2010年12月28日星期二

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Russia accuses West of meddling in Khodorkovsky trial (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 09:00 AM PST

Jailed former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky attends a court session in Moscow May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinReuters - Russia accused the United States and Europe on Tuesday of trying to influence the trial of jailed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, calling such efforts unacceptable and warning the West to mind its own business.

More talks needed in ICoast crisis: ECOWAS envoys (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST

U.N. soldiers patrol along a street in the Attiecoube area of Abidjan December 27, 2010. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - A delegation of three West African presidents who met incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday to deliver an ultimatum to step down or face force left saying more meetings were needed.

UAE considered keeping Hamas hit under wraps: WikiLeaks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 06:26 AM PST

Pictures of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a former Hamas commander, are seen in front of al-Wasim mosque at al-Yarmouk camp, near Damascus February 22, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled al-HaririReuters - The United Arab Emirates chose to release details of a Hamas leader's assassination in Dubai nearly a year ago, after deciding silence would be seen as siding with Israel, U.S. cables released by WikiLeaks showed.

South Korea's Lee says talks the answer to nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:44 PM PST

REFILE - CORRECTING COUNTRY AFTER BYLINE TO NORTH KOREA North Koreans study under the portraits of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung (L) and his son and current leader Kim Jong-il, inside the Grand People's Study House which is located on Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang December 17, 2010. Picture taken December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Staff (NORTH KOREA - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY)Reuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who has vowed a tough stance against any further attack by North Korea, said on Wednesday the nuclear crisis must be tackled by negotiation.

Abbas Fatah faction bans former leader from meetings (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 09:24 AM PST

Former Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Mohammed Dahlan is seen in Tel Aviv August 3, 2005. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - The Western-backed Palestinian Fatah faction has banned from meetings a former leader, once considered a possible successor to President Mahmoud Abbas, an official news agency reported Tuesday.

An "Anti-Genocide Paparazzi": Clooney, Pitt and Hollywood Pals Help Monitor Sudan From Above (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:15 PM PST

Time.com - Satellites -- and some star power -- will put Sudan's crisis in the spotlight

England crush Australia to retain cricket Ashes (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:40 PM PST

England's Tim Bresnan (2nd right) is seen on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes cricket Test match in Melbourne on December 29, 2010. England won the fourth Test by an innings and 157 runs to retain the coveted Ashes prize.(AFP/William West)AFP - England wrapped up a crushing innings and 157-run victory over Australia in the fourth Test to retain the Ashes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.

Arab League chief sees no desire for war in Sudan (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:05 AM PST

A southern Sudanese police officer stands guard over recently delivered ballot papers at the airport in Juba, southern Sudan on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. More than 7.3 million ballots have arrived in Southern Sudan for an independence referendum that is likely to create the world's newest country. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)AP - The head of the Arab League says he senses that neither north nor south Sudan have any desire to return to war, ahead of a referendum that could split the country.

Cuba commutes death sentence against US man (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:38 PM PST

AP - Cuba's Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence against a Cuban-American who was the last person remaining on death row in the island nation, according to a veteran human rights activist.

Delegation leaves Ivory Coast without Gbagbo (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:38 PM PST

Cape Verde President Pedro Pires, left, walks with Ivory Coast Prime Minister Ake N'gbo on arrival at the airport in Abidjan, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. A delegation of West African leaders went to Ivory Coast on Tuesday to confront Laurent Gbagbo and demand that he step down from the presidency or face a possible regional military intervention. The presidents of Sierra Leone, Benin and Cape Verde arrived in Abidjan, and are due to meet with Gbagbo at the presidential palace after first speaking with the top U.N. envoy in Ivory Coast.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - West African leaders who delivered an ultimatum to Laurent Gbagbo to step down or face a military ouster left Ivory Coast late Tuesday without taking him into exile a month after the U.N. said he lost the disputed election.

700 NATO soldiers killed in 2010; new firefights (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:25 PM PST

Afghan police inspect at the site of a suicide car bomb blast in Kandahar city December 27, 2010. A suicide car bomber killed at least three Afghan police officers on Monday as they lined up outside a bank to collect their salaries in the southern city of Kandahar, authorities said. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem(AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)AP - A coalition patrol fought off an insurgent attack in mountainous eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, on a day when two servicemen were killed in the country's troubled south, bringing the death toll for foreign troops in the country for 2010 to 700, according to an AP count.

Artificial Christmas trees get nod over fresh: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:40 AM PST

Reuters - Far more Canadians, Americans and Britons will celebrate Christmas on Saturday with artificial Christmas trees in their houses than real ones, according to a survey released on Friday.

Floods force evacuations in eastern Australia (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:53 AM PST

Emergency personnel rescue Malcolm Smith (2L) from his flooded home in Chinchilla, Queensland on December 28, 2010 as entire towns were inundated by the worst deluges in decades. Torrential rains following in the wake of tropical cyclone Tasha have swollen rivers and flooded scores of farms and homes in the northeastern state of Queensland.(AFP/Pool/Jeff Camden)AFP - Military helicopters were called in Tuesday to help evacuate hundreds of Australians stranded by rising floodwaters, as entire towns were inundated by the worst deluges in parts of the region in decades.

Nigeria's Jos remains tense after Christmas terror attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:32 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Before the blasts came, the Nigerian city of Jos was busy preparing for Christmas. Worshippers showing up for Christmas eve mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church were dressed in their Sunday best, men and boys in their suits, women in brightly flowered prints, and little girls in frilly dresses.

How Russia's Khodorkovsky Trial Became a Courtroom Comedy (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:15 PM PST

Time.com - The defendant and his lawyers had no trouble finding comedy in the charges but Vladimir Putin plans on having the last laugh

Israel's Lieberman tweaks Turkey. Is he flanking Netanyahu? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:08 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A recent attempt to mend Israel-Turkey ties appears to be on the rocks, with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman lobbying against apologizing to Ankara for the killing of nine Turkish citizens on the Gaza aid flotilla when they challenged Israel's naval blockade of the territory in May.

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