2009年9月10日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Fraud group voids ballots from Afghan election (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:09 PM PDT

Abdullah Abdullah, the toughest rival against President Hamid Karzai in presidential election, waves to his supporters at the Afghan national hero Ahmed Shah Massoud's mausoleum in Panjshir, 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept.10, 2009. Partial results released so far show Karzai with 54 percent, far ahead of top challenger Abdullah Abdullah, who has 28 percent, however, the U.N.-backed commission investigating fraud in Afghanistan's election issued its first orders Thursday to exclude some ballots from the final tally. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - A U.N.-backed fraud commission threw out votes Thursday from 83 polling stations and ordered recounts at hundreds of others in three provinces that form Afghan President Hamid Karzai's political base, reducing his chances of avoiding a runoff.

Netanyahu mystery trip sets off flap in Israel (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:36 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Likud Party meeting to celebrate the Jewish new year in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Netanyahu disappeared for nearly a day this week, and the mysterious absence has Israelis feverishly speculating that he flew to Russia for secret talks about Iran. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Benjamin Netanyahu dropped out of sight for most of a day this week, a mysterious absence that has set off feverish speculation about what the Israeli leader was up to — and accusations he lied to cover up a clandestine trip to Moscow.

Greenland's melt mystery unfolds, at glacial pace (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:46 PM PDT

This Aug. 23, 2009 photo shows University of Maine glaciologist Gordon Hamilton and graduate student Kristin Schild working on a GPS receiver tracking the flow speed of Helheim Glacier in southeast Greenland. Like Greenland's other major glaciers, it accelerated earlier this decade, contributing to the melt of the ice sheet and sea level rise. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)AP - Suddenly and without warning, the gigantic river of ice sped up, causing it to spit icebergs ever faster into the ocean off southeastern Greenland.

200 missing after Sierra Leone boat capsizes (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:08 PM PDT

Map locates Plantain Island, Sierra Leone, where a boat capsized and hundreds are missingAP - More than 200 people, including many schoolchildren returning from holidays, were missing and feared dead Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea, authorities said.

Iraqi shoe thrower might drop TV, turn to activism (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:22 AM PDT

Dargham al-Zeidi puts up a poster of his brother, Al-Baghdadiya TV reporter Muntadhar al-Zeidi, in preparation for his release from jail for throwing his shoes at then U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Al-Zeidi, is to be released upcoming Monday after nine months in prison. The poster, in Arabic, reads ' Release who achieved national unity. Release who brought Iraqi dignity back.' (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The Iraqi television reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in one of the more bizarre episodes of the Iraq war might use his new iconic status in Iraq to promote humanitarian causes, his family said.

Gun prices soar after Afghanistan's election (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 12:50 PM PDT

Taliban militants are seen in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan in a photo released to Reuters May 9, 2009. REUTERS/StringerTime.com - The price of assault rifles rises sharply as the election exacerbates a downward spiral in the fortunes of Western efforts to stabilize the country

Texas death row inmate appeals to Londoners (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Brian Capaloff, a supporter of Reprieve, an organisation concerned with the human rights of prisoners, displays a message from Linda Carty, while standing next to her cardboard cut-out, on the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square, in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Linda Carty,a British grandmother on death row in the U.S. after being convicted of ordering the murder of her neighbour, recorded her speech from her Texas prison. Brian Capaloff, a homelessness manager used his slot in Antony Gormley's One & Other project to raise awareness of her case. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Texas death row inmate Linda Carty's voice was broadcast into London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday, begging Britons to help save her life.

Yemen launches fresh assault on Shiite rebels (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:21 PM PDT

AP - Yemen's government launched a new offensive against Shiite rebels in the north, destroying many of their vehicles and hideouts, an army statement said Thursday.

Colombia seizes drug traffickers' properties (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:59 PM PDT

AP - Police in Colombia have seized $55 million in properties and assets from drug traffickers, including shares in a popular soccer team.

Riots in Uganda's capital kill 7 people (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:44 PM PDT

Demonstrators are seen after setting ablaze a police post in Uganda's capital city Kampala, Thursday, Sept.10, 2009.Supporters of the traditional ruler of an ethnic group in Uganda have clashed with police and soldiers in the country's capital, and people died in the clashes. The clashes were sparked when a representative of the traditional ruler of Buganda, Uganda's largest ethnic group, was prevented from traveling to a region northeast of the capital to make preparations for a political rally on Saturday. (AP Photo)AP - At least seven people were killed in Uganda when supporters of the traditional ruler of the country's largest ethnic group clashed with security forces in the country's capital.

Congress wary of more U.S. Afghanistan troops: Pelosi (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 03:06 PM PDT

Reuters - There is little support in Congress for sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Thursday, indicating possible trouble ahead for President Barack Obama.

Indonesia warns Australia on war crimes probe (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:45 AM PDT

Shirley Shackleton (C), the wife of one of the five Australian-based journalists killed by Indonesian troops at Balibo in East Timor in 1975, speaks to the media outside the Glebe Coroner's Court in Sydney May 8, 2007 where the inquest into the death of Brian Peters, one of the five, is being held. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Indonesia warned Australia on Thursday that reopening an inquiry into the killing of five foreign journalists during Jakarta's 1975 invasion of East Timor risked casting a chill over relations across all three countries.

Cousin had to retrieve Afghan reporter's body after raid (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:07 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi intended to head back to Germany this fall to study public policy and push his career in a new direction. Instead, he was buried this week in an arid cemetery on the north side of Kabul.

Taiwan's Ma aims to boost image with cabinet shuffle (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Taiwan formally replaced most of its Cabinet Thursday in a bid to appease public anger over its response to last month's deadly Typhoon Morakot.

China Remains Skeptical of Iran Sanctions Push (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 12:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Beijing's opposition clouds U.S. prospects for winning U.N. backing for raising pressure on Tehran

Companies: Business Climate Must Protect Climate (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:21 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Sep 10 (OneWorld.net) - Twelve major U.S. corporations have sent a joint letter to the U.S. Senate urging it to immediately pass strong climate change legislation that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while creating a level playing field for businesses.

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