2015年1月6日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News


More objects found in AirAsia wreck hunt, but no sign of black box

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:03 AM PST

Parts of AirAsia QZ8501, recovered from the Java Sea, are carried by Indonesian Airforce and Search and Rescue crew members after they were offloaded from a U.S. Navy helicopter at the airport in Pangkalan BunBy Wilda Asmarini and Eveline Danubrata JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Search teams scouring the ocean for the wreckage of an AirAsia jet found two new metal objects on Tuesday, but nine days after the plane crashed officials say there is still no sign of the crucial black box flight recorders. Bad weather continued to hamper the search, and while conditions eased slightly on Tuesday, high waves and strong currents prevented divers from going deep into the waters to look for the plane's wreckage on the bottom of the Java Sea. ...


Watchdog offers more proof Syria government used chemical arms: U.S.

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 01:57 PM PST

U.S. Ambassador Power speaks at the Center for American Progress' 2014 Policy Conference in WashingtonBy Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The latest report on Syria by the global chemical weapons watchdog offers further evidence that the Syrian government repeatedly attacked its own citizens with poison gas, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said on Tuesday. The 117-page report by a fact-finding mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) includes eyewitness accounts of helicopters dropping barrel bombs with toxic chemicals. The findings are consistent with two previous reports by the mission but offer much more detail. ...


Dozens of Islamist fighters killed as battle of Kobani rages on

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:07 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Forty-one Islamic State militants were killed in the Syrian border town of Kobani on Tuesday as U.S.-led air strikes helped local forces push the group to the city's edges, a monitoring group said. The predominantly Kurdish town, known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic, close to the Turkish border, has become a symbol in the international fight against the hardline Islamist group that broke away from al Qaeda. The U.S. military said it or its coalition partners had conducted 10 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, mostly on Kobani, since Monday. ...

U.S. investigating civilian casualty claims in Iraq, Syria

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:18 PM PST

Syrian rebel fighters fire a heavy machinegun against Islamic State positions from a location west of Kobani during fightingBy David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday it had received 18 complaints of civilian casualties in air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, but concluded that 13 of the cases were not credible and was still reviewing the other five. The Pentagon has said it takes allegations of civilian casualties seriously and investigates them, but in the past military officials had played down such reports. "We ... ...


U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua voices concerns over Chinese-led canal

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:26 PM PST

MANAGUA (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua said on Tuesday it was concerned by a lack of information surrounding the planned $50 billion, Chinese-led canal that would bisect the poor Central American nation. Work began in late December on the 172-mile (278-km) waterway, which its Hong Kong-based developer HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co Ltd (HKND Group) says will be operational by 2020, but so far it has been met with widespread skepticism. HKND Group is controlled by a little-known Chinese mogul, Wang Jing, who said the Chinese government is not behind the project. ...

Mexico's Pena Nieto plans no mea culpa in house scandal: spokesman

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:21 PM PST

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during the 37th session of the public national security council in Mexico CityBy Ana Isabel Martinez and Simon Gardner MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, embroiled along with his wife and finance minister in a scandal over homes bought from and financed by a government contractor, plans no mea culpa, his spokesman said on Tuesday, dismissing any conflict of interest. In November, the government abruptly canceled a $3.75 billion rail contract awarded to a consortium that included a unit of a group headed by businessman Juan Armando Hinojosa, which owned a luxury house that Pena Nieto's wife was acquiring. ...


Snow snarls traffic in Washington; U.S. Midwest braces for more cold

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 05:07 PM PST

The U.S. Capitol building is seen through a snow covered trellis at the start of the 114th Congress on the Capitol grounds in WashingtonBy Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Heavier than expected snow snarled traffic in Washington on Tuesday, forcing Attorney General Eric Holder to cancel a trip to New York for the funeral of former Governor Mario Cuomo, while the U.S. Midwest prepared for brutal cold. The Washington region got up to 5 inches of snow, well above initial forecasts. Hundreds of car crashes were reported in the morning commute and some area schools closed. Dozens of flights were delayed or canceled at local airports. In the Midwest, residents were bracing for another round of harsh winter conditions. ...


