2009年1月13日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Israeli army chief: Troops to continue Gaza fight (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:21 AM CST

People look at the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel's offensive, at Shifa hospital in Gaza January 11, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)AP - Israel's military chief says his troops have inflicted damage on Hamas in the Gaza Strip but will continue fighting to achieve more.

Russia restarts pumping gas to Europe (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:01 AM CST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, right, are seen during their meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Russia's state gas monopoly has promised to resume shipping Europe-bound gas through Ukraine on Tuesday morning, nearly a week after it shut off the taps and forced countless Europeans to huddle cold and resentful in freezing homes. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Russia's Gazprom state gas monopoly resumed pumping gas to Europe via Ukraine Tuesday after a six-day cutoff that left large parts of Europe cold and dark.

Closing Gitmo requires tough judgments on inmates (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:08 AM CST

A new satellite image of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, supplied by GeoEye, was collected by an IKONOS satellite on Jan. 1, 2009, from 423 miles in space as the satellite moved over the Caribbean from north to south at 17,000 mph. Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, that one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay is located on the eastern tip of Cuba. (AP Photo/GeoEye)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's planned review of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, a prelude to closing the detention center, must weigh the threats posed by an extraordinarily diverse group, from die-hard jihadists to innocent men swept up in war.

Shots fired at Israeli patrol on Jordan border (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:18 AM CST

AP - The Israeli military says one or more gunmen have opened fire on an army patrol along the Israel-Jordan border.

Egypt in more talks with Hamas (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:52 AM CST

AP - Envoys of the militant Palestinian Hamas are continuing talks in Cairo with officials on an Egyptian truce proposal for the embattled Gaza Strip where the Israeli offensive is in its third week.

FTSE 100 shares in the red (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:44 AM CST

Shares in London were in the red at the start of trade as commodity prices took a beating and on investor worries about a global economic slowdown.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Shares in London were in the red at the start of trade on Tuesday as commodity prices took a beating and on investor worries about a global economic slowdown.

Two men stoned to death in Iran (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:32 AM CST

AP - Two men convicted of adultery were stoned to death in northeastern Iran last month but a third convicted man managed to escape, Iran's judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.

Olmec giant heads in Mexico damaged by ritual (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 11:07 PM CST

AP - A group performing a ritual poured grape juice, oil and other liquids over four Olmec "colossal head" stone sculptures, badly damaging some of Mexico's most prized archaeological relics, authorities said Monday.

21 Filipino crewmen freed by Somali pirates (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 11:27 PM CST

A handout photo from the US Navy shows Somali pirates at sea. From parachuted bundles of dollar bills to suitcases of cash transiting through east African capitals, there are many ways to deliver ransoms to Somalia's modern-day buccaneers.(AFP/US Navy-HO/File)AP - Somali pirates have freed a Japanese-operated bulk carrier with 21 Filipino crewmen they seized in October, a Philippine official said Tuesday, the third ship to be released in a week.

Sony shock again? Slump may mean operating loss (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:51 AM CST

Sony Executive Deputy President and CEO Katsumi Ihara, center, Executive Vice President Nobu Kurita, left, and General Manager Takao Yoshikawa pose for the media at a press briefing of its new Bravia TV series in Tokyo in this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Sony will post a 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) operating loss this fiscal year through March, its first since 1995, media reports said Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Sony's shares plunged Tuesday on reports that the iconic Japanese electronics maker is sinking into its first yearly operating loss in 14 years as sales fizzle for digital cameras, flat-panel TVs and other gadgets.

Rio Tinto shelves Australian mine development (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:26 AM CST

Mining giant Rio Tinto has suspended a 229 million US dollar development at an Australian copper and gold mine, citing the global financial crisis and falling commodity prices. The announcement follows the Anglo-Australian group's decision Monday to postpone the 2.15 billion US dollar expansion of its Corumba iron ore mine in Brazil due to the worldwide slowdown.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Mining giant Rio Tinto on Tuesday has suspended a 229 million US dollar development at an Australian copper and gold mine, citing the global financial crisis and falling commodity prices.

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