2010年3月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Medvedev: Russia must tap Arctic resources (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:26 PM PDT

U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen uses a three-dimensional polar projection map of the Arctic to show routes the service patrols with icebreaker ships Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Seattle. Allen, the commandant of the service, said that within a few weeks the Polar Star will begin to undergo a $62 million, 2-1/2 year restoration and re-enter service in 2013. The ship, one of three polar-capable USCG icebreakers, has been deactivated since 2007. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Russia must defend its claims to mineral riches of the Arctic in increasing competition with other powers, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.

Yemen-American imam calls for US Muslim revolt (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:07 PM PDT

AP - A Yemeni-American Muslim preacher known for his ties to extremists operating in the U.S. called on American Muslims in a new audio message to turn against their government because of its actions against Muslims around the world.

Brazil: Protests over proposed oil law change (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:55 PM PDT

A demonstrator holding a Brazilian flag and wearing soccer glasses protests changes in the oil royalties distribution plan in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Changes made by Brazil's lower house of Congress would take about $4 billion out of Rio's coffers annually which would endanger the city's ability to host the 2016 Olympics and the finals of the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to protest against changes in an oil royalties law that would drain the city's coffers.

Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:01 AM PDT

TO GO WITH HEIDI VOGT STORY SLUGGED: BC-AS--Afghanistan-Fear Campaign-- In this image taken on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, in Marjah, Afghanistan, Afghans listen to a Marine officer while on patrol. Taliban insurgents are conducting a fear and intimidation campaign against residents of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, which international forces just wrested from insurgents. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its Afghan allies.

Iraqi PM fights for survival as votes are counted (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand guard in front of an election campaign poster for former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. A secular coalition led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi challenging the Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in the country's historic parliamentary elections narrowly pulls ahead for the first time in the overall vote count. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his political survival just as U.S. troops are getting ready to pack up and go home.

Iraq's Election Results: A Tight Race That Portends More Trouble (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Time.com - While Maliki and Allawi are neck and neck, neither will have enough votes to govern - or even, perhaps, to claim the right to form a coalition

BA strikers look for US, European support (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2009 file photo, two British Airways aircraft on the stands at London's Heathrow Airport. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown waded into the acrimonious dispute between British Airways PLC and its cabin crew on Monday, March 15, 2010, calling a planned strike 'deplorable' and risking a major fallout with key union backers ahead of a general election. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)AP - The union representing British Airways' cabin crews is gathering international support for a walkout due to begin this weekend, threatening to severely disrupt what remains of the airline's already depleted flight schedule.

Israel lifts closure of West Bank as tensions calm (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:04 PM PDT

A Palestinian youth throws back a tear gas canister during clashes near the Kalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Israel on Wednesday lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem's holiest shrine and called off an extended West Bank closure after days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. While there were no reports of new clashes in Jerusalem, sporadic violence broke out Wednesday in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - Israel on Wednesday lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem's holiest shrine and called off an extended West Bank closure after days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.

Fear grips Mexican border families amid violence (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:39 PM PDT

A child peers from behind a fence outside his home on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The violence has risen to such levels in Ciudad Juarez that everyone feels at risk in the city of 1.3 million, where innocent people have been increasingly caught in the crossfire. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - Elodia Ortiz drops her children at school in the morning, picks them up in the afternoon and makes an occasional trip to the supermarket. Anything else, she says, is too dangerous.

New sectarian slaughter rocks Nigeria (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:42 PM PDT

Residents buy newspapers at a Jos news stand to get updates about the religious violence that has engulfed Jos south in Plateau State, on March 9. Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers butchered and then set fire to around a dozen Christians in Nigeria Wednesday, close to the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers Wednesday butchered and then torched around a dozen Christians in Nigeria, near the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.

Fiji cyclone damage overwhelming, leader says (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Fiji TV screengrab shows damage caused by Cyclone Tomas. Relief efforts have started after the cyclone devastated areas in the north and east of the Pacific nation, according to officials.(AFP/Fiji TV)AP - A powerful cyclone destroyed more than half the houses in many villages in northern Fiji, but only one death has been reported, officials said Thursday.

Canada, U.S. set new avalanche danger warning system (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:47 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada and the United States have adopted a unified warning system to better advise skiers and snowmobilers about the avalanche danger, Canadian officials said on Wednesday.

Rio Tinto staff face trial in China on Monday (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:45 AM PDT

Employees pictured at the reception desk of Australian mining giant Rio Tinto's offices in Shanghai in August 2009. An Australian Rio Tinto executive faces trial in China next week in a case that has badly strained relations, the government in Canberra and a Chinese lawyer involved in the case said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - An Australian executive faces trial in China next week in a case that has badly strained relations, the government in Canberra and a Chinese lawyer involved in the case said Wednesday.

Missile strike kills militant with role in CIA bombing (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:43 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — An al Qaida militant suspected of playing a key role in a suicide bombing at a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan died last week in Pakistan, apparently in a retaliatory missile strike by a CIA drone, a U.S. counterterrorism official said Wednesday.

Seven years after Rachel Corrie death, her parents sue Israel (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:52 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A 80-foot-deep entrance to an underground smuggling tunnel now marks the spot where US activist Rachel Corrie died seven years ago on March 16, 2003, crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer as she protested the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in Rafah at the Egypt-Gaza border.

Afghanistan Snow Leopard Death: NATO Can't Save Rare Cat (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The fate of a snow leopard -- one of the rarest species on earth -- riveted the powerful as well as the humble in war-torn Afghanistan

Why One Undocumented Student Is Walking the Trail of Dreams (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 05:05 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 17 (New America Media) - Four students who were brought to the United States by their families when they were young and are still undocumented are walking 1,500 miles from their homes in Miami, Fla. to Washington, D.C., to ask for immigration reform.

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