2008年11月24日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

2 deadly bombings in Baghdad kill at least 18 (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:06 AM CST

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, second from left, takes part in a meeting with Iraqi political leaders to discuss the Iraqi-U.S. security pact in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Pool)AP - A female suicide bomber blew herself up near an entrance to the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a bomb tore through a bus carrying Iraqi government employees in separate attacks Monday, killing at least 18 people, Iraqi officials said.

NKorea serious about restricting border traffic (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:40 AM CST

South Korean vehicles heading to North Korea city Kaesong are seen at customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. North Korea said Monday it will shut down tours of the city of Kaesong and halt cross-border train service with South Korea starting next week because of Seoul's hard-line stance on the communist nation. (AP Photo/ Newsis, Hu Kyung)AP - North Korea said Monday it will halt tours of its historic city of Kaesong and stop train service to and from South Korea because of Seoul's "confrontational" policy toward the communist nation.

Protesters at Thai Parliament for 'final showdown' (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:34 AM CST

Anti-government demonstrators march on Thailand's Parliament Monday, Nov. 24, 2008, in Bangkok. The group, which calls itself the People's Alliance for Democracy, is calling on the end of the current government which they claim is a puppet administration of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)AP - Thousands of anti-government protesters fanned out across Bangkok on Monday, causing Parliament to shut down and forcing a group of riot police to retreat in what the activists called their final bid to oust a corrupt administration.

Opposition makes gains in Venezuela vote (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:24 AM CST

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves upon his arrival at a polling station in Caracas, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Chavez sought to hold on to his dominance in state and municipal elections Sunday, facing an opposition aiming to win back power in key states and cities. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - President Hugo Chavez's opponents made important gains in Venezuela's local elections, capturing the Caracas mayor's office and three of the most populous states, but his allies won a strong majority.

Top UN delegation visiting Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:14 AM CST

Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan gives an address at the United Nations in New York in early November. A UN Security Council delegation arrived in Kabul Monday to assess Afghanistan's troubled progress towards ending the Taliban-led insurgency and rebuilding after decades of war.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AP - A delegation from the United Nation's Security Council will push for regional cooperation as it takes stock of the situation in Afghanistan, the U.N. said in a statement Monday.

German business sentiment falls to 85.8 in Nov. (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:36 AM CST

AP - A key report measuring business confidence in Germany fell to a 15-year low in November, a "striking" decline as worries about the economy mounted.

Iraq's neighbors discuss security cooperation (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 02:33 PM CST

Maura Connelly, left, the top U.S. diplomat in Damascus, attends the opening session of a two-day meeting of Iraq's neighbors to discuss security , in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Nov. 23, 2008. The two-day gathering of the Security Committee for Coordination and Cooperation on Iraq comes only days before Iraq's parliament will vote on a proposed pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years. Syria's interior minister Bassam Abdul-Majid said a meeting on Iraq's security being held in Damascus must come up with an assertion that Iraq will not be used to launch hostile acts against its neighbors. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - A top U.S. official in Syria said Sunday that militants driven out of Iraq continue to pose a threat and urged Iraq's neighbors not to tolerate them.

Chavez says Russian warships arriving soon (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 05:36 PM CST

AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russian warships will soon reach his country's Caribbean coast for joint naval exercises.

Zuma says ANC sending officials to Zimbabwe (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:37 AM CST

AP - The powerful head of South Africa's ruling party says it is sending officials to neighboring Zimbabwe to try to intercede in a 2-month-old stalemate over how to share power in the Cabinet.

China, Taiwan ruling parties to talk next month (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 03:30 AM CST

Reuters - China's Communists and Taiwan's ruling party, putting years of distrust between the two sides aside, will meet next month to discuss investment and financial cooperation, a party official said on Monday.

Australian officials say rescued whales now safe at sea (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 01:23 AM CST

Tasmanian wildlife officers attach a satellite tracking device to a pilot whale after a mass beaching on Tasmania's north-west coast near Stanley on November 23. Wildlife officials Monday said rescue efforts had saved 11 whales from a mass stranding on an Australian beach, with the animals now swimming freely in deep water and unlikely to return to land.(AFP/Department of Primary Industries and Water/HO)AFP - Wildlife officials Monday said rescue efforts had saved 11 whales from a mass stranding on an Australian beach, with the animals now swimming freely in deep water and unlikely to return to land.

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