2013年6月11日星期二

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Turkish police battle protesters after Erdogan warning

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:45 PM PDT

By Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish riot police using tear gas and water cannon battled protesters for control of Istanbul's Taksim Square, hours after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan demanded an immediate end to 10 days of demonstrations. Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu appeared on television, declaring that police operations would continue day and night until the square, focus of demonstrations against Erdogan, was cleared. ...

Preview: Iran election offers choice, but little change

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:15 PM PDT

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Jalili arrives at the Iranian Consulate before his meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Ashton in IstanbulBy Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Friday's presidential election in Iran is unlikely to bring significant change to the Islamic republic, whose supreme leader has ensured hardline candidates dominate the field. But the sole moderate could yet upset the race. World powers embroiled in talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear program are looking for signs of a recalibration of its negotiating position after eight years of inflexibility under firey populist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ...

Mali government, Tuaregs reach ceasefire deal 'in principle'

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:41 PM PDT

By Mathieu Bonkoungou OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - A Malian government delegation and Tuareg separatist rebels have reached an agreement "in principle" that would allow planned elections in July to go ahead in the disputed northern Kidal region, a senior mediator in the talks said late on Monday. Negotiations in Ouagadougou, the capital of neighboring Burkina Faso, opened on Saturday, after Mali's army last week began advancing towards Kidal, the MNLA rebels' last stronghold in the remote northeast, in the first direct fighting in months. ...

Artists clash with Islamists at Egyptian culture protest

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:06 PM PDT

Riot police attempt to separate anti-Mursi protesters and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in front of the Ministry of Culture during a demonstration in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Artists and activists protesting against the influence of Islamists in Egypt's culture ministry clashed with religious supporters of the president on Tuesday, leaving several people wounded, witnesses and officials said. President Mohamed Mursi, propelled to power by the Muslim Brotherhood, has faced repeated protests by non-Islamist groups during his divisive year in charge of the country. ...

Thai Muslims debate their future as peace talks raise hope

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:05 PM PDT

Muhamad Anwar Ismail Hajiteh's wife Romuelah Saeyeh, and Muhamad Anwar's family pose for picture outside Pattani Central PrisonBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Huddled in a room on the periphery of a university campus in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Muslim students debate ideas that have long been considered inflammatory or even treasonous. An insurgency by shadowy Muslim fighters in predominantly Buddhist Thailand's three southernmost provinces has claimed 5,700 lives since 2004. ...

Russia's Putin says U.S. supports opposition protesters

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 12:44 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his visit to the new studio complex of television channel 'Russia Today' in MoscowBy Alexei Anishchuk and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused U.S. diplomats of interfering in Russian politics by supporting opposition demonstrators, a day before a planned protest march in Moscow. Putin's complaint came in remarks in which he criticized U.S. actions ranging from the treatment of Native Americans to the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima, but said Russia and the United States had common interests and should cooperate. ...

Planned Parenthood, ACLU file suit to block new Alabama abortion law

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:01 PM PDT

Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on Tuesday asking a federal judge to block enforcement of a new Alabama law that critics say will force the closure of three of the state's five abortion clinics on July 1.

Edward Snowden: Who is he, and what kind of life is he leaving behind?

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:58 PM PDT

In the interest of revealing what he saw as the privacy violations of millions of Americans by their own government, Edward Snowden, 29, has likely forfeited his future at an age when most young adults are still shaping the arc of their lives.

ACLU files suit over NSA surveillance, citing 'chilling effect'

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:42 PM PDT

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a complaint in a New York district court this afternoon that says the US government's practice of obtaining secret warrants to trawl through vast amounts of American phone records – what it calls "dragnet acquisition" – "is akin to snatching every American's address book – with annotations detailing whom we spoke to, when we talked, for how long, and from where."

Will Obama reconsider arming Syrian rebels? This week could be key

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:38 PM PDT

With the tide in Syria's civil war showing signs of shifting in favor of President Bashar al-Assad – especially as thousands of Hezbollah fighters have poured into the country in recent months to fight on the government's side – the Obama administration is taking a fresh look at arming Syria's rebels.

Clashes in Istanbul extend into night in Taksim

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:36 PM PDT

Taksim Square is flooded by tear gas as clashes between protesters and riot police continue into the night in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades in the square early Tuesday, pushing many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)ISTANBUL (AP) — Riot police firing tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets clashed into the early hours of Wednesday with defiant demonstrators occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square and its adjacent park, in the country's most severe anti-government protests in decades.

