2014年12月5日星期五

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Ukraine's Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 09:43 AM PST

Ukrainian President Poroshenko speaks during a parliament session in KievBy Natalia Zinets and Maria Tsvetkova KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The whole of Ukraine will be within reach of the "enemy" if its armed forces lose control of the international airport in the eastern city of Donetsk to separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday. Poroshenko issued the warning after another night of intense fighting with Russian-backed rebels at the airport, part of a new spasm of violence in a conflict which has triggered the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War. ...


U.S.-led forces conduct 20 air strikes against Islamic State

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 12:25 PM PST

An explosion following an air strike is seen in western Kobani neighbourhoodWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and partner nations have conducted 20 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq since Wednesday, the U.S. Central Command said on Friday. Five of six air strikes by U.S. military forces in Syria targeted the contested city of Kobani near the border with Turkey, Centcom said in a statement. Those destroyed six Islamic State fighting positions and a heavy weapon, it said. In Iraq, U.S. and partner nations conducted 14 air strikes, mostly targeting areas in the oil-producing north of the country controlled by Islamic State. ...


Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:40 PM PST

Obama shakes hands with Abdullah in the Oval Office of the White House in WashingtonBy Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States and its allies are making slow but steady progress in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and he pledged new aid to Jordan to grapple with Syrian refugees. Obama and Jordan's King Abdullah made a show of solidarity against Islamic State, holding Oval Office talks that covered the gamut from Iran's nuclear program to tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. ...


China arrests ex-security chief for corruption, leaking secrets

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:12 PM PST

China's former Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang attends the closing ceremony of the NPC in BeijingBy Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have arrested former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang and expelled him from the ruling Communist Party, accusing him of crimes ranging from accepting bribes to leaking state secrets and setting the stage for his trial. Zhou, 71, is by far the highest-profile figure caught up in President Xi Jinping's crackdown on corruption. ...


Syria's al Qaeda offshoot Nusra says it killed Lebanese soldier

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:24 PM PST

By Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's al Qaeda offshoot Nusra said on Friday it killed a captive Lebanese soldier in retaliation for the arrest by Lebanese authorities of women identified as wives of Islamist militants. The soldier was one of more than two dozen members of the security forces taken captive by militants affiliated to the Nusra Front and Islamic State when they staged an attack on the Lebanese border town of Arsal in August. Lebanese authorities earlier this week said they had detained a wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the wife of a Nusra front ...

Germany pledges support to Afghanistan after combat troops leave

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 10:13 AM PST

Afghanistan's President Ghani and German Chancellor Merkel shake hands during a news conference after their meeting at the Chancellery in BerlinBy Michael Nienaber and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged on Friday to support Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his new unity government after NATO combat troops withdraw from the country at the end of more than a decade of fighting Islamist insurgents. Afghanistan's 350,000-strong military and police forces have taken over security in most of the country, facing off against the Taliban in their first real test since the militant Islamists were ousted from power in 2001 by U.S.-led forces. ...


China arrests former security chief Zhou Yongkang

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:48 PM PST

In this photo taken May 4, 2012, Zhou Yongkang, Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee member in charge of security, attends a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China's official Xinhua News Agency says the country's former security chief, Zhou Yongkang, has been expelled from the Communist Party. Xinhua said the decision was made Friday Dec. 5, 2014 at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the party's Central Committee. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities arrested the once-feared ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang and launched a criminal investigation Saturday on charges ranging from adultery and bribery to leaking state secrets, after expelling him from the Communist Party overnight.


500,000 Filipinos evacuated as storm's path widens

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:40 PM PST

Hundreds of residents take shelter inside the provincial capitol of Surigao city close to central Philippines on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 in anticipation of typhoon Hagupit which is expected to hit land Saturday afternoon. A wide swath of the Philippines, including the capital Manila, braced Friday for a dangerously erratic and powerful typhoon approaching from the Pacific, about a year after the country was lashed by Typhoon Haiyan that left more than 7,300 people dead. (AP Photo/Erwin Mascarinas)MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Half a million Filipinos fled their homes as differing forecasts about the path of a dangerously erratic typhoon — one predicting it will graze the capital, Manila — prompted a wide swath of the country to prepare for a weekend of destructive winds and rain.


