2013年12月8日星期日

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North Korea says uncle of leader Kim Jong Un dismissed

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 02:16 PM PST

A couple walks past a television showing a report on Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leaders' uncle, at a railway station in SeoulNorth Korea confirmed on Monday the dismissal of Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un who was previously considered the second most powerful man in the secretive state, for committing "criminal acts". "Jang and his followers committed criminal acts baffling imagination and they did tremendous harm to our party and revolution," the North's KCNA news agency said in a report following a ruling Workers' Party politburo meeting on Sunday. (Reporting by Jack Kim and Ju-min Park. Editing by Dean Yates)


Storm along East Coast dumps snow, snarls traffic

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 05:07 PM PST

Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz walks the sidelines as snow falls during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful storm that crept across the country dumped a mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet on the Mid-Atlantic region and headed northeast Sunday, turning NFL playing fields in Pennsylvania into winter wonderlands, threatening as much as a foot of snow in Delaware and New Jersey and raising concerns about a messy morning commute.


Drones, Taliban on agenda as Hagel heads to Pakistan

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 02:25 PM PST

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (C) speaks to US troops at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan on December 8, 2013Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel heads to Pakistan on Monday for talks as Washington seeks to defuse tensions over controversial US drone strikes and Islamabad's role in Afghanistan. In the first visit by a US defence secretary in nearly four years, Hagel will fly from Kabul to Islamabad to meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and other top officials, including the country's new army chief.


Old Man Winter frosts NFL gridirons with snow, ice

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 04:40 PM PST

Detroit Lions' Joique Bell, left, is tackled by Philadelphia Eagles' Bradley Fletcher during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)Winter weather hit NFL gridirons in the East on Sunday, blanketing some playing fields with snow and causing sloppy conditions for players.


Senators: Put cameras on train tracks, engineers

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 04:47 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — A week after four people died in a New York commuter train derailment, two federal lawmakers proposed Sunday that trains nationwide be outfitted with cameras pointed at engineers and at the tracks.

North Korea purges Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 05:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, front center, is followed by his uncle Jang Song Thaek, vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, as he salutes beside the hearse carrying the body of his late father North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during the funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, acknowledged the purge of leader Kim Jong Un's influential uncle for alleged corruption, drug use, gambling and a long list of other "anti-state" acts, apparently ending the career of the country's second most powerful official. The young North Korean leader will now rule without the relative long considered his mentor as he consolidated power after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, two years ago. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday acknowledged the purge of leader Kim Jong Un's influential uncle for alleged corruption, drug use, gambling and a long list of other "anti-state" acts, apparently ending the career of the country's second most powerful official.


Seizure of nuns stokes Syrian Christian fears

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 09:31 AM PST

A Syrian acolyte girl listens to the sermon, during prayers for nuns held by rebels, at the Greek Orthodox Mariamiya Church in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2013. The fears of Syrian Christian minority that they are being targeted in the country's civil war were hiked by the taking of the Greek Orthodox nuns by rebels who captured a mainly Christian town north of the capital. (AP Photo/Lee Keath)DAMASCUS (AP) — Syrian Christians offered prayers Sunday for a group of more than a dozen nuns and orphanage workers held by rebels for nearly a week, fueling fears in the minority community that they are being targeted by extremists among the fighters seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.


Thai capital braces for protests

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 04:41 PM PST

Democrat leader and former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks along with his party members during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. The main opposition party announced it was resigning from parliament to protest what it called "the illegitimacy" of the government. The move deepens the country's latest political crisis a day before new street demonstrations that many fear could turn violent. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's capital braced for another wave of unrest Monday as protesters trying to overthrow the country's democratically elected government vowed to swarm Bangkok's streets for a "final showdown." The demonstrations come one day after the main opposition party resigned from Parliament en masse, exacerbating the nation's deep political divide.


Florida St-Auburn title game to usher out BCS era

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 01:32 PM PST

Auburn running back and SEC MVP Tre Mason (21) celebrates with teammates as they hoist the SEC Championship Trophy following the victory over Missouri in the SEC Championship Game at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. on Saturday Dec. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Mickey Welsh, Montgomery Advertiser)As college football prepares for the final Bowl Championship Series, featuring a Florida State-Auburn championship game, it's easy to see why the coming four-team playoff won't solve all the postseason problems.


As wine fakers get sharper, industry fights back

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 11:41 PM PST

In this photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, an unidentified lab worker tests wine for authenticity in a lab run by the French Finance ministry in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Counterfeiting has dogged wine as long as it has been produced, but it is getting more sophisticated and more ambitious, particularly as bottle prices rise due to huge demand in new markets, mainly in Asia. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)SAINT-EMILION, France (AP) — An FBI agent recently showed Arnaud de Laforcade a file with several labels supposedly from 1947 bottles of Chateau Cheval Blanc, one of France's finest wines. To the Saint-Emilion vineyard's CFO, they were clearly fakes — too new looking, not on the right kind of paper.


