2014年10月7日星期二

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Turkey says Syria town about to fall as Islamic State advances

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:15 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani after a war plane carried out an air strike, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in SurucBy Daren Butler and Oliver Holmes MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey's president said the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani was "about to fall" on Tuesday as Islamic State fighters pressed home a three-week assault that has cost a reported 400 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes. The prospect that the town could be captured by Islamic State, who are now within city limits, has increased pressure on Turkey to join an international coalition to fight against the jihadists. ...


Hong Kong protests at crossroads, talks to start on Friday

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:42 AM PDT

A woman looks at messages of support for pro-democracy demonstrations on a wall, as protesters block areas around government headquarters in Hong KongBy Diana Chan and John Ruwitch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong agreed with the city's government late on Tuesday to start formal talks later this week to address concerns that have brought tens of thousands of people onto the city's streets. The student-led demonstrations have calmed since clashes with police over a week ago, and the number of protesters has fallen since violent scuffles broke out at the weekend between demonstrators and pro-Beijing opponents. ...


Senegalese peacekeeper killed in rocket attack on northern Mali base

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:54 PM PDT

U.N. head of peacekeeping operations Herve Ladsous speaks at a news conference in BamakoBAMAKO (Reuters) - A Senegalese United Nations peacekeeper was killed on Tuesday when a joint French-U.N. military camp in the northern Malian town of Kidal was hit by rocket fire, the U.N. mission and Senegal's state television said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack, but Islamist insurgents operating in Mali's north have stepped up attacks on foreign forces in recent weeks. Nine U.N. peacekeepers were killed in an ambush last Friday. Olivier Salgado, a spokesman for the U.N. force, known as MINUSMA, said between six and eight rockets had been fired at the camp. ...


Brazil's Rousseff, Neves race for support in election runoff

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 05:04 PM PDT

Brazil's Social Democratic Party (PSDB) presidential candidate Neves looks at party members, Sao Paulo Senator Serra and Governor Alckmin, during a news conference in Sao PauloBy Brian Winter and Anthony Boadle SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - A tight runoff campaign for Brazil's presidency kicked off on Monday with leftist incumbent Dilma Rousseff and pro-business rival Aecio Neves racing to win over supporters of the third-placed candidate after she was knocked out of the election. Neves, a centrist senator who had been widely written off until a few days before Sunday's first-round vote, rode a late surge in support to grab second place with 33.6 percent of the vote. Rousseff led with 41.6 percent and they now face each other in an Oct. ...


Old soldiers to meet as Thai PM makes Myanmar his first foreign visit

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:18 PM PDT

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth gestures to the media as he leaves after a handover ceremony for the new Royal Thai Army Chief, General Udomdej, at the Thai Army Headquarters in BangkokBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall BANGKOK (Reuters) - When retired general Prayuth Chan-ocha lands in Myanmar on Thursday, his first overseas trip as Thailand's new prime minister, he can expect a little love and a lot of understanding. Prayuth, 60, led a military coup that toppled the elected government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on May 22. His junta has detained opponents, shut down websites and banned political gatherings. He was elected prime minister in August by a national assembly he helped appoint. ...


Poland warns Russia it could face tougher EU sanctions over Ukraine

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:05 PM PDT

Smoke rises near the damaged main terminal of the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in DonetskWARSAW (Reuters) - The European Union will impose tougher sanctions on Russia unless Moscow's policy in Ukraine changes, Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Tuesday. Since a ceasefire was agreed between pro-Moscow separatists and Ukraine's government a month ago, most European leaders have focused on when the sanctions on Russia can be eased, with little discussion about making them tougher. But breaches of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine have renewed Western diplomatic pressure on Moscow. ...


Concern for US citizen on hunger strike in Cairo jail

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:54 PM PDT

A general view of Cairo's skyline and landscape is seen at sunset on July 13, 2013Washington (AFP) - The family of an American citizen on hunger strike in an Egyptian jail for some 250 days are appealing to the US government to press Cairo to let him go, fearing his life is at risk.


