2008年12月27日星期六

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150,000 Pakistanis mark 1 year since Bhutto killed (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST

Supporters of Pakistan's slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto light candles and earth lamps to observe the first anniversary of her death, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi on Dec. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - More than 150,000 Pakistanis flocked to the mausoleum of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday after some walked hundreds of miles (kilometers) to offer flowers and kiss her grave on the first anniversary of her assassination.

China targets pirates in groundbreaking mission (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 08:19 PM CST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese naval fleet including two destroyers and a supply ship from the South China Sea Fleet set off from Sanya, a coastal city of South China's Hainan Province on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. Chinese warships, armed with special forces, guided missiles and helicopters, set sail Friday for anti-piracy duty off Somalia, the first time the communist nation has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming)AP - Chinese warships headed toward Somali waters Friday to combat piracy, the first time the communist country has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.

Police: 13 killed in jailbreak in Ramadi, Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:11 AM CST

Iraqi policemen are seen here on a patrol in Baghdad. Six Iraqi policemen and seven Al-Qaeda militants were killed when the militants attempted a pre-dawn breakout from a police station in the western city of Ramadi, police said.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Four suspected al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents broke out of jail during a riot Friday that killed six police officers and seven prisoners in the western city of Ramadi, police said.

Gazza's son wishes dad would 'go away': report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 08:42 PM CST

A Christie's handout picture of Paul Gascoigne's England Shirt signed by the team of the World Cup semi-final 1990. The England football legend's 12-year-old son said in comments published Saturday that he thought his dad would likely AFP - England football legend Paul Gascoigne's 12-year-old son said in comments published Saturday that he thought his dad would likely "die soon" and wished that he would "go away" from the family.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,217 (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:24 PM CST

Iraqi police take part in exercises during their graduation ceremony. Iraqi police on a desperate manhunt for Al-Qaeda leaders who broke out of jail after a deadly firefight surrounded two former insurgent strongholds in the western city of Ramadi on Saturday(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AP - As of Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, at least 4,217 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Cruise passenger reported overboard near Cancun (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 09:14 PM CST

AP - Three Mexican Navy boats and a helicopter were searching the waters off the Caribbean resort of Cancun on Friday for an American woman who reportedly fell from a cruise ship, authorities said.

Why Guinea's People Welcomed the Coup (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:00 PM CST

Time.com - The impoverished West African nation has fallen so far that even a military takeover can look good

Murali, Vaas jolt Bangladesh (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 03:23 AM CST

Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera (R) plays a shot at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on December 27. Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas shared four wickets to rattle Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas shared four wickets to rattle Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.

Australia asked to take Guantanamo Bay inmates: report (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 12:52 AM CST

A guard tower is pictured at the Camp Delta detention center for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 23, 2008. Australia has been approached by U.S. authorities about taking some of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba when it closes, a report said on Saturday. (Randall Mikkelsen/Reuters)Reuters - Australia has been approached by U.S. authorities about taking some of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba when it closes, a report said on Saturday.

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