2009年3月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

Gorbachev likens Putin's party to the worst of the communists (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 04:41 PM PST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 5, 2009. In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Gorbachev likened Vladamir Putin's United Russia Party to the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judiciary are not fully free. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judiciary are not fully free.

Guinea-Bissau collapse deepens after leader killed (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 04:25 PM PST

A machete and bullet casings sit amidst dried blood in the dining room of assassinated Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo 'Nino' Vieira three days after his death, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Thursday, March 5, 2009. The head of Guinea-Bissau's parliament was sworn in as interim president Tuesday, quelling speculation the army had been planning a coup after the man who ruled this tiny African nation for two decades was gunned down Monday.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - The blood-soaked dining room where Guinea-Bissau's president was brutally murdered is littered with broken glass, bullet casings and a rusted machete.

Darfur: fears of crisis if aid agencies leave (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 02:44 PM PST

In this Jan. 1, 2008 photo provided Thursday March 5, 2009 by French humanitarian organization 'Medecins Sans Frontieres' (Doctors Without Borders), the Kalma camp near the town of Nyala in Darfur is seen. Sudan ordered 13 leading international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, expelled from Darfur on Wednesday March 5, 2009 after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the country's president for alleged atrocities in the conflict-ridden region. (AP Photo/Voitek Asztabski, Medecins Sans Frontieres)AP - Even before Sudan's president expelled aid groups from Darfur following an international warrant seeking his arrest, diarrhea was spreading among newcomers at one of its largest refugee camps and people waited hours in line for water.

Gandhi items sell for $1.8M; owner has cold feet (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 03:41 PM PST

Indian leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, smiles in this 1947 file photo, location unknown. The great-grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi said Monday Feb. 22, 2009, that he has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a rare collection of the Indian independence leader's personal items that are up for auction and bring them back to India. (AP Photo/File)AP - Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other items sold for $1.8 million Thursday at an auction that drew outrage from the Indian government, a last-minute reversal from the seller and a frenzy of bidding won by an Indian conglomerate that said the pacifist leader's possessions will be coming home.

Colombia extradites cooperative warlord (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 05:04 PM PST

AP - A Colombian warlord who has cooperated closely with prosecutors was extradited to the United States on Thursday despite human rights groups' objections that sending him away could leave hundreds of murders unsolved.

New 'Musketeers' fire French Davis Cup hopes (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 05:43 PM PST

Israel's Davis Cup team train at the Baltic Arena in Malmo, Sweden, on March 3, as policemen keep watch. Sweden's meeting with Israel will be played behind closed doors, after government officials in the Swedish city - which has a large Muslim population - decided that ill-feeling towards Israel following the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip presented too great a security risk.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Drago Prvulovic)AFP - France will take on the Czech Republic in their Davis Cup first-round tie bolstered by the feeling that their team is stronger than it has been for over 75 years.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,255 (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 05:29 PM PST

A U.S. soldier visits a classroom at a newly reopened school after its renovation by U.S. forces in Baghdad's Hurriya district in this March 5, 2009 picture. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ)AP - As of Thursday, March 5, 2009, at least 4,255 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Chavez says US, Brazil free to discuss Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 06:18 PM PST

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right front row, marches during an army change of command ceremony, accompanied by Venezuela's Vice President Ramón Carrizales, second right, at El Pao, Venezuela, Thursday, March 5, 2009. Army Gen. Carlos Mata Figueroa, third right, replaced Gen. Jesus Gonzalez Gonzalez, fourth right, as Venezuela's army new commander in chief. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has given Brazil's president the green light to talk about Venezuela with President Barack Obama.

Beshir lashes out at West as fears mount for Darfur (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 06:07 PM PST

Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir (C) attends a mass demonstration in Khartoum. Beshir lashed out at the West over the arrest warrant which has split the world community and sparked fears of insecurity and a humanitarian crisis in Darfur.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir lashed out at the West over a warrant for his arrest which has split the world and sparked fears of insecurity and a humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

NKorea, UN command hold talks amid tensions (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 06:30 PM PST

An undated photo of the North Korean army conducting a firing drill at an undisclosed place in North Korea. The United States said Thursday that North Korean threats to South Korean flights are AP - Senior military officials from North Korea and the U.S.-led U.N. Command in South Korea opened talks at the border Friday, a day after the North threatened passenger planes flying near its airspace.

Aus, SKorea agree on security pact, free trade (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 06:45 AM PST

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (R) and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (L) laugh during their joint press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Australia and South Korea agreed during a summit Thursday to deepen security ties and launch formal talks on a free trade agreement.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia and South Korea agreed during a summit between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and President Lee Myung-bak Thursday to deepen security ties and launch formal talks on a free trade agreement.

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