2013年12月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Avoiding health insurance gaps takes persistence

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 07:15 AM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — The deadline has passed, and so too the surprise grace period, for signing up for health insurance as part of the nation's health care law.

AP Exclusive: Al-Qaida leader targeting UN workers

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 02:22 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Iraqi government intelligence officials on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013 shows Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani. Iraqi intelligence officials that the shadowy leader of the powerful al-Qaida group fighting in Syria has sought to kidnap United Nations workers. The officials say they obtained the information about al-Golani, after capturing members of another al-Qaida group and that men gave them the first known photograph of al-Golani and letters written by the militant leader. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government)BAGHDAD (AP) — The shadowy leader of a powerful al-Qaida group fighting in Syria sought to kidnap United Nations workers and scrawled out plans for his aides to take over in the event of his death, according to excerpts of letters obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Thousands left without power across US and Canada

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 04:31 PM PST

Carla Coulter, 46, of Clio, holds her 1-year-old grandson Connor Hergert closely as she gives him a kiss on the forehead while listening to the FirstMerit Bank Mixed Chorus sing "Silent Night" along with about 100 spectators during the 76th Annual Holiday Sing on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 at FirstMerit Bank in downtown Flint, Mich. "We don't have power. We're warming up, and I just feel so very blessed to have my family," Coulter said. "I don't need anything else." (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUTLITCHFIELD, Maine (AP) — Utility crews from Maine to Michigan and into Canada worked Wednesday to restore power to more than half a million homes left in the dark by last weekend's ice storm, and people slowly trickled out of shelters to spend Christmas Day at their finally warm homes.

UN in South Sudan denies report of mass grave

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 05:17 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 and released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official in the country Toby Lanzer, center, makes a visit to assess the humanitarian situation at the U.N. compound where many displaced have sought shelter in Bentiu, in oil-rich Unity state, in South Sudan. In New York, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to beef up its peacekeeping force in South Sudan and condemned targeted violence against civilians and ethnic communities and called for "an immediate cessation of hostilities and the immediate opening of a dialogue." (AP Photo/UNMISS, Anna Adhikari)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations mission in South Sudan has denied a report of a mass grave that was issued by the office of a U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights.

Turkey: Government reshuffle after ministers quit

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 02:15 PM PST

In this photo taken late Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, Turkey's Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, right, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, center, and EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis speak at the Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey. Guler and Caglayan resigned from their posts on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, days after their sons were arrested in a massive corruption and bribery scandal that has targeted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's allies and has become the worst crisis in his decade in power. Caglayan and Guler both stepped down on Wednesday, despite denying any wrongdoing. (AP Photo)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday reshuffled his Cabinet after three key ministers resigned over a sweeping corruption and bribery scandal that has targeted his allies and rattled his government.

Health care divides some Republican Senate rivals

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 01:08 PM PST

FILE - In this March 20, 2010 file photo, Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., speaks to people demonstrating against the health care bill on the U.S. Capitol steps a day before Congress is set to vote on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans see the 2014 midterm elections as a chance to capitalize on voter frustration with the problem-plagued health care overhaul, but the GOP first must settle a slate of Senate primaries where conservatives are arguing over the best way to oppose President Barack Obama's signature law. Kingston, who wants to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss, stepped into the rift recently when he seemed to scold much of his party during an interview on a conservative talk radio show.(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans see the 2014 midterm elections as a chance to capitalize on voter frustration with the problem-plagued health care overhaul, but the GOP first must settle a slate of Senate primaries where conservatives are arguing over the best way to oppose President Barack Obama's signature law.

Bipartisan bill seeks to boost foreign adoptions

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 01:09 PM PST

In this Feb. 20, 2013 photo provided by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., holds an infant during a visit to the Phu My Village orphanage in Vietnam. "Every child needs and deserves to grow up in a family," says Landrieu. "While our foreign policy has done much to keep children alive and healthy, it has not prioritized this basic human right." In mid-December 2013, amid partisan conflict in Congress, dozens of lawmakers from both parties - including staunch liberals and conservatives - have united behind a bill aimed in part at encouraging more adoptions of foreign orphans. (AP Photo/CCAI, Becky Weichhand)Amid partisan conflict in Congress, dozens of lawmakers from both parties — including staunch liberals and conservatives — have united behind a bill that supporters say addresses a heart-rending issue beyond politics: the millions of foreign children languishing in orphanages or otherwise at risk because they have no immediate family.

Coming snow could slow power restoration efforts

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 12:42 PM PST

Carla Coulter, 46, of Clio, holds her 1-year-old grandson Connor Hergert closely as she gives him a kiss on the forehead while listening to the FirstMerit Bank Mixed Chorus sing "Silent Night" along with about 100 spectators during the 76th Annual Holiday Sing on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 at FirstMerit Bank in downtown Flint, Mich. "We don't have power. We're warming up, and I just feel so very blessed to have my family," Coulter said. "I don't need anything else." (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUTLITCHFIELD, Maine (AP) — The ice that snapped utility poles and knocked out power to more than half a million people in the U.S. and Canada was stubbornly hanging on Wednesday as frigid temperatures cloaked a region from the Great Lakes to New England.

Serena Williams wins 3rd AP Athlete of Year award

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 10:16 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2013, file photo, Serena Williams, of the United States, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, during the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Williams is The Associated Press' 2013 Female Athlete of the Year, easily winning a vote by news organizations. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)Serena Williams likes to make one thing clear: She is never satisfied, no matter how many matches and tournaments she wins.

3 Turkish Cabinet ministers resign over probe

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 08:36 AM PST

In this photo taken late Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, Turkey's Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, right, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, center, and EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis speak at the Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey. Guler and Caglayan resigned from their posts on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, days after their sons were arrested in a massive corruption and bribery scandal that has targeted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's allies and has become the worst crisis in his decade in power. Caglayan and Guler both stepped down on Wednesday, despite denying any wrongdoing. (AP Photo)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Three Cabinet ministers resigned in Turkey on Wednesday, days after their sons were taken into custody in a sweeping corruption and bribery scandal that has targeted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's allies and rattled the government.

Christmas Day bombings in Iraq's capital kill 37

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 10:05 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in three separate Christmas Day bombings in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people, officials said Wednesday.

Another court defeat for Utah on gay marriage

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 05:58 AM PST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused yet again to stop gay marriage in Utah, making it more likely that same-sex weddings in the home of the Mormon church are here to stay for the immediate future.

Pope's Christmas wish: hope for a better world

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 07:51 AM PST

Pope Francis walks with the pastoral staff at the end of the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered Christmas wishes Wednesday for a better world, praying for protection for Christians under attack, battered women and trafficked children, peace in the Middle East and Africa, and dignity for refugees fleeing misery and conflict around the globe.

Nevada gunman told patients to flee before killing

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 12:29 AM PST

This photo provided by the California Department of Motor Vehicles via the Reno Gazette-Journal and KXTV News 10 shows Alan Frazier. Frazier, who complained he had a botched 2010 surgery, left a suicide note outlining plans for his attack before targeting physicians in a deadly rampage at a medical office that left one doctor dead and another critically wounded, police said Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/California Department of Motor Vehicles via Reno Gazette-Journal and KXTV News 10) MANDATORY CREDIT911 tapes paint a scene of panic inside a Reno medical building where callers hid from a suicidal gunman.

Photos: Christmas celebrated near and far

Posted: 25 Dec 2013 08:29 AM PST

A couple look at the illuminated decoration to celebrate the festival season during Christmas eve in Hong Kong,Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)There are Christmas lights in Hong Kong, midnight Mass in Bethlehem, and even Santa parades in South Korea.

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