dimanche 6 octobre 2013

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Good Samaritan in NYC biker-SUV brawl felt danger

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:54 PM PDT

This combination of undated images released by the the New York City Police Department shows a man wanted for questioning in regards to an assault on Sept. 29, 2013 where dozens of bikers stopped a Range Rover SUV on a highway, attacked the vehicle, then chased the driver and pulled him from the car after he plowed over a motorcyclist while trying to escape. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department)NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man who intervened in the beating of a driver pulled from his car and set upon by a group of bikers said Sunday he "felt intense danger" as he protected the assaulted man.

Egypt: 38 killed in new bout of street violence

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:39 PM PDT

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Rival crowds of supporters of Egypt's military and backers of the Islamist president deposed by the army poured into streets around the country Sunday, as a holiday marking the anniversary of the last war with Israel turned into a showdown between the country's two camps. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Health Ministry says 38 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of the ousted Islamist president.

Experts begin dismantling Syrian chemical program

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:08 PM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — International disarmament experts on Sunday began dismantling and destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal and the equipment used to produce it, taking the first concrete step in their colossal task of eliminating the country's chemical stockpile by mid-2014, an official said.

Clashes kill 34 in Egypt as street battles erupt

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:52 AM PDT

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Rival crowds of supporters of Egypt's military and backers of the Islamist president deposed by the army poured into streets around the country Sunday, as a holiday marking the anniversary of the last war with Israel turned into a showdown between the country's two camps. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Health Ministry says 34 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of the ousted Islamist president.

Experts being dismantling Syrian chemical program

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:38 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — International disarmament experts on Sunday began dismantling and destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal and the equipment used to produce it, taking the first concrete step in their colossal task of eliminating the country's chemical stockpile by mid-2014, an official said.

Italian migrant death toll reaches at least 194

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:22 AM PDT

Italian soldiers carry body bags at the Lampedusa island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Authorities say divers have recovered new bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 migrants from Eritrea. Financial police Maj. Leonardo Ricci said divers have recovered about 10 bodies since resuming the search Sunday morning. He said the search and recovery would continue LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — An Italian government minister born in Africa stood silently Sunday as soldiers carried body bags of would-be asylum seekers from her native continent who perished when their packed fishing boat sank within sight of the tiny island of Lampedusa.

Iraq suicide blasts kill 33, many of them children

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:07 AM PDT

An Iraqi mother sits next to her injured son at a hospital in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Tens of people were killed and scores injured in deadly attacks in Iraq on Sunday, including at least a dozen children slain when a suicide bomber detonated the explosives-laden car he was driving near their elementary school in the north of the country, officials said. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Deadly attacks in Iraq killed at least 33 people on Sunday, including a dozen children slain when a suicide bomber detonated the explosives-laden car he was driving near their elementary school in the north of the country, officials said.

Sudan: Another Arab state feels heat from street

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 10:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Sudanese protesters run from riot police during clashes in Khartoum, Sudan. In recent times Sudan has gone through two major civil wars, the loss of its rebellious southern oil region, and the indictment of its president for war crimes. Now, with its economy in disarray, it's the latest Arab country to be feeling heat from the street.(AP Photo/Abd Raouf, File)KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — In recent times Sudan has gone through two major civil wars, the loss of its rebellious southern oil region, and the indictment of its president for war crimes. Now, with its economy in disarray, it's the latest Arab country to be feeling heat from the street.

Egypt: clashes during national holiday kill 15

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:49 AM PDT

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Rival crowds of supporters of Egypt's military and backers of the Islamist president deposed by the army poured into streets around the country Sunday, as a holiday marking the anniversary of the last war with Israel turned into a showdown between the country's two camps. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — A senior Egyptian Health Ministry official says 15 people have been killed in clashes across the country between security forces and supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president.

49 more migrant bodies recovered in Italy

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 08:45 AM PDT

Italian soldiers carry body bags at the Lampedusa island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Authorities say divers have recovered new bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 migrants from Eritrea. Financial police Maj. Leonardo Ricci said divers have recovered about 10 bodies since resuming the search Sunday morning. He said the search and recovery would continue LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — An Italian government minister born in Africa watched wordlessly Sunday as soldiers wearing face masks carried body bags containing migrants from her continent who perished when a fishing boat sank within sight of the tiny island of Lampedusa.

Crocodiles disappearing as dinner in Jamaica

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 08:14 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 photo, crocodile enthusiast Lawrence Henriques pats the tail of a seven-foot female crocodile at a sanctuary and captive rearing program he founded in the mountain town of Cascade in northern Jamaica. He set up the facility as a domestic market for crocodile meat and even eggs as conservationists worried that the big reptiles, protected by law since 1971 and already endangered by the steady loss of their wetland habitat, might be wiped from the wild altogether. (AP Photo/David McFadden)CASCADE, Jamaica (AP) — Crocodiles were once so abundant along the salty rim of southern Jamaica that images of their toothy jaws and spiny armor crown the tropical island's coat of arms and are stenciled on the bumpers of military vehicles.

