2013年10月19日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Car bomb strikes Damascus as envoy pushes for talks

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 12:39 PM PDT

An image grab from Syrian state TV on October 15, 2013, said to show wreckage of a car following shelling by rebel fighters on Damascus' Dummar district where the Syrian President attended a prayer for Eid al-AdhaDamascus (AFP) - A suicide car bombing and assault on a checkpoint in a key Damascus neighbourhood killed 16 Syrian soldiers Saturday, as the UN-Arab League envoy began a regional push for peace talks.

Tom Foley, 'an unusually civil politician,' dies

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 11:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 1989 file photo, former Speaker of the U.S. of Representatives Tom Foley poses in his 5th Congressional District office in Spokane, Wash. Foley has died at the age of 84, according to House Democratic aides on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Foley was a Washington state lawmaker who became the first speaker since the Civil War who failed to win re-election in his home district. He was U.S. ambassador to Japan for four years during the Clinton administration. But he spent the most time in the House, serving 30 years including more than five as speaker. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green, file)SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Tom Foley was born in 1929, the year of the great stock market crash, and grew up in Spokane during World War II. These experiences shaped his viewpoint during a long political career, which culminated with him becoming the first Speaker of the House to hail from west of the Rocky Mountains.

Afghan assembly sets November date for decision on U.S. troops

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 05:21 AM PDT

U.S. troops are seen on patrol near Command Outpost AJK in Maiwand DistrictBy Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - The future of U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 will be decided by an assembly of tribal elders in late November, its organizers said, setting a date for the verdict on a long-delayed bilateral deal held up by disputes over key provisions. A draft pact known as the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) was hammered out in Kabul last weekend by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. But he left without a final deal as Afghan President Hamid Karzai said only the assembly, the Loya Jirga, had the authority to decide contentious issues. ...

Afghans prepare for meeting on US security deal

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 03:57 AM PDT

Afghan police arrive to secure the area after a car bomb detonated outside an ISAF civilian personnel compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 18, 2013. Police said the assault started at dusk when a car exploded near the gate of a compound, housing contractors from various countries, European diplomatic personnel and United Nations employees. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A national meeting to discuss the fate of a future security deal with the United States will be held in the third week of November, officials said Saturday. The key gathering will decide if America and its allies will keep troops in Afghanistan after 2014 or pack up and leave.

'Carrie' returns, with more blood, revenge and a feisty makeover

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 06:05 PM PDT

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Carrie White, one of the most complex female villains of the horror film genre, is back in a new movie adaptation of Stephen King's cautionary tale of teen isolation and revenge, this time with a feistier actress, more blood and a dose of modern technology. "Carrie," out in theaters on Friday and based on thriller writer King's first published novel from 1974, follows the story of an alienated high school girl with telekinetic powers, who rains down destruction on her tormenters after being doused by a bucket of blood at her high school prom. ...

Cheney reveals defibrillator altered to thwart terrorists

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:45 PM PDT

Former vice president Dick Cheney speaks at the Long Island Association fall luncheon at the Crest Hollow Country Club on October 18, 2012 in Woodbury, New YorkWashington (AFP) - Dick Cheney, former president George W. Bush's right-hand man in the "war on terror," has revealed that his heart implant was altered to prevent terrorists from hacking into it.

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