2009年8月30日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News


Colombian president comes down with the swine flu (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:18 PM PDT

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe talks to reporters before the UNASUR summit in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)AP - President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials are contacting other South American governments whose leaders attended a summit last week with the Colombian leader, authorities said Sunday.


Calls for fast action in Japan after historic vote (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:01 PM PDT

Yukio Hatoyama, leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, smiles surrounded by red rosettes attached on victorious candidates' names during the ballot counting for the parliamentary elections at the party's election center in Tokyo Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. The DPJ was set to win 300 of the 480 seats in the lower house of parliament, ousting the Liberal Democrats, who have governed Japan for all but 11 months since 1955, according to projections by all major Japanese TV networks. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - The morning after a historic victory by Japan's opposition party in national elections, pressure was already mounting Monday for quick, definitive action on a host of problems facing the country, with jump-starting the economy at the top of the list.


American commander: US on the road out of Iraq (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 02:49 PM PDT

FILE  - In this June 22, 2009 file photo, a U.S. Army soldier carries American flags used at a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history, shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history — shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city.


Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert indicted (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2006, file photo Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert adjusts his shirt collar during an engagement at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Israeli legal authorities have indicted former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges.	The indictments filed Sunday charge Olmert with illegally accepting funds from an American backer, double-billing for trips abroad. He faces charges including fraud and breach of trust. Olmert has denied any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer/file)AP - Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on corruption charges Sunday, becoming the first Israeli premier to go on trial and highlighting a series of cases that have shaken the public's faith in the political system.


Blast kills 16 Pakistan cadets; NATO trucks bombed (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 12:02 PM PDT

Pakistani firefighters battle with a fire, after an explosion, in Chaman, a Pakistani town along the Afghan border, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. An explosion ripped through a line of trucks ferrying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan, setting several oil tankers ablaze Sunday at a backed-up Pakistani border crossing, police said. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid)AP - Bombings targeted a Pakistani police station and set a NATO fuel convoy ablaze Sunday, killing 16 cadets in the northwest's Swat Valley and threatening the supply line to international forces in Afghanistan in a separate attack near the border.


Japan's Election: Opposition Wins Historic Victory (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:55 AM PDT

Time.com - Victorious Democratic Party of Japan candidates hoarsely shouted the celebratory phrase "banzai" after exit polls showed Japan's main opposition party blasted the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party from its virtually untested 54-year reign

WW2 singer Vera Lynn returns to British album charts (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 03:13 PM PDT

Dame Vera Lynn, pictured in 2005, the AFP - Dame Vera Lynn, the "sweetheart" of the armed forces during World War II, became on Sunday the oldest living artist to reach the top 20 of Britain's album charts, her record company said.


US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,337 (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:24 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, at least 4,337 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Shooting kills 8 revelers in Mexican coastal town (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 04:21 PM PDT

AP - Gunmen opened fire on a crowd of young people partying at a seaside boulevard in northwestern Mexico, killing eight people and wounding four, an official said Sunday.

Gabon awaits poll outcome, Bongo's son confident (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:16 PM PDT

Ali Ben Bongo, Gabon's Defence Minister and the son of late President Omar Bongo, addresses mourners at his father's funeral in Libreville June 16, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Gabon's voters waited on Monday for the first results of an election for a successor to long-time leader Omar Bongo, with the late president's son tipped for power in the central African oil-producing state.


China denounces Dalai Lama visit to Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:09 PM PDT

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is greeted by Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (R) as he arrives at the Taoyuan International Airport August 30, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky LohReuters - China denounced the Dalai Lama's trip to Taiwan, saying the visit by a man Beijing brands a separatist could "have a negative influence" on relations between the mainland and Taiwan, state media reported on Monday.


Australia probes North Korea weapons for Iran seizure (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 05:48 AM PDT

Reuters - Australia will investigate the case of a shipment of North Korean weapons seized from an Australian-owned ship en route to Iran to see if its laws were broken, Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said Sunday.

Zuma says Zimbabwe making progress (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - After meeting with the members of Zimbabwe's coalition government, South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday said the six-month-old national unity government was functioning well.

U.S.-Colombia Pact Causes Stir Among Neighbors (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:55 AM PDT

Time.com - Hugo Chavez isn't the only Latin American leader unhappy about the military agreement between the two nations

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