2010年11月10日星期三

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Iraq breaks deadlock, PM wins support for new term (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:29 PM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki attends a meeting with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo October 20, 2010. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Iraqi politicians appeared to have broken an eight month political impasse on Wednesday when the Sunni-backed Iraqiya alliance agreed to take part in a new government headed by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.


Cargo bomb found in UK could have exploded over U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:53 AM PST

A forensic officer removes a package from a UPS container at East Midlands Airport in Castle Donington, central England October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - A bomb found on board a cargo plane at a British airport last month could have exploded over the eastern seaboard of the United States if it had not been defused, British police said on Wednesday.


Cholera deaths in hard-hit Haiti city add to toll (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:52 PM PST

A Haitian nurse treats a cholera victim at the Charles Colimon hospital in Petite Riviere. Aid groups fought Wednesday to halt the spread of cholera in Haiti's teeming capital, where makeshift camps crammed with earthquake survivors are ripe ground for the epidemic to take hold.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)Reuters - A three-week-old cholera epidemic that has killed more than 640 people in Haiti is spreading quickly in the northwest coastal city of Gonaives, authorities said on Wednesday.


NATO says troops may have killed 3 Afghan civilians (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:16 AM PST

Reuters - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it was investigating whether its troops had inadvertently killed three Afghan civilians on Wednesday while its forces fought insurgents in the south of the country.

Iran nuclear right is non-negotiable: Ahmadinejad (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:40 PM PST

Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran's right to nuclear capabilities was non-negotiable, ahead of proposed talks with major world powers on its controversial atomic program.

Iraq's Christians Vow to Survive -- With Muslim Help (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:45 PM PST

Time.com - After the horrific church invasion on Halloween, Baghdad's Christians suffer another day of assaults. But they have also won the sympathy of their Muslim countrymen

Dour City making progress, says Mancini (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:38 PM PST

Manchester City's Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez (R) vies with Manchester United's English defender Rio Ferdinand during a match at the City of Manchester stadium on November 10, 2010. The match ended in a goalless draww(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Roberto Mancini believes Manchester City have made important strides since last season as they bid to force their way among the Premier League?s elite.


Iraqi PM to stay on as political deadlock ends (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:13 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2010 file photo, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a parade marking Police Day in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi lawmakers are working furiously to end the country's eight-month political deadlock with reports that a deal may be near to return Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will return to power for another four-year term after Iraqi lawmakers working late into the night Wednesday agreed on a deal to form a new government, lawmakers said.


Letter: Mexican cartel offers to dissolve itself (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:36 PM PST

Packages of marijuana burn during an incineration program in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010. More than 20 tons of marijuana and other seized drugs were incinerated by the Prosecutor General office in Tijuana. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A letter purportedly signed by a major Mexican drug cartel offers to dissolve the gang if the government promises to protect citizens in the western state where it is based, authorities said Wednesday.


Guinea vote starts spiral into dissent (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:32 PM PST

AP - The optimism and pride that marked Guinea's first democratic election has faded even before the votes are tallied, as early results show the two candidates are in a tight race, prompting both sides to accuse the other of fraud and heightening tension in a nation that has never chosen its leader freely.

Margarito mocks Pacquiao boxing trainer's disease (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:36 PM PST

Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao (R) spars with his trainer Freddie Roach at a gym in Manila in September 2010. The build up to Pacquaio's WBC world title fight took a sad and distasteful twist when a video surfaced showing Margarito mocking legendary boxing trainer Roach, who suffers from Parkinson's disease.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)AFP - The build up to Manny Pacquiao's WBC world title fight took a sad and distasteful twist when a video surfaced showing Antonio Margarito mocking legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach.


Lawsuit over air security at Vancouver Games (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:30 PM PST

Reuters - Small air operators whose wings were clipped by security rules during the Vancouver Olympics said on Wednesday they are suing the Canadian government for damages.

Man who killed wife during dive released from jail (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:39 PM PST

AP - An American man convicted in the 2003 drowning death of his wife during a honeymoon scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef was released Thursday from an Australian jail.

G20 host Seoul positions itself as rags-to-riches mediator (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:46 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Seoul is hoping that the world’s richest nations will remember some of the poorest at this week’s Group of 20 Summit. The South Korean government has recommended an agenda that highlights economic growth in emerging countries, taking a page from its own rapid development with its policy suggestions.

South Korea Roars Again (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:45 PM PST

Time.com - Why South Korea Is Asia's Latest Economic Miracle

Iraqi Christians flee homes after fresh Baghdad attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:41 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A wave of bombings and mortar attacks struck Christian areas across Baghdad Wednesday, sending families fleeing their homes a day after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged the government would protect them.

Coping with Crisis (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:39 AM PST

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Nov 10 (IRIN) - How do earthquake survivors cope with the destruction of their homes: from the terror of the moment, when the building shakes and gives way, to the aftermath of picking through the debris of their lives? And what about those who have witnessed horrors, or endured brutality â€" how do they carry on, burdened with those memories?

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