2009年11月25日星期三

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Israel proposes 10-month West Bank settlement halt (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gestures as he speaks during a press conference in his Jerusalem office, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2009. Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for 10 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday, in an effort to restart peace talks, but Palestinians rejected the freeze as insufficient because it did not include east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations. Washington welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer, but the Palestinians swiftly rejected it because it did not include a building freeze in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, the mainly Arab sector of the city they want as the capital of a future state.


Polanski wins $4.5M bail, house arrest likely (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST

FILE -- This is a Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, of film director Roman Polanski in Montrouge, France.  Polanski was granted bail at $4.5 million on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009  in a surprising decision that keeps the 76-year-old director imprisoned for up to 10 days pending a possible appeal by the Swiss government. The Swiss Criminal Court reversed its previous rejection of bail, saying it was confident that the large cash guarantee would compel Polanski to remain at his chalet in Switzerland under house arrest and in an electronic bracelet. It still viewed him as a high flight risk. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)AP - Roman Polanski has been granted $4.5 million bail, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.


Islam's hajj: rain and fears of swine flu (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:43 PM PST

Pilgrims attending the hajj walk on flooded streets during heavy rains in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The heaviest rainstorms to hit Islam's annual hajj in years soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites and added an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo)AP - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions — umbrellas and face masks — as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.


IAEA chief: Iran must accept nuclear proposal (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:24 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) embraces his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, upon his arrival at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. Ahmadinejad vowed Wednesday beside firebrand Chavez that Iran and Venezuela would AP - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran on Wednesday to endorse a plan that would strip it of most of its enriched uranium, saying Tehran could not defuse fears about its nuclear program with proposals that included keeping the material.


Thai Airways' Excess Baggage Charge Costs More Than Seat (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:25 AM PST

Time.com - One unlucky traveler got hit with an excess-baggage charge so outrageous, he may as well have bought his luggage its own seats on the flight

Ex-head of MI6 attacks govt over Afghan conflict (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST

Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6's overseas intelligence service, pictured in 2008. Dearlove criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A former head of MI6's foreign intelligence service Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.


Iran clerics start taking control of schools (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:48 AM PST

AP - Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological "soft war" against Western influence.

Court convicts ex-general in Colombia massacre (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST

AP - A Colombian court has convicted a retired army general of murder and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for his role in a notorious 1997 massacre by far-right militias.

UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST

In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, a Rwandan Hutu rebel carries a gun as he walks past a United Nations peacekeeper encampment in the village of Kimua, eastern Congo. A United Nations report leaked to The Associated Press confirms that one of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe who facilitate arms trafficking, money transfers and day-to-day operational support. The Security Council is due to discuss the report on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, including the United States and some in Europe, a United Nations report said.


Fighting Afghan Taliban with Islamic credit unions (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:23 PM PST

Reuters - After the Taliban made nine threatening phone calls and fired a Kalashnikov outside his house, Shah Mohammad Mir left his hometown for months before returning with a new car and a new telephone number.

Canada generals deny ignoring Afghan abuse warning (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:36 PM PST

Reuters - Two former Canadian military commanders denied accusations on Wednesday that they had ignored warnings that Afghan authorities might torture and abuse detainees handed over to them.

Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:52 AM PST

In this Nov. 16, 2009 photo released by the Australian Antarctic  Division, an iceberg is seen at Sandy Bay on Macquarie Island's east coast, in the Southern Ocean 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is very rare to see icebergs from Macquarie Island and is uncommon to find icebergs in this general region. (AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division, Eve Merfield)AP - Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.


Will talk of Afghan 'off-ramps' prompt Taliban to hang tough? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:59 PM PST

US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will unveil his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime-time address from West Point, N.Y., on Dec. 1, the White House said Wednesday, but the administration's advance remarks have sparked concern that talk of an eventual U.S. withdrawal will encourage Islamist insurgents to persevere.


Afghanistan war: Why helicopters are critical to US and NATO forces (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In one of the worst chapters of their casualty-marred deployment in Afghanistan, Canadian forces earlier this year lost 10 soldiers in 90 days to improvised bombs on one stretch of highway in Kandahar province.

Shock over Obama Decision to Reject Landmine Ban (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:47 AM PST

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (OneWorld.net) - The Obama administration announced yesterday that it would not be joining a treaty signed by 158 other countries to ban landmines. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the decision "lacks vision, compassion, and basic common sense."

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