2010年12月15日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


UK judge to rule on bail for WikiLeaks's Assange (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 03:30 PM PST

Protestors hold signs and shout in support of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange during a demonstration in front of the Federal building in New York, December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - A British judge will rule on Thursday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has angered Washington by publishing secret diplomatic cables, may be freed on bail over alleged sex crimes in Sweden.


Iraq gets U.N. green light for civil nuclear program (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 02:37 PM PST

Reuters - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday gave Iraq the green light to develop a civilian nuclear program, ending 19-year-old restrictions aimed at preventing the country from developing atomic weapons.

Sunni rebels claim Iran suicide blasts, 39 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:15 AM PST

The aftermath of an explosion outside a mosque in Iran's southeastern city of Chabahr is seen in this still image taken from video December 15, 2010. The explosion killed dozens of people on Wednesday, the official IRNA news agency reported. REUTERS/Press TV via Reuters TV (Reuters - Two suicide bomb attacks killed 39 people outside a mosque during a Shi'ite religious ceremony in southeastern Iran on Wednesday, a strike Jundollah rebels said was retaliation for the execution of their leader in June.


Red Cross paints grim Afghan picture before review (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST

Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, left, of Greeley, Colo., leaves a military court  after being found guilty of missing a flight for deployment Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 at Fort Meade, Md. Lakin refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he does not believe that President Barack Obama was born in the United States and therefore questions his eligibility to be commander in chief. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)Reuters - Worsening violence across Afghanistan is making it harder than at any time in three decades for aid groups to reach people in need, the Red Cross said on Wednesday, a day before Washington reveals a major strategy review.


The Building Rage Behind Italy's Violent Protests (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 02:45 PM PST

Time.com - The protests that spilled out into the streets of Italy on Tuesday may have been sparked by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's surviving a no-confidence vote, but they were fueled by years of anger at a sclerotic economy and lack of opportunity

1,000 detained in Russia to prevent ethnic clashes (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST

Riot police officers detain a protester wearing a Spartak Moscow club scarf  outside the Kievsky train station in Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Thousands of riot police deployed around central Moscow Wednesday to prevent possible ethnic clashes after the weekend rioting by racist hooligans fueled rumors that minorities could try to retaliate. Scuffles erupted outside Kievsky train station, which is popular with traders from the Caucasus, as hundreds of baton-wielding riot police in dark helmets rounded up some young men and teenagers shouting racist slogans. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)AP - Fearing more clashes between racist hooligans and mostly Muslim ethnic minorities, police detained more than 1,000 people in Moscow and several other Russian cities Wednesday, after weekend rioting in the capital left dozens injured.


Arabs against peace talks without clear borders (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:48 PM PST

Front from left, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani and Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas head the emergency session of the Arab Initiative Follow Up Committee at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Washington abandoned efforts to restart the direct Israeli Palestinian talks and has begun a new round of mediated talks instead. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Arab foreign ministers spoke out Wednesday against any talks between Israel and the Palestinians, direct or indirect, unless the U.S. takes a firm stance on the future borders of a Palestinian state.


US, Mexico commission meets on border violence (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 04:34 PM PST

AP - A joint U.S.-Mexico committee met for the first time Wednesday to address border management issues and border violence.

AU experts pore over draft law on terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:02 AM PST

Ugandan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia are seen in Mogadishu in 2009. African Union experts and leaders debated in Algeria Wednesday a draft law and common ground in the continent's fight against terrorism.(AFP/File/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - African Union experts and leaders debated in Algeria Wednesday a draft law and common ground in the continent's fight against terrorism.


U.S. and China make progress on beef, software trade (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 05:55 PM PST

Reuters - Top U.S. and Chinese officials said on Wednesday they had made progress on beef, software and other bilateral trade irritants, reducing some friction ahead of a presidential summit next month.

Canadian military aids in rescue of stranded drivers (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:08 PM PST

Reuters - Canadian military aircraft helped on Tuesday to rescue hundreds of motorists stranded by an unusually fierce winter storm that closed a key transport link in southwestern Ontario.

Australia resumes hunt for refugee boat victims, toll rises (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 05:33 PM PST

A boat full of refugees is smashed by violent seas off Australia's Christmas Island, as shown in this Channel 7 TV frame grab of a photo released by The West Australian. The search for survivors of a boat full of asylum seekers that was dashed to pieces on rocks off Australia was set to resume Thursday with officials warning up to 100 people had been on board.(AFP/The West Australian)AFP - Australian rescuers were Thursday set to resume scouring treacherous seas for survivors and bodies after a horrific boat wreck that killed 28 of up to 100 asylum seekers on board, officials said.


In Afghanistan, Taliban rise where Kabul falters (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 01:02 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Rahmatullah Sorkhrodi looks out of his TV repair shop through the few shards of glass left hanging in the window frame. Little more than month ago, a bomb detonated in a music and video store across the street, blowing out windows in his and other surrounding stores.

Wen Goes to India: Can Asia's Powers Make Peace? (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 02:45 PM PST

Time.com - China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao is in New Delhi for a three-day visit. Will his visit heal the rift between Asia's rising powers?

Germany applies anti-Nazi laws in crackdown on Salafi Islamic groups (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:09 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - German authorities hardened a crackdown on Islamic groups yesterday, raiding homes and schools that reportedly belong to adherents of fundamentalist Salafi Islam.

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