2013年2月20日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

French general urges EU to equip "impoverished" Mali army

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:58 PM PST

Malian soldiers patrol the streets of GaoBAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) - The European Union should complement a mission to train Mali's army, routed by rebels last year, by providing equipment from uniforms to vehicles and communications technology, a French general said on Wednesday. General Francois Lecointre, appointed to head the EU training mission to Mali (EUTM) that was formally launched this week, said in Bamako equipping the "very impoverished" and disorganized Malian army was as important as training it. ...

Spy agencies scrounge for details on North Korean nuclear test

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:44 PM PST

A North Korean flag on a tower flutters in the wind at a North Korean village near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in this picture taken just south of the border, in PajuWASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. and allied spy agencies have found no traces of telltale nuclear-related particles from North Korea's February 12 nuclear bomb test, leaving unresolved basic questions about the device's design, according to officials in the United States, Europe and South Korea. This lack of scientific evidence suggests that key questions may remain unanswered about the type of fissile material used in the test, which was detected by seismic sensors. It also leaves unaddressed questions about how far the North has advanced in its bomb design. After the test, the U.S. ...

Major powers to make "substantial and serious offer" to Iran

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:38 PM PST

Iran's Foreign Minister Salehi delivers speech at German Council on Foreign Relations in BerlinLONDON (Reuters) - Major powers are ready to make "a substantial and serious offer" to Iran during talks next week in return for concessions on its nuclear program, a Western diplomat said on Wednesday. He declined to give details of the offer - aimed at reviving efforts to reach a diplomatic solution to long-stalled talks over Iran's disputed nuclear work. "We will take an offer with us which we believe to be a substantial and serious offer," the diplomat said of talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan. "This is an offer which we think has significant new elements in it. ...

Bulgarian government resigns amid growing protests

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 07:51 AM PST

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after mass protests against high power prices and falling living standards, joining a long list of European administrations felled by austerity during four years of debt crisis. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, an ex-bodyguard who took power in 2009 on pledges to root out graft and raise incomes in the European Union's poorest member, faces a tough task of propping up eroding support ahead of an expected early election. ...

Italy's "next prime minister" woos left in swing region Sicily

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:01 PM PST

Italy's Democratic Party (PD) leader Pier Luigi Bersani smiles during a political rally in downtown MilanPALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - A live rock band and a charismatic warm-up act set the stage on Wednesday for the man introduced to Sicilians - whose votes matter more than most in an election in a few days' time - as "Italy's next prime minister". The American-style build-up meant Pier Luigi Bersani, the leader of the Democratic Party (PD), struggled to make his rhetoric match the occasion, as he addressed the party faithful in a rally in one of two crucial swing regions. ...

Netanyahu, Rubio in water-bottle toast to U.S., Israel ties

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:35 PM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a meeting of the Jewish Agency's Board of Governors in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toasted their nations' close ties on Wednesday with a click of plastic water bottles reminiscent of the Republican's sip seen 'round the world in Washington last week. Photographers captured the cross-table gesture in Netanyahu's office moments after Rubio remarked how Israel resides "in a challenging neighborhood," and he was "pleased" President Barack Obama would be visiting Israel next month. ...

Ecuador's Correa vows to make socialist revolution 'irreversible'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:46 PM PST

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa speaks at the opening ceremony of the New Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Tababela parishQUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said his party likely won three-quarters of the seats in Congress in last weekend's election and vowed on Wednesday to "steamroll" through reforms that will make his socialist model irreversible. The 49-year-old economist was re-elected on Sunday with 57 percent of votes, some 34 percentage points more than the runner-up. During his six years in office he has won broad support with high spending on infrastructure and social welfare. ...

Syria "Scud-type" missile said to kill 20 in Aleppo

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - A Syrian missile killed at least 20 people in a rebel-held district of Aleppo on Tuesday, opposition activists said, as the army turns to longer-range weapons after losing bases in the country's second-largest city. The use of what opposition activists said was a large missile of the same type as Russian-made Scuds against an Aleppo residential district came after rebels overran army bases over the past two months from which troops had fired artillery. ...

Landlocked neighbors worried by possible Kenya poll violence

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 04:06 PM PST

ATHI RIVER, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's landlocked neighbors are stocking up on fuel and food to prevent the kind of disruption they suffered after being cut off from the port of Mombasa by angry rioters following a disputed election five years ago. About 200 million people in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and eastern Congo could be affected if Kenya goes through a fresh bout of fighting when it holds presidential and parliamentary elections on March 4. ...

