2010年3月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Netanyahu calls Clinton to defuse tensions (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 03:57 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles before her talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, unseen, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Hoping to diffuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed Thursday to meet next week in Washington to confront face to face an embarrassing dispute over Israeli land claims.

Holocaust survivor stands by memory of Anne Frank (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 05:09 PM PDT

** CORRECTS AGE OF MEIJER IN BERGEN BELSEN **Berthe Meijer is seen during an interview with the Associated Press at her home in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, March 12, 2010. Meijer, now 71, a former 6-year-old inmate of Bergen Belsen offers a rare glimpse of Anne in the final weeks of her life in the German camp, struggling to keep up her own spirits even as she tried to lift the morale of the smaller children. Meijer's memoir, being published in Dutch later this month, is the first to mention Anne's talent for spinning tales even in the despair of the camp. The memoir deals with Meijer's acquaintance with Anne Frank in only a few pages, but she said she titled it 'Life After Anne Frank' because it continues the tale of Holocaust victims where the famous diary leaves off. (AP Photo/Evert Elzinga)AP - A Holocaust survivor who says she met Anne Frank in a Nazi concentration camp is standing by her story in the face of skepticism from historians, filmmakers and a childhood friend of the diarist.

Chaos marks Iraq election vote tally (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Iraqi journalists look at screens Tuesday, March 16, 2010, showing the partial preliminary results in Baghdad, Iraq. Dozens of Iraqi journalists waited hours for results in Iraq's election. What they got Thursday, March 18, 2010 was a single CD containing the information and instructions to make copies themselves, prompting a mad dash to the nearest Internet cafe where they paid $1.20 each to find out who was ahead in the ballot count. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Dozens of Iraqi journalists waited hours for results in Iraq's election. What they finally got was a single CD containing all the information and instructions to make copies themselves, prompting a mad dash to the nearest Internet cafe where they paid $1.20 each to find out who was ahead in the ballot count.

US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov smile as they leave a news conference after the talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.

Gaza rocket kills Thai farm worker in Israel (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:59 PM PDT

An Israeli police officer is seen at the site where a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, hit the southern Israeli agricultural community of Netiv Haasara, near the border with Gaza, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Thai farm worker, Israeli medics said, in the first death from a rocket attack since Israel's Gaza offensive last year. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)AP - A rocket fired by Gaza militants smashed into a greenhouse in an Israeli border village Thursday, killing a Thai worker in the first such death since Israel's massive offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza more than a year ago.

Who Will Profit When Google Exits from China? (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 04:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Microsoft's Bing is sharpening its knives but so are two aggressive and ambitious Chinese companies

Venezuela asks for details of charges in ETA case (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 05:17 PM PDT

A Spanish citizen is escorted by Spanish police officers as she is deported at the Maiquetia airport in Caracas, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Venezuelan authorities repatriated 18 Spanish inmates, serving time on drug-trafficking charges, to complete the remainder of their sentences in Spain, Venezuela's government said. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Venezuela has asked authorities in Spain to detail their accusations against an alleged ETA operative accused of helping the Basque separatist group arrange explosives training with Colombian rebels in Venezuela.

Sudan and Darfur rebel group sign cease-fire (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Sudan's government representative Ghazi Salah Eddin Atabani, left, and rebel leader Al-Tijani Al-Sissi hold the documents after signing a truce in Doha Thursday March 18, 2010. Sudan's government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups have signed a cease-fire, opening the way for political negotiations ahead of a full peace agreement. (AP Photo/ Osama Faisal)AP - Sudan's government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups signed a cease-fire Thursday — the second such deal in less than a month with a key rebel faction — opening the way for political negotiations ahead of a full peace agreement.

Mayor vows to clean up Venezuela's filthy capital (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 05:39 PM PDT

AP - It's a dirty job, and now the government's gonna do it.

Nigeria recalls envoy after Kadhafi 'partition' comment (AFP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi delivers a speech in the coastal city of Benghazi in February 2010. Nigeria on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Tripoli after Kadhafi's AFP - Nigeria on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Tripoli after Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's "irresponsible" suggestion that the country be partitioned between Muslims and Christians.

Canada's Conservatives see larger lead: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 09:36 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's Conservative government holds a clear lead in public support, but it appears to be due largely to weakness of the second-place Liberals, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Obama scraps Asia-Pacific trip for healthcare push (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Bowing to political pressure at home, President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped his trip to Indonesia and Australia next week to stay in Washington for a final push for a healthcare overhaul.

As tempers cool, U.S. and Israel ready to restart peace talks (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 05:23 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Israel and the United States Thursday backed away from a week-old confrontation over Israel's plans to build 1,600 new apartments for Jewish residents in East Jerusalem, which Israel captured from the Arabs in 1967.

Clinton hints more work needed on nuclear reduction treaty with Russia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 12:29 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - That final 5 percent sure seems to be causing a lot more trouble than anyone expected.

Guatemala Ex-President Portillo to Face Charges in U.S. (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Mar 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Time.com - A panel of judges has approved Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the U.S. on charges that he laundered tens of millions of dollars that he had embezzled while he was President of Guatemala

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