2013年4月30日星期二

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Female U.S. Army deserter pleads guilty, gets 10-month prison term

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 05:01 PM PDT

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - An Army private believed to be the first female U.S. soldier to seek refuge in Canada rather than return to duty in Iraq was sentenced to 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to desertion, military officials in Colorado said on Tuesday. Kimberly Rivera, who said she grew opposed to the war during a three-month tour of duty in Iraq, pleaded guilty at a court-martial proceeding in Fort Carson, Colorado, on Monday and was sentenced immediately. ...

US-INDUSTRY Summary

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 04:43 PM PDT

'The Croods' animate DreamWorks after 'Guardians' flop (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by the worldwide success of its animated film, "The Croods", sending its shares up 9 percent in after-hours trading. "The Croods," which tracks a prehistoric family on a road trip and features the voices of Nicholas Cage and Ryan Reynolds, raked in nearly $479 million worldwide, of which about 66 percent was from international markets. Aereo targets 30 percent of U.S. ...

Obama won't rush to act against Syria over chemical arms

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 03:58 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama talks to the media in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in WashingtonBy Steve Holland and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signaled on Tuesday he is no rush to respond quickly to Syria's apparent use of chemical weapons, taking a cautious approach to the country's civil war, mirroring the views of the American public, most lawmakers and some U.S. allies. Obama, who last year declared that the use or deployment of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would cross a "red line," told a White House news conference there was evidence those weapons were used, but there was still much that U.S. ...


Poll shows how US Muslims are like Protestants – and how they're not

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 02:59 PM PDT

Compared to Muslims worldwide, adherents of Islam in the United States are more likely to have close friends who are non-Muslim. They are far more likely to say that believers in many religions can attain heaven. They are considerably less likely to view suicide bombing as acceptable.

Hezbollah warns of possible Syria intervention

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 02:48 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian man who was injured in a powerful explosion, leaves a damaged building, in the central district of Marjeh, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday April 30, 2013. A powerful explosion rocked Damascus on Tuesday, causing scores of casualties, a day after the country's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily protected capital. (AP Photo/SANA)BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime militarily, warning that Syria's "real friends," including his Iranian-backed militant group, were ready to intervene on the government's side.


Obama 'red line' on Syrian chemical weapons gets a bit grayer

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 02:29 PM PDT

President Obama on Tuesday appeared to rule out any unilateral US intervention in Syria no matter what the ongoing investigation of chemical weapons use there reveals – a position that conforms to Mr. Obama's strong preference for collective action in the international arena, but one that could also lower the prospects for intervention.

Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:58 PM PDT

President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Washington. The president said the US doesn't know how chemical weapons were used in Syria or by whom. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war.


A no-fly zone over Syria? Harder to do than in Libya, warns top US general

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:27 PM PDT

How tricky would it be for the US military to establish a no-fly zone over Syria – and do Pentagon officials think it's a good idea?

Iraqi government takes 10 TV stations off the air for 'incitement'

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT

Iraqi authorities have suspended 10 television networks in response to their coverage of the killing of dozens of Sunni demonstrators by the Iraqi Army last week.

Hezbollah hints at possible Syria intervention

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, waves to his supporters, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime, while strongly suggesting his Iranian-backed militant group could intervene on the government's side if the need arises. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime militarily, strongly suggesting that Syria's "real friends" including his Iranian-backed militant group would intervene on the government's side if the need arises.


Many in Muslim world want sharia as law of land: survey

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:14 AM PDT

Muslim students of a boarding school listen to their teacher reading Koran in Banda AcehBy Religion Editor Tom Heneghan (Reuters) - Large majorities in the Muslim world want the Islamic legal and moral code of sharia as the official law in their countries, but they disagree on what it includes and who should be subject to it, an extensive new survey says. Suicide bombing was mostly rejected In the study by the Washington-based Pew Forum, but it won 40 percent support in the Palestinian territories, 39 percent in Afghanistan, 29 percent in Eygpt and 26 percent in Bangladesh. ...


