2014年12月29日星期一

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Indonesia says missing AirAsia plane could be at 'bottom of sea'

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 07:16 AM PST

By Gayatri Suroyo and Fergus Jensen SURABAYA, Indonesia/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search. The Indonesia AirAsia plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared after its pilot failed to get permission to fly higher to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore on Sunday. ...

U.S. launches air strike in Somalia targeting al Shabaab senior leader

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:16 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military launched an air strike in Somalia on Monday targeting a senior leader of the al Qaeda-aligned al Shabaab militant group, the Pentagon said. "The strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia," Defense Department spokesman Mark Wright said in a statement. "At this time, we do not assess there to be any civilian or bystander casualties. We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information, when appropriate, as details become available. ...

U.S. suspects North Korea had help attacking Sony Pictures: source

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:44 PM PST

An entrance gate to Sony Pictures Studios is pictured in Culver CityBy Mark Hosenball and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month's massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday. As North Korea lacks the capability to conduct some elements of the sophisticated campaign by itself, the official said, U.S. investigators are looking at the possibility that Pyongyang "contracted out" some of the cyber work. The official was not authorized to speak on the record about the investigation. ...


U.S. adds four more Russians to human rights sanctions list

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:26 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians for alleged human rights abuses, including two officials said to be involved in the cover-up of the death of a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption. Visa bans and asset freezes were also imposed on two senior officials of the Chechen Republic implicated in the kidnapping and torture of a Chechen activist, Ruslan Kutayev, a senior official of the U.S. State Department said. The U.S. ...

Ferry stricken by blaze fully evacuated, 10 dead

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 11:51 AM PST

Firefighters help passengers leave the "Spirit of Piraeus" cargo container ship as they arrive in Bari harbour, after the car ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in waters off GreeceBy Steve Scherer and James Mackenzie ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) - Rescue teams evacuated more than 400 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece's Adriatic coast in a 36-hour operation on roiling seas, but 10 people were killed in the disaster. Italian and Greek authorities continued an air search of the sea around the vessel while they sought to verify the number of passengers who had been on board, fearing that many people could be missing. ...


Libya contracts U.S. firm to extinguish port storage tanks fire

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:32 PM PST

A firefighter stands near the fire of a storage oil tank at the port of Es Sider in Ras LanufTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's recognized government has contracted a U.S. firefighter firm to help extinguish fires at storage tanks at the Es Sider oil port, a spokesman said on Monday. Work would start within five days, government spokesman Mohamed Bazaza said, confirming a statement on a government website. The value of the contract was $6 million, the statement said, without naming the company. ...


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

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:32 PM PST

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — More planes will be in the air and more ships on the sea Tuesday hunting for AirAsia Flight 8501 in a widening search off Indonesia that has dragged into a third day without any solid leads. At least 30 ships, 15 aircraft and seven helicopters were looking for the jet carrying 162 people, said Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo. Most of the craft were Indonesian but Singapore, Malaysia and Australia contributed to the effort. Aircraft from Thailand planned to join Tuesday's search.

Secret files shed light on first Thatcher-Gorbachev talks

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:26 PM PST

Then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev talks to then-Bristish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during their joint press conference in Moscow on June 8, 1990London (AFP) - Classified documents made public Tuesday shed light on the political courtship between Britain's Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev -- whom she famously declared she could "do business" with.


Britain eyed China trade after Hong Kong deal: files

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:24 PM PST

Deng Xiaoping (L) meets with then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Beijing on December 19, 1984London (AFP) - Britain was looking for stronger economic ties with China even before the agreement which would eventually hand it Hong Kong was signed in 1984, secret documents released Tuesday showed.


Critics ask how AirAsia jetliner went missing in age of GPS

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:21 PM PST

By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Air travel advocates are demanding global aviation authorities explain how an AirAsia jetliner with 162 people aboard got lost at a time when satellites and webcams monitor society's every move. "It should be impossible for an airliner to go missing" in an age when people can track their phones and cars to within a few feet, said Paul Hudson, president of Flyersrights.org and a member of a U.S. Federal Aviation Authority rulemaking advisory committee. ...

