2015年9月24日星期四

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More than 700 pilgrims die in crush in worst haj disaster for 25 years

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 11:31 AM PDT

Saudi security forces block the way to an area where a stampede occurred at the camp city at Mina, near the holy city of MeccaBy Nidal al-Mughrabi MINA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage for 25 years. Saudi King Salman said he had ordered a review of haj plans after the disaster, in which two large groups of pilgrims arrived together at a crossroads in Mina, a few kilometers east of Mecca, on their way to performing the "stoning of the devil" ritual at Jamarat. Thursday's disaster was the worst to occur at the pilgrimage since July 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims suffocated in a tunnel near Mecca.


Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 01:18 PM PDT

Obama meets with Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in EnniskillenBy Roberta Rampton and Denis Dyomkin WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House disagreed on Thursday over the top priority for the talks. The White House insisted the meeting would focus on eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed forces are fighting the Kiev government, prompting tough sanctions that have damaged Russia's economy. Moscow, however, said the main focus would be on Syria, where Russia has built up its military forces in recent weeks with combat aircraft, tanks and other equipment in support of President Bashar al-Assad.


Lack of EU migrant strategy reignites Serbia-Croatia tensions

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 08:17 AM PDT

Migrants carry an elderly woman as they walk on a field, after they crossed the border with Serbia, near Tovarnik, CroatiaBy Zoran Radosavljevic and Matt Robinson ZAGREB/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Former Yugoslav foes Serbia and Croatia traded embargoes and insults on Thursday in the latest fallout from Europe's failure to agree a comprehensive response to the tide of migrants streaming north through the Balkans. After weeks of recrimination and buck-passing, a summit on Wednesday did produce a glimmer of political unity between EU states on measures to help the refugees closer to home, or at least register their asylum requests as soon as they enter the European Union. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the European leader who has done most to welcome refugees, told her parliament that the EU was "still a long way from where we must get to".


IS suicide bomber dressed as a woman kills 10 at Yemen Houthi mosque

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 11:42 AM PDT

Man shouts as he carries a boy injured by a shell that landed in a residential area during fighting between Houthi militants and pro-government militants in Yemen's southwestern city of TaizBy Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - At least 10 Muslim worshippers performing Eid al-Adha prayers were killed on Thursday when an Islamic State suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up at a mosque run by Yemen's Houthi group, security sources said. In northern Yemen, residents said warplanes from the Arab coalition conducting air raids against the Houthis struck a house in Hajjah province, killing six members of the same family, including four children. Islamic State's branch in Yemen said the attack at al-Balili mosque, just outside the Old City of Sanaa, had killed or wounded dozens of "rejectionists".


Warring sides in Syria reach agreement on two villages, border town, sources say

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 01:23 PM PDT

Civilians rush away from a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Kafruma village in the southern countryside of Idlib, SyriaWarring sides in Syria have agreed with U.N. help on a deal to extricate one group of rebel fighters and another group of trapped villagers, sources familiar with the talks said on Thursday. The deal was reached in talks backed by Iran, which supports the Syrian government, and Turkey, which supports the rebels. Syria's four-year civil war has killed an estimated 250,000 people and driven more than 11 million from their homes.


Snowden launches push for global privacy treaty

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 01:30 PM PDT

American whistleblower Snowden via video link from Moscow regarding International Treaty on the Right to Privacy, Protection Against Improper Surveillance and Protection of Whistleblowers in New YorkFugitive former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden on Thursday backed a push for an international treaty on privacy rights, protection against improper surveillance and of whistleblowers as he said more countries are trying to boost spying powers. Speaking via video conference from Russia, which granted him asylum in 2013 after he leaked details of mass U.S. surveillance programs, Snowden said mass spying was a global problem that needs a global response. "We have to have a discussion, we have to come forward with proposals to go 'how do we assert what our rights are, traditionally and digitally and to ensure that we can not just enjoy them, but we can protect them," Snowden said.


Magnitude 6.6 underwater earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:19 PM PDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 6.6-magnitude quake hit Indonesian waters early Friday, panicking people and several houses were reported damage but no immediate reports of casualties, officials said.

Pope, after blunt talk to Congress, thanks nuns in New York

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:14 PM PDT

Pope Francis, accompanied by, from left, Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to the crowd from the Speaker's Balcony on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, after his address to a joint meeting of Congress making him the first pontiff in history to do so. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis plunged into the melting pot of New York on Thursday after reminding the country of its immigrant origins in the first papal speech before Congress. At an evening prayer service in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Francis thanked American nuns for their strength and courage in a deeply meaningful acknowledgement of their service following a years-long Vatican crackdown.


