2013年9月9日星期一

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Russia proposes Syria chemical weapons deal to avert U.S. strike

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters take up positions with their weapons behind a wall in Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed neighbourhoodBy Stephen Kalin and Arshad Mohammed BEIRUT/LONDON (Reuters) - As President Barack Obama struggled to rally Congress and the American people behind military action in Syria, Russia seized on a remark by his secretary of state on Monday to say Damascus should save itself by handing over its chemical weapons. John Kerry was quick to dismiss as hypothetical his own comment that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could avert U.S. strikes by surrendering his chemical arsenal to international control. ...


Egypt tightens Sinai security, assesses militant threat

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:20 PM PDT

An observation tower painted in the colours of the Egyptian national flag is seen near the Nitzana crossing, along Israel's border with Egypt's Sinai desertBy Shadia Nasralla CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has tightened control of crossings from the Sinai after an Islamist militant group based in the peninsula said it tried to kill the interior minister in Cairo last week, the state news agency reported on Monday. The group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility on Sunday for last Thursday's suicide bombing aimed at Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim. It promised more attacks in revenge for a crackdown on Egypt's Islamists, raising fears that militant violence in the Sinai could spread across the country. ...


Conservative leader Solberg sweeps into power in Norwegian election

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:35 PM PDT

Norway's main opposition leader Solberg of Hoyre speaks to party members while waiting for the results of the general elections in OsloBy Balazs Koranyi and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's opposition Conservatives, promising tax cuts and better healthcare, won elections in a landslide on Monday but faced tough coalition talks with a populist party that wants to spend more of the accumulated oil riches and curb immigration. Led by Erna Solberg, a former girl scout leader who has overcome dyslexia, the Conservatives promise to diversify the economy away from oil, privatize state firms, and reduce some of the world's highest taxes rates to give the private sector more breathing room. ...


Kenya's deputy president goes on trial at international court

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT

Kenya's Deputy President Ruto bids farewell to government officials as he leaves Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi, on his way to the ICC at The HagueBy Thomas Escritt and James Macharia THE HAGUE/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's deputy president goes on trial at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday charged with co-orchestrating a post-election bloodbath five years ago, a case that will test the stability of a country seen as vital to security in East Africa. The trials of William Ruto and that of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, which will start in November, have split public opinion, and witness testimonies of the violence in 2008 that killed more than a thousand people could stir tension. ...


Maduro mulls relaunching 'permuta' forex system in Venezuela

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:12 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Maduro holds a copy of the country's constitution during a news conference in CaracasBy Eyanir Chinea CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela may relaunch its so-called "permuta" foreign exchange mechanism as it seeks to supply more dollars to local importers who are complaining about lack of access to hard currency, President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday. The "permuta" system, which was shuttered by the government in 2010, would run alongside two existing exchange mechanisms: one run by the state currency board called Cadivi, and a second auction-based system, Sicad, run by the central bank. "Most likely we will launch a new system that will compliment Cadivi and Sicad. ...


Rodman to try 'basketball diplomacy' with North Korea

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:23 PM PDT

Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman speaks at a news conference in New YorkBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former NBA player Dennis Rodman hopes some "basketball diplomacy" will open doors with North Korea and possibly lead to dialogue between its leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Barack Obama. Rodman plans to train a North Korean basketball team for a pair of exhibition matches against a U.S. team in the isolated, communist-ruled country in January, Rodman told a news conference on Monday following his second visit to North Korea this year for meetings with Kim. ...


Sudden plan: Syria to dispose of chemical weapons?

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:54 PM PDT

In this frame grab from video taken Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, and provided by "CBS This Morning," Syrian President Bashar Assad responds to a question from journalist Charlie Rose during an interview in Damascus, Syria. In the interview broadcast Monday on CBS, Assad threatened to retaliate for any military strike launched in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack. "You should expect everything," Assad said. (AP Photo/CBS This Morning)WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rapid and remarkable chain of events, Syria welcomed the idea of turning over all of its chemical weapons for destruction on Monday, and President Barack Obama, though expressing deep skepticism, declared it a "potentially positive development" that could head off the threats of U.S. air strikes that have set the world on edge.


