2008年10月31日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Pakistan official: quake deaths likely over 300 (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 02:59 AM CDT

Pakistani villagers who are effected by Wednesday's earthquake wait for relief in Ziarat, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) south of Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Authorities scrambled to help earthquake survivors in the frigid mountains of southwestern Pakistan on Thursday as the death toll rose to 215. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - A Pakistani official says the death toll from the earthquake in southwestern Pakistan will likely rise to more than 300.

Toll in India's northeast explosions rises to 76 (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:51 AM CDT

A vehicle set afire by an angry mob is seen near the site of a bomb explosion in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. A series of coordinated blasts tore through India's volatile northeast on Thursday, killing at least 61 people, wounding more than 300 and setting police on a frantic search for any unexploded bombs, officials said. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)AP - Investigators searched through rubble Friday for clues on the kinds of explosives used in more than a dozen coordinated blasts that killed at least 76 people in crowded streets and markets of northeastern India.

Congo rebel leader wants direct talks with govt (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 12:47 AM CDT

A boy walk past an United Nations armoured vehicle which stands outside the U.N. headquarters in Goma in eastern Congo, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. The Governor of Goma, Julien Mpaluku, acknowledged Wednesday that panic was spreading, but stressed that U.N. peacekeepers were still in charge and rebels had not yet entered the city.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)AP - With a cease-fire appearing to halt most fighting, a rebel leader said Thursday he wanted direct talks with the Congo government. Envoys from the U.S. and U.N. were sent in to help set up negotiations.

Israel's Olmert to push for more Syria talks (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:02 AM CDT

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is seen during his meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, not seen, at Olmert's office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Sanader is on an official visit to the region . Israel moved closer Tuesday to a bruising election campaign that will decide the future of peace talks, as polls showed the moderate foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, in a surprisingly close race with hard-line opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Olmert, who is being forced from office by a series of corruption investigations, said he would remain in office as a caretaker . (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)AP - A spokesman for Israel's prime minister says Ehud Olmert believes peace talks with Syria should continue even though elections are pending.

Vatican issues screening guidelines for priests (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:25 AM CDT

Three priests cross St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, in this Oct. 18, 2002 file photo. (AP Photo/Luciano Del Castillo)AP - The Vatican issued new psychological screening guidelines for seminarians Thursday — the latest effort by the Roman Catholic Church to be more selective about its priesthood candidates following a series of sex abuse scandals.

Barclays to raise £7.3bln from investors (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:33 AM CDT

A Barclays bank leaflet is pictured with coins in London, August 2008. Barclays said on Friday it would raise 7.3 billion pounds, most of which would come from oil-rich Middle East investors.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Barclays said on Friday it would raise 7.3 billion pounds, most of which would come from oil-rich Middle East investors.

Nazi leader's grandniece, Jewish woman find peace (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 02:40 AM CDT

Bettina Goering, whose great-uncle was was the infamous Nazi leader Hermann Goering, left, and Ruth Rich, an Australian artist whose brother was murdered by the Nazis and whose parents survived the Holocaust, right, stand in an exhibition of Rich's paintings in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, Sunday Oct. 26, 2008. Goering and Rich came to Israel for the screening of 'Bloodlines', a documentary recording their emotional encounters. Goering said it was only thanks to her meetings with Rich, where she faced an angry victim, that she was able to finally breakthrough from a guilt-ridden life, filled of psychological and physical breakdowns.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)AP - Bettina Goering ran away from home at 13, lived on a promiscuous commune in India and later fled to the U.S. and had herself sterilized. It was all part of an attempt to escape the legacy of her last name.

Ecuador alleges 'clear' signs of CIA infiltration (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 12:00 AM CDT

Ecuador's Defense Minister Javier Ponce, right, talks during a press conference as Interior Minister Fernando Bustamante looks on in Quito, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Ponce announced the conclusions of a commission report, ordered by Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, that claims the United States has infiltrated Ecuador's armed forces and police. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)AP - An Ecuadorean presidential commission has concluded that U.S. intelligence services infiltrated the Andean nation's military and police and supported a cross-border incursion by Colombian troops that killed a top rebel commander.

Zimbabwe crisis worsens amid impasse, Amnesty says (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:03 AM CDT

Family members of evicted farm workers workers cook breakfast on the side of the road outside Mvurwi village, about 130 km (81 miles) west of Harare, May 1, 2008. Some 20 families said they were evicted by ruling party militia and war veterans from Chipanza Farm after being suspected to have voted for the opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe's March 29 presidential and parliamentary elections. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)Reuters - Human rights abuses are going unpunished and the food crisis is worsening in Zimbabwe while President Robert Mugabe and the opposition bicker over forming a unity government, Amnesty International said on Friday.

Nissan reports dropping second quarter profit (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:30 AM CDT

AP - Nissan reported a 39 percent drop in fiscal second quarter profit Friday, as a strong yen and a contraction in the U.S. market combined to batter earnings at Japan's No. 3 automaker.

Australia: No residency for boy with Down syndrome (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:12 AM CDT

AP - A German doctor hoping to gain permanent residency in Australia said Friday he will fight a decision by the immigration department to deny his application because his son has Down syndrome.

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