2010年10月7日星期四

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Toxic red sludge reaches the Danube River (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT

A worker, wearing a protective gear,discards furniture from a house damaged by flooding toxic mud in the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at a metals works in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. The flood of toxic mud killed a yet unknown number of people, injured more than one hundred, with some people still missing. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Red sludge flowed into the Danube River on Thursday, threatening a half-dozen nations along one of Europe's key waterways. Monitors took samples every few hour to measure damage from the toxic spill and emergency officials declared one Hungarian tributary dead.

S.Sudan could snub north, hold own freedom vote (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Southern Sudanese police perform training exercises during a visit to the Rajaf police training academy by ranking southern officials and a delegation from the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The United Nations Mission in Sudan has devoted significant resources to training police services in the lead up to an independence referendum scheduled for Jan. 9, 2011. The vote will determine if southern Sudan secedes from the north to form an independent country. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)AP - Southern Sudan's president told members of the U.N. Security Council that if the Khartoum-based north tries to delay a January independence referendum the south will hold the vote on its own, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. said Thursday.

Report: 1 million Haitians in 1,300 squalid camps (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - A refugee-advocacy group said Thursday that more than 70 percent of camps in Haiti, home to an estimated 1.3 million earthquake victims, lack proper international management nearly nine months after the disaster, leaving them at increased risk of sexual and gang violence, hunger and forced eviction.

Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT

Writer Mario Vargas Llosa speaks to reporters in New York, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once ran for president in his tumultuous homeland.

Otto becomes tropical storm on mid-Atlantic track (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, October 07, 2010 at 01:45 PM EDT shows a swirl of clouds over the Bahamas associated with Tropical Storm Otto. The storm is expected to move northeastward the next few days and is not expected to impact any major landmasses. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Raging floodwaters from Tropical Storm Otto overturned cars, toppled power lines and washed out roads in the northeastern Caribbean, officials said Thursday, as high seas stalled efforts to free a grounded oil tanker.

Afghan Talks May be Underway, But Peace Is Not at Hand (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:55 PM PDT

Time.com - The U.S.-led coalition is unlikely to defeat the Taliban militarily, but neither side is ready to accept the other's peace terms. Instead, expect more talking and more fighting to shape the eventual deal

Accused airline bomber "not radicalized at UK university" (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:03 PM PDT

Reuters - A Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was not radicalized during his days as a student in Britain, a report on Friday said, challenging suggestions he was recruited on campus.

Israelis, Palestinians signal deal on settlements (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli official Ilan Harari attend a meeting during Netanyahu visit in the Israeli town of Lod, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Netanyahu has agreed to hold a vote on a controversial citizenship bill in what appears to be a move aimed at garnering support for an extension of a West Bank settlement slowdown. (AP Photos/Jack Guez, Pool)AP - In the clearest sign that a deal may be emerging to keep the troubled U.S. Mideast peace push alive, a top Palestinian official said Thursday that his side would accept an American proposal for Israel to curtail settlement construction for two months.

US won't participate in Guatemala adoption program (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:06 PM PDT

AP - The United States won't participate in Guatemala's pilot adoption program.

Armed men kidnap peacekeeper in Sudan's Darfur (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Armed men abducted a civilian peacekeeper in the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state Thursday hours after U.N. Security Council envoys arrived in the city, the mission said.

Senate report slams Afghan security contractors (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 05:03 PM PDT

A US soldiers from Bravo Company 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, patrol near Forward Operation Base Howz-e-Madad, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Heavy U.S. reliance on private security in Afghanistan has helped to line the pockets of the Taliban because contractors often don't vet local recruits and wind up hiring warlords and thugs, Senate investigators said Thursday.

Canada frets about winning Security Council seat (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 11:41 AM PDT

Reuters - The Canadian government is sounding nervous ahead of a key vote to decide who gets a seat on the United Nations Security Council -- a prize Canada would have once taken for granted but which is now in some doubt.

Australian PM scraps 'citizens' assembly' on global warming (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, pictured in September 2010, dropped her unpopular AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard dropped her unpopular "citizens' assembly" to guide climate change policy Thursday after the plan drew fierce criticism during the recent election campaign.

Why Sweden's far-right, anti-immigrant party made powerful gains (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Throughout much of Europe, the far right is on the rise, gaining support with a message against the political establishment, multiculturalism, and immigration that appears to be resonating with many disillusioned Europeans.

Hungary Continues to Battle Its Toxic Flood (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:55 PM PDT

Time.com - As chemical sludge seeps into the Danube, Hungary fights to contain the worst environmental disaster in its history

Will Abbas get, and accept, a two-month settlement freeze? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:21 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has signaled that his side will not abandon peace talks if Israel extends a West Bank settlement construction slowdown for two months.

Funding Falls Short for Global Fight Against AIDS (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:23 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6 (IPS) - The 11.7 billion dollars pledged Tuesday to replenish the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the coming three years falls significantly short of the 20 billion dollars hoped for, threatening to undo the progress made in the fight against these diseases - the three largest infectious killers in the world.

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