BitGou: Morning Digest: Fugitive Snowden in running for European rights prize

2013年9月17日星期二

Morning Digest: Fugitive Snowden in running for European rights prize

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09/17/2013

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Fugitive Snowden in running for European rights prize

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden is in the running for a European human rights prize whose past winners include Nelson Mandela and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi..

Russia still suspects Syria attack was a 'provocation:' Lavrov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia still suspects an August 21 poison gas attack in Syria was a provocation by rebel forces and says a report by U.N. inspectors does not answer all of its questions about the attack, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday..

Global stocks, dollar dip as Fed to start meeting

PARIS (Reuters) - Shares dipped and the dollar lost ground on Tuesday as investors consolidated positions before a U.S. Federal policy meeting at which the central bank is set to start scaling back stimulus..

U.S. organist Carpenter bends rules of performing

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Flamboyant American organist Cameron Carpenter wants to wrest organ music from academics he says play solely for the initiated, and bring it back to the people..

Bernard shines, Bengals compound Steelers' misery

(Reuters) - Cincinnati rookie Giovani Bernard enjoyed a breakout performance with two touchdowns as the Bengals beat the stuttering Pittsburgh Steelers 20-10 on Monday..

Facebook and Twitter said to be unblocked in Iran

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook and Twitter became widely accessible to Iranian users on Monday for the first time since 2009, when the services were blocked in the midst of widespread protests against former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to reports emerging from the country..

China says aims to train astronauts from other countries

BEIJING (Reuters) - China aims to train astronauts from other countries who will conduct missions with their Chinese counterparts, state news agency Xinhua cited a senior official as saying on Monday..

Boston homeless man finds bag stuffed with cash, turns it in

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Boston homeless man turned over to police a backpack stuffed with nearly $42,000 worth of cash and travelers checks shortly after he found it at a shopping mall, police said on Monday..