2014年2月23日星期日

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Susan Rice: No regrets about Benghazi remarks

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 01:45 PM PST

Handout of Susan Rice, National Security Adviser, appearing on "Meet the Press" in WashingtonThe U.S. national security adviser defends her initial report on the attack.


Documents at Ukraine leader's home detail spending

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 11:41 AM PST

A protester waves an EU flag at the Ukrainian President Yanukovych country residence in Mezhyhirya, Kiev's region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb, 22, 2014. Viktor Yanukovych is not in his official residence of Mezhyhirya, which is about 20 kilometres north of the capital. Ukrainian security and volunteers from among the Independence Square protesters have joined forces to protect the presidential countryside retreat from vandalism and looting. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Cash: $12 million. Decoration of a dining hall and tea room: $2.3 million. Statue of a wild boar: $115,000. "A bribe": $4,000.


Oldest-known Holocaust survivor dies at 110

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 03:05 PM PST

RETRANSMITS TO ADD CREDIT IN SIGNOFF - Photo dated July 2010 made available by the makers of the Oscar nominated documentary The Lady in Number 6, in which she tells her story, of Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest-known survivor of the Holocaust, who died in London on Sunday morning at the age of 110. Herz-Sommer's devotion to the piano and to her son sustained her through two years in a Nazi prison camp. (AP Photo/The Lady in Number 6, Bunbury Films)LONDON (AP) — Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor, died at age 110 on Sunday, a family member said. The accomplished pianist's death came just a week before her extraordinary story of surviving two years in a Nazi prison camp through devotion to music and her son is up for an Oscar.


Taliban says it suspends talks on held US soldier

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 08:53 AM PST

FILE - This image made from video released Wednesday April 7, 2010 by the Taliban via the Site Intelligence Group shows U.S. soldier then Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl. Afghanistan's Taliban says it has suspended "mediation" with the United States to exchange captive U.S. soldier Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban prisoners held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay, halting — at least temporarily — what was considered the best chance yet of securing the 27-year-old's freedom since his capture in 2009. In a terse Pashto language statement emailed to the Associated Press on Sunday, Zabihullah Mujahed blamed the "current complex political situation in the country" for the suspension. (AP Photo/Site Intelligence Group, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP; ON-SCREEN LOGO MUST NOT BE OBSCURED; NO SALESISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban said Sunday they had suspended "mediation" with the United States to exchange captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, halting — at least temporarily — what was considered the best chance yet of securing the 27-year-old soldier's freedom since his capture in 2009.


Collins to become 1st openly gay player with Nets

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 01:31 PM PST

FILE - In a March 17, 2009, file photo Minnesota Timberwolves center Jason Collins, left, defends San Antonio Spurs center Kurt Thomas during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio. A person familiar with the situation says Jason Collins and the Brooklyn Nets are meeting in California and he could sign with the team on Sunday Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)Jason Collins became the NBA's first active openly gay player Sunday, signing a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.


La.'s Landrieu looks for independent, GOP support

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 11:51 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013, file photo Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., speaks at a news conference and Capitol Hill in Washington. Landrieu's quest for a fourth Senate term will turn on whether she can attract just enough support from independents and Republicans to win in this increasingly conservative state. The daughter and sister of New Orleans mayors, that's been Landrieu's re-election strategy since 2002, when her donors included a Baton Rouge physician named Bill Cassidy_now her Republican challenger in this year's midterm elections. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Democrat Mary Landrieu's quest for a fourth Senate term will turn on whether she can attract just enough support from independents and Republicans to win in this increasingly conservative state.


Bills seek to tackle backlog of untested rape kits

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 03:16 PM PST

Meaghan Ybos poses for a photo at Shelby Farms as she discusses Memphis' backlog of untested rape kits on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. Ybos, a victim of rape, has been crusading for legislation to address the backlogs for several years. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz).NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With possibly hundreds of thousands of rape kits untested across the country, a number of states are proposing legislation to address backlogs that in at least one case dates back nearly three decades.


Samsung's new smartwatches have fitness features

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 08:49 AM PST

Undated photo made available Sunday Feb 23 2014 by Samsung of a Gear 2 Neo, one of two new computerized wristwatches, this time including health sensors and related fitness features to give people a reason to buy one, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Spain. Samsung's first Galaxy Gear smartwatch came out last fall amid much fanfare, but it landed with a thud in the marketplace. (AP Photo)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Samsung unveiled two new computerized wristwatches on Sunday, this time including health sensors and related fitness features to give people a reason to buy one.


Daytona 500 delays now common in NASCAR's opener

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 04:15 PM PST

Race fans take cover from the rain in the stands during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona could use a dome.


Details emerge about arrest of legendary drug lord

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 03:58 PM PST

In this image released by Mexico's Attorney General's Office, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is photographed against a wall after his arrest in the Pacific resort city of Mazatlan, Mexico. After 13 years on the run, narrow escapes from the military, law enforcement and rivals, Joaquin CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — After fruitlessly pursuing one of the world's top drug lords for years, authorities finally drew close to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman using a cellphone found at a house where drugs were stored.


High court climate case looks at EPA's power

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 10:15 AM PST

FILE - This Oct. 15, 2013, file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington the day the court's justices said they would be reviewing whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in developing rules aimed at cutting emissions of six heat-trapping gases from factories and power plants. Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, the Court will hear arguments on the unanimous federal appeals court ruling that upheld the government's unprecedented regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Industry groups and Republican-led states are heading an attack at the Supreme Court against the Obama administration's sole means of trying to limit power-plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.


Guzman not likely to be in US court soon

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 04:31 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — After 13 years on the run, narrow escapes from the military, law enforcement and rivals, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is back in Mexican custody. Now starts what is likely to be a lengthy and complicated legal process to decide which country gets to try him first.

Noose closed on Mexican drug lord as allies fell

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 08:48 AM PST

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — For 13 years Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman watched from western Mexico's rugged mountains as authorities captured or killed the leaders of every group challenging his Sinaloa cartel's spot at the top of global drug trafficking.

Governors: 'Obamacare' here to stay

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 04:44 PM PST

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker uses a cell phone to illustrate a point about health care plans during a special session on jobs in America during the National Governor's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — The explosive politics of health care have divided the nation, but America's governors, Republicans and Democrats alike, suggest that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is here to stay.


Jason Collins, openly gay player, signs with Nets

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 12:25 PM PST

FILE - In a March 17, 2009, file photo Minnesota Timberwolves center Jason Collins, left, defends San Antonio Spurs center Kurt Thomas during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio. A person familiar with the situation says Jason Collins and the Brooklyn Nets are meeting in California and he could sign with the team on Sunday Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)Jason Collins has signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets and is set to become the first active openly gay player in the NBA.


Ukraine: president's whereabouts unknown

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 02:03 AM PST

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko addresses the crowd in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Hours after being released from prison, former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko praised the demonstrators killed in violence this week as heroes. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The whereabouts of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych were unclear on Sunday, after he left the capital and his archfoe Yulia Tymoshenko was freed from prison and returned to Kiev to address a massive, adoring crowd.


Babe Ruth World Series watch auctioned for $700K

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 10:20 PM PST

A pocket watch that was given to Babe Ruth in 1923NEW YORK (AP) — Babe Ruth's pocket watch from the 1923 World Series sold for $717,000 Saturday at auction in New York City.


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