2008年9月3日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Vice President Dick Cheney arrives in Azerbaijan (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:07 AM CDT

Vice President Dick Cheney attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC. Cheney on Wednesday arrived in the Azerbaijani capital Baku for talks on energy, his first stop on a tour of ex-Soviet nations.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AP - Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Azerbaijan on Wednesday, part of a tour of three ex-Soviet republics wary of Russia's intentions following last month's war between Russia and neighboring Georgia.

Thais brace for strikes as unions join protest (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:17 AM CDT

Anti-government demonstrators gather behind razor wire and barricades near Government House in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared an emergency in the Thai capital, empowering the military to restore order after overnight clashes between government opponents and supporters left one person dead and dozens injured. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - A strike by anti-government labor unions fizzled out Wednesday, but protesters demanding the prime minister's resignation refused to lift a weeklong siege of his office, ignoring an emergency decree that has hardened Thailand's political deadlock.

15 reportedly killed in US-led Pakistan attack (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 03:21 AM CDT

File photo shows a US Army AP - Women and children were among 15 people killed in an attack Wednesday involving U.S.-led forces in a Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan, officials and a resident said.

Hanna expected to move over the Bahamas (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:23 AM CDT

People salvage items during flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna, in L'Artibonite, northern Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. The storm has spawned flooding in Haiti that left 10 people dead in Gonaives, along Haiti's western coast, according to the country's civil protection department. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - A day after sending Haitian families scrambling onto rooftops to avoid flooding, Tropical Storm Hanna was meandering off the country's northern coast Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on much of Hispaniola.

Awaiting PM vote, Japan candidates rally forces (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 02:05 AM CDT

Ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Secretary General Taro Aso speaks during a press conference at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, a day after Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, 72, suddenly announced his resignation. The resignation announcement came a month after Fukuda installed his most widely expected successor, former Foreign Minister Taro Aso, as secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, in a Cabinet shake-up aimed at boosting support for the government. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Official campaigning doesn't begin for another week, but potential successors to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda began rallying their forces Wednesday ahead of a vote to formally name his replacement.

New pupils to stay in education till 17 (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:15 AM CDT

A student sitting an exam. New pupils enrolling in secondary schools this week will be required by law to stay in education until the age of 17, the government has said.(AFP/File/MUSA AL-SHAER)AFP - New pupils enrolling in secondary schools this week will be required by law to stay in education until the age of 17, the government said on Wednesday.

2 police convicted in death of Palestinian teen (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:26 AM CDT

AP - Two Israeli border policemen have been convicted of manslaughter in the 2002 kidnapping and death of a Palestinian teenager.

Somali insurgents vow more attacks during Ramadan (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

This combination of photos released by the Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau shows two ships suspected to be mother ships for pirates attacking ships with the aim to hijack them in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia. Malaysian shipping giant MISC Berhad said it has barred its vessels from entering the Gulf of Aden after two of its tankers were hijacked by pirates there.(AFP/HO/File)AP - Mortar shells slammed into Somalia's capital Wednesday as insurgents vowed to intensify attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the latest violence in a country that already sees near-daily outbreaks of bloodshed.

Japan faces crematorium shortage amid rapid aging (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:33 AM CDT

AP - Japan's rapidly aging society is forecast to lead to shortfalls in young people, workers and tax revenues. Add to that another shortage: crematoria.

Ex-priest in Australia faces child sex charges (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 01:23 AM CDT

AP - A former Roman Catholic priest already facing dozens of charges related to allegations of sexual abuse at an exclusive Australian boarding school has been charged with an additional 60 child sex offenses, police said Wednesday.

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