2010年10月28日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Indonesia disaster toll hits 377 as volcano erupts again (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:07 AM PDT

The tsunami-hit Muntei Baru Baru village, where hundreds of homes once stood, is seen in Indonesia's Mentawai islands, October 27, 2010. REUTERS/Krishadiyanto/Setwapres/HandoutReuters - Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted on Thursday for the second time in a week, blasting vast plumes of ash into the sky, as the death toll from the initial eruption and a tsunami that hit remote western islands reached 377.

Argentina enters new political era as Kirchner dies (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:21 PM PDT

Then Argentine first lady and presidential candidate senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) embraces then President Nestor Kirchner during the closing campaign rally in La Matanza, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires October 25, 2007. REUTERS/Marcos BrindicciReuters - Tens of thousands of Argentines paid tribute on Thursday to former President Nestor Kirchner, whose death rallied markets but robbed his wife and successor President Cristina Fernandez of her closest adviser.

U.S.: North Korean leadership transition in early stages (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:36 AM PDT

North Korean soldiers march 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)Reuters - The White House said on Thursday that North Korea's leadership transition appeared to be in the early stages and it would take some time to discern the final outcome.

Kandahar campaign's fate not clear until June: NATO (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:37 PM PDT

Reuters - A NATO offensive to secure the Taliban's birthplace of Kandahar is putting pressure on militants, but genuine success will not be clear until next June, the region's top commander said on Thursday.

Palestinians, Egypt say Mideast focus still on talks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks on a screen during a rally held in Beirut's suburbs, where he discussed preparation works for the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon next week, and possible Iranian aid for the country October 9, 2010. REUTERS/Issam KobeisiReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he was still focused on a return to direct peace talks with Israel but looking at alternatives.

The War of the Olive Harvest: Palestinians vs. Settlers (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Time.com - In the West Bank, Jews sweep down from the hill into the Palestinian valleys, a seasonal occurence no less rancorous than the hatred that has rooted itself in the Holy Land

EU backs limited treaty change to ward off crises (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:33 PM PDT

Reuters - The European Union on Thursday supported calls by Germany and France for limited changes to the bloc's main treaty to help shore up Europe's defenses against any new financial crises.

Saudi prince backs moving planned NYC mosque (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:49 PM PDT

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, pictured in February 2010, has forecast that Dubai's depressed property prices will take several more years to hit bottom and start a recovery because the market is still oversupplied.(AFP/File)AP - A Saudi prince who has aided the imam spearheading a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero is appealing for another site not associated with the "wound" of the Sept. 11 attacks, a report said Thursday.

A Mexico massacre in unfamiliar place: the capital (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:40 PM PDT

Army soldiers stand around a passenger bus in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, early Thursday Oct. 28, 2010. According to Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office, a gang opened fire on two passenger buses carrying factory workers, killing four people and injuring more than a dozen. Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, has become one of the world's deadliest cities since a turf war erupted nearly three years ago between the Juarez and the Sinaloa cartels. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Armed men rumbled into a gritty neighborhood of the Mexican capital Thursday and gunned down six men hanging around a convenience store, fueling fears that one of the world's largest cities is falling prey to the cartel-style violence that has long terrorized other parts of the country.

Obama urges 'peaceful and transparent' I.Coast vote (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:36 PM PDT

A soldier passes billboards for the Presidential electoral campaign on a moped on October 27, in Bouake. US President Barack Obama on Thursday urged AFP - US President Barack Obama on Thursday urged "peaceful and transparent" elections in Ivory Coast as the West African nation prepares to hold a long-delayed vote for president.

Stark warning three months into Pakistan flood crisis (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:37 PM PDT

Young boys look out over a large relief camp run by The National Rural Support Program, and aided by Oxfam, UNHCR, Medecins Sans Frontieres, and Diakone at Charsadda. Oxfam warned that three months into Pakistan's unprecedented flood crisis funds were drying up, putting millions at risk with swathes of farmland still under water.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - International aid agency Oxfam warned that three months into Pakistan's unprecedented flood crisis funds were drying up, putting millions at risk with swathes of farmland still under water.

Widow to Guantanamo convict: "You're a murderer" (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. soldier's widow glared across the courtroom at the young Canadian prisoner who killed her husband with a grenade in Afghanistan and told him on Thursday, "You will always be a murderer in my eyes."

What Britain's cuts mean for its place in the world (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:28 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - While cars smoldered in France following protests over pension reform, across the English Channel, Britain was digesting the harshest cuts in government spending and benefits since World War II, which promise to redefine the state and recast its position in the world.

As Sarkozy's Pension Reform Moves Ahead, Protests Slacken (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Despite the passage of France's unpopular pension reform, leaders of a weakening protest movement have vowed to keep battling the measure even after it's signed into law. But how?

Rescue workers, officials debate warning system as Indonesian volcano erupts again (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:24 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As the death toll from Monday’s tsunami in west Sumatra crept close to 350 people, Indonesian officials debated the efficiency of an early warning system put in place after the 2004 tsunami.

Need to Move Indonesia's Capital Growing Urgent in Face of Climate Change, Experts Say (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:57 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - JAKARTA, Oct 28 (AlertNet) - Sea level rise, worsening flooding and land subsidence in and around Jakarta have prompted Indonesian officials to resurrect plans to move the country's capital - but local residents and experts say Jakarta itself will not survive unless it adapts to cope with climate change.

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