Chinese man extradited to US on nuclear smuggling charges

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:39 PM PST

A general view shows the reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran on August 20, 2010A Chinese man accused of smuggling "highly sensitive" parts for nuclear production to Iran was extradited to Boston on Friday where he will face federal charges. Sihai Cheng, charged alongside an Iranian man and two Iranian businesses, allegedly exported pressure sensors to Iran that could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons, a government statement said. US sanctions prohibit the export of specific items to Iran due to its nuclear program, which Western powers and Israel say aims to build weapons. Iran adamantly denies the charges.


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

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:33 PM PST

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities placed the feared ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang under formal arrest early Saturday to investigate his suspected crimes, including accepting bribes, adultery and leaking the country's secrets, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Zhou, a former member of the powerful nine-member Politburo Standing Committee, also was expelled from the Communist Party, making him the most senior figure to be snared in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption crackdown.

Valcke scoffs at plastic pitch discrimination claim

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:22 PM PST

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke gives a press conference at the end of a meeting of the FIFA Executive Comitee on September 26, 2014 at the organistation's headquarters in ZurichFIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke Friday said it was "crazy" to say the planned use of plastic pitches at next year's Women's World Cup was discriminatory. On the eve of the draw for the 24-nation tournament to be played at six venues across Canada from June 6-July 5, Valcke indicated that FIFA had no plans to back down in the face of complaints from top women players, who say artificial turf poses more injury dangers. A group of elite players have taken their case to the Human Rights Tribunal in Ontario charging the Canadian Soccer Association of discrimination, since men's World Cup matches must be played on natural turf. "If anyone is saying the use of artificial pitches is a question of discrimination, it's a nonsense," Valcke said Friday at a pre-draw press conference.


Lima climate talks split on role of adaptation, finance in new deal

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:20 PM PST

People walk at the venue of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 20 in LimaaBy Megan Rowling LIMA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Lima are divided over whether governments should include finance and adaptation commitments in the national offers of action they are due to put forward early next year as the building blocks of a new global climate change deal. Some developing countries, including the poorest ones, want adaptation efforts to be part of their contributions, arguing it will help determine their needs for funding and technical aid. ...


Slovenia's Tina Maze wins downhill; Vonn 8th

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:08 PM PST

Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, smiles during an interview in the finish area following her run at the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is quickly getting up to speed, just not fast enough to catch up to Tina Maze in the women's World Cup downhill opener on Friday.


Plan to negotiate debt revisions wins key UN vote

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:58 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. General Assembly committee overwhelmingly approved a plan Friday to develop a new legal framework to restructure national debts and avoid the kind of speculative action that led Argentina to a second default.

In Peru, man accused of smuggling drugs in dogs

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:53 PM PST

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Mexican man was arrested for trying to smuggle about 6.6 pounds (2.9 kilograms) of cocaine to his country inside the bellies of two St. Bernard dogs, one of which later died, Peruvian authorities said Friday.

Jansrud wins 3rd straight World Cup race

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:29 PM PST

From left, second-place finisher Beat Feuz, of Switzerland, first-place finisher Kjetil Jansrud, of Norway, and third-place finisher Steven Nyman, of the United States, celebrate on the podium after the men's World Cup downhill ski race, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Beaver Creek, Colo. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Kjetil Jansrud can't ever remember a run like this, where he didn't make so much as one tiny slipup on a tricky course designed to tax and tease skiers.


Anti-government protesters clash with Haiti police

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:29 PM PST

A masked anti-government demonstrator stands by burning tires during a protest demanding the resignation of Haiti's President Michel Martelly in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of people marched through Haiti's capital Friday demanding that long-delayed elections be held and calling for the president and prime minister to resign.


