2010年10月3日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Rousseff leads in Brazil vote, but runoff likely (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for the Workers Party, right, is kissed by Tarso Genro, candidate for Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, next to an electronic ballot box after voting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country's first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - A one-time Marxist guerrilla chosen by Brazil's beloved leader to succeed him took a wide lead in Sunday's presidential election, but a second-round vote seemed inevitable, said top officials within the government and the ruling party.

Key NATO supply route hit again in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:29 PM PDT

Pakistani fire fighters struggle to extinguish burning oil tankers after militants attacked a terminal in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, early Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Police say suspected militants have attacked and set on fire at least 20 oil tankers in Pakistan that were en route to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Suspected militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 tankers carrying oil for NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Monday, the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days, police said.

Nigeria: Police name suspects in dual car bombings (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Smoke and debris fill the sky seconds after a car bomb explodes alongside firemen responding to an initial car bomb that had exploded five minutes earlier, in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Two car bombs blew up on Friday as Nigeria celebrated, killing at least seven people in an unprecedented attack on the capital by suspected militants from the country's oil region. The attacks claimed by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta came as the president and other dignitaries sat only a 10-minute walk away. 'There is nothing worth celebrating after 50 years of failure,' read a statement issued by the group shortly before the attack. (AP Photo)AP - Nigeria's federal police force named two men Sunday night as the "masterminds" behind the bombings that struck the West African nation's capital during its independence celebrations.

Preliminary results show Bosnians divided on vote (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 04:21 PM PDT

A Bosnian woman casts her ballot at a poling station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Bosnians head to the polls Sunday for a general election likely to further entrench the country's ethnic divisions, threatening closer ties to the West and possible EU entry.(AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - Preliminary election results released Sunday indicate that Bosnia's three-person presidency will remain deadlocked over the nation's future, with two leaders of the ethnically divided country advocating unity and a third pushing for the country's breakup.

Chavez: Civilian militia should be armed full-time (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:55 PM PDT

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that members of the country's civilian militia should be issued weapons to be armed and ready at all times.

In Northern Iraq, a Population Census Raises Tensions (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - Everyone from the Kurds to the Arabs to the Turkmen wants a big share of Kirkuk, the ancient but oil-soaked Iraqi city. But a census may give the Kurds the best argument to take it all

Divided Bosnians vote for change (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 04:06 PM PDT

Presidential candidate Bakir Izetbegovic prepares to cast his vote during the general elections in Sarajevo. Bosnians voted for change with Izetbegovic, a moderate, winning the Muslim spot of the central presidency of the ethnically divided Balkan nation, partial results showed.(AFP/Elvis Barukcic)AFP - Bosnians voted for change with Bakir Izetbegovic, a moderate, winning the Muslim spot of the central presidency of the ethnically divided Balkan nation, partial results showed.

Palestinian worker killed as he sneaks into Israel (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 02:41 PM PDT

** CORRECTING NAME OR DECEASED TO KAWAZBEH AND AGE TO 35 ** Palestinians carry the body of 35-year-old Izzedine Kawazbeh during his funeral in the village of Sair near the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Kawazbeh, a construction worker from this West Bank village, was shot and killed by Israeli police early Sunday after using a rope to climb over a towering cement wall meant to keep Palestinians without entry permits out of Israel, police and a witness said. (AP Photo/Str)AP - Israeli police killed a West Bank construction worker as he tried to sneak into Jerusalem on Sunday, shedding rare light on the risks taken by thousands of Palestinians who are desperate for jobs but are denied permits to enter Israel.

Explosion at plaza injures 15 in northern Mexico (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:12 PM PDT

A police officer inspect the area where a grenade was detonated by unidentified people, leaving at least 12 people injured, in front of the town hall in the municipality of Guadalupe, outskirts of Monterrey, northern Mexico, late Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - An explosion at a plaza in northeastern Mexico injured 15 people, an attack authorities blamed Sunday on drug cartels targeting the civilian population to cause chaos.

Foreign-based group behind Nigeria bombs: president (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:04 PM PDT

Members of the Nigerian Navy march at a parade marking the 50th anniversary of the country's independence in Abuja October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Afolabi SotundeReuters - A small terrorist group based outside Nigeria and not militants from the oil-producing Niger Delta carried out last week's car bomb attacks in the capital Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Sunday.

Police arrest engineer in Indonesian train crash (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Rescuers search for victims of a train crash near a station in Petarukan in Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The early morning train crash killed dozens of people and injured another dozens, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)AP - Police arrested the engineer of a train that plowed into another at a station, killing 36 people — the latest in a string of accidents in Indonesia blamed on aging infrastructure and poor safety standards.

Australia set for 'rare earths' boom (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:58 PM PDT

Stockpiles of rare earth ore are seen at the Lynas Corporation's Mount Weld mine in Western Australia. Rare earths, the little-known elements behind everything from iPods to hybrid cars and eco-friendly light bulbs, are set to boom in Australia thanks to an export clampdown by China, experts say.(AFP/HO/Lynas Corporation/File)AFP - Rare earths, the little-known elements behind everything from iPods to hybrid cars and eco-friendly light bulbs, are set to boom in Australia thanks to an export clampdown by China, experts say.

How China and India Displaced the West in Sri Lanka (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT

Time.com - When the U.S., Britain and France called for human rights probe into Sri Lankan counterinsurgency efforts, they turned to powerful neighbors for help

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