2009年10月2日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Warsaw ghetto uprising leader Edelman dies at 90 (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 5, 2003 file photo, Marek Edelman, 82, the only surviving commander of the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis, is seen during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in the central city of Lodz, Poland. Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of WWII Warsaw Ghetto uprising, died Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 in Warsaw at the age of 90. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)AP - Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died Friday at the age of 90.

Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:28 PM PDT

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro has won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo competed for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.( (AP Photo/ Claus Bjorn Larsen, Polfoto)AP - Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story — of about 400 million sports-mad people on a giant untapped and vibrant continent yearning, hoping, that the Olympics finally might come to them. And the International Olympic Committee was hooked.

Rio erupts in celebration with 2016 Olympics (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:56 PM PDT

Rio fans celebrate after their city made it through another round for the nomination of host city for the 2016 Olympics at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, represented in Copenhagen by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva , delivered a passionate appeal for South America to be awarded the Olympics for the first time. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - Rio de Janeiro was ready to party Friday, and it had the best of reasons — winning the 2016 Olympics.

Hamas swaps video of Israeli soldier for prisoners (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:11 PM PDT

In this image taken from a video released by Hamas Friday Oct, 2, 2009, shows Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit held captive for more than three years in the Gaza Strip. Scakit said in the video that he is being treated well by his Palestinian captors and sends his love to his parents. (AP Photo/Hamas Video, via APTN)AP - In the first video images since he was captured by Palestinian militants in 2006, Israeli Sgt. Gilad Schalit — looking thin but healthy, his hair freshly trimmed — sent love to his family, appealed for his freedom and held up a newspaper to prove the footage was recent.

Iran's Geneva Offer on Nukes: Progress for Both Sides (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Tehran sees opening its new enrichment facility to inspections and agreement to ship its fuel stocks for further processing in Russia as building tacit acceptance of its uranium enrichment capability

Windy City blown away in 2016 Olympic voting (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

A Chicago 2016 supporter stands in Daley Square after the announcement from the 121st International Olympic Committee on the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Chicago, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago was eliminated after the first round of voting in Copenhagen.(AP Photo/Nam Huh)AP - Chicago can't blame it all on Rio.

Iran, world powers agree to further nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:43 PM PDT

European Union foreign policy Chief Javier Solana, left, is seen with Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili, right, at the opening of the Geneva talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme in Geneva, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. The U.S. and five other world powers began high-stakes talks Thursday with Iran to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, with a senior U.S. official saying Washington is open to rare one-on-one talks with Iranian diplomats. (AP Photo/Keystone/Dominic Favre, Pool)AP - Fresh from a landmark meeting that put Iran nuclear talks back on track, Tehran and six world powers are already quibbling over what was agreed on ahead of follow-up talks later this month.

Clinton tours historic palace in Haiti tourism bid (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:23 PM PDT

Girls stand next to an U.N. peacekeepers armored car in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Bill Clinton, slathered in sunscreen, urged Americans to explore the riches of Haitian tourism on Friday as he took a VIP trip to a mountain palace and a nearby beach where a cruise ship pier is being built.

Clashes in southern Sudanese oil region: gov't (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:26 PM PDT

An armed resident in south Sudan is seen standing next to local children. Fighting broke out in an oil-rich area of southern Sudan between forces loyal to an ex-warlord and the state?s governor, with as many as 12 people killed according to officials.(AFP/HO/File/Tim Mckulka)AFP - Fighting broke out in an oil-rich area of southern Sudan between forces loyal to an ex-warlord and the state?s governor, with as many as 12 people killed according to officials.

Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:28 PM PDT

This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, aboard Air Force One in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AP Photo/White House, Pete Souza)AP - At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Barack Obama and his top Afghan war commander met privately aboard Air Force One Friday for a talk the White House described as productive.

"Toronto 18" bomb plotter sentenced to 7 years (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:54 AM PDT

Reuters - "Toronto 18" member Mohamed Dirie was sentenced to seven years in jail on Friday for his role in a plot to bomb Toronto landmarks in 2006, the second member of the group to be given jail time.

Aussie mom gets life in jail for starving daughter (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 06:18 AM PDT

AP - An Australian woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the starvation death of her 7-year-old daughter.

For Brazil, Olympics mean the future finally has arrived (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 03:52 PM PDT

People celebrate after Rio de Janeiro was announced host of the 2016 Olympics at the Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Oct.2, 2009. Nearly 50,000 people erupted in celebration when Rio was announced host, jumping and cheering in a Carnival-like party on Copacabana beach..(AP Photo/Andre Penner)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — For the longest time, a joke about Brazil made the rounds in the halls of international financial organizations: Latin America's largest and most populous nation had a great future — and always would.

Nuclear talks: Iran agrees to meet US, world powers twice more in October (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran and world powers agreed in Geneva on Thursday to "intensify dialogue" on Iran's nuclear program and other issues, by meeting twice more in October. But though both sides seemed cautiously pleased, their agendas remained far apart.

Rio Wins the 2016 Olympics: Now For the Hard Part (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Members of the Rio delegation hold a Brazilian national flag as they celebrate after Rio de Janeiro were awarded the 2016 Olympic Games during the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)Time.com - The city will offer athletes some of the most stunning settings in Olympic history. But it must first do a lot of spending and building -- and policing

Talk Radio in Hot Water over Uganda Riots (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:24 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI/KAMPALA, Oct 2 (IRIN) - Criminal charges and the closure of several radio stations over alleged incitement to violence in Kampala have sparked a debate about the limits of free speech in Uganda.

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