2008年12月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Coup in Guinea follows death of President Conte (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:42 AM CST

File photo of the President of Guinea, Lansana Conte. Conte, who ruled the West African nation with an iron fist for 24 years, has died aged 74, National Assembly Speaker Aboubacar Sompare told state television.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)AP - A military-led group declared a coup in the West African nation of Guinea on Tuesday, announcing it had dissolved the government and constitution hours after the death of the country's longtime dictator.

US, Russian space station crew conduct spacewalk (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 02:54 AM CST

In this image from NASA TV the astronaut Mike Fincke is seen at lower left via the helmet camera of cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov near the end of a scheduled six hour space walk outside the International Space Station, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - American and Russian crewmen installed a probe Tuesday aimed at tracking down problems with a Russian module attached to the international space station and conducted an array of other maintenance and scientific work during a six-hour spacewalk.

Karzai attends memorial for 3 killed in US raid (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST

The rear gunner on a US Army Chinook helicopter keeps watch during a re-supply mission in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province December 23, 2008. REUTERS/Bob Strong (AFGHANISTAN)AP - President Hamid Karzai attended a memorial ceremony Tuesday for three Afghans killed in an overnight raid by U.S. forces, an incident Karzai has asked America's top military officer to investigate.

Chinese court rejects parents' earthquake lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:44 AM CST

AP - A court in southwestern China has rejected a lawsuit filed by a group of parents seeking compensation for the deaths of their children when their classrooms crumbled during a devastating earthquake in May, one of the parents said Tuesday.

Ailing Japanese emperor waves to birthday crowd (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:44 AM CST

Japan's Emperor Akihito waves to a crowd of well-wishers during a morning appearance through the bulletproof glass of a balcony at Imperial Palace in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. Emperor Akihito turns 75 amid intense public interest in the health of his royal family. Akihito is recovering from an irregular pulse and bleeding from his stomach - symptoms imperial doctors have attributed to mental stress. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan's emperor waved to a crowd of well-wishers on his 75th birthday Tuesday, assuring the nation that his health was improving after a series of illnesses.

2 Germans freed by kidnappers in Yemen return home (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:26 AM CST

AP - A Yemeni airport official says two Germans held hostage by tribesmen in Yemen for five days are returning home.

4,300-year-old pharaonic tombs unveiled near Cairo (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:20 PM CST

An Egyptian worker, seen near, one the two newly discovered tombs in the Saqqara burial site of the rulers of ancient Memphis, about 12 miles, 19 kilometers south of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Egypt's top archaeologist says two pharaonic tombs discovered this year at Saqqara indicate the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - A pair of 4,300-year-old pharaonic tombs discovered at Saqqara indicate that the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought, Egypt's top archaeologist said Monday. The rock-cut tombs were built for high officials — one responsible for the quarries used to build the nearby pyramids and another for a woman in charge of procuring entertainers for the pharaohs.

Mexico honors soldiers beheaded by drug cartels (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 07:14 PM CST

Soldiers carry coffins during the funeral of six members of Mexico's Army in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Authorities found 12 decapitated bodies Sunday in and around Chilpancingo, seven of them identified as soldiers, marking the most gruesome attack yet against the Mexican army in its half-century battle against drug gangs. One of the seven soldiers was buried privately. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)AP - The decapitated bodies of the soldiers lined a major boulevard, accompanied by a sign: "For every one of mine that you kill, I will kill 10." A bag of their heads, some still gagged with tape, was found nearby.

Seven Russian tourists dead in Egypt coach crash (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 02:32 AM CST

Tourists walk around the Khufu pyramid on the Giza plateau on the outskirts of Cairo. Seven Russian tourists have been killed after their coach overturned on a highway near the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Dahab.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - Seven Russian tourists were killed when their coach overturned on a highway near the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Dahab, according to a new death toll on Tuesday.

Chinese pandas arrive in Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:10 AM CST

Security personnel escort the cages containing two Panda bears, named Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, near an aircraft in Chengdu, Sichuan province December 23, 2008. A pair of giant pandas left their base in the mountainous southern Chinese province of Sichuan on Tuesday en route for Taiwan, a goodwill gift from Beijing and the latest sign of improving ties. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.AP - A pair of giant pandas has arrived in Taiwan as a gift from China in the latest move symbolizing warming ties between the rivals.

Australia admits errors made in Indian 'terror' doctor case (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 12:39 AM CST

Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef during a press conference in Bangalore. The Australian government has admitted mistakes were made at the highest level when it wrongfully charged the Indian doctor over a botched British terror plot and forced him to leave the country.(AFP/File)AFP - The Australian government Tuesday admitted mistakes were made at the highest level when it wrongfully charged an Indian doctor over a botched British terror plot and forced him to leave the country.

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