报刊杂志 20101126.doc

N. Korea fires artillery onto S. Korean island; 2 dead North Korea bombarded a South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze and killing at least two marines after warning the South to halt military drills in the area, South Korean officials said. / South Korea said it returned fire and scrambled fighter jets in response, and said the inhumane attack on civilian areas violated the 1953 armistice halting the Korean War. The two sides technically remain at war because a peace treaty was never negotiated. Obama pledges US to defend its ally South Korea President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged the United States would defend South Korea after what the White House branded a provocative, outrageous attack by North Korea on its neighbor. Its options limited, the U.S. sought a diplomatic rather a military response to one of those most ominous clashes between the Koreas in decades. / South Korea is our ally. It has been since the Korean war, Obama said in his first comments about the North Korean shelling of a South Korean island. And we strongly affirm our commitment to defend South Korea as part of that alliance. Analysis: Attack is North Korean bid for attention A frustrated North Korea is lashing out again, this time with a deadly volley of artillery aimed at reminding rival South Korea — and the world — that it will not be ignored. / The barrage of shots fired Tuesday at a South Korean island lying within sight of its shores did not come out of nowhere. For weeks, North Korea has been angling for credit for reaching out to the U.S. and South Korea, and has warned that the cool response would come at a cost. At least 378 die in stampede at Cambodian festival Rescuers on Tuesday trawled a muddy river for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning in wake of a stampede by thousands of festival goers which left at least 378 dead and hundreds of injured. / The prime minister called it the countrys biggest tragedy since