2008年9月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Russia warns West against Georgia support (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:37 AM CDT

Georgian soldiers carry the national flag draped coffins of comrades killed during the conflict with Russia at a funeral ceremony in Mukhadgverdi outside Tbilisi on August 30. European Union leaders will put the bloc's relations with Moscow under scrutiny at an emergency summit on Monday, although sanctions against Russia are not in the cards.(AFP/File/Zviad Nikolaishvili)AP - Russia warned the West on Monday against supporting Georgia's leadership and called for an arms embargo against the ex-Soviet republic nation until a different government is in place.

Rescuers appeal for tents after deadly China quake (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:30 AM CDT

An elderly woman sits beside her damaged house, following an earthquake which hit the Lazha Village in Panzhihua of southwest China's Sichuan province Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed Sunday to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 27 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs. The 6.1-magnitude quake struck Sichuan province on Saturday along the same fault line as the May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70,000. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - Rescuers appealed for temporary housing and tents Monday after a weekend earthquake in southwest China killed at least 33 people, injured hundreds and left tens of thousands of homes in ruins.

Kabul raid kills 3, including 2 children (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:57 AM CDT

An Afghan man looks on burning materials set ablaze by angry villagers after a raid by foreign and Afghan forces conducted by U.S. troops in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The raid killed a man named Nurullah and two of his children and wounded his wife, a police officer said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - A raid by foreign and Afghan forces in Kabul killed a man and his two children early Monday, a police official and witnesses said.

Mexican leader meets anti-crime march organizers (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:43 AM CDT

Thousands hold up lit 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 - Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings.

Military halts offensive in Pakistan for Ramadan (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:03 AM CDT

A Pakistani man from the Bajur tribal region rides his bicycle at a relief camp set up by the government in Mardan town, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Pakistan said Sunday it was suspending a military operation against insurgents in a tribal region in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The operation in Bajur has killed at least 562 Islamist insurgents and displaced more than 300,000 people. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Pakistan suspended fighting in the volatile northwest Monday for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and some of the 300,000 people displaced by air strikes and gunbattles started packing up belongings to return to their shattered homes.

EU to mull Russia ties at emergency summit (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:49 AM CDT

Interactive graphic on the Caucasus, highlighting the main zones of conflict and tension between ethnic groups in the region.(AFP iactiv)AFP - European Union leaders will put the bloc's relations with Moscow under scrutiny at an emergency summit on Monday, although sanctions against Russia are not in the cards.

US military returns control of Anbar to Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:50 AM CDT

Map of Iraq showing provinces transferred from US to Iraqi control. Iraqi forces have taken over control of Anbar, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolising the growing security gains in the war-torn country.(AFP/Graphic/Gil)AP - The U.S. military has handed over security control of the western province of Anbar to Iraqi forces.

Mayor: Car bomb kills 4 in Cali (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 04:00 AM CDT

AP - The mayor of Cali says a car bomb has exploded in front of the palace of justice, killing at least four people and injuring 20 others.

Military: Kidnappers release Israeli hostage (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 02:59 AM CDT

Armed members of the group known as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in the creeks of the Niger Delta. The most prominent armed group in oil-rich southern Nigeria on Saturday claimed to have killed at least 29 government soldiers in three early evening attacks.(AFP/HO/File)AP - The Nigerian military says kidnappers have released an Israeli hostage unharmed.

Philippine army limits aid workers in violent south (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 03:59 AM CDT

Reuters - Philippine troops have restricted aid workers from visiting conflict zones in the south to distribute relief supplies to nearly 450,000 displaced people, the military and aid workers said on Monday.

Magnitude 5.8 quake hits central New Zealand (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 10:00 PM CDT

AP - A moderate magnitude-5.8 earthquake has struck deep underground in New Zealand's central North Island, but there have been no immediate reports of damage or injury.

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