2013年7月29日星期一

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Dozens injured in Swiss train wreck

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:27 PM PDT

A rescue worker stands near two Swiss regional trains after a head-on collision near Granges-Pres-Marnand near PayerneThe driver of one of the trains was still unaccounted for and feared dead.

Bombs kill 15 in Nigeria's Kano: Police

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 04:55 PM PDT

Military officials stand near ammunitions seized from suspected members of Hezbollah after a raid of a building in Nigeria's northern city of KanoKANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Multiple bomb blasts in Nigeria's biggest northern city of Kano killed 15 people on Monday, a senior policeman said, in an area previously targeted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Several witnesses said they saw dead bodies after hearing multiple blasts at around 9:30 p.m. (2030 GMT) in the Sabon Gari district, a predominantly Christian area dominated by ethnic Igbos from the southeast. "In all bomb attacks 15 were killed," the policeman in Kano told Reuters, asking not to be named. ...

Police: Woman arrested in DC cathedral vandalism

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:29 PM PDT

Green paint is seen on the pedestal of the statue of Joseph Henry, outside the headquarters of the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013. U.S. Park police say the marring of the Smithsonian's first secretary was discovered on July 26, the same day that the Lincoln Memorial was splattered with green paint. The Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History is seen in the distance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman was arrested Monday after green paint was found splattered inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, and police were investigating her in connection with two similar incidents on the National Mall, authorities said.

Child prostitution: Raids rescue 105 young people

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:38 PM PDT

Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division, speaks during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013, about "Operation Cross Country." The FBI says the operation rescued 105 children who were forced into prostitution in the US and arrested 150 people it described as pimps and others in a series of raids in 76 American cities. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring child prostitution a "persistent threat" in America, the FBI said Monday that authorities had rescued 105 young people and arrested 150 alleged pimps in a three-day sweep in 76 cities.

Personality cult built around Egypt's top general

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 8, 2013 file photo, Egyptians chant slogans as they hold a poster of Egyptian Army Chief Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Arabic reads on the poster reads, "Sissi, go down, let the Brotherhood hide." In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt's top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him CAIRO (AP) — In dark sunglasses and a uniform studded with medals, Egypt's top general is everywhere, looking down from posters and banners proclaiming him "lion of the nation." Adoring songs vow "We are behind you."

Experts: Unlikely US helped NZ spy on reporter

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:08 PM PDT

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Surveillance of a New Zealand journalist's phone conversations with Afghan sources may have occurred under one of several military intelligence programs designed to track militants, intelligence officials and experts say. But US and New Zealand officials deny that the US directly gave New Zealand information on Jon Stephenson. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official said Monday that the National Security Agency did not monitor phone conversations between a New Zealand journalist and his Afghan sources, and other officials and experts said any surveillance was more likely to have been done under standard military intelligence monitoring of enemy communications in war zones.

Panel backs lung cancer screening for some smokers

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:56 PM PDT

FILE - In a June 3, 2010, file photo, Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease. Reports on the screening were published Monday, July 29, 2013, in Annals of Internal Medicine. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)For the first time, government advisers are recommending screening for lung cancer, saying certain current and former heavy smokers should get annual scans to cut their chances of dying of the disease.

Official: Cannes diamond heist actually nets $136M

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:09 PM PDT

Police outside the Carlton hotel, in Cannes, southern France, the scene of a daylight raid, Sunday, July 28, 2013. A staggering 40 million euro ($53 million) worth of jewels and diamonds were stolen Sunday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists recent years, police said. French Riviera hotel was hosting a temporary jewelry exhibit over the summer of the prestigious Leviev diamond house, which is owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)PARIS (AP) — Wearing a scarf to mask his face, the gunman sneaked into the posh Cannes hotel and held up a diamond show as three security guards looked on, then fled on foot about a minute later. In the end, he made off with a breathtaking $136 million worth of valuables — the biggest jewelry heist in years, maybe ever.

Russian anti-gay laws impact Olympics, vodka sales

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:09 PM PDT

An empty space on a liquor shelf where Russian vodka used to be located at The Sidetrack, a gay bar on the north side of Chicago, Monday, July 29, 2013. Many gay bars across North America have joined a campaign to stop selling Russian vodka due to anti-gay laws in Russia. The chief cause of the anger is a law signed by President Vladimir Putin last month that bans the "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" and imposes hefty fines for providing information about the gay community to minors or holding gay pride rallies. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)NEW YORK (AP) — Russian vodka and the Winter Olympics in Sochi. For now, those are the prime targets as gays in the United States and elsewhere propose boycotts and other tactics to convey their outrage over Russia's intensifying campaign against gay-rights activism.

Is he coming back? Phelps vague about future

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:15 PM PDT

Former Olympic and world swimming champion Michael Phelps of the US attends the unveiling of a mosaic installed in his honour at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, July 28, 2013 .(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — When Michael Phelps walked away from swimming after the London Olympics, he was adamant about one thing: His career was over.

Witness: Paterno said Penn St. erred on Sandusky

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:29 PM PDT

Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary enters the Dauphin County Courthouse, Monday, July 29, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. Graham Spanier, Gary Schultz and Timothy Curley are to go before a judge Monday to determine whether the three must face trial on charges they covered up an allegation that Jerry Sandusky was sexually preying on boys. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Longtime Penn State head coach Joe Paterno said that the university mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a former assistant coach testified Monday during a hearing for three top school officials accused of a cover-up.

Pope Francis says he won't judge gay priests

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Pope Francis listens to questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip.

