2012年11月4日星期日

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Divisions emerge at Syria opposition conference

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 12:26 PM PST

Burhan Ghalioun, leader of the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC), left, shakes hands with one of the attendees during the meeting of the General Assembly of the Syrian National Council in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. A plan to shake up Syria's widely criticized opposition leadership and forge a more representative team has won the backing of several key countries, the proposal's author said Sunday, even as other anti-regime groups pushed back against the idea. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)Sharp disagreements arose Sunday on the first day of a Syrian opposition conference meant to forge a more cohesive leadership that the international community says is necessary before it will boost its support for those trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad.

Hearing begins for suspect in Afghanistan massacre

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 10:29 AM PST

The U.S. soldier accused of carrying out one of the worst atrocities of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is due to appear in a military courtroom Monday, where prosecutors will for the first time lay out their case.

Car bomb kills child, wounds 18 in southeast Turkey

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 10:25 AM PST

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - A car bomb targeting a military vehicle in southeast Turkey on Sunday killed an 11-year-old child and wounded 18 other people, Turkish officials said. The blast happened when a police special forces armored vehicle passed the entrance to the town of Semdinli, near Turkey's borders with Iraq and Iran, the scene of frequent conflict between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants. Most of the wounded were believed to be passers-by, with two reported to be in a serious condition. ...

Biden: GOP ticket running 'con game' of moderation

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 10:12 AM PST

Vice President Joe Biden laughs during a campaign rally at Lakewood High School, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Lakewood, Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Vice President Joe Biden says presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, are running a "con game" on voters, trying to them into thinking the Republican ticket is more moderate than it is.

Factbox: Obama and Romney on foreign policy

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 09:42 AM PST

(Reuters) - In a campaign that has focused on the U.S. economy, Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have devoted less attention to world affairs. Even their October 22 debate, which was meant to focus on foreign policy, often veered back to the domestic economy. Following are the candidates' broad policies on key foreign policy challenges and global trouble spots ahead of Tuesday's election. AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN OBAMA - Obama touts the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden in his compound in Pakistan as a major victory for U.S. counterterrorism. ...

Syrian rebels capture oilfield near Iraqi border

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 09:34 AM PST

In this Saturday, Nov. 03, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter watches windows in an overlooking building as he awaits for loyalists to President Bashar Assad to appear during heavy fighting in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)Syrian rebels firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades captured an oilfield in the country's east on Sunday after three days of fierce fighting with government troops protecting the facility, activists said.

U.S. soldier accused of Afghan rampage faces evidence hearing

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 08:02 AM PST

Handout photo of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales at Fort IrwinSEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier accused of gunning down 16 Afghan villagers in a drunken rampage will face the military version of a preliminary hearing on Monday to determine if there is sufficient evidence to send him to a court martial. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who could face the death penalty if convicted, is accused of walking off his base under cover of darkness and opening fire on civilians in their homes in at least two villages in March. ...

Turkish ex-president's autopsy fuels poisoning speculation

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 07:22 AM PST

Turkish President Turgut Ozal, seen in this 1993 January file pictureISTANBUL (Reuters) - An autopsy on late President Turgut Ozal, who led Turkey out of military rule in the 1980s and whose body was exhumed last month, will reveal he was poisoned, his son believes, calling for a full investigation of the "dark years" two decades ago when he died. Ahmet Ozal was speaking after a newspaper report said high levels of poison had been identified by the autopsy, carried out after his father's body was dug up on the orders of prosecutors investigating suspicions of foul play in his death. State forensic authorities have denied the media report. ...

Hearing set for US general charged with sex crimes

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 07:09 AM PST

The public is expected to get its first glimpse Monday at the evidence against U.S. Army general facing court-martial on sex crimes charges, a rare criminal case against a high-ranking officer that has thus far been shrouded in secrecy.

5 Reasons Your Vote Will Be Irrational

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 06:20 AM PST

Climate change, defense spending, the economy: People may claim they base their political opinions solely on issues like these, but social scientists would beg to differ. Our voting habits are surprisingly irrational, and seemingly irrelevant factors can influence how, and whether, we vote.

Iraq's Sunni VP receives new death sentence

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 03:47 AM PST

FILE - Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to the media during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, in this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo. An Iraqi court on Thursday Nov. 1 2012 unexpectedly convicted the country's fugitive Sunni vice president on charges of instigating bodyguards to assassinate a senior government official and sentenced him to death. The verdict was the second death sentence for al-Hashemi in less than two months, and is likely to stoke further resentment among Iraq's minority Sunni Muslims against the Shiite-led government. The sentence is unlikely to be carried out any time soon because al-Hashemi has exiled himself in neighboring Turkey. He fled Iraq in December 2011 after the government accused him of playing a role in numerous attacks.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, file)An Iraqi court handed the country's fugitive Sunni vice president a new death sentence on Sunday after finding him guilty of ordering his bodyguards to attack Shiite pilgrims, the latest verdict in a trial that has fueled resentment among Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority.

Leftover land mine explodes, kills 6 in Iran

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 02:31 AM PST

An Iranian semi-official news agency reports an explosion from a land mine left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s has killed six people and injured one.

The case for Barack Obama

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 01:10 AM PST

President Obama's first term was hardly perfect, argues The Washington Post, but he is still by far the superior choice.Why voters should choose the Democratic ticket

Iraq's Sunni VP receives 3rd death sentence

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 01:01 AM PST

An Iraqi court has handed the country's fugitive Sunni vice president a new death sentence on charges of instigating his bodyguards to attack Shiite pilgrims.

US Air Force struggles with aging fleet

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:13 PM PDT

In this Aug. 14, 2012 photo, ground crew members work on a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker at Kadena Air Base on Japan's southwestern island of Okinawa. The most recent of the KC-135 refueling tankers currently in service started flying in 1964. For decades, the U.S. Air Force has grown accustomed to such superlatives as unrivaled and unbeatable. Now some of its key aircraft are being described with terms like decrepit. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)For decades, the U.S. Air Force has grown accustomed to such superlatives as unrivaled and unbeatable. These days, some of its key combat aircraft are being described with terms like geriatric, or decrepit.

Syrian tanks enter demilitarized Israeli frontier

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:23 AM PDT

In this Friday, Nov. 02, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter walks among the debris of damaged residential buildings after several days of intense fighting between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. U.N. officials and human rights groups believe President Bashar Assad's regime is responsible for the bulk of suspected war crimes in Syria's 19-month-old conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising but has transformed into a brutal civil war. However a video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights on Saturday, Israel said, raising concerns violence from Syria's civil war could heat up a long-quiet frontier that has not seen such an incursion in nearly 40 years.

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