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Islamic State says it has beheaded second Japanese hostage Goto

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:51 PM PST

People walk past television screens displaying a news program, about an Islamic State video showing Japanese captive Kenji Goto, in TokyoBy Sylvia Westall and William Mallard BEIRUT/TOKYO (Reuters) - Islamic State militants said on Saturday they had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, journalist Kenji Goto, after the failure of international efforts to secure his release through a prisoner swap. The hardline Islamist group, which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq, released a video which seemed to show the beheaded body of Goto and threatened further attacks on Japanese targets. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said the video appeared to be genuine. Islamic State had said Goto, 47, was held along with a Jordanian pilot.


Ukraine peace talks collapse, Kiev and separatists trade blame

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:44 AM PST

Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk arrives to take part in peace talks in MinskBy Andrei Makhovsky and Richard Balmforth MINSK/KIEV (Reuters) - Peace talks on Ukraine collapsed on Saturday after just over four hours with no tangible progress towards a new ceasefire but with Ukraine's representative and separatist envoys angrily accusing each other of sabotaging the meeting. Ukraine's representative, former president Leonid Kuchma, left the talks in Minsk, Belarus, telling Interfax news agency that separatist officials had undermined the meeting by making ultimatums and refusing "to discuss a plan of measures for a quick ceasefire and a pull-back of heavy weapons". Denis Pushilin, one of the separatist officials, told the Russian news agency RIA that they were ready for dialogue "but not ready for ultimatums from Kiev while shelling by their forces is going on in the background of towns in the Donbass (industrialised eastern Ukraine)". The meeting of the "contact group", which also involves a Russian envoy and an official from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, took place in the Belarussian capital even as fighting between Kiev's forces and the Russian-backed rebels raged on in Ukraine's east, claiming more civilian and military lives.


Chad army says kills 120 Boko Haram militants in Cameroon

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:10 PM PST

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian forces have killed 120 militants from Boko Haram in a battle in the north of neighbouring Cameroon that began when the insurgents attacked its troops, the army said in a statement on Saturday, adding that three of its soldiers were killed. Boko Haram has recently launched cross-border attacks from Nigeria into Cameroon and Chad as part of its five-year drive for an Islamist state in the northeast of Nigeria. Chad and Cameroon have stepped up troop deployments to fight the militants and on Saturday Chad's army said it bombarded Boko Haram militants.

U.S. general says Syrian town of Kobani taken from Islamic State

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 12:14 PM PST

Kurdish ground forces, helped by U.S. and allied air support, have retaken the Syrian town of Kobani from Islamic State militants, U.S. Lieutenant-General James Terry said on Saturday. Supporting what Kurdish forces said earlier this week, Terry, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force that has been leading air strikes against Islamic State, said in a statement issued by the U.S. military: "Kurdish ground forces, supported by our air component, were successful in retaking the town of Kobani." A monitoring group and Syrian state media reported Kurdish fighters took full control of Kobani on Monday, but on Tuesday a U.S. official said the town on the Turkish border had not been fully retaken.

Suspected U.S. drone strike kills al Qaeda militants in Yemen

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:37 PM PST

A suspected U.S. drone strike on a car in Yemen killed three men believed to be al Qaeda militants on Saturday and possibly another drone crashed in a different part of the country, residents said. The incidents suggest there has been no let up in the U.S. stealth programme against suspected militants despite the resignation of the president who backed the programme. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is considered one of the most powerful branches of the global militant group and claimed responsibility for deadly shootings in Paris on Jan. 7. For years, the United States has cooperated with Yemeni security forces to track and bomb AQAP members in the country's rural badlands - a strategy that rights groups have criticised for causing repeated civilian deaths.

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in the West Bank

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 11:43 AM PST

Relatives of Palestinian Ahmad Najjar, 20, mourn at the hospital after he was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Burin near NablusIsraeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian on Saturday in the occupied West Bank, the military and a Palestinian security official said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers saw two Palestinians throwing a fire bomb towards a road near the Palestinian city of Nablus and "identifying an immediate threat shot toward the suspects' lower extremities". A Palestinian security source said one of the Palestinians shot by the soldiers was killed, but gave no further details. The Israeli military said it was searching for the second man.


Kerry: 'Enormous interest' in new relationship with Cuba

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:44 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, speaks at a news conference with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, left, and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade at Faneuil Hall in Boston Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)BOSTON (AP) — North America has an "enormous interest" in building diplomatic relationships with Cuba, Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday during a weekend meeting with his counterparts from Canada and Mexico.


Obama condemns killing of Japanese journalist by IS

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:40 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling the killing of a Japanese journalist by an Islamic State militant a "heinous murder" and declaring that the United States stands in solidarity with the Japanese people in denouncing a "barbaric act."