Bomb blast kills 13 in center of Syrian capital

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:06 AM PDT

People walk on a street lined with a damaged building and destroyed cars after a blast at Marjeh Square in DamascusBy Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - A bomb blast in the government-held center of Damascus killed 13 people on Tuesday, state television said, while rebels and loyalists to President Bashar al-Assad traded accusations over what they said was a chemical weapons attack the day before. Residents described scenes of carnage in Marjeh Square, in a the commercial district in the heart of the capital, with dozens of cars and buildings damaged by the bomb which went off in front of the former Interior Ministry building. ...


Syrian envoy: Chemical weapons can't be tolerated

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:58 AM PDT

Bashar Ja'afari, Syria's U.N. ambassador, gestures as he speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. Bashar Ja'afari says the use of chemical weapons is not only "a red line" but "a blood line" that cannot be tolerated and is again demanding a U.N. investigation of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Aleppo that it blames on rebels. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that the use of chemical weapons is not only "a red line" but "a blood line" that cannot be tolerated and again demanded a U.N. investigation of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Aleppo that it blames on rebels.


Saudi Arabia has no plans to push oil capacity to 15 million bpd: minister

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 09:37 AM PDT

Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Al-Naimi listens to journalist during an OPEC meeting in ViennaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's energy minister said on Tuesday the kingdom has no plans to dramatically expand its oil production capacity to 15 million barrels per day, dispelling a suggestion put forth by a member of his country's royal family. Ali al-Naimi said his country will be "lucky to go past" its current oil production of about 9 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2020, as new petroleum production from other countries comes into the global market. ...


Arms makers welcome dialogue with Pentagon as budget woes rise

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 09:06 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing on the Defense Department's FY2014 budget at the Pentagon in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives at U.S. weapons makers on Tuesday said their meeting on Monday with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was a "positive continuation" of a dialogue begun by his predecessor, Leon Panetta. About 50 defense industry executives met with Hagel and other top Pentagon leaders to discuss mandatory, across-the-board defense spending cuts that took effect on March 1 and other issues facing the arms industry. ...


New Pew Research Study Examines Social and Political Attitudes of Muslims Worldwide

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Pew Research Center survey of Muslims around the globe finds that most adherents of the world's second-largest religion are deeply committed to their faith and want its teachings to shape not only their personal lives but also their societies and politics. In all but a handful of the 39 countries surveyed, a majority of Muslims say that Islam is the one true faith leading to eternal life in heaven and that belief in God is necessary to be a moral person. ...

Obamacare faces new legal challenge: Its 'tax' still violates the Constitution

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:13 AM PDT

With tax day and IRS forms fresh in their minds, most Americans might think the US tax system couldn't get any more daunting.

Army Sergeant Becomes First Amputee to Complete Grueling Air Assault School: ‘A Shining Example That Life Can Carry On’

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 07:59 AM PDT

"It's not a disability if you don't let it slow you dow."

Italian police arrest four suspected Islamist militants

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 07:20 AM PDT

BARI, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police on Tuesday arrested four of six men they suspect are members of an Islamist militant cell which was planning attacks in the United States, Israel and Italy, though no specific targets were named by police. The men aimed to train militants and send them abroad, para-military police said, and are suspected of conspiracy to commit international terrorism and inciting racial hatred. ...

Is Obama dawdling on Syria?

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:40 AM PDT

On Syria's chemical weapons, President Obama says "we don't know when they were used, how they were used, or who used them."Republican senators are demanding action as evidence mounts that the regime crossed Obama's "red line" by using chemical weapons


Obama Is Still Fighting Bush's National Security Legacy

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:33 AM PDT

President Obama is 100 days into his second term, 1,561 days into his presidency. But Tuesday's press conference left no doubt that the foreign policy legacy of former President George W. Bush very much remains a driving force at today's White House. That was clear from how Obama answered questions on Syria and Guantanamo Bay and his overall approach to terrorism.

