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China confronts U.S. envoy over cyber-spying accusations

Posted: 20 May 2014 06:19 AM PDT

A map of China is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits in SingaporeBy Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - China summoned the U.S. ambassador after the United States accused five Chinese military officers of hacking into American companies to steal trade secrets, warning Washington it could take further action, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The U.S. Ambassador to China, Max Baucus, met with Zheng Zeguang, assistant foreign minister, on Monday shortly after the United States charged the five Chinese, accusing them of hacking into American nuclear, metal and solar companies to steal trade secrets.


Bombings kill at least 118 in central Nigerian city of Jos

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:46 PM PDT

By Adamu Jonah and Anamesere Igboeroteonwu JOS (Reuters) - Back-to-back bomb blasts killed at least 118 people and wounded 45 in the crowded business district of the central Nigerian city of Jos on Tuesday, emergency services said, in an attack that appeared to bear the hallmarks of the Boko Haram insurgents. But the militant group Boko Haram, which has set off bombs across the north and center of Nigeria in an increasingly bloody campaign for an Islamic state, was likely to be the prime suspect in what would rank among their deadliest single attacks in five years of insurrection. Boko Haram grabbed world headlines by abducting more than 200 schoolgirls on April 14 from the northeastern village of Chibok. If the Jos attack was the handiwork of Boko Haram, it would show their growing reach in Africa's top oil producing and most populous country, striking out beyond their heartland in Nigeria's semi-arid and weakly governed northeast.

Russia says Ukraine election may aggravate crisis

Posted: 20 May 2014 11:46 AM PDT

Ukrainian businessman, politician and presidential candidate Poroshenko addresses supporters in UmanSunday's presidential election in Ukraine will deepen political divisions in the country if there is no end to hostilities and a "road map" to end the crisis is not implemented, a senior Russian official was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin's remarks were the latest from Moscow to cast doubt on whether Russia will consider the election legitimate. In a report on talks between Karasin and British ambassador to Russia Tim Barrow, the Foreign Ministry underlined the importance of the "road map" drawn up by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and constitutional reforms following an agreement reached at talks in Geneva. At the talks in Geneva, the United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union agreed moves to ease tensions in Ukraine, following Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the seizure of buildings in the east by pro-Russian forces.


U.S. sanctions 12 Russians for human rights violations

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:56 PM PDT

The United States on Tuesday sanctioned 12 Russians for human rights abuses, including officials who allegedly withheld medical care from a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption in Russia. The U.S. Treasury Department, which announced the action, did not link it with the confrontation between Washington and Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, which has led the United States to target a number of senior Russian officials with sanctions. The Treasury said in a statement Tuesday's sanctions would freeze any U.S. assets held by the 12 individuals and bar Americans from doing business with them. Since 2012, the United States has targeted Russians for human rights abuses under a law named for Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who allegedly uncovered tax fraud that involved Russian officials.

Iran and IAEA end nuclear talks, no early sign of breakthrough

Posted: 20 May 2014 04:03 PM PDT

Video cameras are set up for the start of a news conference in ViennaBy Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog sought in talks with Iran on Tuesday to advance a long-stalled investigation into Tehran's atomic activities, but it was not immediately clear whether any headway was made. A spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed the two sides met in Tehran, but said the IAEA was not planning to issue a statement about the talks on Tuesday, leaving open the possibility one might be made later. Diplomatic sources had said the Vienna-based U.N. agency and Iran were expected to discuss IAEA requests for information about detonators that can, among other things, be used to set off a nuclear explosive device. It could have provided an opportunity for progress on a key issue ahead of a quarterly IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program, due this week, which will be debated by the U.N. agency's 35-nation governing board at a meeting in early June.


Hamas leader says rift with PLO to end soon, fight against Israel to continue

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:54 PM PDT

Hamas leader Meshaal and Nazzal, a member of the Hamas leadership, speak to media after their meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah in AmmanHamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Tuesday the Islamist group was close to mending rifts with rival President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestine Liberation Organization, but vowed resistance against Israel will continue. Speaking at a gathering in Doha to mark "Nakba", the annual commemoration of what Palestinians term the catastrophe of their displacement when Israel was founded, Meshaal said Hamas has made sacrifices for the reconciliation to take place. "We have turned the page on this division... Hamas has already made sacrifices and this was necessary to be closer with our brothers, but with the invader we will not make any compromises," he said. Hamas and the PLO announced a unity pact on April 23 after a long line of failed efforts to reconcile seven years of bickering.


