2013年9月2日星期一

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Assad warns of retaliation as France builds case for Syria attack

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 01:43 PM PDT

Syria's President Assad meets Boroujerdi, head of the Iranian parliamentary committee for national security and foreign policy, in DamascusBy John Irish and Catherine Bremer PARIS (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad warned Syria would retaliate if France takes part in foreign strikes on his forces, while Paris said it had intelligence proving Assad had ordered chemical attacks and was determined to punish him. "If the policies of the French state are hostile to the Syrian people, the state will be their enemy," Assad said in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro. "There will be repercussions, negative ones obviously, on French interests. ...


Egypt's Brotherhood under legal threat as bomb hits central Cairo

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:25 PM PDT

A man walks past graffiti depicting ousted Egyptian President Mursi in downtown CairoBy Kevin Liffey CAIRO (Reuters) - A judicial panel set up by Egypt's military-backed government supported a legal challenge to the status of the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday, compounding a drive to crush the movement behind the elected president deposed by the army in July. While short of a formal ban on the Brotherhood, which worked underground for decades under Egypt's previous military-backed rulers, the panel's advice to a court to remove its non-governmental organization status threatens the million-member movement's future in politics. ...


Brazil, Mexico ask U.S. to explain if NSA spied on presidents

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:38 PM PDT

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff participates in the inaugural ceremony for the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado at the Planalto PalaceBy Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil assailed the United States on Monday after new allegations that Washington spied on President Dilma Rousseff, complaining that its sovereignty may have been violated and suggesting that it could call off Rousseff's planned state visit to the White House next month. A Brazilian news program reported on Sunday that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on emails, phone calls and text messages of Rousseff and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a disclosure that could strain Washington's relations with Latin America's two biggest nations. ...


Beatings, evictions reveal ugly side of China's local debt pile

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:41 PM PDT

Xu poses at a construction site area where her house stood in WuxiBy Koh Gui Qing WUXI, China (Reuters) - When Xu Haifeng's home was razed three years ago, she went to China's capital Beijing to complain about the city and county governments that ordered the demolition. Since then, she says family members have been kidnapped at least 18 times, typically having black bags thrust over their heads before being taken to a hotel-turned-illegal jail in the eastern city of Wuxi and locked for weeks in a tiny, windowless room. Xu's story is shocking even in a country that has become used to tales of arbitrary and sometimes violent land expropriations. ...


Colombia's Cabinet resigns to allow Santos to make shuffle

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:13 PM PDT

Colombia's President Santos speaks during a Reuters interview at presidential palace in BogotaBOGOTA (Reuters) - Sixteen members of Colombia's Cabinet presented their resignations to President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday to pave the way for changes he may want to make after a protest in the farming sector turned violent last week. The Cabinet also offered its full support to Santos, according to a statement read by the president's secretary general, Aurelio Iragorri. The resignation is a matter of protocol before a Cabinet shuffle. (Reporting by Helen Murphy; Editing by Peter Cooney)


Britain must renegotiate flawed aircraft carrier deals: panel

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 04:16 PM PDT

By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should negotiate new contracts for two aircraft carriers and fighter jets to avoid the risk of budgets spiraling further out of control at taxpayers' expense, lawmakers said on Tuesday. The project for the biggest ships ever built for the Royal Navy has fuelled broader criticism of the defense ministry's handling of expensive weapons programs at a time of spending cuts across the public sector. The program has been dogged by rising costs, delays and indecision over the choice of aircraft since it was first announced in 2007. ...

US-Brazil tensions rise after new NSA spy report

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 04:39 PM PDT

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff arrives to meet members of Brazil's soccer team at Alvorada palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Brazilian government condemned a U.S. spy program that reportedly targeted the nation's leader, labeled it an "unacceptable invasion" of sovereignty and called Monday for international regulations to protect citizens and governments alike from cyber espionage. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian government condemned a U.S. spy program that reportedly targeted the nation's leader, labeled it an "unacceptable invasion" of sovereignty and called Monday for international regulations to protect citizens and governments alike from cyber espionage.


History goes up in smoke at Egyptian museum

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 04:14 PM PDT

The vandalized and looted exhibition hall at Egypt's Mallawi Museum, seen on August 26, 2013Magdy Tahami looks in disbelief at what remains of Egypt's tiny Mallawi museum.


Obama tries persuading the skeptical on Syria

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 04:00 PM PDT

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, accompanied by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, following a closed-door meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the situation with Syria. President Barack Obama, working to persuade skeptical lawmakers to endorse a U.S. military intervention in civil war-wracked Syria, hosted the two leading Capitol Hill foreign policy hawks for talks and directed his national security team to testify before Congress in a determined effort to sell his plan for limited missile strikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama worked on Monday to persuade skeptical lawmakers to endorse a U.S. military intervention in civil war-wracked Syria, winning conditional support from two leading Senate foreign policy hawks even as he encountered resistance from members of his own party after two days of a determined push to sell the plan.


