2013年10月26日星期六

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Israel dismisses reports Iran halting higher-grade enrichment

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:41 AM PDT

An official from Iran's Atomic Energy Organization speaks on his mobile phone at an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements at Shahid Beheshti University in TehranJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Saturday dismissed as "irrelevant" reports that Iran had halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment activity, and said Tehran's nuclear program must be dismantled. A senior member of Iran's parliamentary national security commission was quoted as saying Iran had stopped refining uranium above the 5 percent required for civilian power stations, as it already had all the 20-percent enriched fuel it needed for a medical research reactor in Tehran. But diplomats accredited to the U.N. ...


United States tracked Merkel's phone since 2002: report

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:04 AM PDT

Germany's Chancellor Merkel addresses a news conference during a EU leaders summit in BrusselsBERLIN (Reuters) - The United States may have bugged Angela Merkel's phone for more than 10 years, according to a news report on Saturday that also said President Barack Obama told the German leader he would have stopped it happening had he known about it. Germany's outrage over reports of bugging of Merkel's phone by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) prompted it to summon the U.S. ambassador this week for the first time in living memory, an unprecedented post-war diplomatic rift. ...


Czech agro tycoon emerges as king-maker after election

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:07 PM PDT

Andrej Babis, leader of the ANO movement, smiles during a news conference at the party's election headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in PragueBy Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak-born billionaire and political novice Andrej Babis became the king-maker of Czech politics on Saturday, after voters angry at graft among the country's political establishment made his new party the second biggest in parliament. The mercurial 59-year-old overcame being a non-native Czech speaker and a hazy political program to win 18.7 percent of the vote in the election, just behind the Social Democrats, who garnered a disappointing 20.5 percent. ...


Italy's right could split after Berlusconi move: lawmakers

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:17 AM PDT

Italy's Prime Minister Berlusconi looks on during a news conference at Chigi Palace in RomeROME (Reuters) - Italy's political center-right could split, lawmakers said on Saturday, after Silvio Berlusconi resurrected his old Forza Italia party and suspended the People of Freedom (PDL), part of the wobbly left-right coalition government. Several parliamentarians allied to the former prime minister were critical of Berlusconi's move, and five senior PDL members boycotted Friday's meeting where the decision was made. ...


Czech center-left ekes out slim poll victory, tough coalition talks loom

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 10:39 AM PDT

Election committee members collect votes from an emptied ballot box after polling stations closed for the country's early general election in PragueBy Jana Mlcochova and Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Social Democrats won a slim victory in a parliamentary election on Saturday but faced a tough task forming a government after a wave of voter anger over sleaze and budget cuts propelled new protest parties into parliament. With most results in, Bohuslav Sobotka's center-left, pro-European Social Democrats had 21 percent of the vote, well short of the 30 percent they had targeted and in need of more than one coalition partner to build a stable government. ...


Mozambique says Renamo ambush kills one, injures 10

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:29 PM PDT

By Manuel Mucari MAPUTO (Reuters) - Suspected Renamo guerrillas ambushed a passenger minibus in central Mozambique on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 10 more in an attack condemned by President Armando Guebuza, state media said. Fears of hit-and-run attacks by armed partisans of Renamo opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama have increased after the army overran Dhlakama's base in central Sofala province on Monday, forcing him to flee into the bush. ...

Blatter wants 'racism' teams kicked out

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:45 PM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter (L) talks to FA Chairman Greg Dyke at The Football Association's 150th Anniversary Gala Dinner at the Grand Connaught Rooms in central London on October 26, 2013London (AFP) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants tougher sanctions over racism in football with teams kicked out of tournaments and points deducted.


Army retakes C.Africa town after vigilantes attack; four dead

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:38 PM PDT

French soldiers patrol a street in Bangui, The Central African Republic on October 23, 2013Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - Central African troops seized back control of the western town of Bouar Saturday from hundreds of vigilantes who in recent months have been targeting Muslims, officials said, adding that four people had died in the violence.


Lipnitskaia win a giant step toward Sochi

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia skates during the ladies free program at the ISU GP 2013 Skate Canada International at Harbour Station on October 26, 2013 in Saint John, New Brunswick, CanadaSaint John (Canada) (AFP) - Russian teenager Julia Lipnitskaia claimed her first ISU Grand Prix victory at Skate Canada on Saturday with a magnificent, seemingly flawless and technically superb performance that earned a standing ovation.


Factbox: Main candidates in Georgia's presidential election

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:39 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Georgia elects a new president on Sunday that will bring the curtain down on Mikheil Saakashvili's decade in power. Twenty-three candidates will run in the election, the largest number since the former Soviet republic held its first presidential election in 1991. Saakashvili is barred from running after serving two terms. Here are some facts on the main candidates and the rules. GEORGY MARGVELASHVILI, 44, Georgian Dream's presidential candidate, is the front runner, according to opinion polls. ...

