2013年9月28日星期六

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Aftershock kills 15 in quake-hit Pakistan province

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 09:40 AM PDT

A survivor of an earthquake carries a pot on her head filled with drinking water as she walks near the rubble of a mud house after it collapsed following the quake at Dhallbedi Peernder village in Awaran districtBy Gul Yousufzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed on Saturday when an aftershock hit a Pakistani province where hundreds were killed in an major earthquake earlier this week. Saturday's 6.8 magnitude aftershock destroyed most of the town of Nokjo in the western province of Baluchistan, police said. The town is home to at least 15,000 people. At least 515 people were killed in Tuesday's earthquake in the same province, officials said on Friday. The death toll from Saturday's aftershock may rise, said Khan Wasey, the spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps. ...


Nigerian Islamists kill 27 in northeast attacks: official

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:08 PM PDT

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram killed 27 villagers in two attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast this week, a government official said, as violence continued to flare in the face of an army crackdown on the militants. Boko Haram wants to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria and has become the biggest security threat in Africa's second largest economy and top oil exporter. ...

Islamists, ruling party members chide Sudan's Bashir amid protests

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:49 PM PDT

Cars burn in front of a building during protests over fuel subsidy cuts in KhartoumBy Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Islamists and members of Sudan's ruling party called on President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Saturday to cancel deeply unpopular austerity measures, the first sign of dissent inside ruling circles after a week of unrest that has killed dozens. Police fired teargas to break up thousands of people in the capital during a sixth day of protests against cuts to subsidies on cooking oil and fuel that doubled pump prices overnight. Some in the crowd chanted "Freedom, Freedom" and "Bashir, you are a killer", said witnesses. ...


Italian government breaks up after Berlusconi pulls out ministers

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:22 PM PDT

Silvio Berlusconi waves to supporters next to PDL Secretary Angelino Alfano in downtown RomeBy Catherine Hornby and Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of the cabinet on Saturday, effectively bringing down the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta and leaving the euro-zone's third-largest economy in chaos. Talks will now start to find a parliamentary majority to back a new cabinet and avoid going back to an election just seven months after the last one. ...


Jesse Jackson accepts role in Colombia hostage release

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:23 PM PDT

U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson talks to the media at the National hotel in HavanaBy Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson accepted a request on Saturday by Colombia's FARC rebels to oversee the release of a former U.S. Marine they kidnapped in June while he trekked through a known guerrilla zone despite warnings of the risks. Jackson, speaking in Havana where he met on Friday night with Colombian rebel commanders who are in Cuba for peace talks with the Bogota government, said he hoped to arrive in Colombia within a week to facilitate the release of Kevin Scott Sutay. ...


Kenya says 'at war' with al Shabaab, faces security questions

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 10:15 AM PDT

A boy prays with his father after lighting a candle during a memorial service in front of the Westgate shopping mall in NairobiBy Matthew Mpoke Bigg and James Macharia NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya is "at war" with Islamist militants who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, the government said on Saturday as it faced questions about whether it had received advance intelligence warnings of the deadly strike. A week after the raid on the Westgate shopping centre that killed 67 civilians and police and was claimed by the Somali militant group al Shabaab, the government has been trying to reassure Kenyans that it can protect them from further attacks. ...


Netanyahu heads to US to challenge Iranian charm blitz

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 04:14 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on September 17, 2013Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu left for New York early Sunday in a bid to challenge perceptions that Iran under its new president poses less of a nuclear threat than before.


Iraqi minister doubts new civil war on horizon

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 04:09 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq's foreign minister says he doubts the escalating violence in the country will lead to "an all-out sectarian or civil war."

Greek neo-Nazi MPs to face criminal charges: court source

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 04:08 PM PDT

Lawmakers of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party Yannis Lagos (front) and Ilias Kasidiaris (back) are escorted by masked police officers to the prosecutor from the police headquarters in Athens on September 28, 2013Athens (AFP) - Five lawmakers of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn including its founder Nikos Michaloliakos will face charges of belonging to a criminal organisation, a court source said Saturday.


U.N. Security Council demands elimination of Syria chemical arms

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Members of the United Nations Security Council raise their hands as they vote unanimously to approve a resolution eradicating Syria's chemical arsenal during the 68th United Nations General Assembly in New YorkBy John Irish and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that demands the eradication of Syria's chemical weapons but does not threaten automatic punitive action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government if it does not comply. The unanimous vote by the 15-member Security Council capped weeks of intense diplomacy between Russia and the United States. It was based on a deal between the two countries reached in Geneva earlier this month following an August 21 sarin nerve gas attack on a Damascus suburb that killed hundreds. ...


Rev. Jackson to mediate for US captive in Colombia

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:22 PM PDT

Rev. Jesse Jackson listens to a reporter's question during an impromptu news conference at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Jackson accepted a request on Saturday by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to oversee the release of a U.S. citizen Kevin Scott Sutay kidnapped in June. Jackson is in Cuba for talks with religious leaders about their concerns for the poor, and peaceful relations between Cuba, the United States and the rest of the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)HAVANA (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson accepted an invitation Saturday from Colombia's largest guerrilla army to mediate the release of a U.S. man the rebels have held since June.


