2014年7月5日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Palestinian teen burned to death, autopsy shows

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 04:20 PM PDT

Suha Abu Khdeir, mother of 15-year-old Tariq Abu Khdeir, a U.S. citizen who goes to school in Tampa, Florida, sits in her home and shows a tablet with a photo of Tariq taken in a hospital after he was beaten and arrested by the Israeli police during clashes sparked by the murder Thursday of his cousin Mohammed Abu Khdeir, in Jerusalem, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Israeli police spokeswoman, said that Tariq Abu Khdeir had resisted arrest and attacked police officers. Tariq's father said he witnessed his son's arrest and insisted the boy was not involved in the violence. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)An autopsy showed an Arab teenager who Palestinians say was killed in a revenge attack was burned to death, officials said Saturday, while Palestinian militants fired two rockets toward a major southern city deeper into Israel than any other attack in the current round of violence.


Family wants officer held accountable in beating

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 02:31 PM PDT

In this July 1, 2014 image made from video provided by motorist David Diaz, a California Highway Patrol officer straddles a woman while punching her in the head on the shoulder of a Los Angeles freeway. The woman had been walking on Interstate 10 west of downtown Los Angeles, endangering herself and people in traffic, and the officer was trying to restrain her, according to a CHP assistant chief. The officer, who has not been identified, has been placed on administrative leave during an investigation. (AP Photo/David Diaz)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Highway Patrol has vowed to carry out a thorough investigation after a video emerged of one of its officers repeatedly punching a woman he had pinned down on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.


First lady bucks GOP on school lunch rules

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 02:43 PM PDT

FILE - This May 27, 2014 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama, with Eric Goldstein, chief executive officer, Office of School Support Services, New York City Department of Education, left, and Donna Martin, School Nutrition Program, Burke County Board of Education, in Georgia, during a discussion with school leaders and experts on school nutrition in an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Obama stressed the importance of students, parents, school officials, community leaders, and health advocates coming together to protect and advance the progress that has been made in schools across our country. She is in the biggest fight of her tenure as she pushes back against a House Republican effort to soften a key component of the anti-childhood obesity effort at the center of her legacy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — First ladies typically avoid getting into public scraps, but Michelle Obama has jumped into perhaps her biggest battle yet.


Ukraine claims victory in rebel stronghold

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 12:24 PM PDT

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's forces claimed a significant success against pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday, chasing them from a key stronghold in the country's embattled east.

Video purportedly shows extremist leader in Iraq

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 04:28 PM PDT

This image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. A video posted online Saturday purports to show the leader of the Islamic State extremist group that has overrun much of Syria and Iraq delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq, in what would be a rare - if not the first - public appearance by the shadowy militant. (AP Photo/Militant video)BAGHDAD (AP) — A man purporting to be the leader of the Sunni extremist group that has declared an Islamic state in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria has made what would be his first public appearance, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq's second-largest city, according to a video posted online Saturday.


Only road onto NC island reopening after Arthur

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 01:29 PM PDT

A man crosses a flooded Highway 64 as wind pushes water over the road as Hurricane Arthur passes through Nags Head, N.C., Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's popular beach towns began returning to the business of recreation Saturday, after Arthur lashed the state's coast with forceful winds and heavy rain and then churned northward without leaving a trail of significant damage.


4 killed in car bomb attack in Somalia

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:15 AM PDT

Somali soldiers stand near the wreckage of a suicide car bomb near the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 5, 2014. A Somali police officer says troops have thwarted an attack by a suicide bomber outside the heavily guarded parliament headquarters. Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior Somali police officer says troops stopped a suicide car bomber who detonated his explosive-laden car at a checkpoint near the entrance to Somalia's parliament. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Four people were killed when a car laden with explosives blew up near the parliamentary building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a police official said Saturday.


Philadelphia fire kills 4 kids, destroys 8 houses

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 03:21 PM PDT

A woman cries as she walks past Philadelphia firefighters working on burned row homes on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. A fast-moving fire in southwest Philadelphia early Saturday left four children dead and burned through a number of adjoining homes. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fire raced through a row of two-story homes in southwest Philadelphia early Saturday, killing 4-year-old twin girls, a 4-year-old boy and a baby and engulfing at least 10 houses, officials said. A mother and three of her children escaped through a second-floor window.


