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At least 12 dead in Paris after attack on satirical newspaper

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 05:37 AM PST

By Nicholas Vinocur and Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) - Hooded gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly satirical magazine renowned for lampooning radical Islam, killing at least 12 people, including two police officers in the worst militant attack on French soil in recent decades. One of the men was captured on video shouting "Allah!" as four shots rang out. Two assailants are then seen calmly leaving the scene and remain at large. ...

Iran, six powers to hold nuclear talks on January 18: EU

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 03:21 AM PST

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif and EU envoy Ashton address a news conference after a meeting in ViennaBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers will hold talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear program in Geneva on Jan. 18, the European Union said on Wednesday. The six powers - the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany - and Iran "will continue negotiations in Geneva on 18 January with a view to making further progress towards a long-term comprehensive solution on the nuclear issue," an EU statement said. "The meeting will be at political directors' level, chaired by EU Political Director Helga Schmid," it said. (Reporting by Adrian Croft; editing by Barbara Lewis)


Four months before election, UK's Cameron under pressure on healthcare

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:59 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks as he stands in front of a new Conservative Party poster after unveiling it in HalifaxLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron came under pressure in parliament on Wednesday over Britain's stretched health service, with the opposition Labour party accusing him of presiding over a crisis of funding and resources. Voters list the state of the National Health Service (NHS) as one of their top three concerns ahead of a May 7 national election and Labour, narrowly ahead of Cameron's Conservatives in opinion polls, hopes to capitalize on discontent about a system struggling to cope with rising patient numbers. ...


Pro-Russian group claims cyber attack on German government websites

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 05:13 AM PST

German Chancellor Merkel attends a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in BerlinBERLIN (Reuters) - German government websites including Chancellor Angela Merkel's page were hacked on Wednesday in a cyber attack claimed by a group demanding that Berlin sever official ties with the Ukrainian government. The attack, against which counter-measures were taken, had left the sites periodically inaccessible since 10 a.m. (0900 GMT), her spokesman Steffen Seibert said. "Our service provider's data centre is under a severe attack that has apparently been caused by a variety of external systems," he told a news conference when asked if Ukrainian hackers were responsible. ...


Militants planning mass casualty attacks against West

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 05:10 PM PST

An undated picture obtained in London on March 28, 2013, shows Andrew Parker, the head of British domestic spy agency MI5London (AFP) - The head of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 warned on Thursday that militant Islamists in Syria were planning "mass casualty attacks" in the West and that intelligence services may be powerless to stop them.


Brothers sought in French attack were on US no-fly list

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 05:07 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — Two brothers are suddenly the most wanted men in France, suspected of the armed onslaught on a newspaper office that claimed a dozen lives and horrified this country and much of the world.

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

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 05:02 PM PST

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Long lines formed in the capital Thursday and voter turnout was heavy in Sri Lanka's Tamil heartland as President Mahinda Rajapaksa faced his toughest electoral challenge in years, with a former ally trying to unseat the leader who crushed a brutal Tamil insurgency and amassed immense power for himself and his family. Some voters were prevented from casting ballots in the Tamil-dominated north, according to the Center for Monitoring Election Violence, and there were a handful of incidents of isolated violence, but no injuries were reported. Results were expected to be announced Friday.

Sri Lanka opposition candidate takes early lead in presidential vote

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:39 PM PST

Presidential candidate Sirisena waves at his supporters as he leaves after casting his vote for the presidential election, in PolonnaruwaBy Shihar Aneez COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan opposition candidate for the presidency took a strong lead over incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa in early results announced from the vote count after Thursday's election. The Department of Elections said results from 11 of the country's 160 polling divisions plus a large number of postal votes gave Mithripala Sirisena a lead of 56.5 percent against 42 percent for Rajapaksa, who is seeking a third term as president. "We don't have any good news. It is all bad news," said a senior government official and close ally of Rajapaksa, declining to be ...


Lawyer: FBI ends probe of Connecticut man's disappearance

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:38 PM PST

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — FBI officials have told relatives of a man who disappeared during his honeymoon cruise in 2005 that they have ended their investigation of the case, the family's lawyer said Thursday.

