2010年7月31日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:01 AM PDT

A Pakistani villager salvages a washing machine through deep floodwater on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.

PLO official says Obama sent warning to Abbas (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:38 PM PDT

Palestinians security forces loyal to president Mahmoud Abbas demonstrate their skills during graduation ceremony in the West Bank city of Jericho, Saturday, July. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)AP - President Barack Obama warned Mahmoud Abbas in a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the Palestinian leader refuses to resume direct peace talks with Israel, a senior PLO official said Saturday.

Panama prosecutor: Jailed American admits 5 slays (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 04:18 PM PDT

Detainee identified by authorities as William Adolfo Cortez of Texas, walks upon his arrival in Panama City after being extradited from Nicaragua Thursday, July 29, 2010. Authorities said Cortez and his wife, detained near the Nicaraguan border with Costa Rica, have been identified as the couple wanted in Panama in the death of U.S. woman Lynn Hughes and that they matched photographs Panamanian authorities provided of William Cortez and his wife Jane. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)AP - A jailed U.S. man has admitted killing five other Americans so he could take over their businesses and other properties in a Panamanian resort area, a government prosecutor said Saturday.

US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:07 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr attends his hearing for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. Khadr, accused of killing an American soldier during a raid on an al-Qaida compound, is scheduled to go to trial Aug. 9, 2010 at the U.S. base in Cuba while the most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.

Saudi Arabia and Syria Try to Douse Lebanon's Next Fire (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:30 AM PDT

Time.com - A U.N. report into the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri could finger Hizballah, and reignite the civil war. The join visit by rival regional power players is designed to prevent that

Bomb found at Britain's MI6 spy agency (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 04:39 PM PDT

The headquarters of the MI6 intelligence agency are pictured in London in 2007. Two men were being questioned Sunday after one parcel bomb was sent to the MI6 foreign intelligence agency and another was intercepted.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - Two men were being questioned Sunday after one parcel bomb was sent to the MI6 foreign intelligence agency and another was intercepted.

Roadside bomb kills 3 Iraqi soldiers, bystander (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:05 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces patrol a street in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A roadside bomb killed three Iraqi soldiers responding to an earlier blast Saturday in an area south of Baghdad, officials said. One bystander was also killed.

Colombia denies hostile intent toward Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 04:25 PM PDT

AP - Colombia's government says it has never considered attacking Venezuela, saying Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is deceiving his people by claiming Bogota may have such designs.

Nigerian president to attend Benin anniversary: official (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in May 2010, will attend neighbouring Benin's 50th independence anniversary on Sunday in Porto Novo, an official statement said.(AFP/POOL/File/Remy de la Mauviniere)AFP - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, chairman of regional bloc ECOWAS, will attend neighbouring Benin's 50th independence anniversary on Sunday in Porto Novo, an official statement said.

Rescuers battle to reach Pakistan flood victims (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 04:31 PM PDT

Locals are seen standing by flood water that entered a residential area of Muzaffarabad. Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800.(AFP/Sajjad Qayyum)AFP - With roads and bridges washed away, rescuers were Sunday struggling to reach people in northwest Pakistan trapped by the worst floods in living memory which have killed 800 so far.

India to back New Zealander for top ICC post (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:02 AM PDT

Sharad Pawar, president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) during a news conference on July 1. India's cricket chiefs have endorsed New Zealand's Alan Isaac as the next vice-president of the world governing body after former Australian PM John Howard was snubbed for the job.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - India's cricket chiefs on Saturday endorsed New Zealand's Alan Isaac as the next vice-president of the world governing body after former Australian Prime Minister John Howard was snubbed for the job.

U.S.-led coalition finds 'success' elusive in Kandahar (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:28 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan — As the U.S.-led coalition launches its most critical military operation of the nine-year war in Afghanistan, doubts are growing about whether the United States and its allies can contain the surging Taliban-led insurgency and prevent the country from reverting to an al Qaida sanctuary or erupting in civil war.

Why is Iran still holding US hikers? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 06:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A year ago, Iranian soldiers arrested three Americans along the border with Iraq.

Burma: Soldiers Of Fortune (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:30 AM PDT

Time.com - How Burma's Junta Is Cementing Its Wealth and Power

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