2009年2月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Pakistan to arm village militias to fight terror (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:21 PM CST

Supporters of pro-Taliban cleric Sufi Muhammad offer noon prayers in Mingora, the capital of Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. A Pakistani official said Saturday that the Taliban and the Pakistani government had agreed to a 'permanent cease-fire' in the restive northwest Swat Valley. A Taliban spokesman would not directly confirm the arrangement. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)AP - Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a region increasingly besieged by Taliban and al-Qaida militants, an official said Sunday.

Homemade bomb in Cairo bazaar kills 1, injures 21 (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:20 PM CST

Egyptian police and other rescue workers gather outside the historic Hussein mosque, pictured in background, in the Khan el-Khalili market following a bomb blast there in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Egyptian police say the bomb blast in the crowded Cairo tourist bazaar killed a French woman and wounded 17 others, mostly foreigners. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - A homemade bomb exploded in a 650-year-old bazaar packed with tourists Sunday, killing a French woman and wounding at least 21 people, most of them foreigners.

2 escape Athens prison by helicopter, for 2nd time (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:19 PM CST

In this image made from amateur video footage provided by Alter TV, a helicopter is seen flying above Korydallos prison, as two robbers make their escape from the high security prison, in Athens, Greece, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. For the second time in their lives, two robbers escaped from a high-security Greek prison on Sunday by scaling a rope ladder to a hovering helicopter, authorities said. The escape came amid a gunbattle with guards. Vassilis Paleokostas, 42, and Alket Rizaj, 34, were picked up by a helicopter that flew over the courtyard of Athens' Korydallos prison on Sunday afternoon. The inmates climbed a ladder thrown to them by a woman passenger, the Ministry of Justice said.AP - For the second time in their lives, two robbers escaped from a high-security prison Sunday by scaling a rope ladder to a hovering helicopter amid a gun battle with guards.

Netanyahu, Livni meeting ends without agreement (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 04:21 PM CST

Israeli Foreign Minister and leader of the Kadima party Tzipi Livni, left, and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, right, are seen during a meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called on hard-line Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government quickly as coalition bargaining began to shift into high gear Sunday. The question is whether Netanyahu will form a narrow coalition with his hard-line allies or a broad centrist coalition with his rival, Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Israel's hard-line prime minister designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, promised Sunday to work with the United States to promote peace in the region as he sought to forge a moderate government with his chief rival — but did not reach a deal.

Bomb explodes outside Basque Socialist Party HQ: police (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:43 AM CST

File image shows a Spanish Civil Guard officer in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. A bomb exploded Monday outside the headquarters of the Basque Socialist Party in the town of Lazkao after a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, police in Spain's Basque region said.(AFP/File/Rafa Rivas)AFP - A bomb exploded Monday outside the headquarters of the Basque Socialist Party in the town of Lazkao after a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, police in Spain's Basque region said.

Egypt briefly opens Gaza border for 1,000 to cross (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 06:17 PM CST

Palestinian police officer from Hamas check travel documents of Palestinians leaving the Gaza Strip to Egypt at the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Hundreds of travelers crossed the Gaza-Egypt border Sunday, in one of the sporadic openings that enable students, patients and third-country residents to leave blockaded Gaza. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)AP - Hundreds of travelers left blockaded Gaza for Egypt on Sunday, in one of the sporadic openings that enable students, patients and others with Egyptian visas to cross the border.

Colombian prosecutor orders search of spy agency (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:33 PM CST

AP - Colombia's chief prosecutor ordered a search Sunday of the headquarters of the country's domestic intelligence agency over allegations some of its agents eavesdropped on prominent journalists, Supreme Court judges and opposition members.

Death toll in attack against AU in Somalia rises to 11 (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:10 AM CST

An African Union peacekeeper from Burundi patrols a road in Mogadishu in October.Five Burundi peacekeepers succumbed to their wounds after a suicide attack on an African Union base in Mogadishu, raising the death toll in the bombing to 11, a military spokesman said Monday.(AFP/File/MUSTAFA ABDI)AFP - Five Burundi peacekeepers succumbed to their wounds after a suicide attack on an African Union base in Mogadishu, raising the death toll in the bombing to 11, a military spokesman said Monday.

Oscar success for the 'Mozart of Madras' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 01:09 AM CST

Indian composer A.R. Rahman's double Oscar win for AFP - Indian composer A.R. Rahman's double Oscar win for "Slumdog Millionaire" is his highest accolade yet in a career that has taken him from provincial Indian cinema to the Hollywood red carpet.

Scores of Australians flee new wildfire flare-ups (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:49 AM CST

A message left by a business owner at Warburton, east of Melbourne, Australia Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, reflects the wildfire threat that continues in Australia's Victoria state. Communities east of Melbourne were warned that severe fire conditions were expected on Monday, and the Country Fire Authority advised people to leave their homes early or be prepared to stay and fight. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Scores of people fled their homes in southern Australia on Monday fearing that rising temperatures and strong winds could fan blazes burning in forests into unstoppable firestorms.

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