2009年2月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Clinton urges China's continued investment in US (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:08 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Clinton and Chinese officials on Saturday agreed to focus their governments' efforts on stabilizing the battered global economy and combating climate change, putting aside long-standing concerns about human rights. (AP Photo/Oliver Weiken, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging China to continue investing in United States Treasury bonds and said Sunday that country's continued investment in the U.S. is a recognition that the two countries depend on each other.

US finds 13 civilians died in Afghanistan strike (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 12:27 PM CST

In this Handout photo released Saturday Feb. 21, 2009, by US Military, showing Brig. Gen. Michael A. Ryan, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, hugs a mournful Afghan man Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, as he offers his condolences to families of those killed during a U.S. operation targeting insurgents near Herat province, Afghanistan. A U.S. military operation in western Afghanistan killed 13 Afghan civilians along with three militants, the U.S. said Saturday. (AP Photo/US Military)AP - An operation the American military at first described as a "precision strike" instead killed 13 Afghan civilians and only three militants, the U.S. said Saturday, three days after sending a general to the site to investigate.

44 miners dead, 65 trapped in China mine blast (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:14 AM CST

AP - A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 44 miners and trapping another 65 in the still burning shaft, state media said.

US tests military exit routes out of Iraq (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 02:04 PM CST

In this June 22, 2003 file photo, a US Apache attack helicopter provides cover to a US military convoy as they travel along the highway at Hit, Iraq, 150 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Baghdad , Iraq. The American military is shipping battlefield equipment through Jordan and Kuwait, testing possible exit routes in advance of a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq, military officials said. The convoys — carrying armored vehicles, weapons and other items — mark the Pentagon's first steps in confronting the complex logistics of transporting the huge arsenal stockpiled in Iraq over nearly six years. (AP Photo/Ali Haider)AP - The American military is shipping battlefield equipment through Jordan and Kuwait, testing possible exit routes in advance of a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq, military officials said.

Iran blocks Web sites promoting reformist Khatami (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:39 AM CST

AP - Iranian authorities have blocked two Web sites promoting the presidential bid of Mohammed Khatami, reformists said Saturday, in a first sign that powerful hard-liners might seek to thwart his challenge to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 election.

Europe seeks harmony for crisis summit (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:58 PM CST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a govenment cabinet's meeting in Berlin. The heads of Europe's biggest economies meet Sunday to try and forge a common position on the global financial crisis despite simmering disagreements over the way forward.(DDP/AFP/File/Axel Schmidt)AFP - The heads of Europe's biggest economies meet Sunday to try and forge a common position on the global financial crisis despite simmering disagreements over the way forward.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,247 (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:52 PM CST

A US soldier, a candidate in local elections last month and an Iraqi policeman were killed in violence around the country on Saturday, the military and police said.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AP - As of Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at least 4,247 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Chavez sees Fidel twice in surprise Cuba trip (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 09:09 PM CST

Cuban President Raul Castro, left, greets Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after his arrival at the Jose Marti airport in Havana, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. Chavez made a surprise visit to Cuba on Friday night where he was received in Havana by his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro. (AP Photo/Raul Abreu)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has met twice with the ailing 82-year-old Fidel Castro during a surprise 24-hour visit to Cuba.

Sudan's Beshir to visit Egypt for Darfur talks (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:23 AM CST

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir is due in Egypt on Sunday for talks on efforts to end the six-year conflict in Darfur, following a deal between a rebel group and Khartoum.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir is due in Egypt on Sunday for talks on efforts to end the six-year conflict in Darfur, following a deal between a rebel group and Khartoum.

Pakistan militants say truce could be extended (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:23 AM CST

Pakistani Islamists gather at a camp before a peace rally at Mingora in the troubled Swat valley on February 18. Militants who led a deadly campaign to enforce Islamic law in Pakistan's Swat valley said Sunday they could extend a 10-day ceasefire with the government once sharia law is implemented.(AFP/File/Chand Khan)AFP - Militants who led a deadly campaign to enforce Islamic law in Pakistan's Swat valley said Sunday they could extend a 10-day ceasefire with the government once sharia law is implemented.

Rebel Australia priest defies sacking: reports (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:31 AM CST

Photo illustration of Catholics attending Mass and a Rosery. A rebel Catholic priest in Australia, who was sacked for blessing gay couples and allowing women to preach, defied his archbishop and led mass on Sunday, media reports said.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)AFP - A rebel Catholic priest in Australia, who was sacked for blessing gay couples and allowing women to preach, defied his archbishop and led mass on Sunday, media reports said.

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