2010年10月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News


French minister: Saudis warn of new terror threat (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 01:17 PM PDT

AP - Saudi intelligence services have warned of a new terror threat from al-Qaida against Europe, particularly in France, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Sunday.

With statehood, Palestine ready to end all claims (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a special cabinet meeting in kibbutz Degania Alef in the the Jordan Valley, northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom walks behind Netanyahu. Netanyahu on Sunday confirmed that negotiations with the Palestinians about a much-anticipated swap for a captured Israeli soldier have resumed. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - The Palestinians are ready to end all historic claims against Israel once they establish their state in the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday, addressing a long-standing Israeli demand.


Violence erupts at Haiti prison, 3 inmates killed (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Two inmates were shot to death trying to escape from the roof of Haiti's quake-damaged national penitentiary and a third was trampled to death inside during a prison riot Sunday, authorities said.

Film festival shows contrasts of Mexico's drug war (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 03:16 PM PDT

British director Terry Gilliam speaks during a press conference at the Morelia International Film Festival in Morelia, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - From afar it seems like Baghdad: car bombs, beheadings and corrupt politicians.


Chile miners: From world fame to humble homes (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 02:37 PM PDT

Rescued miner Omar Reygadas, center, gestures at the end of a mass service at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. The miners gathered for a mass at the mine after being rescued on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - Carlos Bugueno is out of the collapsed mine but still lives in close quarters, sharing his small wood-and-tin house with 16 relatives. His family welcomed him home by lining the street with white plastic bags filled with air — they had no money for balloons.


Behind Greece's Courting of Foreign Investment (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Heavily indebted, Greece looks to China and the Mideast to boost long-term growth

Business leaders back plans to cut public spending (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 04:12 PM PDT

Sir Stuart Rose, CEO of Marks & Spencer, pictured in 2009. Leaders of some of the biggest businesses have thrown their weight behind the coalition government's plans to deeply cut public spending, in a letter published Monday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Leaders of some of the biggest businesses have thrown their weight behind the coalition government's plans to deeply cut public spending, in a letter published Monday.


Bahrain readies for elections after wave of unrest (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 12:51 PM PDT

A woman passes by a campaign poster Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010, in Muharraq, Bahrain, east of the capital of Manama. The tiny Gulf nation of Bahrain has been jolted by what amounts to a family feud: Minority Sunni rulers ordering arrests, crackdowns and media muzzling against Shiite protesters who claim they are denied jobs and opportunities. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - The tiny Gulf nation of Bahrain has been jolted in recent months by what amounts to a running family feud: Sunni rulers ordering arrests and clampdowns against Shiite protesters who claim they are denied jobs and opportunities.


Mexican borough makes world's biggest enchilada (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Chefs prepare the world's largest 'Enchilada', a traditional Mexican food, during the National Enchilada Fair at the neighborhood of Iztapalapa in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. The enchilada, measuring 70 meters long and 1,416 kgs, entered the famous Guinness Record book Sunday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - A Mexico City borough went for the whole enchilada — and got it!


Brother of Nigerian ex-rebel chief held after threats (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:01 AM PDT

An undated handout file picture released by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in 2008 shows Henry Okah. Nigerian authorities have arrested the brother of an ex-militant leader implicated in recent deadly car bombings, alleging he is behind threats on behalf of MEND rebels, security sources said Sunday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Nigerian authorities have arrested the brother of an ex-militant leader implicated in recent deadly car bombings, alleging he is behind threats on behalf of MEND rebels, security sources said Sunday.


Super typhoon to hit north Philippines on Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 04:57 PM PDT

A monitor shows the track of Typhoon Megi, locally known as Juan, at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in Manila October 17, 2010. An approaching typhoon triggered warnings in 19 northern Philippines provinces with forecasters expecting it to intensify to a super typhoon with winds in excess of 250 kph (155 mph) as it makes landfall on Monday. REUTERS/Cheryl RaveloReuters - The northern Philippines was lashed by heavy rains and strong winds from super typhoon Megi on Monday morning, and forecasters said the center of the storm was expected to make landfall before noon (12 a.m. EDT).


Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton axe controversial iron ore merger (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Remote-controlled stackers and reclaimers moving iron ore at Rio Tinto's Port Dampier operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton AFP - Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton Monday abandoned a controversial merger of their Australian iron ore operations after it was rejected by foreign regulators over anti-competition concerns.


Italy Braces for a New Mafia War (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Intimidation tactics blamed on 'Ndrangheta criminal organization raise fears of open conflict with law enforcement

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