2008年10月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Israeli foreign minister wants early elections (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:45 AM CDT

AP - A confidant says Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has abandoned her efforts to put together a new coalition government and instead will recommend early parliamentary elections.

Official: 11 killed in Pakistan border fighting (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:36 AM CDT

A Pakistani army soldier guards a position in Loi Sam, in the Bajur tribal region, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. Pakistan's army said Saturday its forces captured Loi Sam, a key militant stronghold near the Afghan border, after a long and bloody struggle. The town sits on a vital intersection of roads leading to the border as well as to three neighboring Pakistan regions. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, Pool)AP - Troops fought Taliban militants in separate battles in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 11 in an insurgent stronghold overlooking the Afghan border, an official said.

Report: Iranian president has fallen ill (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 03:05 AM CDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, helped by his bodyguard to climb onto the back of a truck during a religious ceremony marking the death of the Shiite Saint Jaafar Sadeq in Tehran on Saturday Oct, 25, 2008. The world's 120 million Shiites venerate the sixth imam, or spiritual successor to the Prophet Muhammad, of the Shi'ite branch of Islam and the last to be recognized as imam by all the Shi'ite sects. Theologically, he advocated a limited predestination and proclaimed that Hadith (traditional sayings of the Prophet), if contrary to the Qur'an, should be rejected. (AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fallen ill due to his heavy workload, a close associate told the Iranian state news agency late Saturday.

Hong Kong tests more China food after egg scare (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 01:48 AM CDT

AP - The discovery of excessive levels of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese eggs has prompted Hong Kong authorities to expand testing to include meat products imported from China, a senior official said Sunday.

Premier says China to ensure safe food (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 12:14 AM CDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gestures during a press conference at the close of the 7th Asia Europe Meeting held in Beijing, China, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. Asian and European leaders said Saturday they have reached a broad consensus on ways to deal with the global financial meltdown and will present their views at a crisis summit next month in Washington. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China's premier said Saturday the country will take steps to improve its food safety, blaming the tainted milk products believed to have killed four babies and sickened thousands of children on a failure of regulation.

Hero dog risks life to save kittens from fire (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:55 AM CDT

Reuters - A dog was hailed as a hero on Sunday after it risked its life to save a litter of newborn kittens from a house fire, rescuers said.

Earthquake injures 9 in southern Iranian port town (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:13 AM CDT

AP - An Iranian official says a magnitude 5 earthquake has hit southern Iran, injuring nine people.

Chavez threatens to imprison opposition governor (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 12:15 AM CDT

In this picture released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez shows a religious image to supporters during a campaign event endorsing a candidate for governor of Zulia state, Giancarlo Dimartino, in Caracas, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. Chavez threatened Saturday to imprison Manuel Rosales, the opposition governor of Zulia for allegedly plotting to kill him. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - President Hugo Chavez threatened Saturday to imprison the popular governor of Venezuela's western Zulia state for allegedly plotting to kill him.

Another aid worker killed in Somalia (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 05:48 PM CDT

AP - The head of a Somali aid agency says a gunman shot dead a Somali woman employee in the latest of a string of attacks on the humanitarian community.

Briton, SAfrican shot dead by Afghan guard: police (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:51 AM CDT

Afghan policemen sit on a vehicle carrying bodies from the site of a shoot-out in Kabul. A Briton and a South African shot dead in Kabul were killed by one of their own guards who then committed suicide, interior ministry officials have said.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A Briton and a South African shot dead in Kabul were killed by one of their own guards who then committed suicide, interior ministry officials said Sunday.

Row simmers in Australia over Lord's Prayer (AFP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 11:29 PM CDT

File photo shows Parliament House in the Australian capital, Canberra. The use of the Lord's Prayer in the country's parliament has come under question, after the speaker of the house called for debate on whether to continue the century-old tradition.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - The use of the Lord's Prayer in Australia's parliament came under question Sunday, after the speaker of the house called for debate on whether to continue the century-old tradition.

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