2009年1月6日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Gaza civilian toll rises; diplomats seek truce (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 12:17 AM CST

Palestinians carry the bodies of three toddlers Ahmed, Mohamed, and Issa Samouni, who according to Palestinian medical sources were killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children as they pressed a bruising offensive against Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.

Russian gas shipments to Balkans via Ukraine cease (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:59 AM CST

AP - Turkey, Romania, Greece and other Balkan nations reported a complete shut off of Russian gas shipped via Ukraine Tuesday, in a sharp escalation of a struggle over energy that threatens Europe as winter sets in.

India: Pakistanis "must have" backed Mumbai attack (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:53 AM CST

AP - Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the deadly Mumbai siege, India's prime minister said Tuesday, stopping just short of directly accusing Islamabad of aiding the gunmen.

Wanted: Border monitors to oversee Gaza truce (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 04:53 PM CST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, gestures during a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Sarkozy is in the Middle East to meet with Israeli, Palestinian and other regional leaders in a push to end the fighting in Gaza. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)AP - The contours of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas are emerging, with diplomacy focusing on international guarantees, including foreign border monitors to oversee any agreement.

Member of Iraq president party killed in drive-by (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:54 AM CST

Ashura battle : Iraqi Shiite Muslims reenact the battle in which the revered Imam Hussein was killed, in the holy city of Karbala, about 110 kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on the occasion of the Ashura mourning period. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Iraqi police say gunmen have killed a member of President Jalal Talabani's political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk.

Russian gas situation 'dramatically' worse: EU official (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 04:00 AM CST

A woman passes by a gas pipe of the gas-compressor station in the small Ukrainian city of Boyarka, near Kiev on January 4. The situation with deliveries of Russian gas to Europe AFP - The situation with deliveries of Russian gas to Europe "changed very dramatically" overnight and is "getting worse," a top member of a European Union delegation in Kiev said on Tuesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,221 (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 08:09 PM CST

Ashura battle : Iraqi Shiite Muslims reenact the battle in which the revered Imam Hussein was killed, in the holy city of Karbala, about 110 kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on the occasion of the Ashura mourning period. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - As of Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at least 4,221 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Guatemalan mudslide kills 35, injures 15 (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 09:25 PM CST

Rescue workers stand among bags holding the victims of a landslide at a cemetary in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. A massive landslide tore down the side of a mountain and buried a northern Guatemalan highway Sunday, killing at least 34 people and leaving rescue workers to dig for more victims Monday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Rescuers dug through tons of mud late Monday in search of more victims of a massive landslide that buried a long stretch of highway in northern Guatemala, killing at least 35 coffee workers and travelers using the road.

Pirates attack French vessel off Nigerian coast (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 04:50 PM CST

This photo taken Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 provided by French Defense Minister shows suspected pirates arrested by Marine commandos of the French Navy in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia coasts. French government officials say the Jean de Vienne intercepted and captured 19 pirates Sunday as they tried to take over two cargo ships, one Croatian and the other Panamian. French Navy vessel Jean de Vienne is seen on background. (AP Photo/French Navy/French Defense Minister/HO)AP - Pirates hijacked a French boat and took its nine crew members hostage in the latest attack in some of the world's most dangerous waters off oil-rich southern Nigeria, the boat's owner said Monday.

Private TV station attacked in Sri Lanka: police (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:44 AM CST

Sri Lankan policemen in Colombo in September 2008. Attackers torched a private TV station in Sri Lanka Tuesday after it was labelled AFP - Attackers torched a private TV station in Sri Lanka Tuesday after it was labelled "unpatriotic" for its coverage of the war against Tamil rebels, police and media activists said.

Australia wife charged for setting husband on fire (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 10:20 PM CST

AP - An Australian woman has been charged with murder after allegedly setting her husband's genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair.

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