2009年3月10日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Dalai Lama: Tibetans 'suffering' under China (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:12 PM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, foreground, arrives for a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that sent him into exile, in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday March 10, 2009. China has launched a 'brutal crackdown' in Tibet since protests shook the Himalayan region last year, the Dalai Lama said Tuesday in a speech to mark the anniversary. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - Life for Tibetans under Chinese rule has been "hell on earth," the Dalai Lama said Tuesday, attacking Beijing in a speech to mark 50 years since the failed uprising that forced him into exile.

Progress in Mexico drug war is drenched in blood (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 02:28 PM PDT

Suspected members of criminal gangs are presented to the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, March 9, 2009. Mexico's cartels are losing their grip on the prized U.S. drug market, largely because of a cross-border crackdown and a regional shift in worldwide cocaine consumption.(AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Headless bodies in Tijuana, kidnapped children in Phoenix and shootouts on the streets of Vancouver: These are the unwanted byproducts of progress in the Mexican drug war.

IRA dissident killings unites Northern Ireland (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:15 PM PDT

A Police Service of Northern Ireland marksman takes up position on a hill near Lismore Manor, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, March, 10, 2009, following the fatal shooting of a police officer. The Continuity IRA said in a message to Belfast media that it carried out the shooting - 48 hours after the killing of two British soldiers claimed by the Real IRA. The killings appeared designed to undermine the unity government as its leaders prepared to leave for a high-profile U.S. tour capped by their first meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - The Protestant and Catholic leaders of Northern Ireland mounted an exceptional display of unity against rising violence from Irish Republican Army dissidents — and vowed Tuesday to defeat hard-liners with the power of popular will.

Iraqi suicide attack kills 33; US blames al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 02:58 PM PDT

Iraqi police stand around a vehicle destroyed in a parked car bomb blast in the town of al-Hamadaniya, 40 kilometers north of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Two civilians were killed in the blast and another eight were wounded. (AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber struck Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in a Baghdad suburb Tuesday, killing up to 33 people in the second major attack in the capital area in three days. The bombings are raising fears that Sunni insurgents may be escalating operations as the U.S. phases out its combat role in Iraq and prepares to withdraw troops from cities by the end of June.

9/11 suspects: 'We are terrorists to the bone' (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:05 PM PDT

In this file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, the five Sept. 11, 2001 attack co-defendants sit during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. From top to bottom, they are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Waleed Bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi. The five men charged with the Sept. 11 attacks say they 'are terrorists to the bone' in their most detailed response to U.S. war crimes charges. The Associated Press on Tuesday March 10, 2009 obtained the six-page court filing in which the defendants refer to Sept. 11 as 'the great attack on America.' (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)AP - The self-professed mastermind and four other men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks declared they are "terrorists to the bone" in a statement that mocked the U.S. failure to prevent the killings and predicted America will fall like "the towers on the blessed 9/11 day."

Chelsea oust Juventus after 2-2 Champions League thriller (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Chelsea's Ivorian forward Didier Drogba (R) fights for the ball with Juventus' defender Giorgio Chiellini during their Champions League second leg first knockout round football match at Olympic Stadium in Turin. The match ended in a 2-2 draw and Chelsea goes through on aggregate.(AFP/Damien Meyer)AFP - Goals from African pair Didier Drogba and Michael Essien earned Chelsea a 2-2 draw at Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday to send last year's finalists through to the quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate.

US Embassy in Sudan warns Americans to leave (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:52 PM PDT

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, left shakes hands with an unidentified Yemeni delegation member in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. The U.S. State Department has authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and family from its embassy in Khartoum due to 'uncertain' security conditions following the expulsion of aid groups from the Darfur region, said a message issued by the embassy Tuesday. Otheres are unidentified. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)AP - The U.S. Embassy in Sudan authorized nonessential staff and family to leave the country, saying Tuesday that protests against the International Criminal Court's indictment of the Sudanese president increased the danger of anti-Western violence.

Cocaine-carrying plane crashes in Honduras (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - Honduras' government says a cocaine-filled plane being pursued by U.S. anti-drug helicopters has crashed, killing the pilot.

Explusion of Darfur NGOs 'not acceptable': Obama (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:25 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks to the press with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Obama warned on Tuesday that Sudan's expulsion of key humanitarian aid groups from Darfur was AFP - US President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that Sudan's expulsion of key humanitarian aid groups from Darfur was "not acceptable" as he held talks with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon.

China-US sea confrontations could continue (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:35 PM PDT

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu invites a question at a news conference in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. A U.S. Navy mapping ship confronted by Chinese vessels in the South China Sea over the weekend was operating illegally, China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, in its first formal comment on the latest friction between the two militaries. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China responded sharply Tuesday to Washington's accusations over a confrontation at sea, an incident that analysts said could become more common as Beijing strengthens its navy and asserts claims to adjacent waters.

Accused Nazi fights extradition to Hungary (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:43 AM PDT

AP - An 87-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II asked an Australian court on Tuesday to prevent his extradition to Hungary, and claimed the results of a lie detector test prove he had nothing to do with the death.

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