2014年5月26日星期一

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Nigerian military: We know where missing girls are

Posted: 26 May 2014 01:10 PM PDT

A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014 from a video released by Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows girls being filmed by an unidentified man (R) in an undisclosed rural locationOfficer won't give details, says safe rescue from militants presents dilemma.

#YesAllWomen campaign rises up after UC Santa Barbara shooting

Posted: 26 May 2014 01:58 PM PDT

UCSB students arrive at a drive-by shooting crime scene as they march in a protest against sexual violence and hate crimes, in Santa Barbara, CaliforniaA campaign on Twitter denouncing misogyny has gathered thousands of followers after a bloody rampage in California by a 22-year-old virgin who said he was motivated by hatred of women. The hashtag #YesAllWomen was launched to allow women to share stories of misogyny in the wake of Elliot Rodger's assault on Friday in Isla Vista, near Santa Barbara, which saw him kill six people before taking his own life. While three of Rodger's victims were men, the student had written a lengthy manifesto and posted videos online prior to the assault citing women as the cause of his rage. Thousands used the #YesAllWomen Twitter hashtag on Monday.

Pope to meet with sex abuse victims

Posted: 26 May 2014 03:46 PM PDT

Pope Francis gives a speech at the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane, in east Jerusalem, on May 26, 2014ABOARD PAPAL PLANE (Undefined) (AFP) - Pope Francis on Monday warned there were "no privileges" for bishops when it came to child sex crimes and said he would hold a special mass with victims next week in the Vatican. "Three bishops are being investigated," Francis told reporters on his return flight from the Middle East when asked about the thousands of scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church. There are no privileges. At a UN hearing earlier this year, Vatican officials revealed that 3,420 abuse cases had been handled over the past decade by the Catholic Church's Canon Law prosecutors.

Pope to meet sex abuse victims at Vatican

Posted: 26 May 2014 05:45 PM PDT

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis announced Monday he would meet soon with a group of sex abuse victims at the Vatican and declared "zero tolerance" for any member of the clergy who would violate a child.

Ukraine launches airstrike on pro-Moscow rebels

Posted: 26 May 2014 04:49 PM PDT

Smoke rises at the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched airstrikes Monday against the separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, suggesting that fighting in the east is far from over. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president-elect said Monday he wants to begin talks with Moscow and end a pro-Russia insurgency in the east, but the rebels escalated the conflict by occupying a major airport, and the government in Kiev responded with an airstrike.

Thai coup leader: Don't protest, it's no use

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:27 AM PDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Bolstered by an endorsement from Thailand's king, the nation's new military ruler issued a stark warning Monday to anyone opposed to last week's coup: don't cause trouble, don't criticize, don't protest — or else the nation could revert to the "old days" of turmoil and street violence.

Nigerian defense chief says abducted girls located

Posted: 26 May 2014 04:42 PM PDT

Nigeria's chief of defense staff Air Marshal Alex S. Badeh, centre, speaks during a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, May 26, 2014. Scores of protesters chanting "Bring Back Our Girls" marched in the Nigerian capital Monday to protest the abductions of more than 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the government's failure to rescue them and the killings of scores of teachers by Islamic extremists in recent years. (AP Photo/Gbenga Olamikan)ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the country's chief of defense said Monday.

Obama leads country in celebrating Memorial Day

Posted: 26 May 2014 03:53 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached "a pivotal moment" in Afghanistan with the end of war approaching.

Experts: Mass murderers are hard to predict

Posted: 26 May 2014 05:20 PM PDT

A woman views a sidewalk memorial for Katie Cooper and Veronica Weiss, two of the victims of a shooting rampage by Elliott Rodger, outside the Delta Phi sorority house in the Isla Vista neighborhood of Goleta, Calif., Monday, May 26, 2014. Six people, all students at nearby University of California, Santa Barbara, were killed before Rodger was killed by gunfire in the 10-minute rampage Friday, May 23. (AP Photo/Christopher Weber)GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes. Sandy Hook school attacker Adam Lanza. And now Elliot Rodger.

