2009年5月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Soldier charged in comrades' deaths showed stress (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:42 PM PDT

Wilburn C. Russell, 73, wipes his eyes after talking to reporters in front of the  house his son U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell purchased in Sherman, Texas, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.  Russell's son is accused of killing five fellow troops at their base  in Iraq.   (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - The U.S. military command launched an investigation Tuesday into whether it offers adequate mental health care to its soldiers, a day after a sergeant finishing up his third tour of Iraq allegedly shot and killed five comrades at a clinic on a U.S. base.


Vatican defends Pope Benedict as ardent anti-Nazi (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 02:02 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves to worshippers as he arrives to a mass in the Kidron Valley, outside Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The Pope is on a five day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - The Vatican defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday as a man of strong anti-Nazi credentials and a peacemaker in the face of mounting Israeli criticism and Arab anger over the Israeli occupation.


20 dead as US, Afghans battle suicide bombers (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:40 PM PDT

Smokes billows over buildings as an Afghan security man stands guard, left, following attacks on government buildings in Khost province east of Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Teams of suicide bombers and insurgents attacked government buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking running gun battles in a major Afghan city, officials said. Armed insurgents took government workers hostage and ambushed an American quick-reaction force, wounding one U.S. soldier. (AP Photo/Nashanuddin Khan)AP - Eleven Taliban suicide bombers attacked government buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking running gunbattles that killed at least 20 people and wounded three U.S. troops, officials said. U.S. and Afghan troops freed 20 hostages taken by the insurgents.


Joyful Saberi, free from Iran jail, thanks backers (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 10:26 AM PDT

US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi waves as she talks with media in Tehran, Iran  on Tuesday May 12, 2009.  Saberi had been freed from prison Monday after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence. Roxana , a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, was convicted last month of spying for the U.S. and sentenced to eight years in prison. An appeals court reduced her jail term on Monday to a two-year suspended sentence. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)AP - A joyful Roxana Saberi on Tuesday thanked those who helped win her release after four months in a Tehran prison. Her lawyer revealed that the American journalist was convicted of spying for the U.S. in part because she had a copy of a confidential Iranian report on the U.S. war in Iraq.


Demjanjuk in German prison for Nazi guard charges (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:07 PM PDT

Former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, seen here in 1992, has arrived in Germany from the United States to face charges that he assisted in the murder of over 29,000 Jews(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AP - Sitting in a wheelchair and breathing through a nasal tube, retired auto worker John Demjanjuk listened silently Tuesday as a German judge read a 21-page warrant accusing him of acting as an accessory to the murder of 29,000 people at a Nazi death camp.


Man Utd on brink of title at Wigan (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:02 PM PDT

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, pictured during a press conference in London on May 4. Ferguson's team have been warned by France defender Patrice Evra that they could yet throw the title away if they allow any hint of complacency to creep in ahead of their trip to the JJB Stadium.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Manchester United can move to within one point of wrapping up a third straight Premier League title by beating Wigan here on Wednesday.


Mubarak to Israel: Progress before recognition (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes the hand of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, as they deliver a joint communique to the media after meeting together in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Monday, May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Progress in peace negotiations must come before Arab recognition of Israel, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in an interview with Israel TV broadcast late Tuesday.


Brazil floods ease, but 267K still homeless (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:26 PM PDT

An aerial view of the flooded town of Araioses, Maranhao state, Brazil, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Flooding has killed 40 and forced nearly 300,000 Brazilians from their homes. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Thousands of Brazilians returned home Tuesday following devastating floods but water kept on rising in some places and civil defense officials used helicopters, trucks and boats to deliver aid to victims in isolated communities.


African incomes to drop for first time in 15 years: AfDB (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:30 PM PDT

President of the African Bank of Development (BAD) Donald Kaberuka attends a BAD round table assembly in Dakar. AFP - Per capita income in Africa will fall in 2009 for the first time in 15 years, the head of the African Development Bank warned Tuesday, in the latest grim assessment for the world's poorest continent.


Tillman's parents want general's record reviewed (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2003 file photo, released by Photography Plus, shows former Arizona Cardinals football player Pat Tillman. The parents of slain NFL star say senators should scrutinize a general's role in mischaracterizing their son's death before putting him in charge of military operations in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Photography Plus via Williamson Stealth Media Solutions, FILE)AP - The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations in Afghanistan.


Australia unveils record $44.1bln budget deficit (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 02:50 AM PDT

Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan speaking at a press conference in Sydney, February 2009. Australia will post a record 57.6 billion Australian dollar (44.1 billion US) deficit in 2009-10 as it battles the worst global recession since the Great Depression, Treasurer Swan has said.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia will post a record 57.6 billion Australian dollar (44.1 billion US) deficit in 2009-10 as it battles the worst global recession since the Great Depression, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Tuesday.


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