2014年2月16日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Romney: Bill Clinton 'embarrassed the nation'

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 08:17 AM PST

Leading Conservatives Attend 40th Annual CPACBut if Hillary Clinton becomes the 2016 nominee, she "will have plenty to discuss about her own record."


Obama: Anti-gay bill step backward for Ugandans

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 01:41 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 11, 2012 file photo, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the London Summit on Family Planning in central London. President Barack Obama says in a statement provided Sunday, Feb. 15, 2014 that pending steps by Uganda to further criminalize homosexuality will complicate what he is describing as America's valued relationship with the East African nation. Museveni said Friday that he plans to sign a bill into law that prescribes life imprisonment for what they term as "aggravated" homosexual acts. (AP Photo/Carl Court, Pool, File)RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Uganda Sunday over its plans to further criminalize homosexuality, saying it would "complicate our valued relationship."


11 S.African miners rescued, none still trapped

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 01:53 PM PST

Rescuers start bringing trapped illegal miners to surfaceEleven men who became trapped in an illegal gold mine in South Africa were rescued on Sunday, but an unknown number remained underground fearing arrest. We believe they are South Africans, they have been treated and handed over to the police," municipal emergency and rescue services official Rogger Mamaila told AFP. Police spokesman Mack Mngomezulu told AFP a number of men remained in the abandoned mine east of Johannesburg and were refusing to come out.


'Killer heroin' causing fatal overdoses in East

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 01:46 PM PST

POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (AP) — On an icy night last month, a man entered a grocery store here, walked past the displays of cake mix and paper towels, and went into the bathroom, where he injected himself with heroin.

Ukrainian protesters end occupation of City Hall

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 12:16 PM PST

Opposition supporters shout slogans at City Hall in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine's capital ended their nearly three-month occupation of Kiev City Hall on Sunday as promised in exchange for the release of all jailed protesters. But tensions remained high as hundreds stayed outside the building, vowing to retake it if the government fails to drop all criminal charges against the protesters. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine's capital ended their nearly three-month occupation of Kiev City Hall on Sunday as promised in exchange for the release of all 234 jailed protesters.


Prisoners' use of smuggled cellphones on the rise

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 11:10 AM PST

This undated photo mprovided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows a cellphone and cigarettes that were found inside a camouflage package, January 25, 2014, near an undisclosed Florida state prison. Prison officials in Florida and nationwide are fighting a different type of contraband being smuggled to inmates: cellphones. They're being hidden in babies' diapers, Ramen Noodle Soup packages, footballs, soda cans and body cavities.Two murderers used cellphones to plan their escape from a Florida prison last year where the state confiscated 11 cellphones per day in its prisons. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — They're hidden in babies' diapers, ramen noodle soup packages, footballs, soda cans and even body cavities.


Snake-handling Ky. pastor dies from snake bite

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 04:52 PM PST

In this 2013 photo provided by National Geographic Channel, Jamie Coots, a pastor in Middlesboro, Ky., who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show "Snake Salvation," poses for a photo. Coots died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, after being bitten by a snake. (AP Photo/Courtesy National Geographic Channel)MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) — Jamie Coots, a snake-handling Kentucky pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show "Snake Salvation," died Saturday after being bitten by a snake.


Many questions facing NFL after bullying report

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 11:47 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2013, file photo, Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito (68) and tackle Jonathan Martin (71) look over plays during an NFL preseason football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Miami Gardens, Fla. Martin was subjected to "a pattern of harassment" that included racist slurs and vicious sexual taunts about his mother and sister by three teammates, according to a report ordered by the NFL. The report said Incognito, who was suspended by the Dolphins in November, and fellow offensive linemen John Jerry and Mike Pouncey harassed Martin. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)Now that the NFL knows the scope of the racially charged Miami Dolphins bullying scandal, the league has been left to grapple with what its next steps should be.


2 medals, strong emotions for Miller, Weibrecht

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 05:38 AM PST

United States' Bode Miller and his wife, Morgan wipe away tears after after finishing third in the men's super-G at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — This medal mattered to Bode Miller.


AP PHOTOS: Winning and losing at Sochi

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:15 AM PST

Heather Richardson of the U.S. cups her face and looks down after competing in the women's 1,500-meter race at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)Kjetil Jansrud wins his fourth straight Olympic super-G gold medal for Norway while U.S. skier Bode Miller ties for the bronze. Per-Age Skroder scores Norway's only goal in a hockey match-up against Austria, but Lars Haugen wasn't able to stop Austria from scoring three goals for the win.


'12 Years a Slave' named best film at UK awards

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 03:37 PM PST

Actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sari Mercer pose for photographers on the red carpet at the EE British Academy Film Awards held at the Royal Opera House on Sunday Feb. 16, 2014, in London. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)LONDON (AP) — The force of "Gravity" was strong at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday — but it was unflinching drama "12 Years a Slave" that took the top prize.


