2008年11月29日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Indian forces kill last gunmen in Mumbai (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:29 AM CST

Indian soldiers hold their positions outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed 195 people and rocked the nation.


Mumbai survivor: 'There were bodies everywhere' (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:03 PM CST

Italian chef Emanuele Lattanzi carrying his daughter walks out after being rescued from Oberoi Trident Hotel where suspected militants are holed up in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Masked Indian commandos dropped from helicopters Friday onto the roof of a Jewish center in Mumbai where Muslim militants were holed up, possibly with hostages, as sharpshooters kept up a steady stream of fire at the five-story building. The attack came as commandoes scoured two luxury hotels room-by-room for survivors and holed-up militants, more than a day after a chain of attacks across India's financial center by suspected Muslim militants left people dead. (AP Photo)AP - At first, waiter Joseph Joy Pulithara thought the blasts were rows of liquor bottles exploding for some reason behind the Mumbai hotel's sleek bar. Running to the scene, he found a woman screaming — and a young man spraying gunfire.


UN says 3 dead in attack near its Iraq compound (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 02:05 AM CST

Iraqi civilian looks at the wreckage of a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. A parked car exploded Friday evening in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and wounding 13, according to police and hospital officials. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A United Nations official says a rocket attack against a U.N. compound in Baghdad has killed three foreigners and wounded 14.


French locate black boxes after Airbus A320 crash (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 12:01 AM CST

French rescue ship is seen searching the zone, near to the crash site of an Airbus A320 passenger plane, off the harbour of Canet en Roussillon, southern France, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008.  The plane bearing Air New Zealand livery crashed off the coast of southern France during a maintainance flight Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, killing two people and leaving the five others missing, authorities said. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - Search teams on Friday found the flight recorders from an Airbus A320 passenger jet that crashed off France's southern coast, killing two people and leaving five others missing and feared dead, officials said.


Iraq's PM may be weakened by dealmaking over pact (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:20 PM CST

In this Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 file image released by the Iraqi government, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki makes a televised statement from his office in Baghdad, Iraq. Parliament's approval of a security pact with the U.S. has propelled al-Maliki into a position of strength unequaled in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, File)AP - Parliament's approval of a security pact with the U.S. has propelled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki into a position of strength unsurpassed among Iraqi political leaders since the fall of Saddam Hussein.


Europe to Cap Prices for Roaming Text Messages and Data (PC World)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:40 AM CST

PC World - European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,206 (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 07:01 PM CST

Iraqi civilian looks at the wreckage of a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. A parked car exploded Friday evening in central Baghdad, killing at least three people and wounding 13, according to police and hospital officials. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - As of Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, at least 4,206 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Russian president visits Cold War ally Castro (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:56 PM CST

Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev look on as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument, background, in Havana, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Russia's president visited old Cold War ally Cuba on Thursday, spending hours with President Raul Castro on the final leg of a Latin America tour designed to increase Moscow's profile in a region long dominated by the United States. AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russia's president met with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Friday, discussing Guantanamo Bay and hopes for a multipolar world with Cuba's former leader during a tour of Latin America aimed at raising Moscow's presence in the region.


50 injured as Zimbabwe train derails (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:33 AM CST

File photo of Zimbabwean commuters waiting to board a train at Harare railway station. About 50 people were injured when a train derailed after leaving from Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo, state media reported on Saturday.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)AFP - About 50 people were injured when a train derailed after leaving from Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo, state media reported on Saturday.


A worried Mumbai tries to recover from fatal siege (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 02:52 AM CST

The Taj Mahal hotel burns after gun battles between Indian troops and militants in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the nation. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - This seaside city of 18 million known for its resilience has bounced back from wrenching tragedy before, but after the most brazen terror attack in India's history, the people of Mumbai are worried.


Australian airliner shuts down engine, aborts flight to Singapore (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 08:18 PM CST

The captain of a Qantas Airbus A330 carrying 168 passengers to Singapore had to shut down an engine and turn back to Perth after an oil warning light flashed, according to the airline. The plane flew back to the west Australian city on one engine after the mid-air drama on Friday. Passengers were rescheduled on a replacement flight that took off nearly five hours late.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - The captain of a Qantas Airbus A330 carrying 168 passengers to Singapore had to shut down an engine and turn back to Perth after an oil warning light flashed, according to the airline.


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