2009年9月1日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Mexico evacuates thousands ahead of hurricane (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 04:52 PM PDT

Children line up for breakfast at a shelter as Hurricane Jimena arrives to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Heavy winds, battering waves and bands of intense rain pummeled residents and tourists in this vacation resort as Hurricane Jimena, one of the largest hurricanes this year, neared the coast on Tuesday.

Lockerbie overshadows Libyan coup anniversary (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 04:53 PM PDT

A giant poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi mounted on a moving vehicle is seen beyond dancers at a lavish private dance spectacle thrown for African heads of state by Gadhafi, and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1969 military coup that brought him to power, at a military airfield outside Tripoli, Libya, in the early hours of Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. The African heads of state were in Libya attending the special session of the African Union Assembly on the consideration and resolution of conflicts in Africa, and attended the exclusive night-time event featuring thousands of dancers, singers, horses, tanks, acrobats and the Libyan military. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Libya staged a lavish spectacle Tuesday, parading white-robed horsemen and gold-turbaned dancers as jets streaked overhead to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought Moammar Gadhafi to power in the oil-rich nation.

Madonna wrapping up world tour in Israel (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 01:52 PM PDT

U.S. singer Madonna performs during her concert in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. The concert is part of Madonna's Sticky and Sweet Tour. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Madonna brought her mix of provocative music and spirituality to the Holy Land with a concert Tuesday in front of 50,000 fans who had endured a 16-year wait since the pop icon's last gig in Israel.

Election talk heats up in Canada (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 01:43 PM PDT

AP - Canada's main opposition party vowed Tuesday to try topple Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government at the first opportunity, which could force a fourth election in the last five years and the second in just a year.

Europe marks anniversary of WWII beginning (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 10:20 AM PDT

File photo of the water-soaked grounds of the former Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Poland. Some 1.1 million overwhelmingly Jewish victims died here during World War II. Seventy years ago, a Nazi German battleship opened fire on a Polish fort on the Baltic Sea, and World War II began.(AFP/File/Wojtek Radwanski)AP - On a wind-swept peninsula where shells lobbed from a German battleship ignited World War II 70 years ago, European leaders vowed Tuesday never to forget the lessons of the 20th century's bloodiest conflict.

Smaller Parties Gain in German State Elections (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Time.com - With voters standing behind smaller parties in Germany's state elections on Sunday, the coalition that Merkel was hoping for between her Christian Democrats and the Free Democrats after the federal election on Sept. 27 no longer looks like a sure thing

UK stressed Libya ties in Lockerbie letters (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 03:28 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 - In the years leading up to Scotland's release of the Lockerbie bomber, Britain repeatedly stressed the importance of growing UK-Libyan ties and said it did not want Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to die in prison, according to confidential documents released by the British and Scottish governments on Tuesday.

Nuclear negotiator: Iran ready for talks with West (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 03:04 PM PDT

Am Iranian lawmaker chants slogan 'death to Israel' as nominee for defense minister, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, unseen, delivers his speech in an open session of parliament to debate on the qualification of proposed ministers of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Vahidi is one of five prominent Iranians sought by Argentina in the 1994 bombing in the Jewish cultural center, which killed 85 people. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iran's top nuclear negotiator offered an opening Tuesday for possible compromise with the West, saying the Islamic regime is ready to hold talks with world powers over its nuclear program.

Interim leader: elections will end Honduran crisis (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 03:52 PM PDT

Army soldiers hoist the national flag to start anniversary commemorations for Honduras' independence outside the presidential house in La Libertad square in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Honduras became independent from Spain on Sept. 15, 1820. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Honduras' interim leader on Tuesday urged citizens to vote in November elections, vowing that the election of a new president will show the world democracy thrives in the Central America country despite a July coup.

Hugs from Chavez as Gaddafi's Libya reaches 40 (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the closing of the special summit on regional conflicts in Tripoli August 31, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail ZetounyReuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was guest of honor at a military parade to kick off six days of festivities in Libya marking 40 years since Muammar Gaddafi took control of the desert country in a bloodless coup.

Watchdog reports 'chronic' woes at US embassy in Kabul (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 04:27 PM PDT

Security forces walk at the site of a suicide attack outside the NATO military headquarters and US embassy in Kabul on August 15, 2009. Security at the US embassy in Kabul is being undermined by a breakdown in discipline and morale among guards, some of whom have been subjected to AFP - Security at the US embassy in Kabul is being undermined by a breakdown in discipline and morale among guards, some of whom have been subjected to "deviant hazing," a watchdog group charged Tuesday.

Canada's Liberals vow to bring down government (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 01:27 PM PDT

Reuters - The Liberal Party on Tuesday vowed to bring down the minority Conservative government, leaving the fate of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the hands of other parties.

UN condemns ETimor militia leader's release (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 07:57 AM PDT

Armed pro-Indonesian East Timorese militia members are pictured in October 1999. The United Nations has condemned the reported release of an Indonesian former militia leader accused of taking part in a massacre of civilians in East Timor.(AFP/File/Weda)AFP - The United Nations condemned Tuesday the release of an Indonesian former militia leader accused of taking part in a massacre of civilians in East Timor in 1999.

Poll: Most Americans oppose more troops for Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 04:13 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans think the country isn't winning the war in Afghanistan, and an even larger majority opposes sending more troops in an effort to turn things around, according to a new McClatchy/Ipsos poll.

Italy's end to employment discrimination has women crying foul (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Labor laws should not make any distinction based on gender: This may seem obvious in most democracies. Yet a public outcry arose when the Italian parliament recently ratified a new law ending discrimination in the retirement age between men and women – much of it from women's rights groups and labor unions.

As Gaddafi Celebrates, Lockerbie Controversy Continues (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 02:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is celebrating 40 years in power, while the British and Scottish governments have released documents to try to prove that there was no secret deal behind Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi's release

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