Yahoo! News: World - China

---

• US does about-face on Afghan War ally's visa
• Clinton Global Initiative blends policy, celebrities and political intrigue
• Cruz vows to speak until he's "no longer able to stand" on Obamacare
• Cruz vows to speak till he can't against Obamacare
• Mass starvation feared in Syria; 'We have no food'
• Pakistan quake kills 39 as houses collapse
• 6 more people found alive, well after Colo. floods
• Benedict defends abuse record in letter to atheist
• What 95% certainty of warming means to scientists
• 99-year-old Iowa woman gets high school diploma
• Officials: US, Russia still at odds over Syria
• Russia to file piracy charges against Greenpeace
• Iran president ready for nuclear negotiations
• Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced
• Cops: Wounded gang member behind Chicago shooting
• Lohan's mom pleads not guilty to DWI charge in NY
• Kenya says mall militants 'defeated'
• 'Too complicated' for Obama, Iranian president Rouhani to meet
• Long, strange trip ending for lovable VW Bus
• Quake kills 45 in Pakistan, creates new island off coast
• Israel delegation to snub Iran president's U.N. speech
• In U.N. speech, Brazil lashes out at U.S. spy program
• The political paradoxes of Obamacare
• Obama: Wary but ‘encouraged’ by Iran's tone
• Navy Yard shooter lied about previous arrest, debts
• Major quake hits Pakistan, killing at least 39
• Clinton initiative worker dies in Kenya attack
• Cherokee girl transferred to adoptive parents
• Floods may forever change funky Colorado towns
• Kenya mall attackers threaten more violence
• Obama, Bill Clinton reunite to perform health care duet
• Watch Live: Obama addresses U.N. on Syria, Iran
• Obama to address Iran, Syria in U.N. speech
• Mexico storms, flooding reveal human errors
• Family, record company fight over legendary bluesman's photos
• Kenyan forces defusing explosives in mall
• Militants say hostages alive in Kenya mall

US does about-face on Afghan War ally's visa Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:06 PM PDT Janis Shinwari was an interpreter for the military for nearly seven years.

Clinton Global Initiative blends policy, celebrities and political intrigue Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:19 PM PDT A day in the life of former President Bill Clinton's annual confab, where policy meets celebrity.

Cruz vows to speak until he's "no longer able to stand" on Obamacare Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:41 PM PDT Papers in hand, the Texas lawmaker begins a filibuster-esque speech.

Cruz vows to speak till he can't against Obamacare Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Tea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday vowed to speak in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law until he's "no longer able to stand," even though fellow Republicans urged him to back down from his filibuster for fear of a possible government shutdown in a week.

Mass starvation feared in Syria; 'We have no food' Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:52 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition groups and international relief organizations are warning of the risk of mass starvation across the country, especially in the besieged Damascus suburbs where a gas attack killed hundreds last month.

Pakistan quake kills 39 as houses collapse Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:50 PM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of Pakistanis ran into the streets praying for their lives Tuesday as a powerful earthquake rocked a remote area in the southwest, killing at least 39 people and possibly creating a small island off the coast.

6 more people found alive, well after Colo. floods Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:58 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — The final six people who were unaccounted for after massive flooding in Colorado have been found safe and well, authorities said Tuesday, but new spills were reported in water-damaged oilfields.

Benedict defends abuse record in letter to atheist Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:10 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Seven months after leaving the papacy, emeritus Pope Benedict XVI broke his self-imposed silence Tuesday by releasing a letter to one of Italy's best-known atheists in which he denied covering up for sexually abusive priests and defended Christianity to non-believers.

What 95% certainty of warming means to scientists Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Top scientists from a variety of fields say they are about as certain that global warming is a real, man-made threat as they are that cigarettes kill.

99-year-old Iowa woman gets high school diploma Posted: 24 Sep 2013 11:59 AM PDT WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A 99-year-old Iowa woman who dropped out of a high school more than 80 years ago despite needing only one credit to graduate has finally received her diploma.

Officials: US, Russia still at odds over Syria Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:25 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. and Russian negotiators remain at odds on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would hold Syria accountable if it fails to live up to pledges to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles, American officials said Tuesday, as President Barack Obama warned the world body that it risks its credibility and reputation if it does not act.

Russia to file piracy charges against Greenpeace Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:59 PM PDT MURMANSK, Russia (AP) — Russia's top investigative agency said Tuesday it will prosecute Greenpeace activists on piracy charges for trying to climb onto an Arctic offshore drilling platform owned by the state-controlled gas company Gazprom.

Iran president ready for nuclear negotiations Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:36 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran's new president held open the possibility of negotiations on his country's disputed nuclear program and talks with the United States in his first speech on the world stage Tuesday. But he was also highly critical of how the U.S. projects its power.

Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:12 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged the U.N. Security Council to hold Syria accountable if it fails to live up to pledges to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles. He said the United Nations' credibility and reputation is at stake.

