2013年12月17日星期二

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400 to 500 reported dead in South Sudan clashes, UN official says

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 04:45 PM PST

Civilians crowd inside the United Nations compound on the outskirts of the capital Juba in South SudanHundreds of bodies have reportedly been taken to hospitals in South Sudan's capital after clashes between rival army factions.


Obama tweaks Putin with U.S. Olympic delegation

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST

Olympic rings stand in front of the airport in Adler outside Sochi on November 30, 2013President Barack Obama? Nope. Vice President Joe Biden? Nope. Current Cabinet officials? Nope. First lady Michelle Obama? Nope.


Blind man, guide dog survive fall to NYC subway tracks

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 02:36 PM PST

Cecil Williams pets his guide dog Orlando in his hospital bed following a fall onto subway tracks from the platform at 145th Street, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, in New York. Williams, 61 and blind, says he fainted while holding onto his black labrador who tried to save him from falling. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)A blind man and his guide dog were hit after falling onto the New York City subway tracks. Fortunatley, thanks to Orlando the black Labrador's quick-thinking, both dog and man escaped with relatively minor injuries.


Tech leaders: Aggressive NSA reform is needed

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 11:35 AM PST

U.S. President Obama reaches clasps hands with Facebook COO Sandberg during a meeting in WashingtonSilicon Valley execs discuss government surveillance with President Obama.


Mega Millions jackpot soars to $636 million, second largest ever

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 01:31 PM PST

A woman picks her Mega Millions lottery numbers at a shop in New York's Penn Station, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. The Mega Millions jackpot soared to $586 million on Monday, still short of the $656 million U.S. record set in a March 2012 drawing. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to an estimated $636 million for Tuesday night's drawing, making it the second largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.


Debt ceiling fight looms in 2014

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 01:03 PM PST

A lone worker passes by the U.S. Capitol building in WashingtonThe Senate's top Republican hints at another showdown with Obama next year.


Deportations on track for 6-year low

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 01:03 PM PST

A line of illegal immigrants wait outside the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles offices Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants scrambled to get papers in order, as the U.S. started accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get a work permit, but not a path to citizenship. President Barack Obama announced the program in June after pressure from Hispanic voters and others who said he hasn't fulfilled a campaign promise to overhaul tangled U.S. immigration laws. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)The Obama administration likely deported the fewest people in six years last fiscal year, according to new Immigration and Customs Enforcement data.


Accused Sept. 11 attacker expelled from Gitmo courtroom

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 12:53 PM PST

Undated photo released January 17, 2002 by the U.S. Government of Ramzi Binalshibh, one of five susp..By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - An accused conspirator in the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington was expelled from a courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal on Tuesday for being disruptive. During a pre-trial hearing in the death penalty case, Army Colonel Judge James Pohl discussed with the five defendants their right to be present during the courtroom proceedings. Each of the defendants said he understood his rights until the judge asked Ramzi Binalshibh, who is accused of wiring money to September 11 hijackers and passing information to key al Qaeda operatives. Binalshibh initially said he did not understand, but then started to complain about his prison cell conditions.


Judge who issued NSA ruling often bucks executive branch

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 01:42 PM PST

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia shows Richard Leon, the judge who declared that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telephone records is likely unconstitutional, has a long record of taking on executive branch actions. (AP Photo/U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia)WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Leon, the judge who declared that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telephone records is likely unconstitutional, has a long record of taking on executive branch actions.


Tech leaders meet with Obama over NSA spying

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 11:36 AM PST

U.S. President Obama reaches clasps hands with Facebook COO Sandberg during a meeting in WashingtonBosses from Internet giants including Twitter and Facebook Tuesday pressed President Barack Obama for reforms of US spy agency snooping, adding to rising heat from the courts and American allies. Obama met a group of the country's most iconic Silicon Valley firms and spent two hours discussing the National Security Agency's clandestine electronic data mining operation, known as PRISM, a participant in the meeting said. The Internet company bosses fear that NSA operations have crossed constitutional lines and infringe the privacy of their customers and users in the United States and abroad and could also impact their economic bottom lines. Another participant said the session started with a discussion on attempts to repair the Healthcare.gov website that undermined the rollout of Obama's health care reform package.


