2013年9月14日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Obama says U.S. remains prepared to act on Syria if diplomacy fails

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:51 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama meets Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Kuwait's emir, in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama vowed on Saturday that Syria will be held to account if it fails to live up to its promises to surrender chemical weapons as he faced questions about how a deal brokered by U.S. and Russian diplomats would be enforced. In a statement, Obama said a framework deal was an important, concrete step toward getting Syria's chemical weapons under international control so they can ultimately be destroyed. The deal emerged from Geneva talks between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. ...


Fifth fatality feared in Colorado floods as towns evacuated

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 03:52 PM PDT

An aerial view of suburban streets flooded in LongmontBy Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado farming communities along the South Platte River were ordered to evacuate ahead of a predicted surge in the flooding, which may have claimed a fifth life and has left many still unaccounted for, authorities said on Saturday. Four deaths have already been confirmed and, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office said in a Tweet, "a 60-year-old woman from Cedar Grove ... is missing and presumed dead. ...


After acquittal, Zimmerman still in spotlight

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 11:51 AM PDT

In this Monday, July 1, 2013 photo, George Zimmerman enters the Seminole County Courthouse, in Sanford, Fla., during his trial on second degree murder for the killing of Trayvon Martin. Whether they think he got away with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin or that he was just a brave neighborhood watch volunteer LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — Whether they think that he got away with murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin or that he was just a brave neighborhood watch volunteer "standing his ground," many Americans can't seem to get enough of George Zimmerman. And he can't seem to stop giving it to them.


Egypt's Mubarak waves, grins as his trial resumes

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 11:32 AM PDT

ALTERNATE CROP OF CAI103 -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, seated, and his two sons, Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, right, attend a hearing in a courtroom at the Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Egypt's ousted long-time autocrat was back in court Saturday, grinning and waving for the resumption of his retrial on charges related to the killings of some 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law)CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian judge on Saturday named top security officials to testify in the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak on charges related to the killings of around 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster.


Bus overturns in southwest Ohio; 35 injured

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 04:15 PM PDT

Passengers of an overturned Greyhound bus stand near the scene, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, on interstate I-75 in Liberty Township, Ohio. Authorities say that at least 34 people have been hurt, with injuries ranging from minor to severe. (AP Photo/Dayton Daily News, Nick Daggy)CINCINNATI (AP) — A Greyhound bus drove off an interstate highway in southwest Ohio early Saturday, struck a tree and a fence and flipped on its side before sliding to a stop in a cornfield, injuring at least 35 people.


UAE leads Gulf front against Egypt's Islamists

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 11:36 AM PDT

In this Sunday Sept. 8, 2013 photo, Hasan al-Jaidah holds a photograph of his father, detained Qatari doctor Mahmoud al-Jaidah, at the family's home in Doha, Qatar. More than six months ago, Dr. al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since, allowed to visit his family once a month after a blindfolded trip from an undisclosed detention facility. UAE authorities have given no public statements on the case. But the family of the 52-year-old doctor has no doubt why he was detained: He has been caught up in the escalating pressures across the Western-backed Gulf states against the now-battered Muslim Brotherhood and its perceived Islamist allies. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — More than six months ago, Dr. Mahmoud al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since, allowed to visit his family once a month after a blindfolded trip from an undisclosed detention facility.


No. 1 Alabama beats Manziel, No. 6 Aggies 49-42

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 05:08 PM PDT

Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron (10) celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass to Jalston Fowler during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Texas A&M Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in College Station, Texas. Alabama won 49-42. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — AJ McCarron and Alabama were not about to let Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M get another signature win.


AP PHOTOS: A look back at New York Fashion Week

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 02:02 PM PDT

Anna Cleveland, of the Netherlands, poses for a photograph backstage before the Zac Posen Spring 2014 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)For fashion editors, writers, stylists and retailers, New York Fashion Week is a chance to spot trends and themes for the upcoming season. But giving form to those looks is a small army of models, makeup artists, hairstylists and of course, the designers.


