2015年9月11日星期五

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Exclusive: Iran to take Parchin military site samples with IAEA present - diplomats 

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 01:39 PM PDT

Ministers and officials meet during a plenary session at the United Nations building in ViennaBy John Irish and Louis Charbonneau PARIS/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations inspectors will be present with Iranian technicians as they take samples from a key military site, two Western diplomats said, undercutting an objection by U.S. Republicans to the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. The diplomats were familiar with details of a confidential arrangement between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog for inspections at the Parchin site, where some countries suspect nuclear weapons-related tests may have taken place. Iran has denied that allegation, but agreed to accept comprehensive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of its suspect sites as part of the historic July deal in exchange for an easing of international sanctions.


Hungary PM slams migrant 'rebellion', U.N. warns of millions more refugees

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 01:12 PM PDT

Migrants walk as they cross the border from Hungary to Austria in NickelsdorfBy Krisztina Than and Stephanie Nebehay BUDAPEST/GENEVA (Reuters) - Hungary's prime minister angrily accused illegal migrants on Friday of "rebelling" against the rule of law in his country as security forces across Europe struggled to control record flows of hungry, scared refugees. The United Nations called for the swift creation of large-scale reception centers in frontline states such as Hungary and Greece, and one U.N. agency warned that millions more refugees could arrive in Europe if Syria's civil war continues to rage. Many of the tens of thousands of refugees now trekking from Greece via the Balkans and Hungary towards western Europe are fleeing the Syrian war in search of sanctuary, above all in more welcoming and generous countries such as Germany and Sweden.


At least 107 killed by falling crane at Grand Mosque in Mecca

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:35 PM PDT

Crane Collapse Kills 107 At Grand Mosque In MeccaAt least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam's annual haj pilgrimage. At least 238 people were wounded, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence body said. There are no casualties left at the location," General Suleiman al-Amr, director general of the Civil Defence Authority, told al-Ikhbariya television.


Russia tells Washington: talk to us over Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:40 PM PDT

By Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia called on Friday for Washington to restart direct military-to-military cooperation to avert "unintended incidents" near Syria, at a time when U.S. officials say Moscow is building up forces to protect President Bashar al-Assad's government. The United States is leading a campaign of air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syrian air space, and a greater Russian presence would raise the prospect of the Cold War superpower foes encountering each other on the battlefield. Both Moscow and Washington say their enemy is Islamic State.

Greece's Syriza heads pre-election polls, but lead unclear

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 12:02 PM PDT

A worker hangs a banner with an image of former Greek prime minister and leader of leftist Syriza party Alexis Tsipras at the party's pre-election kiosk in AthensBy Renee Maltezou and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - Opinion polls on Friday put the leftist Syriza party of former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras ahead by margins ranging from wafer-thin to its widest yet as elections draw near. It and conservative rival New Democracy have been hard to separate in the run-up to the Sept. 20 ballot. But Friday's ProRata poll in left-leaning daily newspaper Efimerida ton Syndakton put Syriza 5 percentage points clear on 28.5 percent - the biggest lead for either of the two main parties in surveys since Aug. 28. ...


U.S.-Venezuela rapprochement rocked by Lopez sentence

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 01:44 PM PDT

File photo of opposition leader Lopez speaking to the media during a news conference in CaracasBy Alexandra Ulmer and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela accused the United States on Friday of jeopardizing a nascent rapprochement between the two ideological foes with "insolent" criticism of a 14-year jail sentence handed to opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. Coming on top of the outrage of Lopez's family and supporters following his conviction late on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington was "deeply troubled" as he called the charges "illegitimate" and urged the release of all jailed government opponents. "With its insolent meddling, the United States has kicked the timid steps achieved towards regularizing bilateral relations," Venezuela's foreign minister, Delcy Rodriguez, said via Twitter, accusing Kerry of "aggressions" and "offenses." After more than a decade of acrimonious ties and without respective ambassadors, Washington and Caracas this year began a cautious rapprochement by trying to cooperate on issues from Colombian peace talks to Haitian democracy.


Djokovic routs defending champ Cilic in US Open semifinal

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:23 PM PDT

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts after a shot from Marin Cilic, of Croatia, during a semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic is into his sixth U.S. Open final, and he knows this much: He'll be well-rested for his match against a Swiss opponent.


