2013年11月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Typhoon deaths climb into thousands in Philippines

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:54 PM PST

A ship lies on top of damaged homes after it was washed ashore in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings — some of the 10,000 people believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves.


Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall in Vietnam

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:25 PM PST

A fisherman ties up his boat at a port in the northern province of Thanh Hoa prior to the arrival of the super typhoon Haiyan on November 10, 2013Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in Vietnam early Monday, meteorologists said, days after it left thousands feared dead and widespread devastation in the Philippines. The US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said in an update at 2100 GMT the storm "is currently making landfall" approximately 100 miles (160 kilometres) east south-east of the capital Hanoi. The storm, which had weakened significantly since scything through the Philippines over the weekend, made landfall with sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometres) per hour, said the JTWC, a joint US Navy and Air Force task force located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 600,000 people were evacuated on the weekend as Haiyan bore down on Vietnam.


Should Newtown's 911 tapes be made public?

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 09:32 AM PST

Roadside angelsThat's what a judge in Connecticut is trying to decide, after the appeal of a September ruling that ordered the release of the phone calls that Newtown police received from Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.


Syria activists: Truce reached in blockaded town

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 09:40 AM PST

In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fires a weapon towards Syrian government troops loyal to President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. Activists said Syrian rebels have launched a counteroffensive in the northern city of Aleppo and recaptured a base near its international airport. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Government officials and rebels reached a deal to ease a weeks-long blockade on a rebel-held town near the Syrian capital on Sunday, allowing food to reach civilians there for the first time in weeks, activists said.


2 high school students killed in party shooting

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:09 PM PST

Partygoers B.T. Tucker, left, Mariah Boulden, 18, center, and Lank, who wished to only be referred by his first name, talk to the media Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 outside Mariah's home where two people were killed and at least 20 others injured late Saturday when gunfire erupted during her birthday party in the Cypress area in Houston. Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said the gathering Saturday night that drew more than 100 people, most of them 17- to 19-year-olds, became a HOUSTON (AP) — Celebratory gunshots fired at a girl's 18th birthday party triggered more gunfire that left two people dead, two critically injured and nearly two-dozen injured in a chaotic scene where people jumped from second-floor windows to escape the shooting at a suburban Houston home, authorities said Sunday.


Atheist 'mega-churches' take root across US, world

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 04:49 PM PST

An attendee grabs a brochure at the Sunday Assembly, a godless congregation founded by British comedians Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Los Angeles. A new mega-church movement is generating buzz from London to Los Angeles, but this time it's a belief in non-belief that's drawing crowds on Sunday mornings. Sunday Assembly began in London in January and soared in popularity among atheists looking for a place to air their views with other like-minded people, and now the concept has taken hold across the pond. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES (AP) — It looked like a typical Sunday morning at any mega-church. Several hundred people, including families with small children, packed in for more than an hour of rousing music, an inspirational sermon, a reading and some quiet reflection. The only thing missing was God.


Miley Cyrus smokes a joint at MTV EMAs

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:30 PM PST

Miley Cyrus, left, and a dancer perform at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM (AP) — She couldn't resist. Singer Miley Cyrus smoked a joint on stage and twerked with a dwarf during the MTV EMAs on Sunday.


Incognito says Martin sent him threatening text

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:48 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 image made from video made by WSVN-TV in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Miami Dolphin player Richie Incognito is interviewed near his home. The troubled, troubling relationship between two Miami Dolphin linemen Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito took an ominous turn Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 with fresh revelations: Incognito sent text messages to his teammate that were racist and threatening, two people familiar with the situation said.(AP Photo/WSVN-TV)MIAMI (AP) — Suspended Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito says teammate Jonathan Martin sent him a threatening text message as an apparent joke only a week before their relationship became the subject of a harassment case that has prompted an NFL investigation.


Iran nuclear talks shift to UN envoy after snag

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 10:45 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, gestures while leaving a press conference at the end of the Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Nuclear talks with Iran have failed to reach agreement, but Kerry said differences between Tehran and six world powers made "significant progress." (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — With a first round of nuclear negotiations with world powers ending without agreement, Iranian officials looked ahead Sunday to parallel talks with the U.N.'s nuclear chief amid reminders that concessions by Tehran have limits.


Sacha Baron Cohen spices up newly televised awards

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 05:33 AM PST

From left, honorees Benedict Cumberbatch, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kathryn Bigelow, Sir Ben Kingsley, George Clooney, and Idris Elba are seen onstage during the 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Now that the Britannia Awards are televised, viewers can see Sacha Baron Cohen knock an 87-year-old woman out of her wheelchair.


Miley Cyrus smokes a joint at MTV awards show

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:21 PM PST

Miley Cyrus, left, and a dancer perform at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM (AP) — In an unabashed bid for attention, singer Miley Cyrus smoked a joint on stage and twerked with a dwarf during the MTV EMAs.


Miley Cyrus smokes a joint at MTV Europe awards

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:28 PM PST

Miley Cyrus, left, and a dancer perform at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM (AP) — In an unabashed — and likely successful — bid for attention, singer Miley Cyrus smoked a joint on stage and twerked with a dwarf during the MTV Europe Music Awards.


Miley Cyrus twerks at MTV Europe Music Awards

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 01:28 PM PST

Miley Cyrus, left, and a dancer perform at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AMSTERDAM (AP) — Miley Cyrus opened MTV's Europe Music Awards with her hit song "We Can't Stop" — while wearing a space-themed silver spandex suit and twerking with a female dwarf.


India-Pakistan border fights disrupt village life

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 04:52 AM PST

In this Tuesday Nov. 5, 2013 photo, Pakistani villager Sakina Bibi, right, narrates her ordeal during artillery shelling by the Indian army in Dhamala, along the Indian border. Pakistani and Indian troops have repeatedly fired at each other in recent months along the disputed border of Kashmir, killing both soldiers and civilians. The area, which is known as Azad Kashmir on the Pakistani side and Jammu and Kashmir on the Indian side, is claimed by both countries. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)DHAMALA, Pakistan (AP) — Clashes between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India are always unnerving, but for Tanveer Ahmed, the latest border flare-up is personal: It's harming his marriage prospects.


Texas party 'not rowdy' before gunfire; 2 dead

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:54 AM PST

HOUSTON (AP) — A burst of gunfire at an 18-year-old girl's birthday party Saturday night left two dead, another two critically injured and dozens hurt in a chaotic scene where people jumped from second-floor windows to escape the shooting at a suburban Houston home.

New Zealand police criticized in Facebook sex case

Posted: 09 Nov 2013 08:23 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police are facing mounting criticism for the way they've handled an investigation into a group of teenage boys who bragged on Facebook about having sex with girls who were drunk and underage.
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