2013年11月16日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Iran, world powers close to nuclear deal: Russia's Lavrov

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 01:03 PM PST

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, speaks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Egypt's foreign minister said on Thursday that Russia was too important to be a substitute for the United States as Cairo's foreign ally and backer. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Global powers and Iran are close to a preliminary deal to rein in Tehran's nuclear program and should not pass up a "very good chance" to clinch it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks broadcast on Saturday. Six nations negotiating with Iran hope the talks can produce an agreement that would be the first step towards a comprehensive deal to end a decade-long standoff with Tehran and provide assurances it will not build nuclear weapons. "Our common impression is that there is a very good chance that must not be passed up," Lavrov said of a recent discussion with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, when asked whether the Geneva talks could be successful. "The steps that must be taken to defuse the situation and create conditions for a final resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem are clear to both the six nations and Iran," he said in the interview with Moscow-based TV Tsentr.

Princeton University can import vaccine to combat meningitis outbreak

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 01:36 PM PST

Students walk around the Princeton University campus in New JerseyBy Noreen O'Donnell (Reuters) - A meningitis vaccine approved for use in Europe and Australia but not in the United States can be imported to try to stop an outbreak of the disease at Princeton University in New Jersey, federal health officials said. The Food and Drug Administration agreed this week to the importation of the vaccine, Bexsero, for potential use on the Ivy League campus, Barbara Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Saturday. The school, which has about 7,900 students, reported its seventh case of the year this week, said university spokesman Martin Mbugua.

BatKid – a good deed gone viral

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 08:50 AM PST

Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, center, walks with Batman to save a damsel in distress on the Cable Car line in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. San Francisco turned into Gotham City on Friday, as city officials helped fulfill Scott's wish to be "Batkid." Scott, a leukemia patient from Tulelake in far Northern California, was called into service on Friday morning by San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr to help fight crime, The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation says. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)BatKid not only saved the city, he arrested the nation. And he did it in what was arguably a first-of-its-kind fashion.

Army scrapping 4 US chemical weapons incinerators

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 02:18 PM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, workers continue the process of demolishing chemical waste incinerator at the Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, Ala. The Pentagon spent $10.2 billion over three decades burning chemical weapons stored in four states. Now, with those chemicals up in smoke and communities freed of a threat, the Army's in the middle of another, $1.3 billion project: Demolishing the incinerators that destroyed the toxic materials. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — The Pentagon spent $10.2 billion over three decades burning tons of deadly nerve gas and other chemical weapons stored in four states — some of the agents so deadly even a few drops can kill.

Legal wrangling ahead in Mich. porch shooting case

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 01:33 PM PST

Monica McBride, center, and Walter Ray Simmons, right, the parents of Renisha McBride address the media with attorney Gerald Thurswell, left, during a news conference in Southfield, Mich., Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Their daughter was shot on Nov. 2 in the face on Theodore P. Wafer's front porch in Dearborn Heights. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DETROIT (AP) — The way Renisha Marie McBride's young life ended Nov. 2 is not in dispute: A homeowner in suburban Detroit fatally shot the 19-year-old in the face as she stood on his porch before the sun came up.

FDA issues stern warning on Medtronic devices

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 04:19 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2005 file photo, The "Rising Man" symbol stands in front of the Fridley, Minn., based Medtronic. Medtronic announced Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, that the Food and Drug Administration recall of 15,000 guidewires had been classified as Class I, a category reserved for products with reasonable potential to cause serious injury or death. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)Federal health officials say that defects in some Medtronic devices used in heart procedures are severe enough that they could cause serious injury or death.

Bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead US deal talks

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 09:10 AM PST

An Afghan policeman secures an area after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The explosion came just hours after President Hamid Karzai announced that U.S. and Afghan negotiators had finished a draft to be presented to the Loya Jirga, whom Kabul says must approve the document before Afghanistan signs it. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber tore through the Afghan capital Saturday, just hours after President Hamid Karzai announced U.S. and Afghan negotiators had agreed on a draft deal allowing U.S. troops to remain in the country beyond a 2014 deadline.

Toronto mayor in crisis; some backers stay loyal

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 11:39 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 file photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford holds a bobblehead doll depicting him at Toronto City Hall. An electoral map of the 2010 mayoral election shows that Ford's voter base resides mainly in a more conservative constituency than the downtown electorate. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)TORONTO (AP) — When Rob Ford was elected mayor of Toronto in 2010, his bluster and checkered past were widely known. A plurality of voters backed him anyway, eager to shake things up at a City Hall they viewed as elitist and wasteful.

No. 7 Auburn survives No. 25 Georgia, 43-38

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 05:04 PM PST

Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall (14) runs out of the tackle of Georgia safety Tray Matthews (28) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jay Sailors)AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Ricardo Louis scored on a deflected 73-yard pass on fourth and 18 with 25 seconds left to lift No. 7 Auburn to a stunning 43-38 victory over No. 25 Georgia on Saturday night.

Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 09:15 AM PST

BEIRUT (AP) — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have firmly seized the momentum in the country's civil war in recent weeks, capturing one rebel stronghold after another and triumphantly planting the two-starred Syrian government flag amid shattered buildings and rubble-strewn streets.

Geithner to join private equity firm

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 11:52 AM PST

FILE - This Feb. 2, 2012 file photo shows then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington. The former U.S. Treasury Secretary is joining private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC. The firm announced Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, that Geithner will serve as president and managing director of the firm starting March 1, 2014. Geithner played a central role in devising the U.S. government's response to the financial crisis of 2008-2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who played a central role in the government's response to the financial crisis of 2008-2009, is joining private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC.

White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 08:03 AM PST

Another milestone is passing in America's racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife.

France's Pleyel piano maker plays final note

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 05:03 AM PST

A Pleyel piano is displayed in a piano store, in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Gone are its glory days, when Chopin composed concertos on its pianos. France's Pleyel piano maker is shutting its doors, unable to keep up with cheaper and more agile competition. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — Gone are its glory days, when Chopin composed concertos on its pianos. France's Pleyel piano maker is shutting its doors, unable to keep up with cheaper and more agile competition.

Family seeks answers in deadly Mich porch shooting

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 07:14 AM PST

Monica McBride, center, and Walter Ray Simmons, right, the parents of Renisha McBride address the media with attorney Gerald Thurswell, left, during a news conference in Southfield, Mich., Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Their daughter was shot on Nov. 2 in the face on Theodore P. Wafer's front porch in Dearborn Heights. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the face on the porch of a suburban Detroit home say they find it hard to believe their daughter posed a threat to the man charged in her death.

Clashes hit Libyan capital after militia attack

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 12:38 PM PST

This image made from video shows an injured protester being carried away from the scene in Tripoli, Libya after militiamen attacked peaceful protesters demanding the disbanding of the country's rampant armed groups on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, killing tens of people as they opened fire on the march with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo via AP video)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Soldiers and government-affiliated militias stormed a military base occupied by gunmen in Libya's capital on Saturday, sparking fresh fighting that left four dead a day after a deadly militia attack on protesters.

Easing of China policy may not result in baby boom

Posted: 16 Nov 2013 06:10 AM PST

Visitors to the forbidden city carry children holding the Chinese national flags in Beijing, China, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Some 15 million to 20 million Chinese parents will be allowed to have a second baby after the Chinese government announced Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 that couples where one partner has no siblings can have two children, in the first significant easing of the country's strict one-child policy in nearly three decades.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)BEIJING (AP) — Don't expect a new Chinese baby boom, experts say, despite the first easing of the country's controversial one-child policy in three decades.

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