2008年12月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Pakistan targets suspected Mumbai attackers (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:39 AM CST

Afghan woman refugees clad in burqa or veil beg as people arrive to offer prayers on the occasion of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Eid al-Adha, celebrates the Quran's account of God's allowing Abraham to sacrifice a sheep instead of his son. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Security forces raided a camp used by militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks and arrested more than a dozen people in Pakistan's first known response to the assault, militants and an intelligence official said Monday.

9/11 suspects face Gitmo court, victims' families (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:34 AM CST

In this file photo from March 1, 2003 obtained by the Associated Press, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. The mothers of two men killed in the Sept. 11 attacks are traveling to Guantanamo Bay and will be among spectators Monday Dec. 8, 2008 at a pretrial hearing for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters. (AP Photo, File)AP - The confessed architect of the Sept. 11 attacks and four alleged co-conspirators are to appear before a military judge Monday, even as the first U.S. war-crimes trials since World War II teeter on the edge of extinction.

Taliban chief: More fighting to come (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST

Rows of destroyed Humvees and military trucks are seen at the Portward Logistic Terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Militants blasted their way into two transport terminals in Pakistan on Sunday and torched more than 160 vehicles destined for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, in the biggest assault yet on a vital military supply line. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The Taliban's fugitive leader, Mullah Omar, promised more violence over the next year even as the U.S. plans to deploy thousands more troops in hopes of turning around the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

Indian minister denies calling Pakistani president (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 10:33 PM CST

A man with his face covered, identified by the police as Mukhtar Ahmed, appears at a court in Calcutta, India, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Police arrested two Indian men accused of illegally buying mobile phone cards used by the gunmen in the Mumbai attacks, police said Saturday, the first known arrests since the bloody siege ended. According to police, Ahmed allegedly bought SIM cards from Tauseef Rahman who was also arrested by the police. (AP Photo)AP - Pakistani authorities said that during the attacks by gunmen on Mumbai they put their air force on high alert after their president received a "threatening" late-night call that they say came straight from the Indian government.

More protests planned in Greece in wake of riots (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:54 AM CST

A poster is seen behind a cracked shop window during riots in Athens December 7, 2008. Greece braced for a third day of demonstrations on Monday after the fatal shooting by police of a teenager triggered underlying anger over the Conservative government's economic policies and the worst rioting in decades. REUTERS/John KolesidisAP - Police are bracing for possible new violence at planned demonstrations to protest the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Greece.

HSBC sets up £1bln fund for small businesses (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST

Lights glitter in the lobby of the London headquarters of HSBC. HSBC has set up a billion pound fund to help small- and medium-sized businesses in Britain get access to credit during the global financial crisis, the bank said.(AFP/File/Jonathan Utz)AFP - HSBC has set up a one-billion-pound fund to help small- and medium-sized businesses in Britain get access to credit during the global financial crisis, the bank has said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,209 (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 06:48 PM CST

A US soldier searches through the bedroom of an Iraqi home during a joint patrol with the Iraqi National Police in the Dora neighbourhood of southern Baghdad, in 2007. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that the US-led war in Iraq will turn out to be a AP - As of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Gov't pulls witness in Gitmo case against Canadian (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:04 PM CST

AP - Military prosecutors have withdrawn a government witness in an upcoming Guantanamo war-crimes trial to conceal evidence of "abuse and mistreatment" of the defendant, his Pentagon-appointed lawyer alleged Sunday.

Congo rebels unhappy at government's wide talks invite (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:24 AM CST

Women sing during Sunday prayer at the Kibati camp for internally displace people outside the city of Goma in eastern Democatic Republic of Congo December 7, 2008. (Peter Andrews/Reuters)Reuters - Eastern Congo rebels in Nairobi for U.N.-brokered peace talks with the government said on Monday they were not prepared to sit down with other insurgent groups.

Envoys see tough haggling ahead with North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:33 AM CST

Top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill walks towards reporters at a hotel in Beijing, December 7, 2008. (Jason Lee/Reuters)Reuters - A top U.S. envoy predicted tough talks on North Korea's nuclear activities on Monday as a fresh round of negotiations over a disarmament-for-aid deal began with the Bush administration readying to leave office.

Qantas chief says BA merger not assured (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:06 AM CST

A Qantas aircraft (left) is parked near British Airways jets at Heathrow airport. Qantas on Monday said that a proposed merger with British Airways was not guaranteed and could stumble over the European carrier's merger talks with a Spanish airline and its pension fund liabilities.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - Qantas on Monday said that a proposed merger with British Airways was not guaranteed and could stumble over the European carrier's merger talks with a Spanish airline and its pension fund liabilities.

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