2010年9月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Plane carrying 51 crashes in Venezuela; 36 survive (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:34 PM PDT

The wreckage of an airplane of a state airline Conviasa is seen on the ground after it crashed about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. The plane was carrying 51 people, and officials said at least 21 people survived.(AP Photo/Nicolas Serratto, Correo del Caroni)AP - A plane carrying 51 people crashed Monday in a steel mill yard in eastern Venezuela, killing 15 people on board, officials said.

Japan foreign minister apologizes to US POWs (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:32 PM PDT

Lester Tenney, center, a former U.S. prisoner of war during World War II speaks to Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, unseen, at Okada's office in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, after Okada apologized to the group of former prisons who were invited by the Japanese government as part of the Japanese-American POW friendship program. (AP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno, Pool)AP - Japan's foreign minister apologized for the suffering of a group of former World War II prisoners of war visiting from the United States and said they were treated inhumanely.

Setback in Chile rescue, but Hope comes Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:31 PM PDT

A truck carrying pieces of the third drill that will be used in the rescue of 33 trapped miners, arrive at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. The miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5.(AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP - When the drilling stops, the 33 miners who have been trapped underground for weeks in northern Chile notice. And they are not pleased about the progress above.

15 killed in disputed Kashmir in deadly protests (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Kashmiri protesters lift and burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Indian forces fought Kashmiri demonstrators in street battles that killed 15 people — including one police officer — in the deadliest day in a summer of violence challenging Indian rule in the disputed territory.

Plea bargain expected in NY student's beating case (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:23 PM PDT

AP - A plea bargain is expected in the trial of a former Serb college basketball player charged with beating an American student into a coma, a person who has been informed of the deal told The Associated Press.

Referendum in Turkey: A Vote for Democracy or a New Strongman? (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 04:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The country has voted to reform the old, military-inspired constitution but has it only given more power to Turkey's Islamist-rooted Prime Minister?

Hunger costing poor nations $450 bln a year: NGO (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:35 PM PDT

Internally displaced Pakistani woman (right) is seen cradling her malnourished infant at a camp in Sukkur. Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Pakistan and Lesotho have come out worst in their efforts to cut rates of hunger, according to ActionAid's analysis.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)AFP - The effects of hunger could be costing developing countries 450 billion dollars a year, an aid agency warned Tuesday, ahead of a United Nations summit on development.

Israel approves materials to upgrade Gaza plant (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 11:25 AM PDT

Palestinian children stand next to a pool of sewage near the beach on the outskirts of Gaza City, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Israel says it is allowing the largest shipment of construction materials into Gaza since its deadly raid on an international flotilla in May. Israeli military spokesman Guy Inbar says 250 tons of pipes, iron and other materials began to enter Monday to upgrade a Gaza City waste treatment plant. Gaza water official Maher Najjar says the upgraded plant will be able to treat 20 million gallons (75 million liters) of waste a day, nearly double the current level. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Israel began moving 250 tons of construction supplies into Gaza on Monday, the largest shipment of raw materials to the coastal territory since it eased a blockade in the wake of a deadly raid on a flotilla trying to break the embargo in May.

Mexico marks anniversary of 1847 battle with US (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, left, walks along Mexico's Defense Secretary Guillermo Galvan during the anniversary of the battle of the 'Ninos Heroes', or Heroic Childre in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. The 'Ninos Heroes', or Heroic Children were a group of young cadets who died defending the military academy in Mexico City during the Mexican-American war in 1847. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - President Felipe Calderon on Monday criticized both Americans and Mexicans for their roles in the 1846-1848 war that cost Mexico half its territory during a ceremony commemorating the definitive battle of the conflict.

Guinea PM hints at possible poll delay (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Children walk past a poster for Guinea presidential candidate Alpha Conde in Conakry, September 13, 2010. REUTERS/Joseph PenneyReuters - Guinea's prime minister said on Monday that maintaining public order was more important than holding a planned September 19 presidential election on time, but stopped short of announcing a delay in the poll.

Medical flight arrives in Antarctica for sick man (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 06:04 PM PDT

A NASA image of Antartica. An Antarctic blizzard was hampering plans to evacuate a critically ill American from the US base at McMurdo Sound to New Zealand, officials said Monday.(AFP/NASA/USGS/File)AP - A medical evacuation flight from New Zealand landed in Antarctica on Tuesday to evacuate an American worker in a serious medical condition, after blizzard conditions eased.

Canada growth to be limited without reforms: OECD (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 01:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's economy is in for several years of limited growth even after it fully recovers because of an aging population and damage from the recession, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Monday.

Former Aussie PM to visit US as foreign minister (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:43 PM PDT

Australian PM Julia Gillard named former leader Kevin Rudd (pictured in June) as her foreign minister, less than three months after she staged a sudden and ruthless coup against him. The nation's first woman leader announced the appointment as she made sweeping changes to her cabinet.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AP - Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is to visit the United States within days of being sworn in on Tuesday to his new role as Australia's foreign minister.

Mideast peace talks forecast: Cloudy, occasional outbursts (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 03:54 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt — Peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are set to resume Tuesday in Egypt amid rising tensions over Israeli settlement construction, a key issue in the talks and one that's prompted the Palestinian team to threaten to boycott the meetings.

Afghanistan's next challenge: elections 2010 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 12:59 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The violence engulfing Afghanistan, the paralyzed political institutions in Kabul, and the very real chance that the war-torn country's upcoming elections will be swayed once again by vote-buying and fraud, would seem enough to drive talented young people here as far from politics as they can get.

Turkey Unites Over Basketball, If Not a Constitution (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 04:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Turkey's "12 Giant men" and a cartoon cat bring a measure of unity to a country gripped by political debate

U.S. Helps Bridge Gap in Uganda's AIDS Drugs (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 03:58 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - KAMPALA, Sep 13 (IRIN/PlusNews) - The US government has boosted its assistance to Uganda's AIDS programme with an emergency supply of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs worth more than US$5.5 million to begin to put an estimated 72,000 HIV-infected people on the treatment over the next two years.

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