2010年4月14日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Investigation finds that predator priests shuffled around globe (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:27 PM PDT

In this undated photo from Kiremba, the 2008 newsletter released by the Bresciani missionaries, Father Mario Pezzotti stands with Kayapo Indian children in Brazil. (AP Photo/Bresciani Missionaries)  NO SALESAP - There he was, five decades later, the priest who had raped Joe Callander in Massachusetts. The photo in the Roman Catholic newsletter showed him with a smile across his wrinkled face, near-naked Amazon Indian children in his arms and at his feet.


Russian president on trade mission to Argentina (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:24 PM PDT

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev,left, shakes hands with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the government palace in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Medvedev is on a one-day visit to Argentina. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Di Baia)AP - Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday used the first-ever visit by a Russian president to Argentina to urge the countries to boost economic ties and cooperate more on nuclear energy.


South Korea starts hoisting up sunken warship (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:48 PM PDT

Workers using a giant offshore crane salvages portion of the sunken South Korean naval ship Cheonan off Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, Thursday, April 15, 2010. South Korea began lifting its sunken warship Thursday in waters near the tense border with North Korea, about three weeks after the ship went down following a mysterious explosion on board. Dozens of sailors missing since the sinking are believed trapped inside. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Im Hun-jung) ** KOREA OUT **AP - South Korea began lifting its sunken warship Thursday in waters near the tense border with North Korea, about three weeks after the ship went down following a mysterious explosion on board. Dozens of sailors missing since the sinking are believed trapped inside.


Quake in western China kills 589, buries more (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:27 PM PDT

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Yushu county in western China's Qinghai province on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 as houses made of mud and wood collapsed, trapping many more, officials said. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing at least 589 people and injuring more than 10,000.


Iceland evacuates hundreds as volcano erupts again (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 01:44 PM PDT

In this image made available by the Icelandic Coastguard, Wednesday April 14, 2010, smoke and steam rises from  the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland,  which erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. Authorities evacuated 800 residents from around the glacier as rivers rose by up to 10 feet (3 meters). Emergency officials and scientists said the eruption under the ice cap was 10 to 20 times more powerful than one last month, and carried a much greater risk of widespread flooding.(AP Photo/Icelandic Coastguard, ho) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY**AP - A volcano under a glacier in Iceland erupted Wednesday for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, spewing smoke and steam, closing a major road and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters.


In India, a Celebrity Wedding Nearly Derailed by Scandal (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:45 PM PDT

Time.com - When a scandal threatened to derail a wedding between a Pakistani cricketer and an Indian tennis player, Hyderabad's media shifted their attention from the real problems of the city

Flights grounded in north Scotland by Iceland ash cloud (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:52 PM PDT

This radarcapture obtained from the Icelandic Coastguard on April 14, shows volcanic clouds emanating from an eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier. Flights in northern Scotland were grounded on Thursday as the ash cloud from the eruption drifted over the country, according to air traffic control service NATS.(AFP/HO)AFP - Flights over northern Scotland were grounded Thursday as an ash cloud from a volcano eruption in Iceland drifted over the country, said air traffic control service NATS.


Israeli officials say Syria gives Hezbollah Scuds (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, a plane releases its payload to extinguish a fire caused by a rocket fired by Hezbollah guerrillas from south Lebanon toward northern Israel. Israeli defense officials say they believe that Hezbollah has acquired Scud missiles that might be able to hit all of Israel. The assessment came a day after Israel's president accused Syria of supplying the Lebanese guerrillas with the weapons for the first time.  (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)AP - Israeli defense officials said Wednesday they believe Hezbollah has Scud missiles that could hit all of Israel, a day after Israel's president accused Syria of supplying the Lebanese guerrillas with the weapons for the first time.


Cameron: 'Victory' in Brazil halting dam (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:54 PM PDT

Director James Cameron, right,  marches next to an unidentified indigenous woman during a protest  against a proposed dam in the Amazon in Brasilia Monday April 12, 2010. Brazil's government says the Belo Monte project will provide much-needed clean energy for the country. Indian groups say they will be displaced by the dam and environmentalists say its benefits won't make up for the damage to the jungle.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - A judge on Wednesday temporarily halted bidding on a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon, a move hailed as a "small victory" by movie director James Cameron, who has taken up the fight against the project.


US, South Africa sign strategic dialogue deal (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 03:32 PM PDT

The United States and South Africa on Wednesday signed a deal to boost diplomatic exchanges, a new sign of the importance the US administration accords Pretoria's role in the region. The AFP - The United States and South Africa on Wednesday signed a deal to boost diplomatic exchanges, a new sign of the importance the US administration accords Pretoria's role in the region.


Malaysia to enforce nuclear trafficking law: PM (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:55 PM PDT

A Malaysian police officer is seen in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia has said it would strictly enforce a new law to curb trafficking of nuclear weapon components after being linked to illegal supply of sensitive technology to Iran and Libya.(AFP/File)AFP - Malaysia has said it would strictly enforce a new law to curb trafficking of nuclear weapon components after being linked to illegal supply of sensitive technology to Iran and Libya.


Michelle Obama: Leaders can come from unlikely places (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 04:29 PM PDT

US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) greets a student at the Iberoamericana University in Mexico City. Obama met with her Mexican counterpart, danced with children and sought to inspire students on Wednesday during a solo trip aimed at reinforcing close ties with Mexico.(AFP/Omar Torres)McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — Michelle Obama, in her first solo foray abroad as first lady, said Wednesday that it's time to break down barriers for disadvantaged youth and abandon "wrong and outdated ideas" about who's worthy of becoming a leader.


In Qinghai Province in China, earthquake kills hundreds and levels buildings (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 09:29 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - At least 400 people were killed and 10,000 injured early Wednesday after an earthquake of at least 6.9 magnitude hit a mountainous agrarian part of Qinghai Province in northwestern China.

China Earthquake: Catastrophe in Rural Tibetan Community (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:45 PM PDT

Time.com - The town devastated by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake has two names: one is Chinese (Yushu), the other in the language of its restive inhabitants, the Tibetans (Jyekundo)
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