2009年8月7日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this combination file photo released by Indonesian National Police, Malaysian terror suspect Noordin Mohammad Top is seen with the most recent picture on the right. Police hunting Noordin, one of Asia's top terror suspects, surrounded a house in central Java, Indonesia and were exchanging gunfire with suspected militants holed up inside it Friday Aug 7 2009, police and a witness said. (AP Photo/Indonesian National Police, HO, File)AP - Indonesian police raided a house on the outskirts of the capital early on Saturday, killing two suspected militants, arresting three others and seizing explosives and a car bomb, a senior officer said.

Pakistani Taliban head's death a blow to militants (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:07 PM PDT

In this made from video taken on May 24, 2008, Pakistan's top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, right, talks to the media in Kotkai, a village in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghan border. According to Kafayat Ullah, a Taliban commander and aide to Mehsud, Friday Aug. 7, 2009, Mehsud, who led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against the Pakistani government, was killed in a U.S. missile strike on Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Pakistan's Taliban chief was killed by a CIA missile strike, a militant commander confirmed Friday — a severe blow to extremists threatening the stability of this nuclear-armed nation and a possible boost to U.S.-Pakistani cooperation in fighting insurgents who wreak havoc along the Afghan border.

Particle collider: Black hole or crucial machine? (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:33 PM PDT

In this Feb. 29, 2008 file photo, the last element, weighing 100 tonnes, of the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) experiment is lowered into the cave at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland. When launched to great fanfare nearly a year ago, some feared the Large Hadron Collider would create a black hole that would destroy the world. The world's largest scientific machine, built at a cost of US dlrs 10 billion, has worked only nine days and has yet to smash an atom. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, said FridayAug. 7, 2009 it will restart the collider in November at half power under pressure from scientists eager to conduct experiments to unlock secrets of the universe. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, FILE)AP - When launched to great fanfare nearly a year ago, some feared the Large Hadron Collider would create a black hole that would suck in the world. It turns out the Hadron may be the black hole.

Dozens killed in bombings against Shiites in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:42 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen secure the scene of a road side bomb blast that hit a mini bus carrying Shiite pilgrims in Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug 7, 2009. A series of roadside bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims returning from the southern holy city of Karbala struck the Iraqi capital Friday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A suicide truck bomber flattened a Shiite mosque Friday in northern Iraq, and roadside bombs struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, as at least 51 people were killed and scores wounded nationwide.

Mehsud was Pakistan's Enemy No. 1 (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 11:24 AM PDT

AP - Baitullah Mehsud, unlike other militant leaders, made the Pakistan government his target, using suicide attacks and assassinations to shake the foundations of this country.

Germany's Cash-for-Clunkers Black-Market Scandal (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Germany's hugely popular cash-for-clunkers program is giving a boost to the black market, as cars meant for crushing are sold abroad instead

Birthplace of Roman emperor found in Italy (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:50 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Cittareale Cityhall, and taken on Aug. 5, 2009, archeologists are seen working on the pavement in a sprawling country villa believed by archeologists to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Rome near Cittareale. The 150,000-square-feet (14,000-square-meter) complex was at the center of an ancient village called Falacrine, Vespasian's hometown. Even though there are no inscriptions to attribute it for sure, the villa's location and luxury make it likely it was Vespasian's birthplace, archeologists said Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Cittareale Cityhall)AP - Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, they said Friday. The 2,000-year-old ruins were found about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Rome, near Cittareale, lead archaeologist Filippo Coarelli said.

Iran dissidents: Behind confessions, prison ordeal (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 10:16 AM PDT

This Aug. 5, 2009 photo shows Iranian writer Ebrahim Navabi in Brussels, Belgium. Nabavi was jailed for nearly three months by the Iranian government in 2000 and ended up confessing on television that he acted against national security. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - A prisoner forced to confess tries to speak with his eyes — to tell those watching that he's admitting to crimes he never committed because he's been broken by days alone in a cell and interrogators' threats to his family and loved ones.

Argentine faithful pray for jobs as poverty soars (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:53 PM PDT

People attend a mass outside San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Friday Aug.7, 2009. The Pope recently called Argentina's sharp rise in poverty 'scandalous,' forcing the government to acknowledge that its official economic numbers are impossibly unrealistic. Meanwhile, hundreds flock Friday to San Cayetano church, the patron of work, to pray for prosperity and employment on his day. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Now even the Pope says Argentina's sharp rise in poverty is a "scandal," and the government has been forced to agree, with former president Nestor Kirchner offering new poverty numbers that would represent a 50 percent rise this year alone.

US and SAfrica pledge work for 'free' Zimbabwe (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:06 PM PDT

United States of America Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton (L), seen here with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Pretoria, hailed a new spirit of cooperation between the US and South Africa as the two nations pledged joint action Friday to induce reforms in Zimbabwe.(AFP/Paballo Thekiso)AFP - The United States and South Africa pledged joint action Friday to induce reforms in Zimbabwe as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hailed a new spirit of cooperation between the two democracies.

NATO seeks more troops for Afghanistan; 8 die (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 03:54 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier of Task Force Mountain Warrior Alpha Company pauses during a patrol in Kandaru, at the Pesh Valley in Kunar Province August 7, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - NATO's new chief called Friday for additional reinforcements in Afghanistan, and the alliance announced the deaths of eight more U.S. and British troops as violence worsens in the eight-year-old war's deadliest phase.

Canada separatists deny rumors that leader to quit (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 07:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's separatist Bloc Quebecois party, which holds the balance of power in the federal Parliament, denied rumors on Friday that leader Gilles Duceppe will announce next week he plans to quit.

Uighur activist calls for probe on unrest in China (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 05:50 AM PDT

Police watch over members of the Uighur community in Melbourne, Australia, as they cheer their support for Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer outside the Chinese consulate Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. About 100 flag-waving protesters gathered at the consulate to demand an independent investigation into last month's violence in western China. (AP Photo/David Crosling)AP - A Uighur activist called Friday for a U.N. investigation of recent violence in western China, as 100 people demonstrated outside the Chinese consulate in Melbourne.

OAS will send 6 foreign ministers to Honduras (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 03:59 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The Organization of American States stepped up its pressure Friday on Honduras' de facto government, announcing that it's sending six foreign ministers here Tuesday to press for the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Strike on Mehsud could spur stronger US-Pakistan cooperation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - US officers have complained for years that Pakistan has been reluctant to help kill or capture some Taliban leaders who operate in the lawless tribal region along the Afghan border.

Ronnie Biggs 'Great Train Robber' Freed from Jail (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Ronnie Biggs, poses in Brazil in this September 1992 file photo. Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced on August 6, 2009, that Time.com - Notorious former fugitive Ronnie Biggs is released from prison for a crime he committed almost 50 years ago

Fourth Hiker Details How Friends Ended Up in Iran (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:42 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 6 (New America Media) - Three Americans, Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal, have been missing since Jul. 31 after hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan and are reportedly being held by Iranian authorities. Bauer is a correspondent for New America Media. A fourth member of their party, Shon Meckfessel, did not join them that day and has now offered his statement on events.

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