2010年12月1日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Wikileaks' Assange in UK, police know where: report (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:04 PM PST

Reuters - Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange is in Britain and police know his whereabouts but have refrained so far from acting on an international warrant for his arrest, a British newspaper said on Thursday.

North Korea may shell South again in 2010: report (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:28 PM PST

Reuters - North Korea could carry out shelling attacks against mainland South Korea before the year-end, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper said on Thursday, citing an unnamed source knowledgeable about the North who had spoken with a North Korean official.

Pakistan rejects fears over its nuclear weapons (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:17 AM PST

President Barack Obama greets Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington April 12, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed Western concerns over the security of its nuclear weapons program following the publication of more U.S. State Department cables by anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks.


Afghanistan announces last set of election results (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:27 PM PST

An unidentified Afghan candidate who won at the parliamentary elections holds a certificate at the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission in Kabul November 30, 2010. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - Afghanistan announced on Wednesday the final batch of results from a September 18 parliamentary election, with poll organizers aiming to wrap up a vote marred by widespread fraud and pave the way for a new parliament.


Israel unveils new residential plan near East Jerusalem (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:32 PM PST

Reuters - Israel on Wednesday revealed plans to build new homes on West Bank land it has annexed as part of its Jerusalem boundaries, a move likely to further hamper any resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians.

Transcript: TIME Interview with WikiLeaks' Julian Assange (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 02:35 PM PST

Time.com - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks to TIME about the recent focus on the numerous documents released through his controversial organization

5 European tourists die in Peruvian bus accident (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:38 PM PST

AP - Police in Peru say a tourist bus has collided head-on with a truck loaded with cement, killing five European travelers and both drivers. Twenty-eight people have been injured.

Yemen says WikiLeaks information inaccurate (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:41 AM PST

AP - Yemen's Foreign Ministry says WikiLeaks memos about content of talks between Yemeni and U.S. officials are inaccurate and incorrect.

Costa Rica sending police to border dispute area (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:05 PM PST

AP - Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said Wednesday she will send police with special training to a disputed area on the border with Nicaragua where Nicaraguan soldiers have set up a post.

Deadline looms for Ivory Coast election results (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:34 PM PST

Ivorian soldiers stand guard at the entrance to electoral commission headquarters in the Deux Plateau neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Opposition leaders in Ivory Coast  accused President Laurent Gbagbo of trying to steal the country's presidential election, as angry ruling party loyalists prevented the commission's spokesman from announcing the first major batch of results. The chaotic scene Tuesday night at the commission's headquarters and the failure to release any significant tally more than two days after polls closed has increased tension and uncertainty in the world's leading cocoa producer, which is struggling to unite after civil war eight years ago split the country in two..(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Ivory Coast's election commission on Thursday violated a midnight deadline to release results from a crucial presidential election, as the ruling party continued to block the issuance of the final tally and the head of the electoral body went on state TV to snuff out rumors that the opposition had won.


South Korean refugees struggle after shelling (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 06:27 PM PST

Fisherman Kwak Yong-sun, 50, left, rests with his family members at a makeshift shelter, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, in Incheon, South Korea. Kwak left behind everything he owned when he fled Yeonpyeong Island on a fishing boat in panic after last week's North Korean shelling. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - A South Korean fisherman whose neighborhood was swallowed by flames in last week's North Korean shelling saw a TV image of the North's leader, Kim Jong Il, and cringed.


U.S. frets over bad image on Canadian TV: WikiLeaks (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

Reuters - American diplomats in Ottawa fretted about the relentlessly negative image of the United States on television shows in Canada, according to secret cables released by WikiLeaks.

Anti-whaling activists launch new 'Godzilla' speedboat (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 07:53 AM PST

This handout image released on November 29, by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and taken by Eye In The Sky Magazine shows the latest sea Shepherd speedboat AFP - Militant anti-whaling campaigners said Wednesday they had launched a new "Godzilla" speedboat to chase Japanese harpooners hunting the giant mammals in Antarctic waters.


US State Department tells employees not to read WikiLeaks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:16 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The US State Department has directed its staff around the world not to surf the WikiLeaks website, according to employees.

WikiLeaks Revelation: How Sarkozy Became "American" (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 02:35 PM PST

Time.com - Here's another suspicion WikiLeaks has helped confirm: French President Nicolas Sarkozy was the source of his "Sarko l'AmÉricain" nickname

World AIDS Day 2010: France's Carla Bruni lauds pope for condom comments (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - France’s first lady Carla Bruni not only agrees with Pope Benedict XVI's new statements on condom use, she is “astonished, surprised, and grateful.”
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