2015年7月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


The Koch brothers love Scott Walker — but not his tough-on-crime past

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 11:00 AM PDT

FILE- In this June 27, 2015, file photo, Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Western Conservative Summit, hosted by the Centennial Institute, Colorado Christian University's think tank, in Denver. Walker, who is to enter the 2016 Republican presidential contest on Monday, July 13, has a national profile largely due to his clashes with labor unions. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)The activist brothers are impressed by Walker's anti-union stance, but one major area of disagreement remains.


Obama commutes sentences of 46 prisoners

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 11:20 AM PDT

President Obama Addresses White House Conference On AgingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 46 federal prisoners on Monday, a move he said is part of his commitment to reforming the U.S. criminal justice system.


Clinton gets tough on Wall Street, vows to tighten oversight

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 02:05 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at New School in the Manhattan borough of New York CityBy Luciana Lopez and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton toughened her stance against Wall Street on Monday, vowing to tighten oversight of the financial industry and warning of serious risks in the "shadow banking" industry. In her first major economic speech of the 2016 election campaign, Clinton assailed financial institutions in detailed terms as she pledged to cut the income gap and spur wage growth for ordinary Americans. The Democratic front-runner stopped short of calling for the break-up of big banks as some liberal Democrats have sought.


How Scott Walker became a conservative star

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 04:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2015 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is expected to announce his candidacy within the next month, speaks at the Road to Majority 2015 convention, in Washington. Walker is set to become the 15th Republican presidential candidate after he confirms his intentions Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)The Wisconsin governor is one of seven current or former Republican governors to enter the 2016 race — and the only one to survive a recall election in his own state.


Escape by top drug lord a strong blow to Mexico's government

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 03:15 PM PDT

Federal police guard a drainage pipe outside of the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Sunday, July 12, 2015. Mexico's most powerful drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, escaped from a maximum security prison through a tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell, the country's top security official announced. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)WASHINGTON (AP) — The weekend disappearance of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman from a maximum security prison should have come as little surprise to Mexican authorities: The Drug Enforcement Administration had alerted them 16 months ago about several plans to escape.


Wisconsin's Scott Walker enters Republican race, vowing to fight for America

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 04:36 PM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker formally announces his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination during a kickoff rally in WaukeshaBy Steve Holland and Brendan O'Brien WAUKESHA, Wisc. (Reuters) - Scott Walker cast himself as an anti-Washington reformer as he launched his 2016 Republican presidential campaign on Monday, vowing to fight with the same conservative conviction he used to battle unions as Wisconsin governor. Walker rose to national prominence by defeating a 2012 recall election that grew from his challenge to the collective bargaining process for most public employee unions in Wisconsin. Walker, in an announcement speech full of homespun stories about his humble roots, from flipping burgers at McDonald's to buying discount clothes, became the 15th candidate in the wide-open race for the Republican nomination.


New York City to pay $5.9 million to family of Eric Garner

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 04:46 PM PDT

Gwen Carr and Esaw Garner attend a rally by the National Action Network civil rights organization in honor of the nine victims killed at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, at its headquarters in New YorkEric Garner's death, along with the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old black man in Ferguson, Missouri, last August by a white police officer, sparked protests around the country by people outraged over police treatment of African-Americans. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said on Monday the settlement with Garner's family was "in the best interest of all parties," adding that the city did not admit liability. "I believe that we have reached an agreement that acknowledges the tragic nature of Mr. Garner's death while balancing my office's fiscal responsibility to the City," Stringer said in a statement.


Obama remains the ‘Scrooge’ of pardons

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 04:40 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is due to visit Ethiopia later this month as part of an Africa tour that includes a trip to Kenya, where his father was bornWhat does it take to get a pardon from President Obama? It's a question Sala Udin, a former Pittsburgh City Council member and onetime civil rights Freedom Rider, is asking a lot this summer, more than three years after he first asked a president he deeply admires to grant him a pardon for a 44-year-old federal firearms conviction.


Greece strikes deal with creditors, avoids chaotic euro exit

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 12:15 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with French President Francois Hollande, center, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during a meeting of eurozone heads of state at the EU Council building in Brussels on Sunday, July 12, 2015. Skeptical European creditors raced Sunday to narrow differences both among themselves and with Athens, aiming to come up with a tentative agreement to stave off an immediate financial collapse in Greece that would reverberate across the continent. (AP Photo)The tentative deal includes "serious reforms" and removes an immediate threat that Greece could collapse financially and leave the euro.


Diplomats: Iran nuclear agreement likely Tuesday

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 01:44 PM PDT

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, 2nd left, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, 3rd left, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, centre in red, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, 4th right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, meet at a hotel in Vienna Monday July 13, 2015. Negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks plan to announce Monday that they've reached a historic deal capping nearly a decade of diplomacy that would curb the country's atomic program in return for sanctions relief, two diplomats told The Associated Press on Sunday. Other attendees at meeting not Identified. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo, via AP)VIENNA (AP) — An Iran nuclear agreement appeared likely within hours, diplomats said late Monday after a day in which American and Iranian negotiators appeared to be struggling to clear final obstacles and looking like they'd miss their fourth deadline in less than two weeks.


McConnell: Iran deal will be 'hard sell' in Congress

Posted: 12 Jul 2015 02:19 PM PDT

Iran and six world powers were close to clinching an historic pact on Monday that would bring Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, but an Iranian negotiator said he could not guarantee a deal was imminentWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other congressional leaders expressed doubts Sunday about a historic agreement with Iran to address that country's nuclear program, predicting President Barack Obama could face hurdles in Congress if negotiators reach a final deal.


'Important issues' remain in nuclear talks: Iranian source

Posted: 13 Jul 2015 01:31 AM PDT

(L-R) Iranian officials Abbas Araqchi, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Majid Takht-Ravanchi and Hossein Fereydoun stand on a balcony at the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna on July 11, 2015Vienna (AFP) - Iran and major powers still have "important issues" to resolve before they can nail down a historic nuclear accord, a source close to Iranian negotiators said Monday amid expectations a deal was close.


Graham: Trump ‘a wrecking ball' for GOP

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Sen. Lindsey Graham says the mogul is causing a big rift with Hispanic voters.


Officials: 'Agreement' at eurozone summit on Greece bailout

Posted: 12 Jul 2015 11:47 PM PDT

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, sitting center, goes over papers with members of his delegation during a round table meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the EU Lex building in Brussels on Sunday, July 12, 2015. Greece has another chance Sunday to convince skeptical European creditors that it can be trusted to enact wide-ranging economic reforms which would safeguard its future in the common euro currency. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)Eurozone leaders at a marathon emergency summit on Greece say a deal is at hand.


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