Japan inflation flat in August, weighed by low oil prices

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:14 PM PDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan reports that its inflation rate remained flat in August, as low oil prices slowed progress toward the government's 2 percent target.

USOC leaders grateful to Los Angeles for 2nd chance at 2024

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2012, file photo, Scott Blackmun discusses with the media an agreement between the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee at the SportAccord conference in Quebec City. Blackmun, the leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee, blamed Boston's aborted attempt to bid for the 2024 Olympics on a lack of public support that forced him to eat a big slice of humble pie. Blackmun gave his most candid public comments yet about the ups and downs of the bid process at the annual gathering of the U.S. Olympic Assembly. (Francis Vachon/The Canadian Press via AP, File)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee compared the choice of Boston as a bidder for the 2024 Olympics to Seattle's choice to pass the ball at the goal line at the end of the Super Bowl last season.


Chinese billionaire in US custody 20 years after scandal

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:11 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the world's wealthiest people — a Chinese real estate mogul at the center of a Democratic campaign fundraising scandal two decades ago — has been grounded from his fleet of private planes and stripped of his $200,000 watch after his incarceration without bail in Manhattan as U.S. investigators probe where his money goes.

Interview: UN nuke chief pushback against Iran probe critics

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:10 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, file photo, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano, of Japan, addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. Amano pushed back on Thursday, Sept. 24, against critics questioning the wisdom of letting Iranian experts take samples meant to help determine whether their own country clandestinely worked in the past on atomic arms, saying he is convinced the process was faultless. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency pushed back on Thursday against critics questioning the wisdom of letting Iranian experts take samples meant to help determine whether their own country clandestinely worked in the past on atomic arms, saying he is convinced the process was faultless.


Pope calls US nuns 'women of strength' after Vatican inquiry

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:05 PM PDT

Nuns looks at Pope Francis as he enters St. Patrick's Cathedral to lead an evening prayer service Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis made a rousing show of gratitude for American nuns on Thursday while thanking clergy for persevering through the priest sex abuse scandal, seemingly intent on moving the U.S. church beyond recent crises.


Seminary puts pope-inspired beer on tap for Francis' stay

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:04 PM PDT

This graphic provided by the Philadelphia Brewing Company, shows the label of a beer called Holy Wooder. The beer was inspired by Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia. The brewery says it has delivered a half-keg of its playfully named Holy Wooder to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia says it's a fun way for seminarians to celebrate the pope's visit. (Katy Loringer /Philadelphia Brewing Co. via AP)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It started out as a lark inspired by the frenzy over Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia: a limited-run beer for the local bars with a playful name and a label showing the pontiff raising a gold-hued goblet of the stuff.


Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has invested more time building personal ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping than with most other world leaders. But as Xi arrives in Washington late Thursday for a grand state visit, it's clear that Obama's overtures have produced decidedly mixed results. During intimate walks and hours of private discussion around the world, Obama and Xi forged a historic breakthrough to combat climate change and collaborated on efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program. But there's been little progress on a pair of vexing security issues that will be at the forefront of their latest round of discussions: China's cyberspying in the U.S. and its disputed territorial claims in the Asian Pacific.

US cautions Russia against fanning flames of Syria war

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 05:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday that he would talk to his Russian counterpart again about Moscow's military intentions in Syria, but cautioned that if the Russians insist on fighting the Islamic State without simultaneously pursuing a political solution to Syria's civil war they will be "pouring gasoline" on the conflict.

German sniper gets 20 years in case that targeted US agent

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:56 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A former German Army sniper was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday after he was caught in a sting operation that tested whether ex-soldiers would kill a federal agent.

The Latest: Pope praises nuns for their 'spirit of courage'

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:55 PM PDT

Pope Francis reaches out to 5th grader Omodele Ojo, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, as he is greeted while arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Pool)NEW YORK (AP) — Latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local:


Obama's personal ties with Xi yield mixed policy results

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:54 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, walk on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, heading for a private dinner at the Blair House, across the street from the White House. Xi arrived in Washington late Thursday for a State Visit. Obama has invested more time building personal ties with the Chinese president than with most other world leaders. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has invested more time building personal ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping than with most other world leaders. But as Xi arrives in Washington late Thursday for a grand state visit, it's clear that Obama's overtures have produced decidedly mixed results.


