2009年12月10日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:12 PM PST

US President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama, gives his Nobel speech after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Cornelius Poppe/ Scanpix Norway, Pool)AP - Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace."

NKorea says it understands need for nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:16 PM PST

US special envoy Stephen Bosworth (L) talks with South Korea's nuclear envoy Wi Sung-Lac (R) during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. The United States and North Korea agree on the need to resume stalled six-party nuclear disarmament negotiations but no date has been set, a senior US envoy said Thursday after a visit to Pyongyang.(AFP/POOL/Jung Yeon-Je)AP - North Korea says it has reached a common understanding with the United States on the need to resume the stalled international talks on ending its nuclear programs.

EU seeks to preserve united front on climate (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:20 PM PST

Tuvalu's Prime Minister Apisai Lelemia addresses the Committee on Development of the European Parliament on 'Climate Change and its Effects on Small Island Developing States' at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Thierry Charlier)AP - The EU's self-proclaimed position as global leader in the fight against climate change was rocked Thursday by the bloc's failure to agree on how much they are willing to pay as a continent to help poor countries cope with and fight global warming.

Swedish company controls Nobel ceremony footage (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST

President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama, left, greets Norway's King Harald V at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen)AP - When President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, a single Swedish company controlled the dissemination of his words.

Pakistani police: 5 detained US men sought jihad (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:13 PM PST

Pakistani children play in front of a house where police reportedly arrested five American Muslims in Sargodha, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaida linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, a Pakistani law enforcement official said Thursday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan wanted to join militants in the country's Taliban-ruled tribal region, battle U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan and die as martyrs, police officials said Thursday.

Germany Pledges Aid for Afghan Victims of Kunduz Strike (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 11:00 AM PST

Time.com - Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is reeling from allegations that officials withheld information on civilian casualties in the German-ordered air strike in Kunduz

Deadly blaze exposed Russian corruption: Putin (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:07 PM PST

Reuters - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared a crusade on corrupt bureaucrats after the country's most deadly blaze claimed the lives of 135 people in a nightclub fire in the Russian city of Perm.

Egypt going underground to stem Gaza smuggling (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 02:22 PM PST

A Palestinian lowers himself into a tunnel on the border with Egypt and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Israel and Egypt have blockaded Gaza since the militant group Hamas seized power there in 2007. Gaza residents use tunnels to haul in supplies from Egypt. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - Egypt is installing a series of metal sheets some 60 feet deep along its border with Gaza in an attempt to block tunnels that serve as a key conduit to get weapons into the Palestinian territory, border guards and area residents said Thursday.

Mexican journalists create group against attacks (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:13 PM PST

AP - Mexican journalists have formed an advocacy group in response to attacks on reporters.

Junta says talks on Guinea crisis to continue (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 03:49 PM PST

AP - Top western ambassadors prepared to attend negotiations on Guinea's political crisis as a junta official said the talks in neighboring Burkina Faso would continue over the weekend.

World Bank to boost India's sustainable urbanization (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 05:09 PM PST

The logo of the World Bank is seen at the entrance to the building in Washington, DC. The World Bank approved loans to India totaling 405 million dollars on Thursday, in a bid to promote environmentally-friendly urban projects and infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh state.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - The World Bank approved loans to India totaling 405 million dollars, in a bid to promote environmentally-friendly urban projects and infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh state.

Bank of Canada warns of higher household debt risk (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 08:04 AM PST

Reuters - The Bank of Canada warned on Thursday of increased risks from rising household indebtedness but said the overall risks to the financial system had decreased modestly in the last six months.

More than 120 wildfires rage in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:47 PM PST

File photo of flames consuming a eucalyptus tree in a forest fire in Australia in March. More than 120 wildfires fanned by high winds and soaring temperatures raged in southeastern Australia Thursday, prompting emergency warnings for several towns, officials said.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - More than 120 wildfires fanned by high winds and soaring temperatures raged in southeastern Australia Thursday, prompting emergency warnings for several towns, officials said.

Pakistan: Americans allegedly sought to fight in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:43 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Five young American men now detained in Pakistan had sought to fight a holy war against U.S. troops in Afghanistan and were in contact with an Islamic militant in the border region of Waziristan, a suspected al Qaida sanctuary, Pakistani officials said Thursday.

Nobel prize winner Obama will face Afghan war opponents in Oslo (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - When President Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Thursday, he will do so knowing that he is not the only one doubting his worthiness.

Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill: U.S., Western Donors Keep Quiet (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 11:00 AM PST

Time.com - Why are Western donors funding AIDS efforts in Uganda, a country set to introduce a law that would execute people found guilty of "aggravated homosexuality"?

Afghanistan's 'Bravest Woman' Pins Hopes on U.S., Not Obama (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 9 (New America Media) - Malalai Joya has been called "Afghanistan's bravest woman." When the Taliban ruled her country, she braved death, running an underground girls school. When the U.S. military overthrew the Taliban, she ran for parliament.

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