2010年8月11日星期三

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Gitmo jury recommends 14 years for al-Qaida cook (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:59 PM PDT

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, 50-year-old al-Qaida cook from Sudan, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi,, left, attends his war crimes trial at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)AP - A Guantanamo jury recommended a 14-year sentence Wednesday for an al-Qaida cook, though he could be released much sooner under a plea bargain that will limit the time he spends in prison.

UN appeals for $460 million for Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:26 PM PDT

AP - The United Nations appealed for nearly $460 million Wednesday to provide immediate help to millions of victims of the worst floods in Pakistan in living memory and said it will need millions more to help rebuild the devastated country.

Zimbabwe gem sale stirs 'blood diamond' fears (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:18 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 file photo of miners as they dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010, that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)AP - Zimbabwe auctioned 900,000 carats of rough gems Wednesday from a diamond field where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and enslaved children.

AP Exclusive: Aid workers' last moments (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:04 PM PDT

In this combination of photos from various family and organizational sources, the ten civilian volunteers who were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug, 5, 2010, are shown. From top left, Glen D. Lapp, Tom Little, Dan Terry, Thomas Grams, Cheryl Beckett, Brian Carderelli, Karen Woo, Daniela Beyer, Mahram Ali, and Jawed. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - The first sign of danger was the crackle of gunfire over their heads. Ten gunmen, their faces covered, rushed toward terrified humanitarian workers and began shouting "Satellite! Satellite!" — a demand to surrender their phones.

Pakistan floods could give Taliban time to regroup (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 12:06 PM PDT

A Pakistani flood survivor Kalo Mai looks on as she along with her family members take shelter on railway station in Multan, in central Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Pakistan estimates 13.8 million people are affected by the floods and will need short-term aid or long-term assistance to recover. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - The floods ravaging Pakistan are generating fears that Taliban insurgents could regroup amid the chaos and destruction. The country's already anemic economy is expected to weaken, increasing the poverty that is a factor in the militancy wracking the country.

The Match-Fixing Allegation Tainting Spanish Soccer (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Coming hot on the heels of the nation lifting the World Cup, a Spanish soccer scandal threatens to overshadow the new domestic season

German experts fuel debate about retirement at 70 (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo two elderly persons walk in downtown Stuttgart, Germany. Younger Germans will have to work to age 70 to compensate for the country's low birth rates and growing life expectancy, experts argued Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, firing up an already fierce debate about an unpopular law to lift retirement age to 67. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)AP - Germans are famous for being hard workers — but retirement at 70?

Israel finds rare 2,200-year-old gold coin (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 01:36 PM PDT

A 2200 year old coin is seen at the Israel Museum, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Archaeologists say they have excavated the heaviest and most valuable gold coin to date in Israel. The 2200-year-old coin, weighing almost one ounce, was found at the Tel Kedesh site near the border with Lebanon on June 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Archaeologists say they have uncovered the heaviest and most valuable gold coin ever found in Israel. The 2,200-year-old coin weighs an ounce (28 grams) and was found at the Tel Kedesh site near the Lebanon border on June 22, according to Wednesday's statement from the antiquities authority.

Mexican president critical of low conviction rate (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:52 PM PDT

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon walks upon his arrival at a military base in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. Calderon is in Colombia to attend the inauguration of Colombia's President-elect Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)AP - President Felipe Calderon questioned prosecutors and judges Wednesday as to why so few people are caught and punished for violent crimes in Mexico.

Bin Laden's cook gets 14-year sentence (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:06 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. military tribunal on Wednesday sentenced Osama bin Laden's former cook to 14 years in prison, but he is expected to serve far less under a plea deal that remains secret.

US envoy says Pakistan goal relief, not militants (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Pakistani villagers cross a flooded area of Bssera village near Muzaffargarh. The US pointman on Pakistan on Wednesday urged a greater global response to the major floods there, insisting that the fight against Islamic extremism is only an indirect goal.(AFP/Arif Ali)AFP - The US pointman on Pakistan on Wednesday urged a greater global response to the major floods there, insisting that the fight against Islamic extremism is only an indirect goal.

Conservatives backtracks slightly on census (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's Conservative government backtracked slightly on Wednesday over its plan to change next year's census, which has drawn both political and legal fire and may be hurting it in the polls.

Australia's Qantas profits down 4.3 percent (AFP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 04:31 PM PDT

Airline passengers are reflected in the window of the Qantas check-in at Sydney International Airport. Australia's Qantas Airways Thursday announced a 4.3 percent drop in full-year net profits but said conditions were improving as the industry recovers from its battering in the financial crisis.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia's Qantas Airways Thursday announced a 4.3 percent drop in full-year net profits but said conditions were improving as the industry recovers from its battering in the financial crisis.

U.N. appeals for Pakistan aid as rains threaten more flooding (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 02:40 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SUKKUR, Pakistan — The United Nations appealed Wednesday for $459 million in emergency aid for Pakistan as fresh monsoon rains raised fears that new flooding could drive more people from their homes, deepening the humanitarian catastrophe.

Rescue teams race against Pakistan floods and pirate bandits (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 05:21 AM PDT

A boy holds an empty bottle while standing near a line of people waiting for a handout of food at a make-shift camp for flood victims in Nowshera, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, August 11, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz AzizThe Christian Science Monitor - The small rubber boat manned by two Pakistani navy personnel churned through the vast expanse of brown water, passing scattered clumps of treetops and the thatched roofs of a few houses in search of stranded villagers.

Will Russia's wildfires stoke political change? (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Russian firefighters spray a fire near the village of Zdorovie some 60 km east of Moscow. Russia on Wednesday admitted wildfires hit hundreds of hectares of land contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster as anger grew over the slack official response to its worst ever heatwave.(AFP/Viktor Drachev)Time.com - Smoke, heat and flames are pushing Russians to the brink of their legendary patience. But will growing popular frustration force officials to respond?

Russia's Agony a 'Wake-Up Call' to the World (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 10:09 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - VIENNA, Aug 11 (IPS) - A wind turbine on an acre of northern Iowa farmland could generate 300,000 dollars worth of greenhouse-gas-free electricity a year. Instead, the U.S. government pays out billions of dollars to subsidise grain for ethanol fuel that has little if any impact on global warming, according to Lester Brown.

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