2009年11月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Philippines' deadliest massacre tests government (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST

The hand of one of dead victims lies across a police line at a hillside in Datu Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed two southern provinces under a state of emergency, giving security forces free hand to pursue gunmen who killed at least 24 people in one of the country's worst election massacres. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - A few miles (kilometers) off the main highway, on a remote hilltop covered with waist-high grass, bodies lay with twisted hands reaching in the air. They had been shot point-blank.

China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:51 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, a child cries as he waits for ultrasonic scan to detect for problems related to consuming tainted milk formula at a hospital, in Shijiazhuang, northern China's Hebei province. China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula severe punishments that Beijing hopes will assuage public anger, reassure importers and put to rest one of the country's worst food safety crises. The men were the only people put to death in a scheme to boost profits by lacing milk powder with the industrial chemical melamine; another 19 were convicted and received lesser sentences. At least six children died after drinking the adulterated formula, and more than 300,000 were sickened. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula — severe punishments that Beijing hopes will assuage public anger, reassure importers and put to rest one of the country's worst food safety crises.

Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:45 PM PST

Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)AP - Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.

Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 08:56 AM PST

Scientists gather at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) data quality satellite control center of the ATLAS detectors during the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Scientists turned on the Large Hadron Collider on Friday night, Nov. 20, 2009, for the first time since the machine suffered a failure more than a year ago and had to be shut down shortly after the start. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)AP - The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe.

Wooing of Taliban fighters is dangerous game (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 09:24 AM PST

In this picture taken Thursday Nov. 19, 2009, Rahimullah stands at an Afghan National Army checkpoint soldier , the car he was traveling in being stopped because of his weapon, in the Tagab Valley some 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Rahimullah, a former Taliban fighter, changed side, joined the Afghan forces and was given an AK47 automatic riffle. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - A battered taxi sped up a dusty road toward a squad of Afghan soldiers searching for bombs planted in the dirt. Army gunmen who had fanned out for protection readied for a suicide attacker. The car screeched to a halt.

Reburying Albert Camus: A Political Ploy by Sarkozy? (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 08:50 AM PST

Time.com - French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to move Albert Camus' ashes to the famed PanthÉon in Paris as a way of revering the writer and philosopher. His critics, however, see more tactical motivations

NIreland: 2 charged with attack on police (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 03:43 PM PST

AP - Two suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents have been charged with attempting to kill an off-duty police officer near the province's border with the Republic of Ireland last week, police said Tuesday.

Report: Iran lifts ban on popular newspaper (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:26 AM PST

AP - An Iranian news agency reports that the judiciary has after just a day lifted its ban on a popular newspaper which ran a photo of a Baha'i temple.

New blackout hits Rio's glitzy beach neighborhoods (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 05:16 PM PST

Salesman leave their workplace during a blackout in the Ipanema neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Rio de Janeiro's best beach neighborhoods lost power Tuesday in sweltering summer weather, forcing restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home. The outage came two weeks to the day after much of Brazil was darkened with by much larger electrical outage. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send employees home.

Furry felons rob SAfrican tourists, steal food (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:37 PM PST

A baboon called Fred, back ground, sits inside a car with a baboon called Michael Jackson, left, as he eats at Cape Point on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Visitors heading to South Africa premier holiday destination during the 2010 World Cup maybe worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate but they are more likely to find themselves robbed or mugged by a rather furry kind of felon: baboons. The baboons were named local officials who are supposed to prevent baboons from entering houses and cars. (Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.

Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 05:13 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as key priorities.

Union mulling options after CN Rail imposes terms (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:10 PM PST

Reuters - A union representing train engineers at Canadian National Railway Co is unhappy with the railway's decision to impose labor contract terms on its members and may consider the move tantamount to a lockout, the union's president said on Tuesday.

Docs say formerly conjoined twins recovering well (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:08 PM PST

These photos taken in August show the Bangladeshi set of twins Trishna (L) and Krishna. Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna are out of intensive care and seeing each other for the first time as they make an AP - Formerly conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna are enjoying a favorite DVD and trying new foods as they continue their recovery from marathon separation surgery, doctors said.

Obama vows that he'll 'finish the job' in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:50 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — In a preview of his speech next week announcing his plan to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama Tuesday vowed that he'll "finish the job" of stabilizing the country and destroying the al Qaida terror network.

Philippines massacre: State of emergency declared, but will Arroyo pursue justice? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency for parts of the southern island of Mindanao on Tuesday, after a political massacre there left at least 46 people dead.

Singh Visits Obama Amid India-China Power Struggle (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 08:50 AM PST

Time.com - China may figure more prominently in Washington's strategic calculations, but Indians believe their country will be closer to Washington in the long term

Sri Lanka Resettlements Begin, Concerns Remain (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 07:51 PM PST

OneWorld.net - COLOMBO, Nov 23 (IRIN) - The release of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from camps in Sri Lanka's north is welcome, but the government must now ensure they are properly cared for, the UN and NGOs say.

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