2014年11月3日星期一

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Peshmerga, Syrian rebels battle Islamic State in besieged Kobani

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:30 AM PST

An Islamic State flag is seen in east KobaniBy Omer Berberoglu MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters and moderate Syrian rebels bombarded Islamic State positions in Kobani on Monday, but it was unclear if their arrival would turn the tide in the battle for the besieged Syrian border town. Kobani has become a symbolic test of the U.S.-led coalition's ability to halt the advance of Islamic State, which has poured weapons and fighters into its assault of the town that has lasted more than a month. ...


Gunmen shoot dead five people in Saudi Arabia: state news

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 04:39 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead five people in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province late on Monday evening, the state news agency reported. Nine people were wounded in the attack in al-Dalwah town in al-Ahsa district, a police spokesman was quoted as saying. "As a group of citizens was leaving a building...three masked men opened fire at them with machine guns and pistols," the spokesman said, adding that the incident was under investigation. It gave no further details. ...

Burkina Faso leader says to hand power to transitional body

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:09 PM PST

By Mathieu Bonkougou and Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's army will quickly cede power to a transitional government and appoint a new head of state, the country's interim President Isaac Zida said on Monday, looking to calm accusations that the military had seized power in a coup. Longtime president Blaise Compaore stepped down on Friday following two days of mass protests in the impoverished West African nation over his bid to extend his 27-year rule by amending the constitution. ...

Israel advances plan for 500 settler homes in East Jerusalem

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:12 PM PST

A woman pushes a pram as she walks in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu GhneimJERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli government committee on Monday advanced plans for 500 settler homes in East Jerusalem, an official said, in the face of disapproval from the United States at construction on occupied Palestinian land. The Interior Ministry panel's preliminary approval of the new homes for Ramat Shlomo, a neighborhood built on West Bank territory captured in the 1967 war and annexed to Jerusalem in a move not recognized abroad, was kept low profile in an apparent bid to avoid friction with Washington. ...


Venezuela to hike minimum wage 15 percent amid high inflation

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 04:42 PM PST

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (L) greets supporters during a meeting outside CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Monday a 15 percent increase in the minimum wage starting in December to protect workers from inflation of more than 60 percent. Maduro blames soaring consumer prices on an "economic war" launched by foes of his socialist government, frequently accusing business executives of price-gouging, hoarding and speculating. Critics, though, say Venezuela's endemic inflation problem is evidence of the failure of 15 years of socialist economics under Maduro and his late predecessor Hugo Chavez. ...


Australian leader blames IS for Sydney shooting

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 04:41 PM PST

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The shooting of a Shiite religious leader outside a Sydney prayer hall appeared to have been influenced by the Islamic State movement, Australia's prime minister said Tuesday.

APNewsBreak: Russia boycotts nuclear meeting

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 04:30 PM PST

VIENNA (AP) — Russia has failed to show up at meeting planning the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, U.S and European officials said Monday, in a potentially serious blow to efforts by President Barack Obama to cement his legacy as leaving the world safer from nuclear terrorism than when he took office.

Correction: New Zealand-Diplomatic Immunity story

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 04:25 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In a story Oct. 25 about a Malaysian military officer facing sexual assault charges in New Zealand, The Associated Press erroneously reported the Malaysian foreign minister's name. It should have been Anifah Aman, not Kenyataan Akhbar.

US jury acquits ex-UBS exec in tax probe

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 04:25 PM PST

Raoul Weil, former top executive at Swiss bank UBS AG, leaves federal court for a lunch break with his wife Susan Lerch Weil, right, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Monday, Nov. 2, 2014. Weil is on trial for allegedly conspiring with thousands of wealthy Americans to conceal some $20 billion in assets from the Internal Revenue Service. After the prosecution rested last week, lawyers for Raoul Weil asked a judge to acquit him, contending the U.S. has not proved him guilty of any crime.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — A federal jury acquitted a former top Swiss banking executive of U.S. charges that he conspired with wealthy Americans to hide $20 billion in secret accounts from the federal tax agency.


Saudi club demands investigation into finals refs

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 04:21 PM PST

Australia's Western Sydney Wanderers players celebrate after winning the Asian Champions League Final second leg soccer match with a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal at King Fahd stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. (AP Photo)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Angry Al Hilal officials are demanding an investigation into the appointment and performance of match officials in the Saudi club's 1-0 aggregate loss to Western Sydney in the Asian Champions League finals, blaming referee decisions that "wasted the players' rights in getting six penalties."


Volleyball woman jailed in Iran declares hunger strike

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:58 PM PST

An Iranian inmate peers from behind a wall as a guard walks by at the female section of the infamous Evin jail, north of Tehran, on June 13, 2006A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran after trying to watch a volleyball match is on a hunger strike, refusing food or liquids, her brother told AFP on Monday. Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year-old law graduate from London, is protesting against a judicial delay in making her one-year prison sentence official, her brother said. "She's been on hunger strike from Saturday," Iman Ghavami said in a phone interview. Ghavami said that his sister was "frustrated" at her detention without an official sentence.


