2015年9月6日星期日

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Sarah Palin on immigrants: 'When you're here, let's speak American'

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The former Alaskan governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee weighs in on the war of words between 2016 GOP hopefuls Jeb Bush and Donald Trump.


Critics push U.S. to help Europe by taking more refugees

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 12:21 PM PDT

A migrant family from Syria walks along rail tracks as they arrive to a collection point in the village of Roszke, HungaryBy Bill Trott and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States came under more pressure on Sunday to help Europe find sanctuary for a flood of immigrants displaced by war and chaos, but Washington showed no signs of planning a dramatic increase in its intake of refugees. David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign secretary, called on the United States to bring out "the kind of leadership America has shown on these kind of issues" in the past. "The United States has always been a leader in refugee resettlement but 1,500 people over four years is such a miniscule contribution to tackling the human side of this problem," Miliband said on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." State Department spokesman John Kirby, in an interview with Reuters late on Saturday, offered no indication the United States would be greatly boosting the number of immigrants it would allow into the country.


Powell, Wasserman Schultz support Iran nuclear deal

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 10:39 AM PDT

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., left, looks on as Vice President Joe Biden discusses the Iran nuclear deal with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie, Fla. on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. Exploring a presidential campaign, Biden offered a robust defense of a nuclear accord with Iran strongly backed by the White House in the latest sign of his work to present himself as a natural heir to President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach)WASHINGTON (AP) — Already a done deal in Congress, the Iran nuclear agreement gained more momentum Sunday when former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the Democratic National Committee, announced their support.


Israel's Netanyahu rejects call to take in Syrian refugees

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 04:35 AM PDT

A migrant from Syria cries as she stands with her children on a field after crossing into Hungary from the border with Serbia near the village of RoszkeBy Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a call by Israel's opposition leader to provide refuge to Syrian refugees, saying the country is too small to take them in. Images in recent days of thousands of refugees herded on and off trains in Europe as they sought a safe haven from Middle East conflict struck a chord in Israel, a state created three years after the Nazi Holocaust which killed six million Jews. Isaac Herzog, head of the main opposition Zionist Union party, appealed to Israeli leaders to "absorb refugees from the fighting in Syria", a northern neighbor that Israel considers an enemy state.


Pope calls on Europe's parishes to help shelter families fleeing war, hunger

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 11:30 AM PDT

Pope Francis greets faithful during an audience to Parish groups promoting evangelization, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)The Vatican will shelter two families of refugees newly arrived from the Middle East.


6 'Trumpisms' that would spell trouble for anyone but Trump

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 05:22 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump answers questions from reporters at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies in Nashville, Tenn. Lobbing rhetorical stink bombs at a large group of voters is not the normal way to get ahead in U.S. politics. Nor is alienating prominent figures of your own party. But Donald Trump has turned the do's and don'ts of campaigns on their head, prospering with tactics that could sink anyone else. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Lobbing rhetorical stink bombs at a large group of voters is not the normal way to get ahead in U.S. politics. Nor is alienating prominent figures of your own party.


60-something socialist is Britain's unlikely political star

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 02:48 AM PDT

Jeremy Corbyn, foreground right, reacts with Andy Burnham, right, at the end of the Labour party leadership final debate at the Sage in Gateshead, England, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)LONDON (AP) — Britain's surprising new political star is a rumpled 66-year-old with a set of socialist ideas many thought had faded with the Cold War.


Kentucky clerk who refused same-sex marriage licenses starts new appeal

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 02:14 PM PDT

David Jordan, a member of Chirst Fellowship in North Carolina, preaches in support of the prayer rally at the Carter County Detention Center for Rowan County clerk Kim Davis in GraysonRowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 49, who refused to issue the licenses due to her Apostolic Christian belief that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, said she was prepared to remain in jail where she has been reading a Bible since her incarceration for contempt on Thursday, her lawyers said. Davis was jailed for refusing to follow the orders of U.S. District Judge David Bunning. Davis' stance has come to symbolize the cultural gap over gay marriage in the United States.


Boy fatally shot, two adults wounded at family party in Charlotte

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 12:31 PM PDT

The boy, identified as Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas, was killed about 9 p.m. on Saturday during a family celebration in the front yard of a southwest Charlotte house, according to police. "It's a sad state of affairs," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Jeff Estes said during a news conference on Saturday night.

Indiana zoo locked down briefly after cheetah jumps out of exhibit

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 12:16 PM PDT

(REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou)No zoo visitor, staff or cheetah was injured in the incident, Indianapolis Zoo spokeswoman Judy Palermo said. About 9:40 a.m. local time on Sunday, a zoo staffer noticed that a 4-year-old male cheetah named Pounce jumped into a fenced grassy area next to the primary exhibit. Zoo visitors walk alongside the grassy area, Palermo said.


Guatemala voters choose new president amid fraud scandal

Posted: 06 Sep 2015 09:26 AM PDT

Guatemalans wait in line during country's general elections at a polling station in San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. Guatemalans began heading to the polls after they opened early Sunday. An uncomfortable challenge confronts Guatemala's presidential candidates: trying to win the votes of a nation that has put the last elected leader in court custody.(AP Photo/Moises Castillo)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An uncomfortable challenge confronted Guatemala's presidential candidates on Sunday: trying to win the votes of a nation that has put the last elected leader in court custody.


Nepal's 'ice doctors' risk all for sole Everest hopeful

Posted: 05 Sep 2015 09:16 PM PDT

A sign shows the way to Everest Base Camp high in the Khumbu Glacier, one day after an earthquake-triggered avalanche swept through parts of the base camp killing scores of people, on April 26, 2015Ang Kami Sherpa is one of Nepal's most experienced "ice doctors" -- the mountaineers who brave Mount Everest's treacherous Khumbu icefall to prepare it for the climbing season -- but even he is more nervous than usual this time round. Sherpa is among a group of ice doctors who returned to the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) mountain in August -- four months after a huge earthquake that triggered a deadly avalanche at its base camp. This year, Japan's Nobokazu Kuriki is the only climber planning an attempt on the summit, although a six-person support team is expected to accompany him to Camp 2, about 6,400 metres high and usually around two days of trekking beyond base camp.


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