2014年12月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Fellow officers salute New York City cop's flag-draped casket

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 02:58 PM PST

The casket of New York Police Department officer Rafael Ramos arrives to his wake at Christ Tabernacle Church, in the Glendale section of Queens, where he was member, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, in New York. Ramos was killed Dec. 20 along with his partner, Officer Wenjian Liu, as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Hundreds of officers join the wife and sons of Officer Rafael Ramos.


Will 'The Interview' change how Hollywood does business?

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 02:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2014 file photo, Derek Karpel holds his ticket to a screening of "The Interview" at Cinema Village movie theater, in New York. The film raked in just over $1 million in ticket sales from 331 locations for an impressive $3,142 per theater average, according to distributor Sony Pictures. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Interview" was never supposed to be a paradigm-shifting film. But unusual doesn't even begin to describe the series of events that transpired over the past few weeks, culminating in the truly unprecedented move by a major studio to release a film in theaters and on digital platforms simultaneously.


Weirdest political stories of 2014

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 12:02 AM PST

Sarah Palin: President is clueless about energyThere's everyone from Sarah Palin to Seth Rogen to Hillary Clinton.


Mourners gather for slain New York policeman

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 02:43 PM PST

An NYPD logo is pictured on a wall above a makeshift memorial at the site where two police officers were shot in the head in the Brooklyn borough of New YorkBy Jonathan Allen and Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police officers in dress uniform and other mourners joined a somber, four-block line outside a New York City church on Friday for the wake of one of two officers shot by a man who said he was avenging the killing of unarmed black men by police. Targeted for their uniform, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were slain last Saturday afternoon while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn in what is only the seventh instance of police partners being killed together in the city in more than 40 years. ...


Former 'Saved by the Bell' actor Dustin Diamond arrested in Wisconsin

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 02:48 PM PST

(Reuters) - Former "Saved by the Bell" actor Dustin Diamond, who played the nerdy "Screech" on the high school sitcom, has been arrested for stabbing a man with a switchblade at a bar north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, police said on Friday. Dustin Diamond, 37, and his girlfriend were arrested shortly after they drove away from the Grand Ave Saloon in the town of Port Washington following the altercation on Thursday night, police said in a statement. ...

U.S. police struggle to uncover threats on social media

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 04:05 AM PST

A demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask walks up 6th Ave as he protests against the police in ManhattanBy Edwin Chan and Alex Dobuzinskis SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agencies are a long way from being able to effectively track threats of the kind a gunman posted on Instagram before his execution-style murder of two New York City policemen last weekend. Police need more data analytics and mining software to monitor social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter , as well as trained personnel to make sense of what could be a deluge of data, say law enforcement officials and security experts. ...


China's likely role in North Korea's cyber prowess

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 09:46 AM PST

This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 27, 2014 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) looking at a computerNorth Korea may be facing explosive hacking accusations, but analysts are questioning how an isolated, impoverished country with limited Internet access could wage cyber sabotage -- and many experts believe China plays a role. The US has accused Pyongyang of hacking Sony Pictures, which was intimidated into initially cancelling the comedy film "The Interview" that mocks North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, before deciding to release it online and in selected US cinemas on Christmas Day. While much of the focus has been on the so-called cyber warfare between Washington and Pyongyang -- especially after North Korea's Internet temporarily went down -- many analysts speculate China is a necessary partner in facilitating any attack by the North. "North Korea's cyber capacity relies on Chinese support in terms of both hardware and software," Willy Lam, a politics expert at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, told AFP.


Islamic State claims Iraq suicide bombing that killed 38

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 11:04 AM PST

A flag of the Islamic State (IS) is seen in Iraq on September 11, 2014.The Islamic State group on Friday claimed it carried out a suicide bombing south of Baghdad that targeted Sunni fighters who oppose the jihadists, in which 38 people were killed. IS spearheaded a sweeping militant offensive that has overrun much of Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland since June -- areas that Shiite-led government forces have sought local Sunni help to recapture. The Sahwa, or "Awakening" in Arabic, dates back to the height of the US-led war in Iraq, when Sunni tribesmen joined forces with the Americans to battle insurgents including IS's predecessor organisation, the Islamic State of Iraq. The Sahwa were key to greatly but temporarily reducing the violence, but when Iraq's government took over responsibility for their salaries they were sometimes paid late or not at all.


'Facilitator' of Taliban school attack killed in Pakistan

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 09:25 AM PST

File photo of Pakistani soldiers patrolling a town during a military operation against Taliban militants, in North Waziristan, on July 9, 2014Pakistani security forces have killed a Taliban commander who allegedly facilitated the Peshawar school massacre, which left 150 people dead in the country's worst ever terror attack, officials said Friday.


Senator to reveal major decision in March

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 08:05 AM PST

FILE - This Dec. 16, 2014, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a town hall meeting in Ames, Iowa. Sanders says he'll decide by March whether to launch a 2016 presidential campaign. He says if he does, it won't just be to nudge the debate to the left. Sanders, a socialist, tells The Associated Press he won't get into the race unless he thinks he can win. At a time of increasing wealth inequality, a populist message of taking on BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders says he'll decide by March whether to launch a 2016 presidential campaign and, if so, whether he'll seek the Democratic nomination. Either way, Sanders says he wouldn't run just to nudge the debate to the left.


Update on hospitalized George H.W. Bush

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 04:29 PM PST

Former President George H. W. Bush applauds during an event to honor the winner of the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award at the White House in Washington in this file photo(Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush remained hospitalized on Thursday near his home in Houston after experiencing shortness of breath this week, and was in "great spirits," his spokesman said. Bush, 90, was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital on Tuesday. Spokesman Jim McGrath said on Wednesday that the 41st president's prognosis was positive and that he remained hospitalized as a precaution. "President Bush had another terrific day and is in great spirits," McGrath said on Thursday in an emailed statement. ...


Sri Lanka floods, mudslides kill 14

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 05:17 AM PST

Sri Lankan children play in the surf in the southern coastal town of Peraliya on December 26, 2014Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 14 people in Sri Lanka and driven 80,000 from their homes, police and officials said Friday, as the country marked the 10th anniversary of the tsunami.


Asia remembers devastating 2004 tsunami

Posted: 26 Dec 2014 06:12 AM PST

Somjit Bhuddharaj, 58, gestures after placing flowers next to a plaque with the name of his family, who was killed in the 2004 tsunami, at a wave-shaped memorial in Ban Nam KhemSurvivors and relatives of the disaster's 226,000 victims gathered for memorial services.


On Christmas, Obama marks end of Afghan combat

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 08:33 PM PST

On Christmas, Obama marks end of Afghan combatThe president tells troops in Hawaii that their sacrifices have made the world safer.


Capacity crowds pack screenings of 'The Interview'

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 07:12 PM PST

Capacity crowds pack screenings of 'The Interview'NEW YORK (AP) — Critics and early viewers agree that "The Interview" is less than a masterpiece. But thanks to threats from hackers that nearly derailed its release, it has become an event.


Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hack

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 08:28 AM PST

Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hackRussia on Thursday offered sympathy to North Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang's anger was "quite understandable." ...


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