2010年8月18日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, left, and son of the Libyan leader Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, right, gesture on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. A year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber from prison caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving. (AP Photo, File)AP - A year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving.

American activist surrenders to Peru police (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:17 PM PDT

U.S. citizen Lori Berenson, carrying her 15-month-old son, Salvador, arrives to the Justice Palace in Lima, Peru, Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Berenson, an American activist convicted of aiding leftist rebels, surrendered to police on Wednesday after a court ordered her arrest and struck down a decision granting her parole. (AP Photo)AP - An American activist convicted of aiding leftist rebels surrendered to police on Wednesday after a court struck down a decision granting her parole and ordered her to return to prison, where she is to remain with her 15-month-old son for the time being.

Mexican mayor found dead 3 days after kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:09 PM PDT

A soldier burns seized weapons from drug smugglers at the Secretary of the Defense headquarters in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Mexico's drug gang violence has surged since President Felipe Calderon intensified the fight against traffickers in late 2006, deploying thousands of troops and federal police to root out cartels from their strongholds. More than 28,000 people have since been killed in the country's drug war. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - The kidnapped mayor of a northern Mexican town was found dead Wednesday, extending a rash of deadly attacks on political figures in an area besieged by drug gang battles.

WikiLeaks: Pentagon ready to discuss Afghan files (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:06 PM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to present a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday Aug. 14, 2010. WikiLeaks will publish 15,000 documents from the Afghan war within weeks, Assange told reporters in Stockholm, saying 'We proceed cautiously and safely with this material.' although U.S. Pentagon says the information would be more damaging to security and risk more lives.(AP Photo / Bertil Ericson / SCANPIX) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday the Pentagon has expressed willingness to discuss the online whistleblower's request for help in reviewing classified documents from the Afghan war and removing information that could harm civilians.

Colombian leader praises rescuers in plane crash (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT

A plane that crashed lays in pieces along the runaway at the airport on San Andres island in Colombia, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. The Boeing 737 operated by the airline Aires crashed on landing after departing from Bogota around midnight local time with 131 passengers. According to an Air Force official, at least one passenger died. (AP Photo/Periodico El Isleno, Richard Garcia)AP - Authorities on Wednesday reopened the island runway where a jetliner crashed with 131 people aboard, clearing the way for flights after crews worked overnight to remove spilled fuel and fractured pieces of the plane.

China Tightens Grip on Tibet's Business Class (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The recent arrests and heavy prison sentences of members of Tibet's business elite indicate that Chinese officials' suspicion of Tibetans is spreading to other levels of society

Beckham urges support before World Cup inspection (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT

David Beckham, pictured on August 14, urged English football fans Thursday to show their support for the country's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup by getting involved in events aimed at impressing a FIFA inspection team.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mike Stobe)AFP - David Beckham urged English football fans Thursday to show their support for the country's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup by getting involved in events aimed at impressing a FIFA inspection team.

Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT

In this Aug. 16, 2010 photo, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackie Vanover, from Spanaway, Wash. holds a hand-made message for his family, including his two-month-old daughter, Austin, after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait. Staff Sgt. Vanover, of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, is in the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)AP - As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Then they scrambled out of their stifling hot armored vehicles, unfurled an American flag and posed for group photos.

Venezuelan newspaper says photo ban political (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:49 PM PDT

A journalist of El Nacional newspaper holds a sign that reads in Spanish 'Don´t let anybody silence you' during a protest at the paper's newsroom in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. A court ordered all printed media to stop publishing photographs depicting blood, guns and other violent images and warned it could face a hefty fine for having published a photo of bodies in a morgue. Venezuelan officials said the ruling aims to protect children and adolescents from violent images, but opponents called the move politically motivated censorship. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - A leading Venezuelan newspaper replaced front-page photos with the word "censored" Wednesday to protest a court's monthlong ban on the publication of information and photos about violence.

Afghanistan, African countries top index for food insecurity (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Afghan Muslim boy prepares for distribution of the evening meal ration at the Paul-e-Khishtee Mosque in Kabul. Afghanistan and nine African countries top the world rankings for food insecurity, while North America and Western Europe, especially Scandinavia, have the surest food supplies, according to a survey of 163 economies published on Thursday.(AFP/Yuri Cortez)AFP - Afghanistan and nine African countries top the world rankings for food insecurity, while North America and Western Europe, especially Scandinavia, have the surest food supplies, according to a survey of 163 economies published on Thursday.

Pentagon says no to 'sanitized' WikiLeaks release (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:47 PM PDT

The headquarters of the Pentagon are seen in Washington, DC. WikiLeaks said the US military was willing to discuss the removal of sensitive data from the 15,000 unreleased Afghan war documents in the website's possession.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - The Pentagon has contacted a lawyer purporting to represent WikiLeaks but said it would not negotiate a "sanitized" release of a huge cache of classified documents held by the whistleblower's website, a recently released letter has shown.

BHP goes hostile on $39 billion Potash Corp bid (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:51 AM PDT

Reuters - BHP Billiton launched a hostile $39 billion bid for Potash Corp to become the world's top fertilizer maker after the Canadian group rejected this year's biggest takeover offer.

Australia's Labor to scrape back into power (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:03 AM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard smiles during the Labor party's federal election campaign launch event in Brisbane August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor government will narrowly win Saturday's election, a Reuters Poll Trend showed on Wednesday, paving the way for a controversial mining tax and a possible carbon trading scheme.

Detainee torture cases proceed overseas as U.S. stonewalls (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 01:24 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — In June, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Canadian man who contends that U.S. authorities mistook him for an al Qaida operative in 2002 and shipped him to a secret prison in Syria, where he was beaten with electrical cables and held in a grave-like cell for 10 months.

North Korean plane crash in China is shrouded in mystery (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:03 AM PDT

A crashed aircraft is seen in this picture distributed by Yonhap news agency on August 18, 2010. The aircraft which crashed in northeast China might be a plane from North Korea, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing unnamed government authorities. The aircraft came down in Liaoning province on Tuesday, prompting reports by South Korea's Yonhap news agency and Chinese Internet speculation that it was a North Korean military aircraft flown by a pilot trying to flee the poor and isolated country. REUTERS/Yonhap (CHINA - Tags: MILITARY DISASTER TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSThe Christian Science Monitor - A North Korean fighter jet crashed Wednesday on what appeared to be an illicit flight deep inside China, South Korean and Chinese news agencies reported.

Lori Berenson's Choice: Back to Prison in Peru, With or Without Her Son (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The New Yorker has been ordered back to jail after being granted a conditional parole. Her crushing choice: raise her infant behind bars or send him to the U.S.

Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 06:11 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (New America Media) - More than 400 homeless veterans from across Northern California relaxed in comfort at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The occasion: a “Stand Down,” where the homeless veterans were given access to good food, clean clothes, showers and beds.

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