2014年11月8日星期六

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2 Americans held in North Korea whisked back home

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 03:00 PM PST

North Korea Releases American DetaineesMatthew Miller and Kenneth Bae are on their way back to the U.S.


U.S. airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 03:43 PM PST

Mourners grieve as the body of police Lt. Gen. Faisal Malik is taken for burial before a funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. A suicide truck bomber targeting a senior police officer's convoy in Iraq late Friday killed several people, including the ranking official, authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition conducted a series of airstrikes targeting a gathering of Islamic State leaders near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a senior U.S. defense official said Saturday.


Nissan recalls 52,000 vehicles for faulty air bags

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:27 PM PST

Air Bag Cover Up?Nissan is recalling more than 52,000 vehicles for passenger air bags that can explode with too much force and send shards of metal into the passenger compartment.


Obama's attorney general pick is change of style, not substance

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 11:05 AM PST

United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch speaks during an announcement of the arrest of Abraxas J. ("A.J.") Discala, CEO of OmniView Capital, and six co-conspirators for fraudulent market manipulation at the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn, New YorkBy Aruna Viswanatha and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday picked Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general, signaling a change in style but a continuation of the law enforcement priorities the administration has pursued. If confirmed, Lynch, 55, would be the first black woman to serve in the post, bringing with her a family history that stretches back generations to great-great-grandparents who were slaves. ...


Two Americans freed by North Korea are on their way home

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 03:47 PM PST

U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller sits in a witness box during his trial at the North Korean Supreme CourtBy Bill Trott and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea freed two Americans from prison and they were returning to the United States on Saturday after the surprise involvement of the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official in their release. Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, who had been doing hard labor for months in the reclusive country, were being accompanied home by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, his office said. Their release comes less than three weeks after another American was freed by Pyongyang. ...


Power shift in U.S. Senate brings sterner tone to foreign policy debate

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 07:11 AM PST

Sunlight streams into the interior of the U.S. Capitol dome, covered in tarps for repairs, and is seen from the Rotunda in WashingtonBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate will bring a tough new tone to the debate over Washington's foreign policy, with lawmakers expected use their new clout and power over the budget to promote a more interventionist foreign policy. While leaders of the Democratic-majority Senate mostly backed President Barack Obama's international goals, Republicans plan to pressure the White House to take a tougher line on Iran, Russia and Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. ...


Big review set by Democrats after election losses

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2014 file photo, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. speaks to the news media in Weston, Fla. Democrats plan to conduct an extensive review of what went wrong in the 2014 and 2010 elections, seeking to find ways to translate success in presidential campaigns into future midterm contests. Wasserman Schultz said Saturday the party will be forming a committee in the coming weeks to conduct a "top-to-bottom assessment" of the party's performance in recent midterm elections. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)Democrats are planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the 2014 and 2010 elections, hoping to find ways to translate success in presidential campaigns into future midterm contests.


Joy of US missionary's family after North Korea release

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:46 PM PST

An undated handout photo recieved from FreeKenNow.com last year shows Kenneth Bae, a 44-year-old US citizen who was jailed in North KoreaThe family of Kenneth Bae welcomed the US missionary's sudden release from North Korea on Saturday, expressing joy that the 42-year-old's two-year ordeal was over.


Things to know about new attorney general nominee

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 11:26 AM PST

President Barack Obama listens at right as US Attorney Loretta Lynch speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, where the president announced he would nominate Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Loretta Lynch is President Barack Obama's pick to be the next attorney general. If confirmed, she would be the first black woman to hold the post.


Mexican meth increasingly supplanting at-home labs

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 10:30 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2010 file photo, Franklin County Detective Jason Grellner, center, sorts through evidence with Detective Darryl Balleydier, left, and reserve Officer Mark Holguin during a raid of a suspected meth house in Gerald, Mo. The nation's Heartland is ridding itself of the scourge of homemade methamphetamine, with lab seizures down by nearly half in many high-meth states. Any celebration is muted: Meth use remains high, but people are increasingly turning to cheaper, imported Mexican meth rather than making their own. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)The nation's Heartland is ridding itself of the scourge of homemade methamphetamine, with lab seizures down by nearly half in many high-meth states. Any celebration is muted: Meth use remains high, but people are increasingly turning to cheaper, imported Mexican meth rather than making their own.


