2009年2月26日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Bangladesh mutiny ends after tanks enter capital (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 06:58 PM PST

Army soldiers sit atop a tank parked in the streets in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, February 26, 2009. Bangladeshi tanks rolled into the capital Thursday, hours after the prime minister warned mutinous border guards she would 'do whatever is needed to end the violence.'(AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)AP - Tanks rolled through the Bangladeshi capital in a show of force that finally persuaded mutinous border guards to lay down their arms, ending a two-day revolt that threatened to spread across the impoverished South Asian nation.

Mexico prez hopes to quell drug violence by 2012 (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 07:43 PM PST

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Mexico City, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. During the interview, Calderon rejected U.S. government reports that questioned whether the Mexican government is losing control of its territory to drug cartels. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - President Felipe Calderon hopes to quell Mexico's rampant drug violence by the end of his term in 2012, and disputes U.S. fears that Mexico is losing control of its territory.

US aid effort under fire in Pakistan border area (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 02:05 PM PST

Pakistani internally displaced people from the tribal region of Bajur walk a long a muddy street after a storm at the Jalozai refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Secretive U.S. efforts to pump millions of aid dollars into northwest Pakistan and dry up support for the Taliban and al-Qaida have barely begun because of attacks on development workers, fears of corruption and dragging bureaucracy. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - A major U.S. effort to erode support for the Taliban and al-Qaida by pumping millions of aid dollars into the violence-wracked Afghan border region is being threatened by attacks on aid workers, corruption and layers of bureaucracy.

Report: Bishop who had denied Holocaust apologizes (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 02:44 PM PST

Bishop Richard Williamson, second from left in foreground, is escorted out of Heathrow airport by police and security officers after arriving on a flight from Argentina, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. Argentina's government on Thursday ordered the traditionalist Catholic bishop to leave the country or face expulsion, citing his failure to declare a job change as required by immigration law as well as his denials of the Holocaust, which it called 'an insult' to humanity. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust embroiled Pope Benedict XVI in controversy has apologized for his remarks, a Catholic news agency said Thursday. Bishop Richard Williamson, with the conservative Society of St. Pius X, had faced worldwide criticism over a television interview in which he said no Jews were gassed during the Holocaust.

Bellamy grief provides City inspiration (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 06:14 PM PST

Manchester City's Craig Bellamy celebrates scoring his second goal against FC Copenhagen during their UEFA Cup match in Manchester, north-west England, on February 26. City advanced with a 2-1 win (aggrgate score: 4-3).(AFP/Howard Walker)AFP - Craig Bellamy has dedicated the goals that sent Manchester City into the last 16 of the UEFA Cup to the memory of a much-loved cousin who died on the eve of the club's second round, second leg clash with FC Copenhagen.

US will seek to end Iran's nuclear ambition (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 06:07 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's administration will seek to end Iran's nuclear ambition and its support for terrorism, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday — drawing an immediate rebuke from Iran's envoy.

Quotes from President Felipe Calderon (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 05:34 PM PST

AP - Some comments made by Mexican President Felipe Calderon during an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday:

Malawi's ex-president arrested (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 07:02 PM PST

This is a May 2004 file photo of former .Malawian President Bakili Muluzi . Bakili was arrested and charged with 80 counts of corruption and abuse of office Thursday, Feb, 26, 2009 weeks before his election bid to regain the presidency. (AP Photo/Obed Zilwa)AP - Malawi's former leader appeared in court to face corruption and abuse of office charges Thursday, weeks before an election in which he hopes to regain the presidency.

SKorea to name new nuclear negotiator with NKorea (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 07:25 PM PST

South Korea has announced plans to change its top negotiator on North Korean nuclear disarmament, appointing the incumbent to a senior post in the intelligence agency. Sources quoted by Yonhap news agency said Wi Sung-Lac (seen here with US officials in 2004), special assistant to Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan, was favourite to take over the post.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - South Korea has announced plans to change its top negotiator on North Korean nuclear disarmament, appointing the incumbent to a senior post in the intelligence agency.

Australia on alert as new fires threaten Victoria (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 07:05 PM PST

A satellite image shows smoke emerging from fires in southeastern Australia January 30, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC/HandoutReuters - The fire-ravaged southern Australian state of Victoria was put on a high fire alert on Friday, forcing the closure of around 200 schools as temperatures soared and strong winds threatened to fan blazes.

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