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Police hunt three Frenchmen after 12 killed in Paris attack

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:39 PM PST

Still image taken from amateur video shows gunmen fleeing the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, after killing at least 12, in ParisBy John Irish and Antony Paone PARIS/REIMS (Reuters) - Police are hunting three French nationals, including two brothers from the Paris region, after suspected Islamist gunmen killed 12 people at a satirical magazine on Wednesday, a police official and government source said. The hooded attackers stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly known for lampooning Islam and other religions, in the most deadly militant attack on French soil in decades. ...


U.S.-led air strikes have hit 3,222 Islamic State targets: Pentagon

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:09 AM PST

Smoke and flames rise over a hill near the Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrikeBy David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria have damaged or destroyed 3,222 targets since August, including 58 tanks, 184 Humvees, 673 fighting positions and 980 buildings or barracks, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said he wasn't sure how many targets had been damaged versus destroyed, "but I'm confident that the destruction level is high. Our strikes are extraordinarily accurate." Release of the target damage list came a day after U.S. ...


Cuba releases two prisoners in sign of meeting U.S. agreement

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Raul Borges holds a picture of his son in his house in HavanaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cuba released two detainees on Wednesday in a sign it was fulfilling an agreement to free 53 people the United States regards as political prisoners as part of a thaw in relations between the two nations. The government released 19-year-old twin brothers Diango Vargas Martin and Bianco Vargas Martin on Wednesday afternoon, according to opposition activists. The pair were arrested in December 2012 and sentenced to 30 months in jail for disorderly conduct and threatening a state official. ...


Car bomb kills 35 people outside Yemen police college

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:54 AM PST

By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded outside a police college in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing 35 people and wounding dozens in an attack authorities blamed on Al Qaeda militants. It was the second bombing in Yemen to cause multiple casualties in a week, following a suicide attack last Thursday that killed 26 people at a cultural center in Ibb city. Police Brigadier Abdulaziz al-Qudsi said a booby-trapped vehicle with a driver and passenger in the front had been parked near where people waiting to register were standing by the college wall at about 7 a.m. ...

China says North Korea deserter who reportedly killed four dies from injuries

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:46 PM PST

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A North Korean army deserter who crossed the border and reportedly killed four Chinese people in a robbery last month has died from injuries suffered during his capture, the Chinese foreign ministry said late on Wednesday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a brief statement posted on the ministry's website that Chinese police immediately arrested the suspect after the incident but that the soldier had subsequently died from the wounds. ...

AirAsia jet tail found underwater, black box may be close

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:59 PM PST

Underwater photograph of what is believed to be wreckage of AirAsia QZ8501 in Java SeaBy Gayatri Suroyo and Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA/PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) - The tail of a crashed AirAsia jet has been found on the sea bed about 30 km (20 miles) from the plane's last known location, Indonesia's search and rescue agency said on Wednesday, a breakthrough that investigators hope will lead to the crucial black box recorders. Flight QZ8501 vanished from radar screens over the northern Java Sea on Dec. 28, less than half-way into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were no survivors among the 162 people on board. ...


Paris attack cannot curb free speech: British press

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:52 PM PST

A woman holds a poster as people gather in Trafalgar Square, London, to show their respect for the twelve people killed at the headquarters of satirical publication "Charlie Hebdo" on January 7, 2015London (AFP) - Britain's newspapers rallied behind their French counterparts on Thursday following the horrific terror attack on magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead, urging them not to restrain their renowned spirit of provocation.


Cuban dissident says he believes 3 on US list are freed

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:48 PM PST

FILE - In this April 9, 2013 file photo, military guards stand in a room decorated with an image of revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara outside prison cells at the Combinado del Este prison during a media tour in Havana, Cuba. Three Cuban political prisoners were freed Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 and a leading human rights advocate said he believed their liberation was part of a U.S.-Cuban deal to release 53 dissidents. The three freed prisoners are Enrique Figuerola Miranda, Diango Vargas Martin and his twin brother Bianko Vargas Martin, according to Cuba's Human Rights and Reconciliation Commission. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)HAVANA (AP) — Three Cuban political prisoners were freed Wednesday and a leading human rights advocate said he believed their liberation was part of a U.S.-Cuban deal to release 53 dissidents.


