2010年9月10日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News


25 slain in Mexican city; deadliest day in 2 years (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT

A crime scene investigator points his flashlight at a body in front of a home in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, early Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. According to eyewitness accounts at the scene, gunmen opened fire from a car at people standing outside a house, killing five and injuring two. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city, authorities said Friday.


Iran postpones American woman's release (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iran on Friday postponed the planned release of an American woman jailed along with two friends for more than a year, state media reported, dealing a blow to the hopes of three U.S. mothers who have pleaded for the trio's release.


Colombian rebels kill 8 police in mortar attack (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Leftist rebels firing homemade mortars killed at least eight police officers and wounded four in a pre-dawn attack Friday on a police barracks near the country's border with Ecuador, the defense minister said.

3rd drill to the rescue for Chile's trapped miners (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:21 PM PDT

** CORRECTS SOURCE OF POOL ** Workers pump water through a tube to miners trapped  at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. The thirty-three miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo, Pool)AP - Chile is sparing no expense to rescue its 33 trapped miners, mounting three separate drilling efforts to carve escape tunnels through nearly a half-mile of solid rock and collapsed mine shafts. The latest — an oil-well drill so big it takes 40 trucks to carry it — began arriving Friday.


Priest sex abuse linked to 13 suicides in Belgium (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:13 AM PDT

File - In this Sunday, April 3, 2005 file photo Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels leans on his staff while leading a memorial Mass for Pope John Paul II, at the St. Michael church in Brussels. On Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 a Belgian commission looking into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of victims and that witnesses say widespread abuse over decades led to at least 13 suicides. Cardinal Godfried Danneels, acknowledged Wednesday that damage control often took precedence over concerns for victims in sexual abuse cases involving clergy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)AP - Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a special commission said Friday.


Foreign Businesses Say China's Regulations Shut Them Out (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Foreign businesses in China are voicing growing frustration about the country's heavily regulated market -- a bureaucratic maze many say is designed deliberately to hamstring non-Chinese players to the advantage of their local competitors

European Union Condemns France's Expulsion of Roma (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:55 PM PDT

A Roma boy holds a banner reading 'Solidarity' in Serbian Latin letters during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Dozens of Roma held a protest march in support for the Roma in France in central Belgrade on Saturday. The protesters chanted anti-racist slogans and held banners calling for an end to expulsions of Roma in France. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)Time.com - After weeks of watching from the sidelines, the European Union has finally condemned France's mass expulsion of Roma migrants. But does France care?


(AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:03 PM PDT

AP - Iranian state media confirms release of jailed American woman has been postponed.

Venezuelan released after arrest for Twitter post (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:39 PM PDT

AP - A Venezuelan man has been arraigned on suspicion of using Twitter to incite the assassination of President Hugo Chavez.

Lions upset Tendulkar's Mumbai in opener (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Highveld Lions Jonathan Vandiar plays a shot during the Champions League Twenty20 League match against the Mumbai Indians at The New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The Lions won by nine runs.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - The Champions League Twenty20 tournament got off to a thrilling and surprise start Friday with local outfit Highveld Lions of South Africa defeating star-studded Mumbai Indians by nine runs.


Musharraf weighs up Pakistan presidency bid (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:13 PM PDT

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf makes a speech at Chatham House, in London on February 2010. Musharraf said he thought he had a good chance of winning the next presidential election, in an interview aired Friday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said he thought he had a good chance of winning the next presidential election, in an interview aired Friday.


Bell Canada parent to buy CTV for C$1.3 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:18 PM PDT

Reuters - BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, will pay C$1.3 billion ($1.26 billion) for the country's biggest private broadcaster, in a bold gamble on the future of video over the Internet.

Australian 'kingmaking' MP declines ministerial post (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:17 AM PDT

Country lawmaker Rob Oakeshott (pictured) whose support was crucial to keeping Prime Minister Julia Gillard in power Friday knocked back an offer to become a minister in her minority government.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - An independent Australian politician whose support was crucial to keeping Prime Minister Julia Gillard in power Friday knocked back an offer to become a minister in her minority government.


Pentagon eases rules for reporters covering Guantanamo trials (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:48 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has revised its ground rules for reporters and photographers covering military trials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, earning praise from news organizations that had protested the policies as unduly restrictive.

Some see Turkey's secularism at stake in Sept. 12 referendum (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:31 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Turks are preparing to vote on a package of far-reaching constitutional changes Sunday, in what has turned into a referendum on the country’s Islamic-leaning ruling party.

Pakistan's Floods: Through Hell and High Water (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Time.com - Pakistan's Floods: Through Hell and High Water
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