NATO signals no new members for the present

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 16, 2014, file photo, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a joint briefing with Romanian President Traian Basescu, at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania. Faced with a newly aggressive Russia, NATO has been mulling how to react, but it is ruling out one option: rapid expansion. (AP Photo/Octav Ganea, Mediafax, File) ROMANIA OUTBRUSSELS (AP) — Faced with a newly aggressive Russia, NATO has been mulling how to react, but it is ruling out one option: rapid expansion.


Shark bites man near Southern California beach

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 03:09 PM PDT

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 7-foot-long great white shark bit a man swimming off Southern California's Manhattan Beach on Saturday, officials said.

Neymar: World Cup dream still alive

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 02:36 PM PDT

Brazil's Neymar lies inside a medical helicopter at the Granja Comary training center, in Teresopolis, Brazil, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Neymar was airlifted from Brazil's training camp Saturday and will be treated at home for his back injury. Neymar, the biggest football star in Brazil, was ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after fracturing his third vertebra during Friday's 2-1 quarterfinal win over Colombia. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Brazil star Neymar says his World Cup may be over because of a fractured vertebra but his World Cup dream of celebrating the title with his teammates at the Maracana Stadium next Sunday is still alive.


AP PHOTOS: July 4th celebration across US

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 09:59 PM PDT

The United States marks 238 years as an independent nation as it celebrates the Fourth of July with fireworks, food and music, despite Hurricane Arthur crashing holiday parties along the East Coast.

Pope: No-work Sundays good, not just for faithful

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 08:31 AM PDT

CAMPOBASSO, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis has lamented the abandoning of the traditionally Christian practice of not working on Sundays, saying it has a negative impact on families and friendships.

4 kids die in sweeping Philadelphia row home fire

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 07:54 AM PDT

A woman cries as she walks past Philadelphia firefighters working on burned row homes on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. A fast-moving fire in southwest Philadelphia early Saturday left four children dead and burned through a number of adjoining homes. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire raced through a row of two-story homes in southwest Philadelphia early Saturday, killing four children, engulfing at least 10 houses and displacing more than 40 residents, officials said.


Clashes spread after Palestinian boy's funeral

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 04:06 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers and armor gather near the Israel and Gaza Strip border, Saturday, July 5, 2014. The Israeli military says Palestinian militants have fired more than 150 rockets at southern Israel in recent weeks and Israel sent troops to the Gaza border as a precaution Thursday. The air force has responded with airstrikes on about 70 targets in Gaza, the military said. There was talk of the sides seeking a truce on Friday. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)JERUSALEM (AP) — Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters spread from Jerusalem to Arab towns in northern Israel Saturday following the funeral of an Arab teenager who Palestinians say was killed by Israeli extremists in a revenge attack.


Ukraine leader orders flag raised in rebel stronghold after army successes

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:46 AM PDT

Ukrainian President Poroshenko speaks in the Ukrainian parliament in KievPetro Poroshenko gave the order after hearing reports of military successes in Slaviansk, the presidential website said.


Putin tells Obama he wants better relations

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 03:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2014, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony of presentation of credentials by foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. In a statement published on the Kremlin website on Friday, July 4, 2014, Putin said "regardless of difficulties and disagreements" he hoped that Russia and the U.S. could "successfully develop relations on pragmatic and equal grounds." Relations between Russia and the U.S. have deteriorated as the two countries have struggled to find common ground in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool, File)Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Barack Obama in an Independence Day message that he hopes the countries can improve relations.


Dueling immigration rallies held in Southern Calif.

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 07:28 PM PDT

Demonstrators from opposing sides confront each other, Friday, July 4, 2014, outside a U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta, Calif. Demonstrators on both sides of the immigration debate had gathered where the agency was foiled earlier this week in an attempt to bus in and process some of the immigrants who have flooded the Texas border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Activists on both sides of the debate confront each other near a U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta.


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