UK to offer Scotland talks on more powers a month after independence vote

Posted: 20 May 2014 04:03 PM PDT

The Saltire and Union Flag fly together in a street before a debate in the Scottish Parliament on 'Scotland's future,' in EdinburghBy Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will start talks on granting Scotland more powers within a month of an independence referendum later this year if Scots choose to stay part of the United Kingdom, a government minister will pledge on Thursday. In a speech designed to persuade Scots that they can and will enjoy even greater autonomy if they decide to stay inside the UK, Alistair Carmichael, the minister responsible for Scotland, will issue the government's most detailed promise on greater powers to Scotland so far. "In the event of a no vote, I will invite the representatives of Scotland's main parties to meet in October to begin that process," Carmichael will say, according to advance extracts of a speech in Glasgow released by his office. "There will be a Conference on the New Scotland.


Players' union sues FIFA over kickoff times

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:59 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian federation of professional athletes is demanding FIFA change the start times of more than a third of World Cup matches because of the heat and humidity in Brazil.

ICC: McCullum is not under investigation

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:51 PM PDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The International Cricket Council says Brendon McCullum is not under suspicion of any corrupt activity after testimony given by the New Zealand international was leaked to a British newspaper while the governing body investigates allegations of fixing.

Video prompts look at killing of Palestinian teens

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, May 15, 2014 file photo, men rush to the aid of Palestinian Mohammad Abu Daher, 17, moments after he is killed in a clash with Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Ramallah. An investigation of the clash between the forces and Palestinian stone-throwers indicates that troops used live fire without justification and in violation of the army's rules of engagement, an Israeli human rights group said Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The rights group B'Tselem, which said the victim's actual last name was Salameh, said its findings are based on witness accounts and medical records. Spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli said security camera footage of the incident that surfaced late Monday supports the group's findings. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Security-camera video showing two unarmed Palestinians crumpling to the ground during a lull in a stone-throwing clash with Israeli soldiers revived allegations by human rights activists Tuesday that the troops often use excessive force.


Italy-to-Philly flight again diverted over illness

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:45 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For the second time in 10 days, a US Airways flight from Italy to Philadelphia has been diverted to Ireland after several flight attendants fell ill.

Former Curacao prime minister held for questioning

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:38 PM PDT

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — A former prime minister of Curacao was arrested and ordered held Tuesday for questioning in a money-laundering investigation.

2 bomb blasts in Nigeria kill at least 118

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:34 PM PDT

Smoke rises after a bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, Nigeria, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Two explosions ripped through a bustling bus terminal and market frequented by thousands of people in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday afternoon, and police said there are an unknown number of casualties. The blasts could be heard miles away and clouds of black smoke rose above the city as firefighters and rescue workers struggled to reach the area as thousands of people fled. (AP Photo/Stefanos Foundation)JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 118 people, wounding dozens and leaving bloodied bodies amid the flaming debris.


Mexico's national power utility plans natural gas sales

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:26 PM PDT

CFE chief executive Enrique Ochoa gestures during an interview with Reuters in Mexico CityBy David Alire Garcia and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's state-owned power utility plans to start selling natural gas to the private sector for the first time as it builds new pipelines, the company's top executive said. Industrial consumers would be the target market for the sales, Enrique Ochoa, chief executive officer of the Federal Electricity Commission, or CFE, told Reuters late on Monday. Before energy reform legislation passed in December, only state-run oil company Pemex was allowed by law to produce and market natural gas. The legislation also ended the decades-long monopoly on power generation held by the CFE, while calling for private contracts to improve transmission and distribution infrastructure.


AP sources: Justice Dept. to reveal drone memo

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. An American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year. The CIA drones watching him cannot strike because he's a U.S. citizen and the Justice Department must build a case against him, a task it hasn't completed. And President Barack Obama's new policy says American suspected terrorists overseas can only be killed by the military, not the CIA, creating a policy conundrum for the White House. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of a critical Senate vote and under court order, the Obama administration signaled it will publicly reveal a secret memo describing its legal justification for using drones to kill U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism overseas.


Macedonia: 6 hurt in second day of riots

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:25 PM PDT

In this picture taken late Monday, May, 19, 2014, riot police vehicles pass by an overturned car on a street, in Skopje, Macedonia. Police said Tuesday that 18 people were detained in a protest that turned violent late on Monday, after the murder of a 18-years old teenager in a western suburb of Macedonian capital Skopje. One man has been arrested in connection with the murder. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonian police say 27 people have been detained in a second night of riots, sparked by the fatal stabbing of a teenager by an alleged bicycle thief.


Beckham suffers fresh blow to Miami stadium plans

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:17 PM PDT

Former football star David Beckham (C), wearing a Major League Soccer scarf, posing with MLS fans at the Perez Art Museum in Miami, Florida, on February 5, 2014David Beckham's hopes of seeing his new Miami football team play at a prime spot at the port of Miami were Tuesday all but blown out of the water in a major setback for the former Manchester United idol. The ex-Real Madrid and England midfielder wants to build a $250 million state-of-the-art open-air stadium with 25,000 seats for his recently acquired Major League Soccer (MLS) team. His preferred site, at PortMiami, would have spectacular sweeping views of Biscayne Bay and downtown Miami. Beckham's representatives on Monday admitted the alternative option -- at a pier in congested downtown Miami -- was now the likeliest contender for the stadium.


