2009年1月15日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

UN chief condemns Israeli shelling of UN compound (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:32 AM CST

Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza as Israeli tanks are seen near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli tanks shelled downtown Gaza City on Thursday and ground troops thrust deep into a crowded neighborhood for the first time, sending terrified residents fleeing for cover and ratcheting up the pressure on Gaza's Hamas rulers to accept a proposed cease-fire to end a devastating Israeli offensive. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - The U.N. chief says he has expressed "strong protest and outrage" to Israel over the shelling of a United Nations compound in Gaza City.

Pakistan detains dozens allegedly linked to Mumbai (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:01 AM CST

AP - Pakistan has arrested more than 100 people in a crackdown on groups allegedly linked to the Mumbai attacks, a top official said Thursday, adding that the information India has handed over still needs work before it can be used as evidence in court.

Japan parties ready for annual conventions (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:03 AM CST

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso bites his finger as he attends the lower house budget committee in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. While the public support for the prime minister plunges to new lows, former Financial Services Minister Yoshimi Watanabe said he would break away from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, after his policy proposals met the prime minister's rejection. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - It's rally time in Tokyo. Japan's two biggest political parties hold annual conventions this weekend and here's what's on the plate: The world's second-largest economy is tanking, the ruling bloc is struggling to avert a meltdown and Prime Minister Taro Aso is so unpopular that voters increasingly want his main rival to take over.

Vatican secret confession tribunal opens up (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:36 PM CST

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his speech during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 14 , 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - One of the Vatican's most secrecy shrouded tribunals, which handles confessions of sins so grave only the pope can grant absolution, is giving the faithful a peek into its workings for the first time in its 830-year history.

China economy grew to world's 3rd largest in 2007 (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 03:19 PM CST

In this Oct. 21, 2008 file photo the city skyline is seen from the Shanghai World Financial Center in Shanghai, China, Tuesday Oct. 21, 2008. In the foreground is the Jinmao Tower, and at center the Oriental Pearl TV tower. China issued revised data for 2007 on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, that showed its economy has surpassed Germany to become the world's third-largest behind the U.S. and Japan. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)AP - China's economy grew to the world's third-largest in 2007, new data showed Wednesday, another milestone in the country's stunning ascent in the global pecking order that puts it behind only Japan and the United States.

Russian ruble dips to decade low (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:06 AM CST

AP - Russia's ruble fell to its lowest point in more than a decade against the dollar Thursday as the Central Bank continued a policy of controlled devaluation.

Cartoonist chronicles military's Iraq odyssey (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:48 AM CST

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Steve Opet, 54, of Weirton, W.Va., who pens a cartoon called 'Opet's Odyssey,' is seen in his office at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. For nearly 15 months, he has chronicled the lighter side of war, in 'Opet's Odyssey' — cartoons that lampoon the sometimes humorous, sometimes inane side of military life in Iraq. 'Let's face it, I'm in the Army,' Opet, 54, of Weirton, W.Va., said recently during an interview from this sprawling base on the outskirts of Baghdad. 'And sometimes, funny stuff happens.' (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Army Master Sgt. Steve Opet finds humor in war.

Venezuela lawmakers OK unlimited re-election bill (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 09:10 PM CST

A National Guard fires tear gas at university students during a protest in Caracas, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Students protested against a proposed referendum that could allow Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez run for re-election indefinitely.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuelan lawmakers on Wednesday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely, the final step before the proposal goes before voters in a referendum.

Last Ethiopian troops leave Somali capital (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:36 AM CST

Somalis gather around a tank left by Ethiopian troops formerly based in the former Somali defence ministry in Mogadishu Thursday, Jan.15, 2009 . The Somali government called in the Ethiopians two years ago to oust an umbrella Islamic group that had controlled southern Somalia and the capital for six months. But Mogadishu residents resented their presence. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - The last Ethiopian troops backing Somalia's fragile government left the Somali capital Thursday, the prime minister said, as Islamist forces took control of bases that the Ethiopians had vacated.

Sanyo cuts 1,200 jobs, lowers annual forecast (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 05:00 AM CST

AP - Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. said Thursday it will cut 1,200 jobs globally and barely break even in the fiscal year through March as sales get battered by sinking global demand and a strengthening yen.

NZ police use Facebook images to solve burglary (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:03 AM CST

This image provide by the Queenstown Police is closed circuit television image where sparks fly as a burglar attempts to rob the Franklin Tavern in the tourist town of Queenstown early Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. After nearly an hour in the cramped space, the burglar removed his balaclava and gloves and looked around. The police posted the images on the networking site Facebook and quickly after arrested the thief. (AP Photo/Queenstown Police, HO)AP - Police in New Zealand nabbed a man who was trying to crack a bar's safe after posting security camera footage of the act on the Internet networking site Facebook.

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