lundi 29 juillet 2013

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Kerry names Martin Indyk to shepherd Mideast talks

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry stands with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013, as he announces that he Indyk will shepherd the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday appointed a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, to shepherd Israeli-Palestinian peace talk as senior negotiators from the two sides prepared to sit down together for the first time in years.

More than 40 injured in Swiss train wreck

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:05 PM PDT

Swiss rescue workers wheel a wounded person on a stretcher after two regional trains crashed head on near Granges-Pres-Marnand near PayerneAt least four people sustain serious injuries in the head-on crash near Bern.

Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 58

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:35 AM PDT

People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 29, 2013. A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing scores in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)BAGHDAD (AP) — More than a dozen explosions, mainly from car bombs, ripped through marketplaces, parking lots, a cafe and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 58 people and pushing the country's death toll for the month of July toward the 700 mark, officials said.

Terminally ill woman gets dream wedding

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:35 AM PDT

Lang and BulikJen Bulik, a 35-year-old who was recently diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, got the wedding of her dreams over the weekend — thanks in large part to the generosity of strangers.

Hudson's Bay buying Saks for about $2.4 billion

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:05 AM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 15, 2011, file photo shows Saks & Company in New York. Hudson's Bay, the parent of Lord & Taylor, is purchasing Saks for approximately $2.4 billion. Hudson's Bay will pay $16 per share for Saks, a 5 percent premium over the company's Friday, July 26, 2013 closing price of $15.31. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the global economy fool you: Luxury is hardly dead.

EU diplomat in Egypt to mediate amid high tensions

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:05 AM PDT

Egyptians walk between brick barricades erected along a street that leads to Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi have installed a camp and hold daily rallies at Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 29, 2013. Egyptian police detained two leaders of a Muslim Brotherhood-allied party in the latest in a wave of arrests of prominent Islamists, while the European Union's top diplomat held talks Monday with officials in Cairo in an attempt to mediate an end to the country's crisis, officials said. Arabic on the poster with Mori reads, CAIRO (AP) — Europe's top diplomat urged Egypt's government to reach out to the Muslim Brotherhood as she worked to mediate an end to the country's increasingly bloody crisis even as mainly Islamist protesters calling for the return of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi massed for more protests.

Thumbnails of Israeli, Palestinian negotiators

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 10:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, May 26, 2013 file photo, Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, speaks to the Associated Press at the World Economic Forum in Southern Shuneh, 34 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of Amman, Jordan. Erekat, 57, has led or been part of all Palestinian delegations since peace talks with Israel were launched at an international conference in Madrid in 1991. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has praised Erekat's institutional memory, saying his top aide can recall any accord or document linked to the talks. Erekat, who lives in the West Bank desert town of Jericho, is a senior member in Abbas' Fatah movement.(AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli and Palestinian delegates sitting down for preliminary peace talks in Washington are veterans of on-and-off negotiations that began more than two decades ago. The chief Palestinian negotiator has joked that he has spent more time with an Israeli negotiator than with his own wife. Such familiarity could be seen as a blessing or a curse, assuring a smooth return to talks or blocking creativity.

Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 55

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:47 AM PDT

People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 29, 2013. A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing scores in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)BAGHDAD (AP) — More than a dozen car bombs ripped through marketplaces, parking lots and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 55 people and pushing the country's death toll for the month of July toward the 700 mark, officials said.

FBI arrests 150 in child prostitution ring

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:33 AM PDT

The main headquarters of the FBI, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, is seen in WashingtonAgents rescue 105 children during the operation at truck stops, motels and casinos.

Photos: 50 tons of spilled oil ruin beloved Thai beach

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:03 AM PDT

Photos: 50 tons of spilled oil ruin beloved Thai beachThai soldiers in white biohazard suits take part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong July 29, 2013. Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southeast of the capital Bangkok. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Palestinian leader in Cairo for show of support

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:47 AM PDT

In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour, right, meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 29, 2013. Israeli and Palestinian teams will try again in preliminary talks today to get Middle East peace talks back on track after two decades of failure. Both sides have flown to Washington but each group says many obstacles need to be overcome. (AP Photo/Mohammed Samah, Egyptian Presidency)CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has met with Egypt's interim president in Cairo in a show of support for the government that took over after Mohammed Morsi's ouster.

