2013年4月15日星期一

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North Korea issues new military threats on founder's birthday

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:02 PM PDT

North Korean soldiers, workers and students place flowers before statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il at Mansudae in PyongyangBy Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea made new threats of military action on Monday as the reclusive nation celebrated the anniversary of its founder's birth, stoking tension on the peninsula with a new "ultimatum" to South Korea in the stand-off over its nuclear program. The latest statement from Pyongyang followed threats of nuclear attacks on the United States, South Korea and Japan, after new U.N. sanctions were imposed in response to the North's latest nuclear test in February. ...

Schultz, Baker to lead U.S. delegation at Thatcher funeral

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 04:58 PM PDT

Obama meets to discuss non-proliferation policy in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is sending two high-level Reagan-era officials to head the U.S. delegation at the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the White House said on Monday. George Schultz, a secretary of state for Republican President Ronald Reagan, and James Baker, who had a number of senior roles in both the Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidencies, will lead the U.S. delegation at the funeral in London on Wednesday, the White House said. There were no reported plans by any of the former U.S. ...

Venezuela opposition demands vote recount, protests flare

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 04:23 PM PDT

Venezuela's President-elect Nicolas Maduro holds the certificate from the CNE as winner of Sunday's election in CaracasBy Brian Ellsworth and Diego Ore CARACAS (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in the Venezuelan capital on Monday after opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles called for demonstrations to demand a recount of votes from Sunday's election to replace the late Hugo Chavez. Police used tear gas to disperse young demonstrators who threw rocks and sticks in an upscale district of Caracas. ...

Islamist agitation fuels unrest in Bangladesh

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 02:08 PM PDT

File photo of activists of Hefajat-e-Islam shouting slogans during a grand rally in DhakaBy John Chalmers DHAKA (Reuters) - One night in February, Rajib Haider was set upon near his Dhaka home by five knife-wielding youths. His face was so lacerated that a relative who found the body wasn't sure it was him until he called Haider's cellphone and heard it ring inside a pocket. Haider was a blogger, one of hundreds in Bangladesh demanding the death penalty for Islamist leaders accused of wartime atrocities, whose grisly murder swelled the crowds at student-led rallies many hailed as a "Bangladesh Spring". ...

Albania sacks poll official despite international warnings

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:05 PM PDT

Albania's Prime Minister Berisha attends a debate at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in StrasbourgBy Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's parliament sacked an election official on Monday despite warnings from the country's international partners that the move could damage domestic and overseas confidence in June parliamentary elections. The fresh political row came after Prime Minister Sali Berisha saw his main coalition ally jump ship to join the opposition ahead of the June 23 elections, but its representative in the seven-member Central Election Commission (CEC) stay put. ...

U.N. aid groups say world must act now to save Syria

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Members of the Free Syrian Army fire weapons mounted on a pick-up truck in Deir al-ZorBy Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - World leaders must act urgently to break the diplomatic deadlock around Syria if they want to prevent the crisis from reaching a dangerous tipping point, the heads of the United Nations aid agencies said on Monday in a rare political appeal. If the international community continues to dither the crisis could turn into a humanitarian catastrophe that could scar the region for a generation, one of the leaders said. ...

Seventeen illegal miners killed in Ghana pit collapse

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 03:31 PM PDT

ACCRA (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed while mining illegally at a disused gold mine in Ghana's central region when the ground caved in on them on Monday, local authorities and eyewitnesses said. The dead included one of six injured miners who died in the hospital, the Municipal chief executive Peter Owusu-Ashia told Reuters. "It is an abandoned pit that has attracted a lot of illegal miners," Owusu-Ashia said adding that persistent efforts to ward off such activities have proved futile. He said rescuers had retrieved 16 bodies, using excavators and other earth-moving equipment. ...

Italy's Monti, Bersani seek agreement over new president

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 01:32 PM PDT

Italy's outgoing PM Monti speaks during a news conference in RomeBy James Mackenzie ROME (Reuters) - Outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani moved closer to agreement on Monday on choosing a new president, a vital step to ending the stalemate created by an inconclusive election in February. Seven weeks after the general election, which left no party with a viable majority in parliament, Monti remains head of a caretaker government with vital reforms on hold until a new administration can be formed. ...

