2014年6月30日星期一

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U.S. sending 300 more troops to Iraq

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 03:24 PM PDT

Photos of the day - June 30, 2014Officials: Troops will strengthen security at the U.S. Embassy, in and around Baghdad.


Ukraine ends unilateral cease-fire

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 04:27 PM PDT

Handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian presidential press service on June 21, 2014 shows Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C) during his broadcast address to the nationUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he is halting a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists and says Ukrainian forces will go on the offensive against the rebels.


NCAA to reopen academic fraud probe at North Carolina

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The NCAA notified North Carolina that it will reopen its 2011 investigation looking into "academic irregularities" at the school among Tar Heels athletes. The case had previously ended more than two years ago.


Israel weighs strikes on Hamas in West Bank, Gaza after teenagers found dead

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 02:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, June 29, 2014 file photo, Israelis hold the national flag with photos of the three missing Israeli teens, feared abducted in the West Bank on June 12, during a rally calling for their release, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Security officials said Monday, June 30, 2014 that the Israeli military has discovered the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in the West Bank earlier this month. The search for the teens had become a national obsession, setting off a frantic manhunt and large crackdown on the Hamas militant group. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)Israel is weighing a possible broad offensive against the Islamic Hamas group.


U.S. sending 200 more troops to Iraq

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 02:31 PM PDT

US soldiers stand at attention during a handover ceremony of the "entry control points" of Baghdad's Green Zone, on June 1, 2010President Barack Obama says he's sending about 200 more U.S. troops to Iraq to protect Americans and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.


Before Belgium-U.S. showdown, Klinsmann makes questionable call on Algerian ref

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U.S. Soccer has cast its entire lot behind the idea that coach Jurgen Klinsmann knows what he is doing when it comes to advancing in the World Cup.


White House to Justice Kennedy: No thanks to birth control advice

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 11:26 AM PDT

Kristin Hughs, right, announces to supporters the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Justice Anthony Kennedy had some helpful advice for the White House about how it could still provide birth control to women even after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the law on Monday.


Blair: ISIL in Iraq, Syria 'won't be successful in the end'

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 08:34 AM PDT

Tony Blair imageFormer British PM Tony Blair discusses unrest in Iraq, Syria with Yahoo News' Katie Couric.


BNP pleads guilty, agrees to pay nearly $9B in U.S. sanctions case

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 04:26 PM PDT

The logo of BNP Paribas is seen on top of the bank's building in Fontenay-sous-Bois, east of ParisFrance's largest bank, BNP Paribas, pleaded guilty and agreed to pay nearly $9 billion to resolve criminal allegations that it processed transactions for clients in Sudan and other blacklisted countries.


Obama on immigration: I'll act on my own

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 02:32 PM PDT

Obama: I'll act on my own on immigrationPresident Obama says he is finished waiting for House Republicans to act on immigration, and now plans to act on his own.


Dems look for silver lining in Hobby Lobby contraception ruling

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 10:35 AM PDT

Kristin Hughs, right, announces to supporters the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Leading Democrats vehemently disagreed with the Supreme Court's decision to limit the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate, but some also saw in the ruling a political opportunity to galvanize female voters, whom they view as crucial to keeping the Senate majority in November.


Bodies of 3 missing Israeli teens found

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 11:13 AM PDT

An Israeli woman holds a sign with images of three missing Israeli teenagers, at a rally in Rabin Square in the coastal city of Tel AvivIsrael: The bodies of 3 Jewish teens missing since June 12 have been found.


Thousands of bags go missing from British Airways flights

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Jury selection begins in trial of marathon suspect's friend

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 09:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 13, 2014 file courtroom sketch, defendant Azamat Tazhayakov, a college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sits during a hearing in federal court in Boston. Jury selection is set to begin Monday, June 30, 2014 in Boston for his federal trial on obstruction of justice charges. Tazhayakov, of Kazakhstan, is accused with another friend of removing items from Tsarnaev's dorm room, but is not charged with participating in the bombing or knowing about it in advance. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins, File)BOSTON (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the obstruction trial of a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.


Supreme Court: Certain employers don't have to cover birth control

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 08:31 AM PDT

A demonstrator holds up a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court is poised to deliver its verdict in a case that weighs the religious rights of employers and the right of women to the birth control of their choice. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Landmark ruling says 'closely held' corporations can hold religious views under U.S. law.


