2014年12月26日星期五

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Kiev, rebels exchange POWs; trains, buses to Crimea suspended

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:01 PM PST

Pro-Russian separatists stand guard next to cars damaged during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces near Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, eastern UkraineBy Pavel Polityuk and Alessandra Prentice KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government and pro-Russian separatists on Friday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war while Kiev said it would suspend all train and bus service to Crimea, effectively creating a transportation blockade to and from the region. The agreement to swap 150 Ukrainian servicemen for 222 rebels followed peace talks between envoys of Ukraine, Russia, the separatists and European security watchdog Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Wednesday. ...


Islamic State targeted in 39 strikes by U.S., allies: Task Force

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:43 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces and their allies staged 39 air strikes on Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria over the past two days, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Friday. Fighters, bombers and remotely controlled aircraft hit 19 targets in Syria while 20 strikes were carried out in Iraq, a task force statement said. In Syria, 17 strikes were concentrated on an area near the city of Kobani and destroyed several Islamic State buildings, vehicles and fighting positions. Two air strikes near Hasakah and one near Raqqa also caused damage. ...

Doubts deepen over Chinese-backed Nicaragua canal as work starts

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 11:25 AM PST

Demonstrators block the Panamerican highway to protest against the Grand Canal construction in ManaguaBy Gabriel Stargardter MANAGUA (Reuters) - When one of the poorest countries in the Americas and a little-known Chinese businessman said they planned to undertake one of the biggest engineering projects in history, few people took them seriously. A year and a half after the $50 billion project to build a canal across Nicaragua was launched by President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla, the doubts have only grown. Work officially began this week. ...


Venezuela's Maduro moves foreign minister Ramirez to U.N.

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:17 PM PST

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with governors and ministers at Miraflores Palace in CaracasBy Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro named powerful Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez to a new post as envoy to the United Nations on Friday, saying the appointment would strengthen Venezuela's voice on the world body's Security Council from Jan. 1. Venezuela's socialist government sees its imminent two-year seat on the Security Council as a chance to raise its international profile and counteract U.S. global influence. ...


U.S.-funded radio station says Azerbaijan office raided

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:30 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Azerbaijani authorities have raided and closed the bureau of the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in an apparent attempt to silence one of the country's last independent media outlets, the station said on Friday. It said in a statement that investigators and armed police had ordered employees into a room of the station's Baku bureau while they ransacked a company safe and confiscated documents and official stamps. ...

Japan says close to deal with South Korea and U.S. on North Korea defense

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:50 AM PST

A barbed wire fence decorated with South Korean national flags is pictured near the demilitarized zoneTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan, the United States and South Korea are close to reaching a deal on sharing and safeguarding sensitive information on North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, Japan's Defence Ministry said on Friday. As Japan lies well within the range of North Korea's mid-range missiles, acquiring military intelligence on North Korea in a timely manner is vital for its security. ...


Parents of Cuban who spied for U.S. say they only hope he's well

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 04:34 PM PST

By Rosa Tania Valdés HAVANA (Reuters) - For two decades, the parents of a Cuban man convicted of spying for the United States believed he was innocent. Now that all signs suggest he was a double agent working for Washington, they say they can only wish him a happy future. Rolando Sarraff was sentenced to 25 years for collaborating with the United States while he worked for Cuba's Directorate of Intelligence, helping the Americans crack codes that exposed Cuban spies working in the United States, according to former U.S. intelligence officials who knew of his case. ...

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

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 04:33 PM PST

PERELIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — A packed train in Sri Lanka that was swept off the tracks by waves as big as elephants. A boat patrolling off Thailand's shore hurled more than a mile inland. Streets in Indonesia turned into roaring rivers that carried people to their deaths. Vivid and terrifying memories such as these were recalled Friday at ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that left nearly a quarter-million people dead in one of modern history's worst natural disasters.

Maduro congratulates Castro brothers on new ties with US

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 04:32 PM PST

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Quito on December 5, 2014Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a frequent critic of the United States, congratulated the Castro brothers Friday on Cuba's rapprochement with Washington, but warned that the embargo on the island would remain for a long time. This month's historic announcement that the United States and Cuba were restoring diplomatic relations after half a century of hostility undercuts the stridently anti-American stance Maduro has adopted as his country slides into a deepening economic crisis. Venezuela had long found in its close ally Cuba a comrade in its anti-American diatribe, but the dynamic has now changed. "Much more than good news is the real possibility that the United States recognizes the sacred right of Cuba to be free and sovereign," Maduro said in a letter to President Raul Castro published by Cuban media.


