2009年4月3日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Madonna to appeal court ruling on Malawi adoption (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:38 PM PDT

US pop star Madonna during her visit to Salaza village near Lilongwe, Malawi, Friday April 3 2009. In a surprise move, a judge on Friday rejected Madonna's request to adopt a second child from Malawi and said it would set a dangerous precedent to bend rules requiring that prospective parents live here for some period.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - Madonna lost a bid Friday to adopt a second child from Malawi, rejected by a judge who said she would not bend the country's strict residency rules even for a wealthy celebrity.

North Korea watches intently for rocket launch (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:21 PM PDT

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's personnel guard the gate of Araya base where PAC-3 land-to-air missile, top, are set amid North Korea's planned rocket launch, in Akita, northern part of Japan, Friday, April 3, 2009. Reclusive North Korea pressed ahead Friday with final preparations to blast a multistage rocket over Japan as world leaders scrambled to forge a united stance on how to punish Pyongyang for the launch. Pyongyang has designated the waters off northern Akita and Iwate prefectures (state) as a risk zone for falling fragments. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Spy satellites trained high-resolution cameras on a coastal North Korean launch pad. U.S., Japan and South Korea deployed warships with radar and other surveillance equipment in the waters near the communist nation — all for one of the most closely watched rocket launches ever.

Obama campaigns for help in Afghan terror fight (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:46 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his speech at the Rhenus sports arena in Strasbourg, April 3, 2009. Obama called for a world without nuclear weapons on Friday after arriving in France for a NATO summit, where he won French endorsement of his new Afghanistan strategy. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE)AP - Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans — popular here — to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming.

Islands resent crackdown of tax havens by G-20 (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Ralph O'Neal, Prime Minister of the British Virgin Islands, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Road Town, Tortola, Thursday, April 2, 2009. As an offshore haven, the British Virgin Islands host hundreds of thousands of companies while the territory's leader insists the government tolerates no fraud. Tax havens worldwide are under attack by G-20 leaders in London. (AP Photo/Todd VanSickle)AP - More than 400,000 companies share a few local addresses in this tiny Caribbean financial center, where their incorporation papers are kept in a gray two-story building.

US suspect's court demeanor in the spotlight (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 10:33 AM PDT

US murder suspect Amanda Knox is escorted in a courtroom for a hearing, in Perugia, Italy, Friday, April 3, 2009. Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are on trial for the murder of Knox's roommate British student Meredith Kercher, found dead in the house she shared with Knox in Nov. 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - She grins and chats. On Valentine's Day, she sported a T-shirt that read "All You Need Is Love." And one of the first things she said in court was about a rabbit shaped sex toy.

England beat West Indies, clinch ODI series (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 03:55 PM PDT

A late flourish from Paul Collingwood, seen here in action in March 2009, and Matt Prior helped England reach 172 for five off a maximum 29 overs in the rain-hit fifth and final one-day international against West Indies. England beat West Indies by 26 runs to win and clinch the series 3-2.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - England beat West Indies by 26 runs to win the fifth and final one-day international here on Friday and clinch the series 3-2.

US envoy to Sudan kicks off 1st visit to country (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:35 PM PDT

AP - The humanitarian crisis in Darfur has been obscured as the Sudanese government and its allies focus on protecting the country's president from an international arrest warrant for war crimes, a Sudanese opposition leader complained to a visiting U.S. envoy on Friday.

Fujimori swings at Peru's ex-presidents in defense (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 04:28 PM PDT

Supporters of former Peru's President Alberto Fujimori shout slogans after a hearing of Fujimori's trial in Lima, Friday, April 3, 2009. Fujimori, 70, faces 30 years in prison on murder and kidnapping charges for allegedly authorizing military death squad killings of 25 people in two early 1990s massacres and the kidnappings of a prominent businessman and a journalist when he sent troops to close Congress and the courts in 1992. The court said a verdict will be announced on Tuesday, April 7.(AP Photo/Karel Navarro)AP - A defiant former President Alberto Fujimori said Friday that his trial for murder and kidnapping was marred by a double standard since neither of his two predecessors were charged for alleged human rights abuses during their presidencies.

Hussey leads Australia to crushing 141-run triumph (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT

Australia's batsman Michael Hussey plays a shot during the first One-Day International against South Africa at Kingsmead Stadium, in Durban. Hussey ended a run of poor form with a match-winning innings for Australia in the first one-day international against South Africa at Kingsmead Friday.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Mike Hussey ended a run of poor form with a match-winning innings for Australia in the first one-day international against South Africa at Kingsmead Friday.

North Korea finalizing launch preparations: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:50 PM PDT

President Lee Myung-Bak of South Korea addresses the media during an interview in London, on April 3, 2009. US envoy Stephen Bosworth said Friday he still hopes that North Korea will drop plans to launch a rocket but stuck to the goal of resuming the nuclear disarmament talks no matter what happens.(AFP/Leon Neal)Reuters - North Korea is preparing a rocket to blast off as early as Saturday, officials said, readying what Pyongyang describes as a satellite launch but is widely regarded as a disguised long-range missile test.

E. Timor needs 'several more years' of foreign help: UN (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 09:10 AM PDT

The tiny impoverished nation of East Timor will need several more years of international assistance to ensure stability and tackle poverty, the head of the United Nations mission here said. Despite recent calm, East Timor's AFP - The tiny impoverished nation of East Timor will need several more years of international assistance to ensure stability and tackle poverty, the head of the United Nations mission here said Friday.

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