2013年9月30日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


CNN, NBC scrap Hillary Clinton TV projects

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at CGI in New YorkBy Liana B. Baker and Gabriel Debenedetti (Reuters) - Two television projects focused on Hillary Clinton got the axe on Monday after the programs became embroiled in partisan wrangling, including threats by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to boycott presidential debates sponsored by CNN and NBC. The filmmaker for CNN said he could not complete the project because he'd received no cooperation from either Democrats or Republicans, while industry sources said NBC's move had nothing to do with the RNC, the Clintons or NBC News, which is run separately from NBC's entertainment unit. ...


ACTIONS MUST FOLLOW WORDS IN IRAN

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 04:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- American youngsters' love affair with their cellphones may be the greatest waste of time since Marie Antoinette packed up her Angora cats and her cakes and tried to escape to exile in Maine. But cynical Americans who don't get the importance of one recent phone call -- between Iran's new president and President Obama after the opening of the United Nations last week -- are really missing the point of one of the great moments of modern history.One has the right, of course, to be suspicious. ...

US slams 'detestable' Iraq attacks

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:58 PM PDT

US Department of State Spokesperson Jen Psaki briefs reporters July 29, 2013, at the Department of State in Washington, DCWashington (AFP) - The United States on Monday condemned a series of attacks in Baghdad as well as the Kurdish town of Arbil as "detestable and disgraceful."


Wave of bombs across Baghdad kills 55

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. A wave of deadly car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods in the Iraqi the capital on Monday morning, officials said, the latest in relentless violence roiling the country in recent months. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — A new wave of bombs tore through Baghdad on Monday, officials said, killing at least 55 people. Most of the blasts were car bombs detonated in Shiite neighborhoods, the latest of a series of well-coordinated attacks blamed on hard-line Sunni insurgents determined to rekindle large-scale sectarian conflict.


Baghdad area bombings kill at least 50

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:24 PM PDT

Baghdad (AFP) - Twelve car bombs, mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas in and around Baghdad, killed at least 47 people Monday, while at least three died in a blast against Sunni worshippers, officials said.

Syria probe ends ahead of disarmament mission

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:15 PM PDT

Deir EzzorDamascus (AFP) - UN experts wrapped up their investigation of alleged gas attacks in Syria on Monday, as a chemical weapons disarmament team arrived in neighbouring Lebanon ahead of their trip to Damascus.


Syria's neighbours plead for help with refugees

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:07 PM PDT

Young Syrian refugees from Aleppo beg with their mother on the steps of a bank in a street in Beirut on September 18, 2013Geneva (AFP) - Syria's neighbours pleaded Monday for more international support to tackle the huge influx of refugees from the war-ravaged country, warning the burden could destablise the whole region.


Filmmaker scraps Hillary Clinton CNN documentary

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 12:47 PM PDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting on September 25, 2013 in New York CityWashington (AFP) - An Oscar-winning filmmaker has abandoned a planned documentary on Hillary Clinton, following an outcry from Republicans who argued the film would promote the former secretary of state's presidential run.


Car bombs kill 54 in Shi'ite districts of Baghdad

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 12:34 PM PDT

Photos of the day - September 30, 2013By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs killed at least 54 people in mostly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad on Monday as suspected Sunni Muslim militants pursued a campaign to plunge Iraq back into sectarian strife. Altogether 14 bombs shook Baghdad, the deadliest of them in Sadr City, where a white car blew up near where men had gathered to seek work, killing seven people, including two soldiers. "The driver said he would move the car soon, but it exploded a few minutes later," said Abu Mohammed, a worker at the scene, where bits of molten metal lay among cars wrecked in the blast. ...


Police free teenagers from suspected traffickers

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 11:06 AM PDT

Police cars are seen in Amsterdam on June 23, 2011The Hague (AFP) - Dutch and British police have arrested four suspected human traffickers and rescued four teenage girls hidden in the back of a camping car headed for Britain, Dutch prosecutors said on Monday.


