2014年9月8日星期一

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Fourth Ebola patient to be flown to U.S. for care

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 03:43 PM PDT

El médico Richard Sacra posa en una imagen sin fecha proporcionada por el Centro de Salud Familiar de Worcester, Inc., en Worcester, Massachusetts. Sacra, que se infectó de ébola en Liberia, ha logrado progresos, dijeron los médicos que lo atienden en Nebraska, el domingo 7 de 2014. (Foto AP/Centro de Salud Familiar de Worcester, Inc.)An Atlanta hospital says a patient infected with Ebola will be brought from West Africa to its isolation unit for treatment.


Kerry: New Iraq gov't is key to militants' defeat

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 03:33 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at State Department in Washington, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Kerry says Iraq has cleared a major milestone in the fight against the Islamic State militant group by forming a government that has pledged to ease sectarian tensions in the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says Iraq has cleared a major milestone in the fight against the Islamic State militant group by forming a government that has pledged to ease sectarian tensions in the country.


Obama to press Congress for action on Islamic State

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 02:01 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama pauses as he speaks to the media on the situation in Iraq on the South Lawn of the White House in WashingtonObama administration officials will hold briefings this week and next for members of the U.S. Congress as the president makes his case for an offensive against Islamic State militants, congressional aides said on Monday. Administration officials will hold a briefing for all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, a House aide said.


U.S. military to set up field hospital in Ebola-stricken Liberia

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 11:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales. As the president plans a speech on the eve of 9/11 to assess the U.S. stance against the Islamic State militants, U.S. officials say the strategy will largely build on the current air strikes and work with the nascent coalition he began to build in Wales. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will send a 25-bed field hospital to Liberia to help provide medical care for health workers trying to contain the fast spreading Ebola virus that has killed 2,100 people in West Africa. The Pentagon said the $22 million hospital was being provided at the request of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is coordinating the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak first identified in Guinea in March. ...


Yosemite National Park wildfire burns four square miles

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 09:58 AM PDT

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A wildfire that prompted the rescue of 185 hikers in Yosemite National Park has blackened four square miles of back country wilderness, officials said Monday, as crews hoped rainy weather would give them a chance to gain some control over the flames. The so-called Meadow Fire, which flared out of control on Sunday afternoon, stranded 85 hikers on top of Half Dome, the park's signature rock formation, requiring them to be flown out by helicopter, Yosemite spokeswoman Ashley Mayer said. Another 100 park visitors were evacuated from Little Yosemite Valley and a number of hiking trails were closed because of the encroaching flames, Mayer said. There were no reports of injuries or damage to structures from the blaze, which was burning in Yosemite's back country away from populated areas and tourist attractions.

Ravens cut Ray Rice after domestic violence video is released

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 12:33 PM PDT

File of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice celebrating his touchdown against the Washington Redskins their NFL football game in Landover MarylandAll the support the Baltimore Ravens gave Ray Rice this offseason as he dealt with his domestic violence incident evaporated after TMZ released video of the running back knocking out his wife. The team cut him on Monday afternoon.


Author: DNA reveals the real Jack the Ripper

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 09:43 AM PDT

A contemporary sketch of Jewish emigre Aaron Kosminski, who author Russell Edwards claims in his new book was the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper. AFP Photo / Evans Skinner ArchiveSerial killer who terrorized London in the 1880s identified by DNA evidence left behind on shawl, new book says.


Why NATO is worried about Scottish independence

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 09:40 AM PDT

The Flag of Scotland, the Saltire, blows in the wind near Berwick-upon-Tweed on the border between England and ScotlandBritish Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday a number of NATO partners had used last week's summit of the alliance in Wales to raise concerns about Scotland's Sept. 18 vote on independence. Asked by a lawmaker in parliament if he had discussed the implication of potential Scottish secession on both the defense of the United Kingdom and of NATO, Cameron said: "Of course a number of people raised their concerns about the referendum." "The overwhelming view of people who wish our country well is to say of course it is a decision for the people in Scotland but they hope we stay together," Cameron told parliament. Britain has four submarines carrying Trident nuclear warheads operating out of the Faslane naval base in Scotland. The pro-independence Scottish National Party wants nuclear weapons removed from an independent Scotland at the earliest opportunity.


