2009年5月18日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News

Sri Lanka says civil war over, rebel leader killed (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 02:43 PM PDT

In this image made available by the Sri Lankan army, a group of Sri Lankan soldiers pose for photographs in Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 18, 2009. Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending his three-decade quest for an independent homeland for minority Tamils. (AP Photo/Sri Lankan Army, ho)AP - Following more than a quarter-century of civil war, Sri Lanka faces the daunting task of trying to reconcile and rebuild after its troops routed the last Tamil Tiger separatist rebels Monday and killed their feared leader.

Myanmar's democracy leader goes on trial (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT

Riot police officers adjust barricades at a road block near Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, May 18, 2009. Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being held at the infamous prison where authorities are expected to place her on trail for violating her house agreement by allowing American John William Yettaw to enter and remain at her residence. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was put on trial behind closed doors Monday, police ringing the prison where the proceedings were held to deter supporters who claim she is being prosecuted to keep her out of politics.

Iraq slides election until January (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 11:26 AM PDT

In this May 15, 2009 photo, Marlene Gano looks at the blue star that honors her son's service in the military hanging in the front window of her condo in Perry Twp., Ohio. The military mother in Ohio vows she'll stand firm against her condo association's demand that she remove the flag from her window. Gano says her Blue Star flag will stay where it is until the war in Iraq is over and her son, 55-year-old Army Master Sgt. Richard Gano Jr., is home. (AP Photo/The Repository, Bob Rossiter)AP - National parliamentary elections will be held Jan. 30, Iraqi officials announced Monday, sliding the date into next year in a move that could complicate the U.S. timetable for drawing down its forces.

Afghan president's brother survives convoy ambush (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 10:28 AM PDT

An undated photo shows Ahmad Wali Karzai brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, during a meeting with elders in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Rocket-propelled grenades and machine gunfire rained down on a motorcade carrying the brother of Afghanistan's president on Monday May 18, 2009 in an apparent assassination attempt, the brother said. Ahmad Wali Karzai said his convoy was on the way back to Kabul from eastern Nangarhar province when gunmen attacked them in Surobi, a mountainous area about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the capital. The younger brother of President Hamid Karzai was not harmed. (AP Photo)AP - Rockets and machine gunfire buffeted an Afghan government motorcade in an apparent assassination attempt on the president's brother on Monday, the brother said. A bodyguard was killed.

AP reporter quarantined in China after Cancun stop (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT

An attendant in a surgical mask and hazardous material suit passes lunch stored in plastic bags to Associated Press Cuba correspondent Will Weissert at the Jinjiang Inn, a hotel in Lingang, China, south of Shanghai, on Saturday, May 16, 2009. The Chinese government is sending Mexicans, and other travelers who were recently in Mexico, to a week of mandatory quarantine in the isolated hotel that is closed to the general public to prevent the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo/Monica Medel)AP - There are four of them waiting for us, tottering about the hotel parking lot in yellow biohazard suits.

Holy Union: Polish Monk Pens Divine-Sex Guide (Time.com)

Posted: 18 May 2009 04:10 PM PDT

Time.com - A Polish Catholic monk has written a best-selling sex guide that answers awkward questions, offers some saucy tips and assures couples that fun in the bedroom can bring them closer to God

Beckham: Winning 2018 bid would mean the world to me (AFP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 05:20 PM PDT

David Beckham (left) and Wayne Rooney pose for photos during the launch of England 2018 / 2022 World Cup bid at Wembley Stadium in London, on May 18.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - David Beckham admits helping England win the right to host the 2018 World Cup would mean as much as all the success he has enjoyed during his illustrious career.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,297 (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 05:19 PM PDT

AP - As of Monday, May 18, 2009, at least 4,297 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Bill Clinton to be special UN envoy to Haiti (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2009 05:08 PM PDT

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton delivers a speech during the opening of the 17th annual Life Ball in front of Vienna's city hall, Austria, on Saturday, May 16, 2009. The Life Ball is a charity gala where organizers raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - The U.N. will name Bill Clinton its special envoy to Haiti, his spokesman said Monday, in a move that could capitalize on the ex-president's years of involvement with the impoverished nation to burnish the international body's image there.

Over 11 million displaced in Central, East Africa: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2009 02:59 PM PDT

Reuters - The number of people displaced by conflict and natural disaster in Central and East Africa is now more than 11 million, the United Nations said on Monday.

U.N. says 1.4 million people displaced in Pakistan valley (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2009 05:01 PM PDT

An internally displaced girl, fleeing military operations in Buner, stand near the distribution center at a UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) camp in Takht Bai district in Mardan, about 150 km (93 miles) northwest of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, May 18, 2009. Pakistani soldiers were locked in heavy fighting with Taliban militants in their Swat bastion on Monday, the army said, as the government won broad support for the offensive from political parties. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - The number of people displaced by fighting in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley has risen to more than 1.4 million, U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said on Monday.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Conrad Black's appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 18 May 2009 09:31 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would hear an appeal by former media baron Conrad Black and two ex-colleagues seeking to overturn their convictions for defrauding shareholders of one-time newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International Inc.

Pakistani army controls Buner, but residents fear Taliban's return (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 18 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - DAGGAR, Pakistan — The carcasses of cars and trucks and bombed buildings on Monday greeted the visitor to Buner, the northwestern district that the military government largely has wrested back from Taliban insurgents. So far, however, only a handful of residents have dared to return.

Netanyahu caught between Obama, Israeli settlers (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 18 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - With Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's White House meeting today with President Barack Obama seen by some as an historic showdown, Jewish settlers are worried.

Russia to Gays: Get Back into the Closet (Time.com)

Posted: 18 May 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Gay activists try to turn the Eurovision extravaganza into an opportunity to press for rights. But Moscow does not believe in pride parades

U.S. Considers Bold Bill to Combat Child Marriage (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 18 May 2009 12:43 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 18 (OneWorld.net) - Over twenty human rights and development organizations commended recently proposed U.S. legislation to prevent child marriage and increase educational and economic opportunities for girls in the developing world.

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