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Seattle police investigating threat close to Amazon.com HQ

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 12:59 PM PST

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle police said on Monday they are investigating an unspecified threat close to Amazon.com's headquarters in the South Lake Union neighborhood of the city. Local media reported that Amazon employees had been evacuated from office buildings. The company did not immediately return calls seeking confirmation. (Reporting by Bill Rigby; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

Three dead, four hurt in Sydney siege

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 11:21 AM PST

Paramedics remove an injured woman on a stretcher from the Lindt cafe, where hostages were being held, at Martin Place in central SydneyThe siege that had lasted more than 16 hours is finally over.

Rare white rhino dies at San Diego zoo, leaving only five on earth

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 10:14 AM PST

(Reuters) - One of only six northern white rhinoceros left on earth died over the weekend at a San Diego zoo, bringing the species closer to extinction, zoo officials said on Monday. Angalifu, who was about 44 years old and being treated for age-related conditions, died on Sunday, according to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The world's only known remaining northern white rhinos are an elderly female still at the Safari Park, one at a zoo in Europe and three in Africa, the California zoo said in a statement. ...

U.S. court dismisses Colombian human rights claims against Occidental

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 09:57 AM PST

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday threw out a human rights lawsuit brought against Occidental Petroleum Corp over allegations that it played a role in killings carried out by the Colombian military in 2004. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court judge's decision to dismiss the lawsuit filed in California by family members of three labor union leaders killed by the 18th Brigade of the Colombian National Army during the incident. ...

Amazon hit by pre-Christmas strike in Germany

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 08:35 AM PST

A man wearing a high-visibility vest reading Workers went on strike at German sites of Amazon Monday to increase pressure on the US online retail giant during the busy Christmas period in a long-running pay dispute. Around 2,300 employees took part in the work stoppage at five of the company's nine distribution centres in Germany, the services sector union Verdi said. "The employees are increasing the pressure on Amazon," Verdi's Stefanie Nutzenberger said, accusing Amazon of a "blockade attitude". Amazon said it would still deliver on time and pointed out that only a minority of employees were taking part.

U.S. top court rejects Arizona appeal over abortion drug law

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 06:57 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked Arizona from enforcing a law that restricts access to abortion-inducing drugs by prohibiting off-label uses of RU-486, the so-called "abortion pill." The high court's refusal to hear the state's appeal means that an April ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that prevented the law from going into effect while litigation continues remains intact. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Will Dunham)

Friends try to correct record on UVa rape story

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 05:07 AM PST

In this image taken from video, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, University of Virginia student Ryan Duffin talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Charlottsville, Va. Duffin and two other friends of an alleged victim of a gang rape at a U.Va. fraternity, challenged details in a Rolling Stone article that used the woman's attack to paint a picture of a culture of sexual violence on the campus was wrong on a number of key points: most important that they didn't encourage her to report the attack and that they were more concerned about their reputations than her well-being. (AP Photo)The friends of 'Jackie' attempt to set the record straight.

Guantanamo 9/11 hearing to focus on FBI infiltration

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 03:29 AM PST

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is pictured on the third day of pre-trial hearings in the 9/11 war crimes prosecution as depicted in this Pentagon-approved courtroom sketch at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo BayBy Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI efforts to infiltrate defense teams will top the agenda when a U.S. military court hearing for suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks starts on Monday, the first such proceeding since a Senate report on CIA torture was released last week. The two-day pretrial hearing at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will focus on the extent of Federal Bureau of Investigation intrusion into defense teams, according to the docket on a Pentagon website. ...

Accused Boston Marathon bomber set to emerge in court this week

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 02:56 AM PST

The Federal Medical Center (FMC) Devens, where accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (inset) is being held.The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is scheduled to appear in court for the first time in more than a year.

Rare white rhino dies in U.S. zoo; only 5 left in world

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 01:32 AM PST

In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, female northern white rhino Najin walks in her pen where she is being kept for observation at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. The keepers of three of the last six northern white rhinos on Earth said Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 that it is highly unlikely the three will ever reproduce naturally, with recent medical examinations of them showing the species is doomed to extinction, unless science can help. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)SAN DIEGO (AP) — A northern white rhinoceros that zoo officials said was only one of six left in the world died Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Hong Kong police clear last pro-democracy protest sites

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 12:59 AM PST

Policemen patrol outside a jewellery store beside the last By Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities arrested several pro-democracy activists on Monday as they cleared the last of three protest sites, marking the closure of demonstration camps in the city that have blocked streets for more than two months. About 100 police swept into Causeway Bay, a shopping district popular with mainland Chinese tourists, to remove barricades as protesters scrambled to pack up belongings from the smallest of the three main sites. One protester played drums next to a cardboard cut-out of Chinese President Xi Jinping as onlookers stood by. ...

Hostage situation erupts in Sydney café

Posted: 14 Dec 2014 06:35 PM PST

Police stand at the ready close to a cafe under siege in Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. New South Wales state police would not say what was happening inside the cafe or whether hostages were being held. But television footage shot through the cafe's windows showed several people with their arms in the air. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)TV footage shows patrons inside a café standing with their hands pressed against windows.

Connecticut town marks second anniversary of school massacre

Posted: 14 Dec 2014 05:17 PM PST

A woman kneels with her children in front of bells which were being rung outside of St. Rose of Lima Church ahead of Sunday service on the two-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, ConnecticutBy Richard Weizel NEWTOWN, Conn. (Reuters) - Residents of Newtown, Connecticut gathered at a somber prayer service on Sunday to remember the 20 young children and six educators killed by a gunman two years ago in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. The town, located some 78 miles (126 kilometers) northeast of New York City, is holding no official events to commemorate the Dec. 14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. There were no formal events last year either. ...

Second anniversary of Newtown tragedy recognized in 'personal reflection'

Posted: 14 Dec 2014 02:17 PM PST

In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, white roses with the faces of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are attached to a telephone pole near the school on the one-month anniversary of the shooting that left 26 dead in Newtown, Conn. Newtown is taking its time to decide what a permanent memorial should look like. A commission has been hearing proposals for concepts including murals, groves and memorial parks, while looking for lessons from paths chosen by other tragedy-stricken communities. Public forums are planned for 2015, the next step in a process that is expected to last several more years. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)A mom whose son was killed in the shootings wrote a powerful letter.
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