2010年9月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Officials: US drones kill 6 militants in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 07:57 AM PDT

Pakistani children who survived floods play outside temporary shelters set up for displaced people in Makile, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Monsoon rains triggered massive floods six weeks ago that spread across the country and are still continuing in parts of the south. Some 8 million people have been made homeless in what Pakistani and U.N. officials have said is one of the largest humanitarian disasters in living memory. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing six people in the 15th such attack this month, the most intense barrage since the strikes began in 2004, said intelligence officials.

Afghan officials say too early to judge election (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 01:54 PM PDT

Workers dismantle posters of election candidates a day after parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - Afghan authorities said Monday it was too early to judge the validity of the country's parliamentary ballot despite observers' reports of widespread fraud in the vote that was to help consolidate its shaky democracy.

US presses China on Iran, NKorea sanctions (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:13 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is pushing China to implement international sanctions against Iran and North Korea as it seeks Chinese advice on how to engage the two countries over their nuclear programs.

France raises terror security, new threat reported (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 02:22 PM PDT

France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux, centre, meets Police Head of Paris security Martine Monteil, left, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Authorities have received an 'array of clues' within the last few hours that show France is facing an elevated threat of terrorism, the interior Minister said Thursday. Brice Hortefeux pointed to the kidnapping of five French nationals in Africa overnight and a bomb alert Tuesday that led to the evacuation of the Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - France is on alert for possible terrorism after intelligence suggested that attackers might target a public gathering place, with one lead pointing to a female suicide bomber, a counterterrorism official said Monday.

Thousands of Yemenis flee battle with al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Yemeni policemen guard the state security court in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, as the trial of four al-Qaida suspects takes place. The four, including a Yemeni-German teenager, have been brought to trial in Yemen to face accusations they plotted attacks on tourists, international institutions and security forces. (AP Photo)AP - Thousands of people have fled a village in southern Yemen where security forces are laying siege to al-Qaida militants, a security official said Monday, signaling an escalation in the government's U.S.-backed campaign to uproot the terror network's local offshoot.

Far-Right Sweden Democrats Make Gains in Election (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Time.com - While re-electing the ruling center-right coalition, Swedish voters for the first time gave seats in Parliament to a far-right party, the Sweden Democrats. What does this mean for a nation known for its tolerance?

Germany debating privacy with Google and peers (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Phillipp Schindler, IT firm Google's north and central Europe head, attends a geo-data conference in Berlin, September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Thomas PeterReuters - German officials met internet firms on Monday to try to reconcile Germany's strict data protection rules with programs like Google's "Street View" mapping system, as calls for regulation intensify.

Israeli minister: Palestinians need to compromise (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor listens to questions from journalists during a meeting with the media in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Meridor said Monday the Palestinians need to 'compromise' in their demand that Israel extend its slowdown of West Bank settlement construction. Israel's 10-month slowdown expires in a week and Palestinians say they will walk out of newly restarted peace talks if settlement activity resumes. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - With crisis looming for recently restarted Mideast peace talks, Israel's deputy prime minister on Monday urged the Palestinians to relax their demand that a freeze on new Jewish settlement construction be extended past its planned weekend expiration. Palestinian officials quickly rejected the idea, leaving a deadlock in place.

Venezuela sends 2 drug suspects to United States (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 05:21 PM PDT

National Guard officers escort suspected Colombia's drug trafficker Jaime Alberto Marin, center, aka 'Beto Marin', allegedly the boss of the Norte del Valle cartel, before being extradited to the US, at the Simon Bolivar airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Venezuela's Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said U.S. authorities had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Marin. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuela deported two drug trafficking suspects to the United States on Monday, including an alleged boss of the powerful Norte del Valle cartel in neighboring Colombia. The action came only days after the U.S. criticized Venezuela's cooperation in fighting illegal narcotics.

Ottawa querying Libya on Canadian held as US spy (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 04:20 PM PDT

A general view from the harbour shows central Tripoli in 2008. The Canadian government said Monday it is seeking AFP - The Canadian government said Monday it is seeking "more information" about a Canadian national who is suspected of industrial espionage on behalf of the United States and has been prevented from leaving Libya.

NKorea to hold key party convention next week (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

AP - North Korea will hold its much-anticipated Workers' Party convention — the secretive nation's biggest political meeting in 30 years — next week, state media said Tuesday.

Protest over death at Australian detention centre (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 07:18 AM PDT

Villawood Immigration Centre in Sydney. A Fijian man has died suddenly at the centre, with a protest breaking out in the compound after claims he had jumped from a rooftop fearing deportation.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - A Fijian man died suddenly at a Sydney immigration centre on Monday, officials said, with a protest breaking out in the compound after claims he had jumped from a rooftop fearing deportation.

The Pope vs. Britain's Secularists: Who Won? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Time.com - On the first ever visit to Britain by a Pope, Benedict XVI arrived with the goal of guiding the nation's secularists back into the arms of the church. Did he succeed? Depends on who you ask ...

Arctic Ice in Death Spiral (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 02:49 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - UXBRIDGE, Sep 20 (IPS) - The carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have melted the Arctic sea ice to its lowest volume since before the rise of human civilisation, dangerously upsetting the energy balance of the entire planet, climate scientists are reporting.

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