2010年1月28日星期四

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Mother of rescued quake girl never gave up hope (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST

Darlene Etienne, 16, leaves the French hospital to be airlifted to the Siroco, a French navy vessel after being pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Port-au-Prince by a French rescue team. Former US president Bill Clinton made an emotional appeal Thursday for the world not to forget Haiti, as doctors treated a 16-year-old girl miraculously pulled from the rubble of its killer earthquake.(AFP/FRENCH RESCUE SERVICE/Laurent Roch)AP - She is amazing her doctors, the 16-year-old choir girl who came close to dying but wouldn't in the crumbled concrete graveyard of Port-au-Prince.

Venezuelan police fire tear gas at protesters (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:28 PM PST

University students shout slogans against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a protest in Caracas, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. University students have taken to the streets daily since last Jan. 24, after government pressure led cable TV services to drop Radio Caracas Television International, which has long been a critic of Chavez's policies. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Police fired tear gas to chase off thousands of students demonstrating in the capital Thursday, a fifth day of protests against President Hugo Chavez for pressuring cable and satellite TV providers to drop an opposition channel.

Iran hangs 2 for allegedly aiming to topple state (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:49 AM PST

In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, photo, released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, AQrash Rahmanipour, speaks at the revolutionary court in Tehran, Iran. Iran,Thursday, Jan 28, 2010, hanged two men convicted of trying to topple the country's clergy-led regime, and authorities separately announced new death sentences against protesters involved in unrest that broke out following June's disputed presidential elections, the Web site of state television reported. The report identified the two men as Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour and said they were convicted of trying to topple 'the Islamic establishment' and for membership of armed opposition groups. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency,Ali Rafiee)AP - Iran on Thursday executed two men accused of involvement in an armed anti-government group, as the public prosecutor announced that new death sentences have been issued against opposition activists involved in protests over June's disputed presidential election.

Hundreds airlifted from Peru site when skies clear (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 04:54 PM PST

Tourists wait to be evacuated in helicopter from the Machu Picchu Pueblo archeological site in Cuzco, Peru Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Heavy rains and mudslides in Peru have blocked the train route to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, leaving nearly 2,000 tourists stranded.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - Skies cleared over the fabled Machu Picchu citadel Thursday, speeding the evacuation of stranded tourists, many of whom were left to eat from communal pots and sleep outdoors after weekend flooding and mudslides cut access to the area.

Watchdog: UK university hid climate data (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:57 PM PST

AP - The university at the center of a climate change dispute over stolen e-mails broke freedom of information laws by refusing to handle public requests for climate data, Britain's data-protection watchdog said Thursday.

Book: Pope John Paul II Whipped Himself, Weighed Retiring (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:00 AM PST

Time.com - New revelations show that John Paul II opened the way to a living pontiff relinquishing his duties -- an option that the current pope helped develop

Dog drifts 75 miles on ice, rescued in Baltic Sea (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 05:11 PM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 and made available Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 Adam Buczynski carries a dog found floating cold and alone on an ice floe 15 miles off the Polish Baltic Sea coast in Gdynia, Poland. Buczynski, a sailor from the ship 'Baltic' pulled out the dog from the ice floe. (AP Photo/Maciej Czoska)AP - A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating at least 75 miles (120 kilometers) on an ice floe down Poland's Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea, officials said Thursday. Now his saviors just have to figure out who really owns him.

US: Key al-Qaida leader killed in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:33 AM PST

U.S. army soldiers inspect the site of a car bomb attack in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. A suicide car bomber killed and injured dozens of people Tuesday in a strike against a police crime lab in central Baghdad, a day after several hotels were hit by suicide attacks, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A key al-Qaida in Iraq figure involved in smuggling hundreds of suicide bombers across the border from Syria has been killed in a raid in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday.

Guatemala: Mexico to decide if US gets ex-leader (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 04:41 PM PST

AP - A lawyer for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo said Thursday that neighboring Mexico did not properly approve his arrest, a move necessary under the ex-leader's 2008 extradition from Mexico back home.

Canada's FM to attend African Union summit (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:51 PM PST

Canada's Minister for Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon talks to journalists during the Conference on Afghanistan in London. Cannon announced Thursday he will attend the 14th African Union summit in Ethiopia from January 29 to 31.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon announced Thursday he will attend the 14th African Union summit in Ethiopia from January 29 to 31.

NZ police seize weapons after dog slaughter (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 05:02 PM PST

AP - Police on Friday seized weapons used by two New Zealand men to slaughter more than 30 dogs owned by a neighbor in what animal welfare authorities said could be the country's worst animal cruelty case.

Liberals take first poll lead since July (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 07:43 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's opposition Liberal Party has pulled narrowly ahead of the governing Conservatives in public support for the first time since last July, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday.

N.Zealand 'probes whaling crash' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST

The Sea Shepherd ship Ady Gil (bottom) was rammed by Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 (background) in Antarctic waters on January 6. New Zealand investigators have interviewed the crew of the high-tech protest boat that sank after colliding with Japanese harpooners, one of those questioned said.(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/File/Joanne Mcarthur)AFP - New Zealand investigators on Thursday interviewed the crew of a high-tech protest boat that sank after colliding with Japanese harpooners, one of those questioned said.

Envoy: Inept government, past U.S. policy hamper Haiti relief (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:59 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Haiti's inept government, a lack of coordination by aid organizations and a history of U.S. policy failures are hampering international efforts to rebuild the quake-stricken island nation.

View from Mt. Doud: Saudi Arabia says offensive against Yemen rebels over (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Saudi Arabia’s deputy defense minister Wednesday rejected Yemeni rebel claims that they had voluntarily withdrawn from Saudi territory, saying they had “been forced out” by the Saudi military.

India vs. China: Whose Economy Is Better? (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:00 AM PST

Time.com - China grabs the headlines, but India may be the real Asian success story of the Great Recession

Poll: Haitian Diaspora Grieving, Ready to Help (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:07 AM PST

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 28 (New America Media) - Haitians living in the United States are deeply impacted by the devastating earthquake that hit their island homeland earlier this month, according to a poll sponsored by New America Media.

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