samedi 31 mai 2014

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US soldier freed from captivity in Afghanistan

Posted: 31 May 2014 10:35 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The only American solider held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed from Taliban captivity in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Obama administration officials said Saturday.

US solider freed from captivity in Afghanistan

Posted: 31 May 2014 10:35 AM PDT

FILE - This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. U.S. officials say the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in U.S. custody. The officials say Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's (boh BURG'-dahl) release was part of a negotiation that includes the release of five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)WASHINGTON (AP) — The only American solider held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is back in U.S. custody after nearly five years of captivity, U.S. officials said Saturday.

In junta-ruled Thailand, reading is now resistance

Posted: 31 May 2014 09:01 AM PDT

A group of anti-coup protestors read books along an elevated walkway during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, May 31, 2014. In junta-ruled Thailand where the army recently took power in a coup, the simple act of reading in public has become an act of resistance. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)BANGKOK (AP) — In junta-ruled Thailand, where the army recently took power in a coup, the simple act of reading in public has become an act of resistance.

Mickelson says he's cooperating in trading probe

Posted: 31 May 2014 08:30 AM PDT

Phil Mickelson hits from the 13th fairway during the second round of the Memorial golf tournament Friday, May 30, 2014, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)DUBLIN, Oho (AP) — Golfer Phil Mickelson says he's cooperating in an insider trading investigation involving him, investor Carl Icahn and Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters but maintains he did nothing wrong.

Russia says monitors should stay in Ukraine

Posted: 31 May 2014 07:13 AM PDT

Ukrainian soldiers prepare their weapons at a position in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 31, 2014. The Ukrainian Acting Defense Minister said on Friday that troops had ousted separatists from southern and western parts of the Donetsk region and north of the Luhansk region. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Foreign Ministry criticized a suggestion by an official that an international monitoring body could withdraw its observer mission from Ukraine because of safety concerns, as shooting between government troops and pro-Russian rebels continued in the region on Saturday.

Analysis: Shinseki exit is outside Obama playbook

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:55 AM PDT

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is seated before speaking at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. The president said Friday that Shinseki is resigning amid widespread troubles with veterans' health care. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — This was not in the Barack Obama playbook.

Hagel spars with China over territorial disputes

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:09 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, listens to Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong, right, China's deputy chief of General Staff, at the start of their meeting, Saturday, May 31, 2014 in Singapore. Hagel warned an international security conference Saturday that the U.S. SINGAPORE (AP) — The U.S. "will not look the other way" when China and others try to restrict navigation or ignore international rules and standards, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Saturday at an international security conference.

Obama makes public health pitch for carbon rules

Posted: 31 May 2014 03:33 AM PDT

FILE - This June 25, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama wiping perspiration from his face as he speaks about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington. The Obama administration is poised to unveil first-ever rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from the power plants that dot the U.S. map. President Barack Obama says the rules are essential to curb climate change, but critics disagree. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — As governors, businesses and environmentalists brace for new limits on power plant pollution, President Barack Obama is casting his unprecedented effort to curb greenhouse gases as essential to protect the health and wellbeing of children.

Thailand's coup: Your questions answered

Posted: 31 May 2014 03:02 AM PDT

A man, center, is detained by plainclothes police officers after holding an anti-coup sign outside a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, May 31, 2014. In his first address to the public since taking control of Thailand in a bloodless coup, army commander Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of the military junta, said it could take more than a year for new elections to be held because peace and reforms must be achieved first. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's army seized power in a May 22 coup, the Southeast Asian nation's second in eight years. Here, four Associated Press correspondents who have been covering the crisis and the political turmoil leading up to it offer their insight into recent events:

India arrests 3rd suspect in gang rape of 2 teens

Posted: 31 May 2014 02:45 AM PDT

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union protest against a gang rape of two teenage girlsLUCKNOW, India (AP) — Police arrested a third suspect and hunted for two others Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in northern India, a case that has prompted national outrage.

Security matrix prevents another Tiananmen

Posted: 31 May 2014 01:41 AM PDT

Female and male security guards march in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing Saturday, May 31, 2014. A quarter century after the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement's suppression, China's communist authorities oversee a raft of measures for muzzling dissent and preventing protests. They range from the sophisticated - extensive monitoring of online debate and control over media - to the relatively simple - routine harassment of government critics and maintenance of a massive domestic security force. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)BEIJING (AP) — When visiting friends in China's capital, environmental activist Wu Lihong must slip away from his rural home before sunrise, before the police officers watching his home awaken. He rides a bus to an adjacent province and jumps aboard a train just minutes before departure to avoid being spotted.

