2008年11月5日星期三

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Tears and traffic jams greet Obama's victory (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 02:30 AM CST

A crowd celebrates the victory of President-elect Barack Obama on the street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, early Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - They danced in the streets, wept, lifted their voices in prayer and brought traffic to a standstill. From the nation's capital to Los Angeles, Americans celebrated Barack Obama's victory and marveled that they lived to see the day that a black man was elected president.

Man convicted of killing wife, stepson over church (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 04:23 PM CST

Jeremias Bins, right, stands as a Middlesex Superior Court jury returns a guilty verdict against him Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Woburn, Mass., for two counts of first-degree murder in the 2006 slayings of his 37-year-old wife, Carla Souza, and 11-year-old stepson, Caique. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison. At left is defense attorney Earl Howard. (AP Photo/Ken McGagh, Pool)AP - A man was convicted of first-degree murder Tuesday for killing his wife and 11-year-old stepson out of anger over the time she spent with members of her church. The jury found Jeremias Bins guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the 2006 slayings. Superior Court Judge John Lu sentenced Bins to two consecutive life terms in prison.

Tears of joy at polling station in Obama's hometown (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:11 PM CST

In Chicago, Illinois, in a predominantly black working class neighborhood where Michelle Obama grew up, voters were excited to vote inspite of some lengthy queues.(AFPTV)AFP - Even as he stood outside a Baptist church on the south side of Chicago waiting to cast a ballot for Barack Obama Tuesday, Roby Clark still couldn't quite believe he would be able to vote for a black candidate for president.

Catholics, Muslims open landmark talks at Vatican (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 11:27 AM CST

A Cardinal (L) looks at a religious book with a Muslim scholar during a meeting at the Vatican November 4, 2008. (Osservatore Romano/Reuters)Reuters - Senior Vatican and Islamic scholars launched their first Catholic-Muslim Forum on Tuesday to improve relations between the world's two largest faiths by discussing what unites and divides them.

Vatican hosts meeting with Muslim scholars (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 08:00 AM CST

In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L' Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, right, talks with Mustafa Ceric, head of the Bosnia Islamic Community, during a a three-day Catholic-Muslim forum hosted by the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. The meeting is intended to help the two faiths find common ground and improve dialogue. The closed-door forum is gathering 29 scholars and clerics from each side and will end next Thursday, Nov. 6 with an audience with Pope Benedict VI. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO)AP - In a bid to improve strained Catholic-Muslim relations, the Vatican hosted scholars, imans and clerics from both religions Tuesday as it opened a three-day religious conference.

Iran's parliament sacks minister in blow to president (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 06:36 AM CST

Iran's Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani (top) listens as Iran's Interior Minister Ali Kordan speaks during his impeachment proceedings in parliament in Tehran November 4, 2008. (Raheb Homavandi - IRAN/Reuters)Reuters - Iran's parliament sacked the interior minister on Tuesday in a blow to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of next year's presidential election.

Luxembourg, German, Dutch ministers hope for Obama win (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 06:32 AM CST

Luxembourg's Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the Eurogroup, addresses the European Parliament in Brussels November 4, 2008. (Yves Herman/Reuters)Reuters - Luxembourg's prime minister and the German and Dutch finance ministers backed Democrat Barack Obama to win the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday.

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