2011年10月12日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


Saudis, U.S. trade charges with Iran over plot (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Saudi Arabia and the United States traded charges with Iran Wednesday over an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, deepening divisions and sharpening a contest for power in the oil-rich Gulf.

Libya fighters capture Gaddafi son in Sirte: NTC (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:33 PM PDT

An anti-Gaddafi fighter fires a Grad missile during clashes with Gaddafi forces in Sirte, October 11, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - Libyan government fighters captured Muammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim in Sirte on Wednesday after he tried to escape the battle-torn city in a car with a family, officials with the National Transitional Council (NTC) told Reuters.


Israel-Hamas prisoner swap stirs mixed emotions (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:24 AM PDT

Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is seen in this file still image from video released October 2, 2009 by Israeli television. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - The parents of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit folded their protest tent Wednesday and Palestinian families awaited word on whether their loved ones would go free in a prisoner swap agreed by Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers.


Probe finds no U.S. fault in Afghan chopper crash (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:35 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a conference call from Camp David, Maryland, in this August 6, 2011 photo release. A NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. soldiers and seven Afghans, the Afghan president said on Saturday, the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war. REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/HandoutReuters - A military investigation found no U.S. personnel at fault in the August crash of a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan that killed all 30 Americans on board, the deadliest incident for U.S. forces in the decade-old war, officials told Reuters on Wednesday.


Swiss say trying to release dictators' stashed loot (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi cheers his supporters, as he is surrounded by members of the media, after a meeting with a delegation of five African leaders at his Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli April 10, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Switzerland is trying to help the new authorities of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya recover 770 million Swiss francs ($850 million) in frozen assets linked to their ousted leaders, but the process could take years, a senior Swiss official said on Wednesday.


Dilma Vs. Gisele: The War Over Brazilian Womanhood (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The government of Brazil's first female president comes down hard against a lingerie ad by Brazil's most famous female

EU speeds up capital rules for big banks (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:37 PM PDT

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attends the parliamentary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The European Union hopes to push its member states to take firmer action on the debt crisis when it presents Wednesday a broad new plan to fight market turmoil, from strengthening weak banks to lowering Greece's debt burden. The plan is the boldest attempt yet to stem the crisis, which has linked the fortunes of highly indebted states like Greece, Ireland and Portugal with those of the banks that own those countries' bonds. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - Europe's biggest banks must raise billions of euros in capital to better withstand market turmoil, the European Commission proposed Wednesday, as it embarked on a major push to contain the continent's escalating debt troubles and avert a second recession.


Libya official: No confirmation Gadhafi son caught (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT

A picture of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi is seen in the ashes in downtown Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Rebel forces have besieged Sirte since mid September fought loyalists in a fierce street by street fighting to control the home town of Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - A Libyan spokesman said Wednesday that revolutionary forces have captured some fighters close to one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons in the fugitive leader's hometown but that he has no information that the son himself has been seized.


Chavez opponent launches presidential campaign (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:25 PM PDT

**  CORRECTS FIRST NAME OF HENRIQUE CAPRILES  ** Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles delivers a speech during the launching of his campaign for Presidential primaries elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Opposition primaries elections in Venezuela are scheduled for Feb. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - A prominent opponent of President Hugo Chavez launched his campaign for Venezuela's presidency on Wednesday, promising a more business-friendly approach than the socialist policies of the country's leader.


Liberia to release first election results (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who is also Liberia's president and presidential candidate of the Unity Party (UP), arrives to vote at the polling station in Feefee in Bomi County October 11, 2011. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Liberia is to release a first batch of official results on Thursday from its hotly-contested presidential election, in which Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is seeking a second term.


More than one guest list for South Korean dinner (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta escorts South Korean President Lee Myung-bak into the Pentagon, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - The after-dinner playlist is set. The garden herbs have been harvested. The tweeple are on their way.


Air Canada union steps back from brink on strike (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Reuters - Air Canada's flight attendants canceled their planned strike on Wednesday just hours before it was due to start after the federal government asked a labor board to step into the dispute.

Iran vs. Saudi Arabia: In Wikileaks, targeted Saudi ambassador told US to decapitate Iranian 'snake' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:21 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A longstanding regional rivalry lies behind the web of conspiracies that US authorities on Tuesday said linked Iranian agents to a plot to kill the Saudi Arabia ambassador in Washington.

The Arbabsiar Case: Could Rogue Elements in Iran Be Behind It? (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Time.com - If the plot had borne fruit, the consequences could have been disastrous for Tehran, further exacerbating the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Coptic Christians in Egypt battle state's version of deadly protest (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:16 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Egypt’s muted response to a deadly attack by its own Army on a Christian protest Sunday is furthering the anger of Christians, and threatening to escalate sectarian strife at a delicate time of transition.

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