2011年9月8日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Gaddafi vows to fight on, Libyans try to move on (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi forces fire from tanks along the front line in Om El Khanfousa September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - The voice of Muammar Gaddafi boomed out from his hiding place on Thursday, denying he had fled Libya and cursing as rats and stray dogs those whose efforts to start governing in his place are being frustrated by his diehard followers.

NATO says mistakenly killed BBC Afghan reporter in July (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:08 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. soldier killed an Afghan reporter working for the BBC, mistakenly believing him to be a suicide bomber about to detonate his explosives during an attack in July, a NATO-led alliance said on Thursday.

Syrian activists appeal for international help (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Syrians living in Jordan shout slogans against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad outside the Syrian embassy in Amman September 8, 2011. REUTERS/Majed JaberReuters - Syria's underground opposition appealed to the international community on Thursday to send in human rights monitors to help deter military attacks on civilians in an increasingly bloody crackdown on popular unrest.

Syria protesters appeal for help, more bloodshed looms (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad's opponents broke a taboo by appealing for foreign help to stop the killing of civilians ahead of Friday prayers that has regularly seen some of Syria's worse bloodshed in six months of pro-democracy protests.

Turkish warships will escort aid vessels to Gaza: Erdogan (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Turkey said on Thursday it would escort aid ships to Gaza and would not allow a repetition of last year's Israeli raid that killed nine Turks, setting the stage for a potential naval confrontation with its former ally.

Can Rugby's New Zealand Stars Finally Bring Home the World Cup? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Time.com - New Zealand's iconic All Blacks rugby team hasn't won a World Cup in over 20 years. Could this year's tournament -- which pits teams from above the Equator against those from below -- be a dream fulfilled?

Galliano gets $8,400 fine for anti-Semitic outburst (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:59 PM PDT

Reuters - A French court handed out a 6,000 euro ($8,421) suspended fine to John Galliano on Thursday after finding him guilty of anti-Semitic behavior , marking the end in a fall from grace for the former head designer of fashion house Dior.

EU official warns of spreading al-Qaida offshoot (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Gen. Carter Ham, the head of the U.S. African command, gestures during a conference on terrorism in the Sahara held in Algiers, Algeria, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. The two-day conference on terrorism in the Sahara was originally expected to focus just on al-Qaida, but has now become inextricably tied up with the civil war in neighboring Libya. (AP Photo)AP - The European Union's counterterrorism coordinator warned Thursday that al-Qaida's North African offshoot is extending its footprint around Africa and said local governments need more help fighting it.

US accuses 4 Venezuelans of aiding Colombia rebels (AP)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 04:07 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. government on Thursday accused a powerful Venezuelan general, an intelligence official and two political allies of President Hugo Chavez of providing arms, security and training to Colombia's main rebel group. It barred Americans from doing business with them.

Sudan, South Sudan forces to pull back from Abyei: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Sudan and newly independent South Sudan agreed on Thursday to pull back forces this month from the disputed Abyei region, a senior U.N. official said.

U.S. civilian surge to Afghanistan cost $2 billion: report (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Reuters - A surge of U.S. civilian advisers into Afghanistan has cost nearly $2 billion so far, a U.S. government watchdog said on Thursday, calculating the price of an important part of President Obama's war strategy.

Australia's Westfield eyes Toronto development (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Australian mall developer Westfield Group is looking at a possible investment in a waterfront site in Toronto, Canada, the company said on Thursday, after recently announcing expansions plans in Europe and South America.

Police say Australian lawmaker won't be charged (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:58 PM PDT

AP - A scandal that threatened to bring down Australia's government eased Thursday when police announced they would not charge a lawmaker accused of misusing an official credit card to pay prostitutes.

Abuse at Vietnam's drug detention centers highlights regional problem (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:08 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Cashew lovers may be disappointed to hear that the snack could have decidedly distasteful origins.

The Mysterious Raid on Eilat: Why No One Wants to Dig Too Deep (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Time.com - A Palestinian group in Gaza denies it was behind the attack and some clues do point elsewhere. But no one really wants to go there

Nord Stream pipeline gives Russia edge in European gas wars (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Moscow has a new trump card in its recurring conflict with Ukraine over the price of gas and transit fees for using Ukrainian pipelines, which has caused two crippling shutdowns of Russian gas to customers in western Europe over the past decade.

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