Arizona's immigrant smuggling law struck down

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:36 AM PST

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe ArpaioA federal judge has struck down Arizona's 2005 immigrant smuggling law on the grounds that it's trumped by federal statutes.


Ebola volunteers wrestle with quarantine mandates

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 06:28 AM PST

In this Jan. 16, 2010 photo provided by the International Medical Corps, Dr. Robert Fuller provides medical care to an earthquake survivor in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Three weeks of quarantine imposed on medical professionals who volunteer to go to West Africa to help care for Ebola patients adds to the complications of volunteering. It isn't likely that Fuller will be able to participate if he is required to be away from the University of Connecticut Emergency Medical Department for nine straight weeks. (AP Photo/International Medical Corp, Margaret Aguirre)Dr. Robert Fuller didn't hesitate to go to Indonesia to treat survivors of the 2004 tsunami, to Haiti to help after the 2010 earthquake or to the Philippines after a devastating typhoon last year. But he's given up on going to West Africa to care for Ebola patients this winter.


Obama says Lynch will carry on equal justice

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 12:03 PM PST

President Barack Obama listens at right as US Attorney Loretta Lynch speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, where the president announced he would nominate Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama introduced his choice for attorney general Saturday as an accomplished prosecutor from New York City who will carry on a "fierce commitment to equal justice."


Hard-line US cardinal loses another Vatican job

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:07 AM PST

US cardinal Leo Raymond Burke walks through St Peter's Square after a cardinals' meeting at the Vatican, on March 11, 2013American Cardinal Raymond Burke, a fervent opponent of abortion and gay marriage, was removed by Pope Francis from another top Vatican post on Saturday.


Expanded U.S. role in Iraq? Not without Congress' OK

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:12 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. A senior military official says that American military advisory teams will now go to Iraq's western Anbar province where Islamic State militants have been gaining ground and slaying men, women and children. The teams are part of President Barack Obama's new directive to expand the U.S. mission in Iraq by deploying another 1,500 U.S. troops to serve as advisers, trainers and security personnel. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Members of Congress face a debate over President Obama's new $5.6 billion plan.


Foundation of U.S. nuclear system showing cracks

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 05:15 AM PST

FILE - In this June 24, 2014 file photo, Capt. Robby Modad closes the gate at an ICBM launch control facility in the countryside outside Minot, N.D., on the Minot Air Force Base. The foundation of America's nuclear arsenal is fractured, and the government has no clear plan to repair it. The cracks appear not just in the military forces equipped with nuclear weapons but also in the civilian bureaucracy that controls them, justifies their cost, plans their future and is responsible for explaining the logical underpinnings of a defense policy that says nuclear weapons are at once essential and excessive. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The foundation of America's nuclear arsenal is fractured, and the government has no clear plan to repair it.


Teen wounded in Washington school shooting dies

Posted: 07 Nov 2014 10:47 PM PST

Photos of the day - November 4, 2014SEATTLE (AP) — Another of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising to five the number of fatalities after a student opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.


Jerusalem should be capital of two states: top EU diplomat

Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:17 AM PST

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini (C) gives a speech at the memorial site where late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated, in Tel Aviv on November 7, 2014The European Union's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said on Saturday that Jerusalem "should be the capital of two states", as tensions gripped the holy city hit by Israeli-Palestinian violence. "I think Jerusalem can be and should be the capital of two states," Mogherini told reporters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, touching on a sensitive issue that has blocked peace efforts for decades. Her appeal, at a joint news conference with Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah, came hours after the killing of an Arab-Israeli by police fanned tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. The shooting in northern Israel came after another night of clashes in east Jerusalem between youths hurling stones and firecrackers at police, who retaliated with rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas.


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