Inspectors confident chlorine gas used in Syrian villages

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 05:02 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Chemical weapons investigators concluded "with a high degree of confidence" that chlorine gas was used as a weapon against three opposition-controlled villages in Syria last year, affecting between 350 and 500 people and killing 13, according to a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Top Asian News at 1:00 a.m. GMT

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 05:02 PM PST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Tuesday that rival North Korea has a 6,000-member cyber army dedicated to disrupting the South's military and government, a dramatic increase from an earlier estimate of 3,000 such specialists. Without elaborating, Seoul's Defense Ministry also said in a report that North Korea may also have gained the ability to strike the U.S. mainland because of its progress in missile technology demonstrated in recent long-range missile tests. It also said North Korea is advancing in efforts to miniaturize nuclear warheads to mount on such missiles.

Cameron, Merkel set for talks on EU, immigration

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:58 PM PST

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to journalists as he arrives ahead of the European Union summit in Brussels on December 18, 2014London (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are set to thrash out his plans for renegotiating Britain's relationship with the EU when they hold talks on Wednesday.


Divers enter water in search of wreckage from AirAsia jet

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:52 PM PST

Indonesian rescuers confer on an Air Force NAS 332 Super Puma helicopter during the search operation for the victims and the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 over the Java Sea off Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. The Singapore-bound plane crashed into the sea 42 minutes after taking off on Dec. 28. (AP Photo/Veri Sanovri, Pool)PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — At least two divers plunged into the choppy waters early Wednesday during a break in the bad weather to search for two large objects suspected of being chunks of the fuselage of the AirAsia plane that crashed more than one week ago, an Indonesian official said.


Sri Lanka 110-5 at lunch on day 5, 2nd test vs. NZ

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:31 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The contentious dismissal of Kumar Sangakkara on Wednesday's final day of the second test thrust New Zealand closer to a win over Sri Lanka and a 2-0 series whitewash.

Polish rider dies in Argentina during Dakar Rally

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:06 PM PST

In this Sunday, Jan. 4 photo, Michal Hernik of Poland posses for a picture as he crosses the podium ramp during the symbolic start of the Dakar Rally 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015. According to race authorities Hernik was found dead during the third stage of the race between the cities of San Juan and Chilecito, in Argentina, Tuesday Jan. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)LA RIOJA, Argentina (AP) — Organizers say that a Polish motorcyclist competing in the Dakar Rally has died of unknown causes.


Merkel to give little ground to Cameron over EU reform on visit

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

German Chancellor Merkel arives for a session of the Bundestag in BerlinBy Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will give little ground on Wednesday as British Prime Minister David Cameron seeks her help in curbing EU migration, insisting that free movement of workers is crucial to the bloc. Cameron, whose Conservatives are losing support to the Eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) before an election in May, plans to raise his proposals on reforming the European Union when he meets Merkel in London to discuss Germany's presidency of the G7. ...


US Navy commander pleads guilty in massive bribery case

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty Tuesday in a massive bribery scheme involving a longtime military contractor in Asia who allegedly offered luxury travel, prostitutes and other bribes to Navy officers in exchange for confidential information.

Slaves freed from SKorean salt farms face misery in shelters

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

In this Feb. 19, 2014 photo, a government official, foreground, meets with salt farm owners and workers as a part of human rights inspection on Sinui Island, South Korea. Life as a salt-farm slave was so bad Kim Jong-seok sometimes fantasized about killing the owner who beat him daily. Freedom, he says, has been worse. In the year since police emancipated the severely mentally disabled man from the farm where he had worked for eight years, Kim has lived in a grim homeless shelter, preyed upon and robbed by other residents. He has no friends, no job training prospects or counseling, and feels confined and deeply bored. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — Life as a salt-farm slave was so bad Kim Jong-seok sometimes fantasized about killing the owner who beat him daily. Freedom, he says, has been worse.


