2009年1月30日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Hamas dispenses politics along with aid to Gazans (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:37 AM CST

Palestinian Jumma Dardona, 34, walks with his his 6-year-old son Mohammed towards a makeshift camp in eastern Jebaliya, northern Gaza strip, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Jumma Dardona, whose nearby three-story family house has been rendered uninhabitable, fears he'll live in a tent for a long time. Israel's three-week war on Gaza's Hamas rulers ended 10 days ago, but many here complain that political maneuvering — both between Hamas and its moderate West Bank rivals, and within the international community — is slowing the delivery of urgently needed aid to Gaza. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The aid money from Hamas came with a heavy dose of politics.

Iraqi city of Mosul key electoral battlefield (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:15 AM CST

AP - This weekend's election in Mosul is a showdown for power between Arabs and Kurds, with the outcome likely to influence whether al-Qaida and other Sunni insurgents lose their last major urban foothold in Iraq.

NKorea ditches nonaggression pact with SKorea (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:16 AM CST

In this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo, South Korean marine soldiers watch North Korean territory at the Baekryong Island, about 220 km (138 miles) west of mainland South Korea and 16 km (10 miles) southwest of North Korean territory, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. North Korea declared all military and political agreements with South Korea 'dead' Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, warning it would not honor past accords if Seoul continues to push the Koreas to the brink of war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)AP - North Korea said Friday it is ditching a nonaggression pact and all other peace agreements with South Korea, escalating tensions between the wartime rivals in a move seen as a possible prelude to an armed provocation.

Turkish PM welcomed home after Gaza spat in Davos (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:58 AM CST

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, left, speaks just before he leaves the stage in front of Shimon Peres, right, President of Israel during a plenary session on Middle East Peace at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Erdogan later stalked off the stage after verbally sparring over Gaza with Peres. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)AP - Turkey's prime minister received a hero's welcome home Friday after he reproached Israel's president over the Gaza offensive and stalked off the stage at the World Economic Forum.

Obama bid to suspend Gitmo proceedings hits snag (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:11 AM CST

AP - President Barack Obama's plan to suspend proceedings against Guantanamo detainees hit a snag when a military judge said it would be unreasonable to delay a hearing for the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole bombing.

Miliband and Darling pull out of Davos (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:31 AM CST

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, seen here on January 25, 2009, and Chancellor Alistair Darling have pulled out of the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, their offices said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Chancellor Alistair Darling have pulled out of the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, their offices have said.

Roadside bomb explodes, killing 2 and wounding 14 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:31 AM CST

An electoral worker ties a ballot box after closing the polling station in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, January 28, 2009. Soldiers, police, prisoners and displaced people began early voting on Wednesday ahead of Saturday's provincial election in Iraq, which will determine the political landscape across the country as U.S. forces withdraw. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)AP - An Iraqi police official says a roadside bomb found south of Baghdad killed two officers and wounded 14 others after it exploded while they were trying to diffuse it.

South American leaders join anti-Davos forum (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 09:52 PM CST

People sit in a tent at a camp site during the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. The World Social Forum is an annual counter cultural gathering to protest the simultaneous World Economic Forum being held this year in Switzerland. The World Social Forum will run from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - South America's leading advocates of socialism got a hero's welcome from 100,000 activists at the mouth of the Amazon River Thursday as they demanded an overhaul of global capitalism.

Zimbabwe opposition to decide on joining government (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:22 AM CST

Zimbabwe Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai arrives for talks in Pretoria January 26. Zimbabwe's main opposition said it will decide Friday on whether to join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe, but party officials indicated deep divisions over the deal(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - Zimbabwe's main opposition said it will decide Friday on whether to join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe, but party officials indicated deep divisions over the deal.

Sri Lanka to rebels: Let civilians flee war zone (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:35 AM CST

Hospital staff help an injured ethnic Tamil who was reportedly evacuated from the war zone and brought to a hospital in Vavuniya , about 210 kilometers (131 miles) north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/ Sanath Priyantha)AP - Sri Lanka's president urged the Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday to allow the estimated 250,000 civilians trapped in the northern war zone to flee to safety following reports of heavy casualties among noncombatants stuck in the shrinking territory.

Australian throws four-year-old daughter off bridge: police (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 08:02 AM CST

The Melbourne skyline. An Australian man has been arrested after allegedly throwing his four-year-old daughter from a bridge into a river in the city, police have said.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - An Australian man was charged with murder after allegedly throwing his four-year-old daughter from a city bridge into a river during peak hour traffic on Thursday, police said.

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