2008年11月2日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Rebels tighten their grip in eastern Congo (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 02:48 AM CST

A displaced woman scavenges for building material near Kibumba, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Goma, in eastern Congo, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. Thousands of war-weary refugees returned to the the road Saturday, taking advantage of a rebel-called cease-fire to try to reach home beyond the front lines of this week's battles in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Tutsi-led rebels tightened their hold on newly seized swaths of eastern Congo Saturday, forcing tens of thousands of frightened, rain-soaked civilians out of makeshift refugee camps and stopping some from fleeing to government-held territory.

Pakistan: Suicide car bomb kills 8 troops (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 02:40 AM CST

Pakistani tribesmen examine the wreckage of a car was hit by a suspected U.S. missile in Mir Ali village near Miran Shah, the main town of Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region along Afghanistan border, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. Suspected U.S. missiles slammed into two villages close to the Afghan border, killing at least 27 people including an Arab al-Qaida operative and other foreign militants, intelligence officials said. (AP Photo/Hasbunallah Khan)AP - A suicide car bomber killed at least eight Pakistani paramilitary troops Sunday in a region near the Afghan border that has been a target in a surge of suspected U.S. missile strikes.

Murdoch: China, India will reshape the world (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 02:50 AM CST

AP - Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch says the ongoing metamorphosis of China and India from historic backwaters into economic powers will help reshape the world in the next few decades.

Iraq earmarks $15 billion for reconstruction (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:04 AM CST

Widows and orphaned children hold banners during a protest demanding help from the Iraqi government, in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. All of them have lost their relatives following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion .(AP Photo/ Ahmed Alhussainey)AP - Iraq has earmarked some $15 billion — nearly 25 percent of its 2009 draft budget — to help rebuild the country's crumbling infrastructure, energy and oil facilities, the finance minister said Saturday.

Analysis: Al-Maliki stressing US departure (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:16 AM CST

Protesters hold a banner as they demonstrate against a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. The deal would allow U.S. troops to remain here until at least the end of 2011 and give Iraq a role in managing U.S. military operations. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister is pushing the idea that the U.S. departure is in sight in a bid to sell the security deal with Washington to Iran.

Europe has a long wait for its Obama (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:19 AM CST

Supporter Cymone Armstrong, 15, from Springfield, Mo., cries as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a rally at Parkview High School in Springfield Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Where is Europe's Barack Obama? Not only are droves of Europeans hoping for a victory by the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, many are asking when France, Germany or Britain will get a chance to cast a ballot for a leader from their own burgeoning minorities.

Egyptian president pledges to push reform (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:14 AM CST

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delivers a speech at the first day of the 5th annual convention of the ruling National Democratic Party in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. Mubarak has promised to continue economic reform and step up efforts to combat poverty despite the impact of the international financial crisis on Egypt. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak promised Saturday to push ahead with economic reform and step up efforts to combat poverty, despite the impact of the international financial crisis on Egypt's economy.

Bolivian president suspends US anti-drug efforts (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 11:49 PM CDT

Bolivia's President Evo Morales wave to journalists before attending the last working session of the of the XVIII Presidential Ibero American Summit in San Salvador, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. El Salvador is hosting the summit Oct. 29-31. (AP Photo/Eduard Verdugo)AP - Bolivian President Evo Morales suspended U.S. anti-drug operations on Saturday as Washington's relations with his leftist government spiraled downward.

West presses Congo, Rwanda leaders to avert tragedy (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 02:17 AM CST

People wait outside the gate of the Mercy Corps office where UNICEF and International Medical Corps were distributing high nutrition cookies to children in Kibati. Thousands of civilians displaced by conflict languished on the roads of east Congo Sunday as Western powers pressured Congolese and Rwandan leaders to prevent AFP - Thousands of civilians displaced by conflict languished on the roads of east Congo Sunday as Western powers pressured Congolese and Rwandan leaders to prevent "another Rwanda" tragedy.

Japan's PM Aso under pressure after air force chief's denial of aggression (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 02:58 AM CST

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at the Asia Europe Meeting in Beijing in late October. Taro Aso has come under pressure to clarify his own position on Japan's colonial past after his government sacked the air force chief for remarks about World War II.(AFP/Pool/File/Ng Han Guan)AFP - Prime Minister Taro Aso came under pressure Sunday to clarify his own position on Japan's colonial past after his government sacked the air force chief for denying Japan's wartime aggression.

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes Guam (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:20 AM CST

AP - A moderate earthquake has shaken the island of Guam, but there are no reports of any damage or injury.

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