2014年10月15日星期三

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Hong Kong police use pepper spray on protesters, anger simmers over beating

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:22 PM PDT

A still image taken from video filmed by Apple Daily shows several police officers standing near other officers appeared to be beating and kicking a handcuffed protester after dragging him to a dark corner next to a protest site in Hong KongBy Clare Baldwin and Carlos Barria HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police used pepper spray early on Thursday to stop pro-democracy protesters from blocking a major road near the office of the city's embattled leader amid public anger over the police beating of a protester a day earlier. At police headquarters in the nearby district of Wan Chai, hundreds of people gathered outside into the early hours of the morning to express outrage at the beating, with dozens queuing to lodge formal complaints over the incident. ...


U.S.-led air strikes intensify as Syria conflict destabilizes Turkey

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 06:58 PM PDT

A U.S.-led coalition aircraft flying over Kobanii, as seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian borderBy Humeyra Pamuk and Daren Butler MURSITPINAR Turkey/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - American-led forces have sharply intensified air strikes in the past two days against Islamic State fighters threatening Kurds on Syria's Turkish border after the jihadists' advance began to destabilize Turkey. The coalition had conducted 21 attacks on the militants near the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani over Monday and Tuesday and appeared to have slowed Islamic State advances there, the U.S. military said, but cautioned the situation remained fluid. U.S. ...


Putin warns U.S. spat over Ukraine threatens global stability

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 12:22 PM PDT

Russia's President Putin attends a meeting with members of the All-Russian People's Front group to discuss issues on education in PenzaBy Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin warned Washington that a spat between nuclear powers over the Ukraine crisis could threaten global stability and said in remarks published on Wednesday that Russia would not be "blackmailed" by sanctions. Taking a tough line on the eve of talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Milan, Putin said the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over Moscow's role in the crisis were hindering peace moves. ...


U.S. sees some progress in Iran nuclear talks, still aims for November deal

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:54 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry walks to his car with Austria's Foreign Minister Kurz as he arrives at Vienna International AirportBy Matt Spetalnick and Parisa Hafezi VIENNA (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official said some progress was made in high-level nuclear negotiations with Iran on Wednesday but much work remained to be done, adding the goal was still to reach a deal by a late November deadline. The State Department official spoke after about six hours of talks between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Vienna. ...


Brazil presidential race heading for October 26 photo finish

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:04 PM PDT

Brazil's presidential candidates Neves of Brazilian Social Democratic Party greets Rousseff of Workers Party after television debate at Bandeirantes TV studio in Sao PauloBy Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's most unpredictable presidential election in a generation is heading toward a photo finish on Oct. 26 between leftist incumbent Dilma Rousseff and pro-business challenger Aecio Neves, a new poll showed on Wednesday. In an increasingly acrimonious campaign, the candidates traded accusations of lies, corruption and nepotism in a bruising television debate on Tuesday night that had no clear winner and saw more attacks than discussion of policy issues. ...


Yemen's Houthis advance near al Qaeda stronghold

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 12:55 PM PDT

File photo shows Shi'ite Houthi rebels riding a patrol truck in SanaaBy Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's new Shi'ite Muslim powerbrokers sent fighters towards an al Qaeda stronghold on Wednesday, raising the possibility of clashes between the politically ascendant Houthi movement and the hardline Sunni Muslims of the militant network. Witnesses said dozens of cars carrying armed Houthi fighters were seen arriving in the city of Ibb, bordering al-Bayda province, a bastion of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). ...


Putin accuses Obama of hostility, meddling

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:42 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Penza on October 15, 2014Moscow (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin accused US counterpart Barack Obama of a hostile attitude towards Russia, warning against "attempts to blackmail" Moscow.


Mozambique polls close with opposition crying foul

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:42 PM PDT

A Mozambican man shows his hands to electoral officials before marking his ballot at a polling station in Maputo on October 15, 2014Maputo (AFP) - Mozambicans voted Wednesday in a closely-fought test for the ruling Frelimo party, which has run the southern African country since independence from Portugal in 1975, with opposition parties crying foul.


Brazil's Rousseff and Neves locked in even race for president: Ibope poll

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT

BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff and challenger Aecio Neves are locked in a tight battle for votes ahead of the Oct. 26 runoff to Brazil's presidential election, a poll published on Wednesday said. Neves has 45 percent of voter support against 43 percent for Rousseff, the surveys by the Ibope research firm showed, the same 2 percentage point gap found by the previous poll six days ago. The difference is within the poll's margin of error and statistically insignificant. ...

