2014年7月7日星期一

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Afghanistan's Abdullah rejects election result as 'coup' against people

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:31 PM PDT

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai smiles during a news conference in KabulBy Mirwais Harooni and Maria Golovnina KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah's camp rejected preliminary results of last month's run-off election on Monday as a "coup" against the people, putting him on a dangerous collision course with his rival, Ashraf Ghani. The Independent Election Commission on Monday announced that Ghani won the June 14 second round with 56.44 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Abdullah's camp responded angrily, saying the result was invalid as it did not throw out all the fraudulent votes. "We don't accept the results which were announced today and we consider this as a coup against people's votes," said Mujib Rahman Rahimi, a spokesman for Abdullah's campaign.


Iran's Khamenei says U.S., Israel playing 'good cop, bad cop'

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 02:21 PM PDT

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks live on television after casting his ballot in the Iranian presidential election in TehranIran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States and Israel were playing "good cop, bad cop" to intimidate his country into making concessions on the nuclear dispute with the West. "They make it seem like Israel wants to attack, but America is stopping it: the good cop, bad cop trick," Khamenei told senior statesmen at an iftar (fast-breaking supper during the holy month of Ramadan) function. The enemy has no other option at its disposal but make threats and impose sanctions." Israel has repeatedly threatened to attack Iranian nuclear sites, and been skeptical about the current diplomatic drive by Western allies to persuade Iran to scale back its nuclear program in exchange for relief in economic sanctions imposed over the years as penalty. Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful, saying Israel's presumed nuclear arms are the real threat to peace In a boost to President Rouhani, who has been accused of being too soft toward the West, Khamenei said: "All should know that I support his government and use everything in my power to help it.


Hamas steps up rocket fire, Israel says ready for escalation

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:45 PM PDT

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas stepped up rocket fire at southern Israeli towns and Israel called up reserve troops on Monday in anticipation of a possible escalation of hostilities with the Islamist group that dominates the Gaza Strip. Israel said more than 40 rockets were launched as militants' funerals were held in Gaza. Thirty struck inside Israel and the rest were shot down by rocket interceptors, the army said. Hamas has vowed revenge for what it saw as Israel's deadliest attacks in which six Palestinian militants died, though Israel denied any involvement.

Iraq parliament delayed for five weeks, general killed near Baghdad

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 01:29 PM PDT

Members of the new Iraqi parliament attend a session at the parliament headquarters in BaghdadBy Isra'a al-Rubei'i and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's new parliament put off its next session for five weeks on Monday, extending the country's political paralysis amid a Sunni Islamist insurgency which claimed the life of an army general near Baghdad. Citing the politicians' failure to reach "understanding and agreement" on nominations for the top three posts in government, the office of acting speaker Mehdi al-Hafidh said parliament would not meet again until Aug. 12. Putting off the work of reaching consensus is a slap in the face to efforts by Iraq's Shi'ite clergy, the United States, the United Nations and Iran, who have all urged the swift formation of an inclusive government to hold the country together. With no signs that Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will abandon his bid for a third term, his Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish opponents warn there is a risk that Iraq will fragment along ethnic and sectarian lines.


From New York heroin dealer to Afghanistan’s biggest oil man

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 02:11 PM PDT

By Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - One-eyed Rateb Popal's debut as an Afghan businessman was not promising: he was caught smuggling heroin and locked up in a New York federal prison for almost a decade. Popal had better luck once back in Afghanistan, where he emerged from obscurity to make millions in U.S. army convoy security following the 2001 removal of the Islamist Taliban. The Amu Darya joint venture with Chinese energy firm CNPC is the only major foreign investment in Afghanistan's estimated trillion dollars worth of natural resources that stands a real chance of succeeding and providing an alternative to income from aid. Though the site's Soviet-built wells are pumping oil and selling it to a nearby refinery, disputes over budgeting between CNPC and Popal's company, Watan Oil and Gas, have halted drilling and exploration.

Central African Republic fighters attack church sheltering civilians

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:31 PM PDT

By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI (Reuters) - Rebel fighters and armed Muslim civilians killed "many" people in an attack on a church compound in the Central African Republic on Monday where thousands of civilians had taken refuge, Catholic Church officials said. The attack in Bambari, 380 km (236 miles) northwest of the capital Bangui, came just a day before French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was due to visit the town, where a grenade attack injured seven French soldiers last week. Church officials said fighters from the Seleka rebel movement and armed civilians from the town's Muslim community entered St. Joseph's Cathedral around 3 p.m. (1400 GMT). As I'm speaking to you, they are still there," the Rev. Jesus Martial Dembele, vicar general for the archdiocese of Bangui, told Reuters.

