2010年7月24日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

18 killed in mass panic at Germany's Love Parade (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:02 PM PDT

** CORRECTION TO REMOVE SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED ** Collapsed people get first aid after a panic on this year's techno-music festival 'Loveparade 2010' in Duisburg, Germany, on Saturday, July 24, 2010. More than a dozen people were killed and others injured when mass panic broke out in a tunnel at the Love Parade. (AP Photo/dapd/Hermann J. Knippertz)AP - Crowds of people streaming into a techno music festival surged through an already jammed entry tunnel on Saturday, setting off a panic that killed 18 people and injured 80 at an event meant to celebrate love and peace.

2 US Navy service members missing in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 12:01 PM PDT

United States Marines from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines watch the explosion after calling in an airstrike during a gunbattle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Two U.S. Navy service members disappeared in a dangerous area of eastern Afghanistan, prompting a massive air and ground search and appeals on local radio stations for their safe return, NATO and Afghan officials said Saturday.

US aircraft carrier ups pressure on NKorea (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:07 PM PDT

The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington drops anchor at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 24, 2010. North Korea warned Saturday that joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend amount to a military provocation that will draw a 'powerful' nuclear response from Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - A massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to "sacred war."

British royals expand online presence with Flickr (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:02 PM PDT

AP - These aren't your average family snapshots.

Simon Bolivar an obsession for Venezuela's Chavez (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 03:53 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters during events marking the 227th anniversary of the birth of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar at the National Pantheon in Caracas, Saturday July 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - For Hugo Chavez, Simon Bolivar is more than a founding father to be feted once a year on his birthday. He's the icon of an entire political movement. He's a muse whose words inspire nearly two centuries after his death.

What's Killing the Animals at Ukraine's Biggest Zoo? (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 03:25 AM PDT

Time.com - The mysterious deaths of several animals at Kiev Zoo have sparked outrage, with critics accusing the zoo's management of neglect and corruption. But officials say the animals are being poisoned by an unknown suspect

Royal family posts pictures online (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:11 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she tours UN Headquarters on July 6 in New York City. The British royal family has opened an account on photo-sharing website Flickr, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday, in their latest attempt to move with the times.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Jackson)AFP - The royal family has opened an account on photo-sharing website Flickr, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday, in their latest attempt to move with the times.

Saudi: OK to uncover face in anti-burqa countries (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:18 AM PDT

** CORRECTS NAME OF SHEIK TO SHEIK AEDH AL-GARNI ** FILE - In this June 19, 2009 file photo, two women, one wearing the niqab, a veil worn by conservative Muslims that exposes only a woman's eyes, right, walk side by side in the Belsunce district of downtown Marseille, France. A popular Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia, Sheik Aedh al-Garni, has issued a ruling, or fatwa, saying it is permissible for Muslim women to reveal their faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned, while criticizing efforts in Europe to outlaw the garment. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)AP - A popular Saudi cleric said Saturday it is permissible for Muslim women to reveal their faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned to avoid harassment, while deploring the effort to outlaw the garment in France.

Cuba: Fidel Castro visits town outside Havana (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:40 PM PDT

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro attends a tribute to fallen fighters at a mausoleum in Artemisa, Cuba, Saturday July 24, 2010. Cuba honored its revolutionary fighters who died on July 26, 1953 when Castro led an attack on Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Most of the 160 fighters were killed and Castro was captured but later received an amnesty. The attack led up to the 1959 revolution that swept Fidel Castro to power. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Estudios Revolucion)AP - Cuban media say Fidel Castro has donned an olive-green shirt and traveled to a town west of Havana to participate in an event honoring fallen fighters in his revolution.

Congo rebels seize Indian pilot in attack on plane (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:38 PM PDT

Reuters - Congolese rebels took an Indian pilot hostage on Saturday when they attacked an aircraft on a remote airstrip in a tin mining zone in the country's North Kivu province, army and mining officials said.

US-S.Korea begin major naval exercise: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and Carrier Task Force (CTF) 70 looking at the damage to the South Korea corvette Cheonan at Pyeongtaek naval base. The US and South Korea on Sunday began a major naval exercise in the Sea of Japan, a report said, a move which has sparked warnings of nuclear retaliation from North Korea.(AFP/US Navy/File)AFP - The US and South Korea on Sunday began a major naval exercise in the Sea of Japan, a report said, a move which has sparked warnings of nuclear retaliation from North Korea.

Australia PM offers 'cash for clunkers' climate policy (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 12:25 AM PDT

Commuters drive over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday pledged 400 million dollars (360 million US) to take old cars off the road and vowed to impose tougher fuel standards as part of her election policy on climate change.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday pledged 400 million dollars (360 million US) to take old cars off the road and vowed to impose tougher fuel standards as part of her election policy on climate change.

Grisly mass graves in Mexico yield 50 casualties of drug war (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 11:40 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — The number of bodies pulled from mass graves in a rocky field outside the northern city of Monterrey rose to 50 Saturday, authorities said, marking one of the largest dumping grounds ever found for casualties of Mexico's drug war.

India's strategy of suppression in Kashmir could backfire (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:10 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Carefully, in ones and twos, residents of Srinagar emerged from their homes for the first time in a week to pray at small mosques Friday.

Hmong Refugees Live in Fear in Laos and Thailand (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 03:25 AM PDT

Time.com - A few Hmong leaders -- many of whom fought on U.S.'s side during the Vietnam War -- have escaped repatriation camps in Laos and say they fear the Thais who will send them back

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