2014年8月31日星期日

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Putin calls for talks on east Ukraine 'statehood'; rebels fire on ship

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 01:12 PM PDT

Pro-Russian separatists walk at a destroyed war memorial on Savur-Mohyla, a hill east of the city of DonetskBy Katya Golubkova and Aleksandar Vasovic MOSCOW/MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Sunday for immediate talks on the "statehood" of southern and eastern Ukraine, although his spokesman said this did not mean Moscow now endorsed rebel calls for independence for territory they have seized. The Kremlin leader's remarks, two days after a public appearance in which he compared the Kiev government with Nazis and warned the West not to "mess with us", came as Europe and the United States prepared possible further sanctions to halt what they say is direct Russian military involvement in the war in Ukraine. Germany aired suspicions that Moscow might be trying to create a land corridor to supply Crimea, which it annexed from Ukraine in March, while the four-month conflict moved onto the sea for the first time on Sunday.


Jubilant Iraqi forces break two-month siege of Amerli: officials

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 11:51 AM PDT

A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga force fires a dushka at Sulaiman Pek front lineBy Ahmed Rasheed and Isabel Coles BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces backed by Shi'ite militias on Sunday broke the two-month siege of Amerli by Islamic State militants and entered the northern town, officials said. The mayor of Amerli and army officers said troops backed by militias defeated fighters from the Islamic State (IS) to the east of the town. Fighting continued to the north of Amerli in several villages. "Security forces and militia fighters are inside Amerli now after breaking the siege and that will definitely relieve the suffering of residents," said Adel al-Bayati, mayor of Amerli.


U.N., Fiji say no word on location of peacekeepers abducted in Golan Heights

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 01:27 PM PDT

Militants are seen on the Syrian side of the Quneitra border crossing between the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and SyriaBy Louis Charbonneau and Avi Ohayon UNITED NATIONS/EIN ZIVAN Golan Heights (Reuters) - The head of the Fijian army said on Sunday negotiations for the release of 44 soldiers abducted by an al Qaeda-linked group on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights were being pursued as the United Nations said it had no word on the troops' whereabouts. The U.N. peacekeepers from Fiji were seized by Islamist militants on Thursday, one of several groups attacked in the volatile frontier between Syria and Israel. U.N. officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity that they were now treating it as a case of kidnapping.


Israel claims West Bank land for possible settlement use, draws U.S. rebuke

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:02 PM PDT

By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced on Sunday a land appropriation in the occupied West Bank that an anti-settlement group termed the biggest in 30 years, drawing Palestinian condemnation and a U.S. Some 400 hectares (988 acres) in the Etzion Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem were declared "state land, on the instructions of the political echelon" by the military-run Civil Administration. "We urge the government of Israel to reverse this decision," a State Department official said in Washington, calling the move "counterproductive" to efforts to achieve a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel Radio said the step was taken in response to the kidnapping and killing of three Jewish teens by Hamas militants in the area in June.

Rebels in Central African Republic expel government ministers

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 01:34 PM PDT

By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI (Reuters) - A grouping of former Seleka rebels in Central African Republic said on Sunday it had expelled from its ranks several members serving in a new government seeking to stop a cycle of deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians. "As a result, all members of the ex-Seleka coalition having participated in the present government are definitively excluded," he wrote. The former French colony has been gripped by violence since Michel Djotodia led Seleka, a coalition of mostly Muslim rebels and some fighters from neighboring Chad and Sudan, in an assault on the capital Bangui and seized power in March 2013. He named three Seleka members to his 30-member cabinet, but the armed group rejected the government's composition, claiming it had not been consulted.

Explosion fells building outside Paris, killing at least 4

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 01:04 PM PDT

French firefighters search the rubble of a collapsed building in Rosny-Sous-BoisBy Morade Azzouz ROSNY-SOUS-BOIS France (Reuters) - A building in a Paris suburb collapsed after an explosion on Sunday morning, killing two children and two women, and teams were searching the rubble for four other people still missing by evening. About 150 emergency workers worked throughout the day, some using sniffer dogs, to try to find four adults still unaccounted for, said the prefect of Saint-Seine-Denis, Philippe Galli. She died while being taken out, fire department spokesman Gabriel Plus said. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, speaking to reporters at the scene, said the explosion appeared to have been caused by a gas leak.


