2008年12月25日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Israel minister Barak: Hamas to pay 'heavy price' (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:14 AM CST

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, greets Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. Their talks focused on the Middle East peace process and the Israeli major military operation in Gaza . (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Thursday that militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza would pay a "heavy price" if they continued to target Israel and the military finalized preparations for a possible large-scale assault on the coastal territory.

Christians celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 08:21 PM CST

Palestinian Christian children wear festive hats as they light candles inside the Church of Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, during Christmas celebrations in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Tourists from all over the world flocked to Jesus' traditional birthplace on Wednesday to celebrate Christmas Eve. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Christians celebrated Bethlehem's merriest Christmas in eight years Wednesday, with hotels booked solid, Manger Square bustling with families and Israeli and Palestinian forces cooperating to make things run smoothly.

Pope greets Christmas with appeal for abused kids (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 08:31 PM CST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses children as he celebrates the Christmas Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Christmas Midnight Mass early Thursday by sending out an appeal for children who are abused, forced to live on the street or serve as soldiers.

Official: 11 dead in Ukraine apartment gas blast (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 01:52 AM CST

AP - An explosion tore through an apartment building in southern Ukraine killing at least 11 people and leaving up to 24 trapped under the rubble, an emergency official said Thursday.

Peace prize winner Tutu urges action in Zimbabwe (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 09:31 PM CST

Zimbabwean human rights activist, Jestina Mukoko, back center in red, and other unidentified activists are led into court in Harare, Zimbabwe Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. State media report that Mukoko, who went missing three weeks ago, is accused of attempting to recruit government opponents for military training to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo)AP - Desmond Tutu threw the moral weight of his Nobel Peace Prize and war on apartheid into the Zimbabwe struggle Wednesday, suggesting it was time to threaten President Robert Mugabe's ouster by force. The retired South African archbishop also criticized his own government's handling of the crisis.

Investor's death probed in widening Madoff scandal (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:15 AM CST

Bernard L. Madoff is seen walking down Lexington Ave to his apartment, on December 17, in New York City. US authorities have been investigating the apparent suicide of a French investment manager who lost more than a billion dollars in Madoff's alleged pyramid scheme, as the widening scandal took a tragic turn.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - US officials pressed on with a probe into the apparent suicide of a French investment manager ruined in the alleged pyramid scheme of Wall Street titan Bernard Madoff amid more fallout from the widening scandal.

Iraqi police: Baghdad car bomb kills 2, wounds 13 (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 12:52 AM CST

A British soldier stands near Iraqi trainees crawling under barbed wires during military training conducted by British forces for Iraqi soldiers at a joint military base in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, in this October 20, 2008 file photo. Political squabbling in Iraq's parliament threatened again on Tuesday to hold up a measure needed by December 31 to permit troops from Britain, Australia and a handful of other countries to remain in Iraq next year. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)AP - Iraqi police say that a car bomb outside a restaurant in Baghdad has killed two people and wounded 13 others.

Police say beauty queen's bo powerful trafficker (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 05:05 PM CST

Laura Zuniga is crowned Miss Sinaloa 2008 at the Pacific resort city Mazatlan, Mexico, July 2, 2008. Zuniga, a 23-year-old model, has been arrested at a military checkpoint, just outside the city of Guadalajara, after she was found riding with suspected gang members in a truck filled with weapons and cash.(AP Photo)AP - A Mexican beauty queen arrested in a truck filled with weapons was dating a suspected leader in the powerful Juarez drug cartel, police said Wednesday.

Zimbabwe ignores order to release seized activists to hospital (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:05 AM CST

A human rights activist (left) arrives at a magistrate's court in Harare. The Zimbabwean authorities have ignored a high court order to release a leading human rights activist and several opposition members to hospital, their lawyer has said.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)AFP - The Zimbabwean authorities have ignored a high court order to release a leading human rights activist and several opposition members to hospital, their lawyer said Thursday.

Ten killed in Muslim rebels attacks in Philippines: military (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:20 AM CST

A Philippines army soldier keeps vigil in the remote village of Dapiawan in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. Ten people have been killed when Muslim separatist guerrillas launched attacks and occupied a village in the southern Philippines, military and police officials said.(AFP/File/Mark Navales)AFP - Ten people were killed when Muslim separatist guerrillas launched attacks and occupied a village in the southern Philippines, military and police officials said on Thursday.

Wronged Indian doctor lashes out at 'heinous' charge (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 05:12 AM CST

Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, wrongly charged by Australia over a British terrorist plot, told newspapers in his new home in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday that it was a AFP - An Indian doctor wrongly charged by Australia over a British terrorist plot told newspapers in his new home in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday that it was a "heinous" accusation.

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