2009年5月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News

Thousands flee Pakistan valley as truce crumbles (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:06 PM PDT

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier with a rocket launcher stands guard as local residents gather at close to the site of suicide bombing on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan Tuesday, May 5, 2009. A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan's volatile northwest, where the government is under pressure from Washington to crack down on militants. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Black-turbaned Taliban militants seized government buildings, laid mines and fought security forces Tuesday in the Swat Valley, as fear of a major operation led thousands to pack their belongings on their heads and backs, cram aboard buses and flee the northwestern region.

Texan dies of swine flu; Mexico ready for business (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:06 PM PDT

A masked protester who calls himself 'Influenza Proxima,' which translates in English as 'The Next Influenza,' stands outside the Secretary of Health headquarters as a police officer looks on in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Protesters accused Mexico's federal government of using the swine flu outbreak as a tactic to hide more important problems facing Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - Mexico emerged from its swine flu isolation Tuesday as thousands of newspaper vendors, salesmen hawking trinkets and even panhandlers dropped their protective masks and joined the familiar din of traffic horns and blaring music on the streets of the capital.

First lady: 'Sesame Street' tops everything so far (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:40 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama speaks to employees of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Inauguration Day? Nope. First puppy? Negative. Triumphal tour of Europe? Not even. First lady Michelle Obama called her appearance Tuesday on "Sesame Street" probably the best thing she's done since arriving in the White House.

UK bars 22 alleged extremists, including show host (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:27 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2007 file photo shows radio talk show host Michael Savage in Tiburon, California. On Tuesday May 5, 2009 Britain published a list of people barred from entering the country for what the government describes as fostering extremism or hatred. The list includes popular American talk-radio host, Michael Savage, who broadcasts from San Francisco and has called the Muslim holy book, the Quran, a 'book of hate.' Savage also has enraged parents of children with autism by saying in most cases it's 'a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out.' (AP Photo/John Storey, File)AP - Britain on Tuesday published its first list of people barred from entering the country for allegedly fostering extremism or hatred, including Muslim extremists, a right-wing American radio host, an Israeli settler and jailed Russian gang members.

Girls find music from Buffett and his ukuleles (Reuters)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:42 PM PDT

Reuters - When he's not attending to the businesses that helped him amass a $40 billion (26.6 billion pound) fortune, Warren Buffett maintains a decades-long love for the ukulele, and he wants to keep the music playing.

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

Posted: 05 May 2009 04:45 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, May 5, 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.

Gunmen kill Mexican journalist in northern state (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 06:06 PM PDT

AP - Gunmen killed a columnist for a newspaper in a northern Mexican state plagued by kidnappings and drug violence, authorities said Tuesday. A motive hadn't been determined.

Africa scrambles to prevent arrival of swine flu (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2009 05:02 PM PDT

AP - African nations are scrambling to prevent swine flu from reaching a continent already struggling with the burden of AIDS and malaria, fearing an outbreak could wreak much more devastation than in North America or Europe.

Truckloads of dead civilians after Afghan battle (Reuters)

Posted: 05 May 2009 03:37 PM PDT

Afghan men wait to be searched for weapons by Afghan policemen during a U.S Marines' patrol in Golestan district, Farah province, May 3, 2009. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - Villagers brought truckloads of bodies to the capital of a province in Western Afghanistan on Tuesday to prove that scores of civilians had been killed by U.S. air strikes in a battle with the Taliban.

Homeopath parents accused in baby's death (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2009 11:15 PM PDT

AP - Parents charged with manslaughter in the death of their baby could have saved her life if they hospitalized her sooner rather than allegedly using homeopathic remedies for a severe skin disorder, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

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