2011年12月22日星期四

Yahoo! News: World News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World News


Shi'ites targeted as Baghdad blasts kill 72 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:55 AM PST

In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 photo, the U.S. flag is reflected behind names of those from Howard County killed during the Korean War in Kokomo, Ind. The names are on display at the Howard County Veteran's Memorial at Darrough Chapel Park. In the wake of the Dec. 2011 departure of the last U.S. troops from Iraq, this Midwestern town joins hundreds of others across the nation that will be wrestling with the legacy of a nearly nine-year war. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Reuters - A wave of bombings killed at least 72 people in Baghdad Thursday, the first attacks since Iraq's Shi'ite-led government was engulfed in a crisis that risks fracturing the country along sectarian and ethnic lines.


2011 "Year of the Tyrant," 2012 ominous for Syria, Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 07:56 AM PST

Reuters - It all began with a slap and a slur hurled at a poor vegetable seller by a policewoman in a provincial Tunisian city. Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in a protest that ignited a chain of fires across the Arab world. Twelve months after his death, he would scarcely recognize the region he knew.

Shootings in Mexico's Veracruz kill 16 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 03:49 PM PST

Reuters - At least 11 people were killed by an armed gang on Thursday in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz, where drug-related violence flared this autumn, before five of the gunmen were shot dead by security forces.

U.S. intelligence warned of strife after Iraq pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 05:01 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. intelligence agencies warned that security gains in Iraq could degenerate into sectarian violence after a troop pullout that some officials say left the United States with little leverage in a country it occupied for nearly nine years.

N. Korea: Military Generals Real Rulers, not Kim Jong Un (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:10 AM PST

Time.com - Kim Jong Un may be taking the place of his late father as North Korea's leader, but it's the military brass who will be calling the shots

Moody's cuts credit ratings for Slovenia (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST

AP - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the credit ratings for Slovenia, saying the country's government faces risks from the eurozone debt crisis and the potential that it may need to step in and provide financial support to banks.

Bombs rock Baghdad, raising fears of sectarian war (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 02:49 PM PST

Iraqi security forces inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in the neighborhood of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A series of blasts Thursday morning in Baghdad killing and wounding scores of people in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc across the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A terrifying wave of bombs tore through mostly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 69 people and evoking fears that Iraq could dissolve into a new round of sectarian violence now that American troops have left.


16 killed in violence in Mexican state (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:50 PM PST

AP - A group of five gunmen sprayed three passenger buses with bullets in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz on Thursday, killing seven passengers, before being chased down and killed by soldiers.

Russia and US clash over NATO bombing probe (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:24 PM PST

AP - Russia urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to investigate civilian deaths in Libya from NATO's bombing campaign, a move the United States immediately dismissed as "a cheap stunt" to distract from Moscow's failure to condemn the Syrian government's ongoing killing of protesters.

Chinese seaside town protesters in police standoff (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:39 PM PST

AP - Chinese authorities have detained five people in a southern seaside town where protests against a planned power plant expansion resulted in clashes with police, state media and an official said, as riot police fired tear gas.

Ottawa to rethink federal regulator plan (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 03:09 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's top court derailed government plans to consolidate a patchwork system of provincial securities regulators on Thursday, ruling that proposed federal legislation violated provincial rights and forcing the government back to the drawing board.

AP Exclusive: Problems found before NZ ship crash (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 03:54 AM PST

In this Dec. 1, 2011, photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, the cargo ship Rena is hard aground after running full-steam into a well-charted reef off the coast near Tauranga, New Zealand on a calm night on Oct. 5. Australian inspection records show that a cargo ship that ran aground off New Zealand in October had previous safety issues. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand, Graeme Brown) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - When an Australian ship inspector took a close look at a metal pin securing cargo on the Rena, he realized it wasn't an original. It was too thin and had no tab to keep it from falling out. Then he discovered that cleats securing the hatch could be removed with a single finger.


Washington Flails as Chaos Threatens Iraq: Will Iran Stoke or Douse the Fires? (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:10 AM PST

Time.com - The question that may determine whether or not Iraq descends into sectarian confrontation may be this: What does Iran want right now?

0 条评论:

发表评论

订阅 博文评论 [Atom]

<< 主页

bnzv