2013年1月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Victims of Costa Concordia shipwreck mark anniversary

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 01:22 PM PST

Relatives of the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck, aboard a ferry approach the ship off the Tuscan Island Isola del Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck and relatives of the 32 people who died marked the first anniversary of the grounding Sunday. The first event of Sunday's daylong commemoration was the return to the sea of part of the massive rock that tore into the hull of the 112,000-ton ocean liner on Jan. 13, 2012 and remained embedded as the vessel capsized along with its 4,200 passengers and crew. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck and relatives of the 32 people who died marked the first anniversary of the grounding Sunday with the unveiling of memorials to the victims, a tearful Mass in their honor and a minute of silence to recall the exact moment that the cruise ship rammed into a reef off Tuscany.


Republican Powell defends Clinton on Benghazi, rips GOP

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 10:47 AM PST

Powell Backs Hagel's 'Distinguished Public Service Record'Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell defended current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's handling of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, saying it could've happened under anyone's watch. "I think she's had a distinguished record," Powell said in an interview on NBC's "Meet The Press" broadcast Sunday. "And I don't think [...]


Gun lobby: Congress doesn't have the muscle to pass gun control

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 12:24 PM PST

Face the NationNearly a month after the massacre of 27 people in Newtown, Conn., lawmakers on Capitol Hill are dialing back expectations on what Congress can – or should – do on its own to curb gun violence.


Violence and TV: Entertainment execs see no connection

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 02:36 PM PST

A disconnect between violence and televisionIf there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn't readily apparent.All say the horrors ...


French jets bomb major Malian city in north

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 03:10 PM PST

This picture released by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows a French Mirage 2000 D aircraft refueling while flying to N'Djamena overnight January 11 to 12, after taking off from the French military base of Nancy. The battle to retake Mali's north from the al-Qaida-linked groups controlling it began in earnest Saturday, after hundreds of French forces deployed to the country and began aerial bombardments to drive back the Islamic extremists from a town seized earlier this week. (AP Photo/ R.Nicolas-Nelson, Ecpad)French fighter jets bombed rebel targets in a major city in Mali's north Sunday, pounding the airport as well as training camps, warehouses and buildings used by the al-Qaida-linked Islamists controlling the area, officials and residents said.


2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray arrives with edges sharpened

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 03:56 PM PST

This undated product image provided by General Motors shows the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. General Motors unveiled the revamped Corvette, the first new version of the iconic sports car in nine years, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Detroit. (AP Photo/General Motors, Alan Vanderkaay)In a rational world, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray wouldn't exist. The very idea of launching a two-seat sports car named after a World War II ship powered by a truck-sized V-8 goes against every trend line on every chart in every automaker's boardroom. Yet here it is, the seventh generation of America's most venerated [...]


Pakistan sacks provincial govt. after pool hall attack

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 02:00 PM PST

Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, 61, center, leaves Lahore to lead an anti-government march to the capital Islamabd, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 in Pakistan. After years in Canada, Qadri returned to Pakistan last month and gave a speech demanding that sweeping election reforms be implemented before elections expected to take place this spring. On Thursday, Pakistan's Minister of Interior Rehman Malik issued a strongly worded statement that Qadri would not be allowed to rally in Islamabad, warning that the Taliban might attack the event. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Pakistani leaders dismissed the government of southwest Baluchistan province early Monday in response to the demands of protesters angry about an attack on minority Shiite Muslims there that killed 86 people.


Lance Armstrong awaits 'candid' Oprah interview

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:59 PM PST

FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photos/File)Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has shadowed his storied career like an angry storm cloud.


Newtown weighs fate of Conn. school where 26 died

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:06 PM PST

Glen Hoffman of Extra Mile Ministries with K9 crisis comfort dog Beau, listen during a community meeting at Newtown High school on the future of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Talk about Sandy Hook Elementary School is turning from last month's massacre to the future, with differing opinions on whether students and staff should ever return to the building where a gunman killed 20 students and six educators. Standing at right is Francis Pennorla, moderator. (AP Photo/Michelle McLoughlin, Pool)Talk about Sandy Hook Elementary School is turning from last month's massacre to the future, with differing opinions on whether students and staff should ever return to the building where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators.


Six arrested in new rape of a bus passenger in India

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:49 AM PST

Indians perform special ritual for the soul of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Five men have been charged with attacking the 23-year-old woman and a male friend on a bus as it was driven through the streets of India's capital. The woman was raped and assaulted with a metal bar on Dec. 16, 2012 and eventually died of her injuries. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Police said Sunday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on a moving bus in the capital outraged Indians and led to calls for tougher rape laws.


