2014年10月17日星期五

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Islamic State flying three jets in Syria: monitor

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 11:02 AM PDT

By Sylvia Westall BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Friday, saying it was the first time the militant group had taken to the air. The group, which has seized swathes of land in Syria and Iraq, has been flying the planes over the captured al-Jarrah military airport east of Aleppo, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the report and U.S. ...

Hong Kong activists regroup to force police retreat in protest hotspot

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 01:51 PM PDT

By Clare Baldwin and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong Kong police staged their biggest and boldest raid yet on a pro-democracy protest camp before dawn on Friday, charging down student-led activists who have held a key intersection in one of the main protest zones for more than three weeks. The operation in the gritty and congested Mong Kok district - across the harbor from the heart of the civil disobedience movement near government headquarters - came while many protesters were asleep on the asphalt in dozens of tents or beneath giant, blue-striped tarpaulin sheets. ...

Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 12:38 PM PDT

Leaders arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of a Europe-Asia summit in MilanBy Andreas Rinke and Alexei Anishchuk MILAN (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine. The mooted deal could re-open Russian gas to Ukraine cut off since June, and ensure supply to European buyers further west before demand surges in the cold months and stocks run down. ...


Brazil election poll gives Neves wide advantage over Rousseff

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:29 PM PDT

Brazil's President and presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff of the Workers Party (PT) holds a star toy during a meeting with educators in Sao PauloBRASILIA (Reuters) - Opposition candidate Aecio Neves would defeat President Dilma Rousseff by almost 13 percentage points in the Oct. 26 runoff to Brazil's presidential election, according to a poll published on Friday. The poll was conducted by Sensus, a research institute that is not as closely watched as Brazil's larger polling firms Ibope and Datafolha, whose polls show Neves and Rousseff in a dead heat. If the runoff were held today, Neves would win 56.4 percent of the valid votes - which exclude undecided voters, spoiled and blank survey responses - against 43. ...


Nigeria says reaches deal with Boko Haram to free abducted girls

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 12:46 PM PDT

ACCORD ENTRE LES AUTORITÉS NIGÉRIANES ET BOKO HARAM SUR LA LIBÉRATION DES LYCÉENNES ENLEVÉESBy Felix Onuah and Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria said on Friday it had agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram and reached a deal for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the group six months ago. There was no immediate confirmation from the rebels, who have wreaked five years of havoc in Africa's top oil producer and triggered an international outcry by seizing the girls from the northeast town of Chibok in April. ...


Greek PM says he can ride out market turbulence and quit bailout

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:07 PM PDT

Greece's Prime Minister Samaras attends a parliament session before a confidence vote for the country's coalition government in AthensBy Alessandra Galloni MILAN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Friday Greece would ride out market doubts about whether it can survive without international support, telling Reuters he can lead his country out of a four-year bailout and not call early elections. Samaras said Athens was talking with its lenders about what should happen if Greece succeeds in leaving its bailout program by the end of December, a year ahead of schedule, as Greek officials hope. He sees one option as a credit line that Athens could tap post-bailout should it fall prey to future market turmoil. ...


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

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 05:02 PM PDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets Saturday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. Police and activists engaged in running clashes in Mong Kok's dense grid of streets, scuffling for hours. Several protesters were seen knocked to the ground, and dozens were carried or taken away by police.

NY governor visits Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 05:02 PM PDT

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, greets people during his visit in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Cuomo took his campaign for a second term to the Caribbean Friday with stops in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico - two places with significant ties to the state Cuomo governs. (AP Photo/Jose R. Madera)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took his campaign for a second term to the Caribbean on Friday with stops in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic — two places with significant ties to the state that Cuomo governs.


Clashes in Libya's Benghazi leave more than 20 dead

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:53 PM PDT

Libyan men loyal to general Khalifa Haftar take position during clashes against Islamists in the eastern city of Benghazi on June 2, 2014Benghazi (Libya) (AFP) - Fierce clashes raged in Benghazi on Friday, leaving more than 20 people dead, on the third day of an offensive by pro-government forces to recapture Libya's second city from Islamist militias.


WHO faulted for Ebola failures as Obama taps czar

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT

Jeff Hulbert, of Annapolis, Md., protests U.S. handling of Ebola cases outside of the White House Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization bungled efforts to halt the spread of Ebola in West Africa, an internal report revealed Friday, as President Barack Obama named a trusted political adviser to take control of America's frenzied response to the epidemic.


Iraq imposes curfew in Ramadi, fearing militants

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:35 PM PDT

Security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in the largely Shiite eastern neighborhood of Talibiyah in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint Thursday in the Iraqi capital, killing more than 10 and wounding tens of people, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq imposed a curfew in the western city of Ramadi on Friday amid fears that the Islamic State group was looking to advance on the strategically important city as attacks in Baghdad killed 28 people, officials said.


