2009年10月27日星期二

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AP IMPACT: Troops already outnumber Taliban 12-1 (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Oct.19, 2009, Taliban militants stand beside burnt trucks, background left, on main Ghazni- Kandahar highway in Ghazni, west of Kabul. As debate intensifies about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, NATO and U.S. estimates of Taliban strength suggest the insurgents already are outnumbered by up to 15 to one. The estimates of 20,000 to 25,000 guerrillas — against an allied force of nearly 300,000 — raise the question of how new troops would tilt the balance when the current U.S.-led mission has not succeeded. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Naikzad, File )AP - There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn't led to anything close to victory.

Sleepless nights holed up in Brazilian Embassy (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:44 PM PDT

FILE -In this Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 file photo, Journalists covering Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up in Brazil's embassy for almost two weeks, play a board game during down time in the embassy in Tegucigalpa. Two rival factions fighting for control of Honduras have begun talking days before a meeting that many hope will end a political crisis sparked by Central America's first coup in more than a decade when Zelaya was ousted in a military coup in June. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)AP - Nearly a month has passed since I slept in the dark.

Baghdad attacks stir fears of Sunni violence (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:49 PM PDT

Relatives and friends of Hind Qassim, 35, load her coffin during her funeral in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Qassim was killed when a pair of suicide car bombings on Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq's capital in the country's deadliest attack in more than two years. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Iraq's Sunnis, long dissatisfied with the Shiite-led government, seek more power, respect and a bigger share of oil wealth in upcoming elections. But disunity among their political leaders and the sheer force of Shiite numbers threaten to derail those hopes.

Genocide trial begins, Karadzic fails to show up (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:26 PM PDT

FILE -- In an Aug. 29, 2008 file photo former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, is seen in the courtroom at the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands. The war crimes trial of Karadzic, who led the Bosnian Serbs through a brutal three-year civil war in the early 1990s, begins Monday Oct. 26,2009 about 15 months after he was captured in Serbia. (AP Photo/ Valerie Kuypers/file)AP - Radovan Karadzic's words urging the destruction of Bosnia's non-Serbs rang out in a courtroom Tuesday from speeches and intercepted phone calls as U.N. prosecutors opened their genocide and war crimes case against him.

In Kenya, Room for British Troops and Wildlife Tourists? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - As Britain increases its troop levels in Afghanistan, it needs more room totrain them in the hot hills of northern Kenya. The problem is sharing thespace with lions, elephants and wildlife tourists

6 Greek police officers wounded in attack (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:46 PM PDT

A policeman asks media to leave an under investigation area outside a police station in the Agia Paraskevi area, northern Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding four people, authorities said.Two officers were seriously wounded in the attack, (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Gunmen on a motorcycle fired on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding six police officers, authorities said.

Israeli official: Clinton to hold Jerusalem talks (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:54 PM PDT

AP - An Israeli official says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to arrive in Israel at the weekend to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a fresh attempt to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

PR bar owner where 7 killed arrested on drug count (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:27 PM PDT

AP - The owner of a neighborhood bar and grocery where seven people were shot to death was arrested and charged with drug trafficking Tuesday, authorities said.

Obama officially extends sanctions on Sudan (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama formally renewed U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Tuesday under his new strategy of keeping up pressure while offering incentives to the Khartoum government.

Jetstar engine fire forces evacuation in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:55 PM PDT

File photo of the rear wing of a Jetstar Airbus A320. More than 170 passengers were evacuated from an Australian Jetstar flight after an engine briefly caught fire after landing, the company said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - More than 170 passengers were evacuated from an Australian Jetstar flight after an engine briefly caught fire after landing, the company said on Wednesday.

Canada seeks better rules for private pension funds (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:59 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada unveiled new rules for private pension plans on Tuesday, promising increased protection for members and reduced volatility in funding corporate obligations.

PM to apologise to abused 'Forgotten Australians' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:50 PM PDT

People take part in a rally in Canberra to remember the many Aboriginal children who were taken from their homes to be raised in institutions. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make a formal apology to hundreds of thousands of child-abuse victims known as the AFP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make a formal apology to hundreds of thousands of child-abuse victims known as the "Forgotten Australians" next month, officials said on Tuesday.

Al Qaida in Iraq claims attacks that crippled Baghdad government (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:06 PM PDT

A security guard inspects the damage at a day care center near the Justice Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. An al-Qaida linked group claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad on Sunday that killed at least 155 people as Iraq's political leadership on Tuesday stepped up efforts to agree on new voting guidelines ahead of January elections. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Militants linked to al Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility Tuesday for a pair of powerful truck bombs that killed 155 people and wounded 600 in the latest insurgent assault on the fragile Iraqi government.

Pakistan Army against Taliban: What are the Waziristan goals? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan's "South Waziristan offensive" has long had the billing of something epic – a beaches-of-Normandy assault on the mountain caves that form the closest thing to an enemy capital in the war on terror.

Circus Animals: Freed in Bolivia, Now They Need Homes (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Having succeeded in getting Bolivia to bar circuses from using all animals, activist groups are frantically seeking sanctuary for retired performing predators

Displaced Pakistanis Get First Vaccinations Ever (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 06:56 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 26 (IRIN) - Thousands of displaced children from South Waziristan have received measles vaccinations for the first time.

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