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Kerry Hoping to 'Accelerate' Nuclear Talks in Meeting with Zarifby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to evaluate the ongoing international negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Kerry said Monday during a visit to India that he hopes the talks in Geneva will allow them to "accelerate the process to make greater progress." Iran and a group that includes the U.S., Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany have been trying for more than a year to agree on a...
David Cameron meets intelligence chiefs over UK response to terror threat by Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent
Prime minister briefed by officials over Britain’s preparedness for ‘roving firearms terrorist’ attacks similar to Paris shootings
David Cameron has been briefed by Britain’s intelligence chiefs on the dangers of what the prime minister described as “roving firearms terrorist” attacks in Britain along the lines of the Paris shootings.
As a leading counter-terrorist expert said that Islamist extremists were now intent on launching “marauding attacks”, rather than targeting aircraft, Cameron had said he planned to use the meeting with the intelligence chiefs to ensure Britain was prepared for such an attack.
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AHMEDABAD, India — Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he will travel to Paris this week to show solidarity with the French people, following sharp criticism of the Obama administration for not sending a senior official to Sunday’s rally for unity in Paris that was attended by some 40 world leaders and more than a million people.
Kerry said at a news conference that U.S. officials, including himself and President Barack Obama, had been “deeply engaged” with French authorities almost immediately after the first attack occurred and had offered intelligence assistance.
As to criticism about the lack of a senior official at Sunday’s March, Kerry said, “I really think that this is sort of quibbling a little bit in the sense that our Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was there and marched, our ambassador was there and marched, many people from the embassy were there and marched.”
“As everybody knows, I have been here in India for a prior planned event,” he added. “I would have personally very much wanted to have been there but couldn’t do so because of the commitment that I had here and it is important to keep these kinds of commitments.”
Kerry said he is going to France to reaffirm U.S. solidarity with America’s oldest ally. He said as soon as he heard about the march, he asked his team what the earliest time was that he could go.
“That is why I am going there on the way home and to make it crystal clear how passionately we feel about the events that have taken place there,” he said. “I don’t think he people of France have any doubt about America’s understanding about what happened, about our personal sense of loss and our deep commitment to the people of France in this moment of trial.”
While in Paris, Kerry will be meeting with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and pay tribute to the victims of last week’s attacks, which killed 17 people. Kerry is a fluent French speaker, has a well-known affinity for France and has visited Paris more than a dozen times since becoming secretary of state.
Kerry will arrive in Paris on Thursday after stops in Sofia, Bulgaria and Geneva, Switzerland. In Geneva, on Wednesday Kerry will he meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif to discuss the status of nuclear negotiations that are to resume the next day.
Kerry will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit France since the terrorist attacks on a French newspaper and a kosher supermarket. Authorities say one of those involved in the attacks pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video. He and two other suspected extremists were killed during police raids.
“I want to emphasize that the relationship with France is not about one day or one particular moment,” Kerry said. “It is an ongoing longtime relationship that is deeply, deeply based in the shared values, and particularly the commitment that we share to freedom of expression.”
“No single act of terror, no two people with a AK-47s, no hostage-taking at a grocery store is ever going to prevent those who are committed to the march for freedom to continue to march and to ultimately see all people enjoy their rights, to be able to enjoy the protections that come with that freedom,” he said.
The U.S. ambassador to France, Jane Hartley, was the top American official at Sunday’s unity march against barbarity.
Millions demonstrated across France, and rallies supporting the French were reported in major cities around the world.
Obama offered condolences last week at the French Embassy in Washington. “We stand united with our French brothers to ensure that justice is done and our way of life is defended,” he said.
Kerry was in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Sunday for a long-scheduled appearance at an international investment conference, and to prepare for President Barack Obama’s trip to India later this month.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the release of 26 men who were detained last month in a raid on a Cairo bath house after police received a tip that they were holding gay orgies.
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Are you Charlie? Attack sparks media debate on free expression
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It's Great To Say It, But Are We Really Charlie Hebdo?
