2013年9月28日星期六

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Republicans aim to delay Obamacare, making government shutdown more likely

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:45 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, walks out of a Republican caucus at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Lawmakers from both parties urged one another in a rare weekend session to give ground in their fight over preventing a federal shutdown, with the midnight Monday deadline fast approaching. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)The White House says President Obama would veto the Republican spending bill.


U.S. nuke commander suspended amid casino probe

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:11 PM PDT

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows Navy Vice Adm. Tim Giardina in a Nov. 11, 2011, photo. The U.S. strategic Command, the military command in charge of all U.S. nuclear warfighting forces says it has suspended its No. 2 commander, Giardina, for unspecific reasons, and he is under investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)The No. 2 officer at the military command in charge of all U.S. nuclear war-fighting forces is suspected in a case involving counterfeit gambling chips at a western Iowa casino and has been suspended from his duties, officials said.


Assad's future not up for discussion: Syria FM

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:13 PM PDT

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in Moscow on on September 9, 2013Syria is "comfortable" with a UN Security Council resolution on destroying its chemical weapons and will not discuss the future of President Bashar al-Assad, the country's foreign minister said Saturday.


Syria's FM: No transition plan without Assad

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:16 PM PDT

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem gives an interview during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's government will not accept any transition peace plan that excludes President Bashar Assad, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.


Berlusconi ministers resign; Italy gov't in crisis

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi addresses supporters during a demonstration in front of his residence in Rome. Government ministers in former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's political party have announced Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 their intention to resign their posts, a move that raises tension in the uneasy coalition government and increases the possibility of early elections. Vice Premier Angelino Alfano's spokeswoman said Saturday the five ministers from Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom Party have decided to submit their resignations. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Files)MILAN (AP) — Italy's fragile coalition government was pushed into a full-fledged crisis Saturday after five ministers from former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's political party announced their resignations.


Radio problems cited in deaths of 19 firefighters

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2013, file photo, the Yarnell Hill Fire burns in Glenn Ilah near Yarnell, Ariz. Investigators are set to release a report Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, on the deaths of 19 elite firefighters in Arizona, nearly three months after the crew became trapped by flames in a brush-choked canyon north of Phoenix. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski, File)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — A three-month investigation into the June deaths of 19 Arizona firefighters found that the men ceased radio communication for a half hour before they were killed in a wildfire blaze, but did not assign fault. Some family members say that reluctance could put other lives in danger.


Greek far-right leader, other legislators arrested

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:15 PM PDT

Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos, center, is escorted by anti-terror police as he exits Greek Police headquarters, in Athens, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Police arrested the leader of Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party and other top members on Saturday, in an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing allegedly committed by a supporter. It is the first time since 1974 that sitting members of Parliament have been arrested. (AP Photo/Fosphotos/Angeliki Panagiotou)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leader of Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party and four other of its parliamentarians were formally charged Saturday with membership in a criminal organization with intent to commit crimes, in an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing blamed on a supporter.


US-Iran: Breakthrough after decades of silence

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 12:09 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Sept. 27, 2013, to deliver a statement on the budget and foreign policy. The president announced that he spoke with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani by phone, and urged Congress to pass a government funding bill. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was ending his visit to the United States and inching through New York's notorious traffic when the call came from President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.


Sudan police fire on funeral march, protesters say

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:57 PM PDT

Sudanese men pray over the body of Salah Sanhory, 26, who was killed on Friday Sept. 27, 2013 by security forces, during his funeral in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. The regime of President Omar al-Bashir is trying to stop public anger over fuel price hikes from turning into an Arab Spring-style uprising against his 24-year rule. But a crackdown by security forces appears to be fueling the unrest. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese security forces in pickup trucks opened fire on Saturday on hundreds of mourners marching after the funeral of a protester killed a day earlier, the latest violence in a week of demonstrations calling for the ouster of longtime President Omar al-Bashir.


1 week later, a nervous time in Nairobi

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 10:14 AM PDT

Patrons sit for lunch in a restaurant at the Junction mall, in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday Sept. 28, 2013. On Saturday afternoon at Nairobi's Junction shopping center, many people were thinking about the events of one week earlier, a couple miles away at the Westgate Mall, where a team of Islamist gunman had launched a bloody four-day siege. By the time it ended, at least 67 people were dead, and the Westgate was a patchwork of smears of blood. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Someone has dropped a shopping bag just outside the Nakumatt supermarket, and a bottle of juice has shattered. Cranberry, it looks like, or maybe cherry. The liquid leaks from the plastic bag and across the tile floor, puddling in fist-sized splotches of red.


Analysis: Iran outreach to US faces tests at home

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 07:27 AM PDT

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, center, waves to supporters upon his arrival from the US near the Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Iranians from across the political spectrum hailed Saturday the historic phone conversation between President Barack Obama and Rouhani, reflecting wide support for an initiative that has the backing of both reformists and the country's conservative clerical leadership. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Before leaving for the United Nations, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said he hoped to open a new era in dialogue with Washington. He returned to Tehran on Saturday with more in hand than even the most optimistic predictions.


New House GOP bill delays health law by 1 year

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 10:45 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Heat is building on balkanized Republicans, who are convening the House this weekend in hopes of preventing a government shutdown but remain under tea party pressure to battle on and use a must-do funding bill to derail all or part of President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Saturday pushed the government to the edge of a partial shutdown next week, insisting that President Barack Obama's health care law be delayed a year in defiance of White House and the Democratic-controlled Senate.


Miss Philippines wins Miss World in Indonesia

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 08:47 AM PDT

Newly crowned Miss World, Megan Young of Philippines, center, with second runner-up Miss France Marine Lorpheline, left, and third runner-up Miss Ghana Carranza Naa Okailey Shooter, smile after they winning the Miss World contest in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Miss Philippines, Megan Young, was crowned Miss World on Saturday amid tight security on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where the contest's final round was moved following protests by Muslim hardliner groups.


Tunisia's governing Islamists to step down

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 10:31 AM PDT

FILE- Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh addresses the media in this file photo dated Monday, July 29, 2013, in Tunis, Tunisia. It is announced Saturday Sept. 28, 2013, that Larayedh will step down in three weeks and negotiations will continue to find an interim replacement, after Tunisia's governing Islamist party agreed to resign in favor of a caretaker government to resolve the political crisis that has paralyzed the country. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, FILE)TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's governing Islamist party has agreed to resign in favor of a caretaker government in an attempt to resolve a political crisis that has paralyzed the country, officials said Saturday.


UN votes to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 07:10 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria to give up its chemical weapons Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at U.N. Headquarters. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict.


Greek far-right leader, others arrested

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 06:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2012 file photo, extreme right Golden Dawn party leader Nikos Mihaloliakos speaks during a news conference in front of a banner with the twisting Maeander, an ancient Greek decorative motif that the party has adopted as its symbol, in Athens. Greek police said Mihaloliakos was arrested on charges of forming a criminal organization. Warrants for the arrest of another five Golden Dawn parliament deputies have been issued. The police counterterrorism unit is looking for the deputies. More warrants are expected. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakourism, File)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police arrested the leader of Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party and other top members on Saturday, in an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing allegedly committed by a supporter.


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