dimanche 22 septembre 2013

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Kenya mall: Reporter outside, good friends inside

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:40 PM PDT

Lyndsay, centre right, embraces daughter Julia and husband Nick, partially seen, in a reunion that came after the couple had been separated for three hours inside a mall under attack by al-Shabab terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. The couple, friends of an AP reporter, were texting and calling the AP reporter during the hostage crisis, blurring the lines between journalist and friend. (AP Photo/Georgina Goodwin)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The frantic phone call came from a close friend staying the weekend with my family: She was inside Nairobi's most upscale mall and could hear gunshots. Her husband and 2-year-old daughter were inside too, but she didn't know where. Where should she go?

Kenya Red Cross says death toll rises to 68

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:09 PM PDT

Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist gunmen lobbed grenades and fired assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday, killing dozens and wounding over a hundred in the attack. Early Sunday morning, 12 hours after the attack began, gunmen remained holed up inside the mall with an unknown number of hostages. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's Red Cross says the death toll from the militant attack on an upscale mall in the country's capital has risen to 68.

Merkel triumphs in German vote but allies crushed

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:06 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democratic party CDU, smiles as she talks to her supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. ARD and ZDF television projections Sunday showed a wide lead for Merkel's conservative Union bloc over challenger Peer Steinbrueck's Social Democrats. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives triumphed in Germany's election Sunday, and could even win the first single party majority in more than 50 years. Her center-right coalition partners risked ejection from parliament for the first time in their post-World War II history.

Exit polls: Merkel party strongest in German vote

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 09:50 AM PDT

Supporters of German Chancellor and Christian Democratic chairwoman Angela Merkel react after the first exit polls have been published at the party's headquarters in Berlin Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Michael Kappeler)BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives emerged by far the strongest force in Germany's election Sunday, but their center-right coalition partners risked being ejected from parliament, exit polls indicated.

Iran's president reaches West before heading to UN

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 09:34 AM PDT

In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. President Barack Obama and Iran's new president are heading to New York next week for the U.N.'s annual meeting of the General Assembly, and could share the first exchange between American and Iranian leaders in more than three decades. (AP Photo/Presidency Office, Rouzbeh Jadidoleslam)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On the eve of a landmark trip to attend the U.N. General Assembly, Iran's president offered Sunday his most expansive vision that a deal to settle the impasse over Tehran's nuclear program could open doors for greater cooperation on regional flash points such as the Syrian civil war.

Exit poll: Merkel party strongest in German vote

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 09:18 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democratic party CDU, leaves her voting booth to cast her vote in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. 62 million voters in Germany are entitled to elect a new parliament as Merkel runs for her third term as chancellor. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BERLIN (AP) — An exit poll indicates that Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have emerged by far the strongest force in Germany's election, though it's unclear whether her coalition partners will stay in parliament.

Clinton 'not in any hurry' to make decision on 2016

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 08:32 AM PDT

FILE - In a Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the American Bar Association Annual Meeting Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, in San Francisco. Clinton spoke about maintaining the Voting Rights Act and received a medal from the association. The former secretary of state will receive the Elton John AIDS Foundation's first Founder's Award for her support of gay rights. In a statement Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, the foundation cited a 2011 speech in which Clinton asserted that gay rights were human rights for helping envision a world without AIDS. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)"I think it's a serious decision, not to be made lightly, but it's also not one that has to be made soon."

Merkel bidding for 3rd term in German election

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 07:46 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democratic party CDU, waves to residents next to her husband Joachim Sauer, left, as they walk back after casting their votes in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. 62 million voters in Germany are entitled to elect a new parliament as Merkel runs for her third term as chancellor. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel was strongly favored to win a third term at the helm of Europe's biggest economy as Germans voted in a national election Sunday, but the popular conservative's hopes of governing with center-right allies for another four years were in the balance.

Typhoon veers from Hong Kong, hits southern China

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 07:30 AM PDT

Dark clouds hang low over Hong Kong's Victoria Habour Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Usagi, the year's most powerful typhoon had Hong Kong in its cross-hair on Sunday after sweeping past the Philippines and Taiwan and pummeling island communities with heavy rains and fierce winds. The typhoon was grinding westward and expected to make landfall close to Hong Kong late Sunday or early Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)The year's most powerful typhoon slammed into southern China on Sunday evening, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, shutting down shipping and putting a nuclear power plant on alert after pummeling parts of the Philippines and Taiwan with heavy rains and fierce winds.

Netflix, Kerry Washington could make Emmy history

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 07:16 AM PDT

FILE - This image released by Netflix shows Kevin Spacey as U.S. Congressman Frank Underwood in a scene from the Netflix original series, LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix's "House of Cards" will try to make Emmy history, and so will "Scandal" star Kerry Washington.

