2009年7月3日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Honduras rejects OAS appeal to restore president (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 04:12 PM PDT

People against ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya gather outside of the presidential residence in support of the interim government in Tegucigalpa, Friday July 3, 2009. Honduras' interim leader said he was open to early elections if it resolves an impasse with the world community, as a top diplomat headed to the Central American nation to demand he restore Zelaya to power.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline.

Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 03:49 PM PDT

An Iranian worshipper chants anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a Friday prayer's ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

VP Biden urges Iraqis to make political progress (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 03:24 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, arrive at a joint news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 3, 2009. Biden made his first visit to Iraq after being appointed to oversee the administration's Iraq policy. Biden's arrival late Thursday came just came days after all U.S. combat troops were pulled out of Iraq's cities and towns on June 30, part of a security agreement that will see all American soldiers out of the country by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, Pool)AP - Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political progress is fueling violence in Iraq.

Mexico wins praise for swine flu response (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 04:29 PM PDT

Pan American Health Organization Director Mirta Roses Periag speaks during the 'Lessons Learned and Preparedness of Swine Flu' summit in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health.

US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 12:08 PM PDT

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines takes positions along a tree line in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday, July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001.

U.S. and Russia: The Talk Starts Here (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - U.S. and Russia: The Talk Starts Here

Six die in London tower block blaze: emergency services (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 04:40 PM PDT

A burnt out tower block is pictured in Camberwell, south London. Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said.(AFP)AFP - Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said.

Venezuelan official: Radio licenses to be revoked (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 03:07 PM PDT

AP - The head of Venezuela's telecommunications regulatory agency said Friday that 240 radio stations will have their licenses revoked for failing to update their registrations with the government.

Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur: officials (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 02:57 PM PDT

A map of Darfur showing refugee camps and villages destroyed or damaged in conflict. Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP.(AFP/Graphic/Francis Nallier)AFP - Two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda were kidnapped Friday by armed men in Sudan's volatile Darfur region, the scene of Africa's longest running conflict, officials told AFP.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642 (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 04:30 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada, U.S. unemployment expected to rise (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 09:46 AM PDT

Reuters - The jobless rate in Canada and the United States will continue to rise, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday.

Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 04:26 AM PDT

In this undated photo supplied by Queensland Museum, paleontologist Scott Hocknull analyses the Diamantinasaurus fossils in Winton, in central Queensland, Australia. Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and has a name like something from an Arnold Schwazennegger movie. Meet the Australovenator. (AP Photo/Queensland Museum, HO)AP - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.

Biden's visit to Iraq raises questions about Iraq's future (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 11:51 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden's surprise two-day visit this weekend to Iraq was meant to "re-establish contact" with leaders here, but some Iraqis bristled at the messenger more than the message.

Does the E.U.'s Airline Blacklist Make Flying Safer? (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 02:20 PM PDT

Time.com - In the wake of the Yemenia Airways crash that killed 152 on Tuesday, the E.U. considers putting the airline on its safety standards blacklist. But will that keep air travelers safe in the skies?

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