2009年2月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Scores survive Turkish airliner crash in Amsterdam (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 07:43 PM PST

Rescue workers, seen near a Turkish Airlines plane which slammed into a field while attempting to land, at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people aboard slammed into a muddy field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport Wednesday. Nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured, many in serious condition, officials said. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near Amsterdam's main airport, but nearly everyone on board — 125 people — survived. The nine dead included both pilots.

Terror-linked lawmaker faces arrest in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 12:28 PM PST

A US soldier looks at the sky as he sits atop of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Baghdad, in 2005. President Barack Obama is expected to announce his timeline for withdrawing US troops from Iraq this week, leaning towards a 19-month pullout rather than the 16-month target he backed when campaigning for office, officials said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AP - An Iraqi Airways jet carrying a Sunni lawmaker accused of being a terror boss was ordered back to Baghdad on Wednesday, but authorities could only watch as the combative legislator slipped away before fellow parliament members stripped him of his immunity.

Sierra Leone rebel leaders guilty of war crimes (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 02:28 PM PST

This is a June 3, 2004 file photo of Sierre Leone rebel commanders Augustine Gbao, left, and Issa Hassan Sesay as they appear in court at the U.N. backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown, Sierra Leone. A U.N.-sponsored war crimes court is delivering verdicts Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, for three rebel leaders accused of crimes against humanity in the group's decade-long battle to take control of the West African nation and its diamond fields. Former interim rebel leader Sesay and battlefield commanders Gbao and Morris Kallon each face an 18-count indictment and have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - The rebels were known for asking their victims if they preferred "long sleeves" or "short sleeves." They then cut off the hands of those who chose the first option and the full arm of those that picked the second.

Saint Laurent auction rakes in nearly $500 million (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 06:48 PM PST

A view of Grand Palais during the auction by Christie's Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. in Paris, where 733 works of art collected over half a century by French fashion icon Yves Saint-Laurent and his partner, Pierre Berge, are being auctioned by Christie's through until Wednesday 25, with a sale expected to gross euro 200-300 million ($250-380 million). A portion of the proceeds will go to support AIDS research. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Two rare bronze sculptures that disappeared from China nearly 150 years ago — and demanded back by Beijing — sold for millions Wednesday as an auction of art works owned by the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent concluded with dazzling sales of nearly $500 million.

Iranians in test run of first nuclear power plant (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 11:22 AM PST

A general view of a nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, is seen in this April 3, 2007 file photo. Iran has started tests on its Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as part of preparations for its launch, an official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/FilesAP - Iranian and Russian engineers carried out a test-run of Iran's first nuclear power plant Wednesday, a major step toward starting up a facility that the U.S. once hoped to prevent because of fears over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Guard given suspended sentence for Greek escape (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 07:49 PM PST

AP - A Greek court convicted a prison guard of misdemeanor negligence charges Thursday in failing to stop the helicopter escape of two convicts, but the guard won't serve any jail time.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,251 (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 05:35 PM PST

A US soldier looks at the sky as he sits atop of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Baghdad, in 2005. President Barack Obama is expected to announce his timeline for withdrawing US troops from Iraq this week, leaning towards a 19-month pullout rather than the 16-month target he backed when campaigning for office, officials said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AP - As of Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, at least 4,251 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Stores looted, cars burned on island of Martinique (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 07:40 PM PST

Demonstrators hold a placard reading 'Honor, respect and equality for overseas people' in Paris, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Saturday for a march in support of striking workers on France's Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. The ongoing strike on Guadeloupe is against the high cost of living and low wages on the island, and it has brought the island to a standstill. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - French police officers patrolled Martinique's capital late Wednesday after vandals burned cars and looted stores overnight as protests over high prices, low pay and alleged neglect by officials in Paris spread to a second Caribbean island.

Artillery shell kills 2 Somali children at school (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 04:15 PM PST

Medical staff attend to a man wounded in a crossfire at the Madina hospital in Somalia's capital Mogadishu February 24, 2009. At least 13 people were killed and scores wounded in the Somali capital on Tuesday as Islamist rebels attacked police and African Union peacekeepers in the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu for weeks. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA)AP - An artillery shell killed two schoolchildren in the Somali capital on Wednesday during the second day of fighting between AU peacekeepers and Islamist insurgents, witnesses and officials said. Elsewhere, Islamists seized a key southern town from pro-government forces.

China rejects US rights report as interference (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 07:47 PM PST

AP - Chinese state media on Thursday blasted a U.S. State Department report criticizing its human rights record, calling the allegations groundless and accusing Washington of interfering in its internal affairs.

Australians brace for worsening wildfire weather (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 07:17 PM PST

Country Fire Authority (CFA) fireman douses a smoldering tree after a bushfire near the township of Daylesford , 150 kilometers (94 miles) northwest of Melbourne, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. With terrifying memories of Australia's deadliest wildfires still fresh in their minds, residents chose to flee rather than stay and protect their homes Monday when new blazes broke containment lines and threatened the forested fringes of the country's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)AP - Emergency officials warned residents in southern Australia that high temperatures, strong winds and lightning forecast for Friday could spark dangerous new flare-ups in the region's still-burning wildfires.

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