samedi 15 mars 2014

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Workers recover Bible from rubble of NYC buildings

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:28 PM PDT

Firefighters look over the site of a building explosion in New York, Friday, March 14, 2014. Using sound devices to probe for voices and telescopic cameras to peer into small spaces, workers searching a pile of rubble from a gas explosion in the East Harlem section of Manhattan, continued to treat it as a rescue operation, holding onto the possibility of finding survivors from a blast that brought down two apartment buildings and killed at least eight people. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) — Workers hauling away debris from the wreckage of a New York City explosion that killed eight people have recovered a Bible, which clergy members are now carrying in a solemn procession at the site.

Generation missing out on school in wartime Syria

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 09:37 AM PDT

In this picture taken on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Syrian refugee children walk between their tents on their way to a makeshift school at their refugee encampment in the Lebanese-Syrian border town of Majdal Anjar, eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon. More than 2 million of those who should be in school remain in Syria, where classrooms have been bombed, used as shelters or turned into military barracks. Another 300,000 Syrian children don't attend school in Lebanon, along with some 93,000 in Jordan, 78,000 in Turkey, 26,000 in Iraq and 4,000 in Egypt, UNICEF officials in Geneva said. Those numbers likely are higher, as UNICEF can't count the children whose parents didn't register with the United Nations refugee agency. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)MAJDAL ANJAR, Lebanon (AP) — Along with some 20 other Syrian children, 13-year-old Anas braves rain, mud and cold to attend class in a tent pitched along Lebanon's border with Syria, the home of a Syrian refugee family that serves as a classroom for four hours each day.

Thousands march in Moscow to protest Crimea vote

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 08:21 AM PDT

Boris Nemtsov, a former Russian deputy prime minister and opposition leader addresses demonstrators during a massive rally to oppose president Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine, in Moscow, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Large rival marches have taken place in Moscow over Kremlin-backed plans for Ukraine's province of Crimea to break away and merge with Russia. More than 10,000 people turned out Saturday for a rally in the center of the city held to oppose what many demonstrators described as Russia's invasion of the Crimean Peninsula. In a nearby location, a similar sized crowd voiced its support for Crimea's ethnic Russian majority, who Moscow insists is at threat from an aggressively nationalist leadership now running Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands have gathered in downtown Moscow in the largest anti-government demonstration since 2012, protesting against Sunday's Kremlin-backed referendum in Crimea on whether to break away from Ukraine and merge with Russia.

Tensions rise in Ukraine as referendum nears

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 07:34 AM PDT

A Ukrainian woman, who is a member of the district electoral committee, holds a ballot box during preparations for Sunday's referendum at a polling station in Simferopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Tensions are high in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, where a referendum is to be held Sunday on whether to split off from Ukraine and seek annexation by Russia. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of billboards throughout the capital of the restive Ukrainian republic of Crimea proclaim "Together With Russia," but a few have been hit by spray-painters who scrawled out "Russia" and replaced it with "Ukraine."

Kenyan police must stop terror hits on tiny budget

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 06:18 AM PDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's lead counterterrorism agency is working to stop another Westgate Mall-style terrorist attack — that many here believe Somali militants will try again — on a shoe-string budget: The Anti-Terror Police Unit in Nairobi has just $735 to spend this month.

Crimea prepares for referendum under heavy military presence

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 06:18 AM PDT

Election commission officials count ballots ahead a referendum at the polling station in the Crimean town of SimferopolThe streets of the Crimean capital of Simferopol were calm on Saturday, despite a heavy military presence incongruous with the normally sleepy town.

2 dead in shootout in eastern Ukraine

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 05:00 AM PDT

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people were killed and several others wounded, including a policeman, in a shootout at the building of a far-right Ukrainian nationalist group, highlighting the tensions in the eastern part of the country that have erupted in Ukraine's political turmoil.

Mega Millions jackpot swells to $400 million

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 04:15 AM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $400 million.

Obama touts overhaul of rules on who gets overtime

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 03:28 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014, before signing a Presidential Memorandum directing Labor Secretary Tom Perez to modernize overtime protections. Obama is bypassing Congress and orders changes in overtime rules so employers would required to pay millions more for extra time they put in on the job. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says it's not right that businesses that treat their employers fairly can be undercut by competitors who don't.

Two killed in Ukraine as Crimea prepares breakaway vote

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 02:57 AM PDT

People hold a Soviet flag as they take part in a pro-Russian rally in the Black Sea Ukrainian city of Odessa on March 14, 2014Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine braced on Saturday for a breakaway vote in Crimea as deadly violence flared again in the ex-Soviet country's tinderbox east amid the biggest East-West showdown since the Cold War. The second successive day of deadly unrest that has now claimed three lives in the mainly Russian-speaking east of the country came hours after Moscow, whose forces have seized control of Crimea, warned that it reserved the right to "protect" compatriots in the whole of Ukraine. US Secretary of State John Kerry had on Friday failed to either avert Sunday's Crimea ballot or win Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's assurance that Moscow may delay annexing the Black Sea region that Ukraine only received as a "gift" from Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1954.

