2015年11月29日星期日

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Russian air strikes kill at least 30 in stepped up raids in northwest Syria

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 10:23 AM PST

A still image shows a Russian jet taking off in SyriaBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian jets killed at least 30 people in the town of Ariha in northwestern Syria on Sunday, rescue workers in the rebel-held area said, part of an escalation of Russian strikes near the Turkish border. In separate air strikes closer to the frontier with Turkey, jets believed to be Russian hit a truck depot that was also struck on Thursday, destroying 10 trailers and killing five people, a rebel in the area said. Officials at the Russian defense ministry could not immediately be reached for comment.


Syria's Assad says his enemies increasing support for insurgents

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 06:06 AM PST

A general view shows a deserted street in the rebel-controlled area where forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad carry out offensives to take control of the town of Kafr Nabudah, in Hama provinceBEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad told a senior Iranian official on Sunday that his adversaries had increased weapon supplies and financial support to insurgents since the start of a major offensive aided by his allies to regain lost territory. Assad was quoted by state media as telling Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran's supreme leader, that the military support his country was getting from Iran and Russia had pushed the enemy states he did not name to "further escalate and increase financing and equipping of terrorists". The Syrian army said on Saturday that Turkey had increased supplies of weapons, ammunition and equipment to what it described as terrorists in Syria.


Obama visits Paris attack site, pays tribute to victims

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:05 PM PST

U.S. President Obama and French President Hollande pay their respect at the Bataclan concert hall in ParisPARIS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks on Monday shortly after arriving in the city, visiting the Bataclan, the concert hall where the deadliest attacks took place during the onslaught.  Obama, who is in town for international talks to curb climate change, was joined at the site by French President Francois Hollande not long after Air Force One touched down around midnight local time.  Obama placed a flower at the makeshift memorial and then stood silently, his head bowed and his hands clasped in front of him. ...


Turkey recovers body of pilot from downed Russian jet

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 10:56 AM PST

The coffin of the pilot killed when Turkey shot down a Russian jet is carried to a Turkish Air Force Cargo Aircraft, before being handed over to Russia, on the tarmac of the Hatay Airport in HatayBy Dasha Afanasieva and Lidia Kelly ANKARA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkey recovered the body of a Russian pilot from northern Syria and presented it to Russian diplomats on Sunday, five days after shooting down his warplane in an incident that wrecked relations between two of the main powers involved in Syria's war. A coffin carrying Oleg Peshkov arrived by ambulance on the tarmac of Hatay Airport in southern Turkey near the Syrian border, a Reuters photographer said. It was flown to the capital Ankara, where according to Russia's RIA news agency it was met at an airfield by Moscow's ambassador and military attache.


Negotiators grab head start on monumental climate challenge

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 11:31 AM PST

French police officers patrol in front of the entrance at the venue for the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near ParisBy Barbara Lewis and Bate Felix PARIS (Reuters) - Senior negotiators from almost 200 nations on Sunday began thrashing out a new global deal to curb climate change as the president of China, the world's biggest polluter, landed in Paris. The United Nations conference begins at summit level on Monday, when more than 150 heads of state and government - including U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping - will attend talks at a sprawling complex north of the French capital. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the aim was to give the world the means to cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times or even 1.5 degrees.


Japan industrial output, retail spending lag expectations

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 05:00 PM PST

Japan industrial output, retail spending lag expectationsJapanese industrial output rose 1.4 percent in October from the month before, below forecasts and a decrease from the year before. Government data released Monday also showed retail spending fell in October ...


Top Asian News 12:50 a.m. GMT

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:50 PM PST

NONSAN, South Korea (AP) — Many of his students are Kims. So are his fellow teachers, an elementary school alumnus and the owners of restaurants and pubs that he patronizes in his small farming village. Lots of Kims in his neighborhood, too. Such is everyday life for Kim Sun Won, who, obviously, is a Kim too. He's lived all his 70 years in a tile-roofed home in a clan village, surrounded by people who share his connection to an illustrious ancestor from centuries ago. Other clan villages in South Korea are dominated by Hwangs, Yuns and many other names. "This is the house where my father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather lived," Kim said, walking down a small hill dotted with his ancestors' tombs and gravestones.

