2014年8月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:12 PM PDT

Hackers In Russia Have Stolen More Than A Billion Usernames And PasswordsU.S. companies, others targeted in what could be world's biggest data breach to date.


Feinstein puts Obama on the spot over CIA's ‘torture report’ edits

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2014, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The CIA's insistence that it did not spy on its Senate overseers collapsed July 31 with the release of a stark report by the agency's internal watchdog documenting improper computer surveillance and obstructionist behavior by CIA officers. Feinstein said in a statement: "The investigation confirmed what I said on the Senate floor in March — CIA personnel inappropriately searched Senate intelligence committee computers in violation of an agreement we had reached, and I believe in violation of the constitutional separation of powers." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)The chief author of the Senate's so-called "torture report" urged President Obama on Tuesday to make more of the document available to the public, over the objections of the CIA. She charged the intelligence agency's edits "eliminate or obscure key facts" about controversial interrogation practices during the Bush administration.


U.S. general killed in Afghanistan identified

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:41 PM PDT

Brigadier General Harold J. GreeneMaj. Gen. Harold Greene is the highest-ranking U.S. officer killed in combat since 1970.


14 injured in tour bus collision in NYC's Times Square

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:18 PM PDT

A woman, her arm bandaged and in a sling, leaves after being treated at the scene of a traffic accident apparently involving two double-decker tour buses in New York's Times Square, Tuesday Aug. 5, 2014. The Fire Department of New York says 11 people suffered injuries, three of them seriously, but none of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)2 double-decker buses collided in Times Square at height of summer tourist season: police.


Obama pledges $33B in commitments for Africa

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:04 PM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the US Africa Business Forum during the US Africa Leaders Summit, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington. African heads of state are gathering in Washington for an unprecedented summit to promote business development. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Seeking to strengthen America's financial foothold in Africa, President Barack Obama announced $33 billion in commitments Tuesday aimed at shifting U.S. ties with Africa beyond humanitarian aid and toward more equal economic partnerships.


21st Century Fox withdraws Time Warner bid

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:26 PM PDT

Is Fox Stockpiling Cash For A New Bid On Time Warner?Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is abandoning its attempt to take over Time Warner in a proposed deal that would have combined two of the world's biggest media companies.


Russia threatens to force fly-around for airlines

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:04 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with local officials in Voronezh, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Putin says he has ordered the government to develop measures in response to Western sanctions. In a meeting with state officials in the city of Voronezh on Tuesday, did not specify what the measures might be but said: "I have given the order today to formulate them," Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Tuesday to retaliate for the grounding of a subsidiary of national airline Aeroflot because of EU sanctions, with one newspaper reporting that European flights to Asia over Siberia could be banned. Low-cost carrier Dobrolyot, operated by Aeroflot, suspended all flights last week after its airline leasing agreement was cancelled under European Union sanctions because it flies to Crimea, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in March.


Ex-cop charged with homicide says suitcase death accidental

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:37 PM PDT

In this July 3, 2014 file photo, Steven Zelich walks into a Walworth County courtroom for his preliminary hearing in Elkhorn, Wis. Zelich, a former police officer suspected in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found stuffed in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin road returns to court Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, in Kenosha County, Wis., to face more charges. Zelich's attorney Jonathan Smith says he doesn't know what the charges will be. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)Suspect is charged with homicide in the death 1 of 2 women whose bodies were found in suitcases.


U.S. terrorism database doubles in recent years

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:41 PM PDT

OBAMA: 'WE TORTURED SOME PEOPLE'A government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years, The Associated Press has learned. The growth is the result of intelligence agencies submitting names more often after a near-miss attack in 2009.


Hawaii stocks up on water as storms Iselle, Julio loom

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:56 PM PDT

Hawaii residents loaded up on bottled water and canned meat Tuesday in preparation for the unusual threat of a hurricane and tropical storm barreling toward the islands.

C. African Republic's PM, cabinet resign

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 11:57 AM PDT

File photo of Catherine Samba-Panza, interim president of the Central African Republic, addressing Central African Army Forces soldiers as Prime Minister Andre Nzapayeke in BanguiA spokesman for Pres. Samba-Panza said CAR's prime minister and his cabinet have resigned.


