2009年1月14日星期三

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Israel pounds Gaza as rockets strike from Lebanon (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:05 AM CST

Palestinians extinguish fire at a building following an explosion caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza city, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Israeli aircraft pounded militants' rocket-launching pads, weapons arsenals and dozens of arms smuggling tunnels near the Gaza-Egypt border, the military said Wednesday, as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region to lend his heft to diplomatic efforts to wrest an end to Israel's 19-day assaults. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Israeli aircraft pounded Hamas weapons positions and Gaza smuggling tunnels, witnesses and the military said Wednesday, while militants in Lebanon raised the specter of a new front by sending three rockets crashing into northern Israel.

Putin to meet leaders of gas-starved Balkans (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:08 AM CST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a visit to gas monopoly Gazprom's main control room in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Russia and Ukraine hotly blamed each other Tuesday as Russia restarted natural gas supplies but little or no gas flowed toward Europe. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - The prime ministers of Slovakia and Bulgaria will meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to press for a resumption in natural gas deliveries halted by a dispute between Moscow and Ukraine.

Gaza family stranded for a week by nearby fighting (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:04 AM CST

AP - After Israeli troops shelled their homes in a battle zone on Gaza's border, 30 members of a Bedouin clan hid for a week in an abandoned house.

Spate of shark attacks in Australia rattles nerves (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:03 AM CST

AP - A recent string of shark attacks across Australia has rattled swimmers' nerves, but experts say fear not — it's (relatively) safe to go in the water.

Ethiopian military hands over security of Somalia (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:58 PM CST

Gabre Yohannes Abate, the Ethiopian troop commander in Somalia watches during a farewell ceremony which took place in the presidential palace Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009 .The commander of Ethiopian troops has formally handed over security of Somalia to joint force of Somali government security and militiamen from a faction of the country's Islamists Col. Gabre Yohannes Abate made the hand over Tuesday in a ceremony in the presidential palace as Ethiopian troops pulled out from major bases in the capital, Mogadishu. It's unclear when all the thousands of Ethiopian soldiers will depart. They are expected to leave in stages, not all at once. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - Ethiopia handed over security duties Tuesday to a Somali force, raising fears that the Horn of Africa country — already fighting an Islamic insurgency and rampant piracy — could collapse into chaos if extremists with alleged al-Qaida links move to seize power.

German economy grew by 1.3 percent in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:08 AM CST

AP - The German economy grew by 1.3 percent in 2008, slowing to about half the previous year's level as the global financial crisis took its toll on exports, preliminary government figures showed Wednesday.

Israel stops Iranian aid ship heading to Gaza (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:07 AM CST

Relatives of a Palestinian killed during Israel's offensive react at Shifa hospital in Gaza January 11, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)AP - The Israeli Navy has intercepted an Iranian ship loaded with medicine, food and clothing destined for Gaza and forced the vessel to head toward an Egyptian port, Iran's state television reported Wednesday.

Death toll in Costa Rica quake rises to 20 (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 11:23 PM CST

Aid workers unload donated clothing for victims of the last Thursday's 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Fraijanes de Alajuela, Costa Rica, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Costa Rica's government declared a national emergency today, as the death toll rose to at least 19 victims and 21 people missing, according to the Red Cross. (AP Photo/Kent Gilbert)AP - The death toll from Costa Rica's magnitude-6.1 earthquake has risen to 20 after more bodies were found.

Niger president says UN envoy kidnapped by rebels (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 06:10 PM CST

AP - The president of Niger acknowledged Tuesday that a Canadian diplomat who disappeared during a U.N. mission to the West African nation last month was kidnapped by rebels.

Row over Sri Lanka editor's murder grows as diplomat censured (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 02:50 AM CST

A Sri Lankan man reads a copy of the Sunday Leader which carried an editorial about the death of its editor Lasantha Wickrematunga on January 13. Sri Lanka's government censured a senior international diplomat after he spoke at the funeral of Wickrematunga whose murder has been blamed on the island's rulers.(AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Sri Lanka's government censured a senior international diplomat after he spoke at the funeral of a newspaper editor whose murder has been blamed on the island's rulers, officials said Wednesday.

Australia offers up 'best job': lounge in paradise (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 01:56 AM CST

AP - Position: Island caretaker. Duties: Lazing around Australia's Great Barrier Reef for six months. Salary: 150,000 Australian dollars ($100,000).

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