2010年10月2日星期六

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Palestinians back Abbas on settlement slowdown (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:07 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with the leading members of the PLO in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. Abbas sought the backing of dozens of senior Palestinians on Saturday for his refusal to keep negotiating with Israel without a slowdown in West Bank settlement construction. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - Dozens of senior Palestinians on Saturday backed President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to negotiate with Israel as long as it builds in West Bank settlements, dealing a new setback to troubled U.S. efforts to salvage peace talks.


3 police colonels investigated in Ecuador revolt (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Soldiers patrol in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. Ecuador is under a state of siege, with the military in charge of public order, after soldiers rescued Ecuador's President Rafael Correa on Thursday from a hospital where he'd been surrounded by police who roughed him up and tear-gassed him earlier. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)AP - Three police colonels were under criminal investigation Saturday for failing to prevent a massive protest by their subordinates against President Rafael Correa that spun out of control, claiming at least five lives.


Nigeria: Ex-militant leader arrested over bombings (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, militant leader Henry Okah poses for a photo.  The ex-leader of a militant group that claimed responsibility for a dual car bombing that killed 12 in Nigeria has been arrested in Johannesburg, a spokeswoman for Nigeria's secret police said Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. Marilyn Ogar said police arrested Henry Okah, the ex-leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, sometime after the bombings Friday. (AP Photo/Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, File)AP - South African authorities have arrested an ex-leader of a militant group that claimed responsibility for a dual car bombing that killed 12 people in Nigeria, a Nigerian secret police spokeswoman said Saturday.


20 kidnapped in Mexican resort city of Acapulco (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:54 PM PDT

Women walk at the place where 20 people where kidnapped the last Thursday in Acapulco October 2, 2010. An armed gang kidnapped a group of about 20 people in Mexico's Pacific city of Acapulco, Mexican media said on Saturday, the latest blow to the iconic beach resort that has been stained by drug violence.  REUTERS/ Jesus Trigo (MEXICO - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)AP - Gunmen kidnapped 20 men who were traveling together in Mexico's Pacific coast resort city of Acapulco, authorities said Saturday.


Osama bin Laden softens tone, but to what end? (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 01:01 PM PDT

This image from video provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows the still picture of Osama bin Laden shown on the video released on jihadist forums on Oct. 1, 2010. Al-Qaida released a new audio tape of Osama bin Laden Friday Oct. 1, 2010  in which the leader of the terror network calls for the creation of a relief body to aid Muslims harmed in natural disasters and wars. The authenticity of the tape could not be immediately verified. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group) MANDATORY CREDIT: SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP; ON-SCREEN LOGO MUST NOT BE OBSCURED; NO SALESAP - Softening his tone, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden issued a humanitarian appeal on Saturday urging Muslim governments to do more to help Pakistan's flood victims and expressing worry about climate change. It was his second purported audiotape in as many days.


In Naples, Police and Protestors Clash Over Trash (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 02:05 AM PDT

Time.com - With garbage collectors on strike and protests against a landfill on Mount Vesuvius turning violent, Naples is down in the dumps yet again

Four British, two Peruvians killed in small plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:57 PM PDT

This picture released by the National Cultural Institute of Peru in 2009 shows part of the Nazca culture's geoglyph known as AFP - Four British tourists and two Peruvian crew members were killed Saturday when the tiny aircraft they were flying in to see the famous Nazca lines from above crashed south of Lima, police told AFP.


Israeli Jews celebrate Palestinian Oktoberfest (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:17 PM PDT

A Palestinian waiter serves a beer during the first day of the Taybeh Oktoberfest festival in the West Bank town of Taybeh, near Ramallah, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The festival is held in a tiny Palestinian Christian village located in a Muslim majority area that widely disapproves of drinking and making alcohol. And the village is under an Israeli military occupation that hinders the local brewers ability to market and sell their beer. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - This Palestinian village celebrates Oktoberfest each year even though it's a tiny Christian enclave in a Muslim-majority area, under Israeli occupation.


Peru: Tourist plane crashes near famed Nazca Lines (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:22 PM PDT

AP - A small plane carrying British tourists crashed near the famed Nazca Lines in Peru on Saturday, killing all six people on board, police said.

Nigeria bomb toll rises as government admits it was warned (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 02:01 PM PDT

Security and rescue officials gather at the scene of a bomb blast in Abuja October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Afolabi SotundeReuters - The death toll from car bombs that exploded near a parade marking Nigeria's 50th anniversary of independence rose to 12 on Saturday and authorities admitted they had been warned of the attack.


Contender for Nobel prize is in Chinese prison (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT

This Oct. 28, 2008 photo shows Liu Xiaobo, right, reading a letter beside the grave of Bao Zunxin, a Chinese historian and political dissident who was arrested and jailed for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests in Beijing, China. When the police came for Liu Xiaobo, China's best chance in decades to win the Nobel Peace Prize, they couldn't tell him why they were taking him away this time. The line in the detention order for 'motive' was blank. (AP Photo) NO SALES, CHINA OUTAP - When the police came for Liu Xiaobo on a December night nearly two years ago, they didn't tell the dissident author why he was being taken away again. The line in the detention order for his "suspected crime" was left blank.


Australian PM visits Afghanistan: report (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Julia Gillard, pictured in September 2010, made a surprise visit to war-torn Afghanistan on her first overseas trip as Australian prime minister, a report said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Julia Gillard has made a surprise visit to war-torn Afghanistan on her first overseas trip as Australian prime minister, a report said on Sunday.


Congo opposition figure allegedly escapes kidnapping attempt (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:24 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A top member of the Congo's main opposition party says he has narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt in Johannesburg, South Africa. The incident comes three months after an attempt on the life of a Rwandan opposition figure also living in South Africa.

Iraq's Military Flexes to Deter Any Sunni Backlash (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 02:05 AM PDT

Time.com - As Sunnis bristle at being shut out of power by a new intra-Shi'ite political pact, the army beefs up security in former hotbeds of insurgency. But the resultant friction could trigger the backlash it aims to prevent

State of siege in Ecuador as Rafeal Correa takes on rebel police (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:02 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The streets of Ecuador remained quiet today, a day after a dramatic standoff left President Rafael Correa holed up in a hospital for 12 hours and claiming that a coup attempt was underway.

Brazil Likely to Elect First Woman President (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:46 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 2 (IPS) - The woman likely to be elected president of Brazil, Latin America's giant, either on Sunday or in an Oct. 31 runoff, is idealistic but pragmatic and has a reputation as a tough, seasoned administrator.

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