Pentagon chief, at Korean DMZ, says U.S. will not cut force in Korea

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:19 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagel walks past South Korean soldiers with South Korea's Defence Minister Kim during a tour of the DMZ in PanmunjomBy David Alexander PANMUNJOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured the Korean DMZ on Monday under the watchful eye of North Korean soldiers and said the Pentagon had no plans to reduce its 28,500-member force in the South despite budget constraints. "This is probably the only place in the world where we have always a risk of confrontation," Hagel said after visiting a blue, single-story building with a corrugated metal roof where talks are held with North Koreans in the truce village of Panmunjom. ...


Exclusive: Vatican Bank likely to close embassy accounts after Iran, Iraq red flags

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 09:02 AM PDT

File photo shows an exterior view of the tower of the IOR, the Vatican bank, in Vatican CityBy Lisa Jucca and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican bank is likely to close all accounts held by foreign embassies, following concerns about large cash deposits and withdrawals by the missions of Iran, Iraq and Indonesia, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The Vatican's financial watchdog, which examined the transactions in 2011, believed the embassies' justifications for the transactions were too vague or disproportionate to the amounts -- up to 500,000 euros at a time -- these people said. ...


UN: Syria refugee crisis hurting region's economy

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 08:52 AM PDT

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Portuguese Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, right, shakes hands with US Deputy Secretary of State William Joseph Burns, left, prior the High Level Segment on the Syria Situation at the 64th annual meeting of UNHCR's Executive Committee, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)BERLIN (AP) — The exodus of Syrians from their country threatens economic development throughout the Middle East because neighboring nations cannot cope with the influx of refugees, a top U.N. official said Monday. A U.S. diplomat, meanwhile, called for an action plan to deal with the extraordinary refugee crisis.


Competition between Islamist militants may fuel big attacks

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 08:51 AM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)By Myra MacDonald LONDON (Reuters) - The assault on Kenya's Westgate shopping mall has brought into sharp relief a pattern likely to complicate efforts to counter Islamist militants - competition among jihadis can increase the risk of a major attack. As with the 2008 assault on the Indian city of Mumbai and this year's raid on an Algerian desert gas plant, the attack in Nairobi by Somalia's al Shabaab was preceded by in-fighting or loss of supporters to other militant groups. ...


How to win the next Mideast war – over water

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 08:50 AM PDT

A few decades from now, nations in the Middle East and North Africa could face potentially catastrophic water shortages that could pose an even greater challenge than the upheavals gripping Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, and elsewhere.

Is Syria's Assad Evil? Why the Answer Matters (Op-Ed)

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 07:54 AM PDT

Is Syria's Assad Evil? Why the Answer Matters (Op-Ed)LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.


Turkey unveils reforms, some aimed at Kurds

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 07:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2013 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan is expected to announce a package of proposals that he called a major step in expanding democracy in Turkey on Monday Sept. 30, 2013. The planned reforms are key to the Kurdish peace process and for Erdogan's political prospects as he faces three elections in the next two years. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister on Monday announced a long-awaited package of proposals aimed at democratic reform, including lifting some restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language and on wearing Islamic headscarves.


Analysis: From Syria to South China Sea, navies cruise back into vogue

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 07:03 AM PDT

The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) pulls into formation with the French Marine Nationale anti-submarine frigate Jean de Vienne (D 643) during Exercise Proud Manta 2013 (POMA 13) in this handout photoBy Peter Apps LONDON (Reuters) - After a quarter century of Middle Eastern land wars and a sharp fall in big powers' naval spending after the Cold War, sea power is back in vogue in response to the rise of China and Western reluctance to deploy ground troops in conflicts like Syria. The greater interest in navies is being felt from the corridors of Washington to the pirate hunting grounds off Africa and the shipyards of Asia. ...


