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| Jordan still holding prisoner demanded by Islamic State as deadline passes | | Friday, January 30, 2015 12:34 AM | |
|  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Linda Sieg AMMAN/TOKYO (Reuters) - Jordan said on Thursday it was still holding an Iraqi would-be suicide bomber as a deadline passed for her release set by Islamic State militants who threatened to kill a Jordanian pilot unless she was handed over by sunset. An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist also captured by the insurgents said the pilot would be killed unless Jordan freed Sajida al-Rishawi, who is on death row for her role in a 2005 suicide bomb attack that killed 60 people in Amman. The message postponed a previous deadline set on Tuesday in which the journalist, Kenji Goto, said he would be killed within 24 hours if Rishawi was not freed. The hostage crisis comes as Islamic State, which has already released videos showing the beheadings of five Western hostages, is coming under increased military pressure from U.S.-led air strikes and by Kurdish and Iraqi troops pushing to reverse the Islamist group's territorial gains in Iraq and Syria.
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| Islamic State's Egypt wing claims attacks that killed 27 - official Twitter | | Friday, January 30, 2015 12:21 AM | |
| | By Yusri Mohamed, Ali Abdelaty and Mostafa Hashem ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Islamic State's Egypt wing claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed at least 27 on Thursday in some of the worst anti-state violence in months, after commemorations around the anniversary of the 2011 uprising turned deadly this week. Egypt's government faces an Islamist insurgency based in Sinai and growing discontent with what critics perceive as heavy handed security tactics. A series of tweets from the Sinai Province's Twitter account claimed responsibility for each of the four attacks that took place in North Sinai and Suez provinces within hours of one another on Thursday night. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt's most active militant group, changed its name to Sinai Province last year after swearing allegiance to Islamic State, the hardline Sunni militant group that has seized swathes of Iraq and Syria, drawing U.S.-led airstrikes. |
| Japan PM: working with Jordan to gather, analyse info on hostage crisis | | Friday, January 30, 2015 12:20 AM | |
|  REUTERS - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that Japan was gathering and analysing information in cooperation with the Jordanian government in an effort to free Kenji Goto, a journalist held hostage by Islamic State militants. Abe also said that every effort was being made to secure Goto's release, but Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida earlier told reporters that there had been no major developments to report. ...
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| Islamic State's Egypt wing claims attacks that killed 27 - Twitter | | | Islamic State's Sinai wing claimed responsibility for attacks that killed at least 27 on Thursday night, the group said on its official Twitter account. A series of tweets from the Sinai Province's Twitter account claimed responsibility for each of the four attacks that took place in North Sinai and Suez provinces, in some of the worst anti-state violence Egypt has seen in months. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt's most active militant group, changed its name to Sinai Province last year after swearing allegiance to Islamic State, the hardline Sunni militant group that has seized swathes of Iraq and Syria. |
| NYC public defenders in video advocate killing police, city finds | |  By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attorneys at a New York City public defenders office participated in an online video that advocated the killing of police officers, featuring the lyrics "time to start killing these coppers," a city investigation disclosed on Thursday. The video "Hands Up," which shows singers pointing guns at someone portraying a police officer, was released shortly before the deadly ambush on Dec. 20 of two New York City officers by a gunman angry over police killings of unarmed black men. Two attorneys with The Bronx Defenders, a city-funded legal service organization, appear in the anti-police video, some of which was filmed at the Bronx office, according to the New York City Department of Investigation report. Credits at the end cite The Bronx Defenders as its sponsor.
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| Delhi Uber passenger who alleges driver rape sues in U.S | |  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A passenger who said she had been raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi sued the online car service in U.S. federal court on Thursday, claiming the company failed to maintain basic safety procedures. In the lawsuit, the woman, who resides in Delhi and was not named, called Uber the "modern day equivalent of electronic hitchhiking." "Buyer beware - we all know how those horror movies end," the suit stated. In a statement, Uber did not directly address the lawsuit but said it is cooperating fully with the authorities to ensure the perpetrator is brought to justice. India is Uber's largest market outside the United States by the number of cities covered, and the country's radio taxi market is estimated to be worth $6 billion to $9 billion.