Teen Ko loses title but takes historic top ranking

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:38 PM PST

Lydia Ko of New Zealand watches her shot at the Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club on January 31, 2015 in Ocala, FloridaNew Zealand teen star Lydia Ko became golf's youngest-ever world number one Saturday even though she only settled for a share of second at the season-opening LPGA Coates Championship. "It's a big honor to be the world number one," Ko said. Ko eclipsed the age marks of South Korean Shin Ji-Yai, who was the youngest prior women's world number one at age 22 in 2010, and US star Tiger Woods, who was 21 when he ascended to number one for the first time in 1997. "Tiger Woods, he's amazing," Ko said.


IS claims beheading of second Japanese captive

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:34 PM PST

Demonstrators stage a rally to demand the release of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto who has been kidnapped by the Islamic State group in front of the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo on January 30, 2015The Islamic State group said in a video Saturday it had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, drawing outrage from Tokyo and condemnation from Washington. Japanese journalist Kenji Goto is seen kneeling next to a standing masked man who speaks with a British accent and blames the Japanese government for his "slaughter". The executioner addresses Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying the murder of Goto would mark the beginning of "the nightmare for Japan". Goto's killing, he said, was the result of "reckless" decisions by the Japanese government.


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

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:33 PM PST

TOKYO (AP) — Japan condemned with outrage and horror on Sunday an online video that purported to show an Islamic State group militant beheading Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. The video posted on militant websites late Saturday Middle East time ended days of negotiations to save the man and heightened fears for the life of a Jordanian fighter pilot also held hostage.

Scotland's Laird stretches lead at Phoenix Open

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:29 PM PST

Martin Laird of Scotland lines up a putt during the Waste Management Phoenix Open on January 31, 2015 in Scottsdale, ArizonaScotsman Martin Laird fired a three-under par 68 and stretched his PGA Phoenix Open lead to three shots despite a charge from Japan's Hideki Matsuyama in Saturday's third round. Laird, who began the day with a two-shot cushion, fired six birdies against three bogeys to stand on 13-under 200 after 54 holes with Matsuyama, who fired a bogey-free 63 sharing second on 203 with Americans Brooks Koepka and Zach Johnson. Spanish amateur Jon Rahm shared fifth on 204 with Americans Justin Thomas and Ryan Palmer.


3 men shot in Afghanistan worked for US firm

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:25 PM PST

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (AP) — A North Carolina-based firm says it employed the three military contractors who were shot to death earlier this week in Afghanistan.

Video: Islamic State group beheads Japanese journalist

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

A banner with a picture of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who is held by the Islamic State group militants, is being raised by workers near a tent prepared for receiving supporters, in Amman, Jordan, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)TOKYO (AP) — Japan condemned with outrage and horror on Sunday an online video that purported to show an Islamic State group militant beheading Japanese journalist Kenji Goto.


Greek leader tamps down rhetoric, vows to pay off debts

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:55 PM PST

The shadow of Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem is cast on a wall as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras waits to greets him during their meeting in Athens, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Dijsselbloem is in Athens for talks with Greece's new left wing government after it promised to renege on key bailout commitments required for repayment of a 240 billion euro ($270 billion) rescue package. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, Pool)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A day after Greece appeared on a collision course with its creditors, new radical left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has tamped down the rhetoric by vowing to pay off debts and not act unilaterally.


Obama condemns Islamic State's 'heinous murder' of Japanese hostage

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:42 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the "heinous murder" of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by Islamic State militants and vowed that the United States would continue its actions to destroy the hardline Islamist group. "The United States condemns the heinous murder of Japanese citizen and journalist Kenji Goto by the terrorist group ISIL," Obama said in a statement released by the White House, using an acronym for the Islamic State group, which released a video on Saturday appearing to show the beheading of Goto. "Standing together with a broad coalition of allies and partners, the United States will continue taking decisive action to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL," Obama added.

Islamic State video of Goto killing appears genuine: Japan government

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:41 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A video purporting to show the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto by Islamic State militants appears genuine, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said on Sunday. Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department reported to a meeting of ministers from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government that the video "has a high degree of credibility," Nakatani told reporters. (Reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo; Writing by William Mallard)

Win 'almost a miracle' says Equatorial Guinea coach

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:38 PM PST

Equatorial Guinea's coach Esteban Becker reacts during the 2015 African Cup of Nations quarter-final football match between Equatorial Guinea and Tunisia in Bata on January 31, 2015Esteban Becker refused to get into a debate about the referee after his Equatorial Guinea side beat Tunisia 2-1 after extra time in a contoversial Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final on Saturday. The tournament hosts trailed heading into injury time in Bata, only to win a soft penalty for a foul on Ivan Bolado by Hamza Mathlouthi. Javier Balboa converted from the spot and then netted a wonderful free-kick in extra time to take Equatorial Guinea through 2-1. "Tunisia played very well.


