2008年8月27日星期三

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US ship carrying aid docks at Georgian port (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:25 AM CDT

In this image provided by the US Navy the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas heads to sea in Souda Bay, Crete with a load of humanitarian assistance supplies for the Republic of Georgia Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. The United States has canceled plans to try to dock the military ship carrying humanitarian aid in the Georgian port of Poti, where Russian forces are posted on the outskirts, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/US Navy - Paul Farley)AP - A U.S. military ship carrying humanitarian aid docked at the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi on Wednesday, avoiding the port of Poti, which is still controlled by Russian forces.

Libyan official: Hijackers release passengers (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:44 AM CDT

A Sudanese passenger plane was hijacked between the town of Nyala in Darfur and has landed in Libya, the Arabic satellite TV channel Al Jazeera said on Tuesday. (Graphics/Reuters)AP - The hijackers of a plane that took off from Sudan's Darfur region were releasing passengers Wednesday after landing hours earlier at a remote desert airfield in southern Libya, a civil aviation official said.

Gustav weakens but could become hurricane again (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:12 AM CDT

Graphic shows the projected path of Hurricane Gustav; 1c x 4 inches; 46.5 mm x 101.6 mmAP - Tropical Storm Gustav stalled in the Caribbean early Wednesday a day after hitting Haiti as a hurricane.

Police: 8 militants killed in northwest Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:19 AM CDT

Supporters of Pakistan People's Party hold the pictures of their leaders as they gather to celebrate the nomination of Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, for presidential candidate in Karachi August 26, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)AP - Pakistani security forces fired on vehicles carrying militants in a volatile region near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing eight of them, a police official said.

30 suspected Taliban killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:14 AM CDT

Afghan police men take a member of the Taliban into custody, center left, who is alleged to be involved in the kidnapping of a Japanese aid worker. He was captured, during the search operation for kidnapped Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in Bodyalai village of Khiva district in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. The Japanese aid worker was abducted early Tuesday, according to the Foreign Ministry. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - More than 30 Taliban fighters and four policemen were killed in a series of clashes, airstrikes and bombings in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.

Russia: NKorea should continue nuclear shutdown (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:39 AM CDT

AP - Russia says it regrets North Korea's decision to halt nuclear disablement.

Police official: 11 laborers die in Dubai fire (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:35 AM CDT

AP - A Dubai police official says that a fire in a building packed with foreign laborers has killed 11 people. India's consul in Dubai, Venu Rajamony, says 10 of the victims were Indian.

Venezuela posed to nationalize fuel distribution (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 02:06 AM CDT

AP - Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez want to allow the nationalization of fuel distribution, the government's latest move to bring Venezuela's economy under increased state control.

Mugabe to form new government, says MDC unwilling (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:31 AM CDT

Zimbabwe'sPresident Robert Mugabe (R) arrives for the opening of the county's parliament in Harare, August 26, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)Reuters - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will form a new government soon but he says the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change does not want to join, state media reported on Wednesday.

PetroChina says 1H net profit fell 35 pct (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:55 AM CDT

AP - PetroChina's first-half net profit fell 34.5 percent, the oil company said Wednesday, amid rising losses in its refining business mainly due to Chinese domestic price controls.

13 former students allege abuse at Australian Catholic school (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 03:14 AM CDT

Activists, seen here in mid July, protest sexual abuse in the Catholic church during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Australia. Australian police have said they were investigating a private Catholic boarding school for boys after 13 former students said they had been molested there nearly 30 years ago(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Australian police said Wednesday they were investigating allegations that 13 former students were molested at a private Catholic boarding school for boys nearly 30 years ago.

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