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| Obama budget seeks boost for military, domestic programs | |  By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will call for a 7 percent rise in U.S. domestic and military spending in his budget that would end caps known as 'sequestration,' the White House said on Thursday, setting up a new source of conflict with Republicans in Congress. Obama intends to announce his budget plans during a meeting with congressional Democrats in Philadelphia later in the day. The fiscal 2016 budget, which the administration plans to unveil on Monday, would fund a host of programs that Republicans are unlikely to support. It is the latest salvo by the Democratic president lobbed at a Congress controlled by the opposition party, and follows a defiant State of the Union address last week that critics said betrayed an unwillingness to seek compromise.
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| Twenty-seven killed in attacks in Egypt's North Sinai, Suez | | | Twenty-seven people were killed in four attacks in Egypt's North Sinai and Suez, security and medical sources said, in some of the worst anti-state violence in months and after commemorations around the anniversary of the 2011 uprising turned deadly this week. Egypt's government faces an Islamist insurgency based in Sinai and growing discontent with what critics perceive as heavy handed security tactics. Thursday's first attack was a bombing of military buildings in the capital of North Sinai province, that killed 25 and wounded at least 58, including 9 civilians, security and medical sources said. Sinai-based militants have killed hundreds of security officers since president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood was removed from power following mass protests against his rule. |
| U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to promote LGBT rights worldwide - TRFN | |  By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - U.S. lawmakers in both houses of Congress introduced on Thursday a bill to protect and promote the rights of the international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The International Human Rights Defense Act, spearheaded by Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Rep. Alan Lowenthal of California, both Democrats, would appoint a special envoy within the U.S. Department of State to coordinate efforts to prevent discrimination and advance the rights of LGBT people worldwide. "When President Obama addressed the nation and committed to defending the human rights of the LGBT community, we made that commitment to the world," Markey said in a statement, referring to the State of the Union address earlier this month.
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| Third attack in Egypt kills police officer in Suez city, toll rises to 27 - medical, security sources | | | A third attack by suspected Islamist militants in Egypt killed a police officer in Suez city, raising the death toll from the three attacks to 27, medical and security sources said on Thursday. The roadside bomb in Suez followed a bomb attack on security buildings in Al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province and another attack on a security checkpoint in Rafah in the province. |
| Man wielding pistol arrested at Dutch national broadcaster | | | A young Dutch-speaking man wielding a pistol forced his way into the studios of the national broadcaster NOS on Thursday demanding to be allowed to go on air, but was quickly arrested, television footage showed. Footage aired on Dutch TV showed the man pacing in the studio with the black pistol behind his back. |
| U.S. prosecutor to drop insider trading charges over IBM deal | | | By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday they will drop charges against five men accused of insider trading ahead of an IBM Corp acquisition after an appellate court ruling limited the ability of authorities to pursue such cases. At a court hearing, prosecutors in the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said they would submit paperwork by Feb. 4 to drop the charges after U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter rejected their unusual request to dismiss the indictments. A dismissal by the judge would have allowed Bharara's office to appeal Carter's ruling last week that the December appellate court decision applied to the case. Andrew Bauer, a prosecutor, said that as a result of the heightened legal standard, "we do not have the requisite evidence to establish one of the elements of the crime." Defense lawyers welcomed the decision. |
| Justin Bieber says dropping 'arrogant' and 'conceited' attitude | |  Pop star Justin Bieber said he was leaving behind his "arrogant" and "conceited" attitude after bad behavior in the past year damaged his image while he makes the transition from teen idol to adult performer. The 20-year-old "Boyfriend" singer said in a video posted on his Facebook page late on Wednesday that he was "afraid of what people are thinking about me right now." Bieber's image was hurt by incidents involving careless driving, pelting a neighbor's home with eggs and an alleged assault following an altercation with a photographer. "I'm not who I was pretending to be." Bieber has not had a U.S. top 10 hit since 2012 and last released a new music album in 2013. Bieber, who shot to prominence as a teenage heartthrob discovered on YouTube , called his behavior a "cover up" of his emotional state.
