2008年10月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

South African aid worker killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:42 AM CDT

An Afghan police man guards as another officer questions a taxi driver at a highway in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. Taliban militants stopped a bus traveling on Afghanistan's main highway through a wild and dangerous part of the country's south, seized about 50 people on board and slaughtered around 30 of them, officials said Sunday.(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Gunmen on a motorbike killed a South African aid worker in the Afghan capital on Monday, while NATO-led troops assaulted an insurgent stronghold in a two-day battle that killed at least 20 militants, officials said.

US diplomat visits Pakistan amid new violence (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:44 AM CDT

In this photo released by Pakistan Press Information Department, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, center, talks with Pakistan's North West Frontier Province Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti, right, during a meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. Boucher arrived in Pakistan for talks with leaders of a country vital to Western security concerns. Boucher's trip comes amid strains between Islamabad and Washington over suspected American missile attacks targeting militants inside Pakistan. (AP Photo/Pakistan Press Information Department, HO)AP - A top U.S. diplomat met with Pakistan's prime minister Monday as Pakistani security forces used artillery and fighter jets to kill seven suspected insurgents in the northwest tribal region, officials said.

SKorea: Nothing unusual in North despite rumors (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:00 AM CDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee hold a joint news conference following their meetings at the Pentagon, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - There was no unusual activity in North Korea on Monday, South Korean officials said, despite reports that Pyongyang was poised to make an announcement amid speculation about the health of its leader, Kim Jong Il.

Iraqi police: Roadside bomb kills 2 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 03:03 AM CDT

Iraqi Army Special Forces break into a house after receiving a tip on possible presence of weapons in the Al-Taliaa village near Diwaniyah, 150 km (95 miles) south of Baghdad. Iraq's top leaders were meeting late Sunday to review a controversial security pact with the US that will determine American troop deployments beyond this year, a parliamentary official told AFP.(AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)AP - A roadside bomb struck a double-decker bus in Baghdad, killing two people and wounding seven others, Iraqi authorities said Monday.

Barak: Israel considering Saudi peace plan (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 06:42 PM CDT

Help with the harvest : A member of the Palestinian security forces uses a bucket to separate olives from leaves as he helps Palestinian farmers with their olive harvest in the West Bank village of Qabatiya near Jenin. (AFP/Saif Dahlah)AP - Israeli leaders are seriously considering a dormant Saudi plan offering a comprehensive peace between Israel and the Arab world in exchange for lands captured during the 1967 war, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday.

Chinese protest after money doesn't grow on trees (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 03:14 AM CDT

Reuters - Hundreds of people in Beijing scuffled with police outside a government office on Monday, demanding help recovering money from a get-rich-quick scheme involving tree plantations to stem desertification.

Abbas criticizes Israel on attacks during harvest (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:59 AM CDT

AP - The Palestinian president says Israel has failed to protect Palestinians against attacks by Israeli settlers during the olive harvest. He says the situation is "unbearable."

Son of Colombian warlord slain following sentence (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 10:05 PM CDT

AP - Colombian police say the son of a warlord extradited to the U.S. on drug charges has been murdered.

Contact sought with kidnappers of Chinese in Sudan (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 03:09 AM CDT

Map of Sudan showing regional borders, oil fields and the town of Abyei. Sudanese and Chinese authorities were seeking on Monday to contact the kidnappers of nine Chinese oil workers snatched near Sudan's disputed oil district of Abyei.(AFP/Graphic/Anibal Maiz)AFP - Sudanese and Chinese authorities were seeking on Monday to contact the kidnappers of nine Chinese oil workers snatched near Sudan's disputed oil district of Abyei.

Malaysia No. 2 leader moves closer to premiership (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 03:20 AM CDT

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, left, smiles as he hands over his finance minister's post to his deputy Najib Razak, right, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Malaysia announced plans Monday to prop up the stock market and lure more foreign investment amid expectations of slower economic growth next year. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)AP - Malaysia's deputy prime minister has secured enough endorsements to run for election as the ruling party's next president, according to an official count Monday, moving him closer to succeeding the country's unpopular leader.

Australia says timing right for new nuclear talks (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 01:00 AM CDT

Former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans (3rd R, at table) convenes the inaugural International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament meeting in Sydney on October 20.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia hosted the first meeting of a new international nuclear non-proliferation body Monday, with Foreign Minister Stephen Smith saying he was hopeful of progress on disarmament.

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