2013年10月27日星期日

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China to hold first trial of anti-graft activists

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:15 PM PDT

China's President Xi Jinping waves as he and Premier Li Keqiang arrive for a reception marking the 64th anniversary of China in BeijingBy Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Chinese anti-graft activists who agitated for officials to disclose their assets go on trial on Monday, in the first case of its kind that underscores the limits of the government's tolerance of challenges to its authority. Despite an official drive against corruption, China has detained at least 15 activists in recent months who were involved in a campaign pushing for officials to publicly disclose their wealth. Rights groups describe the detentions as the first major crackdown by the new government on activists. ...


Colombia's FARC frees ex-U.S. marine after four months in jungle

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:53 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrillas have freed a former U.S. marine who was kidnapped in June while he trekked through the jungle in a known guerrilla area, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the U.S. government said on Sunday. Kevin Scott Sutay, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, had been backpacking through several Central and South American countries before he was captured by the FARC. He had ignored police warnings against hiking through a "red zone" for rebel activity in the southeastern province of Guaviare. "We are pleased about the liberation today of ...

German paper says Obama aware of spying on Merkel since 2010

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Germany's Chancellor Merkel addresses a news conference during a EU leaders summit in BrusselsBERLIN (Reuters) - A German newspaper said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama knew his intelligence service was eavesdropping on Angela Merkel as long ago as 2010, contradicting reports that he had told the German leader he did not know. Germany received information this week that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had bugged Merkel's mobile phone, prompting Berlin to summon the U.S. ambassador, a move unprecedented in post-war relations between the close allies. Reuters was unable to confirm Sunday's news report. ...


Israel to free more Palestinian prisoners for peace talks

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:16 PM PDT

Israeli Prisons Authority vans carrying Palestinian prisoners due for release to help underpin peace talks drive out of Ayalon prison near Lod, on its way to the crossing between Israel and GazaBy Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is to release 26 Palestinian prisoners in a second stage of a deal brokered by the United States in July that brought a resumption of peace talks. Israel said in August it would free 104 inmates in four stages as negotiations resumed after a near three-year hiatus following a dispute over Jewish settlement construction in land Palestinians seek for a state. ...


Kurdish militants tighten grip on Syria's northeast

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:43 PM PDT

A Syrian Kurd Asaish stands at a security checkpoint at Derik in Al-HasakahBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Kurdish militants sought to consolidate their control of an oil-producing region in northeastern Syria on Sunday after seizing a border crossing with Iraq from Islamist rebels, activists said. Fighters linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought in neighboring Turkey for decades, were clearing pockets of resistance of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, al-Nusra Front, and Ahrar al-Sham in the border town of Yarubiya, Syrian opposition sources said. "The Kurds are now in control of the Yarubiya border post. ...


Fernandez coalition loses clout but keeps majority in midterm

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez speaks at the 2009 World Leaders Forum at Columbia University in New YorkBy Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez's allies took a beating in Sunday's midterm election, shrinking her congressional majority, snuffing out chances of a constitutional change to allow her a third term and kicking off the contest to succeed her in 2015. Voters chose half of the lower house of Congress and a third of the Senate in Sunday's midterm. Re-elected in 2011 on promises of increasing state control in Latin America's No. ...


FARC releases US ex-Marine held in Colombia

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:24 PM PDT

A Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla patrols in the mountainous region of the Cauca department, Colombia, on February 15, 2013Bogota (AFP) - Colombia's leftist FARC rebels have released a former US Marine after holding him for four months, in a move promptly hailed by Washington on Sunday.


Britain braces for massive storm

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:16 PM PDT

Waves crash onto the cliffs surrounding Porthleven, Cornwall, southwest England, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Forecasters say a severe storm will hit the southern half of Britain later Sunday, bringing heavy rains and gusts of 60 to 80 miles per hour (100 to 130 kilometers per hour, with the potential to cause widespread and severe disruption from falling trees, power cuts and flooding. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVELONDON (AP) — Driving rains and high winds lashed the U.K. on Sunday evening, as officials warned that the storm forecasters are calling one of the worst in years will cause widespread disruptions for early morning commuters.


