2010年10月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Hungary sludge flood called 'ecological disaster' (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:21 PM PDT

A Hungarian soldier wearing a chemical protection gear walks through a street flooded by toxic in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - A lethal torrent of toxic red sludge from a metal refinery engulfed towns in Hungary, burning villagers through their clothes and threatening an ecological disaster Tuesday as it swept toward the Danube River.

French ex-trader must pay $6.7 billion for fraud (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:53 PM PDT

Jerome Kerviel, center, followed by his lawyer Olivier Metzner, second right, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. The Paris court will hand down a verdict in the case of the former French trader accused of masterminding one of history's biggest trading frauds and costing one of France's largest banks billions in losses. Kerviel, the 33-year-old former index futures trader at Societe Generale SA, risks five years in prison and a euro 375,000 ($513,000) fine on charges related to the claim that he covered up bets worth nearly euro 50 billion, or more than the bank was worth, between late 2007 and early 2008. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - Ex-trader Jerome Kerviel was convicted on all counts Tuesday in history's biggest rogue trading scandal, sentenced to at least three years in prison and ordered to pay his former employer damages of euro4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) — a sum so staggering it drew gasps in the courtroom.

Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:48 PM PDT

Professor Andre Geim, left, and Dr Konstantin Novoselov who have have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics are seen outside Manchester University, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Oct, 5, 2010. The scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for 'groundbreaking experiments' with the thinnest, strongest material known to mankind a carbon vital for the creation of faster computers and transparent touch screens. (AP Photo/Jon Super).AP - It is the thinnest and strongest material known to mankind — no thicker than a single atom and 100 times tougher than steel. Could graphene be the next plastic? Maybe so, says one of two scientists who won a Nobel Prize on Tuesday for isolating and studying it.

Euro terror alert spotlights voiceprint technology (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:47 PM PDT

A police officer with a dog, patrols a central London train station, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the U.K. remains unchanged at 'severe,' meaning an attack is highly likely. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Did their voices betray them? The discovery of an alleged terror plot against Europe owes at least some of its success to "voiceprint" technology that allows law enforcement to electronically match a voice to its owner.

Prosecutor: Video shows Saudi prince beating aide (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:21 PM PDT

AP - Security camera footage captured a Saudi prince savagely beating his servant in a luxury hotel elevator only weeks before the aide was slain, a British prosecutor said Tuesday.

Return to Baghdad: A Fish Feast on the Tigris (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:15 PM PDT

Time.com - TIME's former bureau chief recalls the first time he shared fish by the Tigris with an American soldier, just before it was too dangerous to venture out

Cameron vows stinging govt cuts will be 'fair' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:18 PM PDT

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, drinks a cup of tea during a visit to a regeneration project at a community centre in Alum Rock, Birmingham. Cameron is to promise that harsh public sector cuts will be AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron is to promise that harsh public sector cuts will be "fair", while admitting jobs and services will be badly hit in a major speech Wednesday.

Israeli rabbis visit torched West Bank mosque (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:42 PM PDT

Israeli settler leader and peace activist Rabbi Menachem Froman, second left, shakes hands with Governor of Bethlehem Abdelfattah Hamayyel, during a visit to a mosque torched on Monday, in Beit Fajjar, near Bethlehem, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Froman and a small group of Israelis have taken a step to defuse the tension over the burning of a West Bank mosque, apparently by extremist settlers, during a visit Tuesday to the torched mosque they presented local religious leaders with new Quran books to replace those damaged in the blaze. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)AP - Six rabbis from West Bank settlements took a step Tuesday to defuse tension over an arson attack at a West Bank mosque, apparently by extremist settlers — they presented 20 new Quran books to replace those damaged in the blaze.

Gitmo's longest hunger striker now eats some food (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2002 file photo, a suspected al-Qaida or Taliban detainee from Afghanistan is carried on a stretcher before being interrogated by military officials at the detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) PHOTO PACKAGE FOR USE WITH AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY STORIESAP - A Guantanamo prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for more than five years is occasionally eating solid food, but is still underweight and suffering from a medical condition likely caused by his protest, officials say in recently filed court documents.

Clinton says it is 'difficult' dealing with Khartoum (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:40 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, pictured in September 2010, conceded Tuesday how AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conceded Tuesday how "difficult" it is dealing with the Sudanese government in Khartoum, three months before a vote on independence for the south.

3 killed in explosion at Thai apartment building (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:53 PM PDT

Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal officials examine the blast site at the residential building in Nonthaburi province, central Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. At least two people were killed Tuesday in an explosion at a residential building in a suburb of the Thai capital, emergency workers and police said. The source of the blast was unclear, but a string of small bombings thought to be politically motivated have hit Bangkok and surrounding areas this year. (AP Photo) **THAILAND OUT**AP - A blast blew out the side of a residential building in a Bangkok suburb Tuesday killing three people and injuring nine, emergency workers said, as police speculated the explosion could have been caused by a bomb.

Bombardier to win C$1 billion Montreal subway car order (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Quebec will award Bombardier Inc a contract worth more than C$1 billion ($980 million) to build nearly 500 subway cars for Montreal, short-circuiting a bidding process that has dragged on for five years.

Australia police say 13 Taser shocks were too much (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:10 AM PDT

In this image made from August 2008 video released by the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia State, a man is held by police officers in the foyer of a police watch-house during an incident in which he was repeatedly stunned by a Taser. Graphic video of police repeatedly stunning an unarmed man with a Taser has helped restart a debate about whether stun guns are being overused by authorities in Australia. Western Australia state police said the incident was totally unacceptable, and not typical of Taser use by the force. (AP Photo/Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia State via APTN) ** AUSTRALIA OUT **AP - Police say a graphic video of an unarmed man who was zapped with a Taser 13 times shows an unacceptable misuse of stun guns, as questions are raised about how much the devices are used in Australia.

Commonwealth Games: Too old to play? Not here. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:37 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Not many international athletes can say they picked up their sport at age 60. Don Batiste, now an experienced 73-year-old, is representing the island of Guernsey in "lawn bowls" at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Return to Baghdad: How to Cook Carp, Iraqi-Style (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:15 PM PDT

Time.com - A former American soldier enters a Baghdad restaurant by the Tigris for a feast of traditional style Iraqi fried fish.

Geert Wilders hate speech trial to resume in Netherlands (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:01 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A special panel of judges rejected Tuesday claims of judicial bias raised by Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, who is facing charges of inciting hatred against Muslims.

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