2009年2月28日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Leaving Iraq: Shift to south, exit through desert (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 12:19 PM PST

In this July 4, 2008. file photo, U.S. military service members take an oath at a mass re-enlistment ceremony in which 1,215 service members re-enlisted during an Independence Day ceremony at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Under President Barack Obama's plan for Iraq, Camp Victory, a huge base in a former palace complex, will continue for some time to serve as the U.S. nerve center in the capital. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - The U.S. military map in Iraq in early 2010: Marines are leaving the western desert, Army units are in the former British zone in the south and the overall mission is coalescing around air and logistics hubs in central and northern Iraq.


Pakistan says Taliban beaten back in border region (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 01:11 PM PST

A Pakistani military convoy drives along a road in Barkhalozo town, in the Bajur tribal region, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Pakistani troops have defeated Taliban militants in one of their strongholds overlooking the Afghan border after a grinding six-month offensive, the general leading the military operation said Saturday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Pakistan has beaten the Taliban in a major stronghold close to the Afghan border, is close to victory in another and expects to pacify most of the remaining tribal areas before the end of the year, commanders said Saturday.


Emergency plane landing in Romania; all 51 safe (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:45 PM PST

Airport workers stand around a Romanian Carpatair Saab 2000 plane following  an emergency landing after developing trouble with its  landing gear at the airport in  Timisoara, western Romania, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 . The plane with 51 people on board made an emergency landing in western Romania Saturday, officials said. All the occupants escaped safely.(AP Photo/Timisoara Airport, HO, Pool)AP - A Romanian plane carrying 51 people made a safe emergency landing in western Romania and all the occupants escaped injury, officials said.


2 months into 2009, US deaths spike in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 02:59 PM PST

Afghan and U.S. soldiers carry a wounded colleague to an ambulance during a training session, during a graduation ceremony of Afghan medical soldiers, trained by U.S. soldiers at the U.S. air field in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan Saturday Feb. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - U.S. deaths in Afghanistan increased threefold during the first two months of 2009 compared with the same period last year, after thousands more troops deployed and commanders ramped up winter operations against an increasingly violent insurgency.


Experts trying to decipher ancient language (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:10 AM PST

A stone tablet engraved with symbols at least 2,500 years old is seen at the Southwest Script Museum on Feb. 5, 2009 in Almodovar, southern Portugal. The museum has on display 20 tablets engraved with symbols of the Iron Age extinct Iberian language called Southwest Script. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - When archaeologists on a dig in southern Portugal last year flipped over a heavy chunk of slate and saw writing not used for more than 2,500 years, they were elated.


Benitez close to throwing in title towel as Reds stumble in English Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:24 PM PST

Liverpool's midfielder Steven Gerrard (left) jumps for the ball against Middlesbrough's forward Tuncay Sanli during their English Premier league football match at The Riverside Stadium, in Middlesbrough.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Rafael Benitez came close to conceding defeat in the Premier League title battle after a shock 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough left Liverpool struggling to keep leaders Manchester United within sight.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,253 (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:12 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks February 27, 2009 at Goettge Memorial Field House in Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. President Obama on Friday set a date of August 31, 2010 for the end of US combat operations in Iraq, and said he intended to fully withdraw all troops by the end of 2011. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - As of Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at least 4,253 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


Panamanian lawmaker killed in car crash (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:31 PM PST

AP - Panamanian authorities say a prominent ruling party lawmaker and son of a former vice president has died in a traffic accident.

Mugabe uses birthday bash to rebuke white farmers (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 02:46 PM PST

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, right, and his wife Grace are seen during his 85th birthday celebrations in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Mugabe is celebrating his 85th birthday with a lavish bash while the new unity government tries to raise funds to rescue the country's collapsed economy. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - With his nation's economy in shambles, President Robert Mugabe threw himself a lavish 85th birthday party Saturday, using the opportunity to call on Zimbabwe's last white farmers to leave.


Afghan president seeks to move up August election (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:03 PM PST

AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has backed off plans for an August election and asked the country's electoral commission to set an earlier date.

Australian teen hurt in Sydney shark attack (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:51 PM PST

A lone surfer braves rough conditions at Bondi beach on February 13, 2009. A shark savaged a teenage surfer off a Sydney beach early Sunday in the third attack in as many weeks in the waters of Australia's largest city, the state ambulance service said.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - A shark savaged a teenage surfer off a Sydney beach early Sunday in the third attack in as many weeks in the waters of Australia's largest city, the state ambulance service said.


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