2008年11月18日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Palestinians in Gaza: Israeli tanks move into area (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:08 AM CST

An Israeli tank maneuvers near an army watchtower on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Israel will keep all access to the Gaza Strip closed Tuesday, said an Israeli spokesman.(AFP/David Buimovitch)AP - Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip say Israeli tanks have moved into the area for the first time in a week. Militants say they fired rockets and mortars at the tanks.

Taliban siege of Pakistan elders leaves 7 dead (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:59 AM CST

Soldiers of Pakistan army patrol in troubled city of Swat, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. A suicide car bomber attacked an army checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing four security personnel, while violence elsewhere in the region left at least five suspected militants dead, authorities said. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)AP - Taliban militants attacked Pakistani tribal leaders near the Afghan border, triggering a gunbattle and an explosion that killed seven people, an official said Tuesday.

China stance on Tibet clouds exile talks in India (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:16 AM CST

Tibetan Buddhist monks wait outside the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Several hundred Tibetan exile leaders gathered Monday in northern India for a landmark meeting to discuss the direction of the movement that has struggled for decades to win autonomy from China. The weeklong meeting was called by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, and follows his public expression of frustration over fruitless attempts by his envoys to negotiate some form of autonomy in talks with the Chinese government. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - With Tibetan exiles now considering whether to push for independence, China on Tuesday reaffirmed it's hard-line stance on the future of the Himalayan region, saying that any move to separate Tibet from China was "doomed."

Somali pirates hijack Saudi tanker loaded with oil (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 05:26 PM CST

This photo provided by the US Navy shows some of the Somali pirates off of Somalia's coast in October 2008. Pirates have seized control of the Saudi-owned super tanker Sirius Star off the east coast of Africa and are taking it towards a Somali port, the US Navy said on Monday.(AFP/US Navy/File)AP - In a dramatic escalation of high seas crime, Somali pirates hijacked a Saudi supertanker loaded with crude hundreds of miles off the coast of East Africa — defeating the security web of warships trying to protect vital shipping lanes.

NATO fires artiller at insurgents in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 03:57 AM CST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures as he congratulates President-elect Barack Obama during a news conference in Kabul, November 5, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)AP - NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan fired 20 artillery rounds at insurgents inside Pakistan after coordinating with Islamabad, officials said Tuesday.

Carrefour ousts CEO Duran (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:29 AM CST

AP - Carrefour SA said Tuesday it will replace its chief executive with a former top manager at Switzerland's Nestle SA, the culmination of long-simmering tensions over the French retail giant's performance and strategy.

Vigil over Iran shifts from UN to the White House (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 07:20 PM CST

AP - Iranian demonstrators ended a 65-day vigil outside U.N. headquarters Monday and headed to Washington to seek assurances the United States will continue protecting a disarmed militia in Iraq that opposes Iran's government.

ACLU denounces Gitmo judge's replacement (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 08:34 PM CST

AP - The American Civil Liberties Union is criticizing a decision by the U.S. military to assign a new judge to handle the cases against the alleged Sept. 11 conspirators held at Guantanamo Bay.

Congo rebels advance as army leaves weapons behind (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:05 AM CST

People displaced by violence in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo try to obtain identity cards and register to be counted as Internally Displace People (IDP's) at the Kibati IDP camp on November 15, 2008. Rebels said they had seized new territory in eastern DR Congo and threatened fresh attacks on government troops, as President Joseph Kabila sacked the military chief.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)AP - Witnesses say Congolese soldiers are fighting militiamen deep in rebel-held territory.

Taiwan stocks fall (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:29 AM CST

AP - Taiwan shares fell sharply Tuesday, weighed down by a poor overnight performance on Wall Street, and weakness on neighboring Asian bourses.

Australian navy orders two-month Christmas stand-down (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:28 AM CST

File photo shows Australian Navy sailors standing to attention on HMAS Gascoyne. Australia's navy has ordered a two-month stand-down over the Christmas period as part of its strategy to recruit and retain sailors, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Australia's navy has ordered a two-month stand-down over the Christmas period, deputy chief Rear Admiral Davyd Thomas said Tuesday as he stressed it was not a matter of "shutting down" ships.

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