2013年8月25日星期日

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Amanda Knox will not return to Italy

Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:44 AM PDT

Knox, the U.S. student convicted of murdering her British flatmate in Italy in November 2007, arrives at the court during her appeal trial session in PerugiaThe American student accused of murdering her roommate will not return for a retrial.


U.N. experts in Syria to visit site of poison gas attack

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 04:52 PM PDT

A young Free Syrian Army fighter is seen with his weapon in old AleppoA U.S. military response to alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria appeared more likely on Sunday after Washington dismissed the Syrian government's offer to allow U.N. inspection of the sites as "too late to be credible."


Soldier who ‘sucked at being a civilian’ earns Medal of Honor

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 09:02 AM PDT

Staff Sgt. Ty Carter watching over a road near Dahla Dam in Afghanistan in July 2012. (Army photo)President Barack Obama will present Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter the Medal of Honor for the gallantry shown on Oct. 3, 2009, when he faced death multiple times to assist comrades during a fierce firefight with Taliban insurgents. "The reality of the award is that I wouldn't wish it on anybody," Carter told Yahoo News. "Imagine yourself in the worst possible situation you can think of. We're talking about you've got members of your family being killed in front of you or in severe pain and you have no choice but to try to help them."


Calif city looks to seize loans to ease mortgages

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 04:08 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the mayor of Richmond, Calif., and a gaggle of activists and homeowners showed up at the Wells Fargo Bank headquarters in downtown San Francisco this month, they were on a mission to speak with the bank's chief executive.

Youth see march anniversary as chance to lead

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 01:27 PM PDT

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in Washington. Lewis marched in the from line with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Aug. 24, 2013, the day King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Mary-Pat Hector of Atlanta was operating much like a 1960s civil rights activist as she laid plans for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. She was constantly on the phone as she confirmed event details, tweaked the draft of the speech she gave at Saturday's rally at the Lincoln Memorial and prepared for a presentation.


Last of 5 suspects in Mumbai gang rape arrested

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 03:41 AM PDT

Police officials escort an accused, with the head covered with black cloth, in the gang rape of a photojournalist after producing him before a court in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Police on Sunday arrested the last of five men wanted in the gang rape of a 22-year-old Indian woman in Mumbai, and said charges would be filed soon in a case that has incensed the public and fueled debate over whether women can be safe in India.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)NEW DELHI (AP) — Police on Sunday arrested the last of five men wanted in the gang rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai, and said charges would be filed soon in a case that has incensed the public and fueled debate over whether women can be safe in India.


Music's hit-makers descend on Brooklyn for VMAs

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 11:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 12, 2013, file photo, Justin Timberlake performs during the Wireless Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. This year's MTV Video Music Awards is all about looking forward as artists with some of the fall's most anticipated new music line up to perform as the show makes its first stop in New York's Brooklyn borough. Timberlake and fellow lead nominees Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are scheduled to perform, but that's just the start Sunday night, Aug. 25, 2013, at the Barclays Center, where the show kicks off at 9 p.m. EDT. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Even if the hotly rumored 'N Sync reunion doesn't happen, the MTV Video Music Awards are already shaping up as Justin Timberlake's night.


Powell: Trayvon Martin verdict 'questionable'

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 11:29 AM PDT

Sabrina Fulton, mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, speaks at the podium in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, with Rev. Al Sharpton, left, Tracy Martin, father of Trayvon Martin, second from right, and Jahvaris Fulton, brother of Trayvon Martin, right, during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the of the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called the jury verdict that cleared the killer of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin "questionable" and urged President Barack Obama to speak more on issues of race during an interview that aired Sunday.


Egypt courts hear cases against Mubarak, Islamists

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 07:29 AM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 85, is escorted by medical and security personnel into an ambulance to be taken by helicopter ambulance from Maadi Military Hospital to the Cairo Police Academy--turned--court, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Mubarak, under house arrest after being released from detention last week, is standing retrial in charges of complicity in the killings of protesters during 2011 Egyptian uprising. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian courts on Sunday heard separate court cases against former President Hosni Mubarak and top leaders of his archrival, the Muslim Brotherhood, both over allegations of killing protesters in separate instances.