Man gets 50-year sentence for burglarizing Hank Aaron's home

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A 24-year-old man received a 50-year sentence — eight years in jail and 42 years of probation — after pleading guilty to burglarizing Aaron's home on July 14, 2013.


A tale of two shelters: Israelis and Palestinians united in fear

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:04 AM PDT

A Palestinian girl, who fled her house during an Israeli offensive, looks out a classroom window at of a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza StripBy Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/ASHKELON Israel (Reuters) - Ramadan Subuh surveyed the packed Gaza school where he and some 2,500 other Palestinians have been sheltering and lamented the plight of civilians who have struggled to survive nearly four weeks of Israeli bombardment. "A life of humiliation - this how we live," said Subuh, 42, whose family of 12 fled to the U.N.-run Al-Fakhoura school from Beit Lahiya, a town in the northern Gaza Strip devastated by the fighting. No place in Gaza is safe, and everyone is taking his own chance," he said. Some 260,000 of the Gaza Strip's population of 1.8 million have taken refuge in schools and other institutions run by the United Nations.


Civilians killed in Ukraine as U.N. warns of mass exodus

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:26 PM PDT

A picture shows a burnt buildings in the village of Maryinka, a suburb of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, on August 5, 2014At least two civilians were killed in heavy clashes on the outskirts of the main rebel-held bastion of Donetsk in east Ukraine on Tuesday, as the UN warned of a "massive exodus and destruction" if fighting intensified. Powerful explosions rocked the western Petrovksy suburb of the sprawling million-strong city, the local administration said, as government forces pushed on with an offensive to oust insurgents. Ukraine's military called on insurgents in Donetsk, Lugansk and another frontline city, Gorlivka, on Monday to open corridors for several hours each day to allow civilians to escape.


2nd Ebola patient arrives in U.S.

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:34 PM PDT

People watch from a bridge as an ambulance transporting Nancy Writebol, an American missionary stricken with Ebola, arrives at Emory University Hospital, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, in Atlanta. Writebol is expected to be admitted to Emory on Tuesday, where she will join another U.S. aid worker, Dr. Kent Brantly, in a special isolation unit. (AP Photo/David Goldman)The second American aid worker with Ebola has returned home for treatment.


Ohio State stands by band director firing

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 11:30 AM PDT

In this Sept. 7, 2013 photo, Ohio State University marching band director Jon Waters leads the band in "Carmen Ohio" following a NCAA football game against San Diego State at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. OSU on Thursday, July 24, 2014 fired Waters amid allegations he knew about and ignored "serious cultural issues" including sexual harassment. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Adam Cairns)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University officials on Tuesday stood by their firing of the marching band director, who said he wants his job back and another chance to change the cultural issues in the unit that led to his dismissal.


Man dressed in Afghan army garb kills US general, wounds 15

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:07 AM PDT

A NATO soldier opens fire in an apparent warning shot in the vicinity of journalists near the main gate of Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base, causing casualties, an Afghan military spokesman said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on NATO troops at a military base, killing a U.S. two-star general and wounding some 15 people, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops, authorities said.


Putin readies response to 'unacceptable' sanctions

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:58 AM PDT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside MoscowLatest Western economic targets have been Russia's lucrative oil, arms industries.


Inside the 'Terror Tunnels' under Gaza

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:34 AM PDT

Tensions Remain High At Israeli Gaza BorderIsrael announced the withdrawal of ground forces from Gaza on Tuesday for a temporary cease-fire, saying its troops had destroyed the network of tunnels used by Palestinian militants along the Israeli border.


PHOTOS: Parched Calfornia's farmers face wrath of drought

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:32 AM PDT

PHOTOS: Parched Calfornia's farmers face wrath of droughtYoung crops next a trickle of water in an irrigation canal near Dos Palos, Calif. (Holly Bailey/Yahoo News)

Tenn. man pleads guilty to charges he killed parents with package bomb

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:58 AM PDT

This photo released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shows Richard Parker. Parker, the son-in-law of a Tennessee couple killed when a package exploded at their home, has been charged with first-degree murder in their deaths. State Fire Marshal's Office spokeswoman Katelyn Abernathy said Parker is also charged with unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon. (AP Photo/Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he killed his mother- and father-in-law with a package bomb, and prosecutors said he killed the couple because he owed them tens of thousands of dollars.