Pope Francis says he won't judge gay priests

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:32 AM PDT

Pope Francis listens to questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis reached out to gays, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference Monday as he returned from his first foreign trip.

Photos: Egypt unrest incurs diplomatic rebuke: Back off the Brotherhood

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:17 AM PDT

Photos: Egypt unrest incurs diplomatic rebuke: Back off the BrotherhoodEgypt's interim President Adli Mansour (R) meets with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 29, 2013. Ashton became the first senior overseas envoy to visit Egypt's new rulers since the weekend killing of at least 80 supporters of the country's deposed Islamist president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS)

Estimate of French diamond heist raised to $136M

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:02 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — A state prosecutor says the organizer of a diamond exhibit and sale has more than doubled the estimated value of diamond jewelry stolen in a brazen weekend heist at a luxury hotel on the French Riviera — to some $136 million.

Nazi war criminal's 100th birthday sparks Rome protests

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:02 AM PDT

People hold an Israeli flag during a protest against convicted former Nazi SS captain Priebke in front of his residence in RomeROME (Reuters) - Dozens of demonstrators, including members of Rome's Jewish community, protested outside the apartment building where the former SS officer responsible for one of Italy's worst wartime massacres celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday. Erich Priebke, a former SS captain, lives under house arrest in the Italian capital after being sentenced to life imprisonment in 1998 for the massacre in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome where 335 civilians were killed in March 1944. ...

Egypt arrests more Islamists as EU official visits

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 07:31 AM PDT

In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, left, meets with interim prime minister, Mohamed ElBaradei in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police detained two leaders of a Muslim Brotherhood-allied party in the latest in a wave of arrests of prominent Islamists following President Mohammed Morsi's ouster, while Europe's top diplomat held talks with the rival sides Monday to try to mediate an end to the country's increasingly bloody crisis.

Obama lunches with Hillary Clinton; what's on menu?

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 07:15 AM PDT

ClintonIs 2016 on the menu as President Barack Obama hosts Hillary Clinton for lunch?

NZ disputes report that it spied on journalist

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 06:29 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, July 9 2013 photo, War correspondent Jon Stephenson gives evidence in his defamation case against Defense Force chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones in the High Court in Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand's acting defense force chief said Monday, July 29, 2013, that there is no evidence the military unlawfully spied on Stephenson in Afghanistan who was freelancing for U.S. news organisation McClatchy. (AP photo/Mark Mitchell, New Zealand Herald) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand on Monday disputed a newspaper report saying its military conspired with U.S. spy agencies to monitor a freelance journalist in Afghanistan, a report that has provoked concerns over how surveillance programs revealed by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden might be used to spy on reporters.

Excerpts from pope's first news conference

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 05:29 AM PDT

Pope Francis disembarks from the plane after landing from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at Ciampino's military airport, on the outskirts of Rome, Monday, July 29, 2013. The pontiff returned after a week in Brazil. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis gave a wide-ranging news conference on his trip back to Rome from Brazil, candidly responding to some of the touchiest issues facing the Vatican during an hour and 22-minute long chat with reporters. Here are highlights.

Majority of Americans face poverty at some point

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 05:15 AM PDT

Exclusive: Signs of declining economic securityA widening gap between rich and poor is one reason for the trend.

Israel and Palestinian teams leave for US talks

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 04:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2006 file photo, an Israeli with a flag on his back takes a picture of Arab residents as they are being prevented by police to cross the road around Jerusalem's Old City, in the Muslim quarter, during the Israeli celebration of the Jerusalem Day. The U.S. on Sunday, July 28, 2013 announced the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks following years of stalemate, after Israel's Cabinet agreed to release 104 Palestinian prisoners convicted of deadly attacks. The return to direct contacts between the sides gave U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry his first concrete achievement after months of shuttle diplomacy. (AP Photo/Enric Marti, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian teams headed to Washington on Monday for preliminary talks on resuming formal negotiations after five years of stalemate.

Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 51

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:57 AM PDT

People and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 29, 2013. A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing scores in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing at least 51 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government.

Bus crash in southern Italy kills 38 people

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:41 AM PDT

Firefighters stand near the wreckage of a bus following a crash near Avellino, southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2013. A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffic, killing at least 37 people, said police and rescuers. Flashing signs near Avellino, outside Naples, had warned of slowed traffic ahead along a stretch of the A16 autostrada, a major highway crossing southern Italy, before the crash occurred, said highway police and officials, speaking on state radio early Monday. They said the bus driver, for reasons not yet determined, appeared to have lost control of his vehicle. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)A tour bus rips through a guardrail, then plunges 100 feet off a viaduct into a ravine.

NZ report reopens debate on spying of journalists

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:11 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, July 9 2013 photo, War correspondent Jon Stephenson gives evidence in his defamation case against Defense Force chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones in the High Court in Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand's acting defense force chief said Monday, July 29, 2013, that there is no evidence the military unlawfully spied on Stephenson in Afghanistan who was freelancing for U.S. news organisation McClatchy. (AP photo/Mark Mitchell, New Zealand Herald) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A disputed report that U.S. spy agencies and New Zealand's military conspired to spy on a freelance journalist in Afghanistan has opened a new front in the debate over whether democratic governments should be monitoring the activities of reporters.

Spanish royals to attend Mass for train dead

Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:39 AM PDT

Police carry arrested train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, centre, partly seen in the back seat, to testify in court in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sunday July 28, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 79 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 79 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — Spain's royal family and leading politicians are to attend a Mass in the Catholic pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela in homage to the 79 people killed in the country's worst rail accident in decades.
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Israel OK's prisoner release, step to peace talks

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 12:36 PM PDT

Palestinians wave national and PFLP flags during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah Sunday, July 28, 2013. Some two hundred supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine protested against the resuming of the peace talks with Israel. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)JERUSALEM (AP) — A divided Israeli Cabinet agreed Sunday to release 104 long-term Palestinian prisoners convicted of deadly attacks, clearing a hurdle toward resuming Mideast peace talks and giving U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry his first concrete achievement after months of shuttle diplomacy.

2nd body found in NY river where best man fell in

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 11:50 AM PDT

In this family photo released by the Rockland County Sheriff's Office, Sunday, July 28, 2013, is Mark Lennon. Authorities continued to search for Lennon after he fell into the Hudson River Friday night when the motorboat he was on as a passenger crashed into a barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge. (AP Photo/Rockland County Sheriff's Office)PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — A second body was pulled from the Hudson River on Sunday near where a bride-to-be and her fiance's best man went missing after a nighttime boat crash near the Tappan Zee Bridge.

2nd body found in NY river where best man vanished

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 11:37 AM PDT

Rescue workers on a boat search the Hudson River south of the Tappan Zee Bridge for two people who are believed to have fallen into the water during a boat crash in Piermont, N.Y. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. Two people are missing and four others are injured after their boat struck a barge under the bridge, according to the Coast Guard. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — A second body was pulled from New York's Hudson River on Sunday near where a bride-to-be and her fiance's best man went missing after a boat crash near the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Pope draws 3M in Rio, one of largest papal Masses

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Francis wrapped up a historic trip to his home continent Sunday with a Mass on Copacabana beach, urging the young people on hand for World Youth Day's concluding Mass to go out and spread their faith RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An estimated 3 million people poured onto Rio's Copacabana beach on Sunday for the final Mass of Pope Francis' historic trip to his home continent, cheering the first Latin American pope in one of the biggest turnouts for a papal Mass in recent history.

