2009年10月21日星期三

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Iran envoy backs uranium deal, but will Tehran? (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:31 PM PDT

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh talks on his cell phone as he arrives for talks between Iran and the United States, Russia and France over Iran's nuclear program, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at Vienna's International Center. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - A top Iranian negotiator praised a plan Wednesday that would ship most of his country's uranium abroad for enrichment and limit its ability to build a nuclear weapon. There was no guarantee, however, that Tehran's leaders would accept the idea.

Gang crackdown, lurid mob trials transfix China (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:37 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, suspects involved in mafia-style gangs are escorted by police to stand trial at the Chongqing No.5 Intermediate People's Court in Chongqing, China .The trials of the gangs are exposing sordid, deep-seated connections between organized crime and corrupt officials and police in the central mega-city of Chongqing. (AP Photo)AP - After she refused a corrupt cop's demand that she turn her teahouse into an illegal casino, three thugs beat Chen Yanling with electric batons, sending her to the hospital for nearly a month.

Polanski lawyers split on possible surrender to US (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT

FILE -- This is a Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, of film director Roman Polanski in Montrouge, France. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the arrest of fugitive director Roman Polanski was set in motion by Swiss authorities, who sent an urgent fax to the U.S. Office of International Affairs on Sept. 22, 2009 stating Polanski was expected in Zurich for a film festival. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)AP - Lawyers for Roman Polanski split on strategies Wednesday, with one suggesting for the first time that Polanski might voluntarily return to the U.S. to face justice in California for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Iran arrests suspects in attack on military chiefs (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:06 PM PDT

An Iranian police officer, foreground, chants the slogan 'death to US' as mourners carry the coffins of Revolutionary Guard members, who were killed in Sunday's suicide bombing in southeastern Iran, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Iran vowed retaliation Monday after accusing Pakistan, the U.S. and Britain of aiding Sunni militants who stunned the Islamic regime with a suicide bombing that killed top Revolutionary Guard commanders and dozens of others. A suicide bomber targeted a group of elite Revolutionary Guard commanders, killing 42 and injured dozens more in Pishin district in the southeastern province of Zahedan. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iranian security forces have arrested suspects in a suicide bombing that killed at least 42 people, including senior Revolutionary Guard commanders, Iran's police chief said Wednesday.

US VP Biden woos Poland after missile program cut (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:05 PM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden (left) shakes hands with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after a press conference iin Warsaw. Poland will take part in a new US anti-missile system that aims to replace a shelved plan fiercely opposed by Russia, Tusk said after talks with Biden.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden sought reconciliation with America's staunch allies in eastern Europe Wednesday, starting with Poland, which eagerly signed on to a revamped U.S. missile shield.

In Iran, Ethnic Conflict Tied to Pakistan, Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Iran's leaders cannot help but worry that the same divisions ripping apart Afghanistan and Pakistan are about to visit them

Fossils of tiny dinosaur on first public display (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches (71 cm) long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum.

Official: Hijacking thwarted on flight to Cairo (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 01:49 PM PDT

AP - Security guards thwarted an attempted hijacking Wednesday on an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo by overpowering a man who threatened crew members with a knife, a security official for the airline said.

Rio police expand anti-gang raids, 32 now dead (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:27 PM PDT

Police take positions during an operation in search of drugs, traffickers and weapons in the Vila Cruzeiro slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Police say at least 29 people have died in the northern area of the city since this weekend, just two weeks after Rio won the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Eduardo Naddar)AP - Police in Rio expanded a crackdown on gangs beyond the area hit by a wave of killings that has claimed at least 32 lives since the weekend, officials said Wednesday.

Egypt foils bid to hijack flight from Turkey (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:58 PM PDT

An EgyptAir plane sits on the tarmac of Cairo airport in 2002. Air marshalls foiled an attempt by a Sudanese passenger to hijack an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo on Wednesday and divert it to Jerusalem, an Egyptian security official said.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)AFP - A "drunk" Sudanese passenger unsuccessfully tried to hijack an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo on Wednesday and divert it to Jerusalem to "liberate" the city, an Egyptian security official said.

Chinese woman smashes 200m butterfly record (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:17 PM PDT

China's Liu Zige competes during the women's 200m butterfly final at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome in July. Olympic champion Liu has demolished the women's 200m butterfly world record at China's National Games, shaving more than two seconds off the previous mark, Xinhua news agency said.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)AFP - Olympic champion Liu Zige demolished the women's 200m butterfly world record at China's National Games on Wednesday, shaving almost two seconds off the previous mark.

Canada OKs H1N1 vaccine, use to begin next week (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada will be ready to begin H1N1 flu vaccinations next week after the Canadian government approved on Wednesday a H1N1 vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc that will be used for most of the population, federal health officials said.

Australia seeks quick Afghan troop withdrawal (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:58 AM PDT

A Major from the Australian Army (standing) speaks with his troops at Shah Zafar in Afghanistan. Australia on Wednesday said it wanted to bring its military involvement in Afghanistan to a quick end, despite US and NATO calls for more troops to shore up the campaign against a resurgent Taliban.(AFP/ADF-HO/File/Corporal Neil Ruskin)AFP - Australia on Wednesday said it wanted to bring its military involvement in Afghanistan to a quick end, despite US and NATO calls for more troops to shore up the campaign against a resurgent Taliban.

Unsettled Afghanistan prepares for new elections, new challenges (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:21 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan -- In the August presidential election, Parvez Mohammad, a 21-year-old cashier at a fast-food restaurant, supported former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. His father and three uncles voted to give incumbent Hamid Karzai another five years in office.

Iran nuclear talks with US, other powers stall in Vienna (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iranian negotiators played it tough on the second day of "brass tacks" talks on their nuclear program Tuesday. Some diplomats had been hoping for a breakthrough, with a deal sealed to send a large portion of Iran's nuclear fuel abroad for further processing. Instead, Iran appeared to shift the playing field.

Israel's Illegal Immigrants Face Deportation Uncertainty (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:40 AM PDT

Time.com - A move to expel Israel-born offspring of immigrant workers has split the ruling coalition

Yemen: Learning Without Chairs (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 06:49 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - HARADH, Oct 20 (IRIN) - Fatma Abdullah's daughters Salma, aged 9, and Khadija, 11, are going to school for the first time in their lives in al-Mazraq camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate, northern Yemen.

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