2013年8月14日星期三

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278 dead after violent clashes in Egypt

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 01:36 PM PDT

Egyptian security forces detain protesters as they clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps by supporters of the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out at both sites. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)Police swept away two camps of supporters of ousted President Morsi.

'I'm sorry that I hurt the United States'

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 04:31 PM PDT

File photo of U.S. Army Private First Class Manning departing the courthouse at Fort Meade, MarylandPvt. Bradley Manning was convicted of handing state secrets to WikiLeaks.

Republicans seek different approaches to defund Obamacare

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Conference in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013. The fight for the direction of the Republican Party will be on display Thursday at a Washington conference hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a group created by former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed. Designed to strengthen the evangelical influence in national politics, the conference gives many religious conservative activists their first look at potential 2016 presidential candidates. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Republican lawmakers seek different approaches to killing the health care law.

30 months prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:10 AM PDT

Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their fates when a federal judge sentences the one-time power couple for misusing $750,000 in campaign money on everything from a gold-plated Rolex watch and mink capes to vacations and mounted elk heads. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on TV's, restaurant dinners, an expensive watch and other costly personal items. His wife received a sentence of one year.

Officials: UPS cargo jet crashes in Ala.; 2 killed

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:33 AM PDT

Fire crews investigate where a UPS cargo plane lies on a hill at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport after crashing on approach, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, in Birmingham, Ala. Toni Herrera-Bast, a spokeswoman for Birmingham's airport authority, says there are no homes in the immediate area of the crash. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane crashed and burned Wednesday morning on the outskirts of an Alabama airport, killing two crew members and scattering boxes and charred debris across a grassy field, officials said.

Eurozone recession end is cold comfort for Greece

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:07 AM PDT

An elderly man carries shopping bags at Athens' central fruit and vegetable market, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Greece is beating its budget targets by a wide margin so far this year, a sign the country's painful cost cuts and tax increases, combined with international bailout funds, are paying off.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's recession is over, thanks to second-quarter growth in big countries Germany and France and an improvement in some of the smaller ones that have been hit hard by the financial crisis. But the pain is not over, because many still have mountains of public debt to pay off and record unemployment. It's also uncertain how long a recovery can be sustained.

Kidnapped Calif. teen says captor deserved to die

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:04 AM PDT

FILE - This combination of undated photos provided by the San Diego Sheriff's Department shows James Lee DiMaggio, 40, left, and Hannah Anderson, 16. Anderson went online barely 48 hours after her rescue Saturday Aug. 10, 2013 and started fielding hundreds of questions through a social media site. The 16-year-old California girl kidnapped by a close family friend suspected of murdering her mother and 8-year-old brother says he threatened to kill her if she tried to escape and got what he deserved when he died in a shootout with authorities in the Idaho wilderness. (AP Photo/San Diego Sheriff's Department )SAN DIEGO (AP) — The 16-year-old California girl kidnapped by a close family friend suspected of killing her mother and 8-year-old brother says he threatened to kill her if she tried to escape and got what he deserved when he died in a shootout with authorities in the Idaho wilderness.

Police kill La. bank hostage taker; 1 hostage dies

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:38 AM PDT

Louisiana law officers inspect a vehicle outside a Tensas State Bank branch during a hostage situation in St. Joseph, La., Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. A man whose family owns a store across the street from the bank took three bank employees hostage, and a state police negotiator has been talking to him for hours, police said. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)ST. JOSEPH, La. (AP) — A man who believed a device had been implanted in his head shot two hostages, killing one, at a rural Louisiana bank before state police ended the hours-long standoff by shooting him dead.

Tech pleads guilty in NH in hepatitis C outbreak

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 08:48 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Hampshire shows David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at Exeter, N.H., Hospital. Kwiatkowski, accused of infecting dozens of patients with hepatitis C through tainted needles, told investigators he had been stealing drugs for more than a decade and was "killing a lot of people," according to a plea agreement filed Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, that would send him to prison for 30 to 40 years. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office, File)CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling hospital technician accused of causing a multistate outbreak of hepatitis C has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in New Hampshire.

Eurozone's longest-ever recession comes to an end

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:22 AM PDT

A man runs past containers placed at Lisbon's Santa Apolonia port, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, said the 17 EU countries that use the euro saw their collective economic output increase by 0.3 percent in the April to June period from the previous quarter. That's the first quarterly growth since the eurozone slipped into recession in the last three months of 2011. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)MADRID (AP) — Minube, a travel startup on the outskirts of Madrid, is doing something that many Spanish companies haven't thought about for years: It's hiring.

Official: Israelis, Palestinians begin peace talks

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Palestinian relatives jump to a vehicle carrying released prisoners upon their arrival to Beit Hanoun checkpoint between Israel and northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Israel released 26 Palestinian inmates, including many convicted in grisly killings, on the eve of long-stalled Mideast peace talks, angering families of those slain by the prisoners, who were welcomed as heroes in the West Bank and Gaza. (AP photo/Hatem Moussa)JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli official says a new round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians has begun.

