2008年10月18日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

China to help Pakistan build 2 more power plants (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 03:22 AM CDT

AP - Pakistan's foreign minister says China has signed an agreement with this energy starved Islamic nation to help it build two more nuclear power plants.

Muqtada al-Sadr urges rejection of US-Iraqi pact (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 03:11 AM CDT

Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday called on Iraq's parliament to reject a U.S.-Iraqi security pact as tens of thousands of his followers rallied in Baghdad against the deal.

Former Karzai bodyguard killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:42 AM CDT

Supporters of Pakistani Islamist parties burn a U.S. flag, during a protest rally against U.S. strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghanistan border, in Lahore October 17, 2008. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN)AP - Afghan officials say gunmen targeted and killed a former bodyguard for President Hamid Karzai outside a mosque in southern Afghanistan.

Pakistan army claims 60 militants killed in NW (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 02:27 AM CDT

A destruction at police station caused by suicide bombing in Pakistan's troubled area of Mingora in Swat district on Thursday, Oct 16, 2008. A suicide bomber attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan Thursday, killing four security officers — the latest in a series of blasts that are eroding confidence in the nuclear-armed country.(AP Photo/Sherin Zada)AP - Troops backed by helicopter gunships and artillery pounded militant positions in northwest Pakistan, killing 60 fighters and wounding many others, the military said Saturday.

Premier: China's government shares responsibility (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:05 AM CDT

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Zhongnanghai leaders compound in Beijing on Thursday October 16, 2008. Pakistan's president met with China's premier on Thursday, a day after clinching agreements aimed at boosting Chinese involvement in his country's ailing economy. (AP Photo/Kota Kyogoku, POOL)AP - China's Premier Wen Jiabao says the government was partly responsible for the tainted milk scandal that has sickened tens of thousands of children and shaken consumer confidence in the country's food exports.

Britain to cut immigration due to weak economy: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:30 AM CDT

Britain's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith holds a sample British identity card at a news conference in London September 25, 2008. Britain has unveiled a new biometric identity card which the government says will be vital in fighting illegal immigration and terrorism. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)Reuters - Britain plans to reduce immigration in the face of a weakening economy and rising unemployment, the Times newspaper quoted Immigration Minister Phil Woolas as saying Saturday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,185 (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 07:36 PM CDT

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - As of Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at least 4,185 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US Virgin Islands warns of oil spills after Omar (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 10:10 PM CDT

Motorists drive their cars along the waterfront road of downtown Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, as Hurricane Omar approaches Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. Schools, businesses and a giant oil refinery closed Wednesday on several Caribbean islands in the path of Hurricane Omar. (AP Photo/Hillary Hodge)AP - Authorities in St. Croix rushed to contain oil spills on Friday after more than 40 boats sank or washed ashore during Hurricane Omar.

Zimbabwe opposition says power-sharing talks fail (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 10:12 PM CDT

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, center, arrives for power-sharing talks in Harare, Zimbabwe, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. The Zimbabwe opposition has declared power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe deadlocked. Mugabe indicated on Friday that he was confident a deal would be struck at the end of the fourth day of power-sharing talks. (AP Photo)AP - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said Friday that four days of "intense" negotiations have failed to break a deadlock in power-sharing talks and called for intervention by regional and African leaders.

N.Korean diplomats await "important message": report (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 03:18 AM CDT

North Koran leader Kim Jong-il is seen in a tv grab from North Korean television station Chosun Chung-ang, obtained on October 11. North Korea has ordered its diplomats overseas to get ready for an Reuters - North Korean diplomats have been told to stick close to their embassies and await "an important message," Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported on Saturday.

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