2015年8月18日星期二

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Europe struggles to respond as migrants numbers rise threefold

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 11:04 AM PDT

A migrant woman hugs her children, moments after arriving on a dinghy on the Greek island of KosBy Robert-Jan Bartunek BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More than three times as many migrants were tracked entering the European Union by irregular means last month than a year ago, official data showed on Tuesday, many of them landing on Greek islands after fleeing conflict in Syria. While the increase recorded by the European Union's border control agency Frontex may be partly due to better monitoring, it highlighted the scale of a crisis that has led to more than 2,000 deaths this year as desperate migrants take to rickety boats. Italian police said they had arrested eight suspected human traffickers that they said had reportedly forced migrants to stay in the hold of a fishing boat in the Mediterranean as 49 of them suffocated on engine fumes.


Thai authorities focus on suspect seen in CCTV footage at blast site

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 09:29 AM PDT

Handout still image taken from CCTV footage shows a man who has been named as a suspect in Monday's bomb blast, in Bangkok, ThailandBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aukkarapon Niyomyat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities said on Tuesday they were looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near a popular shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, nearly half of them foreigners. The government said the attack during Monday's evening rush hour in Bangkok's commercial hub was aimed at destroying the economy. Major-General Werachon Sukhondhapatipak said there were similarities between Monday's deadly blast and the smaller, Tuesday explosion, but added the authorities had not established links between the two.


Iraq's Maliki rejects blame for fall of Mosul

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 12:24 PM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister al-Maliki speaks during an interview with Reuters in BaghdadBy Ahmed Rasheed and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iraq's former prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, on Tuesday denounced as worthless a parliamentary report which blamed him and others for the fall of Mosul to Islamic State last year and called for them to be referred to the judiciary. "There is no value to the results that came out of the parliamentary investigation committee", Maliki said on Facebook in his first public comments since the report was released on Sunday and referred to the public prosecutor on Monday. Maliki, whose website says he has been in Iran since Friday, said political differences in the panel compromised its objectivity.


Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemeni port, aid group sounds alarm

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 09:30 AM PDT

Worker walk on debris following an air strike on Yemen's Hodeida portWarplanes from a Saudi-led coalition hit Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeida on Tuesday, and officials there said the raids destroyed cranes and warehouses in the main entry point for aid supplies to the north of the country. Hodeida, controlled by Iranian-allied Houthi forces, has become a focal point of efforts to resupply the impoverished Arab state, battered by five months of war that has killed over 4,300 people. "The bombing of Hodeida port is the final straw ... The impact of these latest air strikes will be felt most strongly by innocent children and families," he added.


Ukrainian, French, German, leaders to meet Monday in Berlin

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 10:24 AM PDT

A man cries as he inspects debris while standing outside his damaged house which according to locals was caused by recent shelling in DonetskThe leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine are to meet in Berlin on Monday in a bid to bring an end to a new wave of violence in Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blamed the Ukrainian government for the latest upsurge in fighting between Kiev's forces and Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country. The clashes, near the port of Mariupol in the southeast and at rebel-held Horlivka, further frayed an increasingly tenuous ceasefire as Ukraine prepared to mark its Independence Day next week.


Turkey faces fractious interim rule as PM gives up on forming new govt

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 12:29 PM PDT

Turkey's Prime Minister Davutoglu speaks during a news conference at his ruling AK Party headquarters in Ankara, TurkeyBy Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu formally ended attempts to form the next government on Tuesday after weeks of coalition talks failed, raising the prospect of a fractious interim administration leading the country to a new election. Davutoglu officially handed the mandate back to President Tayyip Erdogan at an evening meeting in the capital Ankara, Erdogan's office said in a statement. NATO member Turkey has not seen this level of political uncertainty since the fragile coalition governments of the 1990s - turmoil it could do without as it takes on a frontline role in the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State insurgents in Syria and battles Kurdish militants at home.


Boston Olympics organizers: Report didn't analyze details

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:59 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — The organizers of Boston's failed bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics are disputing a state-funded consultants' report that says they underestimated costs and could have left taxpayers on the hook for significant overruns.

Doctors say Guatemala ex-dictator Rios Montt has dementia

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2015 file photo, Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt arrives on a gurney wearing sunglasses to court where he faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in Guatemala City. A Guatemalan court overseeing the genocide case against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt has heard testimony Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, that he suffers from dementia. (AP Photo/Luis Soto, File)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Members of a medical team that evaluated Guatemalan former dictator Efrain Rios Montt reported Tuesday that he suffers from dementia as a court considers whether he is fit for trial on genocide and human rights charges.


