2010年4月15日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, Wednesday April 14, 2010, which has 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. Volcanic ash drifting across the Atlantic forced the cancellation of flights in Britain and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, stranding thousands of passengers. Flights in and out of London Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, were halted, and the shutdowns and cancellations spread to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland. The volcano's smoke and ash poses a threat to aircraft because it can affect visibility, and microscopic debris can get sucked into airplane engines and can cause them to shut down.(AP Photo/Jon Gustafsson) ** ICELAND OUT **AP - An enormous ash cloud from a remote Icelandic volcano caused the biggest flight disruption since the 2001 terrorist attacks Thursday as it drifted over northern Europe and stranded travelers on six continents. Officials said it could take days for the skies to become safe again in one of aviation's most congested areas.

Pope breaks silence on abuse, urges repentance (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI walks away as a Swiss guard stands in foreground, following his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. The Vatican has gone into full-fledged damage control mode in the priest sex abuse scandal ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's first foreign trip since it erupted. Officials are promising surprising new initiatives. The pope's personal secretary is speaking out. And bishops around the world are being told to report abuse cases to the police. The revved-up strategy comes as the Vatican tries to stem the damage from weeks of revelations about priests who raped and molested children, and the church officials who kept it quiet — before the pontiff's visit to Malta this weekend. Abuse victims on that majority Roman Catholic Mediterranean island are seeking a papal audience and apology. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI broke his recent silence on the clerical abuse scandal Thursday, complaining that the church was under attack but saying that "we Christians" must repent for sins and recognize mistakes.

Britain holds 1st televised election debates (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, addresses students at Derby College, in Derby, England, Tuesday April 13, 2010, while campaigning for Britain's May 6 General Election.(AP Photo/Rui Vieira-pa) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:**AP - British voters fixed their eyes on television screens across the country for the first U.S.-style political debate Thursday — a historic event billed as an exciting prelude to one of the closest elections in years.

Investigators blame bad security for Bhutto death (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2007 file photo, Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves to her supporters at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A U.N. commission on Thursday, April 15, 2010 blamed inadequate security by Pakistan's federal, state and district governments for the 2007 assassination of Bhutto. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)AP - A U.N. commission on Thursday said the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, could have been prevented and blamed all levels of government for failing to provide adequate security. It also accused intelligence agencies and other officials of severely hampering the investigation into those behind her murder.

Sudan Election: Indicted Ruler al-Bashir Likely to Win (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The election in Sudan may prop up President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has been indicted on war-crimes charges, but it is seen as necessary step in keeping a tenuous peace

Volcanic ash turns northern Europe into no-fly zone (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:06 PM PDT

Passengers wait for their flights in a terminal in Oslo Airport Gardermoen April 15, 2010. Air travellers in Europe faced widespread disruption on Thursday after a huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland halted flights across the north of the continent. REUTERS/Scanpix/Hakon MosvoldReuters - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano turned northern Europe into a no-fly zone on Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.

Hamas executes 2 suspected informers for Israel (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 12:41 PM PDT

** CORRECTS SPELLING TO HAMAS IN FIRST REFERENCE ** A Hamas flag, top, and a Palestinian flag, flutter during sundown in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 15, 2010. The Hamas government on Thursday executed two men accused of collaborating with Israel, signaling a sharp escalation in the militant Palestinian group's method of controlling the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - The Hamas government on Thursday executed two men accused of collaborating with Israel, signaling an escalation in the militant Palestinian group's method of controlling the Gaza Strip.

Lawyer: Charges dropped against 9 missionaries (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:58 PM PDT

In this image released on March 19, 2010, by the Dominican National Drug Control Agency, Jorge Puello poses for a police mug in Santo Domingo. Puello, a fugitive who once acted as the lawyer for a group of U.S. Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children, was arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Dominican National Drug Control Agency)AP - A lawyer says Haiti has dropped kidnapping charges against nine of the 10 U.S. missionaries who were arrested trying to take a busload of children out of the quake-ravaged country.

S.Africa working to release kidnapped peacekeepers (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 11:26 AM PDT

A donkey-pulled cart passes next to a convoy of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in the southern village of Kashalongo, South of the city of Nyala, in southern Darfur in 2009. The South African government on Thursday said it was working to secure the release of four kidnapped South African peacekeepers in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - The South African government on Thursday said it was working to secure the release of four kidnapped South African peacekeepers in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.

Toyota conducts safety tests on all SUV models (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:08 PM PDT

A Toyota mechanic fixes the anti-lock brakes on a Prius hybrid vehicle in Aichi prefecture, in central Japan. Toyota has suspended North American sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 after a US consumer magazine issued a safety warning, in the latest blow to the embattled Japanese automaker's reputation.(AFP/Jiji Press/File)AP - Toyota is testing all its sport utility vehicles to reassure buyers of their safety after Consumer Reports warned a large Lexus SUV is susceptible to rolling over.

Scandal cuts support for Conservatives (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 06:48 AM PDT

Reuters - A scandal involving a former cabinet minister has helped cut public support for the Conservatives, who are now almost tied with their main rivals, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Obama says US making progress in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 10:21 AM PDT

US soldiers take position during a patrol in Khost province on April 11. President Barack Obama hit back at claims the United States had stalled in Afghanistan and vowed foreign forces would not be needed AFP - President Barack Obama hit back at claims the United States had stalled in Afghanistan and vowed foreign forces would not be needed "in perpetuity", in a rare Australian TV interview aired on Thursday.

How U.S. weapons technology is finding its way to Iran (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The shadow war between the U.S. and Iran was briefly visible this week at an extradition hearing in a Paris courtroom, where an Iranian engineer was answering U.S. charges that he'd illegally shipped U.S. technology to Iran.

Sudan election problems: few enough to be legitimate? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 08:58 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - At nightfall today, voting in Sudan’s first elections in 24 years will come to an end. But the discussion of whether this five-day-long exercise was a legitimate election is just beginning.

Vatican's Bertone Draws Fire Amid Sex-Abuse Scandal (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, has taken to speaking out in Pope Benedict XVI's defense over the sex-abuse scandal. But sometimes silence is golden

Civil War Fears in Kyrgyzstan (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 15 Apr 2010 02:23 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - BISHKEK, Apr 15 (IRIN) - Residents in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, and some analysts say the threat of civil war is looming in the Central Asian country after thousands of protesters forced the government to resign and President Kurmanbek Bakiev to flee the capital.

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