2008年11月10日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Experts: Human error factor in Russia sub accident (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:57 AM CST

The Nerpa (Seal), one of Russia's Shchuka (Pike) class (NATO reporting name: Akula) nuclear submarines, where at least 20 people were killed in an accident, seen heading to a Russia's Pacific Fleet base, about 6,400 km (4,000 miles) east of Moscow, shortly after the accident in this image made from television Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008. The fire safety system on aboard The Nerpa malfunctioned on a test run in the Sea of Japan, spewing chemicals that killed at least 20 people and injured 21 others, officials said Sunday. The submarine itself was not damaged and traveled back to its base on Russia's Pacific coast under its own power Sunday, Russian navy said. (AP Photo/NTV Russian Channel)AP - Russian navy veterans and experts say that overcrowding and human error likely contributed to the accident on a brand-new nuclear submarine that killed 20.

At least 28 dead in twin Baghdad blasts (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST

A US soldier shows photographs to Iraqi children attending a Peace Concert at the Zawrak Park in central Baghdad. At least 28 people, including women and children, have been killed and dozens wounded in a double bombing in a Baghdad market, the deadliest attack to rock the Iraqi capital in weeks, security officials have said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - A suicide bomber struck Monday in a crowd gathered at the site of an explosion that moments earlier had damaged a bus filled with schoolgirls, with both blasts killing at least 28 people and wounding 68 others, authorities said.

Search goes on but hopes slim in Haiti collapse (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:28 AM CST

UN peacekeepers and residents work at the site where the 'La Promesse' school collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008. Haitian police on Sunday were holding the owner of the school that collapsed, killing at least 88 people and setting off a desperate search for survivors trapped in tons of rubble. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Rescuers vowed to go on with their search for survivors at a collapsed Haitian school at least through early Monday, despite shrinking hopes amid the growing stench of dead bodies trapped beneath the rubble.

Pakistan sees success in war against militants (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:43 AM CST

Employees of Pakistan Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) chant slogans during a protest rally against the proposed privatization of one of the company's largest gas fields, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Pakistan's president says his country is making headway in the fight against al-Qaida and Taliban militants near the Afghan border.

Official: Ossetian militants enter Georgia village (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:25 AM CST

Ossetian militiamen drive a tank through the deserted village of Akhalgori in August 2008. Militiamen from rebel South Ossetia have taken control of the disputed Georgian village of Perevi, raising fears that hundreds of villagers will flee their homes, Georgian officials said Saturday.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)AP - Georgian officials say about 70 militants from the breakaway province of South Ossetia illegally entered a village in Georgia.

Spanish police repel migrants at border crossing (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:48 AM CST

AP - Spanish authorities say police have fired tear gas to repel around 150 African migrants who tried to force their way into the enclave of Melilla from Morocco.

2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:49 AM CST

AP - The Israel Antiquities Authority says archeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old gold earring beneath a parking lot next to the walls of Jerusalem's old city.

Colombian president says Mexico will win drug war (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2008 11:38 PM CST

AP - Colombian president Alvaro Uribe predicted that Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon's controversial efforts to combat the increasingly violent drug war that is wracking his nation would be successful.

South African singer Miriam Makeba dies in Italy (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:56 AM CST

In a Nov. 16, 2006 file photo South African singer Miriam Makeba performs on stage at the Avo Session in Basel, Switzerland. The emergency room of the Pineta Grande Clinic, a private facility in Castel Volturno, Italy, says the 76-year-old singer died early Monday Nov. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas/file)AP - Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for 30 years under apartheid, died early Monday after a concert in Italy. She was 76.

China stimulus plan fuels hope for new investment (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:47 AM CST

A cyclist and man pass by the central business district in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. China announced a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package Sunday to boost government spending on roads, airports and other infrastructure and bigger subsidies to the poor and farmers. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Investors welcomed China's multibillion-dollar stimulus package but analysts said Monday the plan will depend on Chinese companies to supply a big share of the spending.

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