Slain Paraguayan journalist was probing drug gangs

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:22 PM PDT

Journalists protest to demand justice for their murdered colleague Pablo Medina, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. The 53-year-old reporter was killed Thursday in a crime-ridden northern area that is a hotbed for drugs and arms smuggling. He worked for the newspaper ABC Color and focused on investigations exposing corruption and drug traffickers. The newspaper where Medina worked said Friday that he was investigating drug gangs with suspected links to Paraguayan politicians. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — A newspaper said Friday that a journalist who was shot to death was investigating drug gangs with suspected links to Paraguayan politicians.


Kerry welcomes Chinese official to his Boston home

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:20 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, walks with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi outside Kerry's home on Beacon Hill in Boston, Friday Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)BOSTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry has opened his home to a top Chinese diplomat for two days of discussions aimed at easing tensions between the two nations.


Container ship adrift off British Columbia coast

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:17 PM PDT

OLD MASSETT, British Columbia (AP) — A Russian container ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel was drifting without power in rough seas off British Columbia's northern coast Friday, a scenario a nearby First Nation community described as its "worst fear."

US: Human rights criticism needles NKorea

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea's government is coming out of its shell as it scrambles to fight back against growing international criticism of its human rights record that is challenging the authoritarian state's legitimacy, a senior U.S. official said Friday.

Syrian Kurdish fighter's long battle in Syrian war

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:13 PM PDT

Syrian Kurdish fighter Delkhwaz Sheikh Ahmad, 22, sits with his wife Siham, 23, and their two sons, Dilyar, left, 3 and Ibrahim, 2, right, at his brother's house in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, as he prepares to leave for Kobani, Syria, to rejoin the fighting, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Sheikh Ahmad is a member of the People's Protection Units, also known as YPG and is fighting against militants of the Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria. Every few weeks, he takes a couple of days to cross the border into Turkey to visit his family that had evacuated. 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)SURUC, Turkey (AP) — At the age of 22, Delkhwaz Sheikh Ahmad has become a battle-hardened father of two, fighting against an ever increasing array of groups embroiled in Syria's multi-faceted civil.


Argentina leader ordered to rest for 48 hours

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:48 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Doctors told Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Friday to rest for 48 hours in order to recover from a sore throat.

Eye of weakening Hurricane Gonzalo smashes into Bermuda

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:47 PM PDT

Shoppers stock up on groceries as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Gonzalo in HamiltonBy Sam Strangeways HAMILTON Bermuda (Reuters) - The eyewall of Hurricane Gonzalo made a direct hit on Bermuda on Friday evening pounding the Bermuda coast with high waves, driving rain and gusting winds, becoming the strongest storm to hit the tiny Atlantic island chain in a decade, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. "At least part of the island, if not the entire island, is going to be in the eye," said hurricane center specialist Stacy Stewart. "It's a very large eye. ...


Mexican activists under fire after blogger kidnap

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:45 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican peace activists and bloggers who try to warn fellow citizens about drug violence said Friday they feel under attack following the kidnapping and possible killing of one of their colleagues.

Board finds no wrongdoing in death of teen jockey

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:45 PM PDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators have found no wrongdoing by jockeys in the death of a 17- year-old apprentice jockey at an Indiana track.

In blow to Abe, Japan trade minister to resign over funds scandal: media

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:45 PM PDT

Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves the upper house of parliament in TokyoBy Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's newly appointed trade and industry minister plans to resign following reports that some of her support groups misused political funds, Japanese media said on Saturday. Yuko Obuchi, a 40-year-old mother of two and the daughter of a former prime minister, has told people close to Abe that she plans to quit and will discuss the matter when Abe returns on Saturday from an Asia-Europe summit in Italy, the Nikkei newspaper said. ...


Head of Cuba's Ebola effort expects more aid soon

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:38 PM PDT

HAVANA (AP) — The head of Cuba's internationally lauded effort to slow the spread of Ebola says a regional summit Monday should lead to more aid for Africa, including Cuban doctors and support staff from other leftist Latin American countries.

Powerful Hurricane Gonzalo comes ashore on Bermuda

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:28 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Gonzalo is roaring toward the British territory of Bermuda as a powerful Category 4 storm and forecasters say it will likely bring damaging winds and life-threatening storm surge to the island in coming hours.

Protesters stage 'Occupy' protest by British parliament

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:23 PM PDT

An activist addresses anti-government campaigners during a rally at Parliament Square in London on October 14, 2014London (AFP) - Some 200 anti-government campaigners rallied in front of the British parliament on Friday, saying that they were planning to set up an "Occupy Democracy" camp without official permission.


