2009年4月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

WHO raises global alert level on swine flu (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 05:57 PM PDT

Residents wear surgical masks as they exit the subway in Mexico City, Monday, April 27, 2009. Mexico's government is trying to stem the spread of a deadly strain of swine flu as a new work week begins by urging people to stay home Monday if they have any symptoms of the virus believed to have killed more than 100 people. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The swine flu epidemic entered a dangerous new phase Monday as the death toll climbed in Mexico and the number of suspected cases there and in the United States nearly doubled. The World Health Organization raised its alert level but stopped short of declaring a global emergency.


Mexico faces criticism over swine flu response (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 06:32 PM PDT

A couple wearing protective masks talk in a subway station in Mexico City, Monday, April 27, 2009.  A fatal strain of swine flu has been detected in Mexico while the virus has been confirmed or suspected in at least a half-dozen other countries. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Two weeks after the first known swine flu death, Mexico still hasn't given medicine to the families of the dead. It hasn't determined where the outbreak began or how it spread. And while the government urges anyone who feels sick to go to hospitals, feverish people complain ambulance workers are scared to pick them up.


Peace in peril, but Pakistan says don't 'panic' (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 02:13 PM PDT

Pakistani paramilitary maintain a position on a high post in the troubled area of Pakistan's Lower Dir district, Sunday, April 26, 2009. Pakistan launched an operation against militants Sunday in a district covered by a government-backed peace deal, threatening the survival of a pact that raised U.S. concerns about the country's willingness to confront the insurgents. (AP Photo/Ruhullah Shakir)AP - A Pakistani military offensive against insurgent hideouts prompted suspension of controversial peace talks with the Taliban Monday, and the country's president sought additional foreign aid to assure its nuclear arms remain in "safe hands."


Early swine flu victim's widow not told of disease (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 11:09 AM PDT

A man walks past pigs on a field near Gerardo Leyva's home in the town of Xonacatlan, Mexico, Sunday, April 26, 2009. A week after the death of one of Mexico's first swine flu victims, Leyva's family still hasn't been given any medicine nor has any public health worker interviewed them about contacts with pigs or other potential swine flu sources.(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - The 39-year-old bricklayer fell ill two weeks ago and became one of the first Mexicans to die of swine flu. But no health worker has come to his home outside Mexico City to offer medicine or ask about the neighbors' pigs.


Pacquiao and Hatton ready for Vegas boxing spotlight (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 06:35 PM PDT

Filipino boxer Manny AFP - Manny Pacquiao avoided Manila's distracting delights to train in Hollywood so he could better focus upon what he needs to do to win Saturday's showdown fight with England's Ricky Hatton.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,278 (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 04:51 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, April 27, 2009, at least 4,278 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Quake jars already-nervous Mexico City residents (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 06:27 PM PDT

Reasidents wearing protective masks to prevent infection from the ongoing swine flu epidemic stand in the street after being evacuated from a building after an earthquake in Mexico City, Monday, April 27, 2009.  A strong earthquake struck central Mexico on Monday, swaying tall buildings in the capital and sending office workers into the streets.. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)AP - A strong earthquake struck central Mexico on Monday, swaying tall buildings in the capital and rattling nerves in a city already tense from a swine flu outbreak suspected of killing as many as 149 people nationwide


Nigerian rights groups hold vigil for abducted Canadian (AFP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 04:19 PM PDT

Nigerian policemen in Lagos, 2002. A coalition of 75 rights groups in northern Nigeria Monday staged a candlelit vigil in Kaduna over the kidnap ten days ago of a Canadian woman, the organisers and local residents said.(AFP/File/Pius Otomi Ekpei)AFP - A coalition of 75 rights groups in northern Nigeria Monday staged a candlelit vigil in Kaduna over the kidnap ten days ago of a Canadian woman, the organisers and local residents said.


Myanmar opposition meets on next year's election (AP)

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 06:39 PM PDT

AP - Myanmar's military government tightened security as the country's pro-democracy party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Tuesday to discuss political issues including next year's planned election.

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