Byzantine-era gold hoard unearthed in Jerusalem

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:36 PM PDT

A gold medallion found during archaeological excavations in the old city of Jerusalem on September 9, 2013Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a Byzantine-era hoard of gold in Jerusalem's Old City, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Monday.


Russian proposal complicates U.S. Syria strike debate

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:35 PM PDT

An anti-Assad protester carries the Syrian freedom flag in front of the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonBy Roberta Rampton and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, struggling to gain support for U.S. military action in Syria, called Russia's proposal on Monday to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control a "potentially positive" move that should be viewed skeptically. Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid pushed back a Senate test vote on whether to authorize military strikes against Syria that had been scheduled for Wednesday as lawmakers evaluate the Russian plan. The vote is still expected this week. ...


Long-lost painting by Van Gogh is identified

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:34 PM PDT

"Sunset at Montmajour" by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh is seen during a press conference at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday Sept. 9, 2013. The museum has identified the long-lost painting which was painted by the Dutch mater in 1888, the discovery is the first full size canvas that has been found since 1928 and will be on display from Sept. 24. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM (AP) — A painting that sat for six decades in a Norwegian industrialist's attic after he was told it was a fake Van Gogh was pronounced the real thing Monday, making it the first full-size canvas by the tortured Dutch artist to be discovered since 1928.


Flames' workhorse Kiprusoff retires

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:34 PM PDT

Goalkeeper Miikka Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames is seen on April 5, 2013 in San JoseFinland's Miikka Kiprusoff, who won the Vezina Trophy in 2006 as the league's top goaltender, announced Monday he is retiring after a stellar 12-year NHL career.


Nigerian Anglican archbishop kidnapped

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:28 PM PDT

A Nigerian policeman patrols in the north of Borno state on June 5, 2013 near MaiduguriNigeria's second-highest ranking Anglican archbishop was kidnapped at the weekend outside the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, a police spokeswoman said on Monday.


US to take 'hard look' at Russian Syria weapons plan

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:28 PM PDT

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad demonstrate at the White House in Washington, DC on September 9, 2013The United States said Monday it would welcome a plan for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons but expressed skepticism at the Russian initiative, which is designed to head off American air strikes.


Man flees sex charge, survives 4 months in Andes

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:06 PM PDT

**CORRECTS DATE** After being found in a remote mountain cabin, Uruguayan Raul Gomez is carried from a helicopter and placed on stretcher in San Juan, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. The 58-year-old man who spent four months lost while trying to walk across the Andean mountains is recovering in an Argentine hospital. It wasn't clear at first what led Gomez with apparently no mountaineering experience to make the trek from Chile. Now it turns out that Gomez was fleeing from the law. Chilean authorities say child sex abuse charges were filed against him in April. (AP Photo/Diario El Zonda,Agustin Moya)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A story of remarkable human endurance in the snow-covered Andes has taken a somber turn.


Center-right bloc takes power in Norway

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 04:00 PM PDT

Chairman of the Conservative Party in Norway, Erna Solberg, casts her vote in the general election Monday Sept. 9, 2013 at the polling station at Apeltun School in Bergen, western Norway. The Conservative party is expected to do well, and Solberg may well, according to opinion polls, be in a position to form a a new coalition government after the elections. (AP Photo/Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUTOSLO, Norway (AP) — Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg — nicknamed "Iron Erna" — will become Norway's new prime minister as the leader of a center-right coalition government likely including an anti-immigration party.


James Bond sub car sells for £550,000

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:41 PM PDT

The Lotus Esprit underwater car from James Bond at the Beaulieu National Motor Museum on January 15, 2012The iconic submarine car driven by James Bond in the 1977 classic The Spy Who Loved Me fetched £550,000 ($860,000, 650,000 euros) when it was floated at auction for the first time in London on Monday.


Norway moves right with populists likely in government

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:34 PM PDT

A poster of Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is seen in Oslo, on September 9, 2013Norway shifted right in elections Monday, ending eight years of centre-left rule and setting the stage for a new Conservative-led government with the populist anti-immigration Progress Party as junior partner.


