2008年12月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

US troops to stay in Iraqi cities after June (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:30 AM CST

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates shakes hands with Gen. Ray Odierno, left, commander of multi-national forces Iraq following a town hall meeting with troops Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, in Balad, Iraq. Gates urged Middle East nations to support the fight against terror Saturday then traveled to Iraq to meet with commanders as the U.S. prepares to cut its troops levels and begin to pull forces out of the cities. (AP Photo/Scott Olson, Pool)AP - Some American troops will remain in Iraqi cities after a June 30 deadline for combat soldiers to leave urban areas, the top U.S. commander said Saturday.

Mumbai gunman's confession sheds light on massacre (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:33 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 - The gunman captured in last month's Mumbai attacks had originally intended to seize hostages and outline demands in a series of dramatic calls to the media, according to his confession obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.

British PM Brown to press Pakistan on terror fight (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:14 AM CST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had a clear message to deliver to Pakistan's president on a visit here Sunday: The Muslim nation must root out terrorists following the attacks in India that killed more than 160 people.

Castro visits Venezuela on 1st trip abroad as prez (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 11:52 PM CST

Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, stands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Saturday, Dec 13, 2008. Castro is in Venezuela on his first international visit as Cuba's leader. Behind is a painting of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Raul Castro began his first foreign trip as Cuba's president in Venezuela on Saturday, a symbolic destination aimed at strengthening ties with the island's socialist ally and main benefactor.

US attorneys visit Iraqis in Blackwater shooting (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 01:11 PM CST

Adil Jabr, 55, center, arrives for a meeting with a U.S. prosecutors to discuss the case against the Blackwater Worldwide guards indicted in the fatal September 2007 shooting in the Baghdad's Nisoor Square, in Baghdad, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. Five Blackwater guards were indicted this week on manslaughter and other charges for their alleged roles in the Sept. 16, 2007 shooting in Nisoor Square. A sixth guard reached a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid a mandatory 30-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - U.S. prosecutors visited on Saturday the site of last year's shooting that left 17 Iraqis dead in a Baghdad square and briefed victims' families about the case against Blackwater Worldwide guards indicted in the deadly incident.

Gordon Brown heads to Pakistan in wake of Mumbai attacks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:54 AM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (right) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai inspect an honour guard in Kabul. Brown paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan where he spoke to troops battling the Taliban before holding talks with Karzai and then heading to India and Pakistan.(AFP/POOL/Ahmad Masood)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown headed from India to Pakistan on Sunday in the latest bid by global leaders to ease tensions between the rival nations after last month's Mumbai attacks.

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

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 06:19 PM CST

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) walks with General Ray Odierno, commander of multi-national forces Iraq, following a town hall meeting with troops in Balad, December 13, 2008. Gates arrived in Iraq on Saturday amid a sharp decline in the violence that raged after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ahead of a gradual U.S. drawdown of its military might in the country. REUTERS/Scott Olson/Pool (IRAQ)AP - As of Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexican schools close as children are threatened (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 01:31 PM CST

Gloria Valles, 30, left, and her daughter Perla Valles, 10, wait for evening classes to begin outside the Luis Arnoldo Nunez elementary school in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Across Ciudad Juarez, parents and students are stricken by reports of kidnapping and extortion threats, starting with a sign that appeared Nov. 12 on the front door of the Elena Garro kindergarten demanding: 'Either give us your bonuses, or we will start to kidnap the children.' (AP Photo/Ricardo Lopez) NO IONLN **AP - Fourth-grader Ricardo Ivan Ortega knows he is a target in this violent city. His school closed temporarily last month after an anonymous note demanded teachers hand over their year-end bonuses — or students would be kidnapped.

Five aides of Nigerian governor die in road crash: police (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:46 AM CST

Five aides of Adams Oshiomhole, governor of the southern Nigerian Edo state (pictured), were killed when their car collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle on a road in the oil-rich west African country, according to police.(AFP/File/Pius Otomi Ekpei)AFP - Five aides of the governor of southern Nigerian Edo state were killed when their car collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle on a road in the oil-rich west African country, according to police.

Pakistan downplays alleged India airspace breach (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:59 AM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during a morning meeting at Singh's residence in New Delhi on December 14.(AFP/Raveendran)AP - Pakistan has downplayed alleged Indian violations of its airspace, suggesting Sunday that the breaches were "inadvertent" and "technical" in an apparent bid to avoid worsening tensions already spiked by the Mumbai attacks.

Rower rescued off Australia after 10-month journey (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 08:18 PM CST

Italian adventurer Alex Bellini gives a thumbs-up after arriving at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Bellini who spent 10 months rowing more than 9,500 nautical miles (18,000 kilometers) across the Pacific has been rescued a mere 65 nautical miles short of his goal, Australia, after rough weather sapped him of his final shreds of energy. Bellini, who began his voyage off Peru in February, contacted his wife Friday to say he was too exhausted to row his 25-foot (7.5 meter) boat any further, despite being nearly in sight of the eastern Australian town of Laurieton. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - SYDNEY, Australia — An Italian adventurer who spent 10 months rowing more than 9,500 nautical miles (18,000 kilometers) across the Pacific was rescued a mere 65 nautical miles short of his goal — Australia — after rough weather sapped him of his final shreds of energy.

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