2009年12月31日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


AP sources: Suicide bomber was invited on base (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:09 PM PST

Map locates Khost province, Afghanistan where a suicide bomber targeted U.S. personelAP - The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday


NKorea vows to achieve nuclear-free Koreas (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 03:48 PM PST

AP - North Korea reaffirmed its commitment to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula in a New Year's message Friday, brightening the prospect that Pyongyang may rejoin the stalled international talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs.

Former Gitmo detainees help al-Qaida grow in Yemen (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:16 PM PST

This image provided by IntelCenter Wednesday Dec. 30, 2009 and taken from a video released Jan. 23, 2009 by al-Malahim Media Foundation, the media arm of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, shows a man IntelCenter identifies as Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi_then a senior leader in AQAP. Al-Oufi, who was once held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay and then released in Nov. 2007, later surrendered in Yemen and was handed over to the Saudis. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)AP - As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family's furniture store.


Arabic study may have been cover for bomb suspect (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:32 PM PST

The San'a Institute for the Arabic Language in San'a, Yemen is seen Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, where Nigerian suspect in the Christmas Day airline attack Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was an Arabic student. The San'a Institute for the Arabic Language told The Associated Press that Abdulmutallab was an Arabic student at the school in August. Administrators at the school said Monday that the director of the school, Muhammad al-Anisi, has spent two days being questioned by Yemeni security officials. He remained in custody Tuesday.    (AP photo)AP - The Nigerian suspected of trying to bring down a U.S. airliner with explosives might have used Arabic studies as a pretext for entering Yemen before disappearing for months, perhaps into one of the lawless country's al-Qaida strongholds, fellow students and teachers said.


Gunman kills 5, then self, in Finland (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:55 PM PST

This image made available Thursday Dec. 31, 2009 on the website of Finland's Police shows the suspected gunman in Finland's New Year Eve holiday shooting at a shopping mall in a suburb of the capital Helsinki, Finland, killing at least four. Police identify the gunman as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli, who apparently killed his ex-wife in a nearby apartment before going on a rampage at the mall.  (AP Photo/Finland Police, HO)AP - A lone gunman dressed in black killed five people, including four in a crowded shopping mall, before returning home and taking his own life on Thursday. It was the third such massacre in Finland in about two years, and once again raised questions about gun control in a Nordic country where hunting is popular.


Can Berlusconi Get His Game Face Back On? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:40 AM PST

Time.com - After one of the worst years of his political career, Italy's prime minister retreats from the public eye, with reports suggesting he may need plastic surgery following a nasty attack

Spain takes reins of revamped EU (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:56 PM PST

Blue lighting and the European flag shine on the Puerta del sol in Madrid to mark the Spanish European Union presidency as people gather to celebrate New Year's Day.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - Spain on Friday assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union, the first under a new leadership structure for the bloc which includes its first full-time president and a new foreign policy supremo.


Activists in Gaza and Israel protest Gaza blockade (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:20 PM PST

Palestinians mark the anniversary of the one-year anniversary of Israel's offensive in Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - Hundreds of demonstrators rallied on opposite sides of an Israeli-Gaza border crossing on Thursday to protest the blockade of the seaside territory imposed by Egypt and Israel.


Official: Bolivian opposition candidate fled to US (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:52 PM PST

AP - A Bolivian government official claims the presidential runner-up has fled to the United States to escape election-fraud charges.

McCarthy ready to quit Rovers as World Cup looms (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 01:51 PM PST

South Africa star Benni McCarthy, pictured on December 2, is ready to leave Blackburn Rovers during the January transfer window to boost his chances of representing his country on home soil at the 2010 World Cup finals.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - South Africa star Benni McCarthy is ready to leave Blackburn Rovers during the January transfer window to boost his chances of representing his country on home soil at the 2010 World Cup finals.


Robredo hopes for second Hopman Cup title (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:14 PM PST

As the only previous winner in the field, Spain's Tommy Robredo (pictured) hopes his experience in the unique format of the mixed teams Hopman Cup will be an advantage when the tournament starts on Saturday. The world No.16 will be making his fourth appearance here and is teamed with experienced countrywoman Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, ranked 26th.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)AFP - As the only previous winner in the field, Spain's Tommy Robredo hopes his experience in the unique format of the mixed teams Hopman Cup will be an advantage when the tournament starts on Saturday.


Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:04 AM PST

A fire-damaged building near Toodyay, about 85 kms northeast of Perth in Western Australia. Emotional householders were given the all-clear to go back to Toodyay, north of Perth, where the inferno raced across thousands of hectares (acres) of scrub and farmland destroying buildings, vehicles and cattle.(AFP/POOL/Nic Ellis)AFP - Shocked residents returned to survey the wreckage on Thursday after Western Australia's worst wildfire in 50 years engulfed 38 homes in an isolated rural community.


Taliban infiltrator in Afghan uniform kills 7 from CIA (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:27 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and contractors and wounded six others at an isolated CIA base in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday was a Taliban infiltrator dressed in an Afghan Army uniform, according to U.S. officials and a Taliban claim of responsibility.

Afghanistan war: Suicide attack highlights Taliban reach (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 09:20 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign Army base in Afghanistan and killed seven CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the US agency’s largest death tolls, while four Canadian troops and a journalist died in a separate attack.

Bicentennial Anxiety: Why Mexicans Are Wary of 2010 (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:40 AM PST

File photo shows the sun shining through the door of a Mayan temple in the Mexican state of Yucatan. Experts are studying the first Mayan hieroglyphic script dealing with the life of a high priest, his blood sacrifices and acts of penance, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said.(AFP/File/Luis Perez)Time.com - The populace is anxious about the bicentennial of the founding of the country because really bad things seem to happen every 100 years


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