2011年7月28日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


Libyan rebels say military chief killed (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:31 PM PDT

Rebel fighters prepare to make their way to the frontline on the outskirts of Nalut July 28, 2011. Rebels in Libya's Western Mountains launched an offensive on Thursday against Muammar Gaddafi's troops, one day after Britain granted diplomatic recognition to the opposition. REUTERS/Zoubeir SouissiReuters - Libya's rebels said their military chief was shot dead on Thursday, a blow to Muammar Gaddafi's rivals as they launched a military offensive in the west and won further international recognition of their cause.


Serb police, NATO boost forces after Kosovo violence (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:35 PM PDT

Slovenia's KFOR soldiers guard the main bridge connecting the Albanian and Serb parts of the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Hazir RekaReuters - Serbian police and NATO troops reinforced checkpoints on both sides of the Kosovo border on Thursday to deter further ethnic violence after a frontier post was burned down and a policeman killed.


World's biggest refugee camp extended as Somalis flood in (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:01 AM PDT

A displaced Somali woman collects food aid at a distribution point in Mogadishu in this July 21, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Feisal OmarReuters - Thousands of Somalis fleeing drought, famine and war have started moving into a new extension of the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, which is increasingly concerned about bearing the brunt of the Horn of Africa crisis.


Mother of murdered UK girl on hacking list: charity (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT

Sara and Michael Payne in central London, December 18, 2001. REUTERS/Russell BoyceReuters - The mother of a murdered British schoolgirl was targeted by a private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, her charity said on Thursday, reigniting a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken his global media empire.


U.S., North Korea hold "business-like" talks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 02:59 PM PDT

North Korean soldiers are seen through a window from the UN Command Military Armistice Commission meeting room at the truce border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on July 27, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Jae-hwan/PoolReuters - The United States and North Korea on Thursday began exploratory talks in which Washington is looking for concrete signs that Pyongyang is ready to discuss its nuclear program after a more than two-year hiatus.


U.K. Bans Two Retouched Makeup Ads For Being 'Misleading' (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Turns out, not even celebrities have skin this nice

Old boy Baros downs Liverpool in Istanbul (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:15 PM PDT

Former Liverpool striker Milan Baros, pictured in 2009, scored twice to lead Turkish side Galatasaray to a 3-0 win over the English giants in a pre-season friendly on Thursday.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)AFP - Former Liverpool striker Milan Baros scored twice to lead Turkish side Galatasaray to a 3-0 win over the English giants in a pre-season friendly on Thursday.


Libyan rebels say military commander killed (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

File - Libyan rebel military leader Abdel-Fattah Younis   is greeted by Libyan rebels at the front line near Brega, Libya, in this Friday, April 1, 2011 file photo. The head of the Libyan rebel's armed forces and two of his aides were killed by gunmen Thursday, July 28 2011,  the head of the rebel leadership said. (AP Photo / Altaf Qadri, file)AP - The head of the Libyan rebel armed forces was shot and killed Thursday just before arriving for questioning by rebel authorities, their political leader said in a carefully worded statement to reporters that gave few details on who was behind the killing.


Haiti cops search for man seen with gun near pres (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:56 PM PDT

AP - A police chief in Haiti says detectives are looking for a man who may have wanted to assassinate President Michel Martelly when he visited a northern city over the weekend.

Libya rebel general Abdel Fatah Younes killed: head of NTC (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:36 PM PDT

Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil attends a press conference at which the death of the Libyan chief of the rebel armed forces Abdel Fatah Younes was announced, at the Tibesty Hotel in the Libyan rebel stronghold city of Benghazi.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - General Abdel Fatah Younes, a former senior official in Moamer Kadhafi's regime who defected to lead rebel forces, has been killed, the head of the rebel National Transitional Council said Thursday.


Kiwi qualifier shocks Azarenka at Stanford WTA event (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Marina Erakovic of New Zealand returns a shot to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during the Bank of the West Classic at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium in Stanford, California. Erakovic shocked top seed and defending champion Azarenka 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Thursday to reach the quarter-finals.(AFP/Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)AFP - New Zealand qualifier Marina Erakovic shocked top seed and defending champion Victoria Azarenka 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the $721,000 WTA Stanford tournament.


Illness forces NDP to choose interim leader (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's main opposition New Democratic Party chose an interim leader on Thursday to take over temporarily from Jack Layton, who stepped down this week to fight a second bout of cancer.

Australian crocodile caught in clean sweep (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:59 AM PDT

A saltwater crocodile lies on the banks of the Adelaide river near Darwin. A crocodile frightened peak hour motorists on a busy street in Australia's tourist north, slithering out of a drain into traffic before it was cornered by street sweepers.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - A crocodile frightened peak hour motorists on a busy street in Australia's tourist north Thursday, slithering out of a drain into traffic before it was cornered by street sweepers.


Norway Attacks: The Worrying Rise of the Lone-Wolf Terrorist (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Norwegian investigators think Anders Behring Breivik likely acted alone in the twin attacks of July 22. But instead of being relieved that he isn't part of a bigger plot, they fear he represents a new, more dangerous type of terrorist
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