2009年10月24日星期六

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UN nuclear inspectors head to Iran to visit site (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:55 PM PDT

U.N inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) check in at Vienna's International Airport on their way to Iran, Vienna, Austria, Saturday Oct. 24, 2009. A team of U.N. inspectors is heading to Iran to visit a recently revealed nuclear site. The International Atomic Energy Agency experts are slated to examine an unfinished uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom to verify it is for peaceful purposes. Disclosure of its existence last month raised international suspicion over the extent and aim of the country's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - A team of U.N. inspectors went to Iran on Saturday to visit a recently revealed nuclear site, amid new efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program.

Pakistani army takes Taliban chief's hometown (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:05 AM PDT

A Pakistani soldier aims his RPG during a battle between Pakistani security forces and Taliban in the South Waziristan region in this image taken from a video grab released by the Pakistani military on October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Pakistan Government/Handout via Reuters TVAP - Pakistani soldiers captured the hometown of the country's Taliban chief Saturday, a strategic and symbolic initial prize as the army pushes deeper into a militant stronghold along the Afghan border. An army spokesman said the Taliban were in disarray, with many deserting the ranks.

Taliban threaten Afghan voters in November runoff (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:14 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, fire mortars at known enemy firing positions from a base in the Pech River Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. From left to right are SPC William Makenzie of Pendleton, OR and SPC Benjamin Pervis of Rochester, MN. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Taliban militants threatened Afghans with violence Saturday if they vote in the Nov. 7 runoff presidential election, as President Hamid Karzai's campaign ruled out any power-sharing deal to avoid another ballot.

Zimbabwe police raid prime minister aides' house (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:04 AM PDT

Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, conducts business as usual in his government offices in Harare, Monday, Oct.19, 2009. Tsvangirai whose party disengaged from activities in the inclusive government until all outstanding issues in the Global Political Agreement are resolved is set to tour Southern African countries in an effort to garner support for his move. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - HARARE, Zimbabwe — Police loyal to President Robert Mugabe raided a house used by the prime minister's supporters Saturday and accused them of hoarding weapons in a move that is likely to push Zimbabwe's fragile coalition government closer to collapse.

German politicians agree to form new government (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:09 AM PDT

AP - Germany's new center-right coalition government pledged Saturday to reform the health-care system, cut taxes and pull all remaining nuclear weapons from the country, a promise that could hurt relations with NATO already strained over the military deployment in Afghanistan.

Singer Morrissey in hospital after collapsing on stage (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Singer Morrissey, pictured here during an April 2009 performance, was rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage Saturday with breathing problems, emergency services said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter)AFP - Singer Morrissey was rushed to hospital after collapsing on stage Saturday with breathing problems, emergency services said.

Saudi female journalist gets lashes for sex show (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:24 PM PDT

AP - A Saudi court on Saturday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex.

Puerto Rico warns of health risk from fuel fire (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:56 PM PDT

Smoke billows from a fuel storage facility run by the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. and owned by Gulf in Catano, Puerto Rico, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. An explosion at the fuel storage facility sent earthquake-force shock waves across Puerto Rico's capital and created a tower of smoke that forced airliners to alter flight paths. No one was reported killed. (AP Photo/Primera Hora, Vanessa Serra Diaz)AP - Thousands of people living on the outskirts of a burning fuel-storage site in Puerto Rico were urged to relocate Saturday to avoid toxic smoke still billowing from the fire.

At least 25 dead in Egypt train collision: witnesses (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:58 PM PDT

An Egyptian man inspects the site of a collision between two passenger trains in the Al-Ayyat area of Giza, 40 kms (25 miles) from Cairo. At least 25 people were killed and 55 others injured when a passenger train drove full-speed into the back of another on Saturday in Giza, southwest of the Egyptian capital, witnesses and police said.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - At least 25 people were killed and 55 others injured when a passenger train drove full-speed into the back of another on Saturday in Giza, southwest of the Egyptian capital, witnesses and police said.

Canada to release one of 76 Tamils (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Sri Lankan fishing boats in the water in a harbour at Beruwela in southern Sri Lanka on October 21. Canada is to release one of 76 Tamils arrested last week in a ship off its Pacific coast, local media reported Saturday.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Canada is to release one of 76 Tamils arrested last week in a ship off its Pacific coast, local media reported Saturday.

Australia PM raises Rio case with China (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 05:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Leaders from China and Australia discussed on Saturday the issue of an Australian detained in China on suspicion of corporate espionage, but there was no resolution in a case that has strained their relations.

After weeklong battle, Pakistani army seizes Taliban stronghold (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani forces Saturday captured the hometown of the chief of the country's Taliban movement, officials announced, the first big gain in the weeklong ground offensive in South Waziristan.

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