2011年8月6日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing 38 (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:08 PM PDT

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai attends the funeral ceremony for his younger brother Ahmad Wali Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul in this July 15,2011 file photo.REUTERS/Massoud Hossaini/PoolReuters - A NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. soldiers, an interpreter and seven Afghans, the Afghan president said on Saturday, the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war.


Quarter-million Israelis march for economic reform (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:27 PM PDT

Protesters shout slogans during a massive protest call for social justice, including lower property prices in Israel, at the centre of Tel Aviv August 6, 2011. REUTERS/ Baz RatnerReuters - A quarter-million Israelis marched on Saturday for lower living costs in an escalating protest that has catapulted the economy onto the political agenda and put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


Saleh to leave hospital, fighting flares in Sanaa (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks during an interview broadcast on Yemen's state TV in this still image taken from file video July 7, 2011. REUTERS/YemenReuters - Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave hospital soon, a government source said on Saturday, as clashes between his loyalists and opponents flared in the capital he left when protests against his rule turned into open warfare.


Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Reuters - Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said on Saturday his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to overthrow his Western-backed government after the al Shabaab group began withdrawing fighters from the capital Mogadishu.

Far-Right Ideologues Must Take Responsibility for the Islamophobia (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:50 AM PDT

Time.com - Viewpoint: Far-Right Ideologues Must Take Responsibility for Islamophobia

Blazes, looting in London riot (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:30 PM PDT

A shop burns on a main road in Tottenham. Rioters went on the rampage in north London on Saturday, torching police cars, a bus and a shop amid widespread looting following a protest over the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Rioters went on the rampage in north London on Saturday, torching police cars, a bus and a shop amid widespread looting following a protest over the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers.


270,000 attend Israel's biggest pocketbook protest (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Thousands of Israelis march during a protest against the rising cost of living in Israel, in central Tel Aviv , Israel, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Angry over the ever increasing cost of living, Israelis poured en masse into the streets of major cities Saturday night in a big show of force by the protest movement that is sweeping the country and proving to be a real challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Thousands of mostly middle class Israelis marched through the streets in central Tel Aviv waving flags, beating drums and chanting: 'Social justice for the people.'(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - At least a quarter of a million Israelis, fed up with the mounting cost of living, poured into the streets of the country's major cities Saturday night to demand that their leaders address their plight — and proving by their tremendous numbers that they will not go away.


Mexican villagers attack alleged crooks, killing 6 (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:20 PM PDT

AP - Mexican authorities say dozens of armed villagers in southern Mexico confronted a suspected crime gang in their home and a child, a woman and four men were killed in the resulting gunbattle.

Sudan accuses US of distorting and damaging image (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT

A Sudanese man reads a newspaper at a kiosk in the capital Khartoum in July 2011. Sudan on Saturday strongly criticised the United States for intentionally distorting and damaging the country's image, and urged the US State Department not to be a AFP - Sudan on Saturday strongly criticised the United States for intentionally distorting and damaging the country's image, and urged the US State Department not to be a "tool of war."


Copter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 7 Afghans (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:29 PM PDT

Virginia Beach residents Tom Hall, left, and Mark Janik, center, watch as news about the Navy Seal Team Six helicopter accident is displayed on a television at a bar in Virginia Beach , Va., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. The headquarters for the Navy Seal Team Six is located in Virgina Beach. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war.


Australia firm on Malaysia refugee deal (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:53 AM PDT

Malaysian human rights activists stage a protest to highlight their anger at the Malaysia-Australia refugee deal in Kuala Lumpur in late July. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Saturday that reports of a hunger strike among Malaysia-bound asylum seekers would not deter her from the controversial refugee swap plan.(AFP/File)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Saturday that reports of a hunger strike among Malaysia-bound asylum seekers would not deter her from the controversial refugee swap plan.


Five myths about Africa (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Here we were, stuck axle-deep on a muddy road in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a very impressive midafternoon rainstorm.

Post-Petraeus Afghanistan: Turning Defeat into Transition (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 02:50 AM PDT

Time.com - A new military chief and a new U.S. ambassador are in place, but the same problems are sticking around

Helicopter crash kills dozens in Afghanistan: implications for US war effort? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:22 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan claimed the lives of at least 31 American Special Forces soldiers and 7 Afghan soldiers on Saturday. The loss is the biggest single day death toll for the United States in nearly 10 years of war in Afghanistan.

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