2012年9月7日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Commentary: Political conventions were unworthy of an important election

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama, first lady Michelle and their daughter Sasha, wave to delegates during the final session of the Democratic National Convention in CharlotteWhat do we know about Barack Obama and Mitt Romney that we didn't know 10 days ago?

Romney pounces on disappointing job news

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT

Job seekers speak to recruiters at a job fair sponsored by New York Department of Labor in New YorkPresident Barack Obama charged back onto the campaign trail on Friday and faced a withering attack from Republican rival Mitt Romney over disappointing new U.S. jobs numbers.

Top Obama aide claims ‘momentum’ from DNC

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:47 AM PDT

img/photos/2012/09/07/media_c4b2f7752d9e493f87b47536e8f8e587.jpgDespite a dismal August jobs report, President Barack Obama emerged from the Democratic National Convention with "momentum," a top aide said Friday.

'This is a bad move': U.S. declares Haqqani network a terrorist group

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:11 AM PDT

FILE- In this Aug. 22, 1998, file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. The Obama administration faces a weekend deadline to decide whether the Pakistan-based Haqqani network should be declared a terrorist organization, a complicated political decision as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan and pushes for a reconciliation pact to end more than a decade of warfare. (AP Photo/Mohammed Riaz, File)Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed documents on Friday declaring the Haqqani network a foreign terrorist organization – a potential blow to US-Pakistan relations according to Pakistani analysts.

Just Explain It: What is the Electoral College again?

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT

Just Explain ItEvery four years, Americans get a refresher course in civics: We don't elect the president directly. Instead, our votes elect 'electors' who make up the Electoral College.

Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:47 PM PDT

People run as fallen rocks land near their vehicle after the area was hit by earthquake in Zhaotong town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 64 deaths have been reported. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTTwin earthquakes and a spate of aftershocks struck southwestern China on Friday, toppling thousands of houses and sending boulders cascading across roads. At least 64 people were killed and hundreds injured in the remote mountainous area, and more than 100,000 residents were evacuated.

Nazi comparisons: The dumbest political quotes of the week

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:06 AM PDT

California Democratic Chairman Compares GOP Tactics To Nazi PropagandistEach week, the Daily Caller picks the dumbest political statements and ranks them (just for Yahoo! readers) on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the worst). Who do you think said the dumbest thing? Vote in our poll below!

Canada closes Tehran embassy, kicks out diplomats

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT

People wait at the door of the Iranian embassy in Ottawa to collect passports, Friday Sept.7, 2012. The Canadian government says it is shutting its embassy in Tehran and severing diplomatic relations amid recent attacks on foreign diplomats in Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Friday that the Canadian embassy in Tehran will close immediately and Iranian diplomats in Canada have been given five days to leave. He says he's worried about the safety of diplomats in Tehran following recent attacks on the British embassy there. He's also warning Canadians to avoid traveling to Iran. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Chartrand)Canada shut its embassy in Tehran on Friday, severed diplomatic relations and ordered Iranian diplomats to leave, accusing the Islamic Republic of being the most significant threat to world peace.

Drew Peterson case shifts to appeal, missing fourth wife

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:09 AM PDT

Drew Peterson Found Guilty of Murdering His Third WifeShe loomed over Drew Peterson's murder trial, though her disappearance and the suspicion that the former Illinois police officer killed her was never mentioned in front of the jury.

Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threat

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT

Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threatA man angry about a compromising Facebook photo of his girlfriend took revenge against the ex-boyfriend who posted it, making a hoax call to police that set off a terrorism scare and got the former beau ...

Photo of couple kissing as they are handcuffed by police

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT

One man's timely photograph of a couple kissing just as they are being handcuffed by the police could end up being the basis for a film. That's the good news for amateur photographer Mo Gelber, 42. The bad news is that Gelber's "Last Kiss" snapshot will be eligible to win this year's "Project Imaginat10n" contest [...]

Eastwood explains empty chair gag, calls Obama ‘greatest hoax'

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:53 AM PDT

Clint Eastwood Explains Empty-Chair SpeechClint Eastwood defended his speech at the RNC, saying his unconventional performance was a spontaneous decision.

Arlen Specter released from hospital, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Former Sen. Arlen Specter, who has already survived two bouts of Hodgkin's disease, is now battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to his son's law firm.

Prince Harry heads to war in Afghanistan

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:48 AM PDT

Prince Harry Heads to War in AfghanistanBritain's Prince Harry is back on the front lines, returning to military duty for a four-month deployment in Afghanistan.

Interactive 'Sleeping Beauty' recreated at Ukraine museum

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Young visitors looks on a new art project called 'Sleeping Beauties' created by a Canadian-Ukrainian artist Taras Polataiko in The National Art Museum in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Five young Ukrainian women, dressed in white wedding gowns, take turns sleeping on display in the museum for a couple of hours every day. Based on the fairytale 'Sleeping Beauty', the idea of the art-exhibition is for visitors to look at a sleeping girl, and, if they feel the urge, kiss her on the lips. If a sleeping beauty opens up her eyes she's obliged by a legal contract to marry. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Looking for true love? Fall asleep in Ukraine's top museum and wait for a kiss.

Mother of quadruplets shaves numbers into their hair

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:58 AM PDT

A Chinese mother of identical quadruplets has taken an unusual step to help people avoid confusing her children with one another: giving them numerically shaped haircuts. "My sons are identical, even to me," their mother, Tan Chaoyun, told the Chinese language paper News Now. "Even now, their father can't tell which one is which." However, [...]

Photos: 100,000 unwanted toys turned into art

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:43 AM PDT

Photos: 100,000 unwanted toys turned into artA boy plays on an artwork made of unwanted toys at the solo exhibition of Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji, known for his creations that recycle unwanted toys and waste materials, in Tokyo September 6, 2012. More than 100,000 unwanted toys collected by social groups across Japan for the past 13 years were used in the exhibition. Called "Central Kaeru Station - where have all these toys come from?", the exhibition runs until Sunday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Obama 'HOPE' poster artist gets probation

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, artist Shepard Fairey arrives at the MOCA Annual Gala in Los Angeles. Fairey, the man behind the Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 will learn his sentence for criminal contempt after pleading guilty this year to destroying documents and fabricating others in a lawsuit pertaining to the Associated Press photograph he relied upon to make the poster. He faces up to six months in prison. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)The artist who created the "HOPE" poster that came to symbolize Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign was sentenced Friday to two years of probation and 300 hours of community service by a judge who cited his charity work.

Photos: LIFE.com images from Miss America 1945

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Photos: LIFE.com images from Miss America 1945

Family feud eyed in grisly killings in French Alps

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:41 PM PDT

Journalists document the crime scene where four people were shot to death in a British-registered car, in a forest in the Alps, near Chevaline, France, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. The case took on international ramifications, with links that tied the slain family to Britain, Iraq and Sweden. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)The brother of an Iraqi-born British man shot dead in the French Alps with his wife and two other people came forward to British police on Friday and denied any conflict in the family, while investigators looked into a possible money dispute among the siblings, a French prosecutor said.

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