2010年12月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


Anarchists claim responsibility for Rome bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:41 PM PST

Firefighters walk out of the Swiss embassy downtown in Rome, December 23, 2010. A package exploded at the Swiss embassy in Rome on Thursday, Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday and Ansa news agency reported that one person was seriously injured. REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiReuters - An Italian anarchist group claimed responsibility for parcel bombs on Thursday that wounded two people at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, a reminder of Europe's home-grown threats at a time of political instability.


U.N. recognizes Ouattara as Ivory Coast's president (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:33 PM PST

A supporter of opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, former prime minister and candidate of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR) party, holds of a picture of Ouattara during a protest in front of the U.N. headquarters at the rebels' stronghold of Bouake, in central Ivory Coast December 5, 2010. REUTER/Luc GnagoReuters - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday recognized Alassane Ouattara as Ivory Coast's legitimate president, after the United Nations said he beat Laurent Gbagbo in last month's presidential election.


Russian Duma could ratify START within days (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:56 PM PST

Reuters - Russian lawmakers said they could approve a nuclear arms reduction pact that is crucial to the "reset" in ties with the United States as early as Friday if a successful U.S. Senate vote left the terms of the treaty intact.

Venezuela security forces break up student protest (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:49 AM PST

Reuters - Venezuelan security forces fired a water cannon and rubber bullets on Thursday to disperse hundreds of students protesting against a new law tightening the government's control over universities.

Peace Talks Stall, But Palestinians' Fayyad Conjures a State (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:00 PM PST

Time.com - The Israelis may not agree, but the U.S.-backed Prime Minister of the West Bank believes that the logic of the institutions he's building will bring sovereign independence by next summer

Assange says 'high chance' he would be killed in US jail (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:17 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, pictured on December 17, said in an interview published Thursday there was a AFP - WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange said in an interview published Thursday there was a "high chance" he would be killed in a US jail if he were to be extradited from Britain on espionage charges.


Palestinian medic: Israel kills Gaza shepherd (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:53 AM PST

Israeli supporters of the country's ultranationalist right-wing take part in a rally in Jerusalem December 23, 2010. A few thousand demonstrators rallied on Thursday night in support of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and in support of a controversial letter released earlier this month by dozens of Israeli rabbis appealing to locals not to sell or rent property to non-Jews. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)AP - A Palestinian medic says the Israeli army shot and killed a shepherd near Gaza's border with Israel.


Venezuelan politician sentenced to prison (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:44 PM PST

AP - A Venezuelan court has sentenced an opposition politician to 19 years in prison, saying he was an accomplice in the killing of a military intelligence official.

Ivory Coast state TV signal cut off in some areas (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:28 PM PST

UN forces patrol a street, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010.  A top opposition figure called Wednesday for the international community to use force to oust Laurent Gbagbo from the presidency after the disputed election, as France urged its citizens to get out amid growing fears of civil war. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Ivory Coast state television disappeared from the airwaves outside the nation's largest city late Thursday, a blow to the incumbent president's attempts to cling to power in the bloody aftermath of an election most of the world says he lost.


Striker Allsopp returns to Melbourne Victory (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:40 PM PST

Striker Danny Allsopp, pictured in 2009, will return to two-time Australian A-League champions Melbourne Victory early next month, officials said on Friday.(AFP/File/Karim Jaafar)AFP - Striker Danny Allsopp will return to two-time Australian A-League champions Melbourne Victory early next month, officials said on Friday.


Focus on deficits, Flaherty tells Canada provinces (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:06 PM PST

Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday he expected almost all of the country's provinces to eliminate their budget deficits by 2015, the same target the federal government has set for itself.

New Zealand releases files detailing UFO reports (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:02 AM PST

AP - Mysterious lights in the sky and even a flying saucer are among the reported UFO sightings detailed in classified documents released by New Zealand's military this week.

Iran's Ahmadinejad urges West to choose 'path of cooperation' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:47 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad advised Western nations Thursday to create a “win-win” scenario for nuclear talks next month by choosing a “path of cooperation over confrontation.”

Racist Violence Threatens Russia's World Cup Plans (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:00 PM PST

Time.com - Nationalist groups targeting ethnic minorities seek to turn Russian soccer fans into their shock troops, which could wreck the country's plans to host the world's premier sports event in 2018

Despite Greece's 2011 austerity budget, a financial chill deepens in Europe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As an unseasonable freeze settles over much of Europe, even the Continent's balmier southern climates are suffering. But their freeze relates to cash, not the cold.

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