2010年9月2日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:27 PM PDT

AP - A shootout between soldiers and purported drug cartel gunmen killed 25 suspects Thursday in northern Tamaulipas state, near Mexico's border with Texas, the military said.

Ecuadorean survivor urges migrants to avoid Mexico (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 04:55 PM PDT

Forensic experts inspect the coffins containing the remains of 16 Hondurans who were killed in Mexico while trying to reach the U.S. border, before returning the bodies to family members in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. The bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants, who were allegedly killed by a Mexican drug cartel, were found within 100 miles of the U.S. border on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants urged others in an interview broadcast Thursday not to attempt the journey to the United States.


Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 01:06 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations.


Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 03:21 PM PDT

A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)AP - A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry — and erupting in anger — in the world's poorest countries.


Afghan president says airstrike killed civilians (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:42 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP - NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes in this month's parliamentary elections.


Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault -- and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance

Sharapova storms through at US Open (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:30 PM PDT

Maria Sharapova, pictured, has kept alive her hopes of a second US Open crown, four years after her first, with an impressive 6-1, 6-2 win over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Maria Sharapova has kept alive her hopes of a second US Open crown, four years after her first, with an impressive 6-1, 6-2 win over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.


Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this photo provided by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Wiesenthal is shown attending a trial of suspected Nazi war criminals in Vienna, Austria in 1958. Renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries, an Israeli historian writes in a book released Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Simon Wiesenthal Center, HO, File)AP - A new book claims renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries.


(AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:10 PM PDT

AP - Mexican military says 25 suspects killed in shootout with soldiers near US border.

Sudan's north-south faultline worries about war (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:15 PM PDT

In this photo of Saturday, Aug.14, 2010, Residents of Agok in the contested border zone of Abyei gather under a tree for a session of traditional court, which occurs three times a week in this town, which is largely populated by the Ngok Dinka people. Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote. The central Sudan region of Abyei is the subject of a tug-of-war between leaders in Sudan's north and south. The border zone is home to some of Sudan's richest oil fields, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.(AP Photo/Maggie Fick)AP - Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote.


Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:47 PM PDT

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke as seen from Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The eruption of the volcano that has been dormant for four hundred years over the weekend caught many scientists off guard and left the region on high alert. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)AP - An Indonesian volcano sent a new, powerful burst of hot ash and debris two miles (thousands of meters) into the air early Friday, sending villagers fleeing back to emergency shelters.


China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:18 AM PDT

Reuters - China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, amid worries about future supplies of fertilizer it needs to rapidly boost food production.

Return to power within grasp for Australia's PM (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 03:08 PM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard is seen at a cafe in the western suburbs in Melbourne August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came within grasp of a return to power on Thursday after one of four "kingmaker" MPs backed her Labor Party's bid to form a minority government following last month's dead-heat elections.


Obama's peacemaking effort faces steep odds for success (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 04:32 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The first Middle East peace talks in nearly two years got off to a quick start Thursday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreeing to meet again in two weeks and to commence work on the blueprint for a peace treaty.

The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:26 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas enter direct peace talks on Thursday, an intensifying battle for Jerusalem has rendered the conflict’s trickiest issue even more intractable.

Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace with Palestinians (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise?

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