Pope may change conclave rules before leaving: Vatican

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:20 AM PST

The Vatican emblem is seen from inside the Vatican stateVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict may change rules governing the conclave that will secretly elect his successor, a move that could move up the global meeting of cardinals who are already in touch about who could best lead Catholics through a period of crisis. The Vatican appears to be aiming to have a new pope elected and then formally installed before Palm Sunday on March 24 so he can preside at Holy Week services leading to Easter. The rule changes could mean that the conclave in the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will choose the next leader of the 1. ...

Police add more confusion to Oscar Pistorius case

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 03:48 PM PST

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands inside the court as a police officer looks on during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. A South African judge says defense lawyers will need to offer "exceptional" reasons to convince him to grant bail for Oscar Pistorius, when a hearing resumes Wednesday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The prosecution case against Oscar Pistorius began to unravel Wednesday with revelations of a series of police blunders and the lead investigator's admission that authorities have no evidence challenging the double-amputee Olympian's claim he killed his girlfriend accidentally.

Bolivia leader unable to visit Chavez at hospital

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 03:45 PM PST

A mural depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and the words in Spanish "Healing" covers a wall along a downtown street in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Chavez's sudden return to Venezuela after more than two months of cancer treatments in Cuba has fanned speculation that the president could be preparing to relinquish power and make way for a successor and a new election. Chavez remained silent and out of sight after his return was announced on his Twitter account Monday. The government said he was continuing unspecified medical treatments at Caracas' military hospital. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday that he was unable to meet with his friend and ally Hugo Chavez when he came to the military hospital in Caracas where the Venezuelan president is undergoing unspecified cancer treatment.

Egypt's military signals impatience with president

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:46 PM PST

In this Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 photo, a state of emergency is imposed in Port Said, Egypt. President Mohammed Morsi declared a curfew in three provinces along Suez Canal to prevent the current unrest. Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, criticizing their policies and issuing veiled threats that it might seize power again. The tension is raising the specter of a military intervention much like the one in 2011, when generals ousted Hosni Mubarak to end a popular uprising.(AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun) JAPAN OUTCAIRO (AP) — Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and issuing thinly veiled threats that it might seize power again.

Report: Mexico disappearances constitute 'crisis'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 03:32 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2012 file photo, a member of a caravan of Central American mothers hold a photograph of her disappeared child during a Mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The sign reads in Spanish "Looking for Denis Mauricio Jimenes Bautista." A new Human Rights Watch report released on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 calls Mexico's anti-drug offensive MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday calls Mexico's anti-drug offensive "disastrous" and cites 249 cases of disappearances, most of which show evidence of having been carried out by the military or law enforcement.

What's different? Pistorius and police on killing

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:21 AM PST

Advocate Barry Roux, left, avoids journalists as he leaves the court after representing Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius for his bail application at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Pistorius faces a bail hearing after charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who was cremated in her home town Port Elizabeth on the east coast on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — There are several key points where testimony conflicts between the prosecution and the defense in the Oscar Pistorius case.

Pope considers new conclave rules, date uncertain

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:31 AM PST

Pictures of Pope Benedict XVI are seen at a newsstand outside the pope's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, in the town of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Immediately after his resignation on Feb. 28, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI will spend some time at the papal summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo, overlooking Lake Albano in the hills south of Rome where he has spent his summer vacations reading and writing. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI may enact a new law governing the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope amid continued uncertainty over when the voting can begin.

Boom in quinoa demand stresses Bolivia highlands

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 04:13 PM PST

In this Feb. 16, 2013 photo, farmer Geronimo Blanco shows his quinoa plants in Patamanta, Bolivia. Blanco also grows potatoes, carrots and peas. A burgeoning global demand for quinoa is spurring new cultivation all across Bolivia's western highlands as prices for the Andean "super grain" soar. But agronomists say quinoa fever is running up against physical limits. Quinoa does not lend itself to industrial-scale production and the rush to increase yields is prompting Bolivian growers to abandon traditional agricultural practices, thus endangering the fragile highlands' ecosystem. Bolivia's President Evo Morales will attend a U.N. event declaring declare 2013 International Year of Quinoa on Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The growing global demand for quinoa by health food enthusiasts isn't just raising prices for the Andean "super grain" and living standards among Bolivian farmers. Quinoa fever is running up against physical limits.