West of US wins World Cup luge in Lake Placid

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:16 PM PST

Tucker West, of the United States, (18) celebrates his win in the men's luge World Cup event with second-place finisher Wolfgang Kindl, left, of Austria, and third-place finisher Dominik Fischnaller, of Italy, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — For Tucker West, everything changed in a week. And it'll be a week he never forgets.


Biden to attend Rousseff inauguration in Brazil

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:14 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will lead the U.S. delegation for the Jan. 1 inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff.

Almeria beat Real Betis 4-3 in Copa del Rey

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:05 PM PST

MADRID (AP) — A goal and an assist by Edgar Mendez helped Almeria beat second-tier Real Betis 4-3 after withstanding a late comeback attempt in the first leg of their round-of-16 match in the Copa del Rey on Friday.

US: Navy engineer tried to steal schematics

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:57 PM PST

NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) — A Navy civilian engineer has been indicted on charges he tried to steal schematics of an aircraft carrier under construction and have them sent to Egypt.

Sampdoria coach Mihajlovic suspended for 2 matches

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:56 PM PST

MILAN (AP) — Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was suspended for two matches on Friday following his actions at the end of an Italian Cup game.

Greece outraged by British Museum sculpture loan

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:41 PM PST

Visitors look at the marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos on display at the exhibition on Greek art in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. The British Museum has loaned one of the Parthenon Marbles to Russia's Hermitage Museum, the first time in 200 years that any of the ancient sculptures has left Britain. The move outraged Greece, which has demanded that the marbles be permanently returned. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)LONDON (AP) — One of the British Museum's much-disputed Parthenon Marbles was unveiled Friday after being sent in secret to Russia — a surprise move that outraged Greece, which has long demanded the return of the artifacts.


UN: climate change costs to poor underestimated

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:40 PM PST

Fausta Ortiz, 38, Pastoruri's glacier guardian, stands guard while carrying her daughter Lisoyun, 2, in Huaraz, Peru, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. According to Alejo Cochachin, coordinator of the glaciology unit, the Pastoruri glacier retreated 576 meters between 1980 and 2014. Peru's glaciers have lost more one-fifth of their mass in just three decades, and the 70 percent Peru's 30 million people who inhabit the country's Pacific coastal desert, depend on glacial runoff for hydropower and to irrigate crops, meaning their electricity and long-term food security could also be in peril. Higher alpine temperatures are killing off plant and animal species in cloud forests and scientists predict Pacific fisheries will suffer. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)LIMA, Peru (AP) — The cost to poor countries of adjusting to ever-hotter temperatures will be two or even three times higher than previously thought, the U.N.'s environment agency said Friday — and that assumes a best-case scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically reduced.


Paralegal: Sanofi fired her for whistleblowing

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:39 PM PST

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A paralegal recently fired by French drugmaker Sanofi has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, claiming she was discharged after protesting an alleged kickback scheme to increase U.S. sales of its insulin medicines.

Ukraine, feeling winter chill, pays $378 million for Russian gas

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:38 PM PST

KIEV (Reuters) - With freezing temperatures gripping Kiev, Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz said on Friday it had transferred $378 million to Russia's Gazprom to buy Russian gas for December, paving the way for the first shipments since Moscow cut supplies in June. Flows to Ukraine from Russia were severed in a dispute over prices and debts. In line with a deal signed by Naftogaz and Gazprom in October, they should resume within 48 hours from when the Russian firm receives the transfer. ...

British man given 20 years for girlfriend's Paris hotel murder

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:37 PM PST

British businessman Ian Griffin arrives at the Paris' Criminal court to a hearing of his trial for the murder of his partner Kinga Wolf in 2009, on December 5, 2014Paris (AFP) - British businessman Ian Griffin was jailed for 20 years by a Paris court on Friday for the brutal murder of his Polish-born girlfriend in a five-star hotel in the French capital.


Juventus held 0-0 at Fiorentina in Serie A

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:36 PM PST

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri grimaces during a Serie A soccer match at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, Italy , Friday Dec. 5 2014. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi)FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Juventus' march to a fourth successive title was halted on Friday as it was held to a goalless draw at fierce rival Fiorentina in Serie A.


