2009年3月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Iran's response to US shows mind-set of leadership (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:36 PM PDT

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters during his visit to Mashhad, 900 km (540 miles) east of Tehran, Iran, on Saturday March 21, 2009. Iran's supreme leader rebuffed President Barack Obama's latest outreach on Saturday, saying Tehran was still waiting to see concrete changes in U.S. policy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was responding to a video message Obama released Friday in which he reached out to Iran on the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian new year, and expressed hopes for an improvement in nearly 30 years of strained relations. (AP Photo/ISNA)AP - The Iranian leader's rebuff on Saturday to President Barack Obama's offer for dialogue was swift and sweeping: Words from Washington ring hollow without deep policy changes.

Pope condemns sorcery, urges Angolans to convert (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 03:07 PM PDT

A girl reacts as Pope Benedict XVI arrives at a gathering for youths in the city of Luanda, Angola, Saturday, March 21, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI appealed to the Catholics of Angola on Saturday to reach out to and convert believers in witchcraft who feel threatened by 'spirits' and 'evil powers' of sorcery.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - Tens of thousands of Angola's Catholics lined the streets of the capital Saturday for a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI, who urged the country's faithful to reach out and convert people who believe in witchcraft.

Darfur refugee camp hit by aid groups' expulsion (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 12:59 PM PDT

Sudanese refugees line up for water while a UNAMID truck carrying water donated to the camp unloads at the Zamzam refugee camp, outside the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Sudan Thursday, March 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Every day, a peacekeeper truck pulls into this teeming camp carrying loads of water, and is greeted by long lines of refugees.

CIA chief in Pakistan amid missile strike furor (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Back dropped by a portrait of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer Tahir Mahmood Raja, brushes his hair at his Lawyers' office in the Civil Court of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. For two years, Tahir Mahmood regularly clashed with police, spent days arrested and walked off his job to pressure the country's rulers to reinstate the deposed Supreme Court chief justice fired by Musharraf in 2007. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's announcement that Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry would resume his duties as the chief justice on March 22, headed off a political crisis that threatened to destabilize a government facing a teetering economy and rising Islamic violence. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - The new director of the CIA held high-level talks in Pakistan on Saturday after a provincial leader warned against expanding U.S. missile strikes on al-Qaida and Taliban targets inside the country's thinly policed border with Afghanistan.

Israel police ban Arab culture day in Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 12:48 PM PDT

A Palestinian boy scout performs during a rally to mark Jerusalem, Capital of Arab Culture for 2009, at the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, March 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Israeli authorities broke up a series of Palestinian cultural events in Jerusalem on Saturday, disrupting a children's march and bursting balloons at a schoolyard celebration in a crackdown that underscored the emotional battle over control of the disputed holy city.

Murray downs Federer to reach Indian Wells final (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:31 PM PDT

Andy Murray of Scotland plays against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the semifinals at the Indian Wells ATP tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. Murray defeated world number two Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 here Saturday to reach the final of the Indian Wells ATP Masters series tournament.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - Britain's Andy Murray defeated world number two Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 here Saturday to reach the final of the Indian Wells ATP Masters series tournament.

For tourists, seeing Iraq one checkpoint at a time (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:46 AM PDT

Tina Townsend Greaves, from Yorkshire, U.K., takes a photo during a visit to the crossed swords monument in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 21, 2009. Greaves was one of eight visitors — including Britons and Americans — on the first officially sanctioned tour of Iraq outside the semiautonomous northern Kurdish region since the March 2003 U.S. invasion. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The Western tourists had their own reasons for joining the sightseeing tour: One wanted a glimpse of ancient ruins, another liked to visit countries in the news.

Venezuela brings ports under federal control (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:45 PM PDT

A worker paints in red a billboard showing an image of Maracaibo's Mayor and opposition leader, Manuel Rosales, as soldiers take control over the port in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Saturday, March 21, 2009. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez ordered the military to seize control of two of Venezuela's largest seaports, Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo. A prosecutor called Friday for the arrest of Rosales, who has been accused of corruption. (AP Photo/Reinaldo D'Santiago)AP - Venezuela's government seized seaports and airstrips in at least four states on Saturday, a move critics say is meant to limit the powers of mayors and governors opposed to President Hugo Chavez.

Pope's visit to Angola marred by stampede (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI is given a flower by a young believer during his visit to Luanda. The Pope has issued a warning against witchcraft during his visit to Angola, after calling on African leaders to battle corruption and drawing a tough line against abortion.(AFP)Reuters - Pope Benedict, on a visit to Angola marred by a deadly stampede, on Saturday urged Angolan Catholics to shun witchcraft and woo back those who have left the Catholic church to join other religious groups.

US envoy unveils outlines of new Afghan strategy (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 01:31 PM PDT

An Afghan policeman stops a motorcycle near the site of a suicide attack outside Bagram Air base, 50 kms north of Kabul on March 4, 2009. The United States has appealed to its allies to help train thousands more Afghan police, the US regional envoy said Saturday, describing the corrupt force as the weak link in the security chain.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - The United States will call for major efforts to build the Afghan police, fight opium production and boost farm aid in a new strategy to beat the Taliban-led insurgency, a US envoy said Saturday.

Australia's ruling party wins historic state vote (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 07:42 AM PDT

Queensland premier Anna Bligh, seen here in 2007, has helped the Labour party fight off a conservative challenge in an historic state vote won by the country's first elected woman premier.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia's ruling Labor party on Saturday fought off a conservative challenge in an historic state vote won by the country's first elected woman premier, early results showed.

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