British MP quits government, criticising Conservatives

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:55 PM PST

The Union flag above the Houses of Parliament in central London on September 26, 2014London (AFP) - British Liberal Democrat lawmaker Norman Baker quit as a Home Office minister on Monday, citing the difficulties of working with his Conservative coalition partners.


Prison officials deny Van der Sloot stabbing claim

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2012 file photo, Joran van der Sloot sits in the courtroom before his sentencing at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru. Peruvian prison officials denied on Monday Nov. 3, 2014, a claim that convicted killer van der Sloot was stabbed by other inmates in the remote maximum security prison where he was recently transferred for disciplinary reasons. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian prison officials denied on Monday a claim that convicted killer Joran van der Sloot was stabbed by other inmates in the remote maximum security prison where he was recently transferred for disciplinary reasons.


Argentina says president to remain hospitalized for infection

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:50 PM PST

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner smiles during a ceremony at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos AiresBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, who checked into a Buenos Aires hospital on Sunday, is in stable condition and is being treated for a bacterial infection of the colon, according to a government statement Monday evening. "She is in a stable condition and will remain hospitalized on an intravenous antibiotic treatment," said the statement, which was signed by her medical team. The 61-year-old, two-term president had an operation last year to remove blood that had pooled on her brain. ...


At least 24 drown, dozen missing in Istanbul migrant boat sinking

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:46 PM PST

Turkish officials assist a survivor while the bodies of illegal migrants lie on the ground in Istanbul, on November 3, 2014At least 24 people including children drowned and a dozen were missing on Monday when an overloaded boat taking migrants towards EU waters sank in the Black Sea just off Istanbul, Turkish officials said. Those on board were mainly Afghans seeking a better life in Europe. They had set off earlier from Bakirkoy, an Istanbul suburb. EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said the tragedy highlights "the urgency to take concrete action to save lives, to address irregular migration".


Biden: I never apologized to Turkey

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:45 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he never apologized to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for claiming Turkey's mistakes helped foreign fighters enter Syria.

US: Islamic State suspect's siblings joined him

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:31 PM PST

Thomas Durkin, defense attorney for Mohammed Hamzah Khan, speaks with reporters following a detention hearing for his client at the federal building in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Cox said Monday that Khan, a suburban Chicago man who is accused of seeking to join Islamic State militants in Syria will remain behind bars pending trial. Prosecutors say agents arrested Khan on Oct. 4 at O'Hare International Airport as he tried to board a flight to Turkey, which borders Syria. Khan's father, Shafi Khan, is seen standing next to Durkin. (AP Photo)CHICAGO (AP) — A younger brother and sister left their suburban Chicago home and were detained at O'Hare International Airport along with their 19-year-old brother last month — all of them intent on traveling to Syria to join Islamic State militants, a prosecutor alleged on Monday while pushing for the older brother to remain behind bars.


Ukraine to 're-examine' peace plan with rebels

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:29 PM PST

Electoral workers count ballotsUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko threatened to tear up a peace plan with pro-Russian separatist rebels on Monday after they defied Kiev and held elections intended to demonstrate their independence. Poroshenko said he and security chiefs would "re-examine" Kiev's commitments to the ceasefire deal on Tuesday, including "abolition" of a key element that offered separatists autonomy within Ukraine's existing borders. The elections on Sunday were meant to provide legitimacy to the rebel administrations that have taken control of two regions in Ukraine's industrial east since war broke out in April. Russia, which denies Western accusations that its troops are actually taking part in the fighting, recognised the elections.


Egypt, Gulf Arab allies eye anti-militant alliance

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 13, 2014 file photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal gives a press conference on having forces inside Syria, Iraq and Yemen, with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. U.S. Arab allies Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, which have been increasing their military cooperation, are discussing the creation of a firmer alliance with the option of a joint force to intervene against Islamic extremists around the Middle East and deter Shiite Iran in the Gulf, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility of a joint force to intervene around the Middle East, The Associated Press has learned.


Water wars between Florida, Georgia advance at U.S. Supreme Court

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:17 PM PST

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - Florida's water war against Georgia advanced as the U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an interstate dispute on whether Atlanta's suburbs are sucking dry the river flow that feeds the oyster beds and fisheries of the northern Gulf Coast. Georgia had sought to dismiss the suit, filed last October by Florida Governor Rick Scott, that stems from a decades-old fight over Atlanta's daily demand for 360 million gallons of water from the Chattahoochee and Flint river basins. ...

Konjuh upsets Beck at Limoges Open

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 03:16 PM PST

LIMOGES, France (AP) — Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh rallied to beat fourth-seeded Annika Beck 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Monday in the first round of the inaugural Limoges Open, part of the WTA 125K series.

Ebola kills Sierra Leone doctor, UN doubles staff

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:49 PM PST

FILE-In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, Healthcare workers load a man, center, onto a ambulance as he is suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus in Kenema, Sierra Leone. A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola — the fifth local doctor in the West African nation to die of the disease, authorities said Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Tanya Bindra, File)FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola, the fifth local doctor to die of the disease there, authorities said Monday, as UNICEF announced it was doubling its staff in the three West African nations hard hit by the deadly virus.


