2009年8月18日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Attacks rock Kabul ahead of vote; media restricted (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 04:11 PM PDT

Injured Afghan men and boys leave the scene of a suicide car bomb attack on the outskirts of Kabul on Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009. A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy killing at least seven civilians and wounding some 50 people, including several international troops, officials said. A U.N. spokesman said three U.N. staff were also wounded. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Insurgents struck the Afghan capital two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing a suicide car bomber on a NATO convoy. Alarmed, the government asked news media not to report violence the day of the vote.

Obama: Encouraged on Mideast peace (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:44 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama won lavish praise from his Egyptian counterpart on Tuesday and spoke of an "extraordinary opportunity" for making peace in the Middle East, saying he was encouraged by U.S. efforts to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Clinton seeks to reassure on U.S.-Colombia agreement (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 04:40 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez speak during a joint press availability, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Tuesday to reassure Latin America that a pending agreement to give U.S. forces greater access to Colombian military facilities will not create permanent U.S. bases. The planned expanded American military presence in Colombia has worried both U.S.-friendly nations in the region and members of President Barack Obama's own political party.

Ship location kept quiet to protect hijacked crew (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 01:05 PM PDT

FILE- In this Dec. 29, 2008 file photo the cargo ship the Arctic Sea is seen in Kotka, Finland. The Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic was found Friday, Aug. 14, 2009, near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa, according to French and Russian officials. There was no immediate information about the condition of the crew or whether there was anyone else on board. (AP Photo/Pekka Laakso, Lehitukuva, File)AP - For more than two weeks, the freighter Arctic Sea seemed to have vanished in the Atlantic Ocean's vastness, but officials said Tuesday they knew where it was all along and were just staying mum in order to bring a dangerous hijacking drama to a bloodless end.

Honduras orders expulsion of Argentine diplomats (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:07 PM PDT

A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya protests in front of the Supreme Justice Court in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009. Honduras' interim government ordered Argentine diplomats Tuesday to leave the country in three days, sending a defiant message ahead of a visit by six foreign ministers who are seeking the restoration of Zelaya. The signs read in Spanish: 'Neither coups nor hitting women. Feminists resistance.'' (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Honduras' interim government ordered Argentine diplomats Tuesday to leave the country in three days, sending a defiant message ahead of a visit by six foreign ministers who are seeking the restoration of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Syria Intervenes in Iran Cases on Behalf of France (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:05 PM PDT

Detained French lecturer Clotilde Reiss defends herself during a hearing at a revolutionary court in Tehran on August 8, 2009. Iran released Reiss on bail Sunday six weeks after she was arrested on suspicion of spying, the French presidency said, adding that she is in good health.(AFP/FARS NEWS/File/Ali Rafiei)Time.com - Paris and Damascus have grown closer over the past year, and that's paid dividends in the case of two French nationals held by Iran on charges of espionage

Twitter site offers followers line to God (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:25 PM PDT

This picture shows the frontpage of Twitter in Paris, in July 2009. Forty percent of the messages on Twitter are Reuters - Want to tweet God?

Iraqi leader wants Syria to hand over suspects (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:34 PM PDT

Syrian Prime Minister Naji Otari, left, receives his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki, right, upon al-Maliki's arrival in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009. Al-Maliki will ask Syrian officials for help in confronting terrorism during talks in the Syrian capital Tuesday, including handing over Iraqi fugitives. His visit to Damascus follows one by senior U.S. military officials during which Iraqi security was also discussed. (AP Photo)AP - Iraq's prime minister is asking Syrian officials to hand over people suspected of links to insurgent attacks in his country and to stop fighters from crossing its border into northern Iraq, one of his advisers said Tuesday.

PR gov to restrict alcohol sales amid rising crime (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Luis Fortuno said Tuesday he will submit a proposal for the legislature to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages after certain hours as a way to cut down on crime in Puerto Rico.

Officials doubt Tunisian woman carrying 12 fetuses (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 10:52 AM PDT

AP - Tunisian authorities are investigating a claim that a woman in Tunisia is pregnant with 12 babies.

Clinton: Insurgents seek to intimidate Afghans (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 04:54 PM PDT

U.S. Army paratrooper Pfc. Randy Louis, with the 82nd Airborne Division's 4th Squadron, 73rd Regiment, gets a kiss from his 3 year-old daughter Amber prior to his deployment to Afghanistan at Fort Bragg, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009. The North Carolina-based paratroopers are part of a 60,000 troop U.S. surge and part of the first Army unit to go with a mission focused solely training the troubled country's police. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the latest rise in insurgent violence in Afghanistan reflects a deliberate campaign to intimidate voters ahead of Thursday's presidential election.

Government promises to boost aid to Arctic economy (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 09:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched a tour to assert Canada's Arctic sovereignty claims on Tuesday, saying the government was not ignoring the vast but sparsely populated region's economic and social ills.

Australia signs record $41 bln energy deal with China: officials (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:26 PM PDT

Delivery trucks on a late-night journey pass PetroChina gas stations in Beijing, in June 2009. Australia has signed a record 41.3 billion US dollar deal to supply Chinese energy giant PetroChina with liquefied natural gas, officials said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Australia has signed a record 41.3 billion US dollar deal to supply Chinese energy giant PetroChina with liquefied natural gas, officials said.

Could detained journalist get asylum from Taliban threats? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:44 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — U.S. immigration officials questioned a Voice of America journalist Tuesday to determine whether he could apply for asylum based on a "credible fear" of being tortured or persecuted in his native Pakistan.

Taiwan president under fire over typhoon response (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Fingerpointing has begun in earnest in Taiwan, as the island struggles to recover nearly a week and a half after its deadliest typhoon in at least 50 years.

Taliban threaten to disrupt Afghanistan election (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:05 PM PDT

A burqa clad woman walks past a poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai pasted on the back of a vehicle in Herat, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009. Afghans will head to the polls on Aug. 20 to elect the new president. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)Time.com - With increasing firepower, insurgent leaders have been warning voters in the Pashtun-dominated south to boycott Afghanistan's election

Bollywood Star's American Crash Landing (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:52 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (New America Media) - Bollywood's biggest star was detained for over an hour, maybe two, over the weekend at Newark International Airport. He says it's because his name is Khan. The officials say its because his baggage didn't arrive.

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