2008年11月21日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:16 AM CST

People stand near the dead body of a blast victim at a local hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on Friday, Nov 21, 2008. A blast killed at least six mourners Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwest Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said.(AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud)AP - A blast killed at least eight mourners Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said. At least 28 others were wounded.


Shiites in Baghdad protest planned US-Iraq pact (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:26 AM CST

U.S Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment leave a house as an Iraqi child holds a plastic rifle, during a routine house to house searching patrol, in Masariyah neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr converged on a central Baghdad square Friday for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.


China: 19,000 victims identified from May quake (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:14 AM CST

AP - A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday, as authorities rushed to prepare stricken areas for the coming winter.

Rocket hits Israeli town, Gaza still sealed (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST

An Israeli tank takes position along the Israeli-Gaza border close to the Karni crossing point on November 16. Israel said on Friday it will maintain its closure of the Gaza Strip despite international concern over a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the aid-dependent Palestinian territory.(AFP/File/David Buimovitch)AP - Israeli police say Palestinian militants have fired a rocket at an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip. No casualties have been reported.


Emaciated children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 08:04 PM CST

Venecia Lonis, 4, who suffers from malnutrition, is weighed at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Aid workers fear hunger is worsening in rural Haiti after at least 26 children died of conditions exacerbated by a lack of nutrition, raising concerns that a grave food crisis may be brewing following four devastating tropical storms. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs — he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated arms dangling weakly.


Madonna and Ritchie to divorce after agreeing deal (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:35 AM CST

US pop star Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie attend the world premiere of his latest film AFP - Pop megastar Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce on Friday, as the filmmaker said a deal struck to end their eight-year marriage "was never about the money".


Shootout with soldiers kills 1 in north Lebanon (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:27 AM CST

AP - A security official says a shootout between Lebanese soldiers and a group of gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli has left one of the gunmen dead and two wounded.

Mexico detains former top anti-drug prosecutor (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 11:15 PM CST

AP - Mexican authorities detained a former top anti-drug prosecutor on Thursday as part of an investigation into possible links between senior law enforcements officials and drug cartels.

Gunmen attack Nigeria navy boat near Shell station: commander (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 02:20 AM CST

File photo of Nigerian naval security officers on patrol in the Niger Delta. Armed militants in southern Nigeria on Friday attacked a Nigerian navy boat guarding a flow station belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, although there was no damage to the oil facility, a military commander said.(AFP/File/Pius Otomi Ekpei)AFP - Armed militants in southern Nigeria on Friday attacked a Nigerian navy boat guarding a flow station belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, although there was no damage to the oil facility, a military commander said.


Bruce Willis wants cash back from Malaysia company (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:33 AM CST

AP - A Malaysian technology conglomerate pledged Friday to repay $900,000 to Hollywood star Bruce Willis, but denied any wrongdoing after he took legal action to demand a refund of his investment.

Aussie mayor wins sexist 'award' for inviting ugly women to town (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2008 12:42 AM CST

A view of Australian outback mining town of Mount Isa. The mayor of the town has won the top AFP - An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top "award" for the most sexist public comment of the year.


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