2013年10月24日星期四

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Merkel frosty on the U.S. over 'unacceptable' spying allegations

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Germany's Chancellor Merkel and France's President Hollande arrive at a European Union leaders summit in BrusselsBy Luke Baker and Andreas Rinke BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused the United States of an unacceptable breach of trust on Thursday after allegations that the U.S. bugged her personal mobile phone, and she indicated data agreements with Washington may have to be revised. Arriving for a two-day summit in Brussels overshadowed by the allegations of eavesdropping by the U.S. National Security Agency against Italy, France and Germany, Merkel said she had told President Barack Obama in a telephone conversation late on Wednesday that the acts were unacceptable. ...


Israel says to announce more settlement building

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:25 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a joint news conference with his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta during a meeting at Chigi Palace in RomeBy Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday it would press ahead with plans to build in existing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in an apparent bid to appease hardliners opposed to peace talks with the Palestinians. Local media said new building tenders could be announced next week, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular seeks to douse opposition from right-wingers in his government to a planned release of Palestinian prisoners. ...


Violence against Muslims threatening Myanmar reforms: U.N. envoy

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 04:22 PM PDT

Rohingya Muslim women look out from their home at Aung Mingalar quarter in SittweBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Violence against a Muslim minority in Myanmar is feeding a wider anti-Muslim feeling that poses a serious threat to the country's dramatic economic and political reforms as it emerges from half a century of military rule, a U.N. envoy said on Thursday. The government says at least 192 people were killed in June and October 2012 clashes between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, most of whom Myanmar deem illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, despite roots going back generations. ...


Madagascar votes in first presidential election since 2009 coup

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:31 PM PDT

By Richard Lough and Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - The people of Madagascar vote on Friday in a presidential election they hope will end a five-year crisis and rebuild investor confidence to mend an economy crippled since President Andry Rajoelina seized power in a 2009 coup. It is the first vote on the huge, nickel- and vanilla-producing island off Africa since the upheaval four years ago triggered by mutinous soldiers that drew sanctions against Madagascar and prompted donors to freeze crucial budget support. ...

Unrest rises in Tunisia after Islamists kill police officers

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:41 PM PDT

Relatives and colleagues carry coffin of Tunisian policeman Socrate Cherni during funeral as they proceed to Kef�Cemetery in KefBy Anis Milli and Tarek Amara KEF, Tunisia (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse hundreds of people trying to storm a local government building as demonstrations broke out over the killing of seven policemen by Islamist militants. Tensions are rising in Tunisia, where the ruling moderate Islamist Ennahda party and opposition have been trying to start talks to end a paralyzing deadlock since the assassination of two secular opposition leaders earlier this year. ...


Explosion at candy factory in north Mexico injures dozens

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:43 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A boiler exploded at a candy factory in northern Mexico on Thursday, injuring dozens of workers and badly damaging the building, officials said. The factory sits in an industrial park at Ciudad Juarez, a large city on the U.S. border, and firefighters said they were still trying to put out the flames. "It was a bad explosion," said Guillermo Terrazas, a local government spokesman in Ciudad Juarez, adding it was unclear if anyone had been killed or was trapped under debris in the building. ...

France, Germany want talks with US on spying row by year end

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 04:52 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) is greeted by French President Francois Hollande prior to their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a EU summit on October 24, 2013Brussels (AFP) - France and Germany want talks with the United States to settle a spying row after US eavesdropping on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile and French citizens' calls, the EU announced Friday.


Merkel: US spying has shattered allies' trust

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 04:50 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, is greeted by Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo, right, as French President Francois Hollande, left, walks by during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. A two-day summit meeting of EU leaders is likely to be diverted from its official agenda, economic recovery and migration, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained to U.S. President Barack Obama that U.S. intelligence may have monitored her mobile phone. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders united in anger as they attended a summit overshadowed by reports of widespread U.S. spying on its allies — allegations German Chancellor Angela Merkel said had shattered trust in the Obama administration and undermined the crucial trans-Atlantic relationship.