Factbox: Key facts about former Soviet Georgia

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:37 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Georgia elects a new president on Sunday in a vote that will end Mikheil Saakashvili's decade-long rule. Here are some facts about the country. GEOGRAPHY: Georgia, a former Soviet republic, is flanked by Russia to the north, Azerbaijan and Armenia to the east and south, and Turkey to the southwest. Its capital is Tbilisi. POPULATION: 4.5 million. There are 3.5 million eligible voters. RELIGION: Most of the population is Orthodox Christian. SEPARATIST REGIONS: Two regions of Georgia - Abkhazia and South Ossetia - broke away from central control during wars in the 1990s. ...

Ex-Soviet Georgia enters new era with presidential poll

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:35 PM PDT

Electoral officials tape voting booths at a polling station in TbilisiBy Margarita Antidze and Timothy Heritage TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia elects a new president on Sunday in a vote that will end Mikheil Saakashvili's decade-long rule and test confidence in the ruling Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. The front-runner to replace Saakashvili, a pro-U.S. leader who fought a war with Russia and has served the maximum two terms, is Georgy Margvelashvili, a member of the coalition which ousted the president's cabinet in an election a year ago. ...


Welsh star Phillips sacked by Bayonne

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:32 PM PDT

Bayonne's Welsh scrum-half Mike Phillips (C) passes the ball during a French Top 14 rugby union match on September 21, 2013 at the Mayol stadium in Toulon, southeastern FranceParis (AFP) - Welsh international scrum-half Mike Phillips has been sacked by French club Bayonne after being accused of turning up drunk at a training session, a source at the club told AFP.


Govt, rebel forces clash in Sudan's Darfur

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:19 PM PDT

Sudanese soldiers keep watch as they sit next to civilians in the Shangil Tobaya area for displaced people in North Darfur state, on June 18, 2013Khartoum (AFP) - Sudanese government forces and rebels have clashed around a key town in North Darfur state, both sides said on Saturday.


Algeria announces major oil discovery

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:52 PM PDT

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's energy minister says a new oil field containing an estimated 1.3 billion barrels has been discovered.

Kenya's leader warns against 'vilifying' security forces

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Kenyan security forces take position during riots sparked by the killing of a Muslim cleric in the port city of Mombasa on October 4, 2013Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's president on Saturday warned against attempts to smear the security forces, who have been accused of looting during an Islamist attack on a Nairobi mall last month.


Scores arrested in violent Brazil transportation demo

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:44 PM PDT

People protest against rising public transport costs and demanding better public services in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 25, 2013Sao Paulo (AFP) - Protesters went on a rampage in Brazil's largest city, smashing windows and teller machines and battling riot police in a fresh bout of violence blamed on the "Black Bloc" anarchist group.


High court test of surveillance law could be ahead

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2012, file photo a television photographer interviews the next door neighbor of terror suspect Jamshid Muhtorov, a refugee from Uzbekistan, in Aurora, Colo., on the day of his arrest at Chicago's O'Hare airport. For the first time the Justice Department says it intends to use information gained from one of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance programs against an accused terrorist, Muhtorov, setting the stage for an expected Supreme Court test. Muhtorov was accused in 2012 of providing material support to the Islamic Jihad Union, an Uzbek terrorist organization that, authorities say, was engaging NATO coalition and U.S. forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says for the first time that it intends to use information gained from one of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance programs against an accused terrorist, setting the stage for a likely Supreme Court test of the Obama administration's approach to national security.


Video: Ex-soldier suicide-bombed Egypt official

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:33 PM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — An ex-Egyptian army officer carried out the suicide bombing last month that unsuccessfully targeted the country's interior minister, a video posted online Saturday by al-Qaida-inspired militants claims.

Thousands march in Taiwan for same-sex marriage

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:26 PM PDT

A man walks past a sign during the annual gay parade in Taipei on October 26, 2013Taipei (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people rallied in Taiwan on Saturday in Asia's largest gay parade, organisers said, as the island's parliament was set to review a bill on same-sex marriages.


African leaders unite to combat Gulf of Guinea piracy

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:23 PM PDT

The head of the Economic Community of West African States, Kadre Désire Ouedraogo of Burkina Faso, gives a press conference on October 23, 2013 in DakarDakar (AFP) - West and central African leaders on Saturday said they were determined to cooperate on combatting piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as they met in Senegal to discuss maritime security in one of the world's most dangerous seas.


Serbia buries Tito's widow, the last symbol of Yugoslavia

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Members of a military honour guard stand next to the casket containing the remains of Jovanka Broz, the late widow of former Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito, during a funeral ceremony in Belgrade on October 26, 2013Belgrade (AFP) - The widow of former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito was buried in Belgrade Saturday with full state honours as the last symbol of the communist federation that broke up in the 1990s.


Panama grants asylum to Ecuadoran opposition politician

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (L) and his Panamanian counterpart Ricardo Martinelli wave from a balcony of the Carondelet presidential palace in Quito on May 13, 2011Panama City (AFP) - Panama granted asylum Saturday to an Ecuadoran opposition politician sentenced to prison last month for his role in a multiple homicide case, finding that he was subjected to political persecution.