US farmers will push Congress to end embargo on Cuba

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:34 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2014 file photo, pumpkins are harvested for the Libby's pumpkin cannery, which makes more than 80 percent of all canned pumpkin eaten in the United States, in Morton, Ill. At least 30 American food and agriculture companies and associations say they will push Congress to end the trade embargo the United States imposed on Cuba in 1962. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 30 food and agriculture American companies and associations announced Thursday they will push Congress to end the embargo the United States imposed on Cuba in 1962.


Obama pays respects at French Embassy after Paris attack

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:29 PM PST

French Ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud, left, looks on as President Barack Obama signs a condolences book during a visit to the French Embassy, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Washington. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, killing at least 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest postwar terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring that "terror is no match for freedom," President Barack Obama paid his respects Thursday at the French Embassy in Washington following the Paris terrorist attack that left a dozen people dead at a newspaper office.


Balloon pilots wait out weather for record attempt

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:23 PM PST

FILE- In this Oct. 8, 2014 file photo, Albuquerque pilot Troy Bradley announces plans to fly across the Pacific Ocean with fellow pilot Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia as part of an effort to break a pair of long-distance and duration records that have stood for more than three decades, during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. A patch of rough weather over the Pacific Ocean has forced the two veteran pilots to delay the launch of their helium-filled balloon. Bradley of the U.S. and colleague Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia had planned to lift off from Saga, Japan. While flying conditions were just about perfect between Japan and Hawaii, forecasts called for deteriorating weather after that, which could hamper the record attempt and put the pilots in danger. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — A patch of rough weather over the Pacific Ocean has forced two veteran pilots trying to break a pair of records to delay the launch of their helium-filled balloon.


French police detain 9 in massive hunt for 2 suspects

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:20 PM PST

Women light candles to commemorate the victims killed in an attack at the Paris offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in front of the French Embassy in Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of the 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/Markus Schreiber)PARIS (AP) — Police SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaida sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of a satirical French weekly that spoofed Islam, honing in Thursday on a region north of Paris as the nation mourned the dozen slain.


Peru's Fujimori convicted of corruption in fifth trial

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST

Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori, photographed through a glass window, attends the final sentencing of his embezzlement trial, at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Fujimori, who is already serving 25 years following previous convictions, is being tried for allegedly diverting government funds to finance newspapers that backed his successful run for a third term. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)LIMA, Peru (AP) — A three-judge panel in Peru convicted jailed former President Alberto Fujimori on Thursday of funneling more than $40 million in public funds to tabloid newspapers that smeared his opponents during his 2000 re-election campaign.


Boston will be American bidder for 2024 Olympics

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012 file photo, the Boston city skyline is illuminated at dusk as it reflects off the waters of Boston Harbor. 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. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)DENVER (AP) — U.S. Olympic leaders surprisingly cast their future with Boston, hoping a compact, college-centric bid will overshadow the city's organized protest group and convince international voters to bring the Summer Games to America after a 28-year gap.


Record-breaking cold closes U.S. schools, sends penguins inside

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

A man walks past the ice-covered Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain, in frigid temperatures in Bryant Park in the Manhattan borough of New York CityBy Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - Record-breaking cold that gripped the U.S. East and Midwest on Thursday snarled travel, shut schools, filled homeless shelters and even led to zoo penguins being ordered inside. Snow expected to accumulate to 3 feet (1 meter) deep was falling in upstate New York near Watertown, and snow already blanketing South Dakota was whipped by winds into a "ground blizzard" that made driving treacherous, said meteorologist Dan Petersen of the National Weather Service. ...


Seismic series prompts Dallas suburb to examine emergency plans

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:01 PM PST

By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - Seismologists installed more earthquake-monitoring devices in the Dallas suburb of Irving on Thursday as officials examined contingency plans after a series of temblors raised concerns for the area near the former Dallas Cowboys football stadium. The quakes this week did not cause any major damage or injuries, but were unusual in the area that is relatively free from significant seismic events. ...