Sierra wildfire threatens famed giant sequoia grove in California

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:53 PM PDT

Firefighter works to save a residence as the Butte fire burns in San Andreas, CaliforniaA rapidly spreading wildfire spurred evacuations of thousands of mountain homes in California's gold-rush country on Friday as flames from a larger Sierra Nevada blaze edged close to a famed grove of giant sequoia trees in Kings Canyon National Park. Ground crews mounted an all-out defense of Grant Grove, a stand of ancient redwoods that includes the General Grant tree, one of the largest and tallest of all giant sequoias, as flames crept within a mile (1.6 km) of the area, said Paul Garnier, a spokesman for the fire command.


Mexican cave paintings restored with advice from American

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has restored a series of colorful 2,500-year-old cave paintings with help from the American archaeologist who first registered them almost 50 years ago.

A look at some big upsets in women's Grand Slam tennis

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:46 PM PDT

Roberta Vinci, of Italy, left, greets Serena Williams after winning their semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams' loss to Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals rates as one of the most significant surprises in tennis history.


In Italy, Vinci's parents celebrate on the couch in tears

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:45 PM PDT

Roberta Vinci, of Italy, reacts to the crowd after beating Serena Williams during a semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)ROME (AP) — It was late in the third set when Roberta Vinci cupped her ear with a hand, pointed to her chest and waved both arms at the pro-Serena Williams U.S. Open crowd.


Obama likely to meet Israel's Netanyahu in November, White House says

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:44 PM PDT

US President Obama listens as Israeli PM Netanyahu delivers a statement in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama will likely hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in early November, the White House said on Friday, their first meeting since U.S.-led diplomacy resulted in an Iran nuclear deal that Israel fiercely opposed. Efforts to arrange a White House visit by Netanyahu appear aimed at easing tensions between Washington and its closest Middle East ally now that Obama's Democrats in the U.S. Senate have blocked a Republican bid to derail the landmark Iran agreement. The dispute over the deal that Iran reached in July with world powers, which calls for curbs on its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, had driven an already rocky relationship between the Obama and Netanyahu governments to a new low.


Cuba, US launch normalization process

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:41 PM PDT

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban and U.S. diplomats formally launched the process of normalizing the relationship between the two countries, meeting Friday to set the agenda for talks on topics ranging from environmental cooperation to compensation for American properties confiscated by Cuba.

3 immigration detainees on hunger strike ordered force-fed

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:36 PM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge has ordered immigration authorities to force-feed three Pakistani men who are waging a hunger strike to protest the handling of their immigration cases.

Teen faces charges in attack on Sikh man in suburban Chicago

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:33 PM PDT

DARIEN, Illinois (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago teenager faces charges in an assault on a Sikh man that police are investigating as a possible hate crime.

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

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:32 PM PDT

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake has rattled the Tokyo area, knocking pictures and books from shelves, but it was not expected to cause any tsunami or major damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude 5.3 quake, which struck just before 6 a.m. local time Saturday, was centered 70 kilometers (43 miles) under the western suburb of Chofu.

Outrage as Venezuela opposition chief sentenced

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:32 PM PDT

A supporter of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez holds paper reading "Leopoldo Innocent" in Caracas on September 11, 2015Supporters rallied around the wife of Venezuela's opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday, calling for peaceful protests as he was sentenced to nearly 14 years in jail for his role in deadly anti-government demonstrations last year. The European Union joined them in denouncing a "harsh" verdict, while Washington said it was "deeply troubled" by the treatment of the US-trained economist. Seen by critics as politically motivated, the ruling is expected to fan tensions in Venezuela, where ongoing runaway inflation and shortages of basic goods fueled last year's protests against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist administration.


Mistrial for US officer who slammed Indian man to ground

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:30 PM PDT

Former Madison, Ala., police officer Eric Sloan Parker walks out of the federal courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Huntsville, Ala. Parker, accused of using excessive force against an Indian grandfather who testified he didn't understand commands given in English, says the man reached in his pockets and defied his orders. Parker took the stand in his own defense Wednesday in his federal trial. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of an Alabama police officer charged with violating an Indian man's civil rights and using unreasonable force as he slammed him to the ground.


