2009年2月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Antigua to pay price for hosting Stanford (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 04:16 PM CST

TO GO WITH STORY STANFORD TARNISHED ANTIGUA BY BEN FOX -- Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, front right, celebrates with the Stanford Superstars after they won the Stanford 20/20 for 20 cricket match against England in St. John's, Antigua, Nov. 1, 2008. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank said Friday it took control of the local Antiguan bank owned by Stanford because of the 'unusual and substantial withdrawals' from the Bank of Antigua following the U.S. filing of civil fraud charges against Stanford over the operations of a separate offshore bank, the Stanford International Bank. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Regulators in the Caribbean took over Antiguan banks owned by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford on Friday, hoping to contain damage to the local economy as U.S. investigators explore an alleged fraud scheme involving billions of dollars.

Netanyahu urges moderates to join broad government (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 03:33 PM CST

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, poses for a picture with Israel's President Shimon Peres after their press conference at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. Netanyahu of the hawkish Likud Party has received formal permission from Israel's ceremonial president to put together the country's next government. At a ceremony at President Shimon Peres' residence, Netanyahu urged Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of the governing Kadima Party and Defense Minister Ehud Barak of the Labor Party to join his government. (AP Photo/ GPO, Moshe Milner, HO)AP - Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to his moderate rivals Friday to join a unity government — a tricky alliance that would let the hawkish Israeli leader avoid relying on an unstable grouping of right-wingers almost sure to collide with the Obama administration and each other.

'Slumdog' kids get ready for a trip to the Oscars (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:42 PM CST

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, looks on while shopping for shoes in Bandra, suburban Mumbai, India, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. Azharuddin played the youngest portrayal of Salim, the brother of the main character Jamal, in the Oscar-nominated film AP - In the slums where they live, goats pick over piles of trash and men kneel in the street to pray. But the young stars of "Slumdog Millionaire" were cruising Mumbai in an air-conditioned Toyota Friday, doing last-minute shopping and getting advice on the unimaginable: air travel.

Mexican city police chief resigns amid threats (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:14 PM CST

Alleged members of a criminal gang are shown to the press at a police station in Ciudad Juarez, northern Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Police were put on alert after several signs appeared across Ciudad Juarez warning that more officers would be killed unless the police chief resigns, a day after the second-in-command and three other officers were slain. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Ciudad Juarez's police chief stepped down Friday after criminal gangs made a chilling demand: Resign or we will kill more local officers.

Taliban bombs made with British electronics: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 12:27 AM CST

An Afghan man takes a photo of mangled wreckage at the site of a suicide bomb attack in the outskirts of Kabul on February 1. Some roadside bombs used by the Taliban in Afghanistan include electronic parts that originally came from Britain and were supplied by British Muslims, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Some roadside bombs used by the Taliban in Afghanistan include electronic parts that originally came from Britain and were supplied by British Muslims, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,245 (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 06:10 PM CST

In this Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 picture, U.S. soldiers stand guard after a road side bomb blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq. One person was killed and 18 were wounded in the blast, police said. President Barack Obama faces split opinions within the military on whether to make the speedy withdrawal from Iraq he championed on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - As of Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at least 4,245 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Amid strikes, islanders discuss Sarkozy's offers (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 08:28 PM CST

A masked protester stands next to a blocked highway in Gosier, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Masked demonstrators blocked a highway on Guadeloupe on Friday as another day of negotiations ended without agreement over proposals by France's president to quell violent, racially tinged unrest over wages on the Caribbean island.

Clooney visits Darfur refugees (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 09:42 PM CST

In this Feb. 24, 2008 picture, George Clooney arrives for the 80th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Clooney said Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 he has been visiting Darfur refugee camps in Chad near the Sudanese border and heard many violence-stricken Darfurians echo the same message: 'Bring us justice.' (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)AP - George Clooney says refugees from Sudan's war-wracked Darfur region that he's been visiting this week are echoing a message: "Bring us justice."

Thailand pardons jailed Australian writer (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 12:52 AM CST

Australian Harry Nicolaides is seen sitting inside a holding cell while waiting for his trial at a court in Bangkok, on January 19. Nicolaides was sentenced to three years in jail by a Thai court for insulting Thailand's revered royal family in a novel but pardoned by the king and expected to arrive home on Saturday.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AFP - An Australian writer jailed for insulting the Thai royal family flew home to a tearful reunion with his family on Saturday after being pardoned by the king and freed from jail.

Author pardoned for insulting Thai monarchy (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 10:18 PM CST

AP - An Australian author who was jailed in Thailand for defaming the country's monarchy in a novel that sold just seven copies returned home Saturday, after he was granted a royal pardon.

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