mercredi 12 février 2014

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Lone Algeria jet crash survivor joins tragic group

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 10:16 AM PST

The wreckage of an Algerian military transport plane which slammed into a mountain Tuesday in the country's rugged eastern region, is pictured Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. The crash killed scores of people and left just one survivor, the defense ministry said. The plane was discovered in pieces on Mount Fortas near the town of Ain Kercha, 50 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Constantine, the main city in eastern Algeria. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)PARIS (AP) — The Algerian soldier who was the sole survivor of the crash of a military jet that killed 76 joins a group of people who carry a burden unique to those who live through mass tragedy.

Finland #1, US sinks to 46th in global press freedom rankings

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:24 AM PST

The United States did not live up last year to the promise of the First Amendment, "far from it," sinking to 46th in global press freedom rankings, a respected international non-profit group said Wednesday.

Sinkhole collapses part of Corvette Museum in Ky.

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 06:49 AM PST

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A sinkhole collapsed part of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky on Wednesday, damaging at least six cars there but not shutting down the facility.

Messy storm makes its way across the South

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 06:16 AM PST

Vehicles slowly make their way on a snow-covered Alabama state Route 35, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Fort Payne, Ala. Residents woke to a blanket of snow that was expected to continue throughout the morning hours. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)Winter-weary residents woke up to a region encased in ice, snow and freezing rain.

Nebraska city to keep illegal immigration rules

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:55 AM PST

State Sen. Charlie Jansssen of Fremont, third left, Jeremy Jensen, center, and John Wiegert, second right, celebrate in Fremont, Neb., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, after city voters have decided by voting no, to uphold the law designed to bar immigrants from renting homes if they don't have legal permission to be in the U.S. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Residents of a small Nebraska city have reaffirmed their desire to take on illegal immigration.

Maze and Gisin tie for Olympic downhill gold

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 03:47 AM PST

Slovenia's Tina Maze celebrates after finishing in the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — In a rare tie in Alpine skiing, Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland both won Olympic gold Wednesday in the women's downhill.

Republican wins San Diego mayor special election

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:14 AM PST

San Diego mayoral candidate David Alvarez cast his ballot as a his daughter, Izel, holds onto his leg at a polling location in the Logan Heights neighborhood where Alvarez grew up and still lives Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Republican city councilman has been elected mayor of San Diego to replace Bob Filner, who resigned amid a torrent of sexual harassment allegations.

Maze and Gisin tie for lead in Olympic downhill

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:03 AM PST

Slovenia's Tina Maze celebrates after finishing in the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland are tied for the Olympic women's downhill lead after 30 racers and are headed for gold with only lower-ranked skiers remaining.

House Republicans back away from debt fight

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:18 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a concession to President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers, Boehner said Tuesday the House will vote to increase the government's borrowing cap without trying to attach conditions sought by some Republicans. WASHINGTON (AP) — Unwilling to spook the markets and divided among themselves, House Republicans backed away from a battle over the government's debt limit Tuesday and permitted President Barack Obama's Democratic allies to drive quick passage of a measure extending Treasury's borrowing authority without any concessions from the White House.

Long journey ends at home for man drifting at sea

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 10:26 PM PST

In this photo released by El Salvador's Foreign Ministry, Jose Salvador Alvarenga holds a microphone intending to speak, after arriving at the airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Alvarenga was wheeled in a wheelchair before a crush of more than 100 mostly foreign journalists. But when handed the microphone, he held it in silence. The 37-year-old, who says he survived more than a year on a small boat drifting from Mexico across the Pacific Ocean to the Marshall Islands, arrived in his native El Salvador late Tuesday. Pictured from left to right are El Salvador's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Juan Jose Garcia, Foreign Affairs Minister Jaime Miranda, an unidentified official, Alvarenga and Vice Minister of Health Violeta Menjivar. (AP Photo/El Salvador's Foreign Ministry)SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A fisherman who says he drifted at sea for more than a year has finally made it home to El Salvador, exhausted and speechless.

Republican takes lead in race for San Diego mayor

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:50 PM PST

San Diego mayoral candidate David Alvarez cast his ballot as a his daughter, Izel, holds onto his leg at a polling location in the Logan Heights neighborhood where Alvarez grew up and still lives Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Republican city councilman surged to a big lead Tuesday in a contest for mayor of San Diego to replace Bob Filner, who resigned amid a torrent of sexual harassment allegations.

Wire fox terrier wins best in show at Westminster

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:42 PM PST

Sky, a wire fox terrier, is held as his handler Gabriel Rangel kisses the hand of judge Betty Regina Leininger after winning best of show during the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK (AP) — Sky the wire fox terrier became America's top dog Tuesday night, winning best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

Deadly ice and snow storm takes aim at U.S. South

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:01 PM PST

Traffic makes it way slowly up Interstate 80 near Donner Pass in Soda Springs.By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A major winter storm that has caused at least six deaths unfurled across much of the U.S. South on Tuesday, and forecasters warned that ice could cripple road travel and bring widespread power outages in coming days. The storm's combination of rain, sleet, heavy snow and thick ice across the South is of "historical proportions," said the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City, Georgia. "There is the potential for it to be a catastrophic event," with ice bringing down trees and power lines, said Brian Lynn, a weather service meteorologist. The storm is forecast to reach from eastern Texas to the Carolinas and the Middle Atlantic states by late on Wednesday.

Belgium set to extend right-to-die law to children

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 03:38 PM PST

In this photo taken on Feb. 7, 2014, Belgian professor and doctor, Gerlant Van Berlaer, poses at the University Hospital UZ in Brussels. Belgium, one of the very few countries where euthanasia is legal, should take the unprecedented step this week of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death. Dr. Gerlant van Berlaer, a prominent Brussels pediatrician, said the beneficiaries should be teenage boys and girls who are in the advanced stages of cancer or other terminal illnesses, and suffering unbearable pain. Under current law, they must let nature take its course_or wait until they turn 18 and can ask to be euthanized. The Belgian Senate voted 50-17 on Dec. 12 to amend the country's 2002 law on euthanasia to also apply it to minors, but only under certain additional conditions, including the need for parental consent and the requirement that any minor desiring euthanasia demonstrate a BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium, one of the very few countries where euthanasia is legal, is expected to take the unprecedented step this week of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death — extending the right to children for the first time.

Security fears threaten US future in Afghanistan

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:32 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014, file photo, Afghan farmers work on their field on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan. Uncertainty over how many U.S. troops might remain in Afghanistan beyond this year has trickled down to American diplomats and aid workers whose efforts over the last decade to develop the still mostly primitive country faces a drawdown of its own because of security fears. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Warily watching to see how many U.S. troops might remain in Afghanistan next year, American diplomats and aid workers are facing a withdrawal of their own as security threats and dwindling resources limit their 12-year push to develop the mostly primitive nation.

Atlanta area braces for ice storm; 4 die in Texas

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:53 PM PST

A Georgia transportation sign warns motorists on Interstate 75 on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Kennesaw, Ga., about 20 miles north of metro Atlanta. A winter snow storm is blowing into Georgia in what the National Weather Service predicted to be ATLANTA (AP) — The city dodged the first punch of a dangerous winter storm Tuesday, but forecasters warned of a potentially "catastrophic" second blow in the form of a thick layer of ice that threatened to bring hundreds of thousands of power outages and leave people in their cold, dark homes for days.
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