2014年2月21日星期五

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From jail, Venezuela protest leader urges resistance

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 05:01 PM PST

Supporters of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez hold flowers and shout during a rally to promote peace in CaracasBy Andrew Cawthorne and Diego Ore CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's jailed protest leader urged supporters on Friday to keep demonstrating peacefully against President Nicolas Maduro despite violence that has killed at least six people and rocked the OPEC member nation. "I'm fine, I ask you not to give up, I won't," Leopoldo Lopez told his followers in a handwritten note passed to his wife at Caracas' Ramo Verde prison and then posted on the Internet. The 42-year-old Lopez, a Harvard-educated economist and one of the few surviving relatives of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar, spearheaded protests against the socialist government that began at the start of February. At least six people have died, five from gunshots, and one run over by a vehicle, as the protests have degenerated into violence in Caracas and other cities around Venezuela, especially in the western Andean region.


Syria submits new 100-day plan for removal of chemical weapons

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 12:54 PM PST

A U.N. chemical weapons expert holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Ain TarmaBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has submitted a new 100-day plan for the removal of its chemical weapons after failing to meet a February 5 deadline, but the international mission overseeing the operation believes it can be done in a shorter time frame, diplomats said on Friday. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons executive committee met on Friday in The Hague to discuss the joint OPCW and U.N. mission amid growing international frustration at Syria falling behind on its commitments. The Syrian government, locked in a three-year-old war with rebels seeking President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, failed to meet the February 5 OPCW deadline to move all of its declared chemical substances and precursors out of the country. The final deadline under the OPCW plan is for all of Syria's declared chemical materials to be destroyed by June 30.


Iran's rising executions dim U.N. hopes for reforms

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 08:54 AM PST

Iran's President Rouhani speaks during session of World Economic Forum in DavosBy Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 80 people and perhaps as many as 95 have been executed in Iran already this year, a surge in the use of the death penalty that has dampened hopes for human rights reforms under President Hassan Rouhani, the United Nations said on Friday. Rouhani, who won a surprise election last year on a platform of more openness with the West, clinched an interim deal in November with world powers over Iran's nuclear program. In September, dozens of political prisoners were released, raising hopes that he would also improve human rights in a country that ranks second after China on Amnesty International's list of states with the highest use of capital punishment.


U.N. Security Council considering targeted sanctions in Yemen

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 01:45 PM PST

A man holds a poster of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside al-Saleh mosque after weekly Friday prayers in SanaaThe U.N. Security Council is considering a draft resolution to impose travel bans and asset freezes on people in Yemen who obstruct or undermine the country's political transition and those who commit human rights violations. Yemen, a U.S. ally, with a population of 25 million, is trying to end nearly three years of political unrest, which began with mass protests against Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president for 33 years who stepped down in 2012. Britain circulated a draft resolution among the 15 council members on Friday that would establish a sanctions committee for one year to blacklist individuals and entities in Yemen.


Junior coalition partner poised to quit Cyprus government

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:05 PM PST

A junior partner in Cyprus's center-right government said on Saturday it was poised to quit the coalition in disagreement over a decision to restart peace talks on the ethnically split island. A spokeswoman for the Democratic Party said members of its executive committee decided to recommend to its key decision-making body withdrawal from the government, which it has been a member of for a year. The central committee of the Democratic Party was scheduled to meet on February 26 to discuss the recommendation. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu relaunched stalled peace talks on the island on February 11 in an attempt to end one of Europe's longest-running conflicts.

Russia reaffirms command of Olympic figure skating

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 05:10 PM PST

Women's free skate figure skating gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia celebrates during the medals ceremony at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russia's figure skaters meekly left the Vancouver Olympics four years ago with just one silver medal.


Libyan official, patients killed as military plane crashes in Tunisia

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 05:08 PM PST

Investigators work at the site of a plane crash near Grombalia townAn Islamist official in Libya's government and 10 other passengers and crew were killed when a military plane carrying medical patients crashed near Tunisia's capital early on Friday, officials said. The Libyan Antonov aircraft went down after the pilot tried to land in farmland near Grombalia town south of Tunis, Tunisia's TAP state news agency reported. Sheikh Meftah Daouadi, undersecretary at the Libyan Ministry of Martyrs which looks after families of fighters killed in Libya's 2011 revolution, was among the dead, said a spokesman for his organization, the Operations Room for Libyan Revolutionaries. The veteran Islamist fighter took part in the revolt against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.


265 Anne Frank books vandalized in Tokyo libraries

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:59 PM PST

A ripped copy of Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" picture book is shown by Shinjuku City Library Director Kotaro Fujimaki at the library in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Tokyo Libraries said on Friday that hundreds of copies of Anne Frank's diary and related books have been found vandalised across the city's libraries in the last month, sparking fears of an anti-Semitic motive. A total of 265 books in 31 libraries had been found damaged after the first damaged book was found in January, prompting a wider search. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)TOKYO (AP) — Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" and scores of books about the young Holocaust victim have been vandalized in Tokyo public libraries since earlier this year.


