2011年9月25日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News


Greek police fire teargas at protesters in Athens (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Greek riot police fired teargas at anti-austerity protesters pelting them with bottles outside parliament on Sunday in the first such unrest after a summer lull.

Libya's NTC readies new push into Sirte (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:49 PM PDT

A man collects human remains at the site of a mass grave in Tripoli September 25, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemReuters - Fighters backing Libya's interim rulers prepared to renew their advance into the coastal city of Sirte on Monday after NATO aircraft bombed targets in Muammar Gaddafi's home town to sap the resistance of the deposed leader's troops.


French left seizes Senate majority, hurts Sarkozy (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:20 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony commemorating the Harkis, Algerian soldiers loyal to the French during the Algerian war, at the Invalides in Paris, September 25, 2011. REUTERS/Philippe WojazerReuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government lost its majority in the Senate to the left on Sunday, officials said, in a historic defeat that deals him a blow just seven months before a presidential election.


In letter, Knox says is tired, thinks of Seattle (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Reuters - American student Amanda Knox is "very tired" but dreaming of things to do with her loved ones if she walks free from an Italian prison, Italian media reported, quoting a letter she wrote to an Italian lawmaker.

Abbas says no talks without Israeli settlement freeze (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 07:02 AM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, left, are seen during Abbas' welcoming ceremony at the government compound, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Abbas has received a hero's welcome in the West Bank, triumphantly telling his people the 'Palestinian Spring' has begun following his historic speech to the U.N. last week. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeated on Sunday his refusal to talk with Israel without a settlement freeze after international mediators, responding to his United Nations bid for statehood, urged negotiations within a month.


Violent Protests Threaten Colombia's Oil Boom (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - If Colombia wants to keep building a reputation as a business-friendly alternative to Venezuela, it needs to engage local communities and improve workers' rights

British police: 6 charged in terror plot (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:30 PM PDT

AP - Six men have been charged with involvement in a terror-bomb plot, police announced on Sunday.

Libyans find grave said to hold remains of 1,200 (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Revolutionary fighters stand near bone fragments at the site which is thought to be a possible mass grave near to Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, where some 1,270 inmates are thought to have been killed by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in a 1996 prison massacre.  Various bones have been found scattered over the cactus-covered desert field near to the prison, after information was given by a captured former security guard who revealed its location, according to an announcement on Sunday by Dr. Ibrahim Abu Sahima of the government committee overseeing the search for victims of the former regime.  Officials with the Libyan Transitional Council are expected to ask for international assistance in identifying the remains. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)AP - A bone wrapped with rope and skull fragments scattered over a cactus-covered desert field are grim testament to a 1996 massacre of more than 1,200 prisoners by Moammar Gadhafi's regime.


Jamaica's PM announces he will step down (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:30 PM PDT

AP - Jamaica's governing party announced Sunday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will step down as leader in the coming weeks, possibly averting a rebellion from ruling party members that could have led to his ouster.

Earth yields bones, grief at Libyan massacre site (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Libya's new rulers on Sunday revealed a grave site they said contained the bodies of more than 1,270 people killed by Muammar Gaddafi's security forces in a 1996 massacre at Tripoli's Abu Salim prison.

Building used by CIA attacked in Afghan capital (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:57 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, reacts after a man attempts to kiss his hand as he receives condolences from Afghan and the other nationalities high ranking delegations during a memorial service for former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani at the mosque of presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Sept. 24, 2011. Rabbani was slain by a suicide bomber claiming to carry a peace message from the Taliban. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - A building used by the CIA in Kabul came under attack Sunday, U.S. and Afghan officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital.


After Saleh's Surprise Return, Fighting Continues in Yemen (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Will the return of the injured strongman help bring an end to the bloodshed in this country or just make things worse?
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