2009年2月4日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

UN: 52 civilians killed, 80 hurt in Sri Lanka war (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:57 AM CST

In this undated photo from the Sri Lankan Defense Ministry made available on Feb. 3, 2009, an unidentified Sri Lankan soldier is seen inspecting a gun believed to have been left behind by fighters of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam after the Sri Lankan army captured one of the main LTTE hide outs in Piramanthalkulama, close to Mullaitivu. (AP Photo/Sri Lanka Defense Ministry-defence.lk, HO)AP - At least 52 civilians were killed in the past day's fighting between Tamil rebels and government forces in northern Sri Lanka, and cluster bombs struck the war zone's last functioning hospital Wednesday, the U.N. said.

US: Talks to continue on keeping Kyrgyz base (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:55 AM CST

In this March 1, 2005 file photo U.S. Air Force KC 135 tanker planes, left, seen parked next to Kyrgyz Tu-134 passenger planes at the airfield of Ganci U.S. air base in Manas international airport 30 km (19 miles) from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan's president said that his country is ending U.S. use of a key airbase that supports military operations in Afghanistan, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said Wednesday that talks will continue on keeping a key American air base in the country despite the Kyrgyz president's announcement that it will close.

Israeli ultranationalist poised for election gains (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 02:06 AM CST

AP - The hottest slogan in the Israeli election campaign is a not-so-veiled attack on the country's Arab minority: "Without loyalty, there is no citizenship."

'Mother' of Iraqi women bomber network arrested (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 06:43 PM CST

A US soldier stands in front of a school polling station in the Iraqi town of Mandali on January 29. US President Barack Obama discussed plans for a drawdown of US combat troops in Iraq during phone calls to the country's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani, the White House said.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)AP - A woman accused of helping recruit dozens of female suicide bombers looked into the camera and described the process: trolling society for likely candidates and then patiently converting the women from troubled souls into deadly attackers.

Areva says it will supply India with reactors (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:58 AM CST

The French nuclear group Areva said Wednesday it had signed a draft accord to provide India with between two to six European Pressurized Reactors.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Clatot)AFP - French nuclear group Areva said Wednesday it had signed a draft accord to provide India with between two to six European Pressurized Reactors.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,237 (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 06:51 PM CST

Alaska Gov, Sarah Palin poses for photos with members of the Army's 4th Brigade Combat team (airborne) 25th Infantry Division during a deployment ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. The 3,500 solder brigade from Fort Richardson, Alaska is being sent to Afghanistan for 12-months. The brigade returned for a 14-month tour in Iraq in November and December 2007. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)AP - As of Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, at least 4,237 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Colombian freed by rebels embraces family (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 11:01 PM CST

Alan Jara, right, former governor of the Colombian state of Meta and former hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is embraced by his son Alan Felipe, center, as his wife Claudia Rujeles looks on, upon his arrival at Villavicencio, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Jara, who was released Tuesday, had been captive by The FARC for more than seven years. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)AP - Leftist Colombian rebels freed their fifth hostage in three days on Tuesday, an ex-governor who says that President Alvaro Uribe and the guerrillas are equally to blame for the country's still-festering conflict.

African Union extends summit, mired in divisions (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 12:17 AM CST

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi attends the opening of the African heads of State summit in Addis Ababa. Kadhafi's drive to create a AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's drive to create a "union government" for all of Africa has instead heightened divisions on the continent, forcing an extension of a summit Wednesday to resolve the spat.

Pakistan: Trucks torched along US supply line (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 02:08 AM CST

An overturned truck lies on a bridge destroyed by Islamic militants in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar, Pakistan. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Islamist militants blew up a bridge in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan in the latest in a series of attacks on the Khyber Pass by insurgents seeking to hamper the U.S.-led mission against the Taliban. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Assailants torched 10 trucks stranded in Pakistan by the bombing of a key bridge on the main supply route for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.

BHP Billiton says profit down 56.5 percent (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 12:39 AM CST

The BHP Billiton logo at the company's Melbourne headquarters. The world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, reported that its first-half profit slumped 56.5 percent to 2.617 billion US dollars Wednesday.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - The world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, reported a 56.5 percent slump in first-half profit Wednesday, warning the financial crisis left the outlook for commodities weak and uncertain.

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