2009年10月3日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


Iran's leader: Obama wrong to say nuke site hidden (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:12 PM PDT

Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, center, makes his way as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. ElBaradei arrived in Iran to arrange an inspection of the uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iran's president hit back Saturday at President Barack Obama's accusation that his country had sought to hide its construction of a new nuclear site, arguing that Tehran reported the facility to the U.N. even earlier than required.


Village deaths to lift Indonesian quake death toll (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:52 PM PDT

Indonesians pass a collapsed building Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in the Sumatran Island city of Padang, Indonesia, three days after Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude quake that toppled thousands of buildings. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - The death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials on Saturday reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of mud, most of them guests at a wedding celebration.


Latest typhoon kills 4 in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:49 AM PDT

Filipino children queue for food at a makeshift evacuation centre after severe flooding at Marikina, on the outskirts of Manila, on September 30. The Philippines had been fearfully bracing for approaching Typhoon Parma which pummeled the northern Philippines Saturday, cutting power and telephone lines, as its rains threatened more misery to flood survivors in Manila(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AP - Typhoon Parma cut a path across the Philippines' northern edge on Saturday, killing four people but sparing the capital from a second flood disaster as the storm churned toward Taiwan.


Irish give decisive `yes' to EU reform on 2nd try (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:58 AM PDT

A tallyman, left, watches as counting of votes begins for the European Union's reform treaty at the RDS Election Count Center, in Dublin, Ireland Saturday Oct. 3, 2009. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen is seeking a strong 'yes'' vote in Friday's referendum for the Lisbon Treaty, which proposes a wide range of reforms for the 27-nation bloc. All the other nations already back the treaty but Ireland's voters rejected it in an initial referendum last year.  (AP Photo/Niall Carson/PA Wire)AP - Ireland's recession-hit voters have overwhelmingly approved the European Union's ambitious and long-delayed reform plans, electoral chiefs announced Saturday in a referendum result greeted with wild cheers in Dublin — and nervous sighs of relief in Brussels.


Afghan policeman fires on US troops, killing 2 (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:06 AM PDT

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Mark Voss, of Laurel, Mont., with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, fires his M240B machine gun at Taliban in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. The fight, which began when Taliban fighters opened up with assault rifles and machine guns on a Marine patrol over open ground, lasted around 2 hours, and ended with no casualties among the Marines and an unknown number of Taliban wounded or killed. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - An Afghan policeman on patrol with U.S. soldiers opened fire on the Americans, killing two of them before fleeing, officials said Saturday, raising questions about discipline in the ranks of the Afghan forces and possible infiltration by insurgents.


Injunction by Twitter: A Blogger Makes History Trying to Unmask His Impostor (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Someone has been sending tweets pretending to be a British Conservative blogger. To force his imposter to stop, Donal Blaney achieved a legal first: a tweetinjunction

Prince Charles to visit Canada in November (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Prince Charles (L) will visit Canada with his wife Camilla between November 2 and 12, the Canadian government said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prince Charles will visit Canada with his wife Camilla between November 2 and 12, the Canadian government said on Saturday.


Israeli army strikes Gaza weapons workshop (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:08 AM PDT

Palestinians inspect the damage at a metal workshop, following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 3 , 2009. The Israeli army says it carried out airstrikes on a weapons workshop east of Gaza City and two weapons smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - The Israeli army says it carried out airstrikes on a weapons workshop east of Gaza City and two weapons smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border.


Rivals edge toward talks in Honduras coup crisis (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:50 PM PDT

Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya protest in El Pedregal neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.  The sign reads in Spanish 'Victory is ours! Don't give up! Not one step back! Resist!' Two rival factions fighting for control of Honduras have begun talking days before a meeting that many hope will end a political crisis sparked by Central America's first coup in more than a decade when Zelaya was ousted in a military coup in June. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - The factions fighting for control of Honduras have begun talking days before a meeting that many hope will end a political crisis sparked by Central America's first coup in more than a decade.


Top Nigerian militant leaders disarm under amnesty (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:02 PM PDT

Ateke Tom, one of Nigeria's key militant leaders in the volatile oil hub of the Niger Delta, speaks to his partisans in Port Harcourt. Tom and around 5,000 militants handed in their weapons at a ceremony in the oil city of Port Harcourt, on the eve of the expiry of an amnesty extended to rebels who have wrought havoc on Nigeria's oil industry in recent years.(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Three top Nigerian militant leaders in the volatile oil hub of the Niger Delta gave up their weapons along with thousands of fighters on Saturday under a government amnesty.


Burials start for Samoan tsunami victims (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Two women scavenge wooden boards from the beach at Vailoa village, Samoa, to reuse in temporary shelter Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, 3 days after a deadly tsunami rolled through several South Pacific island nations. An earthquake centered about 120 miles (193 kilometers) south of the islands of Samoa and American Samoa, triggered the tsunami early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Taitasi Suapaia Fitiao is preparing for every parent's nightmare — burying her young child.


Bomb scare forces evacuation of Iraqi parliament (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 08:37 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — A bomb scare forced the evacuation Saturday of the Iraqi parliament building after explosives-sniffing dogs alerted authorities to a possible threat an hour before lawmakers were to meet.

Irish Ayes on Lisbon Treaty Have Europe Smiling (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Irish Voters say Yes in a referendum on the way the European Union will work in the future, though hurdles remain

Chain of Disasters Test Capacity to Respond (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:36 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (OneWorld.net) - Aid workers around the world have become accustomed to mounting quick responses to save lives and protect the vulnerable after natural disasters, but this week has been particularly intense.

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