2010年9月11日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


Mexican police neutralize car bomb in border city (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:54 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 - Mexican police carried out the controlled detonation of a car bomb Saturday in the troubled border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from Texas.


Nigerian media mogul reports election threat (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:23 PM PDT

AP - A Nigerian media mogul says his family has received kidnap threats over his support for a former military dictator in country's the upcoming election.

24 injured in clash between rival Guinea parties (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 04:09 PM PDT

AP - At least 24 people were injured when members of Guinea's rival political parties began throwing rocks at each other following a campaign event Saturday, said a campaign official and a doctor at the hospital where the injured were being treated.

Ex-bishop in Belgian abuse scandal goes to hiding (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:10 PM PDT

AP - The former Belgian bishop who resigned in April after admitting he sexually abused a nephew for years said Saturday he would go into hiding to assess his future, despite calls for him to leave the church immediately.

Attacks in southern Russia kill 2 police, wound 5 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Relatives mourn Gusalov Alan, 42, killed in a suicide car attack in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Saturday, Sept., 11, 2010. The Thursday bombing on the edge of the central market of the capital of the North Ossetia republic where a suicide car bombing killed 17 people and wounded more than 140 was the most serious terrorist attack in Russia since the March subway bombings in Moscow that killed 40. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Several attacks in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region have left two police officers dead and another five wounded, officials said Saturday.


Just How Painful Will Greece's Recovery Be? (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Even after a 110-billion euro bail out and the introduction of severe austerity measures, Greece's economy is still shrinking faster than expected. Can the nation rebound?

In Venice, Helen Mirren is Prospera in new take on 'Tempest' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 04:10 PM PDT

British Dame Helen Mirren poses during a photocall for AFP - Shakespeare's Prospero changed his sex Saturday as the Venice film festival wrapped up with Julie Taymor's adaptation of "The Tempest" starring Helen Mirren.


Egypt: Barge leaks 100 tons of gasoline into Nile (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:23 PM PDT

AP - A barge has leaked some 100 tons of gasoline into the Nile River in southern Egypt after it became partially submerged while workers unloaded its cargo.

Salvadoran police find 3rd cash-filled oil drum (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:03 PM PDT

AP - Salvadoran police say they have found a third oil drum stuffed with millions of dollars in cash that they believe to be drug trafficking profits.

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Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:23 PM PDT

AP - Party official: At least 24 injured in violent clash between rival political parties in Guinea.

UK says needs global military force post-Afghan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:52 PM PDT

British soldiers from the First Battalion The Royal Welsh mobilise for Operation Moshtarak, a combined force of 15,000 troops launching major assaults on Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan February 13, 2010. REUTERS/SSgt Will Craig/The British Army/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright/HandoutReuters - British Defense Secretary Liam Fox said on Saturday that Britain's "battle against terrorism" in Afghanistan was not the end of the global struggle, and the country must be prepared to act elsewhere in future.


Enbridge digs up leaking Illinois pipeline (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Enbridge Inc on Saturday started digging up the pipeline that halted nearly a third of Canada's crude oil exports to the United States when it sprung a leak two days ago, but the company does not have an estimate on how long repairs will take.

Former PM Rudd Australia's new foreign minister (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 01:45 AM PDT

Australian PM Julia Gillard named former leader Kevin Rudd (pictured in June) as her foreign minister, less than three months after she staged a sudden and ruthless coup against him. The nation's first woman leader announced the appointment as she made sweeping changes to her cabinet.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday named former leader Kevin Rudd as her foreign minister, less than three months after she staged a sudden and ruthless coup against him.


On 9/11 anniversary, Obama pleads for tolerance toward Muslims (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:45 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, President Barack Obama Saturday urged Americans to remember that it was al Qaida - not the Muslim faith - that hijacked and crashed four jetliners New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a grassy field near Shanksville, Pa.

Quran-banning advocate Geert Wilders heads to ground zero (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:54 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As the world focuses on Florida pastor Terry Jones, a September 11 event in New York City will include a surprisingly successful European politician who has spent his career defaming Islam, and who has produced a film that features a Quran in flames.

Turkey Braces for Key Vote Over Its Future (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Sunday's constitutional reform referendum will be an important test of strength between the moderate Islamist government and its fiercely secular opponents
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