2009年7月18日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News


Fugitive terrorist a suspect in Indonesia bombings (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 09:52 AM PDT

Indonesian police search people as they enter the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Jakarta the morning after a bombing, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Investigators say suicide bombers who stayed as guests attacked American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital and set blasts Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)AP - The mangled faces of two suspected suicide attackers may be the main clue linking the bombings of two luxury American hotels in the Indonesian capital with a notorious al-Qaida-linked militant network that has struck many times before.


Clinton defends US demands for anti-terror help (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:50 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, smiles as she interacts with members of Self Employed Women's Association, a non-government organization, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Clinton opened a three-day visit to India on Saturday by urging India not to make the same mistakes the U.S. has on climate change and emphasizing the nations' mutual interest in fighting global terrorism. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)AP - Off the injured list and back on the world stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday gave an impassioned defense of American demands that India and other countries do more to tackle terrorism and global warming.


Post-coup Mauritania holds presidential vote (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 02:18 PM PDT

Poll workers break for Muslim prayer, with the ballot box placed in front of them for security, at a polling station in the village of Ouad Naga, 50 kilometers outside Nouakchott, Mauritania Saturday, July 18, 2009. A former military general who ousted this Islamic nation's first freely elected president is vying to become its legitimate ruler in elections Saturday to return power to civilian rule.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - A former army general who seized power by overthrowing this Islamic republic's first freely elected president last year is gunning for Mauritania's presidency again — this time legitimately, through the ballot box.


World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:10 AM PDT

File - Britain's oldest man Henry Allingham aged 112 and the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War, holds a copy of his book at a launch in London, in this Sept.23, 2008 file photo. St Dunstan's care home in Ovingdean, near Brighton on England's south coast, says Allingham died early Saturday July 18, 2009. He was one of only two surviving World War I veterans in Britain and had been the world's oldest man since June 19. He was 113.   (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - Only death could silence Henry Allingham.


US fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan; 2 crew dead (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 08:27 AM PDT

Afghan children play football in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, July 17, 2009.  (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet crashed early Saturday in central Afghanistan, killing the two crew members, the U.S. military said.


How the Jakarta Bombers Slipped Through Hotel Security (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 10:35 PM PDT

Time.com - While security had been beefed up, the suicide bombers still managed to take advantage of lax enforcement and cracks in the system

Amir Khan wins WBA light-welterweight title (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 04:23 PM PDT

British boxer Amir Khan (L) and Ukranian boxer Andreas Kotelnik pose in Salford, northwest England, on July 15, 2009. Khan successfully stepped up a weight division to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title from Kotelnik with a unanimous points win here Saturday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Amir Khan successfully stepped up a weight division to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title from Andreas Kotelnik with a unanimous points win here Saturday.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,327 (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, July 18, 2009, at least 4,327 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mediator proposes Honduras crisis plan; govt balks (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 05:01 PM PDT

Supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya protest outside the site of talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras in San Jose, Saturday, July 18, 2009.  Zelaya, who was forced into exile in a June 28 military coup, gave negotiators meeting in Costa Rica until midnight to restore him to office, threatening to return to Honduras in secret and attempt to retake power on his own if no agreement is reached. He indicated he would reject any power-sharing agreement, a proposal to be discussed at the talks. (AP Photo/Kent Gilbert)AP - Hopes for a quick resolution to Honduras' political crisis dimmed when its interim government balked at a plan presented in talks Saturday to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya and form a national unity government.


Mauritania: detained Islamists killed American (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 10:51 AM PDT

AP - Mauritania's state security chief says two men detained in a late-night shootout in the capital are part of an al-Qaida-linked terror cell that killed an American citizen last month.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 667 (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 05:16 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, July 18, 2009, at least 667 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Ken Loach takes Israel stance down under (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 08:42 PM PDT

Filmmaker and activist Ken Loach, seen here,has moved to withdraw his work from Melbourne's International Film Festival in protest against partial sponsorship from Israel, a report said Saturday(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - Filmmaker and activist Ken Loach has moved to withdraw his work from Melbourne's International Film Festival in protest against partial sponsorship from Israel, a report said Saturday.


2 million pilgrims visit shrine as Iraqi security forces pass test (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 Jul 2009 11:30 AM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces passed their first big test minus American troops with flying colors -- and with veil-to-sandal searches of an estimated 2 million pilgrims at one of Shiite Islam's most sacred shrines.

A Sequel to the Case of the Pregnant Nine-Year Old (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 10:35 PM PDT

Time.com - The Catholic Church came under criticism after it excommunicated the family and doctor in a controversial abortion. Now, it has clarified its position

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