2009年10月30日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:37 PM PDT

An Afghan boy walks by a guarded entrance of a guest house for U.N. staff, which was attacked Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed for more security personnel to protect U.N. staff and facilities in Afghanistan, especially in the run-up to next week's election. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)AP - The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with U.N. staff in Kabul.

Pact signed to expand US use of Colombia bases (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:45 PM PDT

Two unidentified members of the US military, left, leave Colombia's Ministry of Affairs headquarters in Bogota, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. In a private, low-key ceremony, the US ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield and three Colombian ministers signed a pact Friday to expand Washington's military's presence, a deal that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has called a threat to the region's security. (AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora)AP - In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers on Friday signed a pact giving American personnel expanded access to military bases in this drug-producing country, a deal that Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has called a threat to the region's security.

BBC: Pirates want $7 million ransom for UK couple (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:37 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 - The BBC said Friday that Somali pirates called the broadcaster to demand $7 million for the release of a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of Africa.

World's largest cruise ship sails for US port (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:22 PM PDT

This Oct. 30, 2009 photo released by Royal Caribbean shows Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas departing a ship yard in Finland. The Oasis of the Seas, the largest passenger vessel ever built, is set to be handed over to Royal Caribbean International on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/ Royal Caribbean) NO SALESAP - It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The world's largest cruise ship is finally finished and Friday it began gliding toward its home port in Florida.

Ousted Honduran says pact restores him to power (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, bottom left, signs an autograph on a hat of a supporter at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. A top regional diplomatic official said negotiators for Honduras' interim and ousted leaders have signed an agreement that allows for the possible return of Zelaya. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact will restore him to power in about a week, ending Honduras' isolation four months after soldiers flew the leftist leader into exile in his pajamas.

McMandela? Protecting the Brand of a Legend (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - History may belong to the victors. But with Nelson Mandela, everyoneapparently wants a piece, from book publishers to art galleries

Blow for England as Tindall limps out of Gloucester loss (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:14 PM PDT

England's Mike Tindall, seen here in February 2009, faces a fight to be fit for his country's autumn internationals after the Gloucester star limped out of Friday's 28-23 Premiership loss at Sale.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - England's Mike Tindall, faces a fight to be fit for his country's autumn internationals after the Gloucester star limped out of Friday's 28-23 Premiership loss at Sale.

2 US soldiers in Iraq die of noncombat injuries (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:55 PM PDT

AP - Two American soldiers in Iraq died Friday of noncombat related injuries in separate incidents, the U.S. military said.

Haiti's president turns to Cabinet for new PM (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:22 PM PDT

Haiti's Senators Youri Latortue, center right, and Jean Baptiste Jean Willy, center left, speak before a Senate session in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis was facing a challenge Thursday from senators in the president's party who are trying to remove her, a move that could hinder international efforts to increase foreign investment in Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Haiti's president turned Friday to a member of his former prime minister's freshly dissolved Cabinet to replace her, a day after she was abruptly removed by the Senate in a vote that reflects the country's deep political divisions.

Mozambique president leads election results (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:16 PM PDT

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza (C) speaks to journalists after he cast his ballot during the fourth Mozambican general elections in Maputo on October 28. Mozambique's ruling party has taken a commanding early lead in the southern African country's election, according to official returns released Thursday.(AFP/File)AFP - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza and his ruling party on Friday held huge leads in the country's fourth democratic elections, according to the latest results.

4th typhoon in month lashes sodden Philippines (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:53 PM PDT

A resident loses her balance as she jumps onto another improvised raft at the still-flooded village of Arenda, Taytay township, Rizal province, east of Manila, Philippines Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. New Typhoon Mirinae, locally named 'Santi,' packing 150 kph winds, is expected to make landfall Saturday at the eastern portion of the country's main island of Luzon and is also forecast to hit Manila, which is still reeling from the worst flooding in 42 years. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - The fourth typhoon to lash the Philippines in a month brought pounding rain and winds to the eastern coast early Saturday as it barreled toward Manila along the same path as an earlier storm that left the capital still partially submerged.

Flame arrives in Canada for 2010 Games (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:55 AM PDT

Reuters - The Olympic flame arrived in Canada on Friday to begin a 45,000-km (28,000-mile) trek that will criss-cross the country on its journey to next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

China calls for new era with Australia after crisis (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 06:26 AM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard (right), shares a joke with Executive Vice-Premier of China, Li Keqiang, during a bilateral meeting in Sydney. China has called for a sweeping new era in ties with Australia including a free-trade deal, marking a dramatic turnaround in relations which reached crisis-point this year.(AFP/Pool/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - China on Friday called for a sweeping new era in ties with Australia including a free-trade deal, marking a dramatic turnaround in relations which reached crisis-point this year.

Clinton: 'We're not getting through' to Pakistanis (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:26 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- After three days of encounters with America-bashing Pakistanis -- who rejected reject her contention that the U.S. and Pakistan face a common enemy -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that "we're not getting through."

China, eager for oil, expands investment in Nigeria and Guinea (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The global economic crisis may have forced other nations to put their African investments on hold, but not China.

After Drought, Somali Town Hit with Severe Floods (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 08:55 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Oct 29 (IRIN) - Flash floods caused by four days of torrential rains have displaced more than 15,000 people in the southwestern town of El-Waq near the Kenyan border and submerged most homes and businesses, say locals.

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