2009年3月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Saudi women to spurn lingerie shops over salesmen (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:58 PM PDT

A Saudi woman holding a child checks out lingerie at a store in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. A group of Saudi woman launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at bringing in female sales personnel at lingerie stores. Only men are allowed to sell underwear in almost all stores in this ultraconservative kingdom, making the experience of shopping for intimate apparel for most women embarrassing. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP - Before her wedding last year, Huda Batterjee went abroad to buy her bridal lingerie — she just couldn't bear the humiliation of discussing her most intimate apparel with a man.

French workers burn tires, hold 3M manager hostage (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:05 PM PDT

Continental employees of the Clairoix tire plant, northern France, burn tires and a photograph of plant director Louis Forzy during a demonstration Wednesday March 25, 2009 in Paris. Workers at the factory, which employs 1,120, agreed in 2007 to a 40-hour work week, up from France's standard 35-hour week, to boost productivity and keep the site open. German auto parts and tire company Continental AG recently said it would stop producing tires at its plant in Clairoix and reduce capacity at other sites in Europe, laying off workers as a result. Banner reads: 'Caviar for shareholders, workers out.' (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - French workers burned tires, marched on the presidential palace and held a manager of U.S. manufacturer 3M hostage Wednesday as anger mounted over job cuts and executive bonuses.

Netanyahu: Israel is Palestinians' peace partner (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:29 PM PDT

Israel's Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu attends a party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem March 2, 2009. REUTERS/Baz RatnerAP - Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his government will be a "partner for peace with the Palestinians," the latest sign that the new Israeli leader is softening his stand as he prepares to take office next week.

Mexico captures another 'most-wanted' trafficker (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 04:29 PM PDT

Soldiers escort alleged drug cartel lieutenant Hector Huerta Rios after a press conference to show him to the media in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Huerta Rios, who allegedly ran operations for the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, was detained Tuesday in Monterrey, northern Mexico.(AP Photo/ Claudio Cruz)AP - Soldiers captured one of Mexico's most-wanted smugglers, a man accused of controlling the flow of drugs through the northern city of Monterrey for the powerful Beltran-Leyva cartel, the Mexican army said Wednesday.

EU presidency: US stimulus is 'the road to hell' (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 12:38 PM PDT

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek delivers his speech Wednesday March 25, 2009 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. Topolanek has told the European Parliament that the collapse of his government will not affect his running of the EU presidency. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)AP - The head of the European Union slammed President Barack Obama's plan to spend nearly $2 trillion to push the U.S. economy out of recession as "the road to hell" that EU governments must avoid.

Britain's PM asks 'whole world' to pressure Sudan (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 03:45 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left center, is accompanied by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right center, as he speaks during a press conference at the United Nations in New York, Wednesday March 25, 2009. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday he wants "the whole world" to demand that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir reverse his expulsion of 13 foreign aid organizations and three local ones that worked in Darfur.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,261 (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 05:14 PM PDT

A French Eurocopter helicopter is seen in 2006. France on Wednesday sealed a contract for the sale of 24 military helicopters to Iraq, its first arms deal with Baghdad since 1990.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AP - As of Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at least 4,261 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Brown urges pressure on Beshir to lift NGO ban (AFP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 01:39 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown appealed to the world here Wednesday to pressure Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, seen here in Khartoum, into rescinding his expulsion of 13 international aid agencies from Darfur.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown appealed to the world here Wednesday to pressure Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir into rescinding his expulsion of 13 international aid agencies from Darfur.

Taliban attacks get help from Pakistan: report (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 06:08 PM PDT

Reuters - The Taliban's military campaign in southern Afghanistan is aided partly by support from operatives in Pakistan's military intelligence agency, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

American named to No. 2 UN job in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 02:19 PM PDT

AP - A former American diplomat who has served in East Timor, the former Yugoslavia and as a senior adviser to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee was appointed Wednesday to the No. 2 U.N. job in Afghanistan.

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