2016年3月14日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Islamic State fighter from U.S. in custody in Iraq

Posted: 14 Mar 2016 04:51 PM PDT

By Isabel Coles ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - An American fighting for Islamic State was taken into custody in northern Iraq after he left territory controlled by the militant group, according to two Kurdish officers, one of whom arrested him. Both said it appeared the man was intending to escape both Islamic State and Kurdish forces but handed himself in after peshmerga fighters opened fire on him near the frontline in the village of Golat. Captain Daham Khalaf said they had spotted the fighter hiding in long grass around dawn and waited until the sun rose before surrounding him.

Brothers accused in recording attack that left officer dead

Posted: 14 Mar 2016 04:38 PM PDT

Police stand outside a Popeyes restaurant during an investigation into the murder of Jacai Colson, a four-year veteran of the Prince George's County police force, who was shot outside the District III police station, on Sunday, March 13, 2016, in Hyattsville, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)CHEVERLY, Md. (AP) — An undercover narcotics officer was mortally wounded by one of his colleagues as he responded to an attack on his police station by a gunman with a death wish, their police chief angrily explained on Monday.


Water ebbing in north Louisiana, rising at Mississippi line

Posted: 14 Mar 2016 05:06 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As floodwaters began receding Monday in northwest Louisiana, emergency officials along Louisiana's southeastern border with Mississippi were watching the rise of the Pearl River amid widespread flooding that has damaged thousands of homes.

Turkey carries out airstrikes after deadly bombing

Posted: 14 Mar 2016 12:42 PM PDT

Turkey carries out airstrikes after deadly bombing to 37ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey lashed out Monday at Kurdish targets, bombing military positions in northern Iraq and rounding up dozens of militants at home after a suicide car bombing in the heart of the capital drew the country even deeper into the complex Syrian conflict.


Europe-Russia mission blasts off on hunt for life on Mars

Posted: 14 Mar 2016 10:20 AM PDT

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the ExoMars 2016 spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome on March 14, 2016A joint European-Russian mission aiming to search for traces of life on Mars blasted off on Monday for the start of a seven-month unmanned space journey to the Red Planet. A Proton rocket carrying the Trace Gas Orbiter to examine Mars's atmosphere and a descent module that will conduct a test landing on its surface launched into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe at 0931 GMT. The ExoMars 2016 mission, a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Russian equivalent Roscosmos, is the first part of a two-phase exploration aiming to answer questions about the existence of life on Earth's neighbour.


Authorities: Over 130 cars involved in wreck on I-40 in NC

Posted: 14 Mar 2016 12:07 PM PDT

This photo provided by ABC11 shows traffic backing up on westbound Interstate 40 from the view of Exit 154 after multiple vehicle accidents Sunday, March 13, 2016, in central North Carolina. Authorities say dozens of vehicles were involved in a series of wrecks that injured over a dozen people and temporarily shut down part of Interstate 40. (Tim Pulliam/ABC11 via AP) MANDATORY CREDITBURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A huge series of wrecks involving more than 130 vehicles on Interstate 40 in North Carolina are being blamed on speeding, following too closely and driver inattention in heavy rain and fog, authorities say.


GOP prepares to fight Obama nominee, no matter whom he picks

Posted: 14 Mar 2016 03:26 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court fight is about to get personal.

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Mitt Romney to campaign with Kasich on eve of Ohio vote

Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:59 PM PDT

Mitt Romney is interviewed by Neil Cavuto during his "Cavuto Coast to Coast" program on the Fox Business Network, in New York Friday, March 4, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was sharply criticized by 2012 nominee Mitt Romney and faced debate assaults by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio as the party elite scrambled to block the trash-talking New York billionaire businessman's path to the November ballot. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee who has slammed current frontrunner Donald Trump, campaigns with Governor John Kasich on Monday, ahead of Ohio's crucial primary, sources in both camps said. The appearances will be the first for Romney on the 2016 campaign trail, although he is not endorsing Kasich, a source close to Romney said. The party's 2012 standard-bearer has indicated he will seek to help the three remaining non-Trump candidates -- Kasich, Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Marco Rubio -- any way he can, as the party's establishment grapples for ways to derail Trump.


Car bomb in Turkey's capital kills at least 34, wounds 125

Posted: 13 Mar 2016 04:22 PM PDT

Emergency services work at the explosion site in the busy center of Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 13, 2016. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a car bomb that went off close to bus stops. News reports say the large explosion in the capital has caused several deaths and many casualties. (AP Photo)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suicide car bomb went off near bus stops in the heart of Turkey's capital on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding around 125 others, officials said. Two of the dead are believed to be the assailants.


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