2010年9月27日星期一

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North Korea promotes Kim son to general (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2009 file photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service , North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, meets with Wang Jiarui, not seen, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, as North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju listens in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea said Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 it promoted three senior officials involved in nuclear negotiations with the United States in a reshuffle ahead of its biggest political convention in decades. Kang Sok Ju, who negotiated a deal with the U.S. in 1994 to freeze and ultimately dismantle North Korea's nuclear reactor in exchange for economic aid, was promoted to vice premier, who oversees the country's foreign policy, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il promoted his youngest son to the rank of general in the Korean People's Army, the state news agency reported early Tuesday, the clearest signal yet that the 20-something is on track to succeed his father in ruling the impoverished country.

Palestinians wait on decision to quit peace talks (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:51 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, unseen, delivers a speech during a meeting at the Elysee Palace Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 in Paris. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel must choose between peace or settlements as Israel's 10-month settlement construction slowdown expired. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - The Palestinian president said Monday he would wait at least a week before deciding whether to quit Mideast peace talks, giving U.S. mediators precious time to broker a compromise after Israel refused to extend its 10-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement construction.

Opposition hopes to rein in Chavez after election (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:35 PM PDT

Supporters of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, reacts as they listen the results of congressional elections, outside of Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday , Sept 27, 2010. President Hugo Chavez held on to a congressional majority in elections Sunday, but his opponents made gains that could help them challenge his grip on power.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Opponents of Hugo Chavez won new clout to try to rein in a socialist leader who has ruled largely unchecked, making gains in congressional elections that weaken the president ahead of his next re-election bid and could force him to deal with rivals.

Small-town mayor stoned to death in western Mexico (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:41 PM PDT

In this photo taken Dec. 13, 2009, Gustavo Sanchez, mayor of the small town of Tancitaro, Mexico, is seen in an unidentified location. The bodies of Sanchez and an aide Rafael Equihua were discovered on a dirt road near the city of Uruapan, Mexico, on Monday Sept. 27, 2010. According to a spokesman for Michoacan state Attorney General, the men were stoned to death. (AP Photo/Agencia Quadratin)AP - A small-town mayor and an aide were found stoned to death Monday in a drug-plagued western state, the fifth city leader to be slain in Mexico since mid-August.

Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:17 PM PDT

This undated handout photo issued by Hesco Bastion on Sept. 27, 2010 shows Jimi Heselden, 62, a British businessman who last year bought the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter, who has died in an accident on one of the vehicles. Police in West Yorkshire said Monday that James Heselden and a Segway were found in the River Wharfe near Boston Spa, in northern England. Police said a member of the public had reported seeing a man fall over a 30-foot (9-meter) drop into the river on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andy Paraskos/Hesco/PA Wire) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, UNITED KINGDOM OUT )AP - All police found at the bottom of a cliff was a man's body in a frigid river and a Segway, the two-wheeled electric device that was supposed to revolutionize personal transport.

The Race for Arctic Oil: Is Russia Ready to Share? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - After years of saying it was willing to fight for ownership of the Arctic -- and untapped oil reserves below it -- Russia is now calling for cooperation. But will it keep to its word?

EU nations forcibly returning Roma to Kosovo: Amnesty (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:40 PM PDT

A Roma man shows his passport after his arrival at Pristina airport on July 20, 2010. European Union countries are forcibly returning Roma and other minorities to Kosovo, where they face possible discrimination and violence, a report from Amnesty International said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Armend Nimani)AFP - European Union countries are forcibly returning Roma and other minorities to Kosovo, where they face possible discrimination and violence, a report from Amnesty International said Tuesday.

Former Gaza settlers moving into desert community (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Israeli children play with cement after a cornerstone laying ceremony for a school in Naveh, a farming community built by relocated residents from Jewish settlements in Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Settlers uprooted from Gaza are moving into the first independent community established for evacuees after living in temporary caravans since 2005.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)AP - It took five years, but on Monday, five families who lost their homes when Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005 moved into their new houses — not far from their old ones.

Hundreds of medical workers strike in Jamaica (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:09 PM PDT

AP - Hundreds of medical technicians, nurse's aides and other support staff at Jamaica's major public hospitals went on strike Monday to demand pay raises and allowances they say haven't been paid by the government.

Nigeria: Flood ruins crops as food remains scarce (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:15 PM PDT

A man uses a calabash fruit as a flotation device as he swims across flooded farmland in Gudinchin village, near Dutse in northern Nigeria, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Farmers in northern Nigeria said Monday they feared their crops were destroyed in weekend floods that started when two swollen dams overflowed and displaced 2 million people. In the village of Gudinchin, rice and corn stalks poked above a fast-moving river that had washed over the fields. A few houses in the village peered above the water, and people had constructed a makeshift embankment out of the remains of mud houses that had washed away. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - After water nearly overtook his village in northern Nigeria, Ali Gudinchin jumped into the rushing flood with a knife, cutting away ears of corn from stalks barely rising above the muddy surface.

Sikh gets life imprisonment for Vienna temple attack (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:53 PM PDT

Austrian police officiers stand guard as the corpse of Sikh guru Sant Rama Nand is laid out in Vienna's cental cemetary on June 2, 2009. Nand was shot dead whilst giving a sermon at a temple in Vienna. An Indian Sikh was jailed for life by a Vienna court Tuesday in connection with the attack.(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)AFP - An Indian Sikh was jailed for life by a Vienna court Tuesday in connection with an attack last year on a temple in which a guru died.

Canada vows to protect recovery but end stimulus (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:07 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's government said on Monday it would take action as needed to protect the shaky economic recovery, but resisted pressure to prolong stimulus spending as its focus turns to tackling its budget deficit.

Australia troops to be charged over Afghan deaths (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:12 AM PDT

Australian soldiers fix their target prior to practice firing at their forward operating base (FOB) in southern Uruzgan province in January. Three Australian soldiers will face charges including manslaughter over a raid in Afghanistan that left five children dead, the chief military prosecutor have said.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Three Australian soldiers will face charges including manslaughter over a raid in Afghanistan that left five children dead, Australia's chief military prosecutor said on Monday.

Israeli settlers rev bulldozers as settlement freeze nears end (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:47 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - With Israel and Palestinian negotiators deadlocked over settlement expansion just hours before the expiration of a 10-month Israeli settlement freeze, Jewish settlers vowed to renew building during symbolic celebrations in the West Bank.

Al-Shabab Rebel Leader on Weekend Helicopter Attack (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Al-Shabab was attacked by a helicopter over the weekend. But no one is taking any credit for strafing Somalia's rebels

Venezuela election: Hugo Chávez's largest challenge yet (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:34 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is facing his biggest electoral challenge in years as opponents seek to gain seats in the legislature amid recession, and Venezuelans confront a crime wave that has touched most families.

Colder Weather, Disease Threaten Pakistan's Displaced (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:57 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - QUETTA, Sep 27 (IRIN) - Inside their tent at a camp on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of the southwestern province of Balochistan, Meraj Sindhu helps his wife wrap their six-month-old son and two-year-old daughter in thin cloths widely used in Sindh Province as head scarves or turbans.

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