Authorities search for 2 Australians missing in Mexico

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:50 PM PST

In this Nov. 21, 2015 photo, Mexican authorities inspect a burnt out van suspected to belong to a couple of Australian tourists missing for more than a week, in Sinaloa, Mexico. Two burned bodies where reportedly found inside the vehicle. The toursits, Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman were traveling from Edmonton, Canada and were scheduled to arrive on Nov. 21 in the city of Guadalajara but failed to appear. (AP Photo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Friends of two Australian tourists missing for more than a week in Mexico are looking to work with authorities in determining what happened to the men following a report that their burned van may have been found with two bodies inside in the drug gang-plagued state of Sinaloa, one of the friends said Sunday.


Greek PM Tsipras takes on Turkey's Davutoglu on Twitter

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:43 PM PST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A highly unusual online exchange took place on Twitter between the prime ministers of Greece and Turkey before the former deleted his tweets - but only from the English version of his account.

Britain's greats: 16 hours of global sporting glory for UK

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:34 PM PST

Team Britain holds the Davis Cup after Andy Murray, second right, defeated Belgium's David Goffin in three sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, during their singles Davis Cup final tennis match at the Flanders Expo in Ghent, Belgium, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — In a German soccer stadium, Tyson Fury dethroned Wladimir Klitschko, paraded his four heavyweight title belts and serenaded his wife from ringside.


US aid worker made little effort to hide work in Cuba

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:30 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American aid worker who spent five years in prison in Cuba said he had no trouble bringing sophisticated communications gear into the country and made little attempt to disguise his work to set up Internet connections.

Injured Starc unsure when he'll bowl again for Australia

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:26 PM PST

Australia's Peter Siddle, left, celebrates hitting the winning runs as he passes teammate Mitchell Starc during their cricket test against New Zealand in Adelaide, Australia, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. Australia win the match, the first day-night test, by 3 wickets inside of 3 days and won the series 2-0. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — The morning after he hobbled through for the winning runs in Australia's nervous three-wicket win over New Zealand in the first ever day-night cricket test, Mitchell Starc wasn't sure when he'd be able to bowl again for his country.


Obama, Hollande pay respects to Paris attack victims: AFP

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:21 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) pays his respects with French President Francois Hollande (2nd R) and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo (3rd R) at a memorial outside the Bataclan in Paris , France, November 30, 2015US President Barack Obama joined French leader Francois Hollande to pay respects to the victims of the Paris attacks at the Bataclan concert hall early Monday, hours before the official opening of a UN climate conference. The two leaders, along with the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, laid flowers at the music venue where 90 people were killed by jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers on November 13. Helicopters flew overhead and police shut off the roads around the bloodiest scene of the Paris attacks, with security concerns running high as some 150 world leaders were due to descend on the French capital.


Malaysian pleads guilty to indecent assault in New Zealand

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:18 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A Malaysian military officer who was extradited to New Zealand after earlier leaving the country under the protection of diplomatic immunity has pleaded guilty to indecent assault.

The Latest: Obama visits site of Paris concert attack

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:16 PM PST

France's President Francois Hollande, right, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to a working dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. More than 140 world leaders are gathering around Paris for high-stakes climate talks that start Monday, and activists are holding marches and protests around the world to urge them to reach a strong agreement to slow global warming. (Philippe Wojazer/Pool Photo via AP)PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local:


Cameron, Tusk see progress despite 'difficult' EU talks

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:12 PM PST

European Council president Donald Tusk (R) shakes hands with British Prime Minister David Cameron during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit on relations between the European Union and Turkey in Brussels on November 29, 2015British Prime Minister David Cameron and European Union president Donald Tusk hailed good progress in talks on London's EU reform goals despite difficulties in some areas, Cameron's office said Sunday. With doubts growing that Britain can secure a deal in time for a full EU summit in December, Tusk and Cameron met Sunday on the sidelines of a Turkey-EU meeting in Brussels. Cameron has pledged to win key EU reforms before holding an in-out referendum on Britain's place in the 28-nation bloc by the end of 2017 at the latest, and possibly by mid-2016.


Governments, investors partner to break through clean technology barriers

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:06 PM PST

By Valerie Volcovici NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gates and some of the world's other richest entrepreneurs will join with governments from both rich and emerging countries on Monday to kick off the Paris climate talks by pledging billions of dollars of investment in clean energy technologies. The United States, France, India and 17 other countries will announce they will double the $10 billion they collectively spend on clean energy research and development in the next five years, shining a spotlight on role of technology in any climate agreement reached in Paris. U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Mission Innovation initiative on the first day of the U.N. climate summit in Paris.

