2014年3月30日星期日

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Kerry, Russian counterpart meet on Ukraine crisis

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 02:39 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and his French counterpart Laurent Fabius arrive for a meeting at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris, Sunday, March 30, 2014. After a week of travel in the Mideast, Kerry changed course and arrived in Paris Saturday for talks with his Russian counterpart on the Ukraine crisis. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Russia on Sunday set out demands for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Ukraine, saying the former Soviet republic should be unified in a federation allowing wide autonomy to its various regions as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Paris in another bid to calm tensions.


Search for MH370 'black box' to get underway

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PDT

A man looks at a billboard in commemoration of flight MH370 at the Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing on March 30, 2014Perth (Australia) (AFP) - An Australian ship carrying equipment to locate the "black box" from flight MH370 was to put to sea Monday but experts warned surface debris must be found first to narrow down the search zone. The hunt for physical evidence that the Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 people crashed more than three weeks ago, as Kuala Lumpur has declared, has so far proved fruitless despite a massive operation involving seven countries. More objects were seen by aircraft on Sunday with several items retrieved by Australia's HMAS Success and China's Haixun 01, but the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said: "Nothing has yet been verified as being from MH370." The growing search resumed Monday across a sweeping expanse of the southern Indian Ocean the size of Norway, with 10 planes taking to the skies from Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, South Korea and the US.


Brazil police push into Rio de Janeiro slums

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 12:27 PM PDT

A young resident looks through a small bullet proof window as he sits inside a police armored vehicle after a police operation to occupy the Vila Pinheiro, part of the Mare slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 30, 2014. The Mare complex of slums, home to about 130,000 people and located near the international airport, is the latest area targeted for the government's "pacification" program, which sees officers move in, push out drug gangs and set up permanent police posts. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than 1,400 police officers and Brazilian Marines rolled into a massive complex of slums near Rio de Janeiro's international airport before dawn Sunday in the latest security push ahead of this year's World Cup.


Search dogs take break from mudslide recovery

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 02:57 PM PDT

In this photo, published Sunday, March 30, 2014, by the Seattle Times, Randy Fay, a volunteer rescue technician with Snohomish County's SnoHawk 10 rescue helicopter, helps Jetty Dooper, from the Netherlands, after a mudslide struck near Oso, Wash., on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Dooper, while visiting her friend Robin Youngblood who lived in the area, was caught in the slide when a wave of mud crashed into Youngblood's house. (AP Photo/Larry Taylor)DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Families coping with the loss of friends and neighbors sought comfort Sunday in church services, while crews searched for more victims of the mudslide that buried the mountainside community of Oso more than a week ago.


Congress: GM twice failed to fix defect

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 03:57 PM PDT

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors discussed two separate fixes for an ignition switch defect in 2005 but canceled both of them without taking action, according to a memo released Sunday by the House subcommittee investigating GM's handling of the defect and a subsequent recall.

Test accurately rules out heart attacks in the ER

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 11:40 AM PDT

In this Saturday, March 29, 2014 photo, people attend the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session and Expo in Washington. A large study in Sweden found that a blood test plus the usual electrocardiogram of the heartbeat were 99 percent accurate at showing which patients could safely be sent home rather than be admitted for observation and more diagnostics. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — A simple test appears very good at ruling out heart attacks in people who go to emergency rooms with chest pain, a big public health issue and a huge worry for patients.


Harrison lifts Wildcats to 75-72 win over Michigan

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 04:53 PM PDT

Kentucky's Aaron Harrison (2) shoots a three-point basket past Michigan's Caris LeVert (23) in the final second of the second half of an NCAA Midwest Regional final college basketball tournament game Sunday, March 30, 2014, in Indianapolis. Kentucky won 75-72. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aaron Harrison made a 3-pointer from NBA range with 2.3 seconds left Sunday to lift Kentucky and its freshmen to a 75-72 win over Michigan and a trip to the Final Four.