After softening, 'Iron Erna' set to become Norway's PM

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT

Norway's main opposition leader Solberg of Hoyre speaks to party members while waiting for the results of the general elections in OsloBy Terje Solsvik and Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Erna Solberg, set to become Norway's next prime minister, has transformed herself from a tough-minded "Iron Erna" into a softer Conservative more caring about voters' jobs, health and schools. Solberg, 52, even wrote a book in 2011 entitled "People, not Billions" that widened her appeal as leader of a right-wing party often criticized as more focused on tax cuts for the rich and businesses than on the welfare of ordinary Norwegians. ...


Lance Armstrong's lies revealed in Gibney film

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:22 PM PDT

Director Alex Gibney speaks on September 9, 2013 in TorontoA film about Lance Armstrong's cycling comeback, shot in 2009 but shelved when his doping denials began to unravel, had its own revival Monday, offering fresh perspective on his lies.


AP poll: Most Americans oppose strike on Syria

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in St. Petersburg, Russia. A new Associated Press poll shows a majority of Americans oppose a U.S. strike on Syria, despite a weeks-long Obama administration campaign to respond to chemical weapons attacks allegedly carried out by the regime of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Only 1 in 5 Americans believe that failing to respond to chemical weapons attacks in Syria would embolden other rogue governments, rejecting the heart of a weeks-long White House campaign for U.S. military strikes, an Associated Press poll concluded Monday.


Rice returns to center stage to urge U.S. action on Syria

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:12 PM PDT

U.S. National Security Advisor Rice looks up during a meeting between U.S. President Obama and Japanese PM Abe in RussiaBy Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice returned to center stage on Monday to deliver a forceful call for limited U.S. military strikes in Syria, nearly a year after her comments about another foreign crisis turned her into a target for Republican anger. In her first major speech since the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations started her White House job in July, Rice said Washington had to respond to the "atrocity" and "outrage" of chemical weapons use in Syria. ...


Obama: Strikes ‘absolutely’ on hold if Syria quits chemical arms

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:03 PM PDT

Obama says "I wouldn't say I'm confident" Congress will approve force.

Logging threatens Monarch butterflies in Mexico

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 03:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2011, file photo a Monarch butterfly sits on a tree trunk at the Sierra Chincua Sanctuary in the mountains of Mexico's Michoacan state. A new study of the Monarch butterflies' winter nesting grounds in central Mexico shows that small-scale logging is more extensive than previously thought, and may be contributing to the threats facing the Monarch's singular migration pattern, according to a new study co-authored by Omar Vidal, the head of Mexico's chapter of the World Wildlife Fund. (AP Photo/ Marco Ugarte, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new study of the Monarch butterflies' winter nesting grounds in central Mexico says small-scale logging is worse than previously thought and may be contributing to threats facing the Monarch's singular migration pattern.


Tropical Storm Humberto strengthens near Cape Verde

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:57 PM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Humberto strengthened as it swept past the Cape Verde islands on Monday and was expected to grow into the first hurricane of the Atlantic storm season, forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm sprang to life early on Monday south of Cape Verde, a country of small rocky isles off West Africa with a population of about 531,000. It won independence from Portugal in 1975. Humberto lashed the southern Cape Verde islands with rain and wind gusts as it moved past them but by late afternoon all tropical storm warnings had been lifted. ...

Obama: Russia plan on Syria arms may be 'breakthrough'

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 05:02 PM PDT

Picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on June 3, 2012President Barack Obama said Monday that a Russian plan to secure Syria's chemical weapons could be a "significant breakthrough" but warned he had not taken US strikes off the table.


Left's backing boosts Mexico tax plan chances, right skeptical

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:54 PM PDT

Enrique Pena Nieto looks on during his speech in the presentation of the fiscal reform at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico CityBy Ana Isabel Martinez and Simon Gardner MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government's long-awaited tax reform won support from the leftist opposition on Monday, boosting its chances of passing Congress, but the center-right was more skeptical about a plan that foresees running up a budget deficit. Comprising a mix of higher taxes on the wealthier, a new charge on stock market gains and scrapping two-thirds of Mexico's tax breaks and exemptions, the plan was less aggressive than many had expected before its unveiling on Sunday. ...