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Hollande calls crisis meeting; 10000 extra forces sent to protect people of France
Washington Post PARIS — French President Francois Hollande called a crisis national security meeting Monday in the wake of last week's deadly attacks in Paris and France announced it would dispatch 10,000 extra security forces to protect people in the most sensitive ... Millions March in France Against TerrorismVoice of America Paris attacks: France to deploy 10000 troopsBBC News French Prime Minister Says Paris Attackers Likely Had AccomplicesWall Street Journal ABC News -New York Times -Businessweek all 4,478 news articles » |
An Egyptian court has acquitted 26 men who were arrested in a televised raid last month by police looking for gays at a Cairo public bathhouse.
More than two dozen people who were arrested during a televised raid by police looking for gay menat a public bathhouse in Cairo have been cleared by an Egyptian court.
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Paris terror sparks attacks on Muslims, communal rifts
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 11: Actress Emily Blunt attends the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday Moscow believed "all artificial barriers" between Russia and the European Union would be lifted and there was every possibility for the two sides to have an equal partnership, RIA news agency reported.
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Economic growth is set to slow in a number of European economies, but pickup in Japan and India, according to leading indicators released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
More American adults are using LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter, but they’re logging on to Facebook more than ever too
Facebook is weathering the growth of rival social networks including LinkedIn and Twitter well, according to a new study of Americans’ social media habits by the Pew Research Center.
Contrary to regular speculation that Facebook users are drifting away, Pew’s survey of 1,597 adult internet users in the US found that 71% were using Facebook in 2014 – the same percentage as the previous year.
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US Attorney: Fear of lone wolf attack keeps me up at night
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Oil price falls 3% to new six-year low
BBC News The price of Brent crude oil has fallen, further taking it to a new six-year low. The price of a barrel of the North Sea benchmark dropped by 3% to $48.54, its lowest level since April 2009. US crude oil was also at its lowest level since that time, down by 2.6% to ... UPDATE 3-Oil prices extend falls; Goldman Sachs slashes forecastsReuters Brent Crude Falls Below $50 On Nagging Oversupply FearsWall Street Journal Oil hits six-year low as Goldman Sachs slashes price forecastTelegraph.co.uk Nasdaq -Bloomberg -Irish Times all 154 news articles » |
In Trafalgar Square a circle of pens pays tribute to Charlie Hebdo by Caroline Bannock and Guardian readers
A circle of pens in Trafalgar Square has been a moving tribute to the journalists and cartoonists who lost their lives in the Charlie Hebdo attack
If you had passed through Trafalgar Square in London in the last few days you would have seen a brightly coloured circle of pens that had been growing steadily since the day after Wednesday’s attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. The pen has long been a symbol of freedom of expression and the vibrant display of multicoloured pens, pencils, crayons and felt-tips – tools of trade for cartoonists and writers – is a poignant reminder of all those who lost their lives in Paris.
As the first tributes were left on Thursday, there was no circle, just a few random pens, so how did this memorial begin?
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Traumatised hostages are led away from the Paris supermarket siege after French police stormed the building on Friday. In video footage released by France's interior ministry, police officers are heard describing the scene after a mother and her baby are led to safety. The video also shows armed police preparing for the assault on the printing factory north-east of Paris Continue reading...
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Kosher market attack deepens fears among European Jewsby By COLLEEN BARRY and ARON HELLER
MILAN (AP) -- The killing of four French Jews in last week's hostage standoff at a Paris kosher market has deepened the fears among European Jewish communities shaken by rising anti-Semitism and feeling vulnerable due to poor security and a large number of potential soft targets....
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Paris Attack Accomplices Sought as French Ministers Meet
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69 people die after drinking contaminated beer in Mozambique
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'We are Charlie': Across France, nearly 4 million march to honor victims of ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) -- Migrants dreaming of Europe have their pick of social media sites that work like an online travel agent, advertising fares and offering tips on secure payments. Meanwhile, the traffickers who send them floating across the Mediterranean are buying scrapyard cargo ships over the Internet....
Sunday’s marches in France reaffirmed that difference creates strength, and that our common enemy is the tyranny of dogma
There is nothing better, in the end, than people. Masses of people. Together. It’s that simple. Thefantastic pictures from France show the slow shuffle of millions, the tear-streaked faces. We heard the declarations, some defiant, some heavyhearted, some laughing, because after crying for three days solid, laughter is necessary.
