2009年9月2日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Afghan spy boss killed in Taliban suicide attack (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:35 PM PDT

File photo shows Afghan policemen destroying poppy fields in Nadi Ali district, one of the Afghanistan's top opium producers in Helmand province. The destitute country produces around 90 percent of the world's opium, used to make heroin sold on the streets of Europe and Central Asia, with profits feeding a resurgent Taliban in an eight-year war.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - A Taliban suicide bomber attacked officials leaving a mosque east of the capital Wednesday, killing the country's deputy intelligence chief and 22 other people in a major blow to Afghanistan's security forces.

Japan's new leader reassures US on strong alliance (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 02:49 PM PDT

Leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan Yukio Hatoyama, left, shakes hands with Shizuka Kamei, leader of the People's New Party, prior to their meeting at the Diet in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Japan's likely next Prime Minister Hatoyama will create a new Cabinet post to oversee national strategy and the economy, officials said Tuesday, and quickly turn his attentions to proving himself on the diplomatic front - an area in which he is virtually untested. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Japan's incoming leader said Thursday he told President Barack Obama that the two countries' security alliance is the "foundation" of his country's foreign relations, an apparent attempt to ease concerns his new government may try to distance itself from Washington.

US wants results from Obama nuclear meeting at UN (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:32 PM PDT

AP - While the U.S. is concerned about the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, the special U.N. session to be chaired by President Barack Obama later this month will seek broad consensus on preventing the spread of nuclear weapons rather than zeroing in on individual nations.

Bloodshed at Iranian camp tests U.S.-Iraq transition (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 02:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2009 file photo provided by the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, Iraqi security forces clash with protesters opposition group's camp northeast of Baghdad. The July 28 Iraqi raid against the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran at an iron-gated camp north of Baghdad underscores potential pitfalls as the American military assumes a peacekeeping role with markedly less influence over the Iraqis under a security pact that replaced the U.N. mandate for U.S.-led forces. (AP Photo/People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran)AP - The women formed a human chain while the men chanted, confronting Iraqi troops moving into their compound. Gunfire rang out, and the soldiers waded in with batons, wooden bats and automatic weapons.

China to approve single-dose swine flu vaccines (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 12:49 PM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 28, 2009, lab workers check chicken eggs that are being used to develop H1N1 flu vaccine at Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, in Shanghai, China. China will soon approve domestically developed swine flu vaccines that manufacturers say can protect people against the virus with only one dose, an encouraging development for health officials racing to prepare for an expected spike in cases this winter. (AP Photo)AP - The answer may be near to a crucial question about vaccine for the advancing swine flu — one shot or two?

Europe Moves to Open Its Doors to More Refugees (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - The European Commission has unveiled new plans to handle the resettlement of refugees, saying Europe has a political and moral obligation to take in more of the world's asylum seekers

BMW to boost Mini production in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:36 PM PDT

A Mini vehicle is parked on a rooftop at the BMW Mini car factory in Cowley, Oxford. German automaker BMW plans to build new models of the iconic Mini in Britain, in a major boost for the country's ailing car making industry, the British government said.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - German automaker BMW plans to build new models of the iconic Mini in Britain, in a major boost for the country's ailing car making industry, the British government said.

Israeli archaeologists find ancient fortification (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:09 PM PDT

This image made available by Israel's Antiquities Authority Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 shows part of a a 3,700-year-old fortification wall discovered in Jerusalem. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,700-year-old wall in the City of David, part of the earliest fortification construction on such a large scale ever found in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday. The 26-foot high wall is believed to have been part of a protected passage used by the Biblical Canaanites that led from a fortress on top of a hill to a spring. Ronny Reich, director of the excavation and a professor of archaeology at the University of Haifa, said the discovery marks the first time such 'massive construction' before the time of King Herod was found in the oldest parts of the city. (AP Photo/IAA)AP - Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem have uncovered a 3,700-year-old wall that is the oldest example of massive fortifications ever found in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.

Security official shot dead in western Mexico (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AP - Gunmen have killed the No. 2 security official in the home state of President Felipe Calderon, where drug cartels have launched their biggest offensive yet against the government.

Senator calls for Lockerbie investigation (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:11 PM PDT

The Tripoli Medical Center, where convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi has been moved to an intensive care unit, is seen in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. al-Megrahi was controversially released from a Scottish jail on humanitarian grounds the previous week. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid Al-Fergany)AP - Congress should investigate whether a lucrative oil contract might have played a role in the release of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, a New Jersey senator said Wednesday.

US diplomats say US-Japan alliance to stay strong (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:58 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is not worried that a landslide election victory by Japan's opposition party signals a drift from close ties with the United States, senior U.S. diplomats said Wednesday.

Liberals resolve firm but election uncertain (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 11:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's opposition Liberals insisted on Wednesday they wanted to bring down the minority Conservative government, even as a smaller party offered the year-old government a possible lifeline.

Cate Blanchett gets a head wound on stage (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:21 PM PDT

FILE - A Monday Dec. 8, 2008 file photo of actress Cate Blanchett as she poses on the press line at the premiere of the feature film 'The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button' in Los Angeles. Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett has suffered a head wound after being hit by a prop on stage during a Sydney performance. Sydney Theater Company spokesman Tim McKeough said the performance of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' was canceled on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, but Blanchett will return to the stage for Thursday's performance. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett got a head wound when she was hit by a prop on stage Wednesday during a Sydney theater performance.

Result in Afghan's fraud-ridden elections may take weeks (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 03:40 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's election results are headed into weeks of limbo as a government commission investigates more than 600 complaints of ballot stuffing, intimidation and other allegations.

Why Jews see racism in Israel (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On the eve of the Israeli school year's start on Tuesday, recent Ethiopian immigrant Ayenew Belay didn't know whether his 7-year-old son Avi would be starting first grade.

Colombia: A Snag in Uribe's Re-Election Steamroller (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - What should have been a clear victory in the President's campaign to run again has been muddied by the realities of timing, politics and logistics

Climate Changes Creating Hunger Ahead of Summit (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 06:30 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Sep 2 (OneWorld.net) - Changing weather patterns have decimated crops in several of the world's poorest countries this year, leaving millions in need of food aid and humanitarian workers warning about the dangerous effects of climate change.

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