Abbas signals flexibility on Palestinian refugees

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, top left, and Israeli Labor party lawmaker Hilik Bar, top second left, arrive for a meeting with a delegation of mostly Israeli university students and activists in dovish political parties, at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Abbas said that he does not want to "drown Israel with millions of (Palestinian) refugees to change its nature." Abbas' comment Sunday was his most conciliatory yet on the fate of Palestinian refugees who were uprooted from homes in what is now Israel, including in the 1948 war over Israel's creation. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president on Sunday reassured a group of young Israeli activists visiting his West Bank compound that he has no intention of flooding Israel with Palestinian refugees — his most ambitious attempt yet to directly influence Israeli public opinion over the heads of a largely hard-line Israeli leadership.


Olympics divide Sochi's indigenous Circassians

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 10:41 AM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, Danilo Berezin, 12, and his 11-year-old friend who gave his name only as Kim, tug their goats home tied to their bicycles as they ride through the mountain village of Bolshoi Kichmai near Sochi, Russia. The Circassians, who live in Bolshoi Kichmai and other villages sprinkled through the Sochi region, are one piece in a patchwork of more than 100 ethnic groups across the Caucasus. That diversity contributes to Russia's cultural wealth - and has posed challenges to Russian rulers ever since they brought the soaring peaks and seashores of the Caucasus region under the imperial yoke. (AP Photo/Angela Charlton)BOLSHOI KICHMAI, Russia (AP) — While Vladimir Putin and rich Olympic sponsors watch the Winter Games in gleaming arenas, boys in nearby Bolshoi Kichmai herd their goats by tying them to rickety bicycles, riding against the wind through a rocky valley where invading Russian armies slaughtered their ancestors 150 years ago.


Bombing in Egypt's Sinai kills 3 South Koreans

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 08:11 AM PST

CAIRO (AP) — An explosion ripped through a tourist bus near a border crossing between Egypt and Israel on Sunday, killing at least three South Koreans and the Egyptian driver in an attack that stoked fears Sinai militants have resumed a bloody campaign against tourists.

Illegal miners trapped in South Africa, 11 rescued

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:52 AM PST

Emergency rescue workers attempt to free trapped illegal miners at a disused gold mine shaft near, Benoni, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. The South African Press Association reported Sunday that rescue teams were able to speak to about 30 miners near the top of an old gold mine shaft whose entrance was covered by a large rock. Those miners said as many as 200 others were trapped further down a steep tunnel at the mine in Benoni, on the outskirts of Johannesburg (AP Photo)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Debris trapped men who were working illegally in an abandoned mine in South Africa, but rescue workers cleared the shaft entrance and at least 11 miners were escorted to safety Sunday, officials said.


Powerball estimated jackpot surges to $400M

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:03 AM PST

FILE - A Powerball lottery ticket is printed out of a lottery machine at a convenience store in Chicago on in this May 18, 2013 file photo. According to lottery officials there were no jackpot winner for Saturday Feb. 15, 2014 drawing. The current estimated jackpot for Wednesday's drawing's jackpot is estimated at $400 million or $227.8 million in cash value. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, FILE)Without a Powerball jackpot winner this weekend, the prize has climbed to $400 million.


Huge charity walk breaks Guinness records

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 06:21 AM PST

In this Saturday, Feb. 15 photo released by the Iglesia Ni Cristo, thousands walk along a road beside Manila's Bay, Philippines as they join the largest charity walk to raise funds for survivors of last year's Typhoon Haiyan. A Guinness World Records official says the Philippine Christian sect has broken two records for staging the largest charity walk. Guinness adjudicator Kirsty Bennett says 175,509 Iglesia ni Cristo members turned up for the charity walk in Manila on Saturday. She also said Iglesia Ni Cristo members staged the walk in 28 other countries, with participants reaching 519,221 worldwide, breaking another record for the largest charity walk in multiple venues. (AP Photo/ Iglesia Ni Cristo, HO)A Philippine Christian sect has broken two records for organizing the largest charity walk in an effort to raise funds for survivors of last year's Typhoon Haiyan, a Guinness World Records official said Sunday.


LA crews aim for largest continuous concrete pour

Posted: 15 Feb 2014 08:18 PM PST

LA workers break record for largest concrete pourCrews began pouring concrete Saturday to lay the foundation for the tallest building to be constructed west of the Mississippi — and they're hoping it's one for the history books. The marathon concrete ...


Ukraine announces amnesty for protesters in opposition win

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 11:55 AM PST

Anti-government protesters march in the streets of the Ukrainian capital Kiev on February 15, 2014The move is seen as a highly symbolic concession to ease tensions.


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