2010年4月23日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News


Bombs kill 69 in Iraq's deadliest day this year (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:34 PM PDT

People rush to extinguish a burning car moments after one in a series of bombs in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 23, 2010. Triple bombings hit a Sadrist office Friday as worshippers were finishing their prayers, killing 14 and wounding an estimated 75 in a rash of attacks on Shiites across Iraq's capital. Explosions outside three other Shiite mosques in Baghdad, all timed around the end of Friday's prayers, appeared to be the work of insurgents looking anew to inflame sectarian tensions.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The bloodiest day of the year in Iraq left at least 69 people dead in a series of bombings in mainly Shiite areas Friday — concerted attacks seen as demonstrating the resilience of the Sunni-led insurgency after the slaying of two al-Qaida leaders last weekend.


6 Mexican police officers killed in Ciudad Juarez (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:31 PM PDT

Students take part in a silent march against drug related violence in downtown Monterrey April 23, 2010. Hundreds of students from different universities marched on Friday to demand to the government to stop the violence and killings related to the drug war, according to local media. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)AP - Gunmen ambushed two police vehicles at a busy intersection in Ciudad Juarez on Friday, killing six officers and a 17-year-old girl who was passing by, authorities said.


Thailand turmoil shuts down scores of businesses (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:23 PM PDT

A Thai riot policeman passes by a Thai man sitting in front of a closed business Friday April 23, 2010 near the site of an explosion the night before in Bangkok, Thailand. Everything from yoga studios to luxury hotels, shopping malls and office buildings have closed as Thailand's political turmoil enters a seventh week and it becomes clear that business cannot flourish in a battlefield.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Yoga studios have canceled classes. Luxury hotels are turning away guests. Shopping malls and office buildings are shut down.


US rethinks tiny, remote but vital Afghan outposts (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:03 PM PDT

AP - U.S. troops were strapping on their gear for a 3:30 a.m. patrol along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan when word came to stand down: Soldiers were hearing heavy radio chatter among insurgents, raising suspicions of a coming attack.

Global financial leaders cheered by recovery signs (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:35 PM PDT

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, right, and World Bank President Robert Zoellick, talk as they walk with Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2010.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Despite a deepening Greek debt crisis, global financial leaders declared Friday that the world's economy is recovering faster than expected from the worst recession in decades.


Cleggmania: The Rise of Nick Clegg (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Cleggmania: The Rise of Nick Clegg

Spock finally beams into Vulcan (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT

Reuters - This Canadian small town has been obsessed about all things "Star Trek" for as long as anyone here can remember, but denizens always felt something -- or someone -- was missing. Until Friday.

Some of the recent attacks in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 01:21 PM PDT

AP - A look at recent major attacks in Iraq:

Official: Abuse victims receive threats in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 01:42 PM PDT

A man walks past the Papal Cross in Dublin's Phoenix Park. A Belgian Catholic bishop quit his post on Friday after admitting sexually abusing a child, the first such high-level resignation as more paedophilia revelations from the church come to light.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AP - A Brazilian official says that three former altar boys allegedly sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest have received threats and are under police protection.


African Union leaders meet US national security adviser (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:32 PM PDT

Senior African Union officials, led by chairperson Jean Ping (pictured in March), met US National Security Advisor General Jim Jones at the White House to discuss increased cooperation between the United States and their organization.(AFP/LEHTIKUVA/File/Pekka Sakki)AFP - Senior African Union officials met US National Security Advisor General Jim Jones at the White House to discuss increased cooperation between the United States and their organization.


Cambodian war correspondents mourn ex-colleagues (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:10 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Thursday April 22, 2010, Cambodian Linda Chin, center, lays down a bouquet of flowers near a portrait of her former husband, Chhim  Sarat, during a ground-breaking ceremony for a memorial to journalists killed duirng the Cambodian conflict, at Kandoul, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Chin's husband worked for the United Press International in early 1970s. Two dozen aging colleagues on Thursday trekked to this village to mourn and remember dozens of reporters, photographers and cameramen who died covering the five-year war that ended in 1975 with the takeover by the brutal Khmer Rouge.  (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)AP - The bodies were dumped in a shallow grave amid the untilled earth of rice paddies: five journalists who had been ambushed by Khmer Rouge and Viet Cong guerrillas on May 31, 1970.


Australia's Black Saturday fire chief quits (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:12 PM PDT

The fire officer in charge when blazes swept through southern Australia, leaving 173 dead and razing thousands of homes in the nation's worst ever bushfire disaster, resigned on Friday. Victoria state chief fire officer Russell Rees (pictured in 2009), who has faced criticism over his handling of the 2009 Black Saturday blazes, said he would step down from the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in June.(AFP/Pool/File/John Woudstra)AFP - The fire officer in charge when blazes swept through southern Australia, leaving 173 dead and razing thousands of homes in the nation's worst ever bushfire disaster, resigned on Friday.


As Armenian date approaches, so does dispute over 'genocide' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 01:45 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Armenian genocide commemorations continue to attract political, diplomatic and fraternal grief upon the arrival of another April 24 anniversary date.

Greece bailout not a given, says Germany (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 01:51 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Not so fast, Germany replied to Greece's request today for a massive bailout.

Little Princess: New Film Shows the Queen at Four Years Old (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 12:45 PM PDT

Time.com - A new exhibition at Windsor Castle includes never-before-seen footage of Queen Elizabeth II as a playful four-year-old, and helps paint a fuller picture of her ascent from cheeky princess to illustrious monarch

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