2010年3月2日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News


Clinton brings phones, promises to quake-hit Chile (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:39 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, at the airport in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a small dent in Chile's growing needs following a massive earthquake, handing over 25 satellite phones Tuesday while promising more in the country's capital.


Serbia, Bosnia want custody of ex-Bosnian leader (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:26 PM PST

AP - Serbia and Bosnia on Tuesday both demanded custody of a former Bosniak leader arrested in London on war crimes allegations, further straining relations between the two Balkan nations.

South Africa marks 100 days to World Cup (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:52 PM PST

Labourers work to build Moses Mahiba Stadium in preparation for the 2010 Soccer World Cup in Durban, South Africa, Saturday May 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Aman Sharma)AP - With 100 days to go before the World Cup, jackhammers shuddered and bulldozers rumbled Tuesday as workers wearing "Proud to be building Soccer City for 2010" buttons readied South Africa's main stadium.


Automakers show off hybrids at Geneva Auto Show (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:43 PM PST

The New Porsche Cayenne Hybrid is shown during the press day at the 80th Geneva International Motor Show, Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Motor Show will open its gates to public from  March 4 to March 14, presenting over 1,000 brands with more than 100 World and European firsts.  (AP Photo/Keystone/Sandro Campardo)AP - Hybrid or hype?


NATO Future in Question As Afghanistan Role Dwindles (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:05 PM PST

A British soldier (C) is seen on a joint patrol with French soldiers in Showal in Nad-e-Ali district, southern Afghanistan, on February 25. A bomb attack killed a NATO soldier in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the military said.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)Time.com - NATO has struggled to embrace a role as an expeditionary army against insurgents in Afghanistan. And that may leave it lacking any real purpose


Child killer back in jail after rules breach: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 04:23 PM PST

Mother of murdered toddler James Bulger, Denise Fergus (R), and husband Stuart Fergus leave the Royal Court of Justice after the decision in the murder case in London in 2000. A notorious child killer who abducted a toddler and murdered him on a railway track was back behind bars Wednesday after breaching the conditions of his release from prison, officials said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A notorious child killer who abducted a toddler and murdered him on a railway track was back behind bars Wednesday after breaching the conditions of his release from prison, officials said.


Iraq: Shiite cleric faces warrant over 2003 murder (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:13 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, May 2, 2009 file photo, Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, left, is followed by an advisor as he leaves his hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. In a surprise move ahead of Iraq's elections this weekend, Iraq's highest judicial body has renewed an arrest warrant against the anti-U.S. Shiite leader in the murder of a moderate cleric nearly seven years ago, a senior government official and a spokesman for the leader said Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Muqtada al-Sadr, who heads one of the major Shiite parties competing against Iraq's Shiite prime minister, is believed to have been living in neighboring Iran for the past two years.  (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta, File)AP - In a surprise move ahead of weekend elections, Iraq's highest judicial body has renewed an arrest warrant against an anti-U.S. Shiite leader for the murder of a moderate cleric nearly seven years ago, a senior government official and a spokesman for the leader said Tuesday.


Guatemala arrests national police chief, drug czar (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:33 PM PST

AP - Authorities arrested Guatemala's anti-drug czar and national police chief Tuesday in a case involving stolen cocaine and slain police, acting just two days before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives to discuss the drug war.

Nigerian governors pledge support for acting president (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:57 PM PST

Nigeria's 36 state governors on Tuesday pledged their support for the country's acting President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in February 2010, but dismissed suggestions that ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua should resign.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigeria's 36 state governors on Tuesday pledged their support for the country's acting President Goodluck Jonathan, but dismissed suggestions that ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua should resign.


CEOs warn against Armenia "genocide" bill (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:19 PM PST

Reuters - The aerospace and defense industry is urging House of Representatives lawmakers to reject a measure that would call a World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces genocide, warning it could jeopardize U.S. exports to Turkey.

Conservatives stalled ahead of budget: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 11:31 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservatives, set to unveil a tough budget this week, are tied in public support with the main opposition Liberal Party, according to a large poll released on Tuesday.

Australia to extradite killer of famed surgeon (AFP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 02:55 AM PST

AFP - A man convicted of one of Australia's most shocking murders will be extradited to Malaysia on Wednesday after 18 years in prison, an official told AFP on Tuesday.

A Q&A on Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 03:44 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — On Sunday, Iraqis will vote in parliamentary elections that will shape their country's future. Here are some of the major questions along with answers culled from United Nations, U.S. and other international and Iraqi sources.

In Hong Kong, star tutors earn $1.5 million salaries (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:53 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Their confident faces smile out from billboards across the city. Their promotional grins are plastered across double-decker buses, subway light boxes, even on TV.

France Drops Transsexualism from List of Mental Disorders (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:05 PM PST

Time.com - France has become the first nation in the world to drop transsexualism fromits list of mental disorders. But transsexuals say the country still has aways to go

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