2009年10月28日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

UN workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attack (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:18 PM PDT

Afghan security men are seen at a guest house after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Gunmen attacked a guest house used by U.N. staff in the Afghan capital of Kabul early Wednesday, officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying it was meant as an assault on the upcoming presidential election. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Terrified U.N. workers scrambled over the roof or leaped from windows to escape choking smoke and gunfire after being awakened at dawn Wednesday when Taliban militants wearing police uniforms stormed a residential hotel packed with foreigners.

Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 100 (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:18 PM PDT

A man is seen at the spot of an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009. A car bomb has torn through a market place in northwestern Pakistan, hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the country. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)AP - Suspected militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children Wednesday, killing 100 people and turning shops selling wedding dresses, toys and jewelry into a mass of burning debris and bodies.

UN chief says Iran should accept uranium plan (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 02:46 PM PDT

AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged Iran on Wednesday to accept a U.N.-drafted plan to ship much of its uranium abroad for enrichment, saying it would be "an important confidence-building measure."

AP Interview: Cuba FM says ready for talks with US (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 02:45 PM PDT

A woman uses a soft drinks dispenser in Havana, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned the 47-year U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, an annual ritual that serves to highlight near unanimous global opposition to America's hard-line policy toward the communist island, but which has done little to change Washington's stance, even with a new administration. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Cuba is willing to hold talks with the United States "on any level," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday in conciliatory remarks aimed at the Obama administration.

Coyotes kill woman on hike in Canadian park (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:18 PM PDT

This undated promotional photo released by LW Communications shows Taylor Mitchell, 19. Two coyotes attacked the Canadian woman while she was hiking in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries. The singer-songwriter was hiking alone on a trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, in Nova Scotia, on Tuesday when the attack occurred. She was airlifted to a Halifax hospital in critical condition and died Wednesday morning, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, LW Communications)AP - Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries.

Jerusalem poses new crisis for Obama as tensions rise (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 01:30 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, prior to signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Time.com - As the Obama Administration's peace efforts founder, Israelis and Palestinians are once again staking their claims on the Holy City -- and threatening a regional crisis

Reported jailing of embassy worker in Iran slammed (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:09 PM PDT

Iranian British embassy employee Hossein Rassam attends a trial hearing at the revolutionary court in Tehran in August. Foreign Secretary David Miliband branded Thursday the reported jailing of the embassy worker in Iran as AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband branded Thursday the reported jailing of an embassy worker in Iran as "wholly unjustified" and urged an immediate appeal of the sentence.

Israel drones to be used by Germany in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 10:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2007 file photo, an Israeli army Heron unmanned drone aircraft, used for surveillance missions, flies during a display at the Palmahim Air Force Base, Israel. Israel Aerospace Industries said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 that it will supply unmanned spy planes to Germany that will see action in Afghanistan early next year. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)AP - Israel Aerospace Industries said Wednesday it would supply unmanned spy planes to Germany that will see action in Afghanistan early next year.

US urges flexibility in efforts for Honduras deal (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:44 PM PDT

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, right, displays his hat to Thomas Shannon, center, U.S Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Hugo Llorens, left, U.S ambassador to Honduras, before a meeting at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Washington asked coup-torn Honduras' opposing political factions to be more flexible about ways to resolve the country's 4-month-old crisis, as a delegation led by a senior U.S. official arrived Wednesday in hopes of spurring further dialogue.

Somali who claims to be centenarian marries teen (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:11 PM PDT

AP - A Somali man who claims to be a centenarian has married a 17-year old girl. Ahmed Mohamed Dhore celebrated his marriage to Safiya Abdulle late Tuesday in central Somalia before hundreds of guests. Somali adolescent girls are often married off to older men. But it is rare for a man as old as Dhore to marry a girl of Abdulle's age.

China to pursue trade case against US automakers (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:58 PM PDT

AP - China has told the U.S. that it will take steps that could lead to higher tariffs on imports of autos made by GM, Chrysler and Ford.

Separatists take slight lead in Quebec: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 09:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Separatists in the province of Quebec have taken a slight lead over the governing Liberals, who are under pressure to investigate an alleged corruption scandal, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

Indonesian people-smugglers jailed in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:43 PM PDT

A vessel that was intercepted by HMAS Albany and that later exploded and sunk on April 16. Two Indonesian fishermen were jailed for five years Wednesday for smuggling the boat full of Afghan refugees which exploded, killing five, after it was stopped by Australian border officials.(AFP/Australian CBPS/File)AFP - Two Indonesian fishermen were jailed for five years Wednesday for smuggling a boat full of Afghan refugees which exploded, killing five, after it was stopped by Australian border officials.

Lawmakers ask Library of Congress to retract Honduras report (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:10 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON -- The chairmen of the House and Senate foreign relations committees are asking the Law Library of Congress to retract a report on the military-backed coup in Honduras that they charge is flawed and "has contributed to the political crisis that still wracks'' the country.

Does J Street arrival signal a split in America's Israel lobby? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Since the 1950s the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has been the mainstream voice of the Jewish-American community and its efforts to strengthen support for Israel in Washington.

Brother Karzai on CIA Payroll: Drugs, Spies, Controversy (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 01:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The news that Ahmed Wali Karzai has been on the payroll of the CIA for the past eight years, as reported in today's New York Times, won't come as a surprise to most Afghans

Over 100 Democrats Push Obama on Immigration Reform (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:29 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 27 (New America Media) - Is immigration reform back?

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