Hagel: China territorial claims destabilize region

Posted: 31 May 2014 01:25 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Vietnam's Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh, right, before the start of their meeting, Saturday, May 31, 2014 in Singapore. Hagel traveled to Singapore to attend the 13th Asia Security Summit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned an international security conference Saturday that the U.S."will not look the other way" when nations such as China try to restrict navigation or ignore international rules and standards.

NBA owners to vote on Clippers sale, Sterling sues

Posted: 31 May 2014 12:36 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo taken Nov. 19, 2013, shows then Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during the company's annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash. An individual with knowledge of negotiations to sell the Los Angeles Clippers said Shelly Sterling has reached an agreement to sell the team to Ballmer for $2 billion. The individual, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly, told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 29, 2014, that Ballmer and the Sterling Family Trust now have a binding agreement. The deal now must be presented to the NBA. Ballmer beat out bids by Guggenheim Partners and a group including former NBA All-Star Grant Hill. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Sterling won't get to fight for his Los Angeles Clippers in front of NBA owners next week. His only chance now is in court.

Decades-old photos emerge of Apollo training

Posted: 30 May 2014 11:03 PM PDT

This 1971 image provided by NASA shows Apollo 17 astronauts, Harrison HONOLULU (AP) — Before Apollo astronauts went to the moon, they went to Hawaii to train on the Big Island's lunar landscapes.

Man who accosted Pitt pleads no contest to battery

Posted: 30 May 2014 10:46 PM PDT

Vitalii Sediuk, from Ukraine, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday, May 30, 2014, in Los Angeles. Sediuk faces four misdemeanor charges in connection with an alleged May 28 attack on actor Brad Pitt at a Los Angeles movie premiere. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who accosted Brad Pitt on a red carpet pleaded no contest to battery Friday and was ordered to stay away from the actor and Hollywood red carpet events.

Coffee rust reaches new heights in Central America

Posted: 30 May 2014 09:27 PM PDT

In this May 22, 2014 photo, coffee producer Alexander Illescas shows a coffee leaf that has damage from the coffee rust fungus in Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala. The airborne disease strikes coffee plants, flecking their leaves with spots and causing them to wither and fall off. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)FRAIJANES, Guatemala (AP) — For years, Hernan Argueta's small plot of coffee plants seemed immune to the fungus spreading elsewhere in Central America. The airborne disease that strikes coffee plants, flecking their leaves with spots and causing them to wither and fall off, failed to do much damage in the cooler elevations of Guatemala's mountains.

Heat return to NBA Finals, top Pacers 117-92

Posted: 30 May 2014 08:39 PM PDT

Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson (1) defends Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) during the first half Game 6 in the NBA basketball playoffs Eastern Conference finals on Friday, May 30, 2014, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)MIAMI (AP) — For the entirety of the regular season, the supremacy of the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference was brought into serious question by the Indiana Pacers.

Donald Sterling sues NBA in federal court for $1B

Posted: 30 May 2014 05:49 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo taken Nov. 19, 2013, shows then Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during the company's annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash. An individual with knowledge of negotiations to sell the Los Angeles Clippers said Shelly Sterling has reached an agreement to sell the team to Ballmer for $2 billion. The individual, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly, told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 29, 2014, that Ballmer and the Sterling Family Trust now have a binding agreement. The deal now must be presented to the NBA. Ballmer beat out bids by Guggenheim Partners and a group including former NBA All-Star Grant Hill. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling has filed suit in federal court against the NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver and is asking for damages in excess of $1 billion.

Norway tows Greenpeace ship out of Arctic oil rig zone

Posted: 30 May 2014 05:18 PM PDT

An undated handout photo shows Greenpeace ship Esperanza sailing past Transocean Spitsbergen oil rig on the Norwegian ArcticNorway's Coast Guard on Friday evening towed away a Greenpeace ship that tried to block Statoil's rig from drilling the world's most northerly oil well in the Barents Sea, the environment group said. Oil drillers in Norway are moving further north as mature fields in the south are depleted and as the Arctic ice retreats, opening new areas that were previously unaccessible. "The Norwegian Coast Guard tonight boarded the Greenpeace ship Esperanza outside of the country's territorial waters to end a high profile and perfectly legal protest against Arctic oil drilling," Greenpeace said in an emailed statement. The group said two groups of officers boarded the ship and took controls at around 2250 CET (2050 GMT) after Greenpeace crew refused to leave.

AP sources: Syrian suicide bomber was from Florida

Posted: 30 May 2014 05:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the man who carried out a suicide bombing against Syrian government troops earlier this week is an American from Florida.
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