Social Democrats win Czech vote but coalition talks loom

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:11 PM PDT

The Social Democrats' (CSSD) Chairman Bohuslav Sobotka addresses a press conference on Otober 26, 2013, in the main election headquartersPrague (AFP) - Social Democrats edged out a new populist party to win Czech elections on Saturday as voters angered by years of right-wing graft and austerity veered left, full results showed.


Golden Dawn supporters protest in Greek capital

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:06 PM PDT

Protesters hold a banner as they march through city center during an anti-racist protest in Athens on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. Some 2000 protesters took part in a protest opposing a rally which was due to be held by the extreme-right Golden Dawn party. The banner reads " We are not terrified by their attacks - Solidarity is our weapon". (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 1,000 Golden Dawn supporters have demonstrated in central Athens against the prosecution of the leader of their Nazi-inspired party and its legislators.


Lambie, McLeod point way as Sharks stun Province

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:57 AM PDT

South Africa's fly half Patrick Lambie kicks a penalty on November 17, 2012Cape Town (AFP) - Half-backs Patrick Lambie and Charl McLeod scored all Sharks' points as they shocked Western Province 33-19 Saturday to lift the South African Currie Cup.


Prisoner: Foreigners fight in Nigeria's uprising

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Map locates Maiduguri, Nigeria; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Extremists from three neighboring countries are fighting in Nigeria's northeastern Islamic uprising, according to an alleged captured extremist whose account reinforces fears that one of Africa's most powerful Islamic militant groups is growing closer to al-Qaida affiliates and that radical movements are spilling across national boundaries.


Mozambique government blames fresh attack on former rebels

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza (R) is greeted by people at Nhamatanda district of Sofala Province on October 25, 2013Maputo (AFP) - Mozambique's presidency on Saturday blamed former rebel movement Renamo for an attack on a minibus that killed the driver and injured 10 passengers, after a week of tit-for-tat violence.


Saudi women drive in protest with little problem

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:48 AM PDT

In this image made from video provided by theOct26thDriving campaign, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Saudi woman drives a vehicle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. A Saudi woman said she got behind the wheel Saturday and drove to the grocery store without being stopped or harassed by police, kicking off a campaign protesting the ban on women driving in the ultraconservative kingdom. (AP Photo)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — More than 60 women across Saudi Arabia claimed they drove cars Saturday in defiance of a ban keeping them from getting behind the wheel, facing little protest by police in their push for easing restrictions on women in the kingdom.


Abyei people to vote on Sudan-South Sudan choice

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:46 AM PDT

Map locates Abyei, Sudan; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Residents in the disputed border region of Abyei jubilated on the eve of the upcoming referendum in which they will choose between Sudan and South Sudan, a local leader said Saturday, despite concern the exercise could spark violence.


UAE to give $3.9 bn to Egypt's military-installed govt

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:42 AM PDT

A handout picture made available on August 4, 2013, shows Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour (R) meeting with the United Arab Emirates' Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (C) at the presidential palace in CairoDubai (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates agreed Saturday to give Egypt's military-installed government another $3.9 billion in aid after transferring $1 billion in July, the official WAM news agency said.


Thousands march against austerity in Portugal

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:41 AM PDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in Lisbon to protest the austerity measures the government has been compelled to adopt in return for a 78 billion euro ($105.6 billion) bailout reached in 2011.

Fighting rages in eastern DR Congo

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:40 AM PDT

A Congolese army soldier in the bush north of Kanyarucinya, around 12km from Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 17, 2013Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) - A new front opened up Saturday as fighting raged between Congolese troops and rebels on the second day of a fresh flare-up that has prompted international calls for restraint.


No party wins majority in Czech election

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Czech billionaire and the leader of ANO 2011 movement Andrej Babis, center, talks to the reporters after early parliamentary elections finished, in Prague, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. Partial results show the leftist opposition is leading in the vote, which was called to end a political crisis triggered by the center-right government's collapse. With just over 30 percent of all polling stations counted Saturday, the Social Democrats have 22.14 percent of the vote, while the new centrist ANO (YES) movement is second with 18.66 and the Communists are third with 16.95. Prime Minister Petr Necas' center-right coalition broke down in June after a whirlwind of allegations about corruption and marital infidelity. (AP Photo/CTK, Vit Simanek) SLOVAKIA OUTPRAGUE (AP) — A special parliamentary election held in the Czech Republic left no party with a majority on Saturday, which could lead to protracted negotiations aimed at forming a coalition government.


Sudan ruling party reformers to set up 'new party'

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:31 AM PDT

Sudanese protestors throw stones at a petrol station in Omdurman during a demonstration after the government announced steep price rises for petroleum products after suspending state subsidies as part of crucial economic reforms on September 25, 2013Khartoum (AFP) - Three leading reformers faced with expulsion from Sudan's ruling party are forming a new one following a deadly crackdown on protests last month, one of them said Saturday.


United fight back, Suarez slays West Brom

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:31 AM PDT

Manchester United's forward Javier Hernandez (L) scores United's third goal during their English Premier League football match against Stoke City at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England on October 26, 2013London (AFP) - Manchester United belatedly rediscovered their famous fighting spirit by roaring back from behind to beat Stoke City 3-2 on Saturday and re-energise their Premier League title defence.


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