British cat DNA database helps convict killer

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:22 AM PDT

Undated handout photo issued by Hampshire Police of David Hilder. The UK's first cat DNA database has been created and was used in court to help convict Hilder of manslaughter on July 30. University of Leicester forensic scientists revealed Wednesday Aug.14, 2013 that they compiled data from 152 cats around the country which they now hope to publish so it can be used in future crime investigations. The database was used to demonstrate the likelihood that cat hairs found on the dismembered torso of Hampshire man David Guy belonged to Tinker, a cat owned by main suspect David Hilder. (AP Photo/ Hampshire Police)LONDON (AP) — Fingerprints are not the only thing that killers can leave behind — add cat hair to that list.

Terrorists turn to online chat rooms to evade US

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:48 AM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 10, 2013 file photo shows Yemeni soldiers inspecting a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa, Yemen. In secretive chat rooms and on encrypted Internet message boards, al-Qaida fighters have been planning and coordinating attacks _ including a threatened if vague plot that U.S. intelligence officials say closed 19 embassies across Africa and the Middle East for more than a week. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida fighters have been using secretive chat rooms and encrypted Internet message boards for planning and coordinating attacks — including the threatened if vague plot that U.S. officials say closed 19 diplomatic posts across Africa and the Middle East for more than a week.

Egypt arrests wanted Muslim Brotherhood leaders

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:04 AM PDT

Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Nasr City district, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps by supporters of the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out at both sites. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials and state television say several wanted Muslim Brotherhood leaders have been arrested after troops stormed a protest camp of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Israelis, Palestinians set for talks on home turf

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 08:11 AM PDT

Palestinian relatives jump to a vehicle carrying released prisoners upon their arrival to Beit Hanoun checkpoint between Israel and northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Israel released 26 Palestinian inmates, including many convicted in grisly killings, on the eve of long-stalled Mideast peace talks, angering families of those slain by the prisoners, who were welcomed as heroes in the West Bank and Gaza. (AP photo/Hatem Moussa)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis and Palestinians were to hold their first formal peace talks on home turf in the Middle East in nearly five years Wednesday, hours after Israel released 26 long-held Palestinian prisoners who were given a boisterous homecoming.

Neighbor heard gunshot from hostage-taker's yard

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:08 AM PDT

Investigators work throughout the early morning hours Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 at the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, La., where a gunman took three people hostage Tuesday. The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Fuaed Abdo Ahmed later released one hostage but around midnight shot the two remaining hostages, killing one of them before being shot and killed by police authorities said. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)ST. JOSEPH, La. (AP) — A neighbor is describing unsettling behavior by the man at the center of a fatal hostage standoff in Mississippi.

Israelis, Palestinians begin peace talks in secret

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:21 AM PDT

Nehad Jondiya, a Palestinian released after 24 years in an Israeli jail, hugs his sister, Um rami, at his family's house in Gaza City on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Israelis and Palestinians were to hold their first formal peace talks on home turf in the Middle East in nearly five years Wednesday, hours after Israel released 26 long-held Palestinian prisoners who were given a boisterous homecoming by cheering crowds. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)It is the third try since 2000 to agree on terms for a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

White House denounces Egypt crackdown, but little action seen

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:01 AM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a statement on the ongoing situation in Egypt before the start of a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Kerry said the violence in Egypt is deplorable and is a serious blow to reconciliation efforts. He says it runs counter to Egyptians' aspirations for peace. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Spokesman says vacationing Obama getting regular updates on crisis; Kerry calls violence "deplorable."

Hope and anguish for Moore, Okla., teachers

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:17 AM PDT

Amy Simpson APKids head back to school as the city still tries to recover from its devastating loss.

18 feared dead after explosions on Indian submarine

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 08:42 AM PDT

The night sky is lit up as a fire burns aboard INS Sindhurakshak, an Indian Navy kilo class submarine early Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013, in Mumbai, India. An Indian navy submarine caught fire after an explosion aboard the vessel, and sank with some people still aboard, the Defense Agency said Wednesday. The number of casualties remains unknown at this time. (AP Photo / Vikalp Shah via APTN) TV OUTAll 18 sailors aboard an Indian submarine hit Wednesday by twin explosions and an intense fire are feared dead, a naval official said.

New York Times website down amid report of 'cyber attack'

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 09:10 AM PDT

People line up for taxi across the street from the New York Times head office in New YorkNYTimes.com appeared to be offline for more than an hour on Wednesday, the result of an "internal issue" at the paper.

Jesse Jackson Jr., wife get prison

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Jackson Jr. and his wife arrive in court for their sentencing hearing in WashingtonThe former Illinois congressman is sentenced to 30 months for misuse of campaign funds.