Germany's anti-euro party makes breakthrough in state vote

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:42 PM PDT

Stanislaw Tillich, current State Premier of Saxony and top candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, is pictured after regional elections in Saxony on August 31, 2014 in Dresden, eastern GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives retained their grip on power in the eastern state of Saxony on Sunday but now face opposition from a fledgling anti-euro party, which won its first seats in a regional assembly. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) won 39.4 percent of the vote in the regional parliament, according to provisional results, but the party needs a new coalition partner after its current allies crashed out. Marking its debut into a state assembly, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which backs the dissolution of the euro, exceeded pollsters' predictions with 9.7 percent of the vote. The CDU has ruled in Saxony since Germany's 1990 reunification.


Henley takes a 1-shot lead at Deutsche Bank

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:21 PM PDT

Rory McIlroy lines up a putt on the 18th hole during the third round of the Deutsche Bank Championship golf tournament in Norton, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Russell Henley doesn't get into contention as much as he'd like, though he is tough to beat when he's anywhere near the lead.


Los Zetas chieftain arrested near US-Mexico border

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:21 PM PDT

A federal police officer patrols in Tamaulipas on April 26, 2011A leader of the violent Los Zetas drug cartel has been arrested in the northwestern Mexican state of Tamaulipas bordering the United States, officials said on Sunday. Mario Alberto Arce Moreno, 31, was apprehended by federal and state police, who were able to make the arrest "without firing a single shot," according to a press release issued by law enforcement officials. Authorities said Arce is a top figure with the Zetas, one of Mexico's most feared cartels. He is alleged to have been involved in major drug trafficking and human smuggling operations for the cartel, which is said to be responsible for much of the violence that has roiled the northern Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas in recent years.


Benfica draws 1-1 with Sporting, Porto wins

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:15 PM PDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Islam Slimani scored midway through the first half as Sporting Lisbon held Benfica to a 1-1 draw, while FC Porto produced a late attacking flurry to rout Moreirense 3-0 in the Portuguese league on Sunday.

Ferrer out in first big upset among men at US Open

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:15 PM PDT

David Ferrer, of Spain, reacts after a shot against Marin Cilic, of Croatia, during the third round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — Gilles Simon felt cheated by the weatherman.


Sao Paulo loses ground to Cruzeiro in Brazil

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:54 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni scored from the penalty spot to help Sao Paulo salvage a 1-1 draw at Figueirense in the Brazilian league on Sunday, losing ground to leader Cruzeiro after the defending champion won its fourth match in a row over the weekend.

Ukraine: rebels fire on border guard vessel

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:06 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with participants in the youth educational forum at the Seliger youth camp near Lake Seliger, some 450 kilometres (281 miles) northwest of Moscow, in Tver region, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called on Ukraine to immediately start talks on a political solution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine.


Madrid stunned 4-2 at Sociedad, Barcelona wins

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:02 PM PDT

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale passes the ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Jose Ignacio Unanue)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid collapsed after leading by two goals to lose 4-2 at Real Sociedad in the Spanish league on Sunday, with the European champions left rudderless without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo.


Wozniacki outlasts Sharapova, in US Open quarters

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:02 PM PDT

Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, reacts after defeating Maria Sharapova, of Russia, during the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki trusts her stamina so much that she plans to return to New York in two months to run a marathon.


Mathieu called up for France friendlies

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 04:01 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Barcelona defender Jeremy Mathieu has been called up for France's upcoming friendlies against Spain and Serbia to replace injured Arsenal center back Laurent Koscielny.

Madrid collapses to lose 4-2, Barcelona wins

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:57 PM PDT

Real Madrid's Benzema, left, lifts his shirt during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Jose Ignacio Unanue)LONDON (AP) — Champions League winner Real Madrid collapsed after leading by two goals to lose 4-2 at Real Sociedad in the Spanish league on Sunday, while Lionel Messi came away with a leg injury after helping Barcelona to its second straight win to start the season.