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

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:32 PM PST

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle on Wednesday spotted the tail of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people on board, an important finding because the jet's black boxes are located in that part of the aircraft, an official said. Powerful currents and murky water continue to hinder the operation, but searchers managed to get a photograph of the debris — about 9 kilometers (nearly 6 miles) from where Flight 8501 lost contact Dec. 28 — after it was detected by an Indonesian survey ship, National Search and Rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo told reporters.

Vigils across Canada after French magazine attack

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:31 PM PST

People gather for a vigil January 7, 2015, outside City Hall in Montreal, Canada, for the victims of the shooting at the office of the French satirical magazine Charlie HebdoVigils were held in bone-chilling weather across Canada for the 12 victims of an attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. In Montreal, more than 1,000 people braved piercing winds and a temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Farenheit) to express solidarity with France, while Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney placed a dozen white roses in the snow outside France's consulate in Quebec City. Earlier, Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed anger and sadness over the "barbaric" attack. "Canadians stand with France on this dark day," he said.


Syria war photo exhibit at UN draws opposition's protest

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:27 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. representative of the opposition Syrian National Coalition demanded Wednesday that the United Nations take down a new photo exhibit sponsored by the Syrian government, saying Syria is using it to "whitewash the regime's war crimes."

Worth 1,000 words: Cartoonists draw for slain colleagues

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:26 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — As if to prove that pens are mightier than swords, cartoonists around the world reacted to the cold-bloodied assassination of their colleagues at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as only they can: with powerful drawings worth thousands of words.

Samsung Electronics forecasts a 37 percent drop in 4Q profit

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:24 PM PST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. has estimated a 37 percent annual drop in its fourth-quarter operating income.

Blame game in Argentina over shortage of tampons

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

Tampons are displayed on a shelf at a drug store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. A shortage of tampons in several Argentine cities led to finger-pointing Wednesday, with the government insinuating it was a strategy by importers to jack up prices while companies blamed stifling bureaucracy. The shelves in pharmacies and supermarkets have even been empty in some coastal areas where tourists flock during the warm summer months. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A shortage of tampons in Argentina has turned demand for one of the most personal of personal hygiene products into a public debate over what has emptied store shelves of the product.


Pedro Martinez memoir coming in May

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:16 PM PST

National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Pedro Martinez shows how his finger flexibility allowed him to become a prominent pitcher in Major League Baseball while being interviewed during a taping of a show at the MLB Network's Studio 42 following a press conference showcasing the 2015 hall of fame class, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in Secaucus, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)NEW YORK (AP) — It's a year for the books for Pedro Martinez, who was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this week: Now the pitcher has a memoir coming out in May.


Ten bodies and 11 heads found in violent Mexican state

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:02 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police found 10 decapitated corpses and 11 heads in a southwestern state that has become a major problem for President Enrique Pena Nieto since the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers there in September. Several of the headless corpses found in graves about 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of the Guerrero state capital Chilpancingo showed signs of torture and had their hands tied, local security officials said on Wednesday. ...

Artists defiant after Paris killings but fear censorship on Islam

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:58 PM PST

By Johan Ahlander and Ole Mikkelsen STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Cartoonists and writers defended freedom of expression after Wednesday's attack on a satirical magazine in Paris but the reality for some artists accused of insulting Islam has been years in hiding, police protection and, for some, censorship. Among the 12 dead at Charlie Hebdo, a weekly that lampoons Islam and other religions, were some of France's top cartoonists. Others before them, such as Swedish artist Lars Vilks, have also drawn threats or actual violence. ...

