2014年11月5日星期三

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West African bloc presses Burkina for civilian leader

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:42 PM PST

Lieutenant Colonel Yacouba Isaac Zida meets with opposition leaders in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina FasoBy Kwasi Kpodo OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Three West African presidents urged Burkina Faso on Wednesday to appoint a civilian transitional leader within days to guide the country to elections next year following the people's overthrow of longtime ruler Blaise Compaore last week. Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama led the delegation from the West African bloc ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) to help Burkina Faso plot a path to a civilian-led transition after the military named a senior army officer as head of state on Saturday. ...


Jordan-Israel relations in crisis over al-Aqsa mosque strife

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 01:40 PM PST

Palestinians run for cover as Israeli police (not seen) use stun grenades to disperse a crowd in Jerusalem's Old CityBy Jeffrey Heller and Suleiman Al-Khalidi JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) - Increasing strife over Jerusalem's most volatile holy site plunged relations between Israel and Jordan into crisis on Wednesday, with Amman recalling its ambassador for the first time since the countries' 1994 peace treaty. In a sign of tensions, a Palestinian rammed his car into pedestrians in Jerusalem's city center on Wednesday, killing an Israeli paramilitary border policeman before he was shot dead by police. More than a dozen people were injured. ...


Demolition of remaining Syria chemical arms sites to begin soon

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:18 PM PST

A woman, affected by what activists say was a gas attack, receives treatment inside a makeshift hospital in Kfar Zeita village in HamaBy Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The demolition of a dozen remaining chemical weapons production facilities in Syria is scheduled to begin later this month while work will continue on the verification of the government's declarations, Australia's U.N. envoy said on Wednesday. "There are seven hangars and five underground tunnels, which need to be destroyed," Ambassador Gary Quinlan, president of the U.N. Security Council this month, told reporters after a closed-door briefing by Sigrid Kaag, a U.N. special adviser on Syria's chemical weapons program. ...


Special Report: Left to fight alone, Afghanistan battles to save wounded

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:09 PM PST

Mohammad Zaman walks with his prosthetic legs at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) orthopaedic rehabilitation center in KabulBy Krista Mahr LASHKAR GAH Afghanistan (Reuters) - Omar Gul was on duty at a remote police checkpoint in Helmand's restive district of Sangin when the station came under fire. It was a warm night in mid-September and the battle between Afghanistan's government forces and Taliban militants had been simmering in the southern province all summer. In the end, it was not his employer – the government of Afghanistan – who saved his life. Once the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, ends its combat mission next month, the 350,000-member Afghan National Security Forces will bear responsibility for fighting an increasingly organized and ambitious Taliban insurgency.


Bomb kills two, wounds 14 on trains in and around Cairo: state media

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:06 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - A bomb planted in a train killed two Egyptian policemen and wounded 11 other people when it exploded at a station in the Nile Delta province of Menufia late on Wednesday, state television said. Another small bomb exploded about an hour later in a Cairo metro station, wounding three people, the state-run Al-Ahram news portal reported. Egypt has faced a growing Islamist insurgency since July 2013 when the army ousted elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi following mass protests and cracked down hard on his Muslim Brotherhood. ...

U.S. continues strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: U.S. Central Command

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 10:05 AM PST

An explosion following an airstrike is seen in the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of SurucWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States continued its assault on Islamic State militants this week, conducting 14 airstrikes in recent days in Syria and Iraq, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Wednesday. From Monday through Wednesday, U.S. military forces launched three strikes near the Syrian border town of Kobani and one strike to the north in Sinjar. The strikes hit a small unit of militant fighters as well as two fighting positions, Central Command said. In Iraq, the U.S. ...


Gunmen storm Libya's El Sharara oilfield, shut down production

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:35 PM PST

By Feras Bosalum and Ahmed Elumami BENGHAZI/TUNIS (Reuters) - Gunmen seized Libya's major El Sharara oilfield, looting equipment and shooting as frightened workers sought shelter, oil sources said on Wednesday, in another blow to the country's oil industry which has been subjected to protests and militia blockades. It was unclear exactly what happened at the field, which at maximum capacity produces about 340,000 barrels per day. It is Libya's biggest operational field, located in the remote south where rival tribes have clashed since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted three years ago. ...