After Egypt VP quits, party chief says no more resignations

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:21 AM PDT

Sudanese and Egyptian pro-Mursi supporters take part in a rally in front of the Egyptian embassy in KhartoumCAIRO (Reuters) - Nobody will resign from the Egyptian cabinet following the government's decision to break up Muslim Brotherhood protest camps by force, said the leader of the political party to which both the prime minister and one of his deputies belong. Speaking after Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei quit in protest at the use of force that led to scores of deaths, Mohamed Abolghar, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, said he had confirmed there would be no resignations. "Nobody will resign. I confirmed it," Abolghar said. ...

Police fire teargas, birdshot at Bahrain demonstrators

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Riot police try to detain an anti-government protester during clashes in the village of Shakhoora, west of ManamaMANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini police fired teargas and birdshot to disperse scattered protests across the country on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Muslims responded to a call by online activists for pro-democracy demonstrations. The main opposition group said around 60 rallies were held in 40 locations, in an upsurge of a two-and-a-half-year-old campaign to push the Sunni Muslim ruling family for more democracy in the Shi'ite-majority nation of 1.25 million people. ...

Live coverage: Egyptian security moves against pro-Morsi protests

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 06:36 AM PDT

Security forces take up positions during clashes with stone-throwing pro-Mursi supporters around the area of Rabaa Adawiya square, where the protesters are camping, in CairoDozens are reported dead as the army disperses sit-ins.

Fidel Castro tips his hat to North Korea

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 09:01 AM PDT

Former Cuban leader Castro meets head of Venezuela's National Assembly Cabello in HavanaHAVANA (Reuters) - North Korea gave Cuba extensive military support in the 1980s, former President Fidel Castro said on Wednesday as the United Nations investigated a cargo of hidden Cuban arms discovered last month in the hold of a North Korean ship. Castro, who turned 87 on Tuesday and is rarely seen or heard from in public these days, gave his people a lengthy glimpse of his thoughts in a column dated Tuesday and run in all official media on Wednesday. Topics included the origin of man, relations with the Soviet Union, the assassination of U.S. ...

A young, gay congressional candidate could shake up the GOP

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:19 AM PDT

Carl DeMaio announces candidacy for 52nd DistrictCarl DeMaio is not your typical Republican. But the GOP establishment has his back.

Former Ill. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., wife to be sentenced

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 08:50 AM PDT

Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their fates when a federal judge sentences the one-time power couple for misusing $750,000 in campaign money on everything from a gold-plated Rolex watch and mink capes to vacations and mounted elk heads. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Choking back tears, Jesse Jackson Jr. apologized to the American people and his family, including his father the civil rights activist, at a court hearing Wednesday to set sentences for the former Illinois congressman and his wife. The couple pleaded guilty to misusing $750,000 in campaign money on splurges such as a gold-plated Rolex watch, vacations and mounted elk heads.

Pilot, co-pilot die when UPS cargo plane crashes in Alabama

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 04:28 AM PDT

UPS Cargo Jet Crashed Near Alabama AirportReports say the pilot and the co-pilot were both killed.

Calif. teen says captor deserved to die

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 04:01 AM PDT

FILE - This combination of undated photos provided by the San Diego Sheriff's Department shows James Lee DiMaggio, 40, left, and Hannah Anderson, 16. Anderson went online barely 48 hours after her rescue Saturday Aug. 10, 2013 and started fielding hundreds of questions through a social media site. The 16-year-old California girl kidnapped by a close family friend suspected of murdering her mother and 8-year-old brother says he threatened to kill her if she tried to escape and got what he deserved when he died in a shootout with authorities in the Idaho wilderness. (AP Photo/San Diego Sheriff's Department )SAN DIEGO (AP) — The 16-year-old California girl kidnapped by a close family friend suspected of killing her mother and 8-year-old brother says he threatened to kill her if she tried to escape and got what he deserved when he died in a shootout with authorities in the Idaho wilderness.

Indian minister confirms deaths from sub explosion

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:21 AM PDT

An Indian navy sailor works atop a sail of a submarine, center, at a naval dockyard where a submarine caught fire and sank after an explosion early Wednesday in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. India's defense minister A.K. Antony has confirmed loss of lives in a navy submarine explosion at its home port in Mumbai, but gave no details. Eighteen sailors were trapped aboard the submarine, the Indian navy said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)A huge explosion and fire that crippled an Indian navy submarine in its home port of Mumbai on Wednesday killed at least some of the 18 sailors aboard, the country's defense minister said.

Egyptian troops move against pro-Morsi sit-ins

Posted: 14 Aug 2013 12:58 AM PDT

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi watches for a generator outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where protesters have installed a camp and held daily rallies at Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Instead of rushing for the exits, Islamist supporters of Egypt's ousted president are replacing tents with wooden huts in their sprawling Cairo encampment. Barbershops have sprung up and many tents now have satellite dishes. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps by supporters of the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out at both sites, state television and security officials said.

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