2010年10月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Tense final hours ahead for Chilean miners (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:12 PM PDT

In this still image taken from a video released by the government of Chile on Oct. 10, 2010, steel pipes are welded as rescue efforts continue to free the trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Saturday the drilling rig punched through to the collapsed mine where 33 miners have been trapped since Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Government of Chile)AP - A smooth-walled path to daylight awaited 33 trapped miners Sunday as they entered the tense final hours of a two-month odyssey christened in the terror of collapsing rock deep under a Chilean mountain.

Hungarian factory sorry for those killed by sludge (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:46 PM PDT

Hungarian soldiers wearing protective gear are washed by water jets in Devecser, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday Oct. 9, 2010. Five days ago more than 750,000 cubic meters of toxic sludge spilled out of a nearby reservoir flooding seven villages. (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)AP - The owners of the metals plant whose reservoir burst, flooding several towns in western Hungary with caustic red sludge, expressed their condolences Sunday to the families of the seven people killed, as well as to those injured — and said they were sorry for not having done so sooner.

Serb police clash with anti-gay rioters (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT

Protesters throw stones at the members of the riot police during an anti gay pride march in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Riot police in Serbia clashed with some hundreds of far-right supporters who tried to disrupt a gay pride march in Belgrade on Sunday, with more than a dozen people reported injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - Serbian riot police fought running battles Sunday with thousands of far-right supporters who hurled Molotov cocktails and stun grenades to try disrupt a gay pride march in downtown Belgrade. More than 140 people were hurt and more than 200 were arrested, officials said.

North Korea's Kim and heir appear at lavish parade (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:32 PM PDT

North Korea leader Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un, left, stands with a general during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - The next leader of North Korea from the only ruling family the isolated nation has ever known made his public debut Sunday, clapping and smiling as tanks and long-range missiles rolled past in what was said to be the largest military parade staged by the communist state.

Pakistan reopens Afghan border crossing NATO uses (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:55 AM PDT

An Afghan police officer gestures to an oil tanker, carrying fuel for NATO forces, enters Afghanistan through Pakistan's border crossing in Torkham, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Pakistan reopened the key border crossing to NATO supply convoys heading into Afghanistan on Sunday, ending an 11-day blockade imposed after a U.S. helicopter strike killed two Pakistani soldiers. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)AP - Trucks bearing NATO supplies began flowing again Sunday across a critical border crossing into Afghanistan, opened a day earlier than expected by Pakistan and ending a blockade that had raised tensions between Washington and a key ally.

Baghdad Walkabout: On the Other Side of the River (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:50 PM PDT

Time.com - A former U.S. soldier takes a ride on the Tigris and stops for tea in a shop reconstructed after 2007 blast

J. K. Rowling most influential woman in Britain: survey (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Leading magazine editors on Monday named J. K. Rowling, pictured in 2008, the most influential woman in Britain, judging the Harry Potter author more powerful than Queen Elizabeth II.(AFP/Pool/File/David Cheskin)AFP - Leading magazine editors on Monday named J. K. Rowling the most influential woman in Britain, judging the Harry Potter author more powerful than Queen Elizabeth II.

Palestinian dream city hits snag from Israel (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:30 PM PDT

In this Oct. 5, 2010 photo, Israeli soldiers stand guard at the site for the Palestinian urban project Rawabi in the village of Atara, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. It is billed as a symbol of the future Palestine: a modern, middle-class city of orderly streets, parks and shopping plazas rising in the hills of the West Bank, ready for independence, affluence and peace. But the $800-million project has hit a snag: Palestinians say construction of the city of Rawabi depends on getting an access road, which can't go ahead without Israeli permission. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - It is billed as a symbol of the future Palestine: a modern, middle-class city of orderly streets, parks and shopping plazas rising in the hills of the West Bank, ready for independence, affluence and peace.

Mexico seeks 2 suspects in reported lake shooting (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Authorities are searching for a pair of Mexican brothers they suspect in the reported border-lake shooting of a missing American, a police official in the border state of Tamaulipas said Sunday.

Former All Blacks coach stabbed in South Africa (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:21 PM PDT

File photo shows former New Zealand All Black coach John Mitchell who needed stitches after being stabbed by intruders who broke into his apartment in South Africa, his club the Golden Lions said Monday.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell was stabbed by intruders who broke into his apartment in South Africa, his club the Golden Lions said Monday.

Karzai confirms holding talks with Taliban (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:22 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, pictured in September 2010, confirmed holding unofficial talks with the Taliban AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed holding unofficial talks with the Taliban "for quite some time," in a bid to end the nine-year war, according to an interview transcript released Sunday.

Baghdad Walk-About: Touring the Tigris -- and the Streets (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:50 PM PDT

Time.com - TIME's former bureau chief takes a boat ride on the river, a rare experience for foreigners -- and then an unusual cab ride home.

Kazakhstan Prisoners Protest by Self-Mutilation (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:31 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - ASTANA, Oct 10 (IPS) - Horrific protests that have seen hundreds of inmates slice their stomachs open over conditions in jails in Kazakhstan are set to continue as the UN accuses the Central Asian country of trying to mask the real state of its prison system.

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