2010年12月5日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Powers hope to press Iran back to nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 03:16 PM PST

Chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi makes a speech during a ceremony to take delivery of locally produced yellowcake, a uranium concentrate powder, at the UCF plant in Isfahan 414 kilometres south of Tehran December 5, 2010. REUTERS/HO/Fars NewsReuters - Six world powers are due to hold their first talks with Iran in more than a year on Monday, hoping the meeting will lead to new negotiations over a nuclear program the West believes is aimed at making atom bombs.

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo must step down, rival says (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST

Jackie Selebi, the former head of South Africa's police force, leaves after his appearance at Johannesburg High Court in this August 2, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoReuters - Presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said on Sunday that incumbent Laurent Gbagbo must step down after a disputed poll in Ivory Coast, and he named a rival government as African mediators tried to resolve the stalemate.

Japan defense plan wary of China's military: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 06:35 PM PST

Reuters - Japan will identify North Korea as a threat and call China's military activities a concern in a review of its defense policy that will include plans to beef up its ability to cope with Beijing's rise, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Haiti anti-vote protesters march, clash with police (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:21 PM PST

Protestors flee as Haitian policemen arrive to a protest in Port-au-Prince December 2, 2010. REUTERS/ St-Felix EvensReuters - Hundreds of protesters demanding the annulment of Haiti's elections marched in the capital for the second time in days on Sunday, clashing with riot police and stoking tensions ahead of results expected on Tuesday.

Dutch to try five Somalis for pirate hijacking (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 02:39 PM PST

Reuters - Dutch prosecutors will try five suspected Somali pirates on charges of hijacking a South African yacht last month, prosecutors said on Sunday, adding that the suspects were en route to the Netherlands.

Cursed Stones (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 06:40 AM PST

Time.com - Why Zimbabwe's New Diamonds Imperil Global Trade

Houllier set for emotional Liverpool return (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 05:14 PM PST

Gerard Houllier (pictured) has called on his struggling Aston Villa side to cut out the AFP - Gerard Houllier has called on his struggling Aston Villa side to cut out the "stupid" mistakes that have punctured their season as he prepares to make an emotional return to Liverpool on Monday.

Shark kills German tourist at Egyptian resort (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:41 PM PST

A general view showing a partially empty beach at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. An oceanic white tip shark badly mauled four Russian tourists swimming close to their beach hotels in two separate attacks at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a local conservation official said. (AP Photo/Hussien Talal)AP - A shark tore the arm off an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, killing her almost immediately, security and diving officials said Sunday, only days after sharks badly mauled four other European tourists in the waters.

Mexican state will try boy accused of beheadings (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 06:19 PM PST

Soldiers escort a 14-year-old known as 'El Ponchis' who is suspected of working as a killer for a drug cartel, in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico, Friday Dec. 3, 2010. The youth, who was captured late Thursday at the airport in Cuernavaca with his 16-year-old sister as they were trying to catch a flight to Tijuana and flee the country to San Diego, is accused of participating in four beheadings for a Mexican drug cartel and will be tried under a state juvenile law and will receive only three years in prison if convicted, a judge said Sunday. (AP Photo/Antonio Sierra)AP - A 14-year-old boy accused of participating in four beheadings for a Mexican drug cartel will be tried under a state juvenile law that carries a maximum of three years in prison if convicted, a judge said Sunday.

Mediators try to intervene in Ivory Coast chaos (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:14 PM PST

Jordanian United Nations soldiers stand guard at the entrance to the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Former South African President Thabo Mbeki tried to mediate the nation's growing political crisis Sunday as hundreds protested in the country's north, a day after both candidates in the disputed election said they were now president. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - International mediators tried to intervene Sunday in Ivory Coast's growing political crisis after both candidates in the disputed election said they were now president, raising fears the country could again be divided in two.

South Korean trade minister defends deal with US (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 06:30 PM PST

Anti-government supporters shout slogans and hold banners during a rally against the governments policies and financial plans, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010 in Seoul , South Korea. South Korea's top trade official Kim Jong-hoon on Sunday defended a hard-fought compromise with the United States on a stalled free trade agreement by rejecting accusations that his government gave up too much to seal the deal. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - South Korea's top trade official defended a hard-fought compromise with the United States to salvage a stalled free trade agreement, rejecting accusations that his government gave up too much to seal the deal.

Australia says Assange entitled to consular help (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 06:24 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2010 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a news conference at the Geneva press club, in Geneva, Switzerland. Assange is a former computer hacker who has embarrassed the U.S. government and foreign leaders with his online release of a huge trove of secret American diplomatic cables. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)AP - Australia's government says the country will give consular help to WikiLeaks' founder if he is arrested abroad.

In Pakistan, Christianity earns woman a death sentence (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 06:40 AM PST

Time.com - The case of Aasia Noreen highlights the use of blasphemy laws for religious persecution

Mobile Phones for Health (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:33 AM PST

OneWorld.net - ACCRA/NAIROBI, Dec 3 (IRIN/PlusNews) - Some 80 health professionals and telecom operators are meeting in the Ghanaian capital Accra to explore ways to use mobile phones for better healthcare delivery.

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