2010年1月30日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Anger as NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan soldiers (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:12 AM PST

An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard on a road as armored vehicles of U.S. army are parked at a scene where NATO and Afghan soldiers began fighting each other after a 'misunderstanding' following an operation in the Sayed Abad district in Wardak, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Four Afghan soldiers were killed in the clash Saturday with NATO forces who called in an airstrike after both sides mistook each other for the enemy, the Defense Ministry said, condemning the incident. (AP Photo/Rahmat Nikzad)AP - A joint U.S.-Afghan force called in an airstrike on what turned out to be an Afghan army post after taking fire from there before dawn Saturday, killing four Afghan soldiers and prompting an angry demand for punishment from the country's defense ministry.

China suspends military exchanges with US (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 08:57 AM PST

FILE - In this July 20, 2006 photo, a U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during the annual Han Kuang No. 22 exercises in Ilan County, 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Taipei, Taiwan. The United States is planning to sell US$6.4 billion in arms, including Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles, mine hunter ships and information technology, to Taiwan, a move that will infuriate China and test whether President Barack Obama's efforts to improve trust with Beijing will carry the countries through a tense time. (AP Photo/File)AP - China suspended military exchanges with the United States, threatened unprecedented sanctions against American defense companies and warned Saturday that cooperation would suffer after Washington announced $6.4 billion in planned arms sales to Taiwan.

UK court lifts media ban on soccer star's life (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 12:29 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo dated June 5, 2006, England's soccer player John Terry as he boards the plane at Luton Airport, England. On Friday Jan. 29, 2010, a High Court judge lifted a court order that had prevented the media from reporting allegations about Terry's private life, his wife and his alleged links with an unidentified woman. Much of the media speculation Saturday Jan. 30, 2010, focused on how the allegations could affect Terry's position on the England team and their run at the World Cup this summer in South Africa. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - As captain of England's national team, John Terry is used to appearing in the sports pages. But on Saturday, his picture was splashed across the front pages of Britain's newspapers, and not because of his skill on the field.

In Davos, regulators tell bankers new rules coming (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 05:42 AM PST

Congressman from Massachusetts and Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, USA, Barney Frank, left, speaks with journalists as he arrives for a bankers meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - Government regulators from the United States and Europe laid out their financial reform plans Saturday before a skeptical banking industry, asking financiers for input but adamant that change was coming with or without their support.

How NASCAR Came to the Rescue of Haiti Orphans (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:30 AM PST

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2008, file photo shows Hendrick Motorsports team owner Rick Hendrick during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Media Tour in Charlotte, N.C. Hendrick Motorsports has added a second airplane to the Haitian earthquake relief effort, with both planes making daily flights into the devastated nation. Team owner Rick Hendrick said on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, that one of the planes transported 26 orphans to Fort Pierce, Fla., on Tuesday to meet American families that had adopted the children before the earthquake struck. Hendrick is covering the cost of the flights. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)Time.com - In a fortuitous chain of events, a NASCAR team owner's good intentions meshed with the needs of U.S. parents hoping to be united with their Haitian adoptees

N.Ireland parties 'make progress' towards power-sharing deal (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 01:32 PM PST

Northern Ireland's deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness waves as he enters the front gates of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland's parties said on Saturday they were making progress towards a deal to save their fragile power-sharing administration after six days of tense negotiations.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland's parties said on Saturday they were making progress towards a deal to save their fragile power-sharing administration after six days of tense negotiations.

Yemeni rebel leader accepts cease-fire conditions (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 12:19 PM PST

AP - The leader of Yemen's northern rebels said Saturday he is ready to accept government conditions for a cease-fire to bring a halt to an intensifying war that has devastated the area and even drawn in the military of neighboring Saudi Arabia.

Rubble from Haiti quake could fill 5 Superdomes (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 04:12 PM PST

AP - A U.S. official says the rubble remaining from destroyed buildings in Haiti's capital could easily fill to the top five football stadiums the size of New Orleans' Superdome.

Sudan rejects three presidential candidates (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 03:44 PM PST

Reuters - Sudan has rejected three presidential candidates, including the only woman, for its first democratic elections in 24 years.

Seized North Korea arms were bound for Iran: Thailand (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 04:12 PM PST

Reuters - A shipment of weapons from North Korea seized by Thai authorities last month were headed for Iran, according to a confidential report the Thai government sent to a U.N. Security Council committee.

Marshall Islands in TB health emergency (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 06:45 PM PST

Graphic fact file on tuberculosis. An outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Marshall Islands has been declared a public health emergency, as the government Saturday considered invoking special powers of quarantine.(AFP)AFP - An outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Marshall Islands has been declared a public health emergency, as the government Saturday considered invoking special powers of quarantine.

China responds angrily to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 01:13 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — China curtailed military exchanges with the United States on Saturday and threatened to sanction U.S. firms in retaliation for proposed American weapon sales to Taiwan

Africa's continental divide: land disputes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 05:47 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The specialists know the warning signs. Analysts and scientists and field officers and academics spend years writing white papers, issuing reports and holding conferences, trying to provoke interest in issues that often seem arcane. Please, they have urged governments and the United Nations and activists, think about something that sounds boring â€" land disputes â€" before it turns into something that is not â€" war.

Haiti and the Art of Survival: Lessons from the Streets (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:30 AM PST

Time.com - More than two weeks after the quake, everything is precarious in a Port-au-Prince still littered with rubble and petrifying human remains

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