samedi 17 novembre 2012

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Texas town begins recovery following deaths of veterans

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 12:25 PM PST

This combination of undated family photos provided by the Show of Support, Hunt for Heroes committee show, from left: Sgt. Maj. Gary Stouffer, 37; Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin, 47; Army Sgt. Joshua Michael, 34, and Sgt. Maj. William Lubbers, 43, four veterans killed when a parade float they were riding on was struck by a freight train at a crossing Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Courtesy Show Of Support)Two days after a train suddenly plowed into a parade float, killing four war veterans, the city of Midland, investigators and the victims' families began what likely will be a long, painful recovery.

Obama turns to foreign policy with Asia trip

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 11:54 AM PST

Myanmar children walk near a graffiti painted by Myanmar artist Arker Kyaw to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. Word of Obama's historic visit has spread quickly around Yangon, which is readying itself with legions of hunched workers painting fences and curbs, pulling weeds and scraping grime off old buildings in anticipation of the president's Monday arrival. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)In his first trip abroad since the summer heat of the re-election campaign, President Barack Obama will seek to reinforce American influence in Southeast Asia in spite of the large shadow cast by China. He will become the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, an appreciation for its steps toward democratization, as well as Cambodia.

Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down rocket

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 11:21 AM PST

An Iron Dome missile is launched in Tel Aviv, to intercept a rocket fired from Gaza, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said, widening a blistering assault on Gaza rocket operations to include the prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of smuggling tunnels. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with about 300 airstrikes Saturday and shot down a Palestinian rocket fired at Tel Aviv, the military said, widening a blistering assault to include the Hamas prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of smuggling tunnels.

Sandy uprooted trees by the thousands in New York, New Jersey

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 08:54 AM PST

In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 photo, a tree felled by Superstorm Sandy rests against a house in New Rochelle, N.Y. The storm took down thousands of trees across the New York and New Jersey regions. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)They fell by the thousands, like soldiers in some vast battle of giants, dropping to the earth in submission to a greater force.

Low Mississippi River water levels may halt barges

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 08:37 AM PST

A barge powers its way up the Mississippi River Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, in St. Louis. A top Corps of Engineers official has ordered the release of water from an upper Mississippi River reservoir in an effort to avoid closure of the river at St. Louis to barge traffic due to low water levels caused by drought. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)The gentle whir of passing barges is as much a part of life in St. Louis as the Gateway Arch and the Cardinals, a constant, almost soothing backdrop to a community intricately intertwined with the Mississippi River.

Florida socialite in Petraeus scandal feels "scared"

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 06:26 AM PST

Jill Kelley, a friend of the Petraeus family, walks out of her home toward her car on Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa(Reuters) - Days after an extramarital affair forced CIA Director David Petraeus to resign, the Florida socialite who triggered the inquiry that took down Petraeus complained about "paparazzi" in front of her mansion and "people calling me with threats." Jill Kelley, whose tip about harassing emails from the retired four-star general's mistress Paula Broadwell sparked the FBI probe that revealed the affair, complained to Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn in emails this week that she and her family were frightened by the worldwide attention they were receiving. ...

Plane hits truck during takeoff, crashes; 3 dead

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 06:10 AM PST

A small plane hit a truck on the runway during takeoff, caught fire and crashed into the woods near a coastal Maine airport, killing three people, authorities said Saturday.

Hindu extremist leader Bal Thackeray dies in India

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 05:53 AM PST

FILE- In this Oct. 18, 2002 file photo, Hindu hardline Shiv Sena party leader Bal Thackeray speaks at a press conference at his residence in Mumbai, India. Thackeray, the extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers, has died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, after ailing for several weeks. He was 86. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude, File)Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India, died Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He was 86.

Republicans: GOP needs to get with the times

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 05:36 AM PST

FILE - This Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows then-Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney taking the stage to concede his quest for president, at the Boston Convention Center in Boston. The Grand Old Party needs to get with the times. That's according to many Republicans who talked of the party's challenges following the GOP's electoral shellacking. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)To hear some Republicans tell it, the Grand Old Party needs to get with the times.

Turkish cameraman set free by captors in Syria

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 04:48 AM PST

A Turkish cameraman captured by Syrian forces while covering fighting in the city of Aleppo has been released by his captors and would return to Turkey, a delegation negotiating his freedom told Turkish media on Saturday.

Coast Guard searches for 2 after Gulf rig fire

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 03:43 AM PST

In this image released by a oil field worker and obtained by the Associated Press, a fire burns on a Gulf oil platform Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, after an explosion on the rig, in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. An explosion and fire ripped through a Gulf oil platform Friday as workers used a cutting torch, sending at least four people to a hospital with burns and leaving two missing in waters off Louisiana. (AP Photo)The Coast Guard is searching for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

U.S. seriously concerned about abuses by Nigerian forces

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 03:26 AM PST

Nigerian soldiers patrol Panshekara district on the outskirts of the northern city of KanoLAGOS (Reuters) - The United States is seriously concerned about abuses committed by Nigerian security forces that are fuelling support for the Islamist insurgency in the north, the U.S. assistant secretary for democracy and human rights said on Friday. Addressing journalists in the commercial hub of Lagos, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Michael Posner urged Nigerian forces to be disciplined in their use of force and abstain from violence against civilians. ...

