2010年11月16日星期二

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Iran starts "biggest" air defense war games (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 11:24 AM PST

Reuters - Iran began what it said was its biggest ever air defense drill on Tuesday to test its ability to deter air strikes, which the United States and Israel have not ruled out to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.

Colombia to extradite accused Venezuelan drug lord (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 11:00 AM PST

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during his weekly broadcast 'Alo Presidente' at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 14, 2010. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - Colombia will extradite a businessman accused of being a drug kingpin back to his native Venezuela, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday, in a move bound to warm already improving ties between the neighbors.

U.N. panel cuts gay reference from violence measure (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:45 PM PST

Reuters - Arab and African nations succeeded Tuesday in getting a U.N. General Assembly panel to delete from a resolution condemning unjustified executions a specific reference to killings due to sexual orientation.

Reuters journalist may have been killed by Thai troops (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 07:39 AM PST

A funeral worker carries flowers in front of the casket of Reuters television cameraman Hiro Muramoto before a wake in Tokyo April 17, 2010. Muramoto, a 43-year-old Japanese national, was shot dead on April 10, 2010 during a violent clash between Thai troops and anti-government protesters in Bangkok's worst political violence in 18 years. REUTERS/Michael CaronnaReuters - Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto may have been shot by Thai security forces when he was killed during a street protest in April, state investigators said on Tuesday, calling for a new probe into his death.

Prince William to marry girlfriend Kate Middleton (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:55 PM PST

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James's Palace in London, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010, after they announced their engagement. The couple are to wed in 2011. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Reuters - Britain's Prince William will marry his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton next year after an on-off courtship that has lasted nearly a decade.

Haiti Protesters Blame U.N. for Cholera; Presidential Election at Risk? (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Time.com - Haitians demonstrate and riot as they blame U.N. troops from Nepal for the cholera outbreak. Is there a scheme to disrupt the Nov. 28 presidential vote?

Vows of EU support but no bailout yet for Ireland (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:46 PM PST

A newspaper seller in Dublin, Ireland, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Debt-burdened Ireland is talking with other European Union governments about how to handle its troubled finances, officials said Monday as the continent's debt crisis plagued markets and policymakers across Europe. Irish officials however denied they were seeking a lifeline from the EU's bailout fund, while Greece revealed revised figures showing a bigger budget deficit. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - An anxiously awaited meeting of European finance ministers ended Tuesday without an agreement to bail out Ireland's debt-stricken government, though both Irish and EU officials vowed to stabilize the banks at the center of the crisis and keep it from spreading to other fragile economies connected by the euro.

Fate of Mideast talks in hands of polarizing rabbi (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:45 PM PST

FILE - In this July 20, 2007 file photo a tombstone bearing the name of a British Private Harry Potter is seen at the Commonwealth Cemetery in the central Israeli city of Ramle. Potter, a soldier in the Worcestershire Regiment was killed in fighting with Arabs on July 22, 1939, during the Palestine Mandate. Ramle does not keep numbers of how many tourists flock to the grave, but tour guides and the municipality say the tombstone has become a popular destination, largely for domestic travelers.(AP Photo/Moti Milrod, Files)AP - The future of the Mideast peace process could rest in the hands of one very undiplomatic man: an outspoken 90-year-old rabbi who recently sparked an uproar by saying the Palestinian president should "perish from the world."

Australian man sues Mexico for 4-month detention (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:13 PM PST

AP - An Australian man has filed what activists said Tuesday is the first lawsuit by a migrant against Mexico's immigration service, arguing he suffered economic, psychological and other damages from being detained for more than four months with little explanation and in poor conditions.

Guinea capital ethnically divided after results (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:31 PM PST

Guinean police carrying automatic weapons clear the mostly Peul suburb of Bambeto in Conakry, Guinea, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, as groups of UFDG youth set up barricades. A de-facto curfew is in effect in the area, residents staying inside, one day after it was announced that RPG candidate Alpha Conde had won Guinea's tense presidential election. Conde received 53.5 per cent of the 2.89 million ballots cast. His opponent, Cellou Dalein Diallo, got 47.5 per cent of the votes. A total of 4.2 million citizens had registered to vote.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - A day after results from a contentious presidential election were announced, Guinea's capital resembled a divided nation.

China telecom briefly hijacked U.S. Web traffic: panel (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:34 PM PST

Reuters - China Telecom sent incorrect routing information last April that resulted in Internet traffic to major corporate websites and U.S. military and government sites being sent through China for 18 minutes, according to a report by a congressional advisory group.

Canada to shift Afghan combat mission to training (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 02:45 PM PST

Reuters - Up to 950 Canadian troops will train Afghan army recruits from 2011 to March 2014, maintaining a particular focus on solving the "huge problem" of low literacy levels, the government said on Tuesday.

Indian jailed after Australian loses baby in crash (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:32 AM PST

AP - An Australian judge on Tuesday sentenced an Indian man to three years and five months in prison for dangerous and erratic driving that resulted in a car crash that caused a woman to lose her baby.

Ireland gives thumbs down to EU bailout (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:09 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen insisted this evening that his country's finances are not in crisis and that Ireland does not need a bailout from the European Union or the International Monetary Fund.

Russian Journalist Attacked; President Medvedev to Crack Down? (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Time.com - The almost fatal beating of Oleg Kashin is a common occurrence in a country where journalists are routinely attacked and killed. But what's unusual this time is President Dmitri Medvedev's promise that justice will be served

Syrian bloggers brace for fresh blow to Middle East press freedom (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 01:44 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Middle East's modest window for dissent, created by a surge in blogging and online journalism over the past decade, looks poised to narrow with a raft of measures across the region.

Haiti: Anger Erupts at UN as Cholera Toll Nears 1,000 (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:39 AM PST

OneWorld.net - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 16 (IPS) - "People are going to take the body to MINUSTAH to show them what they did," Jean-Luc Surfin told IPS by phone as riots erupted against Haiti's U.N. peacekeeping force on Monday in the northern city of Cap-Haitien.

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