Israeli tunnel hit by cyber attack, experts say

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:13 PM PDT

In this Tuesday Oct. 20, 2013 photo, an electric power station is seen near the coastal city of Hadera. When Israel's military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country will face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated cyberattack could one day bring the nation to a standstill. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)HADERA, Israel (AP) — When Israel's military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country might face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated cyberattack could one day bring the nation to a standstill.


Argentine ruling party loses ground in Congress

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:47 PM PDT

A man enters to vote at a polling station during mid term legislative elections in Buenos Aires' Tigre district, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Sunday's run-up to congressional elections will decide how much control President Cristina Fernandez will have over Argentine politics during the final two years of her presidency. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Cristina Fernandez's ruling Front for Victory lost ground in congressional elections Sunday, giving up seats in Argentina's four largest districts and dashing the bloc's hopes that it would could win enough seats to revise the constitution and let her run for a third term.


Colombian rebels free former American GI

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:32 PM PDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's main leftist rebel group on Sunday released a former U.S. Army private who the guerrillas seized in June after he refused to heed local officials' warnings and wandered into rebel-held territory.

Argentine leader's power at stake in Congress vote

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:01 PM PDT

People line up to vote at a polling station during mid term legislative elections in Buenos Aires' Tigre district , Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Sunday's run-up to congressional elections will decide how much control President Cristina Fernandez will have over Argentine politics during the final two years of her presidency. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Cristina Fernandez's ruling Front for Victory lost ground in Argentina's congressional elections Sunday, giving up seats in the four largest districts.


Bomb kills 18 people on way to wedding in eastern Afghanistan

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:58 PM PDT

GHAZNI (Reuters) - A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed 18 people, including at least five women, who were travelling to a wedding party by minibus, a local government official said on Sunday. Violence has risen in Afghanistan this year as most foreign combat troops prepare to leave by the end of 2014. "They were going to attend a wedding party when their minibus was hit by a roadside bomb... which killed 18 mostly females, including children," said the governor's spokesman, Shafiq Nang Safai. ...

Georgia PM ally cruising to presidency as rival concedes defeat

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:53 PM PDT

Georgian presidential candidate Giorgi Margvelashvili speaks to journalists at a polling station during the presidential election in Tbilisi on October 27, 2013Tbilisi (AFP) - An ally of billionaire Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili celebrated a crushing victory at presidential polls in the ex-Soviet country Sunday to succeed flamboyant reformer Mikheil Saakashvili after a decade in charge.


Incoming Georgian president is no 'superman'

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:31 PM PDT

Presidential candidate Margvelashvili greets supporters as he celebrates his victory in Sunday's presidential election at the Georgian Dream coalition's headquarters in TbilisiBy Margarita Antidze and Timothy Heritage TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's next president, Georgy Margvelashvili, fits in perfectly with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili's vision of a nation free of politicians who want to be "superman". Margvelashvili, a little-known confidant of the billionaire premier, won a landslide victory in the former Soviet republic's presidential election on Sunday after only a year in politics. The mild-mannered 44-year-old philosopher will bring to the presidency a different style to his predecessor, the confident, outspoken and exuberant Mikheil Saakashvili. ...


Chile's Bachelet pitches $15 billion plan, vows to back labor unions

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT

Chilean presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet of Nueva Mayoria during live radio debate in SantiagoSANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's presidential frontrunner Michelle Bachelet said on Sunday that if elected she will fortify labor unions and roll out an ambitious $15 billion spending program - more than half of which would fund education. The center-left candidate, poised to sail to victory in either November's general election or a runoff in December, said she wants to stop companies from "slyly" limiting union power. ...


Argentine opposition leader Massa wins Buenos Aires mid-term

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:18 PM PDT

Massa accompanied by his children Milagros and Tomas (R) prepares to vote for the legislative election in TigreBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Candidates sponsored by Argentine opposition leader Sergio Massa won the House of Deputies' midterm election by a 10-percentage-point margin on Sunday in the key province of Buenos Aires, according to an exit poll announced on television channel TN. Opposition parties ran against President Cristina Fernandez's FPV coalition in the mid-term. About the size of Italy, Buenos Aires province is home to 40 percent of Argentina's population and most of the country's agricultural output. ...