Maduro issues Obama challenge amid mounting protests

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:58 PM PST

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he arrives for a press conference in Caracas on February 21, 2014Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on Barack Obama to "accept the challenge" and hold direct talks, as the death toll from escalating anti-government protests jumped to eight Friday. The announcement was particularly surprising because relations with the US, long strained under late president Hugo Chavez, have worsened under Maduro, who has hewed closely to his predecessor's socialist policies and has never spoken to his counterpart in Washington. Maduro, facing the biggest crisis of his rule since he was narrowly elected last year, said: "I call a dialogue with you, President Obama... between the patriotic and revolutionary Venezuela and the United States and its government." The Venezuelan president, whose government claims opposition leaders are in Washington's pay, accuses the United States of plotting his overthrow.


Mexico to trump Japan as No. 2 car exporter to US

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:58 PM PST

An employee at work in the new multibillion-dollar Honda car plant in Celaya, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Mexico is on track to overtake Japan and Canada and become the United States' No. 1 source of imported cars by the end of next year, part of a national manufacturing boom that has turned the auto industry into a bigger source of dollars than money sent home by migrants. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)CELAYA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico is on track to become the United States' No. 1 source of imported cars by the end of next year, overtaking Japan and Canada in a manufacturing boom that's turning the auto industry into a bigger source of dollars than money sent home by migrants.


Friday's Highlights at the Sochi Olympics

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:56 PM PST

FRIDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

U.S. says assures Ukraine of its support in IMF talks

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:54 PM PST

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has assured Ukraine it will have "strong support" from Washington in seeking an IMF-backed economic program to stabilize the country's economy after months of crippling street violence, a State Department official said on Friday. A fragile peace deal between Ukraine's government and opposition was struck late on Thursday, ending months of violence in which 77 people were killed. The agreement was also an opportunity to stabilize Ukraine's economy and resume talks with the International Monetary Fund, the senior State Department official said, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity. Ukraine has failed to fully implement previous economic programs, which have required politically difficult reforms.

White House bars media from Dalai Lama meeting

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:53 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House defended its decision Friday to bar reporters and photojournalists from a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, while acknowledging the news media's legitimate interest in covering the two leaders' encounter.

Wayne Rooney signs new Man United deal

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:48 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — Less than a year after pushing to leave Manchester United, Wayne Rooney committed his long-term future to the struggling Premier League champion on Friday by signing a lucrative new contract through June 2019.

Ukraine takes gold, US hockey falls to Canada

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:47 PM PST

From left, Ukraine's relay team Vita Semerenko, Juliya Dzhyma, Olena Pidhrushna and Valj Semerenko pose with an Ukraine's flag, after winning the gold medal in the women's biathlon 4x6k relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Four Ukrainian women gave their politically torn country some good news at the Sochi Games on Friday, and Canada delivered more bad news to the United States — yet another Olympic hockey defeat.


3 Mexicans, 6 Guatemalans guilty in drug massacre

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:43 PM PST

A police agent escorts Mexican national Jose Daniel Castillo to a courtroom in Guatemala City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Castillo and eight other alleged members of Los Zetas drug cartel were each sentenced to 106 years in prison, after they were found guilty of participating in the May 14, 2011 massacre of 27 farm laborers in Peten, north of Guatemala City. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan court has convicted three Mexican men and six Guatemalans on murder and kidnapping charges for the 2011 massacre of 27 farm workers. It sentenced each of them to 106 years in prison.


Ferrer, Dolgopolov into semifinals in Rio Open

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:39 PM PST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Second-seeded David Ferrer will meet unseeded Alexandr Dolgopolov in the semifinals of the Rio Open after defeating Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 Friday.

UN cites evidence of rebel abuses in S. Sudan

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:28 PM PST

Internally displaced people carry water from outside as they walk toward the entrance of a United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan base in Malakal on February 6, 2014United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Mission in South Sudan said Friday it had evidence that rebel forces had murdered civilians, including children, in the key oil hub of Malakal. South Sudan's army and rebels have traded accusations over new atrocities reported to have been committed during heavy fighting in Malakal, in defiance of a ceasefire signed in neighboring Ethiopia on January 23. A UNMISS patrol that visited Malakal on Thursday spoke with eyewitnesses who indicated that "armed opposition forces targeted and killed 10 unarmed civilians at the Malakal Teaching Hospital on the basis of their ethnic background" Wednesday, a UN statement said.


Zubkov, Holcomb among gold favorites in 4-man

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:17 PM PST

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — At Vancouver in 2010, the four-man Olympic bobsled race served as a breakthrough for Steven Holcomb and the United States.