Attack on Pakistani church kills over 60 people

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 06:44 AM PDT

A Pakistani Christian man mourns over the death of his relative at the site of suicide attack on a church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed scores of people Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country's Christian minority in years. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives outside a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing over 60 people in the deadliest-ever attack on the country's Christian minority, officials said.

For Obama, diplomatic openings on 3 fronts

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 05:58 AM PDT

This combination made with file photos shows, from left, President Barack Obama, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After years of estrangement, the United States and Russia are joined as partners in a bold plan to rid Syria of chemical weapons. More surprising yet, American and Iranian leaders _ after an exchange of courteous letters _ may meet in New York for the first time since the Islamic revolution swept Iran nearly 35 years ago. (AP File Photos)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama arrives at the United Nations on Monday with diplomatic openings, the result of help from unexpected partners, on three fronts: Iran, Syria, and elusive peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

For Obama, diplomatic openings appear on 3 fronts

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 05:41 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama arrives at the United Nations with diplomatic openings on three fronts: Iran, Syria and elusive peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Kenya minister says 59 killed in mall attack

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 04:25 AM PDT

Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist gunmen lobbed grenades and fired assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday, killing dozens and wounding over a hundred in the attack. Early Sunday morning, 12 hours after the attack began, gunmen remained holed up inside the mall with an unknown number of hostages. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)A tense standoff with Islamic extremists continued on Sunday.

SKorea separated families sad over aborted reunion

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 03:53 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 photo, South Korean Chang Choon, 81, who was suppose to travel this week to North Korea to see his brother and sister for the first time in 62 years, represses his tears during an interview at his home in Namyangju, east of Seoul, South Korea. The anticipation of what he called his lifetime wish has been shattered now that North Korea abruptly canceled six days of planned reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)NAMYANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Chang Choon didn't get much sleep as he prepared to travel to North Korea this week to see his brother and sister for the first time in more than six decades. But the anticipation of what he called the wish of a lifetime was shattered after North Korea abruptly canceled planned reunions for families separated by the Korean War.

Rihanna poses with protected primate in Thailand

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 03:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 10, 2013 file photo, singer-songwriter Rihanna performs at BANGKOK (AP) — Pop star Rihanna spent a weekend at the beach in Thailand, leaving behind a trail of racy tweets and incriminating Instagram photographs that led police to arrest two people for allegedly peddling protected primates.

Suicide attack on Pakistani church kills 56 people

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 03:08 AM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 56 people Sunday, officials said, the deadliest-ever assault on the country's Christian minority.

Suicide attack on Pakistani church kills 52 people

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 02:37 AM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 52 people Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country's Christian minority in years.

Obama to lead mourning for Navy Yard victims

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 01:34 AM PDT

Mourners leave a funeral service for Navy Yard shooting victim Martin Bodrog, of Annandale, Va., at the Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Va., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will remember the victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting during a memorial service in their honor.

Attackers remain in Kenya mall after killing 39

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:07 AM PDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Associated Press journalists at the scene of a hostage standoff say a barrage of gunfire erupted from the upscale Kenyan mall Sunday morning.

Iran's elite military warns of dangers of dealing with U.S.

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 10:52 PM PDT

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is pictured during an interview with U.S. television network NBC in TehranThe Revolutionary Guard cites "historical experiences" in its warning.

NATO: 3 US troops killed in Afghan insider attack

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 10:21 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan wearing a security forces uniform turned his weapon against U.S. troops Saturday, killing three in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, in another apparent attack by a member of the Afghan forces against their international allies.

Influential director Richard Sarafian dies at 83

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 09:51 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Sarafian, an influential film director whose 1971 countercultural car-chase thriller "Vanishing Point" brought him a decades-long cult following, has died in Southern California, his son said Saturday night.

Rescuers dig in mud, rain for dead in Mexico slide

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 09:36 PM PDT

The body of a victim sits on a wheelbarrel after being recovered from the site of a landslide in La Pintada, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. The village was the scene of the single greatest tragedy in destruction wreaked by the twin st orms, Manuel and Ingrid, which simultaneously pounded both of Mexico's coasts. Using picks and shovels, soldiers and farmers removed dirt and rock from atop the cement or corrugated-metal roofs of houses looking for bodies in this town north of Acapulco, where 68 people were reported missing following Monday's slide. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)LA PINTADA, Mexico (AP) — Fourteen hours per body.

Chinese politician Bo Xilai gets life sentence

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 09:20 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court, fallen politician Bo Xilai, center, is handcuffed and held by police officers as he stands at the court in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong province Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. The Chinese court convicted Bo on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power and sentenced him to life in prison, capping one of the country's most lurid political scandals in decades. (AP Photo/Jinan Intermediate People's Court)JINAN, China (AP) — A Chinese court convicted Bo Xilai of corruption Sunday and gave him a stern sentence of life in prison, capping a 20-month scandal that derailed one of China's most up-and-coming politicians while exposing a murder and illicit enrichment among the country's elite.
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