2008年11月20日星期四

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Piracy watchdog hails Indian attack on pirate ship (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:39 AM CST

This July 31, 2004 file photograph shows Indian naval ship INS Tabar, a stealth frigate being received by family members and children of Indian naval personnel as it arrives in Mumbai, India. The Indian naval vessel INS Tabar sank a suspected pirate 'mother ship' in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, yet more violence in the lawless seas where brigands are becoming bolder and more violent. The Indian navy said the pirates fired on the INS Tabar after the officers asked it to stop to be searched. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude, File)AP - An anti-piracy watchdog group on Thursday welcomed an Indian warship's destruction of a suspected pirate vessel in waters off Somalia, where hijackings have become increasingly violent and the hijackers increasingly bold.

NATO: Pakistan fired on rebels on Afghan border (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 02:24 AM CST

Local residents sit over the rubble of a house hit by suspected U. S. missiles strike in Indi Khel village near Bannu, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village well inside Pakistani territory Wednesday, officials said, killing six alleged militants and indicating American willingness to pursue insurgents beyond the lawless tribal regions. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)AP - Pakistan fired on militants who attacked a NATO outpost on the Afghan border, the alliance said Thursday, an example of the cooperation seen as vital against the rising power of the Taliban and al-Qaida.

Police to end restrictions on ex-Gitmo detainee (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 02:10 AM CST

In this Nov. 18, 2008 photo released by Getup shows former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks who released a video message through a political group pleading for Australian police to stop restricting his life, in Sydney, Nov. 20, 2008. The 33-year old former cowboy turned Taliban foot soldier was freed from a prison in his home town of Adelaide in South Australia state in December last year after a nine-month sentence following 5 1/2 years in captivity without trial at the U.S. military prison camp in Cuba. (AP Photo/Getup, Jarra McGrath, HO)AP - Australian police said Thursday they will stop restricting the movements and communications of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee after he broke his long media silence to ask them to let him "get on with" his life.

Hungry in Zimbabwe: `If you rest, you starve' (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:09 PM CST

A child shows termites caught to eat near Murehwa, Zimbabwe, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Zimbabwe's economy is in crisis, and a political deadlock has left the nation without a functioning government since disputed elections in March. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - Katy Phiri, who is in her 70s, picks up single corn kernels spilled from trucks that ferry the harvest to market. She says she hasn't eaten for three days.

Pirate riches turning Somali villages into boomtowns (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:33 PM CST

Some of the eight suspected Somali pirates when they appeared before the Mombasa Chief Magistrate Catherine Mwangi , Wednesday, Nov.19 ,.2008 to be charged for piracy. The pirates were not immediately charged as their charged had not been prepared. The suspects were returned to the cells awaiting to be charged ..In an impoverished country where nearly every public institution has crumbled, pirates have transformed local economies in pirate dens like Haradhere and Eyl in northern Somalia, pumping money into areas where there had been little more than fishmongers and women selling magoes by the seashore for the past 20 years. (AP Photo)AP - Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women — even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.

EU farm ministers agree on reform (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:24 AM CST

AP - European Union agriculture ministers have agreed to a new round of aid reforms in Europe's shrinking farm sector meant to boost competition in the global markets.

Iraq FM: US-Iraqi security pact can still pass (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:13 AM CST

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in October 2008. The Bush administration turned to Congress Wednesday to mount a defense of a landmark agreement with Iraq that calls for the withdrawal of all US forces by the end of 2011.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Logan Mock-Bunting)AP - Iraq's foreign minister says the parliament can still approve a security pact with the United States despite scuffles among lawmakers in Baghdad.

Costa Rica arrests 6 for medicine shipments to US (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:59 PM CST

AP - A Costa Rican official says two Americans and four others have been arrested for allegedly sending restricted pharmaceutical drugs to the United States.

Rebels: No clashes after fighters pull back (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:43 AM CST

File photo shows a team of miners shifting mud in an open pit gold mine in Mongwalu, north eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Congolese rebel supremo Laurent Nkunda's call for a review of contracts with China is a populist ploy designed to cash in on resentment over Beijing's tapping up of vast mineral reserves, analysts say.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)AP - Congo's rebel spokesman says there were no reports of fighting in eastern Congo a day after rebels pulled hundreds of fighters from the front lines.

China to overhaul battered dairy industry (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 03:46 AM CST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt speaks at the opening for the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration office in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened a new office Wednesday in China's capital, its first outside the United States, as part of a new global strategy to ensure the safety of trillions of dollars of imports.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step — from cow breeding to milk sales — saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed "major problems" in quality control.

Deadly flash floods hit storm-battered Australian city (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 02:39 AM CST

Map of Australia locating Brisbane, where flash floods killed one person and forced evacuations days after the city was hit by a violent storm, according to officials.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Flash floods killed a woman and forced evacuations as torrential rain drenched Australia's battered city of Brisbane Thursday just days after it was hit by a violent storm, officials said.

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