2009年11月8日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:57 PM PST

Residents stand on a bridge that collapsed due to heavy rain in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, Nov. 8 , 2009. El Salvador's interior minister says the death toll is now 91 from floods and slides touched off by three days of heavy rains. (AP Photo/La Prensa Grafica)AP - Torrents of mud and boulders choked the streets of Verapaz on Sunday, part of massive wave of rain-fueled flooding that authorities said killed 91 people throughout El Salvador and left about five dozen missing.

Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:19 PM PST

Tourists visit the remains of the Berlin Wall at the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago.

Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:15 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, left, show the Freedom Award for the American and German people, they received during the Freedom Award's Ceremony of the Atlantic Council in Berlin, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.

Brazil student expelled after wearing mini-dress (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:12 PM PST

AP - A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class — publicly accusing her Sunday of immorality.

Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:00 PM PST

Iraqi Islamic Party lawmaker Omar al-Jubori, speaks to the press after an Iraqi Parliament session about election law Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Iraq's parliament Sunday night passed a long-delayed election law needed to carry out nationwide elections, a debate that has been intensely watched over fears the holdup could delay the January elections and possibly delay the planned U.S. plans to withdraw their forces. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal.

Abbas Won't Seek Re-Election in Threat to Peace Efforts (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:20 AM PST

Time.com - Feeling "cheated" by Washington, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he won't run again. His departure would derail U.S. peace efforts, but then again, the poll from which he's withdrawing won't happen

World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:29 PM PST

Reuters - World leaders past and present will join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall -- a stark symbol of the Cold War that divided a city and a continent.

Saudis take mountain from Yemen rebels (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:52 AM PST

Saudi families leave their village in the southern province of Jizan, near the border with Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Saudi Arabian forces have taken control of a mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels, in five days of fighting that saw three soldiers killed and 15 wounded, the assistant defense minister said on Sunday. Prince Khaled bin Sultan said another four soldiers were missing and that Saudi troops were still dealing with rebel infiltrators in other spots along the frontier. (AP Photo)AP - Saudi Arabian forces seized a strategic mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels after five days of fighting that have left three Saudi soldiers dead, a Saudi defense official said Sunday.

Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:10 PM PST

In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters in Acarigua, Venezuela, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Chavez ordered Venezuela's military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying the country's soldiers should be ready if the US attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.

Nigeria banks on River Niger to boost commerce, navigation (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:49 PM PST

A dredger flushing water from the River Niger in Lokoja in the Kogi State, to boost navigation and commerce along a 572 kilometres stretch of the river. After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River.(AFP/File)AFP - After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River.

Prices take shine off Pakistan weddings (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:58 PM PST

A Pakistani bride folds her hands decorated with henna and jewellery at her wedding party in Karachi on November 7. Pakistan's traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle this matrimonial season thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - Pakistan's traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle this matrimonial season thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks.

Australians want PM to be tougher on boat people (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 04:50 PM PST

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd takes a seat at the 4th East Asian Summit as part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit meetings, held in the southern beach resort of Cha-am October 25, 2009. REUTERS/Babara Walton/PoolReuters - New opinion polls added pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday to take a tougher stand against asylum-seekers and end a standoff involving 78 boat-people picked up by an Australian ship off Indonesia.

Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability.

IAEA report: Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:20 AM PST

Gay men kiss in Nairobi. Kenya is to conduct a study among homosexuals and use the findings to help control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the east African country, where homosexuality is illegal.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)Time.com - Kenya launches an unprecedented campaign to survey the country's gay population about their sexual behaviors -- taking on a subject long met with hostility in the country.

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