2010年4月21日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Recriminations erupt in ash-fueled aviation crisis (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:07 PM PDT

A couple embrace each other after they were re-united at the arrival hall of Gatwick airport, near London, England, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Britain's Heathrow Airport — Europe's busiest hub — has seen the first flight land in London since airspace across the continent was closed by the giant plume of ash spewed during a volcanic eruption in Iceland.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Airlines toted up losses topping $2 billion and struggled to get hundreds of thousands of travelers back home Wednesday after a week of crippled air travel, as questions and recriminations erupted over Europe's chaotic response to the volcanic ash cloud.


Gunmen abduct 3 from hotel in northern Mexico (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:21 PM PDT

Forensic workers prepare to bury coffins at the San Rafael cemetery on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez April 20, 2010. The bodies of 25 men and four women, killed in drug-related incidents, were buried Tuesday after being held in the city morgue without being claimed by relatives.  REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)AP - Dozens of gunmen burst into a Holiday Inn hotel in the northern industrial city of Monterrey on Wednesday and abducted at least three people, prosecutors said.


Ex-Olympics head Juan Antonio Samaranch dies at 89 (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:26 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2009, file photo shows Juan Antonio Samaranch, the former IOC president, speaking during the Madrid 2016 bid presentation during the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen.  Samaranch died Wednesday April 21, 2010,  at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain. He was 89. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool File)AP - Shy, reserved and unimposing at first glance, Juan Antonio Samaranch also was a shrewd and sometimes ruthless operator who built consensus and got what he wanted during some of the most turbulent times in Olympic history.


Fans bid final farewell to boxer Valero (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:09 PM PDT

Relatives mourn during the funeral of former world boxing champion Edwin Valero in El Vigia, western Venezuela, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Valero committed suicide in his jail cell Monday after he was arrested in his wife's murder. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Relatives and fans of former boxing champion Edwin Valero gathered for the funeral on Wednesday of the troubled fighter who killed himself after slaying his wife.


Earthquake strikes near Pacific island of Tonga (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:58 PM PDT

AP - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit near the Pacific island of Tonga on Thursday, but no casualties or damage were reported and no tsunami warning was issued.

Did U.K. airspace open after British Airways pressure? (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Time.com - One minute, U.K. airspace was a no-fly zone; the next, it was ready for takeoff. Is British Airways CEO Willie Walsh the man to thank for finally opening up Britain's skies?

Questions over Lib Dem leader's funding before TV debate (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:56 PM PDT

Opposition Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg addresses journalists at a press conference in central London. Clegg was accused of irregular funding arrangements Thursday as party leaders geared up for the second pre-election TV debate.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, was accused of irregular funding arrangements Thursday as party leaders geared up for the second pre-election TV debate.


Iraqi testified he was beaten by US troops (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:30 PM PDT

AP - An Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding an attack that killed four American contractors testified Wednesday at a court-martial of a Navy SEAL that he was beaten by U.S. troops while hooded and tied to a chair,

Mexico: report of problems in producer's marriage (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:23 PM PDT

Ely Burgos, second from left, mother of the late Monica Beresford-Redman, is followed by the press as she leaves a police station with her daughter Jeane Burgos, second from right, in Cancun, Mexico, early Wednesday, April 21, 2010.  Monica Beresford-Redman, wife of Bruce Beresford-Redman, a former 'Survivor' producer and co-creator of the 'Pimp My Ride' show, was found dead in a sewer on April 8 at the Moon Palace Resort two days after the producer said she had failed to return from a shopping trip.  Bruce Beresford-Redman is a suspect in the slaying of his wife and has been barred from leaving Mexico until the death investigation is complete.  (AP Photo/Israel leal)AP - A TV producer's correspondence with his wife, who was found dead at a Mexican resort, indicated problems in their marriage, a prosecutor said Wednesday.


Rwanda opposition chief held for 'genocide denial' (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Rwandan United Democratic Forces (FDU-Inkingi) Chairperson Victoire Ingabire poses at her home in Kigali in Rwanda. Rwandan opposition leader and presidential hopeful Ingabire was arrested Wednesday on charges of denying the 1994 genocide and AFP - Rwandan opposition leader and presidential hopeful Victoire Ingabire was arrested Wednesday on charges of denying the 1994 genocide and "collaborating with a terrorist organisation", an official said.


U.S. delays China yuan probe in aluminum case (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday delayed a decision on investigating whether China's currency practices are an illegal trade subsidy that justify imposing countervailing duties.

As power shortages spread, Pakistan switches off the lights (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:14 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - LAHORE, Pakistan — Amid fears that severe energy shortages could touch off riots, Pakistan will announce drastic measures this week to save electricity, including a shorter workweek and restrictions on nighttime wedding celebrations, government officials said Wednesday.

Liberal Democrat Clegg becomes man to watch in UK race (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 08:34 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A week ago, he was barely a contender. Then there was a debate. Nick Clegg came out swinging, and the whole election shifted.

East German Stasi Spy Files Readied for Scanning, Study (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Using brand new software and cutting-edge technology, scientists in Germany hope to reconstruct thousands of files that were shredded by the secret police at the end of the Cold War

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