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

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:33 PM PST

HONG KONG (AP) — For generations of Western men, Hong Kong's Wan Chai neighborhood captured all the mystery and hedonism of this financial capital known around the world as the Pearl of the Orient. Prostitutes, strippers and bar girls entertained visiting sailors and businessmen at all hours in these neon-filled blocks, even as working-class Hong Kongers went about their business around them. And despite all the vice, foreigners could count on being able to walk home safely in the wee hours, while many prostitutes worked independently, without protection.

Syria's remaining chemical facilities to be destroyed: UN

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:30 PM PST

Volunteers wear gas masks during a class on how to respond to a chemical attack, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on September 15, 2013Work on destroying Syria's last remaining chemical weapons production facilities will begin this month and should be completed next year, the UN Security Council heard Wednesday. Dutch diplomat Sigrid Kaag, who leads a UN mission to rid Syria of chemical weapons, told the council that 13 production facilities will be dismantled, Australian Ambassador Gary Quinlan said.


Pacers sign Mekel after Stuckey injured

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:28 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Indiana Pacers have received a hardship exception to sign Israeli guard Gal Mekel after Rodney Stuckey aggravated a strained tendon in his left foot.

Mexicans protest for 43 missing after mayor caught

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:27 PM PST

People hold signs bearing images of the 43 missing students, during a demostration demanding information on their whereabouts in Mexico City on November 5, 2014Thousands of protesters marched in Mexico City on Wednesday to demand the safe return of 43 students missing since last month after authorities arrested the main suspects in the disappearance. Demonstrators chanted "they took them alive, we want them alive" and held a large banner with images of the 43 college students, whose disappearance has drawn international outrage and turned into a full-blown crisis for President Enrique Pena Nieto. After a month on the lam, Jose Luis Abarca, the former mayor of the southern city of Iguala, and his wife Maria de Los Angeles Pineda were arrested in a gritty neighborhood of Mexico City on Tuesday.


Georgia's foreign chief quits amid govt tensions

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:23 PM PST

Mindia Janelidze the newly appointed Georgian Defense Minister, left, speaks during a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, Nov. 5, 2014. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, right, said that he has dismissed former Defense Minister Irakli Alasania. The resignation of Foreign Minister Maya Panjikidze on Wednesday and the earlier firing of Defense Minister Irakli Alasania increases Georgia's political instability as it pursues closer ties with the West. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia's foreign minister and three of her deputies resigned Wednesday, alleging that the firing of the defense minister a day earlier was politically motivated and endangers the ex-Soviet nation's aim of eventually joining NATO and the European Union.


Last active duty Army Vietnam-era draftee retires

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:11 PM PST

AUBURN, New York (AP) — The U.S. military says a central New York native has retired as the Army's last Vietnam-era draftee.

New Zealand mine owner won't retrieve 29 killed

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:10 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The owners of a New Zealand coal mine where the bodies of 29 workers remain entombed after a methane-fueled explosion four years ago said Thursday they won't go back into the mine because it remains too dangerous.

Burkina talks agree one-year transition, polls in Nov 2015

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:09 PM PST

A man holds up a placard that reads in French, "Zida get out", referring to Isaac Zida, a high-ranking officer named by the military to lead the country's transition, during a protest in Ouagadougou on November 2, 2014Burkina Faso's army, political parties and civil society leaders agreed in crisis talks on Wednesday that the country's political transition should last a year with elections to be held in November 2015. The talks, mediated by three west African leaders and also attended by religious and tribal chiefs, failed to name a new leader to head a unity transition government. Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, who mediated alongside his Nigerian counterpart Goodluck Jonathan and Senegal's President Macky Sall, said he expected a transitional government to be put in place soon.


Messi brace equals record as Barca beats Ajax 2-0

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:00 PM PST

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his side's 2nd goal during the Group F Champions League match between AFC Ajax and FC Barcelona at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM (AP) — Lionel Messi's brace gave Barcelona a 2-0 victory Wednesday over 10-man Ajax and moved him level with Raul Gonzalez's all-time Champions League scoring record of 71 goals.