3rd guilty plea in US Navy bribery probe

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:16 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A third defendant pleaded guilty Tuesday in a multimillion-dollar bribery investigation involving a Singapore-based defense contractor charged with providing cash, vacations, electronics and prostitutes in exchange for classified information.

Canadian forestry firm sues over environmental audit

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:10 PM PDT

A logging machine cuts trees in a forest 373 miles north of Montreal, Canada, on March 11, 2014Canada's largest forest products company is suing over an audit that criticized the company's logging practices for violating environmental standards, according to court documents obtained by AFP Tuesday. Resolute Forest Products, which makes pulp and paper from wood, has filed the lawsuit against the Rainforest Alliance, a global group that certifies best forestry practices. After its 2014 audit of the company's northern Ontario province operations, the Rainforest Alliance had recommended the company's Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certificate be suspended. The environmental stamp of approval allows a company to say it is following environmentally sustainable forestry practices.


Libya proposes June election as crisis escalates

Posted: 20 May 2014 03:03 PM PDT

Armed men aim their weapons from a vehicle as smoke rises in the background near the General National Congress in TripoliBy Ahmed Elumami and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan authorities on Tuesday proposed a June national election as the government sought to resolve a standoff over parliament involving powerful brigades of former rebel fighters. Libya's General National Congress (GNC) is at the heart of the crisis after gunmen claiming loyalty to a renegade former general attacked the parliament with anti-aircraft cannons on Sunday, demanding its suspension. ...


CANNES WATCH: Cotillard's look, 'It Follows' buzz

Posted: 20 May 2014 04:11 PM PDT

Actress Marion Cotillard arrives for a photo call for Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)CANNES, France (AP) — The Associated Press is all over the Cannes Film Festival — from its glitzy premieres to the celeb parties and quirky moments in between. Here's what reporters have seen and heard:


France defers troop pull-out after Mali clashes

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:40 PM PDT

French troops patrol on October 30, 2013, in a desert near the village of Bamba between Timbuktu and Gao, northern MaliFrance has delayed plans to pull troops out of its former colony Mali after a fresh bout of clashes in a key town. France said earlier this month it was ending its "frontal war phase" in Mali after sending troops there in 2013 to free the country's vast desert north from Islamists and Tuareg rebels who seized control after a coup. It planned to redeploy 2,000 of its 3,000 remaining troops serving in Mali under an operation named Serval to other countries in the Sahel region. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian had been due to go to Mali and Chad at the weekend for a reorganisation of the deployment, but has cancelled the visit, the source said.


US hacking victims fell prey to mundane ruses

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - This May 19, 2014 file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder taking questions during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington where he announced that a U.S. grand jury has charged five Chinese hackers with economic espionage and trade secret theft. In a 31-count indictment, the Justice Department said five Chinese military officials operating under hacker aliases such as WASHINGTON (AP) — The victims were their own worst enemies.


Twin Nigeria car bombs kill at least 118

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:37 PM PDT

Rescuers and residents gather at the charred scene following a bomb blast in Jos on May 20, 2014Twin car bombings in central Nigeria killed at least 118 people and brought entire buildings down Tuesday, in the latest affront to the government's internationally-backed security crackdown. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan swiftly condemned the attack in the central city of Jos, calling it a "tragic assault on human freedom" and condemning the perpetrators as "cruel and evil". But the deadly strike and a suicide car bomb attack that killed four in the northern city of Kano on Sunday, will raise fresh questions about the government's grip on the country's security. Jonathan has already faced calls to quit for failing to ensure the safety of Nigerians and their property as well as come under criticism for his lacklustre response to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants.


AP sources: Justice Dept. to disclose drone memo

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:36 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration plans to disclose a secret memo describing its legal justification for using drones to kill U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism overseas.

Top Asian News at 9:30 p.m. GMT

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:32 PM PDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's powerful military chief intervened Tuesday for the first time in the country's latest political crisis, declaring martial law and dispatching gun-mounted jeeps into the heart of the capital with a vow to resolve the deepening conflict as quickly as possible. The move stopped short of a coup and left the nation's increasingly cornered caretaker government intact, along with the constitution.

Pentagon: Up to China to help rebuild trust

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:32 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the U.S. indictment of five Chinese officers for cyberspying could hurt Beijing's already tenuous military relationship with the United States but says it will be up to China to decide if the dialogue continues.

