2008年8月29日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

West faces stark choice over Georgia (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:05 AM CDT

Georgian honor guard soldiers hold a national flag over a coffin at a funeral of Georgian soldiers killed during Georgian-Russian war in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - Russia's invasion of Georgia presents the West with a difficult choice: Punish Moscow by kicking it out of clubs like the Group of Eight or pursue a strategy of placating it that could invite further bullying in places like Ukraine, the Baltic states or Moldova.


South Ossetia: Russia intends to absorb region (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:16 AM CDT

REFILE - CORRECTING LOCATION   Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with CNN in the Black Sea resort Sochi, August 28, 2008. Putin said on Thursday he suspected someone in the United States provoked the conflict in Georgia in an attempt to help a candidate in the U.S. presidential election.  REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool  (RUSSIA)AP - Officials in South Ossetia said Friday that Russia intends eventually to absorb the breakaway Georgian province.


Karadzic to enter pleas on war crimes charges (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:04 AM CDT

Sarajevo residents lay flowers on 28 August after the unveiling of a memorial wall for the victims of the 1995 bombing in the Bosnian capital. Six weeks after his sensational arrest, Radovan Karadzic will be asked Friday by a judge in The Hague to plead guilty or not guilty to a host of war crimes, not least the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.(AFP/Elvis Barukcic)AP - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is scheduled to enter pleas Friday at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to 11 charges that include genocide and crimes against humanity.


Gustav swamps Jamaica, leaves 59 dead in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:07 AM CDT

This image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Gustav over Jamaica and Tropical Storm Hanna further east over the Atlantic. The image was collected at 3:15 a.m. EDT Friday Aug. 29, 2008. At 2 a.m. EDT Friday, the storm was centered on Jamaica's southwest coast, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) west of Kingston and moving west near 8 mph (13 kph). Gustav's maximum sustained winds had decreased to near 65 mph (100 kph). But forecasters said it could strengthen into a hurricane before slamming into Grand Cayman on Friday. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - The spinning core of Gustav bore down on southern Jamaica on Thursday after leaving 67 people dead in Hispaniola. Texas and Louisiana put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary.


Probe reveals oxygen bottle burst on Qantas flight (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:06 AM CDT

In this photo provided by Australia Transport Safety Bureau, shown is  the fuselage hole 6.5 feet (202 centimeter) wide and 5 feet (152 centimeters) high caused by an oxygen cylinder explosion in the cargo hold of a Qantas Boeing 747-438 on July 25, 2008. Air safety investigators confirmed Friday August 29, 2008,  that an exploding oxygen cylinder ripped a gaping hole in a Qantas jet's fuselage midflight last month, but said they were no closer to solving the mystery of why the tank failed.(AP Photo/Australia Transport Safety Bureau, HO)AP - Air safety investigators confirmed Friday that an exploding oxygen cylinder ripped a gaping hole in a Qantas jet's fuselage midflight last month, but said they were no closer to solving the mystery of why the tank failed.


Olympic hero Zabaleta to join Man City (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:31 AM CDT

Argentina's Pablo Zabaleta celebrates after Argentina beat Nigeria to win the men's Olympic final during the 2008 Beijing Olympic games on August 23. Espanyol's Zabaleta is to join Manchester City after the English club agreed to pay the eight-million-euro buy-out clause in his contract, the Spanish side said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Espanyol's Pablo Zabaleta, part of Argentina's Olympic gold medal-winning team, is to join Manchester City after the English club agreed to pay the eight-million-euro buy-out clause in his contract, the Spanish side said Friday.


Report: 4,000 centrifuges in Iran nuclear program (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:25 AM CDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 217 miles south of Tehran, April 8, 2008. (Presidential official website/Handout/Reuters)AP - Iran's official IRNA news agency says the government now has nearly 4,000 centrifuges operating in its uranium enrichment plant.


Ex-generals convicted of killing Argentine senator (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 08:59 PM CDT

Retired Gen. Luciano Benjamin Menendez arrives to a court prior to being sentenced to life in prison by a courthouse in San Miguel de Tucuman, northern Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Menendez and Retired Gen. Antonio Domingo Bussi have been found guilty of kidnapping and murdering Sen. Guillermo Vargas Aignasse. The senator disappeared on the day of a March 24, 1976 military coup and was never seen again, although the military later said he was released from prison. (AP Photo/Julio Pantoja)AP - An Argentine court convicted two former generals on Thursday for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military dictatorship and sentenced them to life in prison.


Iran offers nuclear aid to Nigeria (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:29 AM CDT

Iranian technicians work at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities (UCF) in 2007. Iran is ready to share its nuclear technology with Nigeria to help the energy-starved west African powerhouse boost electricity generation, a senior Iranian official has said.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Iran is ready to share its nuclear technology with Nigeria to help the energy-starved west African powerhouse boost electricity generation, a senior Iranian official has said.


Thai protesters, police scuffle at besieged compound (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:40 AM CDT

Thailand's embattled prime minister has vowed to end massive rallies against his rule without force -- raising the spectre of a prolonged siege of Bangkok's main government compound.(AFPTV)AFP - Defiant Thai protesters scuffled with police Friday as tensions flared on day four of the Bangkok government compound siege, but the premier vowed that his peaceful resolve would not crack.


Exploding oxygen bottle behind Qantas mid-air blast: inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:25 AM CDT

Workers and security personnel stand next to the punctured fuselage of a Melbourne-bound Qantas Airways Boeing 747 after it made an emergency landing at the international airport in Manila, on July 25. An exploding oxygen bottle was to blame for a mid-air blast which blew the gaping hole in the jet travelling from Hong Kong to Australia, according to safety investigators.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Australian safety investigators Friday blamed an exploding oxygen bottle for a mid-air blast which blew a gaping hole in a Qantas jet last month, and said they could not rule out it happening again.


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