Quake hits off Panama's Pacific coast, no damage reported

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 04:30 PM PST

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off Panama's Pacific coast on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The USGS said the quake, initially reported as having a magnitude of 6.0, was relatively shallow at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km) below the seabed. It struck in the early evening 132 miles (213 km) south of the town of David. The quake was not felt in the capital, Panama City. (Reporting by Sandra Maler in Washington and Elida Moreno in Panama City; Editing by Mohammad Zargham and Ken Wills)

PlayStation, Xbox outages spark debate over hacker claims

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 04:29 PM PST

FILE- This March 8, 2012 file photo shows attendees walking past the Sony PlayStation PS Vita console on display in the Sony PlayStation booth at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Sony's PlayStation network remains offline on Frday, Dec. 26, 2014, in an outage that began as video game players unwrapped new consoles on Christmas. Microsoft's Xbox Live service, which had also gone down, is back online but the company says some applications aren't fully functioning. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sony's PlayStation network remained offline Friday on the second day of an outage that began roiling the online world just as eager video game players were unwrapping new consoles on Christmas morning.


New Zealand 441, Sri Lanka 38-3 at lunch on day 2, 1st test

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 04:20 PM PST

Christchurch, New Zealand (AP) — Trent Boult took three wickets, including his 100th in only his 29th test, as New Zealand sent Sri Lanka to lunch wobbling at 38-3 in reply to its first innings of 441 Saturday on the second day of the first cricket test at Hagley Oval.

Sri Lanka 38-3 at lunch on day 2, 2nd test vs. New Zealand

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 04:07 PM PST

Christchurch, New Zealand (AP) — Sri Lanka was 38-3 at lunch Saturday on the second day of the first cricket test against Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval:

Protest marks disappearance of Mexican students

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 03:49 PM PST

Students accompanying the relatives of 43 missing students kick the main door of a military base during a protest on the three month anniversary of the students' disappearance in Iguala, Mexico, Friday Dec. 26, 2014. Protesters threw objects, destroyed property and painted the main door of the military base to protest the army's alleged responsibility, or lack of response on the night of Sept. 26 when, according to the results of the Attorney General's investigation, the students were taken by municipal police and handed over to a drug gang, then killed and burned. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A protest marking three months since 43 college students were abducted in southern Mexico has resulted in damages to a perimeter wall at an army base in the city of Iguala.


Will 'The Interview' change how Hollywood does business?

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 02:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2014 file photo, Derek Karpel holds his ticket to a screening of "The Interview" at Cinema Village movie theater, in New York. The film raked in just over $1 million in ticket sales from 331 locations for an impressive $3,142 per theater average, according to distributor Sony Pictures. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Interview" was never supposed to be a paradigm-shifting film. But unusual doesn't even begin to describe the series of events that transpired over the past few weeks, culminating in the truly unprecedented move by a major studio to release a film in theaters and on digital platforms simultaneously.


FARC says it has freed Colombian soldier

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 02:21 PM PST

HAVANA (AP) — Latin America's oldest and strongest rebel group said Friday that it had released a soldier who was captured earlier this month.

Comanche, Wild Oats XI in Sydney to Hobart duel

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 02:16 PM PST

Bowman onboard Comanche drag a sail on deck as they work on the foresail as the yacht races out of the head during the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)HOBART, Australia (AP) — American super maxi Comanche and seven-time champion Wild Oats XI continued their Sydney to Hobart duel on Saturday, nearly 24 hours into the annual ocean race to the island state of Tasmania.


New Russian military doctrine says NATO top threat

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 02:02 PM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a live video link with members of Russian Geographical Society expedition to the Southern Pole in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)MOSCOW (AP) — Russia identified NATO as the nation's No. 1 military threat and raised the possibility of a broader use of precision conventional weapons to deter foreign aggression under a new military doctrine signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday.


Toure close to fourth straight African award

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:53 PM PST

Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure controls the ball during a English Premier League football match against Swansea City in Manchester, England, on November 22, 2014Johannesburg (AFP) - Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure moved closer to a record fourth consecutive African Footballer of the Year title on Friday when he was included in a three-man shortlist.


FARC frees Colombian soldier

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:50 PM PST

Commander of the FARC-EP leftist guerrillas Pablo Catatumbo (C) reads a statement at the Convention Palace in Havana while resuming peace talks with the Colombian government on December 10, 2014Leftist FARC rebels released a Colombian soldier Friday, nearly a week after beginning a unilateral ceasefire aimed at ending Latin America's longest-running conflict. The clash left five soldiers dead and five wounded.


