2009年12月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Chile: Billionaire beat leftists, now faces runoff (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:55 PM PST

Sebastian Pinera, presidential candidate for Chile's opposition coalition, holds up his ballot before casting his vote in general elections in Santiago, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Right-wing billionaire Sebastian Pinera beat three leftists in Sunday's presidential election but failed to obtain a majority, setting up a runoff against a veteran of the coalition that has ruled Chile for two decades of democracy.

Attacker hurls statuette, bloodies Berlusconi face (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 01:53 PM PST

This video image made available by RAI TG3 shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi sitting in his vehicle after an attacker hurled a statuette striking the leader in the face at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/RAI TG3 via APTN)AP - An attacker hurled a statuette at Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, striking the leader in the face at the end of a rally Sunday and leaving the stunned 73-year-old media mogul with a broken nose and bloodied mouth.

Spain: Catalan villages vote for independence (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:44 PM PST

People burn flares after a speech by FC Barcelona's President Joan Laporta in Vic, Spain, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. More than 700,000 Catalans in 170 towns and villages will vote on a referendum on Catalan independence on December 13. Referendums are being organized by several civil organizations, without the help of Public Administration since doing so would violate the law, but up to 170 municipalities approved declarations supporting independence. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - A smattering of villages and towns in rich, independence-minded Catalonia gave a lukewarm embrace to the idea of breaking away from Spain in a rare vote Sunday at the grassroots level.

The push for 350: Contradictions and carbon levels (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 01:29 PM PST

Danish riot police checks the handcuffs of a demonstrator before leading him into a police bus in the center of Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday Dec. 13, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - As police cracked down on climate protesters, church bells tolled 350 times Sunday to impress on the U.N. global warming conference a number that is gaining a following, but is also awash in contradictions.

Student protesters deny burning Khomeini photos (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:57 AM PST

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, a clergyman holds a poster showing the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a meeting of clerics and the supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard on Sunday called for the protesters who tore up pictures of the revered Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to be punished, in the latest pressure on the opposition movement. Television cameras caught images of students tearing up Khomeini's photo during anti-government protests last week and the images have been repeatedly broadcast on state TV. Khomeini remains widely respected and revered in Iran. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)AP - Hundreds of students at Tehran University renewed anti-government protests for a second week on Sunday, accusing authorities of fabricating images of demonstrators burning photos of the Islamic Republic's revered founder.

Ding Junhui sets Asian record with UK final win (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:59 PM PST

China's Ding Junhui prepares to take a shot watched over by referee Eirian Williams during the UK Snooker Championships in Telford. Ding won the UK Championship here on Monday by beating world champion John Higgins 10-8 in the best of 19 frame final.(AFP/James Baylis)AFP - China's Ding Junhui became the most successful Asian player in professional snooker history when he beat reigning world champion John Higgins 10-8 in the UK Championship final here on Monday.

Iraq: No time to act after US tip before blasts (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:11 PM PST

Iraqis inspect a destroyed police car after a car bomb attack in Fallujah, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. A car packed with explosives blew up near a passing police patrol. (AP Photo)AP - The U.S. military had warned of an imminent attack hours before last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad, but the tip came too late to act on, Iraqi security officials said Sunday as outraged lawmakers pressed for answers about Iraq's ability to protect the capital.

(AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:36 PM PST

AP - Vote count puts billionaire Pinera, former President Frei in runoff for Chile's presidency.

Two UNAMID staff freed in Darfur after kidnap ordeal (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:25 PM PST

A convoy of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) crosses through mud in the southern village of Kashalongo, south of Nyala in southern Darfur, in June 2009. Two civilian staffers working for the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur were freed on Sunday after 107 days in captivity, a UNAMID spokesman told AFP.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - Two civilian employees of the UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur were freed on Sunday after more than 100 days in captivity, a UNAMID spokesman said.

Afghan war decision toughest of presidency: Obama (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:58 PM PST

US President Barack Obama, pictured on December 11, said Sunday that his decision to pour 30,000 more US troops into the war in Afghanistan was the most difficult of his presidency so far.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President Barack Obama said Sunday that his decision to pour 30,000 more US troops into the war in Afghanistan was the most difficult of his presidency so far.

Aussie, Chinese officials urge pandas to reproduce (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 07:17 AM PST

In this photo supplied by Adelaide Zoo, Australia's Governor General Quentin Bryce observes male giant panda Wang Wang after the official opening of the panda exhibit at the Adelaide Zoo, Australia, on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Two giant pandas are on loan to the zoo for 10 years, and officials hope they will breed. (AP Photo/Adelaide Zoo, Bryan Charton)AP - Australian and Chinese officials urged two bamboo-munching giant pandas on Sunday to consider reproducing during their 10-year residency Down Under.

In Afghanistan, Marines live a tough camp life (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:52 AM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - FOB HASSANABAD, Afghanistan — The young Marines at this outpost could be on a camping trip to Hell.

US, Poland status of forces pact deepens military cooperation (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 12:51 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The US and Poland have reached an agreement to station an American antimissile defense system on Polish soil two months after plans to install a more robust missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic were scrapped in the face of intense Russian opposition. But the close military cooperation between the US and Poland, including US troops in the country, means the deal is likely to remain a major concern for Russia.

Tuvalu: 'Fate of My Country Rests in Your Hands' (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:55 AM PST

OneWorld.net - COPENHAGEN, Dec 13 (OneWorld.net) - Tuvalu's lead negotiator, Ian Fry, made an impassioned plea to the U.S. Senate, U.S. President Barack Obama, and the entire UN climate conference Saturday, telling them that his country's very survival depends on the decisions they make in the next week.

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