2009年12月3日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


Suicide bomber hits Somali graduation, 22 dead (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST

A wounded is being assisted   after the explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Police spokesman, Col. Abdilahi Hassan Barise, says three Somali Cabinet ministers are among nine people killed in a bombing that ripped through a university graduation ceremony, and says the ministers for education, higher education and health were among those killed in the blast.   The officials were attending a graduation ceremony for medical, computer science and engineering students at a hotel in Mogadishu.   African troops protecting the fragile Somali government wage near daily battles with Islamic militants who control much of central and southern Somalia. The Horn of African nation hasn't had a stable government for almost two decades.  (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)AP - A suicide bomber disguised as a woman attacked a graduation ceremony in Somalia on Thursday, turning a rare reason to celebrate into carnage that killed at least 22 people — including medical students, doctors and three government ministers.


AP Interview: Karzai praises Obama's deadline (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:14 PM PST

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks to The Associated Press at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Karzai said that he would do 'whatever it takes' to bring peace, including meeting with Taliban leader Mullah Omar. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - President Hamid Karzai put a brave face Thursday on President Barack Obama's decision to start pulling out troops in mid-2011, telling The Associated Press in his first public response that it will push Afghans to take control of their own destiny.


Homeless S. Africans complain ahead of World Cup (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:46 PM PST

Children play inside the township of Blikkiesdorp, situated on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday,  Dec. 3, 2009. Shamielh Du Toit, 33, prefers the streets of Cape Town to a bare camp on the outskirts of the city were she was pressured to move six month ago . Advocates for the homeless say people like Du Toit are being targeted as the city tries to clean up its image before the 2010 FIFA World Cup draw on Friday and the tournament itself, which takes place next year. (Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - Homeless South Africans complained they were being forced from the streets of Cape Town to make way for a host of star-studded, glamorous events surrounding next year's World Cup tournament.


Pakistan: We need more clarity on US plan (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:31 PM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani, right, attend a joint press conference at Downing Street, London, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Gilani said Pakistan was looking into the implications of the troop surge announced by U.S. President Barack Obama in a major speech Tuesday, including the suggestion that more CIA resources would be deployed to Pakistan. (AP Photo/Andy Rain, Pool)AP - Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday defended his country's efforts in fighting terrorism, saying he didn't believe Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan and that Pakistani security forces had been successful in tackling terrorism within the country's borders.


Guinea's president wounded in renegade attack (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:18 PM PST

FILE-  In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, Guinea military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, during independence day celebrations in Conakry, Guinea.  A renegade faction of Guinea's presidential guard opened fire Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, on the African country's leader, while Moussa Dadis Camera was in Conaikry,  a government spokesman said, amid rumors of deep divisions within the army,  just 11 months after camera sized Presidential power in a military-led coup.  It was not immediately clear if Camera was wounded. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)AP - A renegade faction of Guinea's presidential guard opened fire on the African country's leader Thursday, slightly wounding him amid rumors of deep divisions within the army nearly three months after a military-led massacre of protesters at a peaceful rally.


China Vs. Disney: The Battle for Mulan (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 05:55 AM PST

Time.com - The Chinese have not been happy that the Magic Kingdom appropriated their folkloric heroine for global gain. Now they've come up with their own movie

Clinton seeks allied support for new Afghan policy (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:42 PM PST

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Brussels for talks aimed at rallying more allied support for the Obama administration's plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan.

Iraq VP holds out hope for election law compromise (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 11:34 AM PST

In this photo released by the Iraq government and taken Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, attend a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's scheduled January elections may be postponed by more than a month because of a dispute over an election law, officials said Wednesday, a delay that could threaten the planned U.S. withdrawal of combat troops. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government)AP - Iraq's vice president said Thursday he remains open to talks to break an impasse on holding parliamentary elections scheduled for next month but stands by his demand that minority Sunnis have a greater voice in the voting.


Gitmo judge denies request to expand case (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:50 PM PST

AP - A judge in Guantanamo Bay's war crimes court has denied a request by military prosecutors to expand their case against a Sudanese detainee accused of being a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

Guinea junta chief wounded in attack by soldiers (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:43 PM PST

Reuters - Guinea's junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was wounded in an attack on Thursday by his own soldiers, including the officer implicated in the September 28 killings of pro-democracy protesters.

Afghan training mission faces tough obstacles (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:49 PM PST

Graphic shows location of ground combat forces in Afghanistan, by regional commandAP - America's eight-year effort to build a functional Afghan security force has been a study in slow motion, raising doubts about President Barack Obama's new plan to quickly get the nation's army and police in shape so U.S. forces can begin to leave in 18 months.


CN Rail, union resume contract talks (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:08 AM PST

Reuters - Canadian National Railway Co is resuming labor talks on Thursday with its locomotive engineers after a brief strike, with a one-week deadline to reach a deal on wages, benefits and contract length.

Indonesian journalists to defy 'Balibo' ban (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:49 PM PST

East Timor-born actress, Bea Viegas, speaks at the July premiere of the film 'Balibo' in Melbourne. Indonesia's journalists have vowed to defy a ban on the screening of the Australian movie, saying that the film's depictions of alleged war crimes by Indonesian forces in East Timor is educational.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - Indonesia's journalists Thursday vowed to defy a ban on the screening of Australian movie "Balibo", saying the film depicting alleged war crimes by Indonesian forces in East Timor is educational.


What does Obama's Afghan timeline mean? Depends who's asking (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:22 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is giving different explanations of its July 2011 deadline for the start of an Afghanistan troop withdrawal, assuring foreign officials that it applies only to the 30,000 to 35,000 additional U.S. troops that President Barack Obama is sending next year, but suggesting to Congress that it covers all U.S. forces.

Sri Lanka Tamils: freed from camps, their votes may give them new clout (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST

A poster of the FBI's most wanted terrorist is seen at a press conference. The FBI on Thursday updated its The Christian Science Monitor - Sri Lanka's government freed hundreds of thousands of Tamils from vast internment camps in the north of the island Tuesday – prompted as much by upcoming elections as concerns over human rights, say analysts.


Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War? (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 05:55 AM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, before  the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Time.com - The President offered a reasoned case for expansion in Afghanistan. But Americans need inspiration as well


W. Sahara Activist Badly Weakened by Hunger Strike (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:02 PM PST

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