2013年10月27日星期日

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U.S. denies Obama knew of Merkel spying

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT

File picture shows US President Barack Obama (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel chatting during a dinner at the Charlottenburg palace in Berlin, on June 19, 2013The quandary over the tapping of the German chancellor's phone deepened.


Britain braces for worst storm in a decade

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:45 PM PDT

Large waves break against barriers on the seafront in Brighton, southern England on October 27, 2013 as a predicted storm starts to buildLondon (AFP) - Britain was braced on Sunday for its worst storm in a decade, with heavy rain and winds of more than 80 miles (130 kilometres) an hour set to batter the south of the country.


Iran pulls down anti-U.S. posters in capital

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:35 PM PDT

An anti-American poster depicting a US negotiator sitting at a table with a dog at his side is displayed next to a mosque in downtown Tehran on October 27, 2013The Tehran municipality has removed anti-American posters from the streets of the capital which questioned US honesty in nuclear talks with Iran, media reported on Sunday.


Phoenix shooting leaves family, dogs, gunman dead

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:56 PM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities released details Sunday from a weekend shooting attack that left four family members and two dogs dead at a central Phoenix townhouse before the gunman turned the weapon on himself.

NYPD: Cousin admitted fatally stabbing mom, 4 kids

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:07 PM PDT

Women gather on the steps of an apartment building opposite the scene of a brutal fatal stabbing, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in New York. Police say a mother and her four young children were killed in a late night stabbing rampage at a Sunset Park, Brooklyn, home. A Chinese immigrant, 25-year-old Ming Don Chen, was arrested Sunday on five counts of murder in the deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese immigrant who neighbors said struggled to survive in America was arrested Sunday on five counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children in their Brooklyn home — using a butcher knife.


Banners reflect hard-line backlash in Iran

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:54 PM PDT

A poster depicting an American negotiator wearing a suit jacket and tie at a negotiating table and a dog to his side is displayed in Palestine square, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described his outreach to the U.S. as part of a "new era'' and a chance to put the nuclear standoff with the West to rest. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Banners that suddenly cropped up around Tehran in the past week depict an American diplomat dressed in a jacket and tie, while under the negotiating table he is wearing military pants and pointing a shotgun at an Iranian envoy.


iPad art gains recognition in new Hockney exhibit

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:48 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, a man walks between a pair of 12-foot high views of Yosemite National Park, made by David Hockney using an iPad, at an exhibit in San Francisco. A sweeping new exhibit of Hockney's work, including about 150 iPad images, has opened in the deYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park, just a short trip for Silicon Valley techies who created both the hardware and software for this magnificent reinvention of fingerpainting. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Happily hunched over his iPad, Britain's most celebrated living artist David Hockney is pioneering in the art world again, turning his index finger into a paintbrush that he uses to swipe across a touch screen to create vibrant landscapes, colorful forests and richly layered scenes.


Kaepernick leads 49ers over Jags 42-10 in London

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 04:13 PM PDT

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) scores a 12-yard touchdown while being pursued by Jacksonville Jaguars free safety Josh Evans (26) during the NFL football game at Wembley Stadium, London, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)LONDON (AP) — He ran. He threw. He conquered.


PM's choice wins Georgia presidency, polls show

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Georgian Dream ruling coalition's presidential candidate Georgy Margvelashvili, left, kisses his daughter Anna, outside a polling station during presidential election in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Georgians are voting Sunday for a president to succeed Mikhail Saakashvili, who during nearly a decade in power has turned this former Soviet republic into a fledgling democracy and a staunch U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Georgy Abdaladze)TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The candidate backed by Georgia's billionaire prime minister easily won Sunday's presidential election in this U.S.-aligned former Soviet republic, exit polls indicated. His closest rival quickly conceded defeat.


Police: Roadside bomb kills 18 Afghan civilians

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Hospital staff help treat wounded children after a roadside bomb struck a small bus coming from a wedding killing dozens, mostly women and children, at the hospital in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct 27, 2013. The blast occurred in the Andar district as the bus traveled from one village to another just before dusk. Andar is one of the few districts in Ghazni where the Taliban retain some measure of control and often attack security forces, mostly by laying bombs along roads. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb killed 18 civilians Sunday, mostly women and children, after it struck a small bus coming from a wedding in a lawless district of eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, police said.


Police: Chris Brown charged with assault in DC

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles. Brown was arrested early Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in Washington after a fight broke out near the W Hotel near the White House. District of Columbia Police spokesman Officer Paul Metcalf says 24-year-old Brown was arrested and charged with felony assault. Metcalf says 35-year-old Chris Hollosy also was arrested on felony assault charges after the incident. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Brown was charged with assault after a fight broke out early Sunday near a Washington hotel, the latest problem for the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer with a snarled legal history.


AP Exclusive: Israeli tunnel hit by cyber attack

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:19 PM PDT

In this Tuesday Oct. 20, 2013 photo, an electric power station is seen near the coastal city of Hadera. When Israel's military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country will face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated cyberattack could one day bring the nation to a standstill. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)HADERA, Israel (AP) — When Israel's military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country might face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated cyberattack could one day bring the nation to a standstill.


Obstruction call gives Cardinals 5-4 win in Game 3

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:55 PM PDT

St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig gets tangled with Boston Red Sox's Will Middlebrooks during the ninth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. Middlebrooks was called for obstruction on the play and Craig went in to score the game-winning run. The Cardinals won 5-4 to take a 2-1 lead in the series. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals rushed to the plate to congratulate Allen Craig. The Red Sox stormed home to argue with the umpires.


Exit polls in Georgia show big win for PM's choice

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 10:25 AM PDT

Georgian Dream ruling coalition's presidential candidate Georgy Margvelashvili, left, kisses his daughter Anna, outside a polling station during presidential election in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Georgians are voting Sunday for a president to succeed Mikhail Saakashvili, who during nearly a decade in power has turned this former Soviet republic into a fledgling democracy and a staunch U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Georgy Abdaladze)TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Exit polls in Georgia's presidential election indicated a big win on Sunday for the candidate backed by billionaire Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, cementing his control over the U.S.-aligned former Soviet republic.


Lou Reed, iconic punk-poet, dead at 71

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1996 file photo, Lou Reed takes the podium as the Velvet Underground, the group he once headed, is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in New York s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Band mate John Cale is at left, and at right is Martha Morrison, accepting for late band member Sterling Morrison. Punk-poet, rock legend Lou Reed is dead of a liver-related ailment, his literary agen said Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. He was 71. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Lou Reed, the punk poet of rock n' roll who profoundly influenced generations of musicians as leader of the Velvet Underground and remained a vital solo performer for decades after, died Sunday age 71.


Banner reflect hard-line backlash in Iran

Posted: 27 Oct 2013 10:32 AM PDT

A poster depicting an American negotiator wearing a suit jacket and tie at a negotiating table and a dog to his side is displayed in Palestine square, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described his outreach to the U.S. as part of a "new era'' and a chance to put the nuclear standoff with the West to rest. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Banners that suddenly cropped around Tehran in the past week depict an American diplomat dressed in a jacket and tie, while under the negotiating table he is wearing military pants and pointing a gun at an Iranian envoy.


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