2010年12月6日星期一

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U.S. and allies urge China to rein in North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:19 PM PST

North Korean soldiers patrol on a pathway along the bank of the Yalu River, the China-North Korea border river, near North Korea's town of Sinuiju, opposite side of the Chinese border city of Dandong, Sunday Nov. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Reuters - China must do more to rein in North Korea's belligerence, the United States and its chief Asian allies said on Monday after Beijing warned tensions could "spin out of control."

Continental, welder guilty in Concorde crash trial (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:27 AM PST

Fernand Garnault (C), Air France's lawyer, speaks to the media after the verdict in Concorde trial at the courthouse of Pontoise, near Paris, December 6, 2010. A French court found Continental Airlines and a mechanic at the airline guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter for their role in the 2000 Concorde crash that grounded the supersonic airliner for good. The court found three French aviation officials not guilty. Prosecutors had been seeking a fine for Continental, now United Continental Holdings following a merger, and suspended prison sentences for a mechanic and his boss. REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - A French court on Monday found Continental Airlines and a mechanic at the U.S. airline guilty of involuntary manslaughter for their part in the 2000 Concorde crash, in a ruling Continental called "absurd."

China buoys climate talks with "binding" target (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:45 PM PST

In this image released by Greenpeace, an environmental activist performs in an underwater art museum in Cancun, Mexico, Sunday Dec. 5, 2010. Environmental activists carried out the underwater performance to draw attention to the risk for millions of people living in coastal areas if immediate action is not taken to curb global warming. Cancun is hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jason Taylor)Reuters - China on Monday offered for the first time to submit its voluntary carbon emissions target to a binding U.N. resolution, buoying climate talks where Bolivia accused rich world policies of causing "genocide."

Iran, 6 big powers to resume talks on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:35 AM PST

The face of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is seen through a magnifying glass. US diplomats play a major role in trying to prevent arms from reaching world hotspots, but cables released to The New York Times show an uphill battle against the likes of Iran, Syria and North Korea.(AFP/Thomas Coex)Reuters - Talks between Iran and six major powers -- the first in over a year -- will resume on Tuesday after each power raised the issue of Tehran's disputed nuclear program in a first round on Monday, a Western official said.

WikiLeaks Adds to U.K. Worries Over 'Special Relationship' (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:15 PM PST

Time.com - What the cables released by WikiLeaks say about the strains in the U.S.-U.K. relationship -- and what it means for the royal wedding

England win second Ashes Test (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST

England fieldsman James Anderson celebrates taking a catch to dismiss Australian batsman Michael Hussey at the second Ashes cricket Test match in Adelaide on December 7, 2010. England crushed Australia by an innings and 71 runs to win the second Test and go one-up in the Ashes series at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.(AFP/William West)AFP - England crushed Australia by an innings and 71 runs to win the second Test and go one-up in the Ashes series at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

Egypt's ruling party sweeps parliament vote (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST

Egyptian voters protest in front of anti-riot vehicle as they claim they were prevented from casting their votes in Damas village near El Dakahlia, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Egypt held runoff parliamentary elections Sunday that are certain to hand President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party a crushing victory after the two main opposition groups decided to boycott in protest of alleged fraud in the first round. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)AP - Egypt's ruling party won a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections, according to results released Monday, after a final round of voting boycotted by the two main opposition groups in protest of what they said was massive vote-rigging.

23 bodies recovered in Colombian landslide (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:22 PM PST

Soldiers and a resident carry a body rescued from the site where a landslide buried houses trapping dozens beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains, in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dig out the mud. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)AP - Rescue workers recovered 23 bodies but said more than 100 people remained missing and feared dead Monday following a landslide that buried a poor Medellin suburb amid Colombia's heaviest rains in decades.

Polish parliament gets its 1st African lawmaker (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:55 PM PST

File - John Abraham Godson, left, a local Polish council member originally from Nigeria, is seen alongside lawmaker Hanna Zdanowska, right, in Lodz, Poland, in this Nov. 21, 2010 file photo. Poland's parliament is getting its first ever African lawmaker, a teacher and Christian pastor from Nigeria who has lived in Poland for 17 years and proven himself a popular local leader. Godson is a councilman in the central city of Lodz. The 40-year-old will fill a seat in the national parliament vacated by a fellow lawmaker from the Civic Platform party. That lawmaker, Hanna Zdanowska, was elected mayor of Lodz on Sunday. Godson was her runner-up in the 2007 parliamentary elections. (AP Photo / file) Poland OutAP - Poland's parliament is getting its first ever African lawmaker, a teacher and Christian pastor from Nigeria who has lived in Poland for 17 years and proven himself a popular local leader.

England grab wickets in push for Ashes victory (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:44 PM PST

England fans celebrate behind England fieldsman James Anderson after taking a catch to dismiss Australian batsman Michael Hussey on the final day of the second Ashes cricket Test match in Adelaide. England were surging to victory over Australia early on the final day with three wickets in the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.(AFP/William West)AFP - England were surging to victory over Australia early on the final day with three wickets in the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

Canada Ivey, building data show subdued recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:41 AM PST

Reuters - Canadian purchasing activity ticked higher in November and the cooling housing market dragged down the value of October building permits as the economic recovery advanced but at a subdued pace.

Protected seals clubbed to death in New Zealand (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 10:24 PM PST

In this Dec. 2, 2010 photo provided by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, DOC officer Phil Bradfield stands next to several dead seals near Kaikoura on New Zealand's South Island. New Zealand police and conservation officials are hunting offenders who clubbed to death 23 protected fur seals, including newborn pups, at a New Zealand breeding colony re-established two decades ago after the species was nearly wiped out by hunting. (AP Photo/New Zealand Department of Conservation) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Attackers wielding bats or clubs slaughtered two dozen fur seals, including newborn pups, over several days at one of New Zealand's most popular sanctuaries for watching the animals, officials said Monday.

US 'how to' guide on talking to Iran – in 1979 – emerges from WikiLeaks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:01 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As top Western diplomats sit down at the negotiating table with their Iranian counterparts in Geneva, they will have no shortage of advice, some of it freshly culled from the trove of secret US State Department cables released by WikiLeaks.

All About Assange: Obama May Need to Resign and Other WikiLeaks Weekend Updates (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:15 PM PST

Time.com - More developments surrounding Julian Assange and the classified documents he WikiLeak-ed erupted over the weekend

Concorde crash verdict vindicates 'James Bond' of planes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:48 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Today's court ruling in France on the 2000 Concorde crash was seen by some as vindication for the world’s first and only supersonic commercial jet.

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