Rogic, Kruse, Luongo back in Australia squad for qualifiers

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:52 PM PDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has boosted his attacking strength with the recall of Celtic midfielder Tom Rogic, Bayer Leverkusen forward Robbie Kruse and Queens Park Rangers' Massimo Luongo for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh and Tajikistan.

New Zealand towns on edge as police hunt for armed suspects

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:49 PM PDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A manhunt in New Zealand has prompted schools to close and put several towns on edge after police say a group of five suspects shot at them and stole a police car before disappearing.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:33 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stopped short of offering a personal apology for Japan's role in World War II but his recent 70th anniversary statement could still help improve fragile relations with South Korea, leading U.S. experts said Tuesday. Washington is keen for its two main allies in Asia overcome sharp differences on historical issues that have poisoned their relationship. Since taking office in late 2012, Abe, a nationalist, has been accused of trying to whitewash Japanese wartime atrocities.

U.S. military probe of Afghan shooting found Bales' camp had lax discipline

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:31 PM PDT

Handout photo of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales at Fort IrwinBy David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The month before he killed 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage, Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales bloodied the nose of an Afghan truck driver in an assault that was not reported to his camp commanders, according to a report released on Tuesday. The assault, and the failure to report it to senior officers, was one of several signs that the post where Bales served in Afghanistan was suffering from "low standards of personal conduct and discipline," said the military's administrative investigation of the 2012 shooting incident. The week before the shootings, Bales used steroids while on a mission and one fellow non-commissioned officer was worried about his erratic behavior, but those concerns were not passed on to camp leadership, the report said.


Prince Harry to visit US, South Africa and Lesotho

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:24 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry talks to a group of soldiers from the Brigade of Gurkhas at a reception prior to the Gurkha 200 pageant in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London on June 9, 2015Prince Harry is to visit the United States, South Africa and Lesotho later this year on official visits, Kensington Palace announced on Tuesday. The fifth in line to the throne is to visit South Africa and the kingdom of Lesotho at the end of November and start of December. "I am delighted to be welcoming Prince Harry on an official visit to South Africa and Lesotho later this year," said Judith Macgregor, Britain's High Commissioner to South Africa.


Coastal Carolina basketball team visits Cuba

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2015, file photo, Coastal Carolina coach Cliff Ellis poses after cutting the net at the end of the Big South Conference Championship NCAA college basketball game against Winthrop, in Conway, S.C. Cliff Ellis is accustomed to making history in college basketball. He and his Coastal Carolina team got to see some up close last week during their preseason trip to Cuba, which ended with the team watching the U.S. flag raised over the American embassy for the first time in more than a half century. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Cliff Ellis' resume includes 770 victories and 10 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, and the veteran coach says watching the flag go up at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba for the first time since 1961 is one of his most memorable experiences.


Spitfires, Hurricanes mark Battle of Britain's 'Hardest Day'

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:20 PM PDT

Spitfires fly over Biggin Hill airfield south of London during a commemorative flypast marking the so-called "hardest day" of the Battle of Britain on August 18, 2015World War II aircraft including 18 Spitfires and six Hurricanes flew over southeast England on Tuesday to mark the 75th anniversary of the "hardest day" of the Battle of Britain. The planes took off from a former RAF airfield at Biggin Hill, south of London, which came under attack from the Luftwaffe on August 18, 1940 as Germany attempted to gain air superiority in advance of a planned land invasion. The date became known as the "hardest day" as the airforces recorded their greatest combined loss of aircraft on any single day of the Battle of Britain, which took place from July to October 1940.


England eyes one final humiliation of Australia

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:13 PM PDT

Australia captain Michael Clarke, centre, smiles during the nets session at The Oval cricket ground in London Tuesday Aug. 18, 2015. The fifth and final Test of the current Ashes series begins on Thursday Aug. 20, at The Oval. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUTThere's still time for Australia to endure one final humiliation in this chastening Ashes series.


Mexico questions officials in journalist, activist killings

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:09 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Investigators began interviewing more top officials in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz on Tuesday about the recent killing of a photojournalist, an activist and three other women in the Mexican capital.

Depay double rescues Man United in 3-1 win over Bruges

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:08 PM PDT

Manchester United's Memphis Depay, left, is tackled by Brugge's Ruud Vormer during the Champions League play-off round, first leg soccer match between Manchester United and Club Brugge at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Memphis Depay announced his arrival at Manchester United by scoring a first-half double and providing a late assist for Marouane Fellaini in a 3-1 win over Bruges in the first leg of their Champions League playoff on Tuesday.


