2014年11月11日星期二

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Ukraine says rebels get reinforcements, shelling batters truce

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:47 AM PST

By Natalia Zinets and Anton Zverev KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Kiev accused separatists of preparing for renewed conflict in east Ukraine on Tuesday by bringing in "Russian mercenaries" and rearming as heavy shelling increased strains on a crumbling ceasefire. In Berlin, the European Union's foreign affairs chief said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss new punitive measures against Russia next week, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out further economic sanctions for now. ...

Kurds gain ground but not control in struggle for Syrian border town

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 06:22 AM PST

Smoke rises during fighting between the Islamic State and Kurdish forces in an eastern Kobani neighbourhoodBy Rasha Elass and Hamdi Istanbullu BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian Kurds backed by fighters from northern Iraq have gained ground towards breaking the siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani but are drawing heavy fire from Islamic State insurgents and have yet to win back control. Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga, or "those who face death", arrived with armoured vehicles and artillery more than a week ago to try to repulse a more than month-old siege that has tested a U.S.-led coalition's ability to halt the Islamist insurgents. ...


Japan's Abe to postpone tax hike, call December election: media

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:30 PM PST

Japan's Prime Minister Abe, in the country for the APEC forum, gestures as he talks to the media at a news conference in BeijingTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a planned tax increase and call a general election for December, a newspaper said on Wednesday, in what would be the biggest shift in Abe's economic policies since he came to power two years ago. Abe said on Tuesday he had not decided on the timing of an election. But the conservative Sankei newspaper said he would delay the increase in the national sales tax by a year and a half to April 2017 and call a snap election for the Lower House of Parliament. ...


U.S., China to announce deals to reduce military tensions: report

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 01:05 PM PST

U.S. President Obama talks to China's President Xi during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in BeijingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China are planning to announce military agreements aimed at reducing the possibility of confrontation between the two powers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed U.S. officials. The Journal said one of the agreements to be unveiled on Wednesday by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would provide a mechanism for notifying the two countries of each other's activities, including military exercises. ...


Suicide bomber kills eight in northern Iraqi city Baiji

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 11:20 AM PST

Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi speaks to reporters after a meeting with the top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani, in the Shiite holy city of NajafBy Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed eight people including six soldiers on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji where government forces are trying to reassert control to break an Islamic State siege of the country's largest refinery nearby. The bomber targeted a crowd gathering around soldiers who had retaken parts of the city center, Baiji Mayor Mohammed Mahmoud told Reuters. Security officials said two civilians and six soldiers were killed. ...


U.S. senator sees American prisoner in Cuba 'closer' to release

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:14 PM PST

Flake speaks to reporters as Udall listens during a news conference in HavanaBy Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - An American government contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state may be closer to returning home, in part because he has threatened to end his life if he is not released, a U.S. senator said on Tuesday. The detention of Alan Gross since December 2009 has increased tensions in already troubled U.S.-Cuban relations and prevented the historic adversaries from resolving wider differences. Gross, 65, a former subcontractor for the U.S. ...


One in 40 jobs created since recession full-time

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:54 PM PST

A woman looks at job advertisements in a the window of a recruitment agency in Manchester, northwest England, on January 12, 2009London (AFP) - One in 40 jobs created in Britain since the global financial crisis are full-time positions, according to a study by the TUC union.


Study: Brazilian police kill about 6 people a day

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2014 file photo, the shadows of police from a special operations battalion are cast on Avenida Brasil as they battle with alleged drug traffickers near an entrance to the Vila do Joao slum inside the Complexo da Mare in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian police killed more than 11,000 people between 2009 and 2013 for an average of six killings a day, according to a study released on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 by the Sao Paulo-based Brazilian Forum on Public Safety. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police killed more than 11,000 people between 2009 and 2013 for an average of six killings a day, a public safety NGO said Tuesday.


Prince Charles warns of loss of countryside

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:51 PM PST

Britain's Prince Charles reacts to a comment as he meets guests during a reception in Clarence House, central London on October 24, 2013London (AFP) - Prince Charles warned that the majority of Britons have lost a connection with the countryside, and urged people to value it more highly on Wednesday.


Nigeria says U.S. support lacking in Boko Haram battle

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:49 PM PST

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 'Nigeria's envoy to Washington criticized U.S. support in the battle against Boko Haram militants as insufficient, including failure to share enough intelligence and sell needed weaponry to fight the Islamist group. Ambassador Ade Adefuye, in remarks posted on the Nigerian Embassy's website on Tuesday, appealed for greater backing from Washington and rejected claims of human rights abuses that have limited some U.S. military assistance. ...

