2008年11月28日星期五

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Indian commandos storm besieged Jewish center (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:09 AM CST

National Security Guard commandos prepare a rope to tie onto a railing on the terrace of Nariman Bhavan, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Masked Indian commandos dropped from helicopters Friday onto the roof of a Jewish center in Mumbai where Muslim militants were holed up, possibly with hostages, as sharpshooters kept up a steady stream of fire at the five-story building. Nariman House, a five-story residential building in south Mumbai, contains the city headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch.(AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - Masked Indian commandos dropped from helicopters Friday onto the roof of a Jewish center where suspected Muslim militants were holed up, possibly with hostages, as sharpshooters kept up a steady stream of fire at the five-story building.


Iraqi parliament OKs US troops for 3 more years (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:03 AM CST

Sadrist lawmakers chanting and raising placards reading: 'No, no to the agreement' react in Iraq's parliament in Baghdad, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, as lawmakers vote to approve a security pact with the United States that lets American troops stay in the country for three more years - setting a clear timetable for a U.S. exit for the first time since the 2003 invasion. The vote in favor of the pact was backed by the ruling coalition's Shiite and Kurdish blocs as well as the largest Sunni Arab bloc, which had demanded concessions for supporting the deal. The Shiite bloc agreed to a Sunni demand that the pact be put to a referendum by July 30, meaning the deal must undergo an additional hurdle next year. Under the agreement, U.S. forces will withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30 and the entire country by Jan. 1, 2012. Iraq will have strict oversight over U.S. forces.   (AP Photo/APTN)AP - The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to be out in three years, marking the first clear timetable for a U.S. exit since the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.


Thailand to negotiate with airport protesters (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:14 AM CST

Passengers wait in the line of check in at U-tapao international airport, 140 km (87 miles) southeast of Bangkok November 28, 2008. Thai police began talks with anti-government protesters blockading Bangkok's Don Muang airport on Friday, a senior police officer said, and will move against them if negotiations fail to end the siege.    REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)AP - Women cooked food, gave free haircuts and distributed ice cream to protesters occupying Bangkok's international airport Friday as the Thai government backed off from its threat to forcibly evict them to end an economically damaging standoff.


South Korean train makes last trip to North (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:02 AM CST

South Korean trains head to North Korea city Kaesong from Dora sation in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. North Korea will halt tours of its historic city of Kaesong and stop train service to and from South Korea on Friday because of what it said was Seoul's 'confrontational' policy toward the communist nation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - A South Korean cargo train chugged its way across the heavily fortified border into North Korea on Friday for what may be its last run, with the North putting an end to the historic rail service that had raised hopes for reconciliation between the Cold War foes.


Clues point to domestic terrorists in India attack (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:08 AM CST

National Security Guard commandos prepare a rope to tie onto a railing on the terrace of Nariman Bhavan, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Masked Indian commandos dropped from helicopters Friday onto the roof of a Jewish center in Mumbai where Muslim militants were holed up, possibly with hostages, as sharpshooters kept up a steady stream of fire at the five-story building. Nariman House, a five-story residential building in south Mumbai, contains the city headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch.(AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - The attack on India's financial capital bears all the trademarks of al-Qaida — simultaneous assaults meant to kill scores of Westerners in iconic buildings — but clues so far point to homegrown Indian terrorists, global intelligence officials said Thursday.


Briton killed in Mumbai told of terror hours before he died (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:59 AM CST

Indian commandos prepare to attack militants holed up in Nariman House, one of several places targeted for attack in Mumbai. A British-Cypriot businessman has been named as one of 125 people killed in the attacks, hours after he gave an interview describing how he was trapped in a hotel with gunmen outside.(AFP/Prakash Singh)AFP - A British-Cypriot businessman has been named as one of 125 people killed in the Mumbai attacks, hours after he gave an interview describing how he was trapped in a hotel with gunmen outside.


Terror leader slams US, Afghanistan gov'ts (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:11 PM CST

AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader has lashed out at Afghanistan's government and claimed that any U.S. gains in Iraq will be temporary, a terror monitoring group said Thursday.

Russian president visits Cold War ally Cuba (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:21 AM CST

Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visit the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Havana, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Medvedev is on a two-day official visit to Cuba. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Russia's president visited old Cold War ally Cuba on Thursday, spending hours with President Raul Castro on the final leg of a Latin America tour designed to increase Moscow's profile in a region long dominated by the United States.


A team from South Africa evacuate 120 guests from Mumbai hotel (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 08:39 PM CST

Security forces escort released hostages from Nariman House in Mumbai. Gunshots broke out and the crowd in the famed Taj Mahal hotel panicked, but five excruciating hours later, a private South African security guard said his team succeeded in evacuating about 120 guests(AFP/Prakash Singh)AFP - Gunshots broke out and the crowd in the famed Taj Mahal hotel panicked, but five excruciating hours later, a private South African security guard said his team succeeded in evacuating about 120 guests.


Japanese factory output slides, outlook even worse (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:00 AM CST

Japanese commuters cross a road outside a railway station during a rush hour Friday morning in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2008. Japanese manufacturers sharply scaled back production in October and expect more cuts ahead, the government said Friday, as a deepening global slowdown saps overseas demand for the country's cars and gadgets. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Production at Japan's vital manufacturers is sinking fast — and is projected to turn in its worst quarter ever — amid a plunge in global demand that is battering the core of the world's second-largest economy.


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