2009年8月25日星期二

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Car bomb blasts in Afghanistan kill at least 41 (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT

A policeman looks at the scene after five car bombs detonated simultaneously in Afghanistan's largest southern city of Kandahar,Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. The explosion killed scores of people destroying a construction company office and damaging dozens of nearby buildings. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khilji)AP - A cluster of vehicle bombs detonated simultaneously Tuesday in the Taliban's spiritual homeland near a foreign-owned construction company that had recently taken over a contract to build a road through an insurgent-held area. At least 41 people were killed, all civilians, officials said.

Karzai, top rival run about even in Afghan returns (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:07 PM PDT

An election worker carries a ballot box at an election commission office in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Six Afghan presidential candidates, including one being floated as a potential 'chief executive' for the next government, warned Tuesday that fraud allegations threaten to undermine the recent election and could stoke violence. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - President Hamid Karzai and his main rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, were running virtually even Tuesday in the first fragmented returns from last week's Afghan election, raising the possibility of a runoff that could drag the process out for months.

Diplomats: Iran's enrichment program stagnates (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:56 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown holds a news conference on the second day of an EU heads of state summit in Brussels June 19, 2009. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet/FilesAP - Iran's output of enriched uranium is stagnating even as its production capacity increases, a sign that Tehran may be running out of the ore needed to make nuclear fuel, diplomats said Tuesday.

Analysis: Iraq's premier must work to keep job (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 12:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2009 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki surveys damage to the foreign ministry building, five days after a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. Just over a week ago, all Nouri al-Maliki had to do was to hold steady until voting day. With violence down to record lows, his political rivals in disarray and his image as a nonsectarian leader taking root, he was virtually assured of another four years at the helm. But then the Aug. 19 suicide truck bombings devastated the foreign and finance ministries, killing about 100 people and dealing a major blow to confidence in the country's security forces in what Iraq's media have dubbed 'Bloody Wednesday.'(AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - Abandoned by his fellow Shiites, Iraq's prime minister must turn to new allies and work twice as hard to form a broad-based alliance if he is to keep his job after January's parliamentary elections.

Top reformist confesses in Iran political trial (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:22 PM PDT

This photo released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, shows a general view of the court room where dozens of opposition activists and protesters are standing trial, in Tehran's Revolutionary Court, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Iran resumed Tuesday the mass trial of opposition activists and protesters charged with rioting and plotting to topple the ruling Islamic system through a 'velvet revolution' following the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency,Hasan Ghaedi) 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 - Saeed Hajjarian was a die-hard hero of Iran's reform movement, campaigning to reduce the power of the Islamic clerics even after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt that left him partially paralyzed.

North Korea Makes Nice: An Opening for the U.S.? (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Kim Jong Il, the mercurial ruler of North Korea, is freeing hostages and sending high-level envoys to Seoul. Is this an opening?

Hooliganism mars Hammers fightback (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:12 PM PDT

West Ham United's Carlton Cole (L) and Junior Stanislas in May 2009. West Ham survived a League Cup scare at the hands of London neighbours Millwall on Tuesday in a second round clash that was overshadowed by serious crowd trouble before and during the match.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - West Ham survived a League Cup scare at the hands of London neighbours Millwall on Tuesday in a second round clash that was overshadowed by serious crowd trouble before and during the match.

NM governor pushes imports to Cuba (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:32 PM PDT

New Mexico's Gov. Bill Richardson, blue shirt, arrives to the Chamber of Commerce office in Havana, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Richardson is spending the week in Cuba on a trade mission, promoting agricultural products and cultural exchange. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has met with Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's parliament, as well as members of the island's chamber of commerce as he heads a trade mission there this week.

Head of troubled Darfur peacekeeping force resigns (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 02:45 PM PDT

United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada speaks during the funeral ceremony for seven peacekeepers in El Fasher July 12, 2008. REUTERS/Albany Associates/Stuart Price/HandoutReuters - The head of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, who some diplomats say has been ineffective, is stepping down, the U.N. said on Tuesday.

Military rethinking 'golden hour' for injuries (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:33 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier secures the area after a truck bomb attack targeting the Iraqi Finance Ministry in Baghdad August 19, 2009. A series of explosions killed at least 75 people and wounded more than 300 in central Baghdad on Wednesday, the deadliest day in the Iraqi capital since U.S. troops withdrew from urban centres in June. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS)AP - The U.S. military is rethinking its "golden hour" goal for critically injured troops, questioning whether it should spend a little longer evacuating patients to get them to a better hospital.

NDP not backing Conservatives (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 02:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper failed on Tuesday to win support for his minority government from the New Democratic Party as political leaders mull whether to force a new federal election.

Kangaroos a deadly Aussie road menace: study (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:14 AM PDT

A female kangoroo and her baby are pictured on a golf course in eastern Australia. They may be on the national emblem, but a study has confirmed what many Australians have long suspected: kangaroos are the deadliest animal menace to drivers on the nation's roads.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)AFP - They may be on the national emblem, but a study has confirmed what many Australians have long suspected: kangaroos are the deadliest animal menace to drivers on the nation's roads.

U.S. deaths in Afghanistan headed for another record (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:57 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With the death of four U.S. soldiers Tuesday, the U.S.-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan now has lost more troops this year than in all of 2008, and August is on track to be the deadliest month for American troops there since the war there began more than eight years ago.

Nigerian amnesty deal with militants unravels (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Nigeria's latest plan to end militant attacks in the volatile Niger River delta that have cut oil production to a 20-year low appears to have collapsed.

Is Yemen Chewing Itself to Death? (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 11:10 AM PDT

Time.com - Never mind the social effects of an entire nation addled by the narcotic leaf khat, growing the plant could leave the country short of drinking water

Africa Builds United Position on Climate Change (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 06:44 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - ADDIS ABABA, Aug 25 (IPS) - An African Union proposal demanding billions of dollars in compensation for the impacts of climate change is taking shape.

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