2014年2月17日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


4-year-old Syrian refugee found alone in desert

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:58 PM PST

4-year-old child fleeing SyriaA 4-year-old boy named Marwan is picked up by a group of U.N. staffers in Jordan.


'Star Wars' at sea: Navy set to deploy laser

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:52 AM PST

US Navy ready to deploy laser for 1st timePrototype being sent to Persian Gulf is designed to target drones, speed boats and swarm boats.


Building collapse at South Korean resort kills 10: officials

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:45 PM PST

A firefighter looks inside a collapsed resort building from a broken window in GyeongjuTen people attending a welcoming party for new university students were killed when a building at a South Korean mountain resort collapsed late on Monday, emergency officials said, trapping dozens in snow and rubble for several hours. About 560 students had gathered in the auditorium of the golf resort in the mountains in the city of Gyeongju, around 375 km (235 miles) southeast of Seoul. Nine university students were among the dead and 23 were injured. Emergency officials said all those trapped had been rescued several hours later and the injured were receiving medical treatment.


AP PHOTOS: Ice and fog rule the day at Sochi

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:20 PM PST

The team from Italy ITA-1, piloted by Simone Bertazzo and brakeman Simone Fontana, take a curve during the men's two-man bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Lightning-fast bobsledders, a biathalon course shrouded in fog, and skiers tumbling through the air and on the ground are all part of the sights from Monday's Winter Olympics competition.


Davis, White of US win Olympic ice dance gold

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 12:29 PM PST

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Through 17 years of grueling practices, of defeats and victories, Meryl Davis and Charlie White insist they've never considered parting ways.

Gay-rights activist detained at Olympic Park

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 01:25 PM PST

Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — An Italian activist shouting "It's OK to be gay" and dressed in a rainbow-colored outfit and large headdress was detained Monday as she entered an arena to watch an Olympic hockey game.


South Korea resort roof collapses, 9 dead

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:27 AM PST

A woman trapped in the rubble of a collapsed resort building waits to be rescued in Gyeongju, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. South Korean police and news reports say that dozens of university students are feared trapped after a building's roof collapsed because of recent heavy snowfall.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Sang-hyun) Korea OutSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The roof of a resort auditorium collapsed during a welcoming ceremony for South Korean university freshmen, killing nine and likely trapping about 10, officials said Tuesday.


Test could predict which teen boys get depression

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:19 PM PST

Joe Herbert, right, Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and Barbara Sahakian, left, professor of Clinical Neurophychology at the same university, pose for the photographer prior to a news conference to announce the results of a new study in central London, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. A saliva test for teenage boys with mild symptoms of depression could help predict those who will later develop major depression, the new study says. Researchers who measured cortisol levels in teenagers found that boys with high levels of the hormone and mild depression symptoms were 14 times more likely to later suffer from clinical depression than those with low levels. Herbert said: "You don't have to rely simply on what the patient tells you, but what you can measure inside the patient," comparing the new test to those done for other health problems, like heart disease, which evaluate things like cholesterol and high blood sugar to determine a patient's risk. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)LONDON (AP) — A saliva test for teenage boys with mild symptoms of depression could help identify those who will later develop major depression, a new study says.


Egypt: Sinai bombing raises worries on tourism

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:39 AM PST

An image made from a video provided by the Israeli Airports Authority shows smoke, white area at upper right, from the bombing of the bus carrying South Korean sightseers near the tip of the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. At least three South Korean tourists were killed and 12 seriously wounded, according to Egyptian security officials. (AP Photo/Israeli Airports Authority)CAIRO (AP) — A deadly suicide bombing that hit a bus of South Korean Christians visiting Biblical sites in Egypt and Israel has raised fears that Islamic militants battling security forces in the Sinai Peninsula are turning to target foreign tourists, a potential new blow to a struggling industry vital to Egypt's economy.