Rutgers retires Eric LeGrand's No. 52 jersey

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 04:12 PM PDT

Former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand looks up at the stands during ceremony where his jersey No. 52 was retired at halftime of an NCAA college football game against Eastern Michigan in Piscataway,N.J., Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. LeGrand was paralyzed while making a tackle in an October 2010 game. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Moments after becoming the first player in the 144-year history of Rutgers football to have his jersey retired, Eric LeGrand told a loving crowd that his beliefs haven't changed in the three years since he was paralyzed in a game against Army.


Rescuers issue stern warning to flooded towns

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 05:04 PM PDT

A road crew works on a stretch of highway washed out by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Hundreds of roads in the area have been damaged or destroyed by the floodwaters that have affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile (11,655-square-kilometer) area — an area the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut. (AP Photo/John Wark)BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — As rescuers broke through to flood-ravaged Colorado towns, they issued a stern warning Saturday to anyone thinking of staying behind: Leave now or be prepared to endure weeks without electricity, running water and basic supplies.


Hot spots could slow search for cause of NJ fire

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 10:25 PM PDT

Firefighters battle a blaze in a building on the Seaside Park boardwalk on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, in Seaside Park, N.J. The fire began in a frozen custard stand on the Seaside Park section of the boardwalk and quickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Continuing hot spots could hamper investigators trying to figure out the cause of a fire that charred four blocks of bars, pizza shops and T-shirt stands — perhaps 50 businesses in all — on a Jersey shore boardwalk that still was trying to recover from Superstorm Sandy.


World's oldest man dies in NY at age 112

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 04:52 PM PDT

This photo provided by Guinness World Records shows 112 year-old Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez. Guinness World Records says the former musician and coal miner certified as the world's oldest man has died. Sanchez-Blazquez was 112. Guinness consultant Robert Young says Sanchez-Blazquez died Friday Sept. 13,2013 at a nursing home in Grand Island, N.Y. (AP Photo/Guiness World Records, File)GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Guinness World Records says the former musician and coal miner certified as the world's oldest man has died. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez (sah-luh-stee-AH'-noh SAHN'-chez BLAHZ'-kehz) was 112.


Japan PM's Fukushima remark backfires at home

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 06:21 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept.7, 2013 file photo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, addresses the International Olympic Committee session during the Tokyo 2020 bid presentation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Abe's reassurance to the International Olympic Committee that contaminated water leaks from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant are "under control" has backfired at home. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reassurance to the International Olympic Committee that contaminated water leaks from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant are "under control" has backfired at home.


Jackson civil case cut down as trial nears its end

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 09:32 AM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 25, 2011 file photo shows Randy Phillips, Chief Executive of AEG Live and promoter of Michael Jackson's "This Is It" concert tour, testifying at the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles. A judge dismissed two top AEG Live LLC executives, Phillips and Paul Gongaware, from a negligent hiring lawsuit filed by Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, on Monday Sept. 9, 2013. The Los Angeles trial is nearing its end after 20 weeks of testimony and legal arguments that have offered an in-depth portrait of Jackson's preparations for his ill-fated LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live LLC, which is drawing to a close after more than four months of testimony.


Rescuers issue stern warming to Colorado evacuees

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 01:48 PM PDT

Gabe Anderson, left, Mark Swanson, top, Stefani Anderson, and Savana Anderson, work to clean the mud out of their yard on in Longmont, Colo., Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. By air and by land, the rescue of hundreds of Coloradoans stranded by epic mountain flooding was accelerating as food and water supplies ran low, while thousands more were driven from their homes on the plains as debris-filled rivers became muddy seas inundating towns and farms miles from the Rockies. (AP Photo/The Daily Camera, Cliff Grassmick) NO SALESLYONS, Colo. (AP) — As rescuers broke through to flood-ravaged Colorado towns, they issued a stern warning Saturday to anyone thinking of staying behind: Leave now or be prepared to endure weeks without electricity, running water and basic supplies.


0 条评论:

发表评论

订阅 博文评论 [Atom]

<< 主页

bnzv