2008年8月31日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Gustav slams Cuba as powerful Category 4 hurricane (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:17 AM CDT

The rough sea caused by Hurricane Gustav surges along the waterfront in George Town, Grand Cayman Island, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Gustav howled into Cuba's Isla de Juventud as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane on Saturday while both Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the path of the fast-growing storm. Gustav is on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, three years after Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Gustav slammed into Cuba's tobacco-growing western tip as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane Saturday while both Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the storm as it roared toward the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans.

Thai lawmakers hold emergency session amid crisis (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 02:41 AM CDT

Anti-government protesters sleep at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. The protesters vowed to stay in the compound until the government resigns. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)AP - Thailand's Parliament convened an emergency session Sunday at the request of the country's prime minister, who acknowledged that his administration cannot control spiraling anti-government protests.

Rescuers head to quake site in southwest China (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 02:18 AM CDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, residents gather around a bonfire as they evacuate following an earthquake in Yinlu Village, Datian Town, Renhe District of Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Rescue teams headed to China's southwestern Sichuan province after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake killed 22 people and injured hundreds, local authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Xinhua News Agency, Chen Haining)AP - Rescue teams headed to China's southwestern Sichuan province after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed 22 people and injured hundreds, local authorities said Sunday.

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans protest killings (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:23 AM CDT

Thousands light candles at the main Zocalo square in Mexico City during a protest against the tide of killings, kidnappings and shootouts sweeping the country, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. More than 13 anti-crime groups planned for tens of thousands of people to join marches in all 32 Mexican states Saturday evening, urging people to walk in silence with candles or lanterns.(AP Photo / Marco Ugarte)AP - Hundreds of thousands of frustrated Mexicans, many carrying pictures of kidnapped loved ones, marched across the country Saturday to demand government action against a relentless tide of killings, abductions and shootouts.

UN: Georgians effectively blocked from homes (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 07:13 PM CDT

Russian tanks drive through Tskhinvali, the regional capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, moving to the Russian border, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Georgia has severed diplomatic ties with Moscow to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory, and its president cast the far-confrontation over his country's fate as 'a fight between the civilized and the uncivilized worlds.' (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - Russian troops remaining in Georgian territory are effectively preventing Georgians from returning to their homes, a U.N. representative said Saturday.

Olympics: 2012 torch relay 'will not leave Britain': report (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:45 AM CDT

The logo for the London 2012 Olympics and Para-olympics. The Olympic torch relay before the 2012 Olympics in London will be restricted to Britain after protests marred the worldwide relay ahead of the Beijing Games, a report said Sunday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Olympic torch relay before the 2012 Olympics in London will be restricted to Britain after protests marred the worldwide relay ahead of the Beijing Games, a report said Sunday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,151 (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 06:09 PM CDT

Iraqi soldiers practice marching in preparation for the hand over of the Anbar province in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, August 31, 2008. U.S. troops will on September 1 hand over control of Iraq 's Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ)AP - As of Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at least 4,151 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Amazon deforestation on the rise (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 07:25 PM CDT

AP - Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months — the first such increase in three years — as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday.

Gaddafi, Berlusconi sign accord worth billions (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 10:28 PM CDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to reporters after a cabinet meeting in Rome, August 28, 2008. (Remo Casilli/Reuters)Reuters - Libya and Italy signed an accord on Saturday under which Italy will pay $5 billion in compensation for colonial misdeeds during its decades-long rule of the North African country.

Hindus say deal struck over Indian Kashmir shrine (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 02:43 AM CDT

Indian Central Reserve Police Force soldiers enforce a curfew in the Kashmiri capital of Srinagar on August 29. Hindus in the disputed region have suspended protests after the government agreed to provide land to a Hindu trust managing a key pilgrimage in the Muslim-majority area(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - Hindus in Indian Kashmir on Sunday suspended protests after the government agreed to temporarily provide land to a Hindu trust managing a key pilgrimage in the Muslim-majority region.

Australia warns of high risk of terror attacks on US flights (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:18 AM CDT

File photo shows an Australian Army dog handler and sniffer dog on the roof of the Maroochydore Airport in Queensland during a security sweep. Australia has warned of a AFP - Australia on Sunday warned of a "high risk" of terror attacks on domestic and international flights in and to the United States, urging citizens to be vigilant while in the country.

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