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Egypt's Sisi to run for president, vows to tackle militancy

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:50 PM PDT

Egypt's interim President Mansour shake hands with Egypt's army chief Field Marshal Sisi after his meeting with members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, in CairoBy Tom Perry and Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who ousted Egypt's first freely elected leader, declared his candidacy on Wednesday for a presidential election he is expected to easily win. Sisi toppled Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood last July after mass protests against his rule and has emerged as the most influential figure in an interim administration that has governed since then. "I am here before you humbly stating my intention to run for the presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt," Sisi said in a televised address to the nation. "Only your support will grant me this great honor." A Sisi presidency would mark a return to the days when Egypt was led by men from the military, a pattern briefly interrupted by Mursi's one year in office after his 2012 victory in Egypt's first democratic presidential election.


Planes, ships race to beat bad weather in search for Malaysian jet

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:30 PM PDT

A memorial cross and wreath in memory of the victims of missing Malaysia Airways Flight MH370 is pictured outside RAAF Base Pearce in BullsbrookBy Jane Wardell and Rujun Shen SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Aircraft and ships scouring the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were racing to beat bad weather on Thursday and reach an area where new satellite images showed what could be a debris field. The international search team has been bolstered to 11 military and civilian aircraft and five ships that will criss-cross the remote search site with weather conditions forecast to deteriorate later in the day. New satellite images have revealed more than 100 objects that could be debris from the Boeing 777, which is thought to have crashed on March 8 with the loss of all 239 people aboard after flying thousands of miles off course. "We have now had four separate satellite leads, from Australia, China and France, showing possible debris," Malaysian Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference in Kuala Lumpur late Wednesday.


Three killed in fighting in Lebanon's Tripoli: sources

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:29 AM PDT

At least three people were killed in fighting between rival religious sects in Lebanon's second city on Wednesday, medical and security sources said, as violence from Syria spills over into the small Mediterranean country. The long-running rivalry between Tripoli's Sunni Muslims and members of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, has been worsened by Syria's three-year-old conflict. The civil war has become increasingly sectarian as mostly Sunni rebels - who represent the majority in Syria - battle President Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite. That has in turn exacerbated tensions in Lebanon, which is home to Sunnis, Shi'ites, Christians and a number of smaller sects, and is still recovering from its own 1975-90 civil war.

Lawmakers bash Obama administration's 'delusional' Syria policy

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:12 PM PDT

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers lashed out at the Obama administration's handling of Syria's civil war on Wednesday, demanding a stronger American response to the conflict and better communication from the White House about its plans. Senator Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed deep frustration after Anne Patterson, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, declined to answer a question about strategy in a public setting. Heated exchanges during questioning of Patterson and Tom Countryman, another assistant secretary of state, underscored the often deep divide between Congress - both Republicans and President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats - and the administration on foreign policy.

Israeli troops kill three Palestinian militants in West Bank raid

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:19 PM PDT

Palestinian President Abbas gestures during a news conference in RamallahBy Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot three Palestinian militants dead on Saturday in a raid on a home in the occupied West Bank to capture a wanted Hamas Islamist militant, Israeli military and Palestinian officials said. The Palestinian Authority denounced the violence that it said threatened U.S.-brokered peace talks ahead of a looming April deadline set by Secretary of State John Kerry. Nabil Abu Rdainah, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, urged Washington to take steps "to prevent a collapse" of negotiations. Palestinian militants fired guns into the air at the men's' funeral in the West Bank town of Jenin, scene of the clashes.


Libya investigates top leader's questioning over visit by two women

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:22 PM PDT

Libya's parliament speaker Nouri Abu Sahmain attends the 25th Arab Summit in Kuwait CityLibyan authorities are investigating an incident, captured on video and circulated on Facebook, in which the country's most powerful man was grilled by an unknown questioner about why two women visited his house at night. The Attorney General's office said on Wednesday it was looking into the suspected wrongful arrest of the official, parliamentary president Nouri Abu Sahmain, but also into possible 'moral crimes'. The case has the potential to damage Abu Sahmain, who is the top army commander and has quasi-presidential powers, at a time of growing turmoil in the oil-producing North African country. The video, widely circulated on Tuesday, showed Abu Sahmain looking nervous under the questioning.


Paltrow's 'conscious uncoupling' confounds many

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:08 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2014 file photo shows actress Gwyneth Paltrow, left, and her husband, singer Chris Martin at the 3rd Annual Sean Penn & Friends Help Haiti Home Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. Paltrow and Martin are separating after 11 years of marriage. A message posed on the 41-year-old actress' blog Tuesday, March 25, says that the couple has "come to the conclusion that while we love each other very much we will remain separate." Paltrow and the 37-year-old musician married in 2003. The couple has two children, 9-year-old daughter Apple and 7-year-old son Moses. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff /Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Like any world unto itself, Hollywood has its own lexicon. But Gwyneth Paltrow's use of the term "conscious uncoupling" to describe her breakup with Chris Martin this week had even Hollywood veterans scratching their heads and reaching — metaphorically at least — for a dictionary.


Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:05 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — They are the most tantalizing clues yet: 122 objects spotted by satellite, floating in the turbulent Indian Ocean where officials believe the missing Malaysian jetliner went down. But bad weather, the passage of time and the sheer remoteness of their location kept answers out of the searchers' grasp. Nineteen days into the mystery of Flight 370, the discovery of the objects that ranged in size from 3 feet to 75 feet, offered "the most credible lead that we have," a top Malaysian official said Wednesday.

Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty on US terror charges

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:03 PM PDT

This image taken June 23, 2002 from the Qatar-based al-Jazeera satellite television channel shows a photo of Suleiman Abu GhaithA New York jury on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's son-in-law guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists as an impassioned Al-Qaeda spokesman in 2001-2002. Suleiman Abu Ghaith, 48, now faces life in a maximum security American prison after a three-week trial, which has been the highest-profile Al-Qaeda case to reach a US federal court. The convict is most famous for sitting next to bin Laden in a video on September 12, 2001 as the Al-Qaeda mastermind claimed the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people the day before. Prosecutors said the first thing bin Laden did after the hijackings was recruit the talented, respected orator to take Al-Qaeda propaganda global as the Twin Towers lay smoldering.


All Blacks scrumhalf Weepu suffers minor stroke

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:02 PM PDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All Blacks scrumhalf Piri Weepu has suffered a minor stroke which went undetected for almost a month as he was treated for severe headaches.

Ukraine shows Britain should not cut military too far: lawmakers

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:02 PM PDT

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Events in Ukraine have shown Britain must not cut its armed forces too deeply, a committee of lawmakers said on Thursday, saying it was concerned that allies had begun to question the country's military capabilities. Britain has, over the last few years, been shrinking its armed forces by around a sixth as part of a plan to reduce the public debt, but the scale of the cuts has fuelled a debate about its ability to project force globally. "Recent events in Ukraine illustrate the speed with which new threats, and indeed the reappearance of old threats, can manifest themselves," said James Arbuthnot, chairman of the Defense Committee, which scrutinizes government Defense policy and expenditure. "Strong conventional forces provide the UK with a contingency against the unexpected threats that may emerge ... Events might require the reconstitution of conventional forces, but once cut back they will be very difficult to rebuild." Britain is due to hold its next strategic Defense and security review (SDSR) in 2015, the year of a national election.

Ford says scandals are old news during debate

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:58 PM PDT

Rob Ford takes part in the first debate for the Toronto mayoral race in Toronto, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)TORONTO (AP) — Mayor Rob Ford said during the first televised debate of Toronto's election campaign that people are no longer interested in the drug scandal surrounding him after the front-runners seeking to replace him said he has embarrassed the city and ruined its reputation.


Madrid loses to slip in race; Atletico, Barca win

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:57 PM PDT

FC Barcelona's Neymar, from Brazil, reacts after scoring against Celta Vigo during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid lost 2-1 at Sevilla on Wednesday in the aftermath of its stinging "clasico" defeat as it slipped behind in the Spanish title race, while Atletico Madrid and Barcelona kept winning to move ahead of their rival in the standings.


Missing plane 'black box' chirps gone by mid-April

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:55 PM PDT

Retransmits graphic that moved March 11; illustration explains the Black Box; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm;Equipment inside two nearly indestructible boxes aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines plane recorded critical information that would help investigators reconstruct what went wrong. The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have beacons that are sending out "pings" which searchers could track back to the main wreckage. But the batteries run out in about two weeks. Satellite images show debris floating in the southern Indian Ocean, but search crews still have not confirmed it is from the plane. If they can do that, searchers will calculate where the bulk of the plane may have come to rest on the sea floor — and then go to that area and start listening for the pings.


Opposition politician dares Venezuela to arrest her

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:47 PM PDT

Dismissed opposition deputy Maria Corina Machado (C), Peruvian deputies Cecilia Chacon (R) and Luis Galarreta (L) take part in a protest against the Venezuelan government in Caracas on March 26, 2014Opposition politician Maria Corina Machado dared Venezuela's leftist government to arrest her Wednesday, as President Nicolas Maduro's administration carried out a widening crackdown on protesters. Machado was a lawmaker until Monday, when National Assembly head Diosdado Cabello kicked her out, stripped her of parliamentary immunity, and threatened to arrest her for going before the Organization of American States as a guest of Panama to try to talk about her country's crisis. Fiery with defiance, Machado -- who flew in from Peru Wednesday -- said that she was still a legislator "because that's what the Venezuelan people want, and I will continue doing it as long as Venezuela wants it." The government is cracking down on opponents after more than six weeks of street protests that have resulted in at least 34 dead and some 500 wounded.


