2008年10月21日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Iraqi Cabinet meets on security pact with US (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:22 AM CDT

Iraqi soldiers march at the end of the handover ceremony of a military base from U.S. forces to the Iraqi army in Yusufiya, 20 km (12 miles) south of Baghdad, October 20, 2008. Picture taken October 20, 2008. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)AP - Iraq's Cabinet is meeting to review a proposed security pact with the United States that would keep American troops in the country three more years.

Former Thai premier found guilty of corruption (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:59 AM CDT

AP - A Thai court has found former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of a corruption charge, and sentenced him to two years imprisonment.

China releases list of wanted terror group leaders (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:02 AM CDT

AP - Chinese police on Tuesday called on foreign nations to arrest and extradite eight alleged Islamic terror group leaders accused plotting attacks during the Beijing Olympics.

Court: Bali bombers may be killed by firing squad (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:43 AM CDT

AP - Indonesia's constitution does not prohibit death by firing squad, a top court ruled Tuesday, clearing the way for the execution of three men convicted in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings.

Most Asia markets rise on possible US economic aid (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:25 AM CDT

A trader gestures on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange, where shares closed 1.7 percent down in today's trading, in Makati City, Metro Manila, October 20, 2008. A senior official at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday the bank may cut its economic growth forecast further for developing Asia in 2009 as a slowing global economy hit the region's exports and on sluggish domestic demand. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES)AP - Most Asian markets rose Tuesday, following Wall Street's gains after the chairman of the U.S. central bank signaled support for more government aid to revive the country's slumping economy.

Russian ship passes Suez on anti-piracy mission (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:23 AM CDT

AP - A navy official says a Russian warship is passing through the Suez Canal to join military vessels from other nations protecting shipping in pirate-infested waters off Somalia.

991 suspected militants indicted in Saudi Arabia (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:26 AM CDT

AP - Saudi authorities have indicted 991 suspected militants on charges that they participated in terrorist attacks carried out in the kingdom over the last five years, the interior minister said Tuesday.

Bolivia's Morales renounces possible third term (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 11:16 PM CDT

Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, waves as he attends a march towards La Paz in El Alto, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Protesters marched to demand Congress call a referendum on President Morales' proposed constitution. The banner reads in Spanish 'March.' (AP Photo/Dado Galdieri)AP - President Evo Morales agreed on Monday to seek only one more five-year term, a key concession that all but ended a standoff in Congress over a new constitution to empower Bolivia's long-oppressed indigenous majority.

Zimbabwe power talks grind to halt after Tsvangirai no-show (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2008 04:54 PM CDT

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe waits in the Swaziland capital of Mbabane for the start of an extraordinary meeting of the so-called Troika. Regional efforts to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis ground to a halt Monday, as opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai refused to attend a southern African summit until he is granted a passport.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - African leaders failed to persuade Zimbabwe opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai to attend a summit of southern states Monday, leaving power-sharing diplomacy firmly stalled.

Japan may help N.Korea to scrap nuclear program (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:23 AM CDT

Japanese tourists (bottom R) walk on the Bridge of Freedom near the demilitarised zone separating South Korea from the North in Paju, 52 km (32 miles) north of Seoul October 20, 2008. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)Reuters - Japan may provide help to North Korea in scrapping its nuclear program but it still refuses to give energy assistance because of a feud over abducted Japanese citizens, the top government spokesman said on Tuesday.

Nuclear incident would make 9/11 'insignificant': nuke commission (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:28 AM CDT

Delegates attend the inaugural International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament meeting in Sydney on October 21. The world is on the brink of an avalanche in the spread of weapons, the head of a new global non-proliferation group said Tuesday, warning that a nuclear incident would dwarf the September 11 attacks.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - The world is on the brink of an avalanche in the spread of devastating weaponry, a new global non-proliferation group warned Tuesday, saying that a nuclear incident would dwarf the September 11 attacks.

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