Federer wins 2nd round-robin match at ATP Finals

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:33 PM PST

Switzerland's Roger Federer plays a return to Japan's Kei Nishikori during their singles ATP World Tour tennis finals match at the O2 arena in London, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer made the most of Kei Nishikori's erratic play Tuesday to secure a 6-3, 6-2 victory and move closer to a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals while Andy Murray posted his first victory to stay in contention at the elite tournament.


Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:32 PM PST

HUAIROU, China (AP) — Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies agreed Tuesday to begin work toward possible adoption of a Chinese-backed free-trade pact, giving Beijing a victory in its push for a bigger role in managing global commerce. In a joint statement after a two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, the leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama and Russia's Vladimir Putin agreed to take a first step by launching a two-year study of the initiative.

Amnesty accuses Qatar of foot-dragging on labour rights

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:22 PM PST

Migrant labourers work on a construction site on October 3, 2013 in DohaAmnesty International on Wednesday criticised "woefully insufficient" steps taken by Qatar so far to end abuses of migrant workers building facilities for the controversial 2022 World Cup. "Urgent action is needed to ensure we do not end up with a World Cup tournament that is built on forced labour and exploitation," said the head of Amnesty's department for refugee and migrant rights, Sherif Elsayed-Ali. Four years after the tiny gas-rich nation won the bid to host the football tournament, Qatar's response "to migrant labour abuses has not been much more than promises of action and draft laws," he said in a statement. The treatment of migrant workers in Qatar has sparked international criticism following reports of alleged deaths at construction sites.


Senators: we're optimistic Cuba to free contractor

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:16 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, supporters of Alan Gross, on poster at left, mark his fourth year in a Cuban prison with a protest in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington D.C. Two U.S. senators said Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 that they're optimistic that the imprisoned American government contractor will be freed. Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Tom Udall of New Mexico said in Havana that they met Gross for about two hours during a trip that included meetings with Cuban officials. Gross was detained in December 2009 while working to set up Internet access as a subcontractor for the U.S. government's U.S. Agency for International Development. He was tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)HAVANA (AP) — Two U.S. senators expressed optimism Tuesday that Cuba will free imprisoned American government contractor Alan Gross.


Mali suffers second Ebola case with death of a nurse

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:13 PM PST

A child walks past a school that was closed after the first confirmed Ebola patient in Mali died, in Kayes, west of Bamako, on October 26, 2014Mali has suffered a new case of Ebola infection -- separate from its only other one detected last month -- with the death of a nurse who treated a patient from Guinea, medical sources said late Tuesday. "The nurse, who had been in contact with a Guinean national who died of the illness, died in turn," said official at the Pasteur Clinic in the capital Bamako, where the male nurse worked. Tests had confirmed the presence of the Ebola virus, the official added. The announcement of a second Ebola case came as Malian authorities were beginning to lift quarantine restrictions on more than a hundred people put at risk by exposure to Mali's first victim of the deadly virus.


A look at the top issues at Asian security meeting

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:08 PM PST

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders gather in Myanmar's capital this week for talks ranging on everything from the intractable territorial dispute in the South China Sea to the deadly Ebola virus. The meetings begin Wednesday between ministers from Southeast Asia and will be expanded Thursday to include leaders from the Russia, China, India and South Korea among others. Hot topics:

Amnesty: Qatar lagging on addressing labor reforms

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:02 PM PST

The sports minister for 2022 World Cup host Qatar, Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali, speaks in an Associated Press interview in Doha, Qatar, on Monday Nov. 10, 2014. He claimed Qatar's World Cup will set a benchmark of excellence that will be DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Amnesty International said Wednesday that 2022 World Cup host nation Qatar is lagging behind on addressing concerns about the abuse of migrant workers six months after it laid out plans for labor reforms.


Ebadi: No improvement on Iran's rights record

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:47 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said Iran's human rights situation has not improved despite President Hassan Rouhani's promises of change. She urged the U.N. General Assembly to approve a resolution criticizing the country's abuses.

10 hurt in controlled blast of car bomb in Egypt's Sinai

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:38 PM PST

A member of the Egyptian security forces speaks on the phone while securing an area in El-Arish on the Sinai peninsula on August 19, 2011Ten people were hurt Tuesday when police in Egypt set off a controlled explosion of a bomb-rigged car in the town of El-Arish in the north of the restive Sinai peninsula, security officials said. "We blew up the car remotely. There was a half a tonne of explosives" inside, an interior ministry spokesman, Hani Abdel Latif, told AFP. Attacks targeting security forces in the peninsula have occurred frequently since the army toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July last year.


UN vote on Bosnia highlights Russia, West tensions

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:35 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia for the first time in 14 years declined to support the extension of a European Union peacekeeping force in Bosnia, saying Tuesday the country should not be pushed toward joining the EU by outside forces.

