2015年11月9日星期一

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FBI offer of assistance in Egypt crash probe goes unanswered: U.S. source

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 12:50 PM PST

An Egyptian military helicopter flies over debris from a Russian airliner which crashed at the Hassana area in Arish city, north EgyptWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Neither Russia nor Egypt has accepted an offer from the FBI to assist them in investigating the crash of Metrojet flight 9268 which crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31 shortly after takeoff, a U.S. government source said. The FBI has offered "forensic assistance" and other unspecified services to both Russia and Egypt, said Joshua Campbell, an FBI spokesman. (Reporting by Mark Hosenball; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)


Jordanian officer shoots dead two Americans, one South African at security training site

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:11 PM PST

General view of King Abdullah bin Al Hussein Training Center where a Jordanian officer went on a shooting spree on Monday in Mwaqar near AmmanBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - A Jordanian officer shot dead two U.S. government security contractors, a South African trainer and two Jordanians at a U.S. funded police training facility near Amman on Monday before being killed in a shootout, Jordanian authorities said. U.S. President Barack Obama said he was treating the attack at the King Abdullah Training Center, in which three Jordanians and one Lebanese citizen were wounded, very seriously and a full investigation was under way. The gunman was a police captain, a senior Jordanian official told Reuters.


Myanmar ruling party concedes as Suu Kyi heads for poll landslide

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:12 PM PST

Supporters celebrate as they watch official results from the Union Election Commission on an LED screen in front of the National League for Democracy Party (NLD) head office in YangonBy Antoni Slodkowski and Timothy Mclaughlin NAYPYITAW/HINTHADA, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling party conceded defeat on Monday in a general election as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government. "We lost," Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) acting chairman Htay Oo told Reuters a day after the Southeast Asian country's first free nationwide election in a quarter of a century. By late afternoon on Monday, vendors outside the headquarters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the commercial capital Yangon were selling red T-shirts with Suu Kyi's face and the words "We won".


Britain's demands from EU are not 'Mission Impossible': Cameron

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 04:12 PM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Cameron waits to meet his Irish counterpart Kenny outside of 10 Downing Street in LondonBy Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron will kick off his efforts to reform the European Union on Tuesday with a declaration that his demands are not "Mission Impossible", just the price EU leaders must pay if he is to keep Britain in the bloc. Cameron, who has frustrated some EU officials by giving away few details on the changes he would like to see, will on Tuesday send a letter to the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, setting out his four main objectives. "There will be those who say, here and elsewhere in the EU, that we are embarked on Mission Impossible," Cameron will say in a speech in London, according to advance extracts released by his office.


Russian officials believe Sinai plane brought down by bomb: U.S. sources

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:28 PM PST

An Egyptian military helicopter flies over debris from a Russian airliner which crashed at the Hassana area in Arish city, north EgyptBy Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies showed Russia believed the plane that crashed in Sinai, Egypt, on Oct. 31 was brought down by a bomb, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The intercepts are among pieces of evidence leading U.S. officials to suspect that a device planted on Metrojet Flight 9268 exploded shortly after the Airbus A321 took off from the resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh, the sources said. All 224 passengers and crew were killed when the plane crashed in the desert on the way to St. Petersburg, Russia.


Europe depends on German approach to refugees: EU's Tusk

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:28 PM PST

By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe's future will depend to a large degree on Germany's approach to the migration crisis and other states should show more solidarity by jointly tackling this historic challenge, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday. Europe is grappling with its worst refugee crisis since World War Two and Germany so far has taken in the bulk of some one million people expected to arrive this year. While Tusk has repeatedly stressed the urgency of tightening Europe's borders, Chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed for states to show solidarity and share responsibilities for refugees.

France seeks UN action to halt Burundi killings

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 04:41 PM PST

Soldiers on guard in Bujumbura on July 21, 2015France on Monday presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council aimed at toughening the international response to the violence in Burundi, where fears of Rwanda-style mass killings are rife. The measure threatens targeted sanctions against Burundian leaders who incite attacks or hamper efforts to end the crisis that followed protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term. "The escalating violence in Burundi has reached a very worrying stage, maybe a tipping point," French Deputy Ambassador Alexis Lamek told reporters.


Top Asian News at 12:30 a.m. GMT

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 04:32 PM PST

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The party of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory Monday in virtually every seat in four states where results of Myanmar's historic parliamentary election were known, signaling a sweep that could give it the presidency and further loosen the military's stranglehold. The announcement at the headquarters of the National League for Democracy set off a new round of jubilation among the party's red-shirted supporters, who already had been celebrating the result of Sunday's vote.