Conflict with Russia galvanizes Ukraine's identity

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 04:24 AM PDT

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — He's one of Russia's favorite doctors, the author of books read by parents from Moscow to Siberia. And he lives in eastern Ukraine where the Russian language is dominant and ties to Russia strong.

No national system to track landslide hazards

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 03:38 PM PDT

In this photo taken in October 2012, released by WSI, a Quantum Spatial Company, sensor operators Lennie Rummel left, and Drew Wendeborn, right, are shown inside a helicopter taking measurements with LIDAR, a high-tech laser system mounted on the aircraft, to build a detailed elevation map of the terrain above Omak, Wash. The maps can be used by planners and homeowners to begin to assess landslide risk. (AP Photo/ WSI, a Quantum Spatial Company)SEATTLE (AP) — People living in the path of a deadly Washington state landslide had virtually no warning before they heard a wall of mud, trees and other debris thunder down the mountain.


Kerry, Lavrov agree diplomatic solution needed

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 03:48 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the start of their meeting at the Russian Ambassador's residence about the situation in Ukraine, in Paris Sunday March 30, 2014. Kerry traveled to Paris for a last minute meeting with Lavrov. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday night the United States and Russia agree on the need for a diplomatic solution for Ukraine but he stressed the Russian troop buildup along the border is not helpful.


UConn upsets Michigan St 60-54, back to Final Four

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 03:38 PM PDT

Connecticut's Shabazz Napier smiles after cutting the net after a regional final against Michigan State in the NCAA college basketball tournament Sunday, March 30, 2014, in New York. Connecticut won the game 60-54. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — Shabazz Napier owed UConn.


10 Things to Know about Wrigley Field

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 03:29 PM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Wrigley Field is turning 100 this year. Here are 10 things you might not know about the ballpark:

Egyptians to elect new president in late May

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 01:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 file photo, Egypt's military chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi smiles as he speaks to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their talks along with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Russia. Former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, if he wins Egypt's presidency as is widely expected, will have an overwhelming presence over a shattered political scene. Egypt's once dominant political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, is exhausted under a relentless crackdown. Non-Islamist parties are weak and largely acquiescent to his power. But the political vacuum is hardly a stable one. The Brotherhood is betting that with time the public will turn against el-Sissi. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's presidential election will be held in late May, the electoral commission announced on Sunday, finally setting dates for the crucial vote widely expected to be won by the country's former military chief who ousted an elected president last year.


Turkey premier may get boost from local elections

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 02:59 PM PDT

A Turkish woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Ankara Turkey, Sunday, March 30, 2014. More than 52 millions Turks vote in local elections Sunday as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fighting corruption allegations against his government. The local elections are seen as a referendum over his rule.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to get a big boost from local elections Sunday, in a vote that he has framed as a referendum on his rule.


Thousands in Taiwan protest China trade deal

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 05:43 AM PDT

Protesters shout slogans denouncing the controversial China Taiwan trade pact during a massive protest in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Over a hundred thousand protesters gathered in the demonstration against the island's rapidly developing ties with the communist mainland. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the streets around Taiwan's Parliament on Sunday to voice their opposition to a trade pact with China, part of a nearly 2-week-old protest that is challenging the president's policy of moving the democratic island economically closer to China.


State media: N. Korea 'will not rule out' a new nuclear test

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 12:41 AM PDT

Worker-Peasant Red Guards parade through Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang, September 9, 2013North Korea said Sunday it "will not rule out" a new nuclear test as it defended its recent mid-range missile launch which triggered widespread international condemnation. "(We) will not rule out a new form of a nuclear test aimed at strengthening our nuclear deterrence," Pyongyang's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the North's state-run KCNA news agency. Pyongyang slammed the UN criticism as "unacceptable", defending the launch as a "self-defensive" act in protest against ongoing Seoul-Washington joint military drills being held in South Korea.


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