2009年3月17日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Bush declines to criticize Obama in Canada speech (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 06:32 PM PDT

A protester scuffles with police outside the venue where former U.S. President George W. Bush was speaking to an invited audience of Calgary businessmen on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. The event was Bush's first speaking engagement since leaving office in January. (AP Photo/Jeff McIntosh, The Canadian Press)AP - Former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that he won't criticize Barack Obama because the new U.S. president "deserves my silence," and said he plans to write a book about the 12 toughest decisions he made in office. Bush declined to critique the Obama administration in his first speech since leaving office in January. Former Vice President Dick Cheney has said that Obama's decisions threatened America's safety.

On Africa trip, pope says condoms won't solve AIDS (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 05:25 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI waves to a cheering crowd as he leaves the airport in Yaounde, Cameroon Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Pope Benedict arrived in Cameroon Tuesday on his first trip to Africa, the fastest-growing region for the Roman Catholic church. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Pope Benedict XVI said condoms are not the answer to the AIDS epidemic in Africa and can make the problem worse, setting off criticism Tuesday as he began a weeklong trip to the continent where some 22 million people are living with HIV.

Daughter confronts Austrian incest father in video (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 06:24 PM PDT

Defendant Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted to a break during the second day of his trial at the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, on Tuesday March 17, 2009. The 73-year-old who fathered seven children with a daughter he held captive in a squalid cellar for 24 years refused to even speak to her for years, coming only to rape her, often in front of the youngsters, a prosecutor said. (AP Photo/Helmut Fohringer, Pool)AP - The woman who bore seven children through incest and was allegedly locked in a squalid dungeon for 24 years confronted her father Tuesday in a videotape shown in court — testimony that could send him to prison for life. Josef Fritzl, 73, has been charged with murder, enslavement, incest and rape in a case that has drawn media attention from around the world for its shocking allegations.

Army puts Madagascar opposition leader in charge (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 04:09 PM PDT

Opposition leader Andry Rajoelina parades through the narrow streets of Antananarivo, Madagascar, after taking control of the seat of power at the downtown presidential office, Tuesday March 17, 2009. Rajoelina called on the military to arrest the nation's president as a power struggle between the two appeared to be reaching a decisive moment. Dozens of soldiers took over a deserted presidential palace that had been the site of deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and the army earlier this year. The president was in another palace in the city during the operation late Monday.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Madagascar's top generals handed over control of this Indian Ocean island nation to the opposition leader on Tuesday, hours after the president himself stepped down and tried to put the military in charge.

Russia: US, NATO actions mean new arms are needed (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addresses top military brass in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the country's armed forces need to be modernized to respond to international terrorism and NATO expansion. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, Pool)AP - Russia's defense minister on Tuesday accused the United States of beefing up its military presence near Russian borders and poaching for mineral wealth there, signaling that Moscow could take a tough position in upcoming talks with Barack Obama's new administration.

GM could keep minority stake in Opel: minister (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 03:45 PM PDT

A red traffic light can be seen in front of the logo of car maker Opel at the company's plant in the western German city of Bochum. The struggling US auto giant General Motors is prepared to only have a minority stake in its German subsidiary Opel, Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Philipp Guelland)AFP - The struggling US auto giant General Motors is prepared to only have a minority stake in its German subsidiary Opel, Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said Tuesday.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,259 (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 04:54 PM PDT

US troops set off on a night mission through fields located along the southern edge of Baghdad, in 2007. The number of reports of sexual assault rose by eight percent in 2008 in the US military, and spiked by more than 25 percent in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - As of Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at least 4,259 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Americans, Canadians among 11 dead in Mexico crash (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 06:06 PM PDT

Rescue workers stand next to a bus crash victim on the outskirts of Saltillo, in the Mexican state of Coahuila, Monday, March 16, 2009. A tractor-trailer slammed into a bus carrying Canadian and U.S. tourists killing 11, officials said Tuesday. The condition of the man is unknown. (AP Photo/Zocalo de Saltillo)AP - A drunken driver lost control of his tractor-trailer and slammed into a bus carrying Canadians and Americans touring northern Mexico, killing 11, officials said Tuesday.

Obama chooses Sudan envoy, to announce Wednesday (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 06:20 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama has chosen retired Air Force General Scott Gration as his special envoy to Sudan, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, in the midst of a worsening humanitarian crisis in its Darfur region.

S.Korea warns of action if North blocks border again (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 06:21 PM PDT

Reuters - South Korea warned Wednesday that it would respond with decisive action if Pyongyang again blocked access to a joint factory park in North Korea, but said it was too early to consider shutting the project down. In the past week, the North has blocked movement across the heavily defended border to an industrial park run by South Korean companies in the city of Kaesong out of anger over joint military drills by South Korean and U.S. troops.

Kangaroos in the firing line in Australia (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 04:48 AM PDT

Kangaroos are seen in a field outside of government house in Canberra, Australia Oct. 23, 2006. An official says Australia's national capital is becoming so plagued by kangaroos that the only real option to reduce their numbers is to shoot them in more regular culls. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - Australia's capital is plagued by too many kangaroos, and the best solution is to shoot them, an official said Tuesday. Horrified conservationists vowed to demonstrate if authorities followed through.

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