Military identifies remains of 7 Pearl Harbor 'unknowns'

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 04:26 PM PST

HONOLULU (AP) — The remains of seven crew members missing since the USS Oklahoma capsized in the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have been identified, the military said Monday.

Mexican president opposes marijuana legalization

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 04:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto addresses the 2015 Sustainable Development Summit, at United Nations headquarters. Pena Nieto said Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, that he opposes any eventual legalization of marijuana, five days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of four people who wanted to grow pot for personal use.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Monday he opposes any eventual legalization of marijuana, five days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of four people who wanted to grow pot for personal use.


Kate likely to move away from northwestern Bahamas on Monday: NHC

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 04:03 PM PST

(Reuters) - The center of tropical storm Kate, the eleventh named storm of the 2015 Atlantic season, was likely to move away from the northwestern Bahamas on Monday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Kate was located about 70 miles (115 kms) east-northeast of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (85 km/h), the Miami-based agency said. A turn toward the north is expected on Monday night, followed by a faster northeastward motion on Tuesday, the agency said.

Australia tries to halt unrest at immigration detention camp

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:59 PM PST

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police were trying to restore order on Tuesday at a remote detention center for asylum seekers in the Indian Ocean, after detainees staged a protest and lit a series of small fires throughout the compound.

Tropical Storm Kate passing east of the Bahamas

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:57 PM PST

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Kate is passing east of the northwestern Bahamas.

Obama, Netanyahu focus on 'common interest' in Iran

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:54 PM PST

After more than a year of frosty public exchanges, US President Barack Obama(R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office on November 9, 2015President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed close US-Israeli ties Monday, during a tightly choreographed White House appearance designed to quiet disputes over Iran and Middle East peace. Speaking in the Oval Office, Obama admitted it was "no secret" the two men disagreed on how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, but both sought to end bitter public rancor and focus on areas of cooperation, including a military deal worth more than $30 billion. Obama said Israel's security was a "top" foreign policy priority for his White House.


Britain: 'High probability' IS bomb downed Russian jet

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:53 PM PST

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, pictured in London on November 5, 2015, confirmed there was a high probability that the attack on a Russian plane over Egypt was caused by a bomb planted by the Islamic State groupBritain's foreign minister said Monday it is highly likely that a bomb planted by an Islamic State group supporter downed the Russian passenger jet lost over Egypt. Arriving for talks at the State Department with his US opposite number John Kerry, Philip Hammond said the definitive cause of the crash would be determined by Egyptian-Russian investigation of the wreckage.


Despite genocide warnings, Burundi says it's 'not in flames'

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:48 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — "Burundi is not in flames," its foreign minister said Monday, dismissing international concerns that his country is at risk of a Rwanda-like genocide. But reports of killings by police continued, and France circulated a U.N. Security Council draft resolution threatening sanctions.

Egypt antiquities officials scoff at Carson pyramid claims

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:44 PM PST

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities officials on Monday scoffed at claims by Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson that Egypt's ancient pyramids were not built as pharaonic tombs but used to store grain.

California storms bring early ski season, hope for replenished snowpack

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:41 PM PST

Handout of of skiers riding up a chair lift as snow falls on Mammouth Mountain in CaliforniaBy Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Snow and rain brought an autumn respite in Northern California from the state's devastating drought on Monday, with up to 12 inches (30 cm) of snow forecast for the Sierra Nevada mountains, raising hopes for a strong ski season and a replenished snowpack. "This is the third storm that's rolled through and we're in early November so this is fantastic," said Michael Reitzell, president of the California Ski Industry Association. "Everyone in California is excited to see rain but the fact that it is also falling in the form of snow in the mountains is fantastic." Last year, dry conditions forced several ski resorts to close early, and some smaller ski areas were not able to open at all.


Peter Malnati wins Sanderson Farms for 1st PGA Tour victory

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:39 PM PST

Peter Malnati shows off "Reveille," the trophy of the Sanderson Farms Championship after winning for the first time on the PGA Tour, closing with a 5-under 67 to win in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Malnati finished at 18 under in for the tournament. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Peter Malnati finished his final round with a one-stroke lead. He then went to the clubhouse, where he watched the rest of the tournament on TV, talked with his wife and even did a few pull-ups to stay loose.


Mexico leader wants expert debate on pot legalization

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:24 PM PST

A man smokes marijuana during a rally in front of the Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico City on November 4, 2015Mexico's president indicated on Monday that his administration could drop its opposition to legalizing marijuana based on results of a debate of experts on the matter. Five days after the Supreme Court authorized four people to grow their own pot for consumption, President Enrique Pena Nieto said he would convene medical experts, sociologists, academics and civil society to debate the issue. "I have always said that I, personally, am not in favor of an eventual legalization of marijuana," Pena Nieto said during a security forum, warning that cannabis could lead to the consumption harder drugs.