Thousands march in Romania against shale gas, gold mine

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:03 PM PDT

A protester holds a sign reading: "Revolution starts with Rosia Montana," in front of the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest on October 20, 2013Bucharest (AFP) - Thousands of Romanians rallied on Sunday against a controversial Canadian gold mine project and against shale gas exploration, in weekly demos that have turned into one of the country's longest-running protests in years.


Banners reflect hard-line backlash in Iran

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:54 PM PDT

A poster depicting an American negotiator wearing a suit jacket and tie at a negotiating table and a dog to his side is displayed in Palestine square, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described his outreach to the U.S. as part of a "new era'' and a chance to put the nuclear standoff with the West to rest. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Banners that suddenly cropped up around Tehran in the past week depict an American diplomat dressed in a jacket and tie, while under the negotiating table he is wearing military pants and pointing a shotgun at an Iranian envoy.


Britain braces for worst storm in a decade

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:45 PM PDT

Large waves break against barriers on the seafront in Brighton, southern England on October 27, 2013 as a predicted storm starts to buildLondon (AFP) - Britain was braced on Sunday for its worst storm in a decade, with heavy rain and winds of more than 80 miles (130 kilometres) an hour set to batter the south of the country.


Britain braced for hurricane-force 'St. Jude' storm

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:33 PM PDT

People with their dog walk on Towan Beach, in CornwallLONDON (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds are forecast to disrupt road, rail and airport networks on Monday when one of the strongest storms in decades is expected to hit the southern half of Britain during rush-hour, forecasters warned on Sunday. Local media dubbed the storm "St. Jude", after the patron saint of lost causes who is traditionally celebrated on October 28, and made comparisons to 1987 when a storm killed 18 people in Britain and felled some 15 million trees. The storm is expected to bring 80 mph winds and heavy rain to Britain early on Monday morning. ...


Myanmar's Suu Kyi picks up overdue honor in Rome

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:32 PM PDT

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize laureate and long-time political prisoner, speaks as Rome mayor Ignazio Marino looks at her, during a ceremony in which she received the honorary citizenship, in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Mauro Scrobogna, Lapresse) ITALY OUTROME (AP) — Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has picked up an overdue honor from Rome, a city she fondly recalled enjoying, along with its gelato, 40 years earlier.


US denies Obama knew of Merkel spying

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT

File picture shows US President Barack Obama (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel chatting during a dinner at the Charlottenburg palace in Berlin, on June 19, 2013Washington (AFP) - The imbroglio over the tapping of Angela Merkel's phone deepened Sunday, after a US denial that President Barack Obama was personally informed for years of electronic surveillance against the German chancellor.


AP Exclusive: Israeli tunnel hit by cyber attack

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:19 PM PDT

In this Tuesday Oct. 20, 2013 photo, an electric power station is seen near the coastal city of Hadera. When Israel's military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country will face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated cyberattack could one day bring the nation to a standstill. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)HADERA, Israel (AP) — When Israel's military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country might face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated cyberattack could one day bring the nation to a standstill.


Thousands of ethnic Hungarians call for autonomy

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:08 PM PDT

Participants of a march for Szekler autonomy, organized in support of the Great March of the Szeklers in central Romania's Szekler Land, gather at Heroes Square, in Budapest, Hungary carrying Hungarian and Szekler flags, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Szeklers are ethnic Hungarians living in the eastern part of Transylvania, Romania. The Great March of the Szeklers was organized by the Szekler National Council of Romania on the same day. (AP Photo/MTI,Attila Kovacs)TARGU SECUIESC, Romania (AP) — Thousands of ethnic Hungarians held rallies on Sunday to demand autonomy for their minority group in the areas where they live in Romania.


