2009年10月15日星期四

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Auschwitz memorial launches Facebook page (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 01:24 PM PDT

A woman checks a Facebook page for the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, for the Auschwitz Museum, in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 15, 2009. The Auschwitz museum has launched a page on the Internet based Facebook site, in the hope of reaching young people, offering information but also an opportunity for discussion with the participation of the museum staff. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - To try to reach young people around the world, the memorial museum at Auschwitz has launched a page on Facebook, the social networking site usually home to news and photos about friends, funny videos and the minutiae of modern life.

Militants assault police compounds in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Armed soldiers outside Pakistan's army headquarters in Rawalpindi, October 11, 2009. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodAP - Islamist militants launched coordinated assaults on three police compounds in Pakistan's second largest city Thursday, the latest in a wave of attacks by insurgents bringing the war to the country's heartland ahead of an expected offensive against their Afghan border sanctuary.

Little-known Egyptian is key al-Qaida figure (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:20 AM PDT

FILE- This Tuesday, July 22, 2008 image taken from Pakistan's Geo TV shows Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, an Egyptian who heads al-Qaida Afghanistan operations, in the eastern Afghan province of Khost. al-Yazid made contact with Najibullah Zazi, a Colorado airport shuttle driver accused last month of plotting to attack New York City, U.S. intelligence officials said Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Geo TV, file) PAKISTAN OUT, TV OUT, NO SALESAP - He's a heavyweight in al-Qaida but little known outside jihadi and intelligence circles even though he runs the terrorist movement's operations in a key front — Afghanistan — and may be linked to a plot in New York.

Honduras, already poor, sinks further after coup (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 02:03 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 5, 2009 file photo shows a woman sleeping under graffiti that reads in Spanish 'No more coups' in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Nearly four months after the military ousted President Manuel Zelaya, Hondurans are feeling the sting of a political crisis that is eroding an already fragile economy and increasing hunger in one of the Western Hemisphere's poorest countries. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, file)AP - A woman caring for six grandchildren can no longer afford milk. A bricklayer who used to work six days a week now is lucky to get two. A shop manager has seen his earnings evaporate.

Twitter launches Japanese mobile site (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:50 AM PDT

Biz Stone, a co-founder and creative director of Twitter, Inc., speaks at a special event to launch a Japan-based mobile version of the popular microblogging service in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Twitter launched its Japanese mobile site, hoping to penetrate a country where other U.S. social networking sites, including Facebook and MySpace, have failed to capture much ground. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Twitter Inc. now speaks Japanese — and it plans to be multilingual within months.

Asia's Millionaires Could Be Richer Than America's By 2013 (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 08:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2008, file photo Wang Chuanfu, founder of BYD Co., attends a joint press conference with MidAmerican Energy Holding Company in Hong Kong. The Warren Buffet-backed auto entrepreneur worth $5.1 billion has surpassed a disgraced appliance tycoon to become the richest person in China, according to an annual report Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009. Auto mogul Wang Chuanfu, as chairman of BYD Co., made big strides in the past year to become the first automaker to launch mass production of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)Time.com - The East's strong recovery from economic recession is powering Asian investment portfolios to new heights while North Americans are still counting their losses

Japan's Uchimura takes world gymnastics title (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 03:17 PM PDT

Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs in the high bar event in the men's individual all-around final during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 in London. Uchimura produced a performance of ruthless consistency to win the men's all-around title.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Japan's Olympic silver medallist Kohei Uchimura produced a performance of ruthless consistency to win the men's all-around title at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday.

Israel blasts Turkey over TV series' 'incitement' (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 01:01 PM PDT

AP - An Israeli Foreign Ministry official rebuked Turkey's acting ambassador Thursday over a TV series Israel says depicts Israeli soldiers murdering children.

World Cup bid unites Hondurans divided by coup (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Honduras soccer fans celebrate the classification of Honduras' soccer team for the 2010 World Cup in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Honduras defeated El Salvador 1-0 in a qualifying game in San Salvador. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)AP - A soccer victory that clinched Honduras' first trip to the World Cup in almost 30 years is giving its people an exhilarating distraction from the divisive political crisis that has gripped the country for the last 3 1/2 months.

Nigerian militants end ceasefire, threaten attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Nigeria's main militant group ended its three-month old ceasefire on Friday and threatened to resume attacks against Africa's biggest oil and gas industry.

Without fanfare, Obama signs Pakistan aid bill (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 04:48 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama quietly signed a $7.5 billion aid bill for Pakistan on Thursday that drew criticism in the nuclear-armed South Asian country because of conditions linked to the assistance.

Canada Liberals file ethics complaint against government (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 01:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's Liberal Party said on Thursday it was launching an ethics complaint against the Conservative government, charging it was playing partisan politics with stimulus programs.

ETimor vote, fishing contest prove stability: president (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:11 AM PDT

East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta arrives at a polling station in Dili on October 9. Trouble-free local elections and an impending international sports fishing competition are proof of the stability of post-independence East Timor, Ramos-Horta said Thursday.(AFP/File/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)AFP - Trouble-free local elections and an impending international sports fishing competition are proof of the stability of post-independence East Timor, President Jose Ramos-Horta said Thursday.

U.S. lacks enough troops for 'low-risk' Afghan option (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 04:33 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military can send only about 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan in the next three months without putting excessive strains on the Army and Marine Corps, but the top Afghanistan commander has said he needs more than twice that number to have the best chance of success, military and administration officials told McClatchy.

Iraqi-Syrian crisis deepens; Baghdad looks to UN for help (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The crisis between two of the Middle East's most powerful countries deepened Wednesday as Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said talks with Syria over suicide truck bomb attacks had failed and the United Nations would appoint a special envoy to investigate the violence.

Turkey-Israel Relations Sour Further After War-Games Snub (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 07:10 AM PDT

Time.com - For more than a decade, Turkey and Israel enjoyed an alliance that defiedArab anger and thorny Middle East politics. So what happened to put therelationship on ice?

Strange Bedfellows Joining Climate Camp (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 03:14 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (OneWorld.net) - As the much-anticipated Copenhagen summit draws near, a surprisingly broad array of groups and individuals have become climate activists, says blogger Richard Graves, noting that climate change is now being understood as a wide-ranging threat to humanity -- not just "coral reefs and rainforests."

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