2009年12月23日星期三

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2 vessels collide in Philippines; 27 missing (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:29 PM PST

AP - Search-and-rescue teams combed the waters of Manila Bay on Thursday for at least 27 people missing after a passenger ferry collided with a fishing boat, the coast guard said.

Aide: Brazilian family giving up fight for US boy (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:47 PM PST

David Goldman, left, and US Representative Chris Smith speak to the press in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Late Sunday Brazil's Supreme Court said in an Internet statement that Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes would rule Monday on appeals made by Goldman and Brazil's attorney general seeking to lift a stay on a lower court's order that Goldman's son be handed over to him. Goldman's son Sean was taken to Brazil in 2004 by his then-wife Bruna Bianchi, who divorced Goldman and remarried before dying while giving birth to a daughter in 2008. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - David Goldman's bitter five-year battle to regain custody of his son neared conclusion Wednesday, when the child's Brazilian family halted its legal efforts as a court-ordered deadline for delivering the boy loomed.

Diplomats shut out of Chinese dissident's trial (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:47 PM PST

Gregory May, a political officer with the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, speaks with journalists who gathered outside the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to cover the trial of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in Beijing Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. Chinese authorities barred diplomats from the U.S. and other countries from attending the trial Wednesday of the high-profile Chinese dissident who has called for sweeping political reforms and an end to Communist Party dominance. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - A high-profile Chinese dissident accused of subversion was tried at a two-hour hearing Wednesday that shut out foreign diplomats concerned over a case that reflects the communist government's deep suspicion of calls for political reform.

Police, protesters clash in southern Iran (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 01:27 PM PST

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. REUTERS/Stringer/IranAP - Security forces and hard-line militiamen assaulted opposition protesters, beating men and women and firing tear gas, as thousands gathered in a central Iranian city for a memorial commemorating the country's most senior dissident cleric, who died this week.

Yemen is growing front in al-Qaida battle (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:05 PM PST

Yemeni soldiers flashing the V for 'victory' sign. Two people were killed and 10 wounded in two explosions at the site of a suspected Al-Qaeda training camp in southern Yemen which was hit by an air strike last week that also killed 49 civilians.(AFP/File/Khaled Fazaa)AP - The secretive U.S. air strike against suspected al-Qaida in Yemen last week is the latest in what has been a fast-growing campaign to better equip and fund Yemeni forces so they can eliminate the expanding al-Qaida safe havens there.

Israel, Hamas Wrestle Over a Prisoner Swap (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:55 PM PST

Time.com - Despite a frenzy of speculation over an imminent deal to free captive soldier Gilad Shalit, substantial obstacles remain and agreement is unlikely before early next year

Queen urges Commonwealth to lead on climate change (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:04 PM PST

Queen Elizabeth II, pictured in November 2009, will urge the Commonwealth to keep taking the lead on global issues such as the environment in her Christmas message, according to extracts released Thursday.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II will urge the Commonwealth to keep taking the lead on global issues such as the environment in her Christmas message, according to extracts released Thursday.

Bombs target Iraqi Christians, Shiites (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:59 AM PST

A Shiite man flagellates himself during the festival of Ashoura in the Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. Bombs targeted Iraqi Christians and Shiite Muslims Wednesday, killing at least several people and wounding about three dozen before coinciding religious observances that will take place under heavy guard. Insurgents have routinely targeted Shiites and Christians in an attempt to undermine the country's security gains and its Shiite-dominated government. Security forces in recent days have been concerned that the Shiite holy observances known as Ashoura and Christmas gatherings would be targeted by large-scale attacks. Ashoura marks the seventh-century death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Bombs targeted Iraqi Christians and Shiite Muslims Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding four dozen before coinciding religious observances that will take place under heavy guard.

Peru woman trampled to death at Christmas giveaway (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 05:00 PM PST

AP - A 60-year-old woman has been trampled to death by a surging crowd at a Christmas giveaway in northern Peru.

Obama ends benefits for Guinea, Madagascar, Niger (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:18 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he has terminated trade benefits for Guinea, Madagascar and Niger, three African countries where democratic progress is threatened by political turmoil.

37 missing as two Philippine boats collide, sink: coastguard (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:30 PM PST

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard stand as one of their helicopters takes off at their headquarters in Manila in October 2009. Rescuers were searching Manila Bay for 37 people who went missing when two boats collided and sank in darkness on Thursday, a Philippine coastguard spokesman.(AFP/File/Noel Celis)AFP - Rescuers were searching Manila Bay for 37 people who went missing when two boats collided and sank in darkness on Thursday, a Philippine coastguard spokesman.

Canada October GDP up on real estate, brokers (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 05:38 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's economy grew by 0.2 percent in October from September, the second consecutive monthly increase, on significantly higher activity by real estate agents and brokers, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.

People 'fleeing for their lives' in Australian fires (AFP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 11:59 PM PST

File photo shows a bushfire burning out of control in Victoria, Australia. Residents were AFP - Residents were "fleeing for their lives" Wednesday as savage wildfires blazed out of control in South Australia, with several homes destroyed and more under threat, officials and witnesses said.

Army's new all-terrain vehicle debuts in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:16 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGRAM, Afghanistan — The U.S. military's new all-terrain vehicle doesn't look all that different from its lumbering predecessor. It's painted desert sand, and reaching the cabin still means climbing a couple of steps.

Mexico drug war: Marine hero's family killed (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 02:25 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Revenge has been an ongoing theme in Mexico's drug wars. Drug police, the military, and journalists are the most common victims.

Michael Schumacher: Formula One Star to Return (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:55 PM PST

Time.com - In a sports comeback to rival Michael Jordan's return to the NBA, theseven-time Formula One champion has announced his plans to race again. Will hebe good enough to get back to the top?

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