2010年2月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World News

Turkish PM: All linked to coup plot will be tried (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:47 PM PST

Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay, left, seen during a debate at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. A Turkish court in Istanbul on Thursday charged more ranking military officers with plotting to topple the Islamic-rooted government, increasing the number of jailed officers to 20 - including five admirals and three generals. The court acted hours before President Abdullah Gul, Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met to discuss tensions over the largest-ever crackdown on the military in Turkey.( AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkey's prime minister vowed Friday to put everyone who conspired against the country's democracy on trial, as the number of military officers charged and jailed for allegedly plotting a 2003 coup against his Islamic-based government rose to 33.

Thai court orders assets seized from ex-PM Thaksin (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:37 PM PST

Supporter of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra cries after the supreme court's verdict on Thaksin's asset at the Pheu Thai Party building in Bangkok on Friday Feb. 26, 2010. Thailand's Supreme Court ruled Friday that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra unlawfully concealed his assets while in office and abused his power for personal gain, as it prepared to issue a decision on whether his $2.29 billion fortune should be seized. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thailand's highest court ruled Friday that ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra abused his power to enrich himself and his family while in office and ordered that $1.4 billion of his telecommunications fortune be seized.

Quake hits off Japan's southern coast, tsunami warning briefly issued (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:32 PM PST

A quake reading on a seismograph. A 7.0 magnitude quake struck southern Japan early Saturday the USGS said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a bulletin, but said there was no destructive widespread tsunami threat.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AP - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit off Japan's southern coast early Saturday, shaking Okinawa and nearby islands, where a tsunami warning was briefly issued, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

Colombia court: No Uribe third term (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:52 PM PST

AP - Colombia's Constitutional Court has ruled unconstitutional a law that could have opened the door for President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term.

Top 10 Figure Skating Rivalries (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:45 AM PST

Time.com - Top 10 Figure Skating Rivalries

France keeps Slam bid alive despite Welsh rally (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:25 PM PST

France's Francois Trinh-Duc powers his way to score a try during the Six Nations international between Wales and France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. France won 26-20.(AFP/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - France left themselves with a 'home run' to a Six Nations Grand Slam after the tournament leaders held their nerve to beat Wales 26-20 at the Millennium Stadium here on Friday.

Iraq to reinstate 20,000 Saddam-era army officers (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:24 PM PST

Iraqi men walk past a campaign poster depicting Mariam al-Rayis, a candidate from the Shiite-led Iraqi National Coalition, center left, and former prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. Iraq's national election is set for March 7.(AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq on Friday reinstated 20,000 former army officers dismissed after the U.S.-led invasion, a landmark gesture at reconciliation ahead of the March 7 elections.

Florida motel clerk arrested in 2007 PR slaying (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:31 PM PST

AP - The FBI has announced the arrest of a man wanted in the 2007 carjacking and slaying of a university professor in Puerto Rico.

Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 86, to party amid distress (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:26 PM PST

Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe celebrates his 86th birthday Saturday with a lavish party as the economy struggles to recover from crisis, showing no sign of planning to retire after 30 years in power.

Most combat over in Afghan offensive: US officer (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:56 PM PST

US Marine CH53 helicopters land in Marjah on February 25. US-led forces have finished major combat operations in Afghanistan's Marjah region and believe most Taliban fighters are either dead or have blended into the population, a senior officer said Friday.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - US-led forces have finished major combat operations in Afghanistan's Marjah region and believe most Taliban fighters are either dead or have blended into the population, a senior officer said Friday.

Canadian lawmakers to grill Toyota officials (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:28 PM PST

Reuters - Canada will call Toyota executives to testify before a parliamentary committee on the safety of the company's vehicles, a federal legislator said on Friday.

Australia warns Japan over whaling (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 11:15 PM PST

A Greenpeace image from 2006 shows Japanese whaling ship the Yushin Maru harpooning a whale before finally killing the mammal in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica. Australia Friday warned Japan that AFP - Australia Friday warned Japan that "diplomacy comes to an end this year" on whaling, after presenting a bold plan to phase out the controversial hunts in the Southern Ocean.

Taliban says Kabul bombs meant to drive Americans out (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:48 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants claimed credit for a series of bombings that hit central Kabul early Friday, saying they were intended to force the U.S. and its allies to withdraw their militaries from Afghanistan.

Sri Lanka: ambitious plan to rebuild 'ground zero' in war with Tamil Tigers (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:46 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In chartered buses and private cars, Sri Lankans pour into this war-ravaged city, finally rejoined to the rest of the country.

British department store launches gift registry for divorces (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:45 AM PST

Shoppers wait outside Debenhams department store on Oxford street in London, early Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. Hundreds of shoppers queued outside stores Friday waiting to snap up a bargain in the seasonal sales. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)Time.com - To help ease the transition following a divorce, a British department storechain, Debenhams, has launched a gift registry to help people set up theirnew homes

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