2009年2月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

NKorea prepares launch: Satellite or missile? (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:31 PM CST

A South Korean watches a television news showing a file image of North Korea's missile, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. 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. The letters on the TV read 'The preparations for launching experimental communications satellite Kwangmyongsong-2'. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea declared Tuesday it is making "brisk headway" in plans to send a satellite into orbit as part of its space program, a launch regional powers fear is a cover up for testing a long-range ballistic missile capable of striking Alaska and the western United States.

Mystery ends: Agatha Christie's country home opens (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 03:09 PM CST

In this photo released by the National Trust, the English holiday home where mystery writer Agatha Christie spent her summers and entertained guests with readings from her thrillers is seen in Galmpton, Devon, southwest England, Feb. 20, 2009. Craftspeople have worked for two years to restore the house, Greenway, to gleaming 1950s condition. The rooms remain much as they were when the writer lived there, complete with books, papers, boxes of chocolates and bunches of flowers. (AP Photo/Mark Passmore, National Trust)AP - The house has everything an Agatha Christie fan could want — except a body in the library.

Best job in Brazil? Painting nude Carnival models (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 05:08 PM CST

Artist Betto Almeida, 36, paints the body of a dancer before a carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Betto Almeida is Mr. Lucky of Rio's Carnival. While his day job is as art director on television soap operas, Almeida said that for 12 years he has been brushing, dripping and spraying paint on some of the most beautiful bodies Brazil's Carnival has to display. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - Betto Almeida is the Mr. Lucky of Rio's Carnival.

US soldier killed in police attack in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 03:11 PM CST

Iraqi army soldiers patrol Mosul in 2008. A US soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting at an Iraqi police station in the northern city of Mosul, the American military said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AP - Two Iraqi policemen opened fire Tuesday during a U.S. military inspection visit in northern Iraq, killing one American soldier and an interpreter in an attack that deepened worries of possible infiltration of security forces battling insurgents in their last major base.

Turkish politician defies law with Kurdish speech (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:43 PM CST

Ahmet Turk, the leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party or DTP, makes a speech in Kurdish in open defiance of Turkish laws, as he addresses his party members at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Ahmet Turk's speech in Kurdish could be used by a prosecutor as new evidence to shut down the party on charges of alleged ties to Kurdish rebels. (AP Photo)AP - The leader of Turkey's Kurdish lawmakers startled the country Tuesday by addressing Parliament in his native language, breaking the law in a nation that has tried for decades to keep a firm grip on the restive minority amid fears of national division.

Reds turn to Europe, but Real ready to rock Santiago in Champions League (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 11:30 PM CST

Bayern Munich players jog during their training session at Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, on February 24, on the eve of their Champions League football match against Sporting Lisbon.(AFP/Francisco Leong)AFP - Liverpool's reputation for turning on the style in Europe face the acid test on Wednesday when they play on-form Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Mexico unveils largest donated artifact collection (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:52 PM CST

Pre-Hispanic relics belonged to American dentist Milton Leoff are seen at the Xochicalco Archaeological Site Museum in Xochicalco, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Mexico's government has placed on display a collection of some 8,100 pieces donated by Leoff's widow, Nadine Vinot. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Mexico put on display Tuesday selections from the largest private collection of archaeological artifacts ever donated to the government.

Congo-Rwanda forces killed 90 rebels: commander (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 06:20 PM CST

A man walks past Rwandan soldiers of the RDF (Rwandan Defence Force) on February 05, 2009 in Pinga, 150kms north west of Goma. A joint Congolese and Rwandan operation has killed nearly 90 Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since January 20, the commander of the offensive said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)AFP - A joint Congolese and Rwandan operation has killed nearly 90 Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since January 20, the commander of the offensive said Tuesday.

Heavy gunfire at Bangladesh paramilitary HQ (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 11:46 PM CST

Reuters - Heavy gunfire broke out at the headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka on Wednesday, nearby residents and BDR sources said, with unofficial sources saying there may be casualties.

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