2009年11月13日星期五

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Blasts rock Russian ammunition depot, 2 killed (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 04:57 PM PST

Fire erupts at the arsenal near Ulyanovsk, 720 kilometers (430 miles) east of Moscow, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, while ammunition was being destroyed at the arsenal near Ulyanovsk. Provincial governor Sergei Morozov said 35 people who were working at the facility were considered missing, the Interfax, RIA Novosti and ITAR-Tass news agencies reported, also saying 3,000 people were being evacuated.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Natalia Melnik)AP - Huge explosions and flames ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours on Friday, killing two firefighters and sending personnel fleeing to a bomb shelter to wait out the worst of the firestorm, officials said.

5,000 more European troops expected for Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 02:21 PM PST

US troops patrol the streets of Bamiyan. President Barack Obama is leaning towards a compromise strategy on troops to Afghanistan, officials said amid growing concerns over Kabul's government and the US envoy there advising against sending more reinforcements.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - Europe may send 5,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan, Britain's prime minister said Friday — affirming support for the NATO mission as the Obama administration nears a decision on increasing American troop levels.

Obama hails expanded US engagement in Asia (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:01 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday,Nov. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over and warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners "will not be cowed" by North Korea's continued defiance over its nuclear weapons and other provocations.

Russian policemen turn to YouTube (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:54 AM PST

Alexey Dymovsky, a dismissed Russian police officer addresses journalists in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. A Russian police officer who decried corruption among colleagues in his video blog has been fired and threatened with a lawsuit, Interior Ministry officials said Monday. The allegations laid out on the Internet by Alexey Dymovsky, who served in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, have attracted attention amid persistent public concern about police corruption and abuses. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - When a police officer posted a video on YouTube complaining of rampant abuse in Russian law enforcement, it seemed like a lonely voice in a sea of social media.

Militants turn on spy agency in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:00 AM PST

An ambulance rushes to the spot of a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. A suicide car bomb devastated Pakistan's main spy agency building in the northwest Friday, killing at least 7 people and striking at the heart of the institution overseeing much of the country's anti-terror campaign. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A suicide attack on the northwestern headquarters of Pakistan's spy agency Friday showed how militants have turned against an institution that once nurtured them and marked an escalation in their war against the U.S.-backed government.

Do Sex Workers in Mexico City Need Their Own District? (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:50 AM PST

Time.com - As more sex workers hit the city's streets, the government wants to corral them into a special circuit. But Catholics, lawmakers and many prostitutes don't approve of the plan

Button tours McLaren factory - report (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 03:37 PM PST

World champion Jenson Button, pictured on November 1, cast more doubt over his future with Brawn GP on Friday when it was reported he had toured the factory of Formula One rivals McLaren.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - World champion Jenson Button cast more doubt over his future with Brawn GP on Friday when it was reported he had toured the factory of Formula One rivals McLaren.

Iran to try brother-in-law of opposition leader (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:37 AM PST

AP - The brother-in-law of Iran's top opposition leader will be put on trial before the Revolutionary Court, months after his arrest in the country's postelection crackdown, Tehran's top prosecutor said Friday.

Colombia chef school concocts dessert with Viagra (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST

A dessert tiled 'passion dessert' sits on display at the annual gastronomy fair in Bogota, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The dessert's ingredients include passion fruit and the active ingredient in viagra, according to one of the dessert's creators Juan Sebastian Gomez. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)AP - A Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit — and Viagra.

Cricket: England edge South Africa in rain-hit T20 (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 03:01 PM PST

England cricketer Eoin Morgan lines up a shot off the delivey of South African cricketer Johan Botha during a Twenty20 match at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Morgan played a stunning innings of 85 not out off 45 balls as England won.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Eoin Morgan played a stunning innings of 85 not out off 45 balls as England won a rain-affected first Twenty20 international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.

'Pacific' President Obama vows full US role in Asia (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:00 PM PST

US President Barack Obama gives a speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Obama said Saturday that America's commitment to Asia's security was AFP - Billing himself America's first "Pacific president", Barack Obama said the United States did not seek to "contain" China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.

Canada seeks not to repatriate Guantanamo inmate (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:22 AM PST

Reuters - Canadian courts grossly overreached when they ordered Ottawa to ask Washington to send a Canadian held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison back to Canada, a federal lawyer argued on Friday.

Alleged war criminal to fight extradition from Australia (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:12 AM PST

Alleged WWII war criminal Charles Zentai (right) is seen with his son Ernie Steiner in Perth, in 2006. Steiner, son of Zentai who is accused of beating a Jewish teenager to death during World War II, said he would AFP - Relatives of an 88-year-old alleged war criminal on Friday vowed to fight his extradition to Hungary after it was approved by Australian officials.

Army study: Mental health staff lacking in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 04:13 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — An Army task force has found that a growing number of soldiers serving in Afghanistan are suffering from some kind of mental stress and is urging the military to double the number of mental health professionals deployed there.

New literary star Marie Ndiaye takes on France's old guard (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - France's old guard wants Marie Ndiaye to know her place. But France's new literary star isn't playing that game.

For His Asia Trip, Obama Has a United Brain Trust (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:00 AM PST

US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama prior to meetings at Kantei in Tokyo. Obama insisted on Friday that the United States was a Time.com - As Barack Obama embarks on his first trip to Asia as President, he has the luxury of a largely united group of aides to guide him through the diplomatic and economic issues that have characterized U.S.-Asian relations for more than a decade

Brazil Deforestation Down 45 Percent (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:41 PM PST

OneWorld.net - RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 13 (IPS) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon jungle was reduced more than expected between August 2008 and July 2009 -- 45 percent compared to the previous 12 months, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported.

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