2010年8月17日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News


Bomber kills 61 Iraqis in recruitment drive (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:08 PM PDT

A wounded army recruit is transferred to a hospital after a bomb attack occurred in Baghdad August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - Young men from some of Iraq's poorest areas waited all night outside an army recruitment center, only to become easy prey Tuesday for a suicide bomber who killed 61 in the crowd. Desperate for jobs, dazed survivors rushed to get back in line after the attack.


Palestinian who attacked Turkish Embassy captured (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

**ALTERNATIVE CROP OF XMH801 ** A Palestinian man identified by a Turkish news agency as Nadim Injaz stands in the window of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. A Palestinian took hostages in the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv Tuesday after shots were fired outside, Israeli police and a Foreign Ministry official said, in an incident that appeared to have only an indirect link to recent tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Eli Dassa) ** ISRAEL OUT **AP - A Palestinian who broke into the Turkish Embassy in Israel trying to take hostages and demanding asylum was turned over to Israeli authorities late Tuesday, ending a tense standoff.


Mexico City mayor demands cardinal apologize (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:51 PM PDT

AP - Mexico City's leftist mayor said Tuesday he will take legal action if a Roman Catholic cardinal doesn't apologize for suggesting he bribed the Supreme Court to uphold a city law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples.

Flood victims mob relief trucks in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 03:34 PM PDT

Flood survivors try to catch a small carton of a drink given by private indiviuals at a camp for flood affected people in Muzaffargarh near Multan, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. The World Bank said Tuesday it will redirect $900 million of its existing loans to Pakistan to help in flood recovery, as the U.N. warned that many of the 20 million people affected by the disaster have yet to receive any emergency aid.  (AP Photo / Aaron Favila)AP - Victims of Pakistan's deadly floods mobbed relief trucks carrying food Tuesday and authorities in the northwest warned of famine unless the region's farmers got immediate help with planting new crops.


Kosovo Begins to Find an Independent National Identity (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:55 AM PDT

Time.com - A World Court ruling last month gave a huge boost to the legitimacy of secession by the tiny former province of Serbia. Now that Kosovars are confident about independence, they find time to look ahead

British travel firm collapse ruins plans for holidaymakers (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Budget travel firm Kiss Flights became the latest British holiday company to collapse on Tuesday, leaving plans for tens of thousands of holidaymakers in tatters.(Kiss Flights)AFP - Budget travel firm Kiss Flights became the latest British holiday company to collapse on Tuesday, leaving plans for tens of thousands of holidaymakers in tatters.


Some of the recent attacks in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:45 PM PDT

AP - A look at recent major attacks in Iraq:

Venezuela bans violent photos in newspapers (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:56 PM PDT

AP - A court ordered Venezuela's newspapers on Tuesday to stop publishing photographs depicting blood, guns and other violent images and warned an opposition-aligned daily that it could face a hefty fine for publishing a photo of bodies in a morgue.

Oil discovered offshore in Mozambique (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT

American oil company Anadarko has discovered offshore oil deposits in northern Mozambique, but it is unclear if the find will prove commercially viable, a company spokesman said Tuesday.(Anadarko)AFP - American oil company Anadarko has discovered offshore oil deposits in northern Mozambique, but it is unclear if the find will prove commercially viable, a company spokesman said Tuesday.


Bodies found after fishing boat sinks in Southern Ocean (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 04:46 PM PDT

A map of New Zealand. Three people died and another three were missing after a New Zealand chartered fishing boat with a crew of 51 sank in icy waters in the Southern Ocean early Wednesday, rescuers said.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Three people died and another three were missing after a New Zealand chartered fishing boat with a crew of 51 sank in icy waters in the Southern Ocean early Wednesday, rescuers said.


Harper says will not call election in fall (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper repeated on Tuesday that Canadians are not seeking a federal election this fall and said he will not be calling one.

Mother renews plea to name dingo as baby's killer (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

AP - The mother wrongly convicted of murdering her infant after the baby infamously disappeared in the Australian Outback 30 years ago has pleaded for her daughter's death certificate to state that a dingo was responsible.

Pakistan flood aid inadequate, U.N. warns (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:52 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Pakistan remains desperately short of the money it needs to cope with the huge floods that have devastated the country in the past two weeks, the United Nations warned Tuesday as the scale of the disaster continued to grow.

China's economy as No. 2: How it's playing in Japan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:25 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - China finally overtook Japan and became the world’s second-biggest economy, according to data released this week in Tokyo, which showed minimal GDP growth in the land of the rising sun, while its huge neighbor continued its blistering rise.

Pakistan's Floods May Sink the Economy and Zardari (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:55 AM PDT

Time.com - The catastrophic floods have damaged Pakistan's agricultural center and set up an already unpopular President, Asif Ali Zardari, for more political attacks

Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Non-Discrimination Against Gays (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:36 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Aug 16 (IPS) - In the last two weeks, Mexico's Supreme Court has taken two fundamental steps in recognising the rights of gays and lesbians. On Monday, it voted to uphold a Mexico City law that allows same-sex couples to adopt.

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