Another Democrat opposes Iran deal, US approval still likely

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:05 PM PDT

US Senator Bob Menendez gives a speech announcing he will not support President Obama's Iran nuclear deal at Seton Hall University on August 18, 2015 in South Orange, New JerseyA second US Senate Democrat spoke out Tuesday in opposition to President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, but momentum within the party nevertheless appeared to be favoring the landmark accord. Despite Senator Robert Menendez joining a congressional chorus of disapproval of the pact, Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded that Obama likely had the votes to ensure its survival. "I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle may once again lead me to an unpopular course, but if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it," Menendez said in a speech at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.


Depay moves United closer to Champions League group stage

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:57 PM PDT

Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini, middle, is congratulated after scoring against Brugge during the Champions League play-off round, first leg soccer match between Manchester United and Club Brugge at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United may just have found a new star to fill the club's iconic No. 7 shirt.


Gunmen kill Mexican marine, wound 2 in state next to capital

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 4, 2010 file photo, a soldier stands on a poppy field, during eradication supervised by the Mexican Army on the outskirts of Morelia, Mexico. Mexican navy personnel said Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, they found and destroyed a six-acre (2.4 hectare) opium poppy plantation near the nation's capital. Poppy plantations are in Mexico are usually smaller plots located in the remote mountains of Guerrero state in the south, or the mountains of Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Durango states in the north. It is rare to find such a large plot so near the capital. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican navy officials said Tuesday that one marine was killed and two others wounded in an ambush by drug cartel gunmen in the State of Mexico, just west of Mexico City.


US Bible museum inks Israel antiquities deal

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:36 PM PDT

A section of a wall is demolished as work officially begins on the Museum of the Bible on February 12, 2015, in Washington, DCAncient artifacts that have yet to be unearthed in Israel could turn up on display in a museum dedicated to the Bible opening in Washington in 2017. Because Israel has 39 archeological digs now underway, "some of the artifacts that might be displayed... may not even have been discovered yet," it said. The Israel Antiquities Authority maintains the country's National Treasures, whose two million items include the entire Dead Sea scrolls collection.


Iberian flight makes emergency landing in Argentina

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:34 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Iberian Airlines flight with 240 people on board has made an emergency landing at Argentina's largest airport because of technical problems after hitting birds.

Acid-throwing Italian mum to see baby in prison after outcry

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:33 PM PDT

The Milan skyline is seen from the roof of the Milan Cathedral on March 22, 2010, in ItalyA woman jailed in Italy for throwing acid on her ex-boyfriend will be allowed to see her baby once a day following a public outcry, according to media reports Tuesday. Martina Levato, 23, gave birth to a son in prison at the weekend but was not even allowed to hold her baby before he was taken away on the orders of a Milan prosecutor.


Former chemical executive pleads guilty in West Virginia spill

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:29 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A former chemical company executive charged over a spill that fouled the drinking water of about 300,000 West Virginians pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors on Tuesday, according to federal court documents. Dennis Farrell, a former executive with bankrupt Freedom Industries Inc, was among four company officials charged in the January 2014 leak of a coal-washing chemical into the Elk River near Charleston. Farrell pleaded guilty to causing unlawful discharge of refuse matter and negligent violation of a permit in federal court in Charleston, the court records showed.

Bubka, Coe face off for IAAF presidency

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:26 PM PDT

Ukrainian former pole vaulting legend Sergei Bubka (L) and British track legend Sebastian Coe (R) will vie for the presidency of the IAAFAthletics greats Sergey Bubka and Sebastian Coe will vie for the presidency of world body the IAAF on Wednesday in a pivotal vote which will shape the future of the drug-tainted sport. Members of the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) 214 federations will cast their ballots at a vast convention centre in Beijing, with a result expected at about 1:00 pm (0500 GMT). The election comes just days before the start of the biennial world championships at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium, after a build-up marked by doping controversies.


Ongoing drought to cost California $2.74 billion: researchers

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:22 PM PDT

A dry ditch is seen on Gless Ranch in Kern CountyBy Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California's ongoing drought will cost the economy in the most populous U.S. state an estimated $2.74 billion in 2015 and lead to the loss of 10,000 seasonal farm jobs, despite overall health in the state's agricultural sector, researchers said. Agricultural economists at the University of California, Davis, said the drought, entering its fourth year, would impact the state more in 2015 than in 2014, when the total cost to the economy was estimated to be $2.2 billion. "If a drought of this intensity persists beyond 2015, California's agricultural production and employment will continue to erode," said co-author Josue Medellin-Azuara, a water economist with the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.


Mexico arrests suspect in 2014 killing of US motorcyclist

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:20 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Tuesday they have arrested an alleged drug gang leader they believe was responsible for the 2014 killing of a New York man who vanished while heading on his motorcycle to Brazil for the World Cup.

World Series of Beach Volleyball returns to California

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:04 PM PDT

For Kerri Walsh Jennings, the pursuit of a fourth consecutive Olympic beach volleyball gold medal resumes on her home sand.