UN chief urges Pakistan's leader to stop executions

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:48 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Pakistan's leader to stop the execution of convicts and re-impose a moratorium on the death penalty.

US stocks close higher, extending gains for the week

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:47 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2014 file photo shows the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. U.S. stocks are opening slightly higher Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, in relatively quiet trading the day after Christmas. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Wall Street's "Santa Claus" rally kept delivering gifts a day after Christmas.


Trade and tension at Europe's troubled African borders

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:44 PM PST

Women porters carry bundles on their backs for transport across the El Tarajal boarder separating Morocco and Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, in Ceuta on December 4, 2014Hassan Ibrahim, both physically and mentally disabled, staggers on his weakened legs as he pushes two huge packs of contraband goods loaded on a wheelchair. He is one of thousands of Moroccans toiling for a living in the Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla -- two tiny specks of Europe at the northern tip of Africa which have the only two land borders between the two continents. When he gets his load across the border from Ceuta to Morocco, Ibrahim will earn 30 euros ($37) for his labour. Tolerance of this cross-border trade makes Ceuta and Melilla magnets for those on the Moroccan side of the fence, who jostle in tense queues for their turn to enter.


10th anniversary of tsunami is marked with tears

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:34 PM PST

Jenny Brand, from Sweden, center, who had friends that were victims of the Asian tsunami, releases a lantern which symbolizes the releasing of spirits, amidst hundreds of others during a commemoration service to mark the 10th anniversary of the day this natural disaster happened, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014 in Ban Nam Khem, Thailand. Dec. 26 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest natural disasters in world history: a tsunami, triggered by a massive earthquake off the Indonesian coast, that left more than 230,000 people dead in 14 countries and caused about $10 billion in damage. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)PERELIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — A packed train in Sri Lanka that was swept off the tracks by waves as big as elephants. A boat patrolling off Thailand's shore hurled more than a mile inland. Streets in Indonesia turned into roaring rivers that carried people to their deaths.


Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels swap hundreds of prisoners

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:13 PM PST

By Pavel Polityuk and Alessandra Prentice KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities and separatists exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Friday, a spokesman for President Petro Poroshenko said, part of a 12-point plan aimed at ending the pro-Russian uprising in the east of the country. The agreement to swap 150 Ukrainian servicemen for 222 rebels followed peace talks between envoys of Ukraine, Russia, the separatists and European security watchdog Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Wednesday. ...

In 2014, US economy began shaky, finished strong

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:13 PM PST

FILE - In this July 3, 2014 file photo, specialist Jay Woods is reflected in a screen at his post that shows five years of the Dow Jones industrial average, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped above 17,000 for the first time that day. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed about 13 percent in 2014, hitting a record high a remarkable 51 times. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy flexed its old muscles in 2014.


Body of cruise ship worker found on Florida beach

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 01:04 PM PST

CLEARWATER, Florida (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing cruise ship worker has washed up on a Florida beach.

Azerbaijan police raid US-funded radio station

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:59 PM PST

Journalists pose for their colleague in Radio Free Europe headquarters in Baku, Azerbaijan Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. The radio station funded by the U.S. government says its office in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku has been raided by prosecutors who claim to have a court decision to shut it down. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Friday quoted the director of its Azerbaijani service saying that the office has been locked down since early morning by prosecutors and armed police. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — A U.S. federal agency on Friday strongly condemned the raid and closure of the offices of a U.S.-funded radio station in Azerbaijan's capital by prosecutors and police as part of crackdown on independent media in the ex-Soviet Caspian Sea nation.


Prisoners swapped in dark of Ukraine frontline

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:58 PM PST

Ukrainian prisoners stand prior to a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on December 26, 2014, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Yasinovataya, near DonetskAfter fraught negotiations, a long-awaited exchange of prisoners between government forces and the pro-Russian rebels of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic was finally taking place. "They just wanted people to exchange for their soldiers so they detained anyone," said middle-aged Tatyana from the seaside town of Mariupol.


Khartoum says UN officials told to leave for 'insulting' Sudan

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:43 PM PST

Peacekeepers from the United Nations-African Union mission to Darfur (UNAMID) patrol the Kalma camp for internally displaced people, located east of Nyala City in Sudan's Darfur, on November 6, 2014Sudan said Friday it ordered two top United Nations officials to leave Khartoum for "insulting" the country and being "prejudiced" against its government. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Ali Zaatari and UN Development Programme Country Director Yvonne Helle were told to leave, in a move criticised by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who urged Khartoum to reverse the decision. In early December, a website close to Sudan's security apparatus said that Zaatari had criticised President Omar al-Bashir's government in an interview published by the Norwegian publication Bistandsaktuelt.


