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イラクで爆弾テロ 警官ら20余人死亡 Iraqi officials say a suicide attacker driving a car killed at least twenty-two people in central Baghdad Tuesday. Eighty others were wounded. Police said the attacker bombed a police crime laboratory in Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood. Officials said many of those killed or wounded were police officers. On Monday, suicide bombers attacked three Baghdad hotels, killing at least thirty-six people. The American ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, condemned the latest attacks. Mr. Hill urged the Iraqi people to unite in fighting all forms of violence and terror. |
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スリランカ大統領選 投票後に立候補無効論争 An election dispute became public in Sri Lanka within five hours after voting ended in the country's presidential election. The Sri Lankan government announced plans to take legal action to cancel the candidacy of former military chief Sarath Fonseka. He and President Mahinda Rajapaksa are the two major candidates in the election. Both men have been praised as war heroes for the victory last year over the Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka's foreign minister said the former military chief could not be elected because he did not register to vote in the election. |
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ギニアに首相誕生 民主政権確立へ In Guinea, opposition leader Jean-Marie Dore has been sworn in as prime minister. Mr. Dore spoke during the ceremony in the capital, Conakry. He said his most important goals are to plan elections and reorganize the army. Guinea's military leaders and opposition groups recently reached an agreement that calls for establishing a unity government to organize elections in June. Under the plan, opposition groups named Mr. Dore prime minister. Guinea's wounded military leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, has agreed to stay out of the country and says he will not try to reclaim power. |
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エチオピア機墜落 原因調査進む The Transport Minister in Lebanon says the pilot of an Ethiopian airplane that crashed Monday did not react to a request to change the plane's direction. Ghazi Aridi said Tuesday that the pilot first followed guidance from air traffic controllers after leaving Beirut during a storm. But, Mr. Aridi said that minutes later the Ethiopian Airline's plane suddenly went in a different direction. He also said that it is too soon to decide that the pilot was to blame for the crash. The plane broke apart in the air, burned and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea near Lebanon's coast. All passengers and crew members are believed to have died. The search for victims and the flight information recorder continues. |
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インド 61回目の共和国記念日 India has been celebrating its sixty-first Republic Day under increased security because of concerns about attacks by militants. At least, fifteen thousand soldiers were deployed in and around New Delhi Tuesday to protect the Republic Day march. India celebrates the holiday on January twenty-sixth every year. This year, there were intelligence reports of possible terror attacks by Islamic militants. Republic Day marks the acceptance of India's constitution and its change from a British territory to a republic on January twenty-sixth, nineteen fifty. |
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