2010年10月20日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Israeli settlers building 544 new homes after building ban lifted (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT

A Palestinian worker stands on a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Israeli settlers have begun work on at least 544 new homes since Israel's 10-month-old moratorium on West Bank housing starts expired three weeks ago, according to an Associated Press count based on an extensive tour of settlements and interviews with mayors, construction workers and a contractor. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Israeli settlers have begun building new homes at an extraordinary pace since the government lifted its moratorium on West Bank housing starts — almost 550 in three weeks, more than four times faster than the last two years.


NZ may lose Hobbit filming to offshore location (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:34 PM PDT

AP - New Zealand may lose the filming of "The Hobbit" movies, with financial backers Warner Brothers making arrangements to shift the production offshore, director Peter Jackson warned Thursday.

Student, 20, heads police in Mexico drug corridor (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Twenty-year-old Marisol Valles Garcia listens to a question during a news conference after her swearing-in ceremony as the new police chief of the border town of Praxedis G. Guerrero, near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Praxedis G. Guerrero was once a quiet farming town until two rival gangs, the Juarez and the Sinaloa drug cartels, began battling for the control of its single highway. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - There's a new police chief in this violent borderland where drug gangs have killed public officials and terrified many citizens into fleeing: a 20-year-old woman who hasn't yet finished her criminology degree.


Vietnam mom recalls how bus was submerged by flood (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Tran Thi Mung, 46, a survived passenger from a bus that was swept away by high waters early Monday morning attends a requiem for the missing 19 passengers including her 19-year-old son near the accident location in Nghi Xuan, Ha Tinh, central Vietnam, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Eighteen other people on the bus swam to safety or were rescued after clinging to trees and power poles. The bus was yanked off the main highway while traveling from the central highland province of Dak Nong to the northern  province of Nam Dinh, said a local police chief. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)AP - It was dark and quiet in the early morning when the bus engine stalled and Tran Thi Mung suddenly heard the driver yell for everyone to remain calm. She felt the wheels rock, then the floor tilt as the raging Lam River sucked away the vehicle's footing and slowly began to swallow it.


Afghan-Taliban peace process may be overstated (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 01:45 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, centre, meets with elders after a conference on rural development, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Karzai rejected pleas Wednesday from the international community to reverse his order to disband all private security companies, saying money spent on those firms should be invested in the national police force instead.  (AP Photo/Ahmad Massoud, Pool)AP - Over the past week, U.S. and Afghan officials have been revealing tantalizing tidbits about talks with Taliban leaders, raising hopes for a peaceful resolution to a war in its 10th year.


Saudi Prince Jailed for Life for Murdering Servant (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - This sad, sordid story came to an end Wednesday with Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud getting the longest sentence of them all

Zanetti breaks goal scoring record as Inter edge Spurs (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:03 PM PDT

Inter Milan's Argentine defender Javier Zanetti (C) beats Tottenham's goalkeeper Gomes (R) to score the opening goal during their UEFA Champions League football match at San Siro stadium in Milan. Inter won 4-3.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti became the oldest ever Champions League scorer as the reigning champions edged out 10-man Tottenham 4-3 in a thriller at the San Siro on Wednesday.


US soldier charged with killing troops in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces parade in Mosul in 2009. An Iraqi border guard and four members of his family were killed at their house in the restive northern city of Mosul on Sunday evening, police said.(AFP/File/Mujahed Mohammed)AP - An American soldier was charged Wednesday with killing two fellow U.S. troops and wounding a third after an argument last month in a former Iraqi insurgent stronghold turned deadly.


Officials probe possible outbreak in rural Haiti (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:53 PM PDT

AP - Health officials in rural Haiti are investigating a possible disease outbreak that could be responsible for dozens of deaths and a surge in hospital patients, U.N. aid workers said Wednesday.

Diplomats: China tries to block UN Sudan report (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:48 PM PDT

AP - China tried to block a U.N. report alleging that Chinese ammunition was sent to Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo but apparently didn't succeed, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.

Pakistan welcomes Obama visit (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:56 PM PDT

Marine One takes off from the South Lawn with US President Barack Obama on board at the White House in Washington, DC. Pakistan on Wednesday praised Obama for saying he would visit the country next year, calling it a sign of commitment between the troubled war partners.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - Pakistan on Wednesday praised US President Barack Obama for saying he would visit the country next year, calling it a sign of commitment between the troubled war partners.


Bank of Canada cautious over future rate hikes (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Reuters - The Bank of Canada said on Wednesday it would have to consider any further rate hikes carefully, given the patchy global recovery, a weak U.S. outlook and expected curbs on Canadian growth.

BHP says Potash deal will benefit Canadian region (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:38 AM PDT

Mining giant BHP Billiton Wednesday insisted its 40 billion US dollar hostile bid for Canada's Potash Corp would benefit Saskatchewan after reports the region was poised to reject the deal.(PotashCorp)AFP - Mining giant BHP Billiton Wednesday insisted its 40 billion US dollar hostile bid for Canada's Potash Corp would benefit Saskatchewan after reports the region was poised to reject the deal.


Nearly a quarter of Afghanistan election votes disqualified (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:49 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Afghans hoping that the parliamentary elections would be more honest than last year’s corruption-tainted presidential vote were likely sorely disappointed on Wednesday.

Administering the Pain: Britain's New Austerity Plan (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - The Chancellor George Osborne tells MPs that "today is the day that Britain steps back from the brink"

China denies any rare earth mineral export embargo (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:12 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - China sought Wednesday to reassure the world it had not and would not use its chokehold on supplies of critical rare earths for political purposes, and pledged to maintain its exports.

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