2010年7月4日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Exit polls: Komorowski takes Polish presidency (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 02:17 PM PDT

Bronislaw Komorowski, parliament speaker and acting president, and his wife Anna greet supporters after acknowledging the exit polls of the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, July 4, 2010. Exit polls in Poland's presidential election show Komorowski with a very slight edge over the late president's identical twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, with official results not expected until Monday. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced Sunday's early election.

Blasts mar Biden's call for new gov't, unity (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:19 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, as Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, center, looks on in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 4, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden says all political blocs must be included in the new Iraqi government in order for it to succeed. Biden met earlier with the two main men who are vying to lead the next government, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and former premier Ayad Allawi.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Vice President Joe Biden urged rival Iraqi politicians Sunday to end months of delays and select new leaders for their wobbly democracy, predicting a peaceful transition of power even as suicide bombers struck government centers in two major cities.

Mexicans vote elections besieged by drug violence (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 03:40 PM PDT

A federal police officer guards a polling station in Ciudad Victoria, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, Sunday July 4, 2010. A dozen Mexican states held elections Sunday after a campaign marred by assassinations and scandals that displayed drug cartels' power, including the killing a week earlier of Rodolfo Torre the former frontrunner for governor of Tamaulipas state, whose brother ran in his place. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - More than a dozen Mexican states held elections Sunday after campaigning besieged by assassinations and scandals that displayed drug cartels' power. The party that ruled Mexico for 71 years hoped to capitalize on frustrations over the bloodshed and gain momentum in its bid to regain the presidency in two years.

Petraeus takes over Afghan fight, vows to win it (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Gen. David Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan looks on during the Independence Day celebrations Saturday, July 3, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Petraeus arrived Friday night to assume command of the troubled international military mission in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - "We are in this to win," Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday as he took the reins of an Afghan war effort troubled by waning support, an emboldened enemy, government corruption and a looming commitment to withdraw troops even with no sign of violence easing.

Pope praises life of 13th-century pontiff who quit (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful in front of the remains of Celestine V at the end of a mass in Sulmona, Italy, Sunday, July 4, 2010. The Pontiff has traveled to a central Italian town to pay homage to Celestine V, the 13th-century hermit pontiff who resigned, saying he was not up to the task. Benedict urged the faithful Sunday to learn from Celestine's sober and simple life. He praised Celestine for his detachment from material things such as money and clothes. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that "for all our weaknesses" priests have an important role in the world.

Was a Swedish Oil Company Complicit in Sudan's Civil War? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Time.com - After an NGO accuses Swedish oil company Lundin of being complicit in war crimes in Sudan, prosecutors open an investigation

Komorowski back ahead in tight Polish poll count (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 04:45 PM PDT

A Polish nun walks past a picture of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski outside the presidential palace in Warsaw July 3, 2010. REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayReuters - Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Poland's ruling party, regained the lead in a cliffhanger presidential election race, results based on 80 percent of ballots cast showed early on Monday.

Top Lebanese Shiite cleric Fadlallah dies at 75 (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 09:58 AM PDT

Shiite women mourn next to a poster of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah after the announcement that he had died , at a mosque in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, July 4, 2010. Lebanon's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, 75, died Sunday after a long illness, a close aide and a hospital official said. Fadlallah, known for his staunch anti-American stance, was instrumental in the rise of Lebanon's Shiites in the past decades and had a strong following among Shiite communities both in Lebanon and Iraq where he was born. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - The leading Shiite cleric in Lebanon and one of the sect's most revered religious authorities, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 75.

Venezuela rejects US accusations of rights abuses (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 04:32 PM PDT

AP - Venezuela's top diplomat accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton of attacking his country for seeking Latin American unity and opposing U.S. influence in international affairs.

Dozen foreign sailors kidnapped in Nigeria freed: military (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 04:27 PM PDT

A file photo taken in 2008 shows fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) as they prepare for an operation against the Nigerian army in Niger Delta. A dozen foreign seafarers seized two days ago in Nigeria's restive oil rich Niger Delta were freed on Sunday, the military said, while three sailors taken hostage in May were also reportedly released.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - A dozen foreign seafarers seized two days ago in Nigeria's restive oil rich Niger Delta were freed on Sunday, the military said, while three sailors taken hostage in May were also reportedly released.

Quake with magnitude of 6.3 rattles northern Japan (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 04:14 PM PDT

AP - A quake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted northern Japan early Monday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Report: US asks Japan to pay more for Marine move (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:13 AM PDT

AP - The United States has asked Japan to help shoulder hundreds of millions of dollars in additional fees to transfer Marines from a controversial base on Okinawa island to Guam, Kyodo news agency reported.

Drug violence casts dark shadow over Mexico vote (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 04:01 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — Presumed enforcers for drug gangs hung four bodies from overpasses before dawn on Sunday in Chihuahua, the capital of a violence-wracked Mexican state that borders Texas and New Mexico as Mexican voters went to the polls to pick new state and local leaders.

Rwanda's School Laptop Push May Boost Education, Economy (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Time.com - The inexpensive XO computer delights children but it is still a very costly piece of equipment for a poor country to invest in

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