2008年8月28日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

9 killed as violence spreads along Pakistan border (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:13 AM CDT

Pakistani security officials examine the site of bomb explosion at a street cafe in Sahala outskirt of Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. An explosion on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killed at least seven people, police said. The cause was under investigation early Wednesday. The damage indicated a bomb, according to police. (AP Photo)AP - Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt.

Thai protesters defy court order to leave compound (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:15 AM CDT

Anti-government protesters guard a chained shut gate Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, inside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters Thursday defied a court order to end their occupation of the Thai prime minister's office compound in Bangkok, saying they had a right to remain and would stay until the country's leaders resign. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thousands of demonstrators, some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks, defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign.

Gustav nears Jamaica as New Orleans keeps watch (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:19 AM CDT

This image provided by NOAA taken at 3:45 a.m. EDT Thursday Aug. 28, 2008 shows Tropical Storm Gustav located about 80 miles east of Kingston Jamaica. Gustav is moving toward the southwest near 8 mph. The center of Gustav is expected to pass very close to Jamaica later today. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast over the next 48 hours and Gustav could regain hurricane strength by Friday. Further out in the Atlantic is Tropical Depression Eight. The newly formed tropical depression was located about 355 miles east-northeast of the northern leeward islands and is moving toward the west-northwest near 5 mph a turn to the northwest is expected later today. On this track the depression will be passing well north of the leeward islands during the next 24 hours maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts. The depression has the potential to become a tropical storm later today or Friday. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - Tropical Storm Gustav was heading toward Jamaica early Thursday while many miles away, residents in the New Orleans area watched it with a nervous eye.

Western nations warn Russia to `change course' (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 11:50 PM CDT

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Dallas at Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The U.S. military ship on Wednesday docked at the Georgian port carrying humanitarian aid. The Dallas, had originally been slated to dock at the Black Sea port of Poti, which is still controlled by Russian forces. But instead it arrived in Batumi, a port well south of the zone of fighting in this month's war between Russia and Georgia. ( AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Western leaders warned the Kremlin on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep the conflict from growing into a new Cold War after tensions broadened to imperil a key nuclear pact and threaten U.S. meat and poultry trade with Russia.

Critics want Malaysia PM to resign over Anwar win (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 10:26 PM CDT

Malaysia's leading opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim reacts after winning a by-election in Permatang Pauh, 370 kilometers (230 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 26, 2008. Ibrahim won a landslide victory in a special parliamentary election Tuesday, strengthening his campaign to topple the government and become the next prime minister despite facing sodomy charges. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - Dissidents in Malaysia's ruling party clamored for the prime minister to resign Wednesday after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament with a sweeping election victory.

Keothavong makes history at US Open tennis (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:31 AM CDT

British number one Anne Keothavong returns a ball to Marion Bartoli of France during the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University in Stanford, California, July 2008. Keothavong surprised 25th seeded Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to become the first British woman to reach the third round of the US Open since 1991.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jed Jacobsohn)AFP - Anne Keothavong surprised 25th seeded Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to become the first British woman to reach the third round of the US Open since 1991.

Lebanese army helicopter hit by gunfire, 1 killed (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:31 AM CDT

AP - Security officials say a Lebanese army officer was killed when gunfire struck a military helicopter in the country's south.

Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2008 10:20 PM CDT

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections.

Somali aid worker freed after 2 months (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 03:42 AM CDT

An Ethiopian soldier mans a position in Mogadishu in June 2008. Two civilians were killed when Islamist rebels attacked an Ethiopian military base in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.(AFP/File/Stringer)AP - The head of the U.N. refugee agency's office in Somalia says kidnappers have released him from captivity after more than two months.

China, Iraq reach deal to revive oil agreement (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:24 AM CDT

AP - China and Iraq have reached a tentative agreement for a Chinese state-owned oil company to help develop the Ahdab oil field, an Iraqi Embassy spokesman said Thursday.

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