2009年9月20日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News


Iran's leader says US nuke accusations wrong (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 01:49 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks in front of pictures of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, before Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Ahmadinejad lashed out at Israel and the West saying Friday the Holocaust was a lie and a pretext for occupying Palestinian lands. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iran's supreme leader said Sunday that U.S. officials know they are wrongly accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.


2 people die in poisoning at German therapy group (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 12:48 PM PDT

Exterior view of the house of  a psychotherapist in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 20, 2009. Two people died and 10 others were hospitalized after being poisoned while taking part in a group therapy session in Berlin, German police said Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. One person is in critical condition in a coma. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - A doctor leading a group therapy session gave participants drugs and other substances that killed two and left 10 hospitalized, Berlin police said Sunday. One person was left comatose and in critical condition.


Obama has tough task in renewing Mideast talks (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 02:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, file photo Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to the media after his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Israel and the Palestinian Authority on Sunday accepted an invitation for a trilateral meeting with President Barack Obama later this week to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace. Obama will host the meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)AP - Barack Obama will try to get Mideast peacemaking back on track this week in a meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hoping the weight of the U.S. presidency can resolve a showdown over Israeli settlement construction and get the sides talking again after months of deadlock.


Fleeing heat, bombs, Iraqis go north for holiday (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:43 AM PDT

Iraqi teens dance in the street on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraqis celebrating the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan set off in droves Sunday on family trips to the country's northern Kurdish region, a prized escape from the sporadic violence that still batters the capital and other cities.


Black Hawk crash kills US service member in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Col. Steven Bernstein, from St. Louis, Mo. sounds the ram's horn, also known as a shofar in Hebrew, after a Rosh Hashanah service at Victory Base Complex (VBC) in Baghdad's international airport September 18, 2009. The shofar was sounded two days after the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, as the horn is not sounded on the Sabbath. AP - A Black Hawk helicopter crashed at a major American air base in Iraq, killing one U.S. service member and injuring 12 others, the military said Sunday.


Entering Gaza: The Hard Way in from Egypt (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Rafah Crossing is open for two to three days every one to two months. It's crowded to the point of chaos -- but for Palestinians it's one of only two ways in or out of the Gaza Strip

RBS mulls share rights issue: reports (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:33 PM PDT

A view of the London headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering approaching the market for extra money to avoid giving more control to the government, reports said Sunday, the second bank to mull such a move.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering approaching the market for extra money to avoid giving more control to the government, reports said Sunday, the second bank to mull such a move.


Muslims celebrate feast ending daily Ramadan fasts (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Afghan children enjoy swing on Eid al-Fitr festival, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - A look at how Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a three-day feast that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.


Cubans flock to iconic plaza for 'peace concert' (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Colombia's Juanes holds a Cuban flag as he performs during the 'Peace Without Borders' concert at the Revolution square in Havana, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. A crowd flocked to sprawling Revolution Plaza for the concert, headlined by Juanes, an event criticized by some Cuban-Americans who say the performers are lending support to the island's communist government simply by showing up.  (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Hundreds of thousands of Cubans flocked to sprawling Revolution Plaza on Sunday for an open-air "peace concert" headlined by Colombian rocker Juanes, an event criticized by some Cuban-Americans who say the performers were lending support to the island's communist government simply by showing up.


UK's Brown to meet Libya's Gaddafi Thurs: report (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:02 PM PDT

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will greet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at the United Nations on Thursday in their first meeting since the release of the Lockerbie bomber, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 764 (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at least 764 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Australian who won 'right to die' case has died (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 04:06 PM PDT

AP - An Australian quadriplegic who recently won a landmark court case allowing him to refuse food and water from his nursing home died Monday, his brother said.

Fresh Iranian protests inconclusive for opposition (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A showdown between Iranian authorities and the opposition centered on Friday's annual Quds Day celebrations appears to have resulted in a draw, enabling the leadership to maintain the upper hand they have enjoyed of late.

India's China Panic: Seeing a 'Red Peril' on Land and Sea (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The Indian media is in an uproar over what it perceives to be Beijing's expansionism. Underneath the brouhaha, a serious tension raises real concerns for the future
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