Search area expanded in hunt for AirAsia plane

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:18 PM PST

A search and rescue officer points to a co-ordination map of Indonesia at the crisis center set up by local authorities in search of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. Search planes and ships from several countries on Monday were scouring Indonesian waters over which the AirAsia jet disappeared, more than a day into the region's latest aviation mystery. Flight 8501 vanished Sunday in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. (AP Photo/Trisnadi Marjan)SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — More planes will be in the air and more ships on the sea Tuesday hunting for AirAsia Flight 8501 in a widening search off Indonesia that has dragged into a third day without any solid leads.


Ice-cream shop closure stirs Venezuela's economic blame game

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:15 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Tourism Ministry denied on Monday that a famous ice-cream store had closed due to lack of milk, the latest quirky twist in the bitter national debate over who is to blame for the nation's economic problems. "It's false," the ministry tweeted after the Coromoto shop, which holds a Guinness world record for its 863 different flavors, announced it was closed over the Christmas holiday because of a milk shortage. ...

Ebola returns to Europe with first case diagnosed in Britain

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:14 PM PST

General view of Gartnavel General Hospital in GlasgowGlasgow (AFP) - A healthcare worker recently back from Sierra Leone was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday by doctors in Scotland's largest city, the first diagnosis of the deadly virus in Britain during the current outbreak.


Pardew set for Palace after Newcastle agrees compensation

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:07 PM PST

Newcastle United's manager Alan Pardew awaits the start of their English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Everton at St James' Park, Newcastle, England, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)LONDON (AP) — Alan Pardew is set to leave Newcastle for Crystal Palace after the Premier League rivals agreed on compensation for the manager's services.


Australian teen killed in shark attack

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:05 PM PST

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian officials were hunting for a shark on Tuesday that killed a teenager off Australia's southwest coast in the nation's second deadly attack in as many weeks.

UK files reveal fears over Soviet spy fallout

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:03 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — He was one spy who left many others out in the cold.

Secret papers: UK studied chemical weapons buildup in 1980s

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:03 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — Newly released official papers show that former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government considered rebuilding Britain's chemical weapons arsenal in the face of a Soviet threat in the early 1980s.

Police: Bus crash in Jamaica kills 3, seriously injures 17

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:02 PM PST

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A minibus in Jamaica has collided with a truck on a rural road, killing three people and injuring 17 others.

Arabs endorse Palestinian U.N. draft urging end of Israel occupation

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:50 PM PST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New YorkBy Louis Charbonneau and Ali Sawafta UNITED NATIONS/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Arab U.N. delegations on Monday endorsed a Palestinian proposal to forge a peace deal with Israel within a year and end Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017, despite fierce Israeli and U.S. opposition. The timing for a U.N. vote on a measure that faces almost certain defeat is unclear. ...


Worships honor Afro-Brazilian sea goddess

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:49 PM PST

People carry small-scaled boats into the waters of Copacabana beach as an offering for Iemanja, goddess of the sea, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers of Iemanja celebrate the deity, offerings flowers and launching boats, large and small, into the ocean in exchange for blessings in the coming year. The belief in the goddess comes from the African Yoruban religion brought to America by West African slaves. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Swathed in white and bearing bouquets of lilies, thousands of practitioners of the Afro-Brazilian Candomble faith are paying honor to the sea goddess Iemanja in a traditional New Year tribute on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach.


West Brom fires Alan Irvine as head coach

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:48 PM PST

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Premier League club West Bromwich Albion fired head coach Alan Irvine on Monday after winning just one of its last nine games, saying a change is necessary to boost its hopes of avoiding relegation.

Venezuela's opposition questions key judicial appointments

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:47 PM PST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition is blasting a string of key appointments it says will further bend the country's judiciary to the interests of President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government.