Mozambique's opposition Renamo spokesman arrested

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:57 PM PST

Mozambican opposition party, Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) spokesperson Antonio Muchanga, gives a press conference at the Party National Headquarters in Maputo on October 16, 2014Police in Mozambique arrested a senior official of Renamo, the country's largest opposition party, Tuesday on charges of inciting violence amid renewed political tension between the former rebel group and the government. Police said Antonio Muchanga was arrested at a gas station in Matola, a town on the outskirts of the capital Maputo. Muchanga, who is Renamo's spokesman, was released a few hours later. He is accused of making speeches "inciting violence" and of organising an "illegal demonstration" after Renamo staged countrywide protests at the weekend.


'The Interview' digital grosses total $31 million, Sony says

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:57 PM PST

This photo released by Sony - Columbia Pictures shows James Franco, left, as Dave and Seth Rogen as Aaron in a scene from Columbia Pictures' "The Interview." Sony Pictures Entertainment says that NEW YORK (AP) — Sony Pictures' "The Interview" has made more than $31 million from its online and on-demand release, according to the studio.


Syria used chlorine gas in attacks: OPCW

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:54 PM PST

An image grab taken from Syrian television on October 19, 2013 shows an inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at work at an undisclosed location in SyriaA report by the OPCW chemical watchdog has concluded "with a high degree of confidence" that chlorine gas was used in attacks on three villages in Syria last year. At least 13 people died among the 350 to 500 casualties from the attacks, according to the report by a fact-finding mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, obtained by AFP on Tuesday. The UN Security Council discussed the report on Tuesday, prompting a clash between Britain, France, the United States, which raised concerns over the findings, and Russia, diplomats said.


U.S. Coast Guard responds to surge of Cuban migrants

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:52 PM PST

By Letitia Stein TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard has intensified patrols off the Florida coast in response to a surge of Cuban migrants trying to flee the island on makeshift vessels, apparently spurred by rumors that the U.S. immigration policy could soon change, officials said. A cold snap on Tuesday was slowing the activity at least temporarily, said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Mark Barney, but the rush could resume when the weather improved. ...

US judge delays terror trial a week after co-defendant dies

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:39 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of a man extradited from Great Britain to face trial in New York in the 1998 deadly bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa has been delayed a week because of the death of a co-defendant.

US probing 2 airstrikes alleged to have killed civilians

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:38 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military disclosed Tuesday that it is investigating alleged civilian casualties from two airstrikes in Syria and Iraq last year, and that it has dismissed 13 other allegations of civilian casualties from airstrikes.

Deal near to deport detained Al-Jazeera journalist: Canada

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:31 PM PST

Al-Jazeera news channel's Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy listens to the verdict inside the defendants cage during his trial for allegedly supporting the Muslim Brotherhood on June 23, 2014 at the police institute in CairoOttawa's top diplomat said Tuesday he is close to reaching a deal with Egypt on deporting to Canada one of three imprisoned Al-Jazeera journalists. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said he was working to free Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy. "We've been working closely at senior levels of the Egyptian government," he said. The diplomacy is at a "critical phase," said Baird, who is scheduled to make an official visit to Egypt later this month.


US appeals court lets NY trial proceed over PLO objections

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:29 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has chosen not to block a New York trial next week over a $1 billion lawsuit brought by U.S. terrorism victims against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Paraguay officials to talk with protesters nailed to crosses

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:28 PM PST

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — The Paraguayan government agreed Tuesday to meet with former workers who have nailed themselves to wooden crosses over a wage dispute, an increasingly common form of protest in Paraguay that has been condemned by the Roman Catholic Church but has often been successful.

For some Russians, mortgage costs soaring due to ruble slide

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:24 PM PST

In this photo taken on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, Dmitry Dervenyov, 50, right, and his wife Svetlana Suvorova, 32, sit in their flat in St.Petersburg, Russia. Dmitry his wife Svetlana have finally managed to refinance their 15-year dollar mortgage loan with DeltaCredit bank into rubles on Friday, Dec. 23, 2014. The refinancing increased their monthly payments in rubles almost twice compared to the beginning of the year but it still made them feel safer.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — When they took out a mortgage on a small two-room apartment seven years ago, Oksana Li and her husband hoped to make a new home for themselves and their young son.


