2010年11月4日星期四

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Two airlines ground A380s after emergency landing (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:55 AM PDT

Technicians look at the damaged engine of Qantas Airways A380 passenger plane QF32 after it was forced to make an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. REUTERS/David LohReuters - Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines suspended flights of Airbus A380 superjumbos on Thursday after an engine appeared to break apart in flight, forcing a Qantas jet to make an emergency landing in Singapore.


Six Americans killed in Mexico's drug war city (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Reuters - Gunmen have killed six U.S. citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. consulate said on Thursday, as Mexico struggles to halt surging murders.

Greece resumes air freight after parcel bomb spate (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Police investigators search for evidence after controlled explodion of a package outside the ACS courier offices in Athens on November 4. Greek police announced that a 14th parcel bomb had been intercepted and detonated after staff at the French embassy raised the alarm over a package delivered to them.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)Reuters - Greece resumed the shipment of all mail and packages abroad after midnight on Friday, following a suspension it imposed in the wake of a spate of parcel bombs sent to embassies in Athens and to European governments.


Palestinians to give U.S. peace effort more time (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Reuters - The Palestinians will give the United States several more weeks to try to relaunch direct peace talks with Israel, but will not buckle on their key demand for a halt to Israeli settlement activity, a top Palestinian official said on Thursday.

Costa Rica landslide kills 20 people (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:23 PM PDT

Reuters - A landslide caused by heavy rain killed 20 people in Costa Rica on Thursday as President Laura Chinchilla considered declaring a national emergency to help the coffee-growing nation deal with widespread flooding.

Obama's Passage to India: What He Needs to Do (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The American president has a chance to further ties that have not been so good since the 1940s. Here are four ways to do so.

UK announces more air cargo security measures (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:47 PM PDT

AP - Britain on Thursday began requiring tighter screenings for some air cargo passing through the U.K. because of the recent mail bomb plot, an official said.

UK: Israeli officials shouldn't fear arrest (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:57 PM PDT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague, pauses during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, not pictured, as they sign an agreement which will increase cooperation between the two countries' film industries, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. Israel announced Wednesday that it has suspended a special strategic dialogue with Britain to protest repeated attempts by pro-Palestinian activists to arrest Israeli dignitaries on war crimes charges during visits to the United Kingdom. The announcement came as Hague was meeting with senior Israeli officials in Jerusalem and senior Palestinian officials in Ramallah on Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Israeli officials should not fear arrest warrants initiated by pro-Palestinian activists when they travel to Britain on official business, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday.


Brazil wants Rousseff's alleged torturers tried (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:29 PM PDT

Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff smiles from the backseat of a car while on her way to a TV interview in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. Rousseff, of the governing Workers Party, was elected in the presidential runoff on Sunday, becoming the nation's first female leader. She will take office Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazilian prosecutors filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking damages against four dictatorship-era agents accused of killings and kidnappings. One is a former army captain linked to the torture of President-elect Dilma Rousseff when she was a guerrilla in 1970.


Nigeria: Companies miss deadline for telecom sale (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:16 PM PDT

AP - A group of private companies missed a deadline Thursday to provide a $750 million down payment to purchase Nigeria's ailing state-run telephone company, the latest setback in efforts to privatize the firm.

Canada environment minister resigns, to join CIBC (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced his resignation on Thursday, saying he will leave the high-profile government post for a senior position at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Native Australian too 'white' for Aboriginal charity (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:55 PM PDT

File photo of Aboriginal protesters performing a traditional smoking ceremony. An Australian Aboriginal woman said she was AFP - An Australian Aboriginal woman said she was "humiliated" Thursday after being told she was too white to work for an indigenous rights charity.


Did Merapi volcano ash damage the Qantas A380 engine? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:50 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - One of the four engines on a Qantas A380 â€" the largest passenger jet in the sky â€" caught fire and had to be shut down shortly after takeoff from Singapore on a scheduled flight to Sydney, leading Qantas to ground its fleet of A380s until it gets to the bottom of what happened.

Baghdad Carnage: Could It End Iraq's Political Impasse? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Seven months have passed since Iraq elected a new parliament but no new government has been formed. Will two horrific days scare the powerbrokers into action?

Qantas A380 engine emergency casts scrutiny on Airbus superjumbo jets (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:31 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Qantas and Singapore Airlines have grounded their fleets of Airbus A380 airliners after one of the jets operated by Qantas blew out an engine, shooting flames and dropping large metal chunks.

Group Says Botswana Bushmen Evicted over Diamonds (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:22 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (IPS) - An international boycott of Botswana diamonds aims to draw greater attention to the government's mistreatment of native Kalahari Bushmen.

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