2009年3月12日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News

German police suspect chat room posts were faked (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:14 PM PDT

A mother comforts her daughter as they mourn in front of the Albertville school in Winnenden, Germany, Thursday, March 12, 2009. A 17-year-old wielding a Beretta 9 mm pistol burst into classrooms at his former high school here on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 and gunned down students in a rampage that ended with 15 dead before he took his own life, authorities said. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)AP - The psychological profile of a teenager who went on a shooting spree at his former school and killed 15 people began to take shape Thursday, as investigators described a withdrawn young man from an intact family who broke off psychiatric treatment for depression.

Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush jailed for 3 years (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:27 PM PDT

Watched over by security, a relative of the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at then-President George W. Bush reacts after Muntadhar al-Zeidi was convicted of assaulting a foreign leader and sentenced to three years in prison, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war.

Pope: Vatican made errors in Holocaust denial case (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 12:49 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, right, greets Shear-Yashuv Cohen, the chief rabbi in the Israeli city of Haifa, on the occasion of the pontiff's meeting with with a delegation of Israel's chief rabbinate, part of regularly planned consultations to discuss aspects of Catholic and Jewish religious teachings, at the Vatican, Thursday, March 12, 2009. Benedict XVI has acknowledged Vatican mistakes over a Holocaust-denying bishop and his efforts to reach out to ultraconservatives, saying in a highly unusual critical review that he was saddened that even Catholics attacked him with open hostility. The pope made a personal analysis of the case in a letter to the world's Catholic bishops made public by the Vatican on Thursday, seeking to end one of the most serious crises of his nearly four-year papacy. At center is German cardinal Walter Kasper. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Pope Benedict XVI has made an unusual public acknowledgment of Vatican mistakes and turmoil in his church over an outreach to ultraconservatives that led to his lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop.

Pakistani police stop opposition protest convoy (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 12:37 PM PDT

A US 'Predator' drone passes overhead at a forward operating base near Kandahar in January, 2009. A suspected US missile strike slammed into a Taliban camp in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 12 militants, including suspected Al-Qaeda fighters, security officials said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AP - Club-swinging police blocked the way out of Pakistan's biggest city Thursday, scattering hundreds of demonstrators as the government sought to contain a protest movement that is emerging as a major challenge to its shaky one-year rule.

Fat Duck restaurant reopens after food scare (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:28 AM PDT

A car passes The Fat Duck restaurant in Bray near Maidenhead, England, in this Friday March 6, 2009 file photo. A world-renowned British restaurant at the center of a health scare can reopen, health officials said Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Britain's Health Protection Agency said it still hadn't determined what caused the outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting linked to The Fat Duck, a Michelin-starred restaurant in the village of Bray, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of London but it said that preliminary findings suggested it was safe to reopen the establishment. (AP Photo / Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)AP - Lovers of snail porridge, mustard ice cream and jelly of quail, rejoice.

Seven arrests after Amsterdam 'terrorist' threat (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PDT

Dutch policemen evacuate the shopping mall ''Villa Arena'' in Amsterdam. Dutch police arrested seven people Thursday after what they termed a AFP - Dutch police arrested seven people Thursday on suspicion of planning a "terrorist" attack in Amsterdam after a threat that caused shop closures and the cancellation of a rock concert.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,257 (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:36 PM PDT

In this Dec. 14, 2008 file photo, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a new conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq. A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday, March 12, 2009 for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - As of Thursday, March 12, 2009, at least 4,257 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexico extradites ex-Border Patrol agents to US (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:38 PM PDT

AP - Mexico has extradited two former U.S. Border Patrol agents accused of taking bribes from migrant smugglers.

Gunmen kidnap foreign aid workers in Darfur (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 01:44 PM PDT

Christopher Stokes -- the chief of Medecins Sans Frontieres' (MSF) Belgian branch -- and MSF director of operations Stephan Goetghebuer (L) hold a press conference in Brussels. The kidnappers of three foreign aid workers in Darfur have demanded a ransom for their release, a Sudanese official said on Thursday amid security fears following the arrest warrant against Sudan's veteran president.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - The kidnappers of three foreign aid workers in Darfur have demanded a ransom for their release, a Sudanese official said on Thursday amid security fears following the arrest warrant against Sudan's veteran president.

Officials: Obama's Afghanistan goals due soon (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:31 PM PDT

Two Afghan men walk at sunset in Kabul in 2008. Visiting Iranian Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie said Thursday his government welcomes multilateral talks with the United States and its allies on Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - The Obama administration expects to announce new objectives for the flagging war in Afghanistan as soon as next week that place an onus on next-door Pakistan to contain extremism, defense and administration officials said Thursday.

Iraq wants big Australian wheat import boost: officials (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:28 AM PDT

An automated crop harvesting machine New South Wales, Australia. Iraq is seeking a huge increase in Australian wheat imports previously slashed after a scandal over bribes paid to the regime of former president Saddam Hussein, officials have said.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Iraq wants a huge increase in Australian wheat imports previously slashed after a scandal over bribes paid to the regime of former president Saddam Hussein, officials said Thursday.

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