2010年8月4日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Historian doubts Demjanjuk's wartime account (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT

Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk arrives in a courtroom in Munich Tuesday Aug. 3, 2010. The  former Ohio autoworker is being tried on nearly 28,000 counts of accessory to murder over allegations he was a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp. (AP Photo/ Peter Kneffel,Pool)AP - A U.S. military historian on Wednesday testified in the trial of the retired Ohio autoworker accused of being a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp and expressed doubt about John Demjanjuk's account of his whereabouts in the last years of World War II.


Flare-up over tree accents Israel-Lebanon tension (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

The brother of Sgt. Robert Ashi , who was killed on Tuesday during a clash between Lebanese army and Israeli army, hold on to the coffin carried by Lebanese soldiers, during his funeral procession, at Darb el-Sim village, near in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire Tuesday in a fierce border battle that killed a senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist. The violence started when Lebanese opened fire after Israel tried to cut down a tree along the border, something the military has done in the past to improve its sight lines into Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - It took no more than cutting down a tree to shatter four years of calm on the Israel-Lebanon border.


Pakistani school seeks to turn boys from Taliban (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:17 AM PDT

AP - The painting is disturbing: raindrops shaped like bullets and branches intended to look like blood-soaked necks. The artist was a boy recruited by the Taliban to help kill Pakistani soldiers.

Heat, smoke and worry cloak Moscow (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT

Moscow's Kremlin, with its palaces and churches seen through the smog covering Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - As Moscow's record heatwave began, I threw open all the screenless windows in my apartment, hoping for some breeze — but mostly what I got was visits from bugs and, briefly, an inquisitive crow.


Kenya sees big turnout in vote on new constitution (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:06 PM PDT

Masai line up to vote on a new constitution at a polling station in Ngong, Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Long lines of voters formed before sunrise in the Kenyan capital early Wednesday, as voters cast ballots on a new constitution that would reduce the powers of the presidency and give citizens a bill of rights.   (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)AP - Enthusiastic voters, many wrapped in colorful traditional blankets, waited for hours Wednesday to cast ballots on a new constitution that could spell a new era for Kenya — curtailing the president's enormous powers and giving citizens a bill of rights.


Why Digicel Has Donated More Money for Haiti (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Answering the Call: Haiti's New Entrepreneurs

Police launch probe after children die in flat blast (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:15 PM PDT

Policemen stand guard in east London in 2008. Police launched a criminal investigation on Wednesday into the deaths of three young children in an explosion at a block of flats in Edinburgh.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Police launched a criminal investigation on Wednesday into the deaths of three young children in an explosion at a block of flats in Edinburgh.


US-Egyptian dissident returns to Egypt (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 01:51 PM PDT

AP - An Egyptian-American academic and vocal government critic returned to Egypt late Wednesday for his first visit after a three year exile despite outstanding complaints filed against him for damaging Egyptian interests.

Ex-premier could outstrip Wyclef in Haiti election (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2008 file photo, Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, right, speaks with flood victims in Gonaives, Haiti. Jean is expected to announce his bid for the presidency on Thursday from Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, file)AP - Another potential powerhouse emerged Wednesday in the race for Haiti's presidency as the ruling party nominated ousted ex-Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis to lead the earthquake-ravaged nation.


Magnitude 7 quake shakes Papua New Guinea (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:19 PM PDT

AP - A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Thursday, U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no risk of a significant tsunami in the South Pacific's most populous island nation.

Toyota posts $2.2 bln profit as car sales recover (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:12 PM PDT

Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Director Takahiko Ijichi. center, is surround by reporters during a news conference at Toyota's Tokyo head office Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. The world's biggest automaker reported a quarterly profit of $2.2 billion, reversing from red ink a year earlier as global car sales recovered and raised its full year earnings forecast. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Toyota reported a quarterly profit of $2.2 billion, reversing from red ink a year earlier as the world's top automaker benefited from a global sales recovery that offset lingering doubts about the safety of its cars.


New Zealand to name ridge for Everest conqueror (AP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT

AP - New Zealand authorities are proposing renaming a ridge on the nation's highest mountain to honor Mount Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary,

Israel threatens to retaliate against attacks on three fronts (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Violence this week on Israel's northern and southern borders has escalated tensions and raised the prospect of further clashes this summer, Israeli military experts said Wednesday.

UAE's BlackBerry ban: Why is Canada silent? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:16 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The UAE’s proposed BlackBerry ban is sparking numerous statements of support for the phone’s Canada-based maker Research in Motion (RIM), except from the one entity expected to be the first to speak up: the Canadian government.

UAE, Saudi Arabia BlackBerry Ban: Problems for Business (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:45 PM PDT

Time.com - At issue is the BlackBerry's encryption system: the U.A.E. wants it to be more open, but that would compromise the security that businesses want

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