Waterkeeper movement thrives from Maine to Nepal

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 06:58 AM PDT

In this photo made Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, Casco Bay waterkeeper Joe Payne pilots his vessel in Portland, Maine. When Payne was hired 22 years ago to be the environmental steward of Casco Bay, there were only a handful of water keepers in the world. Now, there are 209 of them that oversee and protect bays, rivers, sounds, channels, inlets, lakes and creeks in 23 countries, on six continents. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — For 22 years, Joe Payne has patrolled the waters of Casco Bay, improving water quality, restoring clam flats, protecting young lobsters and mobilizing oil spill cleanup efforts.


Bombings across Iraq now touch on formerly safe havens

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 05:42 AM PDT

A rash of car bombs killed dozens across Baghdad on Monday, the latest in a series of deadly bombings that have racked Iraq over the past several days. The violence has brought the country's civilian death toll to its worst level since 2008.

Syrian FM says no talks with main opposition group

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 05:39 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 photo, a Syrian opposition fighter aims to government forces during exchange of fire in Telata village, a frontline located at the top of a mountain in the Idlib, northwest province countryside of Syria. (AP Photo)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's foreign minister says the main Western-backed opposition group should not take part in a future peace conference because it had overwhelmingly supported a U.S. strike against Damascus over an attack last month in which chemical weapons were used.


UN: Syria refugee crisis threatens development

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 05:32 AM PDT

The head of the United Nations development agency is warning that Syria's refugee crisis is threatening economic development throughout the region because host countries cannot cope with the influx. Helen ...

Mortar shell lands near Chinese embassy in Syria

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:53 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 photo, a Syrian opposition fighter takes cover during exchange of fire with government forces in Telata village, a frontline located at the top of a mountain in the Idlib province, northwest countryside of Syria. (AP Photo)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's state-run news agency says three mortar shells have hit the capital, Damascus, one of them landing near the Chinese embassy.


Wave of car bombs across Baghdad kills 51

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:31 AM PDT

Citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. A wave of deadly car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods in the Iraqi the capital on Monday morning, officials said, the latest in relentless violence roiling the country in recent months. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs struck mainly in Shiite neighborhoods of Bagdad on Monday morning, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens more, officials said, the latest in relentless violence roiling Iraq in recent months.


Australia central bank subsidiary in Saddam link

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:09 AM PDT

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein delivers a televised speech on July 17, 1998 in BaghdadSydney (AFP) - The Reserve Bank of Australia on Monday admitted staff from a subsidiary visited Iraq at the height of UN sanctions after it was accused of attempting to strike an illegal deal with Saddam Hussein.


Wave of car bombs in Baghdad Shiite areas kills 24

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:01 AM PDT

Kurdish security forces and citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack in front of the main security forces headquarters in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. A twin suicide car bombing and ensuing firefight in the capital of Iraq's largely peaceful self-ruled northern Kurdish region killed and wounded dozens of security forces on Sunday, officials said.(AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of Bagdad on Monday morning, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens, officials said, the latest in relentless violence roiling Iraq in recent months.


Iraqi officials: Car bomb kills 7 in Baghdad

Posted: 29 Sep 2013 11:52 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a car bomb explosion in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has killed at least seven people and wounded 14.

Oman looks beyond Iran sanctions for gas lifeline

Posted: 29 Sep 2013 11:27 PM PDT

By Daniel Fineren DUBAI (Reuters) - If Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's dream of reaching a deal with world powers on Tehran's nuclear program in six months comes true, Oman, an important intermediary in the dispute, could be a big winner. There have been too many false dawns in Iran's decade-old standoff with the West over Tehran's nuclear program to bank on Rouhani's call in New York last week for a deal within 3-6 months. ...

Iranian, US interests collide across Mideast

Posted: 29 Sep 2013 11:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, Arab countries foreign ministers attend a summit in the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. As Iran's diplomatic profile rises with attempts to recalibrate its dealings with Washington, the Gulf rulers will have to make adjustments, too, and that's not such an easy thing for the monarchs and sheiks to swallow. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)The groundbreaking dialogue between Iran and the U.S. has raised speculation of further advances to ease their 34-year diplomatic estrangement. But the two countries have overlapping interests across the Middle East and beyond that are sharply at odds.


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