2008年12月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Pakistani charity vows to fight UN sanctions (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:24 AM CST

Graphic fact file on Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group suspected of involvement in the Mumbai attacks. India said Thursday that South Asia stood AP - The head of the Pakistani charity accused of being a front for militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks says it will fight the U.N.'s decision to declare it a terrorist organization.

Gates: More brigades to Afghanistan by summer (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:45 AM CST

In this image provided by the US Defense Department U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with U.S. Air Force Airmen on Manas Air Base located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan during a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The Pentagon is moving to get three of the four combat brigades requested by commanders into Afghanistan by summer, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday as he traveled in Afghanistan to meet with military leaders. (AP Photo/US Defense Department - Sgt Jerry Morrison)AP - The Pentagon is moving to get three of the four combat brigades requested by commanders into Afghanistan by summer, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday as he traveled here to meet with military leaders.

India moves to revamp security after Mumbai siege (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:18 AM CST

Indian police officers stand guard outside Mumbai police headquarters where the only surviving attacker, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, is held in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. Police in Mumbai backed off of plans to produce Kasab in court Thursday for a routine hearing, citing security concerns. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - India announced a massive overhaul of its security and intelligence agencies Thursday in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks that left 171 dead and provoked a public outcry over the government's response.

Renewed violence in Athens, 1 hurt (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 04:03 AM CST

Protesters throw stones at policemen guarding Greece's parliament in Athens December 10, 2008. (Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters)AP - Students have attacked at least five police stations across the Greek capital in a renewal of clashes over the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy.

US plan calls for hunting pirates by land and air (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:37 AM CST

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Michael Mullen speaks during their meeting in Vilnius in October 2008.(AFP/File/Petras Malukas)AP - The U.S. is proposing to track down Somali pirates not only at sea, but on land and in Somalian air space with cooperation from the African country's weak U.N.-backed government.

Ireland gives $233 million to restart pig slaughtering (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 04:02 AM CST

A notice explaining the removal of pork produced from the North and South of Ireland is seen in front of empty shelves in a supermarket in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland December 8, 2008. (Andrew Paton/Reuters)Reuters - Ireland's government said on Thursday it would pay 180 million euros ($232.8 million) to help restart pig slaughtering, halted after Saturday's recall of pork products due to dioxin contamination.

US captures 6 in raids against al-Qaida in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:42 AM CST

A U.S Army soldier of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, right, and an Iraqi army soldier secure an area during a joint patrol, in Hay al Tinek neighborhood, northwestern Mosul, 360 kilometers, 225 miles, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 12, 2008. Strategically set, the country's third largest city, fixing embattled Mosul is not only vital in itself but a test of whether the Baghdad government can successfully grapple with potentially explosive forces beneath a still fragile stability achieved elsewhere in Iraq. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - U.S. troops launched raids in at least four Iraqi cities, detaining six people believed associated with al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday.

Pilots and controllers blamed for Brazil crash (AP)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 11:28 PM CST

An expert from the Center for Investigation and Prevention of Air Accidents, an arm of the Brazilian Air Force, presents the final report about a crash of a passenger jet in the Amazon that killed 154 people two years ago in Brasilia, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. A Brazilian judge has thrown out negligence charges against two American pilots accused of contributing to the crash, a lawyer for the pilots said. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - An air force report Wednesday blamed Brazilian air traffic controllers and two U.S. pilots for a midair collision over the Amazon that killed 154 people, but found no evidence the Americans intentionally turned off a transponder that warns of approaching aircraft.

Final verdict Friday on contested Nigerian election (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:59 AM CST

Nigeria's Supreme Court will deliver a final judgement in an appeal by two opposition candidates seeking to overturn the election of President Umaru Yar'Adua, seen here, officials have said.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Nigeria's Supreme Court will on Friday deliver a final judgement in an appeal by two opposition candidates seeking to overturn the election of President Umaru Yar'Adua, officials said Thursday.

India's inflation continues to fall (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 04:05 AM CST

AP - Lower food prices have eased India's inflation, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday, giving the government more leeway to stimulate the country's flagging economy.

22 Australians charged over child pornography (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:05 AM CST

AP - Australian detectives have charged 22 men including a policeman, a senior lawyer and a child care worker in connection with a child pornography-sharing network spanning 70 countries, police said Thursday.

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