2009年1月9日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Gaza violence rages on despite UN cease-fire call (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:31 AM CST

Smoke from Israeli bombardment rises from the northern Gaza Strip as seen from the Israel- Gaza border, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. The U.N. Security Council called for an 'immediate' and 'durable' cease-fire in Gaza, but an intense bombardment of missiles from Israeli jets and helicopters early Friday and a barrage of Hamas rockets indicated there would be no rapid end to the fighting. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - The U.N. Security Council called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, but an intense bombardment of missiles from Israeli jets and helicopters early Friday and a barrage of Hamas rockets indicated there may be no quick end to the fighting.


Ukraine allows Russia to monitor gas flow with EU (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:28 AM CST

Gas flames burn at the gas control center of the MOL gas factory in Hajduszoboszlo, more than 200 kms east of Budapest, Hungary. Hopes for a quick resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe were rising Friday after Russia agreed on the terms for the deployment of monitors in Ukraine.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)AP - Ukraine says it will allow Russian experts to join the EU mission to monitor gas flow through the country as part of a deal that would end a cutoff of Russian gas supplies to Europe.


US abstains from UN vote on Gaza cease-fire (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:55 AM CST

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev, left, greets U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the United Nations Security Council after a resolution vote on the situation in Gaza, at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009.  (AP Photo/John Marshall Mantel)AP - The United States says it supports a U.N. resolution that calls for a cease-fire in Gaza but abstained from the Security Council vote because it is awaiting the outcome of Egyptian-mediated talks with Hamas and Israel.


Afghan governor says 10 killed by suicide bomber (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:25 AM CST

An Afghan Army soldier carries a grenade launcher on a patrol from Combat Outpost Lowell in eastern Afghanistan January 7, 2009. (Bob Strong/Reuters)AP - A suicide bomber walked into a produce shop in southern Afghanistan on Friday and detonated explosives strapped to his body, killing at least 10 people, the provincial governor said.


Analysis: Syria deals with Gaza, eyeing own peace (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:40 AM CST

Syrian men walk under a poster showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Dec. 14, 2008. Syria has responded to Israel's Gaza offensive with harsh words for the Israelis and expressions of firm support for Hamas. But it's unlikely Syria will do much more. (AP Photo/Ola al-Rifai)AP - Syria has responded to Israel's Gaza offensive with harsh words for the Israelis and expressions of firm support for Hamas. But it's unlikely to do much more.


Commerzbank shares lose 9.52% in early trading (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:27 AM CST

The Commerzbank headquarters in Frankfurt. Shares in the second biggest German bank, Commerzbank, fell sharply in early Frankfurt trading as investors digested news that the state would take a stake of 25 percent plus one share.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - Shares in the second biggest German bank, Commerzbank, fell sharply in early Frankfurt trading on Friday as investors digested news that the state would take a stake of 25 percent plus one share.


UN: One-third of Gaza dead, injured are children (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:03 AM CST

Palestinian relatives of a father and four of his sons from the Khalout family who were killed in an Israeli army operation, react in the family house during their funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. The U.N. halted deliveries to the Gaza Strip on Thursday after gunfire from an Israeli tank killed an aid truck driver, and the international Red Cross said it would restrict activities after one of its drivers was injured in a similar incident. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Palestinian children are dying at a heavy rate in the Israeli-Hamas fighting — about one of every three persons killed, according to Gaza statistics.


Caracas protesters cheer Israeli envoy's expulsion (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 10:58 PM CST

Demonstrators protest outside Israel's embassy in Caracas, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009.  Protesters condemning Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip sprayed graffiti and hurled shoes at Israel's embassy, backing President Hugo Chavez's decision to expel the Israeli ambassador.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Protesters condemning Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip sprayed graffiti and hurled shoes at the country's embassy in Venezuela on Thursday, backing President Hugo Chavez's decision to expel the Israeli ambassador.


Woman burned alive in Papua New Guinea (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 01:05 AM CST

AP - Police in rural Papua New Guinea said Friday they were investigating the killing of a woman who was tied to a wooden pole, surrounded by rubber tires and set on fire.

Oil sector strike causes fuel shortage in India (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:25 AM CST

Ducks roam a deserted out-of-stock gas station in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. Officials say a strike by thousands of executives of India's state-run oil companies demanding salary hikes has left nearly 60 percent of gas pumps dry and delayed flights across India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - A strike by about 55,000 white collar workers at state-run oil companies — now in its third day — has caused a severe fuel shortage in India, leaving nearly 60 percent of gas pumps dry and delaying flights, officials and news reports said Friday.


Chinese-speaking Australian PM sparks Asian studies boom (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 10:43 PM CST

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (left) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing. Australia's Mandarin-speaking leader has helped spark an increase in the study of Asian languages, with record numbers of students signing up for Chinese, a major university said(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Australia's Mandarin-speaking leader Kevin Rudd has helped spark an increase in the study of Asian languages, with record numbers of students signing up for Chinese, a major university said Friday.


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