Israel pushes forth with settlement plans

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 4, 2010 file photo, Palestinian men work at a construction site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. City of Jerusalem is pushing development in the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, a project that has also raised tensions with the U.S. Israel first announced the plans in 2010 during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel, sparking a diplomatic rift with Washington that took months to mend. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel pushed forward Sunday with plans to construct 1,500 apartments in east Jerusalem in a move that could undermine recently renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.


Jerusalem pushes forth with settlement plans

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 01:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 4, 2010 file photo, Palestinian men work at a construction site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. City of Jerusalem is pushing development in the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, a project that has also raised tensions with the U.S. Israel first announced the plans in 2010 during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel, sparking a diplomatic rift with Washington that took months to mend. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel pushed forward Sunday with plans to construct 1,500 apartments in east Jerusalem in a move that could undermine recently renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.


Bo slams wife, ex-aide at trial exposing elite

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 07:23 AM PDT

In this image taken from video, Former Chinese politician Bo Xilai speaks in a court room at Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, eastern China's Shandong province, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Bo on Sunday sought to discredit his former top aide as a lying, unreliable witness as the ousted leader denied criminal responsibility in the country's messiest political scandal in decades.decades. (AP Photo/CCTV via AP Video) CHINA OUT, TV OUTJINAN, China (AP) — The defense strategy of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai, who is battling accusations of corruption and shielding a murderer, boils down to this: One of the prosecution's key witnesses is a liar, and the other is crazy.


For Obama, world looks far different than expected

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 11:21 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 22, 2013, President Barack Obama walks along the West Wing colonnade of the White House in Washington before traveling to New York and Pennsylvania. Nearly five years into his presidency, Obama confronts a world far different from what he envisioned when he first took office. U.S. influence is declining in the Middle East as violence and instability rock Arab countries. An ambitious attempt to reset U.S. relations with Russia faltered and failed. Even in Obama-friendly Europe, there's deep skepticism about Washington's government surveillance programs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five years into his presidency, Barack Obama confronts a world far different from what he envisioned when he first took office. U.S. influence is declining in the Middle East as violence and instability rock Arab countries. An ambitious attempt to reset U.S. relations with Russia faltered and failed. Even in Obama-friendly Europe, there's deep skepticism about Washington's government surveillance programs.


US official: chemical weapons likely used in Syria

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 08:32 AM PDT

FILE- This Aug. 21, 2013, file image provided by by Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show several bodies being buried during a funeral in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. A senior administration official said Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, that there is WASHINGTON (AP) — There is "very little doubt" that a chemical weapon was used by Syria against civilians in an incident that killed at least 100 people last week, but the president has not yet decided how to respond, a senior administration official said Sunday.


Syria agrees to UN probe of purported attacks

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 09:33 AM PDT

In this photo taken on a government organized media tour, Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Syrian state media accused rebels of using chemical arms on Saturday against government troops trying to storm a contested neighborhood of Damascus, claiming a major army offensive in recent days had forced the opposition fighters to resort to such weapons "as their last card." State TV broadcast images of plastic jugs, gas masks, vials of an unspecified medication, explosives and other items that it said were seized from rebel hideouts. It did not, however, show any video of soldiers reportedly affected by toxic gas in the fighting in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus. (AP Photo)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria reached an agreement with the United Nations on Sunday to allow a team of international experts to visit the site of alleged chemical weapons attacks last week outside Damascus, state media and the U.N. said.


Insurgent attacks in Iraq kill at least 41

Posted: 25 Aug 2013 12:12 PM PDT

Relatives grieve for Mohammed Ali, 18, who was killed on Friday when a suicide bomber attacked a park that was filled with people going to cafes and restaurants in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Attacks have been on the rise in Iraq since a deadly security crackdown in April on a Sunni protest camp. More than 3,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months, raising fears Iraq could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents bent on destabilizing Iraq killed at least 41 people in numerous attacks scattered around the country on Sunday, striking targets as varied as a coffee shop, a wedding party convoy and a carload of off-duty soldiers.


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