2010年1月13日星期三

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Tens of thousands feared dead after Haiti quake (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:19 PM PST

The sun sets behind the crumpled National Palace Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The  powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Dazed survivors wandered past dead bodies in rubble-strewn streets Wednesday, crying for loved ones, and rescuers searched collapsed buildings as officials feared the death toll from Haiti's devastating earthquake could reach into the tens of thousands.


16 UN personnel killed, 150 missing in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:04 PM PST

The  United Nations Security Council stands for a moment of silence,  Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The U.N. says more than 100 people are missing in the rubble of the collapsed U.N. headquarters building in Haiti, including mission chief Hedi Annabi.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The U.N. chief said 16 U.N. personnel were confirmed dead late Wednesday in the earthquake that decimated Haiti's capital, with 100 to 150 U.N. workers still unaccounted for, including the mission chief and his deputy.


Violence expected as Mexican drug lord arrested (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:51 PM PST

Teodoro Garcia Simental, known as 'El Teo,' center, is guarded by federal police as he is presented to the press in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Garcia, one of Mexico's most wanted drug traffickers, was arrested before dawn Tuesday at a home he owned in the city of La Paz on the Baja California peninsula, according to Mexican federal police authorities. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - It will take more than a few arrests of top drug kingpins to end the vicious cycle of drug violence plaguing Mexico.


Panic, looting and triage after major Haiti quake (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:42 PM PST

Injured people sit along Delmas road the day after an earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.  A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz)   NO PUBLICAR EN REPUBLICA DOMINICANAAP - The tiny bodies of children lay in piles next to the ruins of their collapsed school. People with faces covered by white dust and the blood of open wounds roamed the streets. Frantic doctors wrapped heads and stitched up sliced limbs in a hotel parking lot.


Dutch PM backs away from criticizing Iraq report (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:37 PM PST

AP - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende conceded Wednesday, "with the knowledge of now," that a stronger legal mandate was needed for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 — and his decision to support it.

U.S. Military Readies Disaster Response to Haiti Quake (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:10 PM PST

Time.com - As an advance party of the U.S. military prepares communication and port capabilities, Marines and floating medical facilities are heading to the impoverished island of Haiti

Hershey OKs bid preparation for Cadbury: report (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST

Smokestacks are seen at the Hershey Foods Corp facility in Pennsylvania. The US chocolate maker has authorised a bid to be prepared for British confectioner Cadbury to counter American giant Kraft's 10.5-billion-pound hostile offer, a newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/Tom Mihalek)AFP - US chocolate maker Hershey has authorised a bid to be prepared for British confectioner Cadbury to counter American giant Kraft's 10.5-billion-pound hostile offer, a newspaper reported Thursday.


Israel to expel American journalist (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:26 PM PST

REFILE - CORRECTING POSITION  Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (L) and Syria's President Bashar Al Assad (C) are greeted by Saudi Princes in Riyadh January 13, 2010.  Al-Assad holds talks with King Abdullah on Wednesday that could see a renewed push for reconciliation between Iran-backed Hamas and the U.S.-backed Palestinian Authority.   REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/Handout (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Security officials said Wednesday that a American journalist has been detained at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport and will be expelled.


In Haiti, tragedy, a way of life, is redefined (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:37 PM PST

AP - EDITOR'S NOTE — Jonathan M. Katz is The Associated Press' correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He filed this first-person account of the moments after Tuesday's earthquake, which has redefined tragedy for a nation that knows it all too well.

A step closer to Guinea, leader seen as danger (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST

FILE -  In this  Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Guinea's military leader, Capt. Moussa 'Dadis' Camara, left, salutes next to presidential guard chief Abubakar 'Toumba' Diakite, right, during independence day celebrations in Conakry, Guinea. Camara, the rogue leader of Guinea turned up at nearly midnight Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010 in Burkina Faso after Moroccan authorities ejected him, putting the injured army captain within driving distance of the nation he terrorized for nearly a year. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)AP - Burkina Faso's president held emergency talks late Wednesday with Guinea's wounded junta chief, who opposition leaders say remains a threat to their country even in exile.


UN: Taliban cause Afghan civilian deaths to soar (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:22 PM PST

A US Marine talks Wednesday Jan  13 2010 to  an Afghan sitting on a car destroyed the previous day in a clash in the city of Laki,  in Helmand province's Garmsir district, south of Kabul Afhanistan. A spokesman for the provincial governor in Helmand, said insurgents organized the Tuesday protest that left six civilians dead and seven others wounded. A NATO official, who spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said they are still are conflicting reports about the protest. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)AP - Taliban suicide bombings and other attacks caused Afghan civilian deaths to soar last year to the highest annual level of the war, a U.N. report found Wednesday, while deaths attributed to allied troops dropped nearly 30 percent. Many Afghans now blame the violence on the Taliban rather than foreign forces.


Canada Parliament move eliminates Tory lead: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST

Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to suspend Parliament has cost his party its lead in public support, a poll released on Wednesday found.

Senate Dems leave Kabul still wary of U.S. troop surge (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:22 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — On the first visit to Afghanistan by Senate Democrats since President Barack Obama's decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, Carl Levin of Michigan and Al Franken of Minnesota Wednesday reported signs of progress and expressed optimism that a Taliban takeover of the U.S.-backed government can be averted.

Yemen intensifies fight against Al Qaeda (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:10 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Yemen is intensifying its fight against Al Qaeda, as its forces killed a cell leader in a firefight Tuesday night and pursued two dozen other militants in the southeast Shabwa Province.

After the Quake Comes the Disease. Can Haiti Cope? (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:15 PM PST

People gather in the street after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.  A 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorded in the area, rocked Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz)  NO PUBLICAR EN REPUBLICA DOMINICANATime.com - With basic health care and sanitation all but destroyed, and millions of survivors likely left in homeless, unchecked infectious disease and contamination will pose a threat to survivors


Collapse of the Consumer Culture Coming? (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - The last 50 years have seen an unprecedented and unsustainable spike in consumption, driven by a culture of consumerism that has emerged over that period, says a report released Tuesday by the Worldwatch Institute.

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