2008年12月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Iraqi official: 25 accused in Baath party plot (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:20 AM CST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) walks to a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, in Iraq December 17, 2008. Brown arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday, a day after the Iraqi cabinet drafted a law paving the way for British forces to withdraw more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid/Pool (IRAQ)AP - An Iraqi security official says 25 people working in the Interior Ministry have been arrested and are accused of participating in a plot to restore Saddam Hussein's banned party.

SKorean lawmakers brawl over US free trade pact (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:13 AM CST

South Korean opposition Democratic Party members try to enter into a parliamentary committee room as ruling Grand National Party members, not in photo, spray fire extinguishers from the room, to block them at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Scuffles erupted in the South Korean parliament Thursday as opposition parties tried to block a ruling party move to introduce a bill to approve a free trade pact with the United States.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ju-seong)AP - Brawling South Korean lawmakers tried to sledgehammer their way into a parliamentary meeting room barricaded by the ruling party as the country's National Assembly descended into chaos Thursday over passage of a free trade agreement with the United States.

New Thai premier urges Thaksin to return (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 12:00 AM CST

Leader of Democrat Party and new Thailand's Prime Minsiter Abhisit Vejjajiva addresses media after receiving King Bhumibol Adulyadej's command at party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Abhisit, the 44-year-old, Oxford-educated was voted by Parliament on Monday, promised Wednesday to put together a competent Cabinet to revive the country's economy battered by months of violent anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, Pool)AP - Thailand's new prime minister called Thursday for fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra to return home to face justice and bring closure to months of political turmoil that has revolved around him.

UN says Zimbabwe cholera death toll reaches 1,111 (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:09 AM CST

AP - The United Nations says the toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to more than 1,000 deaths.

30 years transform China, but not its politics (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 01:49 AM CST

Old propaganda posters and communist era itesm are sold as memorabilia at a comercial stall in Beijing, China, Saturday, Dec.13, 2008. Before the economic reforms, art in communist China was limited mostly to propaganda posters. Now those posters are sold as Communist kitsch and the scene is vibrant following a revival thanks to the 1978 reforms allowing for more personal freedoms. Now Chinese artists are feted by the international art scene, and their work sells in the million of dollars. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - China marked the 30th anniversary of the start of its capitalist revolution with a speech Thursday from Communist Party leader Hu Jintao, who urged continued economic reform but said it would not lead to Western-style democracy.

Pound dives to record low under 1.07 euros (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST

The pound sank further towards parity against the European single currency on Thursday, sliding under 1.07 euros for the first time.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The pound sank further towards parity against the European single currency on Thursday, sliding under 1.07 euros for the first time.

Israel's ruling party holds national primary (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:08 AM CST

AP - A new poll shows Israel's ruling Kadima party narrowing the gap with rival Likud as it held a primary election to choose its slate of candidates for Feb. 10 elections.

Bolivia: Expel all US ambassadors (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 08:35 PM CST

Bolivia's President Evo Morales talks to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. The two-day summit is aimed at strengthening political and economic ties in the region. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Latin American nations should expel U.S. ambassadors until the United States lifts its embargo on Cuba, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday. But his remarks found little support from other regional leaders.

Ban calls on Zimbabwe to receive his envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:24 AM CST

Reuters - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Zimbabwe's government on Wednesday it should urgently receive the U.N. special envoy for the country, which he said faced "economic, social and political collapse."

Pakistan protests airspace intrusion by Indian jets (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:20 AM CST

Reuters - Pakistan on Thursday summoned a senior Indian diplomat in Islamabad to protest against recent alleged airspace violations by Indian warplanes, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

BA, Qantas fail in global airline merger bid (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:17 AM CST

A Qantas aircraft (left) is pictured beside British Airways aircraft at Heathrow airport in early December. British Airways has announced that merger talks with Qantas Airways had failed, with the two sides unable to agree on key terms.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - Australia's Qantas Airways and British Airways said Thursday that their talks on a planned merger to form a global carrier worth an estimated 6.0 billion US dollars had ended without agreement.

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