FBI director confident North Korea was behind cyberattack

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:30 PM PST

James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, speaks at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in New York. Clapper says the cyberattack against Sony demonstrated a new threat from North Korea. He also warned that North Korea will continue the attacks against American interests unless the United States "pushes back." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI director revealed new details Wednesday about the stunning cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., part of the Obama administration's effort to challenge persistent skepticism about whether North Korea's government was responsible for the brazen hacking.


Guantanamo order bars women from moving accused in 9/11 case

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:29 PM PST

MIAMI (AP) — Officials at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been ordered to stop using female guards to move the five defendants in the 9/11 terrorism case.

Atletico beats Madrid 2-0 in Copa as Torres makes return

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:25 PM PST

Atletico's Fernando Torres reacts during a King's Cup soccer match between Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 . (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Fernando Torres made a winning return to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday as the Spanish league champions secured an impressive 2-0 victory over city rival Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey.


In Paris attack, clash on whether to limit press freedom

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:13 PM PST

A woman holds up a pen during a gathering in solidarity of the victims of a terror attack against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, methodically killing 12 people Wednesday, including the editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest postwar terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Two conflicting sides on whether there should be limits to the liberty of self-expression clashed violently Wednesday in a usually tranquil side street on the Right Bank of Paris.


Obama condemns 'cowardly, evil' attack in Paris, offers U.S. assistance

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:12 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned what he called the "cowardly, evil" attack against a satirical newspaper in Paris and offered U.S. assistance to French President Francois Hollande in the hunt for the perpetrators. "We will stand with the people of France through this very, very difficult time," Obama told reporters in the Oval Office during an appearance with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry. Obama spoke by phone to Hollande while flying from Washington to Detroit aboard Air Force One. The White House said Obama offered U.S. ...

Planned, cold-blooded killings mark French newspaper attack

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:04 PM PST

Masked gunman fire their weapons outside the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Paris residents captured chilling video images of two masked gunmen shooting a police officer after an attack at a French satirical newspaper. In the video, the gunmen armed with assault rifles are seen running up to an injured police officer, who lies squirming on the ground. The police officer raises his hands up before one of the assailants shoots him in the head at a close range. (AP Photo) NO SALESPARIS (AP) — Two heavily armed men in black, their faces hidden by ski masks, take down a police officer on a Paris sidewalk with a spray of bullets. One walks up to the victim, who is sprawled on the ground, and delivers a final shot to the officer's head despite the arm raised in a final plea for mercy.


Cuban dissident says he believe 2 on US list are freed

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:02 PM PST

HAVANA (AP) — The head of Cuba's Human Rights and Reconciliation Commission says two political prisoners have been suddenly freed and he believes their liberation is part of a U.S.-Cuban deal to release 53 dissidents.

'Baby, It's Cold Outside': large part of U.S. in deep freeze

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:53 PM PST

Icicles are seen near a beach on Lake Michigan in ChicagoBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Schools closed in cities across the Midwest and as far south as Tennessee to protect children from bitterly cold temperatures as wind chill warnings were issued on Wednesday for a large part of the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains. The National Weather Service (NWS) said Arctic air from Canada was bringing the dangerous cold to the U.S. Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Subzero overnight temperatures were forecast for a number of northern states. In Chicago, the third-largest U.S. ...


Hugo Sanchez hired by ESPN Deportes as analyst

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:51 PM PST

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Former Mexican soccer star Hugo Sanchez has been hired by ESPN as an analyst for ESPN Deportes.

Bid decision gives USOC chance to pick long-term partner

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:46 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 11, 2014, file photo shows the U.S. Capitol Building illuminated by the setting sun on the National Mall in Washington. When the leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee meet Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, they'll be deciding on more than a city to put in the running to host the 2024 Summer Games. They'll be picking a partner that will help shape their near- and long-term future. Leaders from Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington made their presentations last month and will not be present while the 15 USOC board members debate the pros and cons of each offering at their meeting at Denver International Airport. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)DENVER (AP) — When the leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee meet Thursday, they'll be deciding on more than a city to put in the running to host the 2024 Summer Games. They'll be picking a partner that will help shape their future.


