2010年8月26日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Afghan president questions US timeline for leaving (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:05 PM PDT

AP - President Hamid Karzai on Thursday criticized the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing troops starting next July and said the war on terror cannot succeed as long as the Taliban and their allies maintain sanctuaries in Pakistan.

Carter in NKorea in bid to release jailed American (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:16 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 photo, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, meets North Korea's No. 2 Kim Yong Nam at Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans welcomed Jimmy Carter back to Pyongyang with smiles, salutes and hearty handshakes Wednesday as the former American president arrived on a mission to bring home a Boston man jailed in the communist country since January. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - On Day 2 of Jimmy Carter's journey to North Korea, there was no sign Thursday that the former American president had succeeded in securing the release of a Boston man jailed in the country since January.

Pakistani Taliban hint at attacks on aid workers (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Parvez, 7, a flood victim, carries a water cooler on his shoulder which he is preparing to fill from a hand pump while taking refuge with his family in a relief camp for flood victims in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province August 26, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - The Taliban hinted Thursday they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats.

Saudi cleric slammed over fatwa on women cashiers (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:48 AM PDT

AP - A conservative Saudi cleric was told to stop giving unauthorized edicts after he called for a boycott of a supermarket chain that employs women as cashiers, the office of the kingdom's most senior religious leader said Thursday.

German court finds HIV singer guilty; no jail time (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:47 AM PDT

German pop star Nadja Benaissa and her lawyer Oliver Wallasch wait for the verdict in her trial in the district court house in the western German city of Darmstadt. The HIV-positive singer broke down in tears on Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence for infecting a former sex partner with the virus.(AFP/Pool/Boris Roessler)AP - A German girl band singer broke down in tears Thursday as a court found her guilty of causing bodily harm to her ex-boyfriend by having unprotected sex with him despite knowing she was infected with HIV. She was not sentenced to jail time.

Mexico: Massacre of Migrants Raises Questions, Shame (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - The Mexican massacre victims hailed from Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras, and were heading for the U.S. Then they ran into the Zetas

Weight loss surgeries in England jump tenfold (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:02 PM PDT

AP - The number of weight-loss surgeries in England jumped more than tenfold from 2000 to 2007, a new study says.

Bin Laden's bodyguard warns of escalation in Yemen (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT

AP - A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaida and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to stay in power.

Mexico starts identifying 72 massacred migrants (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:19 PM PDT

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** The bodies of 72 men and women that were allegedly killed by the Zetas drug gang are seen inside an abandoned warehouse in the town of San Fernando, just 100 miles from the the Mexican border with the U.S. near the city of Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. A wounded migrant who escaped the Zetas gang stumbled into a military checkpoint and led marines to the scene were migrants from Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras were executed.(AP Photo/El Universal)AP - Working under heavy security in a region controlled by a brutal drug gang, authorities and diplomats began the gruesome task Thursday of identifying 72 Central and South American migrants killed just 100 miles from their destination — the U.S. border.

Family of Nigerian ex-fighter says he was murdered: police (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:52 PM PDT

Arms and ammunition surrendered by militant leaders in the volatile oil hub of the Niger Delta is displayed by Nigerian authorities in Port Harcourt in 2009. The family of a notorious ex-militant in Nigeria has told police he was killed in an ambush that has sparked fears of violence ahead of upcoming presidential elections, authorities said Thursday.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - The family of a notorious ex-militant in Nigeria has told police he was killed in an ambush that has sparked fears of violence ahead of upcoming presidential elections, authorities said Thursday.

China silent on North Korea's Kim visit (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:58 PM PDT

China's top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei(L) with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung-lac meeting in Seoul. The United States on Thursday declined to rule out a resumption of six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea following meetings at the UN General Assembly late next month.(AFP/POOL/Lee Jin-Man)Reuters - China remained silent on Friday about a reported visit by North Korea's secretive leader Kim Jong-il, with no official word on a trip analysts believe may be to line up Beijing behind his dynastic succession plans.

Police say Ottawa suspects planned bomb attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:58 PM PDT

Reuters - Three men arrested in Canada on terror-related charges -- one of whom was reported to have once auditioned for the "Canadian Idol" TV show -- were plotting bomb attacks and had connections to a group fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan, police said on Thursday.

Australians bet on fresh election next year (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:18 PM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at a news conference in Melbourne August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Australians are betting that a minority government which is expected to be formed in the next few weeks will not last a full term and fresh elections will be called in 2011, an online bookmaker said on Friday.

Iraq combat ends, but U.S. might stay past 2011 (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:53 PM PDT

U.S. Army Spc. Clayton Joy hugs his sons Peyton, 3, left, and Austin, 2, right, as other soldiers with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team move to greet their family and friends in the early hours of Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 at a homecoming at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. The soldiers are part of the last brigade of combat troops which are now leaving Iraq, and heading home as part of the U.S. drawdown of forces. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially comes to an end Tuesday, 2,722 days after American-led troops stormed across the border from Kuwait. The remaining 49,000 U.S. troops are supposed to depart by the end of next year.

As Iran sanctions threaten, Iran sees new friend in Cambodia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:51 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran seems to have found a new friend in the unlikeliest of places: Cambodia. Tehran hosted a high-level delegation from the Southeast Asian nation earlier this month to discuss bilateral trade and mutual dislike of American "interference."

Banning Political Humor: No Satire Please, We're Brazilian (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Brazil has decided to ban political satire on radio and television -- exacerbating a colorless presidential campaign season

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