2009年7月16日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Aide: Zelaya to set up government seat in Honduras (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:10 PM PDT

A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, from the Garifuna Indian community, burns incense in a bucket near soldiers during a road blockade protest in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 16, 2009. The incense is believed to expel bad spirits. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - A top aide to Manuel Zelaya says the ousted president will set up government headquarters inside Honduras, from which he will lead the "final battle" against coup leaders.

China's economy accelerates with help of stimulus (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:09 PM PDT

Workers walk through a construction site in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 16, 2009. China's economy accelerated in the second quarter amid huge stimulus spending, expanding by 7.9 percent from a year earlier as retail sales and industrial output grew strongly, data showed Thursday July 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - China has bought a rebound in economic growth with a flood of government spending and bank loans, averting a surge in politically dangerous unemployment and fueling hopes that it might help lead a world recovery.

UN panel issues new sanctions against North Korea (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 01:49 PM PDT

In this undated image made off KRT footage distributed by APTN on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il claps while visiting Taedonggang Tile Factory, in North Korea. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)AP - UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. imposed new sanctions Thursday against five North Korean officials, four companies and a state agency, and banned imports of two weapons-making materials, in a rare unified push by the world's powers to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 11:05 AM PDT

AP - An ugly scramble is brewing over the swine flu vaccine — and when it becomes available, Britain, the United States and other nations could find that the contracts they signed with pharmaceutical companies are easily broken.

British children's authors boycott school readings (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 01:46 PM PDT

In this undated file photo made available by Harper Collins Thursday July 16, 2009 of British author Michael Morpurgo. Morpurgo and other prominent childrens' authors in Britain are protesting new government regulations requiring everyone who comes into contact with children to undergo a police check, at their own expense, to prove they are not sex offenders or criminals. The authors say this is not necessary since they read to hundreds of students at a time and are not alone with students. The authors say they will boycott school readings when the new rule goes into effect in October, 2009. The rule is in response to the 2002 killing of two school girls at the hands of a caretaker.(AP Photo-File Harper Collins) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY - AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED ONLY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE.AP - Some of Britain's leading children's authors are refusing to do readings in schools because of a new policy requiring them to be registered in a national database and undergo criminal background checks to prove they aren't sex offenders.

Uighurs: Middle East Ignores China's Oppressed Muslims (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:25 PM PDT

Time.com - In the wake of China's bloody crackdown on the Uighur riots in Xinjiang province, few governments in the Middle East have stepped up to defend the country's minority Muslims. But they have their reasons for keeping quiet

Icelanders agonize over future, but wary of the EU (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:58 PM PDT

Reuters - As Iceland prepares to negotiate membership of the European Union, Icelanders are torn between feeling it may be best for the country and fears they could lose their independence to faraway Brussels.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews riot in Jerusalem over arrest (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:14 PM PDT

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy hurls stones at police officers, not seen, during a protest against the arrest of a woman accused of child abuse in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 16, 2009. Ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with police using horses and water cannon to control the crowd in Jerusalem on Thursday in the third day of rioting over the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Ultra-Orthodox Jews throwing rocks and firecrackers clashed with police using horses and water cannon in Jerusalem on Thursday, in the third day of rioting over the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child.

(AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:59 PM PDT

AP - Zelaya aide: Ousted president will set up govt hq in Honduras, lead 'final battle from there.

Sudan accuses Chad of Darfur air raids (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:46 PM PDT

A Chadian soldier watches people march in Ndjamena in May 2009. Sudan accused Chad on Thursday of launching air raids on its western region of Darfur, an area believed to be the base of Chadian opposition rebels, state media reported.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Sudan accused Chad on Thursday of launching air raids on its western region of Darfur, an area believed to be the base of Chadian opposition rebels, state media reported.

China's Rio investigation ongoing says Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:51 PM PDT

Reuters - China has not yet reached a conclusion that four detained Rio Tinto staff accused of industrial espionage are guilty and investigations are ongoing, Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Friday.

Conservatives take small lead in poll (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 09:28 AM PDT

Reuters - The Conservatives have moved into a small lead in public opinion, a poll released on Thursday showed, as the Liberals mull whether to try to bring down the minority government this autumn.

China and Australia trade warnings on Rio case (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 07:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Australia and China traded warnings on Thursday over Rio Tinto employees detained for spying, as the United States urged Beijing to ensure transparency and fair treatment for staff of foreign companies.

'Bruno's' Palestinian 'terrorist' plans to sue over film (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 03:08 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank — Ayman Abu Aita knew there was something odd about the Austrian television reporter who asked to be kidnapped last year, showed risque video clips of himself stripping and suggested that "King" Osama Bin Laden shave his beard so he wouldn't look like a "dirty wizard."

Pakistan likely to figure high in Clinton's first India visit (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in India for a five-day visit Friday, keen to shore up relations between the United States and this fast emerging economic power.

Russian Rights Activist Estemirova Killed (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 02:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2007 file photo Natalya Estemirova, a human rights activist, seen in the Chechen capital, Grozny, southern Russia. Natalya Estemirova, a prominent human rights advocate, was kidnapped and killed in Chechnya Wednesday July 15, 2009. Her body with gunshot wounds was found in the neighboring region of Ingushetia. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)Time.com - In the latest attack on Russia's human-rights community, the kidnapping and murder of Natalya Estemirova has silenced one of Chechnya's most outspoken activists

Climate Roadmap Missing from G8 Agreement (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 01:42 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (OneWorld.net) - International leaders at the G8 summit in Italy pledged last week to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees -- the limit set by scientists before irreversible damage is done -- but failed to outline actions to achieve this goal, warns an environmental protection group.

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