Lawyer: Turncoats framed old gangster in 'Goodfellas' heist

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:22 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The government used opportunistic Mafia turncoats to make its case against aging mobster Vincent Asaro in a decades-old airport heist immortalized in the hit gangster movie "Goodfellas," a defense attorney said in closing arguments on Monday at Asaro's racketeering trial.

Brazil mine dam burst endangers water supply far downstream

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:21 PM PST

Rescue workers search for victims at Bento Rodrigues district that was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, in MarianaBy Stephen Eisenhammer and Marta Nogueira BENTO RODRIGUES, Brazil (Reuters) - A river of mud from burst dams at a Brazilian iron ore mine forced populous cities more than 300 km (200 miles) downstream to cut off drinking water on Monday, raising health and environmental concerns as slow-moving search efforts continued. Twenty-five people are still missing after one of the worst mining disasters in Brazil's history. Exhausted search teams waded through waist-deep mud as thick as wet concrete among the tangled remains of Bento Rodrigues, the village most devastated by the mudslides.


Bombshell report urges Russian ban over state-sanctioned doping

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:19 PM PST

Russia's athletics federation should be suspended from all competition, including the 2016 Olympic Games, over widespread doping, a damning report by an independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Monday. The report outlined evidence of systematic cheating with the consent of the government in Moscow, noting that drug tests for athletes were conducted at a Russian lab which totally lacked credibility. "It's pretty disturbing," said former WADA chief Richard Pound, who headed the three-man commission, adding that the extent of the cheating was "worse than we thought".

Chile-bound cocaine seized on buses transporting soccer fans

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:15 PM PST

Colombian police seized 575 kg (1,265 pounds) of cocaine bound for Chile on two buses carrying Colombia fans to a World Cup qualifying soccer match in Santiago. Police made the discovery at the weekend in Pasto near Colombia's southern border with Ecuador and about 400 km from Cali from where the buses set out on a road trip of more than 4,000 km across Ecuador and Peru to Chile.     "These drugs, hidden inside these buses, were bound for Santiago de Chile and the method of doing it was by transporting it through some tourists who were going to see the Colombia-Chile match," Major General Rodrigo Gonzalez, Commander of the Region Four National Police of Colombia, told reporters.

Kobe says another Olympics 'would mean the world' to him

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:13 PM PST

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) embraces Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) at the end of an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. The Knicks defeated the Lakers 99-95. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)MIAMI (AP) — Kobe Bryant sounds like someone who wants to play beyond this season — if only for a few months.


Two women risk jail time for same-sex wedding in Costa Rica

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:00 PM PST

People take part in a Gay Pride parade in San Jose, on June 30, 2013San José (AFP) - Same-sex weddings may be legal in a small but growing number of countries, but not in Costa Rica where two women who married, and their lawyer, face criminal charges, and having the union annulled. The director of Costa Rica's Civil Registry, which records all in-country marriages and births, Luis Bolanos, said Monday he was referring the matter to prosecutors and seeking the annulment. The statute against same-sex marriages in Costa Rica provides for jail time of between two and six years for those who know they are breaking the law, and the annulment of the marriage.


Obama, Netanyahu minimize differences, renew call for peace

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:59 PM PST

President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. The president and prime minister sought to mend their fractured relationship during their meeting, the first time they have talked face to face in more than a year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — Minimizing sharp differences, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed their commitment to seeking elusive Middle East peace on Monday, though prospects for an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians appear ever further out of reach.


Israel lacks evidence against extremists in arson attack

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:47 PM PST

Israeli soldiers clear a road after a Palestinian woman was shoot dead after she drew a knife in check point near the West Bank Palestinian town of Qalqilya, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Defense Ministry spokeswoman Arielle Heffez says the woman ignored warning shots and calls to stop as she approached the post. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is still lacking evidence to charge those responsible for a deadly arson attack on a Palestinian family this summer, Israeli media reported the country's defense minister as saying Monday, in a case that Palestinians say helped fuel the past weeks of bloodshed.


More Venezuelans seeking asylum in the US

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:46 PM PST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The number of Venezuelans seeking asylum in the United States has skyrocketed since the country was wracked by a wave of anti-government protests last year.