Obama seeks to send immigrant kids back to Central America

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 10:50 AM PDT

Detainees are escorted to an area to make phone calls as hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. CPB provided media tours Wednesday of two locations in Brownsville, Texas, and Nogales, that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Congress for increased powers to send unaccompanied children from Central America back home from the U.S. border they tried to cross illegally, setting up a confrontation with immigration activists.


Dutch airline's World Cup tweet doesn't fly with Mexico fans

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 09:05 AM PDT

A screenshot of the KLM twitter account shows a tweet that appeared shortly after the Netherlands defeated Mexico in the World Cup in Brazil on June 29, 2014. What was meant to be a harmless joke has turned into a PR blunder for Dutch airline KLM after it angered Mexican soccer fans by taking to Twitter to celebrate the Netherlands' dramatic comeback victory in the World Cup. Amid the widespread protest online, the post was pulled a half-hour later without an explanation. (AP Photo/KLM twitter account)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — What was meant to be a joke has turned into a PR blunder for Dutch airline KLM after it angered Mexican soccer fans by taking to Twitter to celebrate the Netherlands' dramatic comeback victory in the World Cup.


Nigerian World Cup optimism tempered by domestic unrest

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 07:56 AM PDT

Nigeria fans in Lagos cheer during their side's 2014 World Cup match against Argentina in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on June 25, 2014In the thick of charcoal smoke rising from kebab grills in downtown Lagos, traders and their customers excitedly talk up Nigeria's chances ahead of the country's first World Cup knockout match in 16 years. People should be worried because seeing and hearing from other states what is happening, one has to be very conscious," said Femi Adeeko, 66, who runs the Famoss Hotel in the city's affluent Ikoyi district. Nigeria hopes to become the first African side in World Cup history to make it to the semi-finals, but they face a tough route, with European powerhouses France first in the firing line. Hopes are sky high after a creditable performance against Argentina in the group stage where, despite losing 3-2, Nigeria won over many critics and CSKA Moscow forward Ahmed Musa became an overnight hero after netting twice.


Katie Couric: Sunni vs. Shia Muslims in Iraq

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 08:57 AM PDT

Now I Get It: Sunni vs. Shia Muslims in IraqThe disagreement between Sunnis and Shias dates back to 632 A.D. when the two main Muslim groups split over who should lead them after the Prophet Mohammed died. Fast forward to 2014, and the struggle is about religion, politics and boundaries.


Evacuation slide deploys mid-air on United flight to California

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT

United Airlines Flight Diverted After Emergency Slide DeploysCHICAGO (AP) — An evacuation slide inflated inside a United Airlines plane as it flew from Chicago to California, filling part of the cabin and forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Kansas, the airline and passengers said.


Bumpy road ahead for legal pot in Washington state

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 03:52 AM PDT

soon-to-be-open medical marijuana dispensary in SeattleSEATTLE (AP) — Pete O'Neil saw Washington's legalization of marijuana in 2012 as a path to retirement, or at least to his kids' college tuition.


Criminal courts tailored to veterans multiply as wars wind down

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 02:41 AM PDT

Jamie PaganNearly every state has at least one special court designed to give returning vets a break.


Panel: Pistorius not mentally ill during killing

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 02:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 20, file photo, Oscar Pistorius listens as a court ruling is handed down that he would undergo psychiatric evaluation in Pretoria, South Africa. The murder trial of Pistorius resumes Monday, June 30, 2014 after one month during which mental health experts evaluated the athlete to determine if he has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his actions on the night he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)A psychiatric report finds the sprinter was not mentally ill when he killed his girlfriend.


Blackwater threatened to kill US investigator in Iraq: report

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Contractors of the US private security firm BlackwaterWashington (AFP) - The top manager in Iraq of the notorious private security firm Blackwater threatened to kill a US State Department investigator for probing the company's performance, the New York Times reported Monday.


North Korea to try two detained U.S. citizens

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 11:20 PM PDT

Jeffrey Fowle is shown in this City of Moraine handout photoThe two U.S. tourists are accused of committing crimes against the state.


Marine who disappeared in Iraq in 2004 back in U.S.

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 01:54 PM PDT

US Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali HassounWASHINGTON (AP) — A Marine who was declared a deserter nearly 10 years ago after disappearing in Iraq and then returning to the U.S. claiming he had been kidnapped, only to disappear again, is back in U.S. custody, officials said Sunday.


