2009年11月2日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Clinton eases praise of Israel after Arab concerns (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not seen, reacts during a press conference in Jerusalem. Saturday, Oct. 31. 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Israel is making 'unprecedented' concessions on West Bank settlement construction.The U.S. administration had previously demanded Israel halt all settlement building before negotiations could resume.But speaking at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, Clinton said 'there has never been a precondition. It has always been an issue with negotiations.'(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Trying to mute Arab criticism that the Obama administration had retreated from its tough stance on Israeli settlements, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday softened her praise for Israel's offer to restrain new housing in Palestinian areas.

ElBaradei asks Iran for quick response on nukes (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:18 PM PST

AP - The head of the U.N. nuclear agency urged Iran on Monday to clarify its response amid mixed signals over a U.S.-backed proposal that would have Tehran ship most of its nuclear material abroad for processing.

Muslim ex-Gitmo detainees face challenges in Palau (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 02:51 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, members of Palau's Muslim community attend a mosque in the capital Koror for prayers. Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees brought to Palau for resettlement have received a warm official welcome, but a plan to deport Bangladeshi workers could halve this Pacific Island nation's already-tiny Muslim community, making integration harder. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kaminski, File)AP - Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees brought to Palau for resettlement have received a warm official welcome, but a plan to deport Bangladeshi workers could halve this Pacific Island nation's already-tiny Muslim community, making integration harder.

Latin American leaders move to extend their rule (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 02:10 PM PST

FILE - In this June 29, 2009 file photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, second left, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, third left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, fourth left, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa pose for a photo at the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas group, or ALBA, in Managua. A new wave of popular presidents is trying to do away with term limits, arguing they impede real change. As leaders move to extend their rule, opponents fearing a return to the caudillo era have done everything from throw eggs to stage coups to stop them. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)AP - Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded the strongman model at the end of the 20th century and limited politicians' time in power.

Tehran Braces for a New Political Showdown (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 07:30 AM PST

Time.com - Opposition leaders have designated Wednesday's commemoration of the 1979 capture of the U.S. embassy as a day of protest against the regime

Conservatives to drop EU referendum pledge: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:59 PM PST

The leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron (pictured), widely tipped to be the next prime minister, is to drop plans for a referendum on the European Union's key reforming Lisbon Treaty, a newspaper said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party, widely tipped to be the next prime minister, is to drop plans for a referendum on the European Union's key reforming Lisbon Treaty, a newspaper said Tuesday.

Half Iraqis killed in October died in one attack (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:38 PM PST

Iraqi security forces members inspect the wreckage following a bus bomb explosion in the southern holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Three people were killed when a bomb that was detonated remotely exploded on a bus as it approached a police checkpoint in Karbala .At least ten people were killed Sunday in violence across the country, police said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Alhusseiney)AP - Nearly half of all Iraqis who died in October perished in a single coordinated attack against government offices in Baghdad, a tally by The Associated Press showed Monday.

Mexico identifies 4 bodies left with warning (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:51 PM PST

Police officers patrol the San Rafael cemetery during the Day of the Dead in the border city of Ciudad Juarez November 2, 2009. Black-clad mothers and orphaned children laid plastic flowers at the desert graves of drug war victims on Monday as Mexicans in one of the world's most violent cities celebrated the Day of the Dead. Some families in Ciudad Juarez's main cemetery near the U.S. border blasted brassy Norteno music out of their car stereos over the graves of loved ones, victims of a drug war that has killed more than 2,000 people in the city this year. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO SOCIETY OBITUARY)AP - Officials in Mexico's capital said Monday they had identified four bound bodies found in a sport utility vehicle over the weekend with hand-lettered messages identifying the dead men as kidnappers.

Guinea coup leader says he "regrets" massacre (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:18 PM PST

AP - The man who led Guinea's most recent coup says he "bitterly regrets" the deaths of civilians who were gunned down by soldiers at a protest last month.

Senior US officials to visit Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 07:31 PM PST

AP - Two senior U.S. officials headed Tuesday to Myanmar for the highest-level visit in more than a decade and talks billed as a key pivot in Washington's longtime stance of shunning the junta.

Canada to let self-employed get parental benefits (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 09:12 AM PST

Reuters - The Canadian government will unveil plans on Tuesday to allow self-employed people parental benefits under the employment insurance system.

`Grave fears' for those missing in boat disaster (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 07:28 PM PST

AP - Planes and ships searching a remote patch of the Indian Ocean found no signs Tuesday of additional survivors from the sinking of a suspected asylum-seeker boat. Eleven people were believed missing, while 27 were rescued.

U.S. drafts 'Compact' to bolster new Afghan government (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:47 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been quietly working with U.S. allies and Afghan officials on a package of reforms and anti-corruption measures that it hopes will boost popular support for President Hamid Karzai and erase the doubts about his legitimacy raised by his fraud-marred re-election.

Afghanistan election: Karzai win spurs plans to improve governance (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Afghan elections have officially ended, and President Hamid Karzai will hold on to his office for five more years, the election commission declared Monday after rival Abdullah Abdullah dropped out of the race.

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