2016年9月13日星期二

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Syria ceasefire deal rife with legal, liability questions

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 05:56 PM PDT

Syria ceasefire deal rife with legal, liability questionsThe deal crafted by the U.S. and Russia to halt the Syrian civil war and focus efforts on rooting out extremists in the country is rife with legal and liability questions that are fueling Pentagon skepticism ...


Manning: Ending hunger strike after Army approves treatment

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 05:54 PM PDT

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for leaking classified information to the WikiLeaks website will end a hunger strike after the Army agreed to allow her to receive medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday.

Navy commander arrested on attempted rape charges

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 04:38 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy commander has been arrested on attempted rape charges in San Diego involving a woman also in the maritime branch, officials said Tuesday.

HBO and Vice's nightly newscast delayed 2 weeks

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 12:45 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — HBO and Vice Media are delaying the launch of their evening newscast for two weeks until Oct. 10 to make sure all of its creative elements work, including an ability to dive deeper into a story though touch screen technology.

US says it destroyed Islamic State chemical threat in Iraq

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 11:20 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — American warplanes eliminated a "significant chemical threat" to Iraqi civilians by bombing a complex of buildings near the northern city of Mosul that Islamic State militants had converted from pharmaceutical manufacturing to chemical weapons production, the three-star general in charge of U.S. air operations in the Middle East said Tuesday.

Coalition planes destroy IS chemical factory near Mosul

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 11:16 AM PDT

The US-led strike on a chemical weapons production center was conducted by fighter jets, ground-attack aircraft and even a B-52 heavy bomberWashington (AFP) - US-led coalition warplanes destroyed a factory in Iraq used by the Islamic State group to make chemical weapons, the Pentagon said Tuesday.


Educate Europe's refugees for rebuilding at home: Dalai Lama

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 10:06 AM PDT

The Dalai Lama gestures as he delivers a speech during a group hearing at the Palais des Congres, on September 13, 2016 in Paris, during his first visit to France in five yearsThe Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged Europe to emphasise education for the hundreds of thousands of refugees that have arrived mainly from the war-torn Middle East as a means of rebuilding their home countries. The 81-year-old Buddhist monk appealed to "the real spirit of the European Union", urging the bloc to "consider the importance of the common interest" in dealing with the refugee crisis. More than one million refugees and migrants have entered Europe over the past year, largely fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.


Top German companies say refugees not ready for job market

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 10:06 AM PDT

Refugees show their skills in metal processing works during a media tour at a workshop for refugees organized by German industrial group Siemens in BerlinBy Georgina Prodhan FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's blue-chip companies will have to explain to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday why they have managed to hire fewer than 100 refugees after around a million arrived in the country last year. Merkel, fighting for her political life over her open-door policy, has summoned the bosses of some of Germany's biggest companies to Berlin to account for their lack of action and exchange ideas about how they can do better. A survey by Reuters of the 30 companies in Germany's DAX stock market index found they could point to just 63 refugee hires in total.


AP Interview: UN refugee chief says integration is crucial

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 09:59 AM PDT

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Italian Filippo Grandi speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)GENEVA (AP) — Europe should boost its efforts to integrate newcomers from places like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.N. refugee agency chief said Tuesday, calling it "one of the great challenges" of the future.


The Biggest Threat to the Economy? It Could Be the Election

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 09:45 AM PDT

The Biggest Threat to the Economy? It Could Be the ElectionWhat's the biggest threat to the U.S. economy? Terrorism? Another financial crisis? Jacked-up interest rates? A tanking stock market? Here's the surprising answer from a new Bankrate poll : the upcoming ...


Islamic State behind Kenya's Mombasa attack by robed women: website

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 07:56 AM PDT

Armed policemen walk outside the central police station after an attack, in the coastal city of MombasaIslamic State supporters carried out an attack on Kenya's port city of Mombasa in which three robed women tricked their way into a police station, stabbed an officer and set fire to the building, the group's Amaq news agency said on Tuesday. Militant attacks, mostly claimed by al Shabaab militants from neighboring Somalia, have increased in recent years in Kenya, which has a large Muslim population concentrated mostly along its Indian Ocean coast. "The perpetrators of the attack on the Kenyan police in the city of Mombasa were supporters of Islamic State.


Germany arrests three IS suspects with 'links' to Paris attackers

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 07:49 AM PDT

More than 200 police took part in pre-dawn raids in northern Germany to detain three men accused of being members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist groupGerman police Tuesday arrested three men with forged Syrian passports accused of being Islamic State (IS) militants and labelled a possible "sleeper cell" with links to the Paris attackers. More than 200 police commandos took part in the pre-dawn raids in northern Germany to detain the men, who were suspected of either plotting an attack or awaiting orders to commit one. The men were identified only as Mahir al-H., 17, Ibrahim M., 18, and Mohamed A., 26, in a statement issued by federal prosecutors.


Dalai Lama urges talks with Islamic State, help for refugees

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 06:09 AM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama wears a towel on his head to cool off, during a press conference , in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. The Dalai Lama says there should be dialogue with Islamic State extremists to end bloodshed in Syria and Iraq, and argues that religion is never a justification for bloodshed. The spiritual leader is on a six day visit to France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS (AP) — The Dalai Lama says there should be dialogue with Islamic State extremists to end bloodshed in Syria and Iraq, and argues that religion is never a justification for killing.


