2010年1月11日星期一

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Walmart pulling jewelry cited in AP cadmium report (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:47 PM PST

In this Dec. 17, 2009 photo, Jeff Weidenhamer, professor of chemistry at Ashland University, holds a 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer', charm in Ashland, Ohio. Barred from using lead in children's jewelry because of its toxicity, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the more dangerous heavy metal cadmium in sparkling charm bracelets and shiny pendants being sold throughout the United States, an Associated Press investigation shows. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Federal and state watchdogs have issued stern warnings on the use of toxic ingredients in Chinese imports, and Walmart has pulled children's jewelry items cited in an Associated Press report on cadmium contamination.

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies at 100 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:48 PM PST

FILE - In this 1998 photo Miep Gies displays a copy of her book 'Anne Frank Remembered' at her apartment in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Anne Frank called them the Helpers. They provided food, books and good cheer while her family hid for two years from the Nazis in a tiny attic apartment. On Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, the last surviving helper, Miep Gies, celebrates her 100th birthday, saying she has won more accolades for helping the Frank family than she deserved as if, she says, she tried to save all the Jews of occupied Holland. The Anne Frank Museum says Gies, who helped the teenage diarist's family hide from the Nazis, died Monday Jan. 11, 2010. She was 100. (AP Photo/Steve North, FILE)AP - The Anne Frank Museum says Miep Gies, who helped the teenage diarist's family hide from the Nazis, has died. She was 100. The Miep Gies Web site said the woman who rescued Anne Frank's diary after the family was arrested in 1944, died after a short illness Monday.

NIreland head steps down after wife's teen affair (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:50 PM PST

Arlene Foster, acting Northern Ireland First Minister, speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Northern Ireland, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Northern Ireland's Protestant leader temporarily stepped down Monday, forced out of office by a torrid scandal over his wife's affair with a teenager. Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson had been under pressure since it was revealed that his wife Iris had a 19-year-old lover whom she helped raise tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) for his business. She was 58 at the time. (AP Photo / Peter Morrison)AP - The peace process faces a new challenge as Northern Ireland's leader was forced to step down — at least temporarily — amid outrage following revelations of his wife's affair with a teenager.

Venezuela shutters stores in price-hike crackdown (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST

Soldiers check prices at a the Exito supermarket in Caracas, Monday, Jan. 11, 2009. Venezuelan government inspectors accompanied by soldiers have temporarily shut down stores belonging to Exito chain, seeking to prevent hefty price hikes after the country devalued its currency. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Soldiers accompanied government inspectors as they temporarily shut down dozens of retail stores in Venezuela on Monday, aiming to prevent hefty price hikes after the country devalued its currency.

China says missile defense system test successful (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:27 PM PST

AP - China announced that its military intercepted a missile in mid-flight Monday in a test of new technology that comes amid heightened tensions over Taiwan and increased willingness by the Asian giant to show off its advanced military capabilities.

How Can Pakistan Fight the Threat of Taliban Terrorism? (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 12:20 AM PST

Time.com - A steady stream of bombings demonstrates that the government is able to do little to stop the Taliban from answering the military's offensive with terror strikes

(AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:13 PM PST

AP - The Anne Frank Museum says Miep Gies, who helped the Frank family hide from the Nazis, is dead.

Yemeni radical cleric warns of foreign occupation (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:47 PM PST

Yemen's most influential Islamic cleric Sheik Abdel-Majid al-Zindani talks during a press conference in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Yemen's most influential Islamic cleric, considered an al-Qaida-linked terrorist by the United States, is warning against 'foreign occupation' of the country as a U.S.-backed fight against the terror group intensifies. Sheik Abdel-Majid al-Zindani says Yemen's people and government 'must be careful before a (foreign) guardianship is imposed on them.' (AP Photo/Lee Keath)AP - Yemen's most influential Islamic cleric, considered an al-Qaida-linked terrorist by the United States, warned Monday that the U.S.-backed fight against the terror group could lead to "foreign occupation" of the country.

Venezuela protests to US on claimed air incursion (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:49 PM PST

AP - Venezuela made a diplomatic protest to the United States and the Netherlands on Monday, saying a U.S. military plane violated its airspace last week after taking off from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao. A U.S. diplomat denied it.

Protestant church burned in Algeria (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:58 PM PST

AP - Islamists looted and burned a Protestant church in Algeria, the congregation's leader said Monday, suggesting they were inspired by a recent spate of religious intolerance in the Arab and Muslim world.

Six NATO soldiers die in Afghan violence (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:21 PM PST

Afghan women are seen through a window of a US MRAP armored vehicle (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) of the protection squad of a PRT (Provincial Reconstruction team) near Bargram Air Base, about 60 kms from Kabul. Six foreign soldiers -- three of them American and at least one French -- were killed Monday in a wave of violence in Afghanistan, NATO and French defence officials said.(AFP/Joel Saget)AFP - Six foreign soldiers -- three Americans and at least one French -- were killed Monday in a wave of violence in Afghanistan as the NATO commander said the troop buildup had started to turn the tide against the Taliban.

Canadian man mauled to death by his pet tiger (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 09:28 AM PST

Reuters - A Canadian man who kept exotic cats behind his farmhouse was mauled to death by his 650-pound pet tiger, police said on Monday.

Australian World War II shipwreck filmed (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST

A lifting crane on the dec of the hospital ship Centaur is seen in this underwater photo taken off Moreton Island on the Queensland coast in Australia Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Shipwreck hunters have captured the first underwater footage of an Australian World War II hospital ship that sank in 1943 and left 268 people dead. (AP Photo/Bruce Long, Pool )AP - Shipwreck hunters have captured the first underwater footage of an Australian World War II hospital ship that sank in 1943 and left 268 people dead.

Obama's Guantanamo policy puts Yemenis in limbo (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:50 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Nine days before Christmas, a federal judge ordered Saeed Hatim to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison after U.S. government lawyers failed to prove that the 33-year-old Yemeni man was linked to terrorism.

Israel’s plan to stem African immigration: Wall on Egypt’s border (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 10:55 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - On Sunday, Israel announced it would build a wall along its southern border with Egypt in a move to secure an area through which thousands of African asylum seekers cross illegally each year.

Europe's Gay Leaders: Out at The Top (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 12:20 AM PST

Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir speaks in Iceland's parliament, in Reykjavik Friday Jan. 8, 2010 as the parliament debated a bill to hold a referendum over repayment of US$5.7 billion demanded by Britain and the Netherlands for depositors' money lost in failed Icelandic banks. The government was forced into organizing the nationwide vote after Iceland's President Olafur R. Grimsson refused to sign legislation on the repayment into law. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti )Time.com - Europe's Gay Leaders: Out at The Top

Burma Silencing Critics with Internet Law (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 09:45 AM PST

OneWorld.net - BANGKOK, Jan 11 (IPS) - A court ruling in military-ruled Burma has brought into sharp focus a law the junta widely uses to go after civilians it wants to silence.

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