Court: Religious rights trump birth control rule

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 02:13 PM PDT

Demonstrators embrace as they react to hearing the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the first time the high court has declared that businesses can hold religious views under federal law.


Boy's death draws attention to immigration perils

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 04:04 PM PDT

This undated image provided by the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office shows a piece of clothing that was worn by Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez, whose decomposed body was found in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas earlier this month. When authorities found the body of the 11-year-old boy in South Texas, a phone number for his brother in Chicago was scribbled on the inside of his belt buckle. The boy, wearing "Angry Birds" jeans, black leather boots and a white rosary around his neck, had come from his home country of Guatemala and apparently got lost in the Texas brush, near the border with Mexico and less than a mile from the nearest home. (AP Photo/Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office)EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — When authorities found an 11-year-old Guatemalan boy's body about a mile from Texas' southern border, they also discovered his brother's Chicago phone number scribbled on the inside of his belt buckle.


Bodies of missing Israeli teens found in West Bank

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 04:38 PM PDT

This undated image released by the Israel Defense Forces shows a combination of three photos of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, who disappeared while hitchhiking home near the West Bank city of Hebron late at night on June 12, 2014 and were never heard from again. The Israeli military found the bodies of the three missing teenagers on Monday, June 30, 2014, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and raised fears of renewed fighting with Hamas.(AP Photo/Israel Defense Forces)JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank — a grim discovery that ended a frantic search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and drew Israeli threats of retaliation.


GM safety crisis grows as recalls mount

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 03:50 PM PDT

File-This March 27, 1997, file photo shows 1998 Chevrolet Malibu at the media preview of the New York International Automobile Show. General Motors' safety crisis worsened on Monday, June 30, 2014, when the automaker added 8.2 million vehicles to its huge list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches. The latest recalls cover seven vehicles, including the Chevrolet Malibu from 1997 to 2005 and the Pontiac Grand Prix from 2004 to 2008. The recalls also cover a newer model, the 2003-2014 Cadillac CTS. GM said the recalls are for DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' safety crisis deepened dramatically Monday when the automaker added 8.2 million vehicles to its ballooning list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches.


Islamic state declaration could lead to schism

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 01:58 PM PDT

In this Sunday, June 29, 2014 photo, an Iraqi family leave their hometown Mosul, walking towards Irbil, on the outskirts of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of Syria and Iraq has formally declared the establishment of a new Islamic state, demanding allegiance from Muslims worldwide in a move that could further strain relations with other militant groups. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — A militant extremist group's unilateral declaration of an Islamic state is threatening to undermine its already-tenuous alliance with other Sunnis who helped it overrun much of northern and western Iraq.


Guideline: Most healthy women can skip pelvic exam

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 03:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — No more dreaded pelvic exam? New guidelines say most healthy women can skip the yearly ritual.

Obama: I'll act on my own on immigration

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 02:47 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, followed by Vice President Joe Biden, leave the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014, to walk to the Rose Garden where the president spoke about immigration reform. The president said he's done waiting for House Republicans to act on immigration. He says he now plans to act on his own. Obama announced his intention Monday to take executive action. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)In the face of an unyielding Congress, President Barack Obama said Monday he will no longer wait for Republicans to act on immigration and will move on his own to make policy changes in what has been a top second-term priority of his presidency.


Obama lauds former CEO as right choice to fix VA

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 04:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama nominates former Procter and Gamble executive Robert McDonald as the next Veterans Affairs secretary as he makes a statement to reporters at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014. If confirmed by the Senate, McDonald would succeed Eric Shinseki, the retired four-star general who resigned last month as the scope of the issues at veterans' hospitals became apparent. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought to turn the page Monday on a humiliating chapter in the history of the Veterans Affairs Department, tapping former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald to take over the sprawling agency.


World Cup kisses goodbye to Africa

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 04:38 PM PDT

French soccer fans celebrate after France scored the first goal, as they watch the World Cup soccer match between France and Nigeria being shown live on a giant screen, in front of Paris City Hall, Monday June 30, 2014. France won the match 2-0, played at the Estadio Nacional stadium in Brasilia, Brazil.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nigeria and Algeria made World Cup history for Africa and now leave with their heads held high.


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