2011年10月8日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


Saleh keeps Yemenis guessing with talk of step-down (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 03:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh suggested Saturday that within days he would step down, a promise he has made three times already this year, and analysts said it was yet another stalling tactic.

Snipers in last-ditch bid to defend Gaddafi hometown (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Members of Libya's government forces ride on a tank near Sirte, October7, 2011. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - Transitional Libyan government forces swept into Sirte Saturday in one of the biggest assaults yet on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown, but had to seek cover when they drew fire from his die-hard loyalists.


Dalai Lama: China is built on lies, run by hypocrites (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 09:10 AM PDT

Reuters - China is built on lies and its officials are hypocrites, the Dalai Lama said on Saturday, speaking via videophone after visa problems prevented him from joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu's birthday celebrations in South Africa.

Tunisia Islamists storm university over veil ban (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 02:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Islamists stormed a university in Tunisia Saturday after it refused to enrol a woman wearing a full-face veil, a staff member said, highlighting tensions over religion that are likely to dominate an election later this month.

Muslim, Christian graves desecrated in Israeli city (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Dozens of gravestones were desecrated at adjacent Muslim and Christian cemeteries overlooking the sea at Jaffa and a fire-bomb was thrown at a nearby synagogue, on Saturday, Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement.

Abbas Takes Palestinian Statehood on the Road (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Time.com - The President of the Palestinian Authority starts a tour to drum up support for U.N. membership among countries critical to the Security Council vote

Bill Clinton offer to help Irish investment drive (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Former President Bill Clinton Saturday told Ireland's Prime Minister and the cream of the country's diaspora that he would host a summit in New York to help boost investment in the euro zone struggler.

Iraq army delays pullout from cities over security (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT

Petty Officer Nicholas Bickle, right, walks out of the federal courthouse Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 in Las Vegas. Bickle, an active-duty Navy SEAL was found guilty Friday in Nevada on 13 federal charges alleging he headed a scheme to sell machine guns, explosives and military hardware from Iraq and Afghanistan in the United States. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - The Iraqi army was supposed to pull out of the nation's cities by the end of this year but is delaying the pullback over security concerns, the Iraqi military spokesman said Saturday.


10 more dead found in Mexican port of Veracruz (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Mexican army soldiers walk towards their vehicle after seven bodies were found inside a vehicle in the Gulf port city of Veracruz, Mexico, late Friday Oct. 7, 2011. Dozens of bodies have appeared in the last few weeks as crime gangs battle for control of the region. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)AP - Mexican officials say 10 more bodies have been found in what appears to be more bloodshed in the battle between rival cartels for control of drug trafficking in the port city of Veracruz.


Cameroon heads to polls, incumbent Biya favorite (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Voters in Cameroon head to the polls Sunday, with incumbent President Paul Biya tipped to extend his 29-year rule over the central African state by beating more than 20 rivals from a fragmented opposition.

Special ops, CIA first in, last out of Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 03:39 PM PDT

FILE - This file image from video released by the U.S. Defense Department and made available Oct. 20, 2001, shows U.S. special forces boarding an unidentified aircraft at an unknown location, the day Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Gen. Richard Myers, announced at the Pentagon that U.S. special forces 'attacked and destroyed targets' in Afghanistan. The Central Intelligence Agency together with U.S. special operations were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the attacks of Sept. 11th, and will likely be the last U.S. forces to leave. (AP Photo/DOD Pool, File)AP - They were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks and will probably be the last U.S. forces to leave.


Zambia gets its first white vice president since independence in 1964 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:49 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Zambia has a white vice president for the first time since the country gained independence from Britain 47 years ago.

As Afghan war hits 10-year mark, falling land prices signal fear over future (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:36 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On the 10-year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, there may be no clearer sign that Afghans think the security situation is deteriorating than the country’s falling real estate market.
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