fears over unrest in the west African nation a week ahead of nationwide elections.


Investors upbeat on Kenya despite ICC trials: IMF

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:31 PM PDT

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto at his trial at the ICC in The Hague on September 10, 2013Kenya's economic upturn provides a bullish case for foreign investors even though the country's leadership is being hauled before the International Criminal Court, the IMF said Monday.


New Egyptian petition: Run, General, run

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:30 PM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Gamel Soliman, left, and Islam el-Nabwi, hold a campaign to nominate the minister to run for president at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. The picture of the banner in the background is Defense Minister el-Sissi. A group of Egyptian professionals, lawyers and ex-army officers have launched a campaign to collect signatures urging the country's military chief to run for president, just two months after he ousted the first elected leader. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)CAIRO (AP) — A group of professionals and former army officers launched Monday a petition urging Egypt's military chief, who ousted the country's first freely elected leader, to run for president, highlighting the yearning for a strongman to take charge after nearly three years of turmoil.


New US ambassador arrives in Brazil amid tensions

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:25 PM PDT

In this photo released by Agencia Brasil, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde waves at the Brasilia International airport, upon her arrival to Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. The new ambassador to Brazil has landed in Latin America's biggest nation amid hiked tensions between the countries. Ambassador Ayalde is a career diplomat with three decades of experience, formerly the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. (AP Photo/Agencia Brasil, Marcello Casal Jr.)BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to Brazil landed in the capital Monday amid increasing tensions over a U.S. spy program that aggressively targets Latin America's biggest nation, reportedly including the personal communications of its president.


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