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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Obama to Putin: You violated international law

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:41 PM PST

A pro-Russian supporter waves a Russian flag in front of pro-Russian armed men in military fatigues blocking the base of the Ukrainian frontier guards, in Balaklava, a small city not far from Sevastopol, on March 1, 2014President Obama called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull his troops back to their bases in Crimea.

Russian troops take over Ukraine's Crimea region

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:38 PM PST

Troops in unmarked uniforms stand guard in Balaklava on the outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of sending new troops into Crimea, a strategic Russia-speaking region that hosts a major Russian navy base. The Kremlin hasn't responded to the accusations, but Russian lawmakers urged President Putin to act to protect Russians in Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops took over the strategic Crimean peninsula Saturday without firing a shot. The newly installed government in Kiev was powerless to react, and despite calls by U.S. President Barack Obama for Russia to pull back its forces, Western governments had few options to counter Russia's military moves.

China: Train station attack an act of terrorism

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:11 PM PST

The body of a victim is inspected by police officers outside a railway station, after an attack in Kunming, in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Saturday March 1, 2014. China's official Xinhua News Agency says authorities consider the attack by a group of knife-wielding assailants at a train station in southwestern China in which at least 27 people died to be an act of terrorism. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — More than 10 knife-wielding attackers slashed people at a train station in southwestern China late Saturday in what authorities called a terrorist attack by Uighur separatists, and police fatally shot five of the assailants, leaving 34 people dead and 130 others injured, state media said.

James Tague, key JFK assassination witness, dies

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 09:57 AM PST

JFK assassination witness James TagueJames Tague, a material witness whose testimony contributed to the controversial "magic bullet theory" in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died. He was 77.

1 killed, 30 injured in massive Colorado pileup

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:57 PM PST

DENVER (AP) — One person died and 30 others were injured in a massive pileup on Interstate 25 as a band of heavy snow moved through south Denver on Saturday, authorities said.

UN says 703 killed in Iraq in February attacks

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 10:39 AM PST

Weaponry is on display at a weapons exhibition organized by the Iraqi defense ministry at the Baghdad International Fairgrounds in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 2014. Companies from Japan, U.S., Germany, Egypt, China and others displayed armored vehicles, sample models of aircraft and light and medium weaponry. (Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations said Saturday that violence across Iraq in February killed 703 people, a death toll higher than the year before as the country faces a rising wave of militant attacks rivaling the sectarian bloodshed that followed the U.S.-led invasion.

US calls on Russia to withdraw forces from Ukraine

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:39 PM PST

President Barack Obama arrives to speak about Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Obama's statement comes as his administration is expressing growing concern over Russian intentions in Ukraine. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a blunt warning Friday to Moscow against military moves in the country's southern Crimea region that could further inflame tensions. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to de-escalate the tense atmosphere in Ukraine by pulling his forces back to bases in the country's Crimean region and to refrain from interfering elsewhere in the former Soviet republic.

Analysis: Limited US, European options in Ukraine

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 12:18 PM PST

A man in unmarked uniform looks from atop of a military vehicle while standing guard as troops taking control the the Coast Guard offices in Balaklava, outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of sending new troops into Crimea, a strategic Russia-speaking region that hosts a major Russian navy base. The Kremlin hasn't responded to the accusations, but Russian lawmakers urged Putin to act to protect Russians in Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite blunt warnings about costs and consequences, President Barack Obama and European leaders have limited options for retaliating against Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the former Soviet republic now at the center of an emerging conflict between East and West.

Pakistani Taliban announces 1-month cease-fire

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 10:12 AM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, center, flanked by his bodyguards, talks to reporters at an undisclosed location in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan along Afghanistan border. The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that the group will observe a one-month cease-fire as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the government, throwing new life into a foundering peace process. Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said in a statement emailed to reporters that the top leadership of the militant group has instructed all of its units to comply with the cease-fire. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that the group will observe a one-month cease-fire as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the government, throwing new life into a foundering peace process.

Saturated slopes worry California cities

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 03:55 PM PST

Trash collects along the shore after after a rainstorm in Long Beach, Calif. on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Evacuation orders remained in effect for hundreds of homes in Los Angeles County foothill communities where fires have burned away vegetation that holds soil in place, and bursts of rain caused the mountains to belch occasional debris flows. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Saturated mountainsides loomed over foothill communities on Saturday as a storm centered off California rotated bands of rain into a state that sorely needs the moisture but not at such dangerously high rates.