Horror hits Hong Kong's famed red-light district

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:58 PM PST

Bar girls sit outside a night club in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. For generations of Western men, Hong Kong's Wan Chai neighborhood captured all the mystery and hedonism of this financial capital known around the world as the Pearl of the Orient. Prostitutes, strippers and bar girls entertained visiting sailors and businessmen at all hours in these neon-filled blocks, even as working-class Hong Kongers went about their business in the streets around them. Now, the neighborhood has been jolted by a shocking crime, the gruesome murders of two young Indonesian women, with a British banker the sole suspect. Even as the music and drinks continue flowing in Wan Chai's bars, people said Wednesday that the murders now haunted them and these freewheeling streets. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)HONG KONG (AP) — For generations of Western men, Hong Kong's Wan Chai neighborhood captured all the mystery and hedonism of this financial capital known around the world as the Pearl of the Orient.


Obama defiant, vows immigration action this year

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:55 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's determination to act alone to change the U.S. immigration system promptly drove a wedge Wednesday into the post-election commitment from the president and Republican leaders to find common ground under the new political alignment.

Obama to seek new war powers from Congress

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:53 PM PST

President Barack Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Washington. Obama says it is "an open question" whether international negotiators and Iran can reach a deal over Tehran's nuclear program. He says that with a deadline looming, the next three to four weeks will be key. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would work with Congress on new war powers to fight Islamic State militants and expressed cautious optimism about whether the international face-off over Iran's nuclear program will be resolved — two issues that could prove harder for the White House to maneuver with Republicans in charge on Capitol Hill.


Messi brace equals Raul's Champions League record

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:53 PM PST

Barcelona's Lionel Messi vies for the ball with Ajax's Thulani Serero, left, during the Group F Champions League match between AFC Ajax and FC Barcelona at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM (AP) — Lionel Messi equaled Raul Gonzalez's Champions League scoring record of 71 goals on Wednesday with his second strike for Barcelona in a 2-0 victory over against Ajax.


Jordan tells UN ready to stop Israeli mosque attacks

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:50 PM PST

Israeli security forces stand guard near Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, near where Israeli police recently clashed with protesters, onNovember 5, 2014Jordan told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that it was ready to take measures to stop Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque in east Jerusalem after Israeli forces stormed the compound. "Jordan considers such serious and outrageous actions by Israel an unprecedented escalation," said Ambassador Dina Kawar in a letter to the president of the Security Council.


Israeli police: Driver slams car into pedestrians

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:47 PM PST

Map locates Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. 1C X 2 1/4. ETA 1:30pmJERUSALEM (AP) — A Hamas militant slammed a minivan into a crowd waiting for a train Wednesday in Jerusalem, killing one person and wounding 13. Hours later, the Israeli military said a Palestinian motorist drove into a group of soldiers in the West Bank, injuring three.


US Sen Rubio sees new hope for Venezuela sanctions

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:46 PM PST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says he hopes Republican gains in midterm elections will breathe new life into efforts to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials who commit human rights abuses.

US sends long-held Guantanamo prisoner to Kuwait

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:40 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 17, 2007 file photo released on Aug. 13, 2013 by defense lawyer U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Barry Wingard, shows detainee Kuwaiti Fawzi al-Odah, in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Fawzi al-Odah, held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, for nearly 13 years, was sent back to his homeland Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, the first release based on the determination of a review panel that has been re-evaluating some men previously classified by the government as too dangerous to release. (AP Photo/Courtesy of defense lawyer Barry Wingard, File)MIAMI (AP) — One of the longest-held prisoners at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay was sent home to Kuwait on Wednesday, the first release based on the determination of a review panel that has been re-evaluating some men previously classified as too dangerous to release.


Robshaw tells England there's no hiding place against All Blacks

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:37 PM PST

Chris Robshaw captain of England gives instruction to his team during the England captain's run in Dunedin on June 13, 2014London (AFP) - England captain Chris Robshaw underlined the scale of the challenge facing his side when they play New Zealand in their opening November international at Twickenham on Saturday by saying there was "no hiding place" against the world champions.


Expert: Water key to Mexico's Teotihuacan

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:29 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Recent discoveries at Mexico's Teotihuacan ruin site suggest that water features may have been a key part of the complex.

AC Milan beats San Lorenzo 2-0 in friendly match

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:25 PM PST

MILAN (AP) — AC Milan won 2-0 against San Lorenzo of Argentina, Pope Francis' favorite team, in the Trofeo Berlusconi on Wednesday.

British protesters scuffle with police in central London

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:23 PM PST

Anti-capitalist protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks take part in the "Million Masks March" in Parliament Square in London on November 5, 2014London (AFP) - Thousands of anti-capitalist protesters calling for revolution scuffled with police in central London and outside Buckingham Palace on Wednesday after marching on parliament.