Pope ends delicate Mideast trip with peace call

Posted: 26 May 2014 04:41 PM PDT

Pope Francis, center, attends a mass at the site known as the Cenacle, or Upper Room, where Christians believe Jesus had his last supper, in Jerusalem on Monday, May 26, 2014. Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and other attacks and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors as he capped his three-day Mideast trip with poignant stops Monday at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up his Mideast pilgrimage Monday with a balancing act of symbolic and spontaneous gestures to press his call for peace between Israel and the Palestinians and friendship between Jews and Muslims in the land of Jesus' birth.

White House mistakenly reveals CIA official's name

Posted: 26 May 2014 02:42 PM PDT

FILE – In this March 3, 2005, file photo a workman quickly slides a dust mop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., near Washington. Before Edward Snowden began leaking national security secrets, he twice cleared the hurdle of the federal government's background check system. The first was at the CIA, and the second was as a contract technician at the National Security Agency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top official in Afghanistan in an email to thousands of journalists during the president's surprise weekend trip to Bagram Air Field.

Pro-military fervor at polls as Egyptians vote

Posted: 26 May 2014 01:10 PM PDT

Egyptian women fill their ballots for president in an election that comes nearly a year after the military's ouster of the nation's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, in Zagazig, 63 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 26, 2014. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's supporters danced to pop tunes praising the military and sported T-shirts bearing his image as they cast ballots Monday in a presidential election that is seen certain to vault the retired field marshal to office. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's presidential election on Monday turned into a nationalist celebration at many polls with voters singing and dancing for the almost certain winner — former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who last year ousted the first freely elected president.

Hacking case belies profitable US links with China

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, American and Chinese flags fly along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington. The Justice Department's indictment last week of five Chinese military officials charged them with trying to pilfer confidential information from American companies. But even some of the alleged U.S. corporate victims of the hackers have little incentive to cheer any trade rupture with China. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — China may be trying to steal trade secrets from U.S. businesses, as federal prosecutors allege. Yet for many U.S. companies, China's vast market remains an irresistible source of business.

Mexican man who battled record-breaking weight dies at 48

Posted: 26 May 2014 12:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2008 file photo, Manuel "Meme" Uribe, 42, shows how he exercises from his bed during an interview in Monterrey, Mexico. Uribe, once listed as the world's heaviest human being, has died at the age of 48. His death was confirmed Monday, May 26, 2014 by an official of the health department of Nuevo Leon state in Mexico. Doctors have not yet certified the cause of death. (AP Photo/Monica Rueda, File)MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48.

Calif. victim's dad blames 'idiots'

Posted: 26 May 2014 08:40 AM PDT

Jose Cardoso cries in front of a makeshift memorial for UCSB student Christopher Michael-Martinez in Isla VistaTargets politicians who failed to tighten gun laws after mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Editor who criticized Islamists shot dead in Benghazi

Posted: 26 May 2014 12:13 PM PDT

smoke rises over the parliamentTRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Gunmen shot dead a newspaper editor who was an outspoken critic of Islamists in Libya's volatile east on Monday, in a targeted killing that came hours after he warned the Islamist-led parliament of a civil war if it didn't bow to widespread demands to disband and allow early elections.

Old West outlaw's pistol goes up for auction

Posted: 26 May 2014 10:12 AM PDT

This image provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society shows Al Jennings in the Winter of 1913-1914. A pistol and other possessions belonging to the one-time Old West outlaw who later ran for governor of Oklahoma and became a film actor are going up for auction next month. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Historical Society)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A pistol and other possessions belonging to a one-time Old West outlaw who later ran for governor of Oklahoma and became an actor are going up for auction next month.

Ukraine launches swift airstrikes on airport

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:45 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched airstrikes Monday against the separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, suggesting that fighting in the east is far from over. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Assault against pro-Russian rebels follows new leader's vow to reassert control in east.