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

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:35 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Fear drove Wall Street to one of its most dramatic, dizzying days in years on Wednesday. Investors fled stocks and poured into bonds as worries about a global economic slowdown intensified. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 460 points in afternoon trading, all three U.S. stock indexes were in negative territory for the year, and the so-called fear index spiked.

Hundreds of Islamic State militants killed in Kobani strikes - U.S.

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:26 PM PDT

By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led air strikes have killed several hundred Islamic State fighters around the Syrian town of Kobani, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, but it cautioned that the town near Turkey's border could still fall to the Sunni militant group. The U.S.-led coalition has launched about 40 air strikes on the mainly Kurdish town of Kobani in the past 48 hours, the largest number since the strikes inside Syria began on Sept. 22 and illustrating the difficulty of staunching a nearly month-long Islamic State offensive on the town. ...

NKorea praises rights record in draft resolution

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:25 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday circulated a draft U.N. resolution praising its own human rights record in a rare effort to counter the international community's growing condemnation of the way it treats its people.

Mexico gripped by mass grave, missing students

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:20 PM PDT

Masked students take over the tollbooths across the Chilpancingo-Acapulco highway, during a protest on October 15, 2014 in ChilpancingoChilpancingo (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexican authorities scrambled Wednesday to find 43 missing students after concluding they were not in a mass grave containing 28 bodies in a case that has vexed the country.


Trinidad says 'several' citizens aid Islamic group

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:05 PM PDT

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — At least "several" citizens of Trinidad & Tobago have traveled overseas to aid militants including the group known as the Islamic State, the national security minister of the Caribbean nation said Wednesday.

St. Lucia: No visitors from Ebola-stricken nations

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:04 PM PDT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The leader of the small Caribbean island of St. Lucia issued an order Wednesday to immediately bar entry to travelers coming from three West African nations overwhelmed with Ebola epidemics.

US Treasury: China does not manipulate yuan

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT

The US Treasury said Wednesday that China does not manipulate its currency, but pushed Beijing to do more to focus on domestic demand, not exports, to drive economic growthWashington (AFP) - The US Treasury said Wednesday that China does not manipulate its currency, but pushed Beijing to do more to focus on domestic demand -- not exports -- to drive economic growth.


US resists extension of Iran nuclear talks

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:48 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left), European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hold a trilateral meeting in Vienna, on October 15, 2014Vienna (AFP) - Iran and the US still aim to strike a comprehensive nuclear deal by a November 24 deadline, a US official said Wednesday after talks involving US Secretary of State John Kerry that yielded no apparent major breakthrough.


Six killed in violence in Central African Republic's capital

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:40 PM PDT

By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and hundreds forced to flee their homes in two days of violence involving the "anti-balaka" militia in the capital of Central African Republic, officials said on Wednesday. The violence erupted late on Tuesday in a district of Bangui near the banks of the Oubangi river, close to President Catherine Samba Panza's residence, as armed men ransacked homes. Then on Wednesday, there were clashes pitting anti-balaka fighters against soldiers from the country's newly deployed U.N. mission. ...

A dizzying day for Wall Street as stocks plunge

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:40 PM PDT

A wild day on Wall Street ends with Dow down 173NEW YORK (AP) — Fear drove Wall Street to one of its most dramatic, dizzying days in years on Wednesday.


Libyan army, residents battle Islamist militants in Benghazi

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:28 PM PDT

By Ayman al-Warfalli and Feras Bosalum BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Libyan army troops and armed residents clashed with Islamist fighters in the eastern port of Benghazi on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, a day after a renegade former general who backs the army vowed to retake the city from the militants. Libya's second largest city is caught up in a chaotic struggle for control between an alliance of Islamist militia groups and the army, which is backed by forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar. Gunfire could be heard in several districts from early morning, residents said. ...

Category 3 Hurricane Gonzalo aims for Bermuda

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:27 PM PDT

This image provided by NOAA Wednesday Oct. 15, 2014 shows Hurricane Gonzalo, lower right, which forecasters said could become a powerful category 4 storm Wednesday as it heads toward Bermuda. The storm had top sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph) and was centered about 665 miles (1,075 kilometers) south of Bermuda early Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It was moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph). (AP Photo/NOAA)HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Hurricane Gonzalo barreled toward Bermuda as a major Category 3 storm Wednesday, threatening the tiny archipelago where people rushed to repair homes and clear trees and power lines knocked down by a weekend tropical storm.