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| Second Sinai attack kills major, death toll from earlier attack rises to 12 - sources | | | An attack on a checkpoint in Rafah in Egypt's North Sinai province killed an army major and wounded six others, security and medical sources said on Thursday. The toll from an earlier bombing in the province's capital that targeted regional security services headquarters rose to 12 dead and 30 wounded, including around nine civilians, the sources said. An Islamist insurgency based in Sinai has claimed the lives of hundreds of security officers in the remote but strategic desert region, which borders the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Israel and the Suez Canal. |
| Wife of flogged Saudi blogger says his health is worsening | | | By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The wife of a Saudi rights activist, sentenced last year to 1,000 lashes for criticizing the Kingdom's clerics in his blog, said on Thursday her husband's health had worsened after the first round of flogging and that he could not survive the full punishment. Raif Badawi, 31, a blogger and founder of the "Free Saudi Liberals" website, received 50 lashes on Jan 9. "Raif's health condition is bad and it's getting worse and worse," said Badawi's wife, Ensaf Haidar, who lives with her three children in Canada after being offered refuge. Badawi was arrested in June 2012 for offences including insulting Islam, cyber crime and disobeying his father, which is a crime in Saudi Arabia. |
| Italy fails to elect president in first round of voting | |  By Steve Scherer and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italian lawmakers failed to elect a new president in a first round of voting on Thursday, leaving Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hoping to push through his candidate only in a fourth round when the required threshold of votes is lower. Renzi proposed constitutional court judge Sergio Mattarella, 73, to be head of state, a move which angered opposition rival Silvio Berlusconi and may strain the two men's alliance over electoral and constitutional reforms. Though a largely ceremonial figure, the Italian president wields important powers at times of political instability, a frequent occurrence in Italy, when he or she can dissolve parliament, call elections and pick prime ministers. Berlusconi said his centre-right Forza Italia party would not back Mattarella and accused Renzi of breaking their pact on reforms by not proposing a jointly agreed candidate.
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| Argentine investigator into Jewish center bombing buried | |  By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Argentine prosecutor who died under mysterious circumstances the day before he was to testify in Congress about allegations against the president regarding an investigation into a 1994 bombing was buried on Thursday amid calls for justice. Well-wishers threw red roses onto the hearse carrying the body of the prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, as a long motorcade led by police outriders wound its way through Buenos Aires to a Jewish cemetery on the outskirts of the city. Nisman, who earlier this month accused President Cristina Fernandez of trying to derail his investigation into the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center, was found dead in his apartment on Jan. 18 with a gunshot wound to the head. "We are many Argentines who will remember Alberto for his virtues, his courage, his passion, his boldness and his bravery," Waldo Wolff, vice president of the Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations, said at the funeral.
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| Three U.S. contractors killed in "insider attack" in Afghan capital | | | An Afghan soldier killed three U.S. contractors and wounded a fourth on Thursday at Kabul's military airport, an Afghan air force official said. "An investigation has been opened." The international force in Afghanistan confirmed the shooting took place on Thursday evening. A rise in so-called "insider attacks" in Afghanistan has eroded trust between Afghan and international troops in the final years of the combat mission that ended in 2014, prompting foreign forces to scale back interaction with their allies. The new international "Resolute Support" mission involving a small contingent of around 12,000 mostly U.S. troops started on January 1 and is to focus on training Afghanistan's national security force. |
| 'Humans of New York' blog raises over $1 million for Brooklyn school | | | The popular photo blog "Humans of New York" said it had raised more than $1 million by Thursday to pay for college trips and tuition for middle-school students in one of the city's most crime-ridden neighborhoods. The fundraising idea was triggered by a viral response to the blog, www.humansofnewyork.com, after it posted the photo of a student at Mott Hall Bridges Academy in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, who called the school principal the most influential person in his life. The student was identified only as Vidal, age 13, and he was shown in a photograph by blog founder Brandon Stanton with a pursed smile and wooly black hoodie, accompanied by a quote about his principal, Nadia Lopez. "And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter." The blog, on which Stanton posts pictures, quotes and short stories about people he meets in New York City, has nearly 12 million Facebook followers. |
| Three American contractors killed in "insider attack" in Afghan capital | | | Three American contractors were killed and a fourth was wounded by an Afghan solider at the military airport in the capital Kabul, an Afghan air force official told Reuters on Thursday. "It is unclear yet why he shot these advisers and no one else was there to tell us the reason," the official said, asking not to be named because he was not authorised to give statements to the media. |
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