2009年3月13日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Deep split over an economic fix as ministers meet (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 03:27 PM PDT

Britain's Treasury chief Alistair Darling, left, arrives with US Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner for a bilateral meeting during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel near Horsham in Sussex, England Friday, March 13, 2009. World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned on Friday that 2009 could be a 'very dangerous year' and urged quick action to fix troubled economies ahead of a meeting of international finance officials expected to wrestle over whether to spend or regulate the way out of the global downturn. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - The leaders of the world's most powerful economies are deeply split over how to fight a downturn that is intensifying around the globe, with no nation in a position of strength as finance ministers gather to talk about the crisis.

Switzerland breaks with tradition on tax evasion (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 01:34 PM PDT

Swiss Federal President Hans-Rudolf Merz, head of the Federal Department of Finance, speaks during a news conference in Bern, Switzerland, Friday, March 13, 2009. The Swiss government said Friday it would cooperate on cases of international tax evasion, breaking with a long-standing tradition of protecting wealthy foreigners accused of hiding billions of dollars in the Alpine nation. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Schneider)AP - Switzerland's days as a safe haven for the world's tax evaders are numbered.

Belfast chooses peace in face of renewed terror (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 12:52 PM PDT

The funeral of PSNI constable Stephen Carroll makes its way through Banbridge, Northern Ireland, Friday March 13, 2009, to St Therese's Roman Catholic church. Constable Stephen Carroll, 48, was shot while on duty in Craigavon on Monday. Thousands of people lined the streets outside St Therese Church in his hometown of Banbridge, County Down, where funeral mass was held. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - When Irish Republican Army dissidents gunned down their first British security forces in more than a decade, they hoped to provoke a steely security crackdown and tit-for-tat attacks that would drag Belfast back into the bad old days.

Japan protests NKorea's rocket launch plan (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 10:58 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Hwanghae Steel company near Pyongyang in this picture released by North Korean news agency KCNA March 13, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. A North Korean rocket launch will trigger fresh action by the U.N. Security Council for violating sanctions that are in effect for an earlier missile test, South Korea's foreign ministry said on Friday. QUALITY FROM SOURCE. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA MILITARY POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORSAP - An angry Japan hinted Friday it could down an incoming North Korean rocket, but analysts dismissed the talk as bluster and said the communist country will go ahead with a planned April launch with little fear of the consequences.

Oil soaks Australian beaches after spill (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 12:48 PM PDT

A nature conservation officer carries a pelican, covered in oil, from the beach on Moreton Island near Brisbane, Australia, Friday, March 13, 2009. Nearly 40 miles of Australian beaches have been blackened by oil spilled from a cargo ship caught in stormy seas this week, leading the state premier to declare the area a disaster zone and warn that the ship's operators could face legal action. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)AP - Authorities declared a disaster zone Friday along a stretch of some of Australia's most popular beaches after tons of fuel oil that leaked from a cargo ship blackened the creamy white sand for miles.

German Massacre Raises Issue of Gun Control in Europe (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 05:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Despite stringent gun laws, Europeans are more highly armed than they think. Experts say better measures are needed to keep legally owned guns out of the hands of people who've lost their sanity

Italy reports release of aid workers in Sudan (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 05:11 PM PDT

AP - The Italian foreign ministry said Friday that three foreign aid workers being held hostage in Darfur had been released but representatives for their aid organization could not confirm that they had been freed.

Argentine veterans return to Falklands for race (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 04:09 PM PDT

AP - Three Argentine veterans who fought in the 1982 Falklands War against Great Britain are making their first trip back to the islands this weekend to run a marathon.

Foreign hostages freed in Darfur after two-day ordeal (AFP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT

Malnourished children are fed at a Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) centre in western Darfur. Three foreign aid workers held hostage in war-torn Darfur after being kidnapped at gunpoint are free, Italy's foreign ministry said late Friday in a statement carried by ANSA news agency.(AFP/File/Marco Longari)AFP - Three foreign aid workers, who had been taken hostage in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, were freed on Friday after two days in captivity, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said.

China 'worried' about US Treasury holdings (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 05:01 PM PDT

China's Premier Wen Jiabao ponders before he answers a question at a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 13, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)AP - China's premier didn't say it in so many words, but the implied warning to Washington was blunt:

Aussie beaches a 'disaster zone' after toxic spill (AFP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 06:08 AM PDT

Council workers use heavy machinery to remove contaminated sand in Coolum, Queensland. Dozens of popular tourist beaches on Australia's northeast coast have been declared a disaster zone, with their once-pristine sands fouled by a massive oil and chemical slick.(AFP/Paul Harris)AFP - Dozens of popular tourist beaches on Australia's northeast coast were on Friday declared a disaster zone, with their once-pristine sands fouled by a massive oil and chemical slick.

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