2008年11月4日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Report: Bus accident kills 24 in India (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:58 AM CST

AP - An Indian news agency says a passenger bus has plunged into a gorge in the mountainous northern parts of the country, killing at least 24 people.

Taiwan, China envoys sign historic trade pact (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:44 AM CST

China's top negotiator with Taiwan, Chen Yunlin, standing at left, shakes hands with his Taiwan counterpart Chiang Ping-kung at the start of direct meetings in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. The highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Taiwan in six decades has begun talks with his Taiwanese counterpart on a sweeping trade pact that could help ease the threat of war between the rivals. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - Setting aside decades of animosity, Taiwan and China on Tuesday agreed to expand passenger and cargo flights and allow shipping links across the Taiwan Strait, an area that has long threatened to become a war zone.

US troops follow voting in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:12 AM CST

U.S. Army Cpl. Sean Morton, 25, from Boston, Mass., right, assigned to Killer Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, consults with a colleague before mailing his absentee ballot for the presidential election at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - U.S. soldiers in Mosul, where war still rages, caught a glimpse of the election battle back home as they ate breakfast Tuesday, awaiting the outcome of a contest that could decide the future of the mission in Iraq.

Petraeus says he'll consider Pakistan criticisms (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 11:29 PM CST

U. S. Central Command Gen. David Petraeus, left, meets Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Nov 3, 2008. Pakistani officials warned Gen. Petraeus on Monday that frequent missile strikes on militant targets in Pakistan fan anti-American sentiment in an Islamic country vital to the struggle against terrorism. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)AP - Washington's new top war general said he would consider rising Pakistani criticism of U.S. missile strikes on suspected militant targets in the Muslim nation's unstable border regions.

Intel official: Afghan agent killed by gunmen (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 01:27 AM CST

U.S. soldiers of the Third Platoon Delta Company 1-26 play basketball before leaving for a patrol at their base in Chowkay, near Pakistani border, in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - An Afghan intelligence chief says two gunmen on a motorbike have killed an intelligence agent in the southern city of Kandahar.

Swiss Re posts $258 million loss in 3Q (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST

AP - Swiss Reinsurance Co. posted a net loss of 304 million Swiss francs ($258 million) for the third quarter Tuesday due to hurricanes Gustav and Ike, losses at its life and health insurance business and markdowns on assets from the global financial turmoil.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,190 (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 08:41 PM CST

In this photo provided by Fort Bragg, Brig. Gen. Michael S. Repass is shown. The Army's top special forces commander said on Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, that Green Berets should expect to be in Iraq for the long haul, even if troop levels decrease. Repass said Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 his teams will work with the Iraqis for as long as they need help. (AP Photo/Fort Bragg)AP - As of Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, at least 4,190 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Gunmen kill Mexican police chief in border city (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 10:40 PM CST

Gerardo Juarez, below, and his wife Karen Solano cry at a crime scene where his two brothers were found shot to death in a vegetable warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. Juarez worked with his two brothers, Adolfo and Otilio, as security guards at the warehouse where state police reported finding six bullet-ridden bodies and over 100 shell casings from assault rifles. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Gunmen killed a state police chief in the border city of Nogales and three police detectives in central Guanajuato state, as a wave of drug-related violence batters Mexican security forces, authorities said Monday.

SADC to hold summit on Zimbabwe in SAfrica Sunday (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:44 AM CST

Reuters - Regional leaders will hold a summit in South Africa on Sunday aimed at breaking a deadlock in negotiations threatening Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Police make first arrests in deadly India bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:40 AM CST

Reuters - Police arrested three suspected separatist rebels Tuesday and released a sketch of a suspect in connection with bombings in India's northeastern state of Assam that killed 84 people and wounded about 300.

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