Kerry meets Abbas as peace process founders

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:44 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at the Palestinian Ambassador's Residence in Amman, Jordan. Kerry is making an effort to salvage the Middle East peace talks as a breakdown looms. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a bid to salvage foundering Mideast peace talks that were dealt a new blow when Arab leaders said they never would recognize Israel as a Jewish state.


Venezuelan institutions unite against opposition

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:43 PM PDT

Demonstrators take cover form clouds of tear gas fired by the Bolivarian National Police during an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Thursday dawned with two more opposition politicians, San Cristobal Mayor Daniel Ceballos and San Diego Mayor Enzo Scarano, behind bars. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a student-called protest of several thousand people in Caracas, some of those demonstrating against the arrests of the mayors. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's military, congress and Supreme Court are joining in an increasingly blunt response to the country's opposition as protests continue.


Watchdog: 49 percent of Syrian chemicals removed

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:40 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world's chemical weapons watchdog says more than 49 percent of the raw materials for Syria's poison gas and nerve agent program scheduled for destruction have been shipped overseas, with the rest expected to leave by the end of April.

Clashes over mining in Peru lead to 23 arrests

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:40 PM PDT

Miners protest at the 2 de Mayo square in downtown Lima on March 25, 2014Police clashed with independent miners in the Peruvian capital Wednesday, spraying them with tear gas and arresting 23 after marchers who want in to a government mining plan hurled stones. Peru, where mining is the biggest growth industry, has an estimated 70,000 informal or wildcat miners. President Ollanta Humala's government now wants to end "informal" mining, a practice that has been around for a long time.


Washington mudslide yields more bodies, but not all may be found

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:39 PM PDT

A landslide and structural debris blocks Highway 530 near OsoBy Jonathan Kaminsky DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - Search teams picked through mud-caked debris for a fifth day on Wednesday looking for scores of people still missing in a deadly Washington state landslide, as officials reported finding more bodies while acknowledging that some victims' remains may never be recovered. The latest tally did not include an unspecified number of bodies that state police spokesman Bob Calkins said had been found on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, local emergency management officials sought to fend off criticism of property development that was permitted just across the river from the caved-in slope after previous landslides in the area. "My son's best friend is out there, missing," said John Pugh, 47, a National Guardsman who lives in the neighboring village of Darrington.


Kerry meets Abbas to shore up Mideast peace talks

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:32 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) in Amman, on March 26, 2014US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Wednesday seeking to rescue his faltering Middle East peace bid, amid fears Israel may scrap plans to free Palestinian prisoners. He and his team then went into talks over dinner with Abbas who had just returned from the Arab League's annual summit in Kuwait. Under a July deal relaunching the peace negotiations, Israel said it would release 104 Arabs held since before the 1993 Oslo peace accords in exchange for the Palestinians not pressing their statehood claims via the UN. Israel has so far freed 78 prisoners and is due to release the fourth and final tranche on March 29, including some Arab Israelis jailed for militant attacks.


Floating objects seen in Flight 370 search area

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:25 PM PDT

Malaysia's Defense Minister and acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein shows a printout of the latest satellite image of objects that might be from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, at Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Hishammuddin said the objects were seen close to where three other satellites previously detected objects. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — They are the most tantalizing clues yet: 122 objects spotted by satellite, floating in the turbulent Indian Ocean where officials believe the missing Malaysian jetliner went down. But bad weather, the passage of time and the sheer remoteness of their location kept answers out of the searchers' grasp.


North Korea fires 2 missiles as its rivals meet

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:24 PM PDT

A man watches a TV news program showing the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, South Korea and the U.S. said, a defiant challenge to a rare three-way summit of its rivals Seoul, Tokyo and Washington that focused on the North's security threat.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, South Korea and the U.S. said, a defiant challenge to a rare three-way summit of its rivals Seoul, Tokyo and Washington that focused on the North's security threat.


Celtic clinches 3rd straight Scottish league title

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:24 PM PDT

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Celtic clinched its third straight Scottish league title in stylish and typically dominant fashion on Wednesday, beating Partick Thistle 5-1 to take an unassailable 26-point lead in the standings with seven matches still to play.

Nervy Liverpool stay in strong title contention

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:24 PM PDT

Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge, centre, celebrates with teammate Jordan Henderson after scoring against Sunderland during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Title-chasing Liverpool overcame an attack of nerves to squeeze to a 2-1 win over Sunderland and move to within a point of leader Chelsea in the Premier League on Wednesday.


