2013年3月31日星期日

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South Africa says Mandela's condition has improved

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:07 PM PDT

Former South African president Nelson Mandela looks on as he celebrates his birthday at his house in QunuBy Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The condition of South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia. "Nelson Mandela had a restful day," South Africa's presidency said in a statement, adding doctors treating him had reported "a further improvement in his condition". "Government is satisfied that the doctors are providing the former president with the best medical care possible to enable his recovery and comfort," the statement said. ...

U.S. F-22 stealth jets join South Korea drills amid saber-rattling

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 03:01 PM PDT

U.S. Air Force handout photo of two F-22 stealth fightersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea. The advanced, radar-evading F-22 Raptors were deployed to Osan Air Base, the main U.S. Air Force base in South Korea, from Japan to support ongoing bilateral exercises, the U.S. military command in South Korea said in a statement that urged North Korea to restrain itself. ...

Egyptian satirist questioned for insulting Mursi, freed on bail

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 10:28 AM PDT

Bassem Youssef, the country's best-known satirist, gestures to journalists and activists as he arrives at the high court to appear at the prosecutor's office in CairoBy Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian prosecutors questioned Egypt's most popular television satirist on Sunday over allegations that he insulted President Mohamed Mursi, a case regarded by his critics as new proof of a crackdown on dissent. Bassem Youssef turned himself in after the prosecutor general issued an arrest warrant for him on Saturday. He was released on bail of 15,000 Egyptian pounds ($2,200). Youssef rose to fame with a satirical online show after the uprising that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. His program, which has been compared to the Daily Show of U.S. ...

Italian president at center of storm as deadlock continues

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:20 AM PDT

Italian President Napolitano arrives for a media conference ia the Quirinale palace in RomeBy James Mackenzie ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano will face the greatest test of his career during his final weeks in office as he tries to end the standoff preventing a new government being formed more than a month after elections. Following widespread reports he may resign to open the way for a new vote, Napolitano pledged to remain in office at the Quirinale palace until his term ends on May 15, averting the immediate threat of further turmoil. ...

Iran sanctions spur boom for Pakistani diesel smugglers

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 02:16 PM PDT

A man sits on top of plastic canisters of petrol that he says was brought from Iran, as he prepares to unload them from a van at a roadside shop near a Pakistan and Iran borderBy Hamdan Albaloshi JOGAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Some of the contraband is spirited across the mountains in Pepsi bottles carried by child smugglers. Yet more is loaded into pick-up trucks or siphoned into barrels and strapped onto mules. So lucrative are the returns that even seasoned opium traffickers are abandoning their traditional cargo to grab a share of Pakistan's closest thing to an oil boom: a roaring trade in illicit Iranian diesel. ...

Fighting erupts after car bombing in Mali

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 01:48 PM PDT

By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian soldiers backed by French fighter jets battled Islamist rebels in Timbuktu on Sunday after insurgents used a car bomb as cover to infiltrate the northern desert town, sources said. The French-led offensive in Mali has pushed a mix of Islamists out of their northern strongholds and remote mountain bases but the militants have hit back with several suicide attacks and guerilla-style raids. ...

Syria says rebels set fire to three eastern oil wells

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 01:33 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters ride on a vehicle heading towards Al Fu'ah and Kefraya towns in northern IdlibBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels have set three oil wells in the east of the country ablaze, causing a daily loss of nearly 5,000 barrels of oil and 52,000 cubic meters of gas, state media quoted an oil ministry official as saying on Sunday. SANA news agency said the damage to the oil wells in Deir al-Zor province, much of which is in rebel hands, followed disputes among the fighters over "sharing out the stolen oil" from fields in areas they control. It said Syria's Furat Petroleum Corporation was working to extinguish the three fires. ...

Britain's Osborne defends welfare cuts after church attacks

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 05:07 PM PDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, arrives at Millbank broadcast studios in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government on Monday defended a raft of new welfare spending cuts, a key plank of efforts to rein in spending as the economy flounders, after church leaders attacked the changes as unjust. Finance minister George Osborne and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith labeled opponents of their plan as "shrill", and insisted it would lead to a fairer benefits system and encourage more Britons to work. ...

Central African Republic leader takes defense ministry in caretaker government

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Central African Republic's new President Michel Djotodia speaks to his supporters at a rally in favour of the Seleka rebel coalition in downtown BanguiBy Ange Aboa BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's new leader Michel Djotodia announced a caretaker government on Sunday in which he is defense minister, according to a statement issued by his spokesman. The new government, which is due to hold elections in the mineral-rich former French colony within three years, will retain civilian opposition representative Nicolas Tiangaye as prime minister. ...