US Border Patrol agent is indicted in 2012 fatal shooting

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2014, file photo, Araceli Rodriguez handles a rosary during a news conference in Nogales, Mexico, that belonged to her son Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, pictured behind her, who was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol agent in October 2012. Federal authorities have charged a U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a Mexican teenager in a cross-border shooting with second-degree murder. Luis Parra, the attorney for the mother of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, told The Associated Press that a federal grand jury on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, indicted agent Lonnie Swartz. (Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star via AP,File) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; GREEN VALLEY NEWS OUT; MANDATORY CREDITTUCSON, Arizona (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Mexican teen is one of only three agents to face murder charges in more than 20 years.


Experts question safety of Essure device linked to pain

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT

This product image provided by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. shows the birth control implant called Essure. Federal medical experts on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 said it will take a closer look at a host of problems reported with Essure, including chronic pain, bleeding, headaches and allergic reactions. (Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. via AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — A 13-year-old birth control implant came under new scrutiny Thursday as federal health experts discussed a host of problems reported by women implanted with the metallic device, including chronic pain, bleeding and fatigue.


Mexico to create new prosecutor for country's disappeared

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:46 PM PDT

Portraits of some of the 43 missing teacher's college students are depicted on an Amnesty International billboard erected inside a protest camp where relatives were rallying, in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. Days ahead of the one year anniversary of the Ayotzinapa students' disappearance on Sept. 26, 2014, parents and relatives began a 43 hour protest fast. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto told the families of 43 students who disappeared a year ago in southern Mexico during a meeting Thursday that he would create a new special prosecutor for all of the country's thousands of missing people.


Pope expresses solidarity with Muslims after stampede

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:43 PM PDT

Pope Francis waves as he approaches St Patrick's Cathedral to lead evening prayers in New York on September 24, 2015Pope Francis on Thursday used his first public remarks since arriving in New York to express solidarity with Muslims after a devastating stampede in Saudi Arabia. "I want to express the closeness of the church in the face of the tragedy people suffered in Mecca," said the pontiff at the start of his homily during prayers at St Patrick's Cathedral. Pope Francis arrived in New York on the second leg of his six-day US tour, and was greeted by cheering crowds of thousands who lined Fifth Avenue to catch a glimpse of him in his Popemobile.


UN: Agencies, major NGOs ordered out of Ukraine's Luhansk

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:31 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations humanitarian chief said Thursday he is alarmed that U.N. agencies have been ordered out of eastern Ukraine's separatist-controlled Luhansk region by the "de facto authorities" there.

Pope glides through New York to rock-star welcome

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:28 PM PDT

Pope Francis (C) arrives at St Patrick's Cathedral to lead evening prayers in New York on September 24, 2015New York (AFP) - Pope Francis proceeded down New York's Fifth Avenue cheered by thousands in a rock-star welcome on the second leg of his US tour Thursday after making an historic address to Congress.


Pro-Moscow rebels order UN to leave east Ukraine stronghold

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:21 PM PDT

A militant of the self-proclaimed "People's Republic of Donetsk" stands guard before a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on February 21, 2015 in the Frunze, near LuganskPro-Russian rebels have ordered UN agencies working in the separatist stronghold of Lugansk in east Ukraine to leave the area by Friday, the UN aid chief said. Several international non-governmental organizations have separately been told to leave Lugansk by Saturday, Stephen O'Brien said in a statement Thursday. Pro-Russian leaders said earlier they had banned 10 Western relief groups including Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for "gave violations" of laws.


No plans for Obama-Rouhani meeting in New York: White House

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 04:02 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks on September 24, 2015 in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, DCUS President Barack Obama has no plans to meet Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during the UN General Assembly next week in New York, the White House said Thursday. "We currently do not have any plans for a meeting with President Rouhani and we are really not expecting one," said Ben Rhodes, a senior Obama foreign policy aide. The UN General Assembly will mark the first time the two leaders will be in the same venue since the historic July 14 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers -- Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany -- ended a 13-year standoff over the Islamic republic's nuclear program.


Massimo Giorgetti makes Pucci debut

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:56 PM PDT

Models wear ccreations for Fendi women's spring-summer 2016 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN (AP) — Milan designers looked to the sea and the forest for inspiration for warm weather looks being previewed during Milan Fashion Week.


Obama agrees to meet Putin after 'repeated requests'

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:39 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) and US President Barack Obama are seen arriving at the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in 2014US President Barack Obama appeared to pause a two-year effort to isolate Vladimir Putin Thursday, agreeing to what the White House said were "repeated requests" for a meeting. The Kremlin and White House said the two leaders will have their first formal meeting in two years on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, although they gave differing views as to whether the talks will center around Syria or Ukraine.


