2008年12月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Israel set for Gaza invasion after rocket barrage (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 08:31 PM CST

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, right, checks the time as she leaves a news conference with her Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Abul-Gheit, left, following her meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, not pictured, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Israel moved closer to invading Gaza, saying Thursday it had wrapped up preparations for a broad offensive after Palestinian militants fired about 100 rockets and mortar shells across the border in two days.

Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter dies at 78 (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 01:16 PM CST

In this Oct. 17, 1973 file photo, British playwright Harold Pinter is seen in New York. Pinter, whose distinctive contribution to the stage was recognized with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, has died after a long battle with throat cancer, his second wife Lady Antonia Fraser said Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. He was 78. (AP File Photo)AP - British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter — who produced some of his generation's most influential dramas and later became a staunch critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq — has died, his widow said Thursday. He was 78.

Guinea coup leader solidifies his hold over nation (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 09:13 PM CST

Guinea coup leader Moussa Camara reads a statement in this image made from Guinea TV broadcast, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. A military-led group sent tanks through Guinea's capital on Wednesday and said it would hold power for two years after initially promising elections within 60 days. The National Council for Democracy and Development announced Tuesday that it had seized control of the West African country after the death of its longtime dictator. Renegade army Capt. Moussa Camara and leader of a coup in Guinea said on state radio. 'We are here to promote the organization of credible and transparent presidential elections by the end of December 2010.' (AP Photo/Guinea TV)AP - Guinea's coup leader solidified his hold over this impoverished West African nation Thursday as the prime minister who served under its late dictator surrendered and stepped down along with dozens of other government leaders.

Troops in Iraq find Christmas in memories (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 07:16 PM CST

A U.S. soldier of 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry wearing a Santa Claus mask greets AP - Army Sgt. Robin Cameron stood guard outside a once opulent Iraqi shopping mall that now serves as a small U.S. military outpost, trying not to think about what he was missing with his family on Christmas.

27 dead in Ukrainian apartment blast: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:19 AM CST

Rescuers try to move a concrete block and rescue a trapped man after the explosion of a five-story residential building in the Crimean Black Sea town of Yevpatoria. At least 27 people were killed after a blast ripped through an apartment block in Ukraine's Black Sea town of Yevpatoria, according to a new toll released by the government Friday(AFP/Vasiliy Batanov)AFP - At least 27 people were killed after a blast ripped through an apartment block in Ukraine's Black Sea town of Yevpatoria, according to the latest toll released by the government.

Mexico: 7 cops, drug gang arrested at cock fight (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 05:01 PM CST

AP - Soldiers arrested the deputy police chief of a Mexican resort town and six other officers who were allegedly protecting drug cartel members at a cock fight, the Defense Department said Thursday.

Guinea junta leader says will not cling to power (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 09:28 PM CST

Coup leader Moussa Dadis Camara waves to crowds as he is driven through the streets of Conakry in this December 24, 2008 picture. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Guinea's new military ruler said on Friday he had no intention of clinging to power and that it was vital to stamp out nepotism in the West African country.

Khaleda asks supporters to guard Bangladesh polls (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:31 AM CST

A supporter of the Bangladesh Awami League, who has his body painted with the election symbol of a boat, poses along a street in Dhaka December 26, 2008. General elections will be held on December 29. The words on his chest read, 'The vote for boat'. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)Reuters - Bangladesh's Begum Khaleda Zia urged supporters to guard Monday's election against rigging by opponents, raising the specter of protests and violence if she loses a vote billed as the best chance for a return to democracy.

Marshall Islands flooded, 600 people evacuated (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 09:38 PM CST

AP - The Marshall Islands are in a state of emergency after severe flooding forced more than 600 people from their homes.

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