3 Italian nuns sexually assaulted, murdered in Burundi

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 10:22 AM PDT

Silvia Marsili, an official of Saverian missionaries' head convent in Parma, Italy, shows a photo of the three Italian missionary nuns, from left, Bernardetta Boggian, Olga Raschietti and Lucia Pulici, found slain in their convent in Burundi, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. The Italian foreign ministry confirmed the slayings in Kamenge, near Bujumbura, Burundi's capital. Pope Francis, in a condolence telegram to Bujumbura's archbishop, said he "learned with great sadness of the murder" of the three "faithful and devout nuns in these tragic circumstances." (AP Photo/Marco Vasini).By Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Three Italian nuns were found killed, two of them raped and decapitated, over the weekend in the north of Burundi's capital, officials and a priest in the African state said on Monday. Father Mario Pulicini, who is responsible for the parish in a northern suburb of Bujumbura, named two of the nuns as Lucia Pulici, who was 75 and due to celebrate her birthday on Monday, and Olga Raschietti, 82. The third nun, 79-year-old Bernadetta Boggian, was found dead early on Monday morning, he told Reuters. Evidence showed that two of the nuns had been raped before they were killed, police spokesman Hermenegilde Harimenshi said.


As Colombia pursues peace, paramilitary killers walk free from jail

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 04:30 AM PDT

File photo of FARC lead negotiator Marquez talking to Colombia's lead government negotiator De la Calle during a meeting in HavanaWhen Carlos Mario Ospina joined a rightwing paramilitary group in 1997, Colombia's militias were just beginning to extend their writ in his province. Mr. Ospina, known as "Tomate," rose quickly through the ranks, and by 2004, he led paramilitary activity in Putumayo Province, in southwestern Colombia. His demobilization – along with that of another 30,000 members of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) – came after negotiations with the government of former President Alvaro Uribe. Paramilitary leaders were originally promised they would do no jail time, but this changed under a 2006 law that established a maximum sentence of eight years, compared to 40 years, the normal upper limit.


Rep. John Dingell, 88, hospitalized

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 09:35 AM PDT

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich, acknowledges the audience during a luncheon in Southgate(Reuters) - Representative John Dingell of Michigan, the longest serving member of the U.S. Dingell, a Democrat, is 88 years old and earlier this year announced he would not run for re-election in November. His wife, Debbie Dingell, in August won the Democratic Party primary election to run for his seat. If she wins in November she would be the third in an unbroken linen of Dingells in the seat, which began in 1933 when John Dingell Sr. was first elected to Congress.


Iraq violence takes toll on children

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 11:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, April 30, 2012 file photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team (AU-UN IST), a Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) holds a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at sunrise on the frontline near the main road on the northern edge of Maslah Town, the northern city limit of the Somali capital Mogadishu, in Somalia. Some African Union troops in Somalia sexually exploited or raped women and girls who are internal refugees, a new report by an international human rights group alleged Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price, File)UN envoy says 700 children killed, maimed, even executed in Iraq since beginning of the year.


12 dead in 1st jihadist attack in Somalia since al-Shabab leader killed

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 10:57 AM PDT

Somali government soldiers stand around the wreckage after a suicide car bomb explosion targeting peacekeeping troops in a convoy outside the capital MogadishuMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At least 12 civilians were killed Monday in a suicide attack targeting African Union troops in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, the first serious assault by suspected Islamic extremists after the killing of al-Shabab's top leader in a U.S. airstrike last week, the police and a regional official said.


