2009年10月13日星期二

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Analysis: Russia uses ambiguity to boost its power (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 01:53 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, seen during their meeting at the Barvikha residence outside Moscow, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. In center front is U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle. Russia on Tuesday pushed back at U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions against Iran if it fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, setting back the Obama administration's desire to present a united front on the matter. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began her first visit to Moscow as the top U.S. diplomat, the Kremlin sent a message to Washington: Russia must still be wooed and won.

Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 06:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, holds a picture of President Barack Obama, in Oslo, Norway, after the announcement of Obama as winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defending their choice against a storm of criticism that the award was premature and a potential liability for the U.S. president. (AP Photo/Jon-Michael Josefsen, Scanpix) NORWAY OUTAP - One judge noted with surprise that President Barack Obama "didn't look particularly happy" at being named the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Another marveled at how critics could be so patronizing.

Russian FM: Iran sanctions threats won't work (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:16 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during a news conference after their talks in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Clinton is meeting with Russian leaders on Tuesday to urge their support in pressuring Iran to prove its nuclear program is peaceful. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, Pool)AP - Russia publicly pushed back Tuesday against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, dealing an apparent setback to President Barack Obama's hopes for Moscow's backing for fresh penalties against Tehran.

Study seeks ban on organ trafficking (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 04:04 PM PDT

AP - A new international convention is needed to prevent trafficking in kidneys and other organs and potentially life-saving tissues and cells, according to a joint study by the United Nations and the Council of Europe released Tuesday.

Pakistani jets soften up militant targets (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 01:36 PM PDT

Pakistani fighter jets during the military parade in Islamabad in March 2008. Pakistan fighter jets pounded Taliban sanctuaries Tuesday, as a minister defended intelligence agencies after a bloody week which saw 125 people killed in a wave of militant strikes.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AP - Pakistani jets softened up militant targets along the Afghan border Tuesday ahead of what the government promises will be a ground offensive into the Taliban's main stronghold, authorities said.

Militant and Terrorist Groups Spreading in Pakistan (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 08:10 AM PDT

Pakistani security personnel gather at the side of a suicide bomb blast in Pakistan's northwestern Shangla district on October 12. The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide blast in Shangla, when a teenage boy blew himself up, killing 45 people at a busy market.(AFP/Allam Khan)Time.com - After four major attacks in eight days, the Pakistani army says the Taliban threat has now spread well beyond its northwestern borderlands and grown tentacles that reach deep into the country's heartlands

Bailed-out RBS eyes plans to offload branches: report (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:59 PM PDT

The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a government-backed plan to sell off more than 300 high street branches to satisfy EU competition authorities, the Financial Times said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a government-backed plan to sell off more than 300 high street branches to satisfy EU competition authorities, the Financial Times said Wednesday.

Exploding shell caused blast at Hezbollah home (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 06:06 PM PDT

Italian U.N peacekeeping soldiers, patrol the area following an explosion in Tayr Filsay, Lebanon, near the port city of Tyre, about six miles (10 kilometers) from the border with Israel, late Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. An explosion ripped through the garage of a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon on Monday, and security officials said the building might have been used to store weapons. One senior security official said the blast killed one person, but the other officials could not confirm that. The Hezbollah militant group that holds sway in the south said no one was killed but one person was wounded. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)AP - A blast at a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon was caused by an exploding shell and injured one person, Lebanon's army said Tuesday.

PR group tests syringe vending machine for addicts (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 06:01 PM PDT

Packets containing condoms, syringes, cookers, cotton filters, gauze and sterile water necessary to prepare drugs for injection sit in a vending machine located in a poor neighborhood in San Juan, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. The machine takes a special token provided by Community Initiative, the U.S. island territory's only needle-exchange group, which is testing the vending machine that provides drug users with clean syringes after-hours in an effort to fight the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)AP - A needle exchange program in Puerto Rico is testing a vending machine that provides drug users with clean syringes after-hours to fight the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.

Congo forest protector shares alternative Nobel (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2007 file photo Canadian environmentalist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki gestures as he responds to a question during a news conference in Toronto, Canada. The honorary part of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the 'alternative Nobel,' went to Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, 73, for raising awareness of climate change, the Right Livelihood Foundation said Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009 in Stockholm. Two activists from Congo and New Zealand and a doctor from Australia won the Right Livelihood Award, for work to protect rain forests, improve women's health and rid the world of nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/CP, Adrian Wyld, File)AP - Rene Ngongo, honored with the "alternative Nobel" this week, grew up in a Congo where he could marvel at the wealth of animals and trees.

AP sources: Afghan commander frets over corruption (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 06:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 24, 2009 file photo, head of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, right, shakes hands with a Marine before boarding a military plane at the Camp Leatherneck base in the southern province of Helmand, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso, File)AP - Rampant government corruption may derail the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan even if as many as 80,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to the war, the top military commander there has concluded, according to U.S. officials briefed on his recommendations.

Canada Aug new home prices up less than expected (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 09:50 AM PDT

Reuters - New house prices in Canada were higher for a second straight month in August, though not by as much as expected, showing a small sign of fragility among recently robust housing market indicators.

East Timor govt survives no-confidence vote (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 03:05 AM PDT

Secretary General of the East Timorese opposition Fretilin party, Mari Alkatiri, at a press conference in Dili in September 2009. East Timor's opposition stayed on the offensive after the government survived a no-confidence vote over its decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.(AFP/File/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)AFP - East Timor's opposition stayed on the offensive Tuesday after the government survived a no-confidence vote over its decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.

Russia rejects, for now, talk about sanctions against Iran (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 02:47 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MOSCOW -- If Hillary Clinton was hoping to win Russian support for efforts to use a threat of sanctions to pressure Iran come clean about its nuclear ambitions, her first trip to Moscow as secretary of state got off to a rocky start Tuesday.

Eager foreigners still wary of investing in Mugabe's Zimbabwe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Foreign investors eager to pursue tempting opportunities in Zimbabwe still seem to think business under the regime of President Robert Mugabe is a bit too risky.

'Alternative' Nobel to Climate Educator (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 09:40 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (OneWorld.net) - A Canadian scientist who has dedicated his life to informing the world about the grave threats posed by climate change has been named one of four "Right Livelihood Award" winners this year.

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