2009年5月2日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World News

Mexico swine flu deaths ebb -- but caution urged (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 05:57 PM PDT

A man, wearing a face mask as a precaution against the swine flu, stands next to the Zocalo Plaza in Mexico City, Saturday, May 2, 2009. Mexican officials were cautiously optimistic Saturday that the worst of the swine flu epidemic is over for Mexico, with no new flu deaths reported overnight. But the virus keeps spreading around the world, with new cases confirmed in Europe and Asia, and some governments banning flights and preparing quarantines for travelers from Mexico. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Mexico said a swine flu epidemic appears to be easing, but urged citizens Saturday not to let their guard down against a virus that has killed 17 people and is spreading across Asia and Europe. Experts warned the virus could mutate and come back with a vengeance.

Iraqi soldier kills 2 US soldiers, wounds 3 (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 05:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2009 file photo, a U.S. Army soldier stands guard as Iraqi police officers enter a house during a joint search operation in southwestern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The Feb. 24, 2009 shooting, which killed a U.S. solider and an interpreter and wounded five others, was an alarming inside job that reinforced what many fear: insurgents and sympathizers possibly infiltrating the ranks of Iraq's security forces. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, file)AP - An Iraqi soldier opened fire on a U.S. military team Saturday, killing two American soldiers and wounding three, the U.S. military said, in an attack that could sharpen worries about the extent of militant infiltration in Iraq's security forces.

Anatomy of an `inside' ambush in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 03:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2009 file photo, an Iraqi Army soldier and a U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Co., 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment stand guard during a joint patrol in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The Feb. 24, 2009 shooting, which killed a U.S. solider and an interpreter and wounded five others, was an alarming inside job that reinforced what many fear: insurgents and sympathizers possibly infiltrating the ranks of Iraq's security forces. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, file)AP - U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police had just sat down for lunch inside a police building in Mosul. Flak vests and other protective gear were removed.

16 militants, 2 Pakistani soldiers die in clash (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 05:25 PM PDT

Pakistani troops fire artillery rounds towards the hideouts of Taliban near the Buner district in April 2009. Pakistani security forces Saturday seized control of a key road in Buner as troops and helicopter gunships shelled militant hideouts, the military said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AP - Pakistani forces repelled a mass assault on their outpost near the Afghan border Saturday in a battle that left 18 dead and shook claims by Pakistan's army to have regained control of a critical region.

Doctor: 64 die in shelling of Sri Lanka hospital (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 11:06 AM PDT

In this handout photograph made available by Tamil Net, a pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam website, dead bodies are seen lying inside a ward in a makeshift hospital after it was shelled in Mullivaaykkaal, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Tamil Net website, HO)AP - Sri Lankan forces shelled a makeshift hospital in the war zone Saturday, killing 64 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its battle with the Tamil Tigers, a rebel-linked Web site said.

UN-WTO: No need to ban pork due to swine flu (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT

AP - The U.N. and World Trade Organization said Saturday there is no justification for anti-pork trade measures as a result of the swine flu epidemic since there is no evidence the virus is spread by food.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,284 (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 04:27 PM PDT

AP - As of Saturday, May 2, 2009, at least 4,284 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Venezuela's Chavez courts Iran as US shows concern (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 05:03 PM PDT

AP - President Hugo Chavez met with a delegation from Iran on Saturday to prepare for an upcoming visit from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — an alliance that has provoked concern in Washington.

NATO thwarts Somali pirates, seizes dynamite (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT

Filipino crews of the chemical tanker Stolt Strength are welcomed by their wives upon their arrival in the country Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Manila's international airport after they were released from captivity by Somali pirates. The ship was seized by the pirates and held for more than five months before a US$2.5 million ransom was reportedly paid. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours later and hundreds of miles away, another band of pirates hijacked a cargo ship, a NATO spokesman said Saturday.

Authorities scramble to halt swine flu in Asia (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT

A girl wears a mask as she enters a subway station of Hong Kong. Health authorities across Asia were scrambling Saturday to limit the spread of swine flu after reporting two confirmed cases in one of the world's most densely populated regions.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Health authorities across Asia were scrambling Saturday to limit the spread of swine flu after reporting two confirmed cases in one of the world's most densely populated regions.

Australia to buy US jets, build up navy, air force (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2009 03:13 AM PDT

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, right, announces the government's defense white paper as Chief of the Defense Force Angus Houston, left, looks on, aboard HMAS Stuart at Garden Island naval base in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 2, 2009. Its 140-page white paper - Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030, released on Saturday - outlines defense and strategic planning and signals what the government calls a major new direction aimed at building a 'heavier' naval, air combat and logistics capability in the Asia Pacific. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Australia plans to buy 100 state-of-the-art U.S. jet fighters and double the size of its modest submarine fleet in a bid to keep pace with an Asian military buildup.

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