2010年4月29日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT

A child who was attacked at the Zhongxin Kindergarten is transfered into a hospital ward after a surgical treatment in Taixing in east China's Jiangsu Province, Thursday, April 29, 2010.  A knife-wielding man attacked the kindergarten class of 4-year-olds Thursday, slashing over two dozen children in what an expert said was a copycat rampage of two other episodes at Chinese schools in the past month. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - The screams of the 4-year-olds inside the kindergarten could be heard out in the street. When people ran in to investigate, they found what one witness said was a scene "too horrible to imagine" — blood everywhere as a knife-wielding man slashed 28 children, two teachers and a security guard Thursday in the second such school attack in China in two days.


Argentine journalists accused in 'people's trial' (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Hebe de Bonafini, co-founder of the Argentine Mothers of Plaza de Mayo organization, stands next to front pages of local newspapers printed during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in the Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires, Thursday, April 29, 2010.  Bonafini led a symbolic trial accusing some journalists of acting as accomplices of human rights abusers during the last military government. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - The Argentine presidency's campaign against media criticism inspired a symbolic "people's trial" Thursday against some of the nation's leading journalists.


Belgium bans burqa-type dress in public (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Belgium's lower house of parliament on Thursday banned burqa-type Islamic dress in public, but the measure faces a challenge in the Senate which will delay early enactment of the law.

Germany Comes to Greece's Rescue -- but is it Too Late? (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Now that Greece's debt crisis seems to be spreading to other parts of the euro zone, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is finally ready to agree a deal on a rescue package. But should Berlin have acted sooner?

Britain's Cameron judged winner of election debate (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:29 PM PDT

Reuters - Polls declared Conservative leader David Cameron the winner on Thursday of a final TV debate before next week's British election, giving him a boost going into the closing stages of the campaign.

Baghdad vote recount to take about 2-3 weeks (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:40 PM PDT

Iraqi election officials count votes at a polling station in Karbala. Iraq's general election winner Iyad Allawi has said new parliamentary polls run by international monitors might be needed to end concerted efforts from rivals who want to reverse his victory.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AP - Iraq's election officials said Thursday that a recount of the Baghdad ballots could take up to three weeks as a car bomb killed eight people in the capital, highlighting again the tenuous security situation while the chaos arising from the March 7 parliamentary vote drags on.


Brazil mom keeps son for now in fight with US dad (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:16 PM PDT

AP - Brazil's top appeals court says a young boy must stay with his Brazilian mother and not his American father until a final ruling is made in their international abduction case.

US gives $7.5M more for Taylor war crimes trial (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:40 PM PDT

AP - The United States is giving an additional $7.5 million to help pay for Charles Taylor's war crimes trial.

Now a good time for China property tax: researcher (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:11 PM PDT

Reuters - It would be feasible for China to launch a property tax in the near term because economic growth is sufficiently strong, a senior researcher with the Ministry of Finance said in remarks published on Friday.

Omar Khadr's interrogation was "friendly": FBI (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:44 AM PDT

Reuters - A Canadian captive admitted throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan during an interview eight years ago that an FBI agent described on Wednesday as "comfortable" and "friendly," once the hood and handcuffs were removed.

Giant NASA balloon crashes in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:04 AM PDT

This April 16 photo shows a giant NASA science balloon being inflated at the launch site near Alice Springs in Australia. The same balloon crashed during take-off, smashing its multi-milllion dollar payload.(AFP/File)AFP - A giant NASA science balloon crashed during take-off in Australia Thursday, destroying its multi-million-dollar payload, toppling a large car and narrowly missing frightened observers.


Pakistan's Punjab heartland alive with extremist groups (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:55 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - FAISALABAD, Pakistan — Even the Pakistan army conducts military operations against Taliban guerrillas in northwest tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, banned al Qaida-linked groups are operating openly in the Pakistani heartland of Punjab, which itself has been the target of dozens of terror attacks.

Afghanistan war: US night raid sparks protest over civilian deaths (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:38 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Irate demonstrators burned tires and blocked traffic in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday after U.S.-led forces killed an armed relative of an Afghan lawmaker during a night raid on her home, according to military and Afghan officials.

China's Alarming Spate of School Knifings (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Violent crime is rare in the People's Republic because of a ban on guns but that has not stopped a recent string of assaults on children
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