2009年3月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Centrist Labor joins new Israeli government (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:41 PM PDT

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on March 22, 2009. Israel's centre-left Labour party was deciding Tuesday on a controversial deal to join a government led by the right in a vote likely to be crucial to Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to form a broad coalition.(AFP/POOL/File/Uriel Sinai)AP - Israel's Labor Party voted Tuesday to join the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu, lending a moderate voice to a coalition dominated by hard liners and easing concerns of a head-on confrontation with Washington over Mideast peacemaking.


British code crackers reunite, with pride unbroken (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 12:25 PM PDT

War veterans Ruth Bourne, left, and Jean Valentine, who served in Women's Royal Navy Service during World War II, stand in front of a replica of the Turing Bombe machine, that played a crucial part in cracking the Nazi, Enigma code, at Bletchley Park, England, Tuesday, March 24, 2009.  The original machine was destroyed after the war but volunteers rebuilt the replica that received a special Engineering Heritage Award on Tuesday to mark its place in history. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - During World War II, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany's encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence.


France to compensate nuclear test victims (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 12:44 PM PDT

This Sept. 1971 file photo shows of a nuclear bomb detonated at the Mururoa atoll, French Polynesia. The French government is offering compensation to thousands of people who suffered health problems as a result of nuclear tests in Algeria and the South Pacific, the French Defense Minister Herve Morin said Tuesday March 24, 2009. (AP Photo)AP - The French government offered for the first time Tuesday to compensate victims of nuclear tests in Algeria and the South Pacific, bowing to decades of pressure by people sickened by radiation — and seeking to soothe France's conscience. "It's time for our country to be at peace with itself, at peace thanks to a system of compensation and reparations," French Defense Minister Herve Morin said in presenting a draft law on the payouts.


SAfrica peace conference postponed over Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 01:19 PM PDT

In this Wednesday August 21, 1996, file photo Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, right, meets with President Nelson Mandela, left, in Cape Town South Africa. South Africa said Monday, March 23, 2009,  it wanted to avoid being the source of bad publicity about trading partner China, and ended up itself the target of sharp criticism for barring the Dalai Lama from a peace conference in Johannesburg later this week. Friday's conference is now the target of a boycott by retired Cape Town Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former president F.W. de Klerk and members of the Nobel Committee who had been expected to be among Nobel laureates, Hollywood celebrities and other dignitaries discussing issues ranging from combatting racism to promoting sports to bring people and nations together. (AP Photo/Sasa Kralj, File)AP - Organizers shelved a peace conference meant to show how sports can bring people and nations together because South Africa's government — fearing trouble with China — won't allow the Dalai Lama to attend.


Afghan TV station falls under government crackdown (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:39 AM PDT

An Afghan girl walks on the bank of river Kabul on her way home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - The manager of an Afghan television network who refused to censor images of women dancing in short skirts and plunging necklines was arrested in what appeared to be a new sign of the government's struggle to define the role of Islam in a country once led by extremists.


Govt apologises for submarine deaths (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:47 PM PDT

This Ministry of Defence handout picture released in 2007 shows British submarine HMS Tireless surrounded by ice in an unknown location. The government apologised Tuesday to the families of two sailors killed in an explosion aboard a nuclear submarine, after a coroner blamed AFP - The government apologised Tuesday to the families of two sailors killed in an explosion aboard a nuclear submarine, after a coroner blamed "systemic failures" for the blast.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,260 (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:49 PM PDT

Seen through splintered bullet-proof glass, US soldiers examine their damaged Humvee after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated on the vehicle, following a patrol in Baghdad in 2007. President Barack Obama needs to clarify what he means by promising a AP - As of Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at least 4,260 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:35 PM PDT

AP - The number of people infected with both tuberculosis and HIV is twice what researchers previously thought, top health officials said Tuesday.

South Africa to host Indian Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 03:57 PM PDT

General view of the Centurion cricket ground, 60km from Johannesburg, 2005. South Africa will host the Indian Premier League (IPL) during April and May, it was confirmed at a press conference.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - South Africa will host the Indian Premier League (IPL) during April and May, it was confirmed at a press conference here on Tuesday.


YouTube confirms website blocked in China (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:29 PM PDT

YouTube webpage. YouTube confirmed on Tuesday that its website was being blocked in China, although the California firm offered no explanation for why Chinese authorities had barred access to the popular video-sharing service.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)AFP - YouTube confirmed Tuesday its website was being blocked in China, although the California firm offered no explanation for why Chinese authorities were barring access to the popular video-sharing service.


Obama calls Rudd a partner for 'years to come' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 03:32 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) speaks with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama said Tuesday he hoped to partner with Rudd for AFP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he hoped to partner with Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for "years to come," after forging a "meeting of the minds" in their first White House talks.


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