Flash floods kill at least 10 people in Mauritius

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:34 AM PDT

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - At least 10 people have been killed in flash floods in Mauritius and more downpours could be on the way, officials and the Indian Ocean island's meteorological service said on Sunday. The deaths occurred on Saturday and most of the victims were trapped in an underpass leading to the Caudan Waterfront, a commercial area in Port Louis. Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam said on Sunday that Port Louis had a torrential downpour with 152 mm falling in two hours. ...

Pope makes Easter pleas for world peace

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 01:29 PM PDT

Pope Francis hugs a child after celebrating his first Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans and bedecked by spring flowers.Wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis strode onto the esplanade in front of St. Peter's Basilica and took his place at an altar set up under a white canopy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis marked Christianity's most joyous day with a passionate plea for world peace, celebrating his first Easter Sunday as pontiff in the enthusiastic company of more than 250,000 people who overflowed from St. Peter's Square.

Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 09:45 AM PDT

Kyaw Min Swe, chief editor in The Voice newspaper, holds a copy of his daily during an interview with the Associated Press in his office in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The reform process under President Thein Sein, who took office two years ago this month, has included the abolition of direct censorship of local media. On Monday, independent daily newspapers will be able to publish for the first time since 1964. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — For most people in Myanmar, it will be a novelty when privately run daily newspapers hit the streets on Monday. Many weren't even born when the late dictator Ne Win imposed a state monopoly on the daily press in the 1960s.

NKorea calls nukes country's 'life' at big meeting

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 06:55 AM PDT

South Korean Army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, March 31, 2013. North Korea warned South Korea on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that's the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top North Korean decision-making body issued a pointed warning Sunday, saying that nuclear weapons are "the nation's life" and will not be traded even for "billions of dollars."

South Africa: Mandela in hospital on Easter

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa. A South African official says Mandela is breathing "without difficulty" after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area that was caused by pneumonia. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela had a restful day in a hospital Sunday and is improving following treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the government said.

Egyptian TV satirist released after questioning

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 02:12 PM PDT

A bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the new Islamist political class, was an escalation in a campaign to intimidate critics. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charges of insulting the country's leader and Islam.

Christians in Holy Land, Mideast celebrate Easter

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 09:01 AM PDT

Iraqi Christians pray during Easter mass at Mar Youssif Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The Chaldean Church is an Eastern Rite church affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)JERUSALEM (AP) — Catholics and Protestants flocked to churches to celebrate Easter on Sunday in the Holy Land and across the broader Middle East, praying, singing and rejoicing as a new pope pleaded for peace in the region.

Islamic extremists attack Timbuktu in north Mali

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:17 AM PDT

FILE In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, a Malian soldier walks in Gao, northern Mali. Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle between Islamic extremists and the Malian and French armies, residents and a Malian military spokesman said Sunday, March 31. The attack started Saturday night at about 10 p.m. local time when a jihadist suicide bomber blew himself up at a Malian military checkpoint at the western entrance to Timbuktu, and fighting continued Sunday, according to Capt. Samba Coulibaly, spokesman for the Malian military in Timbuktu. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle between Islamic extremists and the Malian and French armies, residents and a Malian military spokesman said Sunday.

Syria accuses rebels of setting fire to oil wells

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:50 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Heavy shelling in a neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo sent civilians fleeing for their lives on Sunday, and the state news agency accused rebels trying to topple the government of setting fire to three oil wells.

AP PHOTOS: Easter celebrations around the world

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of his first Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans and bedecked by spring flowers. Wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis strode onto the esplanade in front of St. Peter's Basilica and took his place at an altar set up under a white canopy. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)On Easter Sunday, the most holy day of the Christian calendar, believers attended religious services — whether among the packed crowds before a new pope in St. Peter's Square, at sunrise services in India and Pakistan, or at churches flanked by blast walls and security cordons in Iraq.

Palestinian leader clamps down on critics

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:24 PM PDT

In this Saturday, 30 March, 2013 photo, Palestinian journalist Mamdooh Hamamreh adjusts his glasses during an interview to the Associated Press in the West Bank village of Hussan, near Bethlehem. Last week an appeals court in the West Bank upheld a one-year prison term for Mamdooh Hamamreh for "defaming" Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a Facebook post. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)HUSSAN, West Bank (AP) — Mahmoud Abbas' government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and bloggers in recent months for allegedly "defaming" the Western-backed Palestinian leader.

Iraq's Christians face hardship, but peaceful Easter also highlights promise

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 08:55 AM PDT

Iraqi Christians celebrated a largely peaceful Easter under heavy security as a newly-elected Catholic leader pledged to try to stop an exodus from the Middle East and rebuild the battered church community.

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