Rep. Fortenberry Introduces Congressional Resolution to Establish Safe Haven for Religious Minorities in Northern Iraq

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 05:52 AM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) introduced a bipartisan Congressional Resolution that supports the establishment of a safe haven province for persecuted religious minorities in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq.Drafted in collaboration between The Philos Project, In Defense of Christians, and the Institute for Global Engagement, H.Con.Res 152 is a response to declarations by Congress and the State Department last March that ISIL is responsible for genocide against religious minority groups in areas under its control. ...

Iraqi child drowns when boat sinks in Bulgarian Danube

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 05:06 AM PDT

A six-year-old Iraqi boy and a young man have drowned and three children and a man are missing after a boat carrying 10 migrants sank in the Bulgarian waters of the Danube River, a police official said on Tuesday. The bodies of the boy and a 26-year-old man were recovered on Sunday, two days after the police found four migrants who survived from a sunken boat on an island in the northwestern Bulgarian stretch of the Danube river, which borders Romania. The migrants, who did not have any documents, told police they were a family of 10 people fleeing Iraq and that the metal boat which was carrying them to the Romanian coast on their journey to western Europe had capsized.

Syria war death toll now more than 300,000: monitor

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 04:05 AM PDT

A woman visits the grave of a relative in the town of Douma, east of Syria's capital Damascus, in JulyMore than 300,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since March 2011, a monitor said in a new toll Tuesday, the first full day of an internationally-brokered truce. More than 86,000 civilians were among the 301,781 people killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. A total of 59,006 Syrian soldiers have been killed, in addition to 48,048 other pro-government fighters from countries including Iraq, Iran and Lebanon as well as Syria.


French terror investigators grapple with Telegram app

Posted: 13 Sep 2016 01:29 AM PDT

French investigators are still dealing with the fallout from the communications of an IS member suspected of using Telegram to direct people to carry out attacksSmartphone app Telegram, favoured by the Islamic State group thanks to the encrypted messaging it offers, is proving a headache for French anti-terror investigators. After IS gunmen and suicide bombers massacred 130 people in Paris in November, Telegram blocked dozens of public channels that were being used to spread extremist messages. In France, which has suffered a string of further jihadist assaults since the Paris carnage, investigators are still dealing with the fallout from the communications of an IS member suspected of using Telegram to direct people to carry out attacks.


Turkish air strikes kill three suspected PKK militants in southeast

Posted: 12 Sep 2016 11:46 PM PDT

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish air strikes killed three suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group on Tuesday in the southeastern town of Semdinli near the borders with Iran and Iraq, Turkish security sources said. The air strikes came a day after suspected PKK militants detonated a car bomb near local government offices in the city of Van further north, wounding 50 people including four police officers and four Iranian citizens. ...

'G.I. Joe': The Story of the Cartoon That Sold Wartime Heroics to a Generation of Kids

Posted: 12 Sep 2016 09:00 PM PDT

The cast looks back at the series that changed the toy business forever and left a complicated political legacy: "I'm a liberal and always have been," says creator Ron Friedman. "I felt that the Joes would be liberal and the Cobra people should not be."

Ewan McGregor Selected to Receive Humanitarian Award at 2016 British Academy Britannia Awards

Posted: 12 Sep 2016 09:00 PM PDT

"Ewan McGregor is not only a multitalented individual, but has led by example in showing that even one person can make a huge difference in the life of a child," said Kieran Breen, chairman of BAFTA Los Angeles.

Syria ceasefire takes effect with Assad emboldened, opposition wary

Posted: 12 Sep 2016 08:01 PM PDT

Syria's president Bashar al-Assad, prays at a mosque in a Damascus suburb of DarayaBy Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - A nationwide ceasefire in Syria brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect on Monday evening, the second attempt this year by Washington and Moscow to halt the five-year-old civil war. The Syrian army announced the truce at 7 p.m. (11.00 a.m. ET), the moment it took effect, saying the seven-day "regime of calm" would be applied across Syria. Rebel groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad issued a joint statement listing deep reservations with the agreement they described as unjust, echoing concerns outlined in a letter to the United States on Sunday.


'I didn't think it was a big deal,' Clinton says of pneumonia bout

Posted: 12 Sep 2016 06:57 PM PDT

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leaves her daughter Chelsea's home in New YorkBy Alana Wise and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton said on Monday she could resume presidential campaigning in a couple of days after a bout of pneumonia that she initially had not believed was "that big a deal." Clinton's health scare after she almost collapsed at an event on Sunday, causing her to cancel some campaign trips, revived concerns about a tendency toward secrecy that has dogged her campaign, and underscored perennial worries about the medical fitness of candidates for one of the world's most demanding jobs. "I just didn't think it was going to be that big a deal." Her campaign acknowledged on Monday it may have been too slow disclosing her pneumonia diagnosis after she nearly fainted at a New York memorial ceremony for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.


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