Argentina's economy chief kicks off debt talks

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 05:03 PM PDT

Argentina's economy minister Axel Kicillof arrives for negotiations in New York Monday, July 7, 2014. A judge Thursday denied Argentina's request to extend deadlines to repay a $1.65 billion debt to U.S. hedge funds, leaving the nation few options and little time to meet a Monday deadline to make a required payment to the majority of its creditors. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK (AP) — Argentina's economy minister kicked off in New York negotiations aimed at resolving a dispute with creditors over unpaid debts that could lead to the country's second default in 13 years.


$3B deal adds natural flavors to ADM portfolio

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 05:01 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 31, 2011 file photo shows the Archer Daniels Midland Company logo at the ADM booth during the Farm Progress Show, in Decatur, Ill. ADM on Monday, July 7, 2014 said it will pay about $3 billion to buy the privately held Swiss company Wild Flavors, which supplies natural ingredients to the food and beverage industry. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Archer Daniels Midland already makes sweeteners, fibers, emulsifiers and an array of other ingredients used in packaged foods and drinks. Now it's getting in the business of natural flavors.


Film 'Black Orpheus' to be adapted for Broadway

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:57 PM PDT

FILE - This April 4, 2012 file photo shows playwright and director George C. Wolfe at a screening of the film"The Intouchables" in New York. Wolfe will direct a play adapted from the Oscar-winning film "Black Orpheus." Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage will write the story. NEW YORK (AP) — With all eyes on Brazil and the World Cup, Broadway is getting into the act with plans to adapt the Oscar-winning film "Black Orpheus" for the stage.


Argentina's Kicillof asks for stay on debt case

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:56 PM PDT

Argentina's economy minister Axel Kicillof arrives for negotiations in New York Monday, July 7, 2014. A judge Thursday denied Argentina's request to extend deadlines to repay a $1.65 billion debt to U.S. hedge funds, leaving the nation few options and little time to meet a Monday deadline to make a required payment to the majority of its creditors. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK (AP) — Argentina's economy minister has requested that a court-appointed negotiator extend deadlines to repay a debt to bondholders that the country says could lead to a default.


Samsung's Q2 operating profit hits 2-year low

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:51 PM PDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. says its second-quarter operating income has declined to a two-year low.

Freed Kuwait opposition leader vows protests to continue

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:46 PM PDT

Freed Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Mussallam al-Barrak (C) delivers a speech during celebrations following his release from jail on July 7, 2014 in Kuwait CityProminent Kuwait opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak sent a defiant message to the government hours after he was released from jail saying protests will continue in the oil-rich Gulf state. "Putting us in jail will only strengthen our determination," Barrak told an opposition rally Monday night near the central prison where a number of activists are still detained. "We will not stop protests until we achieve the elected government that comes out from ballot boxes," the nationalist leader told a cheering crowd celebrating his release. Forming an elected government to replace the existing ruling family-led cabinets is one of the main demands for the Kuwaiti opposition groups which include Islamists, nationalists and liberals.


Robbers loot Samsung plant in Brazil

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:43 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Thieves raided a Samsung electronics factory in Brazil during the night shift early Monday, subdued workers and guards, and made off with about $36 million worth of cellphones and computers.

Quake rocks Guatemala, Mexico, newborn baby among three dead

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:40 PM PDT

Residents stand next a building damaged by an earthquake in the town of HuixtlaBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake shook the border between Guatemala and Mexico on Monday, killing at least three people, including a newborn boy, damaging dozens of buildings and triggering landslides. Much of the damage from the 6.9-magnitude quake was reported in the Guatemalan border region of San Marcos, where it downed power lines, cracked buildings and triggered landslides that blocked roads. Guatemalan President Otto Perez said the baby died when a hospital ceiling collapsed on him in San Marcos, an area hit hard by quakes in recent years. Authorities had earlier reported the death of two other people in San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta, also in San Marcos.


