2010年12月11日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


Two blasts hit Stockholm, linked to Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:18 PM PST

Reuters - Two blasts rocked the center of Stockholm on Saturday in a possible attack inspired by Sweden's presence in Afghanistan, killing the bomber and wounding two other people, police and media said.

Drug shootout mars religious festival in Mexico (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:14 PM PST

People look for scrap metal in the remains of a burnt vehicle used as a roadblock by members of the La Familia cartel on the highway between Morelia and Apatzingan December 11, 2010. Mexico's spiraling war against powerful drug cartels escalated this week when security forces killed one of the leaders of the cult-like drug cartel La Familia based in Michoacan.    REUTERS/Leovigildo Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)Reuters - Suspected drug cartel gunmen attacked each other during annual religious celebrations in a small Mexican town, killing 11 people and wounding 22 others, local authorities said on Saturday.


Attacks kill Afghan civilians ahead of Obama review (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:56 AM PST

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers investigate at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Char Dara district of Kunduz province December 11, 2010. REUTERS/MateenReuters - Violence in Afghanistan killed more than a dozen civilians and a reported 40 insurgents as U.S. President Barack Obama prepared to unveil a review of strategy in the near decade-long war.


Kosovo braced for election, outcome uncertain (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:44 PM PST

Reuters - Kosovo votes on Sunday to choose a new parliament for Europe's youngest state but a boycott by many Serbs shows that the election may fail to resolve ethnic tensions.

Amanda Knox says Italy murder sentence a mistake (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 05:15 AM PST

Reuters - Amanda Knox, the American jailed in Italy for the murder of her British flatmate, insisted at the second hearing of her appeal trial on Saturday that she was innocent, and said it was a mistake to keep her in prison.

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

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:10 AM 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?

Moscow police, mourners clash; 3 reported injured (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 03:29 PM PST

Portrait of Spartak Moscow fan Yegor Sviridov is seen during a rally in Moscow on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Sviridov was killed on Dec. 6, 2010 in an attack on soccer supporters. Police have detained a man from Russia's North Caucasus. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - Police clashed with thousands of soccer fans and nationalists who gathered near the Kremlin on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a man on the streets of Moscow. At least three people were reported injured and 65 detained.


Jordanian, Palestinian soccer fans clash (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 03:37 PM PST

AP - Fans of rival Jordanian soccer teams clashed after a match, injuring 250 people in violence that pointed to the deep divisions between the nation's native Bedouin clans and its Palestinians.

Gunbattle kills 11 in western Mexican town (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:39 PM PST

People look for scrap metal in the remains of a burnt vehicle used as a roadblock by members of the La Familia cartel on the highway between Morelia and Apatzingan December 11, 2010. Mexico's spiraling war against powerful drug cartels escalated this week when security forces killed one of the leaders of the cult-like drug cartel La Familia based in Michoacan.    REUTERS/Leovigildo Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - A gunbattle between rival gangs killed 11 people during a Virgin of Guadalupe celebration in a western Mexican town, authorities said Saturday.


Sudan vote opponents spread confusion: poll chief (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 05:11 AM PST

Officials from the South Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC) wait to register voters in Juba, south Sudan, December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Phil MooreReuters - Opponents of a referendum on independence for south Sudan are threatening lawsuits and spreading confusion to try to disrupt the vote, the chief official running the plebiscite said on Saturday.


Violence rises ahead of US review of Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST

Afghan soldiers stand near a damaged military check post after a suicide attack in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. A suicide bomber blew up a stolen police car that had been packed with explosives, injuring five Afghan soldiers and nine civilians near an army checkpoint in northern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Fulad Hamdard)AP - A NATO airstrike killed at least 25 suspected insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, while violence elsewhere left 22 civilians dead in a wave of attacks days before the White House issues a review of U.S. war strategy, officials said.


Conservatives pull ahead in new poll (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:49 AM PST

Reuters - The Conservatives have pulled ahead of their main rivals in an opinion poll published Saturday, but would not have enough seats to be sure of a majority government.

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

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:10 AM 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
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