2008年9月25日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Pakistan leader: Citizens must support terror war (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 03:57 AM CDT

Troops of Pakistan army surround the spot of a suicide attack in Quetta, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. The suicide bomber killed an 11-year-old girl and wounded 11 troops in the frontier city of Quetta. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Pakistan's new president said he was trying to convince his country to support the war against Islamic extremists, after a group that claimed responsibility for the Marriott Hotel bombing threatened more attacks.


Zimbabwe's Mugabe to address UN General Assembly (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 03:43 AM CDT

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe speaks during an interview at United Nations Headquarters during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday Sept. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Zimbabwe's president is only four Cabinet posts away from carrying out a power-sharing agreement with the opposition, he said in an interview ahead of his Thursday address to the U.N. General Assembly.


Myanmar junta rules roost 1 year after crackdown (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 03:14 AM CDT

AP - As the crowd marching through the streets of Myanmar's biggest city swelled to 100,000, the question wasn't what did they want, but when would the government crack down.

More global recalls from China tainted milk crisis (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 04:17 AM CDT

A child cries when checked for kidney stones in a hospital in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. Premier Wen Jiabao pledged that China is taking strong action to deal with a widening scandal over tainted milk that prompted a public apology Wednesday to Taiwanese consumers as more countries boosted testing of Chinese food imports.(AP Photo)AP - Food recalls expanded in Europe and Asia Thursday as an industrial chemical linked to the deaths of four babies turned up in candies and other Chinese-made exports that were quickly pulled from store shelves.


Former trade unionist slated to be SAfrica chief (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 02:06 AM CDT

AP - Former trade unionist and freedom fighter Kgalema Motlanthe becomes South Africa's president Thursday in an atmosphere tense with fears of political and economic crisis precipitated by the rude ouster of his predecessor.

Mandelson, China's Chen call for closer trade ties (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 04:23 AM CDT

AP - European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson and China's commerce minister called Thursday for closer trade ties between their giant economies but announced no breakthroughs in talks on import controls and other disputes.

Military: Suicide bomber kills US soldier in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 03:27 AM CDT

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.

Bolivian president reassures foreign investors (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:54 PM CDT

AP - Mediation by South American leaders is having a positive influence on Bolivia's political crisis between the central government and restive eastern provinces demanding greater autonomy, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday.

12 dead in Morocco bus crash: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:06 PM CDT

A file photo shows a bus in the Moroccan city of Rabat. At least 12 people have been killed and 43 injured after a bus overturned in the southern Moroccan province of Taroudannt.(AFP/File/Abdelhak Senna)AFP - At least 12 people were killed and 43 injured Wednesday when a bus overturned in the southern Moroccan province of Taroudannt, the Moroccan news agency Map reported.


Japan posts rare trade deficit on high fuel costs (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 04:19 AM CDT

AP - Japan posted a rare trade deficit in August on soaring oil imports and falling car exports, the government said Thursday, underscoring evidence that external forces are exacerbating the country's economic gloom.
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