Pakistan, India floods trap thousands, kill at least 320

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 07:06 AM PDT

An aerial view shows a damaged bridge across the River Tawi at Mandal village on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Six days of rains in Indian Kashmir have left more than 120 people dead in the region's worst flooding in more than five decades, submerging hundreds of villages and triggering landslides, officials said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescue workers in boats and helicopters worked to save thousands of people trapped in homes and on rooftops Monday after floods and landslides killed more than 320 people in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and eastern Pakistan.


Brits in financial lather about possible Scotland independence vote next week

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 12:10 PM PDT

Alistair Darling, the leader of the campaign to keep Scotland part of the United Kingdom, campaigns in EdinburghBy Guy Faulconbridge and Angus MacSwan LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) - British financial markets tumbled on Monday after an opinion poll showed for the first time this year that Scots may vote for independence in a referendum next week, breaking up the United Kingdom. The survey prompted concern bordering on panic among Britain's ruling elite, with Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative-led government promising proposals this week to grant Scotland greater autonomy if it stays. Cameron's job would be on the line if Scots vote on Sept. 18 to secede, less than eight months before a national election planned for May. His spokesman said on Monday the government was not making contingency plans for the possibility of Scottish independence. Sterling fell more than 1 percent - its biggest one-day drop in 13 months - to $1.6141, long-dated government bonds tumbled and 3.5 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) was wiped off the market value of six London-listed companies with large exposure to Scotland.


Expecting a raise? Don't count on it

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT

FILE -In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, job applicants arrives for an internship job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. The government issues the October jobs report, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, which had been delayed a week because of the government shutdown. ( AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)Employers also are outsourcing work more often, according to the Harvard survey.


On front line of S. Africa's rhino genocide

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Yahoo's Paula Froelich meets the man tasked with stopping poachers.


White House orders review of security at embassies

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 08:07 AM PDT

A security officer walks outside the U.S. embassy in BerlinWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is directing all U.S. diplomatic posts overseas to review security and the State Department says it will give additional help to embassies and consulates in need.


Yosemite wildfire grows substantially

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 02:29 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Yosemite National Park, smoke from a fire rises above Little Yosemite Valley near Yosemite National Park, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. About 100 Yosemite National Park visitors were evacuated by helicopter Sunday when a wildfire that started weeks ago in the park's backcountry grew unexpectedly to at least 700 acres, officials said. (AP Photo/Yosemite National Park)YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Crews battling a wildfire in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park that forced the helicopter evacuation of 85 park visitors were expecting to get some help from the weather on Monday.


Famous George Washington painting to get high-tech facelift

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 07:12 AM PDT

This photo taken Aug. 27, 2014 shows presidential portraits, including this painting of George Washington by artist Gilbert Stuart from 1796, center, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts with its first major conservation treatment in decades. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has begun planning the conservation and digital analysis of the full-length "Lansdowne" portrait of the first president that was painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796, museum officials told The Associated Press. The 8-foot-by-5-foot picture is considered the definitive portrait of Washington as president after earlier images in military uniform. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts with its first major conservation treatment in decades.


Want to renounce your citizenship? It's going to cost—a lot

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 02:20 AM PDT

Obama and citizenshipThe record numbers of Americans who have renounced their U.S. citizenship since January 2009 did so at the bargain-basement cost of $450, a subsidized fee that the State Department plans to increase sharply this week as more and more people sever ties with the United States.


Jihadists seeking to create 'house of blood'

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 11:36 AM PDT

Islamic State militants pose with the trademark jihadist flagNew UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, lashed out at Islamic State's "caliphate" plans, terror actions.


Unidentified respiratory virus likely to spread to kids throughout US

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Ceasefire in Ukraine said to be 'shaky,' but holding on

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 11:26 AM PDT

By Aleksandar Vasovic and Gabriela Baczynska MARIUPOL/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visited the eastern port of Mariupol on Monday and promised to deal a "crushing defeat" to pro-Russian rebels massed on the edge of town if they tried to advance in violation of a ceasefire agreement. "I have ordered (the military) to secure the defense of Mariupol with howitzers, multiple rocket launchers, tanks, anti-tank weapons and air cover," Poroshenko told a crowd of steel workers in the port on the Sea of Azov near the Russian border. It has also caused the sharpest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cold War. The truce was largely holding on Monday, though each side accused the other of sporadic shelling, including in Mariupol, a city of about half a million, shortly after the president's arrival there.