Canada says falling short of emissions reduction target

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:40 PM PDT

By Louise Egan OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada acknowledged on Thursday that it will miss its target for greenhouse gas emissions by a wider margin than expected unless it takes further action to offset emissions in the oil industry. The admission in a report by the environment ministry comes as the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is actively pushing development of the Keystone XL pipeline, which critics say will encourage production in the Alberta oil sands, a top emitter. ...

Three U.S. states, British Columbia to ink climate pact

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:39 PM PDT

Governor Brown of California speaks at the Center for American Progress 10th Anniversary policy forum in WashingtonWASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California governor Jerry Brown said on Thursday he plans to sign an agreement to formally align the state's climate and clean energy policies with those of Oregon, Washington state and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Brown will host the governors of the northwestern states and British Columbia's environment minister in San Francisco on Monday to announce the partnership and details of an agreement aligning their climate strategies. ...


England arrive Down Under for high-stakes tour

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:18 PM PDT

England's test cricketer Matthew Prior (L) speaks to a journalist as he arrives with teammates at Perth International Airport in western Australia on October 25, 2013Perth (Australia) (AFP) - England arrived Friday for a high stakes tour of Australia with Alastair Cook's team gunning for a fourth successive Ashes series win and Michael Clarke's men desperate to avoid another embarrassing loss.


U.N. nuclear agency chief to meet top Iran negotiator

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:16 PM PDT

IAEA Director General Amano attends a meeting with Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Motegi to talk about the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant issue at Motegi's ministry in TokyoVIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic agency chief and a senior Iranian nuclear negotiator will meet on Monday before a new round of talks over the Islamic state's disputed atomic activities, the agency said on Thursday. Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will meet with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi for about an hour at the IAEA's Vienna headquarters, it said. "The meeting will provide an opportunity to exchange views on the way forward," the IAEA said in a statement. It gave no details. ...


Doomed Paris tower lives out last days in graffiti

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:00 PM PDT

French artist Dan23 poses front of his paintings in a social housing tower converted into a temporary street art exhibition in Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. Condemned apartments never looked so good _ and only rarely has graffiti met such an enthusiastic welcome. More than 80 artists were given free run of a rundown building that is doomed to destruction in 8 days. The line wraps around the block every day to see the apartments, each of which is its own art installation. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)PARIS (AP) — Condemned apartments covered in spray paint have probably never been in such demand.


Gore urges US to stop Keystone 'atrocity'

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:51 PM PDT

Former US Vice President Al Gore speaks during the Center for American Progress 10th Anniversary Conference in Washington, DC, October 24, 2013Washington (AFP) - Former US vice president Al Gore on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, likening the carbon-intense project to drug addiction.


UN calls for Sudan, South Sudan to resume Abyei talks

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:47 PM PDT

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (L) stands beside South Sudan's President Salva Kiir during a welcoming ceremony at Juba airport on October 22, 2013New York (AFP) - The United Nations Security Council on Thursday urged Sudan and South Sudan to swiftly resume negotiations on the disputed oil-producing region of Abyei after talks earlier this week ended without an agreement.


Tottenham on brink of knockout stage after Sheriff win

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:39 PM PDT

Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder Christian Eriksen (R) vies with FC Sheriff Tiraspol's defender Djibril Raye (L) during their UEFA Europa League Group K football match in Tiraspol, on October 24, 2013Paris (AFP) - Tottenham Hotspur closed in on a place in the Europa League knockout stages with a 2-0 win away to Moldovan champions Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday.


Khartoum allows polio vaccine in troubled states

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:32 PM PDT

United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator Ali al-Zaatari takes part in a press conference in the capital Khartoum on March 13, 2013United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The Sudanese government has agreed to let United Nations workers vaccinate tens of thousands of children against polio in the violence-wracked South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, the world body said Thursday.


