2009年10月29日星期四

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Passports linked to 9/11 found along Afghan border (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:07 PM PDT

The passport of Spanish citizen Raquel Burgos Garcia recovered during military operations against Taliban militants is displayed by Pakistani forces at Sherwangi Tor village in South Waziristan, on Thursday Oct 29, 2009. The authenticity of the documents could not be verified. Garcia Burgos, whose family in Madrid has no news of her since 2001, according to Spanish press, is the wife of Amer Azizi, a Moroccan who lived in Spain and is sought by justice for his alleged involvement in al-Queda linked terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/ Nicolas Asfouri, pool)AP - Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating in a mountainous terrain with endless ways to wage a guerrilla war.

Clinton scolds Pakistan over inaction on al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:07 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is escorted by Pakistani Rangers at the Iqbal Memorial in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Clinton is on a three-day state visit to Pakistan. (AP Photo/Mansoor Ahmed)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chided Pakistani officials Thursday for failing to press the hunt for al-Qaida inside their borders, suggesting they know where the terror leaders are hiding.

Iran lauds nuke 'cooperation' — but hedges on deal (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT

U.N. nuclear inspectors arrive at Vienna's Schwechat airport, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, from a visit to a previously secret Iranian uranium enrichment site. What the inspectors saw, and how freely they were allowed to work, will be key in deciding whether six world powers engaging Iran in efforts to reduce fears that it seeks to make nuclear weapons seek a new round of talks with Tehran. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - Iran's president pledged Thursday to work with the West to resolve a standoff over its nuclear program even as his country reportedly balked at a U.S.-backed deal to limit its uranium enrichment and curb its ability to make a nuclear warhead.

Somali pirates hold British couple on cargo ship (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:54 PM PDT

In this undated photo made available by the family, Paul and Rachel Chandler, who went missing when sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania after sending a distress signal on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, are seen at an unknown location. The British navy on Thursday found an empty yacht in international waters belonging to the missing British couple and a defense official said Somali pirates may have transferred them to another vessel. International naval forces have been searching for the couple for days. Paul and Rachel Chandler were heading to Tanzania in their yacht, the Lynn Rival, when a distress signal was sent last Friday. (AP Photo) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Paul and Rachel Chandler, a retired British couple who sailed to exotic locales aboard their 38-foot yacht, said in one of their last cheery messages they would likely be "out of touch for some time."

Behind Iran's Mixed Response on the Nuclear Deal (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 07:05 AM PDT

Time.com - The problem with 'confidence-building' agreements is that the two sides are pursuing mutually exclusive goals. And Iran believes it can get a deal more to its taste

EU leaders clear major hurdle to reform treaty (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:44 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a press conference during an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU with its first-ever president.(AFP/John Thys)AFP - European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU with its first-ever president.

Iraqi security officials held in blast aftermath (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:33 PM PDT

Relatives react over the covered body of Sahra Abdallah,at Al Sadr hospital morgue, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Abdallah was one of the three women who were killed after a bomb attached to a mini van exploded in Baghdad's Sadr City late Wednesday, killing three women and wounding four other people, police said.The blast came days after Sunday's deadliest attacks that targeted the Ministry of Justice and Baghdad provincial Administration in which at least 155 people were killed. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq detained dozens of security officials responsible for protecting the Baghdad district where twin suicide bombings this week killed 155 people, and authorities said Thursday they are trying to determine whether they were negligent or even had a role in the attack.

Nicaraguan leader's allies protest at US Embassy (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - The Nicaraguan government accused the United States of applying an "interventionist and destabilizing policy" Thursday after the U.S. ambassador criticized a ruling allowing leftist President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election.

Zimbabwe blocks UN investigator visit to country (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:33 PM PDT

U.N. torture investigator Manfred Nowak speaks during a media conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. Nowak, was barred from Zimbabwe and returned to South Africa after a night in the airport, the angry envoy said Thursday, calling his treatment 'alarming' evidence of the split in the southern African country's coalition government. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)AP - An outraged U.N. torture investigator said Thursday he believes Zimbabwe's president may be the reason he was blocked from the country, a move that could further isolate the struggling nation and its fragile coalition government.

Obama considers 'McChrystal Light' Afghan war plan (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 04:19 PM PDT

U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division go on an early morning patrol in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - President Barack Obama is considering sending large numbers of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan next year but fewer than his war commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, prefers, U.S. officials said.

Canadian media glorify terror suspects: spy chief (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's new spy chief accused journalists and human rights advocates on Thursday of often glorifying terror suspects as "quasi folk heroes" and downplaying the risks posed to society by terrorism.

Stand-off refugees can't choose destination: Australia (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:24 AM PDT

Sri Lanka asylum seekers look out from the deck of an Australian Customs and Immigration Fishiries Patrol vessel anchored off Indonesia's Riau Island of Tanjung Pinang on October 27. Australia told a group of rescued Sri Lankan asylum-seekers they could not choose their destination and refused to rule out using force after they refused to disembark in Indonesia.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Australia bluntly told a group of rescued Sri Lankan asylum-seekers they could not choose their destination but did not rule out using force after they refused to disembark in Indonesia.

Defying U.N., Afghans to keep fraud-marred polling centers (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 03:46 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan -- In a rebuff to the United Nations, an Afghan commission named by President Hamid Karzai disclosed Thursday that centers rife with fraudulent votes during the summer's presidential election will remain open for the Nov. 7 runoff against challenger Abdullah Abdullah.

As US seeks closer ties with Turkmenistan, government cracks down on students (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The United States has in recent months sought to improve relations with Turkmenistan, the secretive former Soviet possession that is home to rich oil and gas deposits and straddles a strategically vital central Asian location, sharing borders with both Iran and Afghanistan.

Has Wali Karzai Helped or Hurt the U.S. in Afghanistan? (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 07:05 AM PDT

Time.com - If Ahmed Wali Karzai really worked for the CIA, it's not at all clear he was an asset

Five Years Is a Lifetime to Wait for Affordable Health Care (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 10:13 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (New America Media) - What do the health care proposals being discussed in Congress have in store for legal immigrants?

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