2014年1月19日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Did Snowden have help from the Russians?

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:36 AM PST

A picture of Snowden, a contractor at the NSA, is seen on a computer screen displaying a page of a Chinese news website, in Beijing in this photo illustrationU.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) believes National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden may have had help from Russia.

Putin defends anti-gay law, but vows no 'problems' for Olympic visitors

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 10:43 AM PST

Vladimir Putin Defends Anti-Gay Law, but Vows No 'Problems' for Olympic VisitorsThe Russian president says the law aims to protect children.

L.A.-area fire wanes; dangerous conditions remain

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 10:20 AM PST

An aircraft drops fire retardant on the Colby Fire on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, near Azusa, Calif. Firefighters were chasing flare-ups Friday morning in the damaging wildfire that was largely tamed but kept thousands of people from their homes in the foothill suburbs northeast of Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Firefighters said Sunday they continued their steady progress in surrounding a wildfire near Los Angeles that destroyed several homes.

Urban streets named for MLK still struggle

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:41 AM PST

In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 photo, Melvin White, founder of the Beloved Streets of America project, walks past crumbling building during a tour of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in St. Louis. The nonprofit is working to revitalize a downtrodden six-mile stretch of the drive named for the slain civil rights leader, marked by vacant lots, crumbling buildings and a preponderance of liquor stores, pawn shops and check-cashing businesses. Project leaders hope revitalize MLK's streets that have fallen into disrepair in cities around the country. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)ST. LOUIS (AP) — A walk down the 6-mile city street named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. yields plenty of images that would surely unsettle the civil rights leader: shuttered storefronts, open-air drug markets and a glut of pawn shops, quickie check-cashing providers and liquor stores.

Afghan president again demands US airstrikes end

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 12:31 PM PST

An Afghan police walks ahead of members of civil society organizations for their protection as they march in a street, during an anti terrorism demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. Hundreds of Afghans gathered outside a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul on Sunday to protest against Taliban attack that killed 21 people. The assault Friday by a Taliban bomber and two gunmen against the La Taverna du Liban restaurant was deadliest single attack against foreign civilians in the course of a nearly 13-year U.S.-led war there now approaching its end. They chanted slogans against terrorism as they laid flowers at the site of the attack. The dead included 13 foreigners and eight Afghans, all civilians. The attack came as security has been deteriorating and apprehension has been growing among Afghans over their country's future as U.S.-led foreign forces prepare for a final withdrawal at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president demanded Sunday that the United States no longer carry out military operations or airstrikes and must jump-start peace talks with the Taliban before his country signs a security deal to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014.

Ukraine protests turn into fiery street battles

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 04:42 PM PST

A protester throws a stone towards a burning police bus in front of him, during clashes with police, in central Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. Hundreds of protesters on Sunday clashed with riot police in the center of the Ukrainian capital, after the passage of harsh anti-protest legislation last week seen as part of attempts to quash anti-government demonstrations. The violent scenes further escalated this ex-Soviet republic?s political crisis and showed a rift among opposition leaders, one of whom fought bravely to stop the violence, while others condemned the events from afar. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Anti-government protests in Ukraine's capital escalated into fiery street battles with police Sunday as thousands of demonstrators hurled rocks and firebombs to set police vehicles ablaze. Dozens of officers and protesters were injured.

Police: Mom charged in kids' death feared devil

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 02:45 PM PST

This photo released by the Montgomery County Police Dept shows Zakieya Latrice Avery, 28. Montgomery County Police charged 21-year-old Monifa Denise Sanford and Avery with murder in the deaths of two of Avery's children, a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old. The women are also facing attempted murder charges for injuring the children's siblings, ages 5 and 8. (AP Photo/Montgomery County Police Dept.)GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman charged with killing two of her children has told investigators that she thought an exorcism was necessary to remove the presence of the devil and evil spirits, a police captain said Sunday.