Verizon reclaims US wireless stake for $130B

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 28, 2008, file photo, Eric Roden speaks on his cell phone as he walks past a Verizon store in Portland, Ore. Verizon says, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, it has agreed to buy Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon will own its wireless business outright after agreeing Monday to pay $130 billion for the 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless owned by British cellphone carrier Vodafone.


A look at Syria developments around the world

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Syrian refugees arrive at the Turkish Cilvegozu gate border, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Routine prevailed at a US-Turkish airbase in southern Turkey on Monday, a day after the US alleged that sarin gas was used in an August chemical weapons attack in Syria. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)The United States is considering launching a punitive strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, blamed by the U.S. and the Syrian opposition for an Aug. 21 alleged chemical weapons attack in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus. The U.S. said the attack killed 1,429 people, including at least 426 children. Those numbers are significantly higher than the death toll of 355 provided by the aid group Doctors Without Borders.


Brazil, Mexico summon US envoys over spy claims

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:28 PM PDT

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (R) waits with Gilberto Carvalho, at Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, September 2, 2013Brazil and Mexico summoned US ambassadors on Monday to demand explanations over allegations that the National Security Agency spied on their presidents' communications.


Arsenal break bank for Germany star Ozil

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:25 PM PDT

German midfielder Mesut Ozil celebrates after scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on April 20, 2013Arsenal on Monday shattered their transfer record to sign Germany attacking midfielder Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid in a deal reportedly worth £42.4 million ($66 million, 50 million euros).


Argentine ex-president Menem back on trial at 83

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:23 PM PDT

Ex-Argentinian President Carlos Menem (C) listens to his sentence during his trial in Buenos Aires, September 13, 2011Argentina's ex-president Carlos Menem was back in court for a new trial Monday, this time for allegedly falsifying his personal tax returns, the Supreme Court announced.


Assad: Risk of regional war if West strikes Syria

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:22 PM PDT

Syrian refugees arrive at the Turkish Cilvegozu gate border, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Routine prevailed at a US-Turkish airbase in southern Turkey on Monday, a day after the US alleged that sarin gas was used in an August chemical weapons attack in Syria. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)PARIS (AP) — France released an intelligence report on Monday alleging chemical weapons use by Syria's regime that dovetailed with similar U.S. claims, as President Bashar Assad warned that any military strike against his country would spark an uncontrollable regional war and spread "chaos and extremism."


Lava lamps: 50 years old and still groovy

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:05 PM PDT

In this Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, Anthony Voss, lava lamp expert and collector, poses for the photographer in a shop in London with some of the lava lamps in his collection. The lava lamp, an iconic piece of British design and social trends, is celebrating its fiftieth birthday. Since its launch in 1963, Mathmos lava lamps have been in continuous production at their factory in Poole, Dorset. The company founder and eccentric inventor Edward Craven-Walker originally developed the lava lamp from an egg timer design he saw in a Dorset pub. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)LONDON (AP) — Call them '60s relics or hippy home accessories, lava lamps have been casting their dim but groovy light on interiors for half a century, having hit British shelves 50 years ago on Tuesday.


'Butler' regains top spot in N. American box office

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:52 PM PDT

US director Lee Daniels poses on the red carpet at Deauville's US Film Festival on August 31, 2013"Lee Daniels' The Butler" regained the top slot at the North American box office over the US holiday weekend, according to preliminary figures released by an industry group.


Actor Michael Douglas says no crisis in marriage

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:50 PM PDT

US actor Michael Douglas smiles as he arrives for the Germany premiere of the movie 'Behind The Candelabra' in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BERLIN (AP) — Actor Michael Douglas says he doesn't have a crisis at home and that he and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones "are fine" and taking a "temporary separation."


Japan shuts down one of two operating reactors

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:50 PM PDT

Anti nuclear activists hold a rally to protest against resume of nuclear power plant at Oi town in Fukui on July 1, 2012One of Japan's two remaining working nuclear reactors was taken offline Tuesday, with the other to be shut down later this month and no restarts in sight amid public hostility to nuclear power.


Western dithering on Syria could hit credibility: observers

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:27 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Syria at the White House in Washington, DC, August 30, 2013The West's inaction days after threats to launch punitive action against Syria for a deadly chemical weapons attack could badly damage its credibility in tackling other global flashpoints, observers say.


Japan to spend 40 billion yen to treat radioactive water at Fukushima: Nikkei

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:25 PM PDT

Japan's NRA Chairman Tanaka attends a news conference in Tokyo(Reuters) - The Japan government plans to spend at least 40 billion yen ($402.60 million) to contain the leaking of radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the Nikkei newspaper said, citing government sources. The government is expected to announce on Tuesday a package of measures to deal with the crisis at the Tokyo Electric Power Co plant wrecked by an earthquake in 2011. The government intends to cover all the costs for freezing the soil around the reactors to prevent groundwater from mixing with contaminated water inside the reactor, the daily said. ...