Cops: Wounded gang member behind Chicago shooting Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who was clipped in the leg by gunfire went looking for revenge, leading fellow gang members to a crowded park, where one of them unleashed more than a dozen bullets from an assault rifle in a shooting that wounded 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy, authorities say.

Lohan's mom pleads not guilty to DWI charge in NY Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:57 PM PDT HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Her license suspended, Dina Lohan left a suburban New York courthouse in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce on Tuesday after entering a not guilty plea on speeding and drunken driving charges.

Kenya says mall militants 'defeated' Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:30 PM PDT But it's unclear if the siege is over or if any attackers are still at large.

'Too complicated' for Obama, Iranian president Rouhani to meet Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:17 PM PDT Iranians felt it was "too complicated," U.S. officials say.

Long, strange trip ending for lovable VW Bus Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:44 PM PDT The front of a VW bus is seen during the 29th annual "MaiKaeferTreffen" (May Beetle meeting) in Hanover, May 1, 2012. Around 3.500 air-cooled Volkswagen vehicles took part in this event hosted by the Maikaeferteam Hannover car association. (REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz)

Quake kills 45 in Pakistan, creates new island off coast Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:16 PM PDT By Gul Yusufzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A major earthquake hit a remote part of western Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people and prompting a new island to rise from the sea just off the country's southern coast. Tremors were felt as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, hundreds of miles to the east, where buildings shook, as well as the sprawling port city of Karachi in Pakistan. The United States Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude quake struck 145 miles southeast of Dalbandin in Pakistan's quake-prone province of Baluchistan, which borders Iran. ...

Israel delegation to snub Iran president's U.N. speech Posted: 24 Sep 2013 11:31 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Israeli delegation will boycott Iranian President Hassan Rowhani's address to the UN General Assembly later Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced.

In U.N. speech, Brazil lashes out at U.S. spy program Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:10 PM PDT Brazil's president delivered a stinging rebuke Tuesday to the United States over its surveillance program that has swept up data from billions of telephone calls and emails that have passed through Brazil ...

The political paradoxes of Obamacare Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:26 AM PDT The Republican intraparty warfare over Obamacare is just one part of the confusion the health care law has triggered.

Obama: Wary but ‘encouraged’ by Iran's tone Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:32 AM PDT The president also had tough words for the U.N. on Syria.

Navy Yard shooter lied about previous arrest, debts Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Navy Yard shooter lied about a previous arrest and failed to disclose thousands of dollars in debts when he applied for a security clearance in the Navy.

Major quake hits Pakistan, killing at least 39 Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:13 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — An official says the death toll has risen to 39 in a major earthquake in southwestern Pakistan.

Clinton initiative worker dies in Kenya attack Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:47 AM PDT Elif Yavuz, a senior vaccines researcher based in Tanzania, was nine months pregnant.

Cherokee girl transferred to adoptive parents Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:10 AM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The South Carolina couple who adopted a Cherokee girl at the center of a yearslong custody dispute came to Oklahoma last month vowing not to leave without the child.

Floods may forever change funky Colorado towns Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:33 AM PDT LYONS, Colo. (AP) — The storms that raged through the Rocky Mountain foothills instantly remade the landscape and disrupted thousands of lives. They may have also changed the character of the funky mountain hamlets that dot the Front Range.

Kenya mall attackers threaten more violence Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:16 AM PDT The insurgents behind ongoing mall siege want Kenyan troops out of Somalia.

Obama, Bill Clinton reunite to perform health care duet Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:34 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Health care is reuniting President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton.

Watch Live: Obama addresses U.N. on Syria, Iran Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:07 AM PDT Expect to hear the president discuss chemical weapons and the new government in Tehran.

Obama to address Iran, Syria in U.N. speech Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:11 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make clear on Tuesday that he wants to pursue a diplomatic path to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program in a U.N. General Assembly speech that will also cover events in Syria and the Middle East. In a speech scheduled for 10:10 a.m. EDT (1410), a White House official said Obama will lay out U.S. views in three areas: efforts to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, the international effort to gain control of Syria's chemical weapons and the search for Israeli-Palestinian peace. ...

Mexico storms, flooding reveal human errors Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:19 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Human nature is sharing the blame with Mother Nature in Mexico for the destruction spawned by twin storms, with critics pointing to shoddy construction, endemic corruption and political wheeling-and-dealing.

Family, record company fight over legendary bluesman's photos Posted: 23 Sep 2013 03:59 PM PDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A legal battle over profits from the only two known photographs of legendary Delta bluesman Robert Johnson — who is said to have sold his soul to the devil for prowess on the guitar — now rests with the Mississippi Supreme Court.

Kenyan forces defusing explosives in mall Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:23 AM PDT The devices were set by militants who claim to still hold hostages, police say.

Militants say hostages alive in Kenya mall Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:17 AM PDT The group behind the deadly attack says its fighters are "still holding their ground."

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610