2008年10月15日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Canada's Harper pledges cooperation after election (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 04:03 AM CDT

Supporters cheer as results are posted at Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's election headquarters Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 in Calgary, Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tom Hanson)AP - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday he will reach out to all parties during the global financial meltdown after his Conservative Party won in national elections but fell short of a parliamentary majority.

Hurricane Omar batters Aruba, heads for US islands (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 12:03 AM CDT

The sun sets over San Juan, Puerto Rico as storm clouds from Tropical Storm Omar approach the area Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. The storm is expected to gain strength and reach hurricane strength. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Omar strengthened into a hurricane late Tuesday and drenched islands in the southeastern Caribbean, downing trees and blowing off a school's roof as it menaced U.S. islands.

Syria, Lebanon formalize diplomatic ties (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 05:47 AM CDT

Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Saloukh leaves the Syrian foreign ministry after a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moualem in Damascus October 15,2008. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)AP - The foreign ministers of Syria and Lebanon signed an agreement Wednesday formalizing diplomatic ties between the two countries for the first time in their turbulent history.

Gitmo lawyer consulted priest on trials' fairness (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 02:04 AM CDT

File photo shows the Pentagon's prefabricated high-tech court complex at Guantanamo Bay naval base. The Bush administration has come under renewed pressure over its anything-goes approach to the AP - Struggling with orders to prosecute a young detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld went online and consulted a priest for help with his concerns about the fairness of the military tribunals.

World Court to rule on Georgia-Russia case (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 01:50 AM CDT

AP - The International Court of Justice plans to rule Wednesday on whether to order Russia to take immediate steps to halt what Georgia calls ethnic cleansing in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Unemployment jumps to eight-year high (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 05:51 AM CDT

A man enters a job centre office on a council house estate in Liverpool. Unemployment jumped to an eight-year high of 5.7% in the three months to August, official data has showed.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - The unemployment rate jumped to an eight-year high of 5.7 percent in the three months to August, official data showed on Wednesday.

Turkish media: hijack attempt foiled (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 05:47 AM CDT

AP - Turkish media say a hijacker attempted to commandeer a Turkish Airlines plane over Belarus but he was overpowered by passengers.

UN Security Council extends mission in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 02:25 PM CDT

Haitians walk in the town of Furchy, 22 km (14 miles) from the capital Port-au-Prince, October 14, 2008. Food production in Furchy, the food basket of Port-au-Prince, has been severely disrupted after Haiti was hit by four storms -- Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike -- in the space of about a month, killing at least 800 people and damaging farms. The recent flooding left behind vast amounts of mud, partly because 98 percent of Haiti's forests had been destroyed, allowing earth to be washed down from the hills. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz (HAITI)AP - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to renew its peacekeeping mission in Haiti for another year, saying it is important for the troops to keep working with the government to reduce violence and crime.

Mbeki brings Zimbabwe rivals into fresh power-sharing talks (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 05:45 AM CDT

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki (seen centre) arrives in Harare on October 13. Mbeki was to start a second day of talks Wednesday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his main rival to save a power-sharing deal amid a spat over key cabinet posts.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)AFP - Former South African leader Thabo Mbeki was to start a second day of talks Wednesday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his main rival to save a power-sharing deal amid a spat over key cabinet posts.

North Korea's seductress spy sent to prison (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 05:54 AM CDT

North Korean woman defector Won Jeong-hwa arrives at a court for her trial in Suwon, south of Seoul, October 15, 2008. A South Korean court on Wednesday convicted a North Korean woman defector charged with extracting state secrets from military officers in return for sexual favours and sentenced her to five years in jail, media said. Won, 34, was arrested in August on suspicion of posing as a defector and sleeping with South Korean military officers in exchange for classified information on weapons systems and the locations of key military installations. THE PICTURE WAS PIXELATED AT SOURCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOUTH KOREAN LAW (Kim Dong-gyu/Yonhap/Reuters)Reuters - A South Korean court on Wednesday convicted a North Korean woman defector charged with extracting state secrets from military officers in return for sexual favors and sentenced her to five years in jail, a court official said.

Australia drops bid to take Iran to court over Israel comments (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 02:43 AM CDT

Australia has dropped moves to take Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pictured, to the International Court of Justice over comments he made about Israel, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Australia has dropped moves to take Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the International Court of Justice over comments he made about Israel, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Wednesday.

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