High school named after KKK 'grand wizard' to be renamed

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:34 AM PST

Nathan B. ForrestA Florida high school named after a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan is getting a new name after a campaign to change it went viral.


Arapahoe High felt like 'a war zone'

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 07:42 AM PST

A woman pauses before a makeshift memorial three days after a shooting attack at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. During the attack, the shooter shot a classmate in the head at close range with a shotgun, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)Student Brett Stewart offers first-person account of shooting chaos.


Budget deal clears crucial vote in Senate

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:27 AM PST

Ryan and Murray hold a news conference to introduce The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonThe bill cleared a filibuster by drawing the support of several Republicans.


Knox emails Italian court: 'I didn't kill Meredith'

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:20 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Amanda Knox speaks at a news conference shortly after her arrival from Italy at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Former American exchange student Knox spent four years in jail in Italy, from her arrest to her conviction in her first murder trial through her successful appeal. She's now facing a second appeals trial, along with her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox declared her innocence in her roommate's 2007 murder in a highly unusual email Tuesday to the Italian court hearing the case against her. The former U.S. exchange student also said she was staying away from the trial out of fear of being wrongly convicted.


Casualties overwhelm hospitals in Syria's Aleppo

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 11:53 AM PST

BEIRUT (AP) — Hospitals in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo are overwhelmed with casualties, an international aid group warned Tuesday, as government warplanes blasted opposition areas of the city as part of a withering three-day air assault that has killed more than 100 people.

Obama selects gay athletes for Sochi delegation

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 04:59 PM PST

FILE - In this June 4, 2007, file photo, tennis champion Billie Jean King is introduced during a town hall conversation hosted by the group Women for Hillary in New York. The White House says King and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul will join the opening ceremony delegation. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)President Barack Obama sent Russia a clear message about its treatment of gays and lesbians with who he is — and isn't — sending to represent the United States at the Sochi Olympics.


Year-end agreement: Budget heads to final passage

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 03:28 PM PST

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, accompanied by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, urging their Senate colleagues to change the budget proposal that cuts retirement benefits for current and future military retirees. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Year-end legislation to ease Congress' chronic budget brinkmanship and soften across-the-board spending cuts moved to the cusp of final passage Tuesday, a rare display of Senate bipartisanship that masked strong Republican complaints about slicing into military retirement benefits.


UN: Hundreds estimated killed in South Sudan

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 04:49 PM PST

In this handout image provided by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, taken on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, a United Nation soldier stands guard as civilians arrive at the UNMISS compound adjacent to Juba International Airport to take refuge. Sporadic gunfire rang out in the capital, Juba, overnight as the military "cleared out remnants" of a faction of soldiers accused of mounting a coup attempt, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday amid an ongoing hunt for the former deputy president who is accused of leading the failed plot. (AP Photo/UNMISS/Rolla Hinedi)JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Fighting in South Sudan has killed up to 500 people, U.N. diplomats said Tuesday, and the United Nations fears the violence in the oil-rich East African country is "largely along ethnic lines."


NY financial firm announces $135M 9/11 settlement

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 04:38 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost two-thirds of its employees in the Sept. 11 attacks, revealed a $135 million settlement with American Airlines and insurance carriers on Tuesday to a judge who said it will end the final airplane-focused case resulting from claims of wrongful death and personal injuries.

Blind man, guide dog safe after subway track fall

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 04:46 PM PST

Cecil Williams smiles as he pets his guide dog Orlando in his hospital bed following a fall onto subway tracks from the platform at 145th Street, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, in New York. The blind 61-year-old Williams says he fainted while holding onto his black labrador who tried to save him from falling. Both escaped without serious injury. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — Gallant guide dog Orlando was just doing his duty.


UN: Poverty pushing Myanmar opium output higher

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 04:58 PM PST

BANGKOK (AP) — Official efforts to stamp out opium production in Myanmar are falling flat because poor farmers don't have alternative ways to make a living, a U.N. agency said Wednesday.