Guatemala's rock star: Quiet jurist who took down president

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:19 PM PDT

In this Aug. 31, 2015 photo, Commissioner of the United Nations International Commission Against Impunity, Ivan Velasquez, poses for photos during an interview at the commission headquarters in Guatemala City. As head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, CICIG for its Spanish initials, he has taken the biggest swipe at entrenched corruption in the small Central American country, and landed former President Otto Perez Molina in jail on graft charges. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's newest celebrity is a tall, stoic, 60-year-old jurist with thinning hair and a gray beard, who can't walk the streets without people approaching to shake his hand or snap a photo with him.


Killed in Syria, the French football fan turned bombmaker

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:15 PM PDT

A picture provided on November 6, 2014 by the Drugeon family shows David Drugeon (R) posing with his familyFrom football matches to international jihad, the 25-year-old Frenchman David Drugeon converted as a teen to Islam and drifted toward ever more radical groups, up until his death in July in a coalition air strike in Syria. Drugeon -- by now a bombmaker for an Al-Qaeda offshoot -- was believed killed once before, in an air strike in November 2014.


Jamie Lovemark leads Web.com Tour Finals opener

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:14 PM PDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Jamie Lovemark shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Anirban Lahiri in the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Hotel Fitness Championship.

Saudis: 107 dead in crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 04:00 PM PDT

Crane collapses on the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi ArabiaRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A towering construction crane toppled over on Friday during a violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage later this month.


Glance at major hajj-related incidents in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 9, 1998 file photo, pilgrims walk past a broken umbrella left on the ground at the site of a stampede at Mina, Saudi Arabia. The stampede broke out as Muslims rushed to perform a religious duty known as "stoning the devil", where supplicants hurl stones at pillars symbolizing the temptations of Satan. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)CAIRO (AP) — Every year, millions of Muslims converge on the Saudi holy cities of Mecca and Medina for the annual hajj pilgrimage, with the massive ceremonies representing a major security and logistical challenge for the kingdom's authorities.


Column: What a letdown! Serena loses shot at Grand Slam

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:53 PM PDT

Serena Williams reacts after losing a point to Roberta Vinci, of Italy, during a semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)No one saw this coming.


The Latest on US Open: Djokovic crushes Cilic in semifinal

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:51 PM PDT

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns a shot to Marin Cilic, of Croatia, during a semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):


French train heroes: Foiling attack gives new view on 9/11

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three Americans who stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train talked about the significance of 9/11 on Friday at a festive parade hosted by their California hometown and in an interview to air on national television.

Mexico seeks house-arrest site for old drug lord

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials said Friday that Mexican prosecutors are reviewing possible house-arrest sites for Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, an 85-year-old drug lord with 10 years left to serve for the slaying of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena.

Mayweather insists Berto is last fight of perfect career

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:49 PM PDT

Boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Andre Berto pose for photographers during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Las Vegas. The pair are scheduled to fight Saturday for Mayweather's WBC and WBA Super World welterweight titles. (AP Photo/John Locher)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. insists this is it, though he may be one of only a few who really seem to believe it.


Brazil police want to question former president Silva

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:44 PM PDT

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the inauguration of a heath center in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. Lula is in Argentina for a several day visit. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday said that federal police have asked for its permission to question former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for possible involvement in the kickback scheme that has engulfed state-owned oil company Petrobras.


Cuban envoy makes 'historic' visit to US Navy ship

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:43 PM PDT

Cuban doctors in Haiti take part in a ceremony at the Admiral Killick Coast Guard station for the opening of a humanitarian mission by the US Navy Hospital-ship USNS Comfort on September 11, 2015, in Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince (AFP) - Cuba's ambassador to Haiti and five Cuban doctors made a courtesy call Friday to a US Navy hospital ship anchored off Port-au-Prince, in a sign of warming ties between Havana and Washington. US doctors aboard the USNS Comfort, which is on its fourth humanitarian mission to Haiti, will see patients from the capital and perform surgeries through September 18.


