2010年2月2日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

A generous world's aid backs up in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:00 PM PST

Men carry the body of 24-year-old Sergeline Joseph after they were paid by her father Thomas Silvain, rear left, more than US$200 to retrieve her from the rubble of their collapsed house instead of waiting for demolition crews, in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Haitians are growing tired of waiting for their own government to help them after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - A generous world has flooded Haiti with donations, but anger and desperation are mounting as the aid stacks up inside this broken country.

Iran says ready to send uranium abroad as UN wants (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:13 PM PST

Technicians preparing to wash the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, south of Tehran. The United States said Tuesday it hopes to consult with China and four other powers in a few days about Iran's nuclear ambitions in a bid to narrow the gap with Beijing over the need for sanctions.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AP - Iran said on Tuesday it was ready to send its uranium abroad for further enrichment as requested by the U.N.

Ahmadinejad proposes prisoner swap for US hikers (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST

FILE -This combination of undated file photos released by freethehikers.org shows, from left; Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 that Iran would release three jailed U.S. hikers in exchange for Iranians currently serving in American prisons. (AP Photo/freethehikers.org, File) NO SALESAP - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed a swap of Iranians in U.S. prisons for three American hikers being held in Tehran.

Detained Americans questioned by Haitian judge (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:47 PM PST

Two Haitian police officers sit next to Charisa Coulter, 24, of Boise, Idaho, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, as she rests on a cot at the University of Miami's field hospital, near Port-au-Prince's international airport, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Coulter, who's diabetic, initially thought her insulin had gone bad in the heat but now she's being treated for what she said is either severe dehydration or the flu. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - A Haitian judge on Tuesday was questioning a group of U.S. Baptist missionaries arrested trying to leave Haiti with a busload of children they gathered from the disaster zone.

Taliban refuse to prove leader survived strike (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 12:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud arrives to meet with media in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. The Pakistani Taliban said Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 that there is no need to release proof that the group's leader is alive to refute reports that he died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone strike in mid-January. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)AP - The Pakistani Taliban refused Tuesday to provide proof their leader survived a U.S. missile attack, just one day after promising to do just that. The reversal added to speculation that Hakimullah Mehsud was mortally wounded last month in a strike close to the Afghan border.

Brazil: Lula Health Scare Could Hurt his Anointed Successor (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:55 PM PST

Time.com - The brief hospitalization of the wildly popular president last week raised questions over whether his un-charismatic protege can win without him on the stump

Kraft seals Cadbury deal amid growing job fears (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:43 PM PST

Irene Rosenfeld, Chief Executive Officer of US group Kraft Foods, arrives in Whitehall, London. US group Kraft Foods on Tuesday clinched a takeover deal for Cadbury, as fears grew for thousands of jobs at the iconic British confectioner swallowed up by the American giant.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - US group Kraft Foods on Tuesday clinched a takeover deal for Cadbury, as fears grew for thousands of jobs at the iconic British confectioner swallowed up by the American giant.

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Posted: 02 Feb 2010 12:48 PM PST

AP - Iran says it is ready to send its uranium abroad for further enrichment as requested by UN

OAS commission urges calm amid Venezuela protests (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:43 PM PST

AP - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights raised concerns Tuesday over clashes between supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez that have killed two people and injured dozens more.

Morocco demands legal action in custody row with Norway (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 12:53 PM PST

Moroccan ex-athlete Khalid Skah participates in a demonstration in front of the Norwegian embassy in Rabat in 2009. Morocco on Tuesday demanded that legal action be taken against Norwegian diplomats who stepped into a child custody battle involving Skah.(AFP/File/Abdelhak Senna)AFP - Morocco on Tuesday demanded that legal action be taken against Norwegian diplomats who stepped into a child custody battle involving former Olympic champion Khalid Skah.

US chides Toyota over recall, carmaker defends reputation (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:12 PM PST

Toyota's Executive Vice President Motor Shinichi Sasaki adjusts his glasses as he answers questions during a press conference at the companies headquarters in Nagoya, central Japan. Toyota Motor scrambled to reassure customers Tuesday that it has not sacrificed its legendary safety to be world number one as its recalls spread to the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - Toyota came under fire from the US administration Tuesday for its slow handling of a massive recall as the giant Japanese carmaker scrambled to reassure customers on safety.

Canada's icy reception deepens doubts on G7 role (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:07 PM PST

Reuters - Canada is sliding out the dog sleds to welcome the world's top finance officials to the Arctic this weekend, but its unusual choice of venue has only underscored doubts as to whether the Group of Seven rich nations is relevant today.

Two teens charged over Australian bushfire (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 12:56 AM PST

Australian police have charged two teenagers with arson over a fire that killed one man on AFP - Australian police on Tuesday charged two teenagers with arson over a fire that killed one man on "Black Saturday" -- the day last year that 173 people lost their lives in wildfires.

Scientists say Haiti could be hit by another earthquake soon (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 12:17 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - MIAMI — The chance of another big earthquake in Haiti in the near future is great enough that people in Port-au-Prince should sleep in tents — not even in buildings that survived the Jan. 12 quake apparently unscathed, geologists said Monday.

Could sodomy charges be the end of Malaysia's opposition? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:05 AM PST

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, pictured in January 2010, faces trial Tuesday on sodomy charges that threaten to neutralise the former deputy premier who was sacked and jailed on similar allegations a decade ago.(AFP/File/Noel Celis)Time.com - On Tuesday, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, a little more than a decade after he was arrested, beaten and jailed on sodomy charges, walked into a Kuala Lumpur courtroom to face the same charges once again

Sri Lanka IDPs Divided over Election Outcome (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:36 PM PST

OneWorld.net - VAVUNIYA, Feb 1 (IRIN) - As the results of Sri Lanka's first post-war presidential election poured in, the mood at Menik Farm, in the main government-run camp for the ethnic Tamil internally displaced (IDPs), in the northern town of Vavuniya, was sober.

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