Austrian coalition faces far-right challenge in vote

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:09 PM PDT

By Michael Shields VIENNA (Reuters) - A resurgent right-wing party keen to end taxpayer-funded bailouts of euro zone laggards takes on Austria's political establishment in parliamentary elections on Sunday. The ruling Social Democrats (SPO) and their People's Party (OVP) conservative partners are counting on their record in piloting the Alpine republic through the global financial crisis relatively unscathed to win another five-year term. ...

Iraq says Iran's shift toward West is serious

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:02 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq's foreign minister said Saturday that the new Iranian government led by President Hassan Rouhani offers "the best chance after 34 years of animosity" to improve relations with the United States and should be taken seriously.

DR Congo seizes 375 kilos of coltan bound for Rwanda: minister

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:18 PM PDT

Men carry bags of cassiterite, coltan and computers, and manganese on May 28, 2013 from the Mudere mine, near Rubaya, some 9 kms from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of GomaKinshasa (AFP) - Customs officers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have seized 375 kilogrammes of coltan, a precious mineral used in electronics, en route to Rwanda, an official said Saturday.


Guinea's elections turn page on years of 'chaos'

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:12 PM PDT

Guinean President Alpha Conde leaves a polling station after voting in Conakry on September 28, 2013Conakry (AFP) - Guineans voted Saturday in the first parliamentary elections for more than a decade in the troubled west African nation, after numerous delays and a campaign marred by deadly unrest.


Iraq Kurd opposition party consolidates position in regional vote

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:03 PM PDT

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan's main opposition party has come in second in the autonomous region's parliamentary election, according to preliminary results on Saturday that left the shape of the government still unclear a week after the vote. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) share power in the previous cabinet with a combined 59 out of 111 parliamentary seats, having fought out their rivalries in a civil war during the 1990s. ...

Nigeria official: many drown in ferry capsizing

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:03 PM PDT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A ferry carrying traders and their goods broke up in stormy weather on the Niger River, drowning as many as 42 people as rescuers search for 200 missing victims, a Nigerian emergency official said Saturday.

Sudan police fire on funeral march, protesters say

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:57 PM PDT

Sudanese men pray over the body of Salah Sanhory, 26, who was killed on Friday Sept. 27, 2013 by security forces, during his funeral in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. The regime of President Omar al-Bashir is trying to stop public anger over fuel price hikes from turning into an Arab Spring-style uprising against his 24-year rule. But a crackdown by security forces appears to be fueling the unrest. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese security forces in pickup trucks opened fire on Saturday on hundreds of mourners marching after the funeral of a protester killed a day earlier, the latest violence in a week of demonstrations calling for the ouster of longtime President Omar al-Bashir.


Suicide bombers kill Malian civilians in upsurge in violence

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:53 PM PDT

A French soldier on April 10, 2013, hunts for Islamist fighters in a valley in northern MaliBamako (AFP) - Four suicide bombers blew themselves up at an army barracks in northern Mali on Saturday, killing two civilians in an upsurge in violence against the military since the failure of peace talks with rebel groups.


Greece sends message to doubters with arrest of neo-Nazi

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:46 PM PDT

The leader of ultra-right wing Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos is escorted by masked police officers to the prosecutor from the police headquarters in Athens on September 28, 2013Athens (AFP) - With the arrest of a neo-Nazi leader on Saturday, the Greek government is sending a message of strength despite longstanding financial turmoil to many at home and abroad, analysts claim.


Gunmen kill 4 in Sudan protests

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:36 PM PDT

People look at burnt vehicles on September 26, 2013 in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after rioting erupted following a decision by the government to scrap fuel subsidiesKhartoum (AFP) - Gunmen have killed four Sudanese during mostly peaceful protests, the police said on Saturday, as thousands prepared to bury one victim and more demonstrations were expected.


SITE: Extremists post video of French hostage

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:31 PM PDT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists published the first video of a French engineer kidnapped in Nigeria in December, showing a white-bearded man backed by an armed militant appealing for negotiations for his "safe release," according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

Iraq president's party falls to third in Kurdish polls

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:29 PM PDT

Vehicles drive past a giant poster featuring Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on September 18, 2013 in Iraq's northern city of SulaimaniyahArbil (Iraq) (AFP) - An opposition movement bested Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's party in the autonomous Kurdish region's parliamentary polls, shaking a decades-long duopoly on power, according to election results announced Saturday.


Syria vows to abide by UN resolution

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi speaks to journalists after an economic meeting, in Damascus, Syria. Syria's prime minister says Damascus will fully cooperate with U.N. inspectors charged with destroying the country's chemical weapons stockpile. Al-Halqi's comments Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 come a day after the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to purge Syria of its chemical weapons program. (AP Photo/SANA, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Syria will cooperate fully with U.N. inspectors charged with securing and destroying the country's chemical weapons stockpile, the nation's prime minister said Saturday.


