2011年9月23日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations on Friday to recognize a state for his people, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dimissed the world body as a "theater of the absurd" and said only direct talks could deliver peace.

Israel PM: Peace impossible through U.N. resolutions (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:24 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that he was reaching out to the Palestinian people but cautioned that peace could not be won with a U.N. resolution.

Yemeni forces attack main opposition camp (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:17 PM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh points during an interview with selected media, including Reuters, in Sanaa in this May 25, 2011 file photo. Saleh returned to Yemen on September 23, 2011, state television reported, after spending three months in Saudi Arabia recovering from a June assassination attempt. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/FilesReuters - President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces attacked the main opposition protest camp in Sanaa on Saturday, killing one person hours after the Yemeni leader returned to the country from a three-month absence, protesters and medical staff said.

Pakistan warns U.S.: "You will lose an ally" (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:41 PM PDT

U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company 2nd battalion 27th infantry (the Wolfhounds), Task Force No Fear climb upon arrival to Observation Post Mace from FOB Bostick in eastern Afghanistan Naray district, Kunar province near border of Pakistan August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - Pakistan warned the United States it risked losing an ally if it kept accusing Islamabad of playing a double game in the war against militancy, escalating the crisis in relations between the two countries.

Greece says not seeking new way out of crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:28 AM PDT

Workers walk near a tram terminal station during a 24-hour strike in urban transport sector in Helleniko suburb near Athens September 22, 2011. Greece said it would deepen pension cuts, extend a painful property tax hike and put tens of thousands of workers on notice on Wednesday to secure a new injection of aid and save the country from bankruptcy.With public anger high over a belt-tightening campaign that is driving the country into a fourth year of recession, the powerful labour unions and public transport workers announced strikes starting on Thursday in opposition to the measures. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Greece sought to play down reports on Friday that it was considering a solution to its debt crisis involving bigger losses for its banking creditors, while a fresh round of strikes gripped the country in protest against new austerity measures.

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

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:25 AM PDT

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

Europe hastens to build up debt crisis defenses (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Reuters - European policymakers are quickening their preparations to cope with an escalation of the region's debt crisis as talk of a possible Greek default gained pace on Friday.

Yemen president's return hikes fear of escalation (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this file image taken from a prerecorded video and broadcast July 7, 2011 on Yemen state TV from Saudi Arabia, Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh makes his first public appearance since he was injured in a blast at his palace compound in June, 2011. President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned Friday to the violence-torn Yemeni capital after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in a surprise move certain to further enflame battles between forces loyal to him and his opponents. (AP Photo/Yemen state TV, File) YEMEN OUTAP - President Ali Abdullah Saleh abruptly returned home to Yemen on Friday after more than three months of being treated in Saudi Arabia for wounds from an assassination attempt, in a move apparently aimed to ensure his grip as his loyalists and opponents wage urban warfare in the capital.

Diana Nyad begins new attempt at Florida swim (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad begins her swim from Cuba to Florida at the Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba, Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Endurance athlete Nyad will attempt for a second time to swim from Cuba to Florida in hopes of setting a world record at the age of 62. The Los Angeles woman fell short in a previous attempt at the swim last month, calling it off after 29 hours in the water and about halfway through the 103-mile (166-kilometer) journey. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad began her second attempt in as many months to traverse the 103 miles of sea between Cuba and Florida, waving goodbye to well-wishers before jumping feet first into the still water at a Havana marina, then stroking toward the horizon.

Libya NTC says to announce "crisis" government in days (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters man a checkpoint in the north of the besieged city of Bani Walid September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Saad SalashReuters - Libya's interim rulers said on Friday they would announce a "crisis" government within the next few days, signaling a breakthrough in efforts to form a more inclusive administration after the war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.

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

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:40 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 an elaborate extortion attempt was charged on Saturday with kidnapping and other offenses related to the bizarre attack.

Big-name celebs irk Ottawa in pipeline debate (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's energy minister shot back on Friday at Hollywood celebrities protesting a plan to build a $7 billion oil pipeline to Texas from Alberta in the first public indication that the protests are getting under Ottawa's skin.

Queen Elizabeth II to visit Australia (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:28 AM PDT

AP - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will visit Australia in October.

New rules needed for African farm investments, Oxfam report says (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:04 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On the surface, foreign investment in African agriculture would seem to be a great idea, helping countries to learn new techniques and to generate more jobs.

U.S.-Pakistan Ties Plunge to New Low After Mullen's Testimony (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:25 AM PDT

Time.com - The top ranking U.S. military officer accuses Pakistan of abetting a terror attack in Afghanistan

Palestinian statehood bid wins broad support in Gaza, West Bank (video) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:42 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A Yasser Arafat lookalike rolls his eyes in a faintly alarming way, drawing laughter from his growing crowd of onlookers as a drumbeat of Arabic music holds the crowd in its grip.

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