2009年4月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News

Taliban extend hold, advance near Pakistan capital (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:01 PM PDT

A student walks on the debris of a school building allegedly destroyed by militants in Mingora, capital of Pakistan's troubled valley of Swat on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Taliban militants are setting up checkpoints in a district next to the valley, a lawmaker said Wednesday, spurring fears that a government-backed peace deal imposing Islamic law in the area has emboldened the insurgents to expand their reign. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - Taliban militants have extended their grip in northwestern Pakistan, pushing out from a valley where the government has agreed to impose Islamic law and patrolling villages as close as 60 miles from the capital. Police and officials appear to have fled as armed militants also broadcast radio sermons and spread fear in Buner district, just 60 miles from Islamabad, officials and witnesses said Wednesday.

SAfrica president's dilemma: 2 wives, 1 first lady (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 02:36 PM PDT

ANC president Jacob Zuma's youngest wife, Nompumelelo Ntuli, 34, raises her fist in victory after her husband cast his ballot for general elections at the Ntolwane primary school in the village of Kwanxamalala, South Africa, Wednesday April 22, 2009. South Africans are asking which of Zuma's two wives will be the official first lady. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - There's little question who will lead South Africa after Wednesday's national election. The real mystery lies in who will be the country's first lady.

ANC expects big win in South African elections (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 01:19 PM PDT

People queue to cast their votes at a polling station in the Katlehong township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Voters lined up before sunrise Wednesday in an election that has generated an excitement not seen since South Africa's first multiracial vote in 1994, and that was expected to propel Jacob Zuma to the presidency after he survived corruption and sex scandals. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)AP - Lines of South African voters snaked around dusty fields, up misty hills and around gritty urban neighborhoods Wednesday, all for an election expected to propel Jacob Zuma to power despite sex and corruption scandals that would have buried a less wily populist.

AP IMPACT: Textbooks bogged down in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 11:35 AM PDT

Afghan school girls attend a class in a tent set up in Bacha Kot school in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. About 45 million books were supposed to arrive before classes started in March last year from the United Nations and American and Danish aid agencies, at a total cost of about $15.4 million. But there were delays even before a printing contract was signed. And that was just the beginning of the problems.'The editing process took more than a year,' says Anita Anastacio, whose community education program uses government books. The books were edited and re-edited because a 2006 print run had produced copies full of mistakes, she says.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Millions of new textbooks promised and paid for by the U.S. and other foreign donors have not been delivered to schools in Afghanistan, The Associated Press has found. Other books were so poorly made they are already falling apart.

Rights groups cry whitewash over army's Gaza probe (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 12:59 PM PDT

A Palestinian girl gets food out of a fridge hours after her house was demolished by Israeli authorities in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, Wednesday, April 22, 2009. The U.N.'s top Mideast envoy Robert Serry inspected the ruins of a Palestinian home in Jerusalem, demolished just hours earlier by Israel, and said witnessing the distress of the now homeless family of seven was 'pretty shocking.' Serry called on Israel to freeze demolitions and said the international community is more determined than ever to push for a two-state solution to the Mideast conflict. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Human rights activists, some charging whitewash, demanded an independent war crimes probe after Israel's military on Wednesday cleared itself of wrongdoing over civilian deaths in the Gaza war.

Lions put their faith in rugby 'beasts' (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:29 PM PDT

The British and Irish Lions aim to make sure they at least match the power threat of world champions South Africa after selecting a group of forwards branded AFP - The British and Irish Lions aim to make sure they at least match the power threat of world champions South Africa after selecting a group of forwards branded "beasts" by scrum coach Graham Rowntree.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,275 (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 05:13 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at least 4,275 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Rape accusation riles Mexican Indian-ruled town (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:48 PM PDT

AP - An accusation that a woman was gang-raped by traditional authorities has rattled a Mexican town still ruled by ancient Indian customs.

Sri Lankan army squeezes rebels as 2 leaders quit (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:54 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan women soldiers help ethnic Tamil civilians who arrive in government controlled area to get off from a boat near the war zone in Putumattalan, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Sri Lankan Army, HO)AP - Sri Lankan troops closed in on separatist rebels in an ever-shrinking coastal war zone Wednesday, as two prominent guerrillas surrendered and tens of thousands of refugees clutching their belongings fled the fighting in boats.

Obama to host talks amid US concern over Taliban (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 06:50 PM PDT

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands alert in Islamabad on April 10. Taliban advances in the country pose AFP - Taliban advances in Pakistan pose "an existential threat" to the country, US officials have warned as President Barack Obama prepared to hold talks in May with Afghan and Pakistani leaders.

US Marine asks Aussie witnesses to come forward (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 07:32 AM PDT

AP - An American Marine who was beaten up while on shore leave in Australia last year has appealed for witnesses to help police find his attackers.

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