2011年5月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News


Pakistan PM rejects accusations over bin Laden (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 04:09 PM PDT

A man watches Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on a televised address to the parliament at an appliance store in Islamabad, May 9, 2011. REUTERS/Erik de CastroReuters - Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani rejected allegations on Monday that the killing of Osama bin Laden near Islamabad by U.S. forces showed Pakistani incompetence or complicity in hiding the al Qaeda leader.


NATO hits Libyan arms depot as West faces dilemma (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 03:29 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT OF THE VIDEO FROM WHICH THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN. A fire-fighter attempts to put out a blaze at fuel storage tanks in Misrata in this still image taken from video uploaded on a social media website May 6, 2011. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TVReuters - NATO planes pounded Libyan government targets on Monday but stalemate in the rebel war to unseat Muammar Gaddafi has presented Western powers with a dilemma over whether to offer covert aid to the cause.


Four dead as security forces fire on Yemen protest (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters surround a police patrol trying to disperse them during a protest to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz May 8, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemeni forces fired at protesters blockading a government building on Monday, killing a shopkeeper and three protesters in Taiz, a city that has seen some of the largest demonstrations against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, witnesses said.


Assad tightens grip on Syria's restive third city (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Government forces backed by snipers on rooftops tightened their grip on Syria's third city on Monday, rights groups said, after President Bashar al-Assad sent in tanks in a sharpening crackdown on protests against his rule.

Japan to shut nuclear plant on quake fears (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT

An aerial view shows Chubu Electric Power Co's Hamaoka Nuclear Power Staion in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, in this picture taken by Kyodo on February 23, 2011.REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Japanese power firm Chubu Electric on Monday agreed to shut a nuclear plant until it can be better defended against the type of massive tsunami that in March triggered the worst atomic crisis in 25 years.


Abandon All Hope: The Russian Region That's Been Left to Die (Time.com)

Posted: 09 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Stricken by poverty, drowning in moonshine and ignored by the Kremlin, the population of Pskov is decreasing at an alarming rate -- and right on the European Union's doorstep

Rodriguez treble boosts Liverpool's Euro charge (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT

Liverpool's Maxi Rodriguez (L) celebrates after scoring the fourth goal of the match against Fulham during their premiership match at home to Fulham at Craven Cottage football stadium, London. Liverpool won 5-2.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Liverpool boosted their late challenge for a top four finish in the Premier League as Maxi Rodriguez's hat-trick fired the Reds to a 5-2 victory against Fulham on Monday.


For Libyan rebels, border post is strategic prize (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 03:02 PM PDT

In this Sunday, May 8, 2011 photo, rebel fighters Morad Mehdi, 31, left, and Morad Hamed, 28, right, guard the Dhuheiba border crossing between Libya and Tunisia. Since rebels captured the Dhuheiba border crossing on April 21, 2011, Gadhafi loyalists have repeatedly tried to retake it, shelling it from nearby mountains, most recently over the weekend, but the rebels have held their ground.(AP Photo/Karin Laub)AP - An 18-year-old Libyan rebel with an assault rifle propped against his knee scans a mountain range through binoculars for signs of Moammar Gadhafi's troops.


Mexico gives scholarships to dead miners' children (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 05:40 PM PDT

AP - The governor of a Mexican state has given scholarships to the children of the 14 miners who were killed last week in a gas explosion at a coal mine.

Jets carry out heavy bombing in Tripoli (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 05:45 PM PDT

Jets screamed in low over Tripoli early on Tuesday, carrying out a series of strikes in quick succession, after witnesses reported two others near state media offices a few hours before.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - Jets screamed in low over Tripoli early on Tuesday, carrying out a series of strikes in quick succession, after witnesses reported two others near state media offices a few hours before.


Rights abuses by Afghan forces grow: Oxfam (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 05:26 PM PDT

President Hamid Karzai announced in March that Afghan security forces will take over security from NATO this summer in the capital of violence-wracked Helmand province and several other areas.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Foreign troops must do more to prevent growing rights abuses by Afghan forces including killings and child sex abuse as they prepare to hand over security, a leading charity warned Tuesday.


Emergency declared in Manitoba flooding (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2011 03:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Manitoba declared a state of emergency on Monday as a rain-swollen Assiniboine River forced hundreds of residents of the Canadian Prairie province from their homes.

Abu Dhabi to help fund Australian cyclone shelters (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT

A sign outside a beachfront home in South Mission Beach in March 2011 announces AFP - The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi Monday donated US$32 million dollars to Queensland to help protect the Australian state from cyclones in the wake of a monster storm that hit in February.


Iran's Ahmadinejad survives worst storm of his presidency (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has survived one of the most turbulent political storms of his seven-year presidency, a stand-off with Iran's supreme religious leader that caused some to believe he would be impeached or forced to resign as early as this past weekend.

Who Can't Stop the Rain: Colombia’s Very, Very Wet 11 Months (Time.com)

Posted: 09 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Nearly a year of almost nonstop rain have led to floods, landslides, countless injuries, deaths, and national disaster

Mexico's Calderón popular, despite massive protests about his drug strategy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 May 2011 01:43 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - More than half of Mexico approves of Felipe Calderón's presidency, according to a new public opinion poll, despite the appearance otherwise from nationwide protests over the weekend calling for him to end his military-led strategy to the drug war.

Mixed messages out of Africa (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:30 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - May 9 (OneWorld.net) - Two contrasting narratives on Africa's fragile economic development will confront heads of state gathering in Turkey for a critical UN conference on the world's "Least Developed Countries" which starts today.

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