2010年8月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Gunmen fighting Rio police invade luxury hotel (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:28 PM PDT

Police stand guard as tourists leave the Intercontinental hotel after it was invaded by gunmen who took hostages in the Sao Conrado neighborhood near the Rocinha Slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. A police spokeswoman said that within a few hours the hostages were freed and the 10 suspects surrendered. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Heavily armed drug gang members engaged in an intense firefight with police, then fled into a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists and held about 30 people hostage for three hours Saturday before surrendering.

Australian PM says elections too close to call (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, leader of the Australian Labor Party, waves to the crowd after her post election speech in Melbourne, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)AP - It could take more than a week to learn who will govern Australia after a cliffhanger election — the closest in nearly 50 years — and the winner may have to woo the support of a handful of independent lawmakers in order to assume power.

Analysis: Talks to test Netanyahu's will for peace (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 02:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 27, 2010 file photo Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds during a national security college graduation ceremony at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Netanyahu has built his political career as an outspoken critic of peace moves by his predecessors. Now that he will be leading negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, his tough-talking track record could actually improve the chances for success. Netanyahu heads to Washington on Sept. 1 for the launch of direct peace negotiations. The White House hopes to forge a deal within a year.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, Files)AP - Hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has the security credentials and the political strength to pull off a peace deal with Palestinians now that the U.S. has brokered a new start to direct talks.

Dutch teen sets sail in secrecy on solo world trip (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 01:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Laura Dekker hoists a flag of The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on her boat in the harbor of Den Osse, southwest Netherlands. The 14-year-old Dutch girl will try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world when she sets off from Portugal on Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. Laura Dekker's ambition of completing the yearlong trip has fueled a global debate over the wisdom of allowing young sailors to take on the tremendous risks of sailing the high seas alone. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AP - A 14-year-old Dutch sailor departed in secrecy from Gibraltar Saturday on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world — avoiding the media because, her manager said, she didn't want the attention.

Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean's run for president (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 03:25 PM PDT

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF WYCLEF ** Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wyclef Jean, second left, walks surrounded by security after Haiti's Electoral Council rejected his candidacy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The council's spokesman Richard Dumel announced Friday that it has accepted 19 candidacies and has rejected 15 others for the upcoming Nov. 28 presidential election, including Jean's because he did not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Haiti for five years before election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - In the span of a few weeks, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean turned the world's attention to a little-known political race in a small, impoverished Caribbean country — with little campaigning, no TV ads and zero debates.

Russia's Long War (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 02:10 AM PDT

Time.com - Russia's Long (and Brutal) War on Terror

Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:08 PM PDT

**ADDS THAT AUTHORITIES HAVE REVOKED ARREST WARRANT** FILE- This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. A Stockholm prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for Assange on Friday Aug. 20, 2010, saying he was suspected of rape and molestation in two separate cases. But chief prosecutor Eva Finne withdrew the warrant within 24 hours. (AP Photo/SCANPIX, Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUTAP - Swedish authorities revoked a short-lived arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying a rape accusation against him lacked substance.

Iran starts nuclear reactor, says intent peaceful (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:08 PM PDT

The reactor building of Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Trucks rumbled into Iran's first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country's peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its nuclear ambitions.

FEMSA guards found dead after Mexico shooting (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:35 PM PDT

Relatives and friends gather around the coffin of Edelmiro Cavazos, mayor of the tourist town of Santiago, prior to his funeral at a cemetery downtown in the municipality of Santiago, some 30 km (18.6 miles) from Monterrey, August 19, 2010. Mexicans carrying candles and flowers paid tribute on Thursday to the mayor killed by drug hitmen, while officials vowed a tough response to increasingly bold cartels but resisted calls for more troops. REUTERS/Kristian Lopez (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)AP - The bodies of two security guards for Mexican bottling company FEMSA have been found dead a day after a shootout in northern Mexico.

All Blacks have record winning streak in sights (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:12 PM PDT

Springboks's Gurthro Steenkamp avoides been tackled by All Blacks's Ma'a Nonu during the 2010 Tri-Nations match at Soccer City in Soweto, South Africa. New Zealand scored two tries in the final three minutes to snatch a 29-22 victory.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Rampant New Zealand can turn their attention to creating a record winning streak after clinching the Tri-Nations title with a dramatic 29-22 triumph over South Africa on Saturday.

Australia set for hung parliament as voters punish PM (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:19 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard smiles as she speaks to supporters at an election night function in Melbourne. Australia awoke to the prospect of its first hung parliament in 70 years on Sunday after a voter backlash against Gillard, who ousted an elected leader just eight weeks ago.(AFP/William West)AFP - Australia awoke to the prospect of its first hung parliament in 70 years on Sunday after a voter backlash against Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who ousted an elected leader just eight weeks ago.

Markets nervous as Australia faces hung parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia's two major parties began wooing independent lawmakers on Sunday after an inconclusive election left the nation facing its first hung parliament since 1940, the worst possible outcome for markets.

Palestinians see danger for Abbas in resumed Israel peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:42 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - There was little for Palestinians to be upbeat about Friday as they waited for an official invitation to join Israel at resumed direct peace talks to be hosted by President Obama on Sept. 2.

Why Kashmir is Burning Again (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 02:10 AM PDT

Time.com - Why Kashmir is Burning Again

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