2009年4月4日星期六

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Kidnapped American UN worker freed in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:18 PM PDT

In this file photo released by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 in Quetta, Pakistan, kidnapped American U.N. official John Solecki is pictured in Quetta, Pakistan in April 2008. The American U.N. worker kidnapped near the Afghan border more than two months ago was abandoned by his captors Saturday, a police official said, but the militant violence plaguing Pakistan continued its relentless pace, as a suicide bomber attacked a paramilitary base in the capital, killing eight. Wazir Khan Nasir, a senior police official in Quetta, said Solecki was abandoned by his captors in a southern village on Saturday and was now in police custody. (AP Photo/United Nations High Commission for Refugees, File)AP - An American U.N. worker abducted more than two months ago turned up unharmed Saturday, lying alongside a road in western Pakistan with his hands and feet bound and pleading "Help me, help me," the man who found him said.

Europe praises Obama, pledges few Afghan troops (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 02:48 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, gesture toward NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during a media conference at the NATO summit in Strasbourg, France on Saturday April 4, 2009. It was announced on Saturday that Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen would take on the role as the Alliance's new secretary general beginning in August 2009. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - European leaders enthusiastically praised President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy at a NATO summit Saturday but held their ground on a central disagreement and offered only military trainers and extra security forces for upcoming elections.

Afghan president orders review of marital law (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:14 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference at presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 4, 2009. Karzai says a new law that critics say makes it legal for men to rape their wives will be studied and possibly sent back to parliament for review if women's rights are violated. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - The Afghan president said Saturday he had ordered a review of a new law that critics say makes it legal for men to rape their wives, responding to criticism from around the world that included sharp comments from President Barack Obama.

62 migrants found dead inside truck in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 11:49 AM PDT

AP - At least 62 people suffocated to death in the back of a truck packed with illegal migrants, and dozens were rescued unconscious after Pakistani police acting on a tip opened the vehicle Saturday near the Afghan border.

Obama hails 5,000 more NATO forces for Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 02:02 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he walks with Czech President Vaclav Klaus, right, past the guard of honor after his arrival in Prague, Saturday, April 4, 2009. Obama is to meet European Union leaders at the EU-US Summit in the Czech capital on Sunday. (AP Photo/CTK,Michal Krumphanzl ) *SLOVAKIA OUT*AP - President Barack Obama hailed "strong and unanimous support" from NATO allies on Saturday for his stepped-up anti-terror strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcomed their "down payment" promises of 5,000 fresh forces.

Broadhurst leads, Lafeber just misses record (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:16 PM PDT

Paul Broadhurst, seen here in action in 2007, will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Portugal Open, but it was Maarten Lafeber's remarkable round of 64 which dominated Saturday's third round.(AFP/File/Francisco Leong)AFP - Paul Broadhurst will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Portugal Open, but it was Maarten Lafeber's remarkable round of 64 which dominated Saturday's third round.

US Sudan envoy: Slim chance aid groups will return (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 01:55 PM PDT

US special envoy to Sudan J. Scott Gration arrives at the Sudanese foreign ministry for meetings with officials after his arrival in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 2, 2009. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)AP - Chances are slim that all the aid groups expelled by the Sudanese government will return, and alternative ways must immediately be found to help the millions of people in Darfur, President Barack Obama's new envoy to Sudan said Saturday.

11 bodies found in Mexico, some with torture signs (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 04:08 PM PDT

AP - Eleven people were found shot to death around Mexico on Saturday, some bearing signs of torture and left with threatening messages emblematic of drug violence.

Darfur conflict lasting 'too long': Mbeki (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 02:23 PM PDT

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir (R) meets with South Africa's former president Thabo Mbeki, who is heading an African Union panel on Darfur, in Khartoum. The conflict in Darfur has dragged on for too long, Mbeki said Saturday after talks with Beshir.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - The conflict in Darfur has dragged on for too long, former South African president Thabo Mbeki said Saturday after talks with Sudanese leader Omar al-Beshir.

Obama: NATO committed to strengthen Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:28 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says NATO is committed to strengthening Pakistan's ability to meet the needs of its people.

British teen sailor stops in Australia for repairs (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 04:26 AM PDT

AP - A 17-year-old British sailor who is attempting to become the youngest person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe docked at an Australian port Saturday for his fourth repair stop about halfway through his trouble-plagued voyage.

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