Pope draws 3M in Rio in 1 of largest papal Masses

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Francis wrapped up a historic trip to his home continent Sunday with a Mass on Copacabana beach, urging the young people on hand for World Youth Day's concluding Mass to go out and spread their faith RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An estimated 3 million people poured onto Rio's Copacabana beach on Sunday for the final Mass of Pope Francis' historic trip to his home continent, cheering the first Latin American pope in one of the biggest turnouts for a papal Mass in recent history.

Boats ply NY river in search for missing best man

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 10:04 AM PDT

Rescue workers on a boat search the Hudson River south of the Tappan Zee Bridge for two people who are believed to have fallen into the water during a boat crash in Piermont, N.Y. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. Two people are missing and four others are injured after their boat struck a barge under the bridge, according to the Coast Guard. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Search boats plied the Hudson River on Sunday for any sign of the planned best man in a wedding who fell into the water after a speedboat carrying members of a bridal party crashed near the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Police: $53 million in jewels stolen in Cannes

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 09:50 AM PDT

A view of the Carlton hotel, in Cannes, southern France, the scene of a daylight raid, Sunday, July 28, 2013. A staggering 40 million euro ($53 million) worth of jewels and diamonds were stolen Sunday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists recent years, police said. French Riviera hotel was hosting a temporary jewelry exhibit over the summer of the prestigious Leviev diamond house, which is owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)PARIS (AP) — A staggering 40 million euro ($53 million) worth of diamonds and other jewels were stolen Sunday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists in recent years, police said. One expert noted the crime follows recent jail escapes by members of the notorious "Pink Panther" jewel thief gang.

Death toll from Spain's train crash rises

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 09:50 AM PDT

People carry a coffin of a medical student, Laura Naveiras Ferreiro, one of the train crash victim, during her funeral at the San Pedro de Visma cementery in A Coruna, Spain, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 78 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — An official says the death toll from Spain's train derailment has risen to 79 after an injured passenger died in a hospital.

Cambodian opposition makes gains in elections

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 08:34 AM PDT

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, casts his ballot at a polling station in Takhmau town, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Cambodians began voting across the country Sunday to take part in what has become a familiar ritual - the re-election of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been on the job for 28 years and says he hopes to rule for at least another decade. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's opposition appeared to make significant gains in parliament in Sunday's general election, while the ruling party claimed a victory that would deliver another mandate for long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Search resumes for best man after NY boat crash

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 08:02 AM PDT

In this still frame made from WABC-TV video, Carol Stewart, center, mother of missing woman Lindsey Stewart, speaks to an official about the ongoing search for her daughter following a boating accident on the Hudson River near Piermont, N.Y. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. The Coast Guard says the recreational boat struck a barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge on Friday night, sending two people into the water who haven't been found and injuring four others. (AP Photo/WABC-TV)PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities returned to the Hudson River on Sunday to search for the planned best man in a wedding who fell into the water after a speedboat carrying members of a bridal party crashed near the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Weiner's campaign manager in NY mayoral race quits

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 07:47 AM PDT

Anthony Weiner, New York mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, July 25, 2013, in New York. Weiner introduced his proposal for a NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner's campaign manager has quit after the New York City mayoral candidate admitted to additional raunchy online correspondence with women.

Witness: Spain train driver said he couldn't brake

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 07:47 AM PDT

People carry a coffin of a medical student, Laura Naveiras Ferreiro, one of the train crash victim, during her funeral at the San Pedro de Visma cementery in A Coruna, Spain, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 78 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — The driver of a speeding Spanish train that derailed, killing 78 people, said minutes after the crash that he had been going fast and couldn't brake, a local resident who rushed to the scene of the accident said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Driver: Bus brakes failed in Ind. crash; 3 dead

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 07:16 AM PDT

Indiana State Police investigators inspect the underside of a bus that crashed Saturday, July 27, 2013, on Indianapolis' far north side while carrying teenagers returning from a summer camp in Michigan. Three people were killed and 26 others were taken to local hospitals following the crash, which occurred when the bus exited an interstate ramp and crashed into a concrete retaining wall. Investigators don't yet know what caused the crash about a mile from its destination, Colonial Hills Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Rick Callahan).INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The brakes on the bus carrying teenagers home from a youth camp in northern Michigan failed as the vehicle exited the Indianapolis interstate, causing it to strike a retaining wall and flip on its side, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

