2008年10月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 09:06 PM CDT

A tent at a civilian building construction site is seen in this image from television Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. U.S. military helicopters have launched an extremely rare attack on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as 'serious aggression.' A Syrian government statement said four helicopters attacked a civilian building under construction shortly before sundown and fired on workers inside. (AP Photo/Syrian TV via APTN )AP - U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as "serious aggression."

Afghan official: Suicide bomber kills US soldier (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:27 AM CDT

Head of Afghan Jirga delegation Abdullah Abdullah (R) speaks during the opening session of Pakistan Afghanistan Tribal Elders Jirga meeting in Islamabad October 27, 2008. Political and ethnic Pashtun tribal leaders from Afghanistan and Pakistan began a two-day meeting on Monday to find ways to end surging militant violence including the possibility of opening talks with the Taliban. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)AP - A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a police station in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing an American soldier and wounding six other people, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

Car bomb kills 2 in Pakistani city of Quetta (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:17 AM CDT

Soldiers of Pakistan's army walk past damaged houses in Loisam town in the Bajaur tribal region, on October 25. Suspected US spy drones fired missiles into a militant training camp in a stronghold of Pakistan's top Taliban commander, killing at least 10 people, security officials said.(AFP/Pool/File/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Pakistani police say a car bomb has exploded in the western city of Quetta, killing two people.

Polls: Israel's Livni holding against Netanyahu (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:28 AM CDT

AP - Tzipi Livni, the moderate leader of Israel's ruling party, was holding her ground against hawkish rival Benjamin Netanyahu a day after she steered the country toward early elections, polls showed on Monday.

NATO general: Negative Afghan headlines overblown (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:15 AM CDT

AP - NATO's top commander in Afghanistan is tired of negative headlines, and he is on an offensive to counter what he sees as a wave of unwarranted pessimism in news reports coming out of the country.

London shares slump more than 5% (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:21 AM CDT

A man wearing a crash helmut is pictured beside an electronic display board showing the FTSE 100 share index in London on October 24. The London stock market has tumbled by more than five percent, with the FTSE 100 index of leading shares down 5.62 percent at 3,665.21 points shortly after the open.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The London stock market tumbled by more than five percent on Monday, with the FTSE 100 index of leading shares down 5.62 percent at 3,665.21 points shortly after the open.

Iraq hopes Syria raid won't harm relations (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:13 AM CDT

AP - A senior Iraqi official says Iraq hopes that an alleged U.S. raid into Syria will not harm Baghdad's relations with Damascus.

World's heaviest man marries in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 10:53 PM CDT

Manuel 'Meme' Uribe, 43, gives a thump up while being driven in a forklift to the dance hall where he and Claudia Solis will get married in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. Uribe, who tipped the scales in 2006 at 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), earning him the Guinness Book of World Records' title for the world's heaviest man, lost 550 pounds (250 kilograms) with the help of Solis, whom he met four years ago. (AP Photo/Monica Rueda)AP - The world's heaviest man has tied the knot.

UN: Rebels fire rockets at peacekeepers in Congo (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 01:58 AM CDT

AP - The United Nations says rebels have fired rockets at two vehicles carrying peacekeepers during heavy fighting in Congo.

S.Korea makes record rate cut, markets not impressed (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:32 AM CDT

People walk as screens show movements of monthly stock price index (L) and a daily stock price index at the Korea Exchange in Seoul October 27, 2008. South Korea on Monday delivered its largest ever interest rate cut and pledged more spending and tax cuts next year to help economic growth, already at a four-year low and likely to be hit further by the global financial storm. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)Reuters - South Korea on Monday cut interest rates by a record 75 basis points and pledged more spending and tax cuts next year to try to keep the global financial storm at bay, but the measures failed to convince investors.

Australian court told six men planned "violent jihad" (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 11:36 PM CDT

Reuters - Six Australian men were driven by their Islamic faith to carry out "violent jihad" and amassed large quantities of chemicals to make explosives, a prosecutor told a Sydney court on Monday.

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