Saturday, October 9, 2010

A way out, at last, for Chile's 33 trapped miners (AP)

A way out, at last, for Chile's 33 trapped miners (AP)

A way out, at last, for Chile's 33 trapped miners (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Relatives of trapped miners embrace at the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Officials have announced that the drill trying to reach the 33 trapped miners has reached them after more than two months of efforts, prompting cheers, tears and the ringing of bells by families in the tent camp outside the mine.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - A drilling rig punched through to the underground purgatory where 33 miners have been trapped for 66 agonizing days under the Chilean desert, raising cheers, tears and hopes on Saturday.

Pakistan to reopen border crossing used by NATO (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Local residents look to burning oil tankers after a militant attack in Mithri, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) east of Quetta, Pakistan on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Gunmen armed with a rocket torched 29 NATO oil tankers in southwestern Pakistan before dawn Saturday, the latest attack on the supply line for international troops in Afghanistan since Pakistani authorities closed a key border crossing amid a dispute with the United States. (AP Photo)AP - Pakistan said Saturday it will reopen a key border crossing and allow convoys to resume delivering supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, ending a 10-day blockade during which trucks were stranded on their way to the border and almost 150 were destroyed by attackers.

Finance leaders fail to resolve currency dispute (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:55 PM PDT

AP - Global finance leaders failed Saturday to resolve deep differences that threaten the outbreak of a full-blown currency war.

Hungary sludge reservoir at risk of collapse (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:40 AM PDT

Bus drivers wait beside their buses on a highway to pick up evacuees outside Kolontar, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. The Hungarian town of Kolontar near the toxic red sludge reservoir that flooded the area and killed at least seven people is under evacuation over fears of a new leak of the dangerous heavy metal waste, officials said. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - The cracking wall of an industrial plant reservoir appeared on the verge of collapse late Saturday, and engineers were working to blunt a possible second wave of the caustic red sludge that has already deluged several towns in western Hungary and killed seven.

Iran acknowledges espionage at nuclear facilities (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 09:43 AM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, speaks with media during a joint press conference with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iran acknowledged Saturday that some personnel at the country's nuclear facilities were lured by promises of money to pass secrets to the West but insisted increased security and worker privileges have put a stop to the spying.

China remains uncompromising in response to Nobel (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:21 AM PDT

** ALTERNATE CROP OF XAW801 ** In this photo taken in November, 2007 and released by Liu Xiaobo's friend Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, Liu poses during a gathering in Beijing. Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, for using non-violence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. The award ignited a furious response from China, which accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of violating its own principles by honoring 'a criminal.' (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to an imprisoned Chinese dissident sparked praise from Western governments, brought condemnation from Beijing and is exposing the difficulties fitting a powerful, authoritarian China into the international order.

John Lennon's 70th celebrated in NY's Central Park (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:26 PM PDT

People gather around the Imagine mosaic in Strawberry Fields in New York's Central Park, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. This would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's Strawberry Fields and sang lyrics from "Imagine" on Saturday to honor Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday.

US often weighed NKorea `nuke option' (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 1951 file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, B-29 planes of the U.S. Far East Air Forces drop high-demolition bombs on Chinese troops in North Korea. Three months earlier, such Air Force bombers ran nuclear rehearsal runs over North Korea's capital. Sixty years after the start of the Korean War, recently released declassified documents have helped fill in the history of U.S. nuclear threats against North Korea over the decades. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)AP - From the 1950s' Pentagon to today's Obama administration, the United States has repeatedly pondered, planned and threatened use of nuclear weapons against North Korea, according to declassified and other U.S. government documents released in this 60th-anniversary year of the Korean War.

Space double: Astronaut twins to join up in orbit (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly, a crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, accompanied by his brother Mark Kelly, right, walks to the rocket ahead of the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian-leased cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The stars may have finally aligned for the world's only space sibling team. Astronaut Scott Kelly is circling the planet, fresh into a 5½-month space station mission. His identical twin, Mark, will join him next year, if NASA's shuttle schedule holds up. Together, they will become the first blood relatives to meet up in space. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)AP - The stars may have finally aligned for the world's only space sibling team.

