dimanche 18 mai 2014

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Turkey prosecutor: 3 face charges in mine disaster

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Miners close an entrance to their coal mine in Soma, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Eighteen people, including company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.(AP Photo/Depo Photos)ISTANBUL (AP) — Three people were arrested on charges of negligence in the Turkish mining disaster that killed 301 people, a prosecutor said Sunday. The suspects are among 19 people still in custody.

Prosecutor: 3 charged in Turkey mine disaster

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Riot police use water cannons and teargas to disperse people who were protesting the Soma mine accident that killed 301 miners, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Saturday that crews had found more bodies overnight, raising the death toll to 301. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. (AP PhotoISTANBUL (AP) — Three people were arrested on charges of negligence in the Turkish mining disaster that killed 301 people, a prosecutor said Sunday. The suspects were among 25 people who were taken into custody.

Bosnia flooding triggers landslides, unearth mines

Posted: 18 May 2014 10:29 AM PDT

Serbian police officers carry a man from a military helicopter during flood evacuation from Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade Serbia, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Record flooding in the Balkans leaves at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)BRCKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Floodwaters triggered more than 2,000 landslides across much of the Balkans on Sunday, laying waste to entire towns and villages and disturbing land mines left over from the region's 1990s war, along with warning signs that marked the unexploded devices.

Schools work to help transgender students fit in

Posted: 18 May 2014 09:12 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Isaac Barnett took a bold step last year: He told teachers and classmates at his Kansas high school that the student they had known as a girl now wanted to be accepted as a boy.

Obama Cabinet may be boost for rising Texas mayor

Posted: 18 May 2014 08:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2009 file photo, Julian Castro, left, mayor-elect of San Antonio, pauses during a visit with his brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, right, in the Texas House of Representatives, in Austin, Texas. President Barack Obama's expected nomination of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro as secretary of Housing and Urban Development could test the 39-year-old's ability to navigate Washington ahead of 2016 elections, Texas Democrats say. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — President Barack Obama's expected nomination of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro as secretary of Housing and Urban Development could test the 39-year-old's ability to navigate Washington ahead of 2016 elections, Texas Democrats say.

Rogue Libyan general's troops attack parliament

Posted: 18 May 2014 07:54 AM PDT

In this Saturday, May 17, 2014 photo, Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter addresses a press conference in Benghazi, Libya. The death toll from fighting over the weekend in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi between troops loyal to Hifter, a rogue general, and Islamist militias has risen to at least 70, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. In a statement late Saturday, Libya's interim prime minister, parliament speaker and the head of military warned Hifter against further pursuing his offensive and threatened the troops cooperating with him. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Shaiky)TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A spokesman for a rogue Libyan general says his forces have attacked parliament to arrest Islamists there, but were met with resistance.

Turkish police detain 19 in mine disaster probe

Posted: 18 May 2014 07:53 AM PDT

A body of miner is carried to an ambulance in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of ManisaTurkish police detained 19 people, including mining company executives and personnel, as an investigation into last week's mine disaster got underway and the last of the 301 victims were buried on Sunday. The detentions were the first of the inquiry and came five days after a fire sent deadly carbon monoxide coursing through the mine in the western Turkish town of Soma, causing the county's worst ever industrial accident. The disaster has sparked protests across Turkey, directed at mine owners accused of ignoring safety for profit, and at Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government, seen as too close to industry bosses and insensitive in its response. Police formed a cordon around the court house in Soma as the crowd of onlookers, journalists and relatives of those detained grew steadily.

SpaceX Dragon departs space station after month

Posted: 18 May 2014 07:21 AM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The space Dragon has left the space station.

Bosnia floods create new land-mine risk in Balkans

Posted: 18 May 2014 03:24 AM PDT

Serbian police officers carry an old woman out of military helicopter during flood evacuation from Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade Serbia, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Record flooding in the Balkans leaves at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Record-high floods and landslides have swept away people, homes and roads in the Balkans over the past week, but in Bosnia another deadly menace is hiding in the flood rubble: land mines.

Record Balkan floods lead to Bosnia landslides

Posted: 18 May 2014 02:37 AM PDT

Serbian police officers carry a man from a military helicopter during flood evacuation from Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade Serbia, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Record flooding in the Balkans leaves at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)SARAJEVO, Bosnia (AP) — Officials say landslides triggered by record-high floods have left hundreds of people homeless in Bosnia, while thousands more are fleeing their homes in Croatia and Serbia as Balkan countries battle the region's worst flooding in recorded history.

France's far right on the rise ahead of EU vote

Posted: 18 May 2014 02:06 AM PDT

Woman wearing traditional muslim scarf and holding French flags gather outside the town hall in Mantes la Ville, north west of Paris, Friday, May 16, 2014, in protest of the ban of a new mosque. A new mosque for Muslims approved last year and paid with a heavy deposit is suddenly in limbo in a town outside Paris, and new shops in a southern town that reflect Muslims' traditions will be banned. Newly-installed far-right mayors in Mantes-la-Ville, west of the French capital, and in Beaucaire, in southwest France, are rolling out their programs and the large Muslim populations in their towns risk getting crushed. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)PARIS (AP) — For the National Front party, French towns should look French. That means no more new mosques or kebab shops.

