2009年1月23日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Rwanda arrests Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 02:18 AM CST

Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda salutes during a rally in Rutshuru, 70 km north of Goma in eastern Congo, in this November 22, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyAP - In a startling turn against its former ally, Rwanda has arrested Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda after he fled a joint operation launched by the armies of the two nations, a Congolese military spokesman said Friday.

Happy with wartime leaders — and Netanyahu, too (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 02:22 AM CST

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Gaza Strip on Sunday meant to end three devastating weeks of war against militants who have tramautized southern Israel for years with rocket attacks. But hours after the truce took hold, militants fired a volley of rockets into Israel, threatening to reignite the violence. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)AP - With a general election less than three weeks away, Israel's bruising offensive against the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers has revived the flagging approval ratings of the country's wartime leaders.

China: Parents of milk victims demand better deal (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 01:48 AM CST

Zheng Shuzhen, center, the grandmother of a baby who died after drinking tainted milk, is supported by friends as she cries outside the Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, in China's Hebei province Thursday Jan. 22, 2009. Verdicts and sentencing were expected at the court Thursday for 21 people charged in the tainted milk scandal. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Chinese parents whose children were sickened after drinking contaminated milk pushed the government for greater accountability and compensation Friday, a day after a court handed down two death penalties and long prison terms for 19 other defendants.

Analysis: For Cuba and US, making up is hard to do (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 08:22 PM CST

Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, speaks to students from his car after visiting the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Raul Castro says Barack Obama seems like a good guy, and his brother Fidel says no one can doubt his sincerity. The new U.S. president wants to sit down and negotiate, and is in a better position to do so than any other since Eisenhower.

Europe lauds Obama shutdown of secret CIA prisons (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 03:54 PM CST

AP - U.S. President Barack Obama's decision Thursday to shut secret CIA-run prisons abroad brought renewed calls for their locations to be disclosed as well a fresh denial from Poland, one of two eastern European countries most closely linked to the practice.

UK's Brown seeks global response to recession (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 02:35 AM CST

AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the duration of Britain's recession depends on the degree of international cooperation in battling the economic crisis.

Gitmo closure: A welcome decision, but late (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 08:06 PM CST

President Barack Obama caps his pen after he signed an executive order closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden, second from left, and retired military officers applaud. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - For Jomaa al-Dosari, Barack Obama's decision to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay is seven years too late. The Saudi national spent six years in the detention facility, never knowing the charges against him, never facing a trial and always asserting that he was not a terrorist.

Castro says he probably won't be around in 4 years (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 10:41 PM CST

Cuban schoolchildren perform near a photograph of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at a school in Old Havana January 19, 2009. Cuban President Raul Castro dismissed rumors on Wednesday that his older brother Fidel was at death's door, saying he is exercising and helping him in his duties. REUTERS/Enrique De La OsaAP - Fidel Castro said Thursday he doubts he'll make it to the end of Barack Obama's four-year term and instructed Cuban officials to start making their decisions without taking him into account.

Congo rebel leader Nkunda arrested in Rwanda (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 02:09 AM CST

Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda gives a speech during a rally in Rutshuru, 70 km (45 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, November 22, 2008. (Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters)Reuters - Congolese Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was arrested in Rwanda after he resisted a joint Rwandan-Congolese military operation designed to pacify eastern Congo, officials said on Friday.

Thailand meets regional ambassadors over immigration (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 02:36 AM CST

A group of refugees is seen on the Thai island of Koh Sai Baed. A senior official from Thailand's foreign ministry is set to meet with ambassadors from neighbouring nations to discuss illegal immigration, a ministry spokesman told AFP.(AFP/SCMP/File)AFP - A senior Thai official has met ambassadors from neighbouring nations to discuss illegal immigration after allegations that the Thai army left desperate boat people on the open seas to die.

Bosnians, Serbs scuffle after Djokovic-Delic match (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2009 01:35 AM CST

AP - Insults, bottles and chairs were hurled back and forth between dozens of Bosnian and Serbian youths who had earlier peacefully watched an Australian Open match on Friday.

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