2009年2月14日星期六

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Taliban free captive Chinese engineer in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 12:48 AM CST

This is an image from mobile phone footage released by Online Photos Friday Feb. 13 2009, purportedly showing John Solecki, a seized American U.N. worker. The kidnappers have threatened to kill Solecki within 72 hours unless more than 100 prisoners are released. The threat was contained in a letter delivered with a grainy video of the hostage to a Pakistani news agency on Friday.  Solecki appears blindfolded in the short clip and appeals to the world body to act quickly to secure his release. (AP Photo/Online Photos via APTN) ** NO SALES NO ARCHIVE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT IMAGE FROM VIDEO RELEASED BY ONLINE PHOTOS.AP - Pakistani Taliban militants have freed a Chinese engineer held captive for nearly six months, officials said Sunday, as fears rose for the safety of an abducted American threatened with imminent death by his kidnappers.


Zimbabwe PM: Aide's arrest undermines unity govt (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 01:47 PM CST

Zimbabwean opposition and ruling party ministers are sworn in as cabinet ministers by President Robert Mugabe, unseen, in Harare, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Roy Benett, an ally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who was expected to join Zimbabwe's unity government was arrested Friday, the party said — an early indication the country's new political partnership will be rocky.  (AP Photo)AP - Zimbabwe's new prime minister said Saturday he must work with longtime President Robert Mugabe to try to reverse his country's economic collapse, despite signs that factions in the Mugabe camp want to bring down the new coalition government.


Afghanistan to take part in US strategic review (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 01:01 AM CST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, speaks with U.S. Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke during a meeting at presidentail palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says President Barack Obama has accepted his proposal for Afghanistan to take part in a strategic U.S. review of the Afghan war.


Church services mourn Australian wildfire victims (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 11:16 PM CST

Resident of Marysville, Ashraf Doos, right, embraces his son, Jason, after they were bussed from Buxton to see their devastated town, north of Melbourne, Australia Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. More than 400 fires ripped through Victoria, destroying more than 1,000 houses, leaving some 5,000 people homeless, and scorching 1,100 square miles (2,850 square kilometers) of land. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Australians mourned the victims of deadly wildfires at church services across the country Sunday as news emerged of a class action lawsuit against a power company over the cause of one of the blazes.


Saudi king shakes up religious establishment (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 02:18 PM CST

A Saudi woman is seen outside a mosque in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. Saudi Arabia's king dismissed the chief of the powerful religious police Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, as well as a hard-line cleric who condoned the murder of owners of TV channels that broadcast 'immoral' content in a shake-up that also included the appointment of a female deputy minister, the highest government position a Saudi woman has attained. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP - The Saudi king on Saturday dismissed the chief of the religious police and a cleric who condoned killing the owners of TV networks that broadcast "immoral" content, signaling an effort to weaken the country's hard-line Sunni establishment.


Mobile phone industry gears up for Barca gathering (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 09:58 PM CST

Indian soldiers take photographs on their mobile phones in Srinagar. The mobile phone industry recently reached the milestone of its four billionth connection worldwide, but the cold winds of economic crisis will chill celebrations at the sector's biggest annual gathering this week(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - The mobile phone industry recently reached the milestone of its four billionth connection worldwide, but the cold winds of economic crisis will chill celebrations at the sector's biggest annual gathering this week.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,243 (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:29 PM CST

File photo shows Iraqi military personnel on parade at the Iraqi Air Force Training School in Taji, on the outskirts of Baghdad. The Iraqi army has uncovered 10 bodies in a shallow mass grave in Taji, north of the capital believed to date back about two years to a period when Al-Qaeda terrorised the area, the military said on Sunday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - As of Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, at least 4,243 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Key facts about Venezuela term limits referendum (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 11:03 PM CST

AP - Key facts about the Venezuelan referendum Sunday:

Arrest compromises Zimbabwe unity government: minister (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 11:57 PM CST

Zimbabwean Movement for Democratic Change president Morgan Tsvangirai (R) and Roy Bennett (L) are pictured in April 2008. Zimbabwe's new finance minister said Saturday the arrest of a Bennett hours before he was to take oath in a unity government showed President Robert Mugabe's party was not ready to share power.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - Zimbabwe's new finance minister said the arrest of a ministerial candidate hours before he was to take oath in a unity government showed President Robert Mugabe's party was not ready to share power.


Sri Lanka ruling party wins landslide local vote: results (AFP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 01:08 AM CST

A Sri Lankan woman casts her vote at a key local election in the central district of Kandy on February 14. The island state's ruling party is heading for a landslide victory in local elections seen as a referendum on the government's military campaign against Tamil rebels, official results have shown.(AFP/Ishara S. Kodikara)AFP - Sri Lanka's ruling party headed for a landslide victory in local elections seen as a referendum on the government's military campaign against Tamil rebels, official results showed Sunday.


Australia mourns bushfire victims (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2009 12:27 AM CST

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd hugs an unidentified local at Wandong, north of Melbourne, February 15, 2009. (Julian Smith/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Australia mourned the victims of deadly bushfires at church services across the country on Sunday while the government vowed to create an early warning system to try to avoid a repetition of the disaster.


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