2008年12月3日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Rice: Mumbai attacks could bear al-Qaida's stamp (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 04:10 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, waves to media as she arrives at Palam technical airport in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday in Washington's effort to ease tensions in the region after a three-day terrorist attack that left 171 people dead in Mumbai. U.S. Ambassador to India David Mulford, center, and his wife Jeannie Mulford are also seen in the picture. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the attacks in Mumbai are "the kind of terror in which al-Qaida participates."

Thai airports reopen after PM ousted by court (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:15 AM CST

People's Alliance for Democracy protesters celebrate as a court ruling brings down Thai government at the besieged Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. The nation's Constitutional Court ruling set the stage for thousands of protesters to end their weeklong siege of the country's two main airports, but also raised fears of retaliatory violence by supporters of the government, which could sink the country deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - The first commercial flight in a week arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday as anti-government protesters ended their siege of the country's two main airports, declaring victory after Thailand's prime minister was ousted by a court ruling.

Iraq's president steps up row over PM's councils (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:50 AM CST

AP - Iraq's president is going to the country's federal court to try to stop Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from establishing tribal councils — a move that major political parties fear is aimed at bolstering the Shiite leader's stature ahead of elections next year.

Zimbabwe faces water cuts amid cholera crisis (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:02 PM CST

Women and children wait to collect water from an underground source following a water cut in Harare, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Water in the capital Harare was cut due to shortage of purification chemicals as Zimbabwe battles with a cholera outbreak which is thought to have left at least 425 people dead.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - As children played near cesspools, their parents shook their heads at a public service announcement drifting over the radio Tuesday: It urged people to boil water before drinking it.

Somali pirates free Yemeni ship without ransom (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:22 AM CST

US Navy image of Somali pirates who seized the Ukrainian cargo ship MV Faina in October 2008. Somalia's insurgent Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has called on pirates to immediately release a giant Saudi oil tanker and other foreign vessels being held in Somali waters.(AFP/US Navy/File)AP - A Somali minister in the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland says pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship and its eight crew members without receiving any ransom.

German auto industry predicts grim 2009 (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 04:05 AM CST

AP - The German auto industry's leading trade group said Wednesday it expects next year's car sales to be the worst since the reunification of the country in 1990.

Bomb strikes minibus in Baghdad, killing 1 (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 01:47 AM CST

A man sits at the site of a bombing in the al-Amil neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Iraqi police said at least one civilian has been killed and five others wounded in the blast when of a bomb attached to a minibus exploded. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi police say at least one civilian has been killed and five others wounded when a bomb attached to a minibus exploded in eastern Baghdad.

Mexican suspected in police killings beheaded (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:51 PM CST

AP - A man suspected of shooting his mother and killing three police officers called to the scene was found beheaded in southern Mexico on Tuesday, authorities said.

Hague court delays hearing for ex-Congo leader (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:45 AM CST

AP - The International Criminal Court postponed a pretrial war crimes hearing for former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba because one of the judges cannot take part.

Rice urges rapid action on Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 04:09 AM CST

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice has flown to New Delhi to ease growing tensions between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks, as US intelligence fingered a Pakistan-based militant group for the slayings.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged rapid and resolute action over the Mumbai attacks on a trip to New Delhi on Wednesday to ease tension between India and Pakistan.

Qantas will remain Aussie, despite BA merger talks (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:48 AM CST

Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan in Sydney in mid October. Swan has said there has been no proposal yet over a merger between Qantas and British Airways but that any business deal would have to abide by regulation limiting foreign ownership.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Qantas will remain a majority-owned Australian airline even if it merges with British Airways to create a global carrier to better cope with challenging market conditions, the Australian government said Wednesday.

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