2008年12月30日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Defiant Hamas hits Israel with dozens of rockets (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 09:24 PM CST

Palestinians carry a wounded man after an Israeli missile strike hit the home of a Hamas member in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's air force obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of its overwhelming Gaza assault Monday, striking a house next to the Hamas premier's home, devastating a security compound and flattening a five-story building at a university closely linked to the Islamic group. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)AP - Palestinian militants sent a deadly barrage of missiles flying deep into Israel on Monday, demonstrating that Hamas still had firepower three days into Israel's punishing air offensive in Gaza.

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of Gaza civilians (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 05:51 PM CST

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building used by the security forces of Hamas in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip inched closer to the territory's Hamas rulers as the assault entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck a house next to the Hamas premier's home and destroyed symbols of the Islamic movement's power.(AP Photo/Hatem Omar)AP - Israel's three-day aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed dozens of civilians, along with Hamas fighters, and has paralyzed life in a territory already battered by blackouts and supply shortages during 18 months of border closures.

Thai PM says his goal is to heal political divide (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:00 AM CST

Thai protesters block the half-opened gate of the parliament to prevent riot police officers to come out and clear way for the government to declare its policy at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Thailand's government, beset by months of virtual paralysis, was again at a standstill Tuesday as thousands of demonstrators loyal to exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra surrounded Parliament. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Anti-government protesters abandoned their siege of Thailand's Foreign Ministry building on Tuesday, easing a standoff that threatened to reignite a long-running political crisis.

Pakistan: India moves troops toward shared border (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 02:24 AM CST

An Indian soldier stands guard at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border Post crossing on December 28. Pakistan's powerful army chief called Monday for an easing of tensions with India, the military said, one month after the Mumbai attacks sent ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours into a tailspin.(AFP/Narinder Nanu)AP - Pakistan said Tuesday that India had moved troops toward their shared border, following Islamabad's own redeployment of forces toward the frontier amid tensions over the Mumbai attacks.

Police: 7 bodies recovered in Canada avalanches (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 10:22 PM CST

Volunteers with the Fernie Search and Rescue team prepare to head out to search for eight missing snowmobilers Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 in Fernie, Canada. Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in a western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers feared some of the men were killed by the falling snow. Three other men from the group pulled themselves free Sunday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)AP - Search teams recovered the bodies of seven snowmobilers Monday, a day after they were swept away by avalanches in western Canada's backcountry, police said. An eighth man was missing and believed dead.

'Old Europe' Wary as Czechs Take Over E.U. Presidency (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:30 AM CST

Time.com - As the former Soviet vassal takes over at the head of the EU, some European leaders worry that the Czech Republic will not take its duties seriously

Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist's trial postponed (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:27 AM CST

A British soldier stands guard during a patrol at Umm Qasr port in southern city of Basra, about 610 km southeast of Baghdad July 7, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)AP - A spokesman for Iraq's Higher Judicial Court says the trial of the journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush has been postponed.

Mexicans return home for migrant truck parade (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 09:22 PM CST

An image of the Virgin of Guadalupe is seen in the trunk of a truck at the 9th Annual Paisano Day truck competition in Jalpan de Serra, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. During the competition, migrants parade their large, tricked-out 'trocas' they acquire in the United States. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Organizers of central Mexico's annual parade of tricked-out "trocas," or trucks, say more migrants are returning to their homeland, and many are planning to stay for a while.

Guinea coup leaders name civilian prime minister (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:22 AM CST

This week's coup in Guinea should serve as a warning as to what may happen in Zimbabwe if veteran leader Robert Mugabe is allowed to cling to power as the late Lansana Conte did in Guinea, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer said.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AP - The leaders of Guinea's coup read a statement on state radio naming a civilian as prime minister.

Pakistan suspends NATO supplies to tackle militants (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST

U.S. and Afghan Army troops examine the scene after a cargo truck driver was murdered and his vehicle destroyed on one of the main roads leading through eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province, December 29, 2008. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - Pakistan suspended supplies going to foreign forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday as security forces launched an offensive against militants in the Khyber Pass region, a government official said.

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