Five-star Watford rout Fulham

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:31 PM PST

Watford's English forward Troy Deeney celebrates scoring a goal during a match in Manchester on January 25, 2014London (AFP) - Watford got their Championship promotion campaign back on track as Troy Deeney's hat-trick inspired a 5-0 thrashing of 10-man Fulham on Friday.


Militants announce killing of Lebanese soldier

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:30 PM PST

Lebanese army special forces patrol near the area militants ambushed Lebanese soldiers, in Ras Baalbek town, eastern Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. On Tuesday, militants ambushed a Lebanese army patrol near the frontier, killing several soldiers and wounding one, Lebanon's military said. Lebanese troops have clashed repeatedly with militants along the border with Syria since August. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — An al-Qaida-linked group in Syria announced Friday that it killed a Lebanese soldier it was holding captive as retaliation for the Lebanese government's detention of the wives and children of Islamic militants.


AC Milan hopeful of moving to new stadium by 2020

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:29 PM PST

AC Milan's Jeremy Menez, second from left, celebrates with his teammates Giacomo Bonaventura, left, Pablo Armero, right, and Marco Van Ginkel after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Udinese at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)MILAN (AP) — AC Milan vice president Barbara Berlusconi is hopeful the Italian giant will have its own stadium by 2020.


Poll shows sexual harassment rampant in Canadian workplace

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:23 PM PST

A giant Canadian flag is reflected in a downtown office building on February 6, 2010 in Vancouver, CanadaA large number of Canadian women have faced unwanted sexual harassment or sexual assault at work, but many did not tell their employers, according to a poll published Friday. The pollsters defined harassment to include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, or sexually-charged talk while on the job. Twenty percent said they were subjected to unwanted touching -- anything from unwanted quick sexual touch to more serious unwanted physical sexual contact, including rape. Others said they felt the transgression was "too minor," didn't think they would be believed, feared losing their job, were embarrassed or afraid, or simply weren't sure if it was harassment.


Former EU top diplomat to continue nuclear talks with Iran

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:19 PM PST

Former European Union high representative Catherine Ashton delivers a statement in Vienna on November 24, 2014Brussels (AFP) - The EU's former top diplomat Catherine Ashton will continue negotiations with Iran on its contested nuclear programme after being named a special adviser by her successor, a statement said Friday.


Berbatov scores twice as Monaco beats Toulouse 2-0

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:12 PM PST

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Dimitar Berbatov scored twice as Monaco warmed up for next week's crucial Champions League match against Zenit St. Petersburg with a 2-0 win at Toulouse in the French League on Friday.

British businessman convicted of murder in Paris

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:08 PM PST

British businessman Ian Griffin walks out during a break at the Paris courthouse, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. Griffin goes on trial for the 2009 murder of his girlfriend, who was found dead in the bathtub in the room they shared at a five-star Paris hotel. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)PARIS (AP) — A lawyer says a Paris court has convicted British businessman Ian Griffin for murder over the death of his millionaire girlfriend five years ago. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.


US, Pakistan remain wary but relations improve

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:03 PM PST

In this May, 16, 2014 photo, a Pakistani border guard stands alert as an excavator digs a trench along Pakistan Afghanistan border at Chaman post in Pakistan. ILike the Berlin Wall or Israel's West Bank barrier, the planned 485-kilometer (300-mile) trench is giving physical form to a border that locals have long seen as artificial, dividing families and crippling trade. And it is adding to simmering tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. allies which have long accused each other of turning a blind eye to insurgents. (AP Photo/Matiuallah Achakzai)WASHINGTON (AP) — The fitful U.S. relationship with Pakistan, which U.S. officials say is crucial to the future of Afghanistan and the effort to defeat al-Qaida, has been improving lately after years of bitter recriminations following the 2011 raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.


Dortmund beats Hoffenheim 1-0 in Bundesliga

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 02:02 PM PST

Dortmund's Ilkay Gundogan scores the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and TSG Hoffenheim in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund earned a much-needed confidence boosting 1-0 victory over Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Friday to lift itself from the bottom of the table.


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