2010年9月23日星期四

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Obama challenges the world: Time for Mideast peace (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:29 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Grasping for peace, President Barack Obama on Thursday challenged a pessimistic world to overcome decades of shattered promises and help Israelis and Palestinians close a historic deal within a year. "This time will be different," he declared, offering a now-or-never choice between Mideast stability and perpetual bloodshed.

Mexico journalists debate cartels, self-censorship (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:59 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 threats, four or five of them, came to reporters at Imagen, a daily newspaper in the once-quiet state of Zacatecas where drug cartels have taken over in just the last few years. Then editor Patricia Mercado got a phone call ordering her to print a prepared article or she would be kidnapped.

Settlement freeze has barely slowed construction (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:41 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 21. 2010, Israeli mayor and founder of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel Ron Nachman speaks to The Associated Press as he stands on the outskirts of Ariel. The settlement issue is one of the thorniest in the peace talks. Some 300,000 Israelis live in settlements dotting the West Bank, in addition to 180,000 Israelis living in Jewish neighborhoods built in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians say that by gobbling up territory they claim, continued settlement expansion makes it ever more difficult to establish a viable Palestinian state. The Palestinians want all of the West Bank as part of their future state, with east Jerusalem as their capital. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - How much of a freeze has there actually been on West Bank Jewish settlement building by Israel?

New strikes in France over retirement age (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:41 PM PDT

Protestors shout slogans during a march Thursday Sept.23, 2010 in Paris. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - French authorities estimated nearly 1 million protesters filled the streets Thursday to try to force President Nicolas Sarkozy to drop his plan to raise the retirement age two years to 62, while strikes also disrupted airports, train stations and schools for the second time this month.

Karaoke champs vie for fame, dumplings in Russia (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Tami Marie of the United States performing 'Misery' at the Karaoke Wold Championships in in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - The winner of the Karaoke World Championships may not achieve world fame, but at least he or she won't have to worry where the next meal is coming from — the top prize is 1 million Russian dumplings.

Greek Truckers Protest Law to Open Up Competition (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Truck drivers in Greece have been blocking highways to protest a new law that, after 40 years of monopoly, opens up their industry to competition

HSBC chief executive to step down in major shake-up: reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:50 PM PDT

HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan, pictured in March 2010, is to step down at the end of the year as part of a major shake-up of the bank's top management, reports said Friday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan is to step down at the end of the year as part of a major shake-up of the bank's top management, reports said Friday.

Officials: Palestinians will consider compromise (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:32 PM PDT

This photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 21. 2010, shows a view of a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. The settlement issue is one of the thorniest in the peace talks. Some 300,000 Israelis live in settlements dotting the West Bank, in addition to 180,000 Israelis living in Jewish neighborhoods built in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians say that by gobbling up territory they claim, continued settlement expansion makes it ever more difficult to establish a viable Palestinian state. The Palestinians want all of the West Bank as part of their future state, with east Jerusalem as their capital. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Hopes of averting a breakdown in Middle East peace talks grew Thursday as senior Palestinian officials said their side would consider an expected U.S.-brokered compromise on Israeli settlement-building in the West Bank.

Chavez, opponents rally before Venezuela vote (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:10 PM PDT

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez dressed in a devil costume, symbolizing the U.S., poses for a picture at a campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - Opponents and supporters of President Hugo Chavez held their final rallies on Thursday ahead of legislative elections that both of Venezuela's political camps view as a critical test.

21 killed in fighting in Somalia's capital city (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:41 PM PDT

The bodies of suspected insurgents lay near the former parliament building after they were killed during fighting in Mogadishu,Somalia,Thursday,Sept. 23 ,2010. Heavy fighting between Islamist militants and pro-government troops raged in several parts of Somalia's capital Thursday, in which scores of people were killed and wounded, an official said.(AP Photo/ Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - Heavy fighting between Islamist militants and pro-government troops raged in several parts of Somalia's capital Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding nearly 78, an official said.

Obama tells Wen China must do more on currency (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:46 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hold a bilateral meeting at the United Nations. Obama told Wen that Beijing must do more to solve rising tensions over the value of China's yuan currency, a senior US official said.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President Barack Obama told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Thursday China must do more to revalue its yuan currency, in a "candid" two-hour meeting, which did not appear to shift Beijing's position.

NDP under pressure after gun vote (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Reuters - The left-leaning opposition New Democrats put on a show of unity on Thursday, a day after a parliamentary vote on gun control revealed splits that could hurt the party in the next election.

Australian PM Gillard's majority becomes slimmer (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:32 AM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a news conference with Treasurer Wayne Swan in Parliament House, Canberra, September 7, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew TaylorReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's wafer-thin ruling majority became even more fragile on Thursday after the conservative opposition backed out of a deal over the prized job of parliamentary speaker.

Blockbuster fizzles in US, but renters overseas haven't switched to Netflix – yet (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:07 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Video rental giant Blockbuster says its international shops are conducting “business as usual,” despite the company filing for bankruptcy today in the United States.

Obama Makes U.N. Pitch for Arab Support on Mideast Peace (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The centerpiece of President Obama's U.N. General Assembly speech was a call for Arabs to do more to coax Israel into making concessions on peace. Can he overcome their skepticism?

Russia's Putin says he wants peaceful division of Arctic (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:43 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Russia is staking its economic future on its controversial territorial claim to a huge slice of the fast-melting Arctic, which holds up to a quarter of the world's untapped energy resources, and is set to launch an unprecedented diplomatic campaign to achieve its goals.

A Mother’s Agony Over Son Missing in Arizona Desert (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - PHOENIX, Sep 23 (New America Media) - Deep in her heart Fermina Lopez feels that her son is still alive. A mother knows that, she says. But it’s been more than two months since she last heard her son’s voice. Thirteen-year-old Nelson Omar Chilel Lopez talked to her from Altar, Sonora before attempting to cross over to the United States where she was living.

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