2008年12月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Amnesty International slams Indian anti-terror law (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 01:31 AM CST

Faheem Ansari, face covered, who's suspected of aiding the Mumbai terror attacks is taken to a court in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec.18, 2008. Two Indian nationals suspected of aiding the attacks were ordered held in Mumbai police custody until Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)AP - Amnesty International on Friday slammed India's new anti-terror legislation to beef up police powers in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, saying it violates international human rights treaties.

French first lady confirms 'quickie' wedding (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 02:38 AM CST

AP - In her most informal interview since becoming France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has revealed that her wedding to President Nicolas Sarkozy was decided just two days in advance.

AP IMPACT: West Bank land deal leads to California (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 02:39 AM CST

Palestinian Abdel Munam Sumarin holds a picture of his late grandfather Abdel Latif Sumarin in the cemetery of the West Bank village of Burqa, near Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. The transformation of one piece of West Bank land from a Palestinian field into a Jewish settlement has roots in an unlikely place, Orange County, Calif., and in a document that the elder Sumarin supposedly signed more than 20 years after his death. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - The transformation of a piece of West Bank land from a Palestinian field into a Jewish settlement has roots in an unlikely place — Orange County, Calif. — and in a document that a man supposedly signed more than four decades after the date of his death.

Minister: Indonesians aboard hijacked tugboat safe (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 01:32 AM CST

Chinese troops march in Beijing. China's plans to join the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia could lead to a renewal of military exchanges between Beijing and Washington, a top US military official said Thursday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - All 11 Indonesian crew members on board a Malaysian tugboat hijacked by Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden this week are safe and have enough food for a month, Malaysia's foreign minister said Friday.

New Thai leader surveys damage at PM's office (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 03:16 AM CST

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, center left, along with caretaker Prime Minister Chawarat Chandeerakul, left, arrives for a staged cleanup of Government House Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The office complex was seized by anti-government demonstrators on Aug. 26, 2008, and was occupied until the former government and then Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was ruled guilty of voter fraud by a constitutional court. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand's new prime minister picked up a broom and posed for cameras Friday on the steps of Government House, vowing to clean up the mess from a three-month sit-in and show the country is "back to normal."

French bank Natixis to cut 840 jobs (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 03:06 AM CST

AP - Natixis SA, France's fourth largest investment bank, said Friday it plans to cut 15 percent of its investment banking staff in what it called a 'radical' transformation aimed at stemming losses and reducing risk.

Rockets and gunfire on Gaza border as truce ends (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 02:14 AM CST

Hamas militants patrol a street after a training drill near the border with the Gaza Strip December 19, 2008. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)AP - Sporadic violence is flaring along the Gaza-Israel border as a shaky truce expires.

Venezuela term-limit vote gets initial approval (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 09:41 PM CST

Supporters of the Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez line up with signature in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment to end term limits at the National Assembly in Caracas, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuela's National Assembly on Thursday gave preliminary approval for a referendum on abolishing term limits, which could let President Hugo Chavez run for re-election indefinitely.

Mugabe says African nations 'not brave enough' to topple him (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 02:28 AM CST

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has accused the United States of urging African nations to topple him, adding that none were AFP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has accused the United States of urging African nations to topple him, adding that none were "brave enough to do that," state media reported Friday.

Sri Lanka to tour Pakistan after India pulls out (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 03:13 AM CST

Sri Lanka have confirmed they will tour Pakistan next month in place of India, who cancelled their five-week series over the Mumbai attacks, a Pakistani cricket official said Friday.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Sri Lanka have confirmed they will tour Pakistan next month in place of India, who cancelled their five-week series over the Mumbai attacks, a Pakistani cricket official said Friday.

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