Kim and Kanye in surprise Irish honeymoon

Posted: 26 May 2014 08:08 AM PDT

US reality TV star Kim Kardashian (L) and American singer Kanye West (R) leave their residence in Paris on May 23, 2014, ahead of their weddingKanye West and Kim Kardashian have caught the world's paparazzi off-guard by choosing to secretly honeymoon in the rain-sodden Irish countryside, according to media reports Monday. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were married in a private ceremony in the presence of family and friends in the Italian city of Florence on Saturday. Media reports suggest the couple landed at Cork airport in southern Ireland at 2:00 GMT the following day and were whisked away by a fleet of limousines. It is rumoured that rapper West, 36, and reality TV star Kardashian, 33, will be based at a luxury rural estate in the southern Munster region.

Crews search for 3 people in Colorado mudslide

Posted: 26 May 2014 11:09 AM PDT

3 people missing after large mudslide in western ColoradoCOLLBRAN, Colo. (AP) — Rescue teams were searching Monday for three men reported missing after a ridge collapsed in a remote part of western Colorado following heavy rain.

U.S. veterans honored over Memorial Day weekend

Posted: 26 May 2014 07:23 AM PDT

U.S. veterans honored over Memorial Day weekendPresident Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Train accident kills at least 40 in northern India

Posted: 26 May 2014 08:19 AM PDT

Indian officials and rescuers gather around the wreckage after the Gorakhpur Express passenger train slammed into a parked freight train Chureb, near Basti, Uttar Pradesh state,, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. According to officials dozens were killed. (AP Photo)Most victims in remote crash had been poor farm workers returning to their homes.

After anti-EU parties surge, what's ahead?

Posted: 26 May 2014 07:55 AM PDT

Nigel Farage leader of Britain's UK Independence Party (UKIP) laughs as he arrives to hear results of the south east region European Parliamentary Election vote at the Guildhall in Southampton, England, Sunday, May 25, 2014. From Portugal to Finland, voters of 21 nations cast ballots Sunday to decide the makeup of the next European Parliament and help determine the European Union's future leaders and course. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe's voters have spoken, and the result "is a shock, an earthquake," France's prime minister said.

Thai junta leader says king endorses coup

Posted: 25 May 2014 09:59 PM PDT

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks at the start of his first press conference since Thursday's coup Monday, May 26 , 2014. Thailand's coup leader said Monday that the country's king had officially endorsed him to run the nation after the armed forces seized power last week. The announcement came one day after the junta warned protesters it was ready to crackdown on civilian opposition to its takeover. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Thailand's army chief says the military junta was officially endorsed by the king, and he warned rivals to avoid inciting division.

Train accident kills at least 40 in north India

Posted: 26 May 2014 03:14 AM PDT

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An express train slammed into a parked freight train in northern India on Monday, killing at least 40 people, officials said.

Obama hopeful on Afghan security pact

Posted: 25 May 2014 07:46 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama tells U.S. troops based in Afghanistan that he'll shake hands with each of them at the end of his remarks, at Bagram Air Base in KabulPresident Obama intends to keep a small number of troops in Afghanistan.

Alaska wildfire grows, spurs evacuations

Posted: 25 May 2014 08:48 PM PDT

Haze from smoke covers a highway in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Residents in Anchorage woke up Thursday to a smokey haze and the smell of a campfire over the state's largest city. The smoke is from wildfires burning on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A massive wildfire pushed by wind in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage continued to explode in size, leading to mandatory evacuations of 1,000 structures, officials said Sunday.

France's far-right leads EU eurosceptic 'earthquake'

Posted: 25 May 2014 06:15 PM PDT

French far-right Front National (FN) party president Marine Le Pen reacts at the party's headquarters in Nanterre, outside Paris, on May 25, 2014France's far-right National Front stormed European Parliament polls as eurosceptic parties dished up a harsh reality check that sent shockwaves across the EU and beyond. The Parliament's own projections showed the extent of the anti-EU breakthrough, with eurosceptic parties set to win around 140 seats in the 751-seat assembly. The most emphatic results came in France where the National Front (FN) won around 26 percent of the vote, according to official figures, and in Britain where early results suggested a solid victory for the United Kingdom Independence Party. The anti-EU Danish People's Party was also victorious, while far right groups had strong showings in Hungary and Greece, among others.

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