2013年9月25日星期三

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Kenya launches probe as Shabaab leader confirms mall attack

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:33 PM PDT

Kenya Defence Forces soldiers take their position at the Westgate shopping centre in NairobiBy Richard Lough and Abdi Sheikh NAIROBI/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - U.S., British and Israeli agencies are helping Kenya investigate an attack claimed by Somali Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed at least 72 people and destroyed part of the complex, officials said on Wednesday. President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that troops had defeated the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group after a four-day siege at the shopping center popular with prosperous Kenyans and foreigners. He declared three days of mourning. ...


Grenade blast in Kenyan town kills man, wounds three others

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:07 PM PDT

ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - One person was killed and three others were wounded in a grenade blast in the Kenyan town of Wajir, including a man suspected to have hurled the device at a supermarket, police said. David Kirui, the police commander for the town, which is about 500 km (310 miles) northeast of the capital of Nairobi, said it was too early to say who was behind the Wednesday evening attack. ...

Israeli-Palestinian talks to intensify, greater U.S. role

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 05:07 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry speaks during the Millennium Development Goals event at U.N. Headquarters in New YorkBy Arshad Mohammed UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to intensify their peace talks and to increase the U.S. role, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday in a rare comment on the negotiations. Speaking to donors who support the Palestinian Authority, Kerry said the two sides have met seven times since the talks resumed on July 29 although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have not met. ...


Kerry signs U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, says won't harm U.S. rights

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 01:35 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a luncheon in New YorkBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States signed a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty regulating the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms on Wednesday and the Obama administration sought to allay the fears of the powerful U.S. gun lobby which says the pact will violate the constitutional rights of Americans. The treaty, which relates only to cross-border trade and aims to keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers and criminals, still requires ratification by the U.S. ...


Peru to rescue copper miners reportedly trapped after quake

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:08 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Authorities in Peru rushed to rescue miners reportedly trapped in copper pits on Wednesday after an earthquake shook the coast - causing landslides, injuries and possibly deaths in rural provinces, local officials said. Officials in the southern Arequipa region said they were told that people died after collapses in make-shift copper mines, which operate largely outside of the law. A magnitude 7 quake, capable of widespread, heavy damage, struck near Peru's southern coast a few minutes before midday on Wednesday. However, they said they could not confirm the deaths. ...

France pushes for U.N. action on Central African Republic

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:33 PM PDT

France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attends a news conference after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in MoscowBy John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister called on Wednesday for the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution next month to boost U.N. operations in the Central African Republic, which he said risked becoming a new Somalia if it did not get immediate support. The landlocked, mineral-rich Central African Republic, or CAR, has slipped into chaos since northern Seleka rebels seized the capital, Bangui, and ousted President Francois Bozize in March. U.N. officials and rights groups say both sides may have committed war crimes. ...


Russia expects Syria resolution in next 2 days

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 05:14 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council, long paralyzed by deep divisions over how to deal with the Syrian conflict, is about two days away from agreeing on a resolution to require Damascus to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Wednesday.

US says Israelis, Palestinians aim for final deal

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 05:13 PM PDT

Palestinian Finance Minister Shukri Bishara, left, shakes hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Yuval Steinitz after a press conference regarding a meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to intensify peace talks aimed at reaching a final agreement, not an interim accord, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday.


Spacecraft with American, 2 Russians blasts off

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 05:08 PM PDT

U.S. astronaut Michael Hopkins, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, speak with their familys prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American lifted off early Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, soaring into the night sky for a six-hour trip to the International Space Station. Their six-month mission will include a spacewalk with the Olympic torch.


Seven killed in Sudan protests over scrapped fuel subsidies

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:59 PM PDT

Sudanese protestors demonstrate in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman after the government announced steep price rises for petroleum products, September 25, 2013Khartoum (AFP) - Seven demonstrators were killed in Khartoum and its sister city Omdurman Wednesday as protests over the Sudanese government's scrapping of fuel subsidies raged for a third day, witnesses and relatives said.


Colombia's Santos says support of Venezuela, Cuba key to peace talks

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:49 PM PDT

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos speaks at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in CambridgeBy Scott Malone CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The support of Venezuela and Cuba will play a key role in Colombia's efforts to reach a negotiated end to Latin America's last major guerilla war, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday. Santos, who 10 months ago launched a round of talks with the left-wing FARC rebels, said he believed talks in Havana could bring an end to a 50-year conflict that has taken the lives of more than 220,000 people, mostly civilians. ...


Moyes heartened by 'hurt' United's reaction

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:38 PM PDT

181940254Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Manchester United manager David Moyes spoke of how he felt encouraged after seeing his side bounce back from their derby drubbing by Manchester City to knock Liverpool out of the League Cup.


Venezuela arrests 22 in Air France cocaine bust

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:26 PM PDT

A picture taken on September 21, 2013 in Nanterre, shows a part of the 1.3 tonnes of pure cocaine seized by policeCaracas (AFP) - Venezuela has arrested 22 people including eight military staff in a smuggling case in which 1.3 tons of cocaine were flown from Caracas to Paris on an Air France jet.


