2009年12月2日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Defiant Iran vows to enrich uranium even more (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:21 PM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talks to the media in Caracas November 25, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/FilesAP - In a defiant speech, Iran's president declared Wednesday that his country will enrich uranium to a much higher level — a fresh rejection of an international plan to curb Tehran's nuclear program.


Obama's Afghan plan represents high-stakes gamble (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:02 PM PST

FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo President Barack Obama speaks to reporters after his meeting with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, left, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama is holding an uncertain hand in his high-stakes gamble in the fight against Islamic extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Weak partners in both countries, doubts about the speed of building up Afghan security forces and allies reluctant to commit themselves wholeheartedly to the battle all raise questions about the strategy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama is holding an uncertain hand in his high-stakes gamble in the fight against Islamic extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Weak partners in both countries, doubts about the speed of building up Afghan security forces and allies reluctant to commit themselves wholeheartedly to the battle all raise questions about the strategy.


Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:06 PM PST

This undated photo made available from the Bio-Medical Campus University of Rome on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 shows Pierpaolo Petruzziello's amputated hand linked with electrodes to a robotic hand, seen at top left, as part of an experiment, called LifeHand, to control the prosthetic with his thoughts. A group of European scientists on Wednesday announced they successfully connected a robotic hand to a man, Petruzziello, who had lost an arm in a car accident, allowing him to control the prosthetic with his thoughts and feel sensations in the artificial limb. The experiment lasted a month. But scientists say it marks the first time an amputee has been able to make complex movements using his mind to control a biomechanic hand connected to his nervous system. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Bio-Medical Campus University)  TO BE USED ONLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIFEHAND PROJECT ARTICLES **AP - An Italian who lost his left forearm in a car crash was successfully linked to a robotic hand, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, scientists said Wednesday.


Dubai mega-tower `last hurrah' to age of excess (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:10 PM PST

FILE- In this Sept. 11, 2008 file photo, the Burj Dubai, or 'Dubai Tower,' the world's tallest building, pictured at dusk, illuminated by a decorative fountain show at its base, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The exterior of the over 2600 foot structure is largely finished, and the tower is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy in the coming months. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley-FILE)AP - When work began in 2004 to build the world's tallest tower, Dubai's confidence also was sky high with a host of mega-projects on the drawing board or rising from the sands.


US troops hopeful Obama plan will wind down war (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 04:35 PM PST

U.S. Army soldiers walk towards a motor pool at Forward Operating Base Airborne, near the town of Maidan Shar, Wardak province, Afghanistan Wednesday Dec. 2, 2009. President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan, nearly tripling the force he inherited as commander in chief.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - U.S. service members in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more troops offered hope that they can go home — if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban.


Analysis: What about Europe's secret nuclear weapons? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 08:35 AM PST

Time.com - Not many people know that four non-nuke states in Europe host nuclear bombs and have air forces ready to drop them. It's time to rid Europe of this anachronism

RBS most exposed British bank to Dubai World: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:02 PM PST

A Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) logo is pictured at a branch in central London. British banks have total exposure to state-owned Dubai World of about five billion dollars, making them the biggest foreign creditor group of the crisis-hit conglomerate, a report said Thursday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British banks have total exposure to state-owned Dubai World of about five billion dollars, making them the biggest foreign creditor group of the crisis-hit conglomerate, a report said Thursday.


Iran whistleblower died from drug-laced salad (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:06 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo, Iranian supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are followed by Iranian riot-police in front of Tehran University during riots in Tehran, Iran. Iranian doctor Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani, who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran, died of poisoning from an overdose of a blood pressure drug in a salad, prosecutors say, fueling opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew. (AP Photo, File)AP - A 26-year-old doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a delivery salad laced with an overdose of blood pressure medication, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew.


Mexico to review witness protection program (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:08 PM PST

AP - Mexican federal prosecutors will review their witness protection program after gunmen killed a drug case informant in a Starbucks coffee shop in the capital, officials said Wednesday.

Morocco hits out at Western Sahara activist (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:31 PM PST

Award-winning Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar gives a press conference in Arrecife airport, on November 17 on the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote. Morocco on Wednesday warned Haidar that she must face the consequences of her actions.(AFP/File/Desiree Martin)AFP - Morocco on Wednesday warned a rights activist on hunger strike for more than two weeks after being denied entry into her native Western Sahara she must face the consequences of her actions.


Skeptical Dems resign themselves to Obama war plan (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:21 PM PST

U.S. soldiers patrol through the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.  Many Afghans were still sleeping when President Barack Obama announced he was sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to the war. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said NATO and U.S. forces would hand over responsibility for securing the country to the Afghan security forces 'as rapidly as conditions allow.' Obama said if conditions are right, U.S. troops could begin leaving Afghanistan in 18 months. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - A deeply skeptical Congress on Wednesday resigned itself to President Barack Obama's escalation of the Afghanistan war, even as the president's chief military and diplomatic advisers sought to cool any expectations that the war would end in two years.


Indonesia bans Australian film on E.Timor killings (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:18 AM PST

Handout photo shows actor Damon Gameau (C) playing journalist Greg Shackleton in the film Balibo which depicts the murders of Australian-based journalists during Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor. Indonesia has banned the film, an official said Wednesday.(AFP/Footprint Films-HO/File)AFP - Indonesia has banned an Australian-made film on the alleged murder of six Australia-based journalists by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor, officials said Wednesday.


Afghans, Pakistanis voice doubts about U.S. strategy (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 04:59 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans and Pakistanis Wednesday greeted President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000-35,000 additional troops to Afghanistan with limited enthusiasm, skepticism that the U.S. has enough staying power to defeat the Taliban-led insurgency and even suspicion that the rapid surge will be followed by a speedy exit.

Obama's Afghanistan speech: How it sounded to Afghans (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It's not just Americans who are concerned about the wisdom of escalating the Afghan war. Many Afghans also say it's a waste to send more troops.

Will Europe Agree to Sending More Troops to Afghanistan? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 08:35 AM PST

Time.com - Some European countries are likely to send more troops to Afghanistan but others are already talking about drawing down their numbers. Washington may end up disappointed

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