2010年2月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News


Caught in the open: a firefight with the Taliban (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:56 PM PST

U.S. soldiers and one Afghan soldier exchange fire with insurgents during a patrol in the Badula Qulp area, West of Lashkar Gah  in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. In the fight, one soldier was wounded and at least one insurgent was killed. The soldiers are operating in support of a U.S. Marine offensive against the Taliban in Marjah area. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - "Medic!" Bullets cracked through the dry grass. "Medic!"


US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:40 PM PST

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seen during a press, after holding talks with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, in Doha the capital of the State of Qatar, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Clinton arrived Sunday in Qatar, where she is holding talks with top government leaders and speaking at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum. (AP Photo/Maneesh Bakshi)AP - U.S. officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran's nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penalties.


US forces scale back Haiti relief role (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:58 PM PST

A US Army solder drags a sack of rice during a food distribution operation organized by the US Army and Brazilian Army UN peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake last Jan. 12, leaving thousands homeless and prompting an international outpouring of aid.  (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - The biggest U.S. military surge since Iraq and Afghanistan is scaling back a month after the troops arrived in haste to aid victims of Haiti's catastrophic quake.


Preteen samba queen to parade at Rio's Carnival (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:31 PM PST

A dancer ofthe Uniao da Ilha samba school, performs during carnival parade at the Sambadrome, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb.14, 2010. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - Thousands of boisterous samba fans came together to watch the first night of Rio's Carnival parades Sunday, and all eyes are on a 7-year-old girl who is the youngest drum corps queen in memory.


Hello-o-o? Where Are All of Whistler's Skiers? (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:30 AM PST

Time.com - It's an oddity known in the business as "Olympic aversion." Millions of people visit the world's great ski areas to watch the Olympic Games, but few of them actually ski

Nobel laureate Ebadi says Iran opposition strong (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 02:40 PM PST

AP - Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi dismissed concerns Sunday that Iran's opposition movement is faltering after a government clampdown foiled plans to hold mass demonstrations last week on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

Abbas aide suspended over sex tape scandal (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:55 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, then U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Welch, right, waves as he walks with Abbas aide Rafiq Husseini, second right, upon his arrival for meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,  at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian officials are rallying around Husseini, a top aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, after a video showing him in the nude in a compromising situation was broadcast on Israeli TV. However, a prominent Palestinian journalist urged Husseini to resign and Abbas' Fatah movement promised to look into possible impropriety. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)AP - A top Palestinian official mired in a sex tape scandal brushed aside allegations he traded his influence for sexual favors, saying Sunday he was the victim of entrapment and blackmail.


Venezuela finds dozens of suspected drug planes (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:27 PM PST

AP - Authorities have discovered 28 airplanes in central Venezuela that were presumably being used by drug traffickers.

Sudan's SPLM launches poll campaign to beat Bashir (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 02:27 PM PST

Reuters - Sudan's former southern rebels launched their campaign Sunday for the nation's first multi-party elections in 24 years, fielding the man likely to be President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's strongest challenger.

S.Korea Jan LNG imports drop; coal surges (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:15 PM PST

Reuters - South Korea's imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) dropped about 10 percent year-on-year in January, customs data showed on Monday.

No gold in them thar hills for Canada...again (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:30 PM PST

Reuters - Canada, a country now entirely gripped by Winter Olympics fever, watched helpless on Saturday as an ice-cool American snuck in to snatch gold from mogul favorite Jennifer Heil and prevent a 34-year national sporting jinx being broken.

Rio Tinto says looking to grow China relationship (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 02:44 AM PST

A truck is loaded with high grade iron ore at the Rio Tinto Tom Price mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Rio Tinto has said it wants to grow ties with China despite four employees being charged with bribery and industrial espionage, as rival BHP Billiton looks to the Asian giant to underpin growth.(AFP/Rio Tinto/Ho/Christian Sprogoe)AFP - Rio Tinto said Sunday it wanted to grow ties with China despite four employees being charged with bribery and industrial espionage, as rival BHP Billiton looked to the Asian giant to underpin growth.


U.S. begins Mideast push for ideas on Iranian solution (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:42 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - CAIRO, Egypt — The top U.S. military officer and the secretary of state kicked off a series of visits throughout the Middle East Sunday, reaching out to the Arab world as the Obama administration pushes for tougher sanctions against Iran and its nuclear ambitions.

Whaling: Will Greenpeace trial in Japan put whalers on notice? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:40 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The menu reads like a "save the whales" activist's nightmare.

No Valentine? Celebrate the Year of Tiger Instead (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:30 AM PST

Time.com - The Year of the Tiger begins Feb. 14. In Chinese astrology, tigers are known as bold and independent, good luck against fire and thieves. But in the real world, they are being threatened toward extinction.

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