2009年1月26日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Congo warlord set for trial at international court (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:57 AM CST

In this Tuesday, June 3, 2003 file photo, a bodyguard stands behind the leader of the rebel Union of Congolese Patriots, Thomas Lubanga, during a rally by the rebel group in Bunia, Congo. The world's first permanent war crimes tribunal begins its historic first trial Monday Jan. 26, 2009 with Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga facing six charges of recruiting children — some as young as 10 years old — and sending them to fight and die in battle. The International Criminal Court's first trial will send a message of hope to Africa's legions of child soldiers — and a warning to the warlords who recruit them that they are no longer above the law, a Congolese activist who helped demobilize young fighters believes. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)AP - The International Criminal Court's historic first trial gets under way Monday, with a Congolese warlord facing six charges of recruiting and sending child soldiers to fight and die in bloody ethnic battles.

Bolivian voters back pro-indigenous constitution (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:59 AM CST

Bolivia's President Evo Morales, right, holding up a copy of the proposed new constitution, attends a political rally in La Paz, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Bolivian voters embraced a new constitution that promises more power for the poor indigenous majority and grants Morales a shot at remaining in office through 2014. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)AP - Bolivians easily approved a new constitution granting more power to the indigenous majority, but its weak support in the opposition-controlled lowland east leaves the racially torn country divided as ever.

Israel vows to back soldiers accused of war crimes (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 12:21 AM CST

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Israel's Cabinet was due to vote Sunday on a measure ensuring the government will provide 'moral and legal support' for military officers in potential court cases related the conduct during Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)AP - Special legal teams will defend Israeli soldiers against potential war crimes charges stemming from civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister said Sunday, promising the country would fully back those who fought in the three-week offensive.

World's highest drug levels entering India stream (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 12:22 AM CST

A man covers his nose to keep out the stench from the polluted Iska Vagu stream in Patancheru, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 28, 2008. Indian factories that make lifesaving drugs swallowed by millions worldwide are creating the worst pharmaceutical pollution ever measured, spewing enough of one antibiotic into a stream each day to treat everyone living in Sweden for a work week. The industrial zone on the outskirts of Hyderabad is home to a hodgepodge of plants making everything from tires and watches to paints and textiles, but dominated by drug companies. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)AP - When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater taken from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Enough of a single, powerful antibiotic was being spewed into one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000.

China dams reveal flaws in climate-change weapon (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 01:11 PM CST

Workers walk past new construction, near the Xiaoxi hydroelectric dam, built for villagers who have been evacuated from the dam site in Changsha, China, Dec. 27, 2008. The hydroelectric dam, a low wall of concrete slicing across an old farming valley, is supposed to help a power company in distant Germany contribute to saving the climate, while putting lucrative 'carbon credits'' into the pockets of Chinese developers. But in the end the new Xiaoxi dam may do nothing to lower global-warming emissions as advertised. And many of the 7,500 people displaced by the project still seethe over losing their homes and farmland. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - The hydroelectric dam, a low wall of concrete slicing across an old farming valley, is supposed to help a power company in distant Germany contribute to saving the climate — while putting lucrative "carbon credits" into the pockets of Chinese developers.

Barclays 2008 pretax profit to over 5.3 bln pounds (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:39 AM CST

AP - Barclays PLC will report pretax profits for 2008 in excess of 5.3 billion pounds ($7.3 billion) despite absorbing 8 billion pounds in write-downs, the bank said Monday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,232 (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 06:08 PM CST

US troops stand guard in front of a wall plastered with provincial election posters of the Organisation for Iraq's Islamic Advocates during a patrol in central Baghdad's Karrada district on January 25.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - As of Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, at least 4,232 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Ex-Mexican drug czar jailed on corruption charges (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 08:16 PM CST

AP - Prosecutors have arrested a former Mexican drug czar for alleged corruption.

Congo's risky push to crush rebels (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - With the arrest of Congolese rebel leader Gen. Laurent Nkunda last week in Rwanda, Congolese President Joseph Kabila would seem to have what he wanted from his surprise deal with Rwanda, inviting the Rwandan army in to help him clear out unwanted rebel groups.

Chinese hope for bullish Year of the Ox (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:56 AM CST

Performers dressed in traditional costume dance while holding each other during a show celebrating Chinese New Year at Longtan Park in Beijing, January 25, 2009. (David Gray/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese celebrated the Lunar New Year Monday with hopes that the Year of the Ox will be more bullish than disaster-stricken 2008.

Australian PM rebuffs Aborigine call for new national holiday (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:17 AM CST

Aboriginal traditional dancers from Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory. The country's prime minister has rejected calls from an indigenous rights activist, recently awarded the country's top honour, for the national holiday to be moved out of respect for his people.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australia's prime minister Monday rejected calls from an indigenous rights activist, awarded the country's top honour, for the national holiday to be moved out of respect for his people.

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