2010年2月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Afghan Taliban chiefs arrested in Pakistani sweeps (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:18 PM PST

U.S. Marines with NATO forces keeps vigil as Marines and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers setup a joint military base in north of Marjah, city of Helmand province, Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jerome Starkey, Pool)AP - Pakistani authorities, aided by U.S. intelligence, have apprehended more Afghan Taliban chiefs following the capture of the movement's No. 2 figure — arrests that together represent the biggest blow to the insurgents since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.

Australia threatens Japan over whaling program (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:01 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship Steve Irwin, background, and the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru use water cannons to each other in Antarctic Sea. 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 - Australia's prime minister on Friday set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling program that kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters, or else face legal action.

Niger soldiers go on state TV to confirm coup (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:06 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, July 31, 2009 file photo Niger President Mamadou Tandja speaks to journalists at the presidential residence in Niamey, Niger. Gunfire has been reported Thursday, February 18, 2010 near the presidential palace in the West African nation of Niger (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)AP - Renegade soldiers in armored vehicles stormed Niger's presidential palace with a hail of gunfire in broad daylight, kidnapping the country's strongman president and then appearing on state television to declare they staged a successful coup.

How Prisoners Are Using Facebook to Harass Their Victims (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:10 AM PST

Facebook has given users more control over who gets to see video, virtual cards and other digital content shared using third-party programs at the leading social networking website.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)Time.com - Inmates in Britain have found a new way of tormenting their victims after they've been locked up: posting offensive status updates and messages on Facebook

Queen amused by 'Antipodean royalty' (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:19 PM PST

Queen Elizabeth II attends a reception for the Centenary of Australian Diplomatic Representation in London on February 18. The head of state met leading Australians Thursday to celebrate a century of diplomatic relations with the nation.(AFP/Pool/Carl de Souza)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II met leading Australians Thursday to celebrate a century of diplomatic relations with the nation, and was amused by "Antipodean royalty".

In Dubai attack, signs of Mossad shadow war (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:05 PM PST

FILE - A Sept. 5, 1972 file photo shows a member of the Palestinian terrorist group who seized members of the Israeli Olympic team at their quarters at the Munich Olympic Village as the person appears with a hood over his face on the balcony of the village building where the hostages were held. The death of a Hamas operative at the hands of a hit team of inconspicuous lookouts and burly killers in a Dubai hotel conjures up images of both of the string of killings that followed the murder of Israeli athletes in the 1972 Munich Olympics and the bungled attempt to poison a different Hamas man in Jordan's capital 13 years ago. Israel's Mossad spy agency, the prime suspect in the Jan. 20, 2010 Dubai killing, has known both triumph and embarrassment in decades of covert warfare, and the latest episode would appear to include elements of each. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf, Files)AP - The death of a Hamas operative in Dubai at the hands of a squad of burly hit men conjures up images of the string of killings that followed the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and a bungled attempt to poison a Hamas leader in Jordan 13 years ago.

Son of top drug suspect sent to US from Mexico (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:15 PM PST

A military vehicle patrols the road in Ciudad Juarez February 17, 2010. Tens of thousands of Mexicans are fleeing drug violence on the U.S. border in an exodus that is decimating a large city and threatening to leave a major manufacturing area short of skilled workers. Picture taken February 17, 2010. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - A man accused of being an influential, second-generation member of the Sinaloa drug cartel was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Thursday on charges he helped move tons of cocaine from Colombia to California, New York and Chicago.

US official says Tandja can blame himself for Niger coup (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 03:18 PM PST

President Mamadou Tandja of Niger casts his vote at a polling station for the parlementery election in 2009 in Niamey. Soldiers in Niger mounted a coup d'etat on Thursday and seized Tandja amid gunbattles that killed at least three troops in the impoverished but uranium-rich nation.(AFP/File/Boureima Hama)AFP - A senior US official indicated that Niger's President Mamadou Tandja only has himself to blame for Thursday's coup in the west African nation.

Obama offers support for Tibet, Dalai Lama (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST

The Dalai Lama speaks to the media outside the White House after his meeting with US President Barack Obama in Washington, DC. Obama on Thursday offered support for Tibet's spiritual leader and his Himalayan homeland, defying Chinese anger by meeting the exiled monk at the White House.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Thursday offered support for Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and his Himalayan homeland, defying Chinese anger by meeting the exiled monk at the White House.

Nesbitt wins women's 1,000 meters (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 03:06 PM PST

Reuters - Christine Nesbitt of Canada mounted a gutsy charge to the finish line to claim gold in the women's 1,000 meters at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Thursday, roared on by a fanatical crowd.

Australia's cane toads face death by cat food (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:52 PM PST

A poisonous cane toad sits on a keeper's hand at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Australia is beset by millions of the creatures after they were introduced from Hawaii in 1935 to control scarab beetles.(AFP/File/Rob Elliott)AFP - Australia's vile and poisonous plague of cane toads may finally have met its match -- and it comes in a tin of cat food.

More Taliban arrests hint at policy shift in Pakistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:53 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Pakistan's latest arrests of senior Afghan Taliban figures and al Qaida operatives have raised the prospect that Islamabad has begun a major strategic shift away from backing its favorite Afghan militants. Analysts cautioned, however that Pakistan's aim may be to apply just enough pressure to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table on terms acceptable to Islamabad.

Why US ignores China and sells arms to Taiwan (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:16 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The latest arms package for Taiwan, cleared for sale by the White House Jan. 29, has more political than military significance, military analysts say.

UNICEF Seeks to Keeps Kids Out of Haiti Orphanages (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:10 AM PST

Time.com - As Haiti releases eight of the ten Americans charged with attempted kidnapping after the quake, Unicef is working to ensure it doesn't happen again

People of the Year: Malalai Joya (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:30 AM PST

OneWorld.net - for putting her own life at great risk to speak loudly against the forces -- domestic and international -- that are keeping the Afghan people from living in security

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