Survivors recall Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 01:55 AM PST

Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over Pearl Harbor at the ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — For the first time since the war, Alvis Taylor returned to Pearl Harbor and recalled the surprise Japanese air attack that plunged America into World War II.


Friend: Mandela not on life support in final hours

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 11:34 AM PST

Veteran politician and President of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) Bantu Holomisa speaks to the Associated Press during an interview in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Holomisa a close family friend who visited Nelson Mandela in his last hours says he wasn't on life support, appeared to be calmly sleeping and that it was obvious he was "giving up" in what would be his last struggle. Bantu Holomisa, who has known Mandela since his liberation from prison in 1990, told The Associated Press on Sunday that he had been called to Mandela's house by the family on Thursday because of Mandela's deteriorating condition. When he arrived, about 20 Mandela family members were gathered there. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela wasn't on life support and had many family members and doctors close by in his final hours, a family friend who was at his bedside said Sunday.


North Korea says Kim's uncle removed from power

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 03:22 PM PST

FILE - In this July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is followed by his uncle Jang Song Thaek, second from left, and Yang Hyong Sop, left, vice president of the Presidium of North Korea's parliament, as he tours the newly opened Fatherland Liberation War Museum as part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. Images of Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle Jang have been removed from a rebroadcast of an official TV documentary that was shown on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, adding credence to South Korea's belief that he may have been purged by his nephew. Seoul's spy agency told lawmakers that Jang is believed to have been sacked after two of his key associates were executed over corruption charges in November 2013. Some worry that, if true, the purge of such a powerful figure could lead to dangerous instability. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday acknowledged the purge of leader Kim Jong Un's influential uncle for alleged corruption, drug use, gambling and a long list of other "anti-state" acts, apparently ending the career of the country's second most powerful official.


UN: Afghanistan slow to enforce law on women

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 02:52 AM PST

UNAMA Human Rights Director Georgette Gagnon, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. The United Nations complained Sunday that Afghan authorities have been slow in enforcing a law protecting women against forced marriages, domestic violence and rape. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations complained Sunday that Afghan authorities have been slow in enforcing a law protecting women against forced marriages, domestic violence and rape.


Sleet, ice, deep freeze hit large swath of US

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 12:27 PM PST

Ronnie Moody of Nabholz Construction Services plows ice from the parking lot of the St. Bernards Outpatient Dialysis Center on Washington Avenue in Downtown Jonesboro, Ark., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Moody said he and others had been working off and on since about 3 a.m. Saturday clearing key areas around the hospital. (AP Photo/The Jonesboro Sun, Rob Holt)RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A winter storm delivered a sloppy smorgasbord of snow, freezing rain and sleet to the southern Mid-Atlantic region and other states Sunday, with parts of Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey seeing more than 3 inches of accumulation, making driving dangerous for millions of residents nationwide.


Kim's uncle removed from NKorean state documentary

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 02:09 AM PST

FILE - In this July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is followed by his uncle Jang Song Thaek, second from left, and Yang Hyong Sop, left, vice president of the Presidium of North Korea's parliament, as he tours the newly opened Fatherland Liberation War Museum as part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. Images of Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle Jang have been removed from a rebroadcast of an official TV documentary that was shown on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, adding credence to South Korea's belief that he may have been purged by his nephew. Seoul's spy agency told lawmakers that Jang is believed to have been sacked after two of his key associates were executed over corruption charges in November 2013. Some worry that, if true, the purge of such a powerful figure could lead to dangerous instability. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle have been removed from an official state TV documentary, a disappearing act that appears to lend credence to Seoul's claim that Pyongyang's second most powerful official may have been purged by his nephew.


Afghanistan, Iran plan cooperation pact

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 09:53 AM PST

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, stands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, before their meeting at Tehran's Saadabad Palace in Iran, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Karzai arrived in Tehran for a one-day visit on Sunday to discuss regional and international issues with Iranian officials. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed on a cooperation pact with Iran on Sunday, an Afghan official said, while continuing to resist signing a long-term security agreement with the United States. Karzai struck the deal with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in a move that will be greeted with suspicion by his U.S. ally, which is trying to convince him to sign the security accord governing any post-2014 U.S. presence in Afghanistan. "Afghanistan agreed on a long-term friendship and cooperation pact with Iran," Karzai's spokesman Aimal Faizi said. "The pact will be for long-term political, security, economic and cultural cooperation, regional peace and security." He said a formal document would be prepared and signed soon.


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