Down at half, US beats Turkey in basketball worlds

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:48 PM PDT

United States's Kyrie Irving, right, goes for the basket in front Turkey's Baris Hersek, left, during the Group C Basketball World Cup match, in Bilbao northern Spain, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. The 2014 Basketball World Cup competition take place in various cities in Spain from last Aug. 30 through to Sept. 14. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)BILBAO, Spain (AP) — They figured it would be simple, that they would just beat up on Turkey like they did Finland a night earlier.


Montgomerie wins European Senior Tour event

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:35 PM PDT

WOBURN, England (AP) — Colin Montgomerie successfully defended his Travis Perkins Senior Masters title Sunday, winning the European Senior Tour event by a tournament-record 10 strokes.

Game of EU thrones nears finale

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:31 PM PDT

Jean-Claude Juncker, president-elect of the European Commission, speaks at a press conference in Athens, on August 4, 2014The EU's "game of thrones" is nearing an end after the naming of a new president and diplomatic chief, with the rest of the incoming Brussels regime set to be decided in coming weeks. Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the EU's executive body, will unveil his new team in early September, aiming to strike a delicate balance of politics, geography and gender. The two top roles were filled on Saturday when Polish premier Donald Tusk was appointed president of the European Council -- which brings together the leaders of the 28 EU states -- and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini was named head of the foreign affairs service. France looks set to win the prized economic affairs job for its former finance minister Pierre Moscovici.


Six dead in Paris suburb building explosion

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:18 PM PDT

French rescue workers and firefighters inspect the site where a four-storey residential building collapsed following a blast in Rosny-sous-Bois in the eastern suburbs of Paris on August 31, 2014Six people were killed on Sunday when an explosion ripped through an apartment building outside Paris, reducing half a residential block to rubble, emergency services said. Two more bodies were found late in the evening as firefighters continued to comb the wreckage, leaving two other people still unaccounted for, Mayor Claude Capillon said. Ghislaine Poletto, 55, who lives about 50 metres away from the collapsed building, said she "jumped into her trousers" and hurried to the site, where together with neighbours "we managed to pull two children out". Emergency crew chief Bernard Tourneur said the search would continue for at least 24 hours with care, since the remainder of the building left standing "is threatening to cave in".


Fukushima fallout: Resentment grows in nearby Japanese city

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:15 PM PDT

File photo of the Izumitamatsuyu temporary housing estate, where 200 former Tomioka town residents have evacuated to, in Iwaki, Fukushima prefectureBy Mari Saito and Antoni Slodkowski IWAKI Japan (Reuters) - Like many of her neighbours, Satomi Inokoshi worries that her gritty hometown is being spoiled by the newcomers and the money that have rolled into Iwaki since the Fukushima nuclear disaster almost three and a half years ago. Property prices in Iwaki, about 60 km (36 miles) south of the wrecked nuclear plant, have jumped as evacuees forced from homes in more heavily contaminated areas snatch up apartments and land. "The situation around Iwaki is unsettled and unruly," said Ryosuke Takaki, a professor of sociology at Iwaki Meisei University, who has studied the town's developing divide. "There are many people who have evacuated to Iwaki, and there are all kinds of incidents caused by friction." HOSTS WEARY, GUESTS FRIGHTENED Residents across Fukushima prefecture hailed the first wave of workers who arrived to contain the nuclear disaster in 2011 as heroes. Cities like Iwaki also welcomed evacuees from towns closer to the meltdowns and explosions.


PSG routs Saint-Etienne 5-0 in French league

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:14 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic notched a hat trick on his return from injury as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Saint-Etienne 5-0 in the French league on Sunday.

Atletico signs forward Alessio Cerci from Torino

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:12 PM PDT

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid has signed Italian forward Alessio Cerci from Torino to reinforce the defending Spanish champion's attack.

Police report shootout in Jamaica capital

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:08 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican police say a pair of gunmen engaged in a shootout with officers after injuring a group of people in a downtown area of the Caribbean island's capital.

AC Milan beats Lazio 3-1 in Inzaghi's 1st game

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:06 PM PDT

AC Milan forward Keisuke Honda, of Japan, right, celebrates with his teammate Jeremy Menez of France after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Lazio, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN (AP) — AC Milan got off to a great start under new coach Filippo Inzaghi as it eased to a 3-1 win over Lazio in its Serie A opener on Sunday.


