2009年2月2日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Iraqi election hints of troubles for Shiite giant (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 10:32 PM CST

Two Iraqi municipality workers remove provincial election campaign posters in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. Allies of Iraq's U.S.-backed prime minister appeared Sunday to have made gains in the provincial elections, rewarding groups credited with reining in insurgents and militias, according to unofficial projections. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - The biggest Shiite party in Iraq once appeared to hold all the political sway: control of the heartland, the backing of influential clerics and a foot in the government with ambitions to take full control.

Police: Gunmen kidnap American in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:48 AM CST

Pakistani security officials gather near the vehicle of an official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) after a shooting in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta February 2, 2009. Gunmen abducted the foreign official of the U.N. refugee agency on Monday after shooting his driver in Quetta, police said. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed (PAKISTAN)AP - Gunmen kidnapped an American U.N. official and killed his driver in southwest Pakistan on Monday, police said, underscoring the security threat in a country wracked by al-Qaida violence and rising criminality.

Volcano erupts near Tokyo raining ash down on city (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:42 AM CST

Smoke billows from a crater of Mt.Asama, central Japan early Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. The mountain spewed volcanic smoke earlier this morning. The country's Meteorological Agency warned Sunday that the volcano was in danger in erupting after detecting an increase in seismic activity. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Shigeyuki Inakuma)AP - A snowcapped volcano northwest of Tokyo erupted early Monday, sending up a huge plume of smoke and gas and raining fine, powdery ash on parts of Japan's capital.

FARC rebels voluntarily free 4 Colombian hostages (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:29 AM CST

Former hostage, police officer Alexis Torres, gives a thumb up in Villavicencio, Colombia, after he was released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. Colombia's FARC rebels handed over three police officers and a soldier to the International Red Cross in a mission marred by accusations of military interference. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)AP - Colombia's battered FARC rebels freed three police officers and a soldier held hostage for more than a year, handing them over to the International Red Cross on Sunday in the country's southern jungles.

Israel strikes Gaza after militant rocket fire (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:40 AM CST

A Palestinian boy leads his donkey as they pass destroyed buildings in the area of east Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. Gaza militants launched two rockets and several mortar shell into southern Israel early Sunday, wounding three and drawing a threat of 'disproportionate' retaliation from Israel's prime minister and further straining a cease-fire that ended Israel's Gaza offensive. The flare-up in violence came just over a week before Israel's parliamentary vote. Continued fighting could influence the outcome by raising questions about the effectiveness of Israel's actions in Gaza. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Israel threatened "harsh and disproportionate" retaliation after Gaza militants fired at least 10 rockets and mortar shells across the border Sunday and warplanes later bombed the area where Hamas smuggles in weapons from Egypt through tunnels.

Ford French plant bought by German firm: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 02:09 AM CST

The Ford logo is seen on the back of a car in Detroit, Michigan December 10, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)Reuters - Ford Motor Co's factory in Blanquefort in western France will be acquired by a German industrial group, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Monday, adding that 1,600 jobs at the plant would be saved.

US troops watch the Super Bowl from afar (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 10:31 PM CST

U.S. Army Lt. Julie Glaubach, 30, center, Staff Sgt. Michael Sauret, 23, left, both from Pittsburgh, Pa., Maj. Thomas Spagel, 42, from Erie, Pa., second right and Spc. Justin Snyder, 21, from Mechanicsburg, right, cheer for the Steelers as they watch the Super Bowl XLII on television at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. The Super Bowl aired on satellite television in Iraq beginning at 2 a.m. American troops in Iraq were allowed to drink beer without fear of court-martial for this year's Super Bowl, an exception to a strict military ban on drinking alcohol in combat zones. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - With its six big-screen TVs, assorted beer and a menu of chicken wings and pizza, it looked like any bar hosting a Super Bowl party. But this was the chow hall at Camp Victory, the sprawling U.S. military base on the outskirts of Baghdad.

Bomb blast in Colombian city kills 1 (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 01:08 AM CST

AP - A car bomb exploded near a police post in the city of Cali in western Colombia on Sunday night, killing at least one person and injuring at least 18 others after officers were lured to the scene by a bogus fire alarm, authorities said.

Conflicts overshadow talks on African Union's future (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 11:12 PM CST

Moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the newly elected president of Somalia, arrives for a consultative meeting prior to the opening of the African heads of State summit in Addis Ababa. The African Union opened a summit Sunday officially devoted to developing transport and energy systems, but dominated by conflicts across the region and division over the bloc's future.(AFP/Simon Maina)AFP - The African Union opened a summit officially devoted to developing transport and energy systems, but dominated by conflicts across the region and division over the bloc's future.

China activist who faulted quake response charged (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 02:06 AM CST

AP - A Chinese court on Monday abruptly scheduled a trial for an activist who criticized the government's response to last year's devastating Sichuan earthquake, giving his lawyer only one day to prepare and prompting him to mount an immediate legal challenge.

Japanese whalers accused of injuring activists (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:27 AM CST

File image shows two whales (front and partly seen at right) being dragged on board a Japanese whaling ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters. Japanese whalers were accused Monday of injuring two anti-whaling activists in a high seas clash in the Antarctic and of deploying a new AFP - Japanese whalers were accused Monday of injuring two anti-whaling activists in a high seas clash in the Antarctic and of deploying a new "military grade" acoustic weapon against protesters.

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