Mexican drug cartel money laundering trial begins in Texas

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 01:57 PM PDT

By Jim Forsyth (Reuters) - The jury trial of a Mexican drug cartel leader that began on Monday in Austin, Texas, will provide a look at how the vicious gangs that make huge profits in drug and human smuggling go about laundering their illegal profits in the United States. Jose Trevino Morales is charged with multiple counts of money laundering for his role in Los Zetas, a ruthless gang blamed for much of the brutal violence which has marred Mexico over the past several years. ...

Kuwaiti politician jailed for insulting emir

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT

File picture shows Kuwaiti lawmaker Musallam al-Barrak speaking to journalists in Kuwait CityBy Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - A prominent Kuwaiti opposition politician was sentenced to five years in jail on Monday for insulting the emir, his lawyer said, in a ruling that brought thousands of people to the streets in protest. The demonstration showed the continuing tension between former members of parliament and the government, long dominated by the Al-Sabah family, in a country that has avoided the sort of mass pro-democracy unrest seen in many other Arab states. ...

Kerry visits family of slain US diplomat

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 01:52 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves after his lecture to students at Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo Monday, April 15, 2013. Kerry is here as part of Asian tour amid a tense situation over a possible missile launch by North Korea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, Pool)CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped in Chicago on Monday to visit the parents of the young U.S. diplomat who was killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan earlier this month.

Some hopeful signs out of the Afghan army

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 12:05 PM PDT

An Afghan Army soldier rests on his armored vehicle during a patrol outside Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 15, 2013. Despite questions about the ability of the Afghan army to successfully take the fight to the insurgency, U.S. and coalition military officials say that the nascent force has made great strides in the past year and has surpassed many of their expectations. (AP Photo/Jawad Jalali)CAMP THUNDER, Afghanistan (AP) — Gen. Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, commander of Afghanistan's 203rd Thunder Corps, looked happy as he sat down for lunch in his eastern command post near the border with Pakistan.

Maduro certified as election winner amid protests

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 03:18 PM PDT

Opposition supporters and students clash with national guard soldiers and riot police firing tear gas as they protest near a highway in the Altamira neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 15, 2013. National Guard troops dispersed students protesting the official results of Venezuela's disputed presidential election. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has challenged his narrow loss to Nicolas Maduro and is demanding a recount. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, apparently ignoring opposition demands for a recount as anti-government protests broke out in the bitterly polarized nation.

Iraq attacks kill 55 less than a week before vote

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 10:29 AM PDT

Civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in the east Baghdad neighborhood of Kamaliya, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013. A series of attacks across, Iraq many involving car bombs, has killed and wounded dozens of people, police said less than a week before Iraqis in much of the country are scheduled to vote in the country's first elections since the 2011 U.S. troop withdrawal. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents in Iraq deployed a series of car bombs as part of highly coordinated attacks that cut across a wide swath of the country Monday, killing at least 55 on the deadliest day in nearly a month.

After weeks of NKorean fury, calm on key holiday

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 12:18 PM PDT

A North Korean child covers the eyes of her father as she sits on his shoulders watching mass folk dancing in front of Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, April 15, 2013. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets Monday to celebrate a major national holiday, the birthday of their first leader, Kim Il Sung. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Koreans celebrated the birthday of their first leader Monday by dancing in plazas and snacking on peanuts, with little hint of the fiery language that has kept the international community fearful that a missile launch may be imminent.

Serbia massacre puts spotlight on Balkan vet woes

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

TO GO WITH STORY BALKANS WAR VETERANS - In this April 12, 2013 photo, the grave of Edin Kapidzic is seen in the war veterans cemetery in Vukovar, Eastern Croatia. Edin Kapidzic fought in Croatia's brutal war for independence and came out alive, but carrying on in peace turned out to be harder. Years after returning from the front lines, the former soldier from eastern Croatia hanged himself in a park in the hometown he defended during the 1991-95 conflict. Across the Balkans, tens of thousands of war veterans from the ethnic conflicts of the 1990s' have had trouble fitting back into their societies upon return from the battlefields in the former Yugoslavia. Thousands of former fighters have experienced symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, including anger and depression, many have turned to alcohol and drugs, taken their own lives or turned against those around them, Balkan veterans often speak of survivor's guilt. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)VUKOVAR, Croatia (AP) — Edin Kapidzic fought in Croatia's brutal war for independence and came out alive. Carrying on in peace turned out to be harder.