Father of Iran prisoner appeals to Rouhani

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:20 PM PDT

A grab taken from a video aired by the official Iranian state TV on December 18, 2011 shows Amir Mirzai HekmatiNew York City (AFP) - The father of a US citizen imprisoned in Iran forwarded a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday pleading with him to free his son on humanitarian grounds.


Bashir cancels UN trip: official

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:16 PM PDT

Omar al-Bashir speaks during a press conference in Khartoum late on September 22, 2013UNITED NATIONS (United States) (AFP) - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes and genocide, on Wednesday cancelled a planned trip to the UN General Assembly, the UN said.


Israel easing some restrictions on Palestinians

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:09 PM PDT

Armed Palestinian Hamas security forces are seen in the streets of Gaza City on September 25, 2013United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Israel announced Wednesday that it is easing some restrictions on the impoverished Gaza Strip and West Bank as it negotiates a final peace deal with the Palestinians.


Iran leader wants nuclear deal within months

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:08 PM PDT

Hassan Rouhani speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 24, 2013 in New YorkWashington (AFP) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wants to reach an agreement over the country's nuclear program within three months and has full backing to broker a deal from the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, it was reported Wednesday.


Nairobi attack puts spotlight on mall safety

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, a Kenyan soldier runs through a corridor on an upper floor, shortly before an explosion was heard, at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Shopping centers across the globe are adding guards and increasing security following the attack in Nairobi over the weekend. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis/File)NEW YORK (AP) — Some malls around the world have been scrambling to add security guards to look for suspicious people following a deadly attack on a shopping center in Nairobi over the weekend. But for other malls, it's been business as usual.


Iran shows new urgency to revive nuclear talks

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:58 PM PDT

Hasan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Brendan McDermid, Pool)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran showed new urgency Wednesday to revive stalled negotiations with six world powers over its disputed nuclear activities, seeking to ease crippling international sanctions as quickly as possible.


UN powers make progress on Syria resolution: envoys

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:49 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama greets other leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2013UNITED NATIONS (United States) (AFP) - The world's major powers made important progress Wednesday on key points of a UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, envoys said.


Three charged in British slavery probe

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:42 PM PDT

A prison van is seen in Wales on October 8, 2012London (AFP) - Three men have been charged following a raid by police investigating alleged slavery at several sites in Wales, local police said Wednesday.


'White Widow' rented property in South Africa

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Hanout photo of copy of fake South African travelling passport of Samantha LewthwaiteJohannesburg (AFP) - A British woman thought to be linked to the Nairobi mall attacks used an assumed South African identity to take out bank loans and rent property in Johannesburg, local media reported Wednesday.


'Boko Haram chief' appears in video after death claims

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:32 PM PDT

A screengrab taken on September 25, shows a man claiming to be Abubakar ShekauKano (Nigeria) (AFP) - A man claiming to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram appeared in a video Wednesday taunting world leaders after the military said he may have been killed.


Suarez vows to make amends after troubled spell

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT

Luis Suarez reacts at Old Trafford in Manchester on September 25, 2013Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Luis Suarez vowed to make amends for a troubled spell after the Liverpool striker finally returned from suspension in Wednesday's 1-0 defeat at Manchester United.


FBI agents work in nightmarish scene at Kenya mall

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:24 PM PDT

Mary Italo, center, grieves with other relatives for her son Thomas Abayo Italo, 33, who was killed in the Westgate Mall attack, as they wait to receive his body at the mortuary in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Thomas was an accountant and the breadwinner of the family who helped look after Mary who is sick, according to relatives. Kenyan authorities prepared for the gruesome task of recovering dozens more victims than initially feared after the country's president declared an end Tuesday to the four-day siege of the Nairobi mall by al-Qaida-linked terrorists. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Working near bodies crushed by rubble in a bullet-scarred, scorched mall, FBI agents began fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis Wednesday to help determine the identities and nationalities of victims and al-Shabab gunmen who attacked the shopping center, killing more than 60 people.


Clashes cap anti-fascist protest in Athens

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:24 PM PDT

A molotov coctail explodes in front of riot police on September 25, 2013 in AthensAthens (AFP) - Greek police clashed with protesters in Athens late Wednesday at the end of a huge march sparked by the murder of an anti-fascist musician, allegedly at the hands of a self-confessed neo-Nazi.


Iran's Rouhani wants nuclear deal in 3-6 months: newspaper interview

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:21 PM PDT

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New YorkUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday that he wants to reach a deal with world powers on Tehran's nuclear program in three to six months. "The only way forward is for a timeline to be inserted into the negotiations that's short," Rouhani was quoted as telling the Washington Post, through a translator, during a visit to New York where he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. "The shorter it is, the more beneficial it is to everyone. ...


US, EU bungled Arab Spring strategy: study

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:20 PM PDT

Egyptian security forces patrol the northern coastal city of Alexandria on September 20, 2013Washington (AFP) - The United States and the European Union lack strategy and influence in countries affected by the Arab Spring despite directing billions of dollars in aid towards the region since 2011, a report said Wednesday.