Mali holds 1st poll since coup; rebels warn voters

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 07:02 AM PDT

Election workers search unsuccessfully for the name of a voter on a registration list, at a polling station in Kidal, Mali Sunday, July 28, 2013. Chaos reigned at Kidal's main polling station, where voters struggled to find their names on voter rolls, and lists posted outside some bureaus either blew away or failed to match lists inside. This desert town and the surrounding region house just 0.5 percent of the people who registered to vote in Mali's presidential election, a number likely to have little impact on the race's outcome. Yet experts say the future of Mali is likely going to be decided by how this region that has been at the epicenter of multiple rebellions handles Sunday's poll.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)KIDAL, Mali (AP) — The United Nations peacekeepers deployed here did their best to paint over independence slogans emblazoned on the concrete wall surrounding one of the main polling stations in this contested city, the epicenter of last year's rebellion against Malian rule. The white paint they used wasn't thick enough though, and the slogans were still legible to the voters who lined up outside.

Witness: Spain train driver said he went fast

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 06:16 AM PDT

People carry a coffin of a medical student, Laura Naveiras Ferreiro, one of the train crash victim, during her funeral at the San Pedro de Visma cementery in A Coruna, Spain, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz says the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. The Spanish train derailed at high speed Wednesday killing 78 and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)A local resident of the town where a train derailed, killing 78 people, says the driver said minutes after the crash that he had been going fast and couldn't brake.

Cambodian opposition claims election victory

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:30 AM PDT

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, casts his ballot at a polling station in Takhmau town, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Cambodians began voting across the country Sunday to take part in what has become a familiar ritual - the re-election of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been on the job for 28 years and says he hopes to rule for at least another decade. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's opposition party has claimed an upset victory in an election the longstanding incumbent had been expected to easily win.

Mali votes for president; few go to polls in Kidal

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:15 AM PDT

Election workers search unsuccessfully for the name of a voter on a registration list, at a polling station in Kidal, Mali Sunday, July 28, 2013. Chaos reigned at Kidal's main polling station, where voters struggled to find their names on voter rolls, and lists posted outside some bureaus either blew away or failed to match lists inside. This desert town and the surrounding region house just 0.5 percent of the people who registered to vote in Mali's presidential election, a number likely to have little impact on the race's outcome. Yet experts say the future of Mali is likely going to be decided by how this region that has been at the epicenter of multiple rebellions handles Sunday's poll.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)KIDAL, Mali (AP) — Voters headed to the polls Sunday in Mali's first election since last year's coup, struggling to cast their ballots despite the logistical and technical problems that have plagued the hastily-organized poll. Tens of thousands of people who registered to vote do not appear on the voter roll.

Israeli PM faces objections to Palestinian deal

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 03:59 AM PDT

In this Friday, July 26, 2013, photo, Issa Masoud, 75, left, helps his sons put up a banner of his jailed son at Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza City. His son Omar, 40, was arrested in May 1993 for killing an Israeli lawyer. Israel's Cabinet is to decide Sunday whether to release dozens of long-term Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's attempt to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks after five years of diplomatic paralysis. The Arabic on the banner reads, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his skeptical coalition partners Sunday to agree to free Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S efforts to resume peace talks, calling the deal a "tough decision" that he took for the good of the country.