Japan and France share spoils in team event

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:03 PM PDT

Germany's Romy Tarangul (white) competes for the bronze medal against Poland's Karolina Penkowska during the team competition at the World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk, on August 31, 2014Japan and France took home the gold medals in the team competition on the final day of the judo World Championships in Chelyabinsk on Sunday. Japan recovered from losing the first two of the five contests against hosts Russia, under the watchful gaze of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in the final to win the next three and take home the title. For Russia, winners in 2012, it was a second successive final defeat having gone down to Georgia in Rio de Janeiro last year.


Mexico police: accidental blast kills 1 on border

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 03:02 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in Piedras Negras say that an apparently accidental explosion in a customs building on Mexico's border with the U.S. has killed one woman and injured five other people.

Messi injures leg muscle in Barcelona win

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:57 PM PDT

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, challenges for the ball with Villarreal's Grabiel Paulista from Brazil during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Madrigal stadium in Villarreal, Spain, on Sunday, Aug 31, 2014.(AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi picked up a leg injury in Barcelona's 1-0 win at Villarreal on Sunday.


US OPEN SCENE: Rain comes too late for Sharapova

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:50 PM PDT

Tennis fans walk barefoot across the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as rain falls suspending play during the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — The rain came too late for Maria Sharapova.


Germany to send anti-tank weapons, rifles to Iraqi Kurds

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:44 PM PDT

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen gives a press statement on August 31, 2014 in BerlinGermany will send anti-tank rocket launchers, rifles and hand grenades to support Iraqi Kurds battling jihadist militants fighting for the Islamic State, the defence ministry announced Sunday. The move followed a meeting of ministers led by Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to discuss what Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen described as an "extremely critical" situation in Iraq. Islamic State (IS) militants are acting with "merciless brutality", she told a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, adding the international community had to support the persecuted. The equipment, which will be delivered in three stages, will include 30 anti-tank missiles, 16,000 assault rifles, 8,000 pistols as well as portable anti-tank rocket launchers, the defence ministry said.


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

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:33 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Anti-government protesters armed with slingshots and hammers clashed repeatedly with police Sunday in the Pakistani capital, and the powerful military cautioned the prime minister against further use of force in the crisis that has triggered the biggest challenge yet to his authority. At least three people were killed and nearly 400 admitted to hospitals in clashes that started Saturday night and continued to boil over Sunday, officials said.

Cuba cracks down on goods in flyers' luggage

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2011, file photo, travelers wait in line with their luggage at Miami International Airport before traveling Cuba in Miami. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans and Cuban-Americans fly in and out of Cuba each year thanks to the liberalization of U.S. and Cuban travel rules over the last five years. On Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, the Cuban government will enact new rules meant to take a big bite of that traffic, sharply limiting the amount of goods people can bring into Cuba in their luggage, and ship by boat from abroad. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)HAVANA (AP) — A carload of burly nephews and grandsons greeted Martha and Alfredo Gonzalez when they stepped out of Havana's international airport into the blazing heat of an August afternoon.


Iraqi forces break militant siege of Shiite town

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:18 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen chant anti-terrorism slogans after breaking the siege on 15,000 Shiite Turkmens stranded in the farming community town of Amirli, following U.S. airstrikes against Sunni Islamic State group positions, 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. The Islamic State extremist group has seized cities, towns and vast tracts of land in northeastern Syria and northern and western Iraq. It views Shiites as apostates and has carried out a number of massacres and beheadings — often posting grisly videos and photos of the atrocities online. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen on Sunday broke a six-week siege imposed by the Islamic State extremist group on the northern Shiite Turkmen town of Amirli, as a suicide bombing killed 14 people in Anbar western province, officials said.


Doctors Without Borders hostage freed in DR Congo

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:15 PM PDT

Two women walk past a Medecins Sans Frontieres vehicle, November 15, 2005, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoAn employee of Doctors Without Borders held hostage for more than a year in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been freed, the medical aid group said on Sunday. "Chantal is free", a spokeswoman for the aid group, also known by its French name Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said, referring to Congolese staff member Chantal Kaghoma. Radio Okapi, the UN station in DRC, said she and four other people were freed following clashes in DRC's restive east between their captors, the Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), and the Congolese regular army. The ADF, which is active in the mineral-rich North Kivu province, has been beaten back by recent Congolese army offensives but is still thought to hold hundreds of hostages.


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