2015年1月17日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


To keep up with demand, Charlie Hebdo ups print run

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 12:47 PM PST

A woman poses with her copy of Charlie Hebdo as it goes on sale in LondonThe latest edition of Charlie Hebdo keeps flying off the shelves as soon as it arrives in stores, forcing the publisher to increase the latest print run to 7 million.


Deadly anti-Charlie Hebdo riots as France defends free speech

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 03:02 PM PST

Smoke billows in a street as people demonstrate against French weekly Charlie Hebdo's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed near the grand mosque in Niger's capital Niamey, on January 17, 2015Five people were killed and churches set on fire in Niger on Saturday in fresh protests against the French weekly Charlie Hebdo's Mohammed cover, as France condemned the violence and defended freedom of expression. With France still reeling from last week's attacks that claimed 17 lives, jittery European countries stepped up security, with soldiers patrolling the streets of Belgium for the first time in 35 years. Around 1,000 youths wielding iron bars, clubs and axes rampaged through the Niger capital, hurling rocks at police who responded with tear gas. "In Niamey, the tally is five dead, all civilians," Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said in a speech broadcast on state television, as he appealed for calm.


NASA mission to Pluto to illuminate mysterious reaches of solar system

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 07:19 AM PST

NASA astronaut prepares for a year in spaceNASA's piano-sized probe New Horizons is on course to unlock the mysteries of the Pluto system some 4.67 billion miles from Earth.


CBS suspends sports analyst Greg Anthony after his arrest

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 10:57 AM PST

Former NBA player Anthony and writer Ridley participate in panel discussion at Television Critics Association press tour in PasadenaCBS Sports basketball analyst Greg Anthony has been suspended indefinitely by the network, a CBS spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after he was arrested in Washington, D.C., on a charge of soliciting prostitution. "Greg Anthony will not be working again for CBS this season," the spokesperson said in an email. "I will work to regain the trust that I have lost, and the first step is saying that I am sorry." Anthony played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association before joining CBS in 2008 as lead studio analyst for the network's college basketball coverage, according to his network biography. He had been scheduled to work CBS' broadcast of the Michigan State-Maryland basketball game in College Park, Maryland, on Saturday.


Husband injures wife, kills man, self in Florida mall

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 01:34 PM PST

By Irene Klotz MELBOURNE, Fla. (Reuters) - A man armed with "several pockets full of ammunition" opened fire at a Florida shopping mall on Saturday, injuring his wife and killing another man before fatally shooting himself, police said. Investigators believe a domestic dispute triggered the shooting just as stores at Melbourne Square mall on Florida's east coast were preparing to open for the day, said Melbourne police commander Vince Pryce. Idanerys Garcia-Rodriguez, who appeared to be the target, was in good condition at a hospital Saturday afternoon, Pryce said. Pryce said reports that the unidentified man had tried to wrestle the gun away from Jose Garcia-Rodriguez were unconfirmed.

New Jersey mother charged with burning newborn to death

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 02:46 PM PST

(Reuters) - A New Jersey woman was charged on Saturday with killing her newborn baby by setting her on fire and leaving her burning in the middle of a roadway, law enforcement said. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, of Pemberton Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, was charged with one count of first degree murder and was being held on $500,000 bail, police and a local prosecutor said. Dorvilier was accused of dousing the baby with a flammable liquid before setting her alight, Burlington County Prosecutor Robert Bernardi and Pemberton Township Police Chief David Jantas said in a statement.

AP Source: Greek police detain 4 alleged terrorists

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST

Belgian Terror Raid Puts Europe on High AlertGreek police have detained four suspected terrorists, including one who could be the man wanted by Belgian authorities as an alleged ringleader of a jihadi cell, a police official told the Associated Press Saturday.


Suspects held in Greece as European terror crackdown widens

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 04:04 PM PST

Belgian para-commandos patrol near a synagogue in the center of Antwerp, Belgium, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. Security around Belgium has been stepped up after thirteen people were detained in Belgium in an anti-terror sweep following a firefight in Verviers, Belgium, in which two suspected terrorists were killed. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)French authorities on Saturday sought to head off possible civil unrest and glorification of terrorism after the country's worst terror attacks in decades, assenting to quietly bury the two brothers involved in the rampage and banning an anti-Islamist demonstration in Paris.


Niger protesters burn churches in second day of Charlie riots

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 06:34 AM PST

Smoke billows in a street as people demonstrate against French weekly Charlie Hebdo's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed near the grand mosque in Niger's capital Niamey, on January 17, 2015Stone-throwing demonstrators set fire to two churches in Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday, in the latest protest in France's former African colonies at French newspaper Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. A day after five people were killed in Niger in protests over the cartoons, protesters in Niamey attacked a police station and burned at least two police cars near the main mosque after authorities banned a meeting called by local Muslim leaders.