Russian propaganda war in full swing over Ukraine

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 02:10 AM PDT

Journalists finish their last working day in independent news website Lenta.ru newsroom in Moscow, Friday, March 14, 2014. On Wednesday, the owner of leading independent news website Lenta.ru fired its chief editor following official complaints over the outlet's coverage of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)MOSCOW (AP) — This is Ukraine today, at least as seen by most Russian news media: the government is run by anti-Semitic fascists, people killed in protests were shot by opposition snipers and the West is behind it all.

Obama seeks to stay neutral in CIA-Senate spat

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:51 AM PDT

In this March 11, 2014, photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. For President Barack Obama, a public spat between his trusted ally at the CIA and a loyal Democratic senator has put into sharp focus his complicated role in managing the post-Sept. 11 anti-terror programs he inherited from George W. Bush. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, a public spat between his trusted ally at the CIA and a loyal Democratic senator has put into sharp focus his complicated role in managing the post-Sept. 11 anti-terror programs he inherited from George W. Bush.

Malaysian official says missing plane hijacked

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:05 AM PDT

A man walks out of a room reserved for relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at a hotel in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Investigators have concluded that one or more people with significant flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, switched off communication devices and steered it off-course, a Malaysian government official involved in the investigation said Saturday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian investigation into the missing flight 370 has concluded that one or more people with flying experience switched off communications devices and deliberately steered the airliner off-course, a Malaysian government official involved in the investigation said Saturday.

RNC chairman: Primary changes will rebuild GOP

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:05 AM PDT

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus speaks before the California Republican Party 2014 Spring Convention Friday, March 14, 2014, in Burlingame, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)BURLINGAME, Calif. (AP) — Planned changes to the Republican Party's presidential selection process are part of a rebuilding process that will strengthen the GOP brand and hopefully make its presidential nominee more competitive in 2016, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told California Republicans on Friday, calling the GOP's current primary process "a complete disaster."

Malaysian: Investigators conclude flight hijacked

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 10:00 PM PDT

Officer Lang Van Ngan of the Vietnam Air Force looks out the window onboard a flying AN-26 Soviet made aircraft during a search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plane over the southern sea between Vietnam and Malaysia Friday, March 14, 2014. Vietnam says it has downgraded but not stopped its search for the missing jetliner in the South China Sea and has been asked by Malaysian authorities to consider sending planes and ships to the Strait of Malacca. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)Investigators have concluded that one or more people with significant flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, a Malaysian government official said.

Authorities: Chris Brown arrested on warrant

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at a Los Angeles Superior Court for a probation review hearing in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said that Brown was arrested on an unspecified warrant on Friday, March 14, 2014. The 25-year-old singer remains on probation for his 2009 attack on then-girlfriend Rihanna and has been in court-ordered rehab for several months. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Brown was arrested Friday and will be held without bail on a warrant issued by probation officials in the latest legal entanglement for the R&B singer who has struggled to put his 2009 attack on Rihanna behind him.

Trump says he's not running for New York governor

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 6, 2014, file photo, Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md. Real estate mogul Trump says he is not running for governor of New York. Trump said on Twitter Friday, March 14, 2014, that he will not run for governor but has NEW YORK (AP) — Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Friday he will not run for governor and criticized the state's Republican Party for failing to unify behind him.

West braces for Crimea vote after talks fail

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:04 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and US Secretary of State John Kerry stand together prior to a meeting at Winfield House in London, Friday March 14, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to London on Friday to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a last-minute bid to stave off a new chapter in the East-West crisis over Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sean Dempsey, Pool)Sec. of State Kerry says result of vote to secede Ukraine is all but a foregone conclusion.

Clinton records: President feared 1994 losses

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:57 PM PDT

This photo taken March 13, 2014 shows visitors walking to the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark. The National Archives makes public another 4,000 pages of documents from the Clinton White House on Friday, including previously unreleased records related to Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and the 2000 recount in Florida. The records have been highly anticipated as former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton considers a 2016 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sensing a Republican tidal wave, President Bill Clinton worried in the summer of 1994 that Republicans were energized heading into the midterm elections while his Democratic base was deflated. "There's no organization, there's no energy, there's no anything out there," Clinton said of his own party.

Longtime Hollywood reporter Bob Thomas dead at 92

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:12 PM PDT

In this Oct. 6, 1954 file photo, Associated Press reporter Bob Thomas, center, and other media wait outside the Beverly Hills house of Marilyn Monroe, after reports that the movie star's marriage to baseball star Joe DiMaggio was breaking up. Thomas, the longtime Associated Press reporter who kept the world informed on the comings and goings of Hollywood's biggest stars, died of age-related illnesses Friday, March 14, 2014 at his Encino, Calif., home, his daughter Janet Thomas said. He was 92. (AP Photo)He was the institutional memory for the movies at The Associated Press and a passage for the world to a Hollywood both longed for and long gone.

Rival theories on Malaysia flight's disappearance

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:12 PM PDT

A relative of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 takes a photo of a slideshow displaying the chronology of events since the plane went missing during a press conference held by Hugh Dunleavy, right bottom, commercial director of Malaysia Airlines at right in a hotel in Beijing, China, Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has generated dozens of theories on where it is now, from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, and how it vanished. Here's a rundown of what we know and what we don't, along with clues and theories about what happened to the Boeing 777 jetliner:
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