Chad's leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this picture taken Monday Jan. 28, 2013, Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, Northern Mali. Chadian President Idriss Deby in an interview with French journalists that was posted online Monday April 15, 2013 said his country's troops are pulling out of Mali three months after the French-led mission to oust al-Qaida-linked militants began, raising concerns about the future of war in the absence of the fierce Chadian desert fighters. The drawdown of Chadian forces comes days after a suicide bombing killed three Chadian soldiers.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay-File)BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The war against armed Islamic extremists in Mali will lose some 2,000 Chadian soldiers, the president of Chad said, leaving Malian cities more vulnerable to a resurgence of jihadist attacks.

Judge denies Gitmo detainee's bid for relief

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 02:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo, Guantanamo guards keep watch over a cell block with detainees in Camp 6 maximum-security facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Guards clashed Saturday, April 13, 2013 with prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison as the military sought to move hunger strikers out of a communal section of the detention center, officials said. The confrontation occurred after the commander decided to move prisoners into single, solid-walled cells so that prison authorities could monitor them more closely during the hunger strike, the military said.. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Monday denied an emergency motion for relief filed by a Guantanamo Bay prisoner on a hunger strike, despite pleas from the man's lawyer who says his client is dying.

Boston blasts prompt UK review of London Marathon

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 03:39 PM PDT

Police clear the area at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)LONDON (AP) — British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the bombs that killed two people at the race in Boston. But there is no known specific or credible threat against the hugely popular British race at the moment, a security official said Monday.

AP Interview: UN puts spotlight on 'stunted' kids

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 10:02 AM PDT

Anthony Lake, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund, speaks to reporters during a global conference on combating world hunger at Dublin Castle in Ireland on Monday, April 15, 2013. A United Nations Children's Fund report published Monday found that more than a quarter of children under the age of 5 worldwide are permanently "stunted" from malnutrition, leaving them physically and intellectually weak and representing a scandalous waste of human potential, according to the agency's director. Anthony Lake, executive director of UNICEF since 2010, said better provision of vitamins, clean water and breastfeeding could have helped these 165 million children achieve normal brain and body development, but their lack of proper nutrition means instead they suffer increased vulnerability to illness and early death. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)DUBLIN (AP) — The United Nations Children's Fund says more than a quarter of children under the age of 5 worldwide are permanently "stunted" from malnutrition, leaving them physically and intellectually weak and representing a scandalous waste of human potential.

Narrow election victory by Chávez favorite is a win for opposition too

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 02:23 PM PDT

Interim President Nicolás Maduro's razor-thin victory stunned Venezuelans on both sides of the country's political divide, sending throngs of his supporters to celebrate in front of Miraflores palace, and leaving his critics crying foul.

US loses a West Bank darling with resignation of Palestinian prime minister

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 11:58 AM PDT

The weekend resignation of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad calls into question not only the political career of a Western darling, but also the paradigm he pioneered: self-empowerment instead of victimhood.

Auf wiedersehen, euro? New anti-euro party forms in Germany

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 10:59 AM PDT

The familiar "Get out of the euro!" battle cry echoed once again in Europe yesterday. But this time the call was not directed at the usual suspects, like Cyprus, Greece, or another of the highly indebted economies in Europe's south.

US and Russia take tentative positive step amid blacklist battle

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 09:09 AM PDT

Amid a war of words and the publication of dueling official blacklists of "criminals" who enjoy impunity on the other side, Moscow and Washington may be finally taking steps to repair their tattered relationship.

North Korea's Kim Jong-un celebrates missile-free holiday

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 07:14 AM PDT

Despite ongoing tension on the Korean peninsula and speculation that North Korea would use the occasion to flex its military muscle, North Korea celebrated its biggest holiday in relative calm.

Global defense spending dips for first time in 15 years

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:59 AM PDT

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China cozies up to Iceland in race for Arctic resources

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 05:25 AM PDT

It is clear why Iceland is interested in China: the Arctic nation's prime minister is currently in Beijing to sign a free trade agreement that will boost Icelandic fish exports more than somewhat. But why is China so interested in Iceland?

Boston Marathon: Defending champ now holds seat in Kenya's parliament

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 04:30 AM PDT

The defending champion in today's Boston Marathon has an extra spring in his step this year after his recent election to Kenya's parliament, a symbol of just how much respect the East African nation holds for its international marathoners.

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