Messi brace equals record as Barca progresses

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:20 PM PST

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his side's 2nd goal during the Group F Champions League match between AFC Ajax and FC Barcelona at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)MILAN (AP) — Lionel Messi scored twice to draw level with Raul Gonzalez as the Champions League's all-time leading scorer on Wednesday, as Barcelona won 2-0 at Ajax to reach the knockout stage along with Group F leader Paris Saint-Germain.


Chelsea draws 1-1 with Maribor in Champions League

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 03:18 PM PST

Chelsea's Nemanja Matic, left, celebrates his goal with teammates during the Champions League group G soccer match between Chelsea FC and Maribor, in Maribor, Slovenia, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014.(AP Photo/Nikola Solic)MARIBOR, Slovenia (AP) — Eden Hazard had a late penalty saved as Chelsea missed a chance to advance from Group G in the Champions League on Wednesday, drawing 1-1 with Maribor.


Nine-man City left on brink by CSKA Moscow

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 02:58 PM PST

Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure scores his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League Group E football match between Manchester City and CSKA Moscow in Manchester, Northwest England, on November 5, 2014English champions Manchester City face the prospect of a third Champions League group-phase exit in four years after a disastrous 2-1 loss at home to CSKA Moscow on Wednesday. CSKA claimed a first win on English soil at the sixth attempt after Seydou Doumbia scored either side of a free-kick by Yaya Toure, who was sent off in the second half at the Etihad Stadium along with team-mate Fernandinho. CSKA's Pontus Wernbloom avoided a second yellow card in an apparent case of mistaken identity, but City manager Manuel Pellegrini said referee Tasos Sidiropoulos was not to blame for his side's dismal performance.


Porto wins 2-0 at Bilbao, advances to CL knockout

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 02:55 PM PST

FC Porto's Jackson Martinez, left, scores his goal against Athletic Bilbao, during the Champions League Group H soccer match between Athletic Bilbao and FC Porto, at San Mames stadium, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)BILBAO, Spain (AP) — FC Porto forward Yacine Brahimi scored one goal after setting up the opener in a 2-0 win at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday that sent the Portuguese side through to the knockout rounds of the Champions League.


Charge: Man killed English man with mailed cyanide

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 02:54 PM PST

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man who mailed cyanide to a suicidal English man, resulting in his death, was arrested on Wednesday, court documents said.

Doumbia double gives CSKA 2-1 win at Man City

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 02:44 PM PST

CSKA's Seydou Doumbia scores the opening goal, during the Champions League group E soccer match between Manchester City and CSKA Moscow, at the Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Two goals from Seydou Doumbia either side of a Yaya Toure free kick gave CSKA Moscow a 2-1 victory over nine-man Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday, leaving the English champion bottom of Group E with two games remaining.


Heavy rains kill 12 in Haiti, cause flooding

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 02:40 PM PST

Wet cobblestones are seen on a street during a rainy day in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Heavy rains caused by a cluster of storms in the northern Caribbean killed at least seven people in Haiti and caused major flooding on Tuesday in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Twelve people have died in Haiti as a result of heavy rains unleashed by a cluster of storms in the northern Caribbean, authorities said Wednesday.


PSG beats Apoel to advance in Champions League

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 02:38 PM PST

PSG's Edinson Cavani, left, followed by teammates, celebrates his opening goal during the Champions League Group F soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Apoel at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)PARIS (AP) — Edinson Cavani scored after just 57 seconds as Paris Saint-Germain beat Apoel Nicosia 1-0 on Wednesday in a scrappy game to reach the last 16 of the Champions League.


Shakhtar eases to 5-0 Champs League win over BATE

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 02:36 PM PST

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Luiz Adriano, the top scorer in the Champions League this season, struck another hat trick as Shakhtar Donetsk cruised to a 5-0 victory over 10-man BATE Borisov on Wednesday.

Bayern beats Roma 2-0 in Champions League

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 02:33 PM PST

Bayern's Franck Ribery, third from left, scores his side's opening goal during the Champions League Group E soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and AS Roma at Allianz Arena in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich cruised past Roma 2-0 on Wednesday to make sure of advancing to the knockout stage of the Champions League.


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