2010年2月13日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 05:00 PM PST

In this handout photo released by Ministry of Defence via PA, soldiers of the 1st Battalion the Royal Welsh in line make there way onto the helicopters on mass as they prepare for Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. British troops were today engaged in fierce fighting with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan as the military operation got under way. U.S.-led airstrikes began as dawn broke in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand Province where up to 1,000 insurgents are believed to be holed up. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defence via PA, SSGt Will Craig)AP - Bombs and booby traps slowed the advance of thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers moving Saturday through the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah — NATO's most ambitious effort yet to break the militants' grip over their southern heartland.


Apparent bomb kills 8 in Indian bakery, 42 injured (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:55 PM PST

Relatives of wounded civilian wails in a hospital  in Pune, India, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. A powerful explosion rocked the bakery in the western Indian city of Pune on Saturday,  killing at least eight people and injuring dozens others, an official said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - An apparent bomb tore through a crowded bakery popular with foreigners in western India, killing at least eight people and wounding 42 near a famed meditation center.


Tymoshenko calls Ukraine vote rigged (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 02:06 PM PST

Tymoshenko, apparently narrowly beaten by just 3.5 percentage points, in last week's presidential vote, ended six days of silence on a defiant note Saturday, saying the vote had been rigged and she would challenge the result in court. (AP Photo/Alexander Prokopenko, Pool)AP - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko — apparently defeated by a narrow margin in last week's presidential vote — ended six days of silence Saturday by saying the election had been rigged and she would challenge the result in court.


Ban forces rivals of Iraqi PM to halt campaign (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 01:36 PM PST

An Iraqi boy passes a poster for candidate Sheikh Sabah al-Saadi, a candidate with the Iraqi National Coalition, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.  Iraq has officially kicked off the election season ahead of the March nationwide vote. Campaign posters were plastered across Baghdad and other cities on Friday, urging people to the polls. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)AP - A political coalition led by one of the Iraqi prime minister's fiercest critics temporarily halted its campaign Saturday for next month's parliamentary elections after a number of its candidates were barred from running.


Why France's National Identity Debate Backfired (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 08:15 AM PST

Time.com - Three months ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a major debate on what it means to be French in the 21st century. Now, it appears the much-criticized initiative may have done more harm than good

Economists urge Britain to cut deficit faster (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:22 PM PST

Shoppers carry shopping bags in Covent Garden in January 2010. Leading economists warned Sunday that Britain lacks a credible plan to cut its budget deficit, in a damaging attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government just months before a tough election fight.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Leading economists warned Sunday that Britain lacks a credible plan to cut its budget deficit, in a damaging attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government just months before a tough election fight.


Yemen's northern rebels meeting cease-fire terms (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:12 AM PST

AP - Yemen's northern rebels have withdrawn from an occupied airport and begun tearing down roadblocks, fulfilling the conditions of a cease-fire agreement with the government, a rebel spokesman said Saturday.

Bashir starts Sudan election campaign with a jig (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 01:25 PM PST

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir addresses supporters at the Friendship Hall in the capital Khartoum February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahReuters - Campaigning for Sudan's first truly multi-party elections in 24 years began on Saturday with President Omar Hassan al-Bashir dancing his trademark jig and mocking the war crimes prosecutor seeking his extradition.


Obama getting briefed on Afghanistan operation (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:56 PM PST

President Barack Obama approaches the podium for the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama is keeping a close watch on combat operations in Afghanistan, getting multiple updates as thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers storm a Taliban stronghold.


Wary lugers train, balmy weather plagues Games (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:46 PM PST

Reuters - Organizers shortened the world's fastest luge track for safety on Saturday after a crash killed a Georgian Olympian as Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann won the first gold medal at a Games plagued by warm, wet weather.

Woman, 60, in serious condition after shark bite (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:03 AM PST

AP - A 60-year-old woman is in serious condition after being bitten by a shark off northeastern Australia and losing several pints (liters) of blood.

Surprise tactic in Afghanistan offensive befuddles Taliban (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 02:04 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - LASHKAR GAR, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines and Afghan forces airlifted over the Taliban-laid minefields into the center of Marjah town Saturday, apparently surprising the insurgents and taking strategic positions from them, according to military officials.

Why Vancouver officials say luge track is now safe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:13 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - After Nodar Kumaritashvili’s fatal crash on the Whistler luge track Friday, officials from the International Luge Federation and the Vancouver organizing committee (VANOC) this morning firmly defended their decision to proceed with the men’s luge heats as planned today. Team captains were informed in a meeting this morning and raised no concerns, the officials said.

With Casinos Set to Open, Singapore Rolls The Dice (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 08:15 AM PST

Time.com - Just how much money has been poured in -- and how daunting the challenge of recouping that money will be -- are becoming clear as the first of Singapore's long-awaited casinos prepares to throw open its doors this month

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