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Yahoo! News: World - China


Obama first two-term president to take oath of office four times

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:17 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama is sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington,Barack Obama was officially sworn in for a second term on Sunday, taking the oath of office in a short ceremony.


Diplomat named Algeria attack leader and captor, one-eyed "Jack"

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:11 PM PST

Death toll continues rise from deadly attack in AlgeriaVeteran Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler is one of few westerners to have been taken captive by Islamist militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, and to have lived to tell the tale.


Inauguration 2013: Readers’ hopes for the next four years

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:00 AM PST

Inauguration 2013: Readers' hopes for the next four yearsRobert Craft writes: "In the next four years, what I want to see most is an education reform. My children mean everything to me. I work with them every day that I have with them to teach them. I don't want to depend on public education to educate them. It can't and for that matter it shouldn't be its sole responsibility. Public education should aid the learning of our children. We should not lean on it to do all of the work. We should be working in tandem to create future generations that can change our world. Until this fairy tale of mine that means so much to me comes to fruition all I can do is recognize that we have a problem. Educational reform is needed."

Journalist Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall at Washington party

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 02:25 PM PST

File photo of television personality Barbara Walters arriving at the Time 100 Gala in New YorkVeteran journalist Barbara Walters was admitted to a Washington. D.C., hospital over the weekend after she fell and cut her head at the British ambassador's residence, an ABC television spokesman said.


Fire chief: Chaplain is 1 of 5 New Mexico shooting victims

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:56 PM PST

A Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department crime lab is stationed outside a home south in Albuquerque, N.M., on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, where two adults and three children were found shot to death. Authorities say a teenager has been arrested and booked on murder and other charges in connection with the shootings. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)Officials have identified one of the five people found shot to death in a New Mexico home as a Fire Department chaplain who also worked with jail inmates.


San Francisco rallies to beat Atlanta, punches Super Bowl ticket

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:06 PM PST

San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick (7) celebrates with Leonard Davis and Daniel Kilgore (67) after the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. The 49ers won 28-24 to advance to Superbowl XLVII. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)Defense doesn't win championships anymore. As the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers demonstrated conclusively in the NFC championship game on Sunday, defense is now flat-out optional for championships. This wasn't a football game. This was practice-squad … Continue reading →


Tell us the TRUTH! What are your hopes, dreams, fears for the next four years?

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:07 PM PST

The West Front of the U.S. Capitol is pictured on the eve of the second inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama in WashingtonAs President Barack Obama begins his second term, Yahoo News and NowThis News want to hear from you. How do you feel about the state of our nation, politics, democracy, Washington, and the world?


Dreamliner probe widens after excess battery voltage ruled out

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:58 PM PST

Fire trucks surround Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner that caught fire at Logan International Airport in BostonU.S. safety investigators on Sunday ruled out excess voltage as the cause of a battery fire last month on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines Co (JAL) and said they were expanding the probe to look at the battery's charger and the jet's auxiliary power unit. Last week, governments across the world grounded the Dreamliner while Boeing halted deliveries after a problem with a lithium-ion battery on a second 787 plane, flown by All Nippon Airways Co (ANA), forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in western Japan. ...


China's metrosexual men revive luxury shopping

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 02:55 PM PST

Man watches in front of window display outside a Gucci store in Hong KongChina's fashion-forward men are snapping up Gucci and Burberry bags, driving a rebound in the luxury market months after a slow down in spending by the world's biggest luxury goods buyers spooked global investors.


Merkel's coalition loses German state vote

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 03:50 PM PST

Merkel's coalition loses German state voteGermany's center-left opposition has won a wafer-thin victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition in a major state election — dealing her a setback as she seeks a third term later this year.


French airstrikes jolt Islamists in Malian town

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 01:59 PM PST

A French soldier waits for a French Puma transport helicopter to land on the soccer stadium to test the field in the center of Niono, some 400 kms (300 miles) North of the capital Bamako Sunday Jan. 20, 2013. French troops encircled a key Malian town on Friday, trying to stop radical Islamists from striking against communities closer to the capital and cutting off their supply line, a French official said. The move around Diabaly came as French and Malian authorities said that the city whose capture prompted the French military intervention in the first place was no longer in the hands of the extremists.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Backed by French air strikes, Malian forces appeared close to recapturing a key central town in Mali where bands of al-Qaida-linked fighters had holed up, France's defense minister said Sunday.