'12 Years a Slave' rolls at Spirit Awards

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 04:01 PM PST

Dorothy Nyong'o and her daughter, Lupita Nyong'o, arrive at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — "12 Years a Slave" rolled at the Spirit Awards, winning five awards including best feature at the annual independent film celebration.

Oscar Pistorius: His entire life story on trial

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 07:49 AM PST

FILE : in this file photo taken Tuesday, June 4, 2013 double-amputee Olympian, Oscar Pistorius, looks on as he appears in the magistrates court in Pretoria, South Africa at a hearing. Pistorius, now 27, faces possibly being sent to prison until he is older than 50. Pistorius goes on trial Monday March 3, 2014 charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-file)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With his past triumphs now tarnished because he shot to death his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius on Monday will enter court to be confronted with the jarring possibility that he will be sent to prison for at least 25 years.

Spirit Awards to give dressed-down Oscar preview

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 11:50 AM PST

This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Cate Blanchett in a scene from the film, "Blue Jasmine." Blanchett is nominated for an Oscar for her performance as an actress in a leading role. The 86th Academy Awards are held on Sunday, March 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, file)SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The Oscars will get a dressed-down, beach-side rehearsal at Saturday's 29th annual Spirit Awards.

Obama, Putin speak by phone amid Ukraine crisis

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 02:36 PM PST

President Barack Obama walks away from the podium after speaking about the ongoing situation in Ukraine in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Obama warned Russia "there will be costs" for any military intervention in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone as the U.S. reviews Russia's military moves in Ukraine.

Top officials at White House meeting on Ukraine

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 02:07 PM PST

President Barack Obama arrives to speak about Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Obama's statement comes as his administration is expressing growing concern over Russian intentions in Ukraine. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a blunt warning Friday to Moscow against military moves in the country's southern Crimea region that could further inflame tensions. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) —

Deal could allow gays in Boston St. Pat's parade

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 12:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 file photo, Mayor Martin Walsh speaks to reporters in Boston. On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, a marriage equality group says Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade is easing its two-decade ban on gay organizations. A MassEquality official said a group of gay military veterans can march under its banner as part of a deal brokered by Walsh. But marchers from the gay-rights group would not be allowed to wear clothing or hold signs that refer to sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — The St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston is easing its two-decade ban on gay organizations under a tentative deal to allow them to march in an event that once went to the Supreme Court to keep gays out, a marriage equality group said Saturday.

In Syria, government pursues local cease-fires

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 09:18 AM PST

In this Monday Feb. 17, 2014 photo, Syrian rebels, right, stands with two soldiers from Syrian government forces, center and left, as they pose for a picture after a reconciliation agreement between the two groups, in Babila, southeast Damascus, Syria. In one besieged neighborhood after another, weary rebels have turned over their weapons to the Syrian government in exchange for an easing of suffocating blockades that have prevented food, medicine and other staples from reaching civilians trapped inside. The government touts the truces as part of its program of BEIRUT (AP) — In one besieged neighborhood after another, weary rebels have turned over their weapons to the Syrian government in exchange for an easing of suffocating blockades that have prevented food, medicine and other staples from reaching civilians trapped inside.

Jailed Venezuela protest leader mocks Maduro's talks

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 01:58 PM PST

By Andrew Cawthorne and Daniel Wallis CARACAS (Reuters) - Jailed Venezuelan protest leader Leopoldo Lopez scoffed on Friday at President Nicolas Maduro's efforts to open talks with opponents and businessman after a month of demonstrations and violence that have killed at least 17 people. Maduro, 51, seems to have weathered the worst of an explosion of protests against his socialist government that exposed deep discontent with economic problems and brought the nation's worst unrest in a decade. Some students are still setting up roadblocks and clashing with police in Caracas and the western state of Tachira. But the number of protesters has dropped, and many Venezuelans have begun heading for the beach to enjoy a long weekend for Carnival celebrations.

UN chief, Venezuela FM to discuss deadly protests

Posted: 01 Mar 2014 03:08 PM PST

Riot police confront demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Caracas, on February 28, 2014At least 41 people, including foreign reporters, were arrested in Caracas as security forces battled protesters angry at the policies of Venezuela's leftist government.

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