Harvard student accused of making campus bomb hoax

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 04:55 PM PST

Tactical police assemble outside a building at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Four buildings on campus were evacuated after campus police received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed inside, interrupting final exams. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)BOSTON (AP) — Bomb threats that led to the evacuations of four Harvard University campus buildings this week were made by a student trying to get out of taking a final exam, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.


Indian official: Diplomat's arrest in NYC barbaric

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 03:14 PM PST

Indian police remove barricades that had been erected as a safety measure outside the main entrance of U.S Embassy, reportedly in retaliation to the alleged mistreatment of New York-based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. The arrest and strip search of the Indian diplomat escalated into a major diplomatic furor Tuesday as India's national security adviser called the woman's treatment "despicable and barbaric." (AP Photo) INDIA OUTNEW DELHI (AP) — The arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York City escalated into a major diplomatic furor Tuesday as India's national security adviser called the woman's treatment "despicable and barbaric."


US urges citizens to leave South Sudan amid unrest

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 02:48 PM PST

In this handout image provided by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, taken on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, a United Nation soldier stands guard as civilians arrive at the UNMISS compound adjacent to Juba International Airport to take refuge. Sporadic gunfire rang out in the capital, Juba, overnight as the military "cleared out remnants" of a faction of soldiers accused of mounting a coup attempt, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday amid an ongoing hunt for the former deputy president who is accused of leading the failed plot. (AP Photo/UNMISS/Rolla Hinedi)JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United States ordered its citizens to leave South Sudan immediately Tuesday due to fighting in the capital after what its president called a coup attempt by soldiers loyal to his former deputy.


Banned Somali charcoal still finds ways into Gulf

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:55 AM PST

In this Thursday Dec. 5, 2013 photo, workers fill plastic bags with charcoal believed to be from Somalia at a charcoal trading facility in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Charcoal from Somalia is prized in Gulf nations: Made from acacia trees, it's slow burning and gives a sweet aroma to the region's beloved grilled meats and waterpipes. It is also banned by the United Nations, because its shipments rake in millions of dollars a year for al-Qaida-linked militants. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)KHASAB, Oman (AP) — Charcoal from Somalia is prized in Gulf nations: Made from acacia trees, it's slow burning and gives a sweet aroma to the region's beloved grilled meats and to tobacco burned in waterpipes. It is also banned by the United Nations, because its shipments rake in millions of dollars a year for al-Qaida-linked militants.


Putin: Russia to buy $15 billion in Ukraine bonds

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 11:33 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych chat during a news conference after their talks in Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow has agreed to sharply cut the price of its natural gas supplies to Ukraine and will buy $15 billion worth of Ukrainian government bonds, but says there was no discussion about Ukraine joining a free trade pact of three ex-Soviet nations. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened his wallet in the battle with the European Union over Ukraine's future, saying Moscow will buy $15 billion worth of Ukrainian government bonds and sharply cut the price of natural gas for its economically struggling neighbor.


North Korea enigma: American released, uncle executed ... enter Dennis Rodman?

Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:08 PM PST

El ex jugador de balocesto Dennis Rodman llega al Salón de la Fama del deporte para la ceremonia de inducción del 2011 en Springfield, Massachusetts.North Korea remains as enigmatic as ever, releasing an American Korean War veteran detained at the end of an organized visit to the hermetic country one moment and executing the longtime, behind-the-scenes power and former trusted uncle of leader Kim Jong-un the next. Mr. Rodman, who described himself as Kim's "friend for life" during a high-profile trip to Pyongyang earlier this year, plans to return this week to help train the North Korean basketball team. Also in the works for January is an unprecedented exhibition basketball game that would pit the Rodman-coached North Korean ballers against a roster of former NBA players – although the names of the latter have yet to be released. Rodman says he has high hopes for his "basketball diplomacy," but at the same time he eschews any political dimension to his North Korea travels.