Penn State names FSU's Barron its new president

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:48 AM PST

Eric Barron, left, answers questions from the media after being unanimously voted in to become the University's 18th president, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in State College, Pa. Barron replaces current Penn State President Rodney Erickson, who will retire this summer. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Eric Barron, a former professor and dean at Penn State University and president of Florida State University, was chosen Monday to lead Pennsylvania's largest university as it continues grappling with fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal. He'll bring with him the experience of managing a major state university known as much for its for storied athletic program as its academic mission, as well as the fallout from a sex-abuse scandal with ties to big-time college football.


Venezuela leader expels US officials amid protests

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:20 PM PST

A demonstrator covers her mouth with a rag to prostest government censorship, during a march to Venezuelan Telecommunications Regulator Office or CONATEL in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb17, 2014. Students, who've spent the past week on the streets alternating between peaceful protests by day and battles with police at night, marched on Monday to Venezuela's telecom regulator to demand it lift all restrictions on the media's coverage of the unfolding political crisis. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro's government on Monday gave three U.S. Embassy officials 48 hours to leave the country, accusing the Obama administration of siding with student protesters that Venezuela accuses of inciting violence.


Syrian rebels name new military commander

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:11 AM PST

In this photo taken in 2013 and provided by the anti-government activist group of the Media Office for the Revolutionary Command Council in Quneitra and Golan, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Brig. Gen. Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir, the new military chief of the Free Syrian Army, posing for a picture in Jordan. The Western-backed Free Syrian Army has appointed a new military chief, opposition groups announced Monday as they try to restructure a rebel movement that has fallen into disarray as it faces rampant infighting and declining international support for its fight to topple President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Media Office for the Revolutionary Command Council in Quneitra and Golan)BEIRUT (AP) — After losing ground to Syrian forces and Islamic extremists for months, the Western-backed rebel movement announced Monday it was replacing its military chief with an experienced, moderate field commander from the south.


In Sochi, Olympic security increasingly uneven

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:14 AM PST

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Hotel guests are walking, unchecked, past unused metal detectors. Security guards are no longer poking around at the pockets and ankles of every single person entering Olympic facilities. Tangerines and bottles of Coke are making it through security barriers that banned them two weeks ago.

Tuscan tapped to be next Italian PM is fast-riser

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:56 AM PST

CORRECTS DATE -- Democratic Party secretary Matteo Renzi is greeted by a passer-by as he arrives at Rome's main train station, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asked the brash young leader of the Democratic Party to try to form a new government after he managed to oust the previous premier in a power grab. Renzi, the 39-year-old mayor of Florence, met for more than an hour with President Napolitano. Afterward he said he would go to work immediately on forging a new coalition, with talks with potential partners formally beginning on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sub) ITALY OUTROME (AP) — Matteo Renzi is a fast-talker, fast-mover who has rocketed to the peak of Italian politics after being tapped Monday to try to form Italy's next government. Here's a fast look at what distinguishes the Democratic leader from the rest of Italy's political class.


Costas returns to Olympic coverage

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 01:53 PM PST

In a photo provided by NBC Olympics, NBC's Bob Costas prepares for broadcast at an anchor desk in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Costas plans to make his return to NBC on Monday after being off the air for a week with an eye infection. (AP Photo/NBC Olympics)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Bob Costas returns as host for NBC's prime-time Olympic coverage Tuesday night, if still not exactly clear-eyed, at least with a sharpened sense of respect for the colleagues and crew who covered for him during a six-day absence.


Belarus has big day at Sochi Olympics

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 12:20 PM PST

Belarus' Darya Domracheva celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's biathlon 12.5k mass-start, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — It was Belarus day Monday at the Sochi Olympics.


Hijacked passenger: Co-pilot threatened to crash plane

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:39 AM PST

Police stand on the stairs after passengers were evacuated from a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Plane on the airport in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014.The aircraft traveling from Addis Abeda, Ethiopia, to Rome, Italy, has landed at Geneva's international airport early Monday morning. Swiss authorities have arrested the co-pilot. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)GENEVA (AP) — An Italian passenger says the man who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines jet threatened to crash it if the pilot kept trying to get back into the cockpit.


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