Pryor's TD passes give Tressel No. 100, 38-10 (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor drops back to pass against Indiana during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP - Terrelle Pryor is healthy, all right.

World economies vow to act to bolster IMF's role (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:08 PM PDT

A view of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at the IMF headquarters building in Washington October 9, 2010. Tensions over global currencies will be solved quietly Reuters - The International Monetary Fund's 187 member countries on Saturday called for urgent action to bolster the Fund's role in overseeing the world economy in the hope of keeping a sluggish recovery on track.

Cheers, tears as rescue shaft reaches Chile miners (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:26 AM PDT

The T130 drilling machine (L) which has dug the escape tunnel closest to the 33 miners who are trapped deep underground inside a copper and gold mine, is seen at a San Jose mine near Copiapo October 8, 2010. REUTERS/Luis HidalgoReuters - Chilean rescuers finished drilling an escape shaft on Saturday for 33 miners trapped deep underground after a cave-in over two months ago, triggering cheers and tears from relatives on the surface.

Hungary PM warns of new spill risk as village evacuated (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Locals attempt to remove toxic sludge in the flooded village of Kolontar, 150 km (93 miles) west of Budapest October 7, 2010. REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboReuters - Hungary's premier warned on Saturday that the wall of a damaged industrial reservoir could collapse, threatening a second spill of toxic red sludge, and a nearby village was evacuated as a precaution.

Palestinians give U.S. one month to curb settlements (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Mahmoud Abbas (C), Palestinian president, walks beside Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit after a meeting before the start of the Arab League follow-up committee to discuss the progress of Arab-Israeli negotiations, in Sirte, October 8, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - The Palestinians, backed by Arab powers, said on Saturday they would give the United States one month to persuade Israel to halt the building of settlements in the West Bank or risk the collapse of peace talks.

Pakistan reopens supply route for NATO forces (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 05:42 AM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan will immediately reopen a vital supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan 10 days after it was shut following a cross-border air strike by NATO forces, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

Iran: ready for nuclear talks in late Oct/early Nov (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:17 PM PDT

A general view of Bushehr nuclear power plant, 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran, August 21, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - Iran is ready to hold talks with six major powers over its nuclear program "in late October or early November," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.

Kyrgyz vote setback could spark violence: governor (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 05:07 AM PDT

Children sweep the ground in front of polling station number 5229 in the city of Osh October 9, 2010. Kyrgyzstan's President Roza Otunbayeva on Friday urged ethnic Uzbeks to vote in a landmark election this weekend, saying a new, more powerful parliament could help to safeguard their future in the country's volatile south. REUTERS/Vladimir FedonsenkoReuters - Voters could try to foment violence in southern Kyrgyzstan should candidates they support fail to win seats in a new parliament, the governor of volatile Osh province said on Saturday.

California budget approved 100 days late (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 08:26 PM PDT

The exterior shot of the California State Capitol,February 17, 2009. REUTERS/Max WhittakerReuters - California on Friday approved a state budget filled with spending cuts and creative accounting to fill a $19.3 billion deficit, 100 days after a spending plan should have been in place.

Rescue shaft reaches trapped Chilean miners (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:10 AM PDT

A relative of a trapped miner celebrates with Chilean police after one of the drills working to rescue the 33 finally reached their shelter in the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile. Engineers on Saturday broke through to the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more than two months, completing a shaft that will be used to bring them to safety within days.(AFP/Ariel Marinkovic)AFP - Engineers on Saturday broke through to the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more than two months, completing a shaft that will be used to bring them to safety within days.

Hungary village evacuated as new toxic flood 'likely' (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Rescue workers walk past a toy tractor covered with mud on a red-sludge covered street of Devecser, some 150 km west of the Hungarian capital Budapest. Hungarian police and soldiers evacuated 800 villagers Saturday as authorities feared a second flood of toxic sludge from a chemicals plant was likely after new cracks appeared in a dyke.(AFP/Balint Porneczi)AFP - Hungarian police and soldiers evacuated 800 villagers Saturday as authorities feared a second flood of toxic sludge from a chemicals plant was likely after new cracks appeared in a dyke.
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