2010年10月8日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Chinese dissident Liu wins Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT

In this photo taken in November, 2007 and released by Liu Xiaobo's friend Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, Liu, right, poses with legal scholar Zhang Sizhi during a gathering in Beijing. Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. The award ignited a furious response from China, which accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of violating its own principles by honoring 'a criminal.' (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China has long wanted a Nobel prize. Now that it has one, its leaders are furious. The Nobel committee awarded its peace prize to imprisoned democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo on Friday, lending encouragement to China's dissident community and sending a rebuke to the authoritarian government, which sharply condemned the award.

Escape shaft nearly reaches Chile's trapped miners (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:43 PM PDT

A journalist looks at a banner with images of the 33 trapped miners at the San Jose Mine, Copiapo, Chile Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Chile's mining minister says that just 130 feet, some 39 meters, remain before a drill breaks through to reach the chamber in the collapsed gold and copper mine where 33 trapped miners have waited more than two months to be rescued. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Drillers neared the lower reaches of a gold and copper mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, preparing Friday for a breakthrough that would unleash a national outpouring of joy.

Chemical tanker being towed toward French coast (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:41 PM PDT

AP - A chemical tanker carrying thousands of tons of a gasoline product was being towed toward France's northwestern coast Friday after it collided with another ship, the boat's manager and maritime officials said.

9/11 link to militant in Europe terror alert (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 photo Ahmet Yazici, the deputy head of the Alliance of Islamic Communities in Northern Germany poses inside a mosque in Hamburg, northern Germany. Hamburg security officials shuttered the al-Quds mosque, later dubbed Taiba mosque, in August, forcing its members to scatter. But authorities insist they have the city's estimated 200 extremist Muslims — including 45 al-Qaida followers — under surveillance and have sought to downplay Hamburg's role in the international terror scene. Yazici said 'Those extremists are a bunch of retards who perverted our religion. That has nothing to do with Islam'. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - The Islamic militant whose disclosures under U.S. interrogation in Afghanistan triggered Europe's terror alert is an old friend of a man convicted in the 9/11 attacks and, as the strikes were being planned, frequented the same mosque where the Hamburg-based plotters often met, officials say.

In Iraq's Old Battlefields: Two Kinds of Americans (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Time.com - The people of Anbar province may not have liked Americans but they learned to hate al-Qaeda more. But they also learned to prefer one kind of U.S. soldier to another

UK ticket-holder wins record 129 million euros: lottery (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:50 PM PDT

This handout pitcure released by France's national lottery games' operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ), in 2009 shows its logo. A ticket-holder in Britain has won a record 129 million euros on the Euromillions lottery, organisers Francaise des Jeux announced Friday.(AFP/FDJ-HO/File)AFP - A ticket-holder in Britain has won a record 129 million euros on the Euromillions lottery, organisers Francaise des Jeux announced Friday.

US gets another month to revive Mideast talks (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:08 PM PDT

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, left, leaves the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct.8, 2010. Libya prepares to host one-day Arab League summit where Israeli-Palestinian talks expected to top agenda. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)AP - Arab ministers agreed Friday to give the United States another month to try to persuade Israel to renew curbs on West Bank settlement construction and keep Mideast peace talks from collapsing.

Mexican governor: Gay marriage 'grosses me out' (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:01 PM PDT

An activist, wearing a t-shirt that says AP - The governor of Mexico's Jalisco state says gay marriages disgust him.

Uganda World Cup blasts: 36 suspects, 7 countries (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT

** CORRECTS THE OBJECT NAME TO UGANDA EXPLOSION ** In this Jan. 1, 2010 photo, Sheik Mukhtar Robow, also known as Abu Mansur, the deputy leader of al-Shabab, left, is flanked by the group's spokesman Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage, right. Ugandan police, with help from the FBI and Kenyan police, have arrested 36 people from seven countries in connection with the twin bombings during July's World Cup finals, that rocked Uganda's capital, killing 76 people. At least one suspect said he was recruited and trained by al-Qaida. The Somali militant group that claimed responsibility for the blast, al-Shabab, has known links with the international terror group. A day after the blasts, al-Shabab, Somalia's most powerful militant group, said the bombings were retaliation for Ugandan troops' participation in the African Union peacekeeping mission in Mogadishu. The militant group promised more attacks, a threat Ugandan officials take seriously. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)AP - If Ugandan police investigators are right, the size of the conspiracy behind the twin bombings during July's World Cup finals could hardly have been bigger.

Japan says will tell G7 no plans for big fx action (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Friday he will tell his Group of Seven counterparts that Japan has no plans to conduct a prolonged, massive intervention to drive the yen down to a certain level.

Harper says economy headed in right direction (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday said he is confident the global economy, while fragile, is headed in the right direction and he sees no need for further fiscal stimulus to bolster domestic growth.

Australia renews push for regional immigration centre (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:32 AM PDT

Chinese asylum-seekers huddle together on the roof of the Villawood detention centre during an immigration protest near Sydney on September 23, 2010. Australia will urge Indonesia, Malaysia and East Timor to back its proposal for a regional centre to process asylum-seekers during talks next week, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said Friday.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia will urge Indonesia, Malaysia and East Timor to back its proposal for a regional centre to process asylum-seekers during talks next week, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said Friday.

Arab League expected to demand settlement freeze before peace talks continue (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 01:05 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Despite efforts to resolve a dispute on West Bank settlements before the Arab League meeting today and Saturday in Libya, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process inaugurated last month by President Barack Obama appears stalled.

An Ex-U.S. Soldier Visits Iraq's Old Battlefields (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Continuing his tour of Iraq, a former American soldier visits the area around Ramadi to see how a kind of normal life is taking hold after years of violence

As Chile mine rescue nears, families pressure government to reform industry (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:35 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As 33 miners trapped in a copper and gold mine here wait for drills to free them after more than two months of captivity, most of their families are suing to send the mine owners to jail for as many days as the miners spend underground.

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