Greek-Chinese bidders closer to privatization deal

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:21 PM PDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A state privatization agency in Greece says it has received an improved offer to develop a coastal Olympic complex, left largely abandoned since Athens hosted the 2004 Games.

Feds praise verdict against bin Laden son-in-law

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated image made from video and provided by by Al-Jazeera, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, is shown. Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and spokesman still maintains that there was justification for the September 11, 2001 attacks orchestrated by al-Qaida upon the United States. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who is being tried in a New York City courtroom for conspiring to kill Americans, is using courtroom theater, intentionally or not, to press his case that the United States is such a bully in the Middle East that even killing civilians was justified. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Osama bin Laden's son-in-law was convicted Wednesday for his role as al-Qaida's fiery chief spokesman after 9/11 — a verdict prosecutors said vindicated the Obama administration's strategy of bringing terror suspects to justice in civilian court.


Tevez double helps Juventus beat 10-man Parma 2-1

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:15 PM PDT

Juventus players hug their teammate Carlos Tevez, hidden at center, after he scored during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Parma at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Massimo Pinca)MILAN (AP) — Carlos Tevez scored twice to move top of the Serie A scoring charts and help league leader Juventus beat 10-man Parma 2-1 for a record 15th home win on Wednesday.


German collector to return 1st looted artwork

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:14 PM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — A recluse who hoarded a priceless art collection at his homes in Germany and Austria — including works possibly looted from Jewish owners by the Nazis — has for the first time agreed to hand back a piece of art, his representatives said Wednesday.

Space station arrival delayed for US-Russian crew

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:10 PM PDT

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-12M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS) blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)MOSCOW (AP) — A software glitch on a Russian spacecraft heading to the International Space Station has delayed the arrival of three astronauts, including an American.


Envoy: Ukraine getting closer to deal with IMF

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:04 PM PDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukraine appears close to reaching a bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund because its new leaders have the "determination" needed to carry out the financial reforms the IMF is demanding, Poland's foreign minister said Wednesday.

Egypt's Sisi announces run for presidency

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:55 PM PDT

Image grab from Egyptian state television Al-Masriya on March 26, 2014 shows General Abdul Fatah Al-Sissi announcing resignation from military position to stand in the upcoming presidential elections during a televised address in CairoEgyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he had quit the military to run for president and vowed to rid the country of "terrorism" almost nine months after he toppled its elected leader. Sisi, who was also defence minister, faces no serious competition in the election, likely before June, and is expected to win comfortably, riding on a wave of popularity for his law and order message. But the Muslim Brotherhood movement of president Mohamed Morsi, whom Sisi toppled in July, warned there could be no stability in Egypt under the "shadow" of his leadership. The Brotherhood and its allies have kept up their protests against the overthrow of Egypt's only freely elected president against a backdrop of mounting violence by militant groups that has killed scores of police and troops.


Bad weather forecast as new images spur MH370 search

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:51 PM PDT

A ground crew directs a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion upon its return to RAAF base Pearce from searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean, in Bullsbrook on March 26, 2014Perth (Australia) (AFP) - Thunderstorms and gale-force winds threatened to impede a frantic international search Thursday for wreckage from Flight MH370 after satellite images of more than 100 floating objects sparked fresh hopes of a breakthrough. Malaysia said the imagery taken in recent days by a French satellite showed "122 potential objects" in the remote southern Indian Ocean, although nothing has yet been pulled from the treacherous seas despite a multinational recovery operation. Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has cautioned that it was impossible to determine whether the objects were related to the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 which crashed on March 8 with 239 people aboard after mysteriously disappearing. But the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is coordinating the search some 2,500 kilometres (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth, said they were in an area authorities have pinpointed as a potential crash zone.


U.N. Security Council to meet Thursday on North Korea missile launch

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:47 PM PDT

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will hold closed-door consultations on Thursday to discuss a possible condemnation of North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches, U.N. diplomats said. The request for a special session on North Korea came from the United States, council diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity on Wednesday. In what appeared to be a show of defiance, North Korea fired two medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles into the sea at 2:35 a.m. Japan and Korea time (1735 GMT Tuesday), both Tokyo and Seoul said. North Korea's first firing in four years of mid-range Rodong missiles that can hit Japan followed a series of short-range rocket launches over the past two months.

Report: Art treasures in Gurlitt's Austrian house

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:42 PM PDT

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian state television says experts have found 180 artworks — including a long-lost painting by Claude Monet — in the Salzburg house of the German art collector who hoarded art in his Munich apartment for decades.

Study: 56 percent of Mexican adults don't exercise

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:40 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than half of Mexican adults don't get regular exercise, a worrisome figure in a country with high rates of obesity and diabetes, a study published Wednesday found.

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