2014年3月13日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Police: 2 dead after car crashes into crowd at SXSW

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:36 AM PDT

People are treated after being struck by a vehicle on Red River Street in downtown Austin, Texas, during SXSW on Wednesday March 12, 2014. Police say two people were confirmed dead at the scene after a car drove through temporary barricades set up for the South By Southwest festival and struck a crowd of pedestrians. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)Police say a car drove through temporary barricades and struck a crowd of pedestrians.


Malaysia: No debris at spot shown on China images

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:12 AM PDT

In this March 9, 2014 satellite image seen on the website of the Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, floating objects are seen at sea next to the red arrow which was added by the source. China's Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday that the images show suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner floating off the southern tip of Vietnam. (AP Photo/Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense)No signs of the missing jetliner have been found, Malaysia's civil aviation chief said.


Gas blast destroys 2 NY buildings; 6 people dead

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:34 AM PDT

Searchers dig through rubble of 2 NY buildingsA gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 60. A tenant said residents had complained repeatedly ...


Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:53 AM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 16, 1999 file photo shows former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew in Tallahassee, Fla. Askew, who guided the state through a period of school busing to achieve integration in the 1970s, died early Thursday March 13, 2014. He was 85. (AP Photo/Mark Foley, file)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, who guided the state through a period of school busing to achieve integration in the 1970s, died early Thursday. He was 85.


CIA-Senate spat raises murky legal, policy issues

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:12 AM PDT

In this March 11, 2014, photo, CIA Director John Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. A dispute between the CIA and the Senate that flared into public view this week has no obvious path toward criminal prosecution and may be better resolved through political compromise than in a court system leery of stepping into government quarrels, legal experts say. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute between the CIA and the Senate that flared into public view this week has no obvious path toward criminal prosecution and may be better resolved through political compromise than in a court system leery of stepping into government quarrels, legal experts say.


Survivors: Pope Francis saved many in dirty wars

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:11 AM PDT

In this Nov. 29, 2013 photo, two dogs lie on the entrance of the Colegio Maximo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, studied philosophy and theology and became a priest at this school. He also lived there in different periods of his life, first when he served as Provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina from 1975 to 1979 and later, when he became Rector between 1979 and 1986. Pope Francis conspired right under the soldiers' noses at the theological seminary he directed, providing refuge and safe passage to dozens of priests, seminarians and political dissidents marked for elimination by the 1976-1983 military regime. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)SAN MIGUEL, Argentina (AP) — Gonzalo Mosca was a radical on the run. Hunted by Uruguay's dictators, he fled to Argentina, where he narrowly escaped a military raid on his hideout. "I thought that they would kill me at any moment," Mosca says.


Merkel: Russia risks huge consequences in Ukraine

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:51 AM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russia risks "massive" political and economic consequences if it continues its course in the Ukraine crisis.

Late winter storm hits Midwest, Northeast

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:24 AM PDT

Hana Quinn, 10, wipes snow off the sign for the First Christian Church on South Calhoun Street as she holds her umbrella against the falling snow, Fort Wayne, Ind., Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The Journal Gazette, Chad Ryan)TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A storm that swept through the Midwest and the Northeast just a week before the start of spring caused pileups on the Ohio Turnpike involving at least 50 vehicles, leaving three people dead and a state trooper seriously injured.


Broncos get Ware; Bucs cut Revis; Decker to Jets

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 09:09 PM PDT

File - In this Sept. 22, 2013, file photo, Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Ware walks the field during the second quarter of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas. The Dallas Cowboys are releasing franchise sacks leader Ware to save salary cap room after the worst season of his career. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)Well, that didn't take long.


Police under attack in Pakistan's largest city

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 12:05 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, Pakistani Jamal Din, father of police officer Didar Ahmed, who was killed along with three other police officers in early February, reacts while talking about his son at his home in Karachi, Pakistan. The jacket that Karachi police officer Didar Ahmed was wearing when he was killed was given back to his family after his death. Bullet holes have pierced the sleeves and chest, marking where Ahmed was shot. In some areas the jacket is stained dark with dried blood. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — From his home off a dirt road cluttered with trash in Pakistan's teeming city of Karachi, policeman Didar Ahmed's son shows the bloodstained jacket his father was wearing when gunmen cut him and three colleagues down in a hail of bullets last month.


Gas blast destroys 2 NY buildings; 6 people dead

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 01:34 AM PDT

Emergency workers respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing)NEW YORK (AP) — A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 60. A tenant said residents had complained repeatedly in recent weeks about "unbearable" gas smells.


Obama calls for a 'rethinking' on Crimea vote

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 03:15 PM PDT

In this March 10, 2014, photo, White House press secretary Jay Carney answers questions during his daily news briefing at the White House as he spoke about the situation in Ukraine. In a diplomatic dig at Russia, President Barack Obama is hosting the new Ukrainian prime minister at the White House on March 12, a high-profile gesture aimed at cementing the West's allegiance to Ukraine's fledgling government. The meeting between Obama and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk comes as a pro-Russian area of Ukraine readies for a referendum Sunday to determine its future. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that the U.S. would "completely reject" a vote in Crimea opening the door for the strategic Ukrainian peninsula to join Russia if the election goes ahead on Sunday. Adding pressure on Russia, the Senate advanced a package of potentially tough economic sanctions against Moscow.


Utah trucker accused of keeping sex slaves

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 05:34 PM PDT

This undated image provided by the Clay County, Minn., Jail shows Timothy Jay Vafeades. Federal charges have been filed against Vafeades, a Utah trucker accused of keeping sex slaves in his semitrailer for months at a time. (AP Photo/Clay County Jail)A Utah truck driver kept sex slaves in his semitrailer for months at a time while he traveled the country, filing down their teeth, forcing them to alter their appearance and beating them until they nearly passed out, authorities said.


Gas blast destroys 2 NY buildings; 4 people dead

Posted: 12 Mar 2014 11:06 PM PDT

Emergency workers respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing)NEW YORK (AP) — A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least four people, injuring more than 60 and leaving nine missing. A tenant said residents had complained repeatedly in recent weeks about "unbearable" gas smells.


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