2009年9月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

UK court convicts 3 of plot to blow up airliners (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:21 PM PDT

This is a 3-pic combo made from undated London Metropolitan Police photos, showing Abdulla Ahmed Ali, left; Assad Sarwar, centre, and Tanvir Hussain, right, who were convicted Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, of conspiring to kill thousands of civilians by blowing up trans-Atlantic flights in mid-air with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks. A jury at a London courthouse found Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, Assad Sarwar, 29, and Tanvir Hussain, 28, guilty of conspiracy to murder by detonating explosives on aircraft. The trial started in February. The jury found that they were the ringleaders of a conspiracy to carry out the biggest terrorist attack since 9/11. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police/PA)AP - Three British Muslims were convicted Monday of plotting to murder thousands by downing at least seven airliners bound for the U.S. and Canada in what was intended as the largest terrorist attack since Sept. 11.

Point man in Mexico's war on drug cartels resigns (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:23 PM PDT

Mexico's former Federal Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora, left, embraces Mexico's President Felipe Calderon during a press conference in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. Calderon announced Monday the resignation of Medina Mora, his point-man in the offensive against drug cartels, but gave no indication that the current strategy of full confrontation with the gangs would change. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Mexico's point man in the drug war resigned Monday in a Cabinet shakeup that raised questions on whether the government's strategy to crack down on brutal gangs will change course.

Afghan group says NATO strike killed 70 civilians (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:42 PM PDT

A German ISAF soldier looks out of an armored vehicle as he leaves for a mission in the region of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. A senior German official on Monday pushed back against criticism of last week's deadly German-ordered airstrike in northern Afghanistan, arguing that outsiders should withhold judgment pending investigations. Deputy Defense Minister Christian Schmidt's comments underlined the potential for tension inside NATO over Friday's strike. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - An Afghan rights group said Monday a recent airstrike on a pair of hijacked fuel tankers killed as many as 70 civilians in northern Afghanistan, as the German troops whose commander ordered the bombing defended the action.

Anti-Chavez TV station faces possible shutdown (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 03:59 PM PDT

AP - The government said Monday a leading TV channel aligned with Venezuela's opposition could lose its broadcast license for allegedly airing a viewer's text message calling for a coup and the assassination of President Hugo Chavez.

A Deadly Afghan Air Strike Puts Pressure on Germany's Unpopular Mission (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - With the federal election only three weeks away, a deadly Afghan air strike ordered by German troops has pushed Germany's military mission to the forefront of the campaign, forcing candidates to finally address the controversial issue

David backs British Open as battle of sexes looms (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

World number one Nicol David of Malaysia, seen here in 2008, has offered careful backing to the British Open, the sport's oldest tournament, as squash battles over declining prize money and sex equality.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - World number one Nicol David has offered careful backing to the British Open, the sport's oldest tournament, as squash battles over declining prize money and sex equality.

Power problems mean Iraq suffers hot summer, again (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2007 file photo, the Abu Mustafa family eats dinner by the light of an oil lamp in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, as the family lives on a block that gets only one or two hours of electricity per day. There's a running joke in Baghdad during September 2009, that whenever the electricity minister promises to generate more power, it's time to buy more diesel for your private generator. Despite nearly two years of relative calm in Iraq, the government is still unable to guarantee electricity supplies to the general population. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim, File)AP - There's a running joke in Baghdad this summer — whenever the electricity minister promises to generate more power, it's time to buy more diesel for your private generator.

1 killed in Haiti mudslide after few hours of rain (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:18 PM PDT

AP - A mudslide set off by several hours of heavy rain swept into at least 32 houses and shacks made of tin, concrete and dirt walls early Monday, killing at least one person in this Haitian beach town.

Gabon opposition calls for election recount (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:07 PM PDT

People wait in line to buy bread at a bakery which reopened following recent postelection violence, in Port Gentil, Gabon, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. Calm was returning to the streets of the city Monday after several days of looting and insecurity, but anger still simmered over what many in Port Gentil allege was a stolen election. On Friday, the country's constitutional court declared Ali Bongo, son of late dictator Omar Bongo, the winner of last weekend's divisive presidential race. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Gabon's main opposition parties on Monday demanded authorities conduct a recount of a disputed election the government said was won by the son of the country's long-ruling president.

13 dead, 66 missing in China coal mine accident (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 05:53 PM PDT

An accident in a Chinese coal mine early Tuesday left 13 people dead and 66 others missing, the state work safety watchdog said, according to the official Xinhua news agency.(AFP)AFP - An accident in a Chinese coal mine early Tuesday left 13 people dead and 66 others missing, the state work safety watchdog said, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

E. Timor aid — where did billions go? (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:40 AM PDT

ADVANCE FOR SEPT. 8; graphic shows money amount and sources of funding for the nation-building effort in East TimorAP - A decade after tiny East Timor broke from Indonesia and prompted one of the most expensive U.N.-led nation-building projects in history, there is little to show for the billions spent.

Obama has yet to define U.S. objectives in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:20 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration and Congress begin a heated debate about how many more American troops to send to Afghanistan, military observers, soldiers on the ground there and some top Pentagon officials are warning that dispatching even tens of thousands more soldiers and Marines might not ensure success.

Miyuki Hatoyama: First Lady in Outer Space? (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Miyuki Hatoyama, who writes about UFOs and eating sunshine, is a breath of bracing air in a country where political wives are often neither seen nor heard.

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