Center-right bloc to take power in Norway

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:53 PM PDT

Chairman of the Conservative Party in Norway, Erna Solberg, casts her vote in the general election Monday Sept. 9, 2013 at the polling station at Apeltun School in Bergen, western Norway. The Conservative party is expected to do well, and Solberg may well, according to opinion polls, be in a position to form a a new coalition government after the elections. (AP Photo/Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUTOSLO, Norway (AP) — Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg — nicknamed "Iron Erna" for her tough image — will become Norway's new prime minister, as the leader of a center-right coalition government.


Court to deliver Delhi bus gangrape verdict

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:50 PM PDT

In this photograph taken on December 21, 2012, Indian activists stage a demonstration in BangaloreA judge will hand down the verdict Tuesday on four men accused of the fatal gang-rape of an Indian student on a bus, which could see the defendants sentenced to death.


Video shows leader of Algeria, Niger attacks

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:44 PM PDT

By Patrick Markey TUNIS (Reuters) - A video of militants who attacked Algeria's Amenas gas field and a French mine in Niger shows Islamist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar praising, briefing and training fighters for his group's operations in North Africa. Belmokhtar, who has ties to al Qaeda's North Africa wing, has been blamed for masterminding the January attack in Algeria that killed up to 38 foreign workers and exposed the security risks facing a top energy supplier to Europe. ...

007 'submarine car' sells for $865,000

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:38 PM PDT

RM Auctions assistant Hannah Fairclough with the white Lotus Esprit used in the James Bond movie LONDON (AP) — A car that transformed into a submarine in the James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me" has been sold at a London auction for 550,000 pounds ($865,000).


Navalny defuses anger over Moscow mayor's race

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:37 PM PDT

People hold banners reading "Navalny" during a rally in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny demanded a recount Monday in Moscow's mayoral election after official results showed that the Kremlin-backed incumbent barely escaped facing him in a runoff. Russia's most respected monitoring group also questioned the accuracy of the vote. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)MOSCOW (AP) — Opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday night defused anger over the Moscow mayoral election, telling a vast square of cheering supporters to celebrate his surprisingly strong second-place finish as a victory that gave rise to real political competition in Russia.


Syria's Assad: An accidental heir proves resilient

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 13, 2010 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and his wife Asma Assad, listen to explanations as they visit a technology plant in Tunis. In the eyes of many, Assad is a murderous autocrat who would do anything to cling to power. But for his supporters, he is a nationalist hero fighting Western imperialism, a stabilizing presence who ensures a secular rule in a turbulent region wracked by sectarian wars. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Those who knew Bashar Assad in earlier days say he was uncomfortable being the son of a president and never wanted to lead. A soft-spoken, lisping eye doctor, he enjoyed Western rock music and electronic gadgets — an accidental heir to power.


Greek teachers call strikes against public sector layoffs

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Protesters take part in a rally against austerity measures in ThessalonikiATHENS (Reuters) - Greek teachers will kick off the school year with rolling strikes to protest public sector layoffs and forced transfers demanded by the country's international lenders, labor unions said on Monday. The school year begins on Wednesday, and the government must designate thousands of public sector workers for possible dismissal to convince its borrowers arriving for an inspection visit on September 22 it deserves further bailout funding. ...


Robohand uses 3-D printing to replace lost digits

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:30 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 Dylan Laas shows how his Robohand works during an interview with the Associated Press in Johannesburg. Laas who was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome, got his hand from carpenter, Richard van As who lost four fingers to a circular saw two years ago and started workin on building the Robohand after seeing a video posted online of a mechanical hand made for a costume in a theater production. Since then van As has fitted Robohands on about 170 people, from toddlers to adults. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Richard Van As, a South African carpenter, lost four fingers from his right hand to a circular saw two years ago.


Rousseff: Any Petrobras spying has economic motive

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:26 PM PDT

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff attends during a ceremony at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Rousseff again demanded answers from the U.S. government Monday after a new report about National Security Agency spying on Brazil. The report broadcast by the Globo TV network Sunday night, based on leaked documents from Edward Snowden, said the NSA targeted Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff again demanded answers from the U.S. government Monday after a new report about National Security Agency spying on Brazil.


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