British PM condemns apparent Japanese IS hostage murder

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:32 PM PST

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on January 7, 2015British Prime Minister David Cameron Saturday condemned as "appalling" the purported killing of a Japanese hostage after the Islamic State (IS) group released a video. "I utterly condemn what appears to be the despicable and appalling murder of Kenji Goto," Cameron said in a statement. A masked man with a British accent is shown in the video blaming the Japanese government for Goto's "slaughter". Cameron added that Japan was "right not to bow to terrorism" following the killing of Goto and another Japanese citizen, Haruna Yukawa.


Los Angeles female-only mosque may be first in US

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:30 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A downtown Los Angeles mosque that forbids men from attending may be the first of its kind in the United States.

Ex-spy chief wanted in Colombia for wiretaps surrenders

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:11 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2010 file photo, Panama's Deputy Foreign Minister Alvaro Aleman, right, accompanies Maria del Pilar Hurtado, former head of Colombia's domestic intelligence agency, as she leaves the foreign ministry building, in Panama City. After several years on the run the ex-spy chief surrendered to authorities in Panama, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, to face charges of spying on opponents of Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe. She's now being held at the chief prosecutor's office in Colombia awaiting arraignment. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The former head of Colombia's intelligence agency ended several years on the run and surrendered to face charges of spying on opponents of former President Alvaro Uribe.


Airport authorities: Traveler beats homeless man with chair

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:09 PM PST

NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A Guatemalan man who remained at Newark Liberty International Airport after missing two flights faced numerous charges Saturday for allegedly beating a homeless man with a chair as the man was sleeping.

Benzema nets 2 as Madrid beats Sociedad 4-1 without Ronaldo

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:04 PM PST

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, center, celebrates after he scored during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday Jan. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Paul White)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid brushed off an early goal and thrashed Real Sociedad 4-1 without the suspended Cristiano Ronaldo, ensuring it remained top of the Spanish league on Saturday.


A million rare documents damaged in Moscow library blaze

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 03:02 PM PST

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at the library of the Academic Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences in Moscow on January 31, 2015The blaze, which started Friday and was still not completely out on Saturday evening, ravaged 2,000 square metres (21,500 square feet) of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) in Moscow, which was created in 1918 and holds 10 million documents with some dating back to the 16th century. This is the largest collection of its kind in the world, probably equivalent to the (United States) Library of Congress," Vladimir Fortov, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences was quoted as saying by Russia press agencies. The fire broke out on Friday evening on the library's second floor and continued burning all day Saturday despite 200 firefighters' efforts to douse the blaze.


Title-chasing Roma held to 1-1 by Empoli in Serie A

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:52 PM PST

Roma's Davide Astori reacts after missing a scoring chance during a Serie A soccer match between Roma and Empoli, at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)MILAN (AP) — Title-chasing Roma was held to 1-1 at home by relegation-threatened Empoli on Saturday and looks set to lose more ground on Serie A leader Juventus.


Framing ties with Russia in a 'post' post-Cold War era

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:51 PM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on January 15, 2015Whatever happened to that reset button Hillary Clinton gave her Russian counterpart in 2009 as a sign of renewed ties? No doubt gathering dust, while the West figures out how to handle Moscow now. As the war in Ukraine goes from bad to worse, with more than 5,100 dead in nine months, the United States and its EU partners are pondering what to do about Russia and its President Vladimir Putin, who doesn't seem ready to blink yet in an escalating game of chicken. "We face a dual challenge to overcome the immediate threat... along the borders, especially of Ukraine," veteran US diplomat Henry Kissinger, who steered the opening up of China, told lawmakers this week.


Museum, hospital collaborate in scan of mummified remains

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:49 PM PST

CINCINNATI (AP) — Museum officials in Ohio hope medical scans will reveal more about the mummified remains of a child that may have lived over 500 years ago in Peru.

Montreal blocks 'radical' imam's community center

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:40 PM PST

The mayor of Montreal, pictured on March 5, 2005, says that he would block permits for a controversial imam's planned community centerMayor Denis Coderre cited safety considerations as he explained the decision to deny permits for Hamza Chaoui's proposed center. Though he had not yet applied for permits, Chaoui announced on Facebook on January 14 that the Muslim community would benefit from a new religious center where young people could study. Quebec Public Security Minister Lise Theriault said Muslim residents at the site of the proposed center told her he is not welcome there.


Benfica beats Boavista 3-0 to increase lead in Portugal

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:39 PM PST

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Benfica beat Boavista 3-0 at home on Saturday to increase its overnight lead of the Portuguese league to nine points.

