2009年11月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Bad weather blamed in blackout for 60M in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:36 PM PST

A general view of Sao Paulo during a blackout Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy Edison Lobao said a massive power failure that threw Brazil's two largest cities along with other parts of the country into darkness Tuesday night affecting millions of people, after the huge Itaipu hydroelectric dam suddenly went offline. Power was restored in some areas of the city, more than two hours after it went out.(AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians — 60 million people — in the dark, officials said Wednesday as they scrambled to restore confidence in the country's infrastructure before soccer's 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

Afghan future threatened by ex-warlords in gov't (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:10 PM PST

FILE- In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 file photo, 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. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)AP - Warlords helped drive the Russians from Afghanistan, then shelled Kabul into ruins in a bloody civil war after the Soviets left. Now they are back in positions of power, in part because the U.S. relied on them in 2001 to help oust the Taliban after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Missing US soldier's body found in Afghan river (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 01:18 PM PST

A U.S. Air force paratrooper packs his parachute after his landing during 'Cope-India-09', a joint exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the U.S. Air Force in the northern Indian city of Agra, October 19, 2009. A six-day joint exercise begins here on Monday. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA MILITARY POLITICS)AP - Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to retrieve airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.

Japan's emperor marks 20th anniversary on throne (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:28 PM PST

AP - Japan's Emperor Akihito, marking the 20th anniversary of his coronation Thursday, says he is concerned young people are forgetting their history.

Iran condemns Oxford for honoring slain protester (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 01:01 PM PST

FILE - This photo dated May 2009 and provided by Caspian Makan, 37-year-old photojournalist in Tehran who identified himself as the boyfriend of Neda Agha Soltan. The photo purports to show Neda Agha Soltan whose death on a Tehran, Iran, street was captured graphically on amateur videos which were published on the World Wide Web. Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election. In Tehran, a small group of hard-line women demonstrated Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 against the scholarship in front of the British Embassy. (AP Photo/Courtesy Caspian Makan, File) EDS NOTE: THE AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS IMAGE - EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election.

Recession sparks global shoplifting spree (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:40 PM PST

A shopper carries shopping bags on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, on October 8. US retail sales fell 1.5 percent in September after moving into positive territory the previous month as the country emerges from a long recession, government data showed Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)Time.com - More outwardly reputable middle-class people are shoplifting to cope withthe economic downturn. And researchers say it may be hard to break them ofthe habit

Defence officials in multi-million pound bonuses row (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:58 PM PST

British soldiers stationed in Afghanistan take part in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at a base in Kandahar on November 8. Public servants at the Ministry of Defence have been paid 47 million pounds in bonuses so far this year, officials said late Wednesday, sparking anger from families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AFP - Public servants at the Ministry of Defence have been paid 47 million pounds in bonuses so far this year, officials said late Wednesday, sparking anger from families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:11 PM PST

A bronze coin with a palm tree dated by Israeli archaeologists to 69 AD, part of an exhibition displayed at the Davidson Center in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The Israel Antiquities Authority displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins excavated at the foot the Temple Mount, found charred and burned from when the Romans razed the Jewish Temple nearly two thousand years ago. These some 70 coins give a rare glimpse into the period of the Jewish revolt that eventually led to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, said Hava Katz, the curator of the exhibition. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago.

New Haiti PM promises to focus on investment (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:57 PM PST

Haiti's new Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, center shakes hands with former Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis while Haiti's President Rene Preval , right, looks on during Bellerive's swearing-in ceremony at the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Haiti's new prime minister was inaugurated Wednesday and promised to attract more investment and create jobs, while forging good relations with lawmakers who have ousted two heads of government in as many years.

Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:11 PM PST

Paleontologist Adam Yates , second left, displays fossilized bones of a new dinosaur species, Aardonyx Celestae, from the early Jurassic period (about 200 million years old) during an announcement of the discovery at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The fossils, displayed on the table, were found in the town of Senekal, near Bethlehem in the Northern Free State, in South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)AP - A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said Wednesday.

Irish priest freed in Philippines after a month (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:52 PM PST

AP - A 79-year-old Irish Roman Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago was freed early Thursday and neither country paid any of the kidnappers' $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities said.

TSX clings to gain as China data offers hope (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:22 PM PST

Reuters - Toronto's main stock index finished slightly higher on Wednesday in a quiet session marked by an early jump to a three-week high that eroded as the day progressed.

Britain's last WWI veteran shuns Remembrance Day (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:25 AM PST

This handout photo from the Australian Department of Defence shows Britain's last surviving World War I veteran, 108-year-old Claude Choules, sitting in his retirement home in Perth, Western Australia on November 9. Choules shunned Remembrance Day commemorations because he was against the glorification of war, his family was reported as saying.(AFP/HO/Australian Department Of Defence)AFP - Britain's last surviving World War I veteran shunned Remembrance Day commemorations Wednesday because he was against the glorification of war, his family was reported as saying.

In Kabul's 'Obama Market,' U.S. military rations on sale (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:28 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — First came the Brezhnev Market. Then the Bush Market.

Northwest Pakistan sustains third bombing in three days (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - At least 24 people were killed Tuesday in the third bombing in as many days in Pakistan's militancy-plagued northwest, as extremists continued to wreak revenge for a US-backed offensive against Taliban guerrillas.

Large Hadron Collider: Damaged by a time-traveling bird? (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:15 AM PST

A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva. CERN said a peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the world's biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)Time.com - The Large Hadron Collider, outside Geneva, has been beset with delays and problems since 2006, when it was originally scheduled to launch. Are they portents from the future?

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