Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Daily News: Yahoo! News - NSA leaker's global flight appears stalled for now

Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:39 PM PDT

NSA leaker's global flight appears stalled for now 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:39 PM PDT
FILE - In this June 21, 2013 file photo, a banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district. The Hong Kong government says Snowden wanted by the U.S. for revealing two highly classified surveillance programs has left for a "third country." The South China Morning Post reported Sunday, June 23, 2013 that Snowden was on a plane for Moscow, but that Russia was not his final destination. Snowden has talked of seeking asylum in Iceland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)Edward Snowden's stop-and-start flight across the globe appeared to stall in Moscow.
Full Story
Top
Presidential palace in Afghanistan attacked 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:12 PM PDT
Smoke rises from the site of an attack in KabulThe Taliban say they have hit one of the most secure areas of the Afghan capital with a suicide attack.
Full Story
Top
U.S. boss held by Chinese workers awaits outcome 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:32 PM PDT
Chu Lixiang, director of workers union of Huairou District, center, and workers ask the journalists to leave from the Specialty Medical Supplies plant, where American Chip Starnes, a co-owner of the Florida-based plant, is being held hostage at the Jinyurui Science and Technology Park in Qiao Zi township of Huairou District, on the outskirts of Beijing, China Tuesday, June 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)An American executive held in his Beijing plant by angry workers says he's waiting for his lawyers to arrive.
Full Story
Top
Obama hit by Snowden setbacks with China, Russia 
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:34 AM PDT
Aeroflot flight SU150 sits at the tarmac of the Jose Marti international airport after arriving from Moscow to Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 24, 2013. Confusion over the whereabouts of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden grew on Monday after SU150 Aeroflot flight filled with journalists trying to track him down flew from Moscow to Cuba with the empty seat booked in his name. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's globe-trotting evasion of U.S. authorities has dealt a startling setback to efforts to strengthen ties with China and raised the prospect of worsening tensions with Russia.
Full Story
Top
Taliban attack presidential palace in Kabul 
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:02 AM PDT
Afghan soldiers stand guard as smoke rises from the gate of the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday June 25, 2013. The Taliban said they have hit one of the most secure areas of the Afghan capital with a suicide attack, as a series of explosions rocked the gate leading into the presidential palace. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Suicide attackers set up a car bomb and battled security forces outside Afghanistan's presidential palace Tuesday after infiltrating one of the most secure areas of the capital. All the attackers were killed and one palace security guard was wounded, officials said.
Full Story
Top
Websites in 2 Koreas shut down on war anniversary 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 11:31 PM PDT
A man walks by a gate at Cyber Terror Response Center of National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. South Korea said multiple government and private sector websites were hacked on Tuesday's anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul issued a cyberattack alert warning officials and citizens to take security measures. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Major government and media websites in South and North Korea were shut down for hours Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul said its sites were hacked and alerted people to take security measures against cyberattacks.
Full Story
Top
Veterans' uphill road back, struggle with suicide 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 10:36 PM PDT
Pedestrians walk in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2013. The number of military suicides is nearly double that of a decade ago when the U.S. was just a year into the Afghan war and hadn't yet invaded Iraq. While the pace is down slightly this year, it remains worryingly high. The U.S. military and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) acknowledge the grave difficulties facing active-duty and former members of the armed services who have been caught up in the more-than decade-long American involvement in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years ago, Joe Miller, then an Army Ranger captain with three Iraq tours under his belt, sat inside his home near Fort Bragg holding a cocked Beretta 40mm, and prepared to kill himself.
Full Story
Top
Qatar ruler hands over power to son 
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:54 AM PDT
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 file photo, Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani arrives for corner-stone laying ceremony of a Qatari funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City. Qatar's emir moves to hand power over to his son, aiming to bring a youthful new face to rule in a tiny Gulf nation that has become one of the most powerful in the Middle East, aggressively spreading its influence through cash. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's ruler said Tuesday he has transferred power to the 33-year-old crown prince in an anticipated move that puts a new generation in charge of the Gulf nation's vast energy wealth and rising political influence.
Full Story
Top
Blackhawks stage late rally to win Stanley Cup 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 10:17 PM PDT
Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford hoists the Stanley Cup after the Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Monday, June 24, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — Two goals. Seventeen seconds apart. A second Stanley Cup victory in four seasons for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Full Story
Top
Dems unhappy IRS screened for progressives too 
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:25 AM PDT
FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Werfel unveils his plan to fix an agency besieged by scandal. President Barack Obama ordered Werfel to conduct a 30-day review of the IRS when he appointed him last month. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are unhappy that newly revealed Internal Revenue Service documents show the agency screened for progressive groups seeking tax-exempt status, not just the tea party organizations for which the IRS was already under fire.
Full Story
Top
Senate passage of immigration bill on track 
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:25 AM PDT
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks with reporters after the immigration bill got more than 60 needed votes to advance in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 24, 2013. A measure he crafted with Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., includes changes to the original border security provisions in the bill that would double the size of the U.S. Border Patrol and completes 700 miles of fencing on the border with Mexico. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate passage of historic immigration legislation offering citizenship to millions looks near-certain after the bill cleared a key hurdle with votes to spare.
Full Story
Top
AP sources: Obama to limit carbon at power plants 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 05:57 PM PDT
The Capitol Dome is seen behind the Capitol Power Plant in Washington, Monday, June 24, 2013. The plant provides power to buildings in the Capitol Complex. President Barack Obama is running out of time to make good on his lofty vow to confront climate change head-on, and Congress is in no mood to help. The executive actions and regulations Obama announces Tuesday will take years to implement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's national plan to combat climate change will include the first-ever regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, as well as increased production of renewable energy on public lands and federally assisted housing, environmental groups briefed on the plan said Monday.
Full Story
Top
Immigration bill on track for Senate passage 
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:18 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Historic immigration legislation is on track to clear the Senate by week's end following a successful test vote.
Full Story
Top
Documents show IRS also screened liberal groups 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 05:50 PM PDT
FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Werfel unveils his plan to fix an agency besieged by scandal. President Barack Obama ordered Werfel to conduct a 30-day review of the IRS when he appointed him last month. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's screening of groups seeking tax-exempt status was broader and lasted longer than has been previously disclosed, the new head of the agency acknowledged Monday. Terms including "Israel," ''Progressive" and "Occupy" were used by agency workers to help pick groups for closer examination, according to an internal IRS document obtained by The Associated Press.
Full Story
Top
Immigration bill clears Senate test 
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 05:32 PM PDT
FILE - In this April 18, 2013 file photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. At the start of a crucial week for far-reaching immigration legislation backed by the White House, the Senate headed Monday for the first test vote on the measure offering the prize of U.S. citizenship to millions and pouring new technology and manpower into the border. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Historic immigration legislation cleared a key Senate hurdle with votes to spare on Monday, pointing the way to near-certain passage within days for $38 billion worth of new security measures along the border with Mexico and an unprecedented chance at citizenship for millions living in the country illegally.
Full Story
Top

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

No comments:

Post a Comment