2008年9月5日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Rice set to make history in Libya (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 02:17 AM CDT

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice waves as she arrives to meet with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates Thursday, Sept. 4 2008, at the Sao Bento palace in Lisbon, ahead of a trip to North Africa that will take her to Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - When Condoleezza Rice spends a few hours in Libya and shakes hands with Moammar Gadhafi, she will close a nearly three-decade era of bitter animosity between the United States and the North African nation that has sometimes gotten personal.

Official: No Russian military reaction to US ships (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:27 AM CDT

AP - The Russian Foreign Ministry says Russia plans no military actions in response to the increased presence of U.S. ships in the Black Sea.

Pakistani officials report missile strike (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 05:04 AM CDT

A billboard featuring slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto (centre), her late father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (right), and her husband Asif Ali Zardari (left) outside the Bhutto residence in Naudero. Pakistan's presidential hopefuls began a final push for support Friday on the eve of an election that slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's widower is expected to win(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)AP - An explosion possibly caused by a missile strike killed five suspected foreign militants near the Afghan border on Friday, Pakistani officials said.

Rescuers can't get aid to starving Haitian city (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 11:24 PM CDT

Residents cross a road cut off by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hanna in Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. The city was flooded by Hanna, that swirled over Haiti for four days, dumping massive amounts of water and leaving at least 61 dead in its wake. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a flooded, starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first food aid since Tropical Storm Hanna killed 137 Haitians and drowned Gonaives in muddy water three days ago.

Pakistan lawmakers to choose Musharraf replacement (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 02:18 AM CDT

A billboard featuring slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto (centre), her late father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (right), and her husband Asif Ali Zardari (left) outside the Bhutto residence in Naudero. Pakistan's presidential hopefuls began a final push for support Friday on the eve of an election that slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's widower is expected to win(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)AP - The real question in Pakistan's presidential election is not who the winner will be but whether the new leader will be any more successful than his predecessor in tackling extremism and economic malaise.

Hotel apologises for turning away injured soldier (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:56 AM CDT

British soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) listen to a speech by Prime Minister Gordon at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province in late August 2008. A hotel in Surrey has been forced to apologise for turning away an injured soldier on leave from Afghanistan, after it provoked public outrage and an intervention from a government minister.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A hotel in Surrey was forced to apologise Friday for turning away an injured soldier on leave from Afghanistan, after it provoked public outrage and an intervention from a government minister.

Blair to AP: West Bank downward spiral halted (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 02:26 AM CDT

Middle East Quartet envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair tours an aluminum factory in Beit Iba near the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. For the past year as international Mideast envoy, Blair has been trying to boost the Palestinian economy. In an interview, he acknowledges he's made little progress, but will not give up. 'I'm content to work on it as long as I can and as long as I'm useful,' he says.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)AP - Tony Blair toured a Palestinian aluminum factory Thursday and was told it runs at one-third capacity because of Israeli import restrictions. He promised he'll take it up with Israeli authorities.

Hanna heading toward US after blowing past Bahamas (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 01:52 AM CDT

This image provided by NASA from the Terra satellite shows Hurricane Ike off the Lesser Antilles as it approaches the Bahamas Thursday Sept. 4, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. EDT. 'Ike looks like it's a very, very dangerous storm,' said FEMA Administrator David Paulison. FEMA's head of disaster operations, Glenn Cannon, said Ike looks like Hurricane Andrew did in 1992 before it killed 23 people and did $26.5 billion in damage in Florida. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Tropical Storm Hanna was accelerating early Friday as it made its way toward the United States' southeast coast.

Rice on historic Libya visit (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:21 AM CDT

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to make the first visit to Libya by the top US diplomat since 1953 and meet Libyan leader Moamer Khadhafi (seen in this file photo).(AFP/File/Fethi Belaid)AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travels to Libya on Friday for a landmark meeting with its leader Moamer Kadhafi to mark the end of the Arab nation's international isolation.

Nuclear nations resume tough talks on India trade (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:50 AM CDT

A nearly 200 ton nuclear reactor safety vessel is erected at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, about 48 miles from the southern Indian city of Chennai, June 24, 2008. (Babu/Reuters)Reuters - Forty-five countries resumed crunch talks on Friday on whether to drop a ban on nuclear trade with India, amid efforts by Washington to allay fears the move could be at odds with non-proliferation principles.

Australia swears in first woman governor-general (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 02:03 AM CDT

Australia's new Governor-General Quentin Bryce (L) with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (C) and his wife Therese Rein (R) in Parliament House after being sworn in as Governor General in Canberra September 5, 2008. (Auspic/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Australia's 25th governor-general was sworn into office as the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Friday, with republicans holding out little hope that Australia will abolish the job any time soon.

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