2015年1月15日星期四

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Charlie Hebdo cofounder blames slain editor for provoking attack

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 12:16 PM PST

In this Sept.19, 2012 file photo, Stephane Charbonnier also known as Charb , the publishing director of the satyric weekly Charlie Hebdo, displays the front page of the newspaper as he poses for photographers in Paris. Masked gunmen shouting Stéphane Charbonnier is criticized for "overdoing it" by publishing provocative cartoons.


Immigrants can now get Mexican birth certificates in U.S.

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:47 PM PST

FILE - Visitors walk from the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock, Ark., after the grand opening of the building in this Wednesday, April 25, 2007 file photot. The Mexican government on Thursday Jan. 15, 2015 will start issuing birth certificates to its citizens at consulates in the United States, seeking to make it easier for them to apply for U.S. work permits, driver's licenses and protection from deportation. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — For Mexicans living in the U.S. illegally and hoping to stay in the country under President Barack Obama's new immigration policy, things just got one step simpler.


Belgian police kill 2 in anti-terror raid during shootout

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:32 PM PST

Belgian police officers guard a street in Verviers, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Belgian authorities say two people have been killed and one has been arrested during a shootout in an anti-terrorist operation in the eastern city of Verviers. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)VERVIERS, Belgium (AP) — With Europe dreading more terror, Belgian authorities moved swiftly to pre-empt what they called a major attack by as little as hours Thursday, killing two suspects in a firefight and arresting a third in a vast anti-terrorism sweep that stretched into the night.


Obama measures on Cuba trade, travel poke new holes in embargo

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST

A passenger pushes a luggage cart after arriving on a charter flight from Tampa at the airport in HavanaBy Anna Yukhananov, Matt Spetalnick and Krista Hughes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced sweeping new rules on Thursday that will significantly ease sanctions on Cuba, opening up the communist-ruled island to expanded U.S. travel, trade and financial activities. Defying hardline critics in Congress, President Barack Obama made good on his commitment last month to loosen restrictions on dealings with Cuba as part of an historic effort to end decades of hostility. The U.S. embargo on Cuba, in place for 54 years, will remain. Only Congress can lift it.


New Yorkers concerned by mayor's rift with police, poll shows

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 12:51 PM PST

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio holds his new municipal identification card during a news conference at the Queens Library in the Queens Borough of New YorkA majority of New York City residents are concerned by the unusually deep rift that has formed between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's police department, according to a poll released on Thursday, with 77 percent saying the relationship is bad. Forty-five percent say it is the mayor's fault, while 43 percent say it is the police's, according to the Quinnipiac University Poll. Amid police anger over the mayor's qualified support for some of the police's fiercest critics, the number of arrests and court summonses plummeted for two weeks in late December as the nation's largest police department embarked on what city leaders called a slowdown.


Airport workers, others protest on Martin Luther King birthday

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 11:21 AM PST

Demonstrators wearing "I AM A MAN" signs protest outside LaGuardia Airport during a protest march in New YorkBy Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scores of airport workers rallied on Thursday in New York and other cities to demand higher wages in one of several protests planned by an array of interest groups to mark the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. About 200 service workers blocked a dozen or so bus and car drivers by sitting down on a street bridge leading to New York's LaGuardia Airport. At Philadelphia International Airport, about 100 non-unionized airport workers marched silently through four terminals to a designated "free speech zone" where they held a rally accusing contractors of ignoring minimum wage rules.


Bill Cosby praises fans for loyalty before Denver shows

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:00 PM PST

Comedian Bill Cosby performs onstage in New York on Oct. 21, 2010Bill Cosby released a statement thanking his fans for sticking by his side and buying tickets to his upcoming performances in Denver.


Turkey opens probe against columnists over Mohammed cartoon

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:04 AM PST

Turkish Muslims chant slogans in front of the Istanbul courthouse during a protest against the publication by daily newspaper Cumhuriyet of a pull-out containing cartoons and articles from Charlie Hebdo on January 15, 2015, in IstanbulTurkish prosecutors on Thursday opened an investigation into two commentators writing for daily newspaper Cumhuriyet who illustrated their columns with the controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoon published by Charlie Hebdo. The prosecutors were investigating Cumhuriyet columnists Ceyda Karan and Hikmet Cetinkaya on suspicion of "inciting public hatred and insulting religious values", the official Anatolia news agency reported. The probe was opened a day after Cumhuriyet published the special edition marking the first edition of the French satirical weekly after the attack on its offices that killed 12 people.


U.S. loosens embargo on Cuba

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 01:07 PM PST

In this March 22, 2013 file photo, miniature flags representing Cuba and the U.S. are displayed on the dash of an American classic car in Havana, Cuba. The Obama administration is putting a large dent in the U.S. embargo against Cuba as of Friday, significantly loosening restrictions on American trade and investment. The new rules also open up the communist island to greater American travel and allow U.S. citizens to start bringing home small amounts of Cuban cigars after more than a half-century ban. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)The White House is changing its policies on trade and investment in the island nation.


Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 02:47 PM PST

Pope FrancisABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith.


Watch Live: Journalism after #CharlieHebdo

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 05:03 PM PST

Dieudonne, Charlie Hebdo and free speechKatie Couric leads an expert panel discussing fallout from the Paris attacks.


Matt Bai: Dear Mitt Romney — Shake it off

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 02:36 AM PST

Matt Romney Campaign PosterThe pundits are saying Mitt Romney can't win in 2016 if he runs for president. But Matt Bai is here to tell him he shouldn't take any of that seriously. Our columnist explores the many arguments in favor of running, starting with Romney's hair.


FBI: Ohio man planned to bomb U.S. Capitol

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 01:59 PM PST

Christopher Cornell, 20, of Cincinnati, Ohio is pictured in this handout photoThe 20-year-old suspect expressed his support for the Islamic State, officials said.


Spain to probe Paris gunman Coulibaly's Madrid stay

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 06:36 AM PST

An image taken on January 11, 2015 from a video released on Islamist social networks purportedly shows Amedy Coulibaly, suspected of killing a policewoman in Montrouge and four hostages at a Kosher supermarket in ParisA Spanish High Court judge has opened a preliminary investigation into French Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly's stay in Madrid days before last week's Paris attacks, a judicial source said Thursday. Judge Eloy Velasco will probe the visit by Coulibaly, his partner Hayat Boumeddiene and a "third person who may have helped her reach Syria," the source said. Coulibaly was shot dead by police after he killed four Jewish men in a siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris on January 9.


Shakeup at Secret Service; 4 executives reassigned

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 04:00 PM PST

In this Sept. 30, 2014 file photo, then-Secret Service Director Julia Pierson pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. A U.S. official says four of the highest-ranking Secret Service executives have been reassigned in the wake of a series of security mishaps. The agency's assistant directors for investigations, protective operations, technology and public affairs have all been reassigned within the Secret Service. A fifth assistant director is retiring. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Four of the highest-ranking Secret Service executives have been reassigned following a series of security mishaps and scathing reports questioning leadership within the agency, the Secret Service said Wednesday.


CIA absolves itself in torture report snooping

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 07:06 PM PST

A man crosses the Central Intelligence Agency logo in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, August 14, 2008A panel clears agency officials of wrongdoing when they accessed Senate committee computers.


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