2010年3月3日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Huge wave kills 2 on cruise ship in Mediterranean (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST

UPDATES with more details; map shows area in Mediterranean where a huge wave hit a cruise shipAP - A 26-foot wave smashed into a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 people in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers, according to officials and news reports.


Greece woos markets with $6.5B austerity plan (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:37 PM PST

Greek prime minister George Papandreou addresses to Socialists lawmakers at the Greek Parliament in Athens, on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Greece is grappling with an acute debt crisis that unfolded after the conservatives lost general elections last October to the Socialists who revealed a massive budget shortfall. The government is set to announce more severe economic austerity measures on Wednesday, following EU demands for deeper spending cuts. (AP Photo / Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - With creditors demanding solutions to the Greek debt crisis and the financial world increasingly on edge, Athens on Wednesday froze pensions, cut civil service salaries and slapped new taxes on everything from cigarettes and alcohol to fuel and precious gems.


Dutch anti-immigration party gains ground in vote (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:16 PM PST

AP - Early returns in Dutch local elections showed an anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party making big gains in a result seen as a possible foreshadowing of national elections in June.

Chile military delivers aid, but 1st helps its own (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:29 PM PST

Volunteers load bags containing supplies on a vehicle  to be distribute among earthquake victims in Concepcion , Chile, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Four days after a deadly earthquake, Chile's military finally rolled out a massive humanitarian aid effort Wednesday that promised to improve an image long associated with dictatorship-era repression.


Detained US missionary: I'd come back to Haiti (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:16 PM PST

US missionary Laura Silsby, 40, center, points to an area of a bible next to fellow missionary Charisa Coulter, 24, both arrested on child kidnapping charges, as they leave the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, March. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - A U.S. Baptist missionary detained on suspicion of child trafficking in Haiti said Wednesday she would be ready to return again to the earthquake-ravaged country to work with children.


Olympic Lessons: What London Can Learn From Vancouver (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:20 AM PST

Time.com - The sports may be different in London, but Britain's capital can still learn a lot from the Olympics just finished

Starbucks to soon begin Via sales in Japan, UK (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:04 PM PST

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is seen in silhouette during a presentation of the Starbucks VIA Ready Brew product at a news conference in New York February 17, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Starbucks Corp said on Wednesday that its cafes in the United Kingdom and Japan will soon sell its Via instant coffee, which helped boost same-store sales at U.S. outlets in the latest quarter.


Iran casts its shadow over high-stakes Iraq vote (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:44 PM PST

Iraqi soldiers securing the border amidst increased security ahead of the March 7 Iraqi election, inspect vehicles at the border crossing with Iran at Shalamcha near Basra, Iraq, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. In both subtle and glaring ways, Iran is trying to influence the outcome of Sunday's elections in Iraq, hoping that its Shiite allies would be in charge when the last American soldier leaves next year. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - As the U.S. prepares to withdraw its forces from Iraq, Iran is said to be working hard to fill a potential power vacuum — an effort that faces its first big test in Sunday's elections, in which Tehran is backing hard-liners against a coalition of moderates.


Brazil rebuffs US, says it will go own way on Iran (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Brazil's Lower House President Michel Temer, right, accompanied by Brazil's President of the Senate Jose Sarney, shake hands as they pose for pictures in Brasilia, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Hillary Clinton is on a two-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil rebuffed a U.S. appeal for new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, vowing during a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton not to "bow down" to gathering international pressure.


Congo Looks to Chickens to Boost Nutrition, Economy (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PST

OneWorld.net - KINSHASA, Mar 3 (IPS) - For some seven million Congolese living in Kinshasa the only meat and poultry they could buy to eat since the 1980s was frozen imports from Western countries, distributed locally by a few local businessmen.

Powerful quake strikes southern Taiwan (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:21 PM PST

A 6.4 magnitude quake struck southern Taiwan on Thursday, causing panic among residents in the island's second largest city who rushed into the streets as buildings shook.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A 6.4 magnitude quake struck southern Taiwan on Thursday, causing panic among residents in the island's second largest city who rushed into the streets as buildings shook.


Australian cleared over E.Timor assassination bid (AFP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 07:20 AM PST

An East Timor court has cleared Australian national Angelita Pires of the attempted assassination of the president and prime minister in a 2008 attack, but jailed more than 20 rebel gunmen.(AFP/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)AFP - An East Timor court on Wednesday cleared an Australian woman of the attempted assassination of the president and prime minister in a 2008 attack, but jailed more than 20 rebel gunmen.


Builders of Baghdad Embassy strike again _ in Saudi Arabia (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:43 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Another State Department construction project has gone awry, and once again the builders of the troubled U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad are involved. This time, the problem is in Saudi Arabia.

Dubai assassination: Dubai wants Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu behind bars (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:33 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Dubai police chief plans to seek the arrest of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the murder of Hamas leader here Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.

Pakistan Anti-Taliban War Eases, Opens Window for Reform (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:15 AM PST

Time.com - Little U.S. aid had been spent because of fears of corruption and violence. A brief musical interlude may now give Islamabad a chance to reform its wild frontier

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