Monday, February 4, 2013

In the news, Sunday, February 3, 2013


____________

SAT 02      INDEX      MON 04
____________



from The Spokesman-Review



Major dock strike headed off
Mcclatchy-Tribune

________


Leftist militants claim embassy bombing
Los Angeles Times

________


Missing American found dead in Turkey
NYC mother of two was photographer
Suzan Fraser      Associated Press

________


100,000 flee attacks by Syria forces
Displaced struggle to survive on run
Roy Gutman      McClatchy-Tribune

________


French leader hailed in Mali
Thousands welcome ousting of Islamists
Rukmini Callimachi      Associated Press

________


Netanyahu gets start on coalition
Edmund Sanders      Los Angeles Times

________


Local civilian contractors among first American POWs in WWII
Their stories live on in a new book
Kevin Graman      Correspondent

________


Notre Dame perfects its pitch
Associated Press

________

In brief:  From Wire Reports:

Raid on Army camp kills 23 in Pakistan

Islamabad – Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, automatic rifles and suicide vests launched a raid on a Pakistani army camp in the country’s volatile northwest before dawn Saturday, killing 23 people and injuring at least eight.

The attack took place at a camp and checkpost in Lakki Marwat, a district just east of North Waziristan, the tribal area that the Pakistani Taliban, al-Qaida and other militant groups continue to use as a primary base of operations.

Twelve militants were killed in the fighting, the security official said.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for recent U.S. drone strikes that killed two Taliban commanders in Pakistan’s tribal region along the border with Afghanistan.


Tape prompts probe of riot police beating

Cairo – Egypt’s Interior Minister vowed Saturday to investigate the beating of a naked man by riot police that threatened to further inflame popular anger against security forces, but suggested that initial results absolve the police of direct abuse.

The beating was caught on camera by the Associated Press and the video was broadcast live on Egyptian television late Friday as protests raged in the streets outside the presidential palace.

Less than 24 hours after the incident, several thousand anti-government demonstrators marched again on the palace Saturday denouncing the police and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi after a week of violent protests.


Iran says bomber jet can evade radar

Tehran, Iran – Iran on Saturday unveiled its newest combat jet, a domestically manufactured fighter-bomber that military officials claim can evade radar.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a ceremony broadcast on state TV that building the Qaher F-313, or Dominant F-313, shows Iran’s will to “conquer scientific peaks.”

The Qaher is one of several aircraft designs the Iranian military has rolled out since 2007. Tehran has repeatedly claimed to have developed advanced military technologies in recent years, but its claims cannot be independently verified because the country does not release technical details of its arsenals.

The Islamic republic launched a self-sufficient military program in the 1980s to compensate for a Western weapons embargo that banned export of military technology and equipment to Iran. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, torpedoes, drones and fighter planes.

However, some reports suggest that Iran’s program relies on equipment supplied by major international defense contractors and that it incorporates parts made abroad or uses outside engineered technologies in its domestic designs.


Governor tells Boy Scouts to keep gay ban

Austin, Texas – Texas Gov. Rick Perry said emphatically Saturday that the Boy Scouts of America shouldn’t soften its strict no-gays membership policy, and dismissed the idea of bending the organization to the whims of “popular culture.”
Perry is an Eagle Scout and in 2008 he authored the book “On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For.” It detailed the governor’s deep love for the organization and explained why it should continue to embrace traditional, conservative values – including excluding openly gay members and Scout leaders.

America’s longest-serving governor addressed the Texas Scouts’ 64th annual Report to State, where hundreds of Scouts from around Texas filled the state House of Representatives to announce their delegation’s recent accomplishments.

Perry told the youngsters that the Scouts was a key reason he joined the U.S. Air Force and later sought public office, and that society’s failure to adhere to the organization’s core values was a cause for high rates of teen pregnancy and wayward youth who grow up to be “men joining their fathers in prison.”

Speaking to reporters afterward, Perry said: “Hopefully the board will follow their historic position of keeping the Scouts strongly supportive of the values that make Scouting this very important and impactful organization.”

________


Groups to sue over limiting of caribou habitat
Nicholas K. Geranios      Associated Press

________


Wolverines may get protections
Associated Press

________

opinion:

Editorial: Spokanes’ casino hopes nearer, but need dashing

Women in combat? Not so fast
Kathleen Parker      Washington Post columnist

________

sports

Zags avoid upset, beat host USD 65-63
Jim Meehan      The Spokesman-Review

Arizona handles Cougars in Pullman, 79-65
Christian Caple      The Spokesman-Review

Bulldogs women hit dozen 3s in win over Pepperdine
Chris Derrick      The Spokesman-Review

Montana cruises past Eastern
Jim Allen      The Spokesman-Review

________
________


from The Wenatchee World

to be added



No comments:

Post a Comment