2008年9月13日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Georgia: Russia meets partial pullout deadline (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:56 AM CDT

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili chairs a government session in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. A popular former ally of President Mikhail Saakashvili on Friday questioned the wisdom of last month's war with Russia, calling for a 'conversation' in his homeland about whether the conflict could have been avoided. (AP Photo/Irakli Gedenidze, Pool)AP - A Georgian official says Russia has fulfilled its commitment to withdraw forces from several positions in western Georgia.

Huge crowd turns out for pope's visit to Paris (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:56 AM CDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves to wellwishers as he leaves the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, following a vespers service. Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians to make their voices heard in France and other countries that have strong traditions of secularism, saying Friday that politics and religion must be open to each other. The pope embarked Friday on a four-day trip, his first to France as pontiff, that takes him from the presidential Elysee Palace to the Roman Catholic shrine in Lourdes. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, pool)AP - More than 200,000 people turned out for Pope Benedict XVI's outdoor Mass on Saturday — an outpouring of faith for a traditionally Roman Catholic country that has witnessed a sharp decline in churchgoing among Catholics.

Bomb kills Afghan governor, 3 others (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:06 AM CDT

An Afghan police officer carries a bullet-proof glass of the damaged vehicle, background, of Afghan provincial governor after an explosion in Paghman, west of Kabul,Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. A remote-controlled bomb ripped apart the vehicle Saturday, killing Logar Province Gov. Abdullah Wardak and three others, officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - A remote control bomb that witnesses said was set off by two men on a nearby hilltop ripped through an Afghan provincial governor's vehicle on Saturday, killing the governor and three others, officials said.

Pakistan claims killing 72 militants in 3 days (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 01:47 AM CDT

Pakistani Islamist activists burn U.S. flag to condemn alleged strikes in Pakistani tribal areas along the Afghan border, during a protest in Multan September 12, 2008. (Asim Tanveer/Reuters)AP - Pakistan's military said Saturday it killed at least 72 militants in three days of fighting near the Afghan border, where Taliban and al-Qaida militants are believed to be hiding.

Chinese dairy knew of milk contamination (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:00 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 - A dairy that sold milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and one death knew in August it was tainted with a banned chemical, weeks before it ordered a recall, the Health Ministry said Saturday.

Pope leads French Catholics for open-air mass (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:52 AM CDT

Catholics hold candles during a AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday led more than 200,000 followers in an open-air mass in Paris to celebrate his first official visit to France, the "eldest daughter" of the Catholic Church.

US soldier charged with killing Iraqi has hearing (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 03:17 AM CDT

Staff Sergeant Hal Warner arrives for his court hearing at the Contingency Operating Base Speicher, close to the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit. Warner has been charged with the murder of Iraqi detainee Ali Mansur Mohammed.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AP - The U.S. military says a pretrial hearing has started for one of two U.S. soldiers charged with killing an Iraqi detainee and lying about it earlier this year.

Police find bodies of 24 men in central Mexico (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 11:12 PM CDT

AP - Mexican police say the bodies of 24 men have been found with their hands bound and shot to death execution-style outside the capital.

African Union hails Zimbabwe "turning point" (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 01:41 AM CDT

Reuters - The African Union (AU) has hailed Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal as a "turning point" for the nation and urged the world to give it full support.

Thai ruling party to name PM choice Monday: candidate (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 04:00 AM CDT

An anti-government protester outside Government House in Bangkok. Top officials from Thailand's ruling party will meet Monday to pick a nominee to be the next prime minister after Samak Sundaravej's bid to return was snuffed out, a candidate told AFP Saturday(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Top officials from Thailand's ruling party will meet Monday to pick a nominee to be the next prime minister after Samak Sundaravej's bid to return was snuffed out, a candidate told AFP Saturday.

Australia's remote outback a 'failed state': experts (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 09:14 PM CDT

The Painted Desert near the town of Oodnadatta on the edge of the Simpson Desert. Remote Australia, which covers 85 percent of the vast continent, has become a failed state due to a AFP - Remote Australia, which covers 85 percent of the vast continent, has become a failed state due to a "perfect storm" of social and economic neglect, experts said in data published Saturday.

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