The Latest: Russian ministry 'not surprised' by WADA report

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:43 PM PST

FILe - In this April 29, 2015 file photo Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during a press conference on World Cup 2018 issues in Moscow, Russia. WADA's independent commission said Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 Russia's athletics federation should be suspended and its track and field athletes banned from competition until the country cleans up its act on doping. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)GENEVA (AP) — The Latest from the IAAF investigation (all times local):


2 Americans among 5 killed in rare Jordan police shooting

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:38 PM PST

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian police captain opened fire Monday on instructors at an international police training center in Jordan's capital, killing at least five people, including two Americans, before being shot dead by security forces.

Slovenia to tighten border control, fears unmanageable migrant wave

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:36 PM PST

A Croatian policeman stands guard as migrants and refugees queue to enter a transit camp in Slavonski Brod on November 4, 2015Slovenian government said Monday it would take urgent measures to strengthen control of its Schengen border with Croatia, fearing an expected new wave of migrants would be scarcely manageable. "The government has prepared additional urgent measures to manage the migrants' flow, including the necessary measures to safeguard the Schengen border," the administration said in a statement issued late Monday. Earlier in the day Slovenian foreign minister Karl Erjavec said that 20,000-30,000 migrants heading towards western Europe could flock on Slovenia's border -- the passport-free Schengen area's external frontier -- later this week, following the end of a Greek ferry crews' strike that contained the flow for days.


US ambassador: More needs to be done to end Kenya corruption

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:28 PM PST

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Kenya said Monday that much more needs to be done to curb endemic corruption in the East African country as he launched a major U.S. aid initiative to provide life-saving drugs.

Canada eyes taking in Syrian refugees from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:13 PM PST

A general view shows the UN-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, north east of the Jordanian capital Amman, on September 19, 2015Canada will soon discuss with Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey taking 25,000 Syrian refugees off their hands and resettling them in this country by year's end, the immigration minister said Monday. "It's possible that we will take refugees from each of those countries, or maybe there will be more of a focus on one or two of them," he said.


'Anomalies' found in thermal scanning of Egypt pyramids

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 02:05 PM PST

Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh el-Damati (L) speaks in front of the great pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) in Giza on the outskirts of Cairo on November 9, 2015, during an infrared thermography experiment to map out the temperature of the wallsAnomalies have been found in Egypt's Khufu pyramid two weeks into a thermal scanning project aimed at discovering the famed pharaonic monument secrets, officials said on Monday. Operation Scan Pyramids began on October 25 to search for hidden chambers inside four pyramids including Khufu's, the tallest and also known as the Great pyramid of Giza. Two weeks on, the team of architects and scientists from Egypt, France, Canada and Japan said in a joint statement they had observed "thermal anomalies" on the monuments, including on the Khufu pyramid.


Tropical Storm Kate halts salvage operation for El Faro cargo ship

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 01:43 PM PST

Handout photo of the El Faro, the 735 foot cargo ship with 33 crew aboard reported to be caught in Hurricande JoaquinSalvage operations for the sunken cargo ship El Faro were suspended on Friday due to Tropical Storm Kate, which moved through the Bahamas with winds of 45 miles (75 km) per hour, U.S. authorities said. The El Faro sank off the southern Bahamas in a hurricane last month with the loss of 33 mostly American crew. A U.S. Navy salvage tug, Apache, is searching for the ship's bridge and voyage data recorder, which became separated from the wreck, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said last week.


West Africa conference focuses on threat posed by jihadists

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 01:40 PM PST

An armed Senegal soldier patrols by a doorway as Security experts gather for talks in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, Nov. 11, 2015. Hundreds of security experts are gathered in Senegal's capital to strategize against the growing threat posed by Boko Haram and other jihadist groups in the region.(AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Islamic extremists are expanding their reach in West Africa, using porous borders and exploiting political chaos to further their attacks, security experts said Monday at the opening of a regional conference on the jihadist threat.


Saudi execution toll highest in two decades: Amnesty

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 01:38 PM PST

Members of the Amnesty International protest against all executions on April 9, 2010Rights group Amnesty International sounded alarm bells Monday over a spike in executions in Saudi Arabia, where at least 151 people have been put to death this year. The latest execution was on Monday of a Saudi convicted of killing a policeman trying to arrest him for smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said. "So far in 2015, on average, one person has been executed every other day," said Amnesty.


Vale says burst dams in Brazil to hit Mariana output

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 01:31 PM PST

Mudslides from burst dams at the Germano mine complex in Brazil have taken out a conveyor belt at a nearby mine and will affect the output of iron ore giant Vale SA, the company told Reuters on Monday. Vale and BHP Billiton are co-owners of Samarco, operator of the Germano mine near Mariana. Vale produced nearly 39 million tonnes of iron ore at its Mariana complex last year and output was up 1 percent in the first nine months of 2015.

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