2009年3月30日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

12 die in bloody siege at Pakistan police academy (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 04:03 PM PDT

Hostage police officers are freed by their colleagues inside the compound of a police training school on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 30, 2009. A group of gunmen attacked a police academy and rampaged through it for hours Monday, throwing grenades, seizing hostages and killing at least 11 officers before being overpowered by Pakistani security forces in armored vehicles and helicopters, authorities said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Black-clad Pakistani commandos overpowered a group of militants who had seized a police academy, took cadets hostage and killed at least six of them Monday in a dramatic challenge to the civilian government that faces U.S. pressure to defeat Islamic extremists.

Israel army: No charges in Gaza probe (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:38 PM PDT

Abir Hijeh, 33, center, watches a computer screen displaying a photo of her daughter Shahed, 2, killed on Jan. 5, during Israel's offensive in Gaza, as her children Amin, 10, left, Noor, 6, second left, and Nagham, 13, gather around her in a house in Gaza City, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Mrs. Hijeh said Shahed was killed when Israeli soldiers fired on a group of civilians trying to leave a Gaza war zone. The Israeli army said Monday, March 30, 2009, that it would not press charges into the alleged killings of civilians during Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying soldiers' testimonies in the two cases were based on hearsay, 'purposely exaggerated' and not supported by facts. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - The Israeli army on Monday closed an investigation into alleged killings of civilians during its offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying soldiers' testimonies were based on hearsay, "purposely exaggerated" and not supported by facts.

Meeting to launch new commitment to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:39 PM PDT

U.S. envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, left, and Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, right, are seen at the start of a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday March 30, 2009, ahead of Tuesday's U.N.-sponsored conference on the future of Afghanistan. The international conference on pacifying Afghanistan will include two unlikely partners for peace, the United States and Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will attend the U.N.-sponsored conference Tuesday in the Netherlands. And a Dutch diplomat said Monday that Iran will send its deputy foreign minister, Medhi Akhundzadeh, to the meeting, as well. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - A 72-nation conference on Afghanistan will launch a broader international commitment to the security of the region, including neighboring Pakistan, special U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said Monday.

NKorea says 2 US journalists will stand trial (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:32 PM PDT

These undated photos show American journalists Laura Ling, right, and Euna Lee. North Korea's state-run news agency says the two reporters detained in March 2009 will be tried for illegal entry and hostile acts. The Korean Central News Agency said in a report early Tuesday, March 31, 2009 that an initial investigation confirms the two entered the country illegally. (AP Photo/Yonhap)AP - Two American journalists detained at North Korea's border with China two weeks ago will be indicted and tried, "their suspected hostile acts" already confirmed, Pyongyang's state-run news agency said Tuesday.

IRA dissidents burn cars, block Belfast roads (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 01:11 PM PDT

One of a number of hi-jacked vehicles set on fire, seen, in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, March, 30, 2009. Suspected IRA dissidents and their supporters hijacked cars in working-class Catholic parts of Northern Ireland in an apparently coordinated effort Monday to block roads and threaten police stations. Some of the vehicles were being set on fire in roads to disrupt traffic at rush hour, while others were abandoned near four Belfast police stations and on Northern Ireland's major motorway at the point where it passes Lurgan. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - Suspected IRA dissidents and their supporters hijacked cars Monday in working-class Catholic areas of Northern Ireland in a coordinated effort to block roads and threaten police stations, police said.

Sara Lee may sell household, personal-care unit (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:03 PM PDT

AP - Sara Lee Corp., which makes Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park franks, said Monday that it is considering selling its household and personal-care unit in Europe after receiving some "expressions of interest."

Sudan's leader, UN chief face off at Arab summit (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 12:50 PM PDT

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gestures during the Arab summit in Doha, Qatar, Monday, March 30, 2009. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stormed out of an Arab summit on Monday after denouncing the Saudi king and declaring himself 'the dean of Arab rulers.' Gadhafi disrupted the opening Arab League summit in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticizing Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a 'British product and American ally.' (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - The U.N. chief confronted Sudan's embattled president Monday with demands to allow the return of expelled aid groups to Darfur — and was met with a defiant response as Arab leaders rallied to his side to formally reject international war crime charges against him.

Miss Universe and Miss USA tour Guantanamo (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 04:22 PM PDT

AP - Miss Universe and Miss USA have taken a firsthand look at the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay.

Obama sends envoy to Darfur (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 04:33 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama said Monday on the eve of an envoy's trip to Darfur that the humanitarian crisis there has worsened but global outrage could pressure Sudanese leaders to let aid workers return.

North Korea to put U.S. journalists on trial (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 04:23 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea said on Tuesday that it would put on trial for "hostile acts" two U.S. journalists arrested earlier this month on its border with China.

70,000 Sydney businesses and homes in darkness (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 04:47 AM PDT

AP - The downtown of Australia's largest city was plunged into chaos during late Monday rush hour when a power cut blacked out traffic lights, caused gridlock on the roads and left tens of thousands of buildings in darkness.

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