2010年8月31日星期二

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Farmer-turned-hunger striker dies in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:47 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 27, 2009, Venezuelan farmer Franklin Brito holds a hunger strike outside the offices of the Organization of American States (OEA) in Caracas, Venezuela. Brito, a farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government, died in a military hospital on Aug. 31, 2010, igniting finger-pointing between critics of President Hugo Chavez and the government. (AP Photo/Orinoquiaphoto, Jimmy Villalta)AP - A farmer who held repeated hunger strikes in a land dispute with Venezuela's government has died in a military hospital where he had been taken against his will.

Blair memoir excites booksellers, riles critics (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:35 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Tuesday, March 23, 2010 file photo of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is now a special Mideast representative, addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington. Blair's book is a political memoir with celebrity trappings secrecy, security, controversy and a multimillion-dollar deal. Tony Blair's 'A Journey' is published Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 promising to give readers behind-the-curtain insights into major world events from the death of Princess Diana to the Sept.11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - It's a political memoir with celebrity trappings — secrecy, security, a multimillion-dollar deal and, crucially, controversy.

The Lord's Resistance Army: The Ruthless Guerrilla Movement That Won't Die (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army is supposed to be on the run and desperate. Why then has it spread its terror to even more countries?

Robinho ends City purgatory as transfer deadline looms (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Brazilian star Robinho, seen here in July 2010, signed for Serie A giants AC Milan on Tuesday on a four-year contract for 15million euros from English Premier League side Manchester City where he had an unhappy two year spell.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Brazilian star Robinho's nightmare two year stay at Manchester City came to an agreeable conclusion for both parties on Tuesday as he signed for Serie A giants AC Milan on a frenetic final day of trading as the transfer deadline comes into force on Wednesday.

Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:04 PM PDT

Israeli policemen gather at a site of a shooting attack near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arbah, Tuesday, Aug, 31, 2010. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing four passengers, authorities said, in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Palestinian gunmen opened fire Tuesday on an Israeli car in the West Bank and killed four passengers on the eve of a new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility.

New photos show Fidel Castro with US journalist (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:48 PM PDT

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Fidel Castro, left, stands with U.S. journalist of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, second from right, and Cuban Jewish Community President Adela Dworin, third from right, at the National Aquarium in Havana, Cuba, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. Goldberg is a national correspondent for the magazine who has written on the Middle East and Iran. (AP Photo/Estudios Revolucion, Cubadebate)AP - Cuba on Tuesday released pictures of Fidel Castro with an American magazine correspondent and a Washington-based policy expert, while a Mexican newspaper published an interview in which the gray-bearded revolutionary expressed regret for past persecution of homosexuals.

Ex-Islamists walk free from Libyan jail (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Libya freed 37 prisoners late on Tuesday, including at least one former detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, who had been jailed for links to radical Islamist groups but have since renounced violence.

Carter briefs administration on N.Korea visit (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT

Former US President Jimmy Carter embraces Aijalon Mahli Gomes (R) on August 27, at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. Carter on Tuesday gave a rundown on his visit to North Korea to the current US administration, which insisted that Pyongyang carry out commitments before any negotiations.(AFP/File/John Mottern)AFP - Former president Jimmy Carter on Tuesday gave a rundown on his visit to North Korea to the current US administration, which insisted that Pyongyang carry out commitments before any negotiations.

Canadian economy slows sharply in second quarter (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's economic growth rate slowed more sharply than expected in the second quarter on weaker consumer spending and trade performance, fueling uncertainty about the pace of interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada.

Obama declares U.S. combat mission in Iraq over (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:17 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — After more than seven years of war, President Barack Obama declared the combat mission in Iraq over on Tuesday night, saying that's in the best interests of both Iraqis and Americans and that ending combat will help the United States focus on new priorities, especially restoring the economy.

Edgar Valdez Villarreal – suspected drug lord 'La Barbie' – arrested in Mexico (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:05 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico officials announced late Monday that they captured Edgar Valdez Villarreal, or “La Barbie,” one of the country's most-wanted men. Authorities have described him as a powerful drug lord responsible for supplying the American market with cocaine.

Amsterdam Arrests: Terrorism Trial Run for Yemeni Men? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Were al Soofi and al Murisi, the two U.S. residents of Yemeni origin who were apprehended in Amsterdam on Monday, performing a trial run for a terrorism attack?

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