Banned 'no angel' Costa protests innocence

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:32 PM PST

Chelsea's Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa plays during the English League Cup semi-final second leg football match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London on January 27, 2015Chelsea striker Diego Costa accepted he was "no angel" but insisted he had not done anything wrong in the incident that led to him receiving a three-match ban. The 26-year-old was suspended for three games by the Football Association, after being found guilty of violent conduct when it was ruled he had deliberately stamped on the ankle of Liverpool's Emre Can during Chelsea's League Cup semi-final leg victory on Tuesday. Costa, who was hit with an immediate three-game ban by the FA on Friday and so missed Premier League leaders Chelsea's 1-1 draw with second-placed champions Manchester City on Saturday, said he accepted the punishment. The Brazil-born forward added: "I'm not saying I'm an angel.


Equatorial Guinea stun Tunisia to reach semis

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:25 PM PST

Equatorial Guinea's midfielder Javier Balboa celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2015 African Cup of Nations quarter-final football match between Equatorial Guinea and Tunisia in Bata on January 31, 2015Former Real Madrid winger Javier Balboa scored twice as hosts Equatorial Guinea reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals with a stunning 2-1 extra-time victory over Tunisia on Saturday. The quarter-final winner came 12 minutes into extra time in port city Bata when Balboa superbly curled a free-kick into the top corner of the net past goalkeeper Aymen Mathlouthi. The result was among the greatest upsets in the 58-year competition with Tunisia 96 places above Equatorial Guinea in the FIFA world rankings. Ahmed Akaichi put Tunisia ahead on 70 minutes with a close-range shot and Balboa levelled in stoppage time by converting a controversially awarded penalty.


Bahrain strips 72 of citizenship after unrest

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:20 PM PST

Bahraini protesters clash with police in a demonstration against the arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of Shiite opposition movement al-Wefaq, on January 30, 2015 in Bilad al-Qadeem, near ManamaSunni-ruled Bahrain said Saturday it had revoked the citizenship of 72 people convicted of "harming the interests of the kingdom", which has experienced unrest by its Shiite majority since 2011. The official BNA news agency said their nationality had been rescinded in a decree as part of measures to "preserve security and stability and fight the danger of terrorist threats". Information Minister Isa Abdulrahman al-Hammadi said that "most" of those deprived of their citizenship "are abroad and can challenge the decision legally". This is the largest number of Bahrainis to be stripped of their nationality since a law passed in 2013 on the punishment of those convicted of "terrorist" acts.


Japan 'indignant' over purported video of hostage beheading

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 02:04 PM PST

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed outrage Sunday over a video purportedly from the Islamic State group that shows a militant beheading hostage Kenji Goto.

Chile's president pushes to ease ban on all abortions

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:50 PM PST

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The president of Chile has sent legislation to Congress proposing to loosen the socially conservative South American nation's total ban on abortions.

Paris, Rabat put differences aside, resume judicial cooperation

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:44 PM PST

French Justice minister Christiane Taubira leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris after a weekly cabinet meeting, on January 28, 2015France and Morocco are to resume judicial cooperation after a year-long row, according to a joint statement Saturday, in a move that will help French investigators gather intelligence on terror suspects. The agreement will allow the two countries -- each of which has an unknown number of nationals believed to be fighting with the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq -- to resume working together on security issues, seen as critical following Islamist attacks in Paris earlier this month in which 17 people died. Morocco broke off cooperation with France in late February 2014 after French authorities attempted to question the head of Morocco's DGST domestic intelligence service, Abdellatif Hammouchi, over torture allegations while he was on a visit to Paris.


Japan expresses indignation of 'despicable terrorist act' at purported IS video of beheading

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:38 PM PST

TOKYO (AP) — Japan expresses indignation of 'despicable terrorist act' at purported IS video of beheading .

Japan self-censors images, words linked to hostage crisis

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:34 PM PST

A woman walks past a poster of animation "Assassination Classroom" in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Images or mentions of knives, ransom or blood - or anything else that can be seen alluding to the hostage crisis involving two Japanese in Syria - have been cut out. Some anime and other entertainment programs are altering, canceling or postponing episodes violating those sensitivities - typical of the kind of self-restraint shown here to avoid controversy. The following day, broadcaster Fuji Television Network canceled an episode of the animation, citing "inappropriate material given the current situation." (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)TOKYO (AP) — Images or mentions of knives, ransom or blood — or anything else that can be seen alluding to the hostage crisis involving two Japanese in Syria — have been omitted. Some anime and other entertainment programs are altering, canceling or postponing episodes violating those sensitivities — typical of the kind of self-restraint shown here to avoid controversy.


Islamic State fighters admit defeat in Syrian town of Kobani

Posted: 31 Jan 2015 01:30 PM PST

In this picture taken Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, a Syrian Kurdish sniper looks at the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobani. The Islamic State group has acknowledged for the first time that its fighters have been defeated in the Syrian town of Kobani and vowed to attack the town again. (AP Photo)BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group has acknowledged for the first time that its fighters have been defeated in the Syrian town of Kobani and vowed to attack the town again.


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