Canadians honor war dead weeks after terror attacks

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:21 PM PST

A woman lays a poppy on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after a Remembrance Day ceremony, November 11, 2014 in Ottawa, CanadaTens of thousands gathered at Canada's national war memorial Tuesday to remember the nation's war dead, weeks after an attack here claimed a soldier's life. The near-record attendance for a Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa included Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who cut short an official visit to China to be here, as well as Britain's Princess Anne. Corporal Branden Stevenson, a ceremonial guard who survived the October 22 lone wolf attack at the memorial that claimed the life of his friend Corporal Nathan Cirillo, was also present.


Turbulent path for Syrian Kurd fighters' 'first foreign female recruit'

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:07 PM PST

By Isabel Coles and Dan Williams ARBIL Iraq/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Canadian-born immigrant to Israel has become the first foreign woman to join Kurds battling Islamic State in Syria, a Kurdish source said on Tuesday, as details of the volunteer's turbulent past surfaced. Gill Rosenberg, 31, is a civil aviation pilot who enlisted in an Israeli army search-and-rescue unit before being arrested in 2009, extradited to the United States and jailed over an international phone scam, one of her former lawyers said. ...

Kingman voted Europe's top horse of 2014

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:07 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — Kingman has been voted Europe's top horse for 2014, beating out last year's winner Treve in the Cartier Racing awards.

Obama's bid for new China ties can't quell tension

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, follows China's President Xi Jinping as they enter a room for a meeting after participating in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool)BEIJING (AP) — When Xi Jinping took the reins of a booming China two years ago, President Barack Obama saw an opportunity to remake America's relationship with the Asian power. But even after Obama's unusually robust efforts to forge personal ties with Xi, the two leaders are meeting in Beijing amid significant tensions, both old and new.


Russia to build more nuclear reactors in Iran

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations.

Russia balks at UN support for Bosnia amid Ukraine rift

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST

Russia's Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on September 19, 2014 in New YorkRussia on Tuesday refused to endorse a UN resolution on Bosnia that Moscow said would push the Balkan country towards NATO and the European Union -- a scenario that led to the conflict in Ukraine. The UN Security Council adopted the resolution backing the EU military force in Bosnia despite Russia's abstention, but the outcome reflected East-West tensions over Ukraine.


Singer Marc Anthony weds model at Dominican resort

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST

FILE - In this May 20, 2012 file photo, singer Marc Anthony, left, and Shannon De Lima attend the "Sports Spectacular" in Los Angeles, California. The grammy-winning salsa singer has married his Venezuelan model bride. The 46-year-old New York-born singer of Puerto Rican roots tied the knot with 26-year-old De Lima at a Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 ceremony at his residence in the exclusive Dominican resort of Casa de Campo. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Grammy-winning salsa singer Marc Anthony has married his Venezuelan model girlfriend at a seaside resort in the Dominican Republic.


Albanian PM visits flashpoint in fraught Serbia trip

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:59 PM PST

A child holding an Albanian flag awaits the arrival of the prime minister prior to his visit to the town of Presevo on November 11, 2014Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Tuesday he was confident a historic visit he was making to Serbia would help open a new era of ties despite a very public row with his hosts over Kosovo. "Despite the difficulties, I am confident that we have opened a new page in the relations with Serbia," Rama said on a visit to the ethnic-Albanian town of Presevo in southern Serbia. At the start of what was supposed to be a fence-mending visit to Serbia on Monday, the first by an Albanian premier in 68 years, Rama clashed with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic over Kosovo's independence. Tempers flared between Rama and Vucic over Kosovo at a joint press conference in Belgrade on Monday broadcast live on television.


Germans convicted of stealing from Egypt's Great Pyramid

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:55 PM PST

A camel is seen resting in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza, south of Cairo, Egypt, on June 12, 2012An Egyptian court sentenced three Germans and six Egyptians to five years jail on Tuesday for stealing fragments of a pharaonic artifact from Cairo's Great Pyramid, a judicial source said. A court in Giza, south of the capital, sentenced in absentia three Germans -- who had claimed they were researchers -- for stealing pieces of an ancient scroll bearing the name of the Pharaoh Khufu, as well as rock samples, the source said. The Great Pyramid -- also known as the Pyramid of Cheops -- is the biggest and most famous of the three Giza pyramids. It houses the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu, and is the only surviving one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.


US students held in Russia headed home

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:43 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four U.S. students who travelled to Russia for a leadership conference had their trip cut short and were ordered home after Russian authorities said they had the wrong visas.

Veterans Day means freebies for those who served

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:28 PM PST

Retired U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran Larry Woodrome, orders a free lunch at Denny's, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in Gilbert, Ariz. Denny's is giving away free lunches to military veterans on Veteran's Day. (AP Photo/Matt York)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Army reservist Dennis Rances had a general idea of how he would spend Veterans Day with his military friends, and none of it required money.