Two 'jihadists' shot dead at Cairo checkpoint

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:38 PM PST

Egyptian army soldiers sit on top of an armoured personnel carrier behind a barbed wire checkpoint as they guard a street in Cairo on August 23, 2013Police on Friday shot dead two members of Egypt's most active jihadist group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, the interior ministry announced. It claimed one of the men killed at a checkpoint east of the capital had been responsible for the militant group's operations in the Cairo region. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Partisans of Jerusalem), which has allied itself to the Islamic State group, is based in the Sinai Peninsula, and claims to be behind most of the major attacks on the security forces since the army ousted elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Police spotted the jihadists' car at a checkpoint, the ministry statement said.


Sony film mess reflects gadgets-entertainment gap

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:34 PM PST

FILE - In this May 22, 2014 file photo, Sony Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai speaks during a press conference at the Sony headquarters in Tokyo. Sony's iconic gadgetry and the star appeal of Hollywood may have appeared to be a perfect match when the electronics giant bought Columbia Pictures in 1989. A quarter century later, it's apparent that Sony Corp. has not attained the magic synergy it was hoping for. The stolid silence of Sony's Tokyo headquarters over the hoopla surrounding Sony Pictures Entertainment's TOKYO (AP) — Sony's iconic gadgetry and the star appeal of Hollywood may have appeared to be a perfect match when the electronics giant bought Columbia Pictures in 1989. A quarter century later, it's apparent that Sony Corp. has not attained the magic synergy it was hoping for.


Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels swap war prisoners

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:33 PM PST

Ukrainian government army soldiers secure an area near the village of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014. Peace talks aimed at reaching a stable cease-fire in Ukraine between its government forces and pro-Russian armed groups began on Wednesday in Minsk, Belarus, with the discussions to include a pullout of heavy weapons and an exchange of war prisoners. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russia rebels exchanged nearly 370 prisoners Friday, a major step toward easing hostilities in eastern Ukraine.


Wins for Chelsea, City keep title race sizzling

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:32 PM PST

Chelsea's captain John Terry, center, celebrates scoring his side's first goal with his teammates Cesc Fabregas, left, and Diego Costa during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and West Ham at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Chelsea and Manchester City kicked off the Premier League's hectic festive schedule with commanding victories Friday to keep the title race finely poised, while Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool also won on a successful day for the country's top teams.


IRA veteran arrested after Irish wife stabbed

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:27 PM PST

DUBLIN (AP) — Detectives interrogated a prominent Irish Republican Army veteran Friday on suspicion of stabbing his wife several times on Christmas Eve, an attack condemned by the IRA-linked Sinn Fein party.

Oil tanks in Libya terminal ablaze after firefight

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:26 PM PST

A fighter from Libya's Islamist Fajr Libya group fires his gun during clashes in Kikla, Libya, on October 21, 2014Three storage tanks at one of Libya's main oil terminals were ablaze on Friday after being hit by a rocket during fighting between Islamists and pro-government forces, officials said. The rocket was fired on Thursday by militiamen from Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), a coalition of Islamist fighters. One tank was hit, said the region's security spokesman Ali al-Hassi, before the fire spread on Friday to two other full tanks at Al-Sidra terminal. They expressed concern that the fire could spread to other tanks at Al-Sidra and cause an environmental disaster if not brought under control.


Sanchez inspires Arsenal to 2-1 win over QPR

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:24 PM PST

Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, center, celebrates scoring a goal with teammate Oliver Giroud during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers at the Emirates Stadium, London, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)LONDON (AP) — Alexis Sanchez scored one goal and set up another to make up for a moment of madness from teammate Olivier Giroud and help Arsenal beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 in the Premier League on Friday.


Uganda says it will pull troops out of South Sudan only if Juba secured

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:13 PM PST

Uganda's President Museveni addresses a news conference during his official visit to Ethiopia's capital Addis AbabaBy Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Uganda's president said on Friday he would pull troops out of South Sudan only if regional forces secured its capital Juba from rebel attack, as fighting in the world's newest state dragged on into a second year. Yoweri Museveni, who backed South Sudan's now-ruling SPLM in its decades-long conflict with Sudan before independence in 2011, sent his troops across the border at Juba's invitation shortly after fighting began in mid-December last year. ...


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