2010年2月15日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Taliban step up attacks in besieged Afghan town (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:00 PM PST

U.S. soldiers exchange fire with insurgents as Afghan soldiers run for cover during a firefight with insurgents in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. The soldiers are operating in support of a U.S. Marine offensive against the Taliban in Marjah area. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Taliban fighters stepped up counterattacks Monday against Marines and Afghan soldiers in the militant stronghold of Marjah, slowing the allied advance to a crawl despite Afghan government claims that the insurgents are broken and on the run.

Fears of another quake become new Haiti boogeyman (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:00 PM PST

A Haitian flag sits on the rubble of the university of applied languages where 175 students died on Jan. 12 during the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Hundreds of houses that survived Haiti's killer quake still stand empty even as quake victims desperate for shelter crowd the streets. The reason is fear: Nobody is quite sure they can withstand another quake.

Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:07 PM PST

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, shows King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, right, welcoming U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, upon her arrival to Rawdat Khurayim camp outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/HO)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday Iran is sliding into a military dictatorship, a new assessment suggesting a rockier road ahead for U.S.-led efforts to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Adviser to Americans admits link to Salvador case (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 05:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, Jorge Puello, left, a Dominican legal advisor who was hired by the relatives of the 10 Americans that were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, arrives to the court building in Port-au-Prince. Dominican officials said Friday that Puello has no license to practice law in his native country. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)AP - The man who served as legal adviser to 10 American missionaries jailed in Haiti on charges of child kidnapping acknowledged Monday that he is the suspect wanted in El Salvador on human smuggling accusations.

Eurozone tells Greece to ready new cuts, taxes (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:24 PM PST

A giant euro symbol stands in front of the building which houses the European Central Bank. The Spanish - who currently hold the EU presidency - have announced that European nations would offer support to help Greece tackle its unprecedented deficit crisis, which poses a threat to other eurozone nations who also face budgetary problems.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AP - European finance ministers bluntly told Greece to prepare tougher spending cuts and new taxes in an attempt to snuff out a government debt crisis that has shaken the entire eurozone.

Vancouver Olympics Luge Accident Forces Change to Course (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:40 AM PST

Time.com - With safety changes installed at the Olympic sliding track, the men's event went off without a mishap. Still, you won't find much of a celebration

Army officer denies knowledge of 'Iraqi abuse' (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:48 PM PST

An Iraqi man walks past two British soldiers manning a checkpoint on the outskirts of Basra in 2003. A former commanding officer of a British army unit has denied that he knew about allegations Iraqi prisoners were abused by troops under his command in 2003.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - A former commanding officer of a British army unit has denied that he knew about allegations Iraqi prisoners were abused by troops under his command in 2003.

Saudi official questions new sanctions on Iran (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:37 PM PST

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal delivers a statement during a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, unseen, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Monday expressed doubts about the usefulness of more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

Disgraced in skirt scandal, woman is Carnival star (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:24 PM PST

Geisy Arruda performs during the Porto da Pedra samba school during carnival parade at the Sambadrome, in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb.15, 2010. The 20-year-old college student from a poor family gained worldwide attention last fall when she was expelled for wearing a miniskirt to class. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Geisy Arruda is dancing proof that nowhere is transformation more achievable than in Brazil's Carnival, ripe with fantasy and metamorphosis.

UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 03:26 PM PST

AP - Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the U.N.'s drug czar said Monday — an exchange of contraband that is especially dangerous in a region now home to cells of an al-Qaida-linked terror group.

Whaling protester in custody on Japanese boat (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, an activist, right, aboard anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Steve Irwin uses a water cannon towards the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru in the waters of Antarctica. The U.S.-based activist group, sends vessels to confront the Japanese fleet each year, trying to block them from firing harpoons at the whales. (AP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research)AP - An anti-whaling activist from New Zealand was being held in custody on a Japanese whaling vessel Tuesday after secretly boarding it the day before as part of a protest, the whalers said.

Montreal adviser gets 11 years for Ponzi scheme (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:55 PM PST

Reuters - A Montreal financial adviser convicted of running a Ponzi scheme like the one that landed Bernard Madoff in jail for life was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday, a Quebec court said.

Australian anti-immigration politician heads for Britain (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:35 AM PST

File photo of far-right, anti-immigration advocate and former Australian MP, Pauline Hanson. Hanson is selling up and heading to Britain after becoming disillusioned with her home country, a magazine reported on Monday.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australian anti-immigration firebrand Pauline Hanson is selling up and heading to Britain after becoming disillusioned with her home country, a magazine reported on Monday.

Taliban reportedly held civilian hostages when U.S. rockets hit (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 02:56 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL — Amid intelligence reports alleging that Taliban insurgents are holding civilians as hostages, American and Afghan forces moved cautiously through the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Monday as they pressed the biggest offensive since the U.S. landed troops in Afghanistan more than eight years ago.

Virgin's Richard Branson takes on peak oil (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 10:11 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Long-accustomed to being dismissed as alarmists, the arguments of those warning of an impending peak oil crisis are now being bolstered by support from multi-billionaires like Richard Branson.

Denmark and Israel Pioneer Green-Car Network (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:40 AM PST

Time.com - Most of Europe has grand plans for introducing electric cars, but tinyDenmark is the country best positioned to make the dream a reality

Across U.S., Ethnic Media Call for Climate Action (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 11:32 AM PST

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 15 (New America Media) - U.S. public concern about climate change has waned. The climate change summit in Copenhagen -- largely viewed as a failure -- did little to elevate the issue among the public. Climate change is foremost among the concerns of our communities. It is our responsibility, as the media that serve them, to call for action on this urgent matter.

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