2009年8月31日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Hurricane stronger, heads for Mexico's Los Cabos (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:13 PM PDT

People gather at a beach in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California peninsula, northwestern Mexico, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. Hurricane Jimena strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast Sunday, and forecasters said it could hit the Baja California as a major storm in the coming days. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Extremely dangerous Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico's resort-studded Baja California Peninsula on Monday, prompting emergency workers to set up makeshift shelters and chasing away an international finance conference.

Turkey, Armenia to launch talks on diplomatic ties (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:24 PM PDT

AP - Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation Monday by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won't discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule.

Son of late Iraqi Shiite leader takes over party (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:00 PM PDT

Ammar al-Hakim, son of revered Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim speaks to mourners gathered for the arrival of his father's body at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. The body of al-Hakim arrived Friday for burial amid tight security that saw portions of the Iraqi capital sealed off, signaling fears the funeral procession may be targeted by insurgents to stoke sectarian tensions. The body was met by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and hundreds of political and religious officials, marking the second half of a two-day funeral procession through the Shiite heartland that began in Iran and has seen thousands take to the streets in mourning.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The son of the late leader of Iraq's largest Shiite political party on Monday took the reins of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, a party official said.

Libya says Lockerbie bomber in hospital (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 12:31 PM PDT

Released Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, is seen in a hospital bed in Tripoli Sunday Aug. 30, 2009 in this image taken from TV from footage by Britain's Channel 4 News. Libyan Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Siala, said Monday Aug. 31, 2009 that Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was in the hospital and described him as a 'dying man.' His comments came after Britain's Channel 4 television Sunday night showed footage of the 57-year-old al-Megrahi in a Tripoli hospital bed propped up by pillows and wearing an oxygen mask. (AP Photo/Channel 4 News, via APTN)AP - A Libyan official said the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been hospitalized and television footage showed him breathing through an oxygen mask, signs his illness from cancer may be worsening shortly after his early prison release sparked international outrage.

Japan's New Government: Five Ways to Fix the Economy (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Japan's opposition party just won a landmark election victory. Now for the hard part

UK documents reveal hunt for Hitler's deputy (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:46 PM PDT

AP - It was one of the greatest mysteries of the collapse of the Third Reich. As Russian tanks moved into Berlin and Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker, his brutal and feared private secretary, Martin Bormann, simply vanished.

Report: Doctor confirms Iran prisoner abuse death (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:52 PM PDT

Proposed Iranian minister of intelligence Heidar Moslehi (2nd R) attends a parliament session in Tehran, on the second day of a debate prior to a vote of confidence for the new cabinet line-up. Leading Iranian MPs voiced strong opposition on Monday to some of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's proposed ministers, including women, on the second day of a heated debate.(AFP/Atta Kenare)AP - An Iranian medical examiner found that the son of a prominent conservative politician's adviser died from beatings and poor prison conditions, a semiofficial news agency reported Monday, in what would be the first official confirmation of a prisoner abuse death during Iran's post-election turmoil.

US asks Jamaica to extradite suspected trafficker (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:35 PM PDT

AP - The United States has asked Jamaica to extradite a suspected crime boss to face federal drug and weapons-trafficking charges in New York, officials said Monday.

Kadhafi blasts Israel over Africa's woes at AU summit (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 01:42 PM PDT

A Libyan woman walks past a picture of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi in Tripoli. Kadhafi blasted Israel at a special African Union summit on Monday on the eve of celebrations to mark his 40-year rule, accusing the Jewish state of causing all the woes facing Africa.(AFP/Ammar Abd Rabbo)AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi blasted Israel at a special African Union summit on Monday on the eve of celebrations to mark his 40-year rule, accusing the Jewish state of causing all the woes facing Africa.

U.S., NATO must change to win Afghan war says commander (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:39 PM PDT

An Afghan man shields himself from dust behind a billboard of incumbent president Hamid Karzai in Kabul earlier this month. President Hamid Karzai has slightly narrowed his big lead over his main rival as Afghanistan released more partial results from its controversial election overshadowed by a deluge of fraud complaints.(AFP/File/Pedro Ugarte)Reuters - The United States and its allies must change strategy and boost cooperation to turn around the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. and NATO commander there said on Monday, wrapping up a much-anticipated review.

Flaherty pleased with more stable C$ (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 05:06 AM PDT

Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who warned this month that steps could be taken to curb a sharp rise in the Canadian dollar, said on Sunday he was pleased with the currency's recent stability.

Ban for Australian zoo that sold antelope to hunter (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 01:21 AM PDT

Rare Indian Blackbucks lock horns. An Australian zoo that sold endangered antelope to a hunting enthusiast has been barred from trading in animals until an investigation into the incident is completed, a media report said Monday.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - An Australian zoo that sold endangered antelope to a hunting enthusiast has been barred from trading in animals until an investigation into the incident is completed, a media report said Monday.

Pentagon worried about Obama's commitment to Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:29 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The prospect that U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal may ask for as many as 45,000 additional American troops in Afghanistan is fueling growing tension within President Barack Obama's administration over the U.S. commitment to the war there.

The Pope's Response to Ted Kennedy's Letter: Pro Forma (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The reading of a private letter to Pope Benedict XVI gave the Church a chance to have the final word on America's most prominent Catholic even as the Pope kept silence

California's Achievement Gap Persists (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 08:31 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 31 (New America Media) - While California's standardized testing indicates there has been some improvement in student achievement this year, it still hasn't closed the performance gap between low-income students and their more economically advantaged counterparts.

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