Police say Wyoming couple kept 7-year-old child in cage

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:34 AM PDT

A crude oil train moves through the yard at the Eighty-Eight Oil LLC's transloading facility in Ft. LaramieLARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities in Wyoming are pressing felony charges against a man and a woman alleging they kept a 7-year-old child in an outdoor cage.


One Russian's heartfelt protest against US sanctions

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:06 AM PDT

One Russian's heartfelt protest against US sanctionsA confused Russian citizen reacted to recent international sanctions against Russia by deciding to give up American products. In a video message for Barack Obama he begins by pouring out a bottle of Coca-Cola. But then he realises that his smartphone and tablet are also American-made. Watch as he smashes his iPhone and iPad with a hammer before turning his attention to the very camera that he's using to record the video. Credit: Mikhail Samarsky


Colorado 5-year-old playing with gun shoots, injures 3-year-old

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Colorado Gun Restrictions Upheld By Federal JudgePUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Police say that a 5-year-old playing with a gun shot and injured a 3-year-old girl in Colorado.


Mich. 9-year-old, stabbed in park by 12-year-old, dies

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:12 AM PDT

Kentwood police investigate a stabbing that occurred in a playground in Pinebrook Village, in Kentwood, Mich., on Aug. 4, 2014. Police say a 12-year-old boy has stabbed a 9-year-old boy at the playground in western Michigan, sending the child to a hospital. Police also didn't immediately release detail on the condition of the wounded child. The older boy was taken into custody for questioning by police. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Joel Bissell) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUTKENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has died after being stabbed repeatedly by another child at a playground at a mobile home park in western Michigan, police said Tuesday.


Armed police escort man off Qatar Airways plane at UK airport

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 06:58 AM PDT

Qatar Airways passenger plane was escorted to Manchester AirportBy Andrew Yates MANCHESTER England (Reuters) - Britain scrambled two fighter jets on Tuesday to escort a Qatar Airways plane into Manchester airport after the pilot reported a possible explosive device on board. A passenger was later arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat. Qatar Airways said the Airbus A330-300 plane was flight QR23 from Doha to Manchester with 269 passengers and 13 crew on board.  A Reuters photographer saw armed police remove a handcuffed male passenger dressed in baggy trousers and a sports shirt from the plane. "We can confirm that Typhoon aircraft were launched from RAF Coningsby in their quick reaction alert role this afternoon to investigate a civilian aircraft whose pilot had requested assistance," Britain's Ministry of Defence said in a statement.


On day of U.S.-Africa forum, White House announces $14B in new business

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:56 AM PDT

Former President Bill Clinton speaks at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, in while moderating the panel, "The New Era for Business in Africa" during the US Africa Leaders Summit. Nearly 50 African heads of state are gathering in Washington for an unprecedented summit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Tuesday announced $14 billion in commitments from U.S. businesses to invest in Africa, as representatives from nearly 100 American and African companies gathered in Washington to discuss ways to boost economic partnerships.


Montana toddler tips headfirst into mop bucket and drowns

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 06:32 AM PDT

Beatrice Spears leaves a stuffed animal on the front porch of a home where an 8-year-old boy was shot and killed by a bullet fired from outside that pierced the wall of his home, hitting the child in bed, early Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A northwestern Montana toddler drowned after tipping headfirst into a 5-gallon mop bucket.


Afghan attack kills one U.S. soldier

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:22 AM PDT

An Afghan National Army soldier gestures outside the gates of a British-run military academy outside Kabul, on August 5, 2014, where a man in Afghan military uniform opened fire on NATO troops inside the premisesUS 2-star general also reported dead after man in Afghan military uniform opened fire.


'Insider' Afghan attack injures dozen U.S. troops, one dead

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:59 AM PDT

NATO military vehicles leave the Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base, causing casualties, an Afghan military spokesman said. In a statement NATO said it was investigating an "incident" involving both Afghan and international troops at Camp Qargha, a base west of the capital, Kabul, which trains officers for the country's army. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base, killing at least one NATO soldier and wounding 15, including a German brigadier general and "about a dozen" Americans, authorities said.


Extreme Calif. drought replays hardships of Dust Bowl

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:00 AM PDT

California DroughtFarmers' livelihoods at risk as California suffers extreme drought. Holly Bailey reports.


