2010年8月30日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News


Mexico has fired 10 pct of federal police in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT

A soldier and investigators work at the site where a vehicle exploded outside the Televisa network in the northern city of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Friday Aug. 27, 2010.  Two cars exploded early Friday, in front of the offices of a major Mexican television station and a transit police station, in a northern state where officials are investigating the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants. (AP Photo)AP - Mexico's federal police agency has fired nearly 10 percent of its force this year for failing checks designed to detect possible corruption, a major obstacle in the country's battle against increasingly brutal drug gangs.


Earl batters Caribbean, threatens US East Coast (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Luis Colon uses an umbrella to shield himself from rain and wind caused by the approaching Hurricane Earl in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected to menace the United States.


Gunman kills 7, wounds 15 in Slovakia (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:39 PM PDT

The provided by Slovakian Daily SME on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 shows a man  that SME identified as the gunman who killed six people and wounded at least nine in an attack in a neighborhood of Bratislava and then committed suicide. The attacker, armed with a machine gun and two pistols, could not immediately be identified and his motive was not known, said police chief Jaroslav Spisiak. (AP Photo/DAILY SME) ** SLOVAKIA OUT **AP - A gunman went on a rampage in Slovakia's capital on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 15, then committed suicide, officials said.


Indonesian volcano erupts after 400 years of quiet (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials into the sky in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 21,000 people. (AP Photo/Roone Patikawa)AP - Tens of thousands of people packed emergency shelters Monday after a long-dormant volcano in western Indonesia spewed clouds of hot ash and smoke more than a mile (several kilometers) into the air — an eruption that caught scientists off-guard.


Mideast talks reopen under tough conditions (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a glass of wine after speaking to his Likud party members in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The U.S. re-launches Israeli-Palestinian talks this week, its third push over the past decade to solve one of the world's most intractable conflicts, and this time under some of the most difficult conditions yet. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - The U.S. relaunches Israeli-Palestinian talks this week, its third push over the past decade to solve one of the world's most intractable conflicts — and this time under some of the most difficult conditions yet.


U.S. Flood Aid to Pakistan is Slow to Yield Political Dividends (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Time.com - It may be their best hope for getting drinking water and emergency food supplies, but many Pakistanis still see America as a hostile power

Libyan leader's visit to Italy stumbles into controversy (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Italian Prime Mnister Silvio Berlusconi (R) and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi shake hands during their meeting at at the Libyan Cultural centre in Rome. Kadhafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy Monday after he said Europe should convert to Islam.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy Monday after he said Europe should convert to Islam.


Israel researchers find ancient disposable cutlery (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Israeli archaeology Prof. Ran Barkai uses a ruler to display a stone believed by researchers to be one of the world's oldest known disposable knives, at the Tel Aviv University, Israel, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Israeli archaeologists believe they have discovered the world's oldest known disposable knives in a cave near Tel Aviv.Dating to the Stone Age, the sharp pieces of flint are believed to be at least 200,000 years old. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world's oldest known disposable knives.


Drilling begins in effort to free Chilean miners (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT

** CORRECTS DATE ** This TV grab taken from a video released Sunday Aug. 29, 2010  by Chile's Government shows some of 33 trapped miners the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile,  Saturday Aug. 28,  2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera. (AP Photo/Chile's Government Video)AP - An enormous drill began preliminary work Monday on carving a half-mile chimney through solid rock to free the 33 men trapped in a Chilean mine, their ordeal now having equaled the longest known survival in an underground disaster.


Police rescue abducted son of Nigerian politician (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Police on Monday rescued the 10-year-old son of a Nigerian politician kidnapped more than a week ago, one of several recent incidents raising concerns ahead of January elections, authorities said.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Police on Monday rescued the 10-year-old son of a Nigerian politician kidnapped more than a week ago, one of several recent incidents raising concerns ahead of January elections, authorities said.


7 US troops killed by bombs in south Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a trilateral regional summit in Tehran, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiAP - Roadside bombs killed seven American troops on Monday — including five in a single blast in Kandahar — raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the last three days.


Australian opposition claims upper hand in government bid (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia's opposition claimed the upper hand on Tuesday in its bid to form a government, as counting from this month's inconclusive election gave it more votes and parliamentary seats than the ruling Labor party.

Food crisis looms after floods in Pakistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The worst floods in Pakistan's history already have swept through the nation's most important breadbasket provinces, destroying cotton and corn crops, vegetables and orchards, and leaving many people in need of emergency food.

Attack on China whistleblower shows risk of unveiling corruption, fraud (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 07:08 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A bungled attack on a whistleblower famous for his exposés of fraud and pseudoscience has drawn fresh attention to the vexed issues of academic dishonesty and popular gullibility in China.

Iraqi Citizens Angry After U.S. Combat Troop Withdrawal (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Iraqi citizens are angry and incredulous that the U.S. has withdrawn its combat troops, with the belief that Iraq is ready to fend for itself

Land, Mineral Rights in Conflict in Zambia (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - MANSA, Aug 30 (IRIN) - Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to villagers in the region.

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