Spanish students, teachers protest against education cuts, reform

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:27 PM PDT

Protesters take part in a demonstration on the third day of a nationwide student strike against rising fees and educational cuts in MadridMADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of students, lecturers and parents took to the streets across Spain on Thursday to protest against austerity cuts, higher university fees and other changes to the education system. Teachers and students went on strike at universities and some schools, staying away from classes. "The government is getting rid of quality, public education. They're taking us back 30 years and they only want the children of the rich and powerful to get an education," said Emilio Duran, a 51-year-old lawyer from Madrid with a daughter at primary school and a son at secondary school. ...


Cuban city struggling to recover a year after Hurricane Sandy

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:23 PM PDT

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - A year after Hurricane Sandy left Santiago de Cuba in shambles, the streets are clear and power, communications and water are back to normal, but residents of Cuba's second city are still struggling with the aftermath of the mighty storm. Sandy, carrying 124-mph (200-km) winds, caught the city by surprise on the morning of October 25, 2012, damaging half the housing stock and most public buildings, killing 11 residents and laying waste to nearby crops and fruit orchards. The storm later devastated parts of the U.S. East Coast. ...

EU's Ashton urges Palestinian reconciliation in talks with Abbas

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is pictured during a meeting in Vilnius on October 22, 2013Brussels (AFP) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Thursday called for the end of divisions between Palestinians, in talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.


BoE chief promises long-term easier credit

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, delivers his speech during the Financial Times 125th anniversary event in central London on October 24, 2013London (AFP) - The Bank of England will provide easier credit to the country's banks to help them cope with the scaling back of current liquidity measures, governor Mark Carney announced Thursday.


Top Iranian official to meet with UN nuke chief

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:03 PM PDT

VIENNA (AP) — A top nuclear negotiator from Tehran will meet with the head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency next week just hours before agency experts sit down with Iranian counterparts to renew their push for access to sites, people and documents believed linked to possible work on atomic arms, the agency said Thursday.

Energy firms take fresh punt on New Zealand deepwater

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:02 PM PDT

By Naomi Tajitsu WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand is hoping the first deepwater wells to be drilled in the country in nearly 15 years will reignite interest in its offshore oil and gas basins, mostly ignored since some early discoveries in the 1970s. New Zealand's remoteness, rough seas, and limited domestic demand for gas given its small population have curbed interest in the region by global exploration companies. ...

Japan secrecy act stirs fears about press freedom, right to know

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:00 PM PDT

By Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is planning a state secrets act that critics say could curtail public access to information on a wide range of issues, including tensions with China and the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The new law would dramatically expand the definition of official secrets and journalists convicted under it could be jailed for up to five years. ...

U.S. monitored the phone calls of 35 world leaders: report

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:58 PM PDT

An undated aerial handout photo shows the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, MarylandLONDON (Reuters) - The United States monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders according to classified documents leaked by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden, Britain's Guardian newspaper said on Thursday. Phone numbers were passed on to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) by an official in another government department, according to the documents, the Guardian said on its website. It added that staff in the White House, State Department and the Pentagon were urged to share the contact details of foreign politicians. ...


Sudan ruling party seeks ouster of leading reformer

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:57 PM PDT

A picture released by a relative and taken by Salah Sanhouri himself shows Sudanese taking part in a protest during which Sanhouri was shot dead on September 27, 2013 in KhartoumKhartoum (AFP) - A leading reformer in Sudan's ruling party should be ousted after he criticised a deadly crackdown on protests, an internal investigative committee said on Thursday.


Lampedusa mayor warns EU must change asylum policy

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:54 PM PDT

Carabinieri military police stand on the San Leone pier in the southern Sicilian city of Agrigento on October 21, 2013 during a ceremony commemorating migrants who drowned off the southern Italian islad of LampedusaBrussels (AFP) - The mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa warned European leaders Thursday that they need an urgent rethink on refugees and migrants -- with Mediterranean states demanding urgent EU action.