Obama Rejects Bush Approach to National Security

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:22 AM PDT

President Obama is 100 days into his second term, 1,561 days into his presidency. But Tuesday's press conference left no doubt that the foreign policy legacy of former President George W. Bush very much remains a driving force at today's White House. That was clear from how Obama answered questions on Syria and Guantanamo Bay and his overall approach to terrorism.

Who was who in the hunt for bin Laden

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:02 AM PDT

Former Targeting Officer for the CIA Nada Bakos takes part in a Q&A following the HBO screening of Manhunt on April 16.With the great new HBO documentary about the search by CIA analysts and officers for Osama bin Laden about to premiere, I thought it might be useful to put together a small cheat sheet for those keeping score. In a short period of time, a lot of the major actors in this historical narrative have either been outed by the press or chose to disclose information about themselves. Six months ago, America speculated about the inspiration for Mark Boal and Katherine Bigelow's main character in Zero Dark Thirty.


Car bombs cap week of violence that underscores Iraq's fragility

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:01 AM PDT

• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Syrian TV: Bombing in Damascus kills 13 people

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 05:23 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian doctors treat citizens who were injured in an explosion, in the central district of Marjeh, Damascus, Syria, Tuesday April 30, 2013. A powerful explosion rocked Damascus on Tuesday, causing scores of casualties, a day after the country's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily protected capital. (AP Photo/SANA)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A powerful bomb rocked central Damascus on Tuesday, killing 13 people according to Syrian TV, and sowing fear and chaos in a busy commercial district of the capital for the second consecutive day.


Activists: 15 Syrian rebels die in battle for base

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:35 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops battled opposition fighters near a military helicopter base in the country's north on Tuesday, killing 15 rebels in a single airstrike against their positions, activists said.

US panel: Afghans need more religious freedom

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 file photo, an Afghan police man offers evening prayers on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan. As the country braces for next year's presidential election and the planned withdrawal of most foreign combat troops by the end of 2014, the panel urges the U.S. government and its allies to work harder to promote religious rights in the war-torn nation. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid, File)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Despite significant improvements since the hard-line Taliban ruled Afghanistan, religious freedom remains poor, especially for minorities, and Afghans still can't debate religion or question prevailing Islamic orthodoxies without fear of being punished, a U.S. commission said in a new report on Tuesday.


For Boston bomb suspect, a seasoned defense team

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 26, 2013 file photo, Judy Clarke, a defense lawyer whose high-profile clients include "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph, and Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner, speaks at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Clarke was appointed Monday, April 29, 2013 to the team representing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)BOSTON (AP) — One lawyer won acquittal for a Saudi man charged with carrying three firecracker-like devices on a plane, arguing he was a victim of hysteria over airport security after the Sept. 11 attacks. Another has managed to avert death sentences for some of the highest-profile criminals of our time, including the Unabomber and the gunman whose rampage injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.


Their War, Not Ours

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:00 AM PDT

"The worst mistake of my presidency," said Ronald Reagan of his decision to put Marines into the middle of Lebanon's civil war, where 241 died in a suicide bombing of their barracks.

Stay out of Syria!

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:31 PM PDT

President Bashar al-Assad on Jan. 6 at the Opera House in Damascus, Syria.In no way is that a fight that should interest Americans; rather, we should be taking great care not to get entangled in it at all.


Female US soldier pleads guilty to desertion

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 07:15 PM PDT

In a Friday, August 31, 2012 photo, United States Iraq war resister Kimberly Rivera speaks at a press conference in Toronto. A court-martial got underway Monday, April 29, 2013 for Rivera, the first female U.S. Army soldier to flee to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war. Rivera is charged with desertion and could face up to five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge if convicted. (AP Photo/The Canadian Pres, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — A female soldier in the U.S. Army pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of desertion after fleeing to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war.


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