2008年12月10日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Thousands march in Athens demos after riots (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:56 AM CST

People holding candles in front of riot policemen outside Greece's parliament during a peaceful protest in Athens December 9, 2008. (John Kolesidis/Reuters)AP - More than 10,000 people are marching past burned out and looted shops in central Athens, heading toward Parliament after four nights of rioting sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager.

6 Afghan police killed in mistaken US strike (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 04:12 AM CST

Map locates Qalat, Afghanistan, where U.S. Special Forces killed at least six Afghan police; 1 c x 1 5/8 in; 46.5 mm x 41.275 mmAP - U.S. Special Forces killed six Afghan police and wounded 13 early Wednesday in a case of mistaken identity after the police fired on the Americans during an operation against an insurgent commander, officials said.

Britain says most troops will leave Iraq by June (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:27 AM CST

AP - British troops will begin withdrawing from Iraq in March and will mostly be gone by June, the Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.

India promises tougher security but worries remain (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 02:11 AM CST

Commuters pass through metal detectors at Chhatrapati Shivaji Teminus,in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec.8, 2008. Mumbai's cavernous main train station is crawling with well-armed police. At one entrance, police stand guard behind sand bag fortifications. At another, they pull suspicious characters out of the crowd and search their baggage. But come in a different door and there's almost no security at all. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - At one entrance to Mumbai's main train station, police stand guard behind sand bags. At another, they search baggage. But come in a different door and there's almost no security at all.

Somali piracy backed by international network (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 02:35 AM CST

In this photo released on Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 by the French Defense ministry, a French Navy officer from the EPE, an embedded protection team, is seen aboard the French luxury yacht 'Le Ponant' checking the horizon using binoculars while a Lynx helicopter is about to land on French anti-submarine frigate 'Jean de Vienne', as part of the 'Atalante' protection mission of ships in the gulf of Aden, off Somalia's coasts, in this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 . About 50 cargo ships travel daily through the Gulf of Aden, a strategic waterway that links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Ecpad/French Defense Ministry/HO)AP - Ahmed Dahir Suleyman is cagey as he talks about the global network that funds and supports piracy off the coast of Somalia.

First Muslim-friendly virtual world goes online (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 04:09 AM CST

The sun setting behind a minaret of a mosque in Jordan. A trial version of the world's first Muslim-friendly virtual world has gone live allowing users to create an online persona, design their own rooms, buy virtual items and interact with others.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)AFP - A trial version of the world's first Muslim-friendly virtual world was launched on Tuesday, where users can create an online persona, design their own rooms, buy virtual items and interact with others.

Iraq reporter jailed for homosexuality story freed (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:34 AM CST

A British soldier looks at a boy pretending to be a soldier holding a weapon during a patrol in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad in this November 25, 2008 file photo. For the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraqis could be seeing election candidates kissing babies and canvassing neighbours when a new polling system comes into force in January 2009. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)AP - An international media watchdog says a freelance journalist imprisoned in northern Iraq for writing about homosexuality has been pardoned and released.

Musicians protest use of songs by US jailers (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:57 PM CST

In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, the sun rises behind a sign at Guantanamo detention facility at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. The U.S. has used loud music against those held in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan, and detainees now aren't the only ones complaining: Musicians are banding together to demand the U.S. military stop using their songs as weapons. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic bludgeon.

UN says cholera death toll in Zimbabwe reaches 746 (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 03:58 AM CST

AP - The United Nations says the death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to 746.

Pakistan names 2 Lashkar suspects held in Mumbai probe (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 04:09 AM CST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani speaks during a news conference in Multan October 2, 2008. (Asim Tanveer/Reuters)Reuters - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani confirmed on Wednesday the arrest of two members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba jihadi group named by India as suspects in the conspiracy behind the attack on Mumbai last month.

Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 04:06 AM CST

A worker at Rio Tinto's plant at Kwinana, Australia. The Anglo-Australian mining giant will slash thousands of jobs globally to cut its debt by $10 billion as it battles falling mineral prices and a worldwide slowdown.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)AFP - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto will slash thousands of jobs globally to cut its debt by 10 billion US dollars as it battles falling mineral prices and a worldwide slowdown, it said on Wednesday.

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