Argentine president broke ankle by slipping on wet floor

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:29 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2014 file photo, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez is helped up the stairs of the government house at an outdoor event celebrating the 31st anniversary of democracy's return to the country in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 61-year-old leader has been sidelined with various ailments in recent months, the latest being a an ankle fracture. Doctors Marcelo Ballesteros and Daniel Fernandez said in a statement they signed Friday, Dec. 26, 2014 that they have recommended her ankle be immobilized, but did not specify what kind of blow caused the fracture. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A wet floor caused Argentine President Cristina Fernandez to slip and fracture her left ankle, the government said Monday, providing the first details of the South American leader's latest of several health setbacks.


Mexican vigilante leader may face murder charges

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:27 PM PST

FILE - In this May 28, 2014, file photo, Hipolito Mora, leader of a Michoacan vigilante group, participates in a national meeting of self-defense groups, in Mexico City. A lawyer for Mora said, Monday Dec. 29, 2014, that the Mexican vigilante leader and 26 of his followers face murder charges for a Dec. 16 confrontation with another group that killed 11. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican court says a vigilante leader and 26 of his followers are under investigation on murder charges for a Dec. 16 confrontation with another group that killed 11.


Cuba-US detente upends life for Cuban dissidents

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:24 PM PST

Members of the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White, participate in a demonstration in Havana, Cuba, Sunday Dec. 28, 2014. Less than two weeks after it was announced, the U.S.-Cuba detente is already upending the civil society Obama hopes to strengthen. The prospect of engagement between the two former Cold War antagonists seems to be undercutting the island's hard-line dissidents while boosting more moderate reformers who want to push President Raul Castro gradually toward granting citizens more liberties. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)HAVANA (AP) — President Barack Obama told the world this month that engaging Cuba is the best way to strengthen people pushing for greater freedom on the island.


IS releases interview with captive Jordanian pilot

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:22 PM PST

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group published on Monday an interview with the Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed in northern Syria.

Ferry passengers recount chaos: No fire alarm, just smoke

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:21 PM PST

In this image released by the Italian Navy, passengers of the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic, that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, are rescued from the Italian Navy ship San Giorgio, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. A cargo ship with 49 people evacuated from a Greek ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea arrived in the Italian port of Bari on Monday, the first big group to reach land. More than 160 people remained trapped on the smoke-filled vessel adrift in frigid temperatures and rough seas between Italy and Albania. One person was killed in the risky rescue operation and two others were injured as Italian and Greek rescue ships and helicopters worked through the night plucking passengers off the stricken vessel and bringing them to safety aboard the 10 or so mercantile ships nearby that were summoned to help. (AP Photo/Italian Navy, ho)BARI, Italy (AP) — There were no fire alarms at first, no knocks on the door from the crew, just thick, acrid smoke filling cabins and waking passengers on the overnight ferry from Greece to Italy.


Argentina midfielder Enzo Perez joins Valencia

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:08 PM PST

MADRID (AP) — Valencia says Argentina midfielder Enzo Perez will join the Spanish league club from Benfica on a permanent basis in the January transfer window.

Newcastle boss Pardew set for Palace job

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:45 PM PST

Newcastle United's English manager Alan Pardew gestures during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Newcastle United in east London on November 29, 2014London (AFP) - Alan Pardew is set to quit Newcastle United and take over as the new manager of Crystal Palace after being granted permission to speak to his former club about the move on Monday.


Lightning kills 4 on Brazilian beach

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:43 PM PST

SAO PAULO (AP) — At least four beachgoers in Brazil have died after being struck by lightning on the Sao Paulo coast.

Liverpool beats Swansea 4-1 in Premier League

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:34 PM PST

Liverpool's Adam Lallana, bottom second right, celebrates with teammate Alberto Moreno after scoring his second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Swansea at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Monday Dec. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Adam Lallana netted twice as Liverpool founds its scoring form to beat Swansea 4-1 Monday for its biggest Premier League home victory of the season.


