2009年2月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

NKorea says it is preparing satellite launch (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:42 PM CST

South Korea Army soldiers pass by weapons used during the Korean War at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb, 23, 2009. North Korea recently deployed a new type of medium-range ballistic missile capable of reaching northern Australia and the U.S. territory of Guam, South Korea's Defense Ministry said Monday.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea said Tuesday it is preparing to shoot a satellite into orbit, its clearest reference yet to an impending launch that neighbors and the U.S. suspect will be a provocative test of a long-range missile.

Official: US aid to Gaza to top $900 million (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:43 PM CST

A Palestinian man carries a bag of food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Rafah, January 2009. The European Union will grant the UN agency for Palestinian refugees 41 million euros (over 51 million dollars) to meet humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip, a joint statement said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)AP - The United States is preparing to donate more than $900 million for the reconstruction of Gaza, a U.S. official said Monday, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to attend a donors conference for the war-ravaged territory next week.

Guantanamo detainee freed after 4 years in prison (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 10:52 PM CST

Binyam Mohamed, 30, foreground, a British resident who has been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years, covers his face as he leaves RAF Northolt in west London Monday Feb. 23, 2009, after nearly seven years in U.S. captivity — the first inmate from the U.S. prison camp freed since President Barack Obama took office. The Ethiopian-born detainee has been held at Guantanamo since September 2004 after his arrest in Pakistan, accused by U.S. officials of being part of a conspiracy to detonate a 'dirty bomb' on American soil. (AP Photo/ Sang Tan)AP - The first Guantanamo detainee released since President Barack Obama took office returned to Britain on Monday, saying his seven years of captivity and torture at an alleged CIA covert site in Morocco went beyond his "darkest nightmares."

Swiss to vote on tighter gun controls (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:44 AM CST

In this May 5, 2000 file photo, Swiss soldiers are seen on a walk near Belchen, Switzerland. Campaigners said Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 they have collected enough signatures to force a referendum in Switzerland on whether to confine army weapons to military compounds. Service in the country's militia army is compulsory for men, and conscripts have to take their guns home between call-ups. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martin Ruetschi, file)AP - Switzerland's part-time soldiers traditionally store their guns in the attic, in a cupboard or under the bed. They see it as their honor and duty to keep their weapons close at hand.

Southern wildfires continue to rage in Australia (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:44 PM CST

Zenith Humphries runs with a bucket of water to save Cofters Cottage Guest House from a wildfire at Belgrave Heights, 35 km southeast of Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)AP - Officials warned Tuesday the wildfires that devastated southern Australia this month could flare anew when high winds and hot temperatures sweep the region later this week, and raised the death toll from the blazes to 210.

Guantanamo detainee returns to Britain alleging 'torture' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:10 AM CST

Binyam Mohamed hides his face as he leaves RAF Northolt, in north London. The British resident who was detained at Guantanamo Bay will on Tuesday spend his first full day of freedom in more than six years after returning to Britain and alleging he was AFP - A British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay will on Tuesday spend his first full day of freedom in more than six years after returning to Britain and alleging he was "tortured in medieval ways".

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 581 (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 08:00 PM CST

Pakistani workers cover a military vehicle loaded on a truck destined for NATO and US-led forces in Afghanistan, parked in Peshawar in November.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AP - As of Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, at least 581 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EST.

Gunmen attack governor's convoy, kill guard (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:35 PM CST

In this image released by the Chihuahua State Governors Office, Chihuahua Governor Jose Reyes Baeza, right, speaks at a news conference late Sunday night, Feb. 22, 2009, alongside state Attorney General Patricia Gonzalez. Gov. Reyes canceled a trip Monday to meet with federal officials in Mexico City after gunmen attacked his convoy, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding two other agents (AP Photo/Chihuahua State Governors Office)AP - Gunmen shot at a convoy carrying the governor of a violence-wracked border state, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding two other agents.

Breakfast of champions (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:58 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - The other morning I was "taking tea" -- as Kenyans like to say, even when it's coffee -- with Ezekiel Kemboi, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. We were in Eldoret, the capital of Kenya's track-and-field heartland, where it sometimes seems like you can't walk 10 feet without hitting a world-class marathoner or middle-distance runner. (There's even a Nike Eldoret shoe.)

Pakistan militants declare indefinite ceasefire (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:42 AM CST

Pro-Taliban militants on Tuesday declared an indefinite ceasefire and vowed to release prisoners in Pakistan's Swat valley, where they have fought for nearly two years to enforce sharia law.(AFP/File/Chand Khan)AFP - Pro-Taliban militants on Tuesday declared an indefinite ceasefire and vowed to release prisoners in Pakistan's Swat valley, where they have fought for nearly two years to enforce sharia law.

Australian wildfire danger looms for months: officials (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:11 AM CST

Smoke is seen from the Wilson's Promontory - Cathedral wildfire southeast of Melbourne on February 14. The wildfire emergency in Australia that has killed more than 200 people will continue until early April if dry conditions persist in the nation's parched southeast, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - The wildfire emergency in Australia that has killed more than 200 people will continue until early April if dry conditions persist in the nation's parched southeast, officials said Tuesday.

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