2009年1月11日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Israel says errant shell caused school blast (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:47 AM CST

Israeli youths stand near the outside wall of an apartment damaged after a rocket landed in the southern city of Beersheba January 11, 2009. Israel and Hamas vowed to keep fighting on Sunday, ignoring international calls to stop the Gaza conflict which entered a 16th day with heavy clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian guerrillas. Israel sent tanks deeper into the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave and threatened to intensify its air and ground assaults against militants who fired more rockets into the Jewish state. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (ISRAEL)AP - Israeli defense officials say an investigation by the military has concluded that an errant Israeli mortar shell was behind a deadly strike near a U.N. school in Gaza last week.

Pakistan: 6 troops, 40 militants killed in attack (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:53 AM CST

A Pakistani soldier patrols a street in Bajaur tribal area in Mohmand Agency, in August. Hundreds of militants attacked Pakistani security forces in a restive tribal area on the Afghan border, sparking clashes that left six soldiers and 40 militants dead, according to military officials.(AFP/File)AP - At least 40 militants were killed and scores of others wounded Sunday as security forces repulsed an attack by about 600 fighters in northwestern Pakistan, a military official said.

Thousands in Europe, Lebanon protest Gaza violence (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 10:36 PM CST

Protesters shout slogans against the Israeli military offensive in Gaza during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Similar protests have occurred almost daily in the Middle East and elsewhere since Israel launched its operation more than two weeks ago to stop rocket fire from the militant Palestinian group Hamas. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Europe and in Lebanon Saturday, shouting protests against the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

Gaza medics face war's carnage daily (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:49 PM CST

In this Jan. 6, 2009 file photo, Palestinians carry a wounded boy who according to Palestinian medical sources was injured in Israeli forces' operations in Gaza, to Shifa hospital in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)AP - The medics who brave Israel's assault on Gaza have come under fire from tanks and faced days-long delays in getting to the scene of attacks, sometimes finding animals gnawing at corpses when they finally reach the dead and wounded.

China to mark defeat of Tibet uprising (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 11:58 PM CST

AP - Chinese-backed Tibetan leaders will soon set a date for what they call "Serf Liberation Day" to mark the defeat 50 years ago of a pro-independence uprising in the Himalayan region, state media reported Sunday.

Russia lets ruble fall as devaluation continues (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:05 AM CST

AP - Russia's Central Bank allowed the ruble to drop sharply against the dollar as the country's long New Year's holiday ended Sunday, resuming a controlled devaluation of the currency that began Nov. 11.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,223 (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 07:03 PM CST

In this Nov. 27, 2003 file photo, President Bush holds up a turkey during a surprise visit to the troops at Baghdad airport. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - As of Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, at least 4,223 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Bus crashes into Peru ravine, killing 33 (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 07:52 PM CST

Bodies of victims of a bus crash lie on the ground at the site of the accident in the Cajamarca region, some 900 km, 550 miles, north of Lima, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Peruvian police say at least 35 people are dead and 23 injured after a bus ran off a remote, rain-slicked mountain road. (AP Photo)AP - A bus ran off a slick mountain road into a ravine in northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 33 people, police said.

Somali MPs to vote January 26 for new president (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 04:42 PM CST

The transitional parliament of war-torn Somalia will convene later this month to elect a new head of state, African Union commissioner for peace and security Ramtane Lamamra, pictured here in August 2008, told AFP in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - The transitional parliament of war-torn Somalia will convene later this month to elect a new head of state, an African Union official announced Saturday.

Japan PM seeks new ties with SKorea by sidestepping tensions (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 02:44 AM CST

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (centre) visits the National Cemetery in Seoul, on January 11. Aso arrived in Seoul, in a trip aimed at boosting economic cooperation with the Asian neighbor, while Afghanistan and North Korea also high on agenda.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has sought to build a closer economic relationship with South Korea to help both countries weather the global financial crisis.

Canadian arrested smuggling drugs in forklift (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 11:48 AM CST

A package of cocaine seized in Colombia in 2008. A Canadian man has been charged with trying to smuggle more than two million dollars (1.4 million US) worth of cocaine into Australia inside a forklift from Mexico, police said Saturday.(AFP/File/Mauricio Duenas)AFP - A Canadian man has been charged with trying to smuggle more than two million dollars (1.4 million US) worth of cocaine into Australia inside a forklift from Mexico, police said Saturday.

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