Police uncover plot to bomb school in Nigeria's restive north

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:39 PM PDT

Nigerian police, part of the joint forces in Borno state, patrol in Maiduguri on June 5, 2013Nigerian police on Monday uncovered a plot to bomb a secondary school in the restive northeastern city of Gombe by defusing a car laden with explosives that had been abandoned there, a spokesman said. Police bomb experts found 12 improvised explosives concealed in a car that was abandoned on the premises of the state-run Pilot secondary school, following a tip-off, Fwaje Attajiri told AFP. Attajiri said an investigation had been launched to establish who was behind the foiled attack, refusing to say if Boko Haram Islamists can be blamed. Boko Haram, which means Western education is forbidden in local Hausa, has carried out deadly attacks on schools in the volatile northeast as part of a five-year insurgency aimed at establishing an Islamic state in the north.


WCup hospitality exec arrested in ticket probe

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:36 PM PDT

Ray Whelan, a longstanding director and project manager within the MATCH group, arrives at a police station after been arrested, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 7, 2014. Whelan, a senior executive with the official World Cup corporate hospitality provider was arrested Monday in the plush beachside hotel, as part of a Brazilian police investigation into illegal ticket sales. (AP Photo/STR)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A senior executive with the official World Cup corporate hospitality provider was arrested Monday in the plush beachside hotel where FIFA President Sepp Blatter is staying, as part of a Brazilian police investigation into illegal ticket sales.


Newborn baby among dead as quake hits Mexico, Guatemala

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:36 PM PDT

A view of houses damaged by an earthquake, in San Marcos, 240 km of Guatemala City, on July 7, 2014A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Mexico and Guatemala on Monday killing at least three people -- including a newborn baby at a hospital -- and injuring dozens. The quake, initially measured at a magnitude of 7.1, struck the Pacific coast of Mexico's Chiapas state at about 1124 GMT at a depth of 60 kilometers (37 miles), the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter was just two kilometers from the Mexican town of Puerto Madero, and 200 kilometers from Guatemala City. Two of the dead were in Mexico and a baby died in a hospital in Guatemala's western border state of San Marcos when part of a ceiling caved in, President Otto Perez told reporters.


Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:33 PM PDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's government confirmed Monday that it had handed over a boatload of asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities in a transfer at sea, drawing outrage from human rights groups who fear those on board could be persecuted in their home country. The 41 Sri Lankans were intercepted by Australia's border patrol off the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean in late June, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said in a statement. On Sunday, they were handed over to the Sri Lankan government after their refugee claims were assessed at sea and rejected.

Experts in talks with Syria over chemical weapons

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:31 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapons said Monday the next step is investigating possible discrepancies in Syria's declaration of its stockpile, as well as the destruction of its production facilities.

Guam rampage suspect accused of witness tampering

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:29 PM PDT

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — A Guam man accused of killing three Japanese tourists in a rampage inappropriately spoke with two witnesses from jail, prosecutors said Monday.

Venezuela welcomes back stolen Matisse painting

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:25 PM PDT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A painting by Henri Matisse stolen more than a decade ago from a museum in Venezuela made its homecoming Monday.

Tropical Storm Fausto forms in Pacific off Mexico

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:22 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fausto has formed over the Pacific Ocean far from Mexico's coast, and forecasters say it poses no immediate threat to land.

ON THIS DAY: West Germany beats France in 1982

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 8, 1982 file photo, West Germany's Klaus Fischer scores the third goal and equalizes, in the World Cup semi-final soccer match against France, in Seville, Spain. On this day: West Germany defeats France in a penalty shoot out after a 3-3 draw. The game was marred by a terrible injury to France's Patrick Battiston following a collision with German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher. (AP Photo/File)On July 8 in World Cup history: In classic semifinal that sees first penalty shootout, West Germany beats France in Seville, Spain, in 1982. Late penalty helps West Germany grind out victory against Argentina to win 1990 World Cup in Rome.


Loew warns about Brazil fouls ahead of semifinal

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:19 PM PDT

German national soccer team head coach Joachim Loew attends a news conference after an official training session one day before the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Monday, July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Germany coach Joachim Loew is worried about Brazil's "brutal" tackling in recent games, and appealed to the referee of their World Cup semifinal to be on the lookout for such tactics.


Scolari: Brazil will be playing for nation, Neymar

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:09 PM PDT

Brazil's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, wearing a blue hat, gives instructions to his players during a practice session at the Granja Comary training center, in Teresopolis, Brazil, Monday, July 7, 2014. Brazil will face Germany on Tuesday in a World Cup semifinal match without Neymar. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Neymar helped Brazil get this far at the World Cup. Now it's up to the rest of the team to win for its injured star, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said Monday.