Poll: Brazil presidential race remains deadlocked

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:23 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's presidential race remains deadlocked after the first debate between President Dilma Rousseff and her challenger in the runoff election.

Garber criticizes Klinsmann over Donovan, MLS view

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 11, 2014, file photo, MLS Commissioner Don Garber speaks to reporters prior to an MLS soccer game between the Montreal Impact and DC United in Montreal. Garber has criticized U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann for saying some players' careers were damaged by returning to the league. Klinsmann said Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, that decisions by Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley to play in MLS rather than for European clubs make it "very difficult for them to keep the same level that they experienced at the places where they were." (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber took the extraordinary step Wednesday of criticizing U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann for not taking Landon Donovan to the World Cup and for saying Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley damaged their careers by returning to MLS from European clubs.


US report criticizes China's currency policy

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Wednesday that China's currency remains "significantly undervalued," but it stopped short of citing China or any other country for unfairly manipulating its currency to gain trade advantages.

Philippines police file charges against U.S. Marine in murder case

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:11 PM PDT

Protesters display a placard with a picture of Laude during a rally in ManilaMANILA (Reuters) - Police in the Philippines filed murder charges on Wednesday against a U.S. Marine over the death of a transgender Filipino he met in a bar outside the former U.S. naval base of Subic Bay. The Philippine government also wants to take custody of Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton while he stands trial, said a senior Philippine official, who warned that the case could damage military ties between the allies. "Based on two witnesses' testimonies, we believe we have a strong case against the U.S. ...


Serbia to salute Putin but sees future with Europe

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 03:07 PM PDT

Russia's President Putin delivers a speech during celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the MGIMO in MoscowBy Matt Robinson BELGRADE (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is guest of honor at a military parade in Belgrade on Thursday to mark 70 years since the city's liberation by the Red Army, a visit loaded with symbolism as Serbia walks a tightrope between the Europe it wants to join and a big-power ally it cannot leave behind. The United States and European Union are unlikely to welcome the sight of Putin taking the salute at a parade of more than 3,000 Serbian soldiers while NATO says Russian troops are fighting on the side of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. ...


Ivory Coast's former first lady, allies to go on trial next week

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:57 PM PDT

Simone, wife of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo, is seen at Hotel Golf in Abidjan, after she was arrested with her husbandABIDJAN (Reuters) - The trial of Ivory Coast's former first lady and leading opposition figures charged with committing economic crimes during the rule of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo will open next week, a defense lawyer and one of the accused said on Wednesday. Gbagbo, his wife Simone, and scores of his allies were arrested in the wake of a brief 2011 civil war. The conflict was sparked by Gbagbo's refusal to accept defeat to Alassane Ouattara in a presidential runoff election. ...


Brazil's Rousseff and Neves even ahead of October 26 runoff: poll

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:40 PM PDT

Brazil's presidential candidates Neves of Brazilian Social Democratic Party greets Rousseff of Workers Party after television debate at Bandeirantes TV studio in Sao PauloBRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff and her pro-business challenger Aecio Neves are still running neck and neck ahead of the Oct. 26 runoff to Brazil's presidential election, a new poll showed on Wednesday. Neves has 45 percent of voter support against 43 percent for leftist incumbent Rousseff, one percentage point less than each candidate had in the previous survey by polling firm Datafolha six days ago. The difference is within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points and considered a statistical tie. ...


What's at stake in Iran nuclear talks?

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:38 PM PDT

From left, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are photographed as they participate in a trilateral meeting in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The three will try and advance nuclear talks and meet the target date of Nov. 24. But with less than six weeks left until Nov. 24, there may be no alternative than to prolonging them. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)VIENNA (AP) — An Iranian nuclear agreement is the Obama administration's grandest foreign policy objective, a legacy-defining endeavor that holds the prospect of ending the gravest potential threat to Israel and the Middle East and reintegrating Iran into the world community.


Kosovo frees 8-year-old from Syria captivity

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:35 PM PDT

Pranvera Abazi kisses her son Erion Zena during their reunion at Kosovo's main airport upon his return to Kosovo's capital Pristina on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Kosovo's Prime Minister says the country's intelligence and security forces have returned an 8-year-old ethnic Albanian boy to his mother in Kosovo after he was taken by his jihadi father to Syria. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)SLATINA, Kosovo (AP) — An 8-year-old boy from Kosovo was reunited with his mother late on Wednesday after intelligence and security forces brought him back from Syria where he was taken by his jihadi father and kept for 5 months, officials said.


