2009年12月8日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

FBI takes US terror probe to India and Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 04:42 PM PST

AP - The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan and India as part of an inquiry into a Chicago man accused of plotting against a Danish newspaper and sizing up targets ahead of last year's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital.

Wave of coordinated attacks in Iraq kills 127 (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST

Iraqi security forces and rescuers search for survivors at the site of a bomb attack near the new Finance Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. An official at Iraq's Interior Ministry says dozens have been killed in a series of coordinated blasts around Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A suicide car bomb flattened a court building and an explosives-rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominos near the Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday that targeted high-profile symbols of Iraqi authority. At least 127 people were killed.

UN: 2000-2009 could be Earth's warmest decade ever (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 05:02 PM PST

Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, holds up a temperature chart during a press conference at the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009. This decade has very likely been the warmest in the historical record, and 2009 will probably end up as one of the warmest years, the U.N. weather agency announced Tuesday at the second day of the 192-nation climate conference in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries and activists who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.

Afghan leader: Help needed to pay for larger army (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:31 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, leave after a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Gates said that the Afghan security force needs to be strengthened and more soldiers and police need to be recruited to battle militants, but he added that the U.S. is committed to help Afghanistan for the long haul. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - After meeting Tuesday with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said it may be five years before his army is ready to take on insurgents — a blunt warning that the planned exit strategy for U.S. troops from Afghanistan 18 months from now could grind slowly through 2014.

Death penalty for gays? Uganda debates proposal (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:36 PM PST

David Cato, a Ugandan gay-rights activist, poses for photographs at a restaurant in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family, friends and even landlords also could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Cato became an activist after he was beaten up four times, arrested twice, fired from his teaching job and outed in the press because he is gay. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)AP - Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals.

Population Report: Taiwan Birthrate Now World's Lowest (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:05 AM PST

Time.com - As of this year, Taiwan now has the lowest birthrate in the world, with one baby born per woman

Leeds set up Manchester United FA Cup tie (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:53 PM PST

One of the bitterest rivalries in English football will be revived after Leeds United booked themselves a third round FA Cup tie against Manchester United. Leeds, leaders of third tier League One, needed extra-time on Tuesday to defeat non-league Kettering 5-1 after their second round replay match was locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes.(Leeds United)AFP - One of the bitterest rivalries in English football will be revived after Leeds United booked themselves a third round FA Cup tie against Manchester United.

Students end hunger strike in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:33 PM PST

University student leader Julio Rivas, center, gestures as he is hugged by another student at the end of a 17-day hunger strike they held outside the OAS' offices in Caracas, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Rivas said the students decided to stop their hunger strike after an OAS commission guaranteed them a meeting the OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in January 2010 and that the commission would report their claims of human rights abuses to OAS' headquarters. According to local human rights groups, over two dozen foes of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are in prison or awaiting trial on what they call politically motivated charges. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days following a meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela.

US urges restraint after Sudan unrest (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:44 PM PST

A Sudanese opposition supporter holds a banner as he takes part in a protest against the government in Khartoum. The United States on Tuesday condemned political violence and arrests in Sudan in the wake of unrest in the troubled African country, and urged Khartoum to AFP - The United States on Tuesday condemned political violence and arrests in Sudan in the wake of unrest in the troubled African country, and urged Khartoum to "allow freedom of expression and peaceful demonstrations."

China duo into UK quarters as Robertson edged out (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST

Chinese snooker star Liang Wenbo, seen here in 2006, breezed through his second round match at the UK Championship here on Tuesday with a 9-2 thrashing of England's Mark King.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)AFP - China will have two players in the last eight of the UK Championship, snooker's second most important tournament, after Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui both won here on Tuesday.

U.S. top court hears ex-media baron Conrad Black's appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:45 AM PST

Reuters - A lawyer for former media baron Conrad Black urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn his fraud conviction, and several justices asked whether the federal law at issue was too vague.

Australia accused of censorship over NKorean art (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:32 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by Queensland Art Gallery, North Korean artist Rim Ho Chol in studio works on ink 'On the Way to Work' in undisclosed location, North Korea. Australia was accused of censorship Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, after it denied visas to North Korean artists invited to a rare international exhibition of their work, saying their studio is a propaganda tool of their country's communist government. (AP Photo/Queensland Art Gallery, Nicholas Bonner)AP - Australia was accused of censorship Tuesday for denying visas to North Korean artists whose works are on display in a regional exhibition, but the government says the art comes from Pyongyang's propaganda machine and its creators are not welcome.

Killing bin Laden crucial to defeating al Qaida, McChrystal says (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:34 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHNGTON — Days after his boss said that there was no new intelligence on the whereabouts of al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Congress Tuesday that killing or capturing bin Laden is critical to defeating the terrorist organization.

Climate: 'Moving Toward Modest Cooperation' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:21 AM PST

OneWorld.net - RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 8 (IPS) - Vested interests in fossil fuels have blocked major steps against global warming so far, according to José Goldemberg, who has played a leading role at key times in the climate crisis facing humanity.

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