2013年11月24日星期日

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President has leeway on Iran, despite lawmakers' concerns

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 02:47 PM PST

U.S. President Obama makes a statement about an agreement reached with Iran on its nuclear program at the White House in WashingtonCongress looks likely to give President Obama room to see if the agreement works.


Afghan president delays signing U.S. deal

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 10:20 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai attends the last day of the national consultative council known as a Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Afghanistan's president says he won't immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by an assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year. Hamid Karzai argued Afghanistan needed more time to ensure that the United States was committed to peace. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai cast fresh doubt on the future presence of thousands of American and allied forces on Sunday by rejecting a recommendation by an Afghan assembly of dignitaries to quickly sign a long-delayed security pact with the United States.


Vatican unveils bones said to be St. Peter's

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 03:37 AM PST

Vatican unveils St. Peter's bone fragmentsThe Vatican publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St. Peter on Sunday, reviving the scientific debate and tantalizing mystery over whether the relics found in a shoe box truly belong to the first pope.


Analysis: Iran deal leaves Israel few options

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 11:35 AM PST

File - In this Sept. 30, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. The U.S. and Iran secretly engaged in high-level, face-to-face talks, at least three times over the past year, in a high stakes diplomatic gamble by the administration that paved the way for the historic deal aimed at slowing Iran's nuclear program. After the Sept. 27, phone call between Obama and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, the U.S. began informing allies about the talks. Obama handled the most sensitive conversation himself, briefing Netanyahu during his Sept. 30 visit to the White House. Israel remains furious about the agreement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)After feverishly trying to derail the international community's nuclear deal with Iran in recent weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now has little choice but to accept an agreement that he has derided as deeply flawed.


Egypt's president issues law restricting protests

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 01:37 PM PST

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi raise their hands with four raised fingers that became a symbol for the supporters during a rally in Cairo's Nasr City district, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour on Sunday banned public gatherings of more than 10 people without prior government approval, imposing hefty fines and prison terms for violators in a bid to stifle the near-constant protests roiling the country. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd el-Latif)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interim president on Sunday banned public gatherings of more than 10 people without prior government approval, imposing hefty fines and prison terms for violators in a bid to stifle the near-constant protests roiling the country.


Will icy comet survive close encounter with sun?

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 10:16 AM PST

In this photo provided by NASA, a contrast-enhanced image produced from the Hubble images of comet ISON taken April 23, 2013 reveals the subtle structure in the inner coma of the comet. In this computer-processed view, the Hubble image has been divided by a computer model coma that decreases in brightness proportionally to the distance from the nucleus, as expected for a comet that is producing dust uniformly over its surface. ISON's coma shows enhanced dust particle release on the sunward-facing side of the comet's nucleus, the small, solid body at the core of the comet. This information is invaluable for determining the comet's shape, evolution, and spin of the solid nucleus. (AP Photo/NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For months, all eyes in the sky have pointed at the comet that's zooming toward a blisteringly close encounter with the sun.


'Catching Fire' scorches with $161.1M opening

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 12:56 PM PST

This image released by Lionsgate shows Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, from left, Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket and Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in a scene from "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." The movie opens in theaters Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, in what's expected to be one of the year's biggest box-office debuts. (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Murray Close)NEW YORK (AP) — Moviegoers satiated their appetite for the "Hunger Games" franchise by making the sequel "Catching Fire" one of the year's biggest hits.


Rivers leads Chargers to 41-38 win over Chiefs

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 03:17 PM PST

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Donnie Avery (17) catches a pass while covered by San Diego Chargers cornerback Derek Cox (22) during the first half of an NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Philip Rivers called it the kind of game that could save the Chargers' season. Seyi Ajirotutu called its defining play the greatest catch of his career.


Korean ex-leprosy patients return to island colony

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 01:31 AM PST

In this Nov. 4, 2013 photo, a South Korean leprosy patient lies in a bed at Sorokdo National Hospital on Sorok Island, South Korea. The island, once known as a place where hospital workers beat the leprosy patients exiled here and forced them into harsh labor, sterilizations and abortions, has become a peaceful refuge for many after years of discrimination and hardship and the only place they feel at home. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)SOROK ISLAND, South Korea (AP) — Kang Sun Bong once considered this tiny island a "hell on earth," a place where hospital workers beat the leprosy patients exiled here and forced them into harsh labor, sterilizations and abortions. But three years ago, old, sick and broke, Kang returned to the place he'd been banished with his mother decades ago.


Wintry storm threatens Thanksgiving travels

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 02:50 PM PST

Icicles formed on a photinia bush after the first round of winter weather moved through Tarrant county, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. A second, stronger round of freezing precipitation is expected to hit north Texas Sunday night and Monday morning. (AP Photo/Star-Telegram, David Kent)A large storm already blamed for at least eight deaths in the West slogged through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest on Sunday, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations as it slowly churned east ahead of Thanksgiving.


Obama: Nuclear deal blocks Iran's path to bomb

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 05:46 AM PST

GENEVA (AP) — Iran struck a historic deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement.

Military alters training to deal with budget woes

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 07:23 AM PST

Soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., reload rockets onto a helicopter during a training exercise on Nov. 22, 2013. The unit was able to continue flying training missions during the government shutdown and budget cutbacks by purchasing spare parts for helicopters over the summer before budget restrictions took effect. Maj. Matt Wolfe says, FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The skies above Shaw Air Force Base in central South Carolina and the fields across Fort Campbell on the Tennessee-Kentucky line have been a bit quieter in recent months.


Pacquiao beats Rios in unanimous decision

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 01:14 AM PST

Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines wears the champion's belt after defeating Brandon Rios of the United States in their WBO international welterweight title fight Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in Macau. Pacquiao defeated Rios by unanimous decision on Sunday to take the WBO international welterweight title and return to his accustomed winning ways after successive defeats. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)MACAU (AP) — Manny Pacquiao reversed the decline in his boxing career and provided some desperately needed inspiration to the disaster-stricken Philippines with an authoritative victory over Brandon Rios on Sunday.


Wintery storm threatens Thanksgiving travels

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 10:55 AM PST

A large storm already blamed for at least eight deaths in the West slogged through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the southwest Sunday as it slowly churned east ahead of Thanksgiving.

Old Man Winter comes knocking before Thanksgiving

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 09:54 AM PST

Old Man Winter apparently smells the turkey already.

Wintry blast hits West, 8 killed; storms head East

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 12:25 AM PST

This image provided by the San Bernardino County Fire Department shows a traffic accident in the San Bernardino Mountains in California. The rain throughout the West led to flooding in San Bernardino County, where five homeless people were trapped by water and had to be rescued from the Santa Ana River, fire officials told the San Bernardino County Sun. (AP Photo/San Bernardino County Fire Department)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Stormy weather across the West blamed in eight deaths moved steadily eastward, prompting alerts of wintry conditions in New Mexico and Texas.


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