Indonesia ferry hits trouble on way to Singapore, 97 rescued

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:01 PM PST

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Almost 100 people were rescued when a ferry sailing toward Singapore from the Indonesian island of Batam hit a floating object and reportedly started to sink, authorities in the city-state said. Ferry operator Batamfast called out two other ferries that rescued all 90 passengers and seven crew and took them back to the Nongsapura ferry terminal in Batam, Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority said in an emailed statement. The authority said early on Monday it had received a report of the incident on the 'Sea Prince' at 9:45 p.m. on Sunday (1345 GMT). ...

Study: About 1/3 of world cactus threatened with extinction

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:43 PM PST

In this Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Dr. Salvador Arias is seen past a cluster of endangered echinocactus grusonii cacti, also known as Biznaga, as he looks at other species inside the botanical gardens of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. About a third of the world's cactus species are threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warns in a new report. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)MEXICO CITY (AP) — About a third of the world's cactus species are threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warns in a new report.


Obama lands in Paris with hope for climate change deal

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:40 PM PST

US President Barack Obama makes his way to board Marine One on November 29, 2015, heading to Paris to attend the 195-nation UN climate summitUS President Barack Obama landed in Paris on Sunday night to take part in a United Nations summit aimed at sealing a deal to avert catastrophic climate change. Presidential plane Air Force One arrived at the French capital's Orly airport at a little before midnight (2300 GMT). All eyes are on the 150 world leaders who will meet at the UN conference, and hundreds of thousands of people rallied around the world on Sunday to put pressure on negotiators to seal an ambitious deal.


Burkina votes for new president after year of upheaval

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:25 PM PST

Scrutineers are at work during the counting of Burkina Faso's presidential election votes at a polling station in Ouagadougou on November 29, 2015Voters in Burkina Faso went to the polls Sunday to choose a new president and parliament, hoping to turn the page on a year of turmoil during which the west African nation's people ousted a veteran ruler and repelled a military coup. After the polls closed, the president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) Barthelemy Kere said the vote had been "generally satisfactory". Burkina's former president Blaise Compaore was forced to flee abroad following mass street protests in October 2014 against his bid to change the constitution to extend his 27-year rule.


Shiffrin wins 2nd straight World Cup slalom in Aspen

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:22 PM PST

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, second from right, celebrates after finishing her second run during the women's World Cup slalom ski race Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, in Aspen, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Think Mikaela Shiffrin is fast on race day? Try keeping up with her in training sessions.


Mexico tests charred remains as authorities seek missing Aussies

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:21 PM PST

Mexican authorities will run DNA tests on two charred bodies found earlier this week in a camper van, in a state infamous for narcotics gangs and about 100 miles from where two missing Australian surfers were last spotted. Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, who were in Mexico surfing, were due to travel to the western city of Guadalajara on Nov. 21 but they did not arrive, according to a message posted on social media site Facebook. A burnt-out van that was similar to the pair's was found in Sinaloa state not far from the Pacific coast, about 124 miles (200 km) south of where they were last seen and about 445 miles (716 km) north of Guadalajara, according to an official in Sinaloa's local prosecutor's office.

World leaders to launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:02 PM PST

By Bruce Wallace PARIS (Reuters) - World leaders will launch an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, urging each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining meant to steer the global economy away from dependence on fossil fuels. After decades of struggling negotiations marked by the failure of a previous summit in Copenhagen six years ago, some form of landmark agreement appears all but assured by mid-December. Warnings from climate scientists, demands from activists and exhortations from religious leaders like Pope Francis, coupled with major advances in cleaner energy sources like solar power, have all added to pressure to cut the carbon emissions held responsible for warming the planet.

Aksel Lund Svindal wins super-G for Lake Louise sweep

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:54 PM PST

Aksel Lund Svindal, of Norway, skis during the men's World Cup Super-G in Lake Louise, Alberta, on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDITLAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the super-G on Sunday to sweep the two opening World Cup races.


Planned Parenthood says Colorado shooter opposed abortion

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:45 PM PST

A view of the damage to the entrance of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado SpringsPlanned Parenthood said on Sunday that news reports that the gunman who attacked its Colorado health clinic had uttered "no more baby parts" during his arrest showed that the suspect was motivated by an anti-abortion agenda. The remark attributed to suspect Robert Lewis Dear was an apparent reference to Planned Parenthood's abortion activities and its role in delivering fetal tissue to medical researchers, a hot button issue in the 2016 race for the presidency. "We now know the man responsible for the tragic shooting at PP's health center in Colorado was motivated by opposition to safe and legal abortion," the organization said on Twitter.