Judge: work out security for Russian prisoner

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:51 PM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge said he doesn't like to micro-manage the bureau of prisons but also wants a Russian man charged with hacking into U.S. businesses to work effectively with his lawyers.

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

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea publicly acknowledged the existence of its labor camps for the first time Tuesday, an admission that appeared to come in response to a highly critical U.N. human rights report earlier this year. Diplomats for the reclusive, impoverished country also told reporters that a top North Korea official has visited the headquarters of the European Union and expressed interest in dialogue, with discussions on human rights expected next year.

Brazil power-broker Silva mulls backing Neves: reports

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:31 PM PDT

Marina Silva, presidential candidate for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) attends a campaign rally in Ceilandia, Brasilia, on September 14, 2014Brasília (AFP) - Environmentalist Marina Silva, who emerged as a key power-broker after Brazil's first-round elections, is leaning toward endorsing business favorite Aecio Neves for president, though it could provoke a rift with her party, reports said Tuesday.


Iraq humanitarian crisis may turn deadly in winter

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:31 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The grave humanitarian crisis in Iraq will become "a deadly life-threatening situation" if shelter isn't found for over 160,000 people in Kurdistan before winter weather arrives in about six weeks, a senior U.N. official warned Tuesday.

Ebola's victims may include dog in Spain

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:30 PM PDT

People walk by an advertising calling for financial help to fight Ebola in Africa in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Three more people were placed under quarantine for Ebola at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nurse became infected, authorities said Thursday. More than 50 other possible contacts were being monitored. The nurse, who had cared for a Spanish priest who died of Ebola, was the first case of Ebola being transmitted outside of West Africa, where a months-long outbreak has killed at least 3,500 people and infected at least twice as many. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Ebola's victims may include a dog named Excalibur. Officials in Madrid got a court order to euthanize the pet of a Spanish nursing assistant with Ebola because of the chance the animal might spread the disease.


At least 12 dead in Turkey as pro-Kurdish protests turn violent

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:27 PM PDT

A person holds a flag as police uses tear gas and water cannons on October 7, 2014 in Ankara against demonstrators protesting attacks launched by Islamic State group insurgents targeting the Syrian city of Kobane and lack of action by the governmentIstanbul (AFP) - Thousands of pro-Kurdish demonstrators incensed by Turkey's inaction in the fight against jihadists on the Syrian border clashed with police across the country on Tuesday, leaving at least a dozen dead and many wounded.


Another sentence for Argentina ex-dictator

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:18 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The last military president in Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship has received another prison sentence, this time for the kidnapping and torture of 32 factory workers.

Kurds protest in Turkey over besieged Syrian town, at least 9 killed

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:15 PM PDT

By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded in demonstrations across Turkey on Tuesday, local media reported, as Kurds demanded the government do more to protect the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani from Islamic State militants. Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters who burnt cars and tires as they took to the streets mainly in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish eastern and southeastern provinces. Clashes also erupted in the biggest city Istanbul and in the capital Ankara. ...

Violent protests as Kurds seek help against IS

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:12 PM PDT

Kurdish protesters wearing an apron calling for support to save the Syrian town of Kobani from being overrun by Islamic State group fighters during a demonstration outside the Parliament of Cyprus in the capital Nicosia on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Kurdish protesters gathering outside of the parliament to call for help for the town of Kobani on the Syrian-Turkish border. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish protesters clashed with police in Turkey leaving at least 14 people dead and scores injured Tuesday as demonstrators in Brussels forced their way into the European Parliament, part of Europe-wide demonstrations against the Islamic State group's advance on a town on the Syrian-Turkish border.