Suspect sought in Paris attack had trained in Yemen: sources

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:56 PM PST

This photo provided by The Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, Jan.8, 2015 shows the suspects Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi in the newspaper attack along with a plea for witnesses. Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to al-Qaida, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammed. France began a day of national mourning for what its president called "an act of exceptional barbarism. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of two brothers suspected of carrying out the deadly shooting at a French satirical weekly visited Yemen in 2011 to train with al Qaeda-affiliated militants, U.S. and European sources close to the investigation said on Thursday. The sources said Said Kouachi, 34, was in Yemen for a number of months training with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), one of the group's most active affiliates. ...


Mexico holding 13 police officers in journalist's kidnapping

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:52 PM PST

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities held 13 police officers for investigation Thursday in the disappearance of kidnapped journalist Moises Sanchez and awaited the results of DNA tests on a body found in the area to determine if it is him.

Britain boosts ports security after French attack

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:49 PM PST

Armed patrols have been stepped up at British ports serving France and at the Eurostar terminal at London's St Pancras stationLondon (AFP) - Britain has stepped up security at ports serving France following the Islamist massacre in Paris, officials said Thursday, as the MI5 intelligence agency offered French counterparts its "full support".


Dissidents free but questions hang over US-Cuba deal

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:48 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) — At least 25 dissidents were free Thursday in what a leading human rights advocate said was part of Cuba's deal with Washington to release 53 members of the island's political opposition.


American to face trial in Guatemala adoption case

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:46 PM PST

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan court has ordered an American woman to stand trial on charges of participating in illegal adoptions.

3 dead in tourist catamaran wreck off Costa Rica

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:40 PM PST

Tourists who were rescued after a catamaran sank off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica are escorted from a Coast Guard station into a bus, in the port of Caldera, Costa Rica, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. The catamaran carrying foreign tourists was on a pleasure cruise when it capsized, emergency officials said. The boat that was on a day trip to the popular Tortuga Island, sank about 9 miles off the country's Pacific Coast. (AP Photo/Enrique Martinez)SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A catamaran carrying dozens of foreign tourists on a pleasure cruise capsized off Costa Rica on Thursday, killing three people, emergency officials said.


Obama visits French embassy to pay respects after Paris attack

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:37 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the French Embassy in Washington on Thursday to pay his respects and express solidarity with the French people after a deadly attack on a satirical newspaper in Paris. Shortly after returning from a trip to Phoenix, Obama rode in his motorcade to the embassy to sign a condolences book. He was joined there by the French ambassador, Gerard Araud. Obama wrote in the book that he extended U.S. sympathy and solidarity to the French people following Wednesday's attack at the Charlie Hebdo weekly in which 12 people were ...

Islamic State targeted in 13 strikes by U.S., allies: U.S. military

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:26 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 13 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in the past two days, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Thursday. In Syria, five strikes by fighter and bomber aircraft near the city of Kobani hit fighting positions and a staging area while another near Al Hasakah hit crude oil pumps and well heads. ...

Israeli general says not worried by Palestinian move to join ICC

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:25 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel's top military officer said on Thursday he was disappointed rather than worried about a Palestinian move to join the International Criminal Court, calling it unnecessary because Israel could investigate complaints itself. Lieutenant General Benjamin Gantz, the chief of the Israel Defense Forces general staff, also said he was convinced the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was the warplane of the future for the IDF, despite criticism of its costs and capabilities. "It's true it is very expensive," Gantz said. ...

EPL says Lampard under contract at Man City, not NY City

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:22 PM PST

Manchester City's Frank Lampard, centre left, attempts to take the ball past Sheffield Wednesday's Glenn Loovens, right, during their English FA Cup third round soccer match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Jon Super)LONDON (AP) — The English Premier League added to the mystery over Frank Lampard's status on Thursday by confirming he is under contract at Manchester City and does not have a formal deal with partner club New York City FC.


