2009年1月31日星期六

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Voting begins in Iraq under tight security (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST

An Iraqi security officer patrols a street past provincial election posters in Baghdad. Armed gunmen claimed the lives of three Iraqi election candidates on Thursday and two campaign workers were also murdered in attacks just two days before the country's first poll since 2005.(AFP/Ali Yussef)AP - Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and police cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals.

Sri Lanka military destroys Tiger suicide boat (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 02:01 AM CST

Sri Lankan Human Rights and Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe gestures as he speaks during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged Tamil Tiger rebels to allow civilians leave the northern war zone to safety, but his government ruled out a cease-fire Friday despite reports of heavy casualties among noncombatants. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - The Sri Lankan military claimed Saturday it had destroyed a Tamil Tiger suicide boat, as the government ruled out a cease-fire in the northern war zone where hundreds of thousands of civilians are reportedly trapped.

UN envoy expected to meet Aung San Suu Kyi (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:04 AM CST

A Myanmar traffic police man outside Yangon International Airport as the motorcade with U.N. special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari and his delegation on board leaves the airport upon arrival in Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. The four-day trip by Gambari comes amid criticism that his three-year mission has failed to produce significant results. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - The United Nation's special envoy to Myanmar was expected to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit to the country that began Saturday, the latest effort to coax democratic reforms from the ruling junta.

Somali lawmakers elect moderate Islamist president (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:27 PM CST

FILE--- In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, announces his candidacy for the post of presidency during the opening session of the Somali parliament in neighboring Djibouti. Sheik Sharif Ahmed, the newly elected president of Somalia, has won in landslide victory in the next round of the election after he contested with the son of the former Somali president Siyad Bare General Maslah Siyad Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - Somalia's parliament elected a moderate Islamist leader as the country's new president early Saturday, handing over the elusive task of stabilizing a country wracked by violence and anarchy for nearly 20 years.

Analysis: N. Korea angling for Obama's attention (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:57 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 - Sharpening its rhetoric, North Korea is trumpeting its refusal to honor accords designed to keep the peace with South Korea — particularly along a disputed maritime border that has long been a flashpoint.

British protests against foreign energy workers spread (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:56 PM CST

Protesters demonstrate outside the Total Lindsey oil refinery in Immingham, near Grimsby, north-east England on January 30. Hundreds of workers at oil refineries across Britain went on strike in protest at the use of foreign labour in engineering and construction projects.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Wildcat strikes against foreign workers spread through oil refineries and other energy facilities in Britain, fuelled by fears of rising job cuts.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,236 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 06:16 PM CST

An electoral worker (R) helps a resident during the voting process at a polling station in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, January 31, 2009. Iraqis voted behind barbed wire and rings of police on Saturday in an election that tested the war-battered country's fragile security gains and which may ease lingering sectarian resentment still fuelling violence. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ)AP - As of Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, at least 4,236 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexican police detain man with $2.5 million (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:33 AM CST

AP - Police say they have detained an Ecuadorean man for carrying about $2.5 million in cash in a suitcase at Mexico City's international airport.

Zimbabwe opposition will join government: Tsvangirai (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 08:06 PM CST

Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses a press conference in Harare. Tsvangirai said Friday he will join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe, almost a year after disputed polls that plunged the country into crisis.(AFP/Desmond Kwande)AFP - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said he will join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe almost a year after disputed polls, but the US and others questioned if it would work.

India's Bhambri buoys hopes with breakthrough win (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:51 AM CST

Yuki Bhambri of India plays a backhand return during his boy's singles final match against Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Germany at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 31. Bhambri won 6-3. 6-1.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Yuki Bhambri blitzed Germany's Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas to become India's first Australian Open junior champion on Saturday.

Once-in-century Australian heatwave claims homes, lives (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 01:21 AM CST

Spectators seek shade at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Australia's second-largest city Melbourne ground to a halt Saturday, crippled by a once-in-a-century heatwave that has claimed almost 30 lives and razed at least 17 homes(AFP/Antony Dickson)AFP - Australia's second-largest city Melbourne ground to a halt Saturday, crippled by a once-in-a-century heatwave that has claimed almost 30 lives and razed at least 17 homes.

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