2010年1月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Cuba protests US screening of airline passengers (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:19 PM PST

Josefina Vidal, director of the Cuban Foreign Ministry's North American affairs office, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Havana, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Cuba summoned the top U.S. diplomat on the island Tuesday to protest extra screening for Cuban citizens flying into the United States, calling the measure a 'hostile action' meant to justify America's trade embargo. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - Cuba summoned the top U.S. diplomat on the island Tuesday to protest extra screening for Cuban citizens flying into the United States, calling the rule a "hostile action" meant to justify America's trade embargo.

CIA bomber coerced to work for Jordan spy agency (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:42 PM PST

In this Saturday Jan. 2, 2010 photo released by the Jordan Royal Palace, King Abdullah II of Jordan, centre, and his wife Queen Ranian, centre left, look toward the coffin of Jordanian intelligence officer, Ali bin Zaid, during a ceremony in Amman, Jordan. Bin Zaid was killed with seven CIA employees when the Jordanian suicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, attacked camp Chapman in Afghanistan on Dec. 30. 2009.(AP Photo/Jordan Royal Palace, Yousef Allan)AP - The suspected Jordanian double agent who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan was thrown into jail by Jordanian intelligence to coerce him to track down al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, Mideast counterterrorism officials said Tuesday.

Book, Iran sojourn shed light on bin Laden family (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:45 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2008 file photo shows Omar bin Laden during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. Two weeks ago, Omar, the son of Osama bin Laden, revealed that many of the children who had been with their father in Afghanistan escaped to Iran following the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, and were still together in a walled compound under Iranian guard. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)AP - With a book written by one of Osama bin Laden's sons, and with news of a daughter sheltering in the Saudi Embassy in Iran, some of the blanks are being filled in on the life of the 9/11 mastermind's large family, including lurid details of his parenting style.

Tensions grow as US heightens role in Yemen (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:10 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, Yemeni soldiers on top of a truck patrol the road in front of the main entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the capital San'a, Yemen. The U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopened its doors Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 after a two-day closure, saying successful Yemeni counterterrorism operations have addressed the threat that prompted the measure. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)AP - Friction emerged Tuesday in the growing alliance with the Yemeni government as the U.S. Embassy ended a two-day closure triggered by a terror threat from al-Qaida.

Terror suspect raised no suspicion in Amsterdam (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:03 AM PST

AP - Dutch investigators said Tuesday they found no evidence that a Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner contacted accomplices at Amsterdam's airport, and that he already had the explosives on him when he arrived on a connecting flight.

Will new airport body scanners stop terrorist attacks? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:05 AM PST

A US security officer looks at images created by a scanner during a demonstration at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on Tuesday protested to the US ambassador to the west African country over Washington's introduction of tighter screening for passengers from Nigeria.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)Time.com - Britain and the Netherlands are pushing ahead with plans to install full-body scanners at airports to thwart terrorist attacks. But critics say the machines may not be effective -- and are a violation of privacy

N.Ireland loyalist paramilitaries set to confirm weapons dumped: sources (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:52 PM PST

Firefighters extinguish a fire in a van after it was hijacked in a loyalists area in west Belfast in 2005. Northern Ireland's largest loyalist paramilitary group will announce Wednesday it has completed decommissioning its weapons, a milestone in the troubled province's peace process, sources said.(AFP/File/Cathy Mcarthur)AFP - Northern Ireland's largest loyalist paramilitary group will announce Wednesday it has completed decommissioning its weapons, a milestone in the troubled province's peace process, sources said.

Israel approves east Jerusalem building project (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:18 PM PST

Jewish students clear the yard of Beit Orot Yeshiva in the neighborhood of Atur in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Israel has approved construction of four new apartment buildings near the site in east Jerusalem, officials said Tuesday, fueling tensions with the Palestinians at a time when the U.S. is laboring to get peace talks moving again.(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Israel has approved construction of four new apartment buildings in disputed east Jerusalem, officials said Tuesday, fueling tensions with the Palestinians at a time when the U.S. is laboring to get peace talks moving again.

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Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

AP - Cuba summons top US diplomat to protest extra screening for air travelers from the island.

US urges Guinea to restore civilian rule (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:02 PM PST

Top US and French diplomats held talks in Morocco Tuesday with Guinea's interim junta leader General Sekouba Konate, pictured in 2008, about the need to restore civilian rule in Conakry, a US spokesman said.(AFP/File/Seyllou)AFP - Top US and French diplomats held talks in Morocco Tuesday with Guinea's interim junta leader General Sekouba Konate about the need to restore civilian rule in Conakry, a US spokesman said.

Exhausted Japan finance minister to quit: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:23 PM PST

Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii speaks during a news conference in Tokyo December 17, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japan's aged finance minister is to quit due to poor health after weeks of exhausting wrangling over the budget, the Nikkei news agency said on Tuesday, a fresh blow for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama as he struggles with a frail economy and huge public debt.

No evidence Indian's death racially motivated: Aus (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:36 AM PST

People take part in a candle light vigil in the Melbourne suburb where Indian student Nitin Garg was fatally stabbed. India Tuesday advised thousands of its citizens studying in Australia to take AFP - Australia on Tuesday said there was no evidence the murder of an Indian man in Melbourne was racially motivated, as it downplayed the impact of the killing on ties between the nations.

Environment: In Peru's Amazon, finding gold but leaving mercury (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:56 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - On a sweltering day in Peru’s Amazon, Riquelme loads a bag of rocks onto his back, sticks a plastic hose in his mouth, and steps off the back of a makeshift barge into the chai-colored Tambopata River. He’ll spend the next two hours with his eyes closed, vacuuming up sediment from the river bottom.

U.S. Considering Debt Relief for Poor Countries (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:07 AM PST

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (OneWorld.net) - Leaders in the United States Congress recently proposed a bill expanding debt relief for impoverished countries, a move hailed by development groups as progress in the fight against global poverty and unfair lending practices to poor nations.

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