U.N. confirms Palestinians will be ICC member on April 1

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:27 PM PST

Palestinian boy looks through a fence near his family's house, that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in the east of Gaza CityUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has confirmed the Palestinians will formally become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 1 and the court's registrar said on Wednesday that jurisdiction would date back to June 13, 2014. This means the court's prosecutor could investigate the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014, during which more than 2,100 Palestinians, 67 Israeli soldiers and six civilians in Israel were killed. ...


Eurozone faces dangers of deflation as prices fall

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:16 PM PST

Pedestrians walk in front of sales posters displayed at a department store in Berlin, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Plunging energy costs have caused consumer prices in the eurozone to fall annually for the first time since 2009, official figures showed Wednesday, in a development that's likely to reinforce market expectations that the European Central Bank will soon provide an aggressive monetary stimulus. In its flash estimate of inflation, Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency, said consumer prices in the 18-country eurozone were 0.2 percent lower in December than the previous year. The decline was bigger than anticipated. The consensus in markets was for a 0.1 percent fall. The main reason behind the slide from the 0.3 percent inflation rate recorded in November was the plunging oil price, which has been most noticeably been passed on to consumers at the pump. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)LONDON (AP) — The eurozone has a new economic headache to contend with.


Italy beefs up security after France newspaper attack

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:09 PM PST

ROME (AP) — Italy has beefed up security at "sensitive targets" after the attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, citing the presence of the Vatican and Italy's participation in anti-terrorism coalitions.

Financial Times criticised for calling Charlie Hebdo 'stupid'

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:03 PM PST

People light candles during a gathering in Strasbourg, France, on January 7, 2015, following an attack by unknown gunmen on the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie HebdoLondon (AFP) - The Financial Times faced a backlash on Wednesday after publishing an opinion piece by its European editor that called French magazine Charlie Hebdo, centre of a deadly terror attack, "stupid" and "foolish" over its criticism of Islam.


Vatican earmarks $3.55 million for Ebola care

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:01 PM PST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is increasing assistance to Western African countries hard-hit by the Ebola virus, setting aside 3 million euros ($3.55 million) to fund protective gear for care-givers, transport for sick patients and care for orphans left behind.

Furor over french fry shortage at McDonald's in Venezuela

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 01:53 PM PST

A customer glances at a McDonalds' banner menu showing a burger accompanied by arepas or corn cakes, instead of fries, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. McDonald's franchises in Venezuela have run out of potatoes and are now serving South American alternatives like deep-fried arepas or yuca, a starchy tuberous root. The franchisers are blaming a contract dispute with West Coast dock workers for halting the export of frozen fries to the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — McDonald's is finding itself under attack in Venezuela both for not selling french fries — and for selling them.


Police hunting for three French nationals over Paris shooting

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 01:51 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Police are searching for two brothers from the Paris region and a man from the northeastern city of Reims, all French nationals, over Wednesday's shooting attack at satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, a police official and government source said. The three include two brothers aged 32 and 34 as well as a man aged 18, the government source told Reuters. The police source said one of the brothers had previously been tried on terrorism charges. ...

Danish newspaper to print Charlie Hebdo cartoons on Islam

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 01:50 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Danish newspaper Berlingske has republished cartoons on Islamic themes from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, as part of its coverage of the attack which killed 12 people in Paris on Wednesday. The Thursday print edition of Berlingske, available online on Wednesday night, showed several past front pages from the French magazine. Among them was one depicting the Prophet Mohammad and another about sharia law. ...

Traore scores winner as Lille beats Evian 1-0

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 01:49 PM PST

LILLE, France (AP) — Substitute Adama Traore scored a superb second-half winner as Lille moved away from the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over Evian in the French league on Wednesday.

FDA panel endorses first lower-cost biotech drug

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 01:48 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health experts have unanimously endorsed a Novartis drug which is expected to become the first lower-cost copy of a biotech drug to reach the U.S. market.

French police identify 3 suspects in attack on newspaper office that killed 12

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 01:41 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — French police identify 3 suspects in attack on newspaper office that killed 12.

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