2009年2月27日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

US troops say Iraqis ready for Obama timetable (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 01:37 PM PST

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) looks on as President Barack Obama delivers an address to Marines and other military personnel at the largest Marine base on the East Coast on in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.Obama heeded the US military's advice in deciding to postpone by three months the pullout of most US troops from Iraq(AFP/Getty Images/Logan Mock-Bunting)AP - At a sandstorm-battered base near Saddam Hussein's hometown, U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Siwatu Spikes agrees it's nearly about time for combat troops to leave Iraq.

Pakistan opposition chief warns of dangerous chaos (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 01:40 PM PST

Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif gestures during an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Sharif warned in an interview Friday that political chaos could embolden Islamist militants threatening nuclear-armed Pakistan, as his supporters battled police following a court ruling barring him from elected office. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - With his supporters rioting for a third day, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif blamed Pakistan's government Friday for the political turmoil set off by a court order barring him from elected office — unrest that he warned could be exploited by Islamic extremists.

Chinese e-cigs gain ground amid safety concerns (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 05:14 PM PST

Miao Nan, executive director of Ruyan Group Ltd., puffs an electronic smoke while he shows other design during an interview at his office in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Ruyan Group Ltd, Beijing-based company was the first to develop electronic cigarettes and says its patented atomizer technology allows users to get an immediate nicotine fix without being harmed by the hazardous chemicals produced when tobacco is burned.(AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - With its slim white body and glowing amber tip, it can easily pass as a regular cigarette. It even emits what look like curlicues of white smoke.

Vatican: Bishop's apology on Holocaust not enough (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:02 PM PST

British-born Roman Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson arrives at Heathrow Airport in London February 25, 2009. A Roman Catholic bishop who caused an international uproar by denying the scale of the Holocaust arrived back in his native Britain on Wednesday after the Argentine government ordered him out. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN)AP - An apology from a bishop who denied the Holocaust wasn't good enough, the Vatican said Friday, adding that he must repudiate his views if he wants to be a Roman Catholic clergyman.

'Slumdog' surge in Indian child sponsorship (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 04:30 PM PST

A girl plays with her younger sibling on the railway tracks near the shanty of AFP - Anti-poverty charity ActionAid said Friday there had been a surge in Indian child sponsorship enquiries in Britain since Oscar triumph of "Slumdog Millionaire".

Iraqi doctors treat the wounded in Jordan (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 01:28 PM PST

14 year old Iraqi Ali Mizhir, left, seen with his father at a hospital run by the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. In November 2006, Ali Mizhir was on his way to a market in Baghdad to buy some slippers. As he walked alongside the road, a car bomb exploded blowing away much of his lower left leg. After five failed operations in Iraq and Iran, Mizhir and his father came to a hospital in Jordan last July, run by the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres. Since 2006, Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders, has run a hospital ward in Amman to treat civilian victims of the Iraq war. The project specializes in reconstructive surgeries that are not life-saving, but are too complicated to be performed in Iraq. It is staffed almost entirely by Iraqi doctors and nurses. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)AP - Ali Mizhir was on his way to a market in Baghdad to buy slippers three years ago when a car bomb exploded nearby, blowing away much of his lower left leg.

Chavez calls for justice 2 decades after riots (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 04:39 PM PST

AP - President Hugo Chavez on Friday said Venezuela should bring to justice those responsible for violently putting down riots 20 years ago in Caracas.

U.S. citizen stabbed in Cairo tourist area (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:00 PM PST

Reuters - An attacker stabbed a U.S. citizen in front of his wife in a popular Cairo tourist area on Friday in the second attack on foreigners in the Egyptian capital in less than a week, security sources said.

'Great danger' for civilians in Sri Lanka conflict: UN (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:37 PM PST

UN Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes addresses journalists during a press conference in Colombo on February 19, 2009. Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan civilians face AFP - Tens of thousands of Sri Lankan civilians face "great danger" after being caught in fighting between Tamil rebels and the advancing military, a senior UN diplomat warned on Friday.

U.S. pairs B-2 bombers, F-22s in Guam for first time (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:10 PM PST

Reuters - The United States has begun operating two types of radar-evading aircraft, a bomber and a fighter, for the first time together in the Pacific, the head of U.S. air forces in the region said on Friday.

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