Who are these people? Everyone and no one. “Je suis Charlie”, “Je suis Ahmed”, “Je suis Flic”, “Je suis Juif”. Children laid flowers. Politicians linked arms. The streets were taken over not by fear but by this surge of hope.
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France mobilizes 10000 troops at home after Paris shootings
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US to Host Summit on Preventing Extremist Violenceby webdesk@voanews.com (Victor Beattie)
In the wake of the twin terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House announced it will host a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, focusing on domestic and international efforts to curb extremist violence before it occurs. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who met with European security officials in Paris Sunday, said there is an increasing need for countries to share information to counter such threats. The White House says the February 18 summit will "highlight domestic and...
Cuba has freed all 53 prisoners in US deal, says USby Reuters in Washington and Havana
Last of detainees on list released over the weekend, setting positive tone for talks next week
Cuba has released all of the 53 prisoners it had promised to free as part of a deal with the US, senior American officials have said.
The release of the remaining prisoners sets a positive tone for talks next week aimed at normalising relations after decades of hostility.
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Paris Terror Attacks: Police Raid Hideout of Suspected Gunman Amedy Coulibaly
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When our responses are limited to ‘you are either with us or against us’, those that need to mourn and be sympathetic to complexities are cast as villians
In the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris last week, many people in France and elsewhere have declared, Je suis Charlie (“I am Charlie”) after heavily armed gunmen broke into the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical French magazine, and killed eight staff members, two police officers, a building maintenance worker and wounded several others.
On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of people including a number of world leaders such as Angela Merkel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and David Cameron gathered in Paris for a unity rally, to stand in mourning, in defiance. There were cries of Je suis Charlie, Je suis Ahmed (I am Ahmed, the Muslim police officer who lost his life in the attack), Je suis juif (I am a Jew).
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MAPUTO (Reuters) - At least 69 people died over the weekend in Mozambique after drinking home-brewed beer, a local government official told state television.
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Paris march: Critics say President Barack Obama 'let the world down' by not ...
The Independent “Sad that 50 world leaders could show solidarity in Paris but President Obama refused to participate. The cowardice continues,” added Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the US House of Representatives. Head of states including (2ndL,toR) Greece's Prime ... As World Leaders Gather for Paris Rally, Holder Skips Town and Obama Sends ...National Review Online (blog) Obama, Kerry absent from unity rally in ParisCNN all 745 news articles » |
British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron delivers a speech on the ecomomy at an event in Nottingham, central England on January 12, 2015. Britain goes to the polls in a general election on May 7, 2015. AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLISPAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu addresses French Jews in the Paris grand synagogue on Sunday. He pays tribute to a Muslim supermarket employee for saving a Jewish family in the siege on Friday. French president François Hollande also attended the memorial service Continue reading...
Cairo men cleared of bathhouse debaucheryby Patrick Kingsley and Manu Abdo in Cairo
One defendant threatens to sue film-maker who coordinated arrests with police amid crackdown on gay people in Egypt
Twenty-six men accused of committing debauchery in a Cairo bathhouse have been found innocent, in an unexpected move that follows a year-long crackdown on gay people in Egypt.
The men were seized from the baths and dragged half-naked to waiting police trucks in early December, an event that achieved worldwide notoriety after being filmed and broadcast by a television journalist.
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Officers pin hopes on new code of conduct and board of ethics in bid to quell concerns over electronic intrusion
“I took a call at five o’clock this morning,” Supt Richard Cooper told me last week. “A girl had texted her friend to say she’d taken an overdose. She couldn’t be found.”
It’s Cooper’s job to decide whether Gloucestershire police should ask telephone and internet companies for customer records that, in this case, could save a life. Requests from any officer in the force must be channelled through a small team at headquarters known as the single point of contact (Spoc). If a designated person, usually a superintendent, believes the interference with personal privacy is necessary and proportionate to the objective specified by the requesting officer, then the Spoc team will ask the communications company for so-called comms data – such as the location of a phone.
