2009年3月8日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

US says 12,000 troops to leave Iraq by September (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 02:05 PM PDT

Relatives carry a coffin with a body of a policeman killed in a suicide bombing outside the police academy in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2009. A suicide bomber struck police lined up at the entrance of the main police academy in Baghdad on Sunday, killing more than two dozen people and wounding dozens of others, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - About 12,000 U.S. soldiers will leave Iraq by September, officials said Sunday, hours after a Baghdad suicide bomber killed about 30 people in a chilling reminder of the nation's still-shaky security.

Pledges of peace after fatal N.Ireland attack (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 02:27 PM PDT

Police forensic officers examine the scene at the Massereene army barracks in Antrim, west of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sunday, March, 8, 2009 after two British soldiers were shot to death and four other people wounded in a drive-by ambush that politicians blamed on IRA dissidents. Suspected IRA dissidents who opened fire on British soldiers and pizza delivery men outside an army base shot their victims again as they lay wounded on the ground, police said Sunday. Two soldiers died and four other people, including two men delivering pizzas, remained hospitalized with serious wounds following Saturday night's attack at the entrance to Massereene army barracks in Antrim, west of Belfast. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Catholic and Protestant congregations prayed together for peace Sunday after IRA dissidents killed two British soldiers as they collected pizzas — the first deadly attack on Northern Ireland security forces in 12 years.

China clamps down ahead of key Tibetan anniversary (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 11:12 AM PDT

A Tibetan nun turns prayer wheels at a monastery in Daofu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, March 6 , 2009.. Military convoys lumber between towns, police patrol streets and Internet service is unplugged as China mounts a show of force in its Tibetan areas to prevent a repeat of uprisings against Chinese rule.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Military convoys rumble along winding mountain roads, the Internet has been cut in potential trouble spots and motorists must run a gantlet of inspection checkpoints as Beijing mounts a show of force in Tibetan areas to prevent a repeat of uprisings against Chinese rule.

Mexico morgues crowded with mounting drug-war dead (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 10:55 AM PDT

Bodies awaiting autopsies crowd a walk-in refrigerator at the morgue in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Feb. 18, 2009. Bodies stacked in the morgues of Mexico's border cities tell the story of an escalating drug war. Drug violence claimed 6,290 people last year, double the previous year, and more than 1,000 in the first eight weeks of 2009. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Death froze his exhausted face. The attackers lashed or punctured nearly every part of his body. Then they cut off the dead man's head, wrapped it in a plastic grocery bag and dumped it with his body between two tractor-trailers on a city street.

Sudan's president warns foreigners in Darfur (AP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 01:01 PM PDT

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, left inspects an honor guard upon his arrival at the North Darfur state capital of el Fasher, Sudan Sunday, March 8, 2009. Sudan's president threatened to kick out more aid groups and expel diplomats and peacekeepers on Sunday during his first trip to the beleaguered Darfur region after an international court issued an arrest warrant against him. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Sudan's president threatened to kick out more aid groups and expel diplomats and peacekeepers on Sunday during his first trip to Darfur after an international court issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes there.

Terrier is top dog at Crufts (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Sealyham Terrier AFP - A Sealyham Terrier was named top dog at Crufts Sunday after a rough few months for the prestigious canine show due to concerns for the health of pedigree dogs.

Defiant Beshir in Darfur, warns foreigners (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT

President Omar al-Beshir waves a sword next to a flag as supporters greet him in the North Darfur state capital of el-Fasher. Beshir, on his first visit to Darfur since an international warrant for his arrest, on Sunday warned peacekeepers and aid groups to obey Sudan law or face expulsion.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - A defiant President Omar al-Beshir, on his first visit to Darfur since an international warrant for his arrest, on Sunday warned peacekeepers and aid groups to obey Sudan law or face expulsion.

N.Korea forces on alert for U.S.-S.Korea exercises (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 02:19 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea's military command has put its armed forces on full combat readiness to defend the country against any incursion by U.S. and South Korean forces due to start annual drills on Monday, the North's news agency said.

India beat Taiwan in Davis Cup tie (AFP)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 04:20 AM PDT

India claimed a decisive 3-1 win over Taiwan on Sunday to move into the third round of Davis Cup play in Group I of the Asia-Oceania Zone.(AFP/Sam Yeh)AFP - India claimed a decisive 3-1 win over Taiwan on Sunday to move into the third round of Davis Cup play in Group I of the Asia-Oceania Zone.

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