British neighborhood wants its Banksy back

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:14 PM PST

This is an undated image of an art work from British artist Banksy made available by Haringey Council Wednesday Feb. 20, 2013. The stencil by the famed, secretive graffiti artist of a young boy sewing Union Jack bunting on an antique sewing machine appeared on the side of a north London bargain store last May. Soon the gritty Turnpike Lane area was drawing art lovers keen to see Banksy's typically cheeky take on the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the British throne. Last week it vanished, leaving nothing but a rectangle of exposed brick — only to reappear on the website of a Miami auction house. Listed as "Slave Labor (Bunting Boy)," it is due to be sold Saturday with an estimated price of between $500,000 and $700,000. (AP Photo/Haringey Council) NO ARCHIVELONDON (AP) — A London neighborhood wants its Banksy back.

Portrait of accused China cyberspy unit emerges

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 06:22 AM PST

The building housing BEIJING (AP) — Unit 61398 of the People's Liberation Army has been recruiting computer experts for at least a decade. It has made no secret of details of community life such as badminton matches and kindergarten, but its apparent purpose became clear only when a U.S. Internet security firm accused it of conducting a massive hacking campaign against North American targets.

Diplomats: Iran starts upgrade of nuclear site

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:29 PM PST

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, waves to the crowd at the conclusion of his speech in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Iran's Supreme Leader said Saturday that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, but that no world power could stop Tehran's access to an atomic bomb if it intended to build one. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)VIENNA (AP) — In a disheartening signal to world powers at upcoming Iran talks, Tehran has started installing high-tech machines at its main uranium enrichment site that are capable of accelerating production of reactor fuel and — with further upgrading — the core of nuclear warheads, diplomats said Wednesday.

WikiLeaks discover ties between Nigerian scammers and Straftor

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:05 PM PST

About a year ago, Julian Assange's WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy organization that became a global sensation with the release of tens of thousands of US diplomatic cables and military field reports, said it had hit paydirt again: Seven years worth of emails from the private consulting firm Stratfor, about 5 million in all, that were stolen by hackers.

Upbeat Rajoy says Spain is on the mend, despite economic woes

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:00 PM PST

An unapologetic Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Wednesday tried to inject optimism into his first state of the union speech before parliament, suggesting that while much pain remained ahead, the country is on a path to recovery.

The man who would be Italy's next prime minister: Pier Luigi Bersani

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:40 PM PST

Two months ago, his election as Italy's next prime minister seemed all but assured.

Curbing child abuse in Mexico

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:12 AM PST

What happens to child abuse victims in Mexico?

What we know about the death of a Mossad agent named 'Prisoner X' – and what we don't

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:09 AM PST

Ben Zygier – aka Ben Alon, Ben Allen, Benjamin Burrows and "Prisoner X" – died in an secret Israeli prison cell in late 2011. Why was he there? Mr. Zygier, who'd emigrated to Israel from his native Australia about 10 years previously, had worked for the Mossad, Israel's external spy agency and something went wrong.

Tunisia wobbles further as PM resigns and credit rating drops

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 07:42 AM PST

Tunisia has avoided large-scale turbulence since protests toppled dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali two years ago, but a political shoving match that prompted Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali to resign last night shows how complicated democratic change can be.

State role in cyberespionage campaign? China says report 'lacks technical proof'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 06:35 AM PST

China's government says that an extensive report on an alleged ongoing cyberespionage campaign by Chinese military hackers – which included a broad array of business targets – "lacks technical proof" of state involvement.

Short trip to Timbuktu reveals long road ahead for Mali

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 04:55 AM PST

For a moment the lieutenant searched for words. The French column was rolling through the town of Tonka, three weeks ago in northern Mali, on the heels of retreating Islamists. It was not long after sunrise and already there were crowds along the road, cheering and waving French and Malian flags.

In South Africa, a brutal rape sparks unusual proposal

Posted: 19 Feb 2013 02:21 PM PST

The shocking rape and murder of a 17-year-old in South Africa has politicians and police searching for solutions. But a possible new policy in one province, proposing that rapists found to have the HIV virus be charged with murder, is going too far, say some analysts.

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