Mexico federal police take over city after attacks

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:08 PM PDT

A poster offering a one million pesos for information on students who went missing hangs next to a bullet hole at the site where a small altar was erected by the spot where a student died recently in Iguala, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. After the discovery of a mass grave and charges that local police may have conspired with a criminal gang to kill and disappear the students, President Enrique Pena Nieto ordered a special federal police force to take over the town as his top security officials rushed to contain a smear on the image of stability and falling crime rates that they've projected to the outside world. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — On the day 43 students disappeared in this southern Mexican town, the mayor's wife was giving a speech to local dignitaries on family social services.


Turkey: Syrian town poised to fall to militants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani after a war plane carried out an air strike, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in SurucMURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters were poised to capture a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, Turkey's president warned Tuesday, even as Kurdish forces battled to expel the extremists from their footholds on the outskirts.


2 accused of aiding mom in lesbian custody case

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:57 PM PDT

BUFFALO, New York (AP) — A woman accused of fleeing the country with her daughter during a custody dispute with her former partner has been indicted on new charges along with a Virginia businessman and a Mennonite missionary who prosecutors say helped her after she said she was no longer a lesbian.

US, Euro banks near deals on Libor, forex rigging: source

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:56 PM PDT

Large American and European banks are nearing settlement deals with British regulators over rigging interest rates and manipulating the foreign exchange market, sources sayNew York (AFP) - Large American and European banks are nearing settlement deals with British regulators over rigging interest rates and manipulating the foreign exchange market, sources told AFP Tuesday.


Charles Michel, Belgium's youngest PM in 174 years

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:55 PM PDT

Then-MR Chairman Charles Michel delivers a speech at a party congress on February 8, 2014, in BrusselsBrussels (AFP) - Belgium's Charles Michel, who became prime minister on Tuesday, is a 38-year-old French-speaking liberal who is now one of the youngest leaders in Europe.


Two Israeli soldiers hurt in blast claimed by Hezbollah

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:42 PM PDT

Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of fellow Shiite militant Nizar Tarraf (R) and Mohammad Murtada (L), during their funeral in the town of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on October 6, 2014Jerusalem (AFP) - Two Israeli soldiers were wounded Tuesday when a roadside bomb detonated near the Lebanese ceasefire line in an attack claimed by the Shiite movement Hezbollah.


Mexico pressed to solve 43 students' disappearance

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:40 PM PDT

A poster with the portraits of missing students is on display at the entrance of a store in Iguala, Mexico, on October 7, 2014Iguala de la Independencia (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexico came under growing international pressure Tuesday to solve the disappearance of 43 students who vanished after they were attacked by police linked to a drug gang.


Australia will soon ban foreign 'hate preachers'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:36 PM PDT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister says his government will soon introduce a system for banning foreign "hate preachers" from entering the country.

Puerto Rico policeman pleads in armed robbery case

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:33 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A former Puerto Rico police sergeant has pleaded guilty to involvement in an armed house robbery.

North Korea acknowledges labor camps for 1st time

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 24, 2014, file photo, North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador Ri Tong Il, responds to a question during his news conference at United Nations headquarters. North Korea publicly acknowledged the existence of its labor camps for the first time Tuesday, Oct. 7, an admission that appeared to come in response to a highly critical U.N. human rights report earlier this year. The deputy U.N. ambassador said the secretary of his country's ruling Workers' Party had visited the EU, and that "we are expecting end of this year to open political dialogue between the two sides." The human rights dialogue would follow. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea publicly acknowledged the existence of its labor camps for the first time Tuesday, an admission that appeared to come in response to a highly critical U.N. human rights report earlier this year.


For Colombia's Wiwa, revered lightning takes deadly toll

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:21 PM PDT

Soldiers and relatives carry an injured member of the Wiwa ethnic group after they were hit by lightning, in Santa Marta, Colombia, on October 6, 2014Bogota (AFP) - Deep in northern Colombia's mountains, an isolated community of indigenous Wiwa people struggled Tuesday to comprehend why 11 of their own were struck dead by a bolt of lightning during a tribal ceremony.