Real Madrid great Di Stefano dies at age 88

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 1963 file photo, Alfredo Di Stefano walks on the pitch at the end of the Little World Cup Series first soccer match, in which Real Madrid defeated Oporto 2 -1, Caracas, Venezuela. Di Stefano, whose goals placed him alongside the all-time great players and propelled Real Madrid to five straight European Champions Cups, has died on Monday, July 7, 2014. He was 88. (AP Photo, File)Alfredo Di Stefano, the player Real Madrid has hailed as being the most important component in its mid-20th century ascent to becoming a global powerhouse, has died. He was 88.


British Virgin Islands gets $35M cruise pier loan

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 04:02 PM PDT

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (AP) — A bank has agreed to provide financing for a cruise ship pier expansion in the British Virgin Islands, officials in the Caribbean territory said Monday.

Scalping probe implicates longtime FIFA partner

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:35 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The company that has been implicated in a ticket scalping investigation at the World Cup has been an intimate member of FIFA's family for more than 20 years.

Theron, Penn dazzle Dior as fashion gets political

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:10 PM PDT

Actress Charlize Theron and actor Sean Penn arrive hand in hand at Dior's Fall-Winter 2014-2015 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris, France, Monday, July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — They're a couple rarely seen in public, together only since February.


Norway to buy 21 mln emission reductions for 48 mln euros

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:09 PM PDT

Norway will buy 21 million U.N. backed certified emission reductions (CERs) for an average price of 2.28 euros each in its international tender to purchase carbon offsets, said the financial institution in charge of the deal on Monday. The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO), which manages the tender for Norway, said in a newsletter that it is closing the first procurement under the NorCaP (Norwegian Carbon Procurement Facility), which buys carbon offsets above market prices to give a lifeline to projects that risk collapse. Landfill gas flaring initiatives in Latin America and projects to destroy nitrous oxide (N2O) resulting from the production of nitric acid dominate the portfolio, said NEFCO.

White House: Most kids at border won't stay in US

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:09 PM PDT

Demonstrators march in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 7, 2014, following a news conference of immigrant families and children's advocates responding to the President Barack Obama's response to the crisis of unaccompanied children and families illegally entering the US, A top Obama administration official says no one, not even children trying to escape violent countries, can illegally enter the United States without eventually facing deportation proceedings. But Homeland Security Sec Jeh Johnson basically acknowledged Sunday that such proceedings might be long delayed, and he said that coping with floods of unaccompanied minors crossing the border is a legal and humanitarian dilemma for the US. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that most unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border are unlikely to qualify for humanitarian relief that would prevent them from being sent back to their home countries.


Japan issues highest alert over typhoon Neoguri

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:08 PM PDT

Japanese meteorologist Satoshi Ebihara answers questions during a press conference in Tokyo, on July 7, 2014Japan was bracing Tuesday for one of its worst storms in over a decade as typhoon Neoguri barreled towards the southern Okinawa island chain, with 55,000 people urged to evacuate as the weather agency issued its highest alert. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the alert for Okinawa's main island, home to around 1.2 million people, as well as the outlying Miyako islands. The Kadena Air Force Base, the biggest US Air Force base in the Pacific, located on Okinawa's main island, evacuated some of its aircraft as officers stressed that Neoguri may be deadly. Waves could reach as high as 14 metres (45 feet), a weather agency official said in a warning that was likely to revive memories of Japan's quake-tsunami disaster in 2011.


Quake slams Mexico, Guatemala; at least 3 dead

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 03:06 PM PDT

Mynor Fuentes checks his home after it was damaged during an earthquake in San Pedro, Guatemala, Monday, July 7, 2014. A magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America Monday. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America Monday, killing at least three people while damaging homes, hospitals and churches.


Bandits loot Samsung plant in Brazil

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 02:44 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Authorities in Brazil say a group of bandits raided a Samsung electronics factory and made off with about $36 million worth of cellphones and computers.

Yedlin returns to Seattle, European interest rises

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 02:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2014 file photo, Seattle Sounders' DeAndre Yedlin adds a hat to his modeling of the MLS soccer team's new "third kit" uniform at the CenturyLink Field Pro Shop in Seattle. Yedlin is back with the Sounders but far more known than when he left for U.S. national team camp nearly two months ago. After an impressive performance in the World Cup, the question now is how long can Seattle hold on to its budding homegrown star? (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — DeAndre Yedlin confidently raced up and down the field for the United States against one of the top teams in the world, showing off skills that were recognized in Seattle and Major League Soccer but not so well known internationally.


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