2009年9月8日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Afghan recount ordered because of fraud charges (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 05:27 PM PDT

Afghans cycle past an election poster in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. The U.N.-backed commission charged with investigating Afghanistan's presidential election said Tuesday that it has found 'clear and convincing evidence of fraud' in the results and ordered a re-count of ballots from questionable polling stations. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - A U.N.-backed commission found "convincing evidence" of fraud Tuesday in Afghanistan's presidential election and ordered a recount of suspect ballots in at least three provinces, a process that could take months.

U.N. caught in Gaza dispute over study of the Holocaust (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:15 PM PDT

A Palestinian child walks by a United Nations school in Gaza City, painted with an Arabic mural reading, 'it's my right to learn.' in Gaza City, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. A senior Hamas official has branded the Holocaust a 'lie' and slammed reported plans by the United Nations to teach Gaza students about the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Gaza students won't learn about the Holocaust this year.

4 Americans killed in attack in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:31 PM PDT

Afghan policemen block a road leading to the site of a blast outside a NATO military base in Kabul September 8, 2009. A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside a NATO military base at the international airport in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, a police source told Reuters. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS)AP - Four U.S. troops died Tuesday in a militant attack in eastern Afghanistan, and NATO forces acknowledged for the first time that civilians were among the dozens killed in an airstrike on two hijacked fuel trucks.

Claim Sarkozy used short people as props hits Web (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 3 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at Palais Rohan in Strasbourg. From elevator shoes, to step-up boxes behind podiums, and even his own tippy-toes, Nicolas Sarkozy and his handlers have endeavored to compensate for his relatively short height. Now, a factory worker's allegation to a Belgian TV crew that she was chosen as a backdrop extra at a Normandy plant that he visited because she was short is making waves as an Internet video over a subject long sensitive for the French president. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Files)AP - From elevator shoes to step-up boxes behind podiums, and even his own tippy-toes, Nicolas Sarkozy and his handlers have tried to compensate for his height — or lack thereof.

With new AG, Mexico tries to revamp drug war (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 01:51 PM PDT

Mexico's Federal Secretary of Public Safety Genaro Garcia Luna speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - With a new attorney general, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is trying to get even tougher on drug cartels and those who protect them.

New AIDS-awareness ad in Germany stars Hitler (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 03:05 PM PDT

Time.com - A new German AIDS-awareness campaign that uses steamy sex and Adolf Hitler to shock people into wearing condoms is drawing fire from activists who say it demonizes those who are HIV positive

Vivendi launches 2 bln euro offer for Brazil's GVT (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 05:31 PM PDT

Vivendi said it was launching an offer for Brazil's GVT that values the fixed telecommuncations operator at 2 bln euros ($2.9 bln).(AFP/File/Patrick Hertzog)AFP - French media and telecom giant Vivendi said it was launching an offer for Brazil's GVT that values the fixed telecommunications operator at two billion euros (2.9 billion dollars).

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,343 (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 05:52 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at least 4,343 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Costa Rica team resumes missing US hiker's search (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - The Red Cross says a search team in Costa Rica has resumed the hunt for a missing U.S. hiker after police spotted what may be a body floating in a crater lagoon.

Egyptian guards kill migrants crossing to Israel (AFP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 05:50 PM PDT

File photo shows Egyptian border guards trying to fix a damaged fence in the divided town of Rafah on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Egyptian border guards shot dead four sub-Saharan migrants as they tried to illegally enter Israel, a security official said.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Egyptian border guards shot dead four sub-Saharan migrants as they tried to illegally enter Israel, a security official said.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 742 (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 05:56 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at least 742 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Early election seen as almost inevitable (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:57 PM PDT

Reuters - An early Canadian election is all but inevitable, the head of the opposition Bloc Quebecois said on Tuesday, despite the fact that the ruling Conservative Party has taken a lead in opinion polls.

Tired Aussie doctors told to drink more coffee (AFP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:43 PM PDT

Australian medical groups on Tuesday slammed state government guidelines recommending sleep-deprived doctors should drink up to six cups of coffee to remain alert during marathon shifts.(AFP/File/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Australian medical groups on Tuesday slammed state government guidelines recommending sleep-deprived doctors should drink up to six cups of coffee to remain alert during marathon shifts.

'We're pinned down': 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 04:14 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - GANJGAL, Afghanistan — We walked into a trap, a killing zone of relentless gunfire and rocket barrages from Afghan insurgents hidden in the mountainsides and in a fortress-like village where women and children were replenishing their ammunition.

Israel's 455 new settler homes appease Netanyahu allies (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to build 455 new homes in the West Bank achieved its primary goal of rallying support from conservative political allies, paving the way for an expected settlement freeze.

Recent cases reinvigorate push for global sex-offender registry (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Too often, U.S. sex offenders, even with prison records, think they can go overseas to continue their predatory ways. A proposed law intends to fix that

U.S. Chided for Aiding Honduras Despite Coup (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 10:19 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Sep 8 (OneWorld.net) - Only the U.S. government has the leverage to force a return to democracy in Honduras, says regional analyst Laura Carlsen, urging the Obama administration to impose real financial consequences on the military-backed leaders who seized power in late June.

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