UK's Prince William, wife Kate expecting 2nd child

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Defense secretary talks Turkey on IS

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 01:45 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Necdet OzelChuck Hagel wants to know how Turkish leaders might back U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State.


Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy dead at 93

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012, file photo, S. Truett Cathy the founder of Chick-fil-A watches teams warming up before the first half of the Chick-fil-A Bowl NCAA college football game between Clemson and LSU in Atlanta. A spokesman said Cathy, who started a postwar diner in Atlanta that grew into the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, died early Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - S. Truett Cathy, the founder of the Chick-fil-A fast-food chain known for its chicken sandwiches as well as for its president's public opposition to gay marriage, died on Monday at age 93, the company said. Cathy, the billionaire chairman emeritus of the privately held Atlanta-based company known for requiring the chain's restaurants to close on Sundays in keeping with its Christian principles, died peacefully at his home in Clayton County, Georgia, a company spokeswoman said. ...


Summer break over, must-do tasks await Congress

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 06:27 AM PDT

television news lights await the start of activity on Capitol Hill in WashingtonPreventing a government shutdown and extending an Internet tax freeze top the agenda.


Court hears arguments over Hawaii gay marriage

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 04:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 19, 2014 file photo, Sari Van Poelje, in red, dances with Katharina during their commitment ceremony given by Elvis tribute artist Michael Conti, left, at the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Gay marriage isn't legal in Nevada but the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel will perform a commitment ceremony for couples of any sex. The same-sex marriage debate returns Monday Sept. 8, 2014, to the same San Francisco federal appeals court that has already issued two significant rulings in support of gay weddings. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider separate lawsuits stemming from gay marriage bans in Idaho, Nevada and Hawaii. So far, 19 states and Washington D.C. now allow gay marriages even though the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to directly rule on whether states can impose bans. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Advocates of gay marriage in Hawaii have urged a federal appeals court to dismiss a case filed by same-sex couples, saying it was now moot because the state legislature had approved gay marriages.


'Chicago Fire' actress dies after being struck by tree

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 06:49 PM PDT

This photo provided by Cathy Taylor Public Relations, Inc., shows Molly Glynn. Glynn, an accomplished Chicago theater actress who also played a recurring role as a doctor on the TV series "Chicago Fire," has died after a tree toppled by a powerful storm struck her as she rode her bike in a forest park. Glynn's husband called the emergency dispatcher just before 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, to say his wife had been injured, Cook County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said. She was 46. (AP Photo/Cathy Taylor Public Relations, Inc.)CHICAGO (AP) — Molly Glynn, an accomplished Chicago theater actress who also played a recurring role as a doctor on the TV series "Chicago Fire," has died after a tree toppled by a powerful storm struck her as she rode her bike in a forest park. She was 46.


Latinos furious at Obama on immigration delay

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT

Rep. Luis Gutierrez addresses delegates during the second session of the Democratic National Convention in CharlotteHispanic lawmakers and immigration advocates harshly criticize the president's decision.


Nebraska doctors say Ebola patient making progress

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 04:16 PM PDT

El médico Richard Sacra posa en una imagen sin fecha proporcionada por el Centro de Salud Familiar de Worcester, Inc., en Worcester, Massachusetts. Sacra, que se infectó de ébola en Liberia, ha logrado progresos, dijeron los médicos que lo atienden en Nebraska, el domingo 7 de 2014. (Foto AP/Centro de Salud Familiar de Worcester, Inc.)OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska doctors treating the man who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia said Sunday that he is making progress, but it's not yet clear if he will recover.


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