2010年9月19日星期日

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AP Interview: Ahmadinejad says future is Iran's (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 04:41 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed by journalists from The Associated Press, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that "the future belongs to Iran," and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the world.

Igor nears Bermuda as Category 1 hurricane (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 04:56 PM PDT

High Winds pushes water over the closed causeway leading to Wade International Airport as Hurricane Igor moves ashore in Bermuda, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Fierce waves pounded the breakwaters and shores of Bermuda on Sunday, straining yacht moorings and battering oceanfront hotels as a weakened Hurricane Igor lashed the wealthy British enclave.

Germany: 4 die after blast, shooting (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Firefighters stand in front of a house where an explosion occured in Loerrach, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Shortly after the explosion in the house that is situated close to the St. Elisabethen hospital a woman opened fire killing at least one person and wounding several others, before being fatally wounded. (AP Photo/dapd, Winfried Rothermel)AP - Four people died and a policeman was seriously wounded in a town in southwestern Germany on Sunday, after an explosion in an apartment building and a shooting in the neighboring hospital that authorities believe are linked, a prosecutor said.

Swedish gov't loses majority as far-right surges (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:58 PM PDT

Voters fill the booths at a polling station during general elections in Stockholm, Sweden Sunday Sept. 19, 2010. Voting started Sunday in Sweden's election with polls showing the center-right government heading for a historic second term, but an Islam-bashing far-right group could spoil its majority. (AP Photo / Janerik Henriksson)AP - A far-right party entered the Swedish Parliament for the first time in elections Sunday, spoiling the center-right government's victory and majority, and plunging the country into political disarray, preliminary results showed.

Pinera: We've done all to rescue Chile's miners (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 01:57 PM PDT

In this picture released by Chile's Presidential Press Office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, back right, holds Esperanza Ticona in his arms, while speaking through a video conference with the trapped miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Thirty-three miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. Esperanza Ticona is the daughter of miner Ariel Ticona and was born while his father was trapped in the mine. (AP Photo/Alex Ibanez, Chile's Presidential Press Office)AP - Chile's president said Sunday that his government has done all within its power to rescue 33 miners trapped underground for 47 days and counting, but wouldn't venture a guess as to when they will be pulled out.

Is Iranian TV to Blame for Deadly Protests in Kashmir? (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Sparked by reports of a Koran being desecrated in the US, two dozen protesters were killed as police fired on rampaging mobs in the predominantly Muslim region

Centre-right wins Swedish vote but short of majority (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Leader of the Centre Party Maud Olofsson (2nd R) speaks at a campaign rally with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (R), Christian Democrats leader Goran Hagglund (L) and Liberal People's Party leader Jan Bjorklund in Stockholm September 18, 2010. Swedes will go to the polls in national elections on September 19. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Sweden's prime minister became the nation's first sitting center-right leader to win re-election on Sunday, but he was deprived of a majority by the entry into parliament of an anti-immigrant party.

Former Israeli premier details failed peace offer (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 01:52 PM PDT

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, speaks in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept 19, 2010. Israel's former premier has given his most detailed description of his 2008 peace offer to the Palestinians and says if the current talks succeed, the deal would look like his plan. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP - Israel's former premier gave his most detailed description yet of his 2008 peace offer to the Palestinians, saying in a lecture Sunday that if the current talks are to succeed, the agreement would have to resemble the plan the Palestinians turned down two years ago.

Mexico border newspaper seeks truce with cartels (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 04:44 PM PDT

Federal police officers stand guard during the burial of Diario de Juarez newspaper photographer Carlos Santiago in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Carlos Santiago, a news photographer with the local Diario de Juarez newspaper, was shot and killed on Sept. 16 while another photographer was seriously injured when gunmen in two cars intercepted them and opened fire. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - The largest newspaper in Ciudad Juarez asked the border city's warring drug cartels Sunday for a truce after the killing last week of its second journalist in less than two years.

Mayer completes Germany's S.Africa whitewash (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Germany wrapped up their whitewash of South Africa in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie on Sunday as Florian Mayer's win over Rik de Voest in the final singles match gave the hosts a 5-0 win.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Germany wrapped up their whitewash of South Africa in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie on Sunday as Florian Mayer's win over Rik de Voest in the final singles match gave the hosts a 5-0 win.

Kids without food in Pakistan floods face death (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT

In this Sept. 13, 2010 photo, a Pakistani father carries his ill child at the Civil Hospital in Sukkur, Sindh province, southern Pakistan. Medical experts warn the real catastrophe is moving much slower than the floodwaters. Children already sick or weak in poor rural areas prior to the floods are now fighting to stay alive as diarrhea, respiratory diseases and malaria attack their emaciated bodies. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Suhani Bunglani fans flies away from her two baby girls as one sleeps motionless while the other stares without blinking at the roof of their tent, her empty belly bulging beneath a green flowered shirt.

Australian PM calls for truce with rivals (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:42 AM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (pictured) urged the conservatives not to bring down her fragile government as the key Greens party Sunday called for a tougher mining tax and an end to the euthanasia ban. Gillard failed to win an outright majority at August 21 polls but scraped into office by brokering the support of three rural independents and a Greens MP, leaving her with a shaky rule.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard urged the conservatives not to bring down her fragile government as the key Greens party Sunday called for a tougher mining tax and an end to the euthanasia ban.

Thailand protests return as 'red shirts' gather to show strength (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 09:51 AM PDT

Thai anti-government The Christian Science Monitor - Several thousand antigovernment protesters took to the streets here Sunday to call for justice over events in April and May, when rowdy demonstrations led to street fighting with heavily armed troops, leaving 91 dead.

In Afghan Elections, A Bad Case of Deja Vu (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Although the levels of violence and foul play don't appear to be on the same scale of last year's flawed presidential ballot, a lower projected voter turnout and widespread irregularities could amount to another blow to the Kabul government's legitimacy

Afghanistan election: Why the next parliament won't check Karzai's power (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 09:34 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan's election on Saturday was tarnished by attacks that killed at least 12 people, reports of fraud, and a light turnout. Still, whichever parliamentary candidates end up victorious once results finally trickle in will play a role in the coming scrum for power as international forces draw down over the five-year term ahead.

Bridging the Chasm Between Aid Rhetoric and Reality (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 12:35 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Sep 18 (IPS) - On the eve of Monday's highly-anticipated U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit in which world leaders will gather here to reaffirm their commitment to the eight goals, civil society remains deeply sceptical.

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