Salvadoran church apologizes for pedophilia cases

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:39 PM PST

Bishop Jesus Delgado, the archbishop of El Salvador's capital apologized for pedophilia cases involving a bishop and a priest and pledged to clean houseThe archbishop of El Salvador's capital apologized Sunday for pedophilia cases involving a bishop and a priest and pledged to clean house. Bishop Jesus Delgado, 77, was suspended from his functions last week as number three in the country's archdiocese after the alleged victim, today a 42-year-old woman, came forward with her account. The other alleged offender, who denies the accusations against him, is a priest named Juan Francisco Galvez, who was suspended in October.


Bale, Ronaldo score in Madrid's 2-0 win at Eibar

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:37 PM PST

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale of Wales, second right, is congratulated by his fellow teammate after scoring against SD Eibar during their Spanish La Liga soccer match, at Ipurua stadium in Eibar, northern Spain, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Gareth Bale scored his first goal in three months for Real Madrid before Cristiano Ronaldo added a penalty to secure a 2-0 win at Eibar on Sunday and end its two-game losing run in the Spanish league.


Bosnian Serbs dismiss top court's order to change discriminatory law

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:35 PM PST

By Gordana Katana BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb political leaders declared on Sunday they would not obey a ruling by Bosnia's top court to change a holidays law discriminating against other ethnic groups, dismissing the court as a "political body" which brings "political acts". "We are not giving up on the Republika Srpska Statehood Day, the Jan. 9, and we will continue to celebrate it," Branislav Borenovic, the head of the opposition Party of Democratic Progress (PDP), said at a news conference held with other five party leaders. Instead, they said they would ask for the creation of a law on the constitutional court that would establish a mechanism of ethnic voting to prevent judges of any ethnic group from outvoting judges of other ethnic groups.

Human chains, Hollywood heavyweights in global climate rallies

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:29 PM PST

Climate change demonstrators march to demand curbs to carbon pollution in London on November 29, 2015 on the eve of the climate summit in ParisFrom Sydney to London, humid Rio to chilly New York, at least 683,000 hit the streets in 2,300 events across 175 countries at the weekend, co-organiser and campaign group Avaaz said, calling it the largest number of people to protest over climate change all at once. About 50,000 demonstrators gathered in London's Hyde Park alone, many donning animal costumes to resemble bumblebees, cows, polar bears and exotic fish, while others brandished placards bearing stark warnings. "This is the problem of our generation and the next," said 37-year-old Frenchwoman Katia Herault in London, who had only a Nemo costume protecting her from pouring rain and howling winds.


Hamburg voters reject 2024 Olympic bid in referendum

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:29 PM PST

Hamburg residents rejected the German port city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics in a public referendum on Sunday.

Svindal claims double Canadian triumph

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:25 PM PST

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway competes during the first run of the Men's Giant Slalom at the season's opening of the FIS Ski World cup in Soelden, Austria on October 25, 2015Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal followed up a downhill triumph with a victory in Sunday's Alpine Ski World Cup men's super-G race at Lake Louise. It was the eighth career victory on the Canadian piste for Svindal, a two-time world downhill and overall champion who captured Sunday's super-G in 1min 29.30sec. Reigning Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer of Austria was second in 1:29.65, 0.10sec ahead of Italy's Peter Fill, who reached his second podium of the weekend.


Brazil links dengue-like virus to birth defects in babies

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:09 PM PST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The dengue-like Zika virus has been linked for the first time to cases of babies being born with small heads, or microcephaly, Brazil's government said.

Caen climbs to 2nd in French league

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 02:07 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — Defender Damien Da Silva scored twice as surprise package Caen climbed to second place in the French league with a 4-1 rout of Bordeaux on Sunday.

'Lay down your arms', pope says in divided Central Africa

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 01:57 PM PST

Pope Francis symbolically opens a gate to peace at Bangui Cathedral in the Central African Republic on November 29, 2015, appealing during a landmark mass to warring factions and urging them to "lay down these instruments of death"Pope Francis on Sunday urged the warring factions in Central African Republic to lay down their weapons as he brought a message of peace to a country ravaged by sectarian violence. As his plane touched down, those waiting burst into cheers and singing as he began a 24-hour visit to one of Africa's poorest and most unstable countries on a trip that has had his security detail working overtime. For the short ride to the presidential palace, Francis travelled in his open-topped popemobile, with huge crowds, many of them children and young people, cheering wildly as he passed, some waving branches in a sign of peace.


Fathers' rights protesters climb onto Buckingham Palace roof

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 01:48 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — British police say two men have scaled Buckingham Palace in an apparent protest over fathers' rights.

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