Vietnam clamps down on anti-China protests

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:32 AM PDT

A Vietnamese police officer uses a speaker to order pedestrians including journalists to leave a closed area near the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday, May 18, 2014. Vietnamese authorities forcibly broke up small protests against China in two cities on Sunday, after deadly anti-China rampages over a simmering territorial dispute risked damaging the economy and spooked a state used to keeping a tight grip on its people. In southern Ho Chi Minh City, police dragged away several demonstrators from a park in the city center. In Hanoi, authorities closed off streets and a park close to the Chinese Embassy and pushed journalists and protesters away. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam forcibly broke up anti-China protests on Sunday after deadly riots targeting Chinese interests over a raging territorial dispute spooked investors and the country's authoritarian regime.

Pyongyang building collapse leaves many casualties

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:32 AM PDT

KCNA picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walking with officials during his inspection of Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force Unit 447SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean officials offered a rare public apology for the collapse of an apartment building under construction in Pyongyang, which a South Korean official said was believed to have caused considerable casualties that could mean hundreds might have died.

Senate candidates campaign in Ga.'s GOP stronghold

Posted: 17 May 2014 11:45 PM PDT

Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga, and candidate for US Senate talks to a voter during the BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — Candidates in Georgia's fiercely contested Republican Senate race sought votes in one of the most solidly Republican areas in the country on Saturday, just days ahead of a primary that could help determine congressional control.

CDC: MERS virus spread in US, but 2nd man not sick

Posted: 17 May 2014 11:13 PM PDT

FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows novel coronavirus particles, also known as the MERS virus, colorized in yellow. On Saturday, May 17, 2014 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said an Illinois man has apparently picked up an infection from the only American diagnosed with a mysterious Middle East virus, but the man has not needed medical treatment. (AP Photo/NIAID - RML, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials reported Saturday what appears to be the first time that a mysterious Middle East virus has spread from one person to another in the United States.

Beijing sends evacuation ships to Vietnam

Posted: 17 May 2014 08:36 PM PDT

Security staff guard the entrance to a Singaporean factory in an industrial park in Binh Duong province, Vietnam Saturday, May 17, 2014, after mobs attacked foreign owned factories following anti-China protests. Vietnam's prime minister ordered an end Saturday to all BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday dispatched five ships to Vietnam to speed up the evacuation of its citizens following deadly anti-Chinese riots over Beijing's deployment of an oil rig in waters claimed by both countries.

Obama considering new housing and budget leaders

Posted: 17 May 2014 07:17 PM PDT

File- This march 12, 2014, file photo shows Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's a second-term Cabinet shuffle for President Barack Obama. Obama plans to nominate Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan to be White House budget. And the president is considering naming San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro as Donovan's successor. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Shuffling his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama plans to nominate Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan to be budget director and is considering San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to succeed Donovan, according to people familiar with the selection process.

California Chrome wins Preakness; Triple try next

Posted: 17 May 2014 05:43 PM PDT

California Chrome, ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, wins the 139th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)BALTIMORE (AP) — California Chrome repelled one challenger and then put away another in the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, setting up a Triple Crown try in three weeks.

AP PHOTOS: California Chrome eyes Triple Crown

Posted: 17 May 2014 05:43 PM PDT

California Chrome, ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, wins the 139th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)California Chrome kicked into another gear to storm in front of Ride on Curlin and win the Preakness on Saturday.

CANNES WATCH: Hayek's nod, Baruchel's 'Star Wars'

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:48 PM PDT

Actress Salma Hayek holds up a sign reading CANNES, France (AP) — The Associated Press is all over the Cannes Film Festival — from its glitzy premieres to the celeb parties and quirky moments in between. Here's what reporters have seen and heard:

Obama considering new housing, budget leaders

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2014, file photo, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro speaks about President Barack Obama's signature health care law at the Families USA's 19th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington. Obama is considering nominating San Antonio's mayor to be housing secretary. That's according to people familiar with the selection process. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter by name. Castro would succeed Shaun Donovan, a member of Obama's original Cabinet. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Shuffling his second-term Cabinet, President Barack Obama plans to nominate Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan to be budget director and is considering San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to succeed Donovan, according to people familiar with the selection process.

Obama eyeing San Antonio mayor for housing chief

Posted: 17 May 2014 01:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2014, file photo, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro speaks about President Barack Obama's signature health care law at the Families USA's 19th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington. Obama is considering nominating San Antonio's mayor to be housing secretary. That's according to people familiar with the selection process. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter by name. Castro would succeed Shaun Donovan, a member of Obama's original Cabinet. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is considering nominating San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, a rising star in the Democratic Party, to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to people familiar with the selection process.
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