US: Strikes near Kobani have killed hundreds

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes in and around the Syrian city of Kobani, including 39 over the past two days, has killed hundreds of Islamic State fighters and has stiffened the city's Kurdish defenders, the Pentagon's spokesman said Wednesday.

2nd female jockey dies in Australia from race fall

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:19 PM PDT

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Apprentice jockey Caitlin Forrest died on Wednesday after a fall at Murray Bridge race course near Adelaide, the second female jockey to die this week in Australia.

Rio's Olympic golf course grass under threat

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:19 PM PDT

FILE - This June 27, 2014 file photo shows an aerial view of the Rio 2016 Olympic golf course under construction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The public prosecutor's office is taking on the city government and the golf course developer in a lawsuit that contends environmental rules were breached in building the course. Public prosecutor Marcus Leal told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 that the two sides are in a 30-day negotiation period aimed at resolving their differences. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The decision to put down grass on the contested 2016 Olympic golf course amid continued legal wrangling could prove to be a costly mistake, a Rio de Janeiro public prosecutor warned on Wednesday.


U.S. EPA approval of Dow herbicide breaks law, critics say

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:17 PM PDT

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - U.S. regulatory approval on Wednesday for a Dow AgroSciences herbicide to be used with new genetically modified crops outraged critics, who say the approval violates environmental law and will create a host of problems for people and animals. The Environmental Protection Agency gave final approval to Dow's Enlist Duo herbicide developed to be used with Dow's Enlist GMO corn and soybeans. The herbicide is approved immediately for use in six states, and the EPA is evaluating expansion to additional states. ...

Kurds hold their own against militants in Syria

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:15 PM PDT

People gather on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, to watch fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, over the border, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Intensified U.S.-led airstrikes and a determined Kurdish military force on the ground appear to have had some success in halting advances by Islamic State fighters on a strategic Kurdish town near Syria's border with Turkey — at least for now.


Ebola in DRC is from different source than WAfrica virus

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:15 PM PDT

A man is disinfected prior to entering an MSF health centre on October 6, 2014 in LokoliaWashington (AFP) - An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year came from a different source than the epidemic raging across West Africa, scientists said Wednesday.


Yemeni man sues German gov't over US drone strikes

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2014 file photo the flags of the United States and Germany fly behind a sign at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. A Yemeni man is suing the German government for allegedly letting the United States use the air base in Germany for lethal drone strikes. Faisal bin Ali Jaber claims his brother-in-law Salim bin Ahmed Ali Jaber and nephew Waleed were killed in a U.S. drone strike in August 2012. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool, File)BERLIN (AP) — A Yemeni man filed a suit against the German government Wednesday for allegedly letting the United States use an air base in Germany for lethal drone strikes.


Saudi court convicts outspoken Shiite cleric

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:15 PM PDT

A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a picture of jailed Saudi Sheik Nimr al-Nimr during clashes with riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, a suburb of the capital Manama, Wednesday night, Oct. 15, 2014. The well-known Shiite cleric was sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the kingdom and neighboring Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A widely revered Shiite Muslim cleric was convicted Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of sedition and other charges and sentenced to death, raising fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the kingdom and neighboring Bahrain.


Ebola crisis puts pressure on human rights

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:13 PM PDT

Healthcare workers prepare medicines for Patients at an Ebola treatment centre in Hastings, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Some doctors in countries hit hardest by the deadly Ebola disease decline to operate on pregnant women for fear the virus could spread. Governments face calls from frightened citizens to bar travel to and from the afflicted region. Meanwhile, the stakes get higher as more people get sick, highlighting a tricky balance between protecting people and preserving their rights in a global crisis. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Some doctors in countries hit hardest by the deadly Ebola disease decline to operate on pregnant women for fear the virus could spread. Governments face calls from frightened citizens to bar travel to and from afflicted nations. Meanwhile, the stakes get higher as more people get sick, highlighting a tricky balance between protecting people and preserving their rights in a global crisis.


Catalan parties urge snap election over independence

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:00 PM PDT

President of Catalonia's regional government, Artur Mas, delivers a speech during an ordinary session at the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona on October 15, 2014Barcelona (AFP) - Opposition parties in Catalonia on Wednesday demanded a snap regional election after pressure from Madrid forced leaders to water down plans for a vote on independence from Spain.


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