Ex-president George H.W. Bush may leave hospital soon

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 08:37 AM PST

US Navy handout photo of George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush onboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrierAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been hospitalized in Houston since November, may be released from the facility in the coming days, a family spokesman said on Sunday. "We are hopeful that the president can be discharged this coming week, but we're still taking everything one day at a time," spokesman Jim McGrath said in an email. Bush's son, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, said on Saturday that his father was expected to be released from the hospital on Monday, according to TCPalm.com. ...


Calif. chills, but dodges crop damage in cold snap

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:04 PM PST

Calif. chills, but dodges crop damage in cold snapSome normally warm California spots shivered Sunday as early morning temperatures plunged, leaving even polar bears at the San Diego Zoo seeking shelter. But growers in the Central Valley were relieved ...


Google's ultrafast Internet draws startups to Kansas City

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 12:46 PM PST

Google's ultrafast Internet draws startups to KCInside a small bungalow on the street separating Kansas City, Kan., from its sister city in Missouri, a small group of entrepreneurs are working on their ideas for the next high-tech startup, tapping Google ...


Protesters against gay marriage mass at Eiffel Tower

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 12:57 PM PST

Thousands of demonstrators march in Paris, to protest France's planned legalisation of same-sex marriagePARIS (Reuters) - Several hundred thousand people massed at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday to protest against President Francois Hollande's plan to legalize gay marriage and adoption by June. Three columns of protesters, waving pink and blue flags showing a father, mother and two children, converged on the landmark from different meeting points in Paris. Many came after long train and bus rides from the provinces. ...


Japan: Grounded Boeing Dreamliner jet leaked fuel in tests

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 12:05 PM PST

Japan Airlines' Boeing Co's 787 plane which encountered the mishap of a fuel leak arrives in Narita airport, JapanTOKYO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Japan Airlines Co (JAL) said on Sunday that a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet undergoing checks in Tokyo following a fuel leak at Boston airport last week had leaked fuel during tests earlier in the day. An open valve on the aircraft caused fuel to leak from a nozzle on the left wing used to remove fuel, a company spokeswoman said. The jet is out of service after spilling about 40 gallons (roughly 150 litres) of fuel onto the airport taxiway in Boston due to a separate valve-related problem. ...


Sen. Corker: Questions exist about Hagel's 'temperament'

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 07:36 AM PST

Sen. Corker Says There Are Questions About Chuck Hagel's 'Temperament'This morning on "This Week," Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee expressed concerns about the "temperament" of Chuck Hagel, the man President Obama nominated to be his next Secretary of Defense. " Just his overall temperament and is he suited...


Sales tax instead of income tax? States mull major moves

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:04 AM PST

Louisiana Governor Jindal talks to the press after a meeting in WashingtonHopes for overhauling the federal tax system are fading in Washington, but in some state capitals, tax reform experiments - some far-reaching - are fast taking shape. Across the South and Midwest, Republicans ...


'No Labels' movement enters new era by shedding centrist image

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 03:00 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2011 file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Friends of coal are certain they know the enemy. They point to President Barack Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency, arguing that the administration's new clean air rules dealt a devastating blow to a multibillion-dollar industry that has been the lifeblood of Appalachia for generations. The standards imposed earlier this year tightened limits on existing coal powered-plant emissions; agency guidelines on restricting greenhouse gases could affect new plants as early as 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)"Patronizing." "The Kumbaya Caucus." "The most boring political movement of all time." And those were some of the kinder jabs lobbed at "No Labels," an organization formed in 2010 by a handful of well-connected but disenchanted political activists to encourage problem solving over ideological gridlock. Such earnestness seemed laudable but a tad incongruous in an [...]


Syrian warplanes bomb rebellious Damascus suburbs

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 09:53 AM PST

Men help a wounded civilian after a mortar attack in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The revolution against the Syrian regime started in March 2011 with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian fighter jets on Sunday bombed Damascus suburbs in a government offensive to dislodge rebels from strategic areas around the capital, activists said, as clashes raged around army bases and airfields in the country's north.


Hitting the debt limit: What bills would be paid?

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 08:42 AM PST

FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama discusses the continuing budget talks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Back in the summer of 2011, as a debt crisis loomed much like one does again today, Obama issued a clear threat to Republicans: Without an agreement to raise the nation's borrowing limit, older Americans might not get their Social Security checks. He wasn't the first to issue such a warning in the face of a debt fight between an administration and Congress. The federal government could run out of cash to pay all its bills in full as early as Feb. 15, according to one authoritative estimate, and congressional Republicans want significant spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. Obama, forced to negotiate an increase in 2011, has vowed not to negotiate again. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 2011, when a debt crisis like the current one loomed, President Barack Obama warned Republicans that older Americans might not get their Social Security checks unless there was a deal to raise the nation's borrowing limit.


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