W.African force to counter Boko Haram operational 'from November'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:10 PM PDT

(L-R) Nigeria President's Goodluck Jonathan, Niger's president Mahamadou Issoufou and Chad president Idriss Deby take part in a regional summit focused on the fight against Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, on October 7, 2014 in NiameyNiamey (AFP) - A regional force put in place to counter the Boko Haram jihadist group in Nigeria will start operations in November, West African leaders decided after a summit in Niger on Tuesday.


Mexico formally charges Beltran Leyva cartel boss

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:08 PM PDT

This picture released by General Attorney's office shows Hector Beltran Leyva attending a press conference at the headquarters of the General Attorney in Mexico City, October 1, 2014Mexico City (AFP) - Mexican authorities formally charged drug kingpin Hector Beltran Leyva with organized crime, drug offenses and kidnapping on Tuesday, a week after his capture in a seafood restaurant.


UN: Syria declares another 4 chemical facilities

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:04 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria has declared four chemical weapons facilities it hadn't mentioned before, a special representative of the U.N. secretary-general told the Security Council on Tuesday. The news heightened concerns that the Syrian government hasn't been fully open about its chemical weapons program.

Israel PM orders new legislation against illegal immigrants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:02 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a weekly cabinet meeting on September 21, 2014, at his Jerusalem officeJerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered ministers on Tuesday to draft new legislation to tackle illegal immigrants after the High Court overturned a law allowing their extended detention without trial.


Liberia's justice minister quits over spy agency row

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:55 PM PDT

A view of the city centre of Monrovia, October 3, 2005Monrovia (AFP) - Liberia's justice minister has resigned, complaining that she was barred from investigating the country's main spy agency, run by the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.


Document surfaces outlining Pietersen's misbehaviour

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:54 PM PDT

Kevin Pietersen's monopoly of the airwaves and printed media regarding his claims of bullying in the England cricket team's dressing room ended abruptly with the leaking of an email outlining his poor behaviour on last year's disastrous Ashes seriesLondon (AFP) - Kevin Pietersen's monopoly of the airwaves and printed media regarding his claims of bullying in the England cricket team's dressingroom ended abruptly on Tuesday with the leaking of an email outlining his poor behaviour on last year's disastrous Ashes series in Australia.


2-time former champion Ivanovic wins Linz opener

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:53 PM PDT

LINZ, Austria (AP) — Ana Ivanovic overcame a left thigh injury to beat Pauline Parmentier of France 6-3, 6-2, while Italy's Camila Giorgi routed fourth-seeded Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round of the Generali Ladies on Tuesday.

Ebola-hit Sierra Leone launches school by radio

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:46 PM PDT

People walk in front of a banner warning against the deadly Ebola virus on October 4, 2014 in a street of FreetownFreetown (AFP) - Sierra Leone on Tuesday launched an ambitious schooling effort for more than a million children denied their education due to the Ebola epidemic, saying lessons would be delivered via radio.


Doctor says US Guantanamo practices ill-advised

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2014 file photo, the entrance to Camp 5 and Camp 6 at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay detention center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler on Friday ordered the public release of 28 videotapes of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay prisoner strike being forcibly removed from his cell and force-fed. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File )WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is applying ill-advised procedures as a form of punishment for hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay prison, a medical doctor told a federal court Tuesday.


English Premier League explores global expansion

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:25 PM PDT

Manchester United's Radamel Falcao Garcia, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring against Everton during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)LONDON (AP) — English clubs' interest in playing matches abroad has prompted the Premier League to explore the possibilities of expansion overseas.


Yum cuts profit outlook on China troubles

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:24 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 31, 2014 file photo shows a Taco Bell facade behind a KFC drive-thru sign in Saugus, Mass. Fast-food conglomerate Yum! Brands, Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., reports quarterly earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)NEW YORK (AP) — Yum Brands cut its profit outlook for the year on Tuesday, citing the latest food scare in China that pummeled sales at its flagship KFC chain.


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