2015年8月23日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


How does Trump intend to pull off his immigration plan? ‘It’s called management’

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The GOP frontrunner continues to dodge specifics on the cost of his reform plan and how he would execute it.


Reid says he's going to support Obama's Iran nuclear deal

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talks to reporters during a new conference following party policy lunch meeting at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Sunday threw his full support behind President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran, saying "it is the best path to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."


Beirut protests turn violent for second day as PM threatens to quit

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 02:52 PM PDT

Salam speaks during a news conference at the government palace in BeirutBy Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day on Sunday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets. Anger at the Salam-led unity cabinet grouping Lebanon's fractious politicians has come to a head over its failure to resolve a crisis over garbage disposal that reflects the wider failings of the weak state. Salam's cabinet has been hamstrung by political and sectarian rivalries that have been exacerbated by wider crises in the Middle East, including the war in neighboring Syria.


Zoo staff help Washington panda with newborn twins

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:21 PM PDT

Smithsonian's National Zoo image of one of the giant panda cubs born on SaturdayNational Zoo staff are helping giant panda Mei Xiang adjust to life with her newborn twins by occasionally switching out one cub and keeping it in an incubator, zoo officials said on Sunday. Mei Xiang, a star tourist draw, took staff by surprise on Saturday by giving birth to twins about four-and-a-half hours apart. Giant pandas are among the world's most endangered species and she had been artificially inseminated.


Fire hits HollyFrontier's Tulsa refinery: local reporter

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 09:49 AM PDT

(Reuters) - A fire at HollyFrontier Corp's 125,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is being handled by the company's in-house fire crews, according to a Twitter message by a local journalist. The Tulsa Fire Department told Reuters it had not been notified of a fire that required outside assistance. Oklahoma Highway Patrol also said they had not been contacted.

Boston police thwart possible shooting at Pokemon game competition

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:55 PM PDT

The men, 18-year-old Kevin Norton and 27-year-old James Stumbo, were stopped as they tried to enter the event on Thursday at Boston's Hynes Convention Center, the Boston Police Department said. Detectives learned they had toted a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15 rifle, several hundred rounds of ammunition, and a hunting knife in their car from Iowa, Boston police said in a statement. The suspects, who could not be reached for comment, are to be arraigned at Boston Municipal Court, police said.

Trump says tax code is letting hedge funds 'get away with murder'

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 08:59 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally held in Ladd-Peebles stadium in MobileBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump blasted hedge fund managers on Sunday as mere "paper pushers" who he said were "getting away with murder" by not paying their fair share of taxes. In a telephone interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," Trump vowed to reform the tax laws if elected and said the current system was harming middle class Americans who currently faced higher tax rates than traders on Wall Street. "The hedge fund guys didn't build this country.


U.S. airman says train attacker 'ready to fight to the end'

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 02:00 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium.

Should Walker's health plan be taken seriously?

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 07:27 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center, visits with two men after he presented his health care plan, during a visit to Cass Screw Machine Products, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Scott Walker's plan for repealing and replacing President Barack Obama's health care law hinges on what many see as a nearly insurmountable obstacle — getting 60 votes in the Senate.


Donald Trump Plans on Executing Immigration Plan Through 'Management’

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 09:25 AM PDT

Donald Trump Plans on Executing Immigration Plan Through 'Management'Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump today defended his newly released immigration reform plan, which calls for the deportation of millions of undocumented workers in the United States, saying he'll accomplish the objectives through "management."In a plan released earlier this month, Trump called for an end to birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and for the deportation of undocumented workers. He did not offer more specifics as to how undocumented workers would be removed from the country or how much the plan would cost."It's called management," he ...


Koreas in marathon talks to end military standoff

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 04:15 PM PDT

Senior officials from South Korea (R) and North Korea (L) meet for urgent talks on August 22, 2015 as a crisis on the penisula escalated to the brink of armed conflictTop-level North and South Korean negotiators talked through the night with no sign of an agreement Monday for ending a military standoff that has threatened to boil over into armed conflict. The second round was clouded by South Korean claims that the North was seeking to influence the negotiating process with provocative military movements. South Korea's defence ministry said the North had doubled its artillery units at the border and deployed two-thirds of its total submarine fleet -- or around 50 vessels -- outside their bases.


North, South Korea hold marathon talks in bid to end standoff

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 03:55 PM PDT

A South Korean army's Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) is deployed just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in YeoncheonBy Ju-min Park and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea negotiated overnight and into Monday morning in a marathon bid to try to ease tensions involving an exchange of artillery fire that has brought the peninsula to the brink of armed conflict. The rare and unusually long meeting at the Panmunjom truce village inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) began on Saturday evening, shortly after North Korea's deadline for Seoul to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts or face military action. The talks were continuing past dawn on Monday morning, an official at South Korea's presidential Blue House told Reuters soon after 7 a.m. EDT.


Bernie Sanders takes aim at 'greedy' Koch brothers

Posted: 22 Aug 2015 07:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. The Vermont senator sought to broaden his appeal with black voters Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, in speeches in South Carolina denouncing "institutional racism" in the American political and economic system. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is making the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch the face of a "corrupted" political and economic system that the Vermont senator wants to upend.


Clock ticking on Obama's Gitmo promise

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 02:56 PM PDT

Now I Get It: GitmoLingering on President Obama's to-do list before his term ends is closing the detention facility.


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