2014年10月25日星期六

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Iraqi security forces and Kurds gain ground against Islamic State

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:55 PM PDT

Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi army members ride in vehicles during a patrol in Jurf al-SakharBy Ahmed Rasheed and Isabel Coles BAGHDAD/ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces and Shi'ite militias seized control of the strategic town of Jurf al-Sakhar near Baghdad from Islamic State on Saturday and Kurdish fighters made gains in the north after heavy coalition air strikes against the Sunni militants. Iraqi troops and their Shi'ite allies broke the grip of Islamic State in Jurf al-Sakhar after months of fighting against insurgents determined to march on the capital. ...


Canadians flock to Parliament Hill, site of attack on soldier

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 01:34 PM PDT

By Richard Valdmanis OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians returned to the reopened grounds of their parliament building on Saturday, three days after a homegrown radical rushed in armed with a rifle after killing a soldier in the second domestic attack in a week on the country's military. The grounds of the hilltop gothic building, whose clock tower is a centerpiece of Ottawa's skyline, attracted scores of visitors, many still stunned by Wednesday's attack, which took place as Prime Minister Stephen Harper was meeting with lawmakers. ...

On eve of poll, Ukraine leader seeks support for pro-Europe course

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:37 PM PDT

An election commission worker adjusts a number on a ballot box at a polling station in KievKIEV (Reuters) - President Petro Poroshenko called on Ukrainians on Saturday to elect a majority on Sunday that would see through a pro-Europe, reform agenda and break with the Soviet past. Poroshenko, who is expecting a big win for his political bloc in the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of the Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich, said he saw a "radically new" assembly emerging on Sunday. ...


Lebanon army fights gunmen in Tripoli, six soldiers killed

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:53 PM PDT

Lebanese army soldiers carry their weapons during clashes with Islamist militants in TripoliBEIRUT (Reuters) - Six Lebanese soldiers were killed as the army clashed with Islamist gunmen in northern Lebanon for a second day on Saturday, using helicopters to fire rockets in the first such air attack since the war in neighboring Syria began. Soldiers exchanged heavy fire with the gunmen - whose exact affiliation was unclear - in the city of Tripoli in the morning and moved in on their positions in the afternoon, security sources said. Three soldiers were wounded in a nearby incident when gunmen opened fire on an army vehicle near the northern village of Bahneen, the sources said. ...


Germany's Merkel deals blow to UK on EU migration reform: Sunday Times

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 04:04 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the start of the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor resort, near NewportLONDON (Reuters) - German leader Angela Merkel has said she will not back restrictions on the freedom of workers to move around the European Union, potentially derailing plans of British Prime Minister David Cameron, a newspaper reported. The Sunday Times quoted Merkel as saying in an interview that she would not support any limitations of movement within the 28-nation bloc. "Germany will not tamper with the fundamental principles of free movement in the EU," Merkel told the newspaper. ...


Anti-Occupy mob roughs up Hong Kong journalists

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 02:39 PM PDT

Anti-Occupy protesters hold candles and a Chinese flag as they gather to oppose actions of pro-democracy groups in Hong KongBy Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three journalists were roughed up on Saturday evening in Hong Kong after being confronted by pro-government protesters holding a rally to oppose a four-week long "Occupy" movement of the financial hub's streets by pro-democracy demonstrators. Hong Kong has been roiled by a tenacious, student-led people's movement demanding full democracy in the former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997. ...


Brazil's election too close to call on eve of runoff

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff is heading into Sunday's presidential runoff vote with a slight lead in most polls over opposition candidate Aecio Neves, setting the stage for Brazil's tightest election in decades. A survey released on Saturday by polling firm Ibope gave Rousseff a 6-percentage point lead over Neves, while a closely-watched poll by Datafolha showed the incumbent ahead by 4 points, within the survey's margin of error. ...

Cruzeiro held to 1-1 draw against Figueirense

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 04:35 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Defending champion Cruzeiro conceded an injury-time equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Figueirense on Sunday, missing a chance to increase its Brazilian league lead.

Brazil's election: 'Ghosts' versus 'Monsters'

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, who is running for reelection with the Workers Party, greets supporters at a campaign rally in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Brazilians will go to the polls on Sunday to decide who'll be the next leader of Latin America's biggest economy. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian voters electing a new president Sunday are being asked to decide what scares them least: the incumbent's warnings about the "ghosts of the past," or her challenger's charges about the "monsters of the present."


NZ Cricket tightens security around domestic T20s

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 04:24 PM PDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Cricket New Zealand says it will increase security around domestic Twenty20 matches in a bid to tackle corruption.

