mardi 31 décembre 2013

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All-clear coming for ND town near oil train derail

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:57 PM PST

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil derailed near Casselton Monday afternoon. Several explosions were reported as some cars on the mile-long train caught fire. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — Officials are lifting a recommended evacuation for residents of a small North Dakota town that's near the site of a fiery oil train derailment.

New laws you need to know about in 2014

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:57 PM PST

Putin vows total destruction of 'terrorists'

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:09 PM PST

Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers his New Year's address to the nation in Khabarovsk on December 31, 2013Russian leader makes first public comments on bombings that have raised alarm for Olympic Games.

Apple: We had no role in NSA's alleged iPhone hack

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 10:38 AM PST

In a Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, a person stands near the Apple logo at the company's new store in Grand Central Terminal, in New York. If Apple had been added to the Dow in June 2009, the last time there were serious rumors that it would happen, the average would be about 2,500 points higher than it is today and well above its all-time high.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)LONDON (AP) — Apple Inc. says it played no role in the National Security Agency's alleged efforts to hack the iPhone, explaining that it was unaware of a recently revealed program apparently aimed at turning the best-selling smartphone into an improvised listening device.

The 13 top photo galleries of '13

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 10:38 AM PST

Spencer and SkylerThe countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year!

Girl declared brain dead remains on life support

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 10:38 AM PST

Children's Hospital of Oakland spokesman Sam Singer gives an update on the condition of Jahi McMath on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in Oakland , Calif. Without another court action, a California hospital on Monday could unhook a 13-year-old girl from a breathing machine after she was declared brain dead. Jahi McMath could be removed from life support at Children's Hospital of Oakland at 5 p.m. PST under a Dec. 24 ruling by an Alameda County Superior Court Judge. The family is awaiting word on whether a facility in New York would accept the girl as a transfer patient. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery remained on life support Tuesday after a state judge gave her family at least another week to find a place to move her.

Speaker Boehner ends rough year on a high note

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:34 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ups and downs of House Speaker John Boehner in 2013 dramatize the difficulties of managing a narrow Republican majority in the House.

Syrian death toll passes 130,000

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:34 AM PST

A man runs as a Free Syrian Army fighter stands on a back of a truck in Hama provinceMore than a third of the dead were civilians, a group says.

S Sudan rebels take most of strategic city of Bor

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:04 AM PST

The United States special envoy to South Sudan Donald Booth speaks to the media, as U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Susan D. Page, left, listens in Juba, South Sudan, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Booth told The Associated Press Tuesday that the country's warring factions have agreed to attend peace talks in Ethiopia and that the commitment of both sides is JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Anti-government rebels in South Sudan took control of nearly all of a strategic city on Tuesday even as officials announced that representatives from the government and the rebels agreed to hold talks for the first time.

A beloved singer dragged into Lebanon's divisions

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:04 AM PST

In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, Lebanon's diva Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most popular singers performs during a concert in the coastal town of Jounieh, Lebanon. Through decades of conflict, there has been one thing all Lebanese could agree on, their adoration of the country's iconic singer Fairouz, who stood unquestioned above the fray with her anthems to Lebanon and Palestine and songs of love. Now the 78-singer has been dragged into the thick of the country's bitter political and sectarian divisions after her son said in an interview that she loves the leader of Hezbollah, sparking an uproar among opponents of the Shiite guerrilla group. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Through decades of conflict, there has been one thing all Lebanese could agree on, their adoration of the country's iconic singer Fairouz, who stood unquestioned above the fray with her anthems to Lebanon and Palestine and songs of love.

Racer in 2009 crash recalls brain injury struggle

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:04 AM PST

FILE - This is a Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 file photo of Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht looses control during a downhill training on the legendary Streif downhill course in Kitzbuehel, Austria,. Albrecht injured himself in the crash after he lost control and flew through the air for about 40 meters (yards) coming to a stop near the finish line. He received medical attention for several minutes before being airlifted by helicopter to a local hospital. Albrecht counts himself among the lucky. The Swiss Alpine racer left spectators gasping in horror when he lost control during a training run in January 2009, landing on his back and sliding down the icy slope.Then came three weeks in a medically induced coma and months of struggling for a simple word or phrase. Ultimately, while still in his 20s, the former world champion had to give up competing in the sport that he loved. But, viewing Michael Schumacher's critical brain injuries through the prism of his own, Albrecht knows his own luck held GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Daniel Albrecht counts himself among the lucky. The Swiss Alpine racer left spectators gasping in horror when he lost control during a training run in January 2009, landing on his back and sliding down the icy slope.

Eurozone: 18 members, and now what?

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 08:16 AM PST

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, an elderly woman sells honey at a Christmas market in downtown Riga, Latvia. When Latvia adopts the euro on Jan. 1, 2014 it will bring with it a banking sector that is swelling with suspicious money from Russia and the east _ just as the currency bloc is trying to clamp down on such havens. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)BRUSSELS (AP) — The euro currency union, which just 18 months ago appeared on the verge of collapse, is welcoming a new member. But while officials will hail that as more proof that the bloc is here to stay, the economy still faces a list of economic ills — sluggish growth, high unemployment and growing inequality.

Mayor: ND town dodged a bullet in crude explosion

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 07:30 AM PST

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil derailed near Casselton Monday afternoon. Several explosions were reported as some cars on the mile-long train caught fire. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — A southeastern North Dakota town narrowly escaped tragedy when a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded nearby, the mayor said Tuesday, calling for changes in how the fuel is transported across the U.S.

