2009年5月13日星期三

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In Bethlehem, Pope calls for Palestinian state (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:43 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his address at the Aida Refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. In background, a watch tower part of a separation barrier Israel has erected to wall off the West Bank's Palestinian areas. The Pope is on a five-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.  (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI made a powerful plea Wednesday for a Palestinian state, mixing prayer and politics at Jesus' birthplace and expressing solidarity at a refugee camp with "all the homeless Palestinians who long to be able to return to their birthplace."


New threat for Iraqi military: Drop in oil prices (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:57 PM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, May 11, 2009, Iraqi and U.S. army soldiers fire a mortar round during a military exercise in Latifiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. The fall in oil prices is threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the Iraqis will need substantial U.S. help for years after the Americans leave by 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Lower oil prices are threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the Iraqis will need substantial U.S. help for years after the Americans leave by 2012.


Shaky coalition expected as India's election ends (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 10:30 AM PDT

A family rides a motorbike in Moradabad, India, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Millions of Indian voters headed to the polls Wednesday to pick a new parliament in the final phase of the country's month long national election. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - India's monthlong election ended Wednesday, with tens of millions of Indians casting ballots in a vote widely expected to usher in a shaky coalition government. While results were not being announced until Saturday, Indian media polls indicated the Congress party-led ruling coalition could be narrowly ahead of the opposition Hindu-nationalist alliance.


Spokesman: Trial imminent for Myanmar's Suu Kyi (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:45 PM PDT

AP - Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be put on trial Thursday in connection with the intrusion of an American who sneaked uninvited into her compound, a spokesman for her party said.

Suicide bomb kills 7, wounds 21 in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 01:05 PM PDT

U.S. medic solders sew the wounds of an injured Afghan at the U.S. Camp Salerno following a suicide attack in Khost province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. A suicide bomb attack killed seven people and wounded 21 Wednesday outside a U.S. military base in the same part of eastern Afghanistan where militants stormed government buildings a day earlier, police said. (AP Photo/Nashanuddin Khan)AP - A suicide car bomber killed seven people and wounded 21 others Wednesday outside a U.S. military base in the same part of eastern Afghanistan where militants stormed government buildings a day earlier, police said.


Terror-Linked Charity Finds New Life Amid Pakistan Refugee Crisis (Time.com)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:55 PM PDT

Time.com - As hundreds of thousands flee the fight against the Taliban, another Islamist organization is on hand to offer aid that could win their loyalty

EU Policies Deepen Jobs Crisis (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 May 2009 03:48 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 13 (OneWorld.net) - European free trade policies will continue to drive up job losses in the European Union and worldwide, said a British social justice group following an European Union summit to address the economic crisis' impact on employment.

Correction: Iraq-US Deaths story (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 12:22 PM PDT

AP - In a May 12 story about U.S. deaths in Iraq, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Defense Department, reported erroneously where Navy Cmdr. Charles K. Springle died. It was Camp Liberty, not Camp Victory.

Bolivia: Peru ties 'at risk' over refugee decision (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:33 PM PDT

Bolivia's President Evo Morales walks during a military ceremony in La Paz, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Peru gave refuge to two more former Bolivian government ministers who fled genocide charges for the 2003 army killings of dozens of protesters, Peru's foreign minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Juan Karita)AP - Bolivia's president says relations with Peru are at "high risk" after the neighboring nation gave refuge to two more former Bolivian officials accused in the 2003 army killings of dozens of protesters.


Rape is effective weapon of war, US senators told (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 03:19 PM PDT

AP - Hundreds of thousands of women, girls and babies have been raped during 12 years of conflict in eastern Congo, victims of a weapon of war that almost always goes unpunished, senators were told Wednesday.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to be charged over U.S. swimmer: party (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT

Video grab shows detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meeting United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari at a state guesthouse in Yangon February 2, 2009, during his mission to try to coax her and the military junta towards talks on political reform. REUTERS/MRTV-via Reuters TVReuters - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be charged in connection with an American man who allegedly sneaked into her compound in Yangon where she is under house arrest, a spokesman for her party said on Thursday.


Canada says union must concede more to save GM (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2009 11:25 AM PDT

Reuters - A cost-cutting deal between the Canadian Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp that was reached in March is no longer sufficient to ensure the viability of GM's Canadian operations and more cuts are needed, Industry Minister Tony Clement told Reuters on Wednesday.

UK museum returns human skull to Australia (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 10:36 AM PDT

FULL FRAME OF LPT202 - Aboriginal elder Major Sumner performs a ritual dance outside the World Museum following the return of an Australian indigenous human skull in Liverpool, England, May 13, 2009. The remains which where taken from Australia between 1902 and 1904 have been part of the museum's collection since 1948 when they where purchased from Dr William Broad.  (AP Photo/Paul Thomas)AP - Aboriginal elder Major Sumner, wearing a loincloth and chanting a dirge, danced Wednesday in front of the Edwardian facade of the World Museum Liverpool to mark the return of a skull taken from Australia more than a century ago.


FBI expert calls harsh interrogation techniques 'ineffective' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:53 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A former FBI special agent who interrogated senior al Qaida captives told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that harsh interrogation techniques are "ineffective, slow and unreliable," and disputed claims by former vice president Dick Cheney and others that they helped uncover major terrorist plots.

Spike in suicide attacks: Is Al Qaeda in Iraq coming back? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - US and Iraqi officials facing an increase in high-profile suicide bombs do not believe it signals a reversal of a trend of declining attacks. But they say political maneuvering by an Iraqi leadership preparing for national elections is likely to sway decisions that are key to bolstering security.

Expenses Scandal Only Adds to Brown's Woes (Time.com)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:55 PM PDT

Time.com - All British politicians look bad at the moment. But Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been damaged worst of all

Indigenous Malaysians Empowered to Protect Land (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:07 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 13 (OneWorld.net) - A landmark ruling by the Malaysian courts has granted indigenous tribes land rights that could help them stop deforestation and the expansion of palm oil plantations on their traditional terrains.

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