2009年4月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Government tally: 87,215 Iraqis have been killed since 2005 (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:15 PM PDT

U.S. army soldiers stand next to a car damaged by a bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid Thursday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, the Iraqi military said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by The Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war.


Backers of South Africa's Zuma celebrate the vote (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:37 PM PDT

African National Congress presidential candidate Jacob Zuma sings during celebrations outside the party headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday April 23, 2009.  Jacob Zuma's supporters danced and sang in the streets Thursday in celebration as partial results from South Africa's parliamentary elections seems showed him in line to become the country's next president.(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)AP - South Africa's governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the country's latest election. ANC chief Jacob Zuma said he was only thanking campaign workers — but the celebration left little doubt about his ascension to the presidency.


Reputed Hitler watercolors sell at English auction (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT

Handout photo from Mullock's Auctioneers of a painting, believed to be a 1910 self portrait by Adolf Hitler  and identified  by the initials 'A.H', written beside the figure. What the British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler have sold at auction for 97,672 pounds (US$143,358) Thursday April 23 2009. A painting said to be a self-portrait of the young Hitler sold for about 10,000 pounds (US$14,600). The buyer John Ratledge, 46, said he planned to hang it at home or in his office. (AP Photo / Mullock's Auctioneers, ho)AP - What a British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler sold at auction Thursday for 97,672 pounds ($143,358).


Blasts kill 78 in Iraq's bloodiest day in a year (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:11 PM PDT

A girl cries near the site of a bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid Thursday in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, the Iraqi military said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Suicide bomb blasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian pilgrims Thursday, killing at least 78 people in Iraq's deadliest day in more than a year.


Italy seeks to move G-8 summit to quake-hit city (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:56 PM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) speaks during a ministers' council in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila, devastated by an earthquake. Berlusconi is to propose moving July's G8 summit of the world's richest nations to the quake-devastated city of L'Aquila, following cabinet approval Thursday.(AFP/POOL/Livio Anticoli)AP - Italy's government wants to move this summer's Group of Eight summit from Sardinia to earthquake-stricken L'Aquila — both to save money and to give the devastated central region an economic boost.


Elton John, Paul McCartney finances hit by downturn (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT

The finances of Britain's top music stars, including Elton John, seen here on April 22, 2009, Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams, have been badly hit by the recession, figures from the Sunday Times Rich List showed Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)AFP - The finances of Britain's top music stars, including Elton John, Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams, have been badly hit by the recession, figures from the Sunday Times Rich List showed Friday.


Mexico proposes expanding army's power (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:58 PM PDT

Police officers guard alleged drug trafficker Isaac Godoy second right, during his presentation to the media in Mexico City, Thursday, April 23, 2009. Godoy, who allegedly ran operations for the Arellano Felix drug cartel, was arrested Tuesday in Tijuana, northern Mexico, along with six other alleged members of his cell, police said. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - A bill that would let Mexico declare temporary states of emergency and expand the army's power in a bloody fight against powerful drug gangs drew immediate fire Thursday from human rights activists who say soldiers should not be doing the job of police.


De Villiers queries Lions' selection policy (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT

South Africa coach Peter de Villiers, seen here in 2008, has questioned whether the British and Irish Lions were right to pick a squad designed to match the world champions' renowned forward strength.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has questioned whether the British and Irish Lions were right to pick a squad designed to match the world champions' renowned forward strength.


Shark dumped on Australian newspaper's doorstep (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:09 PM PDT

A fluorescent yellow Port Jackson shark at the Sydney Aquarium in 2004. A live shark was found dumped on the doorstep of a newspaper's office in a coastal town in southeast Australia, police said Thursday.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AP - Journalists have a lot to be nervous about lately: layoffs, furloughs, newspaper closures. But reporters at an Australian paper may have received the scariest threat of the day when a live shark was left on their doorstep. Police said the two-foot creature was spotted early Wednesday by a man who was leaving a McDonald's restaurant next door to the offices of The Standard in the small Victoria state town of Warrnambool.


'Lucky escape' for Australian coral reef (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:18 AM PDT

Photo provided by the Great Barriier Reef Marine Park shows an Algal overgrowth section of the World Heritage-listed reef. A scientist said a section of Australia's Great Barrier Reef -- which scientists have warned could be killed by global warming within decades -- has regenerated itself in record time.(AFP/HO/AFP)AFP - A section of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which scientists have warned could be killed by global warming within decades, has regenerated itself in record time, a scientist said Thursday.


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