2009年9月30日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

West goes to Iran talks — and readies sanctions (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:41 PM PDT

Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iran, waits to meet with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The U.S. and five other world powers go to the table with Iran on Thursday to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, and a senior U.S. official said Washington may seek rare face-to-face talks with Iranian diplomats.

Aid flows to tsunami-hit Samoas as deaths hit 119 (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:11 PM PDT

The scene of devastation in Pago Pago village, on American Samoa Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. A powerful quake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people back out to sea while leaving many dead and dozens missing. AP Photo/Ausage Fausia)AP - Police in green reflective vests searched a ghastly landscape of mud-strewn streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 119 in the South Pacific.

Powerful Indonesia quake kills 75, traps thousands (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:22 PM PDT

A man stands in front of a collapsed building after an earthquake hit Padang, on Indonesia's Sumatra island September 30, 2009. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the city of Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, killing at least 75 people and trapping thousands under rubble, officials said. REUTERS/Muhammad Fitrah/Singgalang Newspaper (INDONESIA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP - A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering landslides and trapping thousands under collapsed buildings — including two hospitals, an official said. At least 75 bodies were found, but the toll was expected to be far higher.

US diplomat met with Cuban dissidents in Havana (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:43 PM PDT

AP - A senior U.S. diplomat who traveled to Havana for the highest-level talks with Cuban officials in decades also met with opposition activists to discuss their political views, three dissidents and a State Department official said Wednesday.

A new kind of justice in Pakistan's Swat Valley (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:16 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, a man reacts to the camera as he is escorted to a courtroom at the Mingora courthouse in Swat Valley, Pakistan. Three months after the army pushed back the Taliban from most of the valley, courts are back in session, a sign of progress in the scenic region following what the West has held up as a successful military campaign. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Courts are back in session in Pakistan's Swat Valley after a three-month hiatus because of an army offensive against Taliban militants. How well the judiciary performs may be crucial in ensuring that the insurgents do not return.

Report: Both Georgia, Russia to blame for 2008 war (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Who started last year's brief but disastrous war between Georgia and Russia?The verdict is in: Georgia fired the first shots, but Russia stoked the tensions

Chelsea struggle to beat APOEL (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:19 PM PDT

Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka (R) celebrates after scoring against APOEL during their Champions League football match at the GSP stadium in Nicosia. Chelsea won 1-0.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - Chelsea came through a tricky Champions League tie in Cyprus on Wednesday against Cypriot underdogs APOEL Nicosia with a scrappy 1-0 victory to stay top of Group D.

US: Iraq budget shortfall poses security challenge (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:10 PM PDT

Kurdish Prime Minister Barham Salih (3rd R) sits beside Kurdish President Masoud Barazani (C) with numbers of U.S. Military and Kurdish officials as they watch the game of AFC Cup soccer match between Arbil and Al-Kuwait in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Jamal Penjweny (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS SPORT SOCCER)AP - Iraq's budget shortfall due to low oil prices presents a challenge to building up the country's army and raises questions about whether it will be able to protect itself when U.S. troops leave, a top American commander said Wednesday.

Hunger strike over prosecutions grows in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:33 PM PDT

A student prays during a hunger strike in Caracas, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. About 70 students are holding a hunger strike in Caracas since last Thursday, demanding the Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, to intercede with Venezuela's government in order to allow the visit of an OAS' commission that would evaluate the situation of political prisoners and human rights in general. (AP Phot/Ariana Cubillos)AP - More than 150 university students have joined a hunger strike to demand the Organization of American States investigate allegations that dozens of Venezuelans have been jailed for their opposition to President Hugo Chavez.

Guinea's military leader bans demonstrations (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:49 PM PDT

Map locates Guinea where pro-democracy protesters were killed by troopsAP - Guinea's military leader banned all gatherings and demonstrations Wednesday, as the United Nations pressed for an independent investigation into why troops opened fire on 50,000 pro-democracy protesters.

China's 60th anniversary stirs pride, also unease (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:21 PM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, former President Jiang Zeming, center, and National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo attend a banquet marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The grand celebrations to commemorate the country's 60th anniversary are set to take place in Tiananmen Square on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)AP - To mark 60 years of communist rule China put together its biggest-ever military parade: hundreds of thousands of marchers, batteries of goose-stepping soldiers and weaponry from drone missiles to amphibious assault vehicles.

Canada set to avoid early election again (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:52 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada seemed set to avoid an early election for a second time this month after the small New Democratic Party (NDP) said on Wednesday it would keep the minority Conservative government in power

Tsunami deaths likely to rise in Pacific islands (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT

U.S. citizen Heather Penner, who works at Coconut Resort at Maninoa Siumu on the southern coast of Western Samoa walks through the remains of her Tsunami destroyed workplace September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Relief workers in American Samoa and Samoa searched for survivors on Thursday after a series of tsunamis smashed into the tiny Pacific islands, killing more than 100 people, flattening villages and leaving thousands homeless.

EU: Georgia started '08 war but Russia shares blame (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:22 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MOSCOW — Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had no justification under international law when he ordered a military incursion into the breakaway South Ossetia region last year that included missile barrages on civilian areas, according to a European Union-commissioned report released Wednesday.

Dallas terror plot: Troubled Jordanian teen or jihadist? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Known to wear a cross around his neck and spend more time in churches than the local mosque, US terror suspect Hosam Smadi has many Jordanians rethinking what makes a "terrorist."

Talking With Iran: Chances for a Breakthrough Are Low (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:55 PM PDT

This satellite image taken September 26, by Digitalglobe shows Iranian suspected facility in Qom, Iran. ran must take steps to restore confidence that it has peaceful nuclear intentions during crucial talks with six major powers in Geneva on Thursday, a senior US official said Wednesday.(AFP/ Digital Globe-HO/File/AFP)Time.com - Rather than a last-chance opportunity for Tehran to respond to Western ultimatums, Thursday's Geneva meeting will likely launch a process involving some give and take

Guinea Crackdown Draws International Scorn (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:34 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Sep 29 (OneWorld.net) - Human rights groups and the UN chief are condemning Tuesday's brutal military attacks on a pro-democracy rally in the West African nation of Guinea. Over 100 people were killed and countless women raped and sexually assaulted.

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