2009年3月19日星期四

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AP IMPACT: Many Iraqis held by US to go free (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:03 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier stands guard as detainees pray at a U.S. military detention facility Camp Bucca, Iraq, Monday, March 16, 2009. The United States aims to shut down its largest detention center, Camp Bucca, by 2010. More than 9,600 detainees who were captured as national security threats over the last four years are still being held there; at its peak, the prison located 340 miles southeast of Baghdad held 26,000 detainees. Under the Jan. 1 security agreement with Iraq, the U.S. has released more than 18,000 detainees so far this year and expect to release as many as 1,300 each month. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - Thousands of Iraqis held without charge by the United States on suspicion of links to insurgents or militants are being freed by this summer because there is little or no evidence against them.

Church faces challenges in Africa amid pope visit (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the Amadou Ahidjo stadium to celebrate a Mass, in Yaounde, Cameroon, Thursday, March 19, 2009. The pontiff is in Africa for a seven-day trip that will take him to Cameroon and Angola. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - In Africa, some Roman Catholic priests have children and nuns counsel patients to use condoms against the scourge of AIDS. Faithful consult medicine men even though the church condemns that as witchcraft.

2 US journalists detained by NKorea for filming (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 12:32 PM PDT

These undated photo show two American journalists Laura Ling, rigtht, and Euna Lee. Ling and Lee were detained by North Korean soldiers while on a reporting trip earlier in the week near the country's border with China, South Korean news reports said Thursday, March 19, 2009.(AP Photo/Yonhap)AP - Two American journalists were missing Thursday after they were reportedly detained by North Korea for ignoring warnings to stop shooting footage of the reclusive country.

Mexico nabs suspected cartel leader without a shot (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 03:32 PM PDT

Military officers escort alleged drug trafficker Vicente Zambada during his presentation to the media in Mexico City, Thursday, March 19, 2009. Vicente Zambada, arrested Wednesday in a upscale neighborhood in Mexico City, is the son of Mexican drug lord Ismael Zambada, head of the Sinaloa cartel. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - A purported top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel was in police custody Thursday, as authorities extended a cross-border crackdown on the gang that has included the arrest of 755 of its members in the U.S.

EU leaders reject more stimulus despite glum stats (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:26 PM PDT

AP - European Union nations on Thursday rejected new spending projects to boost their recession-hit economies, standing firm against massive street protests demanding subsidies and U.S. suggestions to stoke growth with more aid.

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

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT

A protestor (L) is led away by police after being arrested for blocking street car traffic on Market Street during a demonstration on the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq, in San Francisco, California March 19, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CONFLICT SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)AP - As of Thursday, March 19, 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.

Small plane crashes into Ecuador building; 5 dead (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:51 PM PDT

AP - A fire chief says five people are dead after a small military plane slammed into an apartment building in the Ecuadorean capital.

Zimbabwe leaders appeal for $5 billion (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 01:06 PM PDT

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech at the burial of Zimbabwe Army Gen. Vitalis Zvinavashe in Harare, Saturday, March 14, 2009. Zvinavashe died after a long illness in Harare on March 10. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - President Robert Mugabe and a longtime opposition leader-turned-finance minister made an unusual joint appeal Thursday for $5 billion (euro3.66 billion) in international aid to revive Zimbabwe's shattered economy.

U.N. says fears of unfair Afghan poll well-founded (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 05:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Opposition fears of an unfair election in Afghanistan this year are well-founded, and a rigged poll would fuel political instability and undermine support for democracy, a top U.N. envoy warned on Thursday.

Rare reptile hatchling found on NZ mainland (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 12:41 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, a baby tuatara is held by a staff at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, March 19, 2009. The juvenile hatchling of the rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age was found on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years. (AP Photo/Karori Wildlife Sanctury,Tom Lynch,HO)AP - A hatchling of a rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in the wild on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, a wildlife official said Thursday.

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