2009年11月3日星期二

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Afghan corruption tough to combat (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:30 PM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, listens to questions as First Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, left, and Second Vice President Abdul Karim Khalili look on during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Karzai reached out to his opponents, saying that he will welcome opponents into his government and promising reforms to root out corruption that has undermined trust in his administration Tuesday, a day after he was declared victor of a presidential election. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - President Hamid Karzai promised to stamp out corruption. The image suggested otherwise. Standing at Karzai's side on Tuesday were his two vice presidents — both former warlords widely believed to have looted Afghanistan for years.

Climate talks face difficult road ahead of meeting (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:00 PM PST

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., left, talks to committee member Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3,2009, during the committee's markup on the Climate Change legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Boycotts on either side of the Atlantic on Tuesday showed just how difficult it will be to clinch an agreement on global warming next month.

French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss dies (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 12:03 PM PST

File- Claude Levi-Strauss seen in this Jan. 13, 1967 file photo. The Academie Francaise said Tuesday Nov 3 2009 that Levi-Strauss, an influential French intellectual who was widely considered the father of modern anthropology, had died. He was 100. Levi-Strauss was widely regarded as having reshaped the field of anthropology, introducing new concepts concerning common patterns of behavior and thought, especially myths, in primitive and modern societies.(AP Photo, HO)AP - Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. He was 100.

China sentences notorious gang 'godmother' (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:50 PM PST

Xie Caiping, left, and other gangster suspects stand trial at the Chongqing No.5 Intermediate People's Court in Chongqing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The woman called the 'godmother' of a mafia-style gang in China's southern city of Chongqing was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for running underground casinos and bribing government officials. (AP Photo)AP - Dubbed the "godmother" of the Chinese underworld, she was notorious for her toughness and a lavish lifestyle that reportedly included luxury villas and a stable of 16 young lovers.

NKorea claims to expand arsenal of atomic bombs (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST

Satellite image of Yongbyon, North Korea released by DigitalGlobe on May 26, 2009. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout/FilesAP - North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear arsenal.

If you must know: How did the Chinese create snow? (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:55 AM PST

Pedestrians make their way across the snow in Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on November 1. Chinese meteorologists covered Beijing in snow Sunday after seeding clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to combat a lingering drought, state media reported.(AFP/Wang Zhao)Time.com - Chinese scientists said a record Beijing snowfall was the product of "seeding" of clouds to encourage precipitation in China's parched northern regions

GM board decides to keep European Opel unit (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:24 PM PST

FILE - This April 21, 2009 file photo shows General Motors, GM, world headquarters in Detroit. General Motors Co. on Tuesday said its board of directors has decided to keep its European Opel unit rather than sell a 55 percent stake to Canadian auto parts maker Magna International. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)AP - General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will keep its European Opel unit and restructure it instead of selling a 55 percent stake to Canadian auto parts maker Magna International and its partner, Russian lender Sberbank.

Clinton diverts to Egypt for Mideast peace talks (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:38 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses with her Moroccan counterpart Taieb Fassi Fihri prior to her speech at the opening of the World Policy Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Clinton on Tuesday urged Arabs and Israelis to set aside their historical differences, avoid inflammatory rhetoric and recommit to attaining a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a hastily arranged stop in the Egyptian capital Tuesday to consult with a longtime Arab ally amid indications of a shifting U.S. strategy for getting Israel and the Palestinians back to peace negotiations.

Man detained in killings of 2 Venezuelan soldiers (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:10 PM PST

Pedestrians going from Colombia jump over a wall to cross the border into Venezuela in Ureña, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Commuters had to use a different route to cross the border after Venezuelan authorities closed their side of the international bridges after two National Guard soldiers were killed by unidentified gunmen at a roadside checkpoint. (AP Photo/Efrain Patino)AP - A Venezuelan man was arrested in the shooting deaths of two National Guard soldiers near the Colombian border, a crime that authorities blame on right-wing Colombian paramilitary fighters.

Darfur survivors granted right to stay: govt (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:32 PM PST

Protesters demonstrate outside the Sudanese embassy in central London in March 2009. Survivors of the Darfur conflict will no longer be deported from Britain, the government said Tuesday, after concerns about a deterioration in conditions in the Sudanese capital.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Survivors of the Darfur conflict will no longer be deported from Britain, the government said Tuesday, after concerns about a deterioration in conditions in the Sudanese capital.

US envoys to meet Myanmar PM (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:35 PM PST

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, pictured in September 2009. The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for nearly a decade and a half was due to meet the military-ruled nation's prime minister Wednesday as Washington seeks to improve ties with the ruling junta.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for nearly a decade and a half was due to meet the military-ruled nation's prime minister Wednesday as Washington seeks to improve ties with the ruling junta.

Canada may opt for varied vaccine supply in future (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:23 PM PST

Reuters - The Canadian government, facing public impatience over the pace of vaccinations for the H1N1 flu, defended its use of a single vaccine supplier on Tuesday but said it would consider use of several sources of vaccine for future pandemics.

Blaze at leaking Australian oil rig 'contained' (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:39 AM PST

This handout photo provided by PTTEP Australasia shows a blaze at the West Atlas drilling rig (right) and the Montara wellhead platform (left) some 250 kilometres (155 miles) off Australia's northwest coast on November 2. PTTEP Australasia said the blaze was brought under control when experts managed to plug a leak that has spewed tonnes of crude over the past 10 weeks.(AFP/HO/Pttep Australasia)AFP - A blaze at an oil rig off Australia was brought under control on Tuesday when experts managed to plug a leak that has spewed tonnes of crude over the past 10 weeks, the well's operator said.

Tear down mental walls on climate, German chancellor says (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — German Chancellor Angela Merkel made an impassioned plea Tuesday to a joint session of Congress to work together on efforts to curb global warming and to help forge a binding climate-change deal at an international meeting next month.

Interview: How Salam Fayyad plans to save the Palestinian dream (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in less than three months, but the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Salam Fayyad, isn't concerned about running for office.

Time to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 09:16 PM PST

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2 (New America Media) - Ten months ago, I was kicked out of the Army. My crime? I refused to continue violating my integrity and told a superior officer I was gay. My nine years in the military, including four years as a cadet at West Point and almost two years deployed to Iraq where I was awarded the Bronze star, came to an abrupt end when the Army discharged me under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

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