2011年1月11日星期二

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Over 90 missing in Australia as floods inundate Brisbane (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 06:04 PM PST

A flash flood sweeps cars against a bridge on a street in Toowoomba, about 105km (65 miles) west of Brisbane January 10, 2011. REUTERS/Anthony FarmerReuters - Thousands of residents of Australia's third-largest city evacuated homes on Wednesday as massive floods began to inundate the financial district, sparked panic buying of food and left authorities despairing for more than 90 people missing.

Haiti remembers quake dead as aid response defended (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 03:38 PM PST

Players belonging to Haiti's unofficial national amputee soccer team warm up prior to a friendly match against the local Zaryen team in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan 9, 2011. Many of the players in both teams lost their limbs during the Jan. 12, 2010 magnitude-7.0 quake that killed more than 220,000 people and left millions homeless. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Reuters - Haiti on Tuesday launched a poignant anniversary commemoration of its 2010 earthquake by honoring a mass burial site for victims as leaders defended the criticized international response and unveiled ambitious investment plans.

Israel missile kills Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 03:48 PM PST

Palestinians gather around a destroyed motorcycle after an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip January 11, 2011. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaReuters - A missile fired by an Israeli aircraft killed a Palestinian militant riding a motorcycle in the Gaza Strip close to the border with Israel Tuesday, the Israeli army and the Islamic Jihad militant group said.

Ten killed in Sudan ambush as south votes: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST

South Sudanese wait to vote at a polling station during the referendum in Juba, south Sudan January 9, 2011. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - Armed men killed 10 southern Sudanese in an ambush, a southern minister said on the third day of a referendum on independence for the south in which voters have defied gloomy predictions and turned out in huge numbers.

Lawyers: Assange could face death penalty in U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 07:47 AM PST

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London January 11, 2011. Assange appeared in the London court on Tuesday as lawyers draw the battle lines in his fight to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning about alleged sex crimes. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will argue he should not be extradited from Britain to Sweden over alleged sex crimes because he could end up in the United States facing the death penalty, his lawyers said on Tuesday.

The Da Vinci Code, Cracked? Expert Says She Knows Where Mona Lisa Was Painted (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 03:15 PM PST

Time.com - That smile: No, we still don't know why. But one expert claims to have solved the question of where

Indian budget airline in $16bn deal with Airbus (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:48 PM PST

An IndiGo Airbus A320 aircraft makes for final approach at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi in 2010. Indian airline IndiGo has signed an agreement to buy 180 Airbus A320 single-aisle aircraft in a record sale worth $16.4 billion (12.6 billion euros), the European plane maker said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Raveendran)AFP - Indian budget airline IndiGo has signed an agreement to buy 180 Airbus A320 aircraft, the European plane maker said, in a record sale worth $16.4 billion (12.6 billion euros).

Clinton in Yemen to press counterterror efforts (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, poses for a picture with members of the Yemeni opposition parties, in a hotel in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Clinton on Tuesday urged Yemen to step up cooperation with the United States as she made an unannounced visit here to shore up and repair damaged ties with a fragile and problematic ally that is fast becoming the main focus of American counterterrorism efforts. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday urged Yemen to step up security cooperation with the United States during an unannounced visit to shore up ties with a nation that is fast becoming a major focus of American counterterrorism efforts.

Haiti: A year after the quake, waiting to rebuild (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 03:49 PM PST

A Haitian national policeman stands guard at a mass grave site during a religious ceremony at the Titanyen mass grave site on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. The religious ceremony is one of many events planned to mark the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 12th magnitude-7.0 quake that killed more than 220,000 people and left millions homeless. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - The man's body lay face down, his white dress shirt shining like wax in the sun, as he was unearthed in the ruins of a Port-au-Prince restaurant a year after the earthquake.

Wanted Sudan war criminal given UN transport: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:30 PM PST

A peacekeeper of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) standing guard in Abyei in 2010. A Sudanese governor wanted by a UN court for war crimes used a UN helicopter to attend a peace meeting, a spokesman for the world body said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Guillaume Lavalee)AFP - A Sudanese governor wanted by a UN court for war crimes used a UN helicopter to attend a peace meeting, a spokesman for the world body said Tuesday.

Rains inundate more areas in Philippines; 40 die (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 06:08 PM PST

AP - Disaster officials say heavy monsoon rains drenching the eastern Philippines for two weeks have drowned seven more people, pushing the death toll to 40 with seven missing.

Floods enter Brisbane, 20,000 homes in danger (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 05:58 PM PST

Local residents move to higher ground as the Brisbane river burst its banks to cause widespread flooding in Brisbane, Australia, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Queensland has been in the grip of its worst flooding for more than two weeks, after tropical downpours across a vast area of the state covered an area the size of France and Germany combined. Residents in low-lying regions of the state capital of Brisbane were urged to sandbag their homes and later told to move to higher ground. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)AP - Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeast Australia seeped onto the streets of the nation's third-largest city Wednesday, forcing people to flee both suburbs and skyscrapers.

What's causing the Australia flooding (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:48 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - What's the primary cause of the Australia flooding, which now covers an area the size of France and Germany combined and has caused an estimated $6 billion in economic damage? The La Niña ocean-atmosphere phenomenon in the Pacific.

Fall Guy: The Struggles of British Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 03:15 PM PST

Time.com - In less than a year, the Liberal Democrat leader has gone from political darling to public scapegoat -- and his party is braced for the consequences

Why Hillary Clinton made a surprise stop in Yemen (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:19 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, poses for a picture with members of the Yemeni opposition parties, in a hotel in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Clinton on Tuesday urged Yemen to step up cooperation with the United States as she made an unannounced visit here to shore up and repair damaged ties with a fragile and problematic ally that is fast becoming the main focus of American counterterrorism efforts. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)The Christian Science Monitor - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid an unannounced visit to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa today, highlighting the country's rising importance in US foreign policy despite a sometimes rocky relationship.

Families of Missing Women Protest Police Inaction in Juarez (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:16 AM PST

OneWorld.net - JUAREZ, Jan 11 (New America Media) - Monica Janeth Alanis Esparza was 17 years old the last time her mother, Olga Esparza, leaned over to give her a kiss in bed. "I told her I loved her very much and went out to run some errands." That was almost two years ago. Monica has not been seen since.

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