Turkey to lift curfew in cut-off Cizre

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:40 PM PDT

Members of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) argue with Turkish police forces as they try to enter Kurdish town Cizre blocked by the Turkish security forces on September 10, 2015, in SirnakTurkey on Friday said it would lift a week-long curfew in a southeastern city imposed to support a military operation against Kurdish rebels but which has also fuelled fears of a possible humanitarian crisis. The curfew in Cizre, in place since September 4, will end on Saturday at 7:00 am (0400 GMT), said the statement from Sirnak region governor Ali Ihsan Su. The operation against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants had sparked concern for Cizre's inhabitants, with reports of food running out, residents unable to seek urgent treatment and even burials impossible.


U.S., allies conduct 30 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:37 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition led by the United States bombarded Islamic State militants on Thursday with 27 air strikes in Iraq and three in Syria, according to a statement released on Friday. In Iraq, the air strikes near Tuz, Ramadi, Mosul, Fallujah and other locations hit tactical units and fighting positions and destroyed vehicles, buildings and weapons belonging to the militant group, the Combined Joint Task Force said in the statement. In Syria, two air strikes targeted Islamic State positions near Al Hawl, while one strike destroyed two excavators near Palmyra, the statement said. ...

Chile Catholic Church rocked by email scandal

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2014 file photo, Pope Francis, right, walks with Chile's Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati to a session of the synod, a two-week meeting of cardinals and bishops from around the world, at the Vatican. Private e-mails show that Ezzati exchanged messages with his predecessor, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, to try to block a victim of sex-abuse by a pedophile priest from joining the papal commission. The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile has confirmed the authenticity of the e-mails. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Catholic Church in Chile has been rocked by another scandal surrounding its most infamous pedophile.


Turkey's ruling AKP heads into congress in shadow of Erdogan

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:36 PM PDT

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in AnkaraBy Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses ANKARA (Reuters) - When Turkey's ruling AK Party convenes its three-yearly congress in the capital Ankara on Saturday, the longest shadow will be cast by a politician who, officially at least, is no longer even a member: President Tayyip Erdogan. The friction between Erdogan and the man who replaced him as head of the AKP, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, is likely to play out on Saturday as both men attempt to stack the party's committees with their own loyalists. There had been some speculation that Erdogan would push former transport minister Binali Yildirim to challenge Davutoglu as chairman of the centre-right, Islamist-rooted AKP at the congress.


Saudi bans hajj camel slaughter

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:28 PM PDT

Saudi men, wearing traditional Islamic clothes for the Hajj, ride camels in the al-Alawi market in the old city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, January 3, 2006Saudi Arabia on Friday banned the slaughter of camels during this year's hajj pilgrimage, after a surge in deaths from the MERS virus linked to the animals. Camels will not be allowed to enter the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, the Permanent Committee for Fatwa said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. Hundreds of thousands of faithful from around the world have begun to gather for the annual hajj, which is expected to begin on September 21.


Nigeria tightens security after refugee camp blast

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:26 PM PDT

Some of the 275 women and children rescued from Boko Haram during military operations leave the Malkohi camp outside the Adamawa state capital, Yola, in northeast Nigeria, on May 25, 2015Nigeria's president on Friday ordered security to be tightened at camps for people displaced by the Boko Haram conflict after seven people were killed in a bomb blast. The explosion happened at the Malkohi camp near the Adamawa state capital Yola just before 11:00 am (1000 GMT), when a homemade device left inside a tent went off, the National Emergency Management Agency said. President Muhammadu Buhari, elected earlier this year on a promise of defeating the militants, denounced the attack as "heinous and cowardly" and ordered security to be ramped up at all camps.


US captain wants Walker Cup players to have 'fun'

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:12 PM PDT

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (AP) — United States captain John 'Spider' Miller wants his team to have "fun" against Britain and Ireland in the 45th Walker Cup when the biennial amateur event starts Saturday.

AP PHOTOS: Tribe struggles for survival in Colombia.

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 03:12 PM PDT

In this Sept. 9, 2015 photo, Wayuu indigenous women walk along a dirt street in their community of Albania, Colombia. The Wayuu for centuries have dominated life on La Guajira peninsula, the northernmost tip of South America, first resisting conquest by Spain and since independence freely crossing the Colombian-Venezuelan border that arbitrarily divides clans in their ancestral homeland. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)MANAURE, Colombia (AP) — Sadness surrounded Gladis Fatima's mud house.


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