Hudson's Bay buying Saks for about $2.4 billion

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:48 PM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 15, 2011, file photo shows Saks & Company in New York. Hudson's Bay, the parent of Lord & Taylor, is purchasing Saks for approximately $2.4 billion. Hudson's Bay will pay $16 per share for Saks, a 5 percent premium over the company's Friday, July 26, 2013 closing price of $15.31. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the global economy fool you: Luxury is hardly dead.

EU diplomat seeks a way out of Egypt's crisis

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:53 PM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Deadly clashes broke out during funerals of slain supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Sunday, as the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood urged his followers to stand fast after more than 80 of them were killed in weekend violence. The Arabic reads, "Yes for the legitimacy, no for the coup." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Europe's top diplomat on Sunday searched for a way out of Egypt's increasingly bloody and complex crisis, looking for compromises in talks with the military-backed government and allies of the ousted president.

EU diplomat tries to mediate in Egypt's tensions

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Deadly clashes broke out during funerals of slain supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Sunday, as the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood urged his followers to stand fast after more than 80 of them were killed in weekend violence. The Arabic reads, "Yes for the legitimacy, no for the coup." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Europe's top diplomat urged Egypt's interim government to reach out to the Muslim Brotherhood as she worked Monday to mediate an end to the country's increasingly bloody crisis, while the mainly Islamist protesters calling for the return of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi massed for more protests.

Estimate of French diamond heist raised to $136M

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:25 PM PDT

Police outside the Carlton hotel, in Cannes, southern France, the scene of a daylight raid, Sunday, July 28, 2013. A staggering 40 million euro ($53 million) worth of jewels and diamonds were stolen Sunday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists recent years, police said. French Riviera hotel was hosting a temporary jewelry exhibit over the summer of the prestigious Leviev diamond house, which is owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)PARIS (AP) — Wearing a scarf to mask his face, the gunman held up at least three security guards and then fled the luxury Cannes hotel roughly a minute later with $136 million in diamond jewelry, more than twice the initial estimated worth of the loot.

Obama lunches with Hillary Clinton

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:24 PM PDT

Obama lunch with Clinton at White HouseIs 2016 on the menu as President Barack Obama hosts Hillary Clinton for lunch?

Bradley Manning's Wikileaks case verdict coming Tuesday

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Manning is escorted out of court after the second day of deliberation in his military trial at Fort MeadeBy Medina Roshan (Reuters) - The verdict will be read on Tuesday at the court-martial of the soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, the judge said, with the biggest question whether he will be convicted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, carrying a life sentence. ...

Terminally ill woman gets dream wedding

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Lang and BulikJen Bulik, a 35-year-old who was recently diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, got the wedding of her dreams over the weekend — thanks in large part to the generosity of strangers.

Philadelphia row house collapses, injuring eight

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:28 PM PDT

Relative of South Philadelphia collapse victim speaksPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A natural gas leak was to blame for an explosion on a densely-packed city block caused one row house to collapse into the street and left eight people injured, including two babies and a critically injured contractor, officials said.

Did Poland house secret CIA jail?

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:01 AM PDT

An aerial view shows a watch tower of an airport in Szymany, close to Szczytno in northeastern PolandEuropean court takes up 2nd case that could reveal more.

Photos: Egypt unrest incurs diplomatic rebuke to back off the Brotherhood

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 07:58 AM PDT

Photos: Egypt unrest incurs diplomatic rebuke to back off the BrotherhoodEgypt's interim President Adli Mansour (R) meets with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 29, 2013. Ashton became the first senior overseas envoy to visit Egypt's new rulers since the weekend killing of at least 80 supporters of the country's deposed Islamist president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS)

More than 40 injured in Swiss train wreck

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:16 PM PDT

Swiss rescue workers wheel a wounded person on a stretcher after two regional trains crashed head on near Granges-Pres-Marnand near PayerneAt least four people sustain serious injuries in the head-on crash near Bern.

FBI arrests 150 in child prostitution ring

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:08 AM PDT

The main headquarters of the FBI, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, is seen in WashingtonAgents rescue 105 children during the operation at truck stops, motels and casinos.

Photos: 50 tons of spilled oil ruin beloved Thai beach

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:34 AM PDT

Photos: 50 tons of spilled oil ruin beloved Thai beachThai soldiers in white biohazard suits take part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong July 29, 2013. Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southeast of the capital Bangkok. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

After Asiana crash, use GPS, not eyeballs

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT

The wreckage of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, seen at San Francisco International Airport, in San Francisco, Friday, July 12, 2013. Two people were killed and dozens of others injured although most suffered minor injuries. Investigators have said the plane came in too low and slow. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Aviation authorities tell foreign airlines: Use computers to land at San Francisco's SFO.

Nazi war criminal's 100th birthday sparks Rome protests

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 07:33 AM PDT

People hold an Israeli flag during a protest against convicted former Nazi SS captain Priebke in front of his residence in RomeROME (Reuters) - Dozens of demonstrators, including members of Rome's Jewish community, protested outside the apartment building where the former SS officer responsible for one of Italy's worst wartime massacres celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday. Erich Priebke, a former SS captain, lives under house arrest in the Italian capital after being sentenced to life imprisonment in 1998 for the massacre in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome where 335 civilians were killed in March 1944. ...

Pope on gay priests: 'Who am I to judge?'

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 05:36 AM PDT

Pope Francis, followed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, disembarks from the plane after landing from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at Ciampino's military airport, on the outskirts of Rome, Monday, July 29, 2013. The pontiff returned after a week in Brazil. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip.

Exclusive: Signs of declining economic security

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:36 AM PDT

Exclusive: Signs of declining economic securityFour out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey ...

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