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The authorities said the men had explosives “on their bodies,” but they did not provide further details.
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CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Monday acquitted 26 men arrested in a televised raid last month by police looking for gays at a Cairo public bathhouse, a ruling that set off deafening cheers and jubilation inside the courtroom as some of the defendants uncovered their faces and wept openly in relief....
Saudi royal prince Alwaleed bin Talal says in a new interview that the days of $100-a-barrel oil are a thing of the past, as oil prices continue to drop around the globe.
Asked by USA Today if prices, recently below $50 a barrel, would continue to plunge, Talal answered:
If supply stays where it is, and demand remains weak, you better believe it is gonna go down more. But if some supply is taken off the market, and there’s some growth in demand, prices may go up. But I’m sure we’re never going to see $100 anymore. I said a year ago, the price of oil above $100 is artificial. It’s not correct.
He also categorized theories that the U.S. and Saudis are colluding to keep prices low to hurt Russian President Vladimir Putin as “baloney and rubbish.”
It’s time for all newspapers to look into the funding of the royal family
Despite the news in France, despite the NHS crisis, despite the outbreak of electioneering, the story of Prince Andrew’s foolhardy friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein continues to make headlines.
Admittedly, only the Daily Mail splashed on an aspect of it today. It was a strange decision for the Mail to choose the Andrew story over the Paris march, but the story itself was relevant. Why did royal protection officers turn a blind eye to Andrew’s activities?
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Explosives strapped to a girl detonated at a crowded marketplace in Nigeria, killing at least 20 people and injuring 18 others, according to police.
Officials try to pinpoint when and where cameras found in possession of Kouachi brothers andAmédy Coulibaly were obtained
Investigators in France are working to establish when and where the three men who killed 17 people in a series of attacks in Paris last week bought two GoPro cameras.
One camera was found in the car abandoned in haste by the Kouachi brothers after their bloody attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, French officials have said.
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New York City agrees to pay $17 million to settle 3 wrongful conviction cases
Fox News City Comptroller Scott Stringer said Sunday that the settlements involve cases handled by retired homicide detective Louis Scarcella. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. Scarcella's tactics have come under scrutiny and are being reviewed by the Brooklyn ... and more » |
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Detectives await result of postmortem examination amid fears a particular batch of drugs may have been involved
Detectives are investigating a possible batch of rogue drugs in Scotland after a man died and two others were left seriously ill after they allegedly took ecstasy at a house party.
Emergency services were called to the house in east Dunbartonshire at 3.25pm on Saturday after the three men fell ill. They were rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary from Kirkintilloch, but medics were unable to save the 24-year-old man, who died a short time later. A 23-year-old man and a 16-year-old man remained in hospital in a serious condition on Monday.
Continue reading...Cuba Releases Dozens of Political Prisonersby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
The U.S. government says Cuba has released 53 of its political prisoners, complying with a promise made last month as the two countries announced efforts to normalize diplomatic ties. A senior administration official said the Cuban government held some of the detainees for promoting political and social reform in Cuba. The United States shared the names of those prisoners with Cuban authorities after consulting with human rights groups. "We welcome this very positive development...
UK spy agencies need more powers, says Cameronby Rowena Mason, political correspondent
In wake of Paris attacks, intelligence agencies need more access to communications data and contents of communications, PM says
Britain’s spying agencies need more powers to read the contents of communications in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, David Cameron has said.
The prime minister’s comments suggest a Conservative government would bring in new intercept legislation in 2016 to make sure there is no form of communication that cannot be requested with a warrant signed by the home secretary.
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Obama to push for data breach law requiring companies to report hacks by Associated Press in Washington
President to ask Congress to pass law requiring companies to inform customers of data breaches within 30 days after hacks at Target and Home Depot
President Barack Obama wants Congress to pass legislation requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days if their data has been hacked, a move that follows high-profile breaches at retailers including Target, Home Depot and Neiman Marcus.
A White House official said Obama will announce the proposed legislation on Monday, along with a measure aimed at preventing companies from selling student data to third parties and from using information collected in school to engage in targeted advertising.
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