2010年12月10日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Mexican evangelical drug boss killed in raid (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:41 PM PST

A soldier stands guard as girls walk past in Morelia November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Leogivildo GonzalezReuters - Mexican security forces killed a top leader of the cult-like La Familia drug cartel, the government said on Friday, relieving some pressure on President Felipe Calderon in his flagging drug war.

Climate talks show signs of Kyoto compromise (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:39 PM PST

Activists from the 350.org environmental protection NGO sit on a table partially submerged in water as they pretend to represent countries taking part in the U.N. climate talks during a staged news conference at a beach in Cancun December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jorge SilvaReuters - Global climate talks showed progress on Friday as negotiators hinted at a compromise between rich and poor nations on greenhouse gas emissions.

Iran TV shows stoning woman acting out husband's murder (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 05:09 PM PST

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death for adultery, poses for a picture in the yard of her home in Oskou, 570 km (354 miles) northwest of Tehran in this image released on December 9, 2010. REUTERS/PRESS TVReuters - Iranian television aired a documentary on Saturday in which a woman whose stoning sentence caused global outrage staged a graphic reconstruction of her husband's murder for which she faces possible hanging.

Amanda Knox's Appeal: A Friendlier Venue This Time? (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST

Time.com - Since Amanda Knox was convicted last year of killing her British roommate Meredith Kercher, the tide of public opinion in Italy has turned in her favor. As her appeal trial gets underway, could Italy's change of mind help set her free?

Police say Croatian ex-PM arrested in Austria (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:16 PM PST

A screenshot of warrant for former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader at the website of Croatian interior ministry, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. Croatian police have issued an international arrest warrant for the country's former prime minister, who left the country just as it became clear that prosecutors want him investigated and detained on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)AP - Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader was arrested Friday on an international warrant a day after he left his home country amid a corruption probe.

Iran airs new confession by woman in stoning case (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:37 PM PST

In this photo released by state-run Press TV, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, wipes her face during an interview with Press TV, in Tabriz, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. The 43-year-old mother of two was brought from the prison to her home in northwestern Iran to 'produce a visual recount of the crime at the murder scene,' Press TV announced, denying reports that she had been released. (AP Photo/Press TV) EDS NOTE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE.AP - An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery confessed to helping a man kill her husband and re-enacted the alleged crime in an interview broadcast Friday by Iranian state television — an apparent effort by the government to deflect international criticism over the case.

Eccentric La Familia cartel chief killed in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 06:27 PM PST

A Mexican federal officer aims his gun during a search operation after gunmen opened fire on two men at a stop sign in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. The city of Juarez reports 54 murders so far this month according to a tally by a local television station. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - The eccentric leader of the brutal La Familia drug cartel was killed in a shootout during two days of fighting between federal police and gunmen that terrified civilians across a western Mexican state, the government said Friday.

Navratilova hospitalized after Kilimanjaro attempt (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 12:25 PM PST

Tennis great Martina Navratilova celebrates after scoring a goal during a demonstration at a soccer game in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Navratilova next week will climb Tanzania's Mount Kilimajaro to raise money and awareness for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)AP - Martina Navratilova was hospitalized in Kenya because of fluid accumulation in her lungs after attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The 54-year-old tennis great is expected to recover.

China censors Nobel ceremony honoring dissident (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 06:06 PM PST

A security person blocks a photographer from taking pictures outside the residential compound where Liu Xia, the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo lives in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. Chinese police are surrounding the home in the hours before the award is due to be bestowed on the imprisoned writer.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China repeated its claim Saturday that the world is meddling in its affairs after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in absentia to imprisoned democracy activist Liu Xiaobo. The ceremony was censored in China, which has seen a clampdown on dissidents and some news websites blocked in recent days.

Canada new home prices edge higher in October (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:39 AM PST

Reuters - New home prices in Canada edged higher by 0.1 percent in October from September, for the third

Car carrying Prince Charles attacked by London protesters [VIDEO] (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 04:42 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Peaceful protests in London turned ugly, Thursday, after British Prime Minister David Cameron´s government approved a 300 percent tuition hike for British universities that would set tuition at $14,000 per year. The close 323-302 vote was the spark that caused some of the 30,000 peaceful student protesters to break off from the main assembly and run a muck in the streets of London.

For U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Coalition Forces Are Mixed Blessing (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST

Time.com - Having Polish and other NATO forces in the field creates a pleasing image of burden sharing, but Ghazni demonstrates that they can't always hold the line

Shanghai test scores have everyone asking: How did students do it? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:14 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - When the results of an international education assessment put Shanghai and several other Asian participants ahead of the US and much of Western Europe, many Americans were shocked. “Top test scores from Shanghai stun educators” read the headline in The New York Times.

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