2009年4月15日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

French raid pirate ship, US seeks to freeze assets (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:04 PM PDT

This aerial photo taken from a French army helicopter and released by the French Defense Ministry on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, showing a small vessel, center, before its interception by French military officers aboard two dinghies, unseen, on Wednesday, 550 miles (900 kilometers) east of the Kenyan port of Mombasa. The French Defense Ministry says it detained 11 pirates during a French assault on a pirate 'mother ship' and thwarted a pirate attack on a Liberian-registered vessel. (AP Photo/Ecpad/HO)AP - The U.S. and its allies battled Somalia's pirates on two fronts Wednesday, with French forces seizing a bandit mother ship and Washington seeking to keep the marauders from their spoils. Another U.S. freighter headed to port with armed sailors aboard after pirates damaged it with gunshots and grenades.

Somali pirates hold many hostages for months (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:23 PM PDT

FILE - This Monday April 13, 2009,file photo shows the wives of Filipino sailors, Doris Deseo, left, and Catherine Boretta, right, showing pictures of their husbands Carlo, second from left, and Rodell, second from right, to the Associated Press as they visit the office of a shipping agency in Manila, Philippines on to get updates on negotiations to free their hostage husbands in Somalia. 'The families of hostages are afraid of any rescue attempt because it might put the lives of the hostages in danger,' said Boretta, whose husband Rodell is being held captive by Somali pirates on the MT Stolt Strength for nearly five months now. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Ruel de Guzman seemed destined for a life at sea.

Pope to acknowledge suffering at Canadian schools (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:11 PM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI is expected to acknowledge abuse of aboriginals at Christian-run schools when he meets with survivors later this month at the Vatican, a spokesman for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said Wednesday.

Most-wanted Colombia drug lord caught 'like a dog' (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:32 PM PDT

Police officers escort Colombian drug trafficker Daniel Rendon Herrera, center, at a police airport in Bogota, Wednesday, April 15,2009. Rendon , alias 'Don Mario,' was arrested in the northern Colombian city of Apartado in a raid involving 300 police, presidential spokesman Cesar Velasquez told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)AP - Colombia's most wanted drug lord was cowering like a dog under a palm tree when he was captured Wednesday in a jungle raid involving hundreds of police officers, the defense minister said.

US Army soldier convicted over 2007 Iraq deaths (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:09 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. Army soldier was convicted Wednesday of murder in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees.

France offers 4 mln euros to fishermen (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT

A French fisherman stands on a boat in Boulogne-sur-mer, northern France. France announced Wednesday four million euros (5.3 million dollars) in aid to fishermen in the north of France, but no changes to EU quotas, amid an ongoing blockade of Channel ports.(AFP/Philippe Huguen)AFP - France announced Wednesday four million euros (5.3 million dollars) in aid to fishermen in the north of France, but no changes to EU quotas, amid an ongoing blockade of Channel ports.

Iran willing to build new relationship with US (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:04 PM PDT

A supporter folds a poster of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during a ceremony to support him for the upcoming presidnetial election in June 2009, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iran's president on Wednesday sent the clearest signal yet that the Islamic Republic wants warmer ties with the U.S., just one day after Washington spoke of new strategies to address the country's disputed nuclear program. Taken together, the developments indicate that the longtime adversaries are seeking ways to return to the negotiating table and ease a nearly 30-year-old diplomatic standoff.

Paraguay bishop-turned-prez plans return to church (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 03:51 PM PDT

Paraguay's President and former Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo speaks during a television interview by Humberto Rubin, unseen, in Asuncion, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Lugo admitted Monday he is the father of a child conceived while he was still a Roman Catholic bishop. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - President Fernando Lugo said Wednesday that he will return to the Roman Catholic Church when his term ends, despite acknowledging he fathered a child while still a bishop in rural Paraguay.

UN: Naval escorts are getting food aid to Somalia (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 02:22 PM PDT

Map of the the Horn of Africa region shows international and privately protected shipping routes and 2009 pirate attacksAP - The United Nations warned Wednesday that piracy off Somalia's coast could deprive the country's poorest of much-needed food aid.

Strong quake shakes Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 04:03 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has shaken parts of western Indonesia.

Australia wants better control of killer crocs (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 05:47 AM PDT

AP - Australia's Northern Territory may allow the collection of more crocodile eggs and limited safari hunts of the reptiles — but not a large-scale slaughter — following a spate of fatal attacks on humans, its government said Wednesday.

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