2008年10月3日星期五

Yahoo! News: World News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World News

Nobel literature prize to be announced on Oct. 9 (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:35 AM CDT

AP - The Swedish Academy in Stockholm says it will announce the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 9.

Pakistan official: War until 'terror free' (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 01:58 AM CDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani talks with reporters as he arrives at the airport in Multan, Pakistan, on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. The U.N. ordered children of its international staff to leave the Pakistani capital and other areas it considered unsafe, raising its security level following the bombing of the Marriott Hotel, the world body said Thursday. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - Pakistan's war against Islamic extremists will go on until the country is "terrorism-free," a senior official said Friday after mounting violence prompted the United Nations to raise its security stance.

US nuclear envoy wraps up talks with North Korea (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 01:59 AM CDT

In this photo released by (north) Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, shown are top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill, fourth from left, and his entourage as they arrive at the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Wednesday October 1, 2008. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Hill took a new proposal to North Korea on Wednesday to try to salvage a derailed disarmament pact amid reported signs of activity around the communist country's nuclear test site. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)AP - Washington's chief U.S. nuclear envoy left North Korea on Friday after spending an extra day in the communist nation to try to persuade Pyongyang to resume dismantling its nuclear program.

Police work in Caribbean not always fun in the sun (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT

AP - A lawsuit filed by Antigua's ousted police commissioner shows it's not always a tropical idyll when a veteran officer from Britain or Canada chooses to spend the twilight of his career working in the Caribbean.

Somali pirates say they will fight commando raid (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 07:16 PM CDT

Pirates holding Ukrainian-operated ship Faina off the coast of Somalia, receive supplies while under observation by the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (not shown) on Monday, Sept. 29. 2008. U.S. warships and helicopters on Monday surrounded the hijacked cargo ship which is loaded with Sudan-bound tanks and other arms, to keep the weapons from falling 'into the wrong hands,' an American Navy spokesman said. The pirates who seized the ship Thursday are demanding a $20 million ransom.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Zalasky)AP - Somali pirates on a hijacked cargo ship holding battle tanks and hostages said Thursday that they were ready to battle any commando-style rescue attempt.

Watchdog to probe water pricing policy (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:25 AM CDT

A watchdog said that water companies will have their pricing plans examined after revealing that bills may go up for five years from 2010.(AFP/File/NICOLAS ASFOURI)AFP - Water companies will have their pricing plans examined after revealing that bills may go up for five years from 2010, a watchdog said Friday.

Mexico eyes treatment, not jail, for drug users (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 08:24 PM CDT

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during the inauguration of the first Ibero-America culture Congress at Centro Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City October 1, 2008. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO)AP - Mexican President Felipe Calderon has an offer for drug users: Go into rehab, stay out of jail.

Algeria floods toll rises to 31 (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:12 AM CDT

A rainy day in Astawali, a western suburb of Algiers City, in 2007. The death toll in flash floods in a historic Algerian town has climbed to 31, as aid workers battled to help hundreds of homeless and the army was deployed to prevent looting, state radio said.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)AFP - The death toll in flash floods in a historic Algerian town climbed to 31 Friday, as aid workers battled to help hundreds of homeless and the army was deployed to prevent looting, state radio said.

Japan's Norinchukin buys stake in Credit Agricole (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 04:12 AM CDT

AP - Japan's Norinchukin Bank said Friday it has acquired a 0.5 percent stake worth about about 30 billion yen, or $286 million, in France's Credit Agricole SA, which has been shoring up its capital base after being hit by U.S. credit-related losses.

Aussie boy breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 02:31 AM CDT

In this CCTV image provided by the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, a 7-year-old boy throws a turtle over a wall in Alice Springs, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. The boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday. (AP Photo/Alice Springs Reptile Centre, HO)AP - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.

发贴者：iwvck10 时间 02:37 0 条评论

bnzv