Red card for Nations Cup hosts Morocco

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:22 PM PST

An employee cuts the grass on October 20, 2014 at the Marrakesh Stadium in the southern Moroccan cityMorocco has been stripped of hosting the Africa Cup of Nations and flung out of the competition after saying they wanted to postpone the tournament due to fears over the Ebola epidemic, the African Football Confederation (CAF) announced on Tuesday. The decision was taken during a six-hour meeting of the CAF executive committee at its Cairo headquarters. Morocco has said since early October that its call for a postponement was "dictated by health reasons of the most dangerous kind, linked to the serious risk of the spread of the deadly Ebola pandemic". CAF called on the Moroccans to change their minds, but decided at Tuesday's meeting that the response they had been given "clearly indicates that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation reiterated its refusal to hold the competition on the dates indicated.


China wins support for Asia-Pacific trade proposal

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:21 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, arrive at the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit plenary session at the International Convention Center, Yanqi, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)HUAIROU, China (AP) — Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies agreed Tuesday to begin work toward possible adoption of a Chinese-backed free-trade pact, giving Beijing a victory in its push for a bigger role in managing global commerce.


Watch masterpiece fetches $24 million at auction

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:20 PM PST

FILE - This Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, file photo a Sotheby's employee shows the Henry Graves Supercomplication handmade watch by Patek Philippe during a preview at Sotheby's, in Geneva, Switzerland. A masterpiece of early 20th-century watchmaking has sold for a record 23.2 million Swiss francs ($24 million) at an auction in Switzerland. Auction house Sotheby's says The Henry Graves Supercomplication beat the previous record of $11 million, set when the watch was sold in New York in 1999. (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini, File)BERLIN (AP) — A masterpiece of early 20th-century watchmaking has sold for 23.2 million Swiss francs ($24 million) at an auction in Switzerland.


Wave of violence fuels Israeli-Palestinian tension

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:13 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement during a press conference before their talk at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem. 2014 has been a difficult year for Israelis and Palestinians, with the failure of peace talks and a string of violent incidents that shows no signs of ending. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — It has been a difficult year for Israelis and Palestinians, with the failure of peace talks and a string of violent incidents that shows no signs of ending. Here is a look at some key recent events:


Putin's gallantry upstages Chinese host at APEC

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:12 PM PST

In this Nov. 10, 2014 file photo, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, puts a shawl on Peng Liyuan, second right, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, seated second left talking to U.S. President Barack Obama, left, as they arrive to watch a fireworks show after a welcome banquet for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing. It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came off looking gallant, the Chinese summit host gauche and inattentive. (AP Photo, File) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came off looking gallant, the Chinese summit host gauche and inattentive.


Iraqi president in talks with 'brother' Saudi king

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:08 PM PST

A picture released by the Saudi Press Agency on November 11, 2014 shows Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (R) meeting Iraqi President Fuad Masum (L) in RiyadhIraqi President Fuad Masum arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night for talks with his "brother" King Abdullah, confirming a thaw in relations after years of strain. The meeting at Abdullah's palace in Riyadh was the highest-level contact in years between Shiite-majority Iraq and Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia. "The Iraqi president expressed his happiness to visit the kingdom and meet with his brother the king," who welcomed the visiting delegation, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Relations were strained under Iraq's former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, who was re-elected in 2010 after Tehran and Washington played key roles.


Mexico investigates police in shooting of pregnant American teen

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:07 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities are investigating police in the northern city of Reynosa on the Texas border after a pregnant 14-year-old American girl was shot and injured during a high-speed car chase, the local government said on Tuesday. The incident took place late on Sunday near the bridge that links Reynosa with the United States, when the girl and a friend were pulling away from a convenience store in a pick-up truck, the attorney general's office in the state of Tamaulipas said. ...

Nigeria slams US refusal of arms to fight Boko Haram

Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:06 PM PST

A screengrab taken on November 9, 2014 from a new Boko Haram video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group and obtained by AFP shows Boko Haram fighters parading on a tank in an unidentified townNigeria's ambassador to Washington has blasted the United States for refusing to sell his country the weapons needed to deliver "the killer punch" to defeat Boko Haram militants. In a speech made public Tuesday, Ambassador Adebowale Adefuye also dismissed as "rumors, hear-says and exaggerated accounts" allegations of human rights abuses by the Nigerian army in its crackdown on the Islamist extremists. "The Nigerian leadership... are not satisfied with the scope, nature and content of the United States' support for us in our struggle against terrorists," Adefuye told members of the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday. His speech was posted Tuesday on the embassy website on the same day that President Goodluck Jonathan announced he would stand again for re-election, vowing to defeat Boko Haram.


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