Manning to Super Bowl, Broncos beat Pats 26-16

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 04:51 PM PST

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is engulfed in confetti during the trophy ceremony after the AFC Championship NFL playoff football game in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. The Broncos defeated the Patriots 26-16 to advance to the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning stuffed the football into his helmet and handed it to an equipment man for safekeeping.

Russian President Putin links gays to pedophiles

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 09:00 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Putin says gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new assurances to gay athletes and fans attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics next month. Yet he defended Russia's anti-gay law by equating gays with pedophiles and said Russia needs to "cleanse" itself of homosexuality if it wants to increase its birth rate.

Analysis: Egypt vote muddies political outlook

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 12:05 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, an Egyptian woman wears a t-shirt with a photo of Egypt's Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi outside a polling station on the first day of voting in the country's constitutional referendum in Cairo, Egypt. While last week's constitutional referendum approved the draft charter, the low turnout - less than 39 percent - has put on display the country's enduring divisions six months after the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and nearly three years after autocrat Hosni Mubarak was overthrown. (AP Photo/Eman Helal, File)CAIRO (AP) — For all the self-congratulatory headlines in Egypt's pro-military media, the results of last week's constitutional referendum may have fallen short of the emphatic popular mandate the nation's military chief was looking for before announcing his presidential run.

49ers lead Seahawks 3-0 in NFC title game

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 04:28 PM PST

Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson and San Francisco 49ers' Aldon Smith go after Wilson's fumble on the first play of the first half of the NFL football NFC Championship game Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, in Seattle. The 49ers recovered the ball. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SEATTLE (AP) — Aldon Smith sacked Russell Wilson on the first play from scrimmage, knocked the ball loose and recovered it to set up Phil Dawson's 25-yard field goal, and the San Francisco 49ers led the Seattle Seahawks 3-0 after one quarter in the NFC championship game Sunday.

Lawmakers say Obama surveillance idea won't work

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:53 AM PST

President Barack Obama talks about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington.Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, the president called for ending the government's control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing the records. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — A chief element of President Barack Obama's attempt to overhaul U.S. surveillance will not work, leaders of Congress' intelligence committees said Sunday, pushing back against the idea that the government should cede control of how Americans' phone records are stored.

Broncos lead Patriots 23-3 early in 4th quarter

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 02:32 PM PST

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning warms up before the AFC Championship NFL playoff football game against the New England Patriots in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning was on the cusp of taking his second team to the Super Bowl on Sunday as he led Denver on two clock-eating drives that gave the Broncos a 23-3 lead over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots early in the fourth quarter of the AFC championship.

Broncos lead Patriots 13-3 at halftime

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 02:04 PM PST

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning warms up before the AFC Championship NFL playoff football game against the New England Patriots in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)DENVER (AP) — Matt Prater kicked two short field goals and Peyton Manning threw a touchdown pass to his carpool buddy Jacob Tamme as the Denver Broncos took a 13-3 halftime lead over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC championship on Sunday.

Egypt prosecutors send ex-president to new trial

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:03 AM PST

FILE - In this July 13, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. Egypt's prosecutors referred to trial Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, the country's former Islamist president on charges of insulting the judiciary and defaming its members to spread hate - the fourth case filed against Mohammed Morsi since his July ouster, the state news agency reported. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's prosecutors referred to trial Sunday the country's former Islamist president on charges of insulting the judiciary and defaming its members to spread hate— the fourth case filed against Mohammed Morsi since his July ouster, the state news agency reported.

Syria: Interfax Assad comments on not giving up power inaccurate

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 06:51 AM PST

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad delivers a speech to Syria's parliament in DamascusState media dismissed as "not accurate" a report by news agency Interfax that President Bashar al-Assad told visiting Russian parliamentarians he has no intention of giving up power and the issue is not up for discussion.

Desert gives al-Qaida refuge after Mali defeat

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 01:40 AM PST

SEBHA, Libya (AP) — Swathed in a white turban and robes, Eissa Abdel Majid sits in his militia barracks on the edge of the desert describing a losing battle to stem the flow of armed militants with suspected links to al-Qaida — who use it as a freeway across northern Africa.

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