2010年5月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Bangkok battle: Troops fire on rioting protesters (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 03:31 PM PDT

Anti-government demonstrators are arrested by Thai soldiers in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 14, 2010. Thai troops fired bullets and tear gas at anti-government protesters rioting near the U.S. and Japanese embassies Friday as an army push to clear the streets sparked deadly clashes and turned central Bangkok into a virtual war zone. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters who battled them with firebombs and homemade rockets Friday in a second straight day of escalating violence as troops tried to clear the rioters from the streets of downtown Bangkok.

Mounting concern among Iraqis about more violence (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen in the poster at center, crowd a street as they attend open air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 14, 2010. On Friday, al-Qaida in Iraq warned Shiites that 'dark days soaked with blood' lie ahead and warned of a new campaign of attacks violence yet to come. Hours later a bomb went off outside a mosque south of Baghdad, wounding 20 people, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Many Iraqis are increasingly uneasy that a wave of bombings and shootings may revive all-out sectarian warfare that ravaged the country several years ago. In Baghdad and other cities, some are falling back into old cautionary habits — going outside only when necessary and avoiding busy markets and other crowded places.

New al-Qaida in Iraq chief vows blood-soaked days (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Iraqi People, seen through a shrapnel hole, inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 13, 2010. A car bomb ripped through a popular cafe on Wednesday evening, killing nine young people.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Al-Qaida in Iraq's new leader warned Shiites on Friday that "dark days soaked with blood" lie ahead and that a new campaign of attacks was under way.

Big Afghan offensive must overcome deadly terrain (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 12:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 8, 2010 file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. James Lifsey ducks as he walks under tree cover while on a foot patrol with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment of the 5th Stryker Brigade, in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)AP - U.S. soldiers had just made it through a dense patch of vineyards to a cluster of abandoned mud compounds when the radio operator let out a shout: "Sir, we are about to be ambushed from three different locations!"

Argentina: Greek financial rescue doomed to fail (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:20 PM PDT

In this May 12, 2010 photo, a worker controls the machinery at the Lavalan wool-processing plant in Buenos Aires. Employees worked for a year without pay and endured blows from riot police to keep creditors from carting off the equipment after Argentina's economy imploded in 2001 and the country defaulted on a record $95 billion debt. In the end, they formed a worker-run cooperative to save their jobs. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Gregorio Lopez has a message for the Greek workers who are protesting deep cuts in salaries and pensions that come with an international, trillion-dollar rescue package: You're on your own.

Thai Authorities Try to Squelch Red Shirt Protesters (Time.com)

Posted: 14 May 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - More violence is feared as authorities move to shut down the Red Shirt protest that has paralyzed the Thai capital

Single ticket racks up largest British lottery win (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:37 PM PDT

A ticketholder in the UK scooped more than 100 million euros in the EuroMillions draw on Friday, the largest ever lottery win in Britain, organisers said.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - A ticketholder in the UK scooped more than 100 million euros in the EuroMillions draw on Friday, the largest ever lottery win in Britain, organisers said.

Official: No fraud found in Iraq's election (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 01:41 PM PDT

A man is treated at a hospital after he was wounded in a suicide attack at a hospital in Dahuk, Iraq, Friday, May 14, 2010. Three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a sports field during a soccer game on Friday evening in the town of Tal Afar, located between the Syrian border and the volatile city of Mosul. (AP Photo)AP - A full recount of votes for Baghdad province from Iraq's parliamentary elections showed no fraud or major irregularities and is unlikely to change the vote's final results, the country's election commission said Friday.

Chile terror lawyer predicts case will be dropped (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Gabriel Carrion, defense lawyer of Pakistan's Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, 28, unseen, speaks to reporters in Santiago, Friday, May 14, 2010. Carrion and Khan, attended a hearing after a court was to decide Friday whether to present formal charges or free Khan who was arrested Monday after traces of explosives were detected on his phone and papers while he was at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago because his US visa had been revoked. (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia)AP - Chilean prosecutors will have to show a judge on Saturday what evidence they have against a Pakistani detained after the U.S. Embassy said it found traces of an explosives substance on his documents and cell phone.

Nigeria president pledges better security in delta (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 02:06 PM PDT

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan waves after an official visit to the family house of late president Umaru Yar'Adua in the northern city of Katsina, May 8, 2010. REUTERS/Akintunde AkinleyeReuters - Nigeria's president pledged on Friday to develop the impoverished, oil-producing Niger Delta and improve security in the region.

US-SKorea trade deal a victim of US politics (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:43 PM PDT

AP - Leading senators and a group of former officials are pushing the Obama administration to send a stalled U.S.-South Korean free trade deal to Congress. But with November elections looming, the accord may already be dead this year.

Canada parties end Afghan dispute, avert election (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Canadian political parties averted an early election on Friday when they sealed a deal to end a dispute over access to documents on the transfer of prisoners to authorities in Afghanistan.

Round-the-world girl sailor in final countdown (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:53 PM PDT

Australia's round-the-world schoolgirl sailor Jessica Watson (pictured last October) began her final stretch to Sydney on Friday, where she is expected to be greeted by ecstatic crowds as she ends a remarkable seven-month voyage. Watson, 16, was treated to her first familiar face in more than 200 days when manager Bruce Arms sailed his catamaran to meet her in waters outside Sydney early Friday.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australia's round-the-world schoolgirl sailor Jessica Watson began her final stretch to Sydney Friday, where she is expected to be greeted by ecstatic crowds as she ends a remarkable seven-month voyage.

U.S. asks Israel to curb rhetoric, demolitions of Palestinian homes (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 14 May 2010 01:58 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — The Obama administration presented new demands to Israel this week to avoid taking any actions that might disrupt the fledgling peace talks with the Palestinians, among them a newly announced plan to demolish more than 100 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, senior Israeli officials said Friday.

Yemen: Never mind Anwar al-Awlaki, the economy is a bigger threat (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 May 2010 02:55 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Times Square bombing was a reminder of the potential cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and others in Yemen have to inspire terrorist attacks. But academics and financial analysts who have spent time in the country lately say that a faltering economy, not militants, poses a greater threat to Yemen's stability.

Cameron-Clegg Coalition: Time to Reconnect with Voters (Time.com)

Posted: 14 May 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Britain's David Cameron and Nick Clegg have forged a coalition. Now they have to reconnect with the voters who put them into government

Plugging Africa's Tech Gap, with Help from India (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:19 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - DAR-ES-SALAAM, May 14 (IRIN) - Investment in information technology can help Africa to improve governance, overcome poverty and deal with critical infrastructure gaps, taking India as an example, the co-chair of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2010 (WEF) said.

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