Colombians angered by prince's plaque to 'pirates'

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:42 PM PST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombians are expressing outrage over a plaque dedicated by Prince Charles during a visit to Cartagena commemorating a British assault on the port city in 1741.

Family of US man jailed in N.Korea reveal 'heartache'

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:39 PM PST

This undated photo released by FreeKenNow.com on October 12, 2013, shows Kenneth Bae with his parents, Myunghee Bae (C) and Sung Seo Bae (L) at an undisclosed locationThe family of Kenneth Bae revealed their "unspeakable heartache and anxiety," and begged North Korea on Monday to release him, on the second anniversary of the US citizen's detention in the reclusive state. "It is an anniversary our family did not want to have to celebrate," they said, adding: "We never imagined the pain this would cause on Kenneth and our family. "While Kenneth remains a prisoner in North Korea, our lives are also held captive, filled with unspeakable heartache and anxiety." The Korean-American was accused of being a militant Christian evangelist and charged with seeking to topple North Korea's regime.


Suicide bomber kills 32 in northeast Nigeria

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:36 PM PST

People are treated at the General hospital in Potiskum, Nigeria, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, following a suicide bomb attack. A suicide bomber detonated explosives Monday on the edge of a religious procession by the moderate Muslim Brotherhood group in the northeastern Nigerian state capital of Potiskum, killing himself and two civilians, and injuring about 25, mainly women and children, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — A suicide bomber killed himself and 32 civilians Monday when he detonated explosives on the edge of a religious procession by the moderate Muslim Brotherhood in northeast Nigeria, a hospital official and witnesses said.


Cuba seeks over $8 billion in foreign investment

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:35 PM PST

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba asked international companies Monday to invest more than $8 billion in the island as it attempts to kick-start a centrally planned economy starved for cash and hamstrung by inefficiency.

Romo first-class priority as Cowboys go to London

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:33 PM PST

Injured Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo leaves the field after an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. Arizona won 28-17. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo's back was the top priority for the Dallas Cowboys on their long plane ride to London.


Rocket plane's tail activated prematurely in fatal crash

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:32 PM PST

Sheriffs' deputies look at wreckage from the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near Cantil, CaliforniaBy Irene Klotz MOJAVE Calif. (Reuters) - A human-factors expert will join a team investigating the fatal test-flight crash of the Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane to study why the co-pilot prematurely unlocked the ship's pivoting tail section, the National Transportation Safety Board chairman said on Monday. The untimely engagement of the tail mechanism, designed to slow the vehicle's descent into the atmosphere from space, and the possibility that pilot error was to blame, were disclosed by the NTSB late on Sunday and have emerged as a main thrust of the inquiry into the accident. ...


Top US court keeps Sherlock Holmes in public domain

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:32 PM PST

A woman looks at a painting of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Sidney Paget displayed at the Sherlock Holmes exhibition at the Museum of LondonThe US Supreme Court refused to hear a petition by the heirs of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Monday, leaving the adventures of fictional crime solver Sherlock Holmes in the public domain. A ruling by an appeals court in June allowed a US writer and editor to publish a book whose characters were inspired by the Scottish writer, without paying royalties. Since the Supreme Court took no action on the challenge, the appeals court decision remains in effect. These works are now in the public domain except for the last 10, which were published after 1923.


Polish official criticizes US in Polanski case

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2014 file photo Polish-French film director Roman Polanski holds his best director award during the 39th French Cesar Awards Ceremony in Paris, Friday Feb. 28, 2014. Prosecutors in Poland questioned filmmaker Roman Polanski on the request of U.S. prosecutors who are seeking his arrest on charges from 1977 of having sex with a minor, a spokeswoman said Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Spokeswoman for the prosecutors in Krakow, Boguslawa Marcinkowska, said the filmmaker remained free but available for further proceedings. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An adviser to the Polish president accused U.S. authorities on Monday of "absolute ignorance" in seeking the arrest of film director Roman Polanski, a Holocaust survivor, while he was in Poland last week for the opening of a Jewish history museum.


Rugby star Lomu in trouble over election tweet

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:25 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rugby star Jonah Lomu is among three leading New Zealand sportsmen who may face charges of breaching electoral laws by tweeting political comments on election day.

Eibar beats Rayo Vallecano 3-2 in Spanish League

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:24 PM PST

MADRID (AP) — Mikel Arruabarrena scored his second goal of the night in the 86th minute to give Eibar 3-2 win at Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish League on Monday.

BA flight forced off course by Spain jet

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:21 PM PST

A British Airways flight was forced to veer off course by a Spanish military jet upon landing in Gibraltar, authorities said MondayGibraltar (AFP) - A British Airways flight was forced to veer off course by a Spanish military jet upon landing in Gibraltar, authorities of the tiny contested British outpost said Monday.


US stock indexes hold near records; Crude slides

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014 file photo, American flags fly in front of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Stocks are little changed in early trading Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, as investors brace for a busy week of news. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market held close to record levels on Monday as a report showed that manufacturing remains on sound footing in the U.S. even as other parts of the global economy struggle. Falling oil prices weighed on energy stocks.


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