2009年1月19日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Israeli officials: Gaza troops out by inauguration (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:06 AM CST

Israeli soldiers return to Israel early morning January 18, 2009 after a combat mission in Gaza. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)AP - Israeli officials say their troops will leave the Gaza Strip before President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated on Tuesday.

Gitmo war court back for what may be last session (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:42 AM CST

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a man walks through a hangar used as a media center, on the site of an old closed-down airport, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. President-elect Barack Obama has said he intends to close the offshore prison on a U.S. Navy base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)AP - Military judges in a Guantanamo war crimes court were pressing forward Monday with hearings against five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks and a Canadian accused of killing a U.S. soldier.

Pakistan temporarily halts US-NATO supplies (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:44 AM CST

In this picture released exclusively to Reuters on January 17, 2009, Taliban militants are seen with their weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan January 16, 2009. Taliban militants, fighting to overthrow the Western-backed Afghan government and drive out foreign troops, have launched hundreds of suicide attacks in the last two years, but some 80 percent of the victims are Afghan civilians. While Taliban influence has spread from their traditional heartlands in the south and east to areas closer to the capital, there were fewer attacks inside Kabul last year than in 2007 with many more police checkpoints throughout the city. Picture taken January 16, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer (AFGHANISTAN)AP - Pakistan temporarily closed the major land supply route to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Monday after suspected insurgents killed a soldier and wounded 14, adding urgency to efforts to secure alternative supply lines as more U.S. troops head to the region.

In Rafah, despair and hope at the border (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:53 AM CST

In this Jan. 2, 2009 file photo, stranded Palestinians walk toward the gate as they try to get a permission to cross back into Gaza, at the Egyptian border crossing terminal of Rafah, Egypt. Along Rafah's bustling streets, ambulances ferry hundreds of wounded from the border to Egyptian hospitals. Meanwhile, aid workers and doctors from around the world bide their time at cafes, waiting, impotently, for a chance to enter the coastal strip to help. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)AP - Packed into a station wagon, under dozens of boxes of blankets, clothing and food, was the casket bearing the body of Hanan Abu Traz's 20-year-old daughter, Sabreen.

NKorean media renew threats against SKorea (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:22 AM CST

South Korean tourists walk by display of North Korea's Scud-B missile model, center, and other South Korean missiles at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. South Korea said its military forces remained on alert Sunday a day after North Korea issued a statement pledging 'an all-out confrontational posture.' (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea warned Monday that it does not engage in "empty talk" and has "guns and bayonets" aimed at its southern neighbor, heightening tensions surrounding its threat to take military action to counter what it calls South Korean plans to invade.

Ukrainian PM heads to Moscow to sign gas deal (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 03:01 AM CST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, greets Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko who is in Moscow for talks aimed at restoring Russian natural gas supplies to Europe, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Yulia Tymoshenko met with Vladimir Putin briefly before they both headed to the Kremlin for a broader conference. Ukrainian, Russian and European officials held talks in Moscow on Saturday in an effort to restore Russian natural gas supplies to Europe after a damaging 11-day halt in deliveries piped across Ukraine. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - The Ukrainian prime minister is heading to Moscow to sign a deal aimed at restoring gas supplies to Europe.

Al-Sadr's followers eye comeback in Jan. 31 vote (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 08:33 PM CST

A poster depicting radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shares space with campaign posters for candidates in the upcoming provincial elections in Amarah, Iraq, is seen in his office on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Supporters of al-Sadr are hoping for a comeback in regional elections to win back their place as major political players after a string of military and political setbacks last year. The Sadrists' best chance for success could be here in Amarah, an oil-rich area near the Iranian border that had been controlled by the cleric's followers until a crackdown last year by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hope to win back their position as a major force in this month's regional elections after a string of military and political setbacks last year.

Salvador's leftists try for first presidential win (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 10:50 PM CST

Voters cast their ballots during mayoral and deputies elections at a pooling station in San Salvador, Sunday , Jan. 18 , 2009. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)AP - El Salvador's former guerrillas are poised to take over the country, 17 years after peace accords ended the country's bloody civil war.

Zimbabwe unity government enters D-Day: report (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 01:51 AM CST

Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrives at the airport in Harare January 17. Monday was D-Day for Zimbabwe's inclusive government after political rivals said a fresh round of mediated talks could be a last ditch attempt at a unity deal, state media reported.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)AFP - Monday was D-Day for Zimbabwe's inclusive government after political rivals said a fresh round of mediated talks could be a last ditch attempt at a unity deal, state media reported.

Citi says still committed to Japanese brokerage (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 03:00 AM CST

A man walks past the headquarters of Nikko Cordial Securities in Tokyo January 19, 2009. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters - Citigroup said on Monday it is still committed to its Japanese brokerage and asset management units, denying media reports that the U.S. bank is actively looking to unload a major part of its Japanese business.

Australian sentenced for insulting Thai monarchy (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:49 AM CST

Australian writer Harry Nicolaides speaks with journalists from a criminal court cell while waiting to hear charges in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. Nicolaides, 41, said he will plead guilty to criminal charges of insulting Thailand's royal family in his 2005 novel, adding that he has endured 'unspeakable suffering' during almost five months in detention. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - An Australian writer was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for insulting Thailand's royal family in his novel, a rare conviction of a foreigner amid a crackdown on people and Web sites deemed critical of the monarchy.

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