Egypt: Train hits school bus; 47 children killed

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 02:54 AM PST

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP -- Egyptians gather at the scene of a train crash that killed at least 47 people, most of them children near Assiut in southern Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. The bus was carrying more than 50 children between 4 and 6 years old when it was hit near al-Mandara village in Manfaloot district in the province of Assiut, a security official said, adding that it appears that the railroad crossing was not closed as the train sped toward it. (AP Photo/Mamdouh Thabet)A speeding train crashed into a bus carrying children to their kindergarten in southern Egypt on Saturday, killing at least 47, officials said. Distraught families searched for signs of their loved ones along the tracks and angry villagers berated officials in the aftermath of the latest disaster to hit the country's railway system.

Israel hits Hamas government buildings as reservists mobilized

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 12:44 AM PST

An explosion and smoke are seen after Israeli strikes in Gaza CityGAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft pounded Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the prime minister's office, after Israel's cabinet authorized the mobilization of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing for a possible ground invasion. Hamas, the Islamist group that runs the Gaza Strip, said Israeli planes bombed the office building of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh - where he had met on Friday with the Egyptian prime minister - and struck a police headquarters. ...

Up to 40 school children killed in crash in Egypt

Posted: 17 Nov 2012 12:28 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Up to 40 school children were killed when a train crashed with their bus which had crossed the tracks in a city south of Cairo on Saturday, the official state news agency and a doctor said. While the official news agency said 40 children died, a doctor at a hospital in Assiut, near the crash site, said the death toll was 38, among them 37 children who were around four to six years old. "They told us the barriers were open when the bus crossed the tracks and the train collided with it," doctor Mohamed Samir said, citing witness accounts. ...

NBA legend Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook captured in bronze

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:02 PM PST

NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares a laugh with former Lakers teammate Magic Johnson in Los AngelesKareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook has been captured in bronze for future generations of basketball fans.

Police: Man plotted attack during 'Twilight' movie

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 09:30 PM PST

Handout of Lammers, 20, is shown in this booking photo in Bolivar, MissouriA southwest Missouri man accused of plotting to shoot up a movie theater during the new "Twilight" film was charged Friday after his mother contacted police, telling them she worried her son had purchased weapons similar to those used during the fatal Colorado theater shooting.

Former Chicago Bears coach Ditka suffers stroke

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 08:57 PM PST

Super Bowl winning player and coach Mike Ditka was taken to hospital after a minor stroke on Friday and will be rested from his usual weekend television commitments.

Congressional leaders optimistic after meeting Obama

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 08:25 PM PST

U.S. President Obama hosts a bipartisan meeting with Congressional leaders in the Roosevelt Room of White HouseRepublican and Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday pledging to find common ground on taxes and spending that would allow them to avert an upcoming "fiscal cliff" that could send the economy back into recession. The top lawmakers spoke to reporters as a group for the first time in more than a year in what aides said was a joint decision to project a message of unity. ...

Judge backs Calif. high-speed rail over farmers

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 07:20 PM PST

FILE - This image provided by the California High Speed Rail Authority shows an artist's rendering of a high-speed train station. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley is expected to decide Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would temporarily halt the project. Groups representing Central Vally farmers claim in the lawsuits that the California High Speed Rail Authority failed to conduct through environmental reviews and comply with public meeting laws.(AP Photo/California High Speed Rail Authority, File)A judge denied a request Friday from Central Valley farmers who sought to halt work on California's ambitious high-speed rail project, allowing work on the $68 billion project to continue at an aggressive pace.

Head vs. heart: Egyptian president's dilemma over Gaza conflict

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 07:04 PM PST

The Iron Dome defense system fires to interecpt incoming missiles from Gaza in the port town of Ashdod, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the army is prepared for a The tension has the Islamist leader caught between his co-religionists in Palestine and Washington, which is backing Israel.

NCAA reinstates UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad effective immediately

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 06:31 PM PST

Indiana State v UCLAAt 4:07 p.m. PST, Shabazz Muhammad clicked send on the tweet UCLA fans have been waiting to read since the news broke months ago that he was being investigated by the NCAA.

Wal-Mart files U.S. labor charge against union

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 06:15 PM PST

Striking Walmart workers walk a picket line during a protest over unsafe working conditions and poor wages in Pico Rivera(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is taking its first legal step to stop months of protests and rallies outside Walmart stores, targeting the union that it says is behind such actions. Wal-Mart filed an unfair labor practice charge against the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, or UFCW, asking the National Labor Relations Board to halt what the retailer says are unlawful attempts to disrupt its business. ...

Judge sides with company on contraceptive coverage

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 05:44 PM PST

A federal judge on Friday temporarily prevented the Obama administration from forcing a Christian publishing company to provide its employees with certain contraceptives under the new health care law.

Women in Petraeus scandal had visited White House

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 05:28 PM PST

This combo made from file photos shows Gen. David Petraeus' biographer and paramour Paula Broadwell, left, and Florida socialite Jill Kelley. Broadwell and Kelley, the two women at the center of David Petraeus' downfall as CIA director, visited the White House separately on various occasions in what appear to be unrelated calls that did not result in meetings with President Barack Obama. (AP Photos/Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines/AP, Chris O'Meara) LOCAL TV OUT (WSOC, WBTV, WCNC, WCCB); LOCAL PRINT OUT (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, CREATIVE LOAFLING, CHARLOTTE WEEKLY, MECHLENBURG TIMES, CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE, CHARLOTTE PARENTS) LOCAL RADIO OUT (WBT)The two women at the center of the David Petraeus scandal visited the White House on separate and apparently unrelated occasions.
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