2008年12月9日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Greece: more violence feared as teen is buried (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST

A firefighter, right, prepares to extinguish a fire set by rioters in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Rioters smashed, burned and looted buildings in several Greek cities on Monday protesting against the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens Saturday night. The circumstances surrounding the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a police special guard in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia are still unclear. But the death triggered extensive riots in cities around the country overnight, with youths burning shops, setting up flaming barricades across streets and torching cars. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)AP - Greek authorities braced for the more violence Tuesday with the funeral planned for a teenager whose shooting by police led to the worst rioting the country has seen in decades.

Confessions throw Gitmo 9/11 trials into confusion (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

In a courtroom drawing reviewed by the US military, 9/11 victim family members Vaughn Hoglan, bottom right, Hamilton Peterson, middle right, Alexander Santora third from right at top, Alice Hoagland, fourth from right at top, and Jim Samuel, top right behind, watch as former Joint Task Force Guantanamo's staff judge advocate Navy Captain Patrick Michael McCarthy testifies in a pre-trial hearing for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, left top, Walid Bin Attash, second from top at left, Ramzi Bin al Shibh, third from top at left, Ali Abudl Aziz Ali, fourth from top at left, and Mustafa al-Hawsaw, far bottom left corner, on charges related to the 9/11 attacks in Camp Justice on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks told a military judge Monday that they want to immediately confess at their war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, setting up likely guilty pleas and their possible executions. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin,Pool)AP - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said Monday he will confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, throwing his death-penalty trial into disarray and shocking victims' relatives who watched from behind a glass partition.

NKorea nuke talks focus on verifying past activity (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:26 AM CST

North Korea's envoy Kim Kye Gwan takes part in a new round of six party talks in Beijing, China, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. The envoys met for talks on mothballing North Korea's nuclear program, amid dour predictions for progress in the negotiations. The six parties also held a series of bilateral meetings in Beijing before sitting down for formal talks mid-afternoon. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel, POOL)AP - China on Tuesday distributed a draft proposal on how to verify North Korea's account of its past atomic activities, the latest attempt to resolve a deadlock that has held up the implementation of a disarmament-for-aid accord reached last year.

Lebanese convicted in failed German train bombing (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:26 AM CST

AP - A Lebanese man has been convicted of planting a bomb on a German commuter train in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison.

Funeral held for Russian church leader (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST

AP - Candles flickered and white-robed elders chanted prayers as Russia bade farewell Tuesday to Patriarch Alexy II, who guided the country's dominant Russian Orthodox Church through its remarkable recovery after decades of Communist-era oppression.

Official sacked in Baby P scandal (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST

A handout image obtained November 26 from ITV news shows a child identified only as Baby P. The official in charge of child protection at Haringey Council at the time of Baby P's death has been sacked, in a bid to move past a scandal that has sparked national outrage.(AFP/ITV News/File)AFP - The official in charge of child protection at Haringey Council at the time of Baby P's death has been sacked, in a bid to move past a scandal that has sparked national outrage.

Israel reopens crossings with Gaza to aid, fuel (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:45 AM CST

AP - Israel has reopened its crossings with Gaza to shipments of humanitarian aid and fuel. International journalists are also being allowed in.

Mexico says gang killings more than double in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 09:52 PM CST

A police investigator looks on to a crime scene where a man was shot to death in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, is one of the world's busiest border crossings, and the scene of increasing violence, most of it related to drug trafficking.(AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Organized-crime slayings in Mexico more than doubled in the first 11 months of 2008, and could rise even further, as powerful drug cartels fight increasingly bloody battles for control of territory, the government said Monday.

Zimbabwe cholera death toll near 600: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:13 AM CST

Relatives cover the grave of cholera victim Betty Mubata during her burial at Chitungwiza Unit L cemetery, 27km (17 miles ) south of the capital Harare, December 8, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)Reuters - The death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic neared 600 on Tuesday and President Robert Mugabe's government accused Western powers of exploiting the outbreak to force the veteran leader's departure.

HK stocks drop on profit-taking (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:33 AM CST

AP - Hong Kong stocks dropped Tuesday as investors locked in profits after a scorching rally the day before.

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