2009年3月16日星期一

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Austrian admits incest, pleads innocent to murder (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:10 PM PDT

Defendant Josef Fritzl hides his face behind a blue file folder prior to his trial Monday, March 16, 2009, at the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria. A man accused of imprisoning his daughter for nearly a quarter of a century and fathering her seven children repeatedly raped her in front of the youngsters, prosecutors said Monday as his trial opened in Austria. (AP Photo/Helmut Fohringer, Pool)AP - An Austrian who fathered seven children with a daughter he held captive for 24 years refused to even speak to her for years, coming into the squalid cellar only to rape her, often in front of the youngsters, a prosecutor said Monday.

Analysis: Mideast peace up to interlocking deals (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 03:38 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, convenes the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 15, 2009. The head of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service was in Egypt on Sunday making a final push to release an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants before outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert steps down this week. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)AP - The fate of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a collection of moving parts that somehow need to come together in a single package: an Israel-Hamas prisoner swap, a truce for Gaza, and new governments on both sides of the firing line that could pursue peace.

Khatami pulls out of Iran's presidential race (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 03:03 PM PDT

In this file photo taken on Dec. 13, 2008, former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, gestures as he attends in a meeting with his young supporters in Tehran, Iran. Khatami, Iran's most prominent reformist, has decided to pull out of the race against the country's hard-line president to avoid splitting the pro-reform vote in upcoming elections, a senior adviser said Monday, March 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)AP - Iran's most prominent reformist, former President Mohammed Khatami, pulled out of the race against the country's hard-line president Monday, saying he didn't want to split the pro-reform vote in upcoming elections.

AP Analysis: Zardari pays to end Pakistan crisis (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 01:08 PM PDT

Pakistan's deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, left, waves to people as lawyers greeted him after the government announced to reinstate him at his residence in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, March 16, 2009. Pakistan's government relented in a major confrontation with the opposition, agreeing to reinstate Chaudhry whose fate had sparked street fights and raised fears of political instability in a country battling rising Islamist violence. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - The promised reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice defused a protest movement threatening the U.S.-allied government, but it could still spell trouble for the country's struggling president.

Salvadoran leftist president promises moderation (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:21 PM PDT

Mauricio Funes, presidential candidate of the Farbundo Marti National Liberation Front party (FMLN), waves the victory sign to supporters during his victory speech in San Salvador, Sunday, March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - A charismatic former TV journalist promised to build strong ties with President Barack Obama and promote investor confidence Monday as he took El Salvador into uncharted territory by being elected its first leftist president.

UN expert: North Korea commits widespread torture (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:08 PM PDT

North Korean soldiers (facing the camera) look at southern side as a South Korean soldier (C) stands guard at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas, in this picture taken from the South Korean side of the truce village on March 6, 2009. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/PoolAP - A U.N. human rights investigator accused North Korean authorities Monday of committing widespread torture in prisons that he called "death traps." Life in the reclusive communist-ruled country is "dire and desperate," said Vitit Muntarbhorn, adding that people are denied enough food to survive.

US says it shot down Iranian drone last month (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:10 PM PDT

U.S. Army personnel patrol during a ceremony where the US army gave 2 bulldozers to the Baghdad municipality, at Yarmouk joint security center of U.S and Iraqis, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, March, 16, 2009. U.S. troops will not be removed from areas of Iraq that are not completely secure or where there is a high probability that attacks could resume after the Americans leave, Iraq's prime minister said Sunday.Nouri al-Maliki said in an interview with The Associated Press that he had told President Barack Obama and other top U.S. officials that any withdrawals 'must be done with our approval' and in coordination with the Iraqi government. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - U.S. jets shot down an Iranian unmanned surveillance aircraft last month over Iraqi territory about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Monday. A U.S. statement said the Ababil 3 was tracked for about 70 minutes before U.S. jets shot it down "well-inside Iraqi airspace" and that the aircraft's presence over Iraq "was not an accident."

Retired general takes over Ciudad Juarez security (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 05:11 PM PDT

Army soldiers guard a police station in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Monday, March 16, 2009. As retired and active-duty soldiers largely took over security in the violence-wracked city of 1.3 million, a retired Army officer took over as head of police Monday, whose last law enforcement chief resigned after receiving threats. (AP Photo)AP - A retired Mexican army general took over as head of public safety in the violence-plagued border city of Ciudad Juarez on Monday and a retired colonel was sworn in as police chief, as part of a militarization that includes 7,000 soldiers dispatched to keep the peace in the city of 1.3 million.

NGO expelled from Darfur considered ICC cooperation (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 02:26 PM PDT

Reuters - A humanitarian aid group expelled by Sudan said on Monday it had considered cooperating with the International Criminal Court investigation of crimes in Darfur but promptly dismissed the idea.

NKorea fully reopens border crossing (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:26 PM PDT

AP - Seoul's Unification Ministry says North Korea has agreed to let South Koreans back across the border to work at factories at a joint industrial zone in the north.

Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2009 02:34 PM PDT

AP - Australia's defense chief says a ninth Australian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan.

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