2009年7月31日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Corazon Aquino, Philippines president, dead at 76 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 04:08 PM PDT

Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino reads a statement during a news conference in Manila in this July 8, 2005 file photo. Aquino, known as Cory to millions of Filipinos, has died, her family said on August 1, 2009. She was 76. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/FilesAP - Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.

UN: Civilian deaths up 24 percent in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 01:31 PM PDT

French soldiers stand guard during an operation in Tagab district in Afghanistan's Kapisa province on July 27. Walking to a polling station in rural Afghanistan can be risky -- even for 250 troops armed with a guided missile, whose recent visit was disrupted by rocket attacks and gunfire.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - Civilian deaths in the escalating Afghan war soared by 24 percent during the first half of 2009 compared with the same period last year, the United Nations said Friday, blaming most of the casualties on Taliban attacks launched with little regard for civilian lives.

Cuba enters crisis mode as economy worsens (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 02:13 PM PDT

A worker takes a break on a truck loaded with bananas to be sold at a public market in Havana, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Cuba implemented an austere energy-savings plan this summer that's hurting output by shutting factories at peak hours and cutting everything from employee work hours to government-subsidized lunches. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - Cuba clicked into crisis mode Friday, postponing a key Communist Party congress aimed at charting a post-Castro future and announcing that its woeful economy is even worse than expected.

Report: 3 American hikers arrested in Iran (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:59 PM PDT

The Iranian flag flutters over Iranian Embassy in central Baghdad, on July 09, 2009. Iran, a longstanding adversary of Washington, detained three US tourists on Friday after they crossed into the country from Iraqi Kurdistan, CNN reported.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - The U.S. State Department said Friday it was investigating reports that three American tourists have been detained by Iranians while hiking near Iran's border with the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq.

Fatah, West's hope for peace, faces critical test (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2008 file photo Palestinian Fatah supporters hold up flags with the picture of the popular Fatah leader jailed in Israel, Marwan Barghouti, as they celebrate at a rally marking the movement's 43rd anniversary in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Fatah, the divided and demoralized movement of the late Yasser Arafat and the West's best hope for delivering a Mideast peace deal, is trying to stage a comeback. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, file)AP - Fatah, the divided and demoralized movement of the late Yasser Arafat and the West's best hope for delivering a Mideast peace deal, is trying to stage a comeback.

In Moldova, Europe's Last Soviet-Style Communist Government Bows Out -- Probably (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Time.com - In a snap election, the Communist government of Vladimir Voronin fails to win enough votes to govern. Now four opposition groups must try to form a government

English football pays tribute to 'gentleman' Robson (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 04:25 PM PDT

Former England and Newcastle manager Sir Bobby Robson, seen here in 2004, has died at the age of 76 after a long battle with cancer. English football's leading figures paid tribute to Sir Bobby Robson on Friday after the former England coach lost his long battle with cancer.(AFP/File/Gerard Julien)AFP - English football's leading figures paid tribute to Sir Bobby Robson on Friday after the former England coach lost his long battle with cancer.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,329 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 04:36 PM PDT

AP - As of Friday, July 31, 2009, at least 4,329 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Honduran interim leaders: Zelaya can't be restored (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 04:16 PM PDT

A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya writes on a bus window from the inside that reads in Spanish 'Who said fear, long live the revolution' before returning to Honduras from Ocotal, Nicaragua, Friday, July 31, 2009. Zelaya was removed from power on June 28 by a coup. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Honduras' coup-installed leader has dampened hopes for a negotiated solution to the country's crisis, capping days of mixed signals by saying firmly that there's no way the ousted president can return to power.

US trade envoy to voice 'tough love' for Africa (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 04:47 PM PDT

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk talks during a press conference in June 2009 at the OECD headquarters in Paris. Kirk said Friday he would have a message of AFP - The top US trade diplomat said Friday he would have a message of "tough love" for African nations on an upcoming visit after some complained about extending export preferences to other poor regions.

Former Philippine leader Aquino dies: family (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino seen here in 2008. Aquino, 76, died Saturday of cardiac arrest after battling colon cancer for more than a year, her son announced.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AFP - Former Philippine leader and democracy icon Corazon Aquino died Saturday following a cardiac arrest after battling colon cancer for more than a year, her son announced. She was 76.

Ex-world champion Gatti committed suicide: police (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 11:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Former world champion Arturo Gatti committed suicide and was not murdered as initially suspected, a Brazilian police spokesman said on Thursday.

Emotional reunion for long-lost mongrel 'Muffy' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:23 AM PDT

AFP - A young Australian Friday held an emotional TV reunion with her dog Muffy, who went missing nine years ago before reappearing filthy and flea-bitten 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) away.

Iran detains three Americans who strayed across border (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:36 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - IRBIL, Iraq — Three American civilians were detained in Iran when they apparently strayed across the border from Iraq, Iraqi security officials said Friday.

India's PM too soft on Pakistan? Opposition says yes. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - India's recent extension of an olive branch – more of a twig, really – to Pakistan is stirring strong political opposition at home and doing little to nudge Pakistan's military away from its focus on India as its primary security threat.

The Death of Corazon Aquino, Saint of People Power (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Time.com - At a critical time in her country's history, the shy widow took up her charismatic husband's legacy and led it through a valley of the shadow of death

Focus Shifts to Trafficking of Men in Europe (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 31 Jul 2009 09:05 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - BRATISLAVA, Jul 31 (IPS) - Governments and third sector organisations must raise awareness of a growing problem with male human trafficking in some of Eastern Europe's poorest countries if its victims are to get the help they need, people trafficking monitors say.

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