2009年3月15日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World News

Pakistan to restore chief justice (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 06:32 PM PDT

Pakistani supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif shout slogans during a demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 15, 2009. Pakistan's opposition leader defied house arrest on Sunday to join anti-government protests that quickly descended into violence and chaos, with running battles between stone-throwing protesters and police. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Pakistan agreed Monday to reinstate a fired chief justice, a move that will help defuse a political crisis that has sparked street battles and raised fears of instability in the country at a time of surging Islamist violence.

Sinn Fein, IRA dissidents vie for Catholic support (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 01:10 PM PDT

A masked youth throws a stone at police officers close to where a leading Irish Republican was arrested in connection with the recent murders of two British soldiers, in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, Saturday, March 14, 2009. Police arrested three suspected IRA dissidents, including a well-known Irish republican Saturday, on suspicion of killing two off-duty British soldiers, an attack designed to trigger wider violence in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Graffiti on the Catholic side of town condemn Sinn Fein politicians as British stooges. Alongside black-stenciled images of masked gunmen, slogans proclaim allegiance to IRA dissidents who fatally shot a policeman a few miles away.

Bomb kills 4 US soldiers in Afghanistan's east (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 06:16 PM PDT

A damaged vehicle is seen at the site of a blast in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 15, 2009. A roadside bomb hit a convoy carrying the mayor of a key southern city Sunday, killing a passer-by, while clashes and bombings around the rest of Afghanistan killed 13 others, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - A roadside bomb killed four American soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday — new evidence of rising violence in a region where clashes and attacks in the first two months of 2009 more than doubled from the same period a year ago.

Chavez: Russia jets welcome, but no Venezuela base (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT

AP - President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russian bombers would be welcome in Venezuela, but the socialist leader denied that his country would offer Moscow its territory for a military base.

Israeli envoys make final push to free soldier (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 04:06 PM PDT

Israeli demonstrators hold banners with pictures of Sgt. Gilad Schalit, who was captured by Hamas-allied militants in Gaza in 2006, during a protest calling for his release outside Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's residence in Jerusalem Friday, March 13, 2009. The parents of an Israeli soldier held captive by Palestinian militants set up camp in a protest tent outside Olmert's residence on last Sunday, vowing to stay there until the end of his term in a bid to pressure his outgoing government to bring their son home. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Israel postponed a crucial Cabinet meeting a few hours before it was to convene Monday morning, giving negotiators more time to try to finalize an agreement with Hamas over the release of a captive Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

Anti-government protests in Hungary (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 03:22 PM PDT

Hungarian radicals in WWII style military uniforms participate in a demonstration against Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and his Socialist government during national day marking the anniversary of the 1848-1849 revolution and war against the Habsburg's in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Several thousand people held anti-government protests in the Hungarian capital during a national holiday on Sunday, and police detained 35 people.

Bomb in Yemen kills 4 South Koreans, 1 Yemeni (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 06:06 PM PDT

In this Dec. 7, 2007 file photo, the historical city of Shibam in Hadramut province, Yemen is seen. Four South Korean tourists were killed in a suicide bombing near the ancient fortress city of Shibam, a UNESCO World Heritage site known as 'the Manhattan of the desert' because of its towering 16th century mud brick buildings, in Yemen's Hadramut province on Sunday, March 15, 2009 according to security officials, the latest such attack targeting foreigners visiting this poor Arab country that has both famed historic sites and a strong al-Qaida presence. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Qadhi, File)AP - A bomb killed four South Korean tourists and their local guide in Yemen on Sunday, officials said, the latest such attack targeting foreigners visiting this poor Arab country that has both famed historic sites and a strong al-Qaida presence.

Ex-Salvadoran rebels seek power through ballot box (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Mauricio Funes, presidential candidate of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, looks up as he casts his vote during presidential elections in San Salvador, Sunday March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - El Salvador's former guerrillas, behind the bespectacled, moderate face of a former TV journalist, could take power for the first time since the nation's civil war in elections Sunday that threaten to uproot two decades of conservative rule.

Pope hopes to inspire peace on Africa trip (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 10:59 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges faithful from his studio window overlooking St.Peter's Square during his Angelus prayer, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 15, 2009. Benedict XVI said Sunday his first papal visit to Africa this week aims to inspire peace, reconciliation and hope on a much suffering continent with ''enormous'' potential. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI leaves this week on his first trip to Africa — the fastest-growing region for the Roman Catholic church — saying Sunday that he wants to bring a message of hope to a continent suffering from poverty, disease and armed conflict.

Pakistan defuses crisis, agrees to restore top judge (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 06:15 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan's government agreed on Monday to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice to defuse a political crisis and end a street agitation that was threatening to turn into violent confrontation.

Half of oil-slicked Australian beaches now clean (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 02:50 AM PDT

A conservation officer looks out over the oil spill on 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 - About half of the white sand beaches along Australia's northeast coast that were blackened by an oil spill have been cleared, an official said Sunday.

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