Ukraine agreement reached, but the street resists

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:08 PM PST

A man carries a photo of an anti-government protester killed in clashes with the police, during a funeral procession at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. In a day that could significantly shift Ukraine's political destiny, opposition leaders signed a deal Friday with the country's beleaguered president that calls for early elections, a new constitution and a new unity government. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Under heavy pressure from the West following a deadly day of clashes and sniper fire in the capital, President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders struck a deal Friday aimed at bringing Ukraine's three-month political crisis to an end. But radical protesters and some pro-Russian factions rejected it, leaving lingering doubts over whether peace could be restored.


US praises Ukraine deal, calls for concrete action

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday called for quick implementation of an agreement between Ukraine's president and the opposition to end violence, yet warned the deal was fragile and that it could prove difficult to persuade hard-line protesters to lay down their weapons.

Friends Wild, Reiter take divergent paths to Sochi

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:05 PM PST

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Vic Wild saw the path good friend Justin Reiter was forced to take to keep his alpine snowboarding career and decided it wasn't for him.

Puerto Rico diocese fights request for information

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:04 PM PST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Attorneys for a Puerto Rico diocese that defrocked six priests facing sex abuse allegations said Friday in court that they oppose a criminal investigation into the cases because the majority involved consensual sex.

Bjoergen looks for 3rd gold at Sochi Olympics

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:56 PM PST

Norway's Marit Bjoergen skis during the women's classical-style cross-country team sprint competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)KRASNAYA GOLYANA, Russia (AP) — Marit Bjoergen hopes to end the Sochi Olympics the same way she started them — with a gold medal.


Dutch go for last 2 golds medals in speedskating

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:51 PM PST

Speedskaters from the Netherlands, left to right, Jorien ter Mors, Ireen Wust, and Lotte van Beek compete in the women's speedskating team pursuit quarterfinals at the Adler Arena Skating Center at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Antonin Thuillier, Pool)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The Dutch have turned the individual speedskating races at the Sochi Olympics into a huge orange victory parade, winning 21 long-track medals. On Saturday, they are hot favorites to add two more golds in the closing team pursuits.


Venezuela's Maduro calls for dialogue with Obama

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:48 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday called on U.S. President Barack Obama to hold dialogue with Venezuelan authorities, only days after expelling three U.S. diplomats on charges they were stirring up violent protests. (Reporting by Brian Ellsworth; Editing by Chris Reese)

Slain beauty queen mourned in Venezuela

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:46 PM PST

Local beauty queen and college student Genesis Carmona poses for a picture in Puerto Cabello at the state of CaraboboVALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — A university student beauty queen was mourned Friday in the provincial Venezuelan city where she was slain this week during a political protest, a victim of what government opponents say is indiscriminate violence used by President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters to stifle dissent across the country.


Condenan a 9 por masacre en Guatemala

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:37 PM PST

GUATEMALA (AP) — Tres mexicanos y seis guatemaltecos fueron condenados el viernes a más de 100 años de prisión por un tribunal guatemalteco, por la masacre de 27 jornaleros en 2011.

ATP president says body owed $3 million by Rio

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:37 PM PST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Chris Kermode says the ATP is owed $3 million by Rio de Janeiro's state government— and doesn't expect to get paid.

Centroamérica con baja calidad de mano de obra

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:34 PM PST

SANTO DOMINGO, República Dominicana (AP) — Representantes de los gobiernos de Centroamérica y República Dominicana reconocieron el viernes que los rezagos en la capacitación de la mano de obra de sus países impide el acceso a empleos de calidad.

Renzi will be Italy's youngest premier

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:31 PM PST

Italian Premier designate Matteo Renzi meets reporters at the Quirinale presidential palace, Rome, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi has formed Italy's new government, saying the broad coalition aims to give the economically-strapped country "hope. When he and his Cabinet are sworn in on Saturday, Renzi, who had been serving as Florence mayor, will be Italy's youngest premier. Renzi said Friday he aims with his leadership to give a "strong message" to the international community that Italy will be achieving sorely needed electoral and economic reforms quickly. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)ROME (AP) — Matteo Renzi will be sworn in as Italy's youngest prime minister ever Saturday after he cobbled together a government he says will change the face of the country's politics and economy.


Men's relay concludes biathlon at Sochi Olympics

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:29 PM PST

Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen celebrates winning the gold after the mixed biathlon relay, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Ole Einar Bjoerndalen can give his Olympic career a fitting farewell by setting yet another record in the final men's biathlon race at the Sochi Games on Saturday.


Baucus sworn in as new US ambassador to China

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:25 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Max Baucus has been sworn in as the new U.S. ambassador to China.

Cyprus junior coalition partner poised to quit government

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:23 PM PST

A junior partner in Cyprus's center-right government said it was poised to quit the coalition in disagreement over a decision to restart peace talks on the ethnically-split island. A spokeswoman for the Democratic Party said members of its executive committee decided to recommend to its key decision-making body withdrawal from the government which it has been a member of for a year. The central committee of the Democratic Party was scheduled to meet on February 26 to discuss the recommendation.

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