Obama meets with tech CEOs amid NSA concerns

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 02:06 PM PST

U.S. President Obama reaches clasps hands with Facebook COO Sandberg during a meeting in WashingtonWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday discussed the troubled federal health care website, government surveillance and other issues with executives from Google, Twitter, Apple and several other leading technology companies.


Six U.S. troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 11:51 AM PST

A NATO helicopter flies over Nejrab base near Kabul, on September 21, 2012Six US troops in Afghanistan were killed and one wounded in a helicopter crash Tuesday, but it was unclear if Taliban fire caused any of the casualties after the chopper went down. Military officials said insurgents did not shoot down the UH-60 Blackhawk, but they were investigating whether any of the US troops were killed by gunfire from Taliban militants after the crash. The Afghan insurgents immediately claimed responsibility for the deaths, using their main Twitter account to report that their fighters had shot down the US chopper in the southern province of Zabul. The incident was the single biggest loss of life for the NATO mission in Afghanistan since seven Georgian soldiers died when a suicide bomber blew up a truck loaded with explosives outside a base in Helmand province in June.


Obama, tech execs to discuss costs of NSA spying

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 02:44 AM PST

NSA VIOLATES CONSTITUTIONExecutives from Apple, Twitter, Netflix, Google and Yahoo are due to meet with the president.


Six U.S. soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 07:45 AM PST

Members of the media try to protect themselves from dust from a British forces transport helicopter as it lands at the forward operating base Sterga II at Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)Six U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, NATO said, the largest death toll in a single incident to hit the international force in months. U.S. defense officials said the soldiers killed in the crash, which occurred in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province, were American. Zabul's deputy governor, Mohammad Jan Rasoulyar, said a crash had taken place in the Shah Joy district of Zabul. A Taliban spokesman claimed on Twitter that Taliban militants had shot down a helicopter on Tuesday in the same district.


Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel headed to Rock Hall

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 02:22 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Nirvana, Kiss and Peter Gabriel will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.

Boston Marathon bombing victim engaged to rehab nurse

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 04:52 AM PST

In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and photographer Kenshin Okubo, Boston Marathon bombing victim James Costello staggers away in his torn clothing from the finish area in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDITJames "Bim" Costello popped the question to Krista D'Agostino on Saturday in Lyon, France, during a 10-day trip to Europe with other victims and first responders.


Federal government has spent nearly $1 million on romance

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST

FabioWe know Congress has terrible approval ratings, but who knew it was this desperate for love?


'No credible evidence' Diana murdered

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 05:49 AM PST

Picture dated 14 November 1992 shows Diana, Princess of Wales waving to the crowd as she arrives at the Cite de la Musique at La Villette in ParisBritish police said Tuesday they found "no credible evidence" that Diana, princess of Wales was murdered by special forces, following a probe into the new claims over her death in 1997. Scotland Yard announced in August it was checking recently received information about the deaths of the princess and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, including an allegation that she was killed by Britain's elite Special Air Service (SAS). Diana and Fayed were killed in a car crash in a Paris underpass in the early hours of August 31, 1997, along with their French driver Henri Paul. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) conducted a "scoping exercise" to assess its relevance and decide whether it warranted a new criminal investigation.


Budget deal splits GOP leaders in House, Senate

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 08:16 AM PST

This photo taken Dec. 11, 2013 shows House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican leaders and several hard-right groups are in the throes of a bitter political divorce marked by name-calling and deep suspicions. The eagerness of House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to lash out at groups that have given them fits for the past few years has unshackled others in the Republican ranks, who bluntly question the motivation of organizations such as the Senate Conservatives Fund, Heritage Action, Madison Project and Club for Growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leaders are criticizing a bipartisan budget deal, parting ways with their House counterparts who shepherded the measure through that chamber last week.


Report: Snowden makes Brazil an offer

Posted: 17 Dec 2013 01:06 AM PST

This still frame grab recorded June 6, 2013 and released to AFP on June 10, 2013 shows Edward Snowden, who worked at the NSA for the past four years, speaking during an interview with The Guardian newspaper at an undisclosed location in Hong KongIn an "open letter," the NSA leaker vows to help Brazil's government if granted asylum.


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