2009年1月5日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Gunmen attack Greek riot police unit, 1 injured (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:48 AM CST

Police forensic experts investigate the area where police officer was seriously wounded in Athens on Monday Jan. 5, 2009. Gunmen attacked a riot police unit in Athens Monday, seriously wounding a policeman in an escalation of violence after the fatal police shooting of a teenager last month sparked Greece's worst riots in decades. The pre-dawn attack was aimed at a riot police unit stationed outside the Culture Ministry in the center of the capital, police spokesman Panagiotis Stathis said, adding that the policeman had been hospitalized in serious condition. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Gunmen sprayed an Athens riot police unit with automatic weapons fire and seriously wounded a policeman early Monday in an escalation of violence that erupted last month when a teenager was killed in a police shooting.


Israeli troops and tanks slice deep into Gaza (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 10:20 PM CST

A Palestinian carries a child into the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, wounded during the Israeli army operation in Gaza, Sunday Jan. 4, 2009. Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip Sunday, bisecting the coastal territory and surrounding its biggest city as the new phase of a devastating offensive against the Hamas group gained momentum. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)AP - Thousands of Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships surrounded Gaza's largest city and fought militants at close range Sunday, the first full day of an overwhelming ground offensive in the coastal territory.


Thousands across Middle East protest Gaza attack (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 09:50 PM CST

A Jordanian demonstrator shouts anti-Israeli slogans during a rally protesting the Israeli attacks in Gaza, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip early Sunday, cutting the coastal territory into two and surrounding its biggest city as the new phase of a devastating offensive against Hamas militants gained momentum. (AP Photo/Mohammad abu Ghosh)AP - Thousands protesting Israel's ground offensive on Gaza converged Sunday in Beirut and Istanbul as the leaders of the only two Mideast Arab nations to sign peace treaties with Israel demanded an end to the attack.


Analysis: Abbas tries to regain foothold in Gaza (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:15 AM CST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a PLO Executive Committee meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a rival of Hamas who governs from the West Bank, condemned the Israeli invasion to the Gaza Strip as 'brutal aggression.' (AP Photo/Fadi Arouri, Pool)AP - With Hamas weakened by Israel's Gaza offensive, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is trying to regain a foothold in the territory he lost to the Islamic militants in 2007.


Travolta says he is heartbroken at son's death (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 09:54 PM CST

Actor John Travolta and actress-wife Kelly Preston arrive at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film in this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 file photo taken in Santa Barbara, Calif. Travolta's teenage son has died after injuring himself at the actor's vacation home. Police spokeswoman Loretta Mackey says 16-year-old Jett Travolta hit his head in a bathtub Friday Jan. 2, 2009. She said he was declared dead at Rand Memorial Hospital on Grand Bahama Island. (AP Photo/Michael A. MariantAP - John Travolta and Kelly Preston are "heartbroken" over the death of their chronically ill 16-year-old son, who collapsed at the family's vacation home on Grand Bahama, the actors said Sunday.


Russia-Ukraine gas dispute cuts supplies to Croatia (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:01 AM CST

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko makes a statement on Russian gas supplies in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine, January 1, 2009. (Mykola Lazarenko/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Russian gas flows to Croatia have fallen by 7 percent because of the deepening row between Moscow and Kiev that has placed more strain on natural gas supplies to Europe, Croatia's pipeline operator said on Monday.


Israelis relieved as army moves to halt rockets (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:33 AM CST

An Israeli reacts as he examines the damage in his house after a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza hit in Sderot, southern Israel, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Israel pummeled Palestinian militants from the air, sea and ground early Sunday after taking the risky decision to embark on a land invasion in the crowded, Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israelis bombarded by Palestinian rockets have begun to emerge from homes and shelters, regaining confidence after columns of Israeli soldiers moved into Gaza to crush the militants who have rained missiles on them for eight years.


Brazilian police detain suspect in Wolffer's death (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2009 02:06 PM CST

AP - A man suspected of piloting a motorboat that struck and killed a New York winery owner as he swam off Brazil's coast was briefly detained on Sunday, police said.

Mugabe set to form government in February: report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 01:40 AM CST

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe addresses mourners during the burial of National Hero, Gordon Tapson Sibanda at National Heroes Acre in Harare, Zimbabwe December 23, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)Reuters - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is expected to form a new government by the end of February despite stalled talks with the main opposition party, the state-run Herald newspaper said Monday.


Foreign investment in Myanmar soars (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:10 AM CST

AP - Foreign investment in Myanmar — much of it from China — nearly doubled in the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same period last year, according to government statistics seen Monday.

Woman set fire to husband's genitals, Australian court told (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 02:10 AM CST

An Australian woman who allegedly set fire to her husband's genitals because she believed he was having an affair has appeared in court charged with murder.(AFP/File/Anoek De Groot/File)AFP - An Australian woman who allegedly set fire to her husband's genitals because she believed he was having an affair appeared in court on a murder charge Monday.


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