Propaganda, little else, unites Africa's jihadist groups

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Armed Kenyan policemen take cover outside the Westgate mall in Nairobi on September 23, 2013Paris (AFP) - African Islamist groups claiming links to Al-Qaeda spout the same propaganda and sometimes collaborate in minor ways, but they are chiefly focused on their own localised goals, experts say.


'Forever grateful': Saved mall goers thank police

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 file photo, Lyndsay Handler, center, holds her daughter Julia, 2, and husband Nick, background center, in a reunion that came after the couple had been separated for three hours inside the Westgate Mall under attack by al-Shabab terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya. Undercover police officers armed only with pistols and walkie-talkies, as well as unarmed mall security guards helped save countless lives in the initial minutes and hours of the attack - heroics those they brought to safety say have gotten too little attention. (AP Photo/Georgina Goodwin, File)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As al-Qaida-linked terrorists threw grenades and fired automatic weapons, the three plainclothes Kenyan police officers, lightly armed and wearing no bulletproof vests, helmets or other protective gear, worked their way to the roof of Nairobi's Westgate Mall and led a group of frightened shoppers to safety.


Sudan drops off Internet on 3rd day of riots

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:46 PM PDT

A Sudanese man looks at tires burnt by protesters to close the highway to northern cities amid a wave of unrest over the lifting of fuel subsidies by the Sudanese government, in Kadro, 15 miles (24.14 kilometers) north of downtown Khartoum, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Sudan's loss of its main oil-producing territory with the independence of South Sudan in 2011 was a punch to its fragile economy. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan dropped almost completely off the Internet on Wednesday as riots over the lifting of fuel subsidies entered their third day and protesters battled security forces in the capital.


UN resumes Syria chemical hunt as Ban presses majors

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:28 PM PDT

A rebel fighter cooks food on a make-shift stove in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on September 25, 2013Damascus (AFP) - Weapons inspectors returned to Syria on Wednesday to hunt for evidence of poison gas attacks, as UN leader Ban Ki-moon pressed world powers to overcome their divisions on the conflict.


Syria rebels break ranks in challenge for foreign backers

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:23 PM PDT

Rebel fighters secure a damaged street in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor on September 23, 2013Beirut (AFP) - A decision by key Syrian rebel groups to break with the Western-backed National Coalition further splinters the opposition and poses a key challenge for its international supporters, analysts say.


Russia denies agreement on core of U.N. Syria resolution

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:21 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday rejected suggestions by Western diplomats that there was an agreement between the five permanent U.N. Security Council members on the core of a draft resolution on eradicating Syria's chemical weapons. "This is just their wishful thinking," the spokesman for Russia's U.N. delegation said. "It is not the reality. The work on the draft resolution is still going on." (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau)

Al Shabaab leader confirms group attacked Kenyan mall, warns of more strikes

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:17 PM PDT

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The leader of the Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab has for the first time confirmed claims by members of his group that it was behind the attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed at least 72 people and destroyed part of the complex. In an audio posted on the al Shabaab-linked website www.somalimemo.net on Wednesday night, Ahmed Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu al-Zubayr, said the attack on the mall was in retaliation for Kenya's incursion in October 2011 into southern Somalia to crush the insurgents. ...

Police fire tear gas as anti-fascist protests in Greece turn violent

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:08 PM PDT

An anti-fascist protester raises his fist during a demonstration in AthensBy Yannis Behrakis and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police fired tear gas at anti-fascist protesters who hurled petrol bombs and stones near the Athens headquarters of Golden Dawn on Wednesday following the killing of an anti-racism rapper by a supporter of the far-right party. Thousands of Greeks marched towards the party's offices earlier on Wednesday in the biggest show of public anger at Pavlos Fissas' stabbing. Rampaging protesters set garbage cans on fire and smashed bank windows. ...


Six killed in Sudan clashes after fuel subsidies cut

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Demonstrators gather at Kalakla Market during a protest against a cut in fuel subsidies in south KhartoumBy Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Six Sudanese protesters were killed on Wednesday in clashes with security forces on a third day of unrest over a cut in fuel subsidies, medics and relatives said. Protesters torched cars and petrol stations and threw rocks at police, who fired tear gas to try to disperse the biggest display of public anger against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's government in more than a year. Internet access was cut off across Sudan after activists began sharing images of the protests on social media. ...


South Korea ahead of North in air power but seeks stealth as deterrent

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:05 PM PDT

Handout photo of three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters flying over Edwards Air Force BaseBy Joyce Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's decision to reject a bid by Boeing to supply 60 warplanes and to re-issue a tender was made in the interests of better technology but may not be justified given North Korea's weak air capabilities, experts said on Wednesday. Lockheed Martin's F-35A, previously considered too expensive, has shot to the front of the race for a multi-billion dollar deal after the Defence Ministry singled out a fifth-generation fighter as the preferred option. Boeing's F-15 Silent Eagle, the only bid within budget, had been poised to win the 8. ...


Israeli-Palestinian talks to intensify, greater U.S. role

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:01 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to intensify their peace talks and to increase the U.S. role, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday in a rare comment on the negotiations. Speaking to donors who support the Palestinian Authority, Kerry said the two sides have met seven times since the talks resumed on July 29 although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have not met. ...

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