Swaziland is a 'monarchial democracy', says king

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:24 PM PDT

Swaziland King Mswati III on August 17, 2012 in MaputoAfrica's last absolute monarch King Mswati III has declared his tiny mountain kingdom has a new political system -- a "monarchial democracy" -- his spokesman said on Monday.


Untested Yale man becomes Serbian finance minister, eyes IMF deal

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:22 PM PDT

By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian lawmakers endorsed 29-year-old former McKinsey consultant Lazar Krstic as finance minister on Monday, handing him the task of reining in the country's ballooning deficit and public debt. Krstic brings no political pedigree to the job but was handpicked by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), the biggest party in Serbia's ruling coalition. The Yale graduate was endorsed as part of a cabinet reshuffle passed by 134 votes to 65 in the 250-seat parliament. ...

As Obama pushes to punish Syria, lawmakers fear deep U.S. involvement

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:21 PM PDT

Handout of U.S. President Obama meeting with national security staff to discuss Syria in White HouseBy Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's efforts to convince Congress to back his plan to attack Syria met with skepticism on Monday from lawmakers in his own Democratic Party who expressed concern the United States would be dragged into a new Middle East conflict. ...


UN envoy says Congo rebels 'must disarm'

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:12 PM PDT

A woman carrying a child walks past an army tank in Goma on August 31, 2013The M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo "must disarm", UN special envoy Mary Robinson said Monday during a visit to the conflict-torn area as Congolese troops readied to seize a rebel stronghold.


In first major test, Obama overrules new team

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives to deliver remarks about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 in Washington. Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack. But he says he will seek congressional authorization for the use of force. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama's new foreign policy advisers, the first test of their willingness to undertake military action wound up being a stark lesson in the president's ability to overrule them all.


Mali interim leader says government has 'overcome' crisis

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:12 PM PDT

The new Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Abidjan on August 30, 2013The Malian government has successfully overcome the "huge challenge" of steering the country through a complex 18-month political crisis, interim leader Dioncouda Traore, who leaves office this week, said on Monday.


Protesters call for peace in Central African Republic

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Soldiers guard a crowd as they stage a protest against the abuses by Seleka fighters in Bangui on August 29, 2013Thousands of protesters descended on the Central African Republic's capital Monday to call for peace in the strife-torn country, which has been beset by reports of widespread rape and violence since a March coup.


Romanians protest for second day against gold mine

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 02:06 PM PDT

Protesters hold banners and shout slogans during the second day of demonstrations against the government's support for a plan to open a open-cast gold mine in Rosia Montana, in BucharestBUCHAREST (Reuters) - Protesters gathered in Romania's capital Bucharest late on Monday for a second day of protests against the government's support for a plan to open Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine. The more than 1,000 protesters were surrounded by riot police as they sat down on the street, tapping plastic bottles on the ground, chanting "United we will save Rosia Montana. ...


France says pension reform enough for several years

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 01:59 PM PDT

French Minister of Social Affairs and Health Marisol Touraine during an interview at the ministry in ParisBy Catherine Bremer and Emmanuel Jarry PARIS (Reuters) - The minister in charge of France's pension reform says her proposals are robust enough to tide the system over for several years at least, even if economic growth falls short of expectations. Health and Social Affairs Minister Marisol Touraine, whose pension law is set to go to parliament in October, told Reuters that while the plan may appear less bold than a 2010 move under conservative Nicolas Sarkozy to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, the Socialist reform would be a lasting one. ...


Senegal PM forms new government without singer Youssou N'Dour

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 01:57 PM PDT

Aminata Toure speaks to the press on May 3, 2013, in DakarSenegal's new prime minister, Aminata Toure, formed her new government Monday with the notable absence of singer and tourism minister Youssou N'Dour, according to a presidential statement.


Italy says Syria crisis to worsen refugee problem

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 01:50 PM PDT

A Syrian refugee arrives in Turkey at the Cilvegozu crossing gate of Reyhanli, in Hatay, on August 31, 2013Italy warned Monday the European Union lacks an adequate approach for the refugee problem that will worsen in case of an international intervention in Syria.


Mexico leader celebrates education reform victory

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 01:37 PM PDT

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto gives a thumbs up as he gives his first state-of-the-nation address at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Pena Nieto opened his address by praising the passage of a key education reform just hours earlier. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto used his first state-of-the-nation address Monday to push an aggressive reform agenda that seemed to be on the ropes last week, as protesting teachers attempted to block his plan for mandatory evaluations.


Daughter of Libya's ex-spy chief abducted

Posted: 02 Sep 2013 01:30 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The head of a Libyan prison says the daughter of the country's former spy chief has been abducted after leaving prison in the Libyan capital.

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