Legal pot sales begin amid uncertainty in Colo.

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 06:58 AM PST

In this Dec. 5, 2013, photo marijuana matures in ideal conditions at the Medicine Man dispensary and grow operation in northeast Denver. As Colorado prepares to be the first in the nation to allow recreational pot sales, opening Jan. 1, hopeful retailers are investing their fortunes into the legal recreational pot world, all for a chance to build even bigger ones in a fledgling industry that faces an uncertain future. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)A few dozen shops are expected to be open for business on New Year's Day.

Officials warn of toxic smoke near ND derailment

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 06:28 AM PST

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil derailed near Casselton Monday afternoon. Several explosions were reported as some cars on the mile-long train caught fire. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — Many residents evacuated a southeastern North Dakota town overnight after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, and officials warned that acrid smoke could blow into the area.

US sends 3 Uighur Guantanamo prisoners to Slovakia

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 05:40 AM PST

The National Defense Authorization Act allows accelerated repatriation of terror suspects from the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but does not allow the transfer of detainees to the United StatesObama is closer to his goal of shutting the prison on the base in Cuba.

Officials warn of toxic fumes near ND derailment

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 05:40 AM PST

CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — Many residents evacuated a southeastern North Dakota town overnight after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, and officials warned that acrid and hazardous smoke could blow into the area.

Weather shift near ND derailment worries officials

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 05:10 AM PST

CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — A shift in the weather could heighten the risk of potential health hazards after a mile-long train carrying crude oil derailed in North Dakota and set off explosions, authorities said, urging residents of a nearby town evacuate.

Bangladesh orders arrest of factory owners for deadly fire

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:22 AM PST

A Bangladeshi soldier walks between rows of burnt sewing machines in the nine-storey Tazreen Fashion plant in Savar, Bangladesh, on November 25, 2012A Bangladesh court Tuesday ordered the arrest of owners of a garment factory where 111 workers were killed last year in the country's worst such fire, after police laid charges. The court in Dhaka issued the warrants for Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter and four others over the blaze that gutted the Tazreen factory where workers stitched clothes for Western retailers including Walmart. Senior judicial magistrate Wasim Sheikh gave the order after declaring all six "fugitives" for failing to appear in court over charges laid by police earlier this month against 13 people over the tragedy, a prosecutor said. "Dhaka's senior judicial magistrate Wasim Sheikh issued the warrants of arrest against the two fugitive owners ... and four other company officials for the Tazreen factory fire," prosecutor Anwarul Kabir told AFP.

Revelers start ringing in 2014 with fireworks

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:08 AM PST

Fireworks explode near the Harbor Bridge and the Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — New Zealand rang in the New Year with multicolored fireworks erupting from Auckland's Sky Tower at midnight Tuesday as thousands of cheering revelers danced in the streets of the South Pacific island nation's largest city.

Game show vanishes amid Turkish graft scandal

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:34 AM PST

Several thousand of civil servants gather in the city center to protest against corruption and the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. European officials on Saturday urged Turkey to handle a deepening corruption scandal in a transparent manner amid some concerns that the government was trying to stifle an investigation that has targeted people close to Erdogan. Erdogan this week reshuffled his Cabinet and fired key ministers after 24 people, including the sons of two former ministers, were arrested on bribery charges. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A popular game show that was punished for its subtle support of last summer's anti-government protests appears once again to have become the victim of Turkish media censorship as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government scrambles to contain a corruption scandal.

Police, troops heavy in bomb-hit Russian city

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:15 AM PST

A women puts a flower outside a wreckage of a trolleybus in Volgograd, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Russian authorities ordered police to beef up security at train stations and other facilities across the country after a suicide bomber killed 14 people on a bus Monday in the southern city of Volgograd. It was the second deadly attack in two days on the city that lies just 400 miles (650 kilometers) from the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AP) — Thousands of police officers and paramilitary forces are on duty in the Russian city of Volgograd, which is reeling from two suicide bombings in two days that killed 34 people and raised fears that a terrorist campaign may have begun that could stretch into the Winter Olympics.

Calif. girl to remain on ventilator until Jan. 7

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 11:39 PM PST

Children's Hospital of Oakland spokesman Sam Singer gives an update on the condition of Jahi McMath on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in Oakland , Calif. Without another court action, a California hospital on Monday could unhook a 13-year-old girl from a breathing machine after she was declared brain dead. Jahi McMath could be removed from life support at Children's Hospital of Oakland at 5 p.m. PST under a Dec. 24 ruling by an Alameda County Superior Court Judge. The family is awaiting word on whether a facility in New York would accept the girl as a transfer patient. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery will remain on life support for at least another week after a state judge on Monday extended a deadline.

'Selfie,' 'twerk' top school's annoying word list

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 09:52 PM PST

File- In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, singer Justin Bieber takes a DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan university has issued its annual list of annoying words, and those flexible enough to take selfies of themselves twerking should take note.

Asia-Pacific cities first to usher in New Year

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 09:23 PM PST

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney's iconic opera house and harbor bridge will sparkle with tons of exploding fireworks, while smog concerns have dampened such pyrotechnic displays in at least one polluted Chinese city and Japanese temples will ring 108 times as Asia-Pacific countries become the first to usher in the New Year.
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