2009年1月8日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:54 AM CST

An Israeli firefighter looks at the damage made after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a building in the northern Israeli coastal town of Nahariya, Thursday Jan. 8, 2009. Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, striking a crowded nursing home and threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Yaron Kaminsky)AP - Lebanese militants fired barrages of rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, striking a nursing home and threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Pakistan: National security adviser fired (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:12 AM CST

In this Sept, 23, 2006 file photo, Mahmood Ali Durrani, Pakistan's national security adviser, speaks in Washington, D.C. Pakistan fired its national security adviser amid tensions with India over the Mumbai attacks, a sign of strain on the weak civilian administration as it responds to growing pressure to track down the alleged perpetrators. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, FILE)AP - Pakistan fired its national security adviser amid tensions following the Mumbai attacks, a possible sign of divisions in the weak civilian government over how to react to Indian and international demands it crack down on the alleged masterminds.

Israelis arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 04:08 AM CST

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, hugs his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at the end of a press conference on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009 in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. Sarkozy said Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009 that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have accepted an Egyptian-French plan for Gaza. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg/Pool)AP - Israeli representatives arrived in Cairo Thursday for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza.

Sri Lankan military captures rebel base in north (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:41 AM CST

Sri Lankan army soldiers load ammunition into a tank as they get ready to leave for the war front at Paranthan junction in Killinochchi area, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Two days after the military seized the rebels' administrative capital of Kilinochchi, Sri Lankan forces pushed ahead Sunday with an offensive aimed at capturing the Tamil Tigers' last strongholds and crushing the rebel group. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - Sri Lankan forces sweeping down from the north captured an important Tamil Tiger base on the Jaffna peninsula on Thursday, further boxing in the retreating rebel group, the military said.

West Bank feels remote from Gaza fighting (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 01:56 AM CST

A Palestinian man holds his child, wrapped with a traditional Arabic headdress, during a candlelit vigil in support of Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. An Israeli bombardment hit outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, and Palestinian medics said at least 34 people died as international outrage grew over civilian deaths. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - While one part of the Palestinian territories faces the fiercest Israeli onslaught in years, there is little to remind people in the other part of the war except for news reports, requests for blood donations and flags flying at half-staff.

South Korea detains financial "prophet of doom" (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 04:00 AM CST

Reuters - South Korean prosecutors have detained a self-styled financial market prophet who had a large following on the Internet but whose gloomy predictions upset the government battling an economic slump, they said on Thursday.

Lebanese prime minister condemns rocket attacks (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:46 AM CST

AP - Lebanon's prime minister has condemned rocket attacks on Israel from his country as well as the Jewish state's retaliation.

Venezuela to keep sending free fuel to US poor (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:51 AM CST

Joseph P. Kennedy II, left, Citizens Energy Corporation Chairman and President and Citgo Petroleum CEO Alejandro Granado, right, shake hands during a news conference in Boston Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, where they announced that Citgo ends suspension of its free heating oil program for the poor. Kennedy, head of the Boston-based nonprofit which distributes the fuel, credited the direct intervention of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for helping to keep the controversial program going. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)AP - President Hugo Chavez will keep donating heating oil for poor American families in a costly decision that suggests the Venezuelan leader wants to keep to his pledges — and buttress his image — in spite of falling oil prices.

Kidnapped aid workers released in Somalia (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:12 AM CST

AP - Two aid workers kidnapped from Ethiopia by Somali gunmen more than three months ago have been released, their organization said in a statement.

Satyam scandal sparks demand for better governance (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 04:03 AM CST

This July 21, 2006 file photo shows the chairman of India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd. B. Ramalinga Raju addressing the media in Hyderabad, India. Raju quit Wednesday after admitting the company's profits had been inflated for several years, sending shares of the software services provider plunging by more than 70 percent. The plunge in Satyam shares dragged Bombay's Sensex index down nearly 6 percent to 9,728.74. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A, File)AP - Indian business leaders are demanding that authorities beef up corporate governance after an accounting scandal engulfed major outsourcing company Satyam Computer, shaking investor confidence.

Finance fights sex for Aussie dictionary honour (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 12:01 AM CST

Backpackers are seen walking up the steps of the Sydney Opera House. Australia's top dictionary has suggested 'flashpacker' as a term for a backpacker who travels in relative luxury, among many other new entries.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - The global financial crisis competes with old favourites like sex and celebrity in a search launched this week by Australia's top dictionary for the best new word or phrase.

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