Pope flees Philippine storm, cuts short typhoon mercy trip

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 03:53 AM PST

Pope Francis (R) wears a plastic poncho as he waves to well wishers after a mass in Tacloban on January 17, 2015A fierce storm that killed a papal volunteer cuts short Pope Francis's mission to survivors of a catastrophic super typhoon.


Romney shows softer side in 2016 campaign preview

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 12:23 AM PST

Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential nominee, left, greets people after speaking during the Republican National Committee's winter meeting aboard the USS Midway Museum Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mitt Romney is offering a rare glimpse of his softer side as he marches toward an unlikely third presidential bid focused on poverty and the middle class.


France's Hollande defends freedom of speech after anti-Hebdo clashes abroad

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 10:16 AM PST

France's President Francois Hollande delivers a speech to foreign ambassadors during a ceremony to present his New Year wishes at the Elysee Palace in Paris on January 16, 2015By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday that anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters in other countries do not understand France's attachment to freedom of speech. He was speaking a day after the satirical weekly's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad sparked violent clashes, including deaths, in some Muslim countries. Demand has surged for Charlie Hebdo's first issue since two militant gunmen burst into its weekly editorial conference and shot dead 12 people at the start of three days of violence that shocked France. A cartoon image of Mohammad on its front page outraged many in the Muslim world, triggering demonstrations that turned violent in Algeria, Niger and Pakistan on Friday.


22 confirmed dead in tugboat capsizing in eastern China

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:55 PM PST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers approach the lifted wreckage of capsized tug boat "Wanshenzhou 67" on the Yangtze River near Jingjiang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. Authorities confirmed 21 people dead in the capsizing of the tugboat with an international team on a test voyage in eastern China, after rescuers dragged the overturned vessel to shallow waters and scoured it Saturday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Shen Peng) NO SALESBEIJING (AP) — Authorities confirmed 22 people dead in the capsizing of a tugboat with an international team on a test voyage in eastern China, after rescuers dragged the overturned vessel to shallow waters and scoured it Saturday.


Mexico detains new suspect in disappearance of 43 students

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 02:11 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2014 file photo, relatives of missing students protest in front of the entrance to the 27th Infantry Battalion base in Iguala, Mexico. Mexican authorities announced Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, that the parents of the 43 missing students can enter army bases to search for their sons, but say there is no evidence the army was involved in their disappearance. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A purported drug cartel hit man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance and alleged killing of 43 college students in southern Mexico in September, authorities said Friday.


Romney hints at 3rd campaign in speech to national GOP group

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:17 PM PST

Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential nominee, left, looks at his wife Ann, right, after speaking during the Republican National Committee's winter meeting aboard the USS Midway Museum Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mitt Romney told Republicans Friday he is weighing a third bid for president, one in which he would show more compassion toward the nation's poor and middle class — voters he alienated with some of his comments during his last campaign.


Storm cuts short pope's trip to typhoon-hit Philippine city

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:49 PM PST

A skullcap is placed on the head of Pope Francis during a mass for the clergy and religious at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Manila, Philippines on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Pope Francis tells a surprised crowd that he would have to leave early.


Obama vows to veto new Iran sanctions

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 04:47 PM PST

President Obama Vows to Veto New Iran SanctionsThe president says hitting Iran's economy would violate an interim agreement.


NCAA agrees to restore wins to Penn State, title to Paterno

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 09:25 PM PST

A group of Penn State students gather with a cardboard cutout of the late Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno outside Old Main on campus to celebrate the reversal of NCAA sanctions against the Penn State football program Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 in State College, Pa.. The NCAA has restored 112 of late head coach Joe Paterno's 409 career wins, reinstating Paterno as the winningest coach in major college football history. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA agreed Friday to restore 112 football wins it had stripped from Penn State and Joe Paterno in the Jerry Sandusky child-molestation scandal and to reinstate the venerated late coach as the winningest in major college football history.


Republican field scrambles as RNC sets debate plan

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:39 PM PST

This photo taken Jan. 15, 2015 shows Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaking at the Republican National Committee meetings in San Diego. Republicans meeting in California have re-elected party chairman Priebus, a once little-known Wisconsin lawyer who supporters say has turned the GOP organization around. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — As the leading GOP prospects for the White House ramp up their national outreach, Republicans unveiled plans Friday for a primary season aimed at keeping the nominee unscathed and ready to take on the Democratic candidate heading toward Election Day.


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