From job to job to job, a life lived _ and lost

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT

In this Sept. 5, 2014 photo, Glen Carter, a 33-year-old Army veteran, morns as the casket of his girlfriend Maria Fernandes is lowered into the ground during her funeral service in Linden, N.J. Fernandes died while napping in her car between one of her three jobs. Police said it appears Fernandes was overcome by a deadly mixture of carbon monoxide and fumes from an overturned gasoline container. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — The fumes, reeking of gasoline, poured from the white Kia SUV as soon as an emergency medical technician broke one of the rear windows. Inside, the body of a dark-haired young woman with a beauty mark on her left cheek reclined in the driver's seat, keys dangling from the ignition.


Divided Brazil votes for next president

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:50 PM PDT

Brazilian president and presidential candidate for the Workers Party, Dilma Rousseff (R) greets a child in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on October 25, 2014Leftist incumbent Dilma Rousseff is the narrow favorite heading into the vote, with a four- to six-point advantage over center-right business favorite Aecio Neves in the race to lead the world's seventh-largest economy, Saturday's final surveys showed. Winning back front-runner status has been a battle for Brazil's first woman president -- a former guerrilla once jailed and tortured for fighting the country's 1964-1985 military regime. The vote is widely seen as a referendum on 12 years of government by her Workers' Party (PT) -- eight under working-class hero Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and four under Rousseff, his seemingly less-charmed successor.


Impact, DC United tie 1-1

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:48 PM PDT

Montreal Impact's Marco Di Vaio celebrates after scoring against D.C. United during an MLS soccer game in Montreal, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)MONTREAL (AP) — Marco Di Vaio scored in the final game of his 20-year career, helping the Montreal Impact to a 1-1 tie with D.C. United on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.


Luis Suarez makes strong return from biting ban

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:47 PM PDT

CORRECTING PLAYER WHO SCORED TO NEYMAR - Barcelona's Luis Suarez, celebrates after Barcelona teammate Neymar scored during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul White)MADRID (AP) — Luis Suarez made a strong return from his four-month biting ban on Saturday, showing no signs of being rusty and providing the biggest threat Barcelona could offer in a 3-1 loss at Real Madrid.


Five hurt in Canada industrial explosion

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:35 PM PDT

The headquarters of French international utility group Veolia Environment in Paris on February 20, 2012Montreal (AFP) - Five people were injured -- one seriously -- when an explosion ripped through an industrial plant in Canada on Saturday, police said.


Mali seeks to contain Ebola fears after girl dies

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:30 PM PDT

People walk in front of a poster warning against the deadly Ebola virus in Freetown, October 4, 2014Mali authorities on Saturday sought to calm fears after Ebola claimed its first victim in the African country, a contagious toddler who took a 1,000-kilometre bus journey before being treated. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned the situation in Mali was an "emergency", and said in its latest Ebola situation report that the biggest outbreak on record has now killed 4,922 people, the vast majority of them in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with 10,141 cases reported. The US states of New York and New Jersey ordered mandatory quarantine for medics who had treated victims of the disease in west Africa, after a doctor who had returned from the region became the first Ebola case in New York City. President Barack Obama told Americans on Saturday that they must be "guided by the facts, not fear".


Canada intelligence-sharing on suspects curbed by court ruling

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:30 PM PDT

By David Ljunggren and Mark Hosenball OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada did not share some intelligence with the United States about two men who mounted fatal attacks last week because of a 2013 court ruling limiting the transfer of personal data, a Canadian official said on Saturday. U.S. authorities therefore knew little about Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who killed a soldier on Wednesday before attacking Parliament in the capital Ottawa. They also did not realize that Canada had withdrawn the passport of Martin Rouleau, who ran over and killed a soldier in Quebec on Monday. ...

Jack Bruce, bassist with rock legends Cream, dies aged 71

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:18 PM PDT

Jack Bruce (left), Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker perform at Madison Square Garden on October 25, 2005 in a Cream reunion concertLondon (AFP) - Jack Bruce, a founding member of British psychedelic band Cream, died on Saturday aged 71 after a long battle against liver disease, his family announced.


Real Madrid spoils Suarez's debut by beating Barca

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:13 PM PDT

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, celebrates his goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)After completing a four-month biting ban, Luis Suarez made an early impact on his Barcelona debut by setting up Neymar's fourth-minute opener at Real Madrid. Then it started to go wrong for Barca against its fiercest rival in the highly-anticipated "clasico" on Saturday.


Ronaldo leads Madrid's 3-1 comeback over Barcelona

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:02 PM PDT

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, gestures next to Barcelona's Lionel Messi, second left, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)MADRID (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored to spark Real Madrid's 3-1 comeback win over Barcelona in a thrilling "clasico" match Saturday that handed the visitors their first loss of the Spanish league season.


