2009年3月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

17-year-old charged with NIreland police murder (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 04:28 PM PDT

British soldier Mark Quinsey's sister Jaime, second from right, follows his coffin as it leaves the Immanuel Church, Birmingham, England, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Quinsey was shot to death in a drive-by ambush at an army base in Northern Ireland. Military engineer Mark Quinsey was only hours away from deploying to Afghanistan when he and another soldier died in a spray of gun fire outside the entrance of the Massereene army base in Antrim, Northern Ireland. They were picking up pizza at the time. The attack last week was claimed by a splinter group of the Irish Republican Army. (AP Photo/Chris Radburn/PA)AP - Police say they have charged a 17-year-old suspect with the murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland.

Pakistan militants strengthen in heartland (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 04:03 PM PDT

Pakistani religious students memorize Islam's holy book, the Quran, in Darul-Uloom Madina religious school in Bahawalpur, in southern Punjab, Pakistan, on Friday, March 20, 2009. Officials say al-Qaida linked terror network Jaish-e-Mohammed and other outfits in Punjab are increasingly sending fighters to Afghanistan and the frontier region, where they add to an insurgency that is spreading from there across Pakistan. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - The compound bore no sign. Residents referred to it simply as the school for "jihadi fighters," speaking in awe of the expensive horses stabled within its high walls — and the extremists who rode them bareback in the dusty fields around it.

Suicide bomb blast kills 23 at funeral in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 04:03 PM PDT

US soldiers provide security as US and Iraqi troops distributed humanitarian aid in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A suicide bomber struck a tent filled Monday with Kurdish funeral mourners, unleashing a huge fireball that killed at least 23 people in a northern town where Kurds and Arabs are competing for power. Also Monday, Turkey's visiting president pressed the Iraqi government to crack down on Kurdish rebels who stage cross-border raids into Turkish territory from sanctuaries in northern Iraq.

Mexico offers $2 million for top drug lords (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 03:09 PM PDT

A police officer arranges packages of cocaine in Buenaventura, Colombia's main seaport on the Pacific coast, Monday, March 23, 2009. Colombian police seized 3.5 tons of cocaine in a container of vegetable grease bound for Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)AP - Mexico's government on Monday offered $2 million each for information leading to the arrest of 24 top drug lords in a public challenge to the cartels' violent grip on the country.

NATO: Taliban commander among 10 killed in strike (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 03:23 PM PDT

The casket containing the remains of Master Cpl. Scott Vernelli, with the Royal Canadian Regiment, is carried from an aircraft at the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario, Canada on Monday, March 23, 2009 for four soldiers killed March 20, 2009 in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Peter Redman)AP - NATO troops killed a senior Taliban commander and nine other militants in southern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, striking a blow in the group's heartland where the U.S. plans to send thousands of additional troops to stem the growing violence.

Youth charged with murder of N. Ireland policeman (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 04:32 PM PDT

A Northern Irish policeman carries the coffin of murdered colleague Stephen Carroll in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, on March 13, 2009. Police in Northern Ireland said Monday they have charged a 17-year-old boy with the murder of Carroll, which raised fears for the future of the peace process in the British-ruled province.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Police in Northern Ireland said Monday they have charged a 17-year-old boy with the murder of a policeman, which raised fears for the future of the peace process in the British-ruled province.

Senior Fatah official killed in south Lebanon (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 03:48 PM PDT

Palestinian men carry a dead body away from a burning car near the site of explosion where a senior Fatah official and at least three bodyguards were killed in what appeared to be a roadside explosion outside the Mieh Mieh refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, March 23, 2009. The officials said Kamal Madhat and three bodyguards were killed in the bombing as his two-vehicle convoy was leaving the Mieh Mieh refugee camp. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)AP - An explosion in southern Lebanon on Monday killed a senior Fatah official and three of his bodyguards as they were leaving a Palestinian refugee camp.

Guatemala: Dirty war orphans put up for adoption (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 04:25 PM PDT

AP - Guatemala's government said Monday it has uncovered evidence supporting a long-held belief: Children whose parents were killed during the country's 36-year civil war were put up for adoption.

Lalit Modi rushes abroad to finalise IPL (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 02:21 PM PDT

Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian cricket Premier League listens to a question during a news conference at the Global Sport Summit in London October 24, 2008, file photo. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - The chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will travel to South Africa and England in an effort to finalise an overseas venue for this year's edition of the Twenty20 competition.

India's Tata rolls out world's cheapest car (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 03:12 PM PDT

A Tata Nano car is seen during the vehicle's launch in Mumbai. Tata Motors took the wraps off the world's cheapest car, showcasing the Nano that bosses hope will transform travel for millions of Indians at a glitzy, open-air launch. The basic model -- bookings for which open next month -- sells for just 100,000 rupees (2,000 USD)(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - India's Tata Motors on Monday launched the world's cheapest car, the Nano, hoping to revolutionise travel for millions and buck a slump in auto sales caused by the global economic crisis.

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