2010年8月28日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Chile, divided by quake, unites around miners (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:41 PM PDT

Oscar Illanes, 51, brother of one of the trapped miners, Juan Illanes, sits outside the collapsed San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsunami and leaving in the wreckage a divided society and government trying to decide whom to blame.

Afghan militants in US uniforms storm 2 NATO bases (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:40 PM PDT

NATO soldiers are seen providing cover for a Chinook helicopter to land in a hostile territory of Khost province in Afghanistan. About two dozen Taliban militants -- including suicide bombers -- were killed Saturday in a failed attempt to storm two US-run bases in a volatile town in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - U.S. and Afghan troops repelled attackers wearing American uniforms and suicide vests in a pair of simultaneous assaults on NATO bases near the Pakistani border, including one where seven CIA employees died in a suicide attack last year.

Pakistan floods just one of its water woes (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:31 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of farmers have crowded this once-quiet Pakistani town. They live on the hospital's lawn, they camp on overpasses. Their fields are destroyed, covered by billions of gallons of brown soupy floodwater.

Venezuelans protest against unchecked violence (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 04:31 PM PDT

A opposition protester wearing a skull mask and holding a poster that reads in Spanish 'Socialism blackout and death!' walks by a hearse during a demonstration against violence in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Aug. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - Opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Saturday to protest rampant violence that claims thousands of lives each year in Venezuela and has been worsening in the past decade.

Putin visits site of Russia's new launch center (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:39 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second from left, flanked by Deputy Premier Sergei Ivanov, left, and head of the state-owned construction agency Nikolai Abroskin, second from right, visit the site where a new launch facility, the Cosmodrome Vostochny, will be constructed outside Uglegorsk, some 3,600 miles (5800 kilometers) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Russia will launch its manned space missions from a new center in the Far East in 2018, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday, as the country seeks greater independence for its space program. (AP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)AP - Russia will launch its manned space missions from a new center in the Far East in 2018, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday, as the country seeks greater independence for its space program.

In Chechnya, A Blood Feud Ends--and a Despot Digs In (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Time.com - The men of gun-loving Chechnya, long Russia's most rebellious province, are not known for turning the other cheek. So many observers were baffled last week when the region's most notorious feud ended without a fight.

Cavendish leads Tour of Spain after first stage (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:46 PM PDT

Cavendish, making his Tour of Spain debut, takes the leader's jersey, which this year is red rather than the traditional gold. Joining him on the podium were the Slovak twins Peter and Martin Velits.(AFP/Jose Jordan)AFP - British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish took the leader's jersey on the first day of the Tour of Spain after powering his HTC Columbia team to victory in the team time trial in Seville.

Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:40 PM PDT

An Iraqi man raises his hands as an Iraqi police officer conducts a body search at a check point in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. The Iraqi prime minister put his nation on its highest alert for terror attacks, as insurgents hammer Iraqi security forces preparing to take over for a U.S. combat mission that formally ends on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday.

Mexico launches federal probe of migrant massacre (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:41 PM PDT

A soldier and investigators work at the site where a vehicle exploded outside the Televisa network in the northern city of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Friday Aug. 27, 2010. Two cars exploded early Friday, in front of the offices of a major Mexican television station and a transit police station, in a northern state where officials are investigating the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants. (AP Photo)AP - Federal authorities said Saturday they will take over the investigation into the massacre of 72 migrants at a ranch in northern Mexico because evidence suggests drug traffickers were responsible.

Springbok victory caps Matfield's special day (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 10:59 AM PDT

Saia Fainga of the Australian Wallabies (L) tries to hold back members of the South African Springboks in Pretoria during their 2010 Tri-Nations match at Loftus Versfeld, Stadium. South Africa defeated Australia 44-3.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Lock Victor Matfield got the perfect 100-cap present as South Africa ended a losing streak by defeating Australia 44-31 Saturday in a Tri-Nations Test thriller.

Afghan deputy attorney general forced to retire (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:22 PM PDT

ISAF Coalition Forces soldiers participate in a Saturday evening rave party at Kandahar Air Field (KAF) in Kandahar province August 28, 2010. REUTERS/Oleg Popov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - A top Afghan prosecutor who has complained that the attorney general and others are blocking corruption cases against high-ranking government officials said Saturday that he had been forced into retirement.

Australia PM Gillard woos 'kingmaker' MPs (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:28 AM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (pictured) courted one of five minority lawmakers key to resolving the nation's political stalemate Saturday, as polling showed their voters favoured her rival. Gillard held private talks with independent MP Andrew Wilkie, a former soldier and spy who resigned over Australia's role in the Iraq war, hoping to win his support for her to form government.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard courted one of five minority lawmakers key to resolving the nation's political stalemate Saturday, as polling showed their voters favoured her rival.

Russia grain export ban benefits US farmers, sparks talk on climate change (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:28 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The International Grains Council on Thursday cut its forecast for global wheat output by 1.1 percent, primarily on the news that major grain exporter Russia has seen one-third of its crop wiped out by the worst drought in a century.

The Mackerel Wars: Europe's Fish Tiff With Iceland (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Time.com - As Iceland ups its fishing quota of mackerel, Europe accuses the country of plundering seas already suffering from dwindling fish stocks

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