Troubled Beale signs 1-year extension with Australian rugby

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:21 PM PST

SYDNEY (AP) — Controversial back Kurtley Beale has signed a one-year contract extension with the Australian Rugby Union which will take him through until after this year's Rugby World Cup.

SW Indiana fertilizer plant not seeking state incentives

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:19 PM PST

MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (AP) — A Pakistani-backed company planning to build a $2.6 billion fertilizer plant in southwestern Indiana announced Thursday it has withdrawn its request for state economic incentives.

2nd selfie emerges in investigation of Guam officer's photos

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:15 PM PST

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Another photograph that appears to show a Guam police detective posing with a crime suspect has surfaced.

Footballer convicted of rape: 'Mob rule' stopped Oldham deal

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:05 PM PST

FILE - This is a Nov. 2, 2009 file photo of British soccer player Ched Evans. Evan's is an experienced soccer player and wants to play _ but it's beginning to look as if public opinion in Britain may prevent forward Ched Evans from ever resuming his professional soccer career. Evans, 26, is out on probation after serving prison time for raping a 19-year-old in his hotel room in 2011. Yet public reaction to his possible return to the nation's favorite sport is becoming more and more vehement. (AP Photo'Anna Gowthorpe/PA, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUTLONDON (AP) — Ched Evans, the soccer player trying to revive his career after a rape conviction, blamed "mob rule tactics" for forcing English club Oldham to abandon plans to sign him on Thursday.


US-Cuba talks in Havana set for Jan. 21-22

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:02 PM PST

Children's shadows are cast on a Cuban national flag as they take part in a caravan tribute marking the 56th anniversary of the original street party that greeted a triumphant Castro and his rebel army, in Regla, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Castro and his rebels arrived in Havana via caravan on the first week of January 1959, after toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista. The revolutionary leader and former president has not spoken publicly on the historic Dec. 17th US-Cuba detente. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States later this month is sending its highest level delegation to Cuba in decades for talks on migration and normalizing ties.


Neymar, Messi help Barcelona rout Elche 5-0 in Copa del Rey

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:02 PM PST

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, gestures after scoring against Elche during a round of 16 first leg Copa del Rey soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)MADRID (AP) — Barcelona set aside its off-field troubles and put on a show in which Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scored in a 5-0 route of Elche in a Copa del Rey last-16, first-leg match on Thursday.


Texas seismologists investigate quakes near old Cowboys stadium

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:43 PM PST

Texas Stadium, former home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, is demolished in Irving, TexasBy Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - (This story corrects paragraphs seven, removing reference to Exxon Mobil's XTO unit, which does not have operations in Irving.) Seismologists installed a new earthquake-monitoring device in the Dallas suburb of Irving this week after a series of minor temblors rocked an area near the site of the former Dallas Cowboys football stadium. Irving was shaken by nine quakes on Tuesday and into Wednesday, including three measuring magnitude 3.6, 3.5, and 3.1, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ...


Targeting family, China pressures US-based Uighur journalist

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:38 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Shohret Hoshur left China 20 years ago, fearing for his safety after authorities branded him a separatist for his critical coverage of the plight of his fellow ethnic Uighurs. Now based in Washington, Hoshur says Chinese authorities have adopted another tactic to get him off the airwaves — pressuring his family.

Company: Nicaragua canal to create 25,000 local jobs

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:38 PM PST

FILE - In this June 14, 2013 file photo, President Daniel Ortega, left, and Chinese businessman Wang Jing hold up a concession agreement for the construction of a multibillion-dollar canal at the Casa de los Pueblos in Managua. The Chinese company granted a concession to build and operate a transoceanic canal across Nicaragua said Thursday, Jan. 8, 2014, that the project will create jobs for 25,000 Nicaraguans and 25,000 more for foreigners. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A planned $50 billion transoceanic canal across Nicaragua will create jobs for 25,000 Nicaraguans and 25,000 more for foreigners, says the Chinese company granted a concession to build and operate the waterway.


2 Puerto Rico sites chosen for US conservation program

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 02:36 PM PST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government has selected two sites in Puerto Rico that will receive additional resources and protection as part of a federal conservation program.

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