Telecom Digicel relaunches mobile money product in Haiti

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:02 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A mobile phone network provider has relaunched a money transfer system in Haiti designed to let people get easier access to cash through their cellphones.

Mexico marks legal milestone as soldier jailed for disappearance

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:02 PM PDT

A Mexican judge on Tuesday convicted and ordered a soldier jailed in connection with the disappearance of a civilian in a northern border state, a legal milestone in a country torn by an almost decade-old war between security forces and drug gangs. The unidentified soldier was given a sentence of 31 years for the kidnapping of the victim in May 2012 in the state of Nuevo Leon, according to a statement from the federal court system. It was the first case in which a soldier was found guilty of the disappearance of a civilian.

With China funding, messaging app Kik joins unicorns

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:57 PM PDT

Canada-based smartphone messaging application Kik said it raised $50 million from Chinese Internet giant TencentThe funding vaults the firm launched by University of Waterloo students into the so-called "unicorn" club of startups with valuations over $1 billion, according to a Kik statement. With the capital, Kik aims to build a chat-based ecosystem around its base of American youth. The company says 70 percent of its 240 million registered users are between 13 and 24 years old, and that 40 percent of US teens use Kik.


Mexico sees first conviction of soldier in disappearance

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:55 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday handed down Mexico's first-ever conviction of a soldier for the disappearance of a civilian.

Dutch government to face possible no confidence vote over Greece

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:48 PM PDT

Netherlands' PM Rutte arrives at an emergency euro zone summit in BrusselsThe government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is expected to face a call for a no-confidence vote from euro-sceptic, right-wing rival Geert Wilders, when parliament debates the latest bailout program for Greece on Wednesday. During his 2012 election campaign, Rutte had vowed "not one cent more for Greece," a sentiment endorsed by Wilders, Rutte's Liberal party and most Dutch voters. Wilders has said that if the Dutch government agrees to contribute more to Greece he will submit a motion of no confidence.


Richie McCaw says retirement scares him 'a little bit'

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:42 PM PDT

New Zealand's Richie McCaw poses for the media with the Bledisloe Cup after his team's defeat of Australia during the Bledisloe Cup rugby match in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, August 15, 2015. (Ross Setford/SNPA via AP) NEW ZEALAND OUTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All Blacks captain Richie McCaw says the prospect of retirement scares him "a little bit" but he isn't yet certain he will end his international career after this year's Rugby World Cup.


US, Britain push for UN sanctions on South Sudan

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:31 PM PDT

South Sudan President Salva Kiir arrives to the John Garang Mausoleum grounds in Juba on July 9, 2015 for celebrations as part of South Sudan's fourth independence dayThe United States and Britain pushed for UN sanctions against South Sudan's government Tuesday, over its failure to sign a peace deal to end a brutal two-year civil war. South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar met a Monday deadline to sign the power-sharing agreement, but President Salva Kiir only initialed part of it and said he would return to the table in early September to finalize the accord. "There must be consequences for those who continue to stand in the way of peace," she said, calling for UN Security Council sanctions if the government does not sign the deal within 15 days.


Lazio beats Leverkusen 1-0 in Champions League playoff

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:29 PM PDT

Lazio's Keita Balde Diao, right, celebrates with his teammate Felipe Anderson after scoring during a qualifying round, first leg Champions League soccer match between Lazio and Bayer Leverkusen, at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)ROME (AP) — Lazio beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League playoff on Tuesday, with halftime substitute Keita scoring the only goal of an entertaining match.


U.S. floats U.N. sanctions to press on South Sudan peace

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:28 PM PDT

The United States on Tuesday put pressure on political leaders in South Sudan by announcing it was consulting with other countries about imposing United Nations sanctions on anyone who undermined the peace process in the war-hit east African state. Susan Rice, President Barack Obama's national security adviser, said in a statement that Washington was proposing such sanctions "if an agreement is not signed by the government within 15 days and a cease-fire is not implemented promptly by all parties." On Monday, South Sudan President Salva Kiir declined to sign a peace deal proposed by regional leaders, saying he required more time.

Raging U.S. wildfires burn homes, force evacuations, kill horses

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 02:23 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the TePee Springs fire in the Payette National Forest near Riggins, IdahoBy David Ryder and Laura Zuckerman CHELAN, Wash./SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Dozens of wildfires burning across the drought-parched U.S. Northwest on Tuesday have destroyed scores of structures, sparked evacuation orders for thousands of people, and killed at least 27 wild horses. More than 100 homes have been destroyed since Friday in Washington state, Idaho and Oregon, authorities said. About 200 U.S. soldiers have been called in to reinforce civilian firefighters battling almost 90 blazes that have blackened more than 1 million acres (400,000 hectares) across the country's arid West.


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