Sturridge picks up new injury in training

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:22 PM PDT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has picked up a new injury and will be sidelined for up to another four weeks.

Cameroon kills 107 Boko Haram fighters accused of mass murder

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:21 PM PDT

A convoy of Cameroonian soldiersYaoundé (AFP) - Cameroon said Friday its army killed 107 Boko Haram fighters, while a police officer told AFP at least 30 civilians were murdered by the Islamist guerrilla group before the ambush.


Austrian sought in mother's death caught in Oregon

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:16 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — Federal authorities say an Austrian man wanted in the killing of his mother has been detained in Oregon.

Nigeria, Boko Haram agree to immediate cease-fire

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday May 30, 2013 file photo, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, Nigeria's top military spokesman speaks during an interview in Abuja, Nigeria. Nigeria's government and Islamic extremists from Boko Haram have agreed to an immediate cease-fire, officials said Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. The fate of more than 200 missing schoolgirls abducted by the insurgents six months ago remains unclear. Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade said their release is still being negotiated. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's government said Islamic extremists from Boko Haram have agreed to an immediate cease-fire, but many people expressed doubts Friday about a development that could end an insurgency that has killed thousands and left hundreds of thousands homeless in Africa's most populous nation.


UN Security Council in push for Mali peace deal

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:02 PM PDT

United Nations soldiers patrol on July 27, 2013 in the northern Malian city of KidalUnited Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Friday urged Mali's warring factions to make progress toward a peace deal at upcoming talks in Algeria, following a wave of deadly attacks on peacekeepers.


Nigeria claims deal with Boko Haram on ceasefire, kidnapped girls

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:52 PM PDT

An aide for the Nigerian presidency said a deal had been struck for the release of 219 kidnapped girlsAbuja (AFP) - Nigeria on Friday claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram militants on a ceasefire and the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls but doubts immediately surrounded the purported breakthrough.


Ana strengthens into hurricane but may miss Hawaiian Islands

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:45 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Ana is seen approaching Hawaii in the Central Pacific OceanBy Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ana, swirling in the central Pacific Ocean, was upgraded to hurricane status on Friday but forecasters said they now believe the storm will drift some 100 miles to the south and miss the Hawaiian Islands. No hurricane has landed a direct hit on Hawaii since Iniki, a Category 4 storm that struck in September of 1992, killing six people and causing damages estimated at $2.4 billion. ...


Kobani key to US strategy against Islamic State

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:41 PM PDT

Kobani mapWASHINGTON (AP) — Dusty and remote, the Syrian city of Kobani has become an unlikely spoil in the war against Islamic State militants — and far more of a strategic prize than the United States wants to admit.


World fears mount that Ebola battle being lost

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:40 PM PDT

A girl walks past a slogan painted on a wall reading "Stop Ebola", in Monrovia on August 31, 2014Geneva (AFP) - The World Bank warned Friday the fight to stop Ebola was being lost, as the UN pleaded for more money to combat the escalating epidemic and global travel fears mounted.


Cilic downs Robredo to reach Moscow semi

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:28 PM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic reached the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup on Friday by beating Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-3.

Passenger from evacuated Madrid plane tests negative for Ebola

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:27 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain said on Friday all four suspected Ebola cases hospitalised on Thursday, including a Nigerian passenger taken from an evacuated plane by police-escorted ambulance, have tested negative for the deadly disease. The three other people were a priest who had recently been in Liberia, a man recently in Sierra Leone who tested positive for malaria and a person who traveled in the same ambulance as Teresa Romero, Spain's only known Ebola sufferer. ...

PSG up to 2nd place after 3-1 win against Lens

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:25 PM PDT

PSG's Edinson Cavani, right, argues with referee Nicolas Rainville, center, during their League One soccer match Lens against Paris Saint Germain at Stade de France stadium in Saint Denis, outside Paris, France, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)PARIS (AP) — Injury-hit Paris Saint-Germain moved provisionally up to second place in the French league on Friday after rallying to beat Lens 3-1 in a chaotic match which saw three players sent off in the space of six minutes.


US stocks end dramatic week with rally

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:23 PM PDT

Specialist David Haubner works with traders at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. U.S. stocks opened higher Friday as investors weighed the latest corporate earnings news and data showing home construction picked up last month. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market capped a turbulent week with a big gain Friday, a sign of renewed investor confidence after days of gloomy economic news.


Manucho's late goal gives Rayo 1-0 win at Granada

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:21 PM PDT

GRANADA, Spain (AP) — Manucho scored deep in stoppage time to give Rayo Vallecano a 1-0 win at Granada in the Spanish league on Friday.

Sikh massacre in India is issue in California race

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 02:17 PM PDT

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Anger around a 30-year-old religious clash in India that left thousands dead has crept into one of the closest and most expensive congressional races in the United States.

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