Mali at the UN makes case for Libya intervention

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:21 PM PST

Malian Foreign Affairs Minister Abdoulaye Diop attends the opening of peace talks on September 1, 2014 in Algiers between the Malian government and armed rebelsMali's foreign minister told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that an international force could help stabilize Libya and the entire Sahel region and check the threat from Islamist groups. Mali is among five countries that launched an appeal to the United Nations and the African Union for foreign intervention to fight Libyan armed groups and to help build stable institutions.


Priest arrested in Florida; accused of child porn on phone

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:18 PM PST

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — A Catholic priest from India was jailed after asking a 14-year-old boy to help him delete dozens of images of child pornography from his phone, authorities said.

Cutrale and Safra Group complete takeover of Chiquita

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:07 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Safra Group and Brazil's Cutrale completed their acquisition of Chiquita Brands International Inc. Tuesday, taking the banana producer private.

Obama, Mexico's president meet under shadow of abductions

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:48 PM PST

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks to media during a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Obama is looking to his southern neighbor for help implementing the changing policies on immigration and Cuba. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged to stand with Mexico against "the scourge of violence and the drug cartels" as he met Tuesday with President Enrique Pena Nieto amid concern over the unsolved abduction of 43 Mexican college students last September.


Oil price woes: Ecuador gets $5.3 billion China credit

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:46 PM PST

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's state-run news agency says the Andean country has secured a $5.3 billion line of credit from China to help it cope with a budget shortfall caused by plunging oil prices.

9 die in confrontations with Mexican forces in Michoacan

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:44 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal troops and police engaged in two clashes with armed civilians in a western Mexico city Tuesday, and nine civilians were killed, the federal security commissioner for Michoacan state said.

Lebanese-born porn star stirs debate back home

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:40 PM PST

Porn star Mia Khalifa last week became the most searched star on adult movie site Porn Hub, with more than 1.5 million viewsA Lebanese-born porn star living in the US has stirred fierce debate back home after her rise to fame split social media users in liberal-yet-conservative Lebanon. Mia Khalifa, 21, who was born in Lebanon but lives in Miami, last week became the most searched star on adult movie site Porn Hub, with more than 1.5 million views, prompting a mix of scorn and praise from Lebanese commenters. You are only a sex object," posted one Facebook user, alongside an image of the half-naked Khalifa. "You don't represent Lebanon!" another commenter said on Twitter, where the buxom brunette actress has attracted more than 78,000 followers.


Gambian leader hands journalists government posts in reshuffle

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:33 PM PST

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh greets supporters during a rally in Bakau on November 22, 2011Less than a week after an abortive coup attempt, Gambian president Yahya Jammeh handed the foreign and communications portfolios to journalists in a government reshuffle, officials said Tuesday. Sheriff Bojang, publisher of The Standard newspaper, enters government as minister of information and communications, according to a presidential decree.


In or out? Controversial goal gives Roma 1-0 win at Udinese

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:27 PM PST

Roma's Davide Astori, center, celebrates after scoring with his teammate Maicon, left, during a Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Roma at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini)ROME (AP) — A controversial goal helped Roma to a 1-0 win at Udinese on Tuesday, highlighting the need for goal-line technology and moving the Giallorossi within one point of Serie A leader Juventus.


Gerrard appears set for Hollywood ending

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:27 PM PST

Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard celebrates after scoring during a match at Anfield in Liverpool on January 18, 2014Los Angeles (AFP) - A Hollywood ending for Steven Gerrard's storied career seemed all but set Tuesday, with the Liverpool captain's move to the Los Angeles Galaxy widely reported to be an all-but-done deal.


Bonds rally as stocks and oil prices extend slumps

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:25 PM PST

Specialist Michael Pistillo, left, trader Edward Schreier, right, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. The U.S. stock market is edging higher in early trading as the price of oil extends its slump. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. economy ended last year on a tear, but financial markets are saying the outlook for this year is less bright.


Lukaku earns Everton late draw with West Ham in FA Cup

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:23 PM PST

West Ham United's James Collins, second left, celebrates with teammates after scoring against Everton during their English FA Cup third round soccer match at Goodison Park Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday Jan. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Jon Super)LONDON (AP) — Everton striker Romelu Lukaku scored in injury time to earn his side a 1-1 draw at home to West Ham in the FA Cup third round on Tuesday.


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