Austrian flap over bell dedicated to Hitler

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 02:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 2, 2013 file picture a visitor looks at a crematory of the former Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen during a press presentation of two new permanent exhibitions at the former camp in Mauthausen, Austria. The concentration camp was liberated by U.S. troops on May 5, 1945. Ensconced in the belfry of an ancient castle in Wolfpassing, Austria, where it was mounted by fans of the Nazi dictator in 1939, a bel with sawstika and Adolf Hitler's name has tolled on for nearly 80 years. It survived the defeat of Hitler's Germany, a decade of post-war Soviet occupation that saw Red Army soldiers bivouacked in the castle and more recent efforts by Austrian government to acknowledge the country's complicity in crimes of that era and make amends. Some of those efforts have focused on identifying relics of that time and ensuring they're either removed or put in historical context. As an example, officials often cite government moral and material support for the restoration of the Mauthausen concentration camp, where a museum documents the atrocities committed on its inmates for school children and other visitors. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)VIENNA (AP) — Like many others in Austria's countryside, a tower bell above the red-tiled rooftops of Wolfpassing village marks the passing of each hour with an unspectacular "bong." But this bell is unique: It is embossed with a swastika and praise to Adolf Hitler.

Egypt: Death toll in Cairo clashes rises to 72

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 02:12 AM PDT

An Egyptian grieves for supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, who were killed in overnight clashes with security forces, at a field hospital in Nasr City, Cairo, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Clashes erupted early Saturday in Cairo between security forces and supporters of Morsi, killing scores of protesters and overwhelming field hospitals with the wounded, in an outburst of violence that put the possibility of political reconciliation in the deeply divided nation ever further out of reach. Arabic on headband of man holding the Quran reads, The death toll from weekend clashes between supporters of Egypt's ousted president and security forces backed by armed civilians in Cairo has risen to 72, the deadliest single outbreak of violence since the army deposed the Islamist Mohammed Morsi in a July 3 coup, a health ministry official said on Sunday.

Eagles WR Maclin tears ACL, could miss season

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 01:57 AM PDT

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, right, and Jeremy Maclin take a break between drills at NFL football training camp in Philadelphia, Friday, July 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The News Journal, Suchat Pederson) NO SALESPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Maclin tore the ACL in his right knee during practice and could miss the season.

Investigators probe Ind. bus crash that killed 3

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 01:11 AM PDT

Indiana State Police investigators inspect the underside of a bus that crashed Saturday, July 27, 2013, on Indianapolis' far north side while carrying teenagers returning from a summer camp in Michigan. Three people were killed and 26 others were taken to local hospitals following the crash, which occurred when the bus exited an interstate ramp and crashed into a concrete retaining wall. Investigators don't yet know what caused the crash about a mile from its destination, Colonial Hills Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Rick Callahan).INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A bus carrying teenagers from a youth camp in northern Michigan was just minutes from home when it came speeding off an Indianapolis interstate, struck a retaining wall and flipped on its side.

Ruling party favored as Cambodians go to polls

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 12:57 AM PDT

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, foreground, looks at his inked finger after voting at a polling station in Takhmau town, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Hun Sen was among the early voters Sunday, casting his ballot shortly after the polls opened in a national election his party is expected to easily dominate. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodians went to the polls Sunday in an election almost certain to deliver another mandate for veteran Prime Minister Hun Sen amid cries of foul play by his opponents.

Anthony Weiner's campaign manager reportedly quits

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 12:57 AM PDT

Anthony Weiner, New York mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, July 25, 2013, in New York. Weiner introduced his proposal for a Anthony Weiner's campaign manager reportedly quit Saturday amid turmoil over the mayoral hopeful's admission that he exchanged lewd messages with women he met online even after a sexting scandal forced him out of Congress.

1 body found, 1 person missing in NY boat crash

Posted: 27 Jul 2013 11:41 PM PDT

In this still frame made from WABC-TV video, Carol Stewart, center, mother of missing woman Lindsey Stewart, speaks to an official about the ongoing search for her daughter following a boating accident on the Hudson River near Piermont, N.Y. on Saturday, July 27, 2013. The Coast Guard says the recreational boat struck a barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge on Friday night, sending two people into the water who haven't been found and injuring four others. (AP Photo/WABC-TV)PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Police say Brian Bond was disoriented and suffering from head trauma but was able to call 911 after the speedboat he was in with his fiancee and four friends crashed into a construction barge on New York's Hudson River.
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