Syrian rebels reeling from loss of Qusair

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, June 8, 2013 file photo, members of the Lebanese Red Cross carry a Syrian man who was wounded in Qusair, during battles between the rebels and Syrian government forces, is rushed to a hospital in the Bekaa Valley, east of Beirut, Lebanon. Syrian rebels' defeat in Qusair cost them more than a strategic location, it has also left a battered spirit and deep frustration. Over the course of a year, rebels holding the town had heavily fortified it with tunnels, mine fields, and booby traps and when the regime assault came they fought back ferociously. But in the end they were outgunned and outnumbered, and were forced into a harrowing, crushing flight from the town. (AP Photo, File)BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian rebels' defeat in Qusair cost them more than a strategic stronghold. It has left them with a battered spirit and deep frustration.

UN envoy: 'Streets are heating up' in south Yemen

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:04 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy to Yemen warned Tuesday that "the streets are heating up" in the country's restive south and pent-up resentment over more than two decades of unaddressed grievances is reaching "a tipping point."

A look at Turkey and its widespread protests

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:13 PM PDT

A protester kicks a canister after riot police flooded the Gazi Park with tear gas during clashes at the Taksim Square in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of police in riot gear forced through barricades in the square early Tuesday, pushing many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week into a nearby park. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's Islamic-led government is facing its biggest protests in years as demonstrators and police clashed Tuesday for the 12th straight day. Here's a look behind the scenes:

AP PHOTOS: Turkey protesters face riot police

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:14 PM PDT

A protester holds a flag depicting jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as a van burns during clashes at the Taksim Square in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013.Hundreds of riot police overran improvised barricades at Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons in running battles with protesters who have been occupying the area for more than a week. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Hundreds of police in riot gear attempted to clear Istanbul's central Taksim Square of anti-government protesters who have been occupying the area for more than a week. Police used tear gas and water cannon against the crowd. Protesters exploded fireworks, threw stones and waved banners as several fires burned in the square.

Protest crackdowns test Obama ties with Turkish PM

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:31 PM PDT

A man is evacuated on a stretcher after riot police flooded the Gazi Park with tear gas during clashes at the Taksim Square in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Riot police are re-entering Istanbul's Taksim Square after defiant protesters swarmed back in by the thousands. Massive plumes of tear gas billowed upward, and police fired water cannons Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)WASHINGTON (AP) — Government crackdowns against protesters in Turkey could test the close ties between President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a strategically important U.S. ally in a tumultuous region.

Government reviews security damage from NSA disclosures

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:32 PM PDT

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, is pictured during an interview with the Guardian in his hotel room in Hong KongBy Mark Hosenball and John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has launched an internal review of the potential damage to national security from leaks about U.S. surveillance efforts, as a group of senators and technology companies on Tuesday pushed the government to be more open about the top-secret programs. A senior U.S. ...

White House says concerned about events in Turkey

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it was concerned by attempts in Turkey to punish individuals for expressing free speech and called for dialogue to resolve differences between the government and protesters. "We continue to follow events in Turkey with concern, and our interest remains supporting freedom of expression and assembly, including the right to peaceful protest," White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement. ...

Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:57 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican in private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group — a stunning acknowledgment that appears to confirm earlier reports about corruption and dysfunction in the Holy See.

Algeria: president had full stroke, but recovering

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:13 PM PDT

File - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his ballot for local elections in Algiers, in this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 file photo. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's absence during a key visit by the powerful Turkish premier has reignited questions over his health and the future of Africa's largest nation. Laws remain unpassed, important reforms unimplemented and succession murky as he convalseces in a French hospital. The rampant speculation over the condition of Bouteflika, who had ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's president had a full stroke, not a mini-stroke as originally reported, but he is recovering with the help of physical therapy, his office said Tuesday.

Greek state TV, radio broadcasts go off the air

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:09 PM PDT

People stand in front of the Greek state television ERT headquarters after the government's announcement that it will shut down the broadcaster in Athens, on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Greece is to close down all its state-run TV and radio stations with the loss of some 2,500 jobs as part of its cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors. Tuesday's move heralds the first direct public sector layoffs in more than three years of painful austerity, which have cost about a million private sector jobs. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek state TV and radio were gradually pulled off the air late Tuesday, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts and lay off about 2,500 workers as part of a cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors.

Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:51 PM PDT

In this March 29, 2013 photo provided by the French Army's images division, ECPAD, a French soldier holds the launch tube of an SA-7 surface-to-air missile before its destruction in Timbuktu, northern Mali. The knowledge that the terrorists have the weapon has already changed the way the French are carrying out their five-month-old offensive in Mali. They are using more fighter jets rather than helicopters to fly above its range of 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometers) from the ground, even though that makes it harder to attack the jihadists. They are also making cargo planes land and take off more steeply to limit how long they are exposed, in line with similar practices in Iraq after an SA-14 hit the wing of a DHL cargo plane in 2003. (AP Photo/ECPAD, Olivier Debes)TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class.

Police crush barricades in Istanbul square

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:17 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — Hundreds of riot police overran improvised barricades at Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons in running battles with protesters who have been occupying the area for more than a week.

EU nations battle over air traffic control plans

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:12 PM PDT

Passengers wait for a flight at Marseille-Provence Airport, in Marignane, southern France, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. France's main airports have cut their flight timetables in half to cope with a three-day strike by air traffic controllers. The Civil Aviation Authority said that some 1,800 flights were cut Tuesday in France to protest against a plan to centralize control of Europe's air space. (AP Photo/ClaudeParis)PARIS (AP) — A massive battle is taking place in the skies over Europe — and airplane passengers across the continent are feeling its effects.

Nicaragua rushes on for canal deal with Chinese

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:12 PM PDT

A worker prepares a flag to hang on the wharf off the shores of Cocibolca Lake, also known as Nicaragua Lake, in Granada, Nicaragua, Friday, June 7, 2013. A concession to build a canal across Nicaragua linking the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, which would go through the waters of Lake Nicaragua, will be awarded to a Chinese company, the National Assembly president said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua is plowing ahead with a plan to dig a Chinese-funded rival to the Panama Canal across the midriff of the country, fast-tracking a proposal through the ruling party-controlled congress despite a lack of details about the $40 billion project.

Greek state TV, radio broadcasts going off the air

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:59 PM PDT

People stand in front of the Greek state television ERT headquarters after the government's announcement that it will shut down the broadcaster in Athens, on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Greece is to close down all its state-run TV and radio stations with the loss of some 2,500 jobs as part of its cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors. Tuesday's move heralds the first direct public sector layoffs in more than three years of painful austerity, which have cost about a million private sector jobs. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek state TV and radio have begun going off the air, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts, with the loss of about 2,500 job cuts, as part of its cost-cutting drive.

Egypt's opposition rejects call for unity talks

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT

Egyptian protesters burn a poster with the photo of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi with Arabic that reads, " Rebel, Muslim Brotherhood will fall on June 30 at the Itihadiya Palace," in front of the Culture Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Fears that protests on June 30 will result in bloodshed were heightened when opposition protesters nabbed at least six pro-Morsi supporters outside the Culture Minister's office in Zamalek on Tuesday. An Associated Press reporter witnessed the protesters beating bearded men with their fists, kicking them and stoning them as they outnumbered riot police trying to intervene. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's largest opposition group on Tuesday rejected calls by the president for national reconciliation talks as "too late" as pro and anti-government protesters briefly clashed ahead of plans for a mass rally calling for his ouster later this month.

Libya army chief vows end to militias this year

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:47 PM PDT

In this Saturday, June 8, 2013 photo, Libyans are seen during fighting outside the office of the Libya Shield pro-government militia in Benghazi, Libya. The violence which left dozens of people dead broke out Saturday when protesters stormed a base belonging to Libya Shield, a grouping of pro-government militias tasked with maintaining security. The protesters were demanding militias leave their camp and submit to the full authority of Libya's security forces. (AP Photo)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's interim army chief of staff insisted Tuesday that militias will have to lay down their arms or join the military by year's end after 31 people were killed in protests against the militia forces.

Venezuela vote council says audit confirms Maduro victory

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:42 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro dances on stage during a May Day rally in CaracasBy Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's election council said on Tuesday an audit of the results of presidential elections in April confirmed President Nicolas Maduro did win by 1.5 percentage points, despite opposition claims that the vote was stolen. The widely expected announcement by the National Electoral Council, which oversees elections, left losing candidate Henrique Capriles with only a court challenge remaining in what appears to be a futile effort to overturn the victory of Maduro, who succeeded the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez. ...

Algeria president gets therapy after stroke: state media

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 01:34 PM PDT

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen at the presidential palace in AlgiersALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is recovering with the help of physical rehabilitation in France more than a month after he was rushed to hospital there suffering from a stroke, the presidency said on Tuesday. Bouteflika has been neither heard nor seen in public since he was taken in for treatment in Paris on April 27, raising widespread speculation about his state of health. ...

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