2008年11月12日星期三

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Suicide bomber hits Afghan gov't office, killing 6 (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:59 AM CST

Afghan police officers stand guard after a car bomb exploded next to an Afghan government office in Kanadhar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. The car bomb exploded during a provincial council meeting Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding 28, officials said. The attack in the southern city of Kandahar ripped through the council office, flattened two nearby homes and damaged the nearby offices of the country's intelligence service. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - A suicide bomber driving an oil tanker detonated his explosives outside an Afghan government office during a provincial council meeting Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 42, officials said.

Car bombs in Iraqi capital kill 4, wound 22 (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 05:17 AM CST

Medics tend to a wounded Iraqi man after a parked car bomb exploded in a bustling section of downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Police said the blast killed three people and wounded 14 others. The attack occurred around 9:30 a.m. (630 GMT) off al-Nasir Square in central Baghdad — a busy neighborhood of shops, pharmacies and photography stores. Police said that two officers were among the wounded.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A bomb exploded in a parked car in a bustling section of downtown Baghdad early Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 15 others, police said, the third consecutive day of morning rush hour blasts in the Iraqi capital.

North Korea to halt border crossings with South (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:38 AM CST

South Koreans use binoculars to look at the North side from Imjingak, an area near the border along the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. North Korea said Wednesday it will ban land crossings at its border with South Korea starting next month because of what it calls the South's confrontational stance — a move that could doom a joint Korean industrial complex in the North. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea ratcheted up its threats to sever ties with South Korea by announcing Wednesday that it will halt cross-border traffic next month over what it calls Seoul's confrontational stance against Pyongyang.

Insurgents vow to resist security pact (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 09:47 PM CST

U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Regalado tests an Iraqi man's hands for explosives residue in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. Five years after the U.S.-led invasion and following a significant drop in violence countrywide over the past year, the battle for Iraq's third largest city still waxes and wanes. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Ten Iraqi insurgent groups have agreed to escalate attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces to derail the proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, an Internet monitoring service said Tuesday.

Olmert's change from hawk to dove seems complete (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 01:44 AM CST

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during a memorial session at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, marking the 13th anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on Nov. 4 1995 by a Jewish ultra-nationalist as he left a peace rally in Tel Aviv. Israel officially marks the 13th anniversary of Rabin's slaying on Monday, according to the Hebrew calendar. (AP Photo/Eliana Aponte, Pool)AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, once one of Israel's leading hawks, is leaving office an outspoken dove.

German economy will grind to halt in 2009, say experts (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 05:18 AM CST

A view of downtown Frankfurt's financial centre, October 2008. A blue-ribbon panel of experts has said that German economic growth will grind to a halt next year, raising doubts about Berlin's plans to shield Europe's biggest economy from the global turmoil.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - A blue-ribbon panel of experts said on Wednesday that German economic growth will grind to a halt next year, raising doubts about Berlin's plans to shield Europe's biggest economy from the global turmoil.

Iran test-fires new surface-to-surface missile (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:31 AM CST

AP - Iran successfully test-fired a new generation of long range surface-to-surface missile using solid fuel, making them more accurate than its predecessors, the defense minister announced Wednesday.

Peru offers national hairless dog to Obamas (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 09:57 PM CST

A four-month-old puppy called 'Machu Picchu' is seen in Lima, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. The owners of the animal, a Peruvian Hairless Dog, have offered it to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. Obama has promised his daughters a new pet for the White House but one of them is allergic to most breeds. The owners of the Peruvian Hairless Dog say it is perfect for kids who are sensitive to dogs. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)AP - Completely bald and older than the Incas, the Peruvian hairless dog seems like an odd fit for the White House.

Sudan president announces Darfur ceasefire (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 05:25 AM CST

AP - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has announced a unilateral ceasefire by government forces in the devastated Darfur region and is calling for rebels to join in peace negotiations.

Six dead as tanker bomb rocks Afghanistan's Kandahar (AFP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 05:24 AM CST

Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard in Kandahar. A suicide blast using a bomb-filled tanker killed six people and wounded 42 at government offices in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar Wednesday, the governor said.(AFP/File/Hamed Zalmy)AFP - A bomb-filled tanker exploded outside the office of the provincial council in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Wednesday, killing six people and wounding 42, a governor said.

Australian gets partial detention for euthanasia (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:14 AM CST

AP - A court sentenced an Australian woman Wednesday to 22 months periodic detention for assisting in the suicide of her longtime partner, an Alzheimer's sufferer who had been rejected for a legal euthanasia in Switzerland.

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