2009年1月25日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Bolivians vote on new Morales-backed constitution (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 11:29 PM CST

Bolivia's President Evo Morales gestures during a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. Bolivians could approve, in a referendum on Sunday, a new constitution proposed by Morales and opposed by the a majority of the middle and upper classes.  (AP Photo/Juan Karita)AP - President Evo Morales' quest to transform Bolivia on behalf of its long-suffering indigenous majority is on the line Sunday as voters consider a new constitution that could keep the leftist leader in power through 2014.


Suicide bomber kills 1, wounds 8 in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:54 AM CST

Afghan villagers shout slogans against the U.S. and Afghan government during a demonstration following a U.S. operation on their village, in Mehterlam, capital of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. The U.S. coalition said Saturday that an overnight raid killed 15 Taliban militants but village elders who quickly traveled to speak with government officials said the dead were all civilians. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a market in eastern Afghanistan, killing a civilian and wounding eight others, an official said Sunday.


Indian police kill 2 suspected Pakistani militants (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:52 AM CST

AP - Indian police shot dead two suspected militants from Pakistan in a pre-dawn encounter near New Delhi on Sunday, an Indian news agency reported, quoting a senior police official.

Elections are test for al-Maliki, Iraq (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:27 PM CST

Iraqi tribal leaders listen to a discussion at a conference attended by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Samawah, on the Euphrates River, Iraq Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. Iraqis vote Saturday in the first nationwide election in three years, choosing provincial leaders in what amounts to a test of Iraq's stability as the U.S. plans to remove its troops. In contrast to Iraq's three previous ballots since the U.S.-led invasion, which were held in the shadow of fierce fighting, this one is strikingly open.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqis vote Saturday in the first nationwide election in three years, choosing provincial leaders in what amounts to a test of Iraq's stability as the U.S. plans to remove its troops.


Rwanda-Congo force kills 9 militiamen, UN says (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 08:23 PM CST

In this Nov. 6, 2008 file photo, Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is surrounded by soldiers at his base in Tebero, north of Goma, eastern Congo. In a startling turn against its former ally, Rwanda has arrested Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda after he fled a joint operation launched by the armies of the two nations, a Congolese military spokesman said Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)AP - Rwandan and Congolese troops exchanged fire with Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo on Saturday, killing nine in the first fighting reported since an unprecedented joint military operation began this week, the U.N. said.


EU meets key Mideast players hoping to kick start peace moves (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:18 AM CST

People wave the Palestinian flag at the end of a demonstration on January 24 in Paris against Israel's offensive in Gaza. European Union foreign ministers meet Sunday with counterparts from the Palestinian territories, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey to study ways to get Arab nations behind new Middle East peace moves.(AFP/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - European Union foreign ministers meet Sunday with counterparts from the Palestinian territories, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey to study ways to get Arab nations behind new Middle East peace moves.


Israeli official: Obama envoy coming to Mideast (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:48 AM CST

President Barack Obama looks on as Middle East envoy George Mitchell speaks at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East will come to Israel Wednesday for talks on keeping alive a fragile Gaza cease-fire and reviving Mideast negotiations, an Israeli foreign ministry official said Saturday.


Mexican relatives to show acid man pics of missing (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 09:18 PM CST

Santiago Meza Lopez, 45, center, aka 'el pozolero del Teo', who allegedly worked for Teo, a drug lord from the Tijuana area, is escorted by Mexican soldiers and Federal police agents as they leave  the place where he allegedly buried his victims, in the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Meza Lopez, the number 20th on the FBI most wanted list, allegedly helped a drug cartel dispose of hundreds of victims by dissolving them in acid. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Relatives of 100 missing people want to show photos of their loved ones to a man arrested in Tijuana for allegedly helping a druglord dispose of his slain enemies by dissolving their bodies in acid, a victims' group said Saturday.


Mugabe's daughter studying at Hong Kong University: report (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:04 AM CST

The Hong Kong skyline in late November. The daughter of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is studying at a university in the southern Chinese city under an assumed name, a newspaper has said.(AFP/File/Anne Cecile Guthmann)AFP - The daughter of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is studying at a university in Hong Kong under an assumed name, a newspaper said Sunday.


Indian PM recovering after heart surgery: doctors (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:57 AM CST

Indian Muslims offer prayers for the good health of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. The Indian leader has been recuperating at a hospital in the Indian capital following successful heart bypass surgery just months ahead of general elections, doctors have said.(AFP/Raveendran)AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was recuperating in a New Delhi hospital on Sunday following successful heart bypass surgery just months ahead of general elections, doctors said.


Tasmanian devils threatened by contagious cancer (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 11:08 PM CST

AP - Tasmania is trying to save the devil.

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