2009年7月19日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Mauritania coup chief wins vote amid fraud claims (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 03:48 PM PDT

AP - Nearly a year after seizing power in a military putsch that ousted Mauritania's first freely elected leader, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz won the presidency Sunday in a landslide vote his opponents decried as a fraudulent "electoral coup."

Ahmadinejad criticized over vice president choice (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 02:44 PM PDT

This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, shows a female supporter of the Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi holding his poster after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 17, 2009. The name of Mousavi is written on the poster. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE: AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, already at the center of a post-election crisis, came under criticism from his own hard-line supporters Sunday for appointing a first vice president who once caused an outcry by saying Iranians were friends of Israelis.

Israel rejects US call to halt Jerusalem project (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 01:46 PM PDT

A Palestinian woman walks next to the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem, Sunday, July 19. 2009. The U.S. has demanded that Israel suspend a planned housing project on the grounds of the hotel in east Jerusalem, senior Israeli officials said Sunday, the latest sign of a deepening conflict between the two allies over Israeli settlements. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Israel on Sunday rejected a U.S. demand to suspend a planned housing project in east Jerusalem, threatening to further complicate an unusually tense standoff with its strongest ally over settlement construction.

Helicopter crash at Afghan base kills 16 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 11:05 AM PDT

File - A Mi-8 helicopter flies over the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia, in this Sept. 18, 2002 file photo. A civilian helicopter similar to the one pictured crashed at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday July 19, 2009, military officials said. Russia's air transportation agency reported 15 people died. NATO and U.S. officials did not immediately confirm the death toll. Russian news agencies Interfax and RIA Novosti reported that the Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter crashed on takeoff. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - A Russian-owned civilian helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, killing 16 civilians in the latest in a string of deadly aircraft crashes in the country.

Why a 9/11 "Plotter" Deserves a Re-Trial (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Viewpoint: Zacarias Moussaoui may not be a likeable character but that doesn't mean American justice is served by putting him away after a farcical trial

Son of John Surtees dies in F2 race in England (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 03:18 PM PDT

The only person to have been World Champion motorcyclist and F1 World Champion, Britain's John Surtees, waves from his MV Agusta rides past the crowds at Goodwood's Festival of Speed in Goodwood, Southern England, on July 5, 2009. The 18-year-old son of former F1 world champion John Surtees died Sunday after an accident during a Formula Two race, the hospital treating him said.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - The 18-year-old son of former F1 world champion John Surtees died Sunday after an accident during a Formula Two race, the hospital treating him said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,327 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 04:50 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, July 19, 2009, at least 4,327 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

(AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 02:53 PM PDT

AP - Ousted Honduran president's negotiator says crisis talks end without compromise on his return.

(AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 12:09 PM PDT

AP - Interior minister says former junta chief Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz wins Mauritania election.

Ram backs up first title with opening win at Indy (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 03:25 PM PDT

Local tennis hero Rajeev Ram, pictured in 2008, backed up the career-first title he won a week ago at Newport with a 6-3, 7-5 first-round victory Sunday over fellow wild card Devin Britton at the Indianapolis Championships.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Local tennis hero Rajeev Ram backed up the career-first title he won a week ago at Newport with a 6-3, 7-5 first-round victory Sunday over fellow wild card Devin Britton at the Indianapolis Championships.

Lost British backpacker says he was 'total idiot' (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 11:04 AM PDT

British backpacker Jamie Neale tries to walk past the media as he leaves the Blue Mountains hospital in Katoomba 100 km (62 miles) from Sydney, Australia, Friday, July 17, 2009. Neale was found alive on Wednesday July 15 after 12 days in the rugged bush land of the Blue Mountains.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A British teenager who was found dehydrated and freezing after 12 wintry days lost in Australia's wilderness said he wrote farewell notes to his family and expected to die of starvation.

Analysis: Jakarta attack may show evolution of Islamist terror group (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Twin bomb blasts at two luxury hotels popular with foreign businessmen in Indonesia's capital have renewed fears of terrorist attacks after a four-year lull in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.

Drug Dealing for Jesus: Mexico's Evangelical Narcos (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:35 PM PDT

Time.com - A quasi-religious, cult-like drug cartel lays siege to the police in western Mexico and shakes the national government

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