Bulgarian woman in DNA test in 'Maria' case

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:44 PM PDT

In this police handout photo taken on Thursday , Oct. 17, 2013, Christos Salis, 39, right, and his companion Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, or Selini Sali — as the woman has two separate sets of identity papers. pose with the little girl only known as "Maria" in the Larisa regional police headquarters, Greece. Police in Greece have released the photographs of a couple alleged adductors of a girl known SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Roma woman in remote town in central Bulgaria has undergone DNA testing as authorities investigate if she is the mother of a suspected abduction victim in neighboring Greece known as "Maria" whose case has triggered a global search for her real parents.


Chan says Japanese his main rivals

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:43 PM PDT

Patrick Chan of Canada skates at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario, March 15, 2013Saint John (Canada) (AFP) - Japan's Akiko Suzuki, Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda and Takahito Mura arrive at Skate Canada this week hoping to replicate the success compatriots Mao Asada and Tatsuki Machida enjoyed at Skate America.


Malawi arrests official suspected of embezzling millions

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:35 PM PDT

Malawi's Vice President Khumbo Kachali delivers a speech on August 27, 2012 in BlantyreBlantyre (Malawi) (AFP) - A top Malawi official suspected of embezzling $15 million (11 million euros) from the state coffers was arrested and charged with corruption on Thursday, officials said.


Back to the bush: Dhlakama's high-risk gamble in Mozambique

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:33 PM PDT

By Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - At the age of 60, Mozambique's former rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama is hiding out in the bush again, not backing down in a struggle between old foes that has donors and investors fretting about stability in the budding energy producer. A year ago, the leader of the country's biggest opposition party Renamo quit his life in the city and returned to the remote Gorongosa forest from where he once directed a 16-year civil war fought by his guerrillas which ended in 1992. Dhlakama says he does not want another war. ...

Passports of two victims in French Alps murder missing

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:27 PM PDT

British police stand outside the home of Saad and Iqbal al-Hilli in Claygate, in Surrey, south-east England, on September 14, 2012Annecy (France) (AFP) - French prosecutors said Thursday they had still not found the British passports of two victims of a brutal Alps murder last year, adding to the mystery surrounding the case.


Mozambique ex-rebels want slice of resource cake: analysts

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:26 PM PDT

Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza (L) greets solders in Sofala on October 24, 2013Maputo (AFP) - Mozambique's ex-rebellion is too weak to force a new civil war and its recent return to arms is a desperate bid to grab a share of the energy bonanza reshaping the country, analysts said.


World-famous Spanish chef puts on apron in Italy

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:22 PM PDT

Spanish chef Ferran Adria' gestures prior to the start of a press conference for the official presentation of "2014 Lavazza calendar", in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. Adria said he made "a huge exception" when he agreed make a dish for a dinner to launch Lavazza's 2014 calendar. Adria confirmed Thursday that he has not cooked for a public event since closing his three-Michelin-star elBulli restaurant in 2011 despite "a lot of requests every day." The avant-garde chef says that even when elBulli was open, he rarely cooked elsewhere. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)MILAN (AP) — Ferran Adria, regarded as one of the world's most inventive chefs, made a "huge exception" when he agreed to cook for an event Thursday — his first such outing since closing his famed elBulli restaurant two years ago to focus on experimentation.


Embargo fails to stop Ivory Coast illicit diamond trade: U.N. experts

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:08 PM PDT

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An eight-year-old U.N. embargo has failed to stop the illicit production and trafficking of Ivory Coast rough diamonds that are continuously being smuggled out of the West African country and could be funding illegal arms purchases, U.N. experts say. In an interim report to the Security Council, the so-called U.N. Group of Experts - which monitors compliance with the Ivory Coast sanctions regime - also said they plan to investigate a possible network based in South Africa that is involved in the trade of diamonds between Africa and Asia. ...

Israel weighs Palestinian prisoner release

Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:03 PM PDT

A Palestinian girl from the Israeli occupied West Bank waves the national flag as she and others wait close to the military prison of Ofer for the release of Palestinian prisoners on August 13, 2013Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli ministers are to meet Sunday to approve the release of a second batch of Palestinian prisoners under the terms of renewed peace talks, media said.


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