2011年9月24日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


Putin sets stage for return as Russian president (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 03:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ended months of speculation by saying he will run for president next March in an election that could open the way for him to stay in power for 12 more years.

Libyan NTC forces thrust deep into Gaddafi home town (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 03:59 PM PDT

The hand of a dead revolutionary fighter is seen at a field hospital near Sirte, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Backed by rockets and heavy artillery, hundreds of Libyan revolutionary fighters pushed into Moammar Gadhafi's hometown from the west Saturday in the first significant assault in about a week. Sirte, 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast, is one of three Gadhafi strongholds that refused to surrender after revolutionary forces seized control of Tripoli late last month after a civil war against his 42-year rule. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)Reuters - Libyan interim government forces backed by NATO warplanes have mounted their deepest thrust into Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, getting as close as half a kilometer from the center of the deposed leader's coastal stronghold.


Prosecutors demand life in jail for Amanda Knox (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Italian prosecutors asked a court on Saturday to put American student Amanda Knox behind bars for life for murdering her British housemate in a frenzied sex game that turned violent.

Syria bans imports to save foreign currency (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 02:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Syria has banned most imports except raw materials and grains, local businessmen said on Saturday, in a move to preserve foreign currency reserves as pressure grows from a popular rebellion and Western sanctions against Syria's rulers.

Chile's capital hit with widespread power outage (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Reuters - The Chilean capital Santiago experienced a widespread power blackout on Saturday but power remained on in parts of the mining heartland in northern Chile, according to Reuters witnesses.

The New Spanish Scent That's Good Enough to Eat (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Chef Jordi Roca is already known for making pastries that taste like popularperfumes smell. Now he's reversing the concept with scents based on hisrestaurant's dessert list

Europe aims to beef up crisis fund, world urges action (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Europe is working to ramp up the firepower of its bailout fund, top officials said on Saturday, as the United States, China and other nations raised the alarm about its debt crisis hurting the world economy.

Supporters of Bahrain rulers rebuff vote boycott (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:51 PM PDT

A policeman watches as people walk in to vote at a polling station in Hamad Town, Bahrain, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Shiite-led opposition groups called for a boycott of parliamentary elections to protest crackdowns. Voting appears very light in most Shiite areas, although busier in districts with Sunni voters who are considered backers of the Gulf kingdom's monarchy. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - Rebuffing an election boycott by Shiite protest groups, supporters of the country's Sunni rulers voted in a special parliamentary election that is likely to reinforce divisions after seven months of unrest in the Gulf's main Arab Spring showdown.


Bolivian official held at highway protest (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

AP - Marchers opposed to a highway that Bolivia plans to build through an indigenous-inhabited nature preserve have briefly detained the foreign minister in the country's eastern lowlands.

Egypt court delays verdict in policemen's trial (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Reuters - An Egyptian activist, whose death last year contributed to the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, died from asphyxiation caused by a roll forced into his mouth while he was unconscious, the state news agency MENA reported on Saturday.

China must battle inflation, maintains growth-Zhou (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 04:49 PM PDT

China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan arrives for a group photo taking session with other International Monetary Fund (IMF) governors, during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington September 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - China's economic outlook is positive, but it must keep battling inflation and be ready to counteract any external shocks, the country's top central banker said on Saturday.


Australian man charged in 'collar bomb' hoax (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2011 file photo, Paul Douglas Peters, left, of Sydney, Australia, is escorted from the Federal Courthouse in Louisville, Ky., after he was arraigned in connection with a bomb hoax in Australia. The Australian man accused of chaining a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck as part of an extortion attempt is being extradited from the U.S. to Australia. New South Wales police said Friday Sept. 23, 2011 that Australian detectives were sent to the U.S. to assist in the extradition  (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Sam Upshaw Jr., File)AP - An Australian investment banker accused of chaining a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt was charged Saturday with kidnapping and other offenses after being extradited from the U.S.


Palestinian statehood bid brings Abbas a personal victory (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:24 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Thousands of Palestinians gathered in central Ramallah Friday night to hear Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speak to the United Nations and formally announce the bid for UN statehood membership.

Peace Hopes Grim as Abbas, Netanyahu Clash at U.N. (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Competing visions of the causes of conflict and the terms of ending it cloud hopes for a breakthrough any time soon

Zambia's fiery populist, Michael Sata, wins presidential election (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:43 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Zambia’s new president Michael Sata is known for his fiery speeches, his harsh criticism of Chinese investment in the Zambian copper mining industry, and his fondness for the governing philosophy of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. But in his first major statement since being declared the winner of this week’s presidential elections, the opposition leader struck a gentler line, albeit a still skeptical one.

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