Caballero beats Hall to win IBF bantamweight title

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:01 PM PDT

MONACO (AP) — Randy Caballero of the United States improved to 22-0 after beating Stuart Hall of Britain in a unanimous decision Saturday to win the vacant IBF bantamweight title.

Sudan president says country's regional isolation ending

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 02:44 PM PDT

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attends the Fourth General Conference of the ruling National Congress Party in Khartoum on October 23, 2014Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir vowed Saturday to end the sanctions-hit country's isolation, saying recent visits to regional powers Egypt and Saudi Arabia proved that ties were improving, an AFP correspondent said. Bashir, 70, who is wanted in the international court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, seized power in a coup 25 years ago. "We promise you that Sudan will not be isolated, and our visit to Saudi Arabia removed doubts that our trip to Egypt had returned matters to normal," he said at the closing of the ruling National Congress Party's conference.


Mexico's students not the only ones missing

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 02:31 PM PDT

A horseman goes through the arch welcoming to the village of Cocula, Guerrero State, Mexico, on October 20, 2014A year before Mexico's latest nightmare -- the disappearance of 43 students -- there was another night of terror in a neighboring town when gunmen broke into homes and took people away, mainly youths. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero say they have received complaints over the disappearance of six people in the wee hours of July 1, 2013 in the village of Cocula. You hear everything, and people spoke of 17 missing," said Cesar Penaloza, mayor of Cocula, a town of 4,300 located 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Mexico City. One of the families that did file a complaint is that of Victor Albarran, an adolescent.


Roma held to 0-0 draw by Sampdoria in Serie A

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 02:29 PM PDT

Sassuolo's Francesco Acerbi, right, celebrates with his teammate Sime Vrsaljko after scoring against Parma during their Italian Serie A soccer match at Tardini stadium in Parma, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)MILAN (AP) — Roma was held to a goalless draw at still-unbeaten Sampdoria as it missed the opportunity to move provisionally top of the Serie A table on Saturday.


Mosley suspended by Lions, sent home from London

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 02:25 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Detroit defensive tackle C.J. Mosley was sent home from London on Saturday and suspended by the Lions for an unspecified violation of team rules.

Porto wins 5-0 at Arouca to close on Benfica

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 02:20 PM PDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — FC Porto rolled to a 5-0 win at Arouca on Saturday to reduce Benfica's overnight lead to one point in the Portuguese league.

Top Asian News at 9:00 p.m. GMT

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 02:03 PM PDT

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A growing sense of desperation is fueling a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar, with the number who have fled by boat since communal violence broke out two years ago now topping 100,000, a leading expert said Saturday. Chris Lewa, director of the nonprofit advocacy group Arakan Project, said there has been a huge surge since Oct. 15, with an average of 900 people per day piling into cargo ships parked off Rakhine state.

Major polls show Rousseff holding lead of eve of Brazil runoff

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 01:54 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff is heading into Sunday's presidential runoff election with a slight lead over opposition candidate Aecio Neves, according to two closely watched opinion polls released on Saturday. A survey by pollster Datafolha showed Rousseff with 52 percent voter support versus 48 percent for Neves. A previous Datafolha poll on Thursday showed the president with 53 percent and Neves with 47 percent. A separate survey by polling firm Ibope gave Rousseff 53 percent and Neves 47 percent. ...

Berisha's hat trick gives Victory win in A-League

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 01:54 PM PDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Albania striker Besart Berisha scored a hat trick to outshine Spanish star David Villa as the Melbourne Victory beat Melbourne City 5-2 in the third round of Australian football's A-League.

Factbox: Major parties in Tunisia's parliamentary election

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 01:53 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisians vote on Sunday for a new parliament four years after the fall of autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. Here are the major parties competing in the ballot: ENNAHDA - Originally founded in 1981 under the name of Islamic Tendency Movement by Rached Ghannouchi, who is still the party's leader, Ennahda was subject to suppression under Ben Ali. Its leadership was exiled or jailed during the regime, including Ghannouchi who spent years in Britain. He returned to Tunisia after the revolution, and Ennahda became a legal party. ...

Botswana ruling party leads in early vote results

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 01:49 PM PDT

Voters queue to cast their votes at a polling station in Gaberone, Botswana, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Electoral officials say that voting has begun without incident where analysts believe the ruling party will win despite growing discontent in urban areas. (AP Photo)GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The party that has ruled Botswana for nearly five decades was leading Saturday in early results from the country's election, but the opposition appeared to have made gains after capitalizing on voter discontent.


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