Conflict-hit Mali names new government

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:33 PM PDT

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, seen in Algiers on August 30, 2015, replaced key security and justice posts in the governmentMali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita named a new government on Thursday, with cabinet members replaced in the key security and justice posts in the conflict-hit west African nation. Prime Minister Modibo Keita's second cabinet since his appointment in January, announced by presidential decree, has 31 members in addition to the premier, against 29 in the previous administration. Salif Traore, a former regional governor, takes over the security and civil protection portfolio from Sada Samake while Sanogo Aminata Malle, a magistrate, becomes justice minister, replacing Mamadou Diarra.


AP Photos: Pope visits Congress, homeless

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:30 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, Pope Francis arrives to celebrate an outdoor Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, to canonize Junipero Serra. (L'Osservatore Romano Pool Photo/ANSA via AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — Pope Francis visited the nation's capital on Thursday, becoming the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress and calling on the lawmakers to help immigrants "and embrace the stranger in our midst."


Obama and Cameron discuss refugees, Syria

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:27 PM PDT

Britain's Prime minister David Cameron talks to journalists as he arrives to attend an European Union emergency summit on the migration crisis at the EU Headquarters in Brussels, September 23, 2015US President Barack Obama and British premier David Cameron spoke by telephone about refugees fleeing Syria and the need for a political transition, Cameron's office said on Thursday. "Their discussions focused on the situation in Syria," a statement from Cameron's office said.


England, Wales meet in first can't-miss RWC pool match

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:17 PM PDT

England's Sam Burgess passes out of the tackily by Fiji's Talemaitoga Tuapati during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match between England and Fiji at Twickenham stadium in London, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)LONDON (AP) — After a buildup dominated by talk of who's playing and who isn't, England and Wales must smell blood in the water of the first too-big-to-miss pool match of the Rugby World Cup.


Novartis launches discount program for chronic disease drugs

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:14 PM PDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Novartis plans to sell medications for heart disease, diabetes and other non-infectious diseases for just $1 per month's supply in poor countries.

Saturday's lineups at the Rugby World Cup

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:13 PM PDT

Saturday's lineups at the Rugby World Cup:

No margin for error from Springboks at Rugby World Cup

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:13 PM PDT

South Africa's Victor Matfield, left, and Jean de Villiers during a training session at the University of Birmingham, England Monday Sept. 21, 2015 as they prepare for their next Rugby World Cup match against Samoa. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUTBefore the Rugby World Cup, South Africa would have viewed Saturday's game against Samoa as an opportunity to stamp its authority on Pool B and virtually seal its place in the quarterfinals.


All Blacks labor to beat lowly Namibia 58-14 in RWC

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:12 PM PDT

New Zealand's Nehe Milner-Skudder scores a try despite the tackle from Namibia's Conrad Marais during the Rugby World Cup Pool C match between New Zealand and Namibia at the Olympic Stadium, London, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)LONDON (AP) — Nobody does ruthless like New Zealand. Three of the six highest scores in Rugby World Cup history are the All Blacks'.


Tourists held overnight by indigenous group in Peru highway protest

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Peru's Madre de Dios region is known for its protected natural areas and gold miningSome forty people, mostly foreign tourists, were held overnight Wednesday by indigenous Peruvians protesting the halt in construction of a highway through an area known for its protected natural areas and gold mining. The tourists, released Thursday, had been traveling by boat to the Manu National Park reserve in the country's Madre de Dios region when they were intercepted by some 200 protesters, authorities said. Authorities, who reached an agreement with the indigenous group Thursday, said some of the tourists showed signs of dehydration but that they were not mistreated by the protesters.


U.S. lawmakers united by pope's compassion, divided by his views

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 03:02 PM PDT

By Patricia Zengerle and Megan Cassella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For about an hour, the deeply divided lawmakers of the U.S. Congress closed ranks Thursday behind Pope Francis, the powerful and popular leader of the world's Catholics. Once the first papal speech before Congress was over, however, they retreated to their respective partisan corners, and offered up different interpretations of the pontiff's message. If Democrats and Republicans could agree on one point, it was that they were moved by his compassion, manifested in his calls to help the most vulnerable and the poor.

Marseille ordered to close sections of its stadium

Posted: 24 Sep 2015 02:58 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Marseille has been ordered to close sections of the Velodrome stadium for its next league match following crowd trouble last weekend.

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