‘SNL’ skewers Lance Armstrong

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:34 AM PST

FILE - In this July 19, 2009, file photo, Lance Armstrong crosses the finish line during the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Verbier, Switzerland. Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, reversing more than a decade of denial. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)"Saturday Night Live" wasted no time in tackling the pair of scandals that transcended the sports world last week, using its cold-opening sketch to skewer both Lance Armstrong's doping confession and the hoax involving Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o and his fake dead girlfriend, Lennay Kekua. Armstrong, played by Jason Sudeikis, sat down for [...]


Te'o to be interviewed by Katie Couric

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2012, file photo, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o takes the field during senior day before an NCAA college football game against Wake Forest in South Bend, Ind. The wrenching story of Te'o's girlfriend dying of leukemia _ a loss he said inspired him to play his best all the way to the BCS championship _ was dismissed by the school Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, as a hoax perpetrated against the linebacker. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o will be interviewed by Katie Couric, the first on-camera interview given by the All-American since news broke about the dead girlfriend hoax.


Egypt police, protesters clash over uprising court case

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 02:12 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Police and protesters clashed in the port city of Alexandria on Sunday after a judge investigating the killing of protesters in Egypt's 2011 uprising said he was transferring the case to another court, a court source and a Reuters witness said. Lawyers for the plaintiffs wanted the court to consider the report of a fact-finding committee investigating the case against six police officers accused of killing unarmed protesters during the 18-day uprising before proceeding with the defendants' hearings. ...

U.N. report finds torture of Afghan detainees, secret sites

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 11:09 AM PST

Almost a third of all detainees recently transferred to Afghan control have been tortured and Afghanistan's spy agency is operating secret facilities to avoid international scrutiny, a United Nations report released on Sunday said.

Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 04:31 PM PST

In this Friday, Jan. 18 2013 photo, activists hold signs during a rally at New York's City Hall to call for immediate action on paid sick days legislation in light of the continued spread of the flu. An unusually early and vigorous flu season is drawing attention to the cause that has both scored victories and hit roadblocks in recent years: mandatory paid sick leave. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)This year's flu season is drawing attention to the debate over mandatory paid sick leave for the 40 percent of American private-sector workers who don't have it.


SWAT standoff in Ga. uncovers dismembered body

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:02 AM PST

This December 2012 handout photo provided by the Effingham County Sheriff's Office shows Chad Moretz. A SWAT team sniper shot 34-year-old Moretz on Jan. 11, 2013, ending a four-hour standoff when Moretz emerged from his Effingham County home armed with an assault rifle. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Effingham County Sheriff's Office)SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police went to Chad Moretz's home to ask him about a friend who had gone missing and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff when a relative answered the door and whispered: "He's got a rifle. He's going to kill y'all."


Kindergartner Suspended Over Bubble Gun Threat

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:46 AM PST

Kindergartner Suspended Over Bubble Gun ThreatA 5-year-old girl was suspended from school earlier this week after she made what the school called a "terrorist threat." Her weapon of choice? A small, Hello Kitty automatic bubble blower. The kindergartner, who attends Mount Carmel Area Elementary School in Pennsylvania, caught administrators' attention...


Former Secretary of State Rice joins CBS News

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 10:52 AM PST

FILE - In this July 19, 2012, file photo, Condoleezza Rice talks on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Calif. Rice has joined CBS News as a contributor. CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager and president David Rhodes say Rice "will use her insight and vast experience to explore issues facing America at home and abroad." Rice served as secretary of state during President George W. Bush's second term. She was the first African-American woman to hold the post. Rice was Bush's national security adviser during his first term and worked on the National Security Council under President George H.W. Bush.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Just in time for inauguration coverage, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as a contributor.


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