Afghan attack injures 15 German troops, brigadier general; 1 killed

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:13 AM PDT

NATO military vehicles leave the Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base, causing casualties, an Afghan military spokesman said. In a statement NATO said it was investigating an "incident" involving both Afghan and international troops at Camp Qargha, a base west of the capital, Kabul, which trains officers for the country's army. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — German military: 15 troops wounded in Afghan attack, including brigadier general; 1 killed.


Mich. boy, 12, stabs another boy, 9, on playground

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:55 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation in Virginia shows a picnic area near a playground at Mount Trashmore, which is a park built on a former landfill. The park also has man-made mountains, two lakes, a skate park and paths. It's one of a number of free places to visit in Virginia Beach. (AP Photo/Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation)KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 12-year-old boy has stabbed a 9-year-old boy at a playground in western Michigan, sending the child to a hospital.


Ex-cop accused of stuffing two dead women in suitcases back in court

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:25 AM PDT

In this July 3, 2014 file photo, Steven Zelich walks into a Walworth County courtroom for his preliminary hearing in Elkhorn, Wis. Zelich, a former police officer suspected in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found stuffed in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin road returns to court Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, in Kenosha County, Wis., to face more charges. Zelich's attorney Jonathan Smith says he doesn't know what the charges will be. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A former police officer suspected in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found stuffed in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin road returns to court to face more charges.


First female Muslim UK Cabinet member quits over Gaza

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:51 AM PDT

Former chairman of the Conservative Party, Sayeeda Warsi delivers a speech during the first day of the Conservative conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, central England, on October 3, 2010LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s first female Muslim Cabinet member resigned Tuesday in protest of the British government's policies on Gaza, describing the approach as "morally indefensible" and detrimental to the national interest.


Israel withdraws troops as cease-fire begins

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:01 AM PDT

Israeli reserve soldiers are seen on the top of an armored personnel carrier returning to Israel from Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. A brief cease-fire declared by Israel and troop withdrawals slowed violence in the Gaza war Monday, but an attack on an Israeli bus that killed one person in Jerusalem underscored the tensions still simmering in the region as Israeli airstrikes resumed late in the day. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)A 3-day truce in the Gaza war takes effect as Israel says it is removing all its troops.


Second American infected with Ebola en route to US

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:24 AM PDT

Plane leaves Liberia with 2nd American with EbolaATLANTA (AP) — The second American aid worker recently diagnosed with Ebola in west Africa is en route to Atlanta.


Experimental drug may be Ebola silver bullet

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 03:56 PM PDT

Handout photo of Dr. Kent Brantly speaking with colleagues at the case management center on the campus of ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia.Hopes of finding a treatment for the deadly Ebola virus shifted on Monday to a small California-based biotech company whose experimental drug has been used to treat two American missionary workers. The drug, developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc, was used to treat two aid workers, one from the Samaritan's Purse group and the other from Christian mission group SIM USA, who were exposed to the disease in Liberia, according to a U.S. government health official. The Samaritan Purse aid worker, Dr Kent Brantly, returned to the United States on Saturday for medical care, and his colleague Nancy Writebol of SIM USA is due to fly back via medical aircraft on Tuesday. Samaritan's Purse said both the aid workers received the experimental treatment while in Liberia.


Report: Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:31 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites, according to a report published Tuesday.

China earthquake death toll passes 400

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT

Rescuers carry an injured victim of an earthquake past wrecked buildings in Ludian county in Zhaotong, China's southwestern Yunnan province on August 4, 2014The death toll had risen to 410, authorities in the southwestern province of Yunnan said in a statement, as concerns mounted over a barrier lake formed by a landslide blocking a river in the disaster zone. The magnitude 6.1 tremor destroyed 80,000 houses and seriously damaged 124,000 more, wrecking the once-idyllic mountainside village of Longtoushan, where residents confronted their losses. "We have no money and I don't know what we are going to do." Li Shanyan, 35, watched anxiously as emergency personnel dug through the debris of her home, searching for her 71-year-old aunt. "(The rescuers) dug for a whole day and couldn't find her." Like many in poverty-stricken Longtoushan, the crudely-made house is built from yellow earth, with a tiled roof.


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