Lallana double helps Liverpool rout Swansea

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:29 PM PST

Liverpool's English midfielder Adam Lallana celebrates scoring a goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Swansea City at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on December 29, 2014Liverpool (AFP) - Adam Lallana fired Liverpool to their biggest home win of the season as the England midfielder's brace inspired a 4-1 rout of Swansea on Monday.


Arabs endorse UN resolution to end Israel's occupation

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:15 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Arab ambassadors on Monday endorsed Palestinian amendments to a U.N. resolution that would call for an end to Israel's occupation within three years, a proposal strongly opposed by Israel and the United States and virtually certain to be defeated.

Beijing looks at U.S. deal to recover dirty assets: China Daily

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:53 PM PST

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is looking at signing an agreement with the United States to target assets illegally taken out of China by corrupt officials, a state-run newspaper said on Monday, as the government tightens the screws in its anti-graft battle. China has vowed to pursue a search, dubbed Operation "Fox Hunt," beyond its borders for corrupt officials and business executives, and their assets. But Western countries have balked at extradition deals with China, partly out of concern about the integrity of its judicial system and treatment of prisoners. ...

Stocks mostly gain despite new fears over Greece

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:51 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 photo, American flags fly in front of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks were barely higher in early trading Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, as Wall Street winds down the year in this holiday-shortened week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK (AP) — U.S stocks inched mostly higher in light trading on Monday as investors shrugged off falling energy prices, a plunging Russian ruble and fears that Greece could renege on its bailout.


U.S. suspects North Korea had help attacking Sony Pictures: source

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:51 PM PST

An entrance gate to Sony Pictures Studios is pictured in Culver CityBy Mark Hosenball and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month's massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday. As North Korea lacks the capability to conduct some elements of the sophisticated campaign by itself, U.S. investigators are looking at the possibility that Pyongyang "contracted out" some of the cyber work, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak on the record about the investigation. ...


2 arrested at British Virgin Islands dolphin park

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:49 PM PST

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Two Canadian men face trespassing charges in the British Virgin Islands after they were found after hours at an aquatic park that offers dolphin performances and encounters.

Jailed in Egypt, journalists fate still uncertain

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:46 PM PST

FILE - This combination of three 2014 file photos shows from left, Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, Al-Jazeera's Australian correspondent Peter Greste, and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed at a court room during their trial in Cairo, Egypt. A year after three Al-Jazeera English journalists were arrested in Egypt, they and their families are pleading for justice and an end to their ordeal. Egypt's Court of Cassation begins hearing their appeal on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015.(AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif, Hamada Elrasam, File) EGYPT OUTCAIRO (AP) — For a year, three Al-Jazeera English journalists have been locked up in Egypt on terrorism-related charges widely viewed as trumped up for political reasons.


Plane crashes near Hobart yacht race competitors

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:46 PM PST

Wild Oats XI crosses the finish line to take line honors in the Sydney Hobart yacht race in Hobart, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. Australian-owned Wild Oats crossed the finish line to complete the 70th edition of the blue water classic in an unoffical time of 2 days, 2 hours and 2 minutes. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Heath Holden) NO ARCHIVE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUTHOBART, Australia (AP) — A yacht sailing in the Sydney to Hobart race witnessed a light plane crashing into the ocean and other boats later became involved in a search for the plane and its pilot and passenger.


Greece heads for early election, stoking financial concerns

Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:29 PM PST

Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attends the third round of voting to elect a new Greek president at the Parliament in Athens on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, as Greece heads to early general elections after parliament failed to elect a new president for the country in a third and final round of voting. The coalition government's candidate for the post, the 73-year old former European commissioner Stavros Dimas, garnered 168 votes from parliament's 300 seats, short of the 180 votes needed to win. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government was forced on Monday to call early national elections, stoking financial concerns as investors worry the main opposition party will win — and want to renege on the country's bailout deal.


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