32 more migrant bodies recovered in Italy

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 07:59 AM PDT

Italian soldiers carry body bags at the Lampedusa island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Authorities say divers have recovered new bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 migrants from Eritrea. Financial police Maj. Leonardo Ricci said divers have recovered about 10 bodies since resuming the search Sunday morning. He said the search and recovery would continue LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — An Italian government minister born in Africa watched wordlessly Sunday as soldiers wearing face masks carried body bags containing migrants from her continent who perished when a fishing boat sank within sight of the tiny island of Lampedusa.

Mexican monster truck wreck kills 8, hurts dozens

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 07:43 AM PDT

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) — An out-of-control monster truck shot into a crowd of spectators at a Mexican air show, killing at least eight people and hurting 80 others, dozens seriously, officials said.

Italy: Divers recover 32 more bodies of migrants

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 07:11 AM PDT

A boat is moored at the Lampedusa island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Authorities say divers have recovered new bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 migrants from Eritrea. Financial police Maj. Leonardo Ricci said divers have recovered about 10 bodies since resuming the search Sunday morning. He said the search and recovery would continue LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — Italian divers on Sunday recovered 32 more bodies of migrants who died when a fishing boat with some 500 people onboard sank within sight of the tiny island of Lampedusa.

Exodus of Cubans fuels clash of new and old

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 06:25 AM PDT

In this Sept. 19, 2013 photo, Irka Ducasse Blanes, a recent Cuban immigrant, smiles during an interview at a tax preparation office where she works in Miami. Since 2002, the number of Cubans leaving has hovered around 30,000 annually, making the last 10 years the largest exodus since the start of the revolution. The influx of new arrivals is evident throughout Miami, the heart of Cuba's exile population. In 2007, Blanes came to America when she was six months pregnant, bringing with her a 7-year-old daughter, followed soon after by her husband. The family wanted a better future for their children, and today Blanes does identify with the term MIAMI (AP) — Some 46,662 Cubans left the island legally and permanently last year, the largest migration in a single year since 1994, according to figures from Cuba's National Statistics Office. Since 2002, the number leaving has hovered around 30,000 annually, making the last 10 years the largest exodus since the start of the revolution.

Iraq suicide blasts kill 27, many of them children

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 06:09 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide car bombers attacked an elementary school and a police station in a small northern Iraqi village on Sunday while another on foot detonated his payload among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing at least 27 people including children, officials said.

Sean Penn sponsors 5 Haitians for NYC marathon

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:53 AM PDT

Sean Penn attends the New York Film Festival premiere of NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Penn is ecstatic that his relief organization will sponsor runners from Haiti to participate in the New York City Marathon next month.

Iraq: New blast hits Shiite pilgrims, killing 12

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:37 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has struck Shiite pilgrims passing through a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad, pushing the day's death toll from attacks in Iraq to 27.

Iraq: 15 dead as blasts hit school, police post

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:22 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide attackers blew up explosives-laden vehicles next to an elementary school and a police station in a small northern Iraqi village on Sunday, killing at least 15 people of whom many were children, officials said.

Italy: Divers recover more bodies of dead migrants

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 04:19 AM PDT

Teddy bears and flowers sit on coffins of the dead migrants inside a hangar of Lampedusa's airport, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. A ship carrying African migrants towards Italy sank Thursday after a fire was set onboard to attract attention of any passing boats or people on shore when they ran into trouble. They had traveled for two full days and thought they had reached safety when they saw the lights of Lampedusa. Instead, at least 111 drowned and 155 survived, some of whom were in the water for three hours, clinging to anything buoyant, even empty water bottles. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — Authorities say divers have recovered more bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 migrants from Eritrea.

UN: Destruction of Syrian chemical program begins

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 04:03 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. official says international inspectors have begun destroying Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and the machinery used to create it.

Iraq: 13 dead as blasts hit school, police post

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 03:19 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide attackers blew up explosives-laden vehicles next to an elementary school and a police station in a small northern Iraqi village on Sunday, killing at least 13 people, many of them children.

Mexican monster truck wreck kills 6, hurts dozens

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 03:10 AM PDT

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) — An official says an out-of-control monster truck has shot into a crowd of spectators at a Mexican air show, killing six and hurting dozens.

Weekend in Washington yields little on shutdown

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 03:10 AM PDT

With the government shutdown still unresolved, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., leaves the chamber at the end the day, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. There has been no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A large chunk of the furloughed federal work force is headed back to the Pentagon, and those who remain at home or are working without paychecks are a step closer to getting back pay once the partial government shutdown ends.

Vogt's single in 9th lifts A's over Tigers 1-0

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 10:36 PM PDT

Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander throws to an Oakland Athletics batter during the fourth inning of Game 2 of an American League baseball division series in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A pair of Oakland rookies, one heralded and the other a relative unknown, provided everything the Athletics needed to tie their AL division series with Detroit at one game apiece.
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