Swansea survive Hammers' blows in draw

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:01 PM PDT

Swansea City's English midfielder Wayne Routledge (L) vies with West Ham United's English midfielder Mark Noble at The Liberty Stadium in Swansea, south Wales on October 27, 2013Swansea (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Swansea and West Ham shared the points in a goalless Premier League draw at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday.


Israel says will attend UN rights review

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:58 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on October 27, 2013Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel will attend a UN human rights review Tuesday, a top official told AFP after media reported that Germany had warned of a diplomatic backlash if it stayed away.


Death toll in C.Africa clashes rises

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:52 PM PDT

French soldiers of the BOALI operation in the Central African Republic stand guard at a checkpoint near Bangui Airport on October 10, 2013Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - Twelve people were killed in fierce clashes over the weekend between vigilante groups and former rebels in the western Central African town of Bouar, according to a military source Sunday.


Billionaire PM cements grip in Georgia, ally elected president

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Ivanishvili, Margvelashvili and Usupashvili celebrate Margvelashvili's victory in Sunday's presidential election in TbilisiBy Margarita Antidze and Timothy Heritage TBILISI (Reuters) - A little-known ally of billionaire Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili won a landslide victory in Georgia's presidential election on Sunday, cementing the ruling coalition's grip on power after Mikheil Saakashvili's 10-year rule. Georgy Margvelashvili's triumph concentrates power and will make policy-making easier in the former Soviet republic because Ivanishvili's Georgian Dream coalition now controls both the presidency and the government for the first time. ...


Former South African politician Sexwale arrested in New York: SABC

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:46 PM PDT

Businessman Tokyo Sexwale addresses journalists in Cape TownJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Prominent South African businessman and anti-apartheid stalwart Tokyo Sexwale was arrested in New York after his name was on a list of people banned from entering the United States, national broadcaster SABC said on Sunday, citing his lawyer. Sexwale, a rival of President Jacob Zuma who was ousted as housing minister in a cabinet reshuffle in July, was arrested at John F Kennedy International Airport while on a business trip, SABC said, citing Lesley Mkhabela Some anti-apartheid activists were banned from visiting the United States during apartheid, which ended in ...


Israel approves release of 26 Palestinian prisoners

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:46 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) - Israel on Sunday approved the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners, the second batch to be freed since August under the terms of renewed US-brokered peace talks.


Main Syrian rebel groups declare opposition to Geneva peace talks

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:43 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Main Syrian rebel brigades have announced their opposition to an international peace conference on Syria if it does not result in President Bashar al-Assad's removal, piling pressure on the political opposition not to attend. "Any solution will be totally rejected if it does not end Assad's rule with all of its military and security pillars and if it does not hold accountable all those who took part in the state terrorism," said the statement, dated Saturday and signed by some of the most formidable Islamist units fighting Assad. ...

PM's choice wins Georgia presidency, polls show

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Georgian Dream ruling coalition's presidential candidate Georgy Margvelashvili, left, kisses his daughter Anna, outside a polling station during presidential election in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Georgians are voting Sunday for a president to succeed Mikhail Saakashvili, who during nearly a decade in power has turned this former Soviet republic into a fledgling democracy and a staunch U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Georgy Abdaladze)TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The candidate backed by Georgia's billionaire prime minister easily won Sunday's presidential election in this U.S.-aligned former Soviet republic, exit polls indicated. His closest rival quickly conceded defeat.


Iran pulls down anti-US posters in capital

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:35 PM PDT

An anti-American poster depicting a US negotiator sitting at a table with a dog at his side is displayed next to a mosque in downtown Tehran on October 27, 2013Tehran (AFP) - The Tehran municipality has removed anti-American posters from the streets of the capital which questioned US honesty in nuclear talks with Iran, media reported on Sunday.


Iran sends out feelers for any return to oil markets

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:29 PM PDT

By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Peg Mackey and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - Iran is reaching out to its old oil buyers and is ready to cut prices if Western sanctions against it are eased, promising a battle for market share in a world less hungry for oil than when sanctions were imposed. New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's "charm offensive" at the United Nations last month, coupled with a historic phone call with U.S. ...

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