'Lost' snake species found on Mexican island

Posted: 20 May 2014 04:27 PM PDT

In this undated image released by Mexico's Ecology Institute (INECOL) on Tuesday May 20, 2014, a Clarion nightsnake slithers on the ground in the Revillagigedo Islands, over 400 miles off Mexico's Pacific coast. The first and only spotting of the species was made by American naturalist William Beebe in a visit to Clarion island in 1936. But according to a study published in the PLOS ONE scientific journal, the Clarion nightsnake was found again during an expedition in May 2013 on one of the Revillagigedo Islands. (AP Photo/Juan Martinez-INECOL)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A species of snake that had been "lost" for almost 80 years has been re-discovered on a remote Mexican island.


Brazil tries to assure tourists airports are OK

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:28 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 11, 2013 file photo released by Portal da Copa 2014 shows an aerial view of the Galeao international airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The chronic delays in airport renovations have matched stadium construction, but the Brazilian government is reassuring visitors they won't have problems on arrival. On Monday, May 19, 2014, Brazil's Civil Aviation Minister Wellington Moreira Franco said that although some of the "work won't be finished, all airports will be prepared to adequately" receive World Cup tourists. (AP Photo/Portal da Copa 2014, Daniel Basil, File)SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is trying to assure World Cup tourists that they won't face problems at airports even though not all upgrades will be complete.


2 bomb blasts in Nigeria kill at least 46

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:20 PM PDT

Smoke rises after a bomb blast at a bus terminal in Jos, Nigeria, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Two explosions ripped through a bustling bus terminal and market frequented by thousands of people in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday afternoon, and police said there are an unknown number of casualties. The blasts could be heard miles away and clouds of black smoke rose above the city as firefighters and rescue workers struggled to reach the area as thousands of people fled. (AP Photo/Stefanos Foundation)JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 46 people, wounding dozens and leaving streets strewn with bloodied bodies.


US calls for probe into Palestinian youths' deaths

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:19 PM PDT

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian youth Mohammed Udeh, a day after he was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes to mark "Nakba", during his funeral procession in Bir Zeit on May 16, 2014The United States and a top UN official Tuesday separately called for an immediate investigation into the deaths of two Palestinian youths fatally shot last week by Israeli border policemen in the West Bank. The group Defense for Children International-Palestine has released what it said was closed circuit television footage showing the unprovoked deaths of Musaab Nuwarah, 20, and Mohammed Udeh, 17. Israel rejects the footage however, saying it is doctored. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States had been in contact with the Israeli government.


Egyptian teenage scientist plans to seek asylum in United States

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:18 PM PDT

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Egyptian teenager who traveled to the United States to take part in a prestigious science fair has decided to seek asylum, saying he fears returning home after being accused of taking part in anti-government protests in Cairo, his U.S. lawyer said on Tuesday. Abdullah Assem, who has invented eyeglasses for quadriplegics to operate computers and communicate with others, flew to Los Angeles on May 12 to present his creation at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, lawyer Farida Chehata said. Three days later, the gifted 17-year-old contacted officials with the Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and expressed concern about returning to Egypt, according to Chehata, who is a staff attorney with the council. With the support of his parents in Egypt, Assem decided to stay in the United States and seek asylum, said Chehata, who will represent the boy in his application.

5 found guilty of Moscow journalist's 2006 killing

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:16 PM PDT

FILE - A July 2006 file photo of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow. A Moscow court has convicted five men of involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, three of whom were acquitted in a previous trial. The jury verdict Tuesday, May 20, 2014, found that Rustam Makhmudov was the gunman who shot Politkovskaya in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building in 2006 and that four others _ his two brothers, their uncle and a former policeman _ were accomplices. Both brothers and the policeman had been acquitted in a 2009 trial, but the Supreme Court ordered a new trial. A judge is expected to sentence the five men Wednesday; all could face up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Alexei Sazonov, File)MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has convicted five men of involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, three of whom were acquitted in a previous trial.


US levies sanctions against 12 Russians

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned 12 Russians under a U.S. law named after whistle-blowing Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who alleged in 2008 that organized criminals colluded with a Russian government official to claim a fraudulent $230 million tax rebate.

North Korea building collapse may reveal Achilles heel of Kim's regime

Posted: 20 May 2014 02:09 PM PDT

KCNA picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to the January 18 General Machinery PlantBy Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - It may have taken the collapse of an apartment block in an exclusive district of the North Korean capital to reveal the Achilles heel of young leader Kim Jong Un's secretive regime. Last week's accident killed the families of people important enough for North Korea to issue an obsequious and unprecedented public apology in a bid to quell public anger, some analysts said. The 23-storey building in Phyongchon, central Pyongyang, was part of a construction boom driven by Kim that includes apartment blocks, roads, bridges and the Masik Ski Resort that has become synonymous with his policy of finishing projects at lightning speed. South Korea said the building was home to 92 families and hundreds are feared dead, although the May 13 accident happened in the afternoon and many residents would have been at school or at work.


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