2008年9月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Official: US Embassy in Yemen hit by car bomb (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:31 AM CDT

The entrance to the U.S. Embassy compound in San'a Yemen can be seen in this image from APTN television file footage taken April 3, 2002. Explosions and heavy gunfire were heard Wednesday morning Sept. 17, 2008 near the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital and police swiftly cordoned off the area, according to a government security official. U.S. Embassy spokesman Ryan Gliha tells The Associated Press by telephone that there was a second explosion Wednesday that followed the initial one. He did not have figures for casualties or know their nationalities. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - A car bomb targeting the U.S. Embassy hit the front gate of the compound in Yemen's capital on Wednesday, causing unspecified casualties, a U.S. spokesman said.

Israeli party rivals face off in power bid (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 03:56 AM CDT

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, prior to their meeting in Olmert's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. Olmert and Abbas sat down for a summit meeting Tuesday, possibly their last before the Israeli leader leaves office, making a final push to forge a peace agreement by the end of the year. (AP Photo/GPO, Moshe Milner, HO)AP - Rivals for the leadership of Israel's ruling party faced off Wednesday in a race which will put one of them a step closer to leadership of the country.

US military chief meets Pakistani officials (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

Soldiers of the Pakistan army stand next to artillery in the troubled area of Bajur in Pakistan's tribal area Tuesday, Sept 16, 2008. Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)AP - The U.S. military chief met with Pakistani officials Wednesday a day after Pakistan's army said its forces have orders to fire on U.S. troops if they cross the Afghan border again to launch attacks on militants inside Pakistan.

Deposed Thai leader's in-law elected new Thai PM (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 03:19 AM CDT

Thailand's Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, center, is surrounded by aides after his meeting with cheering supporters outside Parliament Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Lawmakers elected Somchai, a brother-in-law of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra as the new prime minister of Thailand on Wednesday, setting up a showdown with protesters determined to tear down his political legacy. Somchai, a 61-year-old bureaucrat who is married to Thaksin's sister, won a firm majority of votes in the lower house of Parliament, backed by the governing six-party coalition. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Thai lawmakers on Wednesday turned to the brother-in-law of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra to be the new prime minister, setting up a showdown with protesters determined to tear down his political legacy.

Gates expresses regret for civilian deaths (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 02:54 AM CDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, shake hands with Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday expressed "personal regret" for recent U.S. airstrikes that killed Afghan civilians, and pledged more accurate targeting in future.

Lloyds TSB in talks to buy HBOS: report (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:36 AM CDT

Lloyds TSB is in talks to buy its rival bank HBOS, whose share price has collapsed in value this week, the BBC has reported.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Lloyds TSB is in talks to buy its rival bank HBOS, whose share price has collapsed in value this week, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

Officials say 2 killed in north Lebanon violence (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 01:36 AM CDT

AP - Security officials say a gunfight between two rival Christian groups has left two people dead and three wounded in northern Lebanon.

Mexican grenade attack shows no one is safe (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 02:23 AM CDT

Injured people lie on the ground awaiting for help after two explosions during an Independence Day celebration in Morelia, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. The explosions went off in the main square of Morelia as the crowds celebrated the beginning of the traditional reenactment of Mexico's cry for independence, known as El Grito, or The Shout. According to news reports, at least three people died and 20 were injured during the explosions.(AP Photo/Agencia Quadratin)AP - The message was clear when two explosions ripped through crowds of Mexican Independence Day revelers: Anyone, anywhere, is fair game when it comes to Mexico's intensifying violence.

Militants: they have destroyed Nigeria oil line (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:43 AM CDT

AP - Militants say they have destroyed an oil pipeline that crosses southern Nigeria in the latest attack to hit the restive crude-pumping region.

Bad vaccines risk encephalitis epidemic in India (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:42 AM CDT

AP - India's government sent thousands of ineffective vaccines to a northern Indian state, halting a planned immunization drive against a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis that has killed more than 200 children since June, officials said Wednesday.

France says European defence neglect hurting Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 03:37 AM CDT

French Defence Minister Herve Morin visits the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on September 17. Morin on Wednesday said years of under-investment in defence by European countries was to blame for a critical shortage of international forces in Afghanistan.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - French Defence Minister Herve Morin on Wednesday said years of under-investment in defence by European countries was to blame for a critical shortage of international forces in Afghanistan.

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