Guinea votes in long-delayed legislative poll

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:19 PM PDT

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Special security forces patrolled the capital in all-terrain vehicles Saturday as Guineans voted in hotly contested legislative elections that have sparked fears of violence in the West African nation.

Egypt proposes Mideast free of destructive weapons

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:17 PM PDT

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy waves in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 26, 2013United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Egypt proposed Saturday for the Middle East, including Israel, to rid itself of all weapons of mass destruction after the UN Security Council ordered Syria to destroy its chemical arsenal.


Greek far-right leader, other legislators arrested

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:15 PM PDT

Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos, center, is escorted by anti-terror police as he exits Greek Police headquarters, in Athens, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Police arrested the leader of Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party and other top members on Saturday, in an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing allegedly committed by a supporter. It is the first time since 1974 that sitting members of Parliament have been arrested. (AP Photo/Fosphotos/Angeliki Panagiotou)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leader of Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party and four other of its parliamentarians were formally charged Saturday with membership in a criminal organization with intent to commit crimes, in an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing blamed on a supporter.


Iran, Argentina confirm probe on Jewish center bombing

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:10 PM PDT

A policeman prevents people from approaching the site where a powerful explosion destroyed a seven storey building housing, the Jewish Mutual Association of Argentina, in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Iran confirmed to Argentina on Saturday that it would cooperate to probe the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center after charges that Tehran ordered the attack, diplomats said.


New major earthquake rocks southwest Pakistan

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:09 PM PDT

A Pakistani girl plays on the doorway of a house which was destroyed in Tuesday's earthquake, in the remote district of Awaran in Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Desperate Pakistani villagers in remote areas hit by the massive earthquake this week said they are still waiting for government aid to reach them. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A major earthquake rocked Pakistan's southwest Saturday, killing at least 15 and sending panicked people running into the street just days after another quake in the same region killed hundreds, officials said.


Protesters rally against Rwandan president's Canada visit

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, speaks at the United Nations General Assembly, September 25, 2013 in New YorkToronto (Canada) (AFP) - Demonstrators rallied in Toronto Saturday against a private visit to Canada by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, urging his arrest.


Egypt's foreign minister says transitional government phase to end by spring

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New YorkBy Asma Alsharif UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday the transitional phase of government in Egypt should end "by next spring," replacing leaders appointed after the army ousted elected president Mohamed Mursi in July. The Egyptian army headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, ousted Mursi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader, on July 3 after mass protests against his one-year rule. An interim government was appointed and a roadmap for a transition to new elections was announced. "Work is under way, in line with the roadmap, on several tracks. ...


Norwegian Air Shuttle grounds Boeing 787

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:50 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA on Saturday became the latest airline to ground a Boeing 787 so that officials from the American company can examine what appears to be a technical problem.

After historic call, the hard work begins for Iran, US

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani answers journalists' questions during a press conference upon his arrival at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, on September 28, 2013Paris (AFP) - With a simple telephone call, Barack Obama and Hasan Rouhani achieved an initial thaw in relations but the two presidents face an uphill task in convincing their entourages to follow suit, analysts say.


Pressure mounts on government over Nairobi attack

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Police officers walk past the Westgate mall in Nairobi on September 28, 2013 where forensic experts are still collecting evidence after a deadly four-day siege of the prestigious shopping mall that left close to 70 people deadNairobi (AFP) - Pressure mounted on the Kenyan authorities a week after the Nairobi mall carnage amid questions over the fate of the missing and accusations Saturday that top brass failed to heed security warnings.


Shoe thrown as Rouhani home after historic Obama call

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:32 PM PDT

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani is protected by bodyguards as his motorcade draw out of Tehran's Mehrabad Airport upon his arrival from New York, on September 28, 2013Tehran (AFP) - A shoe was thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's motorcade Saturday as he arrived home to a mixed reception after his historic call with US President Barack Obama.


Berlusconi ministers resign; Italy gov't in crisis

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi addresses supporters during a demonstration in front of his residence in Rome. Government ministers in former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's political party have announced Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 their intention to resign their posts, a move that raises tension in the uneasy coalition government and increases the possibility of early elections. Vice Premier Angelino Alfano's spokeswoman said Saturday the five ministers from Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom Party have decided to submit their resignations. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Files)MILAN (AP) — Italy's fragile coalition government was pushed into a full-fledged crisis Saturday after five ministers from former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's political party announced their resignations.


Mexico floods will not affect proposed 2013, 2014 budget deficits -government

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks next to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt after signing bilateral agreements in Mexico CityMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's proposed budget deficit goals for this year and 2014 will not be affected by some of the worst storm damage in decades, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto had previously said Congress would revise its proposed 2014 budget in the wake of the storms this month, which killed at least 147 people and left large swaths of the country under water, buckling bridges and destroying highways. ...


Uihlein eyes title after eagle at Dunhill Links

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:18 PM PDT

US golfer Peter Uihlein plays a shot during The Alfred Dunhill Links Championships golf competition at The Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland on September 28, 2013Glasgow (AFP) - Peter Uihlein has set his sights on winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship after the American's eagle gave him a two-shot lead after Saturday's third round.


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