2008年9月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Suspected US missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 04:10 AM CDT

A US Army unmanned aerial reconaissance vehicle is seen in this file photo. A missile fired by a suspected US drone Friday killed a dozen people in a Pakistani tribal area where American forces based in Afghanistan have been targeting Al-Qaeda militants.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed 12 people in northwestern Pakistan on Friday and fighting at another militant stronghold near the Afghan border killed dozens more, officials said.

Iraqi women take aim at expanded police roles (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT

Iraqi female police recruits line up as they wait for target practice at an Iraqi police academy in Udaim, Iraq, north of Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Some 20 Iraqi women who are trained at the academy are a critical part of the U.S. and Iraqi response to the latest deadly tactic of al-Qaida in Iraq — female suicide bombers. (AP Photo/Anna Johnson)AP - The widow was nervous the first time she shot a loaded Kalashnikov rifle at the dusty Iraqi police academy north of Baghdad. But she was smiling after she fired 160 rounds at a black-and-white target.

Venezuela's Chavez says US ambassador must leave (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 11:27 PM CDT

In this Oct. 29, 2007 file photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with the US ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, in Caracas. Chavez said on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 that the U.S. ambassador has 72 hours to leave Venezuela and he's calling back his ambassador from Washington. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - President Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave Venezuela within 72 hours on Thursday, accusing the diplomat of conspiring against his government and saying he would also withdraw his own envoy from Washington immediately.

Some unhappy with Zimbabwe power-sharing deal (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:23 AM CDT

South African President Thabo Mbeki announces to the media Thursday, Sept 11, 2008, in Harare that the ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change has reached an agreement, with details of the power sharing deal still to be made available. (AP Photo)AP - Zimbabwe opposition officials say some are unhappy with a complicated deal that finally has President Robert Mugabe agreeing to relinquish some power.

China vows 'serious punishment' in formula probe (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 03:05 AM CDT

In this photo released by China's Xihua News Agency, two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment under the care of their fathers at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. So far this year, Gansu Provincial Health Department has seen 59 kidney stone cases in infants, and at least one baby died as a result of kidney stones. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Guoliang)AP - China's government vowed "serious punishment" on Friday after a major dairy recalled 700 tons of milk powder linked to a rash of illnesses in infants, and the case reignited fears about Chinese product safety.

Investors pull out of Alitalia talks (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

An Alitalia plane sits on the tarmac at Rome's Ciampino airport, April 2008. Italian investors ready to rescue airline Alitalia with a takeover has pulled out of negotiations.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)AFP - Italian investors ready to rescue airline Alitalia with a takeover have pulled out of negotiations, a spokesman for the investors said after talks with trades unions, ANSA news agency reported.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,155 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 07:34 PM CDT

Iraq's Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi gestures as speaks during the opening of a government hospital in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, September 11, 2008. Picture taken September 11, 2008. REUTERS/Omar Obeidi (IRAQ)AP - As of Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Bolivian political clashes spark diplomatic crisis (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 04:25 AM CDT

Bolivia's President Evo Morales delivers a speech at the presidential palace in La Paz, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Morales said Wednesday that he is expelling the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, Philip Goldberg, for allegedly inciting violent opposition protests.(AP Photo/Juan Karita)AP - Violent clashes over this fractured nation's political future have claimed eight lives and unleashed a diplomatic crisis, with Bolivia and the U.S. expelling each other's ambassadors.

Zimbabwe opposition to have cabinet majority (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

Reuters - Zimbabwe's two opposition factions will have one more cabinet seat than the ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe under a power-sharing deal, an opposition senator said on Friday.

H&M opens shop in pricey Japan amid downturn (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 04:04 AM CDT

AP - H&M has arrived in Japan, seeking to woo a notoriously expensive consumer market with the same cheap prices for fashionable items that have made the Swedish retailer a hit in the U.S. and Europe.

New Zealand prime minister calls elections (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:26 AM CDT

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark addresses at a press conference where she announced a general election in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Clark called elections in New Zealand for Nov. 8, tying her claim to a historic fourth term to her strong environmental credentials against a backdrop of a faltering economy and rising support for a former central banker as her chief rival. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell)AP - Prime Minister Helen Clark called elections for Nov. 8, tying her claim to a historic fourth term in New Zealand to strong environmental credentials amid a faltering economy and rising support for the conservative opposition.

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