2008年8月30日星期六

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Bombs, sectarian tensions still scar Iraq's Diyala (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 02:17 AM CDT

A boy walks down a street as U.S. army soldiers attached to Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment patrol a street in southern Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. A month into a U.S.-backed Iraqi security operation, the Diyala provincial capital and surrounding towns remain scarred by sectarian tensions and violence. Diyala has proven one of the toughest pieces of Iraqi real estate to control. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - The government offices in Iraq's Diyala province are encased in thick blast walls, a shield against suicide bombings. Nearby buildings are pockmarked from fighting between U.S. troops and Sunni insurgents.

Bush's Mideast peace timeline looking unattainable (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 02:15 AM CDT

AP - From the Gaza neighborhoods where Hamas radicals now collect money for utilities and mete out justice, President Bush's goal of forging an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal within five months is looking increasingly unattainable.

Pressure grows on Thai prime minister to resign (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 02:46 AM CDT

Anti-government demonstrators wait for riot training Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, near Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. The People's Alliance for Democracy protestors have settled in for another day occupying the grounds of Thailand's Government House and the surrounding area. They are calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej however the embattled leader vows he won't step down and may declare a state or emergency. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Pressure mounted on Thailand's prime minister to resign as anti-government protesters occupied his headquarters for a fifth day Saturday and disrupted rail and air service in some of the country's popular tourist destinations.

Boat sinks in flooded northern India, killing 20 (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 01:40 AM CDT

Villagers wade through floodwaters on a stretch of the National Highway 106 at Veerpur, in the northern Indian state of Bihar, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. The Indian government has made available more than US$200 million to combat monsoon flooding in the country's north that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Thursday as a national calamity. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)AP - A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.

Explosion in Sri Lankan capital wounds at least 44 (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 02:30 AM CDT

Sri Lankan military officers keep out crowds from the scene of a bomb explosion in Colombo August 30, 2008. At least 44 people were wounded when a blast hit a busy commercial area in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, officials said. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA)AP - The Sri Lankan military says an explosion has rocked the capital, Colombo.

Bombs kill at least 2 Russian soldiers in Chechnya (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 03:35 AM CDT

Reuters - At least two Russian soldiers have been killed in bombings in Chechnya, including a suicide attack on a government camp, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday.

Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza Strip (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 04:01 AM CDT

AP - Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to enter and leave in a goodwill gesture before the holy Muslim month of Ramadan begins, officials said.

Mexicans to hold mass anti-crime protests (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 11:31 PM CDT

AP - Mexicans called for mass protests Saturday against a tide of killings, kidnappings and shootouts sweeping the country despite the government's aggressive fight against drug gangs.

Aid agencies say they can work again in Zimbabwe (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 07:57 PM CDT

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, tours the annual agriculture show in Harare, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Zimbabwean negotiators were resuming power-sharing talks in neighboring South Africa, but the opposition says attacks on its members make success uncertain. (AP Photo)AP - Power-sharing talks over a unity government resumed Friday as President Robert Mugabe's government made good on a promise to allow aid agencies to resume operations in economically shattered Zimbabwe.

Pakistan's Zardari, two others, in president race (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 03:55 AM CDT

Supporters of the Pakistan People's Party release a sparrow whilst celebrating their leaders decision, Asif Ali Zardari, assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto's widower, to be a presidential candidate, in Karachi, August 24, 2008. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)Reuters - Pakistan's presidential election next week will be a three-way tussle between the country's main parties after the Election Commission on Saturday issued a final list of candidates.

